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evrana
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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58 The Guard (2011) - Dec 21, 2011
Mini-Review: Even if you are only a bit familiar with the Irish culture you will enjoy this movie. It is full of small details that make you smile and Cheadle and Gleeson were brilliant. But that said, the execution of the movie was quite weak, directing was too amateurish and the supporting cast was 2 leagues below the main characters. All these created an awkward atmosphere and together with the failed attempt in creating Tarantino-like dialogues, the film didn't reach its potential unfortunately.
81 Contagion (2011) - Dec 21, 2011
Mini-Review: Soderbergh excels in this kind of fragmented story telling, I think this one is even better than Traffic. The movie seems to have an agenda of justifying the alarmist approach during SARS and Avian Flu outbreaks, but as the viral outbreaks are really the greatest danger against the modern world, I think this movie shows why such harsh actions are necessary. It is surprisingly hard-core in its approach, trying to keep things as real as possible without alienating the audience.
71 In Time (2011) - Dec 19, 2011
Mini-Review: It is a nice allegory about our relationship with money. Of course it is bit hard on the mind as far as the plot holes go, but that is one thing that should be admired about Niccol. He doesn't care much about how stupid something is as long as it puts his point across.Trying to do a bit of everything is the weakest point of the film. 1984,Bonnie and Clyde,Robin Hood and Strange days at the same place is too muddy. But any setting where constipation has a negative survival value is interesting.
48 Prison Break: The Final Break (2009) - Dec 11, 2011
Mini-Review: You might have great characters in your hand, but if you can't write you can create something really crappy out of them. The first 2 seasons of Prison Break was excellent in developing interesting characters and exploring tensions between them. The series lived of it for another 2 mediocre seasons and this was the final "cashing on" it. Not bad actually, but it still had that bad taste that was due to horrifyingly bad writing in the last 6 episodes of the 4th season; it ruined all the settting.
62 Animal Kingdom (2010) - Dec 03, 2011
Mini-Review: This is a"disengaging" movie. It has great material and some very good shots. But the whole thing is depicted from a chronically depressed point of view. It is more like watching an unedited reality show. Give this story to Kim Ki-Duk and he will make a masterpiece out of it.
61 The Social Network (2010) - Dec 02, 2011
Mini-Review: This is our history now, it used to be wars now it is lawsuits. The cramped, paranoid, fast-paced style of the movie is the only thing Fincher added to this rather boring story. It is interesting at a "current events" level, but at the end of the day it is a frigging movie about a - oh no wait, two - lawsuit, man. You can't go too far with that.
63 Yahsi bati (2010) - Nov 27, 2011
Mini-Review: Well it made me laugh here and there, but Cem yilmaz should try to do something more universal. Half of the movie is based one Turkish/English misunderstandings and with cultural references nearly 70% of the film would be unintelligible to non-Turkish audience. Production quality was quite high, with a bit of more effort he can come up with a world class comedy. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it from heimweh point of view and I hope someday we will be able to translate Turkish's richness in wordplay.
48 Frenzy (1972) - Nov 18, 2011
Mini-Review: Ah, Hitchcock, the ultimate hit or miss director, Lovely. The problem with this kind of scenarios is that they are so tightly constructed that they border being ridiculous. Add in an annoying, stupid "hero" and it becomes even more lovely. Sexist, stereotyping, treating the audience as if they were dumb, what can I say, Lovely. In the end, aside from a good musical score and some good acting it was not Lovely at all.
93 The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) - Nov 17, 2011
Mini-Review: Well, if the real armies were like this, we would be in a much more interesting world, but alas... (I don't know how much safer though). It is kinda like Hot Shots in the 2000s, but I really enjoyed it because it is based on the sad truth of the wars around us. If you can talk about psyche ops and criticize contract security companies at the same time, you are alright in my book. 4 finest horsemen of acting and a goat, what else could you want?
83 Mississippi Burning (1988) - Nov 14, 2011
Mini-Review: This is a great time-piece, which makes your blood boil with a bit of hyperbole (I hope it was hyperbole; if this was an accurate representation of the reality back then, I don't know what to say). The whole tension of the situation was cleverly interposed with the tension between the two FBI agents. The acting in this cannot be praised enough by the way.
 
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