If you are a fan of 60's culture or even classic movies from Hollywood's golden age then you will be richly rewarded by the plethora of Easter eggs and flavor of the film. Well acted by DiCaprio and Pitt who make a great cinematic duo. The classic Tarantino penchant for making you off balance by way of not knowing where the plot is headed is used to full effect and works very well. I always feel I'm in good hands with Tarantino and no matter where the movie is going I know it's leading somewhere good.
You can tell Quentin was having a ball with filming a movie within a movie which allowed him to go full tilt with his own brand of artistic direction and screwing around with the viewer's own suspension of belief i.e. we get to see Leo brilliantly playing a struggling actor and then transform into something almost alien at the drop of a hat when his character himself gets to act. It's a surreal experience and so powerful.
I really love how effortlessly 60's it feels. Capturing that vibe is something a lot of films struggle with and tend to overcompensate with just going all out with references, period costuming, and vintage cars but Quentin has done his homework and great care was taken. I had a ball watching it and despite the runtime I think I almost wanted even more.
Not even very entertaining as a popcorn movie. Doesn't have the heart or the rush of cult classic energy that Arnie brought to the table back in the 80's. It's just another example in an ever growing pile of Hollywood attempts to wring green money out of already spent ideas. Ron Perelman is probably the only good thing in the movie but it's still reaching.
Due to the pacing of the first film, there were multiple points where I kept thinking "wow, this Halloween night seems to drag on forever!" I got a seriously good chuckle when at the opening sequence I realized this entire film is a continuation of the same night. Pacing is again a bit of an issue with this one, but more distracting is due to the amount of different character's storylines taking place there are so many instances where they simply appear and reappear in different places. Due to it all happening on the same night, it's a juggling act trying to set the timing for everyone and there are points where it just doesn't work. Curtis is barely a main character in this one but it was kind of cool to see Last Starfighter Lance Guest. In addition, the amount of dumb character decisions is kind of off the charts, I guess it's almost setting the stage for Horror movies to come though, right? The arctype of those scores of hot to trot teenagers who always end up getting offed had to have a beginning somewhere.
The only Tarantino film where I struggled a bit to get through it. The last 20 minutes or so was 100% worth it though. The entire project almost feels like some kind of short story given the big screen treatment. As if there's not enough material there so everything feels stretched out. There's a lot of dialog, like a crap ton of dialog which kind of reminded me of the diner scene in Reservoir Dogs but the major difference is that so much of it is just simply uninteresting. In Dogs, those scenes served to build up the characters but in this film it's just filler to get us to a point where maybe we feel something for them, especially in the first half. Kind of surprising stuff from Tarantino to be honest, I expected better.
Chris Sarandon makes a pretty dapper vampire, and Roddy McDowall was great as the classic Van Helsing type. Was pretty surprised by the cinematic technique which adds a lot of style to the production. True blue 80's "soft R-rating" horror.
One of those little-known supernatural movies that really makes you wonder how it ever got green lit. Didn't anyone ever ask the question "who exactly is the target audience for this film we're making?" I get that it's supposed to be from a popular Italian horror comic but... ok? Sometimes you almost get the idea that Hollywood just does a random Google search in order to find their next project. Brandon Routh is uninspiring in a film that has virtually nothing going for it. Even if you're a fan of this particular sub-genre there's nothing here to sink your teeth into.
John Wick has devolved into pretty much nothing more than an exhibition on stuntwork and fight choreography. In the industry, it's not uncommon for stunt actors to make their own short film to show off their skills, kind of like a celluloid business card, and that is precisely what the series has become except it's feature length and virtually no plot to be found. The second film somewhat intrigued me with where they were going with the worldbuilding but this installment just hammered it home that they don't seem to really care about all that. I get it that there's a bunch of tattooed ladies in a room somewhere processing endless paperwork regarding assassin work and acting like it's all so very, very important, but if that's the depth of it all then it stopped being interesting after the first time. It's all just a cardboard backdrop for the action.
