Movie Review Tuesday

Katie and I got back on the movie kick lately, so here's a couple more reviews:

1) Grosse Point Blank

Yeah, I don't know. Katie has some secret love affair with this movie or something. So, we rented and watched it. I was a bit distracted, and it didn't help that the DVD, which I assume pressed in late '97 or early '98 wasn't enhanced for widescreen televisions. So we got to watch it with black bars all the way around it. Nothing like a 30" picture on a 50" TV to get on your good side.

Nevertheless, the movie had some moments. John Cusack was very funny, and it was pretty classic to see some of the reasonably big-time people in some small-time roles. Now that I'm sitting here typing, I really don't remember much of anything distinctive from this movie, other than Cusack constantly telling everyone he was a professional killer, and no one believing him.

My rating: 2/4 stars.

2) The Bourne Ultimatum

I'm sure most people have at least seen one of the three movies in this series. This one doesn't deviate from the formula. Matt Damon is pretty solid. The government is as dirty as ever. There's a lot of flashbacks to Bourne's past. There's also plenty of hand-to-hand combat that would have Lennox Lewis telling you he couldn't handle it. There's a reason boxers have gloves. There's also plenty of explosions and car chases. As far as I knew, going into this movie, this was supposed to be the last one. That's about all I knew. The movie ended up finishing pretty well; I don't want to give away what happens, but it was pretty intense. I thought it was going to be an open-to-interpretation ending, but in the end, we find out what happens. But you'll have to watch if you wanna know.

I'd give this one 3½ out of 4 stars.