Movie Hangover
Alright kiddies, so this past weekend I took the time out to catch up with some of the past new releases. I took this Sunday to overload on movies and give you the true reviews you've been waiting to read. I'm gonna keep it short and sweet, so here we go:
Insidious
I hate to say this, but this movie was similar to popular haunted house movies such as Amityville and An American Haunting except that the haunting is not within the house but is instead inside the comatose son. The ending was a great surprise and made up for the slowness of the plot.
Positives: great ending, good, almost believable plot, decent actors
Negatives: sloooowwww and drawn out in the beginning, scary scenes mostly saved for the latter half of the movie
Horror/creepy rating: 2.5 out of 5
Acting rating: 3 out of 5
Overall rating: 3 out of 5, don't waste your time watching it in the theaters but definitely a good movie for a date night at home
The Rite
Anthony Hopkins had a pretty decent movie year with both The Wolfman and The Rite. Both movies were supposed to be big blockbuster hits and had heavy advertisement plays. The movie was a bit different from the usual exorcism movies; a little more emphasis on faith and religion than on scare tactics and graphics. The movie was basically about a man, struggling with faith, who is sent to Rome to take part in exorcism courses leading to his return to faith.
Positives: great acting on both leading character's parts, good pace to the movie, balanced emphasis on both religion and movie-style exorcism
Negatives: a bit more meat and potatoes to the movie would have been nice- you understand what's going on but you wish that more could have been added to the plot, although I don't mind movies that have an emphasis on religion, it's not for your everyday hardcore atheist
Horror/creepy rating: 4 out of 5- not exactly a horror movie but it definitely has its share of chills and jumps
Actor rating: 3 out of 5
Overall rating: 4 out of 5- reminded me a bit of The Book of Eli in the religious sense and if you enjoyed that movie you probably will enjoy The Rite
The Roommate
Crazy women seem to be the main theme for 2011. With Black Swan starting off the crazy bitch year, crazy women are slowly starting to populate the theater screens. The Roommate was exactly what the trailer showed it to be: a crazy ass female befriending her obliviously naive college roommate. I would suggest watching this with fellow roommates for full effect.
Positives: BITCH IS CRAZY!! Be prepared for some wacked out sh*t to happen, a great girls night out movie, no slow moments
Negatives: don't expect any surprises or twisted endings- what you think is gonna happen will probably happen nothing too out of the crazy ordinary, definitely not a date movie since guys will probably not be too interested in watching, the main character Sara is completely oblivious to her crazy roommate's antics- which is a bit hard to believe since her antics are real extreme
Psychological thriller rating: 3 out of 5
Actor rating; 3 out of 5- expect something similar to CW acting
Overall rating: 2.5 out of 5- not the worst movie ever but definitely not worth any bucks. If you're looking for crazy you can see it here but if you're looking for really crazy, this is not the one
Hanna
Government officials come tumbling down in this action-based assassin movie. Hanna is about a young girl who is trained by her father to murder the woman who murdered her mother. This movie is a bit different because it's not your non-stop action movie but instead has a few stops here and there for the innocence of a young girl to develop.
Positives: Hanna is a beast! She kills without blinking or thinking, not set in the US or the UK so you get to see a bit more geography, good plot once the real reasons for the killing spree and running is revealed
Negatives: although the diverse geography is great it does get confusing trying to figure out where in the world is Hanna, a bit slow of a movie even with the action scenes
Psychological thriller rating: 3.5 out of 5
Actor rating: 4 out of 5
Overall rating: 4 out of 5- foreign films are great but american films with foreign actors are even better
So there it is. The simplest reviews to the simplest movies. See one. See all. Either way, I'm done seeing them all. Enjoy!
Insidious
I hate to say this, but this movie was similar to popular haunted house movies such as Amityville and An American Haunting except that the haunting is not within the house but is instead inside the comatose son. The ending was a great surprise and made up for the slowness of the plot.
Positives: great ending, good, almost believable plot, decent actors
Negatives: sloooowwww and drawn out in the beginning, scary scenes mostly saved for the latter half of the movie
Horror/creepy rating: 2.5 out of 5
Acting rating: 3 out of 5
Overall rating: 3 out of 5, don't waste your time watching it in the theaters but definitely a good movie for a date night at home
The Rite
Anthony Hopkins had a pretty decent movie year with both The Wolfman and The Rite. Both movies were supposed to be big blockbuster hits and had heavy advertisement plays. The movie was a bit different from the usual exorcism movies; a little more emphasis on faith and religion than on scare tactics and graphics. The movie was basically about a man, struggling with faith, who is sent to Rome to take part in exorcism courses leading to his return to faith.
Positives: great acting on both leading character's parts, good pace to the movie, balanced emphasis on both religion and movie-style exorcism
Negatives: a bit more meat and potatoes to the movie would have been nice- you understand what's going on but you wish that more could have been added to the plot, although I don't mind movies that have an emphasis on religion, it's not for your everyday hardcore atheist
Horror/creepy rating: 4 out of 5- not exactly a horror movie but it definitely has its share of chills and jumps
Actor rating: 3 out of 5
Overall rating: 4 out of 5- reminded me a bit of The Book of Eli in the religious sense and if you enjoyed that movie you probably will enjoy The Rite
The Roommate
Crazy women seem to be the main theme for 2011. With Black Swan starting off the crazy bitch year, crazy women are slowly starting to populate the theater screens. The Roommate was exactly what the trailer showed it to be: a crazy ass female befriending her obliviously naive college roommate. I would suggest watching this with fellow roommates for full effect.
Positives: BITCH IS CRAZY!! Be prepared for some wacked out sh*t to happen, a great girls night out movie, no slow moments
Negatives: don't expect any surprises or twisted endings- what you think is gonna happen will probably happen nothing too out of the crazy ordinary, definitely not a date movie since guys will probably not be too interested in watching, the main character Sara is completely oblivious to her crazy roommate's antics- which is a bit hard to believe since her antics are real extreme
Psychological thriller rating: 3 out of 5
Actor rating; 3 out of 5- expect something similar to CW acting
Overall rating: 2.5 out of 5- not the worst movie ever but definitely not worth any bucks. If you're looking for crazy you can see it here but if you're looking for really crazy, this is not the one
Hanna
Government officials come tumbling down in this action-based assassin movie. Hanna is about a young girl who is trained by her father to murder the woman who murdered her mother. This movie is a bit different because it's not your non-stop action movie but instead has a few stops here and there for the innocence of a young girl to develop.
Positives: Hanna is a beast! She kills without blinking or thinking, not set in the US or the UK so you get to see a bit more geography, good plot once the real reasons for the killing spree and running is revealed
Negatives: although the diverse geography is great it does get confusing trying to figure out where in the world is Hanna, a bit slow of a movie even with the action scenes
Psychological thriller rating: 3.5 out of 5
Actor rating: 4 out of 5
Overall rating: 4 out of 5- foreign films are great but american films with foreign actors are even better
So there it is. The simplest reviews to the simplest movies. See one. See all. Either way, I'm done seeing them all. Enjoy!
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