Director: Shane Acker (nothing else and nothing else in development)
Stars: Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, North)
Martin Landau (Ed Wood, Ready to Rumble)
YesNoSoso: 2
Readers of YesNoSoso know that I'm a sucker for quality animation and apocalyptic tales, so 9 is right in my wheelhouse. The film centers around "9", an autonomous sack-puppet that has just woken up in a scary and desolate world. Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover and John C Reilly provide voices for some of the other "puppets"in this action packed story of discovery. I know there are those who simply don't like animation (a certain ex-roommate for one), but I find it hard to believe that this movie doesn't hold at least some appeal for all.
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7/24/09
Blindness (2008)
Director: Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Constant Gardener)
Stars: Julianne Moore (The Big Lebowski, Nine Months)
Mark Ruffulo (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 13 Going on 30)
YesNoSoso: 1
I have never wrestled with a YesNoSoso rating more than I did with Blindness. To start with, everybody is well versed in my hard-on for awesome concepts and apocolyptic themes and Blindness has both in spades. In the movie, an unexplained mass epidemic of blindness ravages the world causing a total breakdown in society. Julianne Moore's character is the only person unaffected by the disease and the story follows her and her affected husband, Mark Ruffulo, as they navigate the dangers of a society in collapse. But there were times between the :30 to 1:00 hour mark, where I found the movie to really drag. There were also multiple moments that deeply disturbed me. All in all I'm happy I saw the movie and appreciate the aggressive artistic direction, but wouldn't watch it again.
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Stars: Julianne Moore (The Big Lebowski, Nine Months)
Mark Ruffulo (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 13 Going on 30)
YesNoSoso: 1
I have never wrestled with a YesNoSoso rating more than I did with Blindness. To start with, everybody is well versed in my hard-on for awesome concepts and apocolyptic themes and Blindness has both in spades. In the movie, an unexplained mass epidemic of blindness ravages the world causing a total breakdown in society. Julianne Moore's character is the only person unaffected by the disease and the story follows her and her affected husband, Mark Ruffulo, as they navigate the dangers of a society in collapse. But there were times between the :30 to 1:00 hour mark, where I found the movie to really drag. There were also multiple moments that deeply disturbed me. All in all I'm happy I saw the movie and appreciate the aggressive artistic direction, but wouldn't watch it again.
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9/19/08
Children of Men (2006)
Director: Alfonso Cuarón (Y Tu Mama Tabien, Great Expectations)
Stars: Clive Owen (Sin City, Shoot 'em Up)
Julianne Moore (Boogie Nights, Evolution)
YesNoSoso: 2
I rarely speak in extremes, hence the blog devoted to rating movies on a 3 point scale, but this was the best movie of 2006 hands down. To tell you anything about it would cheapen its redonkulousness. If you haven't seen this movie, do so immediately. If you have seen this movie and disagree with my assessment of it, commit suicide immediately, you are unworthy of this world.
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Stars: Clive Owen (Sin City, Shoot 'em Up)
Julianne Moore (Boogie Nights, Evolution)
YesNoSoso: 2
I rarely speak in extremes, hence the blog devoted to rating movies on a 3 point scale, but this was the best movie of 2006 hands down. To tell you anything about it would cheapen its redonkulousness. If you haven't seen this movie, do so immediately. If you have seen this movie and disagree with my assessment of it, commit suicide immediately, you are unworthy of this world.
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28 Weeks Later (2008)
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intacto)
Stars: Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, Eragon)
Rose Byrne (Marie Antoinette, Wicker Park)
YesNoSoso: 2
I love a good horror movie, but if forced to give the horror genre as a whole a YesNoSoso ranking it would be an emphatic 0. 99.999% of horror movies are awful. Same goes for sequels (It is the next installment of 28 Days Later). The Washington Generals have a higher success rate than the average horror film and are way more entertaining. That's why I'm so stoked when I come across a truley good one (I can think of very few horror movies or sequels with YesNoSoso 1's and even less 2's). 28 Weeks Later, however, pulls it off. The exploration of life after the virus is both believable and interesting. Many times sequels seem forced (Matrix Revolutions, Spiderman 3, almost every other sequel), but a truly good sequel subconsiously merges the subsequent plot into a encapselating story arc (Godfather II, Spiderman II). 28 Weeks Later accomplishes this rare feat in a very entertaining movie.
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Stars: Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, Eragon)
Rose Byrne (Marie Antoinette, Wicker Park)
YesNoSoso: 2
I love a good horror movie, but if forced to give the horror genre as a whole a YesNoSoso ranking it would be an emphatic 0. 99.999% of horror movies are awful. Same goes for sequels (It is the next installment of 28 Days Later). The Washington Generals have a higher success rate than the average horror film and are way more entertaining. That's why I'm so stoked when I come across a truley good one (I can think of very few horror movies or sequels with YesNoSoso 1's and even less 2's). 28 Weeks Later, however, pulls it off. The exploration of life after the virus is both believable and interesting. Many times sequels seem forced (Matrix Revolutions, Spiderman 3, almost every other sequel), but a truly good sequel subconsiously merges the subsequent plot into a encapselating story arc (Godfather II, Spiderman II). 28 Weeks Later accomplishes this rare feat in a very entertaining movie.
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