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54. Groundhog Day ★★★★
55. Jug Face ★1/2
56. The Man From Earth ★★★
57. Paul ★★★1/2
58. Neighbors ★★★
59. Pompeii ★★
60. FAQ About Time Travel ★★★
61. The Running Man ★★★
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I took my two oldest nephews out to the Carmike 6 in Nacogdoches to see 22 Jump Street yesterday for their cheap matinee of the day.
Now, I grew up watchin' the television show, and just a couple of years ago, I rewatched the whole thing on DVD 'cause I found it for cheap at Best Buy. And I liked the first movie, it was fun.
This sequel is a mess, though. Its too much like the first, with jokes about how exactly like the first movie it will turn out to be throughout the film. The jokes aren't as funny. Split screen is used too much. And there is a gay thing goin' on, but they never follow through with it.
The funniest part of the whole thing is the end credits, which has a series of sequels, product tie-ins and the celebrity cameos.
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (9)
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (9)
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (9)
300: Rise of an Empire (10)
The Amazing Spider-man 2 (7)
Black Rain (7)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (9)
Columbiana (7)
Edge of Tomorrow (10)
Fairy Tail The Movie: The Phoenix Priestess (8)
Godzilla (2014) (9)
Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin (Garden of Sinners: Blessings for the Future) (9)
Divergent (7)
Frozen (2013) (7)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (9)
Heat (1995) (8)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (9)
Kick Ass 2 (8)
Lone Survivor (8)
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (7)
Mission Impossible II (8)
Mission Impossible III (8)
Monuments Men (8)
Need for Speed (8)
Non-Stop (10)
The Odessa File (1974) (10)
Oldboy (2013) (9)
Pack Up Your Troubles (7)
Patema Inverted (Sakasama no Patema) (9)
The Raid: Redemption (8)
Red Dawn (2012) (5)
Robocop (2014) (8)
Tales From Earthsea (5)
Transformers 4: Age of Extinction (8)
Walking Tall: Lone Justice (6)
White House Down (7)
The Wind Rises (7)
Wolf Children (8)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (9)
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Went out to the Cinemark in Lufkin last night to see Edge of Tomorrow. I went with the 2D show, and considerin' how dark the big climax is at the end, I'm glad I didn't bother with 3D.
But let me tell y'all, if ya haven't seen it, and ya can, go. It was a damn good scifi movie. Tom Cruise knows how to make a good one, and Emily Blunt was suitably bad ass, too. And its Bill Paxton had a nice supportin' role.
I'd like to go see it again, to be honest...but I'll have to wait for the DVD.
Had my first day of trainin' at a new job today.
Back at the house now, watchin' Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor & Redd Foxx in Harlem Nights via Netflix Instant.
1. Philomena (B+)
2. Blue Is The Warmest Colour (A)
3. Her (A+)
4. Bicycle Thieves (B)
5. Frances Ha (B+)
6. Inside Llewyn Davis (A)
7. American Hustle (B+)
8. East of Eden (C+)
9. The Hunt (A-)
10. Amadeus (A+)
11. The LEGO Movie (A-)
12. Nebraska (B+)
13. Short Term 12 (A)
14. The Square (B+)
15. The Act of Killing (A)
16. Metropolitan (B)
17. Almost Famous (A+)
18. The Ice Storm (C+)
19. 300: Rise of an Empire (B)
20. The Great Beauty (B+)
21. Network (A+)
22. The Palm Beach Story (A+)
23. The Past (B+)
24. The Royal Tenenbaums (B+)
25. The Grand Budapest Hotel (A-)
26. Room 237 (B-)
27. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
28. Noah (B+)
29. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (A)
30. Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (D)
31. Fantastic Mr. Fox (B+)
32. Independence Day (A)
33. Sherlock, Jr. (B+)
34. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (B)
35. Godzilla (B+)
36. Anna Karenina (B+)
37. X-Men: Days of Future Past (A)
38. Pride & Prejudice (A+)
39. The Perks of Being A Wallflower (A-)
40. Tess (B+)
41. Belle (B+)
42. Barton Fink (B+)
With this, I've seen all but two of the Coens' movies (Raising Arizona and The Man Who Wasn't There). I'm not a big fan of John Turturro as an actor, so I wasn't especially anxious to see this one, though it's pretty good. The Coens wrote it to be intentionally ambiguous, and at times I think it would be more interesting if they committed more to any one of the various elements the movie hints at. They've got John Mahoney in the movie doing a pretty good parody of William Faulkner, for instance, but the movie doesn't really have anything to say about Faulkner as a writer. John Goodman steals the show, though weirdly it was Michael Lerner who got an Oscar nomination for the film.
43. Miller's Crossing (A+)
This was one of the first Coens films I watched, and it remains my favourite work of theirs, and one of my favourite films, period. Terrific gangster film, with a great plot that I'd forgotten a lot of the details of in the years since I last watched it. This was the first time I watched it on Blu-ray, and the visuals look truly amazing.
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (9)
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (9)
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (9)
300: Rise of an Empire (10)
The Amazing Spider-man 2 (7)
Black Rain (7)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (9)
Columbiana (7)
Edge of Tomorrow (10)
Fairy Tail The Movie: The Phoenix Priestess (8)
Godzilla (2014) (9)
Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin (Garden of Sinners: Blessings for the Future) (9)
Divergent (7)
Frozen (2013) (7)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (9)
Heat (1995) (8)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (9)
Kick Ass 2 (8)
Lone Survivor (8)
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (7)
Mission Impossible II (8)
Mission Impossible III (8)
Monuments Men (8)
Need for Speed (8)
Non-Stop (10)
The Odessa File (1974) (10)
Oldboy (2013) (9)
Pack Up Your Troubles (7)
Patema Inverted (Sakasama no Patema) (9)
The Raid: Redemption (8)
Red Dawn (2012) (5)
Robocop (2014) (8)
The Rover (5)
Tales From Earthsea (5)
Transformers 4: Age of Extinction (8)
Walking Tall: Lone Justice (6)
White House Down (7)
The Wind Rises (7)
Wolf Children (8)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (9)
16 year old kid kicks off a groundhogday like timeloop every time he cums on the day he is trying to lose his virginity, but he can't quite have the sex right enough for the universe to allow tomorrow to happen.
They use words like: "Jizzkenesis" like it's a normal word.
16 year old kid kicks off a groundhogday like timeloop every time he cums on the day he is trying to lose his virginity, but he can't quite have the sex right enough for the universe to allow tomorrow to happen.
They use words like: "Jizzkenesis" like it's a normal word.
I laughed a lot at the trailer, when it's on demand I'll get to watch it.
