Showing posts with label netflix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label netflix. Show all posts
Monday, November 28, 2011
Shitflix -- Netflix's Newest Spinoff?
Is Shitflix the newest spinoff from the popular online movie company Netflix? Well, probably not. But, the idea of taking all of the worst movies from Netflix and putting them into one place is comedy gold for the guys from College Humor.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Short Movie Review: Real Steel
2.5 out of 5 stars
Real Steel is your typical Steven Spielberg fare: awesome CGI and action scenes intersperced with crappy dialogue, overacting, and plot contrivances. Centered around the relationship between former boxer Charlie Keaton (Hugh Jackman) and his estranged son Max (Dakota Goyo), the movie is a typical boxing film set in the near future and featuring robot fighters instead of humans. Along the way, it manages to somehow stuff into the plot a one-dimensional romantic relationship between Charlie and childhood sweetheart Bailey Tallet (Evangeline Lily), a dance montage between Max and his fighting robot Atom, stereotypical evil-Asian and evil-white-girl characters (Karl Yune and Olga Fonda), and dialogue so stilted and unrealistic that not even an excellent performance from Mr. Jackman could save it.
If you're a fan of Michael Bay movies, you'll probably enjoy the movie's over-the-top and melodramatic performances. Otherwise, I would watch it once on Netflix (or the pirated version online) and save the ticket money for a better movie.
Real Steel is your typical Steven Spielberg fare: awesome CGI and action scenes intersperced with crappy dialogue, overacting, and plot contrivances. Centered around the relationship between former boxer Charlie Keaton (Hugh Jackman) and his estranged son Max (Dakota Goyo), the movie is a typical boxing film set in the near future and featuring robot fighters instead of humans. Along the way, it manages to somehow stuff into the plot a one-dimensional romantic relationship between Charlie and childhood sweetheart Bailey Tallet (Evangeline Lily), a dance montage between Max and his fighting robot Atom, stereotypical evil-Asian and evil-white-girl characters (Karl Yune and Olga Fonda), and dialogue so stilted and unrealistic that not even an excellent performance from Mr. Jackman could save it.
If you're a fan of Michael Bay movies, you'll probably enjoy the movie's over-the-top and melodramatic performances. Otherwise, I would watch it once on Netflix (or the pirated version online) and save the ticket money for a better movie.
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