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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Action scenes are entertaining but that's all there is to like....
The best thing about T3 is easily the action scenes they are well done and entertaining but the complete disregard for the previous films plots (and lack of James Cameron for that matter), is what stopped this movie from being truly what it could have been... It's nowhere near as lame as Genisys and Dark Fate which completely chewed up the franchise and spat it out down a five thousand foot deep mine shaft so with that out of the way I'm quite comfortable at least giving this movie 5 stars for it's solid attempt at an action film...
The biggest problems I have with T3 are the rehashed ideas. In Judgment day, Arnies terminator spawns in front of a bar, where he gets his leather outfit off a biker, in T3 he spawns in front of another bar where he gets his leather outfit off a male stripper.... Seriously why are Cyberdyne's terminators attracted to bars? Also in T2 the T-1000 is able to immitate other human beings and form stabbing weapons with its arms, in T3 the T-X is able to imitate people (mainly Katherines fiance), and she is also able to make stabbing weapons with her arms/hands... The T-X also spawns in the middle of LA at night and there's literally no traffic around? Have these people who made this film even been to LA? That city is astoundingly busy ALL THE TIME!!! There's no way downtown LA would be that dead quiet....
And then we have John Connor who's character persona has been completely destroyed, He falls off his bike, hitchhikes back into town and the first thing he does is breaks into a vet where he just starts randomly popping pills that are obviously medication for animals... Is this the best way they could introduce his character for T3? Making him out like a junkie drifter who does break and enters in the early hours of the morning?
My number one biggest disappointment is lack of Sarah Connor. T3 kills her off, we don't see her die but midway through the film it's explained she died of Leukemia and the only thing she left John in accordance with her will was a coffin full of guns? Seriously what time constraint were these writers under for doing this movie? It's literally like they were given nothing more than a weekend to write the script.
A disappointing continuation of the storyline and the character development if anything has gone backwards, but there's worse sequels you could watch than this. Action scenes are entertaining but if good story is what you're after, just go back and rewatch Cameron's first two.
Fight Club (1999)
A baseless overblown mess that just goes nowhere....
Fight Club is honestly one of he worst movies ever made. It's literally just trying to tell the audience that mindless fist fighting and violence for no reason whatsoever is cool and if you are having mental issues it must mean you have an alter ego out there somewhere that you're jealous of....
I had a friend in high school who was absolutely obsessed with this movie just because of the plot twist... It was as if this is the only movie to have a plot twist in it, and it's a plot twist that's not even that surprising to begin with because we're so focused on the excessive violence from start to finish by the time the plot twist hits we just don't care about the characters anymore because of how dreadful the movie is as a whole...
All in all Fight Club is just a movie designed for men who think fighting and violence is cool. But violence is not cool and neither is this film.
Aliens (1986)
Soggy Donut.
Fact 1: Sigourney Weaver originally had no interest in reprising her role as Ripley but when she saw how well the mother/daughter subject matter was written she agreed to do it.
Fact 2: James Cameron has always been a fan of the "strong lead female" theme. We first saw it in Terminator with Sarah Connor, then this with Ripley, then later on with Rose in Titanic.
Fact 3: It's a sequel, so why even expect it to be all that awe-inspiring to begin with? Stop expecting a beautiful orchid to grow in a field of weeds....
Cameron did his best to try and up the ante with Aliens by showing the audience things they didn't get to see in Ridley Scotts first film. We get the opportunity to see multiple aliens, we get to see an actual full nest and an alien queen this time round. People have constantly bashed this movie to hell about how the aliens are just behaving like ants and are so slow moving and mindless etc. But lets keep it in perspective here.... the alien is a "species" not just a single entity as portrayed in Scott's original.
The plot is quite straight forward after Ripley is rescued and bought back to consciousness. She explains her side of the Nostromo's destruction and her experience with the original Alien to corporate executives of Weyland-Yutani who are colonizing LV-426, the same planet the Nostromo picked up the original alien from. Ripley ends up joining a military team who are seemingly armed to the teeth with machine guns, nukes and certain weapons that can supposedly "wipe out half a city" according to Bill Paxton's character. This of course does not stop almost every single one of them from eventually being killed off by the aliens.... This military team is sent onto LV-426 to investigate the lack of communication by the colonists... As they're investigating one of the main colonies facilities that's been eradicated by the aliens, they come across Newt (Rebecca), the only survivor. It's here Ripley and Newt start to establish their relationship with one another which is a core theme of the film.
