Predicting is fun: and Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB are two of the best rating sites out there. When making this list I did not include films I hadn't heard of. I rounded the Wednesday releases to Fridays.
September 18
The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
IMDB: 7.4
RT: 74
Black Mass
IMDB: 8.3
RT: 87
Everest
IMDB: 8.0
RT: 90
Pawn Sacrifice
IMDB: 7.7
RT: 82
Sicario
IMDB: 8.1
RT: 88
Captive
IMDB: 7.1
RT: 67
September 25
Hotel Transylvania 2
IMDB: 7.2
RT: 55
99 Homes
IMDB: 7.4
RT: 70
The Intern
IMDB: 6.7
RT: 51
Mississippi Grind
IMDB: 8.1
RT: 84
October 2The Walk
IMDB: 7.7
RT: 76
The Martian
IMDB: 8.2
RT: 91
Legend
IMDB: 7.5
RT: 80
October 9
Pan
IMDB: 7.0
RT: 62
Steve Jobs
IMDB: 8.3
RT: 94
October 16
Goosebumps
IMDB: 6.4
RT: 43
Crimson Peak
IMDB: 7.8
RT: 81
Bridge of Spies
IMDB: 8.1
RT: 96
Beasts of No Nation
IMDB: 8.4
RT: 90
October 23
The Last Witch Hunter
IMDB: 5.7
RT: 38
Burnt
IMDB: 7.3
RT: 77
Rock the Kasbah
IMDB: 6.9
RT: 81
Suffragette
IMDB: 6.5
RT: 59
October 30
Our Brand is Crisis
IMDB: 7.8
RT: 91
November 6
Spectre
Sequel to: Skyfall
IMDB: 8.3
RT: 94
The Peanuts Movie
IMDB: 7.3
RT: 79
Spotlight
IMDB: 7.6
RT: 84
Trumbo
IMDB: 8.1
RT: 93
November 13
The 33
IMDB: 7.3
RT: 71
By the Sea
IMDB: 5.2
RT: 31
Love the Coopers
IMDB: 6.7
RT: 65
November 20
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part Two
IMDB: 6.1
RT: 43
Carol
IMDB: 7.9
RT: 88
November 27
The Night Before
IMDB: 7.5
RT: 82
The Danish Girl
IMDB: 7.8
RT: 83
Victor Frankenstein
IMDB: 7.2
RT: 68
The Good Dinosaur
IMDB: 7.4
RT: 84
Creed
IMDB: 7.1
RT: 56
December 4
Macbeth
IMDB: 8.5
RT: 92
Youth
IMDB: 7.9
RT: 86
December 11
In the Heart of the Sea
IMDB: 7.6
RT: 81
The Ridiculous Six
IMDB: 5.9
RT: 44
December 18
Star Wars: Episode VII- The Force Awakens
IMDB: 8.7
RT: 95
Sisters
IMDB: 7.1
RT: 74
December 25
Joy
IMDB: 7.5
RT: 79
Point Break
IMDB: 5.6
RT: 29
Concussion
IMDB: 8.1
RT: 89
Snowden
IMDB: 7.4
RT: 67
The Hateful Eight
IMDB: 8.5
RT: 90
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Penguins of Madagascar Review (Update)
Sure, I have done movie reviews since February since I just got tired of it, but Penguins of Madagascar was such an improvement on the rewatch. I watched it in theaters in November, and was disappointed I had at the time. See original Review. I gave it a C minus when I watched it the first time, but it was such an improvement with the second time. Madagascar and Madagascar 2 aren't great movies. The first is good but had some really stupid moments and the second one is a joke. It's terrible. When I rewatch them, I'll probably over two. I didn't expect much from three- how could the circus entry be any good? But it was such a great movie. It had cool action scenes, a not stupid romance and an awesome Bryan Cranston voiced character. It's by far the best Madagascar and actually one of my favorite animated movies. Despite how terrible some moments were, there was one thing that was excellent in all three films- the penguins. A perfect group of characters each with a unique ability. It was definitely the characters to make a spinoff of.
