No Salvation, but a Couple of Laughs

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Time for this week's movie reviews. (I reviewed the French romantic comedy Shall We Kiss?, but since it has vanished from theaters after only one week, I will not excerpt my scribblings here.)

Ann Morrow on Terminator Salvation:

"To add atmosphere to all the heavy-metal carnage, McG brushstrokes the dreary landscape with evocative visuals such as nighttime flare rockets reminiscent of Vietnam, oil-drum fires that could’ve come from Kuwait, and incongruously enough, Nazi-like cattle-car roundups. It’s more than distracting, as part of the film’s appeal should’ve been a feature-length travelogue to the dehumanized, machine-made apocalypse of Earth in the year 2029. Problem is, Terminator Salvation is so lacking in human interest that the machines have already won."

Laura Leon on Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian:

"For the most part, the writing is a mess, with gaping, unexplained plot holes and a completely uninspired challenge to the protagonist. In fact, in almost all ways, Night at the Museum is a mess, and yet, its individual gifts give audiences something to really enjoy."

Read both reviews in their entirety here.

Comments

[Rick Miller]

Shawn Stone. Just in case noone has contacted you yet: http://dearcinema.com/the-green-ray-by-eric-rohmer-112/ Rohmer is old, but not retred.