There are great films and horrible films and the TOP grossers have lots of both.
School is not over and these are the grades. I will give two grades for each film, one for content and the other for purpose.
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) A/A+
2. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) C+/B
3. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) A+/A
4. Beverly Hills Cop (1984) D/B+
5. Batman (1989) C-/B
6. Ghostbusters (1984) A/A
7. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) A/A
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) B+/A
9. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) B/A-
10. Back to the Future (1985) A+/A+
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11. Tootsie (1982) A/A
12. Rain Man (1988) A/A
13. Three Men and a Baby (1987) B-/A
14. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) C/B
15. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) D-/B
16. Gremlins (1984) C/A
17. Top Gun (1986) B-/B
18. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) B/B+
19. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) F/C
20. Rocky IV (1985) F/D-
21. Back to the Future Part II (1989) B/A
22. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) B/B
23. Crocodile Dundee (1986) B/B
24. Fatal Attraction (1987) A/A-
25. Platoon (1986) B+/B
26. Rocky III (1982) F/D
27. Superman II (1981) C/B
28. Coming to America (1988) B-/B+
29. Working Girl (1988) B/C
30. On Golden Pond (1981) -/-
31. 9 to 5 (1980) -/-
32. Stir Crazy (1980) C/C
33. The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) D/C
34. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) -/-
35. “Crocodile” Dundee II (1988) D/D
36. Twins (1988) F/C
37. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) B/A
38. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) -/-
39. Porky’s (1982) -/-
40. Terms of Endearment (1983) -/-
41. The Color Purple (1985) A/B
42. The Karate Kid (1984) B/A
43. Out of Africa (1985) B/B
44. Arthur (1981) A/A
45. Airplane! (1980) B/A
46. Any Which Way You Can (1980) -/-
47. Stripes (1981) -/-
48. WarGames (1983) A/A
49. Superman III (1983) D/F
50. The Untouchables (1987) -/-
Doubt
Opens December 12, 2008
Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams,Viola Davis
Director. Screenwriter: John Patrick Shanley
Genres: Drama
OVERVIEW :
John Patrick Shanley brings his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play to the screen as a gripping story about the quest for truth, the forces of change, and the devastating consequences of blind justice in an age defined by moral conviction.
It’s 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Academy Award® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the schools’ strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep), the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James (Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams), a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequence.–© Miramax
WHY WATCH IT : Are you kidding, why wouldn’t you watch this movie?? Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep? You can’t get better than that.
It is a film that will at least get 1 Oscar, make my words.
Besides starring Philip and Meryl, the film looks amazingly shot and it has an unique storyline. Its a “guess you did it” film. Its one of those films that you are ROOTING for the character to film the person responsible. They know the person did it, even if they have no proof. When there is no “DOUBT” about it, they just know.
Who would not want to watch this film? I know I do.
Twilight is a 2008 romantic-fantasy film directed by Catherine Hardwicke and based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer.
GRADING :
Visual: A
Content: C (1st hour: B / 2nd hour: D)
Acting: D
Dialogue: F
SYNOPSIS : Seventeen-year-old Isabella “Bella” Swan moves to the small town of Forks, Washington, to live with her father, Charlie. There, she finds herself drawn to a mysterious classmate, Edward Cullen, who is revealed to be a 108-year-old vampire, but is physically seventeen. Although Edward discourages the romance at first, they soon fall deeply in love. When the arrival of three nomadic vampires, James, Victoria, and Laurent, puts Bella’s life in danger, Edward and his family, Alice, Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie, put their lives at stake to save her.
REVIEW : This film is about Bella, a young girl that moves to a small town in Washington to live with her father. Because she is so clumsy, pale, awkward and NEW, everyone wants to be friends with her (sure). And of course every boy in school wants to date her (again, sure they do). Nonetheless, the most common and normal thing that happens to new kids in school, the HOTTEST (apparently, he is) GUY in school secretly wants her, although in a way that no other boy would WANT her, he wants to drink ALL of her blood because obviously, he is a vampire (did not see that coming, did you?). Well, if you think you know where this is going, think again. This is not you typical VAMPIRE movie, trust me. Its is just a LOVE story (if you can see that, accounting that the actors do not look in love) that HAPPENS to include Vampires.
