Mr. and Mrs. Smith

The Good:
Though I tend to be a fan of Brad Pitt more in his weirdo than his sex-symbol roles, I actually really liked both he and Angelina Jolie. They were funny and badass and just seemed to be enjoying themselves - which made you enjoy the movie. Of course, now we all know they really WERE enjoying themselves...

Vince Vaughn really stole the show for me in this movie, yet again. He was just hysterical. Reminded me of Dan Aykroyd's performance in Grosse Pointe Blank where he almost overtook John Cusack.

The Bad:
The action sequences were a little over the top - but that's pretty much ALL action movies for me.

There wasn't a lot of plot, or there wasn't a lot of backbone in the plot that there was - but again, that's most action movies for me.

All in all:
It's fun - just don't think too hard.

1408

The latest contribution from Stephen King. The cover raved "it's the best adaptation of a King story since The Shining". Well - anyone who read The Shining knows that the movie was little to nothing like the book - which would make the movie (as much as I love "here's johnny" Jack) a rather shitty adaptation. That said - we rented it anyway.

The Good:
There were some honestly creepy Jacob's Ladder moments.

I love John Cusack - even if he's in crap.

The Bad:
It all felt like it had been done before - not only that, but like it had been done before by King himself.

The characters were just rehashes of characters you had already seen in almost every other story the man has written.

There was not nearly enough Samuel L. Jackson (though in the scenes it is funny to imagine him saying "I'm sick of these fucking people wanting in this fucking room!"

The ending was "supposed" to be one of those "wow - bet you didn't see that coming" endings - but it felt more like "wow - could you possibly have done anything to make this movie dumber?

All in all:
I'd say don't waste your time. Rent The Shining again instead.