Cerberus Oh Sebastian what I do for you. The oversize suit in his first appearance, actually made me cringe. Honestly, the edge of the cuff hit the second joint in his thumb (yes, I checked carefully). Things did look up when he showed up with sleeveless tank, jeans and a gun holster. The boy has some serious guns on him *sigh* Oh yeah, plot. There is a sword that is possessed will give you lots of power. It belonged to Attila the Hun, and is now guarded by Cerberus (the 3 headed guard dog of Hades). Insert a contrived plot to get Sebastian and a happy team out to find the sword and keep it from the bad guys who have suitcase nukes and want to take over the world, and you know how this 2005 TV movies goes. The smart chick you know has to fall for the rough and tough Jake (Sebastian) is Dr. Samantha Gaines (Emmanuelle Vaugier aka Det. Jennifer Angell from CSI NY). Nothing surprising - well no romance surprised me - lol.
Rating: 4. I only watched it for Sebastian and was worth the giggle. I would show it to people just to see his arms. /shallow
Scruff- Smooth sailing the baddies and the goodies
Happy Endings Wandering through the lives of about 10 people, their search for a happy ending or maybe just a happier ending all intertwines and weaves together to tell a story of normal people's quest to find happy. A huge cast does a great job. Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Bobby Cannavale, Maggie Gyllenhallm, Jason Ritter, Tom Arnold, Sarah Clarke and Laura Dern. It is a nice movie, nothing too angsty or happy, kinda like life.
Rating: 5. I would reccomend this on a case by case basis
Scruff - Bits here and there, a couple of guys are extra scruffy and a couple are extra smooth
Victim: 1961 film about a man blackmailing gay men to keep quiet. A prominent lawyer goes after the blackmailer himself, risking everything b/c he is gay and could be exposed. It was a really good movie, Noirish. The music was a little too dramatic for its own self at times. Some of the shooting angles and long shots were funny. But over all it was a really interesting and engaging if emotionally distant movie. Dirk Bogarde gives a really strong performance as the barrister in the middle of everything.
Rating: 9. Would pick up DVD on Sale
Scruff: 1961- before scruff was ever invented.
Adventureland I really wanted to love this, and go along for the ride. But .. it is a better rental. I think Nick and Nora was a better version of "Geeky guy who is screw up gets hot girl to love him" then this. I was trying to figure out who the chick was, she was certainly emo and grumpy and the credits revealed all. Kristen Stewart (Twilight). She kinda pulled the movie down for me, and I am not sure if it is Twilight backlash from me or not, but her performance seemed confusing. She has these "big bad secrets" and we never learned what they are or why the screwed her up so much, her angst seemed misplaced, and she did alot to screw up her own life, with no one else's help. Jesse Eisenberg is fine as our geeky hero with a heart, and brings the needed heart to the movie, but he of course does things to screwed up his life and the lives around him, but we expect that. The music is awesome, and Ryan Reynolds plays a great loser. It drags at times and there are some long shots that go nowhere, but not a bad movie.
Rating: 5. I would reccomend this on a case by case basis
Scruff: 1987 pretty scruff free overall.
ohh maybe I can make it to 100 this weekend, that is a fun test. Seeing Coraline 3D tomorrow with Kurt.