Movies lately

Saw a couple of flicks over the weekend ...

Push (2.8/5)
Watched this one during the Movie night with Casparis and Gowans. From the trailer it looked like a very interesting premise, and after the first 10 - 20 minutes, I was anticipating a pretty good movie. It was all downhill from there. The plot, or what passed as one, fell apart pretty quickly. Numerous characters were added for now apparent reason. And the movie just became very unbelievable. It was very disappointing given what was a fairly unique look at "super heroes" and powers and the like.

The overall summary: Great premise, poor execution.

Definitely, maybe (3.7/5)
This was an interesting flick. We went into it thinking it would be a fairly standard romantic comedy, but it really turned into more of a light drama. The premise was a newly divorced father explaining to his daughter how he and her mom got together. It started slow, and with some fairly explicit, though clinical, sex talk which was largely un-needed. However, once the movie got moving it was pretty good and entertaining. It even had a bit of a twist at the end that, while not exactly realistic, made for a bit of variety from the standard romantic comedy fare.

The overall summary: A surprisingly good romantic comedy/drama with some faults.

Movies I've seen recently:
Juno - 4.8/5
Slumdog Millionaire - 4.6/5
Iron Man - 4.2/5
Lars and the Real Girl - 4.1/5
Wall-E - 4.0/5
Traitor - 4.0/5
The Dark Knight - 3.9/5
Star Trek - 3.9/5
Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist - 3.7/5
Definitely, Maybe - 3.7/5
Kung Fu Panda - 3.5/5
The Passion - 3.5/5
Valkyrie - 3.5/5
The Incredible Hulk - 3.4/5
New in Town - 3.2/5
Horton Hears a Who - 3.0/5
Push - 2.8/5
Meet Bill - 2.1/5
Jonah, a VeggieTales Movie - 2.4/5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 1.9/5
Burn After Reading - 1.5/5