Mini-Review: I can't see where the hate is coming from. It was a good enough story with what I thought was really good acting from everyone involved (getting that "underrated" vibe from Sam Worthington, and Elizabeth Banks is a real shining star who's been in a lot of movies but isn't the most recognizable face out there). I love Ed Harris and am always happy to see him. I do have to criticize parts of the ending scenes, especially Worthington's leap of faith off a 25-storey building. That was pretty cheesy.

Mini-Review: Mostly-invisible alien life-forms that look strangely like Sweet Tooth from the Twisted Metal video games sans the face-paint, which incinerate nameless Russian actors. Once again, I believe this is proof-positive of how forgiving I am towards the Sci-Fi genre. I thought it was going along at a decent-enough pace for much of the movie. It was alright, I can't say I wasn't enjoying myself as least somewhat. Then, yeah, the last 20 minutes or so happened. It was still an okay flick with decent 3D.

Mini-Review: Fuckin' 80's style. Though the characters are very different, "Driver" has the appeal of Rocky Balboa; that guy that's great at one thing, uses that to get by, and has this overwhelming appeal. You can't hate "Driver". Gosling carries the film on his back despite relatively little dialogue; 15 minutes into the film, he's said barely two words, yet you're compelled by him. And the whole ambiance, every conceivable aspect of it, the sound, the visuals... pitch-perfect. This is artistic brilliance.

Mini-Review: I enjoy the found footage style. Aside from a bit of obvious bad Hollywooding, I think that aspect of the movie really succeeds, and it does a lot of little things right. It gets the atmosphere and cinematography spot-on, it lays out the characters without delving too much into any one individual (I usually prefer more development, but here it really works), it had suspense and scares... I dunno, I'm not sure where the hate comes from. I enjoyed myself. Bear in mind, I'm forgiving to this genre.

Mini-Review: Going in with few expectations, I was pleasantly content with what I received - a stimulating, visually extravagant imagining of the Theseus myth. Obviously it doesn't give much care to the actual accepted myth of Theseus being the son of Gods (or Hyperion for that matter, being one of the twelve Titans). These things are only hinted at in an off-hand manner at best (Theseus not having a father). But. The story is good enough, there's excellent action and again, beautiful visuals. Worth a look!