JbNN's stats
- Review count6
- Helpfulness votes7
- First reviewDecember 30, 2008
- Last reviewJanuary 7, 2013
- Featured reviews0
- Average rating3.5
JbNN's Reviews
Overall rating
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5
Spoiler Alert- Bin Laden Dies at the End
PostedJanuary 7, 2013
Dialogue
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5
Special Effects
3
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5
Art Direction
3
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5
Acting
3
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5
Story
3
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5
Camerawork
4
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Well the problem I have always had with movies like this- Lincoln, Apollo 13- is that if you know even just a little about history you already know the story. Those that have followed the hunt for Bin Laden or are looking for great movie making will be disappointed. The historic value of this movie may be greater in twenty years as a generation removed discovers it. The production could have been done by Lifetime.
I am a fan of the US foreign service. Those are the men and women stationed overseas living in dangerous areas without army issued flack jackets or high powered weapons. This movie gives some insight to what they face, not being able to go out to eat, going to the movies, being worried about walking down the street.
I wish Bigelow had focused more on the sacrifices those in the CIA and the embassy make everyday for us. When one agent decides to return to DC for a desk job she doesn't explain why. She doesn't go far enough to make the lead character human after the the sudden personal loss. Bigelow never fully explains why this woman was chosen by the CIA to lead the operation.
And there is the problem with making this movie. Keeping it a commercial attraction that will move women and pump up men.
It's a retelling of the story thats already been told a hundred times in newspapers and on television. Nothing here to see folks.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Overall rating
4
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5
Million Dollar Movie
PostedAugust 25, 2012
Dialogue
5
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5
Art Direction
4
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5
Acting
5
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5
Story
5
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5
Camerawork
4
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God bless this little gem of a film. This will go down as one of the great romantic comedies.
Shoot for just one million dollar. A lot of passion and effort went into making this movie a great production.
Pros well paced, great story, great actors, ended at just the right moment
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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More Fun Than I Expected
PostedJanuary 4, 2010
Cabin fever got the better of me and it was the only movie at the theater I didn't see yet. I was expecting a 90 minute chick talk fest but it wasn't.
Alec Baldwin and Streep have great chemistry. And it does have enough laugh out loud moments to make it worthwhile.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Overall rating
4
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5
Fun Cute Summer Movie
PostedAugust 31, 2009
My friend and I were ready to get out of the house and see something. We went to Movietickets.com, and just as I hit the "purchase Tickets" button, Sandy Kanyon, came on WABC TV and ripped the movie a new one. I immediately thought twice about our choice.
This movie had lots of laugh out loud moments, lots of creative moments and lots of touching moments. What more could you ask for a summertime Friday night?
Perhaps the drug references were a bit too much for Sandy to handle but it was Woodstock not a church gathering.
Is this a movie you can wait to see on video? NO! This is a movie about the greatest gathering in American history. This is a movie you need to see in a crowded theater on a Saturday night.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Wait for the DVD
PostedApril 13, 2009
Adventureland waits too long to get interesting. I didn't really care about any of the main characters until the romance comes to a head about 2/3 of the way through.
I couldn't get over the poor Michael Cera imitation that Jesse Eisenberg is forced to do throughout the movie.
Also if you didn't believe the dialogue coming out of Juno's mouth then skip Adventureland.
Still it's better than staying home.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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5
Campy Ron Howard
PostedDecember 30, 2008
This movie is not just about Watergate but rather the fall of a very proud Richard Nixon.
My biggest probem is that Ron Howard turns the movie into a campy '70s film. One too many interjections of 70 icons. The silver Corvette Sting Ray, the weeping Indian PSA, the Tab soda cans. We are supposed to be focused on the story not nostalgia.
This is probably why the three twenty something girls sitting behind me were laughing through much of the movie.
Still the movie is worth seeing. But there is no need to rush, no award winning performances here. Netfliks it.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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