September 2010
1 post
The Social Network
Score- 9/10 (very high 9)
(I have stopped doing the ‘objective and ‘subjective’ plot synopsis for personal reasons………….laziness)
BC- The Social Network is the perfect example of what happens when a movie is orchestrated by the right people. Throw out the writer, get someone else to adapt the book and you lose the wit. Throw out the director and you...
August 2010
10 posts
herekitty asked: Coin Firth was so wonderful. I will repress the thought of him having done a movie with Amanda Bynes in the past. I keep calling it A Beautiful Man due to how beautiful overall A Single Man is. Every scene. The detail on that little girls dress as she blinks in slow motion. I think something changed, he changed, or at least to me it felt as though there was a weight lifted of his chest and mine....
My 5 Favorite Directors and their 5 Best Films
1. Stanley Kubrick
5 Best Films
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
Paths of Glory
The Shining
2. Alfred Hitchcock
5 Best Films
Vertigo
Dial M for Murder
Rope
Rear Window
The Man Who Knew Too Much
3. Steven Spielberg
5 Best Films
Schindler’s List
Jurassic Park
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Minority Report
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. Federico...
A Single Man
Score- 8/10
Subjective Synopsis- A gay man tries to cope with the loss of his lover.
BC- One of the most consistently paced films I have ever seen. Picture a road trip with no bumps along the way, on cruise control, with not too much excitement, but yet, never a dull moment. A Single Man was just that. It felt like a Fellini movie but re-directed by Sam Mendes: a film which’s pretext is...
“Coming Soon: Reviews for Inception & A Single Man.”
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Toy Story 3
SCORE- 10/10
Synopsis (Objective)- Andy, now 17 years old, is packing his belongings and setting out for college. He puts all his toys in a black garbage bag, minus one: Woody. But not Buzz. Woody still decides to stick together with his friends and convince them that Andy still loves all of them equally. They end up at a Children’s Daycare where the boss is a pink teddy bear by...
July 2010
2 posts
The Book of Eli
SCORE- 6/10
Synopsis (Objective)- In a modern, post-apocalyptic Earth, where books are scarce, there wanders a man, Eli (Denzel Washington), with a plan. He holds in his possession a book that is sought after by a greedy man (Gary Oldman) envious of its ability to control the masses, that book is the Bible. Eli overcomes many obstacles to protect it and keep it away from the tyranny of man...
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Away We Go
SCORE- 7/10
Plot Synopsis (OBJECTIVE): A young couple travels North America in search of a new home for themselves, but more importantly, for their unborn baby girl as they experience many self-reflecting moments along the way.
Plot Synopsis (SUBJECTIVE): Two thirty-something-year old pseudo hipsters travel to random cities across North America at the harmonious pace of Nick Drake-ish...