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it's actually pretty insane how many similarities there are between the 2 movies. a quick google search of "point break the fast and the furious comparison" brings up countless articles and videos
http://www.slashfilm.com/lol-point-brea ... e-furious/
http://intensities.wordpress.com/2009/0 ... e-furious/

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That was a good horror anthology with a lot of cool segments, but I don't think any of them quite lived up to the first and the conclusion to the whole thing wasn't very satisfying.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

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8/10

Its a violent, more satirical Toy Story.
As Roger Ebert said, alot of this movie feels inspired by Sid...
Except, I don't think thats necessarily a bad thing.
Tough beans about it being marketed to kids.
I loved this as a kid. Just as I loved The Terminator and Aliens.
It also seems moot to bitch about this being marketed to kids, because I mean... look at movies nowadays like The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.
Or is the point more valid now than ever? Has society become that desensitized that we'll market just about anything to kids?
I for one don't care. Parents are going to take their kids anyways.
I saw five year olds sitting on Predators when I went to see it.
Oh well.
Its been this way for a long damn time. Small Soldiers got a bad rap from critics about that, but I think all the negativity simply buried a pretty fun flick with some actually clever action and such, much in vein of Gremlins.
(Same director too...)

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I really loved that when I was younger. I remember I even collected all the action figures as well as had this cool little faux dossier book that had all the character bios and everything.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

I don't have that movie on a very high pedestal even though I also enjoyed it as a kid, but I still believe it was a fantastic idea that the "bad guy toys" would actually be the good guys, it's a great thing to teach the kids that just because somebody doesn't look human and handsome, doesn't mean they're a bad person. Sadly, I think that thought worked better on the script than in the movie.

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I think I had all the McDonalds toys from it. It was fun stuff.
Oh and I had the viewmasters lol.

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War Horse - OW my heart! also Hiddleston isn't in it nearly enough.

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TROLL HUNTER

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740707/

Just watch it! Brilliant.
Documentary style footage meets Norwegian folklore and a downbeat woodsman kind of super hero character in the middle.
The version I watched had awful American v/o dubbed in, would much rather have heard the original actors with subtitles.

13.5 out of a possible 18 and 3/4

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7/10

this one compensates for how much of a drag the first one was.
Granted, it doesn't have Vin Diesel, which is actually pretty sad, but...
This is every ounce the neon-hyped, nitro fueled, mysoginstic, testosterone, car fest people expect the first one to be.
Is it a good movie? Not really. But its fun in the way people go into the franchise expecting at a basic level.
Theres fast cars, fast car chases, big action set pieces and a pretty fun dynamic between the two leads.
Having said that, it has aged rather badly.
The whole brightly colored neon car phase has seemed to pass. As well as most of the "hip" styles and lingo in this movie.
Its a movie from the 2000's that reminds us how long ago that really was.
I've seen movies from the 90's that look less dated.
But oh well. You get what you ask for. And this one actually delivers all the silly immature fun you might want from a movie like this.

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That was fantastic. It's a great adaptation of the story it's based on and I might even put it on par with Under the Red Hood.

Deals with similar themes too.

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Both pretty legit horror movies. The second one surprisingly so given that it appears the director/writers broke the rule that says you can't make good video game adaptations.



Another great and visually interesting horror film.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

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Antichrist - 8/10

I think I would've been satisfied with just a straight up psychological drama.
The mysticism and thriller elements just irked me for some reason.

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Hahahahaha Seriously? My whole horror movie schpiel up there was meant for me to build up to watching Antichrist since I got a severe horror craving, but then I snapped out of it towards the end and didn't feel like watching genital mutilation right then.

But anyway, thanks for finishing it for me.

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After she smashed his junk with a log and then jerked him off til blood came out, I was so in shock...
I paused it. Freaked out a bit. And then ate some cheerios.
Didn't turn it on again for like... another 30 minutes.

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The Campaign

Good, but it could've been better. The satire was generally quite good, but the attempts at character development and that overly contrived ending left something of a bad taste in my mouth.

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I was really disappointed in this, especially in regards to how it dealt with the topic of "should superheroes kill." Yeah, "Red Hood" delved into that a bit, but "Elite" is a direct response towards the deconstruction of the superhero set by Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns. Problem is, it approaches the argument in such a childish, one-sided way: Superman is always in the ethical right, and The Elite, who don't mind killing villains, go almost immediately kill-crazy. Worst is how the film portrays the citizens who agree with The Elite. At best, they're just young kids bitching about how lame Superman is, reminiscent of how people actually view him, and at worst are a bunch of slobbering mega-conservatives.

maybe they should have made Kingdom Come,

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9/10

One of the best thrillers I've seen in my life, without a doubt.

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Real Steel-6/10
Oh wow, this movie started out so good. Contrasting high-tech robots against a dated Americana setting seemed to be a great idea. Hugh Jackman was giving a great performance as a deadbeat father and I liked that the kid was a jerk but the movie made no apologies for it. The actual father and son dynamic was fun to watch. But then the real plot of the film kicks in and the movie just delves into contrived and predictable plot points, sports movie cliches, the worst Danny Elfman score ever and everything that was good about the first half of the movie disappears. This is three for three for Shawn Levy. After suppouseddly making two other good movies in Night at the Museum and Date Night, I don't think I'll believe it next time I hear that Shawn Levy has made a good film. So much wasted potential.

Trust (2010)-6/10
This is a pretty harsh portrait of the consequences of online predators not just on a family but society as a whole. Liana Liberato gives one of the best teen performances I've seen in years. The movie is always intriguing and certainly leaves you thinking afterwards not just about the topic in hand, but about how far would one go to protect our loved ones, the meaning and value of justice and punishment and the kind of society we've become due to the psychos out there.

Unfortunately, the main girl's character arc feels forced. Yes, it makes for good and interesting drama, but it feels unearned because we never get a real sense of what pushes her into the Stockholm Syndrome of sorts she falls under. I know the movie is trying to reflect a reality that happens all too often, but just because it's realistic, doesn't mean it plays well in film. Also, Clive Owen gives a great performances that unfortunately falters at its most crucial moment: the ending. And while on topic of the ending, the movie goes the predictable unresolved route, apparently thinking that this will only give it extra importance to the film and the topic itself. Bullshit. Because the movie doesn't realize it has opened another can of worms that could make for great drama as well. This is a pretty heavy topic and the movie doesn't quite give itself time to explore it as it should, instead relying on Lifetime movie cliches and a very predictable structure. I was disappointed this wasn't a more abstract, more character and convention-pushing drama in the vein of "Little Children" that the trailers promised. Also, director David Schwimmer struggles in the tone of the film. Sometimes it turns into a psychodrama of sorts and then goes back to being something more realistic.

Overall, a very flawed film but still worth watching because of its topic but again, another film of wasted potential.

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9.5/10

10/10

One of my favorite movies, the kind that always makes me feel better after watching it.

I noticed in this viewing that it's surprisingly relevant to our times, despite being from 1996, the culture represented here, the drugs, the youth, the wild life style, it all sounded real and identifiable to me, even if I'm not from Scotland.

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