Thursday, January 11, 2007

Two more...

Inside Man - three stars
Good, not great. Denzel is great as a NYPD detective, Christopher Plummer is decent as the bank head-honcho, Clive Owen is good as the theif, and Jodie Foster is simply annoying as a person whose job it is to do very vague things for/with very important people. Her character adds nothing to the movie, in my most humble opinion, while Denzel is left to make up for the void, which he does. Near the end, the plot goes haywire, trying to make this movie more than just a heist movie, coming to a screeching halt with about a half hour left to go.

Gridiron Gang - two and a half stars
I like The Rock - call it a guilty pleasure - but then again, I enjoy professional wrestling. He plays a counselor/security guy/football coach type of guy in a juvenile detention center, encouraging the kids to have confidence and aspire to get out of the kind of life that helped them wind up in their current situation. The dialogue was cheesy and the plot was predictable. There were some somewhat emotional moments and occasional funny dialogue, but all too forced, cliche, and underwhelming. I wasn't expecting Hoosiers or We Are Marshall here, but if The Rock ever gets a good script, maybe he will break out.

I am waiting on three hours to come along and put itself aside to watch The Protector, and will probably catch Little Miss Sunshine, The Devil Wears Prada, and maybe either Barnyard or The Wild over the next few days.

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