Mute 2018 2 out of 10

Mute 2018  2 out of 10

The trailer for Mute looked interesting.  I'd just watched Altered Carbon a Netflix tv show that heavily used the visual style of BladeRunner and for the most part enjoyed it and it's visual look.  Mute looked like a movie that would be interesting. The story of a Mute Bartender that seeks out what happened to his girlfriend after she disappears sounds intriguing.   It featured Alexander Skarsgard,  Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux so it had a good cast.  

I was so wrong,  I literally had to endure Mute to get to the end.  Unfortunately the movie was a just a strange mess.  Just because you have flying cars, neon and rain --that doesn't make you Bladerunner.  

The murder mystery aspect of the story was incredible dull.  A Mute man wandering around a sexually deviant underworld trying to ask questions without being able to talk didn't work.  Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux's characters were just odd and at first their scenes just seem like they were put there just to try and have some type of interesting dialogue.  They seem to have nothing to do with the main plot at first.  It quickly becomes clear early on that somehow they are involved in the disappearance of the Mute bartenders girlfriend.  If they aren't the killers then there is no reason for their characters to exist in the story at all.  This takes any sense of mystery out of the story.  It is apparent from early in the story that the angry Mute (ex amish) bartender is going to have a showdown with them at some point.   I also I found the subject matter in this seedy underworld obnoxious.   I literally thought about giving up on the movie about an hour into it.  I struggled to get to the end.

Apparently it took 16 years for the director Duncan Jones to get this movie made.  Maybe there was a reason that it was so difficult to get this movie made,  because it was just a difficult watch.   I definitely wouldn't recommend this film.  So far it is the worst movie I've watched in 2018 (of course the bad shark movies of the summer on Sci-fi haven't come out yet).

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My Top 5 movies to see for the rest of the Summer Movie Season

The two biggest Summer movies as far as I'm concerned have already come out.  That is Jurassic World and Avengers 2.  I loved both films.  The one big movie that I missed was Tomorrowland (so did everyone else apparently).  I wanted to see Tomorrowland- but by the time it came out Jurassic World was in theaters so it will have to wait until DVD.   I did see a really cool sneak peek of it at Disneyland which was amazing  (Here is my Disney blog about that)

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So now that these big movies have come out already what is left?

5.   Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.  

This franchise has been a mixed bag.  
Mission Impossible 1996  was a 8 out of 10
Mission Impossible 2 2000  was my least  favorite big budget action sequel ever (I totally hated it) 4 out of 10
Mission Impossible 3  2006   8 out of 10  was excellent my favorite in the series.
Mission Impossible 4 2011 was okay --but not great  6 out of 10

When the trailer for this one came out I thought it looked as good as if not better than the upcoming James Bond.  

4.   Masterminds:

My stepson asked if I wanted to see this movie and honestly I hadn't even heard of it yet.  I looked it up online and without even seeing a trailer I put it on my list based on the cast alone. Zach Galigianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Owen Wilson and Kristen Wigg I'm in.

3.   Vacation

One of my favorite franchises growing up.  Both the original Vacation and Christmas Vacation are in my top comedies of all-time.  Ed Helms is getting a shot at carrying the franchise forward as a grown up Rusty taking his family on a Vacation like the kind he took as a kid.   The Trailers look good and  with Christina Applegate as his wife and Chevy Chase guesting --I'm looking forward to seeing if they can get it right.

2. Antman

I'm hoping to see the sneak peek at Disneyland in the next week which will probably jump start my excitement for this Marvel film.  It may be the Marvel movie I've been the least excited for--but Marvel has been hitting it out of the park lately and it does star Paul Rudd

1. Inside Out

I'll probably be seeing this movie this week and reviewing it on my Disney blog.   Pixar just really makes great movies and from the buzz this is no different.  A high concept film that looks like it could be a lot of fun,

What are the 5   remaining Summer movies you are looking forward to? 

Terminator would have made my list:   The first 2 by Cameron were classic.   T3 and Terminator Salvation were disappointments so now I have no idea how to feel about this franchise. 

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 2013 7 out of 10

Anchorman 2  2013   7 out of 10

The Movie

Anchorman 2 was an a really mixed bag of a movie.   As a full movie is was a little underwhelming and typical of a comedy sequel that doesn't live up to the expectations of the original.  It was a very silly film with a plot that was really unimportant to the experience or enjoyment of the film.   Some moments in the film were just plain dumb,  other moments were laugh out loud brilliant (like the Cruise control RV crash).  So despite it flaws any comedy in this day and age that can make me laugh out loud has done something right.  Too many modern day comedies feel like a bunch of unconnected sketches and Anchorman 2 suffers from that as well. The only recent movie that succeeds for me in having a fully functional 1980's era comedy plot was We Are the Millers. 

How to rate this film?

 It is really hard for me to rate it.....I remember the first time I watched the original Anchorman and gave it a 6 out of 10, but like many other Will Ferrell movies.... it grew on me to eventually be a 9 out of 10 and a comedy classic.   Will Ferrell just makes me laugh for some reason  (unlike say Jack Black).   Even in a bad SNL sketch--he found ways to shine and as a result this film will probably grow on me as well,  despite its not having a quality plot  and re threading on much of what it had already done in the original.  The star studded newscaster battle was great in the original and just fell flat for me the second time around.  It was a very inconsistent film and yet its high moments help to wash away some of its really dumb moments when reflecting on it a day later.

So for now it gets a 7 out of 10 for me.....

The DVD

 The DVD definitely enhances the movie.  The menu screen is super funny ---watching the stars doing bad disco dancing (Carrell kills it with his lackluster dance moves.)   The gag reel is almost more enjoyable than the movie itself.  Watching the extras it definitely looks like the actors truly enjoyed making the movie.  I haven't even dug into half of the extras yet---but with all the different improv lines and behind the scenes features, it is definitely on its way to being a great DVD and definitely worth buying for any Will Ferrell fan.

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This is 40 2012 7 out of 10

This is 40    2012    7 out of 10

This is 40 stars Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann reprising their supporting roles from the movie Knocked Up.  This time around Judd Apatow directs again this time focusing on the couple. 

  The movie does a good job of mixing  comedy with the sometimes tough reality of turning 40 years old.

Both of the characters are having a mid-life crisis at the same time while trying to juggle kids, family issues and money problems which leads to arguments both funny and somewhat serious.    Albert Brooks is great as Paul Rudd's characters dad that is always mooching off his son.    

Wanderlust 2012 4 out of 10

Wanderlust 2012.   George and Linda are both out of a job and can no longer afford the tiny little micro loft they just bought in New York,  so they take off for Atlanta so George can work for his asshole brother.   That doesn't turn out so well and so they decide to return to this little hippie commune that they got stuck in on the way there.  The movie is basically a Lost in America that instead of following  this better films format gets mired down in bad hippie jokes.  The film has a great cast that stars two of my favorite actors.  The always beautiful Jennifer Aniston and solid performer comedy performer  Paul Rudd.  The cast also features many of  the old MTV sketch comedy show The State.   Unfortunately for me the cast gets wasted figuratively and literally in this story at the hippie commune they get stuck in and try to embrace on their journey.  If you are fan of the cult classic Wet Hot American Summer --a cult classic also written by David Wain that came from The State as well you will probably like this film as well.   For me  the movie  just fell flat as the story went from one hippie drug joke to the next, not my cup of tea.