The Town (2010)

Ben Affleck's film "The Town" is one of those that had been so hyped up that it was somewhat of a let down to me.  It was still a better than average film.  The movie was about a bunch of bank robbers in Boston and it followed their crime sequences as well as their depressing lives.  The acting was terrific, Ben Affleck's directorial debut was outstanding, but the film dragged at times.  I had anticipated more action sequences, but the film really focused on the relationships of the bank robbers.  As a result, the film left me feeling a little depressed.  Overall, it was a great film that was well done with a lot of character development, but the genre just wasn't really my type.  I give it 3 ½ out of 5 stars, though I suspect that most people would enjoy the film more than I did.

Boomerang (1992)

I've had "Boomerang" on my list of romantic comedies that I needed to watch.  I was a little disappointed.  I could see how the film would have been monumental and groundbreaking in the early 90s, but watching it now leaves you with a feeling that the movie is just okay.  You will get to see lots of young actors before they hit it big like Eddie Murphy, Halle Barry, Martin Lawrence, and Chris Rock.  However, as in most of Murphy's films, he insists on taking over every scene.  The story is about a womanizer who falls for his boss, gets played, and then decides he wants a real relationship.  The story is interesting and there are some funny moments, but I spent a lot of the time feeling sorry for most of the characters in the film.  I guess it's a film that should be watched once, but only once.

It gets 3 out of 5 stars.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)

I finally got around to watching the last installment in the Twilight trilogy: "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."  I'm not really a Twilight fan and I've definitely never read the books.  I watched the first film, found it decent, then watched the other two.  They were more disappointing than the first installment, but again, they were all okay movies.  I don't really understand the obsession with Twilight, but maybe that's because I'm not an adolescent girl.  Anyways, in this film, Kristen Stewart was just as whiny and nearly as helpless as in the other films.  She was choosing between her vampire love and her werewolf love.  There was an interesting battle scene at the end of the film, but I felt like many questions weren't answered and that there were too many scenes of Bella and Edward just laying around in fields professing their love and Bella complaining about not being a vampire yet.  Like I said, they're not great movies, but they're not terrible either.  I've watched the first installment more than once, but I won't repeat the other two.

The third installment, "Eclipse," gets 3 out of 5 stars.

The second installment, "New Moon," got 2 ½ stars.

The original "Twilight" film got 3 ½ out of 5 stars.