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The Way Down (2004)
Well done for a new upcoming director!
I just viewed "The Way Down" at the First Run Film Festival at NYU. At the festival, there was some good, there was some bad, and "The Way Down" ended up standing above all the other films I viewed. . It managed to entertain and be exciting, where most student films lack and it was all shot on an amazing location. The film felt completely professional, I see feature length films in theaters that don't feel up to par with this movie.
Although I give this movie so much praise in context of the festival, overall I felt wishing it was a little more original, something special but it wasn't. Great directing though. Nothing too unique but great.
In context with other student films 8/10 In normal context 7.8/10
Well done.
Exit (2005)
professional but nothing new or special.
Okay,
I just viewed "Exit" at the First Run Film Festival at NYU. First, let me say that the directing was pretty good, and the actual film was entertaining, but.... I don't think the movie was anything special. It was one of the more professional ones at the festival, but it also felt like some early 90's made for TV movie. I have no doubt this new upcoming director will earn a living in the entertainment business, it just might be in television. Having said that, for such a new director the film was done skillfully.
Overall, not in context of who made it:6/10 In context with other directors his age: 7.9/10
Taegukgi hwinallimyeo (2004)
The best war movie BY FAR!
Taegukgi is the BEST war movie ever made. I have heard people comparing it to saving private ryan.. well you know what, I didn't like saving private ryan and I thought this was amazing. The only Korean movies I have seen other than this is Oldboy and A Tale of Two Sisters, all amazing movies. OKAY! Lets take a look here at this movie. What was the budget? $12,800,000. Lets take a look at "Saving Private Ryan" $70,000,000 hmmm is something wrong here?
Acting:10/10 The acting in this movie was flawless no one can complain about that.
Plot:10/10 amazing
Special Effects 10/10 not one point in the movie that looks fake at all
Sets: 10/10
costumes 10/10
Cinematography-10/10 Amazing though a bit of the private ryan frame rate..
Overall 10/10 FLAWLESS
Merlin (1998)
Overall- the best miniseries I have ever seen
Merlin is an epic story of the legendary merlin set in the knights of the round table era. I believe that the movie is great and I have no idea how Merlin has a 6.7 rating when "The 10th Kingdom" has an 8.1, "The 10th Kingdom" was completely terrible in every way.
Directing 7/10:Merlin is directed by Steve Barron (I believe its his best work) and I think he did an amazing job with the materials he had.
Plot 8/10: The plot is good for people who like fantasy movies. I thought there was nothing wrong with the story at all. Not one of the best plots but still great.
Acting 7.5/10: The acting in this movie has nothing left to be desired. Sam Neill is amazing as the lead role of merlin. Many other great performances are also in this movie.
Art Direction 7/10: All of the costumes and sets in this movie are good, nothing great but for a made for t.v. movie one of the best.
Score 9/10: The music in this movie by Trevor Jones is AMAZING! One of my favorite parts of the movie.
Special Effects 7.5/10(for its time 9/10): This movie even now doesn't look very old. The cgi is extremely good for its time. The only time that the graphics really look bad is the scene with the dragon, all the other times it is great, and subtle. The same digital effects compositor as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Please don't complain about the special effects in this movie when no one complains about the effects in "The 10th Kingdom" which had SOME OF THE WORST SPECIAL EFFECTS I HAVE EVER SEEN! "The 10th Kingdom" was also made in 2000 not 1988!!!
Overall 9/10: My favorite t.v. movie of all time!
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Completely Overrated
When I walked into this movie I was expecting it to be good not excellent but good. Then the movie started..After a few horrible jokes and just bad acting I decided that, okay its not good but I think they were aiming it towards little kids. An Asian woman playing spiderman on a violin with her fingers and singing with an accent....WHO THOUGHT OF THIS!! The whole beginning part was done horribly or aimed completely towards making little kids have a few horrible cheap laughs. Then DocOc was formed and he overkilled a few people. From that point on it was just pretty bad, Tobey Maquire is OK at best along with Kirsten Dunst. No one else in this movie is above average at all.
Story:7/10 What can you ask from a comic movie. I love comic movies and its fine with me to have a simple plot.
Acting:7/10 The acting was OK. Nothing that stands out at all.
Action:9/10 really cool
Special FX: 10/10 REALLY good special effects, Doc Oc is done extremely well and you forget it is computerized sometimes.
