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The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
7.5/10
Gangster spoof that turns dark. Would've been better if it had retained a comic edge rather than just dropping it halfway through.
At any rate, Edward G. Robinson is superb twice over.

Pan's Labyrinth
10/10
How anyone could possibly justify being anything right of socialism after seeing this is beyond me. Cutting.

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"Heard them Walthers like to jump some" "As will you, with one in your elbow."

Machine Gun Preacher - 6/10

Its full of well intentioned characters who go through lots of shit with their chin held high. You're waiting for them to simply snap.
I'd be lying if I said the movie rung hollow to me. I teared up once or twice.
And the stuff the picture is saying, and the characters in the film, deserve a movie worthy of the gusto and emotional impact their bringing to the table. The acting is great, the story isn't bad...
But its not at all put together well. Characters do things with hardly no sufficient build up or motivation, they act out of character and do shit we're supposed to understand. We're brought into scenes with no setup or explanation and left scratching our heads.
What the hell?

Its definately worth a look in my opinion, but it doesnt match the calibur of the talent and power it has within it.
's a real shame. This could've been epic.

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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."

9/10

I must say, if the academy jury was correct, and the cinematography of Hugo was better than The Tree Of Life, then it has to be the most incredible work ever created in cinema by far.

If they were dead wrong, then I can certainly share Curi's dissapointment, this was a visual experience unlike anything I've ever seen, and that doesn't really account for the movie's long list of merits.

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The Lorax

Here's a movie that tried to be funny and charming, but only succeeded at being annoying.

Spare yourself the 3D premium and go see The Secret World of Arrietty instead.

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This is truly a madhouse. And I'm the lunatic running it. I've spent three years wondering if I should be proud or ashamed.

This movie looked like an abominations from start to finish, all surrounding the lorax's odd appearance and characterization, and what I suspect were republicans' accurate sense that it was heavy handed liberal garbage. Then again that never stopped the entirety of earth from throwing their money at Cameron as they ran to the theatres, so who am I to judge?

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I've only had one dream in my life with kids in it that didn't involve me gnawing my feet off, and it had to do with kids doing my laundry.

Well, the book had an environmental message as well, but the movie just looks poorly done. I don't think there are very many good feature length Dr. Seuss adaptations. Probably because there were never meant to be.

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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."

Hugo - 8.6/10

really liked it.

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I would normally think that the Fox pundits are full of shit for such a statement. But then I remember that the filmmakers invented the Aloysius O'Hare character.

Sorry, Universal. You're on your own this time.

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This is truly a madhouse. And I'm the lunatic running it. I've spent three years wondering if I should be proud or ashamed.

I am literally kicking myself for not seeing this sooner. Definitely up there with Iron Man.

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I've only had one dream in my life with kids in it that didn't involve me gnawing my feet off, and it had to do with kids doing my laundry.

It was a good movie. Only part I found lacking was the romance sub-plot.

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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."

MUCH better !

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6/10

I've not been so disappointed in a film before. It's a real shame because for most of the movie there are signs it could be good or even great. There are some stunning action and very intense action sequences, great acting, great cinematography, editing, production design. But then a certain reveal is given towards the end that completely ruins the premise the film seemed to be going for. So you think: "Well, I guess it'll be something else, then?". But no, the movie chooses to end on a totally nihilistic empty note. It literally goes out with a bang but it feels more like a whimper.

How is it that a flick like "Sucker Punch" is accused by critics and the maker of this movie for being mysoginistic, and praise this movie for celebrating girl power? That's beyond me. But I'm afraid AYB's reasoning that the labels of "art film" and "Blockbuster film" may have something to do with it. "Sucker Punch" proved those labels are bullshit. Meanwhile "Hanna" pretends to be an art film and pretends to be an action film as well. It almost succeeds on doing so, but at the end, we can truly see the emperor has no clothes.

I'm curious as to what attracted the likes of Danny Boyle and Alfonso Cuarón to that script. I'll try to find it and read it, because it looks like something was missing in the translation. For most of the movie I was wondering why audiences could be so stupid and rate it so lowly on CinemaScore, but the ending confirmed it for me. I'm so glad I didn't blind buy this as I was planning to.

P.S. "Fay Grim" did the whole "arty thriller" thing a whole lot better a few years ago. But that movie was more or less rightfully derided.

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Should have watched this Hanna movie instead:

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"Heard them Walthers like to jump some" "As will you, with one in your elbow."

Wow hannah and her sisters had a really hot cast. Not in appearance but talent, damn.

Also in regard to Thor: I think Thor was definitely good and fun, but I also think it lacked a lot the pitch perfect execution of iron man (the first one, I don't like the second at all) that was probably largely attributed to Favreau's direction. Also, admittedly, I think Thor's plot and story just wasn't as good, and you're right that the romance subplot was lame. Whereas in iron man it was (rightfully) relegated to like d level hinting.

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I've only had one dream in my life with kids in it that didn't involve me gnawing my feet off, and it had to do with kids doing my laundry.

I dunno. 1980's Barbara Hershey could get it.

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"Heard them Walthers like to jump some" "As will you, with one in your elbow."

True, and I've seen black dick in Mia Farrow's future for quite some time.

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I've only had one dream in my life with kids in it that didn't involve me gnawing my feet off, and it had to do with kids doing my laundry.