Being a cyclist myself I really enjoyed that aspect of the film, but this is a wonderful small town story of growing up with a love of cycling as the backdrop. Well acted all around and really nails that almost documentary style slice of life from the late 70s.
Much superior to the first film in my eyes. The first go round took a "less is more" attitude with revealing the world of assassins in the hopes that audiences would fill in the blanks and be intrigued by it. However, that technique has to be done with great care otherwise you risk the audience becoming disinterested which I think that film fell into and felt like a clone of The Equalizer. This one gets the balance just right and everything works better. The fight scene in the mirror gallery is pure art, very well pulled off.
In the circles I run in, I'd always heard an inordinate amount of hype for John Wick and the series in general but never got around to watching it till now. I have to say the hype far outweighed reality unfortunately. It has all the makings of a true blue action popcorn movie but the cheeseiness is inserted at just the right times to make it seem almost amateurish.
I totally get that Wick is an unstoppable killing force, akin to a literal hurricane of death and destruction, yet the movie seems to stop at every opportunity to continually remind you again and again through dialog of that fact. He's the Bogeyman incarnate, he's virtually superhuman, when death goes to sleep at night it checks under the bed for John Wick, et cetera et cetera on and on.
They attempted to make the character at least appear vulnerable at times, but it's done in such a hamfisted way that it comes across as disingenuous and just ticking a box. Almost as if someone in the writing meetings raised their hand and said, "uhh guys, we have to make him at least a little vulnerable and beat up otherwise he'll just be Superman with a gun." I don't think they really pulled it off.
The stunt work is the best stuff here, long cuts to see all the action and Keanu very obviously doing a lot of his own fight work.
A great performance by leads Davis and Rains. They naturally seem an odd coupling and that serves to fuel the tension between them and pushes the plot forward. I tend to like the classic old films that have a strong sort of moral take on vanity and this one has it in spades. Worth a watch despite it's unusual length. 150 minutes is what you'd expect a classic epic film to sit at, not a Bette Davis drama.
This movie gets seriously much better when you realize that Schumacher and company were essentially making their own spin on the original Batman TV show with Adam West. It's a direct play on the campiness and jocularity that the show was shot through with. A large amount of the jokes and gags you could totally imagine Adam West pulling off in his time. Keeping that fully in mind is essential when viewing, it accomplishes its purpose rather well. It's not without some major flaws, Clooney could've given a bit more effort overall.
Better than the first as trading made up artifacts for actual mythology gives you a lot more depth to work with. Butler brings a surprising amount of interest to the project and the back and forth between him and Jolie is a welcome addition. The action is better and the stuntwork is not too shabby overall. The overall feel of the film is the classic bad guy with a supervillain-y plot which places it in more familiar territory.
Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this two-movie series is that we still don't know why Lara Croft does what she does. Both movies feature the "save the world" trope but as far as the deeper motivations of what make Lara a tomb raider are never touched upon. In the beginning of this movie at the Luna Temple there's a brief moment when Lara spots the orb and proclaims "It's mine" but then the bad guys show up and its back to saving the world again. In that brief two word line of dialog the true tomb raider is put forth, but why? Does she do it for the adventure, the spoils, the glory, or to sell the items to finance her mansion's expenses? At least with another tomb raider kind of character like Indiana Jones there was never any doubt as to his motivation: he trucked all over the world to get trinkets to stick in his university's museum and if an adventure was had along the way, more so the better. It's a severe lack of underlying motivation that puts the ceiling on either of these two films from being spectacular.
It's really just a video game popcorn movie but even judged by those standards it's still so mediocre. There's some decent stuntwork buried in there but it's shot in such a way that it struggles to take full advantage of it. Plot is rather sluggish and only ever ventures into mildly interesting territory. A main highlight that could have been so much more is Iain Glen as an Illuminati member and almost a male version of Lara in some ways. The fact that both Lara as the protagonist and the villain are both tomb raiders and work outside the law was ripe territory for exploitation and conflict between them, but alas. The whole vehicle comes off as a movie struggling to understand its source material and as a result went the generic route.
