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RocknRolla (2008)
The Ritchie formula: well-spoken, quirky, but generally simple men fill the screen with “witty,” lingo-filled exchanges on their quest to find a stolen/misplaced/lost object of particular affection, glued together with funky and razor-sharp edits and angry guitars. Not an improvement over or any more original than his previous films. It’s…
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Star Trek (2009)
Nice personal story, nice implementation of previously existing characters (except for Spock’s awkward Vulcan salute and Kirk’s femininely crossed legs at the end of the film), nice cast, nice effects. Even the story is good, if a bit confusing with all the time travel stuff. It was Abrams, so I…
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Seven Pounds (2008)
The last few minutes are dramatic, but the build-up doesn’t keep me. For 95% of the time we’re watching the film, we’re watching a guy who is obviously conflicted doing things we don’t understand. Is the ending worth the wait? Not sure it is. Why the title?
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Deja Vu (2006)
A few plot holes, which you’re bound to have with a time travel movie. Denzel is Denzel. Caviezel’s pretty sinister in this one. Patton is delicious. Polished, glossy photography from Tony Scott, but the editing and sound effects for some of the “high-tech” scenes are a bit cheesy.
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This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
I get the parody, but it’s just not funny enough. You actually have to sit through the rather boring and barely existent story and wait for the funny situations and remarks to come. Guest’s later stuff was better.
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Ganja Queen (2007)
Pretty moving story (or performance). Amazing that they were able to reconstruct the story without any voiceover and a minimal amount of graphic text. A lot of coverage of a case I’ve never heard of. I wonder if she did it.
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