The penguins of Madagascar is not a hilarious movie. Like most animated movies, it has a few funny moments, but most of the jokes are meant for kids. One animated movie that I found to be very funny was Frozen. I guess it was surprising since you may not expect that from a g-rated musical, but Josh Gad's Olaf delivers some very funny lines. Back to Penguins, there was one funny part that stood out to me. In fact- it's the part I remember being funny. I'm sure there were more funny parts, but I watched this on Netflix about two-three weeks and I can't remember. Anyway, the funny part was after John Malkovich's villain introduces himself- a cricket chirps. The penguins don't remember him and you hear the classic cricket chirping- but that's the funny part yet. The funny part was after the cricket chirping sound happened, a cricket in back of them stands up and says "sorry"- then proceeds to walk around upon realizing he lives the other way and announces that. Okay, this review has been quite dumb so far- let's get to the real review.
If you look up information about the movie before going to watch it- you already know one great thing about the movie- the cast. You have John Malkovich as the villain, Benedict Cumberbatch as one of the heroes, and Ken Jeong as another hero, just more minor. I think Cumberbatch killed the role, and Jeong was okay- but Malkovich went along with one of the more disappointing aspects of the film. That was his rather poor villain. I'll get to that later.
Most of penguins of Madagascar is pretty great. The first hour is a complete load of fun, with the awesome title characters shining in every moments and having cool action scenes. It also has an amazing score- which is kinda surprising because it's not the kind of movie that would have a great score, but at the same should be expected since Madagascar had an amazing score. So, the first hour (maybe 70 minutes) is a great, great film.
Unfortunately, the final battle is so awful that it brings the film down from great to just good. If you've seen the new fantastic four, the ending is kinda like that, but fortunately not quite that bad. Unfortunately, it's almost as bad. Back to the villain. The villain is super weird, his appearance is strange too, and he has terrible villain motives. He wants to kill all penguins because people liked the penguins better than him at the zoo. This is really stupid because it's not the penguins at all and if you had to punish someone it would the humans that put the penguins there. But whatever- most action movies don't have quality villains anyway. And that's not the worst part of the movie. It's the ridiculous villain defeat. It goes into some many stages of ridiculous and is completely unbelievable. First private escapes his cage, then he gets skipper and Kowalski out of rabid penguins state just by talking, and finally skipper saves the day by hitting a cheeto bag. It's quite stupid, even though the story led up to it, that private ending up saving the day. Instead they should have given him an equally important role in defeating the villain instead of being the one to do it himself.
So there you have. It's a very solid film that lots of fun, has strong lead characters, and other supporting heroes but a bad villain and a very disappointing finale. Don't worry- it gets better on the rewatch (hopefully).
Movie Rating: B-
The penguins of Madagascar is not a hilarious movie. Like most animated movies, it has a few funny moments, but most of the jokes are meant for kids. One animated movie that I found to be very funny was Frozen. I guess it was surprising since you may not expect that from a g-rated musical, but Josh Gad's Olaf delivers some very funny lines. Back to Penguins, there was one funny part that stood out to me. In fact- it's the part I remember being funny. I'm sure there were more funny parts, but I watched this on Netflix about two-three weeks and I can't remember. Anyway, the funny part was after John Malkovich's villain introduces himself- a cricket chirps. The penguins don't remember him and you hear the classic cricket chirping- but that's the funny part yet. The funny part was after the cricket chirping sound happened, a cricket in back of them stands up and says "sorry"- then proceeds to walk around upon realizing he lives the other way and announces that. Okay, this review has been quite dumb so far- let's get to the real review.
If you look up information about the movie before going to watch it- you already know one great thing about the movie- the cast. You have John Malkovich as the villain, Benedict Cumberbatch as one of the heroes, and Ken Jeong as another hero, just more minor. I think Cumberbatch killed the role, and Jeong was okay- but Malkovich went along with one of the more disappointing aspects of the film. That was his rather poor villain. I'll get to that later.
Most of penguins of Madagascar is pretty great. The first hour is a complete load of fun, with the awesome title characters shining in every moments and having cool action scenes. It also has an amazing score- which is kinda surprising because it's not the kind of movie that would have a great score, but at the same should be expected since Madagascar had an amazing score. So, the first hour (maybe 70 minutes) is a great, great film.
