Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 9/10
I got to watch this again... I still don't get it. But Im in the minority...
Happy everyone seemed to enjoy their experience.
I have always been a big fan of the the Planet of the Ape movies. Its great that these two last ones are like better versions of the the original forth and fifth movies.
Guardians of the galaxy: 10/10
Haha, well the rating is with regard to the material. It's excellent at being what it is.
(2001) Ghost World 8/10.
For those who haven't seen it, has a great story. Acting is excellent.
A 10 though? So the acting gets a 10, special effects 10, music 10, direction 10, costumes 10, etc. I just don't see it myself.
I've watched more movies than the average person... and I can't say I've seen many perfect movies... but some just judge off of how entertained they were for that time period, so I get it..... Craftsmanship is a whole different level of judgement.
10s for me would be Gone With The Wind, The Godfather, Psycho, Casablanca, maybe The Empire Strikes Back, etc.
I was thinking something similar the other day about how audiences rate movies. For me, I rate a movie against all the previous ones I have ever seen.10s for me would be Gone With The Wind, The Godfather, Psycho, Casablanca, maybe The Empire Strikes Back, etc.
I was thinking something similar the other day about how audiences rate movies. For me, I rate a movie against all the previous ones I have ever seen.
The best movie I have ever seen is The Godfather, although I put Citizen Kane right there as well. Those get 10.0/10.0 from me. On the other end of my rating spectrum are movies like Exorcist II:The Heretic and Batman and Robin. Those are movies that would net a 2.0/10.0. The Heretic hurt my personal wonder for movies early on because I adored the original film. The sequel taught me to be wary of the movies that come after the ones that appealed to me.
I rarely give anything a 1.0 or 0.0 because there are movies I've seen that are panned by practically everyone like Leonard Part 6. Bill Cosby was the reason why I paid money to see it. Cosby still owes me full admission price. And popcorn. A soda. Gas... Plus. those kinds of movies don't penetrate my trailer screening process very often.
My ratings are usually not far off from general consensus, even though they seldom ever match exactly. One joy I take from watching movies is that rare chance of catching one that almost everyone--audiences, paid critics, and pay-for-view networks--all seem to agreed is a great film. Silence of the Lambs and The Dark Knight were personal moviegoing highlights for me in the past two decades or so.
Everyone has their preferences for what makes a movie entertaining, but most audience opinion tends to run within a certain range. I like sites such as Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic because they give audiences and paid critics an opportunity to log their individual opinion and tabulate overall taste. They offer a balanced overall viewpoint against individual claims of best or worst movie ever.
HmmmCan't see how any movie can get a 10/10 when a major feature is a Raccoon with a gun. lol.
10s for me would be
Can't see how any movie can get a 10/10 when a major feature is a transvestite with a knife. lol.Psycho
The Empire Strikes Back
etc.
From the documentary side of things...
If anyone grew up in the 80's-90's, understood the impact of Hip-Hop as a culture, and the variety of messages it provided to inner city youths....... not the narrow pop fodder you get now...
you have to see this....
Time is Illmatic, documentary on NAS classic album Illmatic (arguably one of the greatest albums of all time, and definitely one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time) Amazing doc..... it was a piece of Art. Distro in the states soon, I believe it will be in the theaters (limited) in sept/oct. 9/10
Definitely looking forward to this. Nas IMO is the greatest rapper of all time.