In case your "scroll down" doesn't work, my trailer review for Red 2 said...
"...it nicely captured everything familiar and cliche....Fun though it was on the surface, the trailer for Red 2 kind of made me feel like I was being sold something that I already had, didn't really want, ended up purchasing it anyway and now am confused as to how I got stuck with the item - and the bill."
Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins were great. Everyone else... meh.
Other than that, this movie redefined LAME for me. It should have been called, "Blue" as in blue balls. As in it promised a climax but never reached it. It was like all foreplay - but forced and uncomfortable foreplay - and no sex. It was like all frosting and no cake. It was like an empty piƱata. It was like a guaranteed delivery that didn't deliver.
You get what I'm saying.
Yet another two hours of my life I'll never get back.
This blog was inspired by Max Beerbohm (August 24, 1872 – May 20, 1956) an English essayist, parodist, critic and caricaturist. He was once asked how he wrote his book reviews. He answered, "I look at the book, write the review and, if I like the review, I'll read the book." I sort of apply Max's approach to movies. Kind of like judging a book by its cover... only judging a movie by its trailer.
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When my friend suggested I go see Red2 with him, I laughed him to scorn and then took my fiancee and sister to see Pacific Rim.
ReplyDeleteSee Pacific Rim comment posting to see how that turned out.
Somewhere Nelson Muntz is saying http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Tm0SQT7N4