Unfortunately, the final battle is so awful that it brings the film down from great to just good. If you've seen the new fantastic four, the ending is kinda like that, but fortunately not quite that bad. Unfortunately, it's almost as bad. Back to the villain. The villain is super weird, his appearance is strange too, and he has terrible villain motives. He wants to kill all penguins because people liked the penguins better than him at the zoo. This is really stupid because it's not the penguins at all and if you had to punish someone it would the humans that put the penguins there. But whatever- most action movies don't have quality villains anyway. And that's not the worst part of the movie. It's the ridiculous villain defeat. It goes into some many stages of ridiculous and is completely unbelievable. First private escapes his cage, then he gets skipper and Kowalski out of rabid penguins state just by talking, and finally skipper saves the day by hitting a cheeto bag. It's quite stupid, even though the story led up to it, that private ending up saving the day. Instead they should have given him an equally important role in defeating the villain instead of being the one to do it himself.
So there you have. It's a very solid film that lots of fun, has strong lead characters, and other supporting heroes but a bad villain and a very disappointing finale. Don't worry- it gets better on the rewatch (hopefully).
Movie Rating: B-
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
50 All-Time Favorite Movies
50. Edge of Tomorrow- Fun action
49. X-Men Days of Future Past- fun action
48. District B13- fun action, awesome lead character
47. Dawn of Planet of the Apes- amazing effects, visual quality, story, and characters
46. Star Trek (2009)- fun action, good story, awesome characters
45. Pacific Rim- fun action
44. Ant-Man- fun action, good characters
43. Pirates of the Caribbean- fun action, great characters
42. Jurassic world- fun action, great effects
41. Trading places- funny, quotable, great story
40. Whiplash- super intense and exciting
39. Batman begins- fun action, great origin story, awesome lead character
38. Raiders of the lost ark- fun action, great lead character
37. the amazing spider-man- fun action, great characters, perfect casting
36. The Mummy- fun action, awesome setting
35. john wick- fun action, great lead character
34. Apocalypto- fun action, intensity, excitement
33. Tower heist- fun, interesting, quotable
32. the matrix- fun action
31. Munich- intense and extremely cool scenes
30. Minority Report- interesting, great plot
29. The interview- funny, great story
28. The hobbit: the desolation of smaug- fun action, great music, great characters, great setting
27. Slumdog millionaire- great story, quotable
26. The dark knight- great story, intensity
25. The social network- great story, great acting
24. Prisoners- intense, exciting, great twist
23. Pirates of the Caribbean: dead man's chest- fun action, great characters
22. Guardians of the Galaxy- fun action, funny, great characters
21. Horrible Bosses 2- funny, great characters, great story, quotable
20. furious 7- sad, super fun action
19. Inception- fun action, great story, great characters, awesome music
18. Captain America: the first avenger- fun action, great setting, great characters
17. Mission: impossible- ghost protocol- fun action, great setting, great characters
16. Pulp fiction- great story, great characters
15. the lord of the rings: the two towers- great story, fun action, great characters, great setting, great music
14. The hurt locker- intense, interesting, great acting, great lead character
13. the dark knight rises- interesting, thrilling, fun action
12. inglourious basterds- interesting, great story, great characters
11. Knocked Up- funny, quotable, great story
10. Ocean's eleven- interesting, super fun action
9. The Lord of the Rings: the fellowship of the ring- great story, great characters, great setting, great music
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the black pearl- amazing music, great characters, awesome setting, fun action
7. The Shawshank redemption- amazing amazing amazing story, great acting, great characters
6. X-men: first class- fun action, great characters, great music
5. Snowpiercer- intense, great fun action, great story
4. Beverly hills cop- amazing lead character, quotable, funny
3. The lord of the rings: the return of the king- great story, fun action, great characters, great setting, great music, sad
2. the avengers- greatest team-up moment of all time, great characters, amazing action
1. American Beauty- Kevin Spacey, amazing story
49. X-Men Days of Future Past- fun action
48. District B13- fun action, awesome lead character
47. Dawn of Planet of the Apes- amazing effects, visual quality, story, and characters
46. Star Trek (2009)- fun action, good story, awesome characters
45. Pacific Rim- fun action
44. Ant-Man- fun action, good characters
