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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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THE FURNACE: 5.5
This movie is old timey. An English colony out in the desert in I think Australia gets robbed off a significant amount of gold. The thief, a fellow Brit than goes on the run to get the gold to an actual furnace that a Chinese group he knows has. This furnace is hot enough to…
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THE COLONY: 6.2
My love for futuristic dystopian films has no boundaries. I absolutely love them. So a movie in that category is going to have to be REALLY bad for me to give it a bad score. This was by far not even close to some of the best dystopian films. But, it was a lower level…
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LOST GIRLS: 6.4
Holly Flax oops I mean Amy Ryan delivers a pretty good performance in this based on real life event. Her daughter who is an escort, goes missing after she is seen running out of her clients home. The home, is in a gated community an hour away. She has a driver that tries to calm…
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THE UPSIDE: 6.8
Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston. Neither choose bad work. This movie is funny DUH, it is also touching you will get in your feels. It is interesting. It is fun from start to finish. Bryan Cranston is a disabled QP who needs a caretaker. Kevin Hart is out of prison and needs a job. Cranston…
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HER: 8.7
How incredibly ahead of its time this movie was. 2014. The word of the year in 2023 is AI. And they explored the depths of where AI was going all the way back in 2014. Pretty incredible. Joaquin Phoenix plays a man in the future that is dominated by AI. The world he is in…
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WHIPLASH: 8.2
It took me way longer than I wanted to to see this for the first time. But finally today was the day. I have read about it and heard how great it was and it surely did not disappoint. Myles Teller and JK Simmons just absolute 10s each on the acting. Incredible performances by both.…
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SIDE EFFECTS: 7.7
Underrated film ALERT. This 2014 thriller is a gem. High level REALLY GOOD MOVIE. Not even sure how to describe this movie. It is just a twisty turny thriller about a young womans quest to sabotage her psychologist in an effort for money and attention and love and all kinds of narcissism. This all starts…
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BREAKING: 6.9
Honestly I have come up with the greatest rating system on earth. I mean this movie is exactly a 6.9. The definition of it. It is at the highest level of a SOLID FILM. Just on the outskirts, barely, really good movie. It could go either way honestly. I could have rounded it but kept…
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MANCHESTER BY THE SEA: 8.1
Long have I said Casey Affleck is SUPER UNDERRATED. He is in the Ryan Gosling territory of ‘show me one bad movie he’s ever been in’. You cannot. No way Jose. This is just another EXCELLENT FREAKING FILM with him. It is not going to blow you away. There are no crazy stunts or visuals…
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LION: 9.2
For the 2 people that may ever read my posts routinely, TRUE STORY and DRAMA is my spot I love to live in with movies. Even more, if it can be highly emotional and make me cry ( so what ) that is the secret sauce to a one way ticket to a 9+. It…
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