R.I.P.D. - HBO on demand - Wanted to check this out because of Jeff Bridges. He makes this movie totally watchable. His over the top lawman is so much fun. While I actually liked the movie, overall it wasn't a very good movie. There is a good movie in there somewhere but it's not really anywhere to be found. Ryan Reynolds is all sorts of blah in this. Maybe if they cast a different actor, this movie could have had more life. Ryan Reynolds character is the straight man in this, you can't take Ryan Reynolds serious enough in this movie so any credibility is lost.
I didn't start in the thread till August that year, partial list
Piranha 3D: C+
Book of Eli: B
Lethal Weapon: A
Lethal Weapon 2: A-
Lethal Weapon 3: B
Lethal Weapon 4: C+
The Crow: A
Clash of the Titans: B+
Prince of Persia: B
The Fountain: D
Resident Evil: A-
Resident Evil: Apocalypse: B
Resident Evil: Extinction: B-
Resident Evil: Afterlife: B
Resident Evil: Degeneration(animated): B
Bad Boys: B+
Zombieland: B
The Evil Dead: B-
R.E.D.: B
30 Days of Night: Dark Days: B+
Conviction: A-
Crazies(2010): A-
Paranormal Activity: A+
Paranormal Activity 2: A
Shutter Island: B-
Gamer: F
Last House on the Left(orig): D+
Thirst(asian film): C-
The Hills Have Eyes: B
When In Rome: B-
Dr.Horrible Sing-A-Long: A
Expelled No Intelligence Allowed(doc): B
Zombie Strippers: D
Mammoth: D+
Everyone Else: D
Dark Ages(doc): A
Batman vs Dracula(anim): A-
Independence Day: A
Robin Hood(2010-Crowe): B
Taken: A
Only You: B-
Momma Mia: C
High Plains Drifter: C
Joe Kid: A-
Tron Legacy: B
Voyage of the DawnTreader: B+
Tourist: B
Duchess: B
Blade Runner: B+
Men In Black: A
Jumper: B-
Interview with the Vampire: A-
Brideshead Revisted: B
Wizard of Oz: A
Gone With the Wind: A
True Grit: A
1. The Fighter: B-
2. Batman(90's saga): A-,B-,C-,D
3. Star Wars OT-Special Edition: B+, A, B
4. The Green Hornet: B
5. True Grit(1969): C+
6. Lord of the Rings saga: (A,A,A)
7. The Machinist: A-
8. Season of the Witch: B
9. Frozen: A-
10. Due Date: B+
11. Planet of the Apes(2001): B-
12. Faster: C
13. Romance: D (French film, subtitled)
14. YPF: C- (YPF=Young People F*&^ing)
15. The Beautiful Truth: B-
16. Strictly Sexual: C+
17. DOOM: C
18. Brothers: B+
19. Men In Black II: B-
20. The Crow: Wicked Prayer: C-
21. The Soloist: C
22. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: C+
23. I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry: B-
24. Battle in Heaven: C+ (Mexican film, subtitled)
25. Legion: B-
26. Battle: LA: B+
27. Righteous Kill: B
28. Dracula II: Ascension: B-
29. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li: D
30. You Don't Mess With the Zohan: C+
31. Finding Bliss: C
32. Dracula III: Legacy: B-
33. Tangled: B+
34. Paul Blart Mall Cop: C-
35. Chloe: B
36. Kung Fu Panda: B-
37. Centurion: B
38. The People I've Slept With: C
39. Grown Ups: B-
40. The Conspirator: A-
41. XXX: State of the Union: C+
42. Fast Five: B+
43. THOR: A-
44. Priest: D+
45. The Fourth Kind: B+
46. POTC: On Stranger Tides: B-
47. Turtles Forever: A-
48. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story: B+
49. Easy A: A
50. Inception: B
51. #1 Cheerleader Camp: D
52. Freakanomics: C+
53. Green Lantern: C
54. The American: C-
55. Super 8: A
56. Green Lantern: First Flight: B
57. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: B-
58. 9 Songs: F
59. Kings Speech: A-
60. Whiteout: C+
61. Passion Play: D+
62. Captain America: The First Avenger: A-
63. Marley & Me: A
64. Date Night: C+
65. Frantic: B+
66. Presumed Innocent: A
67. Invictus: A
68. Rocky: A
69. Hurt Locker: A+
70. Rocky II: C+
71. Rocky III: B+
72. Rocky IV: A
73. Cowboys & Aliens: B
74. Wonder Woman (DC Animated): B+
75. Rocky V: B-
76. Conan The Barbarian('11): B-
77. Dinner for Schmucks: D
78. Nothing But the Truth: B
79. Snow Angels: B+
80. Everybody's Fine: C-
81. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: A+
82. Fragments: C+
83. Fright Night ('11): A-
84. Cold Comfort Farm: D
85. Machete: C-
86. The Queen: A
87. Public Enemies: B+
88. Drive Angry: D
89. Red Riding Hood: C+
90. Fright Night ('85): B
91. Love & Other Drugs: B
92. X-Files: I Want to Believe - B+
93. Source Code: A-
94. Paranormal Activity 3: A
95. Rachel Getting Married: C
96. Love Guru: F
97. Funny People: C-
98. Win Win: B+
99. Everything Must Go: B
100. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: D+
101. American Ninja: D
102. Revenge of the Ninja: D
103. Lonesome Dove: A
104. Black Swan: B
105. Westworld: B
106. Fireproof: A-
107. Mission Impossible(4):Ghost Protocol: A
108. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A
109. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: A-
110. Belly: D-
111. Despicable Me: B+
Kicking off my 2012 list:
1. Edge of Darkness: A
2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+
3. Repo Men: B-
4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B-
5. Underworld: Awakening: B
6. Lost City Raiders: C+
7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+
8. Contraband: B+
9. Kick-Ass: B+
10. Hereafter: A-
11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B
12. Act of Valor: C+
13. John Carter: B
14. Hunger Games: B+
15. Wrath of the Titans: C
16. Cabin In the Woods: B+
17. The Rum Diary: C
18. The Eagle: C+
19. The Avengers: A+
20. The Adjustment Bureau: A
21. Sucker Punch: B-
22. Knight & Day: C+
23. Mechanic: B
24. Devil: A
25. Dark Shadows: C+
26. Men In Black 3: B-
27. Columbiana: B
28. Haywire: C
29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B-
30. Meet the Parents: A-
31. Meet the Fockers: B
32. Prometheus: B
33. Chernobyl Dairies: B-
34. Little Fockers: B-
35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+
