4/10
I don't think this one aged so well. The special effects were the big selling point of the movie in '82 and maybe people glossed over other aspects of the movie because of them...but now that the effects aren't so impressive, the fact that the plot is really quite slow and boring and the acting subpar really comes to the surface. Or maybe it's just not for me.
9/10
I was surprised by how much I liked this. It started kinda slow, and looked like a pretty boring story, but it got really good and interesting...I loved the ending and the whole, uh, supernatural aspect to the story I guess. And Clint Eastwood rules.
8.5/10
I'm gonna have to sit on this one for a while to see just how much I liked it...I really liked everything the whole way through and had heard about the "unconventional" ending so I was ready for it, but I still kinda had to take a moment to process everything (I even went on IMDB to make sure I didn't miss anything major). In terms of pure cinema it's an obvious masterpiece but it didn't leave me feeling wholly satisfied which is why I'm giving it an 8.5 as opposed to a 10. Spoilers:
I don't mean I was unsatisfied in the sense of "I can't believe Llewelyn died and you didn't even get to see it and how come Anton lived and who got the money in the end this isn't fair blah blah"...I understand what they did and why...it just kind of a strange, empty feeling at the end, purely from a story perspective.
I was really happy to see that Javier Bardim got Best Supporting Actor...he was phenomenal. The Anton Chigurh character is one of the best, most interesting characters I've seen in years. I was also pleasantly surprised at how much (black) humour was in the movie.
5/10
Wasn't a big fan of this other Eastwood Western...the plot wasn't all that interesting, Eastwood's character wasn't as badass as he usually is, and overall there was nothing really memorable or unique about it.
7/10
Caught this on MoviePix, missed the first half-hour or so (I came in right when DiCaprio was starting to take drugs more seriously than basketball). Good movie with some great acting by Leo, only disappointment was the ending which was absurdly rushed (not to spoil anything but basically it happens in about the span of a minute and a half). They could have fleshed it out a bit more. Based on a true story too.
7/10
First time I ever saw this on a recommendation from a friend...it was all right, not really what I was expecting. Some cool effects and a pretty good story but it got just a little too corny at times and some of the acting was amazingly wooden.
9/10
I saw Bowling For Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 and while both are entertaining, they also are more (ahem) "liberal" with facts than they needed to be. So I was skeptical about seeing this one but it really, really impressed me. Yes Moore still has an obvious agenda, uses extremely small sample sizes to back-up his "research" and never shows both sides of the story (as a Canadian I can tell you that free health care isn't as glorious as it seems and not everybody is as ecstatic about it as the film portrays - and I hear similar things regarding England, France and Cuba's health care as well) but to pick on his bias is to completely miss or blatantly ignore the point of the movie. Even disregarding how other countries do it, America's health care system is still downright terrifying. Kicking obviously sick people out onto the streets just because they can't pay their bills? I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it for myself. It's kinda weird that something that's such a non-issue to myself and other non-Americans (to be able to walk into a clinic and get free treatment) is a major, life-altering (and sometimes fatal) experience for some people. And the part about the people who have insurance getting screwed the most was even more scary, when you think about it.
I like how Moore didn't give himself nearly as much face time in this one, and how he veered away from his typical attempts at humor with over-the-top cartoons and the like. Definitely the best of the three I've seen.
7.5/10
Not as good as the first one but still had some laughs...I didn't really like the idea of escaping from Guantanamo Bay in the first place (seemed a little too out there compared to the banality of going to White Castle, which was why the first one was so great IMO) but it turned out okay.
I will echo another criticism I heard mentioned here in that Rob Coddry's character was too easy, too expected...I dunno, I don't find much of that whole "ironically conservative/over-the-top patriotic" thing the Daily Show spawned very funny. The scene with Ed Helms playing the interpreter who doesn't understand Harold and Kumar's parents despite the fact that they're speaking English is a prime example of that. Lame, stupid, and too easy.
8.5/10
Finally got around to seeing this monster...I'll freely admit that the end of the movie baffled me and I had to get on Wiki/IMDB to see exactly what was going on. But according to Kubrick and Clarke it's supposed to raise more questions than it answers, so I don't feel too bad. Usually I'm bad for falling asleep watching DVDs (and I caught myself starting to nod off on occasion) but for the most part I was awake and engaged, which is impressive considering all the nothingness in the movie.
Spoilers:
My only complaint was that I thought HAL "turned" too quickly...it would have been better if more of those 2.5 hours was given to HAL losing confidence in the mission/in the other crew members and then taking matters into his own hands
But other than that I enjoyed it. Must have been a trip to see all those effects back in '68 when it first came out.
7/10
There wasn't much not to like about this one...the "pods" haven't aged so well but the story is still plausible. I loved at the end where the main character is screaming into traffic trying to get people to stop and then he screams "you could be next!" into the camera. Great quasi-breaking-the-fourth-wall moment. I read they tacked on the scenes in the doctor's office that bookend the movie to make the movie more upbeat which is a bummer because it would have been better without them.
8/10
Saw this for the first time on the weekend...pretty good movie, good story and great direction by Ritchie. Brad Pitt and Vinnie Jones stole the show IMO.
