After a brief hiatus, it's good to see that you're back and picking up where you left off with the excellent write-ups, Iro. A lot of these "movie a day" threads have popped up lately, but nobody is putting forth the consistent effort that you are. I'm really enjoying this thread.
I'm disappointed that you didn't like
Punch-Drunk Love or
A Beautiful Mind more than you did. Personally, I think both movies are great.
I've never heard of
The Water Diviner. At first I thought you were making a lame joke about
Noah, but apparently
The Water Diviner is something else entirely. As a fan of Russell Crowe, I'll keep an eye out for it.
I've always preferred the character of Rambo to Rocky.
First Blood is one of my favorite movies, but I always pretend that he dies at the end, since that was the original ending and the proper ending. Like you mention in your write-up,
Part II seems to forget everything that made
First Blood such a standout film. However, as a big dumb action movie,
Part II delivers, in my opinion. I certainly think it's better than the third entry in the series and at least on par with the 2008 film.
The gargantuan length of
JFK puts me off a bit, but I'll watch it one of these days.
Ever since falling in love with
Once Upon a Time in the West, I've wanted to explore more of Charles Bronson's roles since his Harmonica character was such an awesome bad ass. I've yet to watch any of the
Death Wish movies, but your scathing write-up definitely throws cold water on any expectations I may have had.