Casey's Movie Quest - Part Two

You can read the first part of my movie quest, and background on how this stuff works, here.

Onto the next five movies!

6. The Dark Knight Rises - while almost everyone I know loves the Nolan movies, I kind of feel differently. Sure, The Dark Knight was pretty badass, due to Ledger's Joker. I thought the first one was super boring, and the last one, while alright, wasn't really anything special to me either. Felt like a really flat ending to a trilogy that was best in the middle. I mean, the original Star Wars was the best in the middle, too, but at least Jedi was a satisfying ending, Ewoks or not.

7. CM Punk - Best in the World - I'm a huge wrestling fan, and this documentary is good enough that non fans should watch it, though I know none of you reading this will probably do that. It's available on Netflix Instant either way.

8. Drive - some of my best friends absolutely LOVE this movie. I just feel like I didn't get it. My favorite part of it is actually Great Wall of China, one of my favorite restaurants, being spotlighted in the movie pretty significantly. Otherwise, I just feel like the movie is trying to be minimalist a bit too hard, at the expense of me caring about any of the characters. Great use of LA locations though, so if you're from the area, you'll get more out of it. Saw this on Netflix Instant.

9. Creature - Movie about an alligator man that always has shit falling off of him for some reason. No, really- every time you see him, something falls off of his back. It's like moss or something, but they never explain it, and it's used every time the guy appears. Saw this on Netflix Instant.

10. The Devil Inside - alright, if you haven't seen this movie, it hasn't pissed you off yet, so I'm going to spoil it a bit for you so you won't get stuck watching such a shitty movie - there isn't an ending. They tell you to go to a website to find out what happens. This was released in theaters with an ending like that. I hope they learned their lesson as there was a bit of backlash against this. If you want to torture yourself it should still be on Netflix Instant.

I'd say I was 1 for 5 in this set, with the 1 being the CM Punk documentary.

Next time, we'll see some 80s classics, a new classic, and a movie I liked as a kid that I don't think holds up now.

Stay tuned!

-Casey