Jake's Recent Reviews
Food, Inc.
PG
Pretty impressive documentary. I personally find that to be one genre that just generally isn't that intersting. The people involved obviously felt strongly about the topic, but they were not irritating about. I honestly thought I was going to throw up in a couple parts though. The only thing I did not like, is that is its very provogative, but I do not think it will effect people. They even state during the film that people are so detatched from everything food related that nothing will change. I think that is completely the case. Even watching something brilliant like Food Inc. is not enough. There are certainly disturbing images and stories there, but its still not personal enough to make a differance. Still, its a well-done, and fasniting documentary to watch!
Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian
PG
I have to admit. This is considerably better than the first Night at the Museum movie. In parts it was actually funny, and the whole thing just seemed to work and flow a lot better. Still, its loud, flamboyant, completely irreverant, and for the most part just kind of lame. Still, for a family film its remarkible inoffensive. I really liked the parts with the paintings. It was just so whimsical, trippy, and fun. For me, this movie remained just interesting and clever enough to hold my interst, but it was also irritating enough that I just cannot say I liked it. Even at the very end, I was thinking "oh, that kind of sucked", and then Coldplay's "Life in Technicolor" is in the backround. So, there a certain audience that will absolutely love this- and I do not mean that to be condescending, its just a fact - but it really is not that bad for the rest of us.


