Posted on 03/13/2011 6:54:03 PM PDT by Perdogg
This year was actually a good year for movies, as I’ve written repeatedly. The King’s Speech was great; so was Toy Story 3; Inception may go down as one of the most creative films of all time. The Fighter was excellent as well.
Then there were the overrated films. Black Swan was atrociously awful, another Aronofsky masterpiece of self-aggrandizing bullcrap. The Kids Are All Right was a TV movie masquerading as a prestige film because it was about lesbians. True Grit was a remake.
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According to Tolkien, his inspiration came out of his interest in writing the languages used in the book, coupled with a desire to invent a mythology for England.
“1. Anything by James Cameron”
The first two Terminator movies were good.
Maybe his drugs just ran out...
This family LOVES Mel Brooks!!! Love his humor.
Lost in Translation was the worst film I have ever seen...and I have seen some really awful ones.
Edward James Olmos in Blade Runner....
So young.... still SO ugly.
Amen--surprisingly good ("Surprisingly" because I hadn'r expected anything from it except a "weird-concept" comedy.)
I tend to agree, though I have to admit that the Matrix *sequels* actually did indeed descend into sophomoric nonsense that tried to sound philosophical (all the causality stuff w/ the Architect, etc.), in addition to other serious failings.
Oh, the sequels were a mess. I’ve seen the sequels once, and after that have never bothered to watch them again.
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