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10,000 BC (2008)
Wicked Sweet!!!!
Honestly, everyone has given this movie a bad review, and I don't see why. 10,000 BC had a pretty damn good plot, the film didn't leave any loose ends untied, it wrapped it all up pretty well...totally cohesive. The characters are awesome, notice the guy from Live Free or Die Hard as the tribe leader...smokin' hot Camilla Belle, freaky old woman, and Steven Strait. The mammoths were really well done, the god-king, and I know everyone is screaming about historical accuracy but do you know what?? Who cares?! Movies are about entertainment, if I want something real i turn on the History Channel. So give this movie a break, and take it for what it is...a kick ass action flick with some great CGI.
I gave it an 8/10, maybe I did like it more than the majority, but it deserves at least a 6.5.
Grendel (2007)
Sci-Fi channel movies are awful
I work at a Blockbuster store and every week we have movies that come in with just a few copies, these are the kind of movies that the Sci-Fi channel shows. The kind of movie that nobody ever wants, and only that idiots rent, when they bring it back I ask them "was it any good?", they say "no we turned it off after 15 minutes!" Movies with terrible computer generated, super imposed monsters and such like, very unappealing.
This is the same type of movie that Grendel is, and absolute waste of time, if you want a reasonably (and only reasonably) good Beowulf based movie then try Beowulf & Grendel , starring Gerard Butler, who is also starring in the eagerly anticipated 300, as King Leonidas of Sparta.
Plus, later this year we have another Beowulf movie, with a star studded cast ranging from Anthony Hopkins and Brendan Gleeson, to Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich.
But don't let that get your hopes up like we all did with Eragon, or we are all in for another big disappointment.
And regarding rentals, here is my rule of thumb: If there is only one or two copies, don't rent it because its a load of crap.( This is true 99.9% of the time, usually not true if the title is foreign, or a documentary.)
Annapolis (2006)
thoroughly disappointing
when i saw the trailers for this movie i imagined it to be somewhat like full metal jacket, or maybe even jarhead, but no. it is a rather boring undetailed story of huard (franco) and the his growing resentment of cole (gibson) a marine corp midshipman with a vendetta against him. the boxing scenes are very disappointing and when you finally expect a good part to come along it gets spoiled, and then spoiled even more, maybe that is just what the director wanted, who knows? if you are looking for a good boxing movie try Cinderella Man, or if you prefer a good Full Metal Jacket type flick try Windtalkers or The Great Raid. With as little more imagination and a some big name actors this could have been a box office success, but sadly it wasn't. don't expect much or you will be disappointed!