Current IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
My Rating: 9.1/10
There is absolutely nothing like the classic thrillers. I would put this one right up with Psycho. There is amazing acting, and a story that is purposely set up to keep you on the edge of your seat... and it does! The ending of the movie has gone down in film history as one of the most suspenseful endings ever and I completely agree.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Doubt
Current IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
My Rating: 9.8/10
I honestly, honestly have not felt this way about the acting in a movie since I first saw The Silence of the Lambs or watched Ellen Burstyn's performance in Requiem for a Dream. I absolutely love this movie. It's beautiful and heartbreaking to watch at the same time. Some of the greatest living actors play off each other in ways that completely blow my mind.
I also love how the movie is unresolved. Normally this would be a big problem, but in this film you are left unsure of who the good guy was and who is the bad guy. It's an amazing twist that is left up to you to figure out.
I've watched this movie twice today and if I weren't so tired I would watch it again!
My Rating: 9.8/10
I honestly, honestly have not felt this way about the acting in a movie since I first saw The Silence of the Lambs or watched Ellen Burstyn's performance in Requiem for a Dream. I absolutely love this movie. It's beautiful and heartbreaking to watch at the same time. Some of the greatest living actors play off each other in ways that completely blow my mind.
I also love how the movie is unresolved. Normally this would be a big problem, but in this film you are left unsure of who the good guy was and who is the bad guy. It's an amazing twist that is left up to you to figure out.
I've watched this movie twice today and if I weren't so tired I would watch it again!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Current IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
My Rating: 7.6/10
So this year I've decided to give Woody Allen another chance. After having to sit through absolute crap like Annie Hall before, I wasn't too big on giving him another shot, but after liking Shadows and Fog earlier this year I thought I'd give his newest movie a chance.
I actually really liked this film. I thought the story could have moved a little faster, but the acting was amazing. The story really kept me interested overall and was a nice distraction from all of the homework I've had piled on me.
My only real gripe is the annoying narrator. He will pop in every so often to give you extra totally unimportant information. I think this movie would have been a lot better if the audience got to know Vicky and Cristina through their actions instead of being told what to think of them and who they are.
My Rating: 7.6/10
So this year I've decided to give Woody Allen another chance. After having to sit through absolute crap like Annie Hall before, I wasn't too big on giving him another shot, but after liking Shadows and Fog earlier this year I thought I'd give his newest movie a chance.
I actually really liked this film. I thought the story could have moved a little faster, but the acting was amazing. The story really kept me interested overall and was a nice distraction from all of the homework I've had piled on me.
My only real gripe is the annoying narrator. He will pop in every so often to give you extra totally unimportant information. I think this movie would have been a lot better if the audience got to know Vicky and Cristina through their actions instead of being told what to think of them and who they are.
Obsessed
Current IMDB Rating: 3.8/10
My Rating: 6.5/10
Despite my rating for this movie, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I laughed throughout the entire movie, not as much because the movie was laughable (though there were parts that were), but because it was a fun movie. Overall, I was right by saying, before the movie, that this would be the Showgirls of this decade. Showgirls meaning totally campy, but a lot of fun to watch.
My Rating: 6.5/10
Despite my rating for this movie, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I laughed throughout the entire movie, not as much because the movie was laughable (though there were parts that were), but because it was a fun movie. Overall, I was right by saying, before the movie, that this would be the Showgirls of this decade. Showgirls meaning totally campy, but a lot of fun to watch.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Observe and Report
(I won't be including as many pictures with my posts because they seem to keep disappearing.)
Current IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
My Rating: 6.8/10
I like my comedy quick and witty and unexpected. This isn't that. Although most of the comedy is extremely unexpected... EXTREMELY unexpected... it isn't really quick or witty. A lot of gross out humor that pushes envelopes that haven't been touched since John Waters made his last movie. There are about two full minutes at the end of the movie where a fat man runs around a mall in the nude and ends with him being shot and blood flying everywhere. By that point in the movie my mind had been so warped (as far as not knowing how to react to certain scenes) that I ended up cracking up at the man being shot. It was not pretty. So, I do think this movie was put together well, and I don't think anyone other than Rogen could have played the main role, but it is very awkward and not what I was expecting at all from the previews. Go into it with a very open mind.
Current IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
My Rating: 6.8/10
I like my comedy quick and witty and unexpected. This isn't that. Although most of the comedy is extremely unexpected... EXTREMELY unexpected... it isn't really quick or witty. A lot of gross out humor that pushes envelopes that haven't been touched since John Waters made his last movie. There are about two full minutes at the end of the movie where a fat man runs around a mall in the nude and ends with him being shot and blood flying everywhere. By that point in the movie my mind had been so warped (as far as not knowing how to react to certain scenes) that I ended up cracking up at the man being shot. It was not pretty. So, I do think this movie was put together well, and I don't think anyone other than Rogen could have played the main role, but it is very awkward and not what I was expecting at all from the previews. Go into it with a very open mind.
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