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Year One (2009)
The sick humor is what makes this movie great!
This is clearly an underrated movie, by many. Though I admit that if you do not find sick/black humor fun and if you're a religious zealot, this movie ain't for you!
It's a typical "Jack Black movie" and "fans" will love it. Many say the humor of this movie is "stupid", but hey, that's what humor is all about most of the time, unless you're a fan of: "An infinite crowd of mathematicians enters a bar. The first one orders a pint, the second one a half pint, the third one a quarter pint... "I understand", says the bartender - and pours two pints." -jokes.
"Year One" delivers a solid script with an even pace and great acting, do yourself a favor, accept that humor doesn't have to be "intelligent" and go see this movie, it's all about making you laugh anyway!
Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)
I'd rather watch Lemmings.
Quote: "The film was supposed to have been based on "true events". Yes, I'm sure it was - very, very, very loosely based. Some of the acting was nearly good enough to cover the gaping holes in the plot, but never enough to conceal the basic absurdity of it all. To the UK newspaper reviewer who allegedly said "You'll be on the edge of your seat!" I can only concede that I was - this was only because my wife had hold of the waistband of my trousers to prevent me leaving the cinema. The ending was extremely unsatisfactory and I was left feeling very sorry for the actors, whose performances are the only reason I've rated it as highly as a 5."
As he said. Only this... The characters in this movie were so incredibly stupid that I by mid movie let out a laugh of disbelief and stopped watching. 2 minutes after they discovered they were trapped in the water I had found at least 3 working ways of solving their situation. I'm referring to their "in the water" situation now and not their "More stupid than a lemming" situation. If you are reasonably intelligent and don't have that much patience for stupidity I strongly recommend against this movie. Oh my god... That stupidity still haunts me...
Malevolence (2003)
As B as B can get.
"If you're looking for talented actors, superb dialogue, and excellent character development... maybe Malevolence isn't your movie." So very true.
"However, if you want to be scared out of your chair, biting your nails or get another great slasher flick under your belt, see this movie." No, don't see this movie... Not scary at all... Just silly.
"Mena's brilliant score moves very smoothly along with Kimoto's cinematography, the villain is almost a solid example of the typical deranged killer (always nice), and to be honest, the story isn't too cheesy to enjoy. All in all, Stevan Mena has put together a very good slasher film." You don't expect much of a movie do you? =) "Hell, I can't wait for the sequel." Lets just hope there is none...
Strandvaskaren (2004)
A poor first try.
This is the first or at least one of the first "teen hack" productions from Sweden.
I've seen a lot of the usual teen hack Hollywood productions such as "Scream" one to three. It is not my favorite kind of genre, I admit to that. The Hollywood productions mostly seems to handle this type of genre well enough. The scripting of these movies are quite good, the acting is often good and the movie elements are quite often timed well enough to create a fairly intense and scary atmosphere. So here we are with the first Swedish production of a teen hack movie.
How did it fare you wonder? As you might expect, quite bad, I believe anyways. The story is average, early planting a myth of a ghostly killer on a path of revenge. The acting is quite good actually with a lot of the Swedish young "elite" in the acting ensemble. They perform well I think so a big + to them. The "planting" (the element you plant early in a scene to make the viewer slightly aware that something is awry thereby increasing the tension in the movie and later reap the benefits by creating a scary finish) is terrible.
*SPOILER* The first example of this is when a student early in the movie talks to the porter of the school wanting his cell -phone and some stuff from the basement. The student heads down the basement... The killer of the movie now grabs the keys to the basement door. Unnecessary... You already know that this kid is "gonna get it". This kind of planting is not needed at all. And examples like this seems to be "haunting" this movie all the way through.
Anyways... Sweden's got a bobsleigh team...