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- anything below 6/10 means that I didn't like the movie at all and is really sorry that I spent time watching it. The choice in the range 1/10 to 5/10 depends on the extent of my dislike. As far as I remember the lowest estimate was 3/10, which shows that I prefer to turn off the TV or leave the cinema instead of seeing the film.
- 6/10 means that I didn't like the film but there's some good points to it, and I can't really say it's bad. Mostly 6/10 is applied to conventional films which retain a certain extent of novelty, but at the same time too predictable and commonplace to be remembered. Very often I give such estimate to thrillers and B-movies.
- 7/10 is a good claim to perfection: it means that though the films has some
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It's been a long time since I posted here last time, and I'll soon be able to get into the line again.
ASAP :P
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I expected more. Much more, I'd say. And after two hours I was somewhat disappointed at what I'd seen. I can't understand why there was so much fuss and hype about an average movie, which does look like a Discovery documentary with all those gory elements essential for savage life. I admit the movie looks great in terms of visual representation of the Mayan world, but is it enough?
Mel Gibson is an interesting director whose films are always an object of close attention of his critics and fans. I still remember my emotions after seeing "Braveheart" and think it's one of the best movies I've ever seen (which is proved by the presence of the movie in my DVD collection) though it sure has little in common with the real
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I’m not an American, but strangely enough I identify myself with the movie and its characters. For most of my compatriots this tragedy (though very controversial, in fact) seemed a kind of retribution for everything that the US has done to the rest of the world (Note: I have to explain that these are the traces of years of Soviet propaganda, and such notions mostly reign among older people). As for me, I think it’s just a consequence of the senseless and brutal Western policy towards the Muslim world, which is exploited by American and European corporations for the sake of the Western way of living. We live in the same world, and yet one half of the human population regards another half as an enemy. I’m afraid su
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I chose "Capote" randomly: I just came up to the DVD stand and took the one which looked best (if you saw the cover you understand what I mean). Of course I knew it was the movie which gave Hoffman his Oscar award, and I have to confess it influenced my choice in a way. And now, after 100 minutes of ironic and patient contemplation I come to the conclusion the time spent isn't worthy of pleasure obtained in return.
For everyone who knows at least something about the American fiction Truman Capote's name sounds familiar. Can't say I like him very much (to me his style sounded rather boring), but his short stories seemed true and lyrical to a certain extent, which is a point to them. In this movie the creation story of
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| MOOD: *Shrug* |
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What can you expect from the movie based on Disney attraction and shot under Disney's approval? Nothing special. These movies don't even try to be serious 'cause seriousness kills them at once, and to enjoy the movie one has to forget about a handful of dramas and horrors one has seen before. What Verbinski gives the spectator is a feeling that a buffonade can live its own life, and though unbelievable the movie manages to sell its agenda.
For those who haven't seen the first part it does make sense to see it before going to the cinema for the second one. Otherwise you wouldn't understand the intricacies of the plot which starts right off the point where the first part ends (though it isn't quite exact). It's too straightforwa
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| MOOD: Gaga |
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Before starting to write a review I was in two minds either to give it 7 or 6 pts. I guess it isn’t surprizing the movie doesn’t get its reward: it’s just lackluster and sentimental to a certain way with an unimpressive emphasis on common humane virtues that people share all over the world. Oliver Stone could have made in a different way (“JFK” is a good piece of evidence to it), and it’s not a secret that the dreadful terrorist attack, which took place on September 11, 2001, was conducted without CIA or FBI’s least interception, so there was room for investigation and bitter unanswered questions. But Oliver Stone has performed his work like a good artisan: it's neither good nor bad. Usually this refers to documentary fi
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| MOOD: Indifferent |
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You wouldn't believe but it's even worse than "Aeon Flux", so now I have to shift this notable movie from the top positon of the worst movies I've ever seen and put "The Lady" on its appropriate pedestal.
