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- Sep 29, 2004
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The Incredibles - 8/10 - Watched it with my daughter. She didn't seem to like it but I thought it was an interesting story that was easy to follow.
Man, it's funny how far CGI has comes since then (2004).
Man, it's funny how far CGI has comes since then (2004).
drbrock
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World's End = 6/10 was some funny parts but nothing special.
Thor 2= 8/10 Did not care for the first one but this one was great. Loki really stole the show. Plus you can't go wrong with Portman. Saw it in 3d. Not worth it. 5 mins of captain America were ok but nothing special.
Red 2= 3/10 Thought it was horrible. Loved the first one. Second one felt like the original script that got thrown away for the first one.
Prisoners=9/10 Messed up movie. Kept me thinking the entire time. Great ending.
Thor 2= 8/10 Did not care for the first one but this one was great. Loki really stole the show. Plus you can't go wrong with Portman. Saw it in 3d. Not worth it. 5 mins of captain America were ok but nothing special.
Red 2= 3/10 Thought it was horrible. Loved the first one. Second one felt like the original script that got thrown away for the first one.
Prisoners=9/10 Messed up movie. Kept me thinking the entire time. Great ending.
Cappuccino
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Cabins in the woods - 10/10 in the last 25mins of the film and the rest 4/10. Not scary at all, but good acting IMO.
purbeast0
No Lifer
- Sep 13, 2001
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the purge - 4/10 - had great potential but the characters were just idiotic and made the worst possible decisions they could have in the situation at hand. it reminded me of decision making in the walking dead. then the fact that people didn't know where the hell they were in their own house? made no sense. then the very end... ugh.
grown ups 2 - 6/10 - better than the original, but that doesn't mean much considering how bad it was. it had some amusing parts, but it also had some really stupid humor in it. the ballet scene was awesome because that chick was so hot, and salma hayek still looks so good at her age. it's worth watching just for those 2 chicks alone, but don't expect a great movie.
monsters university - 8/10 - i enjoyed this quite a bit. i didn't know it was a prequel to the monsters inc stuff, but i thought it was really well done and a fun overall movie. i doubt i will watch it again but it was a fun ride with great animation and cgi.
white house down - 3/10 - just a bad movie and complete forgettable. awful acting and just a terrible story. olympus has fallen was a lot better than this movie, and i think partially because it didn't try to take itself so serious. this movie tried to take itself serious for the most part. just so much stuff in the movie that was dumb, and again, terrible acting. even jamie foxx was pretty bad and i like him usually.
grown ups 2 - 6/10 - better than the original, but that doesn't mean much considering how bad it was. it had some amusing parts, but it also had some really stupid humor in it. the ballet scene was awesome because that chick was so hot, and salma hayek still looks so good at her age. it's worth watching just for those 2 chicks alone, but don't expect a great movie.
monsters university - 8/10 - i enjoyed this quite a bit. i didn't know it was a prequel to the monsters inc stuff, but i thought it was really well done and a fun overall movie. i doubt i will watch it again but it was a fun ride with great animation and cgi.
white house down - 3/10 - just a bad movie and complete forgettable. awful acting and just a terrible story. olympus has fallen was a lot better than this movie, and i think partially because it didn't try to take itself so serious. this movie tried to take itself serious for the most part. just so much stuff in the movie that was dumb, and again, terrible acting. even jamie foxx was pretty bad and i like him usually.
CZroe
Lifer
- Jun 24, 2001
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Breaking bad seasons 1-4 - 10/10
I was going to wait until I watched the entire series before chiming in on this one, but after finishing season 4 in a marathon yesterday I had to empty out some feelings.
Absolutely brilliant, one of the best shows of any type I've ever seen, full of memorable, well-written, charismatic characters and a sense of drama, anxiety, and urgency that has to be seen to be believed.
Bryan Cranston has been lauded with universal praise for his acting, and he deserves every bit of it. But it wouldn't mean as much if the actors supporting him didn't create such a great pedestal for him to stand on. They all combine to take a pretty outlandish setting and make it sympathetic and as true as it could possibly be.
Breaking Bad takes a bit of time finding it's legs, and season 1 is somewhat uneasy in it's balance of violent, shocking material and the quiet dread of dealing with cancer as a family (it's still pretty fantastic). Stick with it, though, and you're sure to be rewarded as it gains a fierce momentum, unless you can't stand the subject matter (the cancer is wisely shuffled to the back burner). I think the series could have easily ended after the conclusion of season 4, a season so compelling I had to keep watching until about 6 in the morning, and I enter season 5 with a bit of trepidation. What else really needs to be said after this?
I shall see, but first I need a bit of a break.
