pearson-edgar Reviews

Land of the Lost (2009)

What is wrong with you people?

[10/10 · 7 July 2009]

C'mon people. Some of you are too critical for your own good. I'm a thirty-three year old prude, and I love this movie. I saw it twice and both times the whole audience was laughing right along with me. And both times, my friend's 14 year old daughter was laughing along with us. And yes I shielded her eyes from Will Ferrell's crotch shot. I haven't laughed this much since Hot Rod! This movie ranks write up there with my favorites: Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre, Talledega Nights, and of course the aforementioned Hot Rod. So, like I said, C'MON PEOPLE! Get a grip and get over yourselves! You know you liked it! Quit yer bellyachin'. And by the way, isn't everyone that grew up watching the original dead by now anyways? Geeez.

That Kind of Woman (1959)

This movie was ahead of it's time.

[10/10 · 11 June 2008]

I just watched That Kind of Woman on TCM. I'm generally not into old movies, but this one seemed very interesting and it proved to be more than that. It is definitely not your typical love story, of which I am also not usually fond. The dialogue in the script blew me away. Walter Bernstein must have taken great pains to write this screenplay. I definitely want to read the story on which it was based.

The host on TCM said that this movie never became very popular despite the fame of Sophia Loren and Tab Hunter, and I can see why. It's comment on the society of that time was probably not highly regarded by the movie critics and people of influence during that era. I, however, thoroughly enjoyed the social criticism found in the plot, and the acting was phenomenal. Jack Warden and Barbara Nichols stole the show in my opinion. I am definitely going to check out more movies by Sidney Lumet, as well as, writings by Robert Lowry. If you're the kind of person who enjoys discovering a diamond in the rough, you will love this movie.