Many of you have touched on this and yes I did find it annoying too. Newts constant screaming is off-putting and just plain redundant by the time the two hour mark of his movie hits... She get's herself lost and separated from the group only because it's convenient for the plot having her as the only character able to fit into small enclosures. And openings.
Some of the action scenes are really well done for the time, but the clichés and lack of originality is noticeable on screen. We even have quotes from certain characters that treat this film like it's a video game.... Paxton's character yelling out "GAME OVER MAN GAME OVER" is just flat out ridiculous for a film like this....
The scariest and most tense element to Aliens is definitely the Queen. The finale boils down to the final standoff between Ripley and the Queen and it's pretty epic to say the least. The work they did on the Alien Queen is parallel to none for an 80's movie. It took several operators working in unison to make the puppet behave to a life like standard and Sigourney Weaver having to shoot those scenes in a freezing cold warehouse in pine studio's in London in the middle of winter really highlights her dedication and enthusiasm towards playing Ripley... I can't believe this movie is now 35 years old it just doesn't feel like it's that old of a movie.
A decent sequel but just don't expect it to be the original.
Halloween II (1981)
An ok sequel but lacks originality....
Halloween 2 is actually not bad as far as sequels go. It starts literally right where the first film finishes, following Michael Myers escaping into the darkness of Haddonfield's streets and alley ways, continuing his murderous rampage. The time of night this film begins is roughly 11pm.
The aftermath of the first film is shown nicely after Laurie Strode is being taken to hospital to be treated for her injuries, as well as Sherriff Brackett finding out about his daughters death. Dr Loomis is still hanging around trying to work with police to catch Myers taking the blame from everyone around him.
Majority of Halloween 2 takes place in the hospital, and it's here that Laurie finally finds out who the killer is and only because she's told by one of the paramedics... long story short, Myers finds out Laurie has been taken to the hospital, makes his way there to try and get her. Problem with this hospital is it's so empty. Like seriously is Laurie Strode literally the only patient in this entire hospital apart from the kid we see who has a mouth injury? You can't expect us to believe that there are only two nurses to run this entire hospital? We only see one doctor as well. There's no way a real life hospital could operate with just one doctor and 2 nurses and.....
All in all, Halloween 2 isn't bad and you could watch both movies back to back as one long horror movie which is a pretty cool idea if you've got nothing else to do on a Saturday night, but don't watch this one expecting it to match the masterpiece that is the original =P.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Tarantino's Absolute Best.
What's there to say about Pulp Fiction that hasn't already been said..... Multiple tales of crime and corruption and robbery put together to create what seemingly is 3 or 4 short films that are interwoven, but done so in a way that just works so well.
Shot in and around LA, every actor in this movie plays their role to absolute spot on perfection. No one feels out of place or out of character for one second of this film, and there are some serious big name actors in this considering it was only Tarantino's second film. even HE himself plays a very believable role.
The only downside is sensitive folk might find it a bit gnarly hearing white people use the "N" word with sustained use, but it's certainly nothing that ruins the film to the state of it being unwatchable.
Pulp Fiction has an awe inspiring cult following and so it should. It's just the perfect movie from the 90's. It's one of those rare gems that just has EVERYTHING on display you could ever want in a film. It doesn't feel outdated and it doesn't feel overacted. It's a little bit of a long one at 2 and a half hours long but you really don't notice it because you enjoy it so much.
10/10 Could watch it endlessly and never get bored.
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
The perfect fitting conclusion to Jesse's storyline.
El Camino is flat out terrific! It answers the question that's on everybody's mind when they finish watching Breaking Bad, what happens to Jesse once he breaks out of the compound. All you need to do is watch El Camino and the question is perfectly answered.
Vince Gilligan is one insanely terrific writer, the way he incorporates the characters from Breaking Bad into this film is flawlessly done, whether it be in the present time or via backstory. I won't name names, you'll see it for yourselves when you watch it.