I was going to wait until I watched the entire series before chiming in on this one, but after finishing season 4 in a marathon yesterday I had to empty out some feelings.
Absolutely brilliant, one of the best shows of any type I've ever seen, full of memorable, well-written, charismatic characters and a sense of drama, anxiety, and urgency that has to be seen to be believed.
Bryan Cranston has been lauded with universal praise for his acting, and he deserves every bit of it. But it wouldn't mean as much if the actors supporting him didn't create such a great pedestal for him to stand on. They all combine to take a pretty outlandish setting and make it sympathetic and as true as it could possibly be.
Breaking Bad takes a bit of time finding it's legs, and season 1 is somewhat uneasy in it's balance of violent, shocking material and the quiet dread of dealing with cancer as a family (it's still pretty fantastic). Stick with it, though, and you're sure to be rewarded as it gains a fierce momentum, unless you can't stand the subject matter (the cancer is wisely shuffled to the back burner). I think the series could have easily ended after the conclusion of season 4, a season so compelling I had to keep watching until about 6 in the morning, and I enter season 5 with a bit of trepidation. What else really needs to be said after this?
I shall see, but first I need a bit of a break.
IHateMyJob2004
Lifer
- Sep 29, 2004
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Oblivion 7/10: Post-apocalyptic alien movie. Good premise and I like the plot ideas behind it. However, as with most movies based on comics/books it lacked in implementation of the ideas. It was longer than it needed to be and the acting was meh and I really wasn't connected to any of the characters. But worth a watch if you're bored one night looking for something to kill a few hours. I don't regret the 2 hours watching it, but I also wouldn't watch it again. Visuals were fun though at least.
After Earth 5/10: Will Smith and his kid in a coming of age movie. Like hundreds of others done before it. Story was predictable, you could see the plot from about 10 minutes into the movie, and was pretty boring because of it. I enjoyed the visuals again, but I'm not a fan of his kids acting abilities. So yeah. I'd save this for a night you have less than nothing to do. Or background while you do something else.
Europa Report 8.5/10: While it's a very similar general premise to Mission to Mars/The Red Planet, it was a well done movie. Basically send a manned mission to the moon Europa to determine if there is/was life under the ice and decide to do a manned mission as the unmanned couldn't do as much or be able to adapt to the situation. The what they shot the movie and deliver the plot were great. Yeah maybe the ending was a bit obvious, but the trip was enjoyable to get there. Was a satisfying movie that I really enjoyed. If you like sci-fi movies, it's well worth a watch.
Pacific Rim 7/10: I knew what I was going into. So because of that I think I was able to enjoy it more than I thought I would. It's robots vs aliens. Lots of battle scenes. One dimensional characters. Very predictable plot. But you shouldn't go into a movie like this expecting different, and if you don't expect different then it delivers. And I surprisingly enjoyed it more than I thought I would. If you like Transformers, you'll probably like it (lots less lens flare to boot!).
After Earth 5/10: Will Smith and his kid in a coming of age movie. Like hundreds of others done before it. Story was predictable, you could see the plot from about 10 minutes into the movie, and was pretty boring because of it. I enjoyed the visuals again, but I'm not a fan of his kids acting abilities. So yeah. I'd save this for a night you have less than nothing to do. Or background while you do something else.
Europa Report 8.5/10: While it's a very similar general premise to Mission to Mars/The Red Planet, it was a well done movie. Basically send a manned mission to the moon Europa to determine if there is/was life under the ice and decide to do a manned mission as the unmanned couldn't do as much or be able to adapt to the situation. The what they shot the movie and deliver the plot were great. Yeah maybe the ending was a bit obvious, but the trip was enjoyable to get there. Was a satisfying movie that I really enjoyed. If you like sci-fi movies, it's well worth a watch.
Pacific Rim 7/10: I knew what I was going into. So because of that I think I was able to enjoy it more than I thought I would. It's robots vs aliens. Lots of battle scenes. One dimensional characters. Very predictable plot. But you shouldn't go into a movie like this expecting different, and if you don't expect different then it delivers. And I surprisingly enjoyed it more than I thought I would. If you like Transformers, you'll probably like it (lots less lens flare to boot!).
Cogman
Lifer
- Sep 19, 2000
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Ender's Game: 5/10
The movie was rushed, and because it was rushed, they changed some pretty significant plot points. Sadly, for a rushed movie, they decided to add a cheesy teenage love story (that was nowhere in the book).
It got a 5 because the movie looked good. It lost everything else because the movie was far from a faithful adaptation. Several plot points were changed. For as important a role they play in the book, ender's siblings showed up something like 3 times in the film. Peter, in particular, had 1 speaking line.
