My own private Emocide

Finally had some time to catch up on movies and figured I would give my quick review of them:

• Iron Man: Pretty impressive. Didn’t see till the very end, that it was a Jon Favreau movie; made sense. I liked the story and was actually impressed by Robert Downey Jr.’s performance — who I am not really all too fond of. Therefore Jeff Bridges didn’t blow me away as he usually does; might have been due to the nature of his role though. Anyways; take away the big patriot theme waving over the (at times a bit too long) story and it’s impressive sci-fi action entertainment.
• Indiana Jones: I really did not expect anything from this one, especially after what I had heard from the people I know, who rushed to the theater on opening night and were pretty disappointed. Granted, that alien theme was a little bit over the top, but all in all I did enjoy this movie a lot. Both Harrisson Ford, as well as Shia LaBeouf did a really good job. The comedy was fun and the general appeal was very clean Spielberg style. This one made me want to revisit the old Indy-trilogy soon.
• Made of Honor: Yes, this is a chick flick. But I really did like it a lot and would watch it again in a heartbeat. I do like Patrick Dempsey and I like him in this role. I like that this rather emotional movie also showcases how guys struggle with love issues sometimes. How hard it can be to admit what they want and how shitty it feels when it’s all just a heartbeat too late. The New York scenery adds to the really comfortable yet aching feeling I got from it.
• 21: I always liked the “Breaking Vegas” series on Discovery. I do like Laurence Fishburn and I like Kevin Spacey even more. Having just been to Vegas a few months ago and recognizing a lot of the places in the movie is cool as well. The main casino in the flick is the one at Planet Hollywood, which — coincidentally — we used to spend most of our time at as well. The story is told well; the main characters money raising problem for Harvard Medical School is maybe a little too much, but still, yet another movie I would like to watch again.

In the past couple of years, I have seen more bad than good movies, but this batch definitely was a selection of very fine entertainment i can recommend to anyone.