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Friday, August 14, 2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Posted on August 14, 2009 at 08:09 PM.

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Didn't really care for it. I can only think of one scene that I thought was done really well, but all of the jokes were so bad and always coupled with some lame teen romance crap.

I don't understand the significance of the title nor the climactic scene involving the title. Why does it matter who the Half-Blood Prince is? I'm sure the book explained it...

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Fifty Dead Men Walking

Posted on July 19, 2009 at 12:25 AM.

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Decent IRA movie that reminded me of Donnie Brasco. Parts of it felt really generic though which can be a problem with these "true" stories.

In the Loop

Posted on July 19, 2009 at 12:20 AM.

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This movie was brilliant and really funny. Reminds me of The Office in its comedic timings except the players are replaced by politicians trying to initiate/prevent the conflict in the Middle East while being self-serving bastards. Pretty much a lock to be in my top ten of the year.

Friday, July 10, 2009

The Hurt Locker

Posted on July 10, 2009 at 08:51 PM.

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Call me crazy, but Strange Days is still my favorite Kathryn Bigelow movie. Impressive acting for a film where the typically supporting actors are in the lead roles and the leading actors are in supporting roles.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Coraline

Posted on July 7, 2009 at 08:05 PM.

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Damn, this movie was great. Not quite as good as the best animated family films like Beauty and the Beast and The Iron Giant, but it's right below that matching any of Pixar's best efforts. It starts off really slow, but its second half is pretty flawless.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Watchmen: Director's Cut

Posted on July 6, 2009 at 08:25 PM.

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I thoroughly enjoyed it. It has issues, but no more than other good superhero movies. If every film had as much love and attention poured into them, even the bad films would be watchable. So many films are awful to sit through because it's obvious that the filmmaker didn't give a crap.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Tyson

Posted on July 1, 2009 at 12:51 AM.

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This made for a more compelling story arc than I expected. It's amazing to see how his post-fight interviews evolved into his last and brutally honest one.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Killshot

Posted on June 23, 2009 at 12:59 AM.

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I enjoyed this movie even though it's overly simplistic and glosses over a lot of plot points. I think a crime movie adapted from an Elmore Leonard novel with Mickey Rourke and Joseph Gordon Levitt would have to be really bad for me to not like it. This is the opposite of Knowing where, if someone really hated the movie, I probably wouldn't be able to disagree with their criticisms.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Knowing

Posted on June 21, 2009 at 06:52 PM.

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I watched this despite the reviews because of word of mouth. It certainly wasn't what I was expecting. This is a movie where someone can say that they really liked it and I can't really fault them for it even though I found it ridiculous.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Posted on May 30, 2009 at 11:47 PM.

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Somehow, I was expecting more of an emotional impact.

The International

Posted on May 30, 2009 at 11:45 PM.

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Clive Owen was very good and this movie had one of the best shot action sequences I can remember since Children of Men. Nothing else was worthy of note.

Friday, December 19, 2008

Favorite 10 movies of 2008 so far

Posted on December 19, 2008 at 01:00 AM.

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The Dark Knight
Gran Torino
Happy Go Lucky
Let the Right One In
Frost/Nixon
The Wrestler
Dear Zachary
The Visitor
Son of Rambow
Wall-E

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