I wouldn't consider this a fatal flaw by any means but it's something that really sticks out on screen... Jesse Plemons (who plays Todd), has a lot more weight on him now than when he originally played this role in BB. he's also aged in the face considerably too since BB wrapped up filming.
Overall, El Camino is flawlessly acted and a beautifully written and beautifully shot film. If you're a fan of Breaking Bad you really need to see this to get closure on Jesse. Aaron Paul once again does an outstanding job as does everyone else. Netflix supposedly had 25 million views on this in it's first week just proving the Breaking Bad universe is still in the hearts of countless people. I will definitely watch this again in the near future. And a final word to Mr Gilligan. Terrific work dude, well done!
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Is this movie just Reservoir Dogs disguised as a Western?
Ok i'm going to be blunt here.... Is it just me or is this movie literally just a remake of Reservoir Dogs but disguised as a western???? Sorry for thinking this but Seriously, it's a bunch of people inside a single building, fighting and arguing and killing each other (Back story is shown at various times).
We even have Michael Madsen and Tim Roth in this movie, both of these actors are actually in Reservoir Dogs....
And to really nail the coffin shut think about the title, "The Hateful Eight". How many main characters are in Reservoir Dogs?
We have Joe, Nice Guy Eddie, Mr Blonde, Mr Pink, Mr Brown, Mr White, Mr Orange and Mr Blue. That's 8 characters. Bravo Mr Tarantino. You caught us all by the short and curlies.... Sorry guys but there's the truth... The Hateful Eight is just a Reservoir Dogs reskin....
I enjoyed it to a degree but clocking in at almost three hours it's just too damn long for what it's trying to achieve... The actors you really can tell they all had a lot of fun playing their roles and working on this movie together and it's not hard to see why since multiple actors in this movie have all worked together before and worked with QT before and if you read through the trivia section for this movie there are multiple Django Unchained Easter eggs in this one too.
My biggest complaint is the format it was shot in.... 70mm for inside a building???? If most of this movie took place outdoors and featured lots of long distance back drops it would be fine but when majority of it takes place inside a building it's an absolute waste of resources. It painfully reduces the frame size on screen and it's like watching it through a helmet with a long rectangle cut out.
The Hateful Eight is worth watching at least once but settle in for the long haul it's a remarkably long film with dialogue overload as with most QT films....
Bottom line.... Love it or hate it but it's literally just Reservoir Dogs in different clothes.
The Warriors (1979)
How did this trash get the green light to be made?
A complete and utter waste of time watching this.... A film that serves no purpose except try to promote and glorify gang violence. This is a film that really stoops down to texas chainsaw massacres level... Should never have been given the green light to be made. pathetic with a capital P.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
A perfect "Chapter two"
The Two Towers is an astonishingly made film as far as a sequel is concerned. Despite the fact it is indeed part of a trilogy and not just some ham handed sequel written for a quick cash grab, The Two Towers is a cinematic masterpiece that flawlessly continues the story.
Picking up with Frodo and Sams journey a few days after the events of the Fellowship of the ring finishes, The Two Towers introduces us to Gollum played brilliantly by Andy Serkis, a pivotal character for this movie and the next one. The entire film switches between three main storylines. Frodo and Sams storyline, Merry, Pippin and Treebeards storyline and then of course Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Gandalf's storyline.
I remember seeing this in the cinema for the first time and being so caring towards all the characters, after you've had Frodo and Sams storyline on screen for a good while I started thinking come on switch to merry and pippin and show us whats happening with them or switch to Aragorn and their storyline i wanna see them again. you just care so much about all the characters in these movies but that's what A+ character development does to you with a film like this.
I'm not outlining plot details much because it's simply too enormous of a task to do so but the Pinnacle of this film is the battle for helms deep. despite the fact it has a lot of CGI going on during it's progress, It is hands down one of the most incredible pieces of cinema ever shot. Peter Jackson did six months of night shoots in a quarry just outside of Wellington, NZ to bring this scene to life and the extras who played the orcs just kept turning up night after night after night week after week to get suited up in these wet, smelly prosthetics. but that goes to show how invested everyone was in this film. The extras were just as invested in this film as PJ himself was. and it really shows on screen.