Of course, there was the issue of time. Ender's game the movie cast ender as a 15yo that went in, kicked ass, and won friends all in a matter of months (like 1 month it felt like). Now, I get it, seeing a 6yo kill someone is pretty unpalatable (it was supposed to be IMO) but it still felt like they were doing a lot of extra justification that just wasn't in the book.
Did I mention the love story that was nowhere in the book? They made an Ender -> petra -> bonzo triangle for no other reason than to introduce pointless drama.
The more I think about this movie, the more I'm disappointed in how far off it is from the original book.
The movie was rushed, and because it was rushed, they changed some pretty significant plot points. Sadly, for a rushed movie, they decided to add a cheesy teenage love story (that was nowhere in the book).
It got a 5 because the movie looked good. It lost everything else because the movie was far from a faithful adaptation. Several plot points were changed. For as important a role they play in the book, ender's siblings showed up something like 3 times in the film. Peter, in particular, had 1 speaking line.
Of course, there was the issue of time. Ender's game the movie cast ender as a 15yo that went in, kicked ass, and won friends all in a matter of months (like 1 month it felt like). Now, I get it, seeing a 6yo kill someone is pretty unpalatable (it was supposed to be IMO) but it still felt like they were doing a lot of extra justification that just wasn't in the book.
Did I mention the love story that was nowhere in the book? They made an Ender -> petra -> bonzo triangle for no other reason than to introduce pointless drama.
The more I think about this movie, the more I'm disappointed in how far off it is from the original book.
purbeast0
No Lifer
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i will never understand the people who criticize a movie that differs from the book. if you want the same story, read the book. if you want the story of the movie, watch the movie. i've never once seen a movie claim it was SUPPOSED to be a 1:1 recreation of a book.
drbrock
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I was worried that was going to happen. They split the hobbit into three or four movies. They should have at least split ender's game into two. Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow are still some of my favorite books of all time. I might just bail on the movie to not ruin the my memory of Ender's Game.
Cogman
Lifer
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I'm not expecting a 1:1 adaptation, just something that is at least passable. I can get cutting out plot points, removing interactions, and changing some facts to better fit the big screen. However, ender's game went above and beyond those. They added plot for no apparent reason. What was the point of the love story?, ender crying over bonzo's death? Rushing the invasion times? Spending 15 minutes of screen time watching ender shoot a ball?
They added several plot points, glazed over some of the more important stuff, and in the end, made a movie that just wasn't all that great. Ender's game wasn't a well made movie, even if I had never read the books. The acting was awkward, most of the scenes were forced, and a lot of the plot points were hard to follow (without reading the book). I mean, the scene where Dap salutes ender? WTF was that? It was a failed attempt to pull at the audience's heart strings (awww, ender is finally accepted!)
Really, the only redeeming factor of this movie is that, I think, the CGI was well done. It wasn't a bad looking movie. And, at very least, the machines, computers, etc were well done and passable.
clamum
Lifer
- Feb 13, 2003
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The Purge - 5/10. Characters were rather stupid. I didn't really get the point of "The Purge" though. I mean, wouldn't there be a fuck ton of destruction and casualties to clean up afterwards? Doesn't make sense to me. Yeah yeah I know it's just a movie, but it's just a dumb premise IMO.
Mayne of Steel - 6/10. Great CGI/SFX, cute Lois Lane. Uh... that's about it. Not terrible, but nothing memorable really.
Mayne of Steel - 6/10. Great CGI/SFX, cute Lois Lane. Uh... that's about it. Not terrible, but nothing memorable really.
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All Is Lost - 9/10: Robert Redford trapped at sea for nearly two hours. Amazing stuff as long as you are cool with only having one actor and maybe 50 words of spoken dialogue throughout the entire film. I loved it. Definitely in my Top 10 of the year so far.
KT
KT
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Ender's Game 8/10
I enjoyed it, I hope they make more. Great effects, the acting was solid, I did not see a single weak performance.
The review above has a few valid points, however unless they planned on making the first book into a trilogy of movies they had to condense some of the events of the book. Some people are butthurt over Valentine and Peter’s story arc being removed, I enjoy long movies and am very forgiving of slow paced movies if the story is engaging, if only more movie goers were. I can understand why it was removed, although if they had included it perhaps it would have given more perspective of time passing during Ender's training. If subsequent movies are made I imagine we will have to have much more development of Peter. Finally the age of Ender. . . How many 6 year old actors do you know that can carry a movie with their performance as well as perform the physically demanding shots required for this movie? I can understand using an older, though still prepubescent child for the role. His acting was very good, so I think they made the correct decision.
