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[RedMenace]

Taxi Driver
Rating: B+

[quirkybear]

Blood Simple (1984)
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen aka the Coen Brothers.
A- for grotesque comedy.

I think the director is trying to create nausea, especially because he keeps cutting to the spinning fan and dead fish alongside a glass of curdled milk (which has a dead fly in it). The rest is a bunch of bullets and killing scenes that are sickeningly funny, especially the private detective. I thought he was just a hired assassin at first because my mind had one of those moments where I wasn't paying much attention due to multitasking.

Overall, I think the director is almost mocking the audiences' perception of sick humor in this film--which makes it sardonically hilarious.

Scene from Blood Simple: The Detective and his 'Buggy'.

[Bakuda]

Well...nobody made an Avengers thread so I'll post this here. Honestly...I walked into this expecting nothing...and walked out with a smile on my face. It was very well done. A great mix of action and comedy 4/5

[RedAuthar]

Avengers: 9/10 in my opinion. Not a perfect movie but pretty close.

Ther2view made a full review here: http://ther2dude.blogspot.com/

[MoonPrincess07]

Another A for the Avengers. I went Friday night and am ready to see it again. Just need to see it in 3D this time.

[Kain Blackwood]

Avengers: way better than expected. Honestly, this movie was kind of a miracle considering what they were trying to do with it and how well they pulled it off. As mentioned, not perfect (needed more Loki), but surprisingly funny and entertaining throughout.

Johnny Got His Gun: you could probably just watch the music video for Metallica's "One" and see everything that's really of any importance to the plot. A tad dated (especially with the pacing and some of the casting choices), but nevertheless genuinely disturbing, sad, and thought-provoking film that takes big, hippie-fisted potshots at the establishment (man).

Dark Days: excellent, black & white documentary about a group of people living in the tunnels beneath New York and eventually forced out. Depressing, but enlightening and attempts to end on a high note; don't know to whom I would recommend it, but if stories of the homeless interest you (like me), it's entrancing.

[Vlad Yvhv]

Death Race: A+. Good story, good actors, good action.

[Vlad Yvhv]

I Come In Peace (AKA: Dark Angel): A-. A bit cheesy at some points, but overall a good, fun movie.

Prometheous: F. A seriously lackluster movie. I feel like I've wasted money on this movie.

[ILOVEVHS]

Ratings for all the new movies I've seen this year:


Secret World of Arietty: 6/10 Ok, but not one of Miyazaki's best.

The Pirates In An Adventure With Scientists (The Pirates! Band of Misfits): 7/10 Another great film by Aardman Animations.

Men in Black 3: 9/10 Despite a few flaws, and the lack of certain previous characters, this is easily the best in the series.

The Avengers: 8/10 Truly one of the best superhero movies. Iron Man, as always steals the show for me.

Dark Shadows: 7/10 Very underrated. A good mix of comedy, horror and drama. Not recommended for hardcore fans of the show.

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted: 9/10 The best of the franchise. A good story, great new characters, and funny jokes. A good conclusion to the series. (If they do make a 4th one, I'm going nuts)

Brave: 8/10 An epic adventure, with a good moral. Another Pixar classic.

Ted: 9/10 Extremely funny, very raunchy, and a very clever story. Proof that Seth MacFarlane should get to work on the Family Guy movie.

The Amazing Spider-Man: 8/10 The best Spider-Man movie ever.

The Dark Knight Rises: 9/10 Better than all previous live action films.

ParaNorman: 10/10 Funny, scary and epic. The best zombie movie ever.

Frankenweenie: 11/10 The best movie ever directed by Tim Burton. Period.

Wreck-It Ralph: 9/10 Funny, memorable, heartwarming, and honorable to the world of gaming.

[RedAuthar]

The Longest Day.
9/10

[Uncle Ben]

Braveheart: 9/10

The Dark Knight Rises: 8/10 (I think the Dark Knight is better)

[ILOVEVHS]

Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights: 6.5/10

[saber16]

Wreck-it Ralph:
This film blew me away. It was clever, funny, touching, action packed, well thought out, and just all around enjoyable. With an amazing cast, stunning visuals, a creative story with some great twists and turns, and soundtrack that mixes orchestra and retro soundtracks together, I just can't recommend it enough. And the the best part, you don't even be a huge gamer to get into it.... well, of course, it helps. But the story and characters are handled so well you don't have to know a Koopa from a Master Chief. Again, it helps, but it's not needed.

[Lito290]

Let's see, When did Spiderman come out? 2002? Great movie, compelling plot and holding (somewhat) true to it's comic book roots. The only reason I give it an A+ instead of an A is because it was an early 2000's movie and most recent movies can't match its heart wrenching story as well as FX.

[Uncle Ben]

Back to the Future Part 1 8.5
Part 2 7
Part 3 9

[ILOVEVHS]

2 was always my favorite.


The Santa Clause: 5.5/10

[Uncle Ben]

didnt like 2, 3 was the best

Mr. Deeds. 8/10

[ILOVEVHS]

But in two they went back in time to the first movie! It was like a movie being about another movie.

[Uncle Ben]

But it the plot wasnt that good. It could of been avoided. Three was good cause it was i like Westerns

[ILOVEVHS]

Three was good, but for me it was the weakest.