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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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MYSTIC RIVER: 7.7
A really twisty turny crime thriller with an absolute all star cast. Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon and Tim Robbins all star in this film. As boys, the 3 are playing out in the street when a guy pretending to be police officer comes up to them and drags one of the boys into the back…
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MAD MAX FURY ROAD: 6.5
I dunno what happened here. I saw this a while back and THOUGHT I loved it. It is right in my wheel house. Tom Hardy. Dystopian future. Great visuals. But woof. I am glad I went and re watched so I could review. This was a shocker. I remember liking it, or thinking I liked…
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TRAITOR: 6
This movie has an all star cast. Don Cheadle, Guy Pierce and a whole bunch of HEY THAT GUYS. The movie is about a man who is a devout muslim, living in the Middle East, who supplies bombs to a terrorist organization. Gets in deep with them. Works his way up. The man is Cheadle.…
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OLD GUARD: 4.4
I had been on this Charlize Theron kick lately. Like Shaq it was almost a ” I am sorry I was not familiar with your game”. And by chance her movies kept popping up when I would search for movies. SO I come across this movie Old Guard. Reads like a fun movie. Oh boy…
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TRIPLE 9: 6.2
This cast is actually fucking insane. Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, like 8 HEY THAT GUYS, some are more than a HEY THAT GUY but its early and I do not remember their names, but it is a really kinda star studded cast. The plot is cool. It is a thriller about dirty cops who work…
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REBEL MOON: PART 1 A CHILD OF FIRE: 6.5
I think this is the farthest off I have ever been from Rotten Tomatoes? But once I found out they get paid for their scores, that bothers me zero. I have no idea if this is a book series? A part of another series of movies? Never have I ever heard of this Rebel Moon…
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GONE BABY GONE: 8.3
I am a broken record but Casey Affleck is just SO SEVERELY underrated. I have never seen him in a sub 7 movie. Just flies under the radar as a stellar actor and the roles he takes just always seem to be perfect. This is actually a star studded cast too. Besides him, Morgan Freeman,…
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THE CREATOR: 6.7
This might be the first time I went in to the scoring system and got it COMPLETELY wrong. I did not expect this score to be this high. AT all. Honestly I did not think it would crack 6. Not bad though, for 180 reviews so far, first one that totally threw me off. Eye…
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THE SILENCING: 6.1
Jaime Lannister (his real name is way too hard to type) starts in this movie. Heads up, he has a couple good movies on Netflix or other sites. None stink none great but good. He has a under the radar collection. I like him as an actor. In this movie he plays a grieving wildlife…
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A PERFECT DAY: 6.4
Not based on a true story but one of those where it kinda is. A movie about war. In the Balkan part of Europe. This is a story about war. I guess an unseen side of war? It is kind of amazing they keep coming up with movies to show more sides of war. This…
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