yesistasty
Cinema Addict
Member Since: 28 Jul 2009
Location: Chicago, USA
Bio: I like the movies.
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Ghost in the Shell (1995) - Rated 10 Aug 2025
"Didn't get a chance to devote the attention that this probably deserves. Great slice of cyber-punk, great music, thought-provoking."
Coyote Ugly (2000) - Rated 09 Aug 2025
"A small-town girl moves to New York and gets a job at the stickiest bar on Manhattan. She then watches a guy breakdance and is inspired to write a pop hit. Interesting watch as a fashion and music time capsule from 25 years ago, and a reminder that even formulaic throwaway flicks used to at least attempt to put some artistry onto celluloid."
A Most Wanted Man (2014) - Rated 05 Aug 2025
"Generally solid, if not necessarily incredible, visuals. Well acted by a good cast. A slow burn, not a lot happens in this one. Any movie critical of a lawless American security apparatus is worthy, but this film's critique comes across more as sedated than angry."
Platoon (1986) - Rated 03 Aug 2025
"Maybe the least heroic the U.S. Military has been portrayed in film. It is mind boggling to imagine a contemporary film being produced depicting the military casually committing war crimes, let alone one in which fragging your officer is shown as a justified action. Imagine a film like this being made about Afghanistan or Iraq. Impossible. Fascinating how Vietnam is the one conflict in which major American film productions had license to present the American way of war in such a brutal light."
Nixon (1995) - Rated 30 Jul 2025
"Stone's inimitable style at its most elaborate and decadent. At times plays like an extended Lynchian dream montage, imagery overstuffed with double exposures, digital and optical effects, and many different film formats all expertly manipulated. Perhaps more of a success as a towering piece of film editing than as a narrative feature."
Hidden Figures (2016) - Rated 20 Jul 2025
"Overuse of wide-angle lenses, I don't really like unnecessary image distortion in films that don't really require scope formatting. Charming performances from the leads. I went to sleep with about 20 minutes left in this one. I figured I knew where this was going."
U-571 (2000) - Rated 19 Jul 2025
"This was one of the tapes at my grandma's house, so my brother and I watched this one (along with "Home Alone") over and over again. Coming back to this as an adult, I find it's a serviceable thriller. Rarely are we confronted with an arresting image. But the action and stakes are always clear."
Jungle Cruise (2021) - Rated 19 Jul 2025
"In the words of a guy I hiked with for a few days back in 2021, "The Rock failed me with this one.""
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) - Rated 19 Jul 2025
"The sort of movie that is so brain-dead it's not even an enjoyable hate-watch. Just goes on and on. The graphics are bad looking. Watched this movie on FX with my mother-in-law."
Happiness for Beginners (2023) - Rated 19 Jul 2025
"Largely unamusing except for the the general idea that hiking 6-12 miles a day in Connecticut is some sort of backwoods gauntlet. First film I watched while visiting my inlaws."
