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Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013)
Interesting, Original Concept, High Quality All Star Cast, Poorly Executed, Poor Timing
Hadn't heard anything about this movie, or even known of its existence, until about an hour before I watched it tonight, lol. First off, for all you Norman Reedus fans: Even though he gets near top billing, You never see his face, and his screen time is like 2 minutes, so calm down for thinking you found a new Reedus film to be excited about, lol. (Don't you hate it when they do that :o/) This film's a good example of that scenario where the concept or premise of the film, its preview, and poster, make the film look really good, only to have the execution and/or the end of the film fall flat. High quality acting performances were given by the entire all star cast, Brandon Frasier especially, impressive as a lost, struggling, Elvis impersonator. There were some good, entertaining moments in the movie that gave me hope, but that's as far as it got. For every moment it seems like it was going to recover, it would fall again, including the ending, which was a let down, and, honestly, even for a movie of this genre, I felt the ending was in bad taste and crossed a line, as they tried to make humor of a man keeping women in captivity. VERY BAD timing, after what just went down in Ohio. You know how a movie can be so weird, but in a good way, or so weird in a bad way ? Well for me, this had both, but in the end, just left me feeling in a bad way. But, I say "for me", and rate this in the middle because, I'm sure there's going to be some of you sick pups out there that's going to think it was hilarious, while others will think it's just plain weird, in a bad way. 2.5 out of 5, or 5 out of 10 IMDb stars.
Le salaire de la peur (1953)
sigh, All That For Nothing !! Dam it !! Hate when they do that !!
I don't feel there really is a spoiler here, but I didn't want to take the chance on being blacklisted so . . .
Usually I have trouble enjoying a film with sub-titles. I want to be able to look at faces when they're talking, not words. I wish they had dubbed English. But I must admit that in this case, I still enjoyed it. Very well character drivin. That is to say, I enjoyed it till the end. The last scene spoiled the whole movie for me. A very dumb, disappointing ending. Ruined the whole movie for me. I actually yelled at the screen and said " You mean you put me through all that for THAT ! Come on ! How dumb !" Yep, I was so angry at the ending, I really yelled out loud, lol. Take my advice, after the truck leaves the oil well, shut it off and end it right there. If it had ended there, I would have liked the movie much more.
The Abyss (1989)
For me,one of the 2 best movies ever made!
That other guy on here who said it was the worst Cameron film must have seen a different movie than me. Maybe he saw the theatrical version. The theatrical version isn't very good. PLEASE, make sure to ONLY watch the extended directors cut. Without ruining it for people who haven't seen it yet, all I will say is there is 2 very emotional scenes back to back with Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth that are one of the best scenes in movie history. Ed Harris performance in this film is the best of his career. Painstakingly directed under water, to say this is James worst film is insane. Cameron did an excellent job. Don't listen to that other guy. Watch it for yourself. He's probably just bi est to this genre of movie and is to big a man to enjoy drama and romance.---- Oh, and the other movie I consider the best ever is Dances With Wolves.
Dances with Wolves (1990)
My Favorite Movie Of All Time
This movie has everything. Drama, action, humor, and the most important message a movie can give to its viewers (and still be entertaining). A message that when practiced would effect and solve all other issues in life. Of course, having my favorite actor Kevin Costner in it helps too.
Airplane! (1980)
My Favorite Comedy Of All Time
Original, great acting by entire cast (Stephen Stucker steals the show), and still holds up after 22 years (well, except for, unfortunately, the tag line which states "... able to hit tall buildings in a single bound!". Kinda not funny now after Sep 11 2001, huh. Oh well.).