Joy Ride

2001 – 2.2/5

I remember loving this movie the first couple of times I saw it, and I do like it, but I don’t remember it being so cheesy! For what this movie is supposed to be, I think it delivers.

Once the plot picks up, it is pretty good and it remains pretty suspenseful, but still, quite cheesy. None of it is really believable, so that took away from the ‘scary factor’.

I have never been a fan of Leelee Sobieski or Steve Zahn. I think the trio of Sobieski, Zahn and Paul Walker worked well. Walker and Zahn were believable as brothers even though the character development was forced and not that great. The characters were dumb and I didn’t really like any of them.

The screenplay had to be the worst part of this movie. The jokes sucked and the dialogue overall was the cheesiest part of this movie.

I can see younger kids liking this movie and thinking it’s really good, but I think it’s okay. Last thing I want to mention is that Paul Walker is hot :)

Se7en

1995 – 4.3/5

I was in the mood to watch a really good movie and this did not disappointed. It was eerie right from the get-go and every detail was so perfect. I think the only thing I didn’t like was the ‘rain’; it seemed very fake.

It took about 54 minutes to get to the third Sin; so it makes you wonder, there’s 4 left; how much longer is this going to take. This movie doesn’t drag at any point though.

Acting by all parties was incredible. Watching Brad Pitt in his super hot days: awesome! Morgan Freeman was brilliant as usual. Kevin Spacey’s performance was stunning.

Random points:
-It makes you think that the Saw series was based on this movie.
-I liked how the credits went from the top down and not the other way around.

***SPOILER ALERT***
The case scene about an hour and ten minutes in was intense. One part of me wanted Mills to catch him, but the other part didn’t. There were 4 more sins and you can’t call this movie ‘Seven’ without having all 7 sins.