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nobamba

nobamba
Celluloid Junkie - 2579 Film Ratings
Member Since: 18 Jan 2018
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Bio: ● My 2020 goal is to watch more bad movies. My 2019 goal was to point out my favorite scene in each film.

● For awhile I considered adding spoiler tags, then decided against it.

● Average films are 40-60/100. Ratings ending in 5 mean ♥ (rewatchable and/or would look forward to watching something with a common director/actor).

● TV ratings are a lot more extreme.

more Recent Ratings

60 62% Civil War (2024) - Rated 18 Apr 2024
"It was very impactful for me while I was watching and immediately afterward, but the more I reflect, the less I'm sure this is a great film. The plot armor of the main characters and the final assault team is insane. The lack of explanation for the sides meant the combatants' tolerance of journalists felt unbelievable. I don't know how a film can be so infuriatingly neutral. Fav scene: Plemons' entire interaction was all tension."
40 30% Disturbing Behavior (1998) - Rated 15 Apr 2024
"A dose of nostalgia with Katie Holmes. Weird that they cut out a romance between her and Marsden. Similarly, felt like the sister should have done more but she didn't even react appropriately. Fav scene: the sheer ridiculousness of driving a car off a random high waterfall (on an island), then Marsden yeeting Greenwood 50 feet away from the cliff."
40 30% Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) - Rated 15 Apr 2024
"Starts off so interesting (Thurman as POTUS!) but gets so generic. There was a lot of depth in Alex's family, but the Royals were essentially cardboard cutouts except for the sister. What's the deal with all the side characters getting across-the-pond romances? Did they really need to show the reporter being questioned about getting a story out really quick? The actors did a great job salvaging the script. Fav scene: Stahi finding the prince in hotel room."
40 30% Scooby-Doo Goes Hollywood (1979) - Rated 05 Apr 2024
"Another "just fine" Scooby-Doo entry that's a bit dated, but nothing too bad if you're used to the original series. By the time one setting gets old, we're onto the next one. It drags a bit near the end, though. World's most patient TV exec. Fav scene: Happy Days parody."
40 30% Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash (2017) - Rated 04 Apr 2024
"It was just fine. If having more Scooby-Doo films means that some of them will have to be cheaply animated with LEGO but voiced by the same actors, then I'll live with it. Fav scene: the Jinkie dance."
60 62% 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956) - Rated 31 Mar 2024
"Not bad, interesting premise with a well-developed flawed main character and supporting cast. The villains seem more like a side story and their plot wasn't that interesting. Hannon makes some totally boneheaded decisions. Fav scene: manservant's notes on rain during his mission."
40 30% Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) - Rated 29 Mar 2024
"3D. I like seeing kaiju slamming against each other. I don't care for the hollow earth/secret tribal people setting, the Planet of the Apes alpha challenge, the mecha Kong arm, or any of the humans. At this point the only humans I want to see in the MonsterVerse series are the ones getting crushed and live commentary/exposition from reading cave walls. Fav scenes: Kong's initial fight in the fog with other apes; fight in Rio de Janiero redeemed the film, with damage to buildings feeling real."
20 4% Kárate contra mafia (1980) - Rated 23 Mar 2024
"Not really a good explanation for this unless the director did it for a paycheck and had to pad out the length with really, really repetitive fights with the same dudes over and over again. Bad editing; folks glitch into different positions and items' whereabouts are anyone's guess. The acting in dialogue scenes isn't completely terrible. Fav scenes: police having modeling shots of the guy they just met; market alley fight where we absolutely have to destroy every single cart."
40 30% Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) - Rated 23 Mar 2024
"I didn't think it was so bad. Finn Wolfhard didn't have much to do. Final battle took a bit too long. I don't mind the nostalgia bait, but we didn't need half the characters. Did they cut out a love plot between the girls? Took awhile for Kumail to be funny. Fav scenes: grandma's sex dungeon; payoff with the matches."
50 45% Luck (2022) - Rated 21 Mar 2024
"It's just fine. The beginning bad luck gags were hilarious, but I lost interest starting at Luck world, gained it a bit in bad luck, then things got too convoluted, especially in the way we had to fix it all. The depth chart of St. Patrick's Day films is so shallow that this floated to the top. Not sure why others are expecting adult themes in a movie purely pandering to kids. Fav scenes: aforementioned bad luck gags in the beginning; dancing rabbits."