36. Winters Bone: B+
37. Battleship: A-
38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+
39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B
40. Beauty & the Beast: A+
41. Bambi: A-
42. Sex & the City 2: D+
43. Top Gun: B
44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B-
45. Brave: B+
46. Kill Bill vol.1: A-
47. Kill Bill vol.2: B
48. The Amazing Spider-man: B-
49. Virgin Territory: C-
50. 21 Jump Street: B+
51. The Dark Knight Rises: A-
52. Sicko: C
53. Capitalism A Love Story: C
54. Seven Pounds: B
55. Hot Fuzz: B
56. Total Recall (2012): A-
57. Total Recall (1990): B+
58. Hardware: D+
59. The Bourne Legacy: A-
60. Once Upon A Time in the West: B-
61. Expendables 2: B+
62. Hangover 2: C
63. Moneyball: A-
64. Adventures of Tin Tin: B-
65. 2016 Obama's America: A-
66. Unknown: B
67. No Strings Attached: B+
68. Megamind: A-
69. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: A-
70. Halloween 4:Return of Michael Myers: A-
71. Halloween 5:Revenge of Michael Myers: B+
72. Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers: B
73. Halloween H2O: A
74. Halloween Resurrection: C+
75. The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008): B
76. Looper: A-
77. Smart People: C-
78. Atlas Shrugged-Part One: B
79. Dredd: A-
80. Bridesmaids: C-
81. Taken 2: B
82. Atlas Shrugged-Part Two: C+
83. Alex Cross: A-
84. RockNRolla: B-
85. Paranormal Activity 4: B
86. Argo: A+
87. Skyline: F
88. Cop Out: D
89. Skyfall: A
90. Red Dawn (2012): B-
91. Dracula (1979): B
92. Dracula (2009): C+
93. Slither: B-
94. Your Highness: F
95. Goldeneye: A
96. Whistleblower: B+
97. The Town: A+
98. Ted: A
99. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: B+
100. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: A
101. Jack Reacher: A-
102. Django Unchained: B+
The 2013 list:
1. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas: C-
2. Les Miserables(2012): B
3. Lincoln: A+
4. Parental Guidance: C+
5. Warm Bodies: B
6. Waiting for Superman: B
7. Grindhouse: Planet Terror: B-
8. Grindhouse: Death Proof: C+
9. Zero Dark Thirty: A
10. Last Stand: B
11. Red Tails: A-
12. Hansel & Gretel-Witch Hunters: C-
13. Parker: B-
14. Bullet to the Head: B+
15. Judge Dredd(1995): C
16. The Mist: B+
17. A Good Day to Die Hard: B-
18. Fired Up: C+
19. Fling: C
20. Ask the Dust: D+
21. Mulan: A-
22. The Lovely Bones: B
23. The Initiation of Sarah: D
24. Jack the Giant Slayer: C+
25. Oz the Great and Powerful: B+
26. Olympus Has Fallen: A-
27. The Lives of Others: B+ (German film)
28. The Croods: B+
29. Jennifers Body: D+
30. Evil Dead (2013 remake): B+
31. G.I. Joe: Retaliation: B
32. The Dark Knight Returns pt.1: A+
33. The Dark Knight Returns pt.2: A+
34. Batman: Gotham Knight: B
35. Superman/Shazam: Return of Black Adam: A-
36. Batman: Year One: B
37. Batman/Superman: Apocalypse: A+
38. Superman vs The Elite: B+
39. Justice League: Doom: A
40. Green Lantern First Flight: A
41. Oblivion: B+
42. Iron Man 3: B-
43. Planet Hulk: A-
44. Welcome to the Jungle: F
45. The Time Travelers Wife: B+
46. Star Trek into Darkness: A-
47. The Lost Tomb of Jesus: B
48. The Heat: C+
49. Fast and Furious 6: A-
50. Hangover III: C-
51. Now You See Me: A
52. Boot Camp: B-
53. Green Zone: C
54. Ninja Assassin: B
55. Mr&Mrs. Smith: A-
56. Silver Linings Playbook: A-
57. Man of Steel: B+
58. Doubt: A
59. Godfather: A
60. World War Z: B
61. Much Ado About Nothing: A-
62. The Lone Ranger: C+
63. Godfather pt.II: A+
64. Godfather pt.III: B
65. Beyond Sherwood Forest: D
66. R.E.D. 2: B-
67. The Wolverine: B+
68. R.I.P.D.: C+
69. Proof of Life: B-
70. The Conjuring: B
71. Pacific Rim: B-
72. Alone in the Dark: D
73. Apocalypto: A
74. Stargate: Ark of Truth: A-
75. Stargate: Continuum: A
76. Mortal Instruments: City of Bones: B-
77. Pi: C-
78. Riddick: B+
79. Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief: B
80. The World's End: C+
81. The Other Woman: B
82. The Other Guys: B-
83. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: C+
84. Catfish: A-
85. Wild Hogs: C
86. Zach & Miri Make a Porno: B
87. Gravity: A+
88. Supergirl: D
89. Escape Plan: B+
90. Prisoners: A
91. Disappearance of Alice Creed: A
92. Deathrace 2000: C+
93. Thor Dark World: A-
94. Superman Unbound: B+
95. JCVD: B-
96. Drive: B-
97. Hunger Games: Catching Fire: B+
98. War Horse: B
99. How to Train Your Dragon: A
100. Scrooged: A-
101. W: D+
102. 127 Hours: A-
103. Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug: B+
104. Moonrise Kingdom: A
105. Piranha DD: D
2014 First time viewed films:
1. Saving Mr.Banks: A
2. American Hustle: A-
3. Larry Crowne: B+
4. The Grey: C
5. Real Steel: B-
6. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit: B
7. Just Go With It: A-
8. The Road: B
9. Blue Valentine: B
10. Fifth Element: C
11. Boy in the Stripped Pajamas: A
12. Hachi: A Dog's Tale: A
13. She's Out of My League: C
14. The Lego Movie: A
15. Whip It: B
16. Up in the Air: B
17. 300: Rise of an Empire: B+
18. Splice: C-
19. Mirrors: B-
20. Pitch Perfect: A-
21. Noah: C-
22. 2 Guns: B
23. The Seventh Seal: B+
24. Mongol: A-
25. Captain America The Winter Soldier: A+
26. Munich: B
27. Amazing Spider-man 2: C-
28. The Killer Inside Me: A-
29. Rio 2: B
30. Welcome to the Rileys: B+
31. X-Men: Days of Future Past: A-
32. Atonement: B
33. Charlie Wilson's War: A
34. Frozen: A-
35. Rio: B
36. Godzilla: B
37. Bowfinger: B- 38. Transformers Age of Extinction: C+
I brief write up in the main discussion thread here. What I forgot to mention there was that for being featured heavily in the posters and trailers the film is sorely lacking real time for the Dinobots. Felt we were a bit robbed there.
