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Charlotte's Web (1973)

I don't understand why Charlotte has antennae. Spiders don't have antennae.

7/10

Frailty (2002)

It's funny -- the most non-linear, surrealist film I could ever watch comes together like a perfectly complete puzzle in my mind, but this movie ... this movie ... I just don't know what to think.

Anyway, it's definately well made, but it's not a movie I'd watch again. Not that I dislike it by any means -- the rewatchability factor's just not there for me.

7/10

Keyhole (2011)

For some reason or another, I went into this movie expecting a storyline that was more-or-less linear (I don't why I expected that, seeing as it's a Guy Maddin film, but I did nevertheless). However, right away I was catapulted in a great surrealistic morass I just couldn't make heads or tails of. Due to this case of mistaken identity, it took me half the film to finally immerse myself in its world and just go with the flow.

I'm definately going to have to rewatch this film again to get the proper experience out of it. Until then, my tentative rating is

6.5/10

Archangel (1990) 

Another Guy Maddin film. This time, though, I was able to immerse myself into the experience completely. Though I only enjoyed the storyline itself moderately, I absolutely loved the retro '20s style of the film; that alone assures it a strong rating.

8/10

The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

Yep, yet another Maddin film. Suffice it to say, I absolutely LOVE this movie, I absolutely want to OWN this movie, and I absolutely want to BE this movie. Maddin has now been officially ushered into my Hall of Favourite Directors.

There's little more that I have the capacity to say about this gift from God, so I'll just leave you the trailer to watch so you can get just the slightest taste of that oh so sweet manna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyAlgfHgrk0

9/10

The Usual Suspects

Good night this is a good movie, I can't believe I never saw it before! I don't want to give anything away but let's just say everything about it reminds me of the best films of the 70s. In an age where every movie is now about special effects and bloodless action scenes a smart, gritty, intense, actor driven movie like this comes like a breath of fresh air. Why don't they make movies like this any more?

10/10

Fargo.

Every time I see this movie I laugh but then I feel bad for laughing. There really isn't another movie like this. Oh and extra kudos to this movie for having a female hero who looks like a real woman and has real problems. I mean it is so rare to see a female hero who doesn't look like a super model and who doesn't have soap opera type problems. Here she is a real person and while she is tempted to cheap for about five minutes she doesn't and she doesn't blow the problems she has with her husband out of all proportion and do any of the typical Hollywood stuff like yell at him or leave him without telling him why, I am always blown away by that. I mean here is a comedy that ends with someone in a wood chipper and yet it also contains one the sweetest and most real adult relationships I have ever seen on film, now that takes talent to pull off as a writer and a film maker.

10/10

The one and only time I watched Being John Malkovich, I absolutely hated it. Honestly, was I supposed to sympathize with the manipulative bitch and the suddenly-lesbian Diaz? If so, it didn't happen -- in fact, I felt nothing but contempt for those two characters by the end of the film.

I suppose I should re-watch the movie, though, just to see whether or not I viewed the movie through the wrong eyes the first time around, so to speak.  

Sorry but it's a fantastic movie.

Ultimate Avengers, 2, fun enough, Panther deserved a better costume. 

DuracellEnergizer said:

The one and only time I watched Being John Malkovich, I absolutely hated it. Honestly, was I supposed to sympathize with the manipulative bitch and the suddenly-lesbian Diaz? If so, it didn't happen -- in fact, I felt nothing but contempt for those two characters by the end of the film.

I suppose I should re-watch the movie, though, just to see whether or not I viewed the movie through the wrong eyes the first time around, so to speak.  

 Yeah, I once saw that movie on HBO or Showtime or one of those stations and I didn't like it either. It seemed to be one of those movies that was so full of it's self for being "deep" that it forgot to have any kind of a point beyond a bunch of Hollywood people trying to prove they were deep artists.

I like artistic films but they still have to have a point and I didn't care for this one, one bit.

I never plan to watch it again.

TV's Frink said:

Sorry but it's a fantastic movie.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Ryan McAvoy said:

Any movie that has John Malkovich and Charlie Sheen greeting each other as "Malkotraz" and "Masheen", has to be good!

But I hate Charlie Sheen ...

DuracellEnergizer said:

TV's Frink said:

Sorry but it's a fantastic movie.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Ryan McAvoy said:

Any movie that has John Malkovich and Charlie Sheen greeting each other as "Malkotraz" and "Masheen", has to be good!

But I hate Charlie Sheen ...

 Same here. He is a rude moron who is full of himself.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

As if the first two films weren't bloated enough...geez. It's the shortest yet most bloated film of the three. It also uses CGI to such a shockingly ridiculous amount that you start appreciating how much work (i.e. less use of CGI) went into the Gondor battle in Return of the King - which is very similar to the climax in this film. Smaug also disappears at a drop of a hat, which makes the cliffhanger of the last film lose all meaning. It does have some enjoyable moments here and there, but it's mostly an unengaging CGI blob of a film. Undoubtedly the worst of this trilogy.

