Raphael Suter’s Blog

Inception

Christopher Nolan has created another fantastic film, in Inception, and it will be hard to talk about it without giving anything away, but here we go.
This is definitely one of those films that demands a 2nd viewing just so you can try to get a handle on on the concepts. Inception knits a web [...]

Kick Ass

This is a bit of a mixed bag for me.  I really liked the fighting and some of the movies offbeat moments.  The ultra violence was a plus as well.  For me the problems came during the quieter moments in the first half of the film when the writers are trying to establish character.  [...]

Alice in Wonderland

Dammit Burton…
I was really hoping this one was going to be good but alas. Instead what’s offered is a flat story arch that lacks any sense of building tension, characters that are amazingly one dimensional, and visual effects that are entirely out classed by todays standards. The whole end sequence reminded [...]

Edge of Darkness

So how did Mel Gibson’s dive back in front of the camera go after a seven year absence?……   Ehhhhh.
Slowly paced and under scored, Edge of Darkness moves along at even clip. The little action that’s in this film feels under baked and tame compared to what I expect from a Mel [...]

Avatar

A very predictable film with themes we have seen in countless movies before, but… It does what what it does so well, it really doesn’t matter. James Cameron certainly seems to know how to make a fun movie, though for as log as he claims he has had it in his head it [...]

Where The Wildthings Are

I had waited to see this film as my original hype for it had died after reviews came back a little under what I was expecting. I recently got a chance to check it out and I’m glad I finally did. It has some wonderful imagery and fairly unique soundtrack. [...]

As I may have mentioned before, I’m a huge zombie movie fan.  Be the movies good or bad, I’ll take time to watch them all.   Lately however, there has been a huge trend for the new additions to this genre to make there undead have the ability to run.  I hate this.  One of the [...]

The Hurt Locker.

I had heard nothing but great things about this movie and was very interested in seeing it, but because it was in such limited release it was hard to find a location close enough to go see it.  When it eventually came to a local theater I went immediately to give it once [...]

Because I had nothing better to do on Sunday, I dragged myself off of the couch and went down to my local theater to catch an early screening of GI Joe.  I went in with the assumption that if I expected bad things I might be pleasantly surprised.  As it turned out, no amount of [...]

Neill Blomkamp has created a solid and entertaining sci-fi experience in District 9.  Even though this movie used a style that I still dislike (documentary shaky cam) it was done in a contained way so it did not detract from the move.  Instead of being lower quality with lots of compression and static – a-la [...]