Rate The Last Movie You Saw

When was the last time you had a death so impressive and shocking as Bambi's mother or Mufasa? I can't think about any current animation movie that gets anywhere close to that!

The way the things were going, a ending like the one Arcanis was proposing seems great to me! Specially if the alternative is a predictable last second save from the one character that was not about to die at the time! But I agree with you, it would not go well with most audiences...

I havent been here for a while .. sorry if the first few are double posts



Im sure I have seen more.. when I remember, I will post.

Snitch (2013)

The Rock plays a father who's 18yo son gets busted on a tough luck, but serious drug charge. The kid's only hope for survival is for daddy to catch some bigger fish. What I found strange about this movie is that The Rock plays a normal dad, who owns his own business. I like The Rock a lot, not for his acting, but for his personality and presence. In the right movie, like Pain and Gain or Faster, I think hes great. Not only does he not kick anyone's ass in this movie, but he's also probably the wimpiest character. In fact, there's not a whole lot of action to be found in the entire movie. So my question is, if he's playing a regular guy, why cast him? If they cast a regular type, very good actor, and made this a grittier type of film, it could've been excellent. It's still a decent watch with some tense scenes. I enjoyed it but I'm sort of puzzled as to what kind of movie the makers were aiming for.

I was putting this one off for a while due to obvious reasons. As I'm not anywhere near being worthy of properly reviewing and discussing high-brow movies, I at least try to stay up-to-date with mainstream popcultural flicks, and since Transformers 4 fits into that category, I knew I'd have to see it sooner or later.

So it took me 2 attempts, and errr... I haven't seen the entire movie yet. Normally in such a situation I wouldn't be posting a rating but on this occasion I just don't care and from the looks of it, neither does Michael Bay. I just don't feel like sitting down to see the rest of it again, so yeah... screw it.

With that out of the way, Transformers 4 is condensed dudu in its ugliest form. I haven't seen anything in this one that I haven't already seen in previous 3 movies, and the things that have actually been changed aren't for the better. Remember how the autobots were actually pretty intelligent in the first movie? Well, now, for reasons I cannot fathom, they have been turned into some primitive, semi-aggressive beings. Even Optimus Prime, the guy who's supposed to be the wise elder, goes "Hulk smash!" almost all the time.

The new choice of actors doesn't make any sense either. Mark Wahlberg looks very out of place in this thing.


And now for more nonsense:

- the love interest is underage, dressed like a slut, and has an adult boyfriend.
- Joshua Joyce, played by Stanley Tucci, is... Jobs. And it's not like it's a subtle suggestion either.
- There's so much product placement that the movie looks more like an ad catalogue than a movie.
- The government is now cooperating with decepticons. You know... because they can totally be trusted.
- There are transformer dinosaurs. Just... arrghh...
- I tried counting all the cliches in the movie but I lost count somewhere after 40.
- T. J. Miller is in this. This would be actually a good thing but guess what, this was the only entertaining part of this movie for me, so of course, his character got axed-off.
- T. J. Miller's character dies in the most hilarious and cartoony way possible. A transformer shoots flame at him and after the fire clears, a burnt and smoking body is "frozen" and standing. The sad music suggested I was supposed to feel sad about this but... I was laughing my ass off.


So yeah you know what's coming:

Also: I hate you, Michael Bay.

__________________
Check out my blog: Yasashii's Retro Game Playground

You can't comprehend the genius behind Michael Bay's vision of how explosions are supposed to look. Get back to your artsy pantsy cinema and leave Transformers for true cinephiles.

__________________
San Franciscan lesbian dwarves and their tomato orgies.

In short, the movie had bad acting, (mostly from Heifetz), bad storyline, characters and a confusing plot hole. If the school had so many prodigies, why were they struggling? Why couldn't they just show them off somewhere?

Cruising (1980)

Al Pacino goes undercover into the world of gay S & M to catch a killer. The movie is effectively dark and seedy, and it's a kick to see Pacino in that environment, but it's just an average movie overall.

