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- Review count111
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- First reviewDecember 6, 2009
- Last reviewAugust 31, 2011
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Relaxing but pointless.
PostedAugust 31, 2011
Lighthearted, fun, but ultimately a nice waste of time. Not really a criticism, because it does put a smile on your face. Just...just...just look at the poster and you will get what this movie has to offer you: a gentle breeze of a jovial smile of happiness that may reveal you must be high on something if you think it has any real Zen value. I recommend doing what I did: watch multiple back to back action flicks full of death and destruction, then use this movie to mellow out.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Good, but
PostedAugust 31, 2011
The movie is well acted, and while there weren't enough scenes for me for the use of Krav Maga to be crucial to the visuals of the story, it definitely makes Helen Mirren/Jessica Chastain's character--as well as Israeli women in general--seem rather impressive. The movie really becomes best when the main reveal is exposed. But until then it is a little boring. The acting is too well done to give it an average rating, but it does have the feel of a historical piece that lacks the intrigue because, from what I understand, it didn't on any level ever happen.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Very impressive
PostedAugust 31, 2011
Action fans, please go and support this movie because Zoe Saldana truly is impressvie. Felt almost like a mixture of Tomb Raider, Aeon Flux, and Scarface. There were a few over the top moments, but in general the believability of the characters--particularly in the subtlety of their speech--was refreshing. Lennie James, especially, was nice to watch as a believable FBI agent--be sure to thank your script writer giving you some well done material. Cliff Curtis deserves starring billing; while he did several of the over the top scenes, his character also made the film fun to watch. Those sex scenes with Michael Vartan were unnecessary--you don't get to see enough of ZS anyway, and closing a door so they can have their private time is enough to indicate sex is taking place. Plus her outfits--those beautifully form fitting outfits--were enough to tantalize. I am very surprised that it hasn't done better at the box office.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Well done!
PostedAugust 22, 2011
I found myself down on a lot of movie remakes an re-envisions of late, but this movie was certainly not one of them. Colin Farrell was amazing as the bad guy vampire, and the CGI was absolutely magnificent in how it portrayed the motion of the monsters as well as their transformations. Really good movie making, smart in its execution. This movie was delightfully horrific.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Interest holding, thought provoking.
PostedAugust 22, 2011
Well acted and a good story, I still got the feeling that I was watching a film similar to Amistad. Being black, it was hard to watch the truth of the past; but this was even more so, because instead of the people in the movie being portrayed as the Nazis have been, we are to instead appreciate their humanity; all the characters, including the most vicious or nonchalant, are of course human, but it feels like only in America, with American Blacks, is this to be just so accepted--even today, there is a Tea Party in America ready to, at least verbally, take up arms (or at least violent rhetoric) just for being made to buy health insurance and possibly being forced to increase their tax burden, yet somehow men and women being treated like circus beast is just a thing of the past. It is this sense that taking the "n word" out of a Mark Twain book is somehow supposed to heal the pain my blood and mind feels when remembering the past. On the other hand, whether from lack of effort or lack of finance, stories about the black experience in America aren't told except from films like these, and this was a very good film. But it does make me question whether honoring Martin Lurther King honors Christ like principles or my boldly principled ancestors or intelligence over brutality, or does honoring Dr. King let white people save face and feel safe while maintaining a fragile peace that only time and memory loss can sustain.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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I don't think so.
PostedAugust 22, 2011
Hollywood enjoys making remakes or reusing characters in new adventures. Sadly, this paid no homage to the Schwartzenegger films and was pretty weak on its own. Jason Momoa looks more like the comic book character, but his persona is too model like to be taken seriously as a seriously blood thirsty brute. Rachel Nichols lacked class and refinement--hard to believe she beat other women for the leading lady role. Rose McGowan and Morgan Freeman were sadly a part of this film--being the best parts of this flick, they were unfairly misused for weak material--but I guess everyone needs a job these days. Poor Ron Perlman--sorry man, I wish the powers that be would try harder for you. Stephen Lang, this just ain't your genre. Marcus Nispel, I was paying attention too much to how you shot close ups, how you captured battle scenes, and how you visualized your film--trust me, do this again and you won't make major films in Hollywood much longer (unless, of course, you are hanging out with J. J. Abrams). Was this movie worth revisiting a character immortalized by Arnold, so nostalgic to my childhood, so central to the development of all action/fantasy movies? I don't think so! And I only paid $6 to see it. What a shame.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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They tried, but...
