Review: Munich

Fresh Rating: 3.5/5

Rating Scale: Excellent - Very Good - Good - Average - Poor

Players
Actor: Eric Bana - Very Good
Actor: Geoffrey Rush - Excellent
Supporting Actor Daniel Craig - Good
Supporting Actor: Michael Lonsdale ( "Papa") - Excellent

Main Elements: (for Suspense Flick)
Action - Good
Suspense - Very Good
Drama - Good

Extra Credit
"Louis/Papa/The Family" - the French version of the Mafia.
Eric Bana's performance as a fully committed assassin, and the results of being one.

Deductions:
Nudity, Blood, everything they rated it "R" for.
Lots of "Effeys," as we'd say. (F*)
Very Dark movie

Recommendations:
Purchase DVD? No. Rent it.
Watch Repeatedly? Do you watch Saving Private Ryan repeatedly?

Additional Comments:
Munich is "Good" in the way the the Passion of the Christ is "good." You watch it, and realize it's excellently acted, a very well told story. But the events and scenes in the story are overwhelmingly dark.

Movies I've Seen

• Underworld: Evolution
• X-Men the Last Stand
• Mission Impossible 3
• Cars (11/20/06)
• Casino Royale
• Munich
• Superman Returns
• The Devil Wears Prada

Review: Superman Returns

FRESH RATING: 4.5/5


Rating Scale: Excellent - Very Good - Good - Average - Poor

Players
Actor: Brandon Routh- Very Good
Actress: Kate Bosworth- Very Good
Supporting Actor (the Big Bad): Kevin Spacey- Very Good
Supporting Actor: James Marsden - Very Good

Main Elements (for Action Flick)
Action - Excellent
Suspense - Good
Romance - Very Good


Extra Credit
Kate Bosworth - Better than expected
Adding Physics to Superman: i.e., the sonic boom because he's moving THAT FAST
Parker Posey as Bad Girl that secretly admires Superman
"upping the stakes" (i.e., "How IS he going to overcome THAT?")

Deductions:
No Real Deductions.


Recommendations:
Purchase DVD? If you are either an action movie fan or a Superman Fan


Additional Comments:
Brandon Routh does a good job of channelling Christopher Reeve, and I was more impressed with Kate Boswell and Parker Posey than I would have thought. Kate Boswell brings a vulnerability to Lois Lane that Margot Ridder completely missed, Margot coming straight out of the 70s. I thought I'd be offended with the story line of Jason, Lois' son, but in fact, it helpes the story along.