It's rather difficult to understand what the director and screenwriter (both - M.Night Shyamalan) wanted to show. If it was a nice fairy tale it didn't look like that, and if it was just a parable to show us that there's some hidden virture in the underworld (whatever it is, the Blue Country is located under the water surface - the more exact location is omitted), it proved to be a lame effort.
What is really surprising here is the cast: it's really good and doesn't look like a set of cheap a
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Dan Brown's novel was doomed to be screened. It's a long-time tradition in Hollywood to try to screen anything which sells in the book world in hope of getting the same payback in the world of cinema. I've got nothing against it 'cause due to the trend many really good movies were shot and will be shot (at least I hope so). I didn't read the novel 'cause I usually don't like such adventurous stuff, and judging by the plot I didn't miss much. The story is rather interesting in itself, but only as a theory without much appeal and tension.
You know it's quite difficult to review the movie at the distance of a month. After this lapse I feel that nothing much is left in my heart, and I'm sure in the course of time vague remembrance
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I never read comic books: perhaps, that's my biggest problem while seeing movies based on such material. I understand it's necessary either to spend hours and days devouring such stuff in childhood and adolescence or to have a good inclination to leaps of imagination. Fortunately, I can take such stuff with a bit of the latter variant, though it looks somewhat funny and ridiculous to me. But I always believed the original material and the content itself don't matter at all when there's good acting and directing (remember last year's "Matchpoint", virtually stuffed with superb actors).
Just like the movie mentioned in my previous review this one took a long road to screen. There were some problems with actors and dire
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I saw the movie a week ago, but, unfortunately, couldn't find sufficient time to write a decent review. Now the week has passed, and my first impression from the movie has merged with the second which is still rather favourable in fact. Usually I skip such movie intentionally and rather willingly 'cause the whole hustle and bustle they are made of has no connection to common sense and good taste, and though I can't call myself a sensible person I can't deny my good taste, which prevents me from seeing such movie in any place: cinema or TV set.
But this one is an exception from the rule: I saw the first release and liked it very much (those days I was a teenager and couldn't forget that wonderful soundtrack), skipped intentiona
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I give 8 pts though the movie isn't far from being an average love and passion melodrama. The crucial difference between what you usually see on the screen and this latest Woodly Allen's release is a quality of acting and directing. Everyone fits into the role he's intended for and works as hard as he can to follow the director's instructions. Everyone looks natural and artistic, the story has its moments, and yet the movie is average 'cause it presents nothing new - it's just another review of well-known maxims taken from the Bible and hands-on experience (as you understand in this movie hands tend to lie on rather pleasant areas).
I didn't see anything special in the cast before seeing the movie. Of course Scarlett Johannson
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I'd like to begin the review like this: the movie is sure to be regarded as one of the best releases of the year. "V for Vendetta", after all those problems with the cast, at last made it to the screen, and I say it was worth waiting 'cause after all the brothers knew what they were doing. I don't know how much money was spent on the fim production, and I don't care about it at all - here the zest lies in the message, and not in cgi (like in "King Kong" or Wachowskis' previous works - except "Matrix", these rather looked like fairy-tales shot for the only purpose of showing what cgi is able of nowadays). It's a very interesting movie, and it hits the right nail on the head. I just wonder if those ideas were con
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| MOOD: Ripe |
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Frankly speaking, I didn't expect much from the movie. Though many movie fans know who Spike Lee is, and I even read his filmography, I didn't have the opportunity to see at least one of his works. The only thing I knew before going to the cinema was that Denzel Washington is one of Lee's favourite actors, and that the movie was about bank robbers (judging by the trailer, they were rather smart).
