16 Blocks

I got bored a couple of weeks ago and went to see "16 Blocks". What can I say, I'm a sucker for Bruce Willis movies.

The premise of the movie is that Willis' character, Jack Mosley, is a tired NYPD Detective, who at one point was respected but is now drinking on duty and getting the shit jobs from his boss. Now all he has to do is take a prisoner, Mos Def's Eddie Bunker, sixteen blocks to the courthouse to testify before the grand jury. No problem, right? Let's just say things get a little out of control and the two on them end up running all over NYC trying to figure out how to get out of this mess.

Richard Donner does a wonderful job of establishing the pacing and tone of the movie. The characters are well thought out and Willis plays the tired cop well. Def does a wonderful job as the quick talking Bunker. I love the little quiz Bunker keeps asking people and Willis answer at the end.

The movie was enjoyable, I liked it.

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V for Vendetta

Recently I went to see "V for Vendetta". When I learned that they were making this classic Alan Moore graphic novel in to a movie, the first thing that struck me was, "ACK! Not again!" Yep, the Hollywood track record for converting Moore's works into movies, well, sucks. So, with some trepidation, I went to see it. Will it disappoint like "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"? In a quick answer, No. It was quite good.

Ok, what did I like about the movie? Visually it was gorgous. The script followed the original story very well (some changes were made but that is understandable part of converting a book to a script). The acting was ok tho Portman's accent as forced in some scenes. Overall, I liked it. It was fun even if my favorite scene was not in the movie (when all the servalence devices get deactivated and the populous goes a little wild).

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