AnneBfromNY's stats
- Review count8
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- First reviewDecember 7, 2008
- Last reviewJuly 23, 2012
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AnneBfromNY's Reviews
Overall rating
4
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5
Too much like the previous one
PostedJuly 23, 2012
AnneBfromNY
from Westchester County, NY
Age:55 to 64
Gender:Female
Goes to the movies:once every few months
Dialogue
3
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5
Special Effects
4
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5
Art Direction
4
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5
Acting
4
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5
Story
3
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5
Camerawork
3
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Revisiting the League of Shadows, who once again want to destroy Gotham, is too much like the previous one.
Having such a negative medical report, and then having Batman go out and do all this severe physical activity strained credulity.
I don't like the way the lighting is so dark everywhere & the backdrops are mostly so ugly and dismal.
Did like the love scene, tho.
I really like the guy who plays the Butler
I found out that IMAX isn't necessarily 3D, to my disappointment
Pros well paced, sexy costumes, nice love scene
Cons too much like previous movie, predictable
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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4
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5
Great music
PostedJune 17, 2012
AnneBfromNY
from Westchester County, NY
Age:55 to 64
Gender:Female
Goes to the movies:few times per year
Dialogue
3
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5
Special Effects
3
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5
Art Direction
4
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5
Acting
3
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5
Story
3
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Camerawork
3
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This movie is essentially a farce. It does not take itself very seriously. That makes it fun to watch
The music is great.
The plot and dialog linking the movie are only so-so.
I went to this movie to see Tom Cruise. I was not disappointed. Tom was riveting. I'm not sure he pulled off being stoned or dissolute. There was too much fire in his eyes. But he was still riveting, because he is who he is. HIs costuming was amazing & probably showed his body to better advantage than anything we've seen before. I was stunned that he was willing to wear that thing, but he did.
Mostly, though, his singing was incredible. Tom is so brilliant at learning new skills quickly and he really did for this movie just as he has for so many others. His singing was better than anyone else's, which is amazing, since we've only heard tiny tidbits of singing from him before.
Pros music, tom cruise, great monkey (actual animal performing), leading lady very pretty, sexy costumes, silly
Cons ho-hum plot
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Overall rating
4
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5
Plot changed, funnier, sexier, but a bit of the same campy melodramatic feel
PostedMay 14, 2012
AnneBfromNY
from Westchester County, NY
Age:55 to 64
Gender:Female
Goes to the movies:few times per year
Dialogue
4
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5
Special Effects
5
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5
Art Direction
5
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5
Acting
4
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5
Story
3
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5
Camerawork
4
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5
I used to watch this TV show when I was a kid and loved it. The TV show was much more serious, paced like a soap opera (i.e. slower), and had less special effects. Plus there were plot changes from the TV show in the movie.
If you're looking for a real horror movie, this is not it. If you're looking for a real sci-fi/fantasy movie with spectacular special effects, this is not that either. If you're looking for a lot of drama and to have your emotions really roiled up, this is not that either.
If you're looking for light entertainment, not quite, but almost, a spoof of horror movies, this could be your movie. For instance, if you liked "Rocky Horror Picture Show," you might like this one.
Fundamentally, this movie is silly, not the kind of movie that makes you roll on the floor laughing, but silly. The sex scene is especially silly.
The music is cool. I just downloaded the album.
You can tell that the actors are really having fun with these silly roles, as well.
Pros great story, great actors
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Overall rating
4
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5
Lovely muscles with depth of character
PostedAugust 7, 2011
I went to the 2D version, because they did not have a 3D version at the time I wanted to go and my son didn't care. I regretted it afterwards. I love 3D
Some of the extras were predictably cartoonish -- but a couple of the main characters, especially Captain America and his commanding officer, had some depth to them and decent acting.
I really go to these movies because I like to see muscly guys in tights doing sexy things on screen. We got some of that. This guy was often in more substantial clothing, but still looked great, at least his body. His face was ordinary, in keeping with the character.
This was fun, mindless action -- not too scary -- warm, happy ending.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Overall rating
3
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5
Nice muscles
PostedMay 8, 2011
Why did I go to this movie? Mostly because I like seeing muscly guys thrash around in tight clothing. In this respect, the movie was satisfactory. I liked the way the male protagonist looked. Some people complained, allegedly, because he was not as muscly as "He-man" in "Master's of the Universe," but I think that guy was over-done. This guy's build was believable, but nevertheless impressive.
The 3D part was satisfactory, but not great. I was mesmerized when I watched "Avatar", mostly because I loved the flying. I really did not need a plot. I just wanted to keep flying. The flying in "Thor" is not as well done. It's jerkier, more chaotic, less beautiful scenery.
The scenes in the non-earth planets look hokey & cartoonish. The 3D stuff is adequate, but not breathtaking.
Natalie Portman is, of course, a really great actress. The others are middling, except for Kat Denning, who I also thought did a great job.
One thing that I found profoundly disturbing was that Loki, the bad guy, struck me as being typecast as gay. It's not that they said he was gay, but it was something about the way he looked and moved that made me think so. Hollywood needs to look at how it portrays bad guys in movies.
Of course, the bad guy had dark hair and the good guy had blond hair. There was one token Afro-American and one token East Asian. They seemed a bit incongruous with Norse gods, but at least they were there.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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4
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5
very beautiful special effects
PostedFebruary 17, 2010
Very beautiful! I just wanted to keep swooping through the air, falling precipitously through the jungle and walking on the huge branches with glowing foliage underfoot forever
I liked the way the romance developed, from two people working together.
Perhaps the morality was simplistic. Wasn’t the lamely named mineral not only worth money, but also necessary for human survival? Should the hero be lionized for betraying the human race? A bit more subtle examination of this conflict might have yielded a more intellectually challenging movie.
Also the anti-intellectual bias, preferring an “empty”-headed warrior to a scientist in learning the new culture, was disturbing.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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5
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5
FASCINATING
PostedNovember 2, 2009
He still had 'it.' Our latter day Mozart was riveting: building a show, the attention to detail, the unique voice, the fabulous special effects & dancing -- and the mysterious transformation from an odd, slightly handicapped little man into the other MIchael -- the mesmerizing Michael -- the one who stepped out whenever there was a group of people in the audience singing and dancing to his music.
My curiosity is far from sated, though. I burn to understand his mysterious affliction -- fearing that no one will ever tell us what it was -- even if they knew.
His autobiography p. 184 says 'When I take on a project, I believe in it 100 percent. I really put my soul into it. I'd die for it. That's how I am.' QED
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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5
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5
Nice message
PostedDecember 7, 2008
I went with my son who is 15 years old. We both enjoyed it. The movie is very warm and has a nice message, a message about how ordinary life is worthwhile and to be enjoyed -- that one doesn't have to have amazing adventures or be famous to be happy.
I do sort of miss the old fashioned cartoons, though. I'm not sure these fancy computer generated ones really do it for me.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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