My favorite of Quentin's films as nearly everything works spectacularly well. Every scene has enough subtleties jammed into it that even upon many viewings there is something new to see. Waltz is phenomenal and throws himself totally into the role that put him on the global filmmaking map. In some ways it's almost a PSA on multi-lingual actors which goes a very long way to make it seem more realistic and is a pure showcase of talent. Knowing Tarantino's penchant for unpredictably and the clear fact that this film is taking place in a kind of hyper-reality version of WW2, I honestly had no idea where the plot was going or what would eventually happen in the best way possible.
A must-watch for anybody who claims to be a serious Star Wars fan. The series is chock a block full of great storytelling and gorgeous animation. It's one of those areas of SW where the storytelling, writing, and talent of all of those involved came together to create something spectacular. The art direction is particularly excellent, and you can tell they spent a ton of time making each chapter unique. It's not hard to see why they would revamp the entire series into 3d animation for the more popular Clone Wars series but the love from the fans that this original version enjoyed really set it all off.
What struck me the most was how modern the movie is. I think I'm so used to viewing Hitchcock in either black and white or that rich, vivid aesthetic that permeates say Rear Window or Vertigo that I wasn't really prepared for it. It's classically British through and through, loved the dinner scenes with the Inspector. That has the director's fingerprints all over it. Nearly all of Hitch's camera maneuvers and trademark suspense is there but just somehow thrown into the time machine and jettisoned to 1972. Really gives you an appreciation for how wide Hitchcock's career is especially if you traveled all the way from the 1930's to this point. The progression of his filmmaking is striking.
So finally the rebooted shadowy organization of Spectre gets its time in the spotlight. Despite leading up to this over the past 3 movies it still felt tacked on, as if this was the re-do attempt at the concept that was Quantum in the second film. Somehow manages to not really be that interesting and Spectre's full power of an organization is more alluded to than actually shown.
Whereas the opera meeting in Quantum felt fresh and neat, it totally blows out of the water the tired and overused Spectre meeting with lackeys reporting on how they're slowly taking over the world. A major step backward.
It also features probably the least exciting car chase of any of the films, literally just Craig and Bautista tooling around Rome and grimacing at each other. By the end of the film all Bautista becomes is just a punching bag for Craig to split his knuckles on, really an insult to the rogues gallery of great henchmen that populate the Bond universe. Waltz does what he can with the role but since the character itself is a reboot it just feels so lackluster and played out.
The trademark SPECTRE scene of all the minions meeting before the shadowy "#1" was a clear callback to the Connery era. Bautista's character of Mr. Hinx shows up to jar the audience out of the moment however. This scene might have worked in the early years of Bond, but tough guys killing people is nothing special anymore. Seemed like it would have been more in line if the new SPECTRE is not impressed with blunt objects in the form of near-silent henchmen.
Well acted, Hayward's Oscar was certainly earned. A bit ahead of its time as women were not usually the subject of intense criminality in the fifties. Hayward brings a fiery viciousness and at the same time a tenderness that helps us realize beneath all the lying and breaking the law, she's still human. The last third of the movie really ratchets up the drama and stakes.
It feels like an earlier Hitch film than it really is, that was the biggest surprise for me. This one sees Hitch fall back on the flavor of his early films which doesn't captivate quite as well. Still entertaining though, and most of the set pieces are classic in a lot of ways, just not quite groundbreaking enough to rank up there with his masterpieces.
A prime example of a very average musical. Nothing really works well and the numbers themselves leave you seriously wanting. The glaring exception is O'Connor dancing with statues outside of Marilyn's apartment, truly the best sequence in the film, yet considering O'connor's talent it seemed like they were holding back. In the end even Marilyn fans who are working their way through her catalog of movies might have trouble getting through this one.
