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[QUOTE=Rusty100;35102945]the story itself is not crap i explained this[/QUOTE] It is crap though. It's simple, cliched and predictable. You have to admit that if it was the same plot but done in a normal Hollywood style it probably would have been balls. Fortunately it wasn't and the rest of it was good enough that the simple plot doesn't even really matter.

that's because normal hollywood style action movies are boring as shit

So that mass effect movie, does anyone know anything about it?

[QUOTE=squids_eye;35106045]It is crap though. It's simple, cliched and predictable.[/QUOTE] you wanna elaborate on those

[QUOTE=squids_eye;35106045]simple, cliched and predictable[/QUOTE] three of the worst, most uninteresting words to use in a review.

[QUOTE=Rusty100;35106509]you wanna elaborate on those[/QUOTE] The plot is essentially just, [sp] guy involved with criminals falls in love with woman, has to protect her when a job goes wrong.[/sp] The whole time I felt like I knew what was coming next, there were no surprises or twists. Just to be clear, I'm not trying to dispute the fact that the movie is amazing, it is still easily one of the best movies of 2011. I'm just saying it's not perfect. [QUOTE=AK'z;35106523]three of the worst, most uninteresting words to use in a review.[/QUOTE] It's a good thing i'm not a professional movie critic then isn't it.

[QUOTE=squids_eye;35106982]The plot is essentially just, [sp] guy involved with criminals falls in love with woman, has to protect her when a job goes wrong.[/sp] The whole time I felt like I knew what was coming next, there were no surprises or twists. [/QUOTE] Yeah you just explained why it's simple, there's no "bad" in any of the parts you said.

[QUOTE=simkas;35107035]Yeah you just explained why it's simple, there's no "bad" in any of the parts you said.[/QUOTE] Because in any other movie that plot would be boring as shit. It didn't matter in Drive because of how well the rest of it was done, maybe that was the point. All I am saying is that the plot couldn't stand on it's own.

[QUOTE=squids_eye;35107113]Because in any other movie that plot would be boring as shit. It didn't matter in Drive because of how well the rest of it was done, maybe that was the point. All I am saying is that the plot couldn't stand on it's own.[/QUOTE] That doesn't make the plot bad.

[QUOTE=simkas;35107160]That doesn't make the plot bad.[/QUOTE] neither does it make it a bad experience.

Adventures of Tintin 8/10 Loved all the action sequences. The Muppets 8/10 An all around good movie anyone can enjoy. J. Edgar 7/10 DiCaprio made a great performance but the story could have been told more coherently.

[QUOTE=squids_eye;35107113]Because in any other movie that plot would be boring as shit. It didn't matter in Drive because of how well the rest of it was done, maybe that was the point. All I am saying is that the plot couldn't stand on it's own.[/QUOTE] Yes, the plot could stand on it's own, and did. It's simple yes, but it's not cliched, and it's not predictable (what parts about it did you predict? Honestly now, that's pretty bullshit.) Literally your only gripe is that it was simple, but that's not a valid reason as to why it's a bad plot. It's a simple, but good plot, with great execution. How is it predictable? [sp]The cautious, violent loner finds love, but the husband stands in the way. Instead of getting the husband out of the way, he actually helps him in order to protect the whole family. The husband is killed, but the driver still doesn't mooch in and getaway with them. He doesn't even keep the money. He gives it back, THEN HE GETS STABBED. He doesn't get the girl. He leaves her. Where are the cliches? Where's the predictability? What about it did you predict? Did you predict in this one part Ryan Gosling would smile???[/sp]

[QUOTE=Rusty100;35107823]Yes, the plot could stand on it's own, and did. It's simple yes, but it's not cliched, and it's not predictable (what parts about it did you predict? Honestly now, that's pretty bullshit.) Literally your only gripe is that it was simple, but that's not a valid reason as to why it's a bad plot. It's a simple, but good plot, with great execution. How is it predictable? [sp]The cautious, violent loner finds love, but the husband stands in the way. Instead of getting the husband out of the way, he actually helps him in order to protect the whole family. The husband is killed, but the driver still doesn't mooch in and getaway with them. He doesn't even keep the money. He gives it back, THEN HE GETS STABBED. He doesn't get the girl. He leaves her. Where are the cliches? Where's the predictability? What about it did you predict? Did you predict in this one part Ryan Gosling would smile???[/sp][/QUOTE] [sp]He falls in love with a woman who has a kid, that basically always means that the kids father is going to come into the story somehow. You find out the father is in prison which almost always means he is going to get out during the film. You see him help out the husband after he gets beaten up and he shows interest in who did it, its fairly obvious he is going to get involved. The job was obviously going to go wrong because you have already seen a job go well and movies rarely repeat that sort of thing, especially when it has such obvious foreshadowing with the second man coming out late at the start.[/sp] [sp]He never shows any interest in keeping the money so him leaving it isn't a surprise at all. As soon as you see the two main bad guys it is obvious that they will be behind it all. Bryan Cranston's character just plain looks like the kind which would get killed at some point. It was obvious that the driver was going to get betrayed during the little deal at the end because it had already been pretty firmly established that it was too late to take the money and let him go.[/sp] Basically throughout the whole film it is easy to see what is going to happen next.

