Saturday Morning Movie Review with Al Borlan

Friday night is movie night in our household. So every Saturday morning Al Borlan and I will let you know what we watched and whether or not it's worth your time. Ok, so it's not the real Al Borlan, but close enough, right?

1st Up - "Special"

I thought this was going to be a dark, dry comedy and while it started out that way, it moved very slowly and switched quickly to a cringe-filled train wreck. Micheal Rappaport stars in this grainy tale of a man who participates in a drug trial who's side effects leave him believing he has super powers. Maybe I went into this one with the wrong mindset but I was ready for an intelligent comedy and I got one man's downward spiral into madness. I love downward spirals and I love madness (Aronofsky is my favorite director) but something about this didn't taste right. Special's identity crisis made the film confusing and feel too long at a mere 75 minutes. IMDB voters give it a 7/10, for whatever that's worth. Al Borlan slept through this one - he has no opinion.


2nd Flick - "Shuttle"

I can' t give this a full review. I fell asleep halfway through. I'm not going to watch the second half, so that should tell you something. Two girls get on a late night airport shuttle only to realize the driver is a madman. I love horror movies so I always give the new ones a shot, but the first half of the movie was filled with ridiculous scenarios and illogical situations. Many times I turned to Al to say, "Why wouldn't she just....?" His response - "Because this movie is bullshit." He did watch the entire thing, but I think that is because of his power nap during "Special."




Sorry-no good films to report this week, try back next week. I did, however, get free Cinna Stix from Dominos by using the online coupon code "online". So, I've got that going for me.