Holy cow, between Sunset Boulevard, Whatever happened to baby Jane? and this absolute masterpiece, it makes me think that some of the greatest cinema consists of movies that take poignant aim at the entertainment industry and just unload on it. Chock a block full of A-list actors and an incredible script, this reel of celluloid is oozing with sheer talent. A tour de force of filmmaking and character acting.
Hawks claimed that Rio Lobo failed at the box office due to John Wayne's age and therefore inability to carry a movie, but honesty I think Wayne wasn't bad, it was literally everybody else. Best part of the movie is probably the opening train robbery, beyond that and when Jennifer O'Neill shows up it all goes to pot and fast. Both the lines she delivers and the way she spouts them is comical. I really thought the plot was heading in a good direction from the onset. Wayne pursuing a couple of traitors in a post-civil war environment had so much potential.
Incredibly slow moving. Oddly enough the biggest issue for me was the dialog. This installment compared to all the others gave me that awkward feeling of twenty-somethings delivering lines that were meant for angst-y teenagers. That, and Ron's character arc going round and round in circles. After being friends for something like 6 years, you'd think Ron would at least act like Harry's friend instead of pretending all of that character development didn't happen. It's a recurring theme throughout the past few movies starting with Goblet of Fire but this one pushed it over the edge for me.
Granted I've never been a massive fan of Potter in any way but this one felt like a rather off-key and anticlimactic end compared to what I was expecting. This and Part 1 certainly felt like reading the book was a requirement before viewing. All of the sudden there's a bunch of wand lore regarding ownership and power levels and all of that made no sense to me at all, plus it's referenced enough times that I guess it's super important to the plot which just confuses someone who hasn't read the books.
Also, I can't be the only one who thought that Bonham Carter was wasted as Bellatrix ever since we first met her. She has enough talent that she could've taken over for Voldy as the main villain and it still would've been awesome. I don't know if Bellatrix's role in the books was already small but they certainly didn't take full advantage there.
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Movie comment on Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
DisneyStitch
If you are a fan of 60's culture or even classic movies from Hollywood's golden age then you will be richly rewarded by the plethora of Easter eggs and flavor of the film. Well acted by DiCaprio and Pitt who make a great cinematic duo. The classic Tarantino penchant for making you off balance by way of not knowing where the plot is headed is used to full effect and works very well. I always feel I'm in good hands with Tarantino and no matter where the movie is going I know it's leading somewhere good.You can tell Quentin was having a ball with filming a movie within a movie which allowed him to go full tilt with his own brand of artistic direction and screwing around with the viewer's own suspension of belief i.e. we get to see Leo brilliantly playing a struggling actor and then transform into something almost alien at the drop of a hat when his character himself gets to act. It's a surreal experience and so powerful.
I really love how effortlessly 60's it feels. Capturing that vibe is something a lot of films struggle with and tend to overcompensate with just going all out with references, period costuming, and vintage cars but Quentin has done his homework and great care was taken. I had a ball watching it and despite the runtime I think I almost wanted even more.