I'd rate the Woman in Black probably a 6/10 Radcliffe's acting was nice and I enjoyed it but the pacing was done poorly, in my opinion, and I felt that the scares were done badly because almost all of them were cheap jump-scares. The plot line was also a bit cliched. The ending was pretty bad but they wrote themselves into a corner so there wasn't much they could do with that. It certainly wasn't an awful movie but I just couldn't get myself to like it.

I actually thought that the scares were pretty well done

To each his own. Maybe I'm just being overly critical.

Dr. Strangelove - 6.5/10 In my opinion, it's neither terrible nor amazing. It's pretty funny, not outrageously funny, though its sense of humor is definitely unique.

[QUOTE=Anastatius;35109999]To each his own. Maybe I'm just being overly critical.[/QUOTE] well, that may be because I never watch horror movies [editline]12th March 2012[/editline] scenes like that [sp]part when he is searching for something under the bed were pretty obvious, but I loved when the woman appeared in that chair, or right next to him while he looked out the window.[/sp]

[QUOTE=squids_eye;35108835] Basically throughout the whole film it is easy to see what is going to happen next.[/QUOTE] Twists or the unexpected are not always necessary for a films story to create a great impact. Many times, and I think in the case of Drive, the prediction of what might happen creates a lot of dread and fear of the future, some what like the characters in the film might be feeling.

[QUOTE=squids_eye;35108835][sp]He falls in love with a woman who has a kid, that basically always means that the kids father is going to come into the story somehow. You find out the father is in prison which almost always means he is going to get out during the film. You see him help out the husband after he gets beaten up and he shows interest in who did it, its fairly obvious he is going to get involved. The job was obviously going to go wrong because you have already seen a job go well and movies rarely repeat that sort of thing, especially when it has such obvious foreshadowing with the second man coming out late at the start.[/sp] [sp]He never shows any interest in keeping the money so him leaving it isn't a surprise at all. As soon as you see the two main bad guys it is obvious that they will be behind it all. Bryan Cranston's character just plain looks like the kind which would get killed at some point. It was obvious that the driver was going to get betrayed during the little deal at the end because it had already been pretty firmly established that it was too late to take the money and let him go.[/sp] Basically throughout the whole film it is easy to see what is going to happen next.[/QUOTE] no, you're just a shit troll.

[QUOTE=squids_eye;35108835][sp]He falls in love with a woman who has a kid, that basically always means that the kids father is going to come into the story somehow. You find out the father is in prison which almost always means he is going to get out during the film. You see him help out the husband after he gets beaten up and he shows interest in who did it, its fairly obvious he is going to get involved. The job was obviously going to go wrong because you have already seen a job go well and movies rarely repeat that sort of thing, especially when it has such obvious foreshadowing with the second man coming out late at the start.[/sp] [sp]He never shows any interest in keeping the money so him leaving it isn't a surprise at all. As soon as you see the two main bad guys it is obvious that they will be behind it all. Bryan Cranston's character just plain looks like the kind which would get killed at some point. It was obvious that the driver was going to get betrayed during the little deal at the end because it had already been pretty firmly established that it was too late to take the money and let him go.[/sp] Basically throughout the whole film it is easy to see what is going to happen next.[/QUOTE] "the film has a conflict, it's so cliched."

[QUOTE=darius_bielecki;35110652]Twists or the unexpected are not always necessary for a films story to create a great impact. Many times, and I think in the case of Drive, the prediction of what might happen creates a lot of dread and fear of the future, some what like the characters in the film might be feeling.[/QUOTE] Perhaps you are right but I still feel that in order to get a good sense of dread, there has to be a fair amount of uncertainty surrounding the situation. Which is hard to achieve when you feel like you know what is going to happen next. Maybe I just ruined the film for myself with a series of unfortunately accurate guesses for what was going to happen. I'm normally not that good at predicting the outcome of films but it felt pretty easy this time around. [QUOTE=Pops;35112340]no, you're just a shit troll.[/QUOTE] You can think that if you want I suppose but I'm just stating my opinion on the film. Or is anyone with an opinion contrary to yours a troll to you? [editline]12th March 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=sp00ks;35112478]"the film has a conflict, it's so cliched."[/QUOTE] I'm not sure where you got that from, I wasn't even talking about cliches.

pulp fiction 10/10 shit never gets old

Taxi Driver 8.5/10 I did NOT expect this kind of movie, really surprised me several times in a good way killing scenes were dark and felt so real

Donnie Darko - 8.5/10 Well done.

The Mask 8/10 I haven't seen it since I was about 5 and, as I found the DVD lying around, thought I might as well watch it because I remember liking it but don't remember much about it. It's surprisingly good and the effects don't look dated either. Also there was quite a large amount of adult jokes in there, which is good. [editline]13th March 2012[/editline] If it hasn't been done already I might make one of those trailers that makes a film look like a horror. I noticed a lot of material throughout.

This Must Be the Place 7/10

Zero Day 8/10 Great movie, I like how the camera and the security tapes were the only viewpoint. [sp] And the part when they start casually breaking out the guns in the car got my adrenalin going[/sp]

King of California 9/10 Oh my god this movie is just amazing.

Persepolis - 8/10 Pretty good. I didn't like the style at first but it grew on me quite quickly.