The Two Towers acts as the perfect bridge between Fellowship and Return. Yes you can watch all 3 movies back to back as just one long movie, but personally I wouldn't recommend it. there's so much to take in with these movies if you watch them back to back you're not giving yourself a good enough chance to really take in everything you've just seen. 10/10 from me. Can never get bored with these movies
Event Horizon (1997)
Follows the standard recipe for sci-fi horror
As stated, Event Horizon basically follows the same formula most sci-fi horror movies tend to. Most people will view this movie as an Alien reskin. Bunch of people on a space ship, things start getting scary, people start getting killed. Even the interior of the Event Horizon is similar in some aspects to the Nostromo from Alien.
It's surprising that a movie like this has developed the cult following it has today, but I know why. Because it doesn't have any mediocre sequels or any kind of half-assed spin offs and it does not need them. the movie is perfectly capable of standing on its own two legs and doesn't try to be more than what it actually is.
Sam Neill and Lawrence Fishburn are the two characters of focus. They both play good roles and it's interesting to see a younger and sharper Jason Isaacs too. As far as the content of the movie, it has moments of dread, alot of frightening imagery and some gory deaths to go with it.
The concept of a space ship that's that can "gate drive" to various locations and literally been to hell and back is an interesting idea, but might require multiple viewings to really be able to take in the "lore" behind the story. Paul Anderson was able to get this in theatres of summer 1997 due to Titanic being extensively delayed. I have to confer that after Titanic did hit the scene in December movies like this were very quickly forgotten about but still great to see that people are talking about this movie to this day.
It's worth watching if you're after a movie that will genuinely give you chills and you enjoy the odd jumpscare. I really like it =)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Absolute waste of brain cells.....
People have constantly torn strips out of the 2003 remake for being so bad as well as all its sequels, prequels, reboots and whatever else tickled the filmmakers fancy at the time of thinking it was cool behind the camera filming but seriously if this is where the TCM universe started then it sure as hell should have been where it ended....
I cannot even remotely fathom how bad this movie is... the actors you honestly get down on your knees and literally pray that they get killed they're that annoying... especially the fat guy in the wheelchair who goes on a long winded rant and thinks its clever to make a ton of fart noises with his mouth while no one is even within ear shot of being able to listen to him? how old is this guy? six and a half?
Literally the only character we care about is the hot blonde who's only in this movie for sex appeal, she adds nothing to the story except for the purpose of being the only survivor because she's the only character we actually want to survive in the first place...
So bottom line is the making of this movie was supposed to be some kind of protest about the cruel process cattle go through in order to be fed to us but is this the best way they could go about it? Create a bunch of metaphors and expect the audience to buy it.... by trying to glorify violence and make the events of the film out to be based on a real life event when it flat out was not....
A bunch of characters no one cares about (the cattle no one cares about).
Characters ending up at the cannibals dinner table (again the cattle that's been slaughtered and wound up as someone's dinner).
The hot blonde surviving at the end (the cute little calf that gets spared the slaughterhouse).
I can't believe trash like this actually gets the green light to be made... I know this film is approaching its 50th birthday in just a few short years but god damn, if I was an actor in this movie looking back on it 50 years later i'd be flat out embarassed that I was ever a part of such an awfully made film.....
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Absolute waste of good actors....
I'm not going to waste time explaining the plot because its the bare minimum of what you can even call a plot to begin with....
Seriously this movie has great actors in it, but they were obviously just after an easy cash grab when they all decided to accept their roles for this movie, because all their acting talents are just completely and utterly thrown into a trash compactor and squashed up into a tiny cube. Even Flea (The bass player from the chilli peppers) plays a small role in this but would have been much more worthwhile to just stick to being a bass player than waste time on idiotic side projects like this...
Why this movie has the cult following it does is beyond me. It literally must be for people who like movies that require no train of thought and dialogue that's riddled with F-bombs, and there are plenty on display especially from John Goodman's character.
And what was the point of this movie having a Narrator? Were the Coen brothers just testing the water for Tommy Lee Jones character in No Country For Old Men. They continually use Narrators in their films when they are films that FLAT OUT DO NOT NEED NARRATORS! It's supposed to be a movie, not a wildlife documentary. You're not watching an episode of David Attenborough so drop it with the god damn narrators!!!
