2010 - 0/5
Not going to lie, I spent the majority of the movie doing other stuff - looking at flyers, checking my phone, ect.
*My personal opinions* on any movie that I have watched.
January 30, 2016
January 29, 2016
January 28, 2016
Brokeback Mountain
2005 - 0/5
My review in the form of texts I sent my friend:
10mins in - its boring
30mins in - still boring
Anne Hathaway - still boring
1hr15mins - still boring
1hr30mins - this needs to be over
Anna Faris - still boring
If you haven't seen it until now, I'd say there's no reason to.
My review in the form of texts I sent my friend:
10mins in - its boring
30mins in - still boring
Anne Hathaway - still boring
1hr15mins - still boring
1hr30mins - this needs to be over
Anna Faris - still boring
If you haven't seen it until now, I'd say there's no reason to.
January 20, 2016
January 19, 2016
Notes On A Scandal
2006 - 2/5
Loved, loved loved the “mind the gap” part.
Judy dench was amazing and so incredibly convincing.
Loved, loved loved the “mind the gap” part.
Judy dench was amazing and so incredibly convincing.
January 16, 2016
A Haunted House
2013 - 0.7/5
LOL, wtf did I just watch?! The first half had me entertained, then I lost interest.
LOL, wtf did I just watch?! The first half had me entertained, then I lost interest.
January 13, 2016
Stir of Echoes
1999 - 2/5
I don’t know what it is about Kevin Bacon, but I’ve always liked him as an actor.
I find that there really aren’t any good mystery/thriller these days.
I don’t know what it is about Kevin Bacon, but I’ve always liked him as an actor.
I find that there really aren’t any good mystery/thriller these days.
January 6, 2016
Tusk
2014 - 0/5
So let me enlighten you as to why I actually watched this movie. We all know I’ve watched my share of shitty movies, but I did not watch this willingly. The story goes like this…
Many months ago, a coworker saw it and decided that I too should be tortured. Since then, I kept being hassled. One faithful day, I had taken doogh to work (a carbonated yogurt drink). This coworker smelled it, and as most non-E-rans, was repulsed. This is when the light went off in my head; that the only way I could stop being harassed to watch this movie, was to place a bet. The bet was as follows: I had to sit through the whole movie so long as my coworker drank an entire bottle of doogh. I personally believe she got the short end of the stick, but that’s not to downplay how horrible this movie was.
This being a Kevin Smith movie, it seemed like it was made to be a ‘cult-classic’, with a cult following. This was an idea and because the guy has money, he went for it.
Surprisingly, this movie did have its fair share of good acting: Justin Long (although his character is an asshole, he did a good job). Michael Parks (the character was psycho, but he was convincing). Johnny Depp (had I not been told that it was him, I would have never been the wiser).
The pacing really kills this movie. Omg, does it drag. There were many moments in which I just had to sit there and suffer through some scenes that were 75% longer than they needed to be.
Hearing Wallace (Justin Long) scream (if that’s even the right word) made me want to puke. As for the ending, I just don’t understand. My coworker said it best, short and sweet: Why?
So many questions… this IMDB review sums them up nicely:
-There's a pretty significant gap in this movie. We go from Justin Long with no legs and arms fused to shoulders to full on Justin Long in walrus suit. I mean, the walrus suit was discussed in earlier parts of the movie, but I feel like I missed something. There was no scene where Justin Long was being put into the walrus suit. It just left me confused.
So let me enlighten you as to why I actually watched this movie. We all know I’ve watched my share of shitty movies, but I did not watch this willingly. The story goes like this…
Many months ago, a coworker saw it and decided that I too should be tortured. Since then, I kept being hassled. One faithful day, I had taken doogh to work (a carbonated yogurt drink). This coworker smelled it, and as most non-E-rans, was repulsed. This is when the light went off in my head; that the only way I could stop being harassed to watch this movie, was to place a bet. The bet was as follows: I had to sit through the whole movie so long as my coworker drank an entire bottle of doogh. I personally believe she got the short end of the stick, but that’s not to downplay how horrible this movie was.
This being a Kevin Smith movie, it seemed like it was made to be a ‘cult-classic’, with a cult following. This was an idea and because the guy has money, he went for it.
