Saturday, May 23, 2015

Winter 2014-15 through May 2015

Here are all of the movies I've seen lately and a few words on the impression that they left on me:

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Oct. 17
(Not actually winter, but I didn't see it until it was on wide release. Literally a week after I saw it, it was on DVD. Loved the one-shot film style and the casting.)
Nov. 27
(Loved this movie so much! Such good performances by Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley.)
Dec. 25
(Intense. Kind of overrated, but pretty good.)

Paddington
Jan. 16
(Adorable and a ton of fun.)

Feb. 6
(After the release was delayed at least once, it should have been so amazing, but it was (sadly) no bueno.)
Feb. 13
(Fun, inventive, exciting.)

Feb. 13
(Everyone has their own opinion on this, so: No comment.)

Feb. 20
(Cute and funny. Not amazing, but entertaining.)
Feb. 27
(Awesome! Seriously, way better than I was expecting. Proof that Will Smith still has what it takes to make a good movie.)
March 6
(Super cool idea: Consciousness of machines and the consequences. Weird futuristic world=cool beans.)
Mar. 13
(Interesting, but not amazing. Kind of like Occulus or Cabin in the Woods.)
Otherwise known as, "What's a word that rhymes with Divergent? Detergent! Nah...Oh! Insurgent! Sweet, I have a book title now!"
(Good, but not as good as the first one. Better than Catching Fire in terms of strong female dystopian trilogies.)
Mar. 27
(So freaking awesome. Like, if you want a feel good movie, watch this! Plus, Jim Parsons and Rhianna are really good voice actors.)

April 3
(So impressive! Loved the showmanship of it all.)
Ex Machina
April 10
(Liked it, could have been better. Goes along with The Imitation Game and Chappy in terms of the theme of computer/artificial intelligence.)
May 1
(Wasn't looking forward to it because I wasn't a huge fan of Captain America: Winter Soldier, but I was extremely pleasantly surprised! Awesome movie!)
May 8
(Meh. Fun, but The Heat, with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy was better.)
May 15
(Awesome! Similar to the first one, so awesome!)

May 15
(A cluster eff of everything brutal, dark, awesome, and intense. Edge-of-your-seat fun!)
May 22
(Exciting, cool story, but a lot of the movie was just set-up plot for a 20 minute story that ended up being extremely "preach-y".)
 

Thanks for reading!

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Movies I Saw Recently...but...

So, since I've been on somewhat of a blogging intermission, here are a list of movies that I've watched over the past few months that I won't be reviewing.

For all but the exception of Blackhat, it's just been too long since I've viewed these films to give an honest and thorough review.

That doesn't mean that there aren't great reviews of the below films that exist, so (at the bottom of this post) I've listed links to a couple of my favorite YouTube channels with the best movie reviews. 
Oct. 3
Oct. 10
 
Oct. 31
Nov. 5
Nov. 7
Nov. 21
Dec. 12
Dec. 25 
Jan. 16
(I won't be reviewing this release because it was so poorly made and had such a bad plot that I don't think it would be worth while to dwell on any longer.)


A couple of my favorite YouTube movie reviewers:
Jeremy Jahns
schmoesknow