Movie comment on Conan the Barbarian
DisneyStitch
Not even very entertaining as a popcorn movie. Doesn't have the heart or the rush of cult classic energy that Arnie brought to the table back in the 80's. It's just another example in an ever growing pile of Hollywood attempts to wring green money out of already spent ideas. Ron Perelman is probably the only good thing in the movie but it's still reaching.Movie comment on Halloween II
DisneyStitch
Due to the pacing of the first film, there were multiple points where I kept thinking "wow, this Halloween night seems to drag on forever!" I got a seriously good chuckle when at the opening sequence I realized this entire film is a continuation of the same night. Pacing is again a bit of an issue with this one, but more distracting is due to the amount of different character's storylines taking place there are so many instances where they simply appear and reappear in different places. Due to it all happening on the same night, it's a juggling act trying to set the timing for everyone and there are points where it just doesn't work. Curtis is barely a main character in this one but it was kind of cool to see Last Starfighter Lance Guest. In addition, the amount of dumb character decisions is kind of off the charts, I guess it's almost setting the stage for Horror movies to come though, right? The arctype of those scores of hot to trot teenagers who always end up getting offed had to have a beginning somewhere.Movie comment on Death Proof
DisneyStitch
The only Tarantino film where I struggled a bit to get through it. The last 20 minutes or so was 100% worth it though. The entire project almost feels like some kind of short story given the big screen treatment. As if there's not enough material there so everything feels stretched out. There's a lot of dialog, like a crap ton of dialog which kind of reminded me of the diner scene in Reservoir Dogs but the major difference is that so much of it is just simply uninteresting. In Dogs, those scenes served to build up the characters but in this film it's just filler to get us to a point where maybe we feel something for them, especially in the first half. Kind of surprising stuff from Tarantino to be honest, I expected better.Movie comment on Fright Night
DisneyStitch
Chris Sarandon makes a pretty dapper vampire, and Roddy McDowall was great as the classic Van Helsing type. Was pretty surprised by the cinematic technique which adds a lot of style to the production. True blue 80's "soft R-rating" horror.Movie comment on Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
DisneyStitch
One of those little-known supernatural movies that really makes you wonder how it ever got green lit. Didn't anyone ever ask the question "who exactly is the target audience for this film we're making?" I get that it's supposed to be from a popular Italian horror comic but... ok? Sometimes you almost get the idea that Hollywood just does a random Google search in order to find their next project. Brandon Routh is uninspiring in a film that has virtually nothing going for it. Even if you're a fan of this particular sub-genre there's nothing here to sink your teeth into.Movie comment on John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
DisneyStitch
John Wick has devolved into pretty much nothing more than an exhibition on stuntwork and fight choreography. In the industry, it's not uncommon for stunt actors to make their own short film to show off their skills, kind of like a celluloid business card, and that is precisely what the series has become except it's feature length and virtually no plot to be found. The second film somewhat intrigued me with where they were going with the worldbuilding but this installment just hammered it home that they don't seem to really care about all that. I get it that there's a bunch of tattooed ladies in a room somewhere processing endless paperwork regarding assassin work and acting like it's all so very, very important, but if that's the depth of it all then it stopped being interesting after the first time. It's all just a cardboard backdrop for the action.Movie comment on Breaking Away
DisneyStitch
Being a cyclist myself I really enjoyed that aspect of the film, but this is a wonderful small town story of growing up with a love of cycling as the backdrop. Well acted all around and really nails that almost documentary style slice of life from the late 70s.Movie comment on John Wick: Chapter 2
DisneyStitch
Much superior to the first film in my eyes. The first go round took a "less is more" attitude with revealing the world of assassins in the hopes that audiences would fill in the blanks and be intrigued by it. However, that technique has to be done with great care otherwise you risk the audience becoming disinterested which I think that film fell into and felt like a clone of The Equalizer. This one gets the balance just right and everything works better. The fight scene in the mirror gallery is pure art, very well pulled off.Movie comment on John Wick
DisneyStitch
In the circles I run in, I'd always heard an inordinate amount of hype for John Wick and the series in general but never got around to watching it till now. I have to say the hype far outweighed reality unfortunately. It has all the makings of a true blue action popcorn movie but the cheeseiness is inserted at just the right times to make it seem almost amateurish.I totally get that Wick is an unstoppable killing force, akin to a literal hurricane of death and destruction, yet the movie seems to stop at every opportunity to continually remind you again and again through dialog of that fact. He's the Bogeyman incarnate, he's virtually superhuman, when death goes to sleep at night it checks under the bed for John Wick, et cetera et cetera on and on.
They attempted to make the character at least appear vulnerable at times, but it's done in such a hamfisted way that it comes across as disingenuous and just ticking a box. Almost as if someone in the writing meetings raised their hand and said, "uhh guys, we have to make him at least a little vulnerable and beat up otherwise he'll just be Superman with a gun." I don't think they really pulled it off.
