Original rating: 6/10
Does it still hold? It might eventually fall to a 5.5
You are all right now: fuck this, not reading this shit. It gets better. Let’s focus on that this film, while being terrible, was not as bad as it could have been.
What I liked: Dakota Johnson did her best and she’s the best part of the film. The score was also really well done and is the only other saving grace in the film.
What I didn’t like: The line is LONG here. Jamie Dornan has no charisma on screen, he looked so freaked out to touch Johnson and he was frigid. Then the directing didn’t help things along either, sack that director. You can go read the list of complaints by clicking on the link above though, because I can’t remember everything that annoyed me, but I will mention that movie remains a movie about the glorification of abuse.
Original rating: 6/10
Does it still hold? It might eventually edge up to a 6.5
What I liked:
Dwayne Johnson and his type cast roles work well because Dwayne Johnson is excellently type casted. He is so big and brawny but with a nice guy attitude that he works exceptionally well as a hero. A really big one.
AllesandraDaddario. I really enjoyed her in here and she was such a strong female character.
What I didn’t like:
It is exactly the same as every other action movie out there. A bit of variation would have made this movie really cool, but it was written in the same formulaic tone that always works, but rarely excites.
Original rating: 6.5/10
Does it still hold? No. Thinking back I enjoyed this less than number 20, so eventually it might drop to a 6.
What I liked: Not too much. Mostly just Cara with-the-difficult-surname’s eyebrows.
What I didn’t like: I’m just too old for these kid movies. Over it. That and Margot Roth Spielman was a terrible character.
Original rating: 6.5/10
Does it still hold? Yeah
What I liked: My beautiful Robb Stark as Prince Charming. Gosh. Although extremely under-utilized, I also really enjoyed Cate Blanchett as the stepmom. Helena Bonham Carter is always a treat on screen and she didn’t disappoint either.
What I didn’t like: Disney did not change one single thing. It is truly the live version of the animation, and yet if they took another angle I would likely have loved it way more.
Original rating: 6.5/10
Does it still hold? Yeah
What I liked: These guys obviously worked much harder at being more original and it came across. The embarrassment threshold a person should possess to sit through this is still very high, but it was quite entertaining.
What I didn’t like: Not much really. The acting was terrible but it certainly wasn’t a prerequisite to the success of the film.
Original rating: 6.5/10
Does it still hold? Eh. Not sure.
What I liked: Brit Robertson, Scott Eastwood, YAY. I liked both characters.
What I didn’t like: The story didn’t mesh very well, was badly told and was boring in a few places. Nicholas Sparks needs to stop making movies for the sake of getting his books made into movies.
Original Rating: 7.5/10
Does it still hold? It might fall to 7 in the future.
What I liked: The fact that it was about friendship not romance. Since I lost someone to cancer I don’t find movies about cancer interesting at all, I find them distasteful because they are so unrealistic. Yet this movie wasn’t as offensive and managed to be sweet. It has a very indie vibe to it and that worked great as well.
What I didn’t like: It felt a bit long. That’s mostly all that I recall in hindsight.
Original rating: 7.5/10
Does it still hold? Eh. Not sure. It was good though.
What I liked: the slightly altered ending made Katniss seem like a much nicer person, the fact that they kept to all those deaths that occur in the book because some of them were hard to include and the feeling of how everything in Panem is at an end – the film had a great somber tone going for it.
What I didn’t like: The film loses track with some of the characters. I’ll even suggest that they should have included some extra dialogue to take you to where Gale ended up. It is a big mistake in the book and shouldn’t have been taken into the film.
- Pitch Perfect 2
Original rating: 7.5/10
Does it still hold? Yeah. My favorite comedy of the year.
What I liked: The fact that there is a franchise out there that celebrates female friendships and team work as well as being about something that doesn’t have a penis. The hilarity of Fat Amy and her antics, the ridiculousness of the acapella wars and everything that accompanies it just makes the franchise great.
What I didn’t like: Really not much to complain about here. It worked really well and falls technically into my top ten for the year with that rating.
Original rating: 7.5/10
Does it still hold? Maybe an 8
What I liked: It was a genuinely good film and Blake Lively shone. I truly enjoyed her and she was perfectly cast. Michiel Huisman is drop dead gorgeous yummy, and he suited that role of a lover perfectly. The film isn’t for everyone, but it was a great experience for me.
What I didn’t like? I really liked this movie, so there isn’t anything to bitch about right now.
Tune in tomorrow for the top ten!
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