mooshki Reviews

A Sound of Thunder (2005)

Best bad movie of the year!

[7/10 · 3 September 2005]

I live for movies like this.

Saw it in a theater with about 12 other people. 3 people left about 20 minutes in. I'm not sure if they left because the movie was so bad or because they couldn't hear the dialogue over the laughter of the rest of us.

Mediocre special effects don't excite me. Abysmally bad special effects are wonderful. I disagree with the previous commenter -- I don't think the actors were walking on a treadmill in front of the green screen, I think they were just standing in place and shifting their weight from one foot to the other.

Sir Ben Kingsley is clearly aware of the "quality" of this film and embraces the ridiculousness, having a great time reading his absurd lines.

The plot, the dialogue, the special effects, the creatures, the actor's accents -- each piece of this movie is worse than the last. There were at least three scenes that made me laugh so hard I cried.

I love dumpster-diving through bad movies in search of treasure. The recent crop of bad movies have been just plain boring. This one is the diamond that makes it all worthwhile.

Harvard Man (2001)

A wonderful movie!

[10/10 · 8 October 2004]

The people who didn't like this movie were clearly expecting something different. Did the casting of SMG make them think it would be a brainless teen comedy? I can see why you'd be disappointed if you don't like movies that require you to think. James Toback is brilliant, and so is this movie.

Definitely get it on DVD so you can listen to the director's commentary.

This movie is about philosophy and self discovery, but it isn't preachy or trying too hard to be "deep". It is full of interesting, multi-dimensional characters.

The visual techniques of the film are uniquely appropriate to the subject matter and emotional "feel" of the film.