Rate the last movie you watched out of 10

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When does YouChube decide to crash on me? When I'm trying to watch a multi part story with a continuity to follow, of course. Errors never occur and force me to try again later when I'm watching cringe-worthy slide shows to songs with low quality audio.

Streaming video: Oh so very shite.
 
Ghost World, 9/10.

I hated the film's voice at the beginning (it either toned down or I got used to them) and I don't think it earned what it done some of the time, but it doesn't matter, this is a great film. Good use of world building and although I appreciated a lot of the narrative, I felt it became a bit Enid-centric towards the end. Scarlett Johansson was shockingly like Mischa Barton/Marissa Cooper (w/o drugs) in this. Also interesting to see Buscemi in his supporting roles again after Boardwalk Empire.

Also, I miss Thora Birch.
 
Somewhere

Jaded actor undergoes existential crisis until the arrival of a young girl in his life. Oh, and it's directed by Sofia Coppola.

It sounds a lot like Lost in Translation and for anybody yawning at the possibility of a retread or something pretentious I have to inform you that this is a great film that dazzles with its humanity.

It is nowhere near original. It tells us nothing new. What it does have is a duo in Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning who build up a natural relationship that becomes moving. I enjoyed it tremendously and whole-heartedly recommend it to anybody inclined towards art-house films.

9/10
 
The Amityville Horror (2005 remake) - 6/10

Wasn't that great, wasn't that scary. It's all just very generic by this stage. One saving grace was Ryan Reynolds being so hawt! The ending was pretty ridiculous too.

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Easy A, 10/10.
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I'd give it 9/10, and it's definitely one of the best films of the year!
 
Monsters

Six years ago, a space-probe carrying new life back to earth breaks up over Central America. Photojournalist Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy) is asked to escort his bosses daughter Sam Wynder (Whitney Able) from Mexico to the US before they are stuck in the country for three years. Unfortunately, they have to travel overland through the infected zone.

This film is famous for being a low-budget sci-fi film is more interested in characters on a road-trip than using CGI to create whizz-bang battles. Indeed the world is very much our own but forever altered by the aliens and the CGI is used to reinforce this.

Thankfully, it works well in differentiating the film as it allows real life couple McNairy and Able to act and imbue their characters with a natural chemistry. It is a film that is much more subtle and nuanced than Avatar and I felt that it was superior because due to the focus on building a world and characters and not relying on visual spectacle.

9/10
 
Kamikaze Girls - 9/10

Because if I gave it 10/10, i'm probably being dramatic. Loved this film <3 Very funny, and absolutely loved both Ichigo and Momoko <3
 
Tron Legacy, 8/10.

I really really liked it. The direction was obvious, the acting was merely acceptable and the writing was exceedingly mediocre, but it made a great film. The Flynn family has definitely inflicted a virus since we last saw them, however - they all speak in lingo from the decade before they were. Jeff Bridges was indeed The Dude several times. The Lead Guy Who Looks Like Jensen Ackles From Supernatural speaks in '90s action movie slang, too. Quorra, played by Olivia Wilde was also a fun addition to the cast. I liked seeing them all interact, even if they were talking crap.

Crap, I understood and enjoyed though; a lot of the film is expository wherein they explain what has happened to The Grid, which I found interesting. There were ideas of Perfection (bit of Nazism) and God thrown around quite a bit as well.

Lest not forget how freaking self-indulgent it is either. It's almost on-par with the Lord of the Rings trilogy in that aspect. The camera lingers on its sexy CGI maybe a bit too often and Daft Punk's fairly good score drives us home way more than it should. This was not a Tron reboot, as that would have made financial sense, this is quite literally, a sequel of Tron. It takes the original, expands a bit and mostly just lets the central father/son dilemma of Star Wars take-over. With the difference being, the characters aren't as memorable. There are moments of awesome with them, but its let down by them meandering around a bit. Much like the original.

That said, like Star Wars (Ep IV), I could certainly do with seeing a couple of sequels to go with this. They can have my money already. If this doesn't bank enough, I'm sure the cartoon will somewhat suffice though. Not for my friend, however, who absolutely hated it and said it was too much like Star Wars. He even like the original more than me. Go figure?

(Also, saw a Scott Pilgrim showing with loads of other fans, some having seen it a number of times already at the cinema (me!!) introduced and followed by a Q&A with Edgar Wright. Twas amazing. My favourite film of the year. Certainly.)
 
Memories of Matsuko - 10/10

I can't even remember a time when a film has got me so gripped, and engaged emotionally. This is easily one of the best films I have ever seen. I'd recommend it to anyone.

It's so sad, so, so sad </3
 
Tron Legacy 7-8/10

I couldn't really decide at the time what to rate it, no doubt stick with a 7/10. So what about it did i like? It kept to the Tron formula well, visuals where stunning, music was superb as well. The story was a little bland, but trons story never did come across as the strongest thing anyways, however it does continue the series well enough regardless, and i feel it's at a decent conclusion this time too. I hope they don't do what so many have done before and decide to milk it, adding in stuff which either destroys the ending from before or...you get the idea.

Characters where portrayed well enough too, like with Olivia Wilde. Used to seeing her in House, but a movie outting for her was a nice change too.
 
Buried - 9/10

So, I'm not usually one for terror movies, or movies that focus on a limited cast, but being a Ryan Reynolds fan, I thought I'd give this chance. Very well put together film considering it focuses entirely on a single character in a box for 90 minutes. There was the odd part that I wasn't too fond off, but overall, I was entertained and kept gripped throughout.
 
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World 9/10

I finally got round to buying this movie on Monday and have watched it at least twice since, it's just a fantastic movie that doesn't take itself seriously like alot of movies out there today, with a story that, while for a retro video game it might seem a bit ordinary (think River City Ransom or Art of Fighting crossed with Mega Man), for a movie it's probably the most original story i've seen to date, it's filled with some of the most original and likeable characters i've seen, I would wholeheartedly recommend this if you haven't watched it already.
 
Megamind - Will Ferrell/10.

Very funny, and quite spectacular, in parts, it hits a bit too much of a lull just after the start and is a little too predictable in its "reworking" of Superhero movie conventions, but massive points for trying, and for the great man's lead performance.
 
The King's Speech - 10/10. Proper film. Performance of a lifetime from Colin Firth, no doubt. I think the A plot would feel a little bit off-pace if it wasn't framed by the searing historical backdrop of the run up to WWII, but it is, of course, so that isn't a problem. Unexpected excellence in the form of superbly timed comic relief, too.
 
Trigun : Badlands Rumble

9/10

Vash is as good as ever.

It doesn't get 10/10 due to Wolfwood being in it. They should just let him rest.
 
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