I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) by Chan-wook Park - (5/10)

After having finished the outstanding “Vengeance-trilogy” Chan-wook Park both surprised and disappointed the majority of his fans by releasing this romantic comedy. I suppose that he felt the need for a change. There is nothing per se wrong with romantic comedies and “I'm a Cyborg, But That’s OK” certainly has a lot of potential.

It is about a girl that is convinced that she is a cyborg and thus tries to recharge herself but cuts her own wrists in the process and gets send to an institution where she refuses to eat because cyborgs don’t have to eat. There a schizophrenic kleptomaniac falls in love with her and tries to help her in his own way. It is rather charming and cute at times but never quite seems to reach its potential. It just feels like it could have been more but it sort of never happened, it is bit of a shame really.

Piranha II: The Spawning (1981) by James Cameron - (2/10)

Only interesting and memorably thing about this movie is that this was strangely enough James Cameron’s directorial debut. In hindsight it is amazing how his career turned out given such a start.

Patch Adams (1998) by Tom Shadyac - (2/10)

I am pretty sure that, that kind of attitude in real life will get patients kill that is if you ever manage to get a medical license. Not a big fan of “woo, yeah, let us have fun and play”, oeps sorry you have leukaemia and 2 people died in ER while I was having fun here. Also the movie is moronic beyond redemption. Doctors already have a good, humanistic thing going. Robin Williams might quite possibly be the least funny “comedian” ever, if you need proof check out his stand-up acts, atrocious beyond belief.

Avatar (2009) by James Cameron - (4/10)

I saw in 3D in cinema and it was the first movie that I ever saw in 3D, I really liked the look and feel of it. I did enjoy it but only because of the visuals and because the experience was completely new to me. Story wise it is pretty much worthless it is a Dances with the Wolves, Princess Mononoke or Pocahontas knock-off, you name. It has an environmental but the same message has been repeated so many times again and again. It carries almost no meaning anymore and the people who preach it, don’t abide it. I am pretty sure that I do not need to hear it from someone whose ecological footprints is probably 700 times bigger than mine. You have to admire James Cameron’s ability to generate profit.

Starship Troopers (1997) by Paul Verhoeven - (1/10)

I got the fact that it is a satire but is that the only requirement these days for a movie to be deemed worthwhile? It has such a simple message to convey but it does it in such a moronic and heavy handed way that it is almost hard to believe that someone actually put any effort into this.

Antichrist: Chaos Reigns at the Cannes Filmfestival 2009 (2009) by Michael Sandager - (3/10)

8 minute short, showing Lars von Trier, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe walking around from press conference to press conferences at the day of the premier of Antichrist at the 2009 Cannes Filmfestival. It is very short, mostly shows them walking and not the interviews themselves, there are some brief moments from the movie itself and the whole thing is set to the same music as the movie. Only fun moment was when an interviewer demanded that Lars von Trier justifies why he made this movie. Otherwise it is a rather pointless.

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) by Takashi Miike - (6/10)

It is a story about – a remake as a matter of fact – about a family that is down on their luck and has decided to try running an inn, in the assumption that when the highway will be build next to, it will become a goldmine unfortunately the highway remains absent and so do the guests. When finally the first guest moves in, he suddenly dies and so do all the subsequent guys and they decide to just bury them in their yard, acting upon the assumption that a homicide investigation will surely ruin any chances of success that they have left.
Miike has spruced up the story by adding hilarious musical numbers, clay animation and all kinds of madness. In comes one of the if not the weirdest musical that you will ever see. The songs are hilarious, the overacting is glorious. When it is good, it is downright brilliant. Unfortunately it doesn’t manage to carry on the same high level through as in the beginning but it is still a wonderful, hilarious, truly weird feel good movie in a style that only Miike is capable of.