43. Pirates of the Caribbean- fun action, great characters
42. Jurassic world- fun action, great effects
41. Trading places- funny, quotable, great story
40. Whiplash- super intense and exciting
39. Batman begins- fun action, great origin story, awesome lead character
38. Raiders of the lost ark- fun action, great lead character
37. the amazing spider-man- fun action, great characters, perfect casting
36. The Mummy- fun action, awesome setting
35. john wick- fun action, great lead character
34. Apocalypto- fun action, intensity, excitement
33. Tower heist- fun, interesting, quotable
32. the matrix- fun action
31. Munich- intense and extremely cool scenes
30. Minority Report- interesting, great plot
29. The interview- funny, great story
28. The hobbit: the desolation of smaug- fun action, great music, great characters, great setting
27. Slumdog millionaire- great story, quotable
26. The dark knight- great story, intensity
25. The social network- great story, great acting
24. Prisoners- intense, exciting, great twist
23. Pirates of the Caribbean: dead man's chest- fun action, great characters
22. Guardians of the Galaxy- fun action, funny, great characters
21. Horrible Bosses 2- funny, great characters, great story, quotable
20. furious 7- sad, super fun action
19. Inception- fun action, great story, great characters, awesome music
18. Captain America: the first avenger- fun action, great setting, great characters
17. Mission: impossible- ghost protocol- fun action, great setting, great characters
16. Pulp fiction- great story, great characters
15. the lord of the rings: the two towers- great story, fun action, great characters, great setting, great music
14. The hurt locker- intense, interesting, great acting, great lead character
13. the dark knight rises- interesting, thrilling, fun action
12. inglourious basterds- interesting, great story, great characters
11. Knocked Up- funny, quotable, great story
10. Ocean's eleven- interesting, super fun action
9. The Lord of the Rings: the fellowship of the ring- great story, great characters, great setting, great music
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the black pearl- amazing music, great characters, awesome setting, fun action
7. The Shawshank redemption- amazing amazing amazing story, great acting, great characters
6. X-men: first class- fun action, great characters, great music
5. Snowpiercer- intense, great fun action, great story
4. Beverly hills cop- amazing lead character, quotable, funny
3. The lord of the rings: the return of the king- great story, fun action, great characters, great setting, great music, sad
2. the avengers- greatest team-up moment of all time, great characters, amazing action
1. American Beauty- Kevin Spacey, amazing story
Ranking the Nolans
9. Interstellar- I really only watched this movie because of the awesome cast and director. They both did a good job- but the story is super weird and super boring and it's not a good movie at all.
8. Insomnia- another boring film that only had two things going for it- the awesome setting and the lead actors.
7. Following- a boring, weird movie that is only 69 minutes.
6. The Prestige- only interesting at times, plot is a little too complicated, but the characters and acting is great.
5. Memento- a very unique story and interesting to watch but doesn't quite match the greatness of other Nolan films.
4. Batman Begins- taking a different tone than its two sequels, this is actually the most fun and comic book-movie-like batman film.
3. The Dark Knight- an interesting crime thriller with a great plot.
2. Inception- an awesome movie that has great ideas and fits in many genres.
1. The Dark Knight Rises- I know, but the final the dark knight was thrilling, had a great plot, awesome characters, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and wrapped things up perfectly. I have not seen this in a while. I plan on rewatching and reevaluating it.
8. Insomnia- another boring film that only had two things going for it- the awesome setting and the lead actors.
7. Following- a boring, weird movie that is only 69 minutes.
6. The Prestige- only interesting at times, plot is a little too complicated, but the characters and acting is great.
5. Memento- a very unique story and interesting to watch but doesn't quite match the greatness of other Nolan films.
4. Batman Begins- taking a different tone than its two sequels, this is actually the most fun and comic book-movie-like batman film.
3. The Dark Knight- an interesting crime thriller with a great plot.
2. Inception- an awesome movie that has great ideas and fits in many genres.
1. The Dark Knight Rises- I know, but the final the dark knight was thrilling, had a great plot, awesome characters, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and wrapped things up perfectly. I have not seen this in a while. I plan on rewatching and reevaluating it.
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