Glad you enjoyed Saving Mr.Banks Keith1701, especially if my mini review helped in deciding to watch it then.
1. Philomena (B+)
2. Blue Is The Warmest Colour (A)
3. Her (A+)
4. Bicycle Thieves (B)
5. Frances Ha (B+)
6. Inside Llewyn Davis (A)
7. American Hustle (B+)
8. East of Eden (C+)
9. The Hunt (A-)
10. Amadeus (A+)
11. The LEGO Movie (A-)
12. Nebraska (B+)
13. Short Term 12 (A)
14. The Square (B+)
15. The Act of Killing (A)
16. Metropolitan (B)
17. Almost Famous (A+)
18. The Ice Storm (C+)
19. 300: Rise of an Empire (B)
20. The Great Beauty (B+)
21. Network (A+)
22. The Palm Beach Story (A+)
23. The Past (B+)
24. The Royal Tenenbaums (B+)
25. The Grand Budapest Hotel (A-)
26. Room 237 (B-)
27. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
28. Noah (B+)
29. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (A)
30. Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (D)
31. Fantastic Mr. Fox (B+)
32. Independence Day (A)
33. Sherlock, Jr. (B+)
34. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (B)
35. Godzilla (B+)
36. Anna Karenina (B+)
37. X-Men: Days of Future Past (A)
38. Pride & Prejudice (A+)
39. The Perks of Being A Wallflower (A-)
40. Tess (B+)
41. Belle (B+)
42. Barton Fink (B+)
43. Miller's Crossing (A+)
44. Punch-Drunk Love (B-)
My theory on Adam Sandler's career is that after audiences and the Academy rejected his initial bid to be taken more seriously, he decided to punish them by making the laziest, least-funny films he could. It took about a decade for American to realize they were being insulted.
I've now seen all of Paul Thomas Anderson's films apart from his earliest work, Hard Eight. This is probably the least-interesting of the ones that I've seen, though Sandler is quite good in the lead role (and having him and a pre-24 Mary-Lynn Rajskub as siblings is great casting). As a romantic dramedy, there's very little to the central romance. The movie is quirky without being particularly funny, a prime example being the sideplot about Sandler being blackmailed by a fake phone sex line being run out of a Utah furniture store -- it feels like if you gave this basic plot outline to the Coen Brothers they would do something far more interesting and blackly humorous with it. I do quite like the unusual musical score.
45. The General (A)
The second film by Buster Keaton that I've watched (the first being Sherlock Jr., which I wasn't overly impressed with). The General is far and away Keaton's most well-regarded film these days, making the Top 20 on the AFI's most recent Top 100 American Films list, and placing in both 2012 Sight and Sound polls, at 34 (critics) and 75 (directors). I'm kind of surprised the directors didn't place this higher, given the technical virtuosity on display in some of these sequences (this was one of the most expensive movies of its day).
As might be discerned from the rating, I was quite impressed by this overall, even if I don't think silent comedy is really my thing, at the end of the day (it's almost wholly reliant on sight gags and pratfalls). At 78 minutes, this is much closer to feature length than the earlier Keaton movie, and develops more of a story. It's quite inventive, and while I stand by what I said about being less interested in sight gags and pratfalls as comedy, Keaton's physical daring in both this and Sherlock Jr. is astonishing.
1. The Manor (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
2. Pain & Gain (✩✩✩✩) - Download
3. Runner Runner (✩✩✩) - Download
4. Battle of the Year (✩✩) - Download
5. Byzantium (✩✩✩) - Netflix
6. Our Idiot Brother (✩✩✩) - Netflix
7. The Spectacular Now (✩✩✩½) - Download
8. Blue Jasmine (✩✩✩) - Download
9. Carrie (2013) (✩✩✩) - Download
10. Closed Circuit (✩½) - Download
11. Drive (✩✩✩½) - Netflix
12. The Roommate (✩✩½) - Netflix
13. Rocky (✩✩✩) - Netflix
14. Rocky II (✩✩✩½) - Netflix
15. Rocky III (✩✩✩) - Netflix
16. Rocky IV (✩✩✩½) - Netflix
17. Rocky V (✩✩✩) - Netflix
18. Rocky Balboa (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix
February
19. In a World… (✩✩✩½) - Download
20. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (✩✩✩½) - Download
21. A Late Quartet (✩✩✩✩½) - Netflix
22. Justice League: War (✩✩✩½) - Download
23. ATM (✩✩✩✩) - Download
24. That Guy… Who Was in That Thing (✩✩✩½) - Netflix
25. Cleanflix (✩✩✩½) - Netflix
26. Side by Side (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix
27. RoboCop (2014) (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
28. Adult World (✩✩✩✩½) - Download
29. Oldboy (2013) (✩✩✩✩½) - Download
30. Oldboy (2003) (✩✩✩✩½) - Download
31. Cry of the Owl (✩✩✩✩½) - Download
March
32. Kiss at Pine Lake (✩½) - Live TV
33. Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (✩✩✩½) - Download
34. Sleeping Dogs Lie (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix
35. The Future (✩✩) - Netflix
36. Frozen (✩✩✩✩) - Download
37. American Hustle (✩✩✩) - Download
38. The Right Kind of Wrong (✩✩✩✩) - Download
39. Passion (✩✩✩) - Download
40. Afternoon Delight (✩✩✩½) - Download
41. Breaking the Girls (✩✩✩½) - Download
42. Noah (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
43. American Mary (✩✩✩½) - Download
April
44. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
45. Game Change (✩✩✩✩) - Download
46. I Don't Know How She Does It (✩✩✩) - Netflix
47. Trance (✩✩✩) - Netflix
48. Indigo (✩✩✩) - Download
49. In Our Nature (✩✩✩) - Download
50. Riddick (Unrated Director's Cut) (✩✩✩✩) - Download
51. Contraband (✩✩✩) - Netflix
May
52. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (3D) (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
53. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (✩✩✩½) - Download
54. Godzilla (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
55. X-Men: Days of Future Past (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
56. Non-Stop (✩✩✩½) - Download
57. Parts Per Billion (✩✩) - Download
June
58. Edge of Tomorrow (3D) (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre
59. Sleeper (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
60. 22 Jump Street (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
61. The Poker House (✩✩✩½) - Download
62. Snowpiercer (✩✩✩✩½) - Download
63. Endless Love (✩✩✩) - Download
64. My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix
65. The Internship (✩✩½) - Netflix
66. Transformers: Age of Extinction (3D) (✩✩✩½) - Theatre - I didn't think it was a bad movie. My reasons for thinking so are outlined here.
