October had a lot of great movies. Let's see what we have for the first week of November!
1) A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas: Harold and Kumar get high, burn down a Christmas tree and have to replace it.
The Good: Giggling stoners and lovers of toilet humor are in for a treat.
The Bad: Just read the summary. Does it sound at all interesting?
Final Thoughts: It's Harold and Kumar. You know what kind of movie it is. Moving on.
2) Tower Heist: Blue-collar guys get screwed by a wall street con man and they want revenge. And hilarity ensues.
The Good: Ben Stiller + Alan Alda + Eddie Murphy. It's going to be campy fun. Throw in Matthew Broderick and it's going to be VERY over the top.
The Bad: It's a satire of Ocean's 11. Ocean's 11 was an action/comedy. This is just straight up comedy. Expect someone to get hit in the groin.
Final Thoughts: I'm interested to see how this cast plays off each other. The movie probably won't be all that great but the performance might salvage it.
3) Killing Bono: Two Irish brothers in the 1980s try to make it big in the music industry.
The Good: It's in the '80s and that means some radical '80s music. The soundtrack alone might be worth the ticket price.
The Bad: Anyone younger than 25 isn't going to know who Bono is let alone find this very interesting.
Final Thoughts: Give it a watch if you like '80s music. If not, it's got nothing for you.
4) The Son of No One: A cop with hidden baggage is assigned to his old neighborhood.
The Good: AL PACINO!
The Bad: It's not original and I don't expect it to really bring anything new or exciting to a tired cliche.
Final Thoughts: AL PACINO! And he's playing a cop! I don't care if I've seen it in other movies before. IT'S AL PACINO PLAYING A COP!
5) The Other F Word: A documentary about how the punk rockers of the '80s and '90s have changed their ways to become not only musicians but also fathers.
The Good: It's important to see people as people. Guys maybe we emulated growing up and see how much they've grown up as well.
The Bad: Same with Killing Bono, nobody under the age of 25 is going to really know anything about Flea, Ron Reyes, or Fat Mike.
Final Thoughts: It's a nostalgia documentary and if you are looking for the same rebels we grew up with, you're in for disappointment seeing them paying bills and going to PTA meetings. That being said, I think the message this movie has to deliver is more important than that. It's about how to be responsible to your loved ones while also rebelling against the ills of society. I want to see it.
6) Five Star Day: A guy gets a glowing horoscope on his birthday. But then has the worst day of his life. Convinced astrology is a hoax, he searches for others born on the same day and place as him.
The Good: ................................
The Bad: I could rage for hours on how stupid astrology is. This screams of contrivance.
Final Thoughts: WTF man. What do you expect from a movie like this? What's the story? Astrology is stupid? Yes. I know that. So, he goes out into the world to prove what he already knows? Why?
See you at the movies
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