Recently seen movies

Is anybody still out there? It's been over a month since I've posted last; I'm so bad. It's also been decided that I shoudl update more often but perhaps with a little less writing. Like really, what may be dissuading me from writing more often is the thought of trying to write something long and intelligent about a movie. Specifically, when that movie is quite terrible, or even quite good, words don't jump out at me. And perhaps that's all insane, so just forget it.

Movies I've seen recently:

NEXT - Do you recall seeing the trailer for this a while ago? Did this movie come out a year or two years ago? In any event it was part of that whole thing where celebrities would wear their hair long for no good reason (Tom Hanks in Da Vinci, and now Nic Cage here). So Cage can see two minutes into the future except when around the obligatory love interest, which adds an interesting tidbit to the ending of the movie, but in the end, this movie wasn't great, although it was entertaining. Perhaps it could have been better had Nicolage Cage not had stupid long hair and been twice the age of Jessica Biel, who still can't act. Overall: 6/10 (above average, worth watching).

INCREDIBLE HULK - Great stuff; let's keep this new Marvel ball rolling, please! This movie had to be exactly the oppositie as HULK five years ago: that is, not intelligent, more action and basic. I still have a soft spot for Ang Lee's vision but this one really cleans things up and just gives you a movie worth getting into and rewards you for doing it. Apparently Norton wasn't happy about the final edit, he wanted something "smarter" or whatever. Good! Let's see a multi-disc Blu-Ray with each version on it. The only thing I wish about this movie is that I was more into the whole Hulk universe so I could pick up on the subtleties sprinkled throughout. Overall: 8/10 (solid movie)

THE DEVIL'S REJECTS - Saw this one again for the third time in as many years (potentially). I appreciate this type of "horror" movie moreso than what has been littering the cinema as late, simply because it is shocking but doesn't stop there. It's not out for the cheap thrills. Whereas HOSTEL (or any of those other torture-porn flicks) would throw in a scene for sheer shock, this movie likes to build the scenes. A scene finishes and you think these monsters couldnt' get worse, but they do, and it scares you, cause these people are somewhat believable. I'm interested to see what else Rob Zombie can do. And for the record, I saw this one before the first one, which I'm not convinced makes a lick of difference. Overall 7/10