Revolver (2005)



Guy Ritchies' version of Fight Club... The pacing is good and the concept behind is interesting in theory. But in practical terms, just sucks! The film becomes messy and pointless after a while, it looks like the idea is to get you confused but for no reason at all!

4/10

The Fighter 2010 It's average, and not an award-winning film.

__________________
A normal man? For me, a normal man is one who turns his head to see a beautiful woman's bottom. The point is not just to turn your head. There are five or six reasons. And he is glad to find people who are like him, his equals. That's why he likes crowded beaches, football, the bar downtown...

C- Didn't find it funny so it missed for me.





C- Wow, can't believe this movie was so highly rated. Nearly turned it off after the first 45 minutes I found it so slow. Wouldn't have been able to finish it if not for the good performances although Amy Adams seemed to lose then regain her English accent several times in the same takes. Movie obviously borrowed stylistically from Casino and Good Fellas which just emphasized its shortcomings and the silly The Sting like twist at the end just certified what a waste of time this film was. Really can't understand why so many praised it.

All the President's Men

Knife in the Water (1962)

Roman Polanski's first movie kind of reminded me of a Bergman film. There's only 3 characters in the whole movie; a man around 40yo, his wife who is a little younger, and a male hitchhiker in his late teens who the couple picks up on their way to go sailing. It's not totally clear why they pick the guy up and bring him sailing with them. It appears that the husband wants to show off his dominance. What follows are subtle, yet effective, psychological games.

RocknRolla (2008)

Not as bad as Revolver but it does not have that pacing that Guy Ritchies' movies use to have! It looks like after "Lock,Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch" he just became pretentious...

6/10

The Shining.

too much work and no play makes jack a dull boy too much work and no play makes jack a dull boy too much work and no play makes jack a dull boy too much work and no play makes jack a dull boy too much work and no play makes jack a dull boytoo much work and no play makes jack a dull boy too much work and no play makes jack a dull boy too much work and no play makes jack a dull boy too much work and no play makes jack a dull boy too much work and no play makes jack a dull boy too much work and no play makes jack a dull boy too much work and no play makes jack a dull boy

Lol, but I'm really undecided how to rate this... I have to give it a third watch before deciding on a rating. Redrum, redrum, redrum, redrum!!

Gone Girl

I know there are many people who have posted this already so I will be brief. This movie was awesome and Fincher was perfect as director. This movie has a long run time but with all the curve balls it didn't feel like it at all. It is hard to explain what happens to friends without spoiling anything all I can do is highly recommend it.

4/5 Stars

__________________
Consumers will eat everything except the sequel

too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation too much shining and no opinions makes moviemeditation

Sorry I just couldn't help it.

Cage Army!

Shadow of the Vampire - 7.5/10

This is basically the director letting Willem DeFoe be as Willem Defoe has he possibly can, and it works. It's the creepy, unsettling and absolutely true account of the production of one of my favorite horror films. The cast is spot-on, too.

The Sacrament - 7.5/10

This feels in every respect like the movie that Red State wanted to be. It has a more cohesive narrative, more solid premise and overall better execution. It doesn't suffer from overly absurd deus ex machina nor an awkward shift from climax to resolution. I was pleasently surprised that I enjoyed this purely random pick from my girlfriend as much as I did (chosen since I picked out Shadow of the Vampire).

__________________
Filmquisition: Raking Modern Entertainment Over the Coals Daily
Unrealitymag.com: New Articles Contributed Every Friday
Arcanis' 100 Favorite Films: 2015 Edition

Jacob's Ladder (1990)

I think it's difficult to totally pull a movie like this off. It does pretty well; there's some creepy scenes and Tim Robbins is very good in the lead role, but it got to the point where I was waiting for it to end.

I'm not a fan of horror movies, but Jacob's Ladder was one of the few horror movies that I liked. It was pretty confusing the first couple of times I saw it, so it took re-watching it a few times to really understand it, but once I figured out a few things, it made more sense.

SPOILER!!!! Do NOT read further if you don't want to read spoilers!!!"