The Chaos Experiment
So my first choice this week is a movie that you most likely haven’t heard of. I honestly had not heard about it until just recently and what struck me about it was Val Kilmer. Yes, I know lately he’s packed on a few pounds and has been putting his face in everything but the latest veggie tales movie, but I’ve been a Val Kilmer fan since The Saint. But after I heard about the plot for this movie, I figured it could either be a great movie or be so bad you just have to laugh at it. In this movie a well-respected professor (Kilmer) falls out of favor once he starts publishing outrageous theories on Global Warming. In order to get people to take him seriously again he decides to prove his theory by kidnapping six people and putting them in a sauna, showing that rising heat makes people go crazy. He then tells the local papers to publish his theories or the people will die a painful death. Like I said, it’s one crazy ride.
The Soloist
Here’s another movie that I want to be a fan of solely because of the lead actor. I’m a Robert Downey Jr. fan, and not because of Iron Man, but because he’s been a very consistent actor throughout his career and I think he deserved some amazing recognition for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. That said I think this movie ran a bit slow, it felt heavy and yet it never quite had the emotional pull I wanted it to. The great thing about this movie is that it’s packed with great actors giving great performances, I just think they weren’t given a good enough script to make this movie what it could have been. So I definitely wouldn’t have recommended paying movie theater prices for this, but for a lazy night on the couch, it’s not half bad.
Race to Witch Mountain
As someone who saw and loved the original, I was a little disappointed by this one. Instead of being a story driven movie, as was the original, this was more of a action packed chase scene. Which isn’t horrible in it’s own right, but falls short when compared to the original. I was also sorely disappointed with the lack of originality in this movie as it seems to steal characters from Terminator, The Matrix and even Resident Evil.
Labor Pains
This movie stars Lohan, who was cute in Parent Trap and then it all went downhill, and it honestly completes her descent into obscurity. The movie details a secretary who on the threat of being fired, comes up with the idea of lying about being pregnant. This allows her to keep her job (because the company assumes they’ll be sued if they don’t) and she even gets a promotion and falls in love (shocker!) all of which hinge on the lie (another shocker!). Watch this movie for the fun at laughing at just how bad it really, really is.