WANTED 
(Timur Bekmambetov) ***1/2 - A young man named Wesley (James McAvoy), who is tired of his boring life as an office worker, learns that his dad is a professional assassin who was killed by an opposing group, and now he must avenge his father's death. This was a pleasant surprise for me. The previews made it look really stupid (curving a bullet?) and I heard only negative reviews from my friends (sorry, Katie and Christina), but if you like the idea of the Wachowski Brothers doing a Tarrantino film, then you might actually like this. Morgan Freeman is always the man, and it's fun to see him do an intense role. And my mom loved McAvoy, so what else do you need to know?! My only beef was the magical loom...you just have to see it. FAVORITE SCENE: Wesley hits a guy in the face with a computer keyboard, and the letters fly off the board, along with a tooth, in slow motion, spelling a certain "colorful" phrase...
(Timur Bekmambetov) ***1/2 - A young man named Wesley (James McAvoy), who is tired of his boring life as an office worker, learns that his dad is a professional assassin who was killed by an opposing group, and now he must avenge his father's death. This was a pleasant surprise for me. The previews made it look really stupid (curving a bullet?) and I heard only negative reviews from my friends (sorry, Katie and Christina), but if you like the idea of the Wachowski Brothers doing a Tarrantino film, then you might actually like this. Morgan Freeman is always the man, and it's fun to see him do an intense role. And my mom loved McAvoy, so what else do you need to know?! My only beef was the magical loom...you just have to see it. FAVORITE SCENE: Wesley hits a guy in the face with a computer keyboard, and the letters fly off the board, along with a tooth, in slow motion, spelling a certain "colorful" phrase...THE DARK KNIGHT (Christopher Nolan) ****1/2 - The Batman (Christian Bale) must fight an enemy he isn't prepared for in The Joker (H
eath Ledger), while James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and new District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) help him to bring down the seemingly untouchable underbelly of Gotham City. What can I say about this superhero masterpiece that you don't already know. This is probably my favorite film of the year so far. It is, without question, the best live-action Batman movie ever made (other than Batman and Robin...hahaha, but seriously, Joel Schumacher, what drugs were you on?). Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, Michael Caine as Alfred, and Oldman give top notch performances. Nolan's directing is as dark and scary as ever, which is how Batman should be. And, finally, Ledger...it's hard to describe how incredible his portrayal of the best villain ever created is. He is so sinister and believable, it is no wonder that it helped to lead him to his untimely death. Give him the Oscar! FAVORITE SCENE: Hard to choose, but I might have to go with Batman and Joker's confrontation in the interrogation room.
eath Ledger), while James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and new District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) help him to bring down the seemingly untouchable underbelly of Gotham City. What can I say about this superhero masterpiece that you don't already know. This is probably my favorite film of the year so far. It is, without question, the best live-action Batman movie ever made (other than Batman and Robin...hahaha, but seriously, Joel Schumacher, what drugs were you on?). Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, Michael Caine as Alfred, and Oldman give top notch performances. Nolan's directing is as dark and scary as ever, which is how Batman should be. And, finally, Ledger...it's hard to describe how incredible his portrayal of the best villain ever created is. He is so sinister and believable, it is no wonder that it helped to lead him to his untimely death. Give him the Oscar! FAVORITE SCENE: Hard to choose, but I might have to go with Batman and Joker's confrontation in the interrogation room. STEP
BROTHERS (Adam McKay) ** - Two forty-year-old men (Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly) who still live at home are forced to move in with each other when their single parents decide to get married. Dear Mr. Ferrell, Remember when you were actually funny for an entire movie? I miss those days. Sincerely, The Human Race. I really wanted to like this, and I did like it for the first half hour or so, but eventually I just got bored and sleepy. The writing towards the end seemed to get lazy and didn't live up to the laughs at the beginning (A long fart joke? Really?). FAVORITE SCENE: I did like when Ferrell's character sang for Reilly's character for the first time. I will never hear "Something to Talk About" the same way again.
BROTHERS (Adam McKay) ** - Two forty-year-old men (Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly) who still live at home are forced to move in with each other when their single parents decide to get married. Dear Mr. Ferrell, Remember when you were actually funny for an entire movie? I miss those days. Sincerely, The Human Race. I really wanted to like this, and I did like it for the first half hour or so, but eventually I just got bored and sleepy. The writing towards the end seemed to get lazy and didn't live up to the laughs at the beginning (A long fart joke? Really?). FAVORITE SCENE: I did like when Ferrell's character sang for Reilly's character for the first time. I will never hear "Something to Talk About" the same way again.
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It breaks me heart to hear that Will Ferrel's film was as I secretly feared it to be.
Also, even though I detected some significant plot holes in my second viewing of The Dark Knight, I still would give it 5 stars, er, asterisks. And if you're not willing to do so, then I demand you explain why (though it might be wise to warn others if your explanation contains spoilers).
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Ok, so my only issues with The Dark Knight were small, but significant enough for me to not call it flawless. I liked Aaron Eckhart as Two-Face, but I thought his portrayal of Harvey Dent as the shining light of Gotham city was not believable. It could be that I just couldn't get past the fact that I knew who he would become, but who knows. I also that thought Maggie Gyllenhaal was slightly annoying, though much better than Katie Holmes.
It also just felt strange to give it Five stars when there are films out there that are flawless in my opinion (ya know, like Schindler's List or Gigli).
I hope this clarifies
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I see your point. Five asterisks should denote flawlessness and there certainly were still flaws in the Dark Night. I felt that Two-Face's transition was a bit sudden (but the film was already two hours and change, so if it wasn't sudden... then yikes). Also, there are a lot of holes surrounding Gordon's faked death and his later claim that Two Face had killed 5 people, three of them cops, when my roommate and I deliberately counted on our most recent viewing and summed only three or four possible murders, one of them being a cop. Oh well, maybe the director's cut will explain it all.
And I though I think few would refute your assumption that five asterisks belong to only "perfect films" such as Schindler's List, Citizen Kane, and The Whoopee Boys, I think I was just perturbed that the difference between an action-explosion-kaPOW move such as WANTED and perhaps the greatest portrayal of villain in a movie ever was a single asterisk. The distinction seemed somewhat nebulous. Maybe instead of asterisks (or "stars" as you wrongly term them - it's called a jpeg, look into it) you should use more arbitrary forms of rating. Such as: "I give I Am Legend, 4 bananas out of 6 and 13 hairs." That way we can interpret what you are trying to say into whatever the hell we want to. Just a thought.
Thank you for entertaining my inquiries!
Everyones writing makes me laugh.
I think I agree with everythhing... I probably would have given step brothers a little less rating though, it was just sooo bad after the first half hour- and everything funny in the first half hour was stuff that I already saw on the trailer.
I'm glad you liked Wanted too. The parents and I saw it and we all really liked it. It was just a good fun entertaining movie.
Batman is soo good. I've seen it 3times now. (I know, I need a life.)
I think you should rate movies by how much money you would be willing to spend on them.
ie. Wanted - Buy it when it goes on sale for $10.
Batman - But it the day it comes out and again later at Christmas when they release a version with more extras.
Step-Brothers - Netflix it if your a die hard Farrell fan or don't bother at all.
Just a though. Hope you're doing well, take care!
Jessica:
thats a good idea...i might not have any real system, and just write something at the beginning like "greatest movie i have seen in a while" or "not that good" or something.
the price thing is good though...i might use that
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