Sanctum - 6.5/10. It was cool. I realize most professional reviews are calling it shit because it had all this money and James Cameron's name was attached to it, but I didn't plan to watch this and it was sort of last second, so I really had no expectations. The plot itself was ok, but the characters could have been better.
Moneyball - 9.5/10. Absolutely terrific movie. It really hits you about two thirds of the way in just how great this movie. Acting was absolutely brilliant. Bravo to Pitt and Seymour-Hoffman. I'm a baseball fan, but you really don't even have to be one to enjoy this movie. Fantastic script, plot and execution. Cookies for everyone involved. The only thing I have to say, is that I'm surprised Jonah Hill got a Supporting Actor nomination. He did an ok job, but his character didn't demand nearly enough to warrant anything even close to a nomination in my opinion. I feel like he's getting praise and credit for the rest of the great acting involved. But still, fantastic film.
Red Tails - 7.2/10. As a crowd pleaser, this is real good. The crowd I was with was real energetic and really were emotionally involved in the characters, even though they were mostly cliche. "The bad boy who listens to no one, but is one of the best." Give me a break. I think if the crowd wasn't so energetic, I would rate it lower, because if you strip the film down to its bare core, its just a regular war film, that we have indeed seen before.
Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy - I really have to watch this movie again, before I can give a good opinion on it. It was a lot to digest, and its incredibly easy to get lost, even for the dedicated viewers. Probably wasn't a good idea for my brother and I to go see this 2-hour espionage flick that requires 130% of your attention at 11pm.
Red Tails: 7/10- When I saw the very first trailer for this movie I thought "Oscar Bait." Lucasfilm, plus a heavy topic, some big names. But then I saw it's release date, and that confused me. Then I saw subsequent trailers that made the movie look not as good.
And it was not at all what I thought it was: some cheesy storylines, clunky dialogue, disjointed transitions, predictable and shallow character types, and a cliched main plot line. There was a fairly ghetto production value, and even times where it seemed like the audio didn't match up with the movement on the screen (though that could have just been our theater).
And it was fantastic.
See from the beginning my gf was pointing out the oddness of the production value and I was chuckling at some of the dialouge but about 30 minutes in it hit both of us.
Whether by design or by accident this movie is a direct send up to the patriotic wartime movies of the 50's and 60's. A movie which the Tuskegee Airmen never got for themselves. This is their cheesy patriotic war movie. And it was very entertaining as a film itself. It'll never be considered a great film, but it was a very very solid one. One reviewer put it very well when he said: "It never gets the slam dunk, but it makes more than enough layups to win the game."
Visually some of the best dog fight sequences, which of course I expected nothing less from a Lucasfilm movie. It was painfully realistic at times, in fact there are two sequences with guys shot in a plane where if you're claustrophobic you might freak out a bit. The film does also touch on the heavier subjects of war, and you'll feel so blind sided from jumping from all this cheesy grand story to suddenly being sucked back into the reality of the war and of the era.
There is also one subplot that was done in a more modern manner that was fantastic and created a real sense of connection to a particular character.
Overall this movie falls short of being something to get real excited about. But I liked it, and I certainly would say go see it so that Anthony Hemmingway gets to be the head honcho for more films because this guy has some skill imo.
Shannon and Chastain are stellar. I'll try not to spoil anything, but 2/3s of the way through I thought it was a rather straight forward he's crazy or he's a prophet type deal. Then I finished, pondered on it a bit, and I think it's really the story of Shannon's struggles with accepting his fate. I don't want to give it some numerical rating because I need to watch it again all the way through with this interpretation in mind, but it is very good.
Drive - 8/10. After looking at some reviews, I thought this movie would be a perfect 10. Maybe it was a bit overrated. I thought the movie was a good watch, I thought there was going to be more action and heists, etc. There wasn't, disappointed at that. It was more of a man falling in love with another mans wife, she has a kid and she's obviously interested in him. He tries to clear her husbands name free in order to protect her and her child.
The movie was really slow, I personally thought it was going to be an action more tense movie rather then a love story. Although, the acting was what made the movie what it was, in my preference. I thought the main actor didn't do much talking, I guess it fit his character. But it had caught the attention of a women.
