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Quick reviews
Dark city - was surprisingly good I enjoyed the atmosphere. Cool plot and setting the mash up of scifi and noir was unique and worked well.
Final score 8.25/10
Incendies - decent movie with a great ending but its a drag to get there. Incredibly slow paced but still an interesting watch.
Final score 6.5/10
Magnolia - felt very long and I enjoyed most of it but I didn't feel like the stories connected in a way that satisfied me at the end. Tom cruise was the best part
Final score 6.5/10
Extraction - fun action movie. Nothing groundbreaking but Hemsworth does a good job and the action and plot are fun and well done.
Final score 7.5/10
Place beyond the pines - great cast and a pretty gripping movie. Wasnt expecting the major change in the plot halfway through but I enjoyed how the chain reaction of events plays out. Although some things were a little too conveniently connected.
Final score 8/10
My biggest issue with Place Beyond the Pines (which I overall would still consider a quite good film) is
when Gosling exits, the film loses a lot of its energy and momentum. The first segment with him, Eva Mendes, Ben Mendelsohn, and Mahershala is just far better, in my view, to the Cooper crooked cops segment, and the segment with the two teens at the end.
The Cooper/Liotta segment just feels redundant to me. And while I think Dane Dehaan and Emory Cohen are both quality actors, a lot of their segment just didn't resonate with me.
Gosling kills it in his segment though.
The Cooper/Liotta segment just feels redundant to me. And while I think Dane Dehaan and Emory Cohen are both quality actors, a lot of their segment just didn't resonate with me.
Gosling kills it in his segment though.