New Movies

Well, I actually watched a few new movies recently. First in a long time. Two of them surprised me, one left me a little underwhelmed. There are a few coming out that I find myself looking forward to though.

The Losers was surprisingly entertaining. It probably won't hit too many award lists, but for a light summer action movie it was good. Ditto the A-team. I really thought is would suck, a movie based on a rather silly 80's TV show by all rights should suck. It didn't though, it was a quick paced action movie with a considerable amount of humor mixed in. The premise behind the two movies is similar but they are done differently. Make a pretty good summer drive-in double feature though. Kick Ass was a movie I was looking forward to. It wasn't a bad movie, it just seemed less than I expected. I guess the trailers and internet hype gave too big a build up to it.

Anyway, the cartoon, Despicable Me looks interesting, and I just saw a trailer for a movie due in October called Red. Another comic book movie, but like the Losers, no superheroes. It stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Marie Louise Parker, John Malkovich in batshit crazy mode, Karl Urban, and Brian Cox. It's about a retired CIA agent who suddenly finds himself on the agency hit list, so he puts together his old team to raise some hell. Also, the new Robert Rodriguez Predator movie is looking kind of like the first one rather than the lesser sequels.