As always...
Favourite movies
The Little Prince
Zootopia
Moana
Worst movie
Suicide Squad
Pleasantly surprised with
The Fundamentals of Caring
Queen of Katwe
Expected more from
Finding Dory
Honorable mentions
Zoolander 2
Bad Santa 2
Manchester By the Sea
Dishonorable mentions
Dirty Grandpa
The Secret Life of Pets
Ghostbusters
Triple 9
Movies I still want to see
Septembers of Shiraz (aka Enemy Territory)
Pinocchio
All Eyez on Me
The Edge of Seventeen
How To Be Single
Sisters
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
The Boss
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Demolition
The Nice Guys
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Maggie's Plan
The Intervention
Bad Moms
Nerve
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
War Dogs
Numb
Kids in Love
Movies I wanted to avoid
Ride Along 2
Gods of Egypt
The Angry Birds Movie
Kung Fu Panda 3
Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice
I’m Just Not That Interested
Deadpool
The Jungle Book
Neighbors 2
Captain America: Civil War
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2017 Movies I'm Looking Forward To:
Cars 3
Coco
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
The Mummy
Power Rangers
Baywatch
The Fate of the Furious
Saw Legacy
*My personal opinions* on any movie that I have watched.
December 31, 2016
A Year In Reviews: 2016
Just a recap of movies I saw with a 2016 release date (in the order I saw them)
Zoolander 2
The Little Prince
Dirty Grandpa
Zootopia
Finding Dory
The Secret Life of Pets
Ghostbusters
The BFG
The Fundamentals of Caring
Jason Bourne
Queen of Katwe
Moana
Manchester By the Sea
Bad Santa 2
Triple 9
Suicide Squad
The Cobbler
...
Zoolander 2
The Little Prince
Dirty Grandpa
Zootopia
Finding Dory
The Secret Life of Pets
Ghostbusters
The BFG
The Fundamentals of Caring
Jason Bourne
Queen of Katwe
Moana
Manchester By the Sea
Bad Santa 2
Triple 9
Suicide Squad
The Cobbler
...
December 11, 2016
The Cobbler
2016 - 0.5/5
Let’s face it, you probably haven’t even heard of this movie. Yes, Adam Sandler is in it, but we’re talking 2016 Adam Sandler.
I’m not saying I was expecting a miracle or anything and that I would walk out of this movie thinking “Oh my god! Adam Sandler is back!”… No, no. What I was aiming for when I picked this movie was to be mildly entertained. I enjoyed this movie… to the extent one could enjoy this movie – please refer to the rating I gave it.
I think there were still some rough edges and plot decisions that weren’t as fine tuned as they could have been, but overall, they were on the right track with having a good way to present the whole “I’m a different person now and I get to live all these different lives” plot well.
I did think that that Adam Sandler did a good job with the role. And I did enjoy Method Man acting like Adam Sandler, but my favourite part was probably when Max finds out that he can be different people and he wants to ensure that other people see him as that person, so he wears the shoes of the Indian(?) guy and goes into his friends store next door.
Let’s face it, you probably haven’t even heard of this movie. Yes, Adam Sandler is in it, but we’re talking 2016 Adam Sandler.
I’m not saying I was expecting a miracle or anything and that I would walk out of this movie thinking “Oh my god! Adam Sandler is back!”… No, no. What I was aiming for when I picked this movie was to be mildly entertained. I enjoyed this movie… to the extent one could enjoy this movie – please refer to the rating I gave it.
I think there were still some rough edges and plot decisions that weren’t as fine tuned as they could have been, but overall, they were on the right track with having a good way to present the whole “I’m a different person now and I get to live all these different lives” plot well.
I did think that that Adam Sandler did a good job with the role. And I did enjoy Method Man acting like Adam Sandler, but my favourite part was probably when Max finds out that he can be different people and he wants to ensure that other people see him as that person, so he wears the shoes of the Indian(?) guy and goes into his friends store next door.
December 9, 2016
Suicide Squad
2016 - 0/5
I don't know why I wanted to see this movie when it first came out, but I never did. To this day I'm still not sure why I wanted to see it. I heard a lot of reviews saying that it wasn't that good... they weren't wrong. It was dead on arrival.
