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Dek Rollins
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6-Mar-2017, 12:11 AM

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) – ★★1/2 [Ebert scale]

It’s kind of fun and interesting, but it’s really a waste considering how great it could have been. It’s very underwhelming and it kind of sucked the life out of me by the time I got to the end credits (probably the best scene in the film). It feels like it might have been under-budgeted in production, and an extensive piece of the budget would have needed to be centered on the post production visual effects, so that would explain the smaller aspects that should have been bigger or better lit.

My biggest gripe with the film is that they introduced an incredible cast of characters, but those characters are wasted by being severely underdeveloped. I went through the entire film being given exposition on Buckaroo’s character, but I never really meet Buckaroo’s character in the film. I’m given little things that could be used to create character development, but then the next scene starts without warning and I don’t know what’s going on.

It’s worth a watch, but it really could have been great if it was given a re-write, a higher budget, and maybe even a better director.

Oceans Twelve (2004) – ★★ [Ebert scale]

Petty meh. I like a lot of the cinematography, but Ocean’s Eleven definitely didn’t need this sequel, and it’s rather bland and even hard to follow at times. And the hologram egg is stupid.

EDIT: I will specify the rating scale being used from now on.