Monday, May 3, 2010

Quick DVD Reviews - 5/3/10

Quick DVD reviews from movies I watched this past weekend.

"It's Complicated" - very funny, mostly due to the actors involved - Alec Baldwin, Meryl Streep, and Steve Martin, so I was sold. :) Typical Nancy Meyers film. GRADE: B

"9" (animated film - not the musical). Visually stunning, so-so story. I think it had some of the problems as "Wall-E" with having the focus on a non-human cast. GRADE: B

"Land of the Lost." Dinosaur dung. Absolutely terrible. Will Ferrell can't do too many more of these (looking at you, "Semi-Pro") or he'll be derailed. Even the usually solid Danny McBride (“Eastbound and Down”) and the lovely Anna Friel (from the late, lamented “Pushing Daisies”) couldn’t save this one. At least the old Sid&Marty Kroft production from the 70's has kitsch value. This has nothing. GRADE: F