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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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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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THE LOBSTER: 4.7
I am really starting to think Colin Ferrel is in nothing but bad movies. I am also not convinced at all he’s even a good actor. I do not even know if I spelled his name right. Is it 1 L or 2. I don’t think he’s deserving of me looking it up. Look I…
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SNOWPIECER: 7.3
AHHH a dystopia based film. My favorite. I can watch movies about an obliterated world in the future with people fighting to survive with scraps. Just give me all of them. Exactly what this is, in a world far in the future, the world has frozen over and the remaining citizens of the world all…
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CAPTAIN PHILLIPS: 8.6
Tom Hanks best movie??? Hmm. Good question. I dunno. I won’t know until I do more Tom Hanks movies, but this is currently the clubhouse leader. TRUE STORY ALERT. You know I love it. And what a story it is. Tom Cruise plays a cargo ship captain whose ship gets hijacked by pirates off the…
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ONCE UPOND A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD: 7.9
This is Brad Pitt and Leo. Cannot miss. Only issue is it is slow. All dialogue. But its worth it. It is long. But worth it. Leo plays an out style actor finding his way in a new world with a bodyguard Brad Pitt who has his back no matter what. What is fun is…
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THE HUNT: 7.2
Slow movie. Dark. Drama. As you know, right up my alley. A school teacher in the Nordic gets accused of touching a girl in his class who has a crush on him. Hint, he didn’t touch her. Also hint, his life turn to absolute hell in this small close knit town. Its a great drama…
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ITS COMPLICATED: 3.3
I still to this day do not understand why Meryl Streep is famous. As famous as she is. She stinks. This cast is her, Steve Martin, John Krasinski and Alec Baldwin. Solid cast. It is too bad this is the worst rom com ever made. If you want to see 65 year olds having sex…
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THERE WILL BE BLOOD: 7.1
This is going to send anyone who reads this into an absolute panicked frenzy I am sure. But like I have stated many times before here, this is a safe place. One where you can be honest and speak the truth. Daniel Day Lewis was fantastic as an actor in this film. Unfortunately for me,…
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON: 4.8
MAN. This had all the makings of a movie right up my alley. Sci Fi, murder and mystery. Dexter (Michael c Hall) and the Narcos guy whose name ill never know he is just the Narcos detective. That right there is enough. RIGHT!? Woof. Wrong. This movie STINKS. Really boring. Plot basically is a serial…
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