All in all, I simply can't recommend this movie, it's full of pointless dialogue, annoying characters, great actors that have been degraded beyond hell and a bunch of non funny jokes that just don't fit where they belong. Won't be watching this one again....
Jurassic Park III (2001)
This movie is yin/yang for me....
I first saw this when it came out on video way back in 2001, can't believe that was 19 years ago, I was 11 years old at the time and I absolutely loved this movie for it's fast paced action sequences and the introduction of new dinosaurs none of us ever saw in the first 2 movies, The Pteranodon section of the movie with Billy trying to save Eric from the nest of snapping babies for me at the time was amazing, For the brain of an 11 year old this movie was an ace of spades for its action....
Fast forward 19 years to present day (i'm now 30 years of age), and boy oh boy does this movie suffer and it has not aged well in any way... The only reason this movie made the amount of money that it did is the fact that the title has the two words "Jurassic Park" in it. people were paying for nothing more than a brand name but they didn't realize at the time, they thought since Spielberg had created such a huge legacy with the first two films they were going to see more of that amazing legacy by going to see JP3. Sorry guys, each and every one of you were wrong... I was wrong also, because I was 11 years old and I knew no better....
Sam Neill retains his iconic role as Paleontologist Alan Grant, and he's the only redeeming character of this movie who has any kind of development, he knows how dangerous dinosaurs are and there's no such thing as safety on an island where they are running amok.... he's made out to be a lot more leather tongued in this movie than the first one, but that's where the character development falls completely dead. none of the other characters you care about and it ends up following the same traditional recipe of whoever gets the least amount of screen time and the least amount of dialogue dies first...
The entire concept of the Spinosaurus is the most ridiculous idea this movie could have tried to incorporate. This movie is set on Isla Sorna (the same island The Lost World takes place on), and there's zero mention of this dinosaur in either the movie or the original novel, but oh no let's have a dinosaur that's even larger than the T-Rex constantly chasing a group of 5 or 6 people when in the lost world there was a huge ingen expedition of well over 100 people vehicles and everything and this enormous beast never shows up once in that film??? You mean to tell me there were at least Two T-Rex's on isla sorna (3 if you include the infant), and neither of the adult Rex's once ran into the Spinosaurus??? I would say that's downright impossible considering the entire island is only made out to be 7 or 8 miles long...... Not to mention this spino can somehow move around with silent footsteps (again we're talking about an animal that's larger than the T-Rex). all in all GIVE ME A GOD DAMN BREAK!!!!!
Paul and Amanda (William H. Macy and Tea Leoni), are the most annoying on screen parents i've ever seen in a movie. it didn't bother me when I was 11 but it drives me up the wall big time now. They're continuous bickering attracts no dinosaurs as they're trekking right through the middle of the jungle, she basically screams down the walls of a fortress when she has her encounter with Bens dead body that also somehow attracts no dinosaurs even though she's screaming at the top of her lungs right near where the Raptors nests are....
And then to slop the icing on top of the cake we have Eric, the kid who we find out has somehow managed to survive 8 weeks all by himself on this island.... This is just the film makers insulting their audience at this point.... Not to mention how terrible the CGI is at times and the lack of plot in general really makes this movie boil down to just one giant chase scene, only they switch the dinosaurs up every so often in a last ditch effort to keep things fresh, first its the spino, then the raptors, then the spino again, then the pteranodons, then the spino again, then the raptors again rinse and repeat until the end credits roll.....
Enjoyed this movie when I was 11, but people DO change, I know I have changed, I rated this 3 starts because I enjoyed it 19 years ago. Now that I know what to look for in a decent movie. I'll look at anything but a pointless sequel such as this.
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Stop spoon feeding the film industry money....
I only wish I could rate this trash less than 1 star.... Just suffers from "Call-of-duty-itis" from start to finish, the same recycled nonsensical crap over and over and over again....
Always remember guys, every single time you pay money to see a movie like this you're spoon feeding the film industry money to keep making more movies of this calibre. boring, seen it all before, overrated garbage. absolute waste of brain cells even thinking about seeing this movie.
Godzilla (1998)
Still makes for a fun and exciting popcorn flick.
I picked up a cheap copy of this in 4K just the other day. haven't having seen this movie for the best part of 20 years I was very curious to see how it still holds up today. and the overall result, not bad and still reasonably enjoyable.