Don’t worry, I will tell you why. In this film, being a vampire means:
- They look FREAKING pale for no reason (they do have sunlight exposure)
- Go to school and sit in the cool table
- They can actually read minds (some others can see the future)
- Their eyes change color when they are hungry
- They SPARKLE in the sun, instead of having a painful death
- They play Baseball
- They RUN really really fast
- See, didn’t I tell you they were different
But, taking away all this, these are not the reasons why this movie BLOWS.
PROBLEMS: The movie its actually okay, your typical teenager film with really bad acting. Don’t get me wrong, not every teen film has bad acting, its just the majority. The movie itself has a great beginning, the 1st hour its amazing, it gets you hooked. A person that has not read the book, can also enjoy it. Nevertheless, everything changes when she goes into the woods with him (the 2nd hour), its starts going DOWN HILL. At the beginning you think that the bad acting is just result of the awkwardness that the actors feel toward each other before THEY FALL IN LOVE. Nevertheless, you realize that is NOT. The actors do not progress along with the characters, they actually make it worse.
Plus, the DIALOGUE do not help either. Although the dialogue its suppose to be a little cheesy (teen girl novel), they over do it.
SIMILAR FILMS :
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (teen vampires)
Romeo and Juliet (forbidden love)
Opens December 25, 2008 | Runtime:2 hr. 47 min.
Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng
Director: David Fincher
Genres: Romance, Fantasy, Drama
OVERVIEW :
“I was born under unusual circumstances.” And so begins “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man’s life can be. The film tells a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.(source: Fandango)
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WHY WATCH IT : It looks like a great movie. Great cast and amazing performances, it appears.
Even though you cannot say that this is an original story (based on book), it is an original film. At least something different to what is on theaters lately.
The reasons why I want to watch it are:
It looks interesting
BRAD PITT (what else can I say)
Love story
An old baby (you have to admit, that’s COOL)
You know that it will get Oscar BUZZ, that’s for sure.
GRADING :
Visual: A
Content: C
Acting: D
SYNOPSIS : The film is comprise of four parts, like in the novel of the same name.
Told from the point of view of Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan), an aspiring writer 13-year-old from a new rich English family. From the beginning, it is obvious that Briony has crush on Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), the son of their housekeeper. He likes Briony's older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley). Lola Quincey (Juno Temple), their cousin is raped by a man outside the house in the woods. Briony sees the man but because she is angry and jealous of her sister, she insists that she "knows who did it"; that is, who raped Lola, and that that man is Robbie.
The rest of the movie is about three and a half years after, during the Second World War. Everything being about the obstacles that Robbie and Cecilia have to over come to be happy, since they are in love with each other.
Briony tells the story of all that they suffer to be together during the War.
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REVIEW : The movie is your typical love story against all odds. The rich girl falls in love with the poor boy. They love each other, but cannot be together because of a problem or "family". Someone get in between them and they go separate ways. Nonetheless, they never forgot about each other and are still waiting to see the other once again thinking that things might be different after years have passed. They see each other again and are happy again, but not for long until the end of the film, were they are connected in a deeper sense.
As you can tell, I did not like the film
I do not understand why it was so big and critically acclaimed.
If you liked the NOVEL, you might like it. If you like a predictable love story, you might like it.
The film is 123 minutes long, so it is not as easy to watch it and then find out you do not like it.
It is up to you if you want to watch it, consider yourself WARNED
PROBLEMS: I wanted to love this film, I really did. Nevetheless, I did not like the acting. I am a fan of James McAvoy's work, but this film was not for my taste.
I will that the biggest problem with this movie was the acting. I found Saoirse Ronan fake and annoying. I just hated the way that the actress performed. Nonetheless, the worse, in my opinion, was the relationship between Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. I did not buy that they were in love. I bought the fact that they were attracted to each other, PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY, but not EMOTIONALLY.
For a love story to work, you have to see the chemistry between both actors. Even if you have a great script, at the end what matters in the ACTORS that make you believe that story.
SIMILAR FILMS :
Pride & Prejudice (because of the story)
Charlie Wilson's War (chemistry between actors)