Overall Movie: 6/10 It seemed really stupid. I think they could have made this movie better in a lot of ways. I love the comic book movies so I will always go to see which villain comes next that saves this movie for me.
OK, I'm not saying this movie was horrible but it should not be above a 7 at all. It doesn't deserve that AT ALL. This has the same rating as many movies that should have at least 2 points higher than this, for example:Battle Royale(7.9), Hana-bi(7.7), Breakfast Club (7.6), About a boy (7.5).
I rate it a 6.5 though i rate it a 7 out of 10 on the IMDb rating system.
Shurayukihime (1973)
Really good. Much more than I expected.
This was an really good movie.
Acting: 8/10 For its genre pretty much as good as it gets. The lead actress Meiko Kaji is good and fits the part. The other actors are all alright also.
Story: 9/10 I liked this story though it was not so complex which it wasn't meant to be. The only lacking thing was all the plot twists that were not needed at all and just made the end a bit weird.
Action:10/10 I loved the action in this movie. I loved the sword parasol. And I loved the fountains of blood.
Overall:9/10 I really liked this. Easy to sit through unlike some other old samurai movies. I love the story I love the music I love the acting.
Jûgô tanjô! Kamen Raidâ zen'in shûgô!! (1984)
Weird
I love the kamen rider series and I have recently been seeing some of the different movies. This movie was the introduction to the new kamen rider zx. It includes all the previous kamen riders. I'm not sure if it was supposed to turn into a TV show but was canceled or something because the whole thing feels like a TV episode. The acting is actually worse than the show in a lot of places. The special effects are funny and really bad. I enjoyed this movie though.
I only wish that they turned kamen rider zx into a TV show, it seems that they were planning for that but decided not to. They had a few characters that would have been cool, and it is cool that they have the relative of hell ambassador, Darkness Ambassador. And I'm sure if it was turned into a show an actual plot would have been made. I wasn't disappointed by this but its nothing special. I think all fans of the kamen rider TV series would enjoy this.
Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)
wow, horrible
I got this movie really cheap at blockbuster and we watched it a few years ago. REALLY BAD! When I first saw this movie I thought it was the worst movie possible. Not only was the acting and the story and the jokes HORRIBLE but it gave me a headache to watch. I have not read the book and supposedly that is good, I don't see how it could be with a story like that though. There was nothing good about this movie. I rate it a 1 out of 10. I don't see how it is possible to make a movie like this and believe that in any way it will be successful or even entertaining. I cant even imagine how people were at the premier of this movie.
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
I liked this move.
I actually liked this movie. I saw this before I read any reviews for it. I don't see what made it SO bad that it deserved a 4 out of 10? I would have expected a 6 or 7. I'm not saying this movie was great but it was entertaining. The cast was pretty good, Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, David Thewlis, and though the acting wasn't great but not the worst, maybe acting:6/10. The story was like the book, personally I liked it but if you don't like science-fiction then you probably wouldn't like it. The makeup and special effects were awesome. Overall I would rate this movie a 7 out of 10. I don't see the reason for anything below a 5.
Kamen Raidâ Burakku (1987)
Really good!
I had seen a few episodes of different kamen rider shows my uncle brought back from japan. I loved kamen rider since i was a kid. When I saw the DVD set I had to get them. I was really glad I did. The Kamen Rider Black series is amazing. The story is really good. The monsters are cool. The special effects are.. funny sometimes. What I really love about this show is that it doesn't seem like a kids show. People actually die and it doesn't always have a happy ending..
The acting in this show is also pretty good. Not amazing but good. I love the antagonists in this show. The gorgom cult.
Overall this was a really good show. I haven't seen much of the other kamen riders so I cant compare it but I'm about to see the v3 shows soon.
Psycho (1960)
Much better than I expected. Amazing movie.
When i rented this movie, I knew it was a classic but i didn't expect much of it. I didn't think it would be an amazing movie or scary at all. I have seen the birds, and some other Hitchcock movies which didn't scare me in any way, so i didn't think this one would either. Well this movie ended up creeping me out. I cant imagine how people reacted to it when it first came out in theaters in 1960. I love horror movies and not many scare me anymore but this one did.
I think it would have been even better for me if I hadn't heard it was based off of ed gein, because that sort of gave away the end for me. Do NOT let anyone tell you about this movie before you see it. It will ruin it for you! And Don't look it up. Don't want to give anything away... amazing movie