It had its fair share of uninteresting scenes, but great performances and a good story make this movie worthy of my time.
B+
Eddie Murphy always makes me laugh, and this is no exception. An extremely interesting story and the fun and comedic moments are excellent. A true comedy classic.
A
It's funny, but far too dumb. The cast is talented, the dialogue is written well and it's certainly an enjoyable experience, but it doesn't have much meaning at all and it's not incredibly memorable.
B
Birdman is an extremely interesting, smart, well-written movie with some of the best performances of the year, but it shouldn't have nabbed the best picture Oscar. Simply because, it was weird and confusing. Most of it was interesting and fun, but the random flying scenes and the bad ending pulled a little quality from it.
B+
Top Five is perhaps one of the most original movies of the year. A comedy? Really? Think about it. Of course, another genre would seem to be one to reinvent something, especially sci-fi, but as far as I'm concerned, this formula hasn't been used before. Instead of being dumb, like you'd expect with a Chris Rock movie, it's actually quite smart. No stupid character, no major jokes, but instead almost a documentary with most characters in the movie actually playing themselves and Chris Rock is kind of playing himself. He plays comedian Andre Allen, an actor who is now sober and is trying to be taken seriously in dramatic roles. Those roles are failing, and he tells his whole life to a reporter. The movie was a little funny and so incredibly original- but it was insanely weird and the format didn't work- but at least it was very memorable.
C
Shaun of the Dead feels like a waste of our time. It's far from terrible, but the big joke is that it could have been done so much better. With such great chemistry between the two characters- it seems like that was the only amazing thing about the movie.
B-
In my opinion, while it has plenty of fantastic moments and is certainly improving the modern installments, the Fast and Furious franchise was a half-assed, wasted, stupid attempt at making cool action movies. I liked 1 and 5, hated 2,3, and 4 but six was the only worthwhile entry in the series- and it wasn't amazing even though it was the best. But Furious 7 brought the franchise from decent to good. I'm a huge fan of action and it's non-stop awesome fun. The highlight was the incredible mountain heist/chase/fight scene, but everything else was still more than I expected. This entry actually made the films have some heart- the farewell scene was actually sad. New great characters were introduced- but I did think Jason Statham would be a little better than he turned out to be, and I sure hope Kurt Russell returns. I'm actually looking forward to 8.
A
Hot Fuzz has such amazing, awesome moments and characters, but overall, the movie is just okay. The plot turns a comedy into mystery that gets too much to solve and figure out. It feels serious and comedic at the same time, and the story was the killing part.
B-
Sure, the movie had a terrible start because everyone seemed like they really didn't want to be there, but once the blue robot (Don't call them robots) plot twist happened, it became fun, funny and I started to enjoy myself. I was satisfied from that point to the end, and I certainly can't same the same about its prequels.
B+