The stunt work is the best stuff here, long cuts to see all the action and Keanu very obviously doing a lot of his own fight work.
Movie comment on Mr. Skeffington
DisneyStitch
A great performance by leads Davis and Rains. They naturally seem an odd coupling and that serves to fuel the tension between them and pushes the plot forward. I tend to like the classic old films that have a strong sort of moral take on vanity and this one has it in spades. Worth a watch despite it's unusual length. 150 minutes is what you'd expect a classic epic film to sit at, not a Bette Davis drama.Movie comment on Batman & Robin
DisneyStitch
This movie gets seriously much better when you realize that Schumacher and company were essentially making their own spin on the original Batman TV show with Adam West. It's a direct play on the campiness and jocularity that the show was shot through with. A large amount of the jokes and gags you could totally imagine Adam West pulling off in his time. Keeping that fully in mind is essential when viewing, it accomplishes its purpose rather well. It's not without some major flaws, Clooney could've given a bit more effort overall.Movie comment on Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
DisneyStitch
Better than the first as trading made up artifacts for actual mythology gives you a lot more depth to work with. Butler brings a surprising amount of interest to the project and the back and forth between him and Jolie is a welcome addition. The action is better and the stuntwork is not too shabby overall. The overall feel of the film is the classic bad guy with a supervillain-y plot which places it in more familiar territory.Movie comment on Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
DisneyStitch
It's really just a video game popcorn movie but even judged by those standards it's still so mediocre. There's some decent stuntwork buried in there but it's shot in such a way that it struggles to take full advantage of it. Plot is rather sluggish and only ever ventures into mildly interesting territory. A main highlight that could have been so much more is Iain Glen as an Illuminati member and almost a male version of Lara in some ways. The fact that both Lara as the protagonist and the villain are both tomb raiders and work outside the law was ripe territory for exploitation and conflict between them, but alas. The whole vehicle comes off as a movie struggling to understand its source material and as a result went the generic route.Movie comment on Inglourious Basterds
DisneyStitch
My favorite of Quentin's films as nearly everything works spectacularly well. Every scene has enough subtleties jammed into it that even upon many viewings there is something new to see. Waltz is phenomenal and throws himself totally into the role that put him on the global filmmaking map. In some ways it's almost a PSA on multi-lingual actors which goes a very long way to make it seem more realistic and is a pure showcase of talent. Knowing Tarantino's penchant for unpredictably and the clear fact that this film is taking place in a kind of hyper-reality version of WW2, I honestly had no idea where the plot was going or what would eventually happen in the best way possible.Movie comment on Star Wars: Clone Wars
DisneyStitch
A must-watch for anybody who claims to be a serious Star Wars fan. The series is chock a block full of great storytelling and gorgeous animation. It's one of those areas of SW where the storytelling, writing, and talent of all of those involved came together to create something spectacular. The art direction is particularly excellent, and you can tell they spent a ton of time making each chapter unique. It's not hard to see why they would revamp the entire series into 3d animation for the more popular Clone Wars series but the love from the fans that this original version enjoyed really set it all off.Movie comment on Frenzy
DisneyStitch
What struck me the most was how modern the movie is. I think I'm so used to viewing Hitchcock in either black and white or that rich, vivid aesthetic that permeates say Rear Window or Vertigo that I wasn't really prepared for it. It's classically British through and through, loved the dinner scenes with the Inspector. That has the director's fingerprints all over it. Nearly all of Hitch's camera maneuvers and trademark suspense is there but just somehow thrown into the time machine and jettisoned to 1972. Really gives you an appreciation for how wide Hitchcock's career is especially if you traveled all the way from the 1930's to this point. The progression of his filmmaking is striking.Movie comment on Spectre
DisneyStitch
So finally the rebooted shadowy organization of Spectre gets its time in the spotlight. Despite leading up to this over the past 3 movies it still felt tacked on, as if this was the re-do attempt at the concept that was Quantum in the second film. Somehow manages to not really be that interesting and Spectre's full power of an organization is more alluded to than actually shown.It also features probably the least exciting car chase of any of the films, literally just Craig and Bautista tooling around Rome and grimacing at each other. By the end of the film all Bautista becomes is just a punching bag for Craig to split his knuckles on, really an insult to the rogues gallery of great henchmen that populate the Bond universe. Waltz does what he can with the role but since the character itself is a reboot it just feels so lackluster and played out.
