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MinuteMaker
Movie Buff - 275 Films Ranked
Member Since: Mar 21, 2011
Location: London, UK
Bio: I can't stand ugly or boring films, but I'm a sucker for a particular type of American indie comedy (Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, Rushmore) - just see my rankings. THE GODFATHER IS THE BEST FILM EVER MADE.
Featured Reviews
62 Paranormal Activity (2009) - Apr 08, 2011
Mini-Review: It probably didn't help that I watched this with a friend next to me mock-screaming at the bits he knew were scary, but I just found almost all of this boring, slow and unaffecting. The exception is the last 15 minutes or so, except for the last few seconds (corny) which are actually scary. On top of all of this, the husband's character is incredibly annoying. Oh, and vast amounts of it are tortuously, incredibly tediously, banal.
88 Memento (2001) - Jul 20, 2011
Mini-Review: A brilliant conceit, brilliantly told. Throughout you are constantly thinking, questioning - but it's not just annoyingly clever, by the end I was a nervous wreck. I don't think that the way this is told is gimmicky, or to be dismissed - it's a genuinely brilliant experiment in storytelling that surrounds you unlike anything else, even other Nolan films - this is his best, by a long stretch.
72 The Tree of Life (2011) - Aug 17, 2011
Mini-Review: The middle of this film is quite amazing, but I just can't forget how tedious and pretentious I found the beginning and especially the end, by which point I was practically begging it to end. Beautiful cinematography though. Looking at reviews, you'd think that the only options are to adore it or hate it, but I did neither - I left disappointed and exhausted.
92 Submarine (2010) - Jan 21, 2012
Mini-Review: This film flashes past in a blur of absolute brilliance, in both direction and writing. It's a coming of age story in *ahem* Wales that references everyone from Allen to Truffaut, and is visually stylish every step of the way. Then, it has Sally Hawkins (always a bonus) and it's soundtracked by Alex Turner. If you don't like this, I'm not really interested in your opinion on anything.
92 A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Apr 10, 2012
Mini-Review: Scathing satire, disgustingly funny, drenched in irony and masterfully directed. Most misleading title of all time