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<\/a><\/p>\nI was gonna write my usual movie review last Monday but the movie just didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t leave much of an impression on me so I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get the words out. I started writing it 3 or 4 times and it just wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t happen. I saw Extract<\/em>, the new Mike Judd movie with Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, and Ben Affleck. I was really expecting to have a good laugh with this movie but I found it to be too \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 subtle. Yeah there were a couple of funny things but nothing to give you a good laugh. The movie wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t horrible but there is nothing great about it, nothing that makes it stand out. And that is all I got to say about it.<\/p>\n But this last weekend I saw two movies. One an animated feature that I was totally hyped about and the other a Canadian film that premi\u00c3\u00a8red at TIFF.<\/p>\n On Friday I say the movie 9<\/em>, the post-apocalyptic rag doll movie. It is based on the Oscar nominated animated short by director Shane Acker. Visually the movie is just amazing. It is dark, dreary, and foreboding. And the style of the animation brings a realism that has to be seen to believe. I believe that is why Tim Burton was drawn to producing such a film. It fits into the strange characters and setting that he is known for. But, I am sad to say, even with all the stunning visuals the movie is far from entertaining.<\/p>\n Everything in the movie falls flat besides the visuals. There is no dialogue for the first about 5-10 minutes of the movie and up until that point it was engaging and interesting. But as soon as the dialogue is brought in it seems to lose some of its mystery and intrigue. The scripting is flat and uninteresting. Even the voice actors sounded bored. With talent like Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Elijah Wood, Crispin Glover, John C Reilly, and Jennifer Connelly, you would think they would make it work but there just wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t enough there to work with.<\/p>\n The plot. What can I say about the plot of 9<\/em>? It was meh. But that really shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have been a problem. There are many movies out there that have a mediocre plot but are great movies. It is just about how it is all put together. The story just seemed to have a lot of holes with little reasoning for certain actions and consequences. It just didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work even though it was clear that it easily could have.<\/p>\n Now I mentioned this to my cousin who really wanted to see the movie. His response was, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am just in it for the visuals. I will have to watch it on mute.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I think he has the right idea.<\/p>\n On Sunday afternoon, I trekked downtown and braved the crowds to see a movie at TIFF. It was a movie called Suck<\/em>; a comedy, vampire, rock \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcn roll movie by Canadian writer, director, and star Rob Stefaniuk. And I have to say it was pretty good.<\/p>\n The movie has a simple premise. It is about an ailing Canadian band, the Winners (it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ironic), trying to make it big when their only female member of the band and guitarist, Jennifer, becomes a vampire. With her new persona on stage the band becomes a hit. It is a simple but fun plot that works.<\/p>\n The movie is funny. It is filled with pop culture references, drummer jokes, clay-mation, and some general nonsense. It has a good but pretty much unknown cast, Jennifer Pare, Mike Lobel, Paul Anthony, and the most famous Malcolm McDowell. There were also some pretty famous cameos that include Henry Rollins, Moby, Dave Foley, Iggy Pop, and Alice Cooper.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n