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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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AMERICAN HONEY: 6.5
Shia LaBeouf is a guy I find really interesting. From a movie perspective. I know he has a bunch of shit outside of his film career, and probably a lot was caused by damage from being a teen star (shout out Even Stevens.). But from a movie perspective, I tend to really like the films…
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VENGENCE: 7.5
BJ Novak is a really talented dude. He has written probably the funniest Office episodes so obviously he’s a comedy genius but he goes a different path in this movie. It is a really unique movie. It is a comedy but also a drama. but also something in between. BJ Novaks character is a single…
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MERCY: 9.1
You know the deal. My wheel house. Drama. True Story. Makes you feel shit. Toss in 2 A listers who put out spectacular performances and you have yourself an EASY 9. Wow. What an OUTSTANDING MASTERPIECE. This is based on the true story of a black man in the racist south, during the 80’s who…
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HALF NELSON: 7.1
A movie I got guarantee no one had ever heard of. But my guy Ryan Gosling, in another noir hidden gem. This is early Ryan, 2006, maybe right after remember the titans. Ryan plays a school teacher in the bronx, presumably a school that is severely underfunded and not in a great part of the…
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BOSCO: 6
Not gonna lie, this scored a 5.8 but I rounded it 6. Took full authority of my site and I have those capabilities to do so. I did not have the heart to say this movie stunk. Because I do not think it did. So I felt fine with a slight round up to get…
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THE HOLDOVERS: 8.1
This is an absolutely beautiful film. Ok so by now you know my scale, this movie had 3 10’s. Acting, Feels and Overall Enjoyment. 10’s without question on those. 9 for story telling as well. So this is just one of those movies where it was somewhat hindered by a lack of visuals, not very…
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LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE: 7.7
This is one of those movies where, like most comedies it’s just going to get effected negatively a bit due to my scoring system. Here is the nuts and bolts. This is a dramCOM. When I went to get my score overall enjoyment is a 10. Which, I think, really is the most important of…
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28 WEEKS LATER: 6.9
Watching this I knew EXACTLY this was gonna be somewhere on the border of 6 and 7. Sure enough. Look their are so many zombie movies and shows. Just so many. So I am a little numb to it but they are not dead to me…. YET. Standard zombie movie really for most of it…
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DISTRICT 9: 7.9
REALLY GOOD MOVIE. Honestly I thought this was going to come out in the 8’s. If you told me you thought this was a low 8, you would have no argument fro me. What a fascinating portrayal of aliens arriving on earth. EVERY SINGLE alien movie seems very similar, minus maybe Arrival. This one, wow…
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THE SURVIVALIST: 4.7
I have just seen too many of these. It has just been played so much. I think these need to be discontinued. You cannot make this interesting or good anymore IMO. I keep watching them because I very much enjoyed these movies. But enough is enough. A man has a cabin in the woods, most…
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