Some words about the cast. It was quite a surprise to see all those actors in one movie and find none of them produce a proper impression on me with either performance or character. Sometimes the movie looked liked an average sitcom series stuffed with those actors and actresses as guest stars. Certainly, the movie plot is centred on
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| MOOD: Indifferent |
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A good film is a rare phenomenon nowadays, and for a true movie fan there's a limited choice: either to succumb before the abundance of mediocre Hollywood movies or to rake through this abundance in hope for some pearls in the pile of garbage (as you understand you're more likely to see mediocrity). I'm really glad last week I had the possibility to see the movie 'cause I enjoyed it very much indeed. It was even a surprise for me in a way: the last movie which produced the same enlightening impression on me (though in a different manner) was "Pride and Prejudice" starring Keira Knightley and a bunch of other good actors and actresses.
John Madden, who directed the movie, likes Gwyneth Paltrow. He already directed &qu
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I remember my impressions from the first release quite well. Can't say I liked it very much but most of my friends did, and it's no use denying the movie has some good points to it though there's some flaws too. No wonder a sequel was made to follow in its footsteps to make some money out of success in DVD sales. I'm not sure that that in my country many people were familiar with the first release, and most just went to the local cinema to kill some time before going to bed. Yet the sequel must have produced a proper impression on those for whom it was the first acquaintance with the subject. For those who have seen it before the whole movie was quite a trail of reminiscences and familiar episodes though I do appreciate the way the director
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For most people who decided to learn their hard what it's like to see the ending lines of "History of Violence" it is sure to have been a sense of indifferent relief. What was that? I don't know. If it's a parable of the way of violence nowadays it's not clear at all, and Tarantino feels much more comfortable in this complicated field. If it was just a drama about a man who had to forget the sins of his youth to live a happy comfortable life in a small town, it doesn't look convincing and touching. And if it was just a story, it doesn't sell - and that's all it could be, and all the variants leave me indifferent in a similar manner.
David Cronenberg has a reputation of a good director who makes films not for entertai
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It was a difficult life for Anthony Swofford but he made it off. Do I care about it? - No, I don't. That was a sequence in my mind after seeing the ending lines of Sam Mendes' "Jarhead". The problem is in me, and I understand it very well 'cause this movie deserves attention at least because of the crew and the cast. I already reviewed Sam Mendes' "American Beauty" and didn't find it very interesting though there were some certain good points to it, and this one caused just the same reaction. Perhaps, I'm impervious to the movie's charm or something, but I can't be thrilled when I see all that drill on the screen and understand it's just a piece of commonplace filmmaking with perfect directing for good measure.
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If the movie is based on true events it doesn't mean it's good. "Wolf Creek" is just a suitable sample of a movie which shouldn't have been made at all because the true events depicted don't deserve much attention. I can see nothing interesting or appealing in the movie where some horrible events take place, and the only choice a horrified and disgusted viewer has is to keep on watching this sadistic piece of art or stop doing it. There's nothing here to like, but if you're in a kind of nigilist mood and want to see some people suffer 'cause other people torture and kill them, it's just a perfect movie to fill the bill. It doesn't give anything aesthetic, only horror and disgust at somebody's cruelties and sufferings. I see nothin
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If one thinks it funny when Brosnan pulls faces it's none of my business, yet I can't see anything funny in this movie. It's just impossible for me to write a review on the movie I consider dull and over-the-top, and the greatest temptation I had a few minutes ago was to erase it from my webpage. The only thing that stopped clicking the red cross mark beside the review title was my affection for Pierce Brosnan, whom I think to be the best Bond impersonification after Sean Connery. You know, it's a bit of fun to see him in such a movie, and though I understand acting is a job where you have to make the most of yourself in any image, this one falls out of a row of smart, well-dressed gentlemen Brosnan used to play.
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For everyone who's interested in world's politics at least to a little extent sooner or later the following question rises: what the heck do Americans do in Iraq? I understand it's very important to promote democracy all over the world and I'm even grateful to this country for helping Ukrainian people in overturning the disgusted political regime (though I understand the basic reasons for it, and I suspect our freedom has nothing in common with interests of American enterprises in my country), but sometimes (not to say often) it's too evident the priority isn't the liberation of a country but the deposits it has and profit which can be generated by American companies in pretending that they rebuild it. I may sound a bit cynical but everyone
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