Movie Review: Same-old Paul, Lovable Rowan, and Annoying Wills

The Ten

Well. A parody of the 10 commandments of God given to Moses seems to be good idea. But I wasn't really that impressed with the results. I think it would've been better if the movie was a theater play na lang, which it was, as I found out at the end of the film. (That explains the minimalist setting Paul Rudd and Famke Janssen was acting around on, as if it was their house.)

One disturbing thing though--if the movie was a theater play, as shown in the film--why or how did Paul Rudd got out of the minimalist set, and saw Famke about to ride a taxi. On a real street? It's either blame it on the bad editing or a bad idea.

Paul Rudd, no matter the level of his bida-ness, always end up--so far--portraying the same kind of character. Boy-next-door-boy-buddy-slacko-type. He and Famke had no chemistry, for me. I think she's wayy too tall for him. :P And, Adam Brody's character is kinda . . . unrelatable.

Keeping Mum

Best movie among the three-movie line-up I had today.

It is funny, with a little bit of drama, mystery, romance and whatever-it-is-that-British-are-known-for all rolled into one movie. It stars the getting-to-be-my-favorite-actor Rowan Atkinson as the lovable, warm and awkward Reverend Walter Goodfellow, Kristin Scott-Thomas as Rev. Goodfellow's cheating wife Gloria, Patrick Swayze as a Peeping Tom/golf trainor named Lance, Maggie Smith as the grandmother with unusual ways of solving problem, and Tamsin Egerton as the concerned-but-trying-not-to-look-it daughter Holly are great as well.



The Brothers Solomon


A very annnoying movie, for many reasons:

1) Will Forte and Will Arnett are really annoying comedians. They don't have the Adam Sandler charm, or even the Ben Stiller charm. (Or was that part of their acting?)

2) The characters Dean and John Solomon--(particularly John) are bit... dumb yet unlikable, arrogant and self-conscious. It was just right that the girl from Rm704 didn't date him, or else the story would be utterly unconvincing considering the many loopholes in the story.


3) The movie makes it appear that home-schooled boys from Antartica are naive and... whatever, which I know they can and will disagree on.