Movie Reviews

Cloverfield:

This is the movie that War of the Worlds should have been. Cloverfield stayed with the "everyday person" perspective throughout the movie without over-heroising the characters, i.e. the hero did not save mankind. However, the camcorder perspective was a little tiresome, but nowhere near as bad as Blair Witch. All in all, this movie was very compelling and worthwhile.

****
4 out of 5 stars

I am Legend:

Interesting concept, but this movie fell short for me. There was some good psychological drama and they made an effort to be realistic about how a person, surviving alone for 3+ years, would probably react, but in the end, the movie was somewhat formulaic. The hero dies in the end to save mankind.

***
3 out of 5 stars

National Treasure 2, Book of Secrets:

This movie is what it is, a big budget, intellectual action movie that was interesting and entertaining to watch. Thankfully, this movie did not get as carried away with the Davinci'esq codes as the first National Treasure, but the ultimate "find" seemed to be an afterthought; as if the writers really could not figure out how to end the movie so they just picked some old legend. And, of course, they left plenty of room for a sequel.

***
3 out of 5 stars