WaltR's stats
- Review count8
- Helpfulness votes0
- First reviewNovember 24, 2008
- Last reviewDecember 26, 2011
- Featured reviews0
- Average rating3.9
WaltR's Reviews
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5
Thrilling - really.
PostedDecember 26, 2011
Great acting, fantastic real stunts (ie non CGI and you can really feel the dif). This is a movie you can take Jr Highers and up to since there is not much foul language or racy scenes. The action is intense and thrilling like a roller coaster. You are on the edge of your seat the majority of the movie. The plot was a bit thin (if you saw the trailer you pretty much know the plot) with several instances of fridge logic, but they did a pretty good job denying the audience until the end without feeling contrived; it redeemed the franchise. For those of us that liked the TV show, the music tied back to the show so well; it really made it great for me. Once, I'd like the IMF to do things right and have nothing go wrong. The TV show was able to pull that off most of the time.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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5
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Very Good Friendship Story
PostedJanuary 22, 2011
This movie not only is well written, well made, well acted, and scored well - it is an unusual story of how two guys grow in mutual respect and friendship without any untoward undertones. The R rating is simply because of a lot of profanity - which is tastefully and truthfully portrayed and is a necessary element to the story; not gratuitous. It's really an inappropriate use of the R rating out of blind "fairness" rather than common sense. It should be rated PG13.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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3
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loads of action - trite story
PostedNovember 13, 2010
Was there any doubt of a happy ending? Were there any unexpected twists and turns? No.
Was it a good solid fun ride with very good acting? Yes.
The story was trite and over done. The suits are the bad guys, laying people off is evil, and working class people are the brains (unless you're fat and working class and then you are a moronic joke). Typical class warfare angst.
Gripping action - great camera and editing work - again: great acting. Lame story.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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4
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5
stunning visual - good story
PostedMarch 12, 2010
I was stunned by the graphics and the 3D was fantastic - I'm hooked on 3d now! You forget the technology and enjoy the movie. I was incredibly surprised that the movie is not the story from the book. I really thought that it was going to be a movie adaptation of the book "Alice in wonderland" and when it was not I was both surprised and ultimately happy about that as the story of the movie was better than the book. The movie has enough elements of the book to make the purest happy while at the same time telling a different and exciting story that is more coherent than the book.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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4
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Great - but not truly 3d
PostedSeptember 12, 2009
There was only a few minutes of 3d and then it was 2d the rest of the movie. The few minutes of 3d were very remarkable.
Part of the story was a bit muddled as Dumbledore desperately needed some information that it turns out by what he did after he found out that he must have already known.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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A great continuation of the story
PostedMay 23, 2009
Good story that can both stand alone and moves along the overall multi-movie plot. Typical theme of how "fate" heals a potential time travel paradox was made to feel familiar without feeling trite. A few minor continuity issues can be overlooked or explained by an altered time-line. The CGI was wonderfully done.
Only one stinker scene, which was used to "explain" what was happening in which Marcus dialogues with Skynet, was poorly written, poorly executed visually, and completely superfluous. The whole scene and implication could and should have been done without personifying Skynet. The impersonal oblivious nature of Skynet is lost. Less would have been more.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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4
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Very Good Movie
PostedMay 2, 2009
It had a lot of story, which I think is an appeal of X-Men over some other brands. Some who like non-stop edge of your seat action all of the time will find that it lags in spots, but that is to move the story along. Connected well with other movies in answering details to Wolverine's past with only minor redaction.
The Easter egg is not worth waiting for except to be able to say you saw it.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Worth it.
PostedNovember 24, 2008
It's once again not the over hyped 007 we have been used to, but if you saw Casino Royale, you know that. It was a good story with just the right amount of techy action, but the main plot point when they finally revealed the motive of the bad guys was simply unbelievable. In avoiding a cliche they "twisted" into the impossible. There is suspending reality and then there is just being ridiculous. The story was good over all, it was masterfully executed, and well put together, I enjoyed every bit except the fact that the main threat was so bazaar as to not be threatening.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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