67. Pretty Maids All in a Row (✩✩✩✩) - Download - A 1971 murder mystery/sex comedy starring Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson and Telly Savalas. James Doohan also has a role and the screenplay was written by Gene Roddenberry. The movie is discussed here.
68. Some Velvet Morning (✩✩✩) - Download - Man leaves his wife and shows up at a young woman's place. Conversation ensues. This movie has only two players. Stanley Tucci and Alice Eve. It's like Before Sunset/Sunrise, but unlike those movies, what goes on between the two characters isn't all that engaging. It has one hell of an ending though, so it's worth a look just based on that.
69. Under the Skin (✩✩✩) - Download - A fully nude Scarlett Johansson is the hook. What you get is an artsy overrated piece, and for the life of me, I can't understand why it's getting so much buzz. I can sort of see it a little bit the more I think about it actually, but not totally at this point.
70. Bad Words (✩✩✩½) - Download - Jason Bateman directs and stars in a movie about a grown man participating in a spelling bee intended for kids, and the parents and administrators' can't get him out of there. The movie starts slow but it's actually pretty good and his character actually has his reasons for doing what he's doing. As the latest in a long line of crass assholish characters, Bateman does pretty well and he is pretty funny. Do check it out for a laugh or two. Love the promo poster…
71. Syrup (✩✩✩) - Netflix - Guy has a million-dollar idea that gets stollen from him. He then launches another one with the help of an attractive exec played by Amber Heard. This one started off well and it's a fun educational piece about marketing but it kind of falters a bit here and there.
72. I Think I Do (✩✩) - Download - Mia Kirshner gets dumped at the alter. Crap Lifetime movie but it had Mia Kirshner.
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JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time - DVD
Used a coupon for a free rental from Hasting's & got the latest DC animated movie.
TiT has two young wanna be heroes in the future release a frozen Lex Luthor by accident, while also mentionin' a way to time travel. Luthor travels back to stop Superman from existin', and that keeps the Justice League from ever formin'.
And its up to the two young wannabes to step and fix their mistake to save the future!
The animated looked cheap for this one, and I first saw it as a Target store exclusive, so I figured a free rental would be the best way to watch it. Kinda wish I hadn't bothered.
As with the classic Super Friends cartoon, Robin is a member of the Justice League, but Batman verbally bitch slaps him throughout the movie.
On the plus side, Diedrich Bader (The Brave and the Bold) provides the voice of Batman.
1. Philomena (B+)
2. Blue Is The Warmest Colour (A)
3. Her (A+)
4. Bicycle Thieves (B)
5. Frances Ha (B+)
6. Inside Llewyn Davis (A)
7. American Hustle (B+)
8. East of Eden (C+)
9. The Hunt (A-)
10. Amadeus (A+)
11. The LEGO Movie (A-)
12. Nebraska (B+)
13. Short Term 12 (A)
14. The Square (B+)
15. The Act of Killing (A)
16. Metropolitan (B)
17. Almost Famous (A+)
18. The Ice Storm (C+)
19. 300: Rise of an Empire (B)
20. The Great Beauty (B+)
21. Network (A+)
22. The Palm Beach Story (A+)
23. The Past (B+)
24. The Royal Tenenbaums (B+)
25. The Grand Budapest Hotel (A-)
26. Room 237 (B-)
27. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
28. Noah (B+)
29. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (A)
30. Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (D)
31. Fantastic Mr. Fox (B+)
32. Independence Day (A)
33. Sherlock, Jr. (B+)
34. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (B)
35. Godzilla (B+)
36. Anna Karenina (B+)
37. X-Men: Days of Future Past (A)
38. Pride & Prejudice (A+)
39. The Perks of Being A Wallflower (A-)
40. Tess (B+)
41. Belle (B+)
42. Barton Fink (B+)
43. Miller's Crossing (A+)
44. Punch-Drunk Love (B-)
45. The General (A)
46. Ida (B+)
A Polish drama that is currently attracting some buzz on the art house circuit, this is the story of an 18-year-old Catholic novitiate on the verge of taking her vows who is sent to meet with her only surviving relative before she does so; said relative is a cynical, alcoholic judge in the Polish Communist apparatus. They go on a road trip to explore her past; this is one of those premises that could easily be played as farce, but this is a fairly spare drama (black-and-white and filmed in the Academy ratio) about the statue of postwar Polish society (touching on a few things explored in the graphic novel Maus, among other places). The two leads are both superb, and probably 99% of the film rests on them, and they conduct themselves admirably.
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JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time - DVD Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 - Netflix Instant
I think I've seen all the Jackass movies...and Johnny Knoxville isn't terrible when he makes movies like Men in Black II & The Last Stand. And I was hopin' to be entertained by this when I saw it was added to Netflix the other day.
But, turns out this isn't the movie that was released to theaters. There's no plot to it - its a feature-length retrospective / makin' of for Bad Grandpa, with stuff that I assume wasn't in the movie, since most of it doesn't include the kid from the movie posters.
There are interviews with the cast & crew, behind the scenes stuff, and I hope that Netflix gets the real movie soon, 'cause I would still like to see it, but I don't want to pay to rent it from Hasting's.
July is off to a disappointin' start for movies...
1. Philomena (B+)
2. Blue Is The Warmest Colour (A)
3. Her (A+)
4. Bicycle Thieves (B)
5. Frances Ha (B+)
6. Inside Llewyn Davis (A)
7. American Hustle (B+)
8. East of Eden (C+)
9. The Hunt (A-)
10. Amadeus (A+)
11. The LEGO Movie (A-)
12. Nebraska (B+)
13. Short Term 12 (A)
14. The Square (B+)
15. The Act of Killing (A)
16. Metropolitan (B)
17. Almost Famous (A+)
18. The Ice Storm (C+)
19. 300: Rise of an Empire (B)
20. The Great Beauty (B+)
21. Network (A+)
22. The Palm Beach Story (A+)
23. The Past (B+)
24. The Royal Tenenbaums (B+)
25. The Grand Budapest Hotel (A-)
26. Room 237 (B-)
27. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
28. Noah (B+)
29. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (A)
30. Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (D)
31. Fantastic Mr. Fox (B+)
32. Independence Day (A)
33. Sherlock, Jr. (B+)
34. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (B)
35. Godzilla (B+)
36. Anna Karenina (B+)
37. X-Men: Days of Future Past (A)
38. Pride & Prejudice (A+)
39. The Perks of Being A Wallflower (A-)
40. Tess (B+)
41. Belle (B+)
42. Barton Fink (B+)
43. Miller's Crossing (A+)
44. Punch-Drunk Love (B-)
45. The General (A)
46. Ida (B+)
47. How To Train Your Dragon 2 (B+)
The sequel to Dreamworks' best movie to date has been a dramatic underperformer at the summer box office, to the confusion of many, and has inspired some debate regarding whether it is better or worse than the original. I say it's less accomplished, though still a good movie, and I'd say it deserves to be doing better than it is. The movie's main strength is the interactions between Hiccup and his family, notably his newly-introduced mother (all the trailers spoil this, for some reason). As well, the animation is truly beautiful. On the side of weaknesses, the introduction of a true human antagonist here is pretty dull, and the movie dutifully brings back a passel of comic relief characters from the first film without having anything much for them to do (even Astrid, Hiccup's girlfriend, could have been written out of this pretty easily).
