Movie Reviews: Cellular, Aliens vs Predator, Dawn of the Dead, and The Terminal
Posted by kheon Mon, 07 Feb 2005 07:48:00 GMT
Managed to tear through four new movies this past weekend. Always nice to have some decent movies to watch come Friday evening.
Cellular: I didn’t expect much from this one. For me this was pretty much Phone Booth on a cell phone with a little twist. The acting wasn’t great but not bad either. It’s worth watching. I’m giving this one 3.5 stars.
Aliens vs Predator: This movie surprised me. I was excited about it but wasn’t sure how it would turn out as a movie. I’ve been told that it works well as a comic so I was hopefull. All in all it wasn’t all that bad. The special effects and surround were really cool. The acting wasn’t Oscar worthy but I didn’t expect that anyways. Even my wife enjoyed this one. This one gets 4.25 stars.
Dawn of the Dead: I’ve only had this from Netflix now for about three weeks. Finally got a chance to watch it while the family was out of the house. I expected a lot of gore from what I’d read and it definetly lived up to the reviews. Nothing really new here in terms of plot for a zombie movie. Pretty decent effects and lots of tense moments. Have to give this one 3.75 stars.
The Terminal: I was not all that excited about seeing this because I’d heard it was a bit boring. Surprisingly though I found myself really liking this movie. Tom Hanks is such a great actor that you can’t help but like [most] everything he does. Going to go with a 4 star rating on this one.