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- Review count9
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- First reviewMay 11, 2009
- Last reviewMay 16, 2013
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- Average rating3.9
Trainzguy's Reviews
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Nearing 50 Years & Getting Tired of Tributes
PostedMay 16, 2013
Trainzguy
from AMC Mayfair iMax 3D
Age:45 to 54
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:weekly
Dialogue
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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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I dunno about you, but how many ways can Hollywood reprocess, slice and cut the Khan character-fold into storyline after storyline? How about tribbles? How about exploded moons over Kronos? Can we use the Daystrom and Bradbury proper names AGAIN please??
Vieled attempt to conjure a motion picture alam ST arround terrorism without using the word ONCE, not ONCE, is just too PC for me. Ok, so in 3D on iMax this film rocks from an art perspective. Dialogue is full of Scotty-Bones-Kirk sarcasm and Spock-stoicisms, so its getting "old" and really needs to be retired as next year will be the 50th. The special effects are excellent, as are the costumes, but as a diehard trekker, I guess I'd like to see a deeper darker, more mature Star Trek, much like Nolan has done with Batman. An occasional S-bomb or SOB doesn't inflect enough maturity, IMHO.
Good film, predicatble plot, Pine is no eye-candy replacement for Shatner (despite his adeuqate attempts to mimic the original), and re-Wrath of Khan wasn't as dark as it could have been...nor should have been.
Vieled attempt to conjure a motion picture alam ST arround terrorism without using the word ONCE, not ONCE, is just too PC for me. Ok, so in 3D on iMax this film rocks from an art perspective. Dialogue is full of Scotty-Bones-Kirk sarcasm and Spock-stoicisms, so its getting "old" and really needs to be retired as next year will be the 50th. The special effects are excellent, as are the costumes, but as a diehard trekker, I guess I'd like to see a deeper darker, more mature Star Trek, much like Nolan has done with Batman. An occasional S-bomb or SOB doesn't inflect enough maturity, IMHO.
Good film, predicatble plot, Pine is no eye-candy replacement for Shatner (despite his adeuqate attempts to mimic the original), and re-Wrath of Khan wasn't as dark as it could have been...nor should have been.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Gritty Style Maintained in PA4
PostedOctober 19, 2012
Trainzguy
from Northshore Ultramax Milwaukee WI
Age:45 to 54
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:weekly
Dialogue
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5
Special Effects
4
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Art Direction
4
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Acting
4
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5
Story
4
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Camerawork
4
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In keeping pace with the first 3 installments of PA, PA4 lays the groundwork for another montage of 3 or 4 simulcasts about 5 years later. Kaie returns, though absent for much o fthe film until the last horrific 10 minutes, and we meet a new family and teen boyfriend, whose lives are in dire jeopardy.
While our theatre was not sold out for the premier at 9PM, the crowd moaned and groaned in anticipation, jumping in unison with every surprising camera jerk and sudden, unexpected appearance in the scene.
The nightmare does not unfold as dramatically as in PA2 and PA3 where the veiwer was already informed about the consequences from PA1. A chandelier falls, nearly killing the teen heroine (or victim), camera panning to reveal the antisocial "Robert" who is visiting while his mother (Kate) is recovering at hospital. A little like a low budget Omen, maybe too similar for my taste, even cliche.
Geeks will like the integration of a Micorosft Kinect to the visual, transmitting a blanket of infrared dots in the living room, revealing the movement of otherwise unseen phantoms while Robert and Wyatt both take turns speaking to the television set. In one seen, Wyatt, the youngest member of the soon-to-be-retired family, is followed down the steps to the living room, as the camera records a shadowy figure painted by the Kinect array in the scene. Erie? Bone-chilling? OF COURSE! And grreat fun, too.
PA4 is the shortest of the PA installments, but retains the form and style which has placed the film series in a distinctive class in the horror genre. The film ends as suddenly as the others, leaving the audience gasping for air and relief, with pounding heats screaming for more...and undoubtedly more will follow, just like the figure in the living room.
Pros well paced, great story, scary
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Special Effects - Ho-Hum..Script is Garbage
PostedMarch 31, 2012
I can only conclude that the stars were signed before reading the script...This one is for the rapid-DVD-deployment pile....
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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Cliche and Predictable
PostedApril 5, 2011
Universal Soldier meets 7 Days...by the third translation in time, we know the hero
and choppy, detracting from an otherwise exciting and action-filled usual experience. Of course, the final counter-reality disappointment is found in the representation of the dirty-bomber antagonist as a middle-class white guy with mental problems rather than depicting the more accurate threat promised by radical Islamists from Iran or pro-communist North Koreans. The film is neither bold nor original, and suffers horribly from scene-written political correctness.
and choppy, detracting from an otherwise exciting and action-filled usual experience. Of course, the final counter-reality disappointment is found in the representation of the dirty-bomber antagonist as a middle-class white guy with mental problems rather than depicting the more accurate threat promised by radical Islamists from Iran or pro-communist North Koreans. The film is neither bold nor original, and suffers horribly from scene-written political correctness.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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Law/Downey TERRIFIC!
PostedDecember 28, 2009
Saw it twice with two different friends...and each of us were verifiably enterntained. Shows the practical inductive reasoning of Holmes, while breaking out from the stoggey and frail English image established by Basil Rathbone. Excellent prospects for a new franchise and a wonderful return to his BEST style of acting....Robert Downey, Jr.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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AVATAR could use an avatar
PostedDecember 18, 2009
The film stands in a class of its own by fantasy standards, as well as computer-generated and computer-assisted graphics. Unfortunately, this cannot be enjoyed by children who would have found it exciting due to the occassional and unnecessary profanity (Commercial Hollywood: can't take my 7 year old who would have really enjoyed some of it).
By comparison, Disney's A Christmas Carol, was a far better 3D rendering with terrific detailing, but the action in AVATAR would prove a better guy-flick-night-out, while CAROL would be a better chick-flick date.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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FAST - INTENSE
PostedOctober 24, 2009
Outstanding sequel...sets the stage for yet another episode. The machinery and games were creayive and original. The quality of the movie was excellent. The pace was so fast that the hour-and-a-half seemed over too soon...left us all wanting more.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Paranormal - Very Abnormal
PostedOctober 18, 2009
The film was one of the best ever - demonstrates that money doesn't guarantee quality as this film was NO BUDGET...the tension and horror builds to a shocking end, and the home movie effect in the style of Blair Witch is necessary for the credibility ifthe film. It draws you in and spits you out! FIVE STARS!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Star Trek
PostedMay 11, 2009
Fanstatsic - even the second time through...Lays the foundation for a completely new series thanks to a timeline change at the very beginning. Abrams has created a visual masterpiece in whcih the CGI is indistinguishable from the actual..
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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