Also, making Blofeld releated to Bond is peak lazy writing. It's all the rage to shake up a main character nowadays by making them releated to the villain and it has already become cliché because of it. It's just pure plot contrivance, the world is a big place and the good guy/bad guy being part of the same family is preposterous.
Movie comment on I Want to Live!
DisneyStitch
Well acted, Hayward's Oscar was certainly earned. A bit ahead of its time as women were not usually the subject of intense criminality in the fifties. Hayward brings a fiery viciousness and at the same time a tenderness that helps us realize beneath all the lying and breaking the law, she's still human. The last third of the movie really ratchets up the drama and stakes.Movie comment on Saboteur
DisneyStitch
It feels like an earlier Hitch film than it really is, that was the biggest surprise for me. This one sees Hitch fall back on the flavor of his early films which doesn't captivate quite as well. Still entertaining though, and most of the set pieces are classic in a lot of ways, just not quite groundbreaking enough to rank up there with his masterpieces.Movie comment on There's No Business Like Show Business
DisneyStitch
A prime example of a very average musical. Nothing really works well and the numbers themselves leave you seriously wanting. The glaring exception is O'Connor dancing with statues outside of Marilyn's apartment, truly the best sequence in the film, yet considering O'connor's talent it seemed like they were holding back. In the end even Marilyn fans who are working their way through her catalog of movies might have trouble getting through this one.Movie comment on All About Eve
DisneyStitch
Holy cow, between Sunset Boulevard, Whatever happened to baby Jane? and this absolute masterpiece, it makes me think that some of the greatest cinema consists of movies that take poignant aim at the entertainment industry and just unload on it. Chock a block full of A-list actors and an incredible script, this reel of celluloid is oozing with sheer talent. A tour de force of filmmaking and character acting.Movie comment on Rio Lobo
DisneyStitch
Hawks claimed that Rio Lobo failed at the box office due to John Wayne's age and therefore inability to carry a movie, but honesty I think Wayne wasn't bad, it was literally everybody else. Best part of the movie is probably the opening train robbery, beyond that and when Jennifer O'Neill shows up it all goes to pot and fast. Both the lines she delivers and the way she spouts them is comical. I really thought the plot was heading in a good direction from the onset. Wayne pursuing a couple of traitors in a post-civil war environment had so much potential.Movie comment on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
DisneyStitch
Incredibly slow moving. Oddly enough the biggest issue for me was the dialog. This installment compared to all the others gave me that awkward feeling of twenty-somethings delivering lines that were meant for angst-y teenagers. That, and Ron's character arc going round and round in circles. After being friends for something like 6 years, you'd think Ron would at least act like Harry's friend instead of pretending all of that character development didn't happen. It's a recurring theme throughout the past few movies starting with Goblet of Fire but this one pushed it over the edge for me.Movie comment on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
DisneyStitch
Granted I've never been a massive fan of Potter in any way but this one felt like a rather off-key and anticlimactic end compared to what I was expecting. This and Part 1 certainly felt like reading the book was a requirement before viewing. All of the sudden there's a bunch of wand lore regarding ownership and power levels and all of that made no sense to me at all, plus it's referenced enough times that I guess it's super important to the plot which just confuses someone who hasn't read the books.Also, I can't be the only one who thought that Bonham Carter was wasted as Bellatrix ever since we first met her. She has enough talent that she could've taken over for Voldy as the main villain and it still would've been awesome. I don't know if Bellatrix's role in the books was already small but they certainly didn't take full advantage there.
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