This movie just happened to be an option on a 2.5 hour flight, so I picked it. I can't say it was a GOOD waste of my time, but it sure was a waste of my time. The pacing sucked. The only reason (predictability aside of course) that I knew what point of the movie I was at was because I was on a flight. There were parts in which it draaaaaagggggggggggggged, and there were some parts that they just blew through.
I read this on IMDB and I couldn't agree more:
"Trying to keep up with the plot of this movie is like chasing a moving train. Except even when you think you've caught up to it, you're not sure you want to get on board".
As for the plot, it was stretched so thin... it was just laughable. Did they even try?! It was so typical: "If he dies, we die", yet they already know that they're going to die anyways because they're the bad guys and they'd never get the credit and nobody cares about them. It's as if they shoehorned the entire plot into the plot.
I felt that as a viewer you never really got to really care for any of the characters, there were too many to focus on. But at the same time, even if they spent more time with the character development, they would have taken the same path that got them this far, and frankly, I really didn't need to see more.
Right from the get-go, I hated pretty much all the characters. If Jared Leto really thought he played a Joker that Heath Ledger would be proud of, then he is a delusional man. I can't say that he really sucked as the Joker, mainly because it was more so the character itself that was just awful. As for Harley Quinn, again, it was the character that was so bad that it made it hard to tell if the actress sucked too. I've never been a fan of Will Smith in movies, and this one hasn't changed my mind. I have no idea who anyone else was, so I don't really care to comment further.
Overall, I'm glad I did not pay to see this. For a movie that had a LOT of hype behind it, it was incredibly forgettable.
I don't know why I wanted to see this movie when it first came out, but I never did. To this day I'm still not sure why I wanted to see it. I heard a lot of reviews saying that it wasn't that good... they weren't wrong. It was dead on arrival.
This movie just happened to be an option on a 2.5 hour flight, so I picked it. I can't say it was a GOOD waste of my time, but it sure was a waste of my time. The pacing sucked. The only reason (predictability aside of course) that I knew what point of the movie I was at was because I was on a flight. There were parts in which it draaaaaagggggggggggggged, and there were some parts that they just blew through.
I read this on IMDB and I couldn't agree more:
"Trying to keep up with the plot of this movie is like chasing a moving train. Except even when you think you've caught up to it, you're not sure you want to get on board".
As for the plot, it was stretched so thin... it was just laughable. Did they even try?! It was so typical: "If he dies, we die", yet they already know that they're going to die anyways because they're the bad guys and they'd never get the credit and nobody cares about them. It's as if they shoehorned the entire plot into the plot.
I felt that as a viewer you never really got to really care for any of the characters, there were too many to focus on. But at the same time, even if they spent more time with the character development, they would have taken the same path that got them this far, and frankly, I really didn't need to see more.
Right from the get-go, I hated pretty much all the characters. If Jared Leto really thought he played a Joker that Heath Ledger would be proud of, then he is a delusional man. I can't say that he really sucked as the Joker, mainly because it was more so the character itself that was just awful. As for Harley Quinn, again, it was the character that was so bad that it made it hard to tell if the actress sucked too. I've never been a fan of Will Smith in movies, and this one hasn't changed my mind. I have no idea who anyone else was, so I don't really care to comment further.
Overall, I'm glad I did not pay to see this. For a movie that had a LOT of hype behind it, it was incredibly forgettable.
December 3, 2016
Triple 9
2016 - 0/5
This movie didn't seem to have a whole lot of hype around it when it came out, but to me, it looked cool. Even the actors in it was a point of interest.
You could tell that this movie was supposed to turn out better than it did. The people making this movie really did have high hopes.
I liked Casey Affleck in this, except the way he chewed him gum like a cow.
I usually like Woody Harrelson, but I found him to be a bit annoying in this.
This movie didn't seem to have a whole lot of hype around it when it came out, but to me, it looked cool. Even the actors in it was a point of interest.
You could tell that this movie was supposed to turn out better than it did. The people making this movie really did have high hopes.
I liked Casey Affleck in this, except the way he chewed him gum like a cow.
I usually like Woody Harrelson, but I found him to be a bit annoying in this.
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