Yes the CGI is very dated now but for 1998 it must have been awe inspiring seeing this at the cinema, especially the closeup shot of Godzilla zooming right in up close to Nick. The helicopter chase sequences and Godzilla dodging the missiles and buildings in the background getting destroyed are some of the coolest elements of a monster movie you could ask for.
The finale in Maddison Square Garden with the hundreds of babies is still comical and yet tense to this day. The ending is fitting and I still love the impact that final scene has where Godzilla is slowly dying and you get to hear his heart take its final beats. The actors all play a good part as well. Matthew Broderick and Jean Reno are obviously the two that stand out above the rest but we also have Hank Azaria as well (voice actor from the simpsons).
All in all i'll never understand why people hate this movie so much..... It's a Godzilla movie what were you all honestly expecting? yes it is a movie you kinda have to be in the right mood for but I cant imagine how amazing this must have been to see this on the big screen back in 1998. Still a cool movie. a good one to watch on a friday night after a long week at work where you just want to unwind with a movie you dont have to think hard about.
Avatar (2009)
Dances with wolves ripoff
This movie is just dances with wolves but shot on green screens instead. James Cameron used to be one of the best filmmakers to grace this planet, now he's just like all the others.... Just another money hungry grub who cares more about the massive paycheck than care about making a quality film. The quality of writing we got from him during the 80's and 90's was parallel to none, With Titanic the love story was perfectly written and perfectly integrated into the tragedy of the sinking ship, the first two terminators were superbly written and still are impressive to view even today and The Abyss is one of the best written Sci-Fi movies I've ever seen, but then comes Avatar which is just an animated remake of dances with wolves. And somehow this franchise has another FOUR MOVIES on the way. The film industry now is just one giant cash grab after another....
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Quentin Tarantino's raw and fierce film debut!
I just want to start by saying, I am the father of two young boys who love movies. Everything from The Lion King to the Matrix Trilogy to the Lord of the Rings trilogy they absolutely love. As this is one of my all time favorites, Many, many times have I been tempted to put on Reservoir Dogs for them to watch, only my wife continuously comments on its R rating saying it's a bad idea. I first saw this movie in the year 2000 when I was only 10 years old. I'm a 90's kid at heart but Reservoir Dogs was one movie that well and truly slipped under my radar before I hit ten years old. It's funny in retrospect because suddenly as the year 2000 hit the scene all these amazing films suddenly started springing out at me. two of these movies was Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction..... I came across Reservoir Dogs in the video store one day and thought it had a cool front cover, My mother was hesitant to rent it out for me due to the R rating but she rented it out for me anyway as it didn't say anything about "sex scenes".... whenever my mother would rent a movie out for me she was fairly easy going as long as it didn't have sex scenes in it.
Reservoir Dogs has no sex scenes and in no way, shape or form, does it need them. Set in LA, Following the aftermath of a jewelry heist gone wrong due to being setup by police, the remaining thieves who managed to survive the ordeal (an intense chase and shootout with police), end up back at their original rendezvous point, a dank, dirty, empty, depressing looking warehouse. It's there that they start to realize they've got a "rat in the house" and start arguing the point over who's the rat, who's not the rat, whether they should leave or not due to the cops narrowing in on their location. Mr Blonde (Michael Madsen) is one of the most brilliantly portrayed psychotic killers ever seen on screen, he shows no emotion whatsoever at the concept of torture. He hates cops (due toi being jailed for something he wasn't even guilty of), and QT makes sure he goes out of his way at showing this aspect of Mr Blondes personality.
Mr Orange who is the undercover cop (played by Tim Roth), gets his fair share of back story, showing how he gets to meet up with Joe and Nice Guy Eddy and ends up in their crew for the heist, rehearsing the story with a police co-worker he's going to sell to them to gain their trust. The heist backfires for him as well as he is shot in the process of a carjacking, leaving Mr White (Harvey Keitel) to accept responsibility as his carer while he tries relentlessly to get him to a hospital without arousing police suspicion.
