Summarize and Rate the Last Movie You Saw

[Kiffy Lube]

It came out in 1997.

 

[Keith]

Hugo (2011)

Scorsese's tribute to the history of film making has a charming nostisgia, it is simply one of the most simple and yet beautiful films in many a year. It perfectly captures the power of the moving image, on the youth as they experience it for the first time, as well as the importance which cinema can have to a local community during the days when it was a real event. The characters finely written, and the cast pretty much perfectly cast. For once the 3D positions the viewer inside the world of the film, rather than being an overbearing distraction.

9/10

The Quiet American (2002)

I found this thriller a little too slow moving in places, and Michael Caine's accent was a bit too jarring, and his performance not totally believable. Oddly, it was Branden Fraiser who stole the acting chops from him, with a nicely subtle, and well paced performance. Things did pick up towards the end, and the period detail was good, it just never grabbed me as a film as much as I hoped it would.

6.5/10

 

[Twitchy]

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

9/10

This movie was awesome! Tons of action, and a pretty good story too. This movie has apes killing humans with guns, who doesnt want to see that? I found it difficult to 'pick a side' throughout the movie, and often found myself rooting for the Apes to destroy the humans. I hate cliff hangers, and this movie definitely leaves room for many more movies. Apes with guns, lots of action, good story, interesting twists...

 

[Keith]

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

9/10

This movie was awesome! Tons of action, and a pretty good story too. This movie has apes killing humans with guns, who doesnt want to see that? I found it difficult to 'pick a side' throughout the movie, and often found myself rooting for the Apes to destroy the humans. I hate cliff hangers, and this movie definitely leaves room for many more movies. Apes with guns, lots of action, good story, interesting twists...

Sounds good, this is one on my list, liked the first film, and find some of the themes interesting.

 

[Twitchy]

Sounds good, this is one on my list, liked the first film, and find some of the themes interesting.

I loved it! Im a sucker for life after world destruction movies.

 

[Gimmick]

Martha Marcy May Marlene
Brilliantly eery film. I really liked the way the present day scenes are just as nervy and uneasy ass the flashback scenes, even though the flashback scenes ultimately show all the most shocking parts. The manner in which match cuts are used to go back and forth in time is extremely well done, and blends them all together in an effortlessly cool way. Really good stuff from Elizabeth Olsen as well, who put on the best performance I've seen her in so far. Well worth watching. 8/10

Bad Words
In terms of genuinely funny moments there aren't that many unfortunately, especially as the film goes on . Besides the lack of laughs though, I think the film especially loses its mark when we find out that Bateman's character doesn't actually deserve that much sympathy, and certainly not enough to pass off his offensive language and overall dickish behavior. The only real bright spots in the film is Bateman's friendship with one of the kids in the spelling bee, who both feed off each other fairly well throughout. 4/10

 

[Keith]

From Hell (2002)

Second time I have seen this film about Jake the Ripper's case, and some of the thoeries and politics surrounding the era. The leads are not too convincing, and the acents mostly poor, but it still a scary and atmospheric film, with some good supporting performances, and some interesting ideas explored, some of which work better than others.

7/10

 

[Deezy]

Expendables 3
This movie isn't going to win any Oscars, but this movie is a great action film, apparently this movie is PG-13, which was supposed to be this giant mark against it, but I didn't see any difference from the last two. The action scenes were dope, and the athlete actors Ronda Rousey and Victor Ortiz were not too shabby, especially Rousey. Didn't think she was going to be anything, but did a way better job than Gina Carano did. Arnold say "Get to da CHOPPA!!"

No Bruce Willis this round, but he is replaced by Han freakin Solo and Antonio Banderas is just

9/10

 

[Keith]

Expendables 3
This movie isn't going to win any Oscars, but this movie is a great action film, apparently this movie is PG-13, which was supposed to be this giant mark against it, but I didn't see any difference from the last two. The action scenes were dope, and the athlete actors Ronda Rousey and Victor Ortiz were not too shabby, especially Rousey. Didn't think she was going to be anything, but did a way better job than Gina Carano did. Arnold say "Get to da CHOPPA!!"