I can't seem to ENJOY the movie as much as everyone made it out to be, so I guess my expectations were HIGH while watching it. I'm not all that at disappoint, but in my belief as bad as 2011 was for movies, "Rise of the planet of the Apes" was the best movie. I don't know what can top it, thought "Drive" would.
Drive - 8/10. After looking at some reviews, I thought this movie would be a perfect 10. Maybe it was a bit overrated. I thought the movie was a good watch, I thought there was going to be more action and heists, etc. There wasn't, disappointed at that. It was more of a man falling in love with another mans wife, she has a kid and she's obviously interested in him. He tries to clear her husbands name free in order to protect her and her child.
The movie was really slow, I personally thought it was going to be an action more tense movie rather then a love story. Although, the acting was what made the movie what it was, in my preference. I thought the main actor didn't do much talking, I guess it fit his character. But it had caught the attention of a women.
I can't seem to ENJOY the movie as much as everyone made it out to be, so I guess my expectations were HIGH while watching it. I'm not all that at disappoint, but in my belief as bad as 2011 was for movies, "Rise of the planet of the Apes" was the best movie. I don't know what can top it, thought "Drive" would.
No. Im speaking in general. According to your movie review posting history, you have shown that you have horrible taste in films.
I don't expect everyone or anyone to like my reviews. In fact, I disagree or don't feel the same with many people's ratings here or reviews on movies. I don't say anything, rarely do. Maybe because it's their opinion and everyone has their own liking and sees different, while some may be identical. Everything in the movie was good besides the predictable story line. I hated the story line, and I've seen people point that out. The acting was marvelous. The movie was very slow, an 8/10 isn't bad stupid.
Definitely none taken bro. I don't expect people to directly go off of one persons judgement on a movie. If so, then that person is a moron, they need to gather information from multiple reviews before deciding whether or not they agree or to watch it, and even after that, it's up to them, what they think, how they feel about it.
If people strongly disagree, I agree with them because without that nothing makes debating better.
Drive was f*cking ridiculous. i'd have a hard time giving it anything more than an 8/10, just because of the unimpressive script, but the direction was unbelievable. the atmosphere with that pumping 80s music couldn't have been more artfully done, and the Gosling stare down conversation-stoppers were f*cking great. he'd just deadpan and then after 10 seconds break into a cute little smile/chuckle. great job on his part and his chemistry with the chick was well done. i dug it a lot overall.
Definitely none taken bro. I don't expect people to directly go off of one persons judgement on a movie. If so, then that person is a moron, they need to gather information from multiple reviews before deciding whether or not they agree or to watch it, and even after that, it's up to them, what they think, how they feel about it.
If people strongly disagree, I agree with them because without that nothing makes debating better.
Seriously though, your reviews are abhorrent. Abhorrent in a way that doesn't even relate to personal taste. That's not to say that your personal taste isn't woefully bad either (because it is) but that's not really relevant; what is is that you are garbage at discussing films on a basis of merits that they may or may not encompass.
I'm kinda curious how people come up with there ratings. I generally try and use a 5 for completely average run of the mill. Don't dip under neath 5 unless it's awful. 6-7 could be used for like average flicks that I liked. 7.5-8.5 would be like really good films I liked alot. 9 and above would be personal favorites and or like outstanding films.
8\10 for Drive would probably what I would give it. Favorite movie of 2011 and thought it was awesome. Gosling completely killed it.
Seems like websities\bloggers\random people all have there own system lol
I'm kinda curious how people come up with there ratings. I generally try and use a 5 for completely average run of the mill. Don't dip under neath 5 unless it's awful. 6-7 could be used for like average flicks that I liked. 7.5-8.5 would be like really good films I liked alot. 9 and above would be personal favorites and or like outstanding films.
8\10 for Drive would probably what I would give it. Favorite movie of 2011 and thought it was awesome. Gosling completely killed it.
Seems like websities\bloggers\random people all have there own system lol
I don't watch shitty films so just about everything earns a 70-80% for me.
Re: Rate the last movie you watched.