48. Jane Eyre (B+)
This 2011 adaptation got good notices from some critics I respect, but I never made time to see it at the time of release -- however, after seeing director Cary Fukunaga's work on HBO's True Detective, I decided to look at some of his theatrical work. It's pretty good, and Fukunaga's command of atmosphere is as evident here as it was on TV, though the movie also highlights how very uncinematic the plot of Jane Eyre is (basically, Jane decides to go back to Rochester, having decided from a place of total financial security (thanks, unknown relative who kindly left me a huge inheritance, you reliable staple of 19th century fiction!), and finds that the plot has tidied itself up whilst she was away).
49. The Fault in Our Stars (A-)
My friend and I went to see this tonight, and I thought it was pretty good. I mainly went to see it for Shailene Woodley, who is indeed superb in the lead -- indeed, she kind of unbalances the movie, because Hazel is such a well-realized character that she just makes Augustus (despite the good performance of the actor) look like the Fantasy Boyfriend that he is. Fantasy Girlfriends have long been a staple of male-centric cinema, so this is far from unprecedented, of course (and it's mainly Hazel's story, so if he does his job of supporting her narrative well, perhaps he's done well enough).
1. Philomena (B+)
2. Blue Is The Warmest Colour (A)
3. Her (A+)
4. Bicycle Thieves (B)
5. Frances Ha (B+)
6. Inside Llewyn Davis (A)
7. American Hustle (B+)
8. East of Eden (C+)
9. The Hunt (A-)
10. Amadeus (A+)
11. The LEGO Movie (A-)
12. Nebraska (B+)
13. Short Term 12 (A)
14. The Square (B+)
15. The Act of Killing (A)
16. Metropolitan (B)
17. Almost Famous (A+)
18. The Ice Storm (C+)
19. 300: Rise of an Empire (B)
20. The Great Beauty (B+)
21. Network (A+)
22. The Palm Beach Story (A+)
23. The Past (B+)
24. The Royal Tenenbaums (B+)
25. The Grand Budapest Hotel (A-)
26. Room 237 (B-)
27. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
28. Noah (B+)
29. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (A)
30. Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (D)
31. Fantastic Mr. Fox (B+)
32. Independence Day (A)
33. Sherlock, Jr. (B+)
34. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (B)
35. Godzilla (B+)
36. Anna Karenina (B+)
37. X-Men: Days of Future Past (A)
38. Pride & Prejudice (A+)
39. The Perks of Being A Wallflower (A-)
40. Tess (B+)
41. Belle (B+)
42. Barton Fink (B+)
43. Miller's Crossing (A+)
44. Punch-Drunk Love (B-)
45. The General (A)
46. Ida (B+)
47. How To Train Your Dragon 2 (B+)
48. Jane Eyre (B+)
49. The Fault in Our Stars (A-)
50. Star Trek Into Darkness (B-)
For the special occasion of my fiftieth movie review of the year, my long-awaited (by Harvey) review of the 2013 Star Trek movie, which has been the subject of not-inconsiderable controversy. Is this the worst Star Trek movie, as some fans voted? No. Even at his worst, Abrams as a director knows how to make a decent action scene and keeps the pace going, which puts the movie well ahead of some other entries in the series.
At the same time, I think it's more than fair to call it a disappointment, particularly as I was a big fan of the original, which I thought was a slick update. Somewhat cheerily superficial in places, sure, but it was an iteration of Trek that really worked on the big screen, and the emotional core worked. This succumbs to a lot of the work aspects of contemporary blockbuster filmmaking. The plot makes some rudimentary stabs at social commentary, but loses interest in that very quickly.
The Khan casting has been endlessly debated, but in brief I tend to side with those who think it was a mistake (not helped by the comments of some people involved in the production). Moreover, using Khan at all was a mistake, as it comes across as an attempt to graft the post-The Dark Knight blockbuster template onto Trek (i.e., bring in the archnemesis for the sequel), but Star Trek has never really operated like that. Khan and Kirk's antagonism was the result of a couple of highly specific stories, and without them there's really no inherent dynamic there; something the movie seems to roundaboutly acknowledge by cribbing a bunch of other things from Khan's most famous experience (Carol Marcus, the engine room sacrifice) that are totally unrelated to him, just to increase the sense of parallel.
Most of all, I dislike the movie's character arc for Kirk. Star Trek has always been about adults, but Kirk's arc here has him arguably acting less mature than he was in the first movie, and less like a ship captain than a 20something man-boy (as seems to have become a default protagonist in a lot of blockbusters these days). I guess the movie is supposed to be about him overcoming that, but that was also what the first movie was about.
What does work? The cast remains strong (and Alice Eve is a nice addition to the group, even if the script doesn't have much for her to do), the little interactions generally deliver, and the action is well-executed (whatever modern blockbuster conventions Abrams may bring to Trek, his approach to using his camera is much more Spielberg than Michael Bay, and we can be thankful for that).