PostedAugust 16, 2011
I fell asleep--without any excuses of work or a late night or a heavy lunch to blame. A bunch of cute crude humor moments don't make much of a movie, even if you have the decency to keep the film experience short, Nick Swardson; being brash and uncomfortably honest doesn't make you funny, Aziz Ansari. Even with the cheap matinee, this was little more than a waste of time, and definitely a waste of money.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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5
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5
(: )) !!!
PostedAugust 4, 2011
Going in with the expectation of nothing more than Snakes on a Plane (which was kind of crappy, but for me still enjoyable), this movie superseded all expectations beyond belief and was truly incredible. Great acting, great story, great use of CGI, great action. A must see on a big screen.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Enjoy the movie, not the hype
PostedJuly 23, 2011
This was a really well done movie. Great actors with very believable dialogue. While there was sufficient action in this movie, it will not overwhelm the senses, so don't go in expecting as much. Chris Evans was a great choice for the role--much respect to the CGI masters who reduced his body to the size of someone with cystic fibrosis, to the trainer who helped condition him to his superhero physique, and to Chris Evans himself for being authentic as average man and Avenger. Hugo Weaving is the man--hope in his lifetime he gets the honors he deserves; as always he plays the role of villain well. Much respect to the make up artist who crafted his Red Skull mask. Looking forward to the AVENGERS movie next year.
PS--saw the movie in 2D and was well entertained; can't even imagine that it would have been worth the extra money for 3D. The movie was more character driven than visually stunning, despite how cool the Captain America costume and shield were. Suggest strongly that you save your money.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Underwhelming for me, Outstanding for HP fans.
PostedJuly 19, 2011
More action than all the other movies combined, and more thought provoking as well. But I still had to fight, unsuccessfully, falling asleep. The visuals were amazing, but like all movies, will only go so far in supporting a movie wherein the characters hold so little interest to the viewer. This is how it was for me. I was sad that I went, actually, because I know some audience members heard my snores (which is how I readily woke up), and I heard one person say as I was leaving the theatre "Who falls asleep at a Harry Potter movie?" I hated I was a part of diminishing the experience for some true fans, as I hate it when others do it to movies I like--I tried, but I couldn't help it. The creativity and thoroughness of development of the Harry Potter world has been amazing. However, after awhile to me this is just another world (similar to me being impressed by another's country and culture because it is foreign to me, be not caring so much about the uniqueness of my own neighborhood because I've lived here for so long). I never, after all these long movies, could latch on to these characters; never thought much of any life lessons meant to be taught here. Which is why in this last movie it was more a bummer to me that HP's mom seemed to be exposed as a lying ho who had one man's baby but who left him to "fall in love" for the man who would likely take better care of her and the kid. It was a bummer to think that Dumbledorf either was misunderstood by those closest to him or, what seemed to be more the case, that he consistently used manipulation--often unnecessarily so--to get people to act the way he wanted to achieve his ends. Then there are all the movies wherein I hear parent objections to the level of violence they see which seems shockingly silent here, give some characters walking in pools of blood of those they've killed; also, many witches and humanoid monsters were killed in this "kids'" movie, but the voices of objection seem strangely faint. Then there is this lingering impression that the ideas of good vs evil don't have the the same meaning--if they even apply--to this world; closer to natural or social darwinism, there is this sense that there is us and then there is them, and what matters more than what makes us "us" and them "them" is that a balance exists between opposing forces--individuals don't matter and ideals don't matter to the grand scheme of things, but what matters is that the ecosystem is preserved--maybe. And it's the maybe that is my problem, because there is so much ado about ultimately nothing; people will fight or people will cower, people will love and people will hate, people will kill and people will reproduce, but life just goes on until it doesn't. A with such a premise, as long as my world and the things I care about aren't affected, then I have to ask then, "Who cares?"
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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