Sunday 15 February 2009

Burn After Reading (Watching!)


Osbourne Cox is fired at the CIA. His wife wants a divorce and expects her lover, Harry, to leave his wife. A diskette of Osbourne's falls out of a gym bag at a Georgetown fitness center. Two employees there try to turn it into cash: Linda, who wants money for cosmetic surgery, and Chad a nice, but dumb, guy. They try to sell the disc back to Osbourne, then the Russian embassy. But it all goes stupidly wrong.

Burn After Reading - huh! Burn after watching would be our advice. Our opinion is that this is rubbish. It said side splitting funny on the dvd box - whoever wrote that surely didn't watch the movie. The only remotely funny thing about this movie was Brad Pitts character 'Chad' and they killed him off well before the movie ends. This movie leaves with you a 'what was that all about' feeling. The shame of it is some of the characters are good and it is undoubtedly well acted by its all star cast, but the story is weak and stupid and makes little sense. We don't do this often but Saturday Night Bright are going to give this a great big fat 0 elephant.

Open Season


A happily domesticated grizzly bear named Boog, has his world turned upside down after he meets Elliot, a scrawny, fast-talking one-horned deer. They both end up in the woods during hunting season and it's up to them to rally all the other forest animals and turn the tables on the hunters.

We at Saturday Night Bright love animated movies, but this one is decidedly average. The story is weak, it's only 1 hour 23 mins (including credits) but hey! the kids will like it.

We give it 1 elephant.

Monday 2 February 2009

Step Brothers


Brennan and Dale, two middle-age layabouts that act like ten year olds, are forced to live together when their respective parents get married. As reluctant step-siblings their immature antics cause chaos.
If you want to watch a film that takes you out of yourself, a film that for one hour and thirty-four minutes makes you forget all your problems then watch this movie - not once but twice, three times. Listen to the dialogue - it's hilarious.
Anchorman, Talladega Nights and now Stepbrothers. Will Ferrell, Adam McKay - you guys rock!
We give it Five elephants.