Surprisingly, this movie did have its fair share of good acting: Justin Long (although his character is an asshole, he did a good job). Michael Parks (the character was psycho, but he was convincing). Johnny Depp (had I not been told that it was him, I would have never been the wiser).
The pacing really kills this movie. Omg, does it drag. There were many moments in which I just had to sit there and suffer through some scenes that were 75% longer than they needed to be.
Hearing Wallace (Justin Long) scream (if that’s even the right word) made me want to puke. As for the ending, I just don’t understand. My coworker said it best, short and sweet: Why?
So many questions… this IMDB review sums them up nicely:
-There's a pretty significant gap in this movie. We go from Justin Long with no legs and arms fused to shoulders to full on Justin Long in walrus suit. I mean, the walrus suit was discussed in earlier parts of the movie, but I feel like I missed something. There was no scene where Justin Long was being put into the walrus suit. It just left me confused.
-Speaking of the walrus suit - it is made of random pieces of people. All of the pieces appear to be in similar states of decomposition, which doesn't make sense. We know he didn't kill every one at once. Also, isn't he trying to make Justin Long look like a walrus? When he's in the suit, he looks more like a quilt than a walrus.
-Speaking of the body parts - at the end of the movie, Justin Long decides to stay a walrus... What? Why would you want to stay a walrus? And not even just the suit, he wants live in a walrus habitat and eat raw fish. Dude, I get that your sort of stuck like that, but why go, as the movie puts it, "full walrus?"
-Speaking of the fact that he wants to stay a walrus - I don't think he legally can stay a walrus. This suit he is in is made out of murdered people. Isn't that evidence? Wouldn't you have to ask the family if you can keep the arm skin or face (yes, there are faces on it) of your loved on that's been killed? This one really got to me... this doesn't seem legal. And also, even if he didn't want to be fixed, wouldn't they try to remove the walrus suit since it contains the human remains of murder victims?
Overall, I never expected this movie to be either horror or comedy, but I really don’t know what to classify it as, other than shit. If you for whatever reason happen to be even remotely curious, don’t say you weren’t warned.
And lastly, to the American people reading this, Canadian’s do not say “aboot”.
Overall, I never expected this movie to be either horror or comedy, but I really don’t know what to classify it as, other than shit. If you for whatever reason happen to be even remotely curious, don’t say you weren’t warned.
And lastly, to the American people reading this, Canadian’s do not say “aboot”.
January 5, 2016
Banksy Does New York
2014 - 4.5/5
I've been a fan of Banksy's work for a while now, and I remember being excited to watch Exit Through the Gift Shop when it first came out (in theatres).
Strictly Banksy related stuff:
So cool that he took up residence in NY for 1 month and added a piece everyday. Obviously this was pre-planned far in advanced and with the help of several people.
I think the message Banksy ends up sending in his art is just incredible. He ties his art into past and present events.
People steal his art and try to sell it, some people trying to charge money for it, some people try to preserve it. It was interesting to see how people went crazy and followed it.
It was so cool to see how the size difference between his pieces - some were small, others were on a much larger scale. Just fascinating.
When it comes to the actual movie:
I did not like how some of the scenes weren't edited out (the art gallery guy talking about House of Cards); not necessary and really stupid to add into this. And a few other parts that just did not belong. There were some people that were being interviewed that I thought should have had more screen time than other ones.
I've been a fan of Banksy's work for a while now, and I remember being excited to watch Exit Through the Gift Shop when it first came out (in theatres).
Strictly Banksy related stuff:
So cool that he took up residence in NY for 1 month and added a piece everyday. Obviously this was pre-planned far in advanced and with the help of several people.
I think the message Banksy ends up sending in his art is just incredible. He ties his art into past and present events.
People steal his art and try to sell it, some people trying to charge money for it, some people try to preserve it. It was interesting to see how people went crazy and followed it.
It was so cool to see how the size difference between his pieces - some were small, others were on a much larger scale. Just fascinating.
When it comes to the actual movie:
I did not like how some of the scenes weren't edited out (the art gallery guy talking about House of Cards); not necessary and really stupid to add into this. And a few other parts that just did not belong. There were some people that were being interviewed that I thought should have had more screen time than other ones.
