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Standings
01. The Master (8.43)
02. Moonrise Kingdom (8.29)
03. Beasts of the Southern Wild (7.34)
04. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (7.29)
05. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (5.52)
Rate & Discuss
Standings
01. The Master (8.43)
02. Moonrise Kingdom (8.29)
03. Beasts of the Southern Wild (7.34)
04. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (7.29)
05. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (5.52)
My favorite action film of the year. I give it an 8.5, very nearly a nine, but I can't bring myself to give it a score that high, so I'm rounding it down to an eight.
Recently watched films:
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - ****1/2
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - ***1/2
How to Die in Oregon - ****
Big Fish - ***
In the Bedroom - ****1/2
I don't think this is some sort of brilliant film, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. A weak 8.
I will marshall all the forces of darkness to hound you to an assisted suicide - Peter Capaldi, In The Loop
High 7.
I like it well enough. But the final act prevents this from being great, me thinks. So a 7
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Returning to Hollywood with a Vengeance in 2013
Low 7.
Quite liked Blunt though.
"Keep yoah paint outta my pahhking spot aaaahhhht depaaahhhhhtment!!!"
Liked it when I saw it, but it hasn't aged well for me at all. 6.
I know I've got a big ego, I really don't know why it's such a big deal, though.
This was probably the most fun I had at the movie theater this year. A 9 for me.
9/10
Slick, stylish, brimming with lots of ideas - maybe too many.
Another 5?! It's become my regular number for this poll series, it seems. Well, at least The Master was here to mix things up for me.
I'm a huge time travel fan and I was excited to see what Johnson would do with the concept, but while I got a very cool and smartly executed five minutes or so of mind-bending goodness when young Joe's thirty years of freedom are crammed into that montage, the rest of the movie was a clunky action pic mainly interested in treacly moralizing. I hated the decision to slather latex on JGL's face, especially since he didn't look one iota like a young Bruce Willis, and I found most of the characters annoying. All the stuff with the cute-turned-creepy kid bugged the hell out of me and I thought an already rickety narrative stalled soon after arriving at the farm. I'm usually a big JGL fan, but thought he was well out of his element here and not in a challenging, exciting way. The attempted romantic developments didn't work for me at all, which is pretty devastating given that the weight of old Joe's loss drives his entire arc. This felt like an unconvincingly tough noir that transformed into an unconvincingly weepy drama. Neither worked for me.
Okay, that sounds super negative, but I still gave it a 5 instead of a 1, so there is stuff I liked. The montage I mentioned before is fantastic, the concept is intriguing, Blunt is awesome, Daniels is relatively enjoyable, and the diner scene has some good moments. There's still plenty to like here, but it's buried under a heap of heavy problems.
Damn, we get time travel movies so rarely and I want them so badly to be good!
This.Originally Posted by bryan1311
Mhm. 6 to 7. I wasn't a big fan of the idea to have two unrelated sci-fi concepts (time travel and telekinesis) in one film. I loved it until he arrived on the farm, when the narrative just grinds to a halt. Still interesting though, but I think I'd have preferred Willis chasing JGL through time or something.
I just watched this and it was terrific entertainment. Not perfect but very stylish and it had a very 80s future kind of aesthetic. It kinda joined most of the stuff I used to dig as a child. Hell, the scene where Bruce Willis kills everyone in (and including) Jeff Daniels' gang was almost like a riff on his action persona, it reminded me of Die Hard and hell, even the little kid with telekinetic powers reminded me of one of my favorite childhood comics and cartoons: the X-Men. This movie was such a throwback and it managed to be constantly surprising as the plot unfolded itself.
A strong 7, almost 8 from me.
ETA: Between this and his wonderfully subdued and moving work in Moonrise Kingdom, Bruce Willis had a great 2012.
A strong 7.
A weak 8.
9
A little mangled in parts and yet wholly entertaining and just exploding with presence.
An 8. Not as well-rounded as I hoped but still one of the most exciting and original additions to the genre's canon as of late.
Right. The ending was the weak spot. Strong 8.I like it well enough. But the final act prevents this from being great, me thinks. So a 7
ARE YOU READY, JESSICA?
Only tasteless people will give this >3
Awful ending. Cheapest suspense.
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