Also, 404 love triangle not found. The point of the interactions between those characters was showing Ender's development as a leader, as well as his isolation, and Bonzo's character flaws as a commander. There was no love triangle.
I enjoyed it, I hope they make more. Great effects, the acting was solid, I did not see a single weak performance.
The review above has a few valid points, however unless they planned on making the first book into a trilogy of movies they had to condense some of the events of the book. Some people are butthurt over Valentine and Peter’s story arc being removed, I enjoy long movies and am very forgiving of slow paced movies if the story is engaging, if only more movie goers were. I can understand why it was removed, although if they had included it perhaps it would have given more perspective of time passing during Ender's training. If subsequent movies are made I imagine we will have to have much more development of Peter. Finally the age of Ender. . . How many 6 year old actors do you know that can carry a movie with their performance as well as perform the physically demanding shots required for this movie? I can understand using an older, though still prepubescent child for the role. His acting was very good, so I think they made the correct decision.
Also, 404 love triangle not found. The point of the interactions between those characters was showing Ender's development as a leader, as well as his isolation, and Bonzo's character flaws as a commander. There was no love triangle.
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Just saw 12 Years a Slave and the music was driving me nuts!
I know (now) these are both Zimmer, but tell me they don't sound nearly identical, aside from one being strings and the other piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0kGAz6HYM8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ezE6WfdF-A&feature=youtube_gdata
It was very distracting.
KT
I know (now) these are both Zimmer, but tell me they don't sound nearly identical, aside from one being strings and the other piano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0kGAz6HYM8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ezE6WfdF-A&feature=youtube_gdata
It was very distracting.
KT
Skyfall 6/10
I'm not a Bond fan but it was available on Netflix streaming and I needed something to watch. Still has the typical super villain monologuing to Bond rather than killing him and a henchmen with a gun always gets too close to Bond letting Bond steal the gun. The one thing that I did really like in this one over most of the other Bond movies is there were barely any gadgets. They could have easily cut 30mins out of the movie and not really lost anything too.
I'm not a Bond fan but it was available on Netflix streaming and I needed something to watch. Still has the typical super villain monologuing to Bond rather than killing him and a henchmen with a gun always gets too close to Bond letting Bond steal the gun. The one thing that I did really like in this one over most of the other Bond movies is there were barely any gadgets. They could have easily cut 30mins out of the movie and not really lost anything too.
slayer202
Lifer
- Nov 27, 2005
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He's still recycling stuff he used in The Thin Red Line...it's ridiculous.
I've been really looking forward to 12 Years a Slave but the score complaints are scaring me
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I do not remember hearing or reading anything about the score going in (I didn't even know Zimmer worked on the film) but it sure was noticeable throughout. It was the first thing I brought up to my friend as we were walking out. Totally ridiculous.
KT
Just ran across this thread.
Quite a spread on reviews, which is to be expected - a lot can be based on context.
More 10's than I'd expect, but I guess I'm a bit tougher as far as that goes - have to think quite a bit on a Movie I'd give that too.
Having said that, here's a few to just plain stay away from:
Battle of Los Angeles (note this in NOT Battle: Los Angeles) 0/10.
This is a SyFy Channel rip off of Battle: Los Angeles, (which is how I came across it), and has got to be one of if not the worst Movie I have ever seen.
Lost in Translation 1/10
Boring, totally predictable, and pointless Movie. Only reason it gets a 1 is for Bill Murray.
Sucker Punch 1/10
While there are some nice visuals (1), the plot is a disjointed mess, and the twist at the end leaves the viewer with the feeling that they've been "Sucker Punched".
Speed Racer (Movie) 0/10
I tried, but I couldn't even watch more than 15-20 minutes of this nightmare.
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Quite a spread on reviews, which is to be expected - a lot can be based on context.
More 10's than I'd expect, but I guess I'm a bit tougher as far as that goes - have to think quite a bit on a Movie I'd give that too.
Having said that, here's a few to just plain stay away from:
Battle of Los Angeles (note this in NOT Battle: Los Angeles) 0/10.
This is a SyFy Channel rip off of Battle: Los Angeles, (which is how I came across it), and has got to be one of if not the worst Movie I have ever seen.
Lost in Translation 1/10
Boring, totally predictable, and pointless Movie. Only reason it gets a 1 is for Bill Murray.
Sucker Punch 1/10
While there are some nice visuals (1), the plot is a disjointed mess, and the twist at the end leaves the viewer with the feeling that they've been "Sucker Punched".
Speed Racer (Movie) 0/10
I tried, but I couldn't even watch more than 15-20 minutes of this nightmare.
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