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My name is Matthew. I watch A LOT of movies. Come here for movie recommendations and or to see if you feel the same way about a movie as me. My self created movie review system is simple. 7 categories for a movie. 1. How was the storytelling ? 2. Was it thought provoking? 3. Did it make you FEEL something? 4. How was the acting? 5. How were the visuals? 6. Was it interesting? 7. What was the overall enjoyment. Each category I score 1 through 10, I add total and divide it by the amount of categories (7) and BOOM, there is a score. Good system, from a person who is not a snobby movie reviewer, just an average guy who LOVES to watch movies. Now, once I have a number, it has to fall into a category.
Here are the 5 places a movie will land. A score between 9-10: OUTSTANDING MASTERPIECE drop what you are doing and go watch this movie right now, an absolute legendary film. 8-9: EXCELLENT FUCKING MOVIE requires a watch ASAP. 7-8: REALLY GOOD MOVIE add this to your list immediately. 6-7: SOLID FILM it did its job of entertaining you and you are not walking away disappointed. BELOW A 6: THIS MOVIE STINKS. Tell someone you hate its good and to watch it.
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SICARIO: 8.5
Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Torro lead this star studded cast in this thriller. Not a bad trio. Loosely based on real life? I mean this isn’t an actual true story BUT it is not far off probably with a behind the scenes look at the life? This is a movie about the…
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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO: 8.6
EXCELLENT FUCKING FILM. I do not think I have started a movie review off with the rating right away. But fuck. I had to. What a fucking movie. I cannot emphasize this enough. Daniel Craig does not seem to miss. ROONEY FREAKING MARA. WOW. Honestly I do not even know if she won awards for…
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DEFIANCE: 6.8
True story and World War 2 and Daniel Craig. Not a bad trio! Pretty wild story about a trio of brothers in a part of Russia that is occupied by the Nazis (now Belarus) who hide and set up an encampment and society out in the woods. They welcome all Jews as news spreads fast…
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ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ. : 6.4
I think this is kind of an unknown Denzel movie. It is very much unlike the rest of his movies, where he is the alpha male hero badass, you know the drill. It was a nice switch up for him. I would never watch this again, but it was a SOLID FILM. Denzel plays a…
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A THOUSAND AND ONE: 6.8
Teyana Taylor stars in this heartfelt movie about a young woman name Inez, who much in her own way is lost in life and in search of any form of meaning. That is when she finds a young 6 year old boy who is dire need of a real parent figure. The two find each…
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THE KILLER: 6.8
This movie is getting a ton of great reviews. I am not saying it is not as great as they are saying it is. BUT, I lost interest multiple times throughout the movie. Slow, all dialogue and some assassinating. But it wasn’t to me overly thought provoking or wildly interesting. Maybe I have seen too…
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THE NEXT THREE DAYS: 6.5
Russell Crowe is an interesting actor to me. He started his career with bangers. Absolute master pieces. Gladiator and American Gangster and A Beautiful Mind. And then like 6 years ago he just kinda started not making bangers and making just like these kinda fun thrillers. And stayed in that. Not complaining but an interesting…
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CUT BANK: 5.9
Pretty all star cast. Liam Hemsworth. Billy Bob Thornton. John Malkovich. And a few OH HEY THAT PERSONS! Netflix machine continues to churn out just absolute non stop 5-6’s movies. I could have rounded this up. I could have. But chose not to. Because the ending is JUST ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUSLY stupid. Like the whole movie…
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COLD PURSUIT: 6.5
I mean perfect score for this. Maybe perfect score for EVERY SINGLE Liam Neeson movie since the start of taken. Just keep them honestly coming. Forever. It is the definition of mid tier good movie. You absolutely will be happy you watched. It is not a great film just like none of his movies are…
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GANGS OF NEW YORK: 6.3
I am starting to realize that I REALLY think Leo and DDL over act. I am not saying they are bad actors. But for some reason, I think DDL for sure OVER acts he’s always screaming and yelling and kinda the same dude and then LEO, I cannot tell what is with him. Is he…
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