The thing I love most about Reservoir dogs despite its rugged and raw nature is the fact that it's all about a heist the audience DOES NOT get to see. We only get to experience the fallout of the aftermath and it adds to the films personality. We as the audience are forced into picturing or imagining in our minds what went down during the heist. We get all the details about the heist from the characters dialogue in the aftermath and we start piecing together in our own minds what happened.... When the film begins it's all the heist members sitting around a table in a restaurant having breakfast. the first voice we hear is none other than the man himself Quentin Tarantino discussing the subject matter of a certain Madonna song, only being interrupted by all the other heist members over everything under the sun. The heist happens after this scene (which we dont see), and it's straight to Mr White taking care of a badly injured Mr Orange.
Reservoir Dogs was made from a very robust and adult style of gangster film making. Ranking right up there with the likes of Scarface, Casino and The Godfather movies, QT knew exactly what film he wanted to make and flat out went with it. No one was going to hold him back for his film debut. For someone who was a former video store clerk, he sure did a hell of a job on his first feature film. it's very raw, very violent, full of bad language, and develops the characters perfectly without giving them too much attention to detail. A terrific film in every aspect.
Ad Astra (2019)
Terrible story. Terrible acting.
It is SO GOD DAMN HARD to get a good science fiction movie these days... Filmmakers have just flat out forgotten what Science Fiction actually is and means.....Watching Ad Astra reminded me of that fact. There's nothing noteworthy to say about this movie apart from it's just a dull cliche "Grown man sets out to find the truth behind his missing mother/father" setting and just utilizes the theme of space to make it a sci-fi film. It has a couple of exciting scenes throughout but then again I use the term "exciting" very loosely. Brad Pitts most bland performance to date..... Thank god he won the oscar for best supporting actor for Once upon a time in Hollywood because that's his only redemption from 2019.
Uncut Gems (2019)
The name of this film should be "Uncut Yells"
Because that's all this movie is.... yelling on top of yelling on top of yelling...
There's almost nothing else to talk about, apart from the fact that most people will only want to see this because Adam Sandler is in it. a complete disaster of a film. The positive reviews on here are literally just from people who love Adam Sandler, not from people who actually want to sit down and truly enjoy a decent film....
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Jim Carey's golden egg
You can look at this as a Christmas movie or you can look at this as a Jim Carey classic. either way you will love it from start to finish. The story of a young girl, Cindy, trying to get the dreaded Grinch in on the Christmas spirit in her local village of Whoville is something that's a recipe for laughs and chortles.
Jim Carey is the WMD of this film, he is an absolute gut busting crackup as The Grinch, his on screen antics are relentless, intense and just pure gold, especially when Cindy first goes to visit him on his mountain and he's just screaming at her and insulting her at every turn and even if he's hidden behind 5 kilo's of makeup and costuming his facial expressions throughout the movie are parallel to none. He is absolutely hilarious all the way through and that's the only way I can describe him in "simplest" form.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a full on slapstick/family style barrel of laughs. I work in retail so Christmas is always a bit of a stressful time of year for me especially with two young kids of my own, but I always look forward to seeing movies like The Grinch and National Lampoons and Home Alone when December rolls around again. They're always movies that remind me of the spirit of Christmas and that it should be a happy and entertaining time of year. The Grinch is the perfect reminder of why we love christmas and what it means to kids and the effect it can have on a social level. Purely a magic film, one of Ron Howards best. WATCH IT MULTIPLE TIMES!!!!!!!!!
The Irishman (2019)
It has a couple of good moments but otherwise.....
If you have Insomnia, start watching this movie around 10-11pm at night and you will wake up the next morning cured.... I know Scorcese has done several lengthy films throughout his career but 3 and a half hours is PURE OVERKILL.... Scorcese has given us a movie that moves at a snails pace and uses alot of the same old actors he's worked with so many times in the past. there was almost a point where I felt like i was watching a sequel to Casino.
Scorcese is losing the plot in his old age, he's trying to stay afloat and compete with the likes of Spielberg but his direction just isn't what it used to be. Don't expect a great film here, expect an extremely, long, dull, boring, drawn out plot.
Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood (2019)
Not Taratino's finest hour.....
Anyone who's saying this is Tarantino's best movie. give me a god damn break!!!
