nobamba
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.
● 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.
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| 50 46% | The Iceman Cometh (1989) - Rated 26 Jul 2024
"Nice premise, great action scenes, but terrible melodrama. I didn't get the chemistry and love at all. There could have been other fish-out-of-water time-travel scenarios other than sticking Yuen Biao with a modern prostitute. Fav scene: the final act is just nonstop action. Rooftop sword fight with a low flying jet passing by, strong-feeling kicks and seismic tosses in the museum with mummies being desecrated."
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| 50 46% | Timothy's Quest (1922) - Rated 25 Jul 2024
"Not bad but could have been much shorter. The previous lover seemed unnecessary to the story. I thought the young lady in the slums who told the kids about the vision board would have a bigger role. I lost interest as the film went along, but it was quite captivating at the beginning. Overly reliant on intertitles instead of acting. Fav scene: shoeing a bull."
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| 50 46% | Just Maine Folks (1912) - Rated 25 Jul 2024
"Apparently when Mainers have a corn shucking party, if someone pulls a black corn, they get to kiss a lady."
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| 40 30% | The Fiend (1972) - Rated 20 Jul 2024
"Good acting makes this more watchable than others in the same category. The film moved along and kept me interested in what was going to happen next, but it's a fairly predictable series of murders. A healthy amount of nudity and the least sexy swim scene between a couple with no chemistry. Fav scene: the prostitute being chased with the police amber lights flashing."
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| 50 46% | Yes, Madam (1985) - Rated 20 Jul 2024
"Did not expect this to be a slapstick comedy instead of an action film. The final act really dragged on, as though we're repeating the same boss fight level over and over again (cool mansion though). Yeoh looks unrecognizably young. I wish the film focused more on her and Rothrock rather than the guys, who had decent chemistry. When Rothrock got into the car with Yeoh, it gave me Rush Hour vibes. Fav scene: Hark running around his apartment like Home Alone."
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| 40 30% | Despicable Me 4 (2024) - Rated 18 Jul 2024
"It's the same sequence of events: I take the kids to watch another Minions movie. I laugh at the cheap gags. I fall asleep 2/3 through but wake up in time for the happy ending and the credits gags. I leave feeling the film wasn't that bad. Illumination recycling character models from the Secret Life of Pets franchise. Fav scenes: I can't believe they got so much mileage out of the vending machine setup."
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| 70 76% | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) - Rated 18 Jul 2024
"Rewatch. It'd been so long since I watched this or read the book, so I don't know how faithful Wilder's Wonka is. Wilder is an absolute madman with no consideration for the children. I wish they left him as a villain (or at least an unsympathetic figure who the grandpa yelled at). But it's a fun kids' movie and kids don't care about repetition. Fav scene: introduction of the Oompa Loompas."
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| 50 46% | A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) - Rated 03 Jul 2024
"Finely acted considering they couldn't talk for most of the film. I wish there was more dialogue. Seemed formulaic by now---creeping slowly, jump scare, escape, brief talking, repeat. I hated the choice to go down into a subway station with a flashlight. That damn cat. Why did the dude keep his tie on the whole time? Not sure why they couldn't all have escaped. For all she knows, civilization is fine elsewhere. Fav scene: sending the kids to the ferry, so we can ditch their plot armor."
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| 50 46% | Alexander the Great (1956) - Rated 02 Jul 2024
"Decent sword and sandal biopic that gets bogged down by boring battles (and how can they be so boring, given the scope of all the extras involved?). Wardrobe was colorful and fantastic. Fav scene: Alexander hyping up the battle against Darius."
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| 30 15% | China O'Brien II (1991) - Rated 01 Jul 2024
"In some ways, this is better than the first. The fights seem more choreographed. More main characters get hurt. The bullet wound effects are pretty cool. Kind of weird there's no real romance except between Deputy Dakota and...a high school student? Did we establish in the first film that China's real name is Lori? Fav scene: I was yelling at the TV for the wife to pick up the gun and shoot the main bad guy and it didn't look like she was going to, but she pulled through."
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