Rate the last movie you saw

Tomorrowland - 6/10. It was okay. Kind of silly, some decent action, that's about it. I did see it on a new Dolby Cinema screen with HDR, so it looked outstanding. I'm not sure everyone would notice the difference though, my girlfriend did not.
 
The Railway Man. A British WWII POW with the Japanese struggles with life but finds out that one of the men who held him captive and tortured him is still alive so he goes to confront him.

Not bad but kind of slow and dry in areas. I think it was more interesting because it was based on a real story.
 
The Prince (2014) - I was browsing through Netflix and saw a movie with Bruce Willis, Jason Patric, and John Cusack that I had never heard of and decided to watch it. There's a reason I have never heard of it. Terrible, regurgitated plot, the actors were just in it for a paycheck, and you could tell. The makeup was really bad (like scars getting bigger throughout the movie). To top that all off, they had 50 cent playing a bad guy in it. This is the worst movie I have seen in a while. I can't even rank it.
 
BrAinPaiNt said:
The Railway Man. A British WWII POW with the Japanese struggles with life but finds out that one of the men who held him captive and tortured him is still alive so he goes to confront him.

Not bad but kind of slow and dry in areas. I think it was more interesting because it was based on a real story.
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So you're saying it sucks?? :)
 
The Warrior 2001 India and The Warrior 2001 Korean/Chinese Zhang Zi Yi as the Princess. Both excellent if you like those kinds of movies.

Also 13 Assassins Japanese and Wu Xia (Dragon).
 
The Good Son, Ray Mancini Documentary - 8/10

I was a big fan of Mancini growing up and the documentary has a tricky story to tell as Mancini was a former world champion with a great story of his own, but his legacy is overshadowed by the death of Duk Koo Kim.

So, most of the documentary focus on the before and after of the fight, going into Mancini's childhood and his family. I thought they kinda rushed thru his brother's murder and his brother's story in general. You didn't really get an idea of what his brother Lenny was about and his murder still seemed shrouded in mystery. And given it was in Youngstown, which was heavily crime and mafia ridden and Mancini being Italian, you wonder what ever happened to the bikers involved with the woman that murdered him.

What I really liked about this movie is that it went more into Duk Koo Kim and who he was. They got ahold of his wife and his wife's parents. Eventually it sets up for a meeting between Kim's son and Mancini and his family.

They say 80% of documentaries is subject matter and the subject is definitely there, but Mancini also still has that magnetic charisma that he had as a boxer and it draws the viewer even more into the movie.





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Son Of A Gun 7/10
Aussie crime drama starring Ewan McGregor. A young inmate is befriended by a notorious criminal while in prison and helps to break them out. They stage a gold heist and do not know who they can trust. Decent movie, could have had a couple scenes trimmed out, but entertaining enough on a rainy day.

Wild Card 5/10
Jason Statham stars in this crime drama, also has cameos by Sofia Vergara, Jason Alexander and Stanely Tucci. Vegas bodyguard gets involved against the mob and fights his own gambling addiction. Not a very good movie, the story is poor, unbelievable gambling scenarios/decisions. The fight scenes were good, just not enough of them.
 
chappie.

i thought this would be a robocop johnny 5 ripoff and i was 1/2 right. it's some very serious shades of AI from short circuit and filmed in s africa so the accents are interesting.

the development of chappie was pretty cool but i think they overdid the nose wiping thing. got it, he's picked up some human traits. wheee.

it was much better than i thought it would be but still, what i thought it would be until the end.

then it just got nightmare kinda freaky.

6 of 10.
 
Has anyone mentioned American Sniper? Damn, what a movie! I watched it twice, once on Wednesday and again yesterday.
 
Tomorrowland. Not good. Clooney needs to go back to Soap Operas because his films lately have just been terrible. Monument Men, Gravity, were just as bad but at least Gravity had Sandra Bulloch. Clooney has not made a good movie since the Oceans series. Not sure why he is supposedly a great actor.
 
San Andreas - 5/10. From the very first scene you know you have to turn your brain off for this one. All the way off, no stand-by mode here. It really is monumentily stupid. Terribly unrealistic, awful dialogue, pointless characters and subplots are all on full display. 3 points for the quake stuff, even though the effects are a mixed bag and pretty poor at times. The other 2 points are for the eye candy of Dondario...even if her acting was subpar.

My girlfriend liked it though...she's kind of nuts.
 
ChldsPlay said:
San Andreas - 5/10. From the very first scene you know you have to turn your brain off for this one. All the way off, no stand-by mode here. It really is monumentily stupid. Terribly unrealistic, awful dialogue, pointless characters and subplots are all on full display. 3 points for the quake stuff, even though the effects are a mixed bag and pretty poor at times. The other 2 points are for the eye candy of Dondario...even if her acting was subpar.

My girlfriend liked it though...she's kind of nuts.
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You don't go into that movie expecting an Academy Award winner...................

I went in wanting action and I got it, so it gets a 7.5/8 from me on that alone. I did not want to see a story and expected not to.........just an earthquake causing destruction :)
 
FloridaRob said:
Tomorrowland. Not good. Clooney needs to go back to Soap Operas because his films lately have just been terrible. Monument Men, Gravity, were just as bad but at least Gravity had Sandra Bulloch. Clooney has not made a good movie since the Oceans series. Not sure why he is supposedly a great actor.
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Hes a good character. There are very few good "actors" out there.
 
FloridaRob said:
Tomorrowland. Not good. Clooney needs to go back to Soap Operas because his films lately have just been terrible. Monument Men, Gravity, were just as bad but at least Gravity had Sandra Bulloch. Clooney has not made a good movie since the Oceans series. Not sure why he is supposedly a great actor.
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I remember Clooney on the Roseanne tv show.
 
FloridaRob said:
Tomorrowland. Not good. Clooney needs to go back to Soap Operas because his films lately have just been terrible. Monument Men, Gravity, were just as bad but at least Gravity had Sandra Bulloch. Clooney has not made a good movie since the Oceans series. Not sure why he is supposedly a great actor.
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You can be a great actor and still choose bad roles or bad movies. I've never heard Clooney referred to as a great actor.
 
dexternjack said:
You don't go into that movie expecting an Academy Award winner...................

I went in wanting action and I got it, so it gets a 7.5/8 from me on that alone. I did not want to see a story and expected not to.........just an earthquake causing destruction :)
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I think the "story" for most academy winners are pretty dull. Mindless action is boring IMO. It can be simple, but not mindless. If I don't care about what's going on, then after 5 minutes it's just noise. Other movies have done what SA did much better and without insulting my intelligence so blatantly.
 
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