(Don’t miss the trailers at the end of the post!)
I haven’t done a review on themicrocosm in a long time, and I will not do that here, but I will give a little breakdown. I can only honestly recommend three movies from 2009 so far. But, those three I recommend to the hilt:
1. Star Trek – It was a great film, with great acting and finally Star Trek gets the special effects it deserves. Sexy Zoe Saldana who’s into Spock, not Kirk. Simon Pegg as Scotty. Bring on the sequel!
2. Up 3D – Pixar can’t seem to get it wrong. Seriously, 14 years and a gajillion dollars later, Pixar is still cranking out original winners. Up was a tear jerker and laugher, especially with the added dimension.
3. The Hangover – My personal favorite, I watched this on a poignantly hungover day in New Orleans and it was little reminiscent of college. Absolutely hilarious in every way possible, it is probably the best comedy I have seen since Knocked Up (please remind me if I am forgetting one). The three male leads in this film were equally hysterical, but Zach Galifianakis takes the cake with his zany unforgettable performance.
And, here’s a few trailers from upcoming summer movies I won’t miss (that is unless they score lower than 60% on Rotten Tomatoes):
Transformers 2 – Because I’m male and Megan Fox is in the movie, there are some kick ass robots from my childhood, and Megan Fox is in the movie.
Public Enemies – Johnny Depp playing in a role where he doesn’t have to act as though he’s totally lost his mind.
Bruno – My look-a-like playing a gay fashion reporter. It just doesn’t get better than that.
The Hurt Locker – Perhaps the first movie to come out of the Iraq war that will actually entertain.
District 9 – Aliens as refugees stuck in South Africa. Seriously, WTF? But, with Peter Jackson attached and the mysteriously cool trailer who can’t get excited.
Inglorious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt, and Nazis all rolled into a slick looking historical fiction in a Kick Ass, und nehmen Namen flick.
9 - The number that seems to be in every other movie title this year, stands alone numerically in this unusual post-Apocalyptic (one of my favorite genres as many of you know) animated extravaganza that invokes Tim Burton.
And finally, one for after summer that is just too cool to not mention – Shutter Island. Watch the trailer and you will see what I mean.
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