Armageddon

2012, The Hurt Locker, The Hangover: Varying Degrees of Suck.

This week I watched 3 hyped movies that I found to be average at best; 2012, The Hurt Locker and The Hangover.

Woody Harrelson Dies In It

The first one I forgave because it never really promised to be anything more than just another corny disaster movie. 2012 ranked well below “Independence Day” and “Armageddon”, which of course had a lot of superstar firepower that 2012 did not, but it fell short of even The Day After Tomorrow as what I would call a “good” disaster movie. At one point I shouted “bullshit” and invoked the wrath of my wife telling me to “keep my comments to myself” and literally 60 seconds later heard a “aww that was bullshit” from her, which I laughed at. WTF was Woody Harrelson doing in this film? I guess he owed someone a favor. I haven’t seen anything quite as corny as this since Keanu Reeves jumped a 100′ gap in a highway overpass with a city bus in the movie “Speed”. Overall 3/5 stars from me, and that’s basically an E for effort on the special effects and acknowledgement that the producers never adverstised the film as something it wasn’t. Continue reading »