Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - 6.5/10 - At once iconic and empty, this is an undeniably classic buddy film. Paul Newman and Robert Redford always play well off of one another, but the script lacked the nerve to make this more than a simple joyride, enjoyable though it is.
Shutter Island -...
If it wasn't clear, Salatheon was probably referring to a small piezoelectric PC speaker that can be plugged in directly to the SPEAKER pins on the motherboard, not audio output from a soundcard.
True Grit - 7.5/10 - Reviews of high-profile films feel trite to write, so I won't delve deeply. I liked True Grit very much, and Rooster Cogburn can be added to the list of recent great performances by Jeff Bridges. As others have said, this straight-shooter of a film is a departure for the...
A 7 is not a negative review by any means. It seems like a lot of people here use a 1-10 rating scale, but really treat 5 as the starting point and anything less than an 8 barely worth watching. If I were using a 5-point scale, I might round up for The Fighter. On a thumbs-up/thumbs-down basis...
The Fighter - 7/10 - The downtrodden-boxer-finds-success flick feels old-hat at this point; it seems like Cinderella Man was the last movie to get away with it. The Fighter bores in this regard, and Mark Wahlberg, though more than passable, feels disappointingly one-dimensional -- perhaps more...
Hunger is excellent. Fassbender's physical transformation invokes easy comparisons to Bale's in The Machinist, and his performance is fantastic. There's a long, uncut conversation scene in the middle of the film that's breathtaking.
I was very confused reading your review until I realized you were talking about the TV movie, not Sidney Lumet's masterpiece from 1957. I'm assuming you watched this version because you liked the original; if you haven't seen the old one, you should make it a priority.
Let Me In - 7.5/10 - Nearly a shot-for-shot English remake of Let the Right One In, which is a contender for my favorite vampire movie of all time. Chloe Moretz and Kodi Smit-McPhee are more than passable in this one, but I still felt like some of the power of the original was lost in the...
A movie about which you have nothing positive to say gets a 6/10? :\
Anyway, I'm with you on your apathy toward it, but I thought the sets were generally quite good. The acting was laughably horrendous.
It wasn't my intention to imply that The Sting wouldn't be enjoyable to watch again, only that a big part of the intrigue will be gone. Some movies feel more rewarding on each viewing; others have big reveals or fun twists that are less impactful once known. That said, the visual texture and...
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