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20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (9)
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (9)
300: Rise of an Empire (10)
The Amazing Spider-man 2 (7)
Black Rain (7)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (9)
Columbiana (7)
Divergent (7)
Edge of Tomorrow (10)
Fairy Tail The Movie: The Phoenix Priestess (8)
Garden of Sinners: Blessings for the Future (9)
Godzilla (2014) (9)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (9)
Heat (1995) (8)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (9)
Kick Ass 2 (8)
Lone Survivor (8)
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (7)
Mission Impossible II (8)
Mission Impossible III (8)
Monuments Men (8)
Need for Speed (8)
Non-Stop (10)
The Odessa File (1974) (10)
Oldboy (2013) (9)
Pack Up Your Troubles (7)
Patema Inverted (Sakasama no Patema) (9)
The Raid: Redemption (8)
Red Dawn (2012) (5)
Robocop (2014) (8)
The Rover (5)
Snowpiercer (6)
Tales From Earthsea (5)
Transformers 4: Age of Extinction (8)
Walking Tall: Lone Justice (6)
White House Down (7)
The Wind Rises (7)
Wolf Children (8)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (9)
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I didn't start in the thread till August that year, partial list
Piranha 3D: C+
Book of Eli: B
Lethal Weapon: A
Lethal Weapon 2: A-
Lethal Weapon 3: B
Lethal Weapon 4: C+
The Crow: A
Clash of the Titans: B+
Prince of Persia: B
The Fountain: D
Resident Evil: A-
Resident Evil: Apocalypse: B
Resident Evil: Extinction: B-
Resident Evil: Afterlife: B
Resident Evil: Degeneration(animated): B
Bad Boys: B+
Zombieland: B
The Evil Dead: B-
R.E.D.: B
30 Days of Night: Dark Days: B+
Conviction: A-
Crazies(2010): A-
Paranormal Activity: A+
Paranormal Activity 2: A
Shutter Island: B-
Gamer: F
Last House on the Left(orig): D+
Thirst(asian film): C-
The Hills Have Eyes: B
When In Rome: B-
Dr.Horrible Sing-A-Long: A
Expelled No Intelligence Allowed(doc): B
Zombie Strippers: D
Mammoth: D+
Everyone Else: D
Dark Ages(doc): A
Batman vs Dracula(anim): A-
Independence Day: A
Robin Hood(2010-Crowe): B
Taken: A
Only You: B-
Momma Mia: C
High Plains Drifter: C
Joe Kid: A-
Tron Legacy: B
Voyage of the DawnTreader: B+
Tourist: B
Duchess: B
Blade Runner: B+
Men In Black: A
Jumper: B-
Interview with the Vampire: A-
Brideshead Revisted: B
Wizard of Oz: A
Gone With the Wind: A
True Grit: A
1. The Fighter: B-
2. Batman(90's saga): A-,B-,C-,D
3. Star Wars OT-Special Edition: B+, A, B
4. The Green Hornet: B
5. True Grit(1969): C+
6. Lord of the Rings saga: (A,A,A)
7. The Machinist: A-
8. Season of the Witch: B
9. Frozen: A-
10. Due Date: B+
11. Planet of the Apes(2001): B-
12. Faster: C
13. Romance: D (French film, subtitled)
14. YPF: C- (YPF=Young People F*&^ing)
15. The Beautiful Truth: B-
16. Strictly Sexual: C+
17. DOOM: C
18. Brothers: B+
19. Men In Black II: B-
20. The Crow: Wicked Prayer: C-
21. The Soloist: C
22. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: C+
23. I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry: B-
24. Battle in Heaven: C+ (Mexican film, subtitled)
25. Legion: B-
26. Battle: LA: B+
27. Righteous Kill: B
28. Dracula II: Ascension: B-
29. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li: D
30. You Don't Mess With the Zohan: C+
31. Finding Bliss: C
32. Dracula III: Legacy: B-
33. Tangled: B+
34. Paul Blart Mall Cop: C-
35. Chloe: B
36. Kung Fu Panda: B-
37. Centurion: B
38. The People I've Slept With: C
39. Grown Ups: B-
40. The Conspirator: A-
41. XXX: State of the Union: C+
42. Fast Five: B+
43. THOR: A-
44. Priest: D+
45. The Fourth Kind: B+
46. POTC: On Stranger Tides: B-
47. Turtles Forever: A-
48. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story: B+
49. Easy A: A
50. Inception: B
51. #1 Cheerleader Camp: D
52. Freakanomics: C+
53. Green Lantern: C
54. The American: C-
55. Super 8: A
56. Green Lantern: First Flight: B
57. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: B-
58. 9 Songs: F
59. Kings Speech: A-
60. Whiteout: C+
61. Passion Play: D+
62. Captain America: The First Avenger: A-
63. Marley & Me: A
64. Date Night: C+
65. Frantic: B+
66. Presumed Innocent: A
67. Invictus: A
68. Rocky: A
69. Hurt Locker: A+
70. Rocky II: C+
71. Rocky III: B+
72. Rocky IV: A
73. Cowboys & Aliens: B
74. Wonder Woman (DC Animated): B+
75. Rocky V: B-
76. Conan The Barbarian('11): B-
77. Dinner for Schmucks: D
78. Nothing But the Truth: B
79. Snow Angels: B+
80. Everybody's Fine: C-
81. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: A+
82. Fragments: C+
83. Fright Night ('11): A-
84. Cold Comfort Farm: D
85. Machete: C-
86. The Queen: A
87. Public Enemies: B+
88. Drive Angry: D
89. Red Riding Hood: C+
90. Fright Night ('85): B
91. Love & Other Drugs: B
92. X-Files: I Want to Believe - B+
93. Source Code: A-
94. Paranormal Activity 3: A
95. Rachel Getting Married: C
96. Love Guru: F
97. Funny People: C-
98. Win Win: B+
99. Everything Must Go: B
100. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: D+
101. American Ninja: D
102. Revenge of the Ninja: D
103. Lonesome Dove: A
104. Black Swan: B
105. Westworld: B
106. Fireproof: A-
107. Mission Impossible(4):Ghost Protocol: A
108. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A
109. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: A-
110. Belly: D-
111. Despicable Me: B+
Kicking off my 2012 list:
1. Edge of Darkness: A
2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+
3. Repo Men: B-
4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B-
5. Underworld: Awakening: B
6. Lost City Raiders: C+
7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+
8. Contraband: B+
9. Kick-Ass: B+
10. Hereafter: A-
11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B
12. Act of Valor: C+
13. John Carter: B
14. Hunger Games: B+
15. Wrath of the Titans: C
16. Cabin In the Woods: B+
17. The Rum Diary: C
18. The Eagle: C+
19. The Avengers: A+
20. The Adjustment Bureau: A
21. Sucker Punch: B-
22. Knight & Day: C+
23. Mechanic: B
24. Devil: A
25. Dark Shadows: C+
26. Men In Black 3: B-
27. Columbiana: B
28. Haywire: C
29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B-
30. Meet the Parents: A-
31. Meet the Fockers: B
32. Prometheus: B
33. Chernobyl Dairies: B-
