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The Windmill Movie (2008)
Interesting, personal biography about a tormented guy who seems to have suffered from the same insecurities as many artists and people in general. The footage is assembled creatively. I wonder if Rogers would have liked it.
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Watchmen (2009)
Surprisingly interesting characters and good performances for a superhero movie. Haley is wonderful in and out of costume as Rorschach, Goode plays a wonderful villain, and Crudup’s Dr. Manhattan might be one of the biggest bad-asses in the universe. Interesting choice to show his dong. Rorschach’s got the same voice…
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Max Payne (2008)
Gritty and dark, with loud bullets, over-dramatic music, slow-mo, and moody skies, but who cares? It’s all a little silly. Wahlberg, a talented and interesting actor, has been wasted in just about every one of his films since The Departed.
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Changeling (2008)
Engaging. Amazing that this all came from a true story. Nice to see Jolie playing the victim.
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Revolutionary Road (2008)
Good period piece, and it’s interesting watching these people’s lives fall apart. But depressing. What’s the message? Love is dead?
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The Informant! (2009)
Soderbergh, who has expertly delivered tight stories with fun characters and quality dialogue and whimsical direction in the past, disappoints. The story drags and Damon’s not funny. Playing funky music while he drives his car into the garage does not give the film pizazz.
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The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)
Like an episode of Quantum Leap. It’s fun to twist up the story play with all the time travel paradoxes, but there are some problems. He says he “always arrives too late to change anything”, but it’s obvious that he could. For example, he knows he is going to have…
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
The story was already written by X-Men mythology, I suppose, and one could piece it together by watching the other X-Men movies. So it just doesn’t seem very fresh. Is the whole franchise getting a little tired? Action is mediocre, mostly ruined by fake-looking wire stunts. Jackman gives us more…
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Avatar (2009)
Epic. I knew I could count on James Cameron. Incredible and revolutionary special effects. The world we find ourselves in is completely new and completely real. Despite the fanciful colors and unusual life forms all around us, you can tell that efforts were made to make everything plausible. The experience…
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I'm a photographer, web developer, travel enthusiast, and movie buff living in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.In the summer of 1993, I started writing reviews for every movie I saw and haven't looked back. I'm up to 2,388 reviews now. This makes me cool or a complete dork, depending on your perspective.
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