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Bio: i love movies, in fact i am on a quest to see all of the movies ever made, i do realize that's not possible, but at least i set the bar high. i was drawn even more to this site after i got my first star. i now write mini-reviews for every movie i watch, and am going through my back catalog to write them for every movie i've rated, i've got a long way to go. might i interest you in donating to the give me a star foundation?
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Point Break
Point Break (2015) - Rated 20 Mar 2017
This is what happens when you needlessly remake an inexplicable cult favorite, thinking that superfans will eat it up no matter how you pervert the plot, so long as you keep the title intact. When the main characters are not retardedly slinging around pea-brained philosophies apparently built off of a cross of Buddhism and "The Fast and The Furious" they spend their time falling off mountains and getting pummeled by waves, occasionally taking a break to destroy large sums of money for no reason.
82 81%
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) - Rated 14 Dec 2021
From the first installment, it's easy to see why this series could justify four installments in a single year. It's a tremendously watchable exploitation flick and for the era, that amount of artery spurting is unheard of. I was gleefully waiting for every next instance of blood rain, and never had to wait too long. Blood rain is my favorite kind of blood...and rain.
79 70%
Noah
Noah (2014) - Rated 16 Nov 2017
Basically Aronofsky came up with the biblical story of Noah, as told by a ten year old with an overactive imagination, who was told the story by a ten year old with an overactive imagination, who was read the story by a priest who, incidentally, was having a stroke while reading a badly water damaged copy of the bible. And you know what? That's a pretty entertaining game of telephone right there. It's got Noah, it's got water, and...um rock monsters. You're gonna love it.
76 57%
Warcraft
Warcraft (2016) - Rated 05 Oct 2017
As a work of art, a critic's film, this is complete crap. But it's an action movie, it's made for people who don't give a shit about tracking shots, metaphors, and film theory. I really anticipated a dud here, I have no idea how closely it followed the games, but there's way way too much lore to fit into two hours and you can tell, because the movie glosses over details that I'm sure a WoW player would appreciate, but the movie is not bad, not at all, except for Ben Foster, he really sucks here.
90 97%
The Conversation
The Conversation (1974) - Rated 20 Jul 2018
Hot off the heels of what is generally considered to be one of the best movies of all time, Coppola delivers, in my opinion, a far better movie. "The Conversation" is gripping, it's thrilling, it's mysterious, and Hackman sells the role as one hell of a character in Caul. There's a degree of subtlety in his paranoia and overcautious privacy that ultimately destroys him, ending in one of the most harrowing, poignant scenes ever committed to film.
76 57%
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) - Rated 04 Dec 2017
Episodes 4-6 gained a rabid following of sci-fi misfits. Episodes 1-3 quaked the fan community's faith. Now, we see a return to form, an apology to the fans in the form of an infinitely better movie. For the uninitiated, or the fence sitters, like myself, "The Force Awakens" is an entertaining and complacent revelry in the universe that Lucas created forty years ago. The world building has ended, and fans may be sated, but I'm a little disappointed, but that's not to say it's not a good movie.
62 18%
The Untold Story
The Untold Story (1993) - Rated 18 Dec 2021
Based on a true story, "The Untold Story" is a notable HK exploitation film, yet it's too similar to "Ebola Syndrome" also directed by Yau and starring Wong. Though released first, it's bettered by "Ebola Syndrome" because it's too grounded and not exploitative enough (which you might not believe if you've seen the rape and murder scenes). In other words, this one feels like it's here to shock you, the other wants to morbidly entertain you by shocking you. A subtle, but important distinction.
42 4%
How It Ends
How It Ends (2018) - Rated 25 Sep 2018
Further cementing Netflix's association with cut-rate sci-fi is a lame-pocolypse outing with Forest Whitaker and a bunch of nobodies. I've about had it up to here with lazy sci-fi that leaves things up to interpretation. I don't want allegory or ambiguity in my sci-fi. I want clever storytelling and immense amounts of imagination. Is that so much to ask for? If McLaren can't deliver that, he can always take his writing to a publisher of YA fiction, they gobble this crap up like Skittles.
70 34%
The Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z (2017) - Rated 07 Dec 2017
Advertised as an epic adventure movie, but it's really a slow moving biography, cutting up jungle time with trips back to England and even a bout in WWI. Miller is below average, except in the looks department, Hunnam is lukewarm, but Pattinson really shines here. For some insane reason Gray tries to leave the ending up to your imagination, but it's pretty easy to guess what happened to Fawcett: he died, that's what happens when you go places where spiders eat birds, dude.
87 93%
Star Trek
Star Trek (2009) - Rated 17 May 2009
The "Star Trek" movie that alienates trekkies for the sake of mass appeal, and it definitely is appealing. This movie has a ton of action, and a generally exciting, and, at many times, a funny plot. While the average person may find this movie very entertaining, the "Star Trek" fan will find the deviation from reality in past movies unsettling. Regardless of the artistic license taken in this movie, I definitely look forward to see where they take the franchise next.