These are my favourite pieces:
January 1, 2016
The Hateful 8
2015 - 3/5
Going into this movie, having watched the trailer, I wasn’t 100% clear what the movie was about. Obviously John Ruth (Kurt Russell) was transporting his prisoner, Daisy Domergue to a town in order to collect his bounty. When they run into some weather issues and need to stay at a cabin with some other guys, that’s where this movie is a big on the vague side. The trailer doesn’t exactly give away what’s going to happen after.
So this movie is split into 6 Chapters. You blast through the first 3 in the first 30 minutes of the movie, but my goodness, it was the longest 30 minutes of my life (please note, I was using the words “blast through” VERY loosely. Pretty much every scene was sooo long winded. Not knowing how many chapters this movie had going in, and also knowing that this movie was 2hrs40mins long, I was expecting 25 chapters. After the 4th chapter ended I was scared to look at the time because I thought every chapter was going to be 10ish minutes, but feel like an hour. But when we get to the “The Final Chapter”, the 3 last chapters seemed to fly by. It was chapter 4 that things started to pick up.
This movie was incredibly dialogue heavy; and I was fine with that because I’m used to Tarantino movies and I know what to expect. It’s all build up to what will come. With that being said though, I can’t say that I was hooked on every word that was being said. Although I’m a huge fan of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Bastards, I think that Django Unchained had the best dialogue.
As for the acting, well, Tarantino brings out the best in everyone. I had no idea that Channing Tatum was in this, and I’m not going to lie, but I’m glad it wasn’t for that long. That’s not to say he didn’t do a good job, and I can see that he wants to branch out from his typical romantic and now comedy rolls – but was he the best pick possible? Tarantino has repeat actors in his movies and it always works: Samuel L. Jackson and Tim Roth – stellar choices! I’ve never been a huge fan of Kurt Russell, but again, he is on point with everything.
Tarantino has a way of adding music to scenes that actually add to what you’re watching. And most of the time you don’t even realize that you’re feeling the way you feel because of the score that was added to the scene.
All in all, this movie started off a bit on the slow side with good dialogue. The plot wasn’t the most exciting thing ever, but it was worth the watch.
Going into this movie, having watched the trailer, I wasn’t 100% clear what the movie was about. Obviously John Ruth (Kurt Russell) was transporting his prisoner, Daisy Domergue to a town in order to collect his bounty. When they run into some weather issues and need to stay at a cabin with some other guys, that’s where this movie is a big on the vague side. The trailer doesn’t exactly give away what’s going to happen after.
So this movie is split into 6 Chapters. You blast through the first 3 in the first 30 minutes of the movie, but my goodness, it was the longest 30 minutes of my life (please note, I was using the words “blast through” VERY loosely. Pretty much every scene was sooo long winded. Not knowing how many chapters this movie had going in, and also knowing that this movie was 2hrs40mins long, I was expecting 25 chapters. After the 4th chapter ended I was scared to look at the time because I thought every chapter was going to be 10ish minutes, but feel like an hour. But when we get to the “The Final Chapter”, the 3 last chapters seemed to fly by. It was chapter 4 that things started to pick up.
This movie was incredibly dialogue heavy; and I was fine with that because I’m used to Tarantino movies and I know what to expect. It’s all build up to what will come. With that being said though, I can’t say that I was hooked on every word that was being said. Although I’m a huge fan of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Bastards, I think that Django Unchained had the best dialogue.
As for the acting, well, Tarantino brings out the best in everyone. I had no idea that Channing Tatum was in this, and I’m not going to lie, but I’m glad it wasn’t for that long. That’s not to say he didn’t do a good job, and I can see that he wants to branch out from his typical romantic and now comedy rolls – but was he the best pick possible? Tarantino has repeat actors in his movies and it always works: Samuel L. Jackson and Tim Roth – stellar choices! I’ve never been a huge fan of Kurt Russell, but again, he is on point with everything.
Tarantino has a way of adding music to scenes that actually add to what you’re watching. And most of the time you don’t even realize that you’re feeling the way you feel because of the score that was added to the scene.
All in all, this movie started off a bit on the slow side with good dialogue. The plot wasn’t the most exciting thing ever, but it was worth the watch.
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