Also: greed is bad, you guys. Really bad. Greed = bad. GREED IS BAD. Got it?

2.5 out of 5 armies too many.

Though I loathe repeating myself more than 1000 times, I have to say, yet again, that I'm glad to have chosen against seeing the Hobbit films.

I like the Hobbit films a lot. I haven't seen the latest one though--didn't even know it was out--and probably won't for some time.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Though I loathe repeating myself more than 1000 times

 No, you don't.

1000 times is my maximum limit, you bully, and you know it.

The Goonies (1985) -- 8/10

Deadly Eyes AKA The Rats AKA Rats AKA Night Eyes (1982)

I don't know why I like Lesleh Donaldson so much. She's only an average actress, her roles are typically small, and most of the movies she appears in are mediocre or crap, yet for some reason I feel compelled to seek out and watch her films -- including this dull piece of wood about dacshunds dressed in rat costumes lunging out to bite people to death every ten minutes. I don't even like horror films like this, but I watched it just for Ms. Donaldson, and I don't even know why!

On the plus side, Scatman Crothers' character -- who happens to be the only interesting character in the entire movie -- was a definite pleasure to watch. Too bad he dies without even five minutes of screentime.

6/10

Nosferatu: Phantom Der Nacht AKA Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

As my avatar would suggest, I really enjoyed this movie. Klaus Kinski gave an excellent performance with his more tragic portrayal of the Dracula/Orlok character, and Isabelle Adjani was just perfectly cast all around; I was positively spellbound by her presence in the film.

The only qualms I had with the film -- and they're both minor, insignificant qualms -- was that they made Kinski's character too overtly vampiric from the start -- a problem I didn't find with Max Schreck's performance in the original Nosferatu -- and that the way the ending with Harker was executed was a little ... iffy.

7/10

Ragewar AKA The Dungeonmaster (1984)

I was disappointed to learn that the IMDb rating for this movie is only 3.6/10. For crying out loud, this film is blessed lunacy at it's finest! It deserves more!

Of course, it still needed more Richard Moll. There simply weren't enough scenes with him hamming it up to the max.

7/10

Brand Upon the Brain! A Rememberance in 12 Chapters (2006) -- 9/10

I feeling lazy, so...

Django Unchained 7/8
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage 7.2/8
Antiviral 5.5/8
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 7.3/8

TV's Frink said:

I feeling lazy, so...

Lazy spelling is lazy. =P 

Carp.

Love, Speed and Thrills (1915) -- 8/10

A One Night Stand (1915) -- 6/10

In the Park (1915) -- 6/10

Those Love Pangs (1914) -- 6/10

The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

It certainly is funny what tricks the mind can play on you. When I watched this movie back as a kid, I distinctly remember there being a literal jewel in it -- a large, fist-sized ruby. Yet watching it again last night, there wasn't a literal fist-sized jewel -- ruby or otherwise -- in it at all. The closest the film ever gets to one is the jewel-encrusted dagger the Sufis give to DeVito's character at the end.

7/10

Manhunter (1986)

The last time I watched this movie, I wasn't that impressed with it; I thought it was alright but nothing more. Rewatching it now, though, I couldn't help but notice the gorgeous cinematography; I didn't get to see the whole movie last time, though, so that might explain how I missed it before.

As for the performances, I really ended up liking William Petersen's performance as Will Graham -- I could really sense the intense emotional turmoil his character was going through. Tom Noonan also gave an awesome performance as Francis Dollarhyde -- though he could have used more screentime -- and Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecktor (sic) -- while not as impressive as Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs -- still gives a worthwhile interpretation of the character.

The film only really falters in two regards: Dollarhyde's psychology -- and by extention, his obsession with the Red Dragon painting -- isn't really explored all that well, and the ending -- while not bad, by any means -- doesn't work as well for me as the novel's ending does.

7.3/10

Red Dragon (2002)

To put it bluntly, I didn't like Red Dragon very much. I didn't like Ed Norton's simpering, whiny portrayal of Will Graham, I didn't like the overuse of Lector's character, and I especially didn't like the stupid, unnecessary lead-in to Silence of the Lambs at the end of the film. The one thing I can say I did like was Ralph Fienne's portrayal of Francis Dolarhyde, and even then he became silly towards the end. 

6/10

The Beyond (1981)

I've watched three of his films, and I can say now, with complete confidence, that I'm not a fan of Lucio Fulci or his works. I'll admit the guy knows how to instill atmosphere in a film, but beyond that, his movies are just showcases for gore and little to nothing else. Now maybe that's fine and dandy like sour candy for gorehounds, but I'm not a gorehound, so all I find it is tedious and annoying.

I'll say two nices things about this movie, though: I liked the beginning and I liked the end (minus the bullshit with the zombies in the hospital).

5.8/10