No Bruce Willis this round, but he is replaced by Han freakin Solo and Antonio Banderas is just

9/10

I like myself a good bit of Banderas, but does he really class as an aging action star?

 

[Keith]

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Really entertaining, and gripping re-telling of the Headless Horseman story, with a great cast, and good celmstry between Depp and Ricci on the romantic front. Gets just the right mix of being scary, charming, but also a bit silly. Top five Burton for me.

8/10

Up in the Air (2009)

Really sharp, black comedy with George Clooney at his deadpan best, the characters and story are beliveable. The ending does try to tie things up a little too much, but there was a nice twist to it also. Really like Vera Vermiga and Anna Kendrick too.

7.5/10

 

[ThatGuyFromNukemHigh]

Asian Schoolgirls

Combine I Spit on Your Grave with DOA. 4 friends get into a bar with fake IDs, get drugged, taken to a hotel and raped for the remainder of the night, one girl commits suicide, and the remaining girls swear revenge. Not A Porno!

7/10

 

[Deezy]

I like myself a good bit of Banderas, but does he really class as an aging action star?

Desperado......nuff said

 

[Keith]

Boyhood (2014)

A really engrossing, and charming film, with some funny moments, but also a darkness which is really nicely played and all the more powerful for how it builds under the serface. The parents are flawed characters and yet at different times seem to really be doing their best under tough conditions for their kids/teenagers. The performances are really good, and the protrayal of the younger characters is really refreshing. It totally justifys the near three hour running time also, one of the best films of the year so far.

8/10

 

[Keith]

The Final Rites (2011)

From the writer of Point Break, and starring the likes of Stephen Dorf, Wes Bentley and a wickedly over the top Christian Slater, sadly the rest of the main cast are made up of really bland, pretty faces, not than that matters, as its a real ham feast, with a so silly, its actually quite funny plot. For awhile I just thought this was a bad film, but then the stars of the film are just having too much fun for that. So bad its good in a way, not the best trashy horror, but still pretty funny.

6/10

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

One of the sharpest and most classy films from the goldern era of Hollywood. With really smart characters, dialogue, and plenty of laughs, charm and depth, the leads play off each other perfectly, and the story keeps you guess wait till the end. Simply perfect.

10/10

Konga (1960)

Another gem I found on the horror channel. It stars Michael Gough (Alfred from the Batman films) as a mad professor who returns from a year in Africa with a baby chimp who he starts experimenting with using plant DNA to prove that humans can grow in the same way as plant life. What ends up happening is that he creates a massive Gorilla who he then sets on all his enemies. The film is worth seeing just for the underrated Gough who gets the right amount of menice, and self-aware haminess. The film story itself holds the interest for about two thirds before becoming a bit creeky, the more you see the Gorilla the less convincing it is. The ending is a drawn out retelling of King Kong, but is still quite fun for how bad it looks.

7/10

Sophie Scholl (2005)

True life story, based on the events of the White Rose resistance group and their actions against the Nazi regime in 1943. It focuses on the case of brother and sister Sophie and Hans Scholl who are caught dropping anti-Hitler leaflets in a public building. The rest of the film follows Sophie's detailed questioning by the gestapo as she refuses to give up her friends or family, and stands by her beliefs, how life in prison and the eventually trial. The film is brilliantly detailed, with a wonderful dramatic tension created purely through back and fourth convensations. There is also a touching realtionship between Sophie and her cell mate, who is was also put away for being anti-regime, and who Sophie shares her experience of the world with. The performances are all really powerful, but Julia Jentsch is really compelling as the lead, and really gets across the characters humaine side, as well as her inner strength, and vunerability.

10/10

 

[Keith]

Malice (1994)

Dramatic Hitchcockian thriller, with a lively script co-written by Arron Sorkin. Alec Baldwin gets most the best lines, and is perfectly cast as the slick, but slimey doctor who is at the heart of a conflict involving a young couple. There are some nice twists, even if the use of weather and references to its genre can be a little over bearing, still an entertaining, and nicely paced thriller.

7/10