Though it didn’t do too well in the box office, this movie worked for me – all the way until the last scene. The end was the one place where what was needed just happened to be there without any previous set up. And in the DVD extras, I found out why: they hadn’t written the final fight scene until just before it was shot, and they designed the set to fit the fight. That . . . → Read More: Review: Firewall
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Agassi’s final 8 minutes on court Andre Agassi played his last professional match on Sunday, September 3, 2006. Check out the link above if, like me, you were unable to see it live. Also, read this article. It seemed like Agassi was fighting tears as Benjamin Becker prepared to serve the match-ending ace that would also end Agassi’s career. Despite winning the match and enduring what was (from articles I’ve read) hostility by the . . . → Read More: Agassi: Goodbye to a legend Wow. I’ve never seen anyone lose that much weight for a movie before. [tag]Christian Bale[/tag] was a walking skeleton in this movie. It hurt to watch the man move. Even [tag]Tom Hanks[/tag] looked healthier in Castaway. Unfortunately, that was probably the most impressive thing about this movie. It seemed to move too slowly, lingering on shots that didn’t really have a pay-off. It was successful in making me curious about why Trevor, the main character, . . . → Read More: Review: The Machinist I was really hoping this movie would be better than it was. Alas, it wasn’t. After a promising beginning, dealing with the “death” of Captain America, and setting up some multi-decade intrigue, the movie’s plot devolved into nothing more than, “here’s a character, here’s his/her power, he/she isn’t a team player, now everybody get together and fight something.” They did attempt a small bit of character development, especially with Captain America and Bruce Banner/Hulk, but . . . → Read More: Review: Ultimate Avengers Andre Agassi survived his battle with 8th seed Marcos Baghdatis tonight to move into the third round of play. I only saw about half of the final set of this match, but what an interesting set. At over three hours long (when I joined), the whole match seemed to have been interesting, based on the scores. At 2-2 in the 5th, the players still seemed to be playing at the top of their form, . . . → Read More: Agassi: Still alive |
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