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INDYATMN
Film Freak - 631 Films Ranked
Member Since: Aug 19, 2008
Location: New York, NY, USA
Recent Rankings
73 T4 Superman Returns (2006) - Jun 11, 2013
"The action scenes soar, but everything else barely gets off the ground. Singer, suprisingly, takes exactly the wrong thing from the original while simultaneously making what is arguably the worst change possible 2 a classic. Luthor-as-comic-relief was only tolerable in the 70's b/c audiences had never seen a big-budget superhero movie before; & giving Supes a son is brave choice, but it only makes the audience wonder what kind of lousy absentee dad he'll b while he's busy saving lives."
79 T5 Cross My Heart (1987) - Jun 11, 2013
"Although the cover & title threaten 2 deliver one of those godawful 80's rom-coms, the "Lawrence Kasdan" title card that starts the film is far more indicative of its quality. W/ a focus on character & dialogue that's immediately reminiscent of a stage play it’s easy 2 c why he got involved. Short's rubbery face is distracting & too much of the pre-bedroom contrivances belong in a more H'wood movie, but the script has enough feeling & thoughtfulness behind it that it's mostly a pleasant suprise."
87 T8 Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) - May 27, 2013
"Abrams consistently brings 3 things 2 the table in films he directs: an insistence that his action set pieces r grounded in character, story, & emotional stakes so that it's more than a roller coaster. This puts him ahead of 95% of his peers. But he rushes through 2 much this go round, shoehorning in 1 too many inversions of 82's Wrath of Khan. Since this new version of Kirk & Spock have yet 2 establish any real sense of history together, the emotional payoff Abrams is looking 4 never arrives."
65 T3 Starter for Ten (2006) - Apr 25, 2013
"John Hughes' teen films never felt so hum-drum. It's easy 2 be reminded of them given the wall-2-wall 80's soundtrack & impressive young actors on display, but the tunes & their talents are wasted on a tiresomely predictable script that except 4 some distinctive UK liberalism offers nothing even slightly different from what we've seen before. A sweet dispostion can only get a romantic dramedy so far. For better and worse, Hughes’ best moments induced more of a reaction than "cute"."
81 T6 Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012) - Apr 14, 2013
"Minus its polemics this adaptation would make 4 a lethally dull thriller. Then again extremist propaganda is everything in Rand's famous novel. Those who don't subscribe 2 dividing the world into 2 camps - the Unassailably Principled & Brilliant Job Creators vs. the Ungrateful Incompetents Around Them - may find this ridiculous at best or dangerously misguided at worst. However, if kooky "outsider art" holds any interest, the Bizarro ideas (like CEO's lacking govt influence) may be compelling."
88 T8 Stoker (2013) - Mar 02, 2013
"The kind of "leisurely" arthouse pacing on display here is usually a turn-off as it suggests Lynchian pretentiousness w/ weirdness for the sake of being weird, but like the director's Oldboy, all the stylized subtext thankfully carries its own meaning (rather than, like some arthouse fare, being there 2 disguise the fact that its not really saying anything in particular at all) & actually serves a purpose by adding a layer that gives the plot a depth & the climax a power they'd lack otherwise."
88 T8 Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) - Mar 02, 2013
"Fun, well-made entertainment with plot threads that resolve or come together in clever & surprising ways, even if the uninspired characterizations keep this from ever lifting off towards true greatness. Fairy tale or not, the heroes would've benefited from a little more shading & thought, as someone like the princess is left cut adrift between modernity & tradition in a bad way, driven by a need for adventure, but always reliant on others to save her, never mind saving anybody else."
92 T9 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013) - Feb 24, 2013
"The second half of Miller's groundbreaking comic assumes some famliarity w/ the likes of Green Arrow & the director has Bats avoiding far 2 many bullets 2 be plausible, but next 2 Nolan's films ur not going 2 see a more compelling or exciting Batman tale. Miller's hyperbolic imagination is firing on all cylinders here w/ easily the most disturbing climax 2 a Joker battle u'll ever see & a Superman-Batman face-off that'll knock u on ur a-s. A MUST-SEE 4 anyone w/ any interest in Batman."
64 T2 Dracula (1931) - Feb 24, 2013
"Classic monster horror movies tend 2 age very badly; they're lucky if they can induce a slight tension in a modern viewer, while anything resembling a scare is completely out of the question. But this 1's particularly hard 2 excuse. It's badly written 4 any decade w/ easily 1 of the most anti-climactic monster deaths ever. Drac is ridiculously indiscrete & obvious 2 the point of being foolhardy. If not 4 the occasional sparks caused by an overly worthy nemesis, Van Helsing, this is quite dull."
78 T5 Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991) - Feb 21, 2013
"There is a tendency 2 hammer certain messages & general over-familiarity that comes w/ road-trip movies (status quos will be challenged), but the ending is nowhere as neat as 1 might expect. What really makes this stand out however r its details. Not only does the film bask in NYC locations that have been MIA from screens since the 1970's, it offers up 1 of the most distinctively lived-in & well-rounded takes on the various ups and downs of underprivileged minority males in H'wood studio history"
 
 
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