34. Little Fockers: B-
35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+
36. Winters Bone: B+
37. Battleship: A-
38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+
39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B
40. Beauty & the Beast: A+
41. Bambi: A-
42. Sex & the City 2: D+
43. Top Gun: B
44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B-
45. Brave: B+
46. Kill Bill vol.1: A-
47. Kill Bill vol.2: B
48. The Amazing Spider-man: B-
49. Virgin Territory: C-
50. 21 Jump Street: B+
51. The Dark Knight Rises: A-
52. Sicko: C
53. Capitalism A Love Story: C
54. Seven Pounds: B
55. Hot Fuzz: B
56. Total Recall (2012): A-
57. Total Recall (1990): B+
58. Hardware: D+
59. The Bourne Legacy: A-
60. Once Upon A Time in the West: B-
61. Expendables 2: B+
62. Hangover 2: C
63. Moneyball: A-
64. Adventures of Tin Tin: B-
65. 2016 Obama's America: A-
66. Unknown: B
67. No Strings Attached: B+
68. Megamind: A-
69. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: A-
70. Halloween 4:Return of Michael Myers: A-
71. Halloween 5:Revenge of Michael Myers: B+
72. Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers: B
73. Halloween H2O: A
74. Halloween Resurrection: C+
75. The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008): B
76. Looper: A-
77. Smart People: C-
78. Atlas Shrugged-Part One: B
79. Dredd: A-
80. Bridesmaids: C-
81. Taken 2: B
82. Atlas Shrugged-Part Two: C+
83. Alex Cross: A-
84. RockNRolla: B-
85. Paranormal Activity 4: B
86. Argo: A+
87. Skyline: F
88. Cop Out: D
89. Skyfall: A
90. Red Dawn (2012): B-
91. Dracula (1979): B
92. Dracula (2009): C+
93. Slither: B-
94. Your Highness: F
95. Goldeneye: A
96. Whistleblower: B+
97. The Town: A+
98. Ted: A
99. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: B+
100. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: A
101. Jack Reacher: A-
102. Django Unchained: B+
The 2013 list:
1. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas: C-
2. Les Miserables(2012): B
3. Lincoln: A+
4. Parental Guidance: C+
5. Warm Bodies: B
6. Waiting for Superman: B
7. Grindhouse: Planet Terror: B-
8. Grindhouse: Death Proof: C+
9. Zero Dark Thirty: A
10. Last Stand: B
11. Red Tails: A-
12. Hansel & Gretel-Witch Hunters: C-
13. Parker: B-
14. Bullet to the Head: B+
15. Judge Dredd(1995): C
16. The Mist: B+
17. A Good Day to Die Hard: B-
18. Fired Up: C+
19. Fling: C
20. Ask the Dust: D+
21. Mulan: A-
22. The Lovely Bones: B
23. The Initiation of Sarah: D
24. Jack the Giant Slayer: C+
25. Oz the Great and Powerful: B+
26. Olympus Has Fallen: A-
27. The Lives of Others: B+ (German film)
28. The Croods: B+
29. Jennifers Body: D+
30. Evil Dead (2013 remake): B+
31. G.I. Joe: Retaliation: B
32. The Dark Knight Returns pt.1: A+
33. The Dark Knight Returns pt.2: A+
34. Batman: Gotham Knight: B
35. Superman/Shazam: Return of Black Adam: A-
36. Batman: Year One: B
37. Batman/Superman: Apocalypse: A+
38. Superman vs The Elite: B+
39. Justice League: Doom: A
40. Green Lantern First Flight: A
41. Oblivion: B+
42. Iron Man 3: B-
43. Planet Hulk: A-
44. Welcome to the Jungle: F
45. The Time Travelers Wife: B+
46. Star Trek into Darkness: A-
47. The Lost Tomb of Jesus: B
48. The Heat: C+
49. Fast and Furious 6: A-
50. Hangover III: C-
51. Now You See Me: A
52. Boot Camp: B-
53. Green Zone: C
54. Ninja Assassin: B
55. Mr&Mrs. Smith: A-
56. Silver Linings Playbook: A-
57. Man of Steel: B+
58. Doubt: A
59. Godfather: A
60. World War Z: B
61. Much Ado About Nothing: A-
62. The Lone Ranger: C+
63. Godfather pt.II: A+
64. Godfather pt.III: B
65. Beyond Sherwood Forest: D
66. R.E.D. 2: B-
67. The Wolverine: B+
68. R.I.P.D.: C+
69. Proof of Life: B-
70. The Conjuring: B
71. Pacific Rim: B-
72. Alone in the Dark: D
73. Apocalypto: A
74. Stargate: Ark of Truth: A-
75. Stargate: Continuum: A
76. Mortal Instruments: City of Bones: B-
77. Pi: C-
78. Riddick: B+
79. Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief: B
80. The World's End: C+
81. The Other Woman: B
82. The Other Guys: B-
83. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: C+
84. Catfish: A-
85. Wild Hogs: C
86. Zach & Miri Make a Porno: B
87. Gravity: A+
88. Supergirl: D
89. Escape Plan: B+
90. Prisoners: A
91. Disappearance of Alice Creed: A
92. Deathrace 2000: C+
93. Thor Dark World: A-
94. Superman Unbound: B+
95. JCVD: B-
96. Drive: B-
97. Hunger Games: Catching Fire: B+
98. War Horse: B
99. How to Train Your Dragon: A
100. Scrooged: A-
101. W: D+
102. 127 Hours: A-
103. Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug: B+
104. Moonrise Kingdom: A
105. Piranha DD: D
2014 First time viewed films:
1. Saving Mr.Banks: A
2. American Hustle: A-
3. Larry Crowne: B+
4. The Grey: C
5. Real Steel: B-
6. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit: B
7. Just Go With It: A-
8. The Road: B
9. Blue Valentine: B
10. Fifth Element: C
11. Boy in the Stripped Pajamas: A
12. Hachi: A Dog's Tale: A
13. She's Out of My League: C
14. The Lego Movie: A
15. Whip It: B
16. Up in the Air: B
17. 300: Rise of an Empire: B+
18. Splice: C-
19. Mirrors: B-
20. Pitch Perfect: A-
21. Noah: C-
22. 2 Guns: B
23. The Seventh Seal: B+
24. Mongol: A-
25. Captain America The Winter Soldier: A+
26. Munich: B
27. Amazing Spider-man 2: C-
28. The Killer Inside Me: A-
29. Rio 2: B
30. Welcome to the Rileys: B+
31. X-Men: Days of Future Past: A-
32. Atonement: B
33. Charlie Wilson's War: A
34. Frozen: A-
35. Rio: B
36. Godzilla: B
37. Bowfinger: B-
38. Transformers Age of Extinction: C+ 39. We Bought A Zoo: A-
This real life tale(I didn't realize that) starring Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and Thomas Hayden Church about an adventure journalist whose wife dies leading to his son spiraling into a behavior problem causes him to leap into his own first true adventure.
I found it to be a charming and cute film. The actress who plays the 7yr old may be one to keep an eye on it. She's got a screen presence to her. She could be the next Abigail Breslin for this generation.
I enjoyed seeing Damon and Johansson in a film playing regular people as well. I felt they also did it well since their action roles of late have defined them. This allowed them to show an ability to connect with feelings and humanity that are often buried in an action role cause the story calls for it.
