Friday, July 20, 2007

Summer Blockbuster Stack Ranking - Updated!

From Best to Worst, including only those I've seen:

Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix (3.5 stars)
The best of the Harry Potter films.

Ratatouille (3.5 stars)
Pixar has a computer program that renders emotion.

Live Free or Die Hard (3.5 stars)
Throwback to 80's and 90's action films where everything wasn't a giant CGI monster.

The Simpsons Movie (3.0 stars)
Pretty funny at the beginning, I was a little tired or laughing by the end. Plot was solid, and I actually cared what happened (Unlike, say, Transformers).

The Bourne Ultimatum (3.0 stars)
Solid film that delivers on it's promises. This would be 3.5 stars if the director could learn to stop shaking the camera. Despite the shaking, there were many tense action scenes.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (3.0 stars)
Plugs the holes in Pirates 2. Final battle goes on to long.

Spiderman 3 (2.5 stars)
Lots of problems, but worth watching anyway.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2.5 stars)
Cheesy, but consistent. Watchable and mildly pleasant

Transformers (2.0 stars)
Entertaining until killed by boring last half-hour. Action cinematography infected by the disease which has ruined many films in the past 10 years: We can't tell what's going on. Please directors, Dolly Back and hold the camera still.