American Dreamz— I liked this movie quite a bit, actually. B
A Brief History of Time— I consider myself a fairly intelligent person, but this was way over my head. C+
A Christmas Story— A classic that probably should have been in the top. B+
A Good Woman— I’m a Scarlett Johannson fan, but this movie was boring as Hell. D
Accepted-- A “dumb comedy” that wasn’t completely awful, just cliched. I also like Justin Long, so that made it watchable. C
Al Franken: God Spoke— I like Franken, but this was a boring documentary. C-
An Inconvenient Truth-- One of the most important movies I saw last year. Probably didn’t rank higher because I had been exposed to the content in all the press the film received. But it’s a critical one to watch. Here’s my take on global warming: Even if it isn’t “real”, do we want to chance it by continuing how we live? Do we really need to pump crap out our tailpipes and smokestacks when we have alternatives? Think about it. B+
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters for DVD— Followed the SNL ‘90s film curse: about 70 minutes too long. C
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres—theatre—The extras made the DVD. It even included an entire alternate movie (which was funnier). Dumb move though—the “alternate” movie was sketchy because many scenes were deleted before they were animated. Except a good chunk of the beginning WAS animated (and shown in some of the extras), so why couldn’t those scenes have been “fleshed” out on the deleted movie? B-
Art School Confidential—I don’t remember it very well. Incomplete
Barnyard— Not great. C+
Bee Movie—theatre— Better than Barnyard; not as good as the ones in the Top 20. B-
Beerfest-- It was decent enough; I mean you know what you’re going to get with these guys. I love the non-Broken Lizard actors the troupe is getting to appear in their movies. The villains of the movie are some of my favorite “B/C” level actors. B
Bill Cosby: Himself— A classic standup film. Cos gets ripped a bit because he’s not edgy and because he has been saying some African Americans’ problems are their own fault, but there’s nothing wrong with either of those things. Besides, this film is just, plain standup—something he excels at. A-
Blades of Glory-- Another case of knowing what you’re going to get. I’d give it an above average marks as a Will Farrell movie. B
Borat— As with An Inconvenient Truth, I think the fact that I knew so many of the gags from all the press the movie received kinda ruined it for me. But it was a well above average movie for me. B+
Bottom’s Up— I have no idea what this movie is… Okay, let’s check imdb.com: hmmm... it starred Paris Hilton and Jason Mewes. Oh, damn! Now it’s back in my brain! F
The Breakup—TV— pointless; I also remember the ending as being really dumb. C-
Broken Lizard’s Club Dread— My least-favorite Broken Lizard movie. It was a horror movie send-up, so maybe that hurt it for me (as I’m a not a horror movie guy). Or it could be that the jokes fell flat. C
C.S.A.—Confederate States of America-- What if the South had won the Civil War? A one-joke premise that didn’t find ways to make the joke funny enough to fill 90 minutes. C+
Catch and Release—theatre—I liked the actors, but this was a completely clichéd “chick flick”. There’s nothing wrong with so-called chick-flicks, but when one can see dang near every twist and turn coming, that’s just plain boring. And it’s too bad because there was a decent cast. C+
Clerks II— The original was a classic. This was just uninspired. Smith tried to salvage the movie by actually making the movie about something (growing up), but it was just crass. Crass and funny is one thing; crass and unfunny/boring is another. C
Crank-- Shut your head off and watch the pretty explosions. Bonus points for having Amy Smart in it. B-
The DaVinci Code-- Nothing special. C+
Death of a President-- Didn’t live up to the hype. An interesting premise: what could happen if President shit-for-brains got shot and died. Oddly enough, things would be worse according to this movie. And it’d be boring. C-
Derailed—TV— This movie took a while to get going, but it did pick-up as it reached the end. I like Clive Owen, and it was nice to see Jennifer Anniston play against her type. B-
The Devil and Daniel Webster-- This old movie was pretty good. No big effects and sets; just a story about a guy who made a deal with the Devil and then attempted to win his soul back. B
Employee of the Month— Considering it starred Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson, it wasn’t completely awful. C-
Epic Movie-- Shit. A complete waste of 70 minutes. Yes, I said 70 minutes, and I think the last ten minutes were just the end credits musical montage. F
The Family Stone-- One of those “actor” movies where everyone has a good role because there is so much unnecessary drama (see: TV’s Brothers and Sisters). The good: Craig T. Nelson and Rachel McAdams. The bad: Sarah Jessica Parker and Dermont Mulrony playing the same role they always seem to play—and being boring at it. C
Fantastic Four 2— It was pretty good. It was made with kids in mind, and that doesn’t mean it has to be bad. I would like to see a special effects laden super-throwdown in one of these movies, though. B-
Farce of the Penguins-- With the comedy talent working on this film, you’d think it would be at least a little funny. But all this is is stupid sex jokes and juvenile humor. It did have some good lines, mostly from Samuel L. Jackson’s narration, but it should have been better. D+
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift— I loathed the original, but Lucas Black is one of my favorite actors, so I had to check it out. It was relatively dumb—but didn’t completely insult my intelligence like the original did. And Black made it worthwhile. C+
Fast Food Nation-- Haven’t read the book (which I’ve heard is good), and this movie (which only very loosely follows the book) didn’t make me want to, either. Watching this movie was like watching meat go bad. D+
Flags of Our Fathers-- A good movie that just didn’t do much for me. B
For Your Consideration-- I know it’s unfair to expect Best in Show quality in every film this crew does, but, dammit, I want something that makes me roar in laughter. This didn’t have it (nor did A Mighty Wind). C
Friends With Money-- I can’t remember a thing about it other than I wasn’t impressed. Incomplete
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