An Unfortunate Series of Movies

Within the span of little over a week, I have saw three major movies. Two of them put on in the new theater (while better then other facilities in this town, there are better theaters on the west side of Washington state).

The most recent (although not in the new theater) was the much anticipated Final Fantasy 7: Advant Children. If you have read any of the reviews out there (like here: http://dvd.ign.com/articles/701/701928p1.html), they're right. The movie is gorgeous, with CG like we have never seen. Although it still isn't life-like, it still creates plenty of great visuals. As they needed it, with more off the wall, Matrix style action then almost any other movie out there. Which is its problem; the story isn't that deep. Think of it this way: take the beginning of a Square game, then take the ending; that's the story. It goes from humble to epic pretty quickly. Heck, the movie is actually on the short end, being 90 minutes.
But there are still moments which play just to gamers. Even those who have just heard of Final Fantasy see how the writers are just playing to the fans, and do well. Unfortunatly, non-gamers will just have those moments fly over their heads, never to realize how good they are.
Overall, on the X-Play rating system, I'll give this a 3 (Omnislashes) out of five.

Then I saw Good Night and Good Luck. Definatly a good movie. This follows Edward R. Murrow's team of reporters during their rivalry against Joseph McCarthy. A great portrayal of the events, although mostly done through showing cuts of the show itself.
The cast is well done, and shows the characters very well. More over, the situation and themes reflect reality as it is, including for those in the journalism business.
Overall, a 4 out of five.

Then there was Peter Jackson's King Kong. This certainly was a good remake (I should note I never seen the original source material). Characters are fleshed out and well acted. This definatly looked like a uncompromising vision (see Spider pit scene). The story isn't too deep, actually rather simplistic. Some may like the ending (that we all know), but I just found it predictable (because I knew it ten years ago). Also, it is three hours. While nothing was terribly bad, I do think it could have been better if Jackson just cut some stuff out to help the pacing.
Overall, 3 (giant leeches) out of five.