This entire film is a complete nonsensical mess. The old 60's retro setting is decent and it works but the problem is all the scenes have no relevance to each other there's no rhyme or reason as to why the next scene is suddenly happening, there's barely any plot whatsoever, even Brad and Leo weren't at their full potential They're ok but nothing like what we've seen in past movies of those two... Not to mention this film is almost 3 hours long with what I can only describe as the most ridiculous ending imaginable. like damn! Way to bore your audience to death Quentin! you really nailed it this time!
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Yep. the rumors are true.....
Right at the start of the film, John Connor dies.... rendering the first two terminator films utterly meaningless.
This movie is just an overloaded CGI mess filled with beyond their time actors and a plot that looks like it must have been written by a child in kindergarten, dark fate sucks and that's all there is to say about it. this film is supposed to ignore every other Terminator since the second film. but it goes two steps further and completely ignores ALL of the terminator movies altogether. James Cameron should be downright ashamed of himself for being a producer on this rubbish....
Joker (2019)
An astonishingly brilliant movie with a sledgehammer performance by Phoenix.
Just saw this movie today in the cinema and my god what a hell of a film this is. Taking place in 1981, we are introduced to the origin of The Joker in all his dark, gritty, violent, psychotic glory. The transformation of Arthur Flecks character is ground breaking. we see this poor, misunderstood man mercilessly beaten multiple times before finally lashing out taking his first steps towards becoming this infamous villain we love so much getting deeper and progressively more intense and violent as the film goes on. There are a couple moments in this film that some might find hard to watch but it's seriously not as bad as what everyone's been saying about it. in saying that, this is definitely not a film for kids.
Anyone who is familiar with the Batman films will know well and truly that Bruce Wayne's (Batman's) parents are murdered in front of him in an alley way when he's still only a young boy. This film shows this event and the events leading up to it. In terms of the overall timeline of events, Joker begins roughly 3 weeks before Bruce Wayne's parents are killed.
Joker carries a very dark, stylish theme just like so many batman movies have done before it. the score, cinematography and the astonishing performance by Joaquin Phoenix are some of the biggest impacts a film has had on me over the last decade. We also have some strong political messages on display here too which I will not delve into here. Leave that for the forum sites =)
Joker is one truly amazing film and is sure to go down as an all time masterpiece. 10 out of 10.
John Wick (2014)
So glad Keanu found his Niche again!
Just want to start by saying, as far as the John Wick Franchise is concerned, it's been so great to see Keanu Reeves once again finding a sizable niche in the film industry that he can truly call his own. Not since the matrix trilogy has he really been a notable character truly worth getting behind.
John Wick is set in a modern day new jersey/new york setting with Keanu playing the role of a retired veteran from a dangerous and unforgiving underworld of assassins, who managed to get out of the so called industry and managed to find love on the outside. So onto the plot that reverberates for what is currently three films... (and soon to be four).
After his wife tragically passes away from a terminal illness, John Wick receives one final parting gift from her, a beagle puppy dog named Daisy. The following night after his wife's funeral, a group of Russian thugs break into Johns home in the early hours of the morning and viciously assault him in an attempt to steal his beloved 60's era Mustang (killing his poor innocent dog in the process). The thugs make away with the car after the attack but they don't realize they have badly angered what is seemingly the most vengeful hitman on the planet. One of the mobsters happens to be the son of a former associate of Johns who ends up at war with. It becomes 100% personal and John sets out on a merciless revenge attack against the scumbags who took away his last elements of peace.
This attack on John Wick's dignity sets the stage for one of the most action packed franchises in modern history and gives birth to the "Gunjitsu" action genre. The development of the story not just rests with John himself but with the entire assassin industry. we get introduced to a hotel known as the continental which is a safe house for the assassin industry. members can seemingly go there and find respite and solitude and that's John's way of easing himself back into the dark underworld he left behind.
There's not much else I wish to say in fear of spoiling too much i've probably spoilt too much already and i really hope i haven't but for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, Alfie Allen and Willem Dafoe are a couple of notable actors you can look forward to alongside Keanu who is absolutely amazing in this role. the hard work and preperation he did for these movies was parallel to none.
John Wick is a classic revenge tail of good vs. evil. and the two sequels are amazing in their own right. If you're a fan of fast paced action scenes and a plotline that you don't need to put too much thought into, check these movies out. they're terrific!