Death Defying Acts

Death Defying Acts was a movie loosely based off the life of Harry Houdini. By loosely I of course mean if your high and squint at it you might see the connection. I didn't find the acting all that great and it annoyed me the changes and character they tried to make. Death Defying Acts is a bit of a miss name since he only does escapes maybe twice in the whole movie. It is mostly romantic dribble. It was heavy on the spiritualism angle finally leaving the audience at the end to believe is mediums. It completely failed to show that Houdini went out of his way to show the public the truth behind mediums and to expose them.
I did watch a bit of the 'behind the scene' videos where Guy Pierce (actor that played Houdini) talked about all the research he did into Houdini to get a feel for his character but in the end decided he liked what they decided to go with in the script so he threw out all his research. Seriously he actually said he liked the made up crap better than sticking to anything in history. Why didn't they just make a movie about an escape artist with a made off name instead of trying to pass him off as Houdini.
I don't recommend this movie, it was crap and mostly bad romance. If your looking for illusions or magic go with The Prestige or the Illusionist. They are atleast interesting, well written and starring a great cast. (sorry Catherine Zeta Jones, you stank in this one)

I Love You, Again

While flipping through my new Entertainment Weekly magazine this weekend I heard some extremely sad news. Warner Bros is remaking The Thin Man movies... Starring Johnny Depp. Now don't get me wrong folks, I do enjoy Johnny Depp in some roles, like Pirates of the Caribbean, Alice in Wonderland, Public Enemies. But Why are they remaking a classic. Don't touch the classics, go remake something that the original was crap. 3:10 to Yuma for example, the original was short, boring and lacking in everything. The Remake was witty with a plot and Christian Bale. For those of you that might not know anything about the Thin man movies, I recommend clearing a day and renting them. The Thin man stars a detective Nick Charles played by William Powell and his rich socialite wife Nora played by Myrna Loy. These movies have everything murder mystery, witty banter, amazing chemistry and great supporting casts. I highly recommend this series of six stand alone movies to everyone. In honor of my favorite couple, I rented another one of their movies for this weekend. I Love You Again.
I Love You, Again is not something I would rank as high as the thin man but its a fun little comedy about name Larry that has an accident while returning home on a boat from a cruise. After a blow to the head he remembers his name as George. George's last memory was getting a blow to the head on a train 9 years previous, George is also a con man. George decides to go to the sleepy little town Larry has been living and rob people blind. It is rather amusing watching him try to bluff the whole town so they don't know he has no clue who he is. You can imagine his surprise to find Larry has a beautiful wife that is trying to divorce him.
I say this movie has a fun little story and worth watching. Of course with me anything involving William Powell or Myrna Loy is worth checking out.

MIA

I am very sorry for the extreme lack of posts. It is very sad to say that i've not been watching as many movies lately as I am accustom to. Never fear though, winter is fastly approaching and I tend to try to never leave the house. So my large collection of movies and Netflix will have to keep me company.