February 26, 2017
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February 19, 2017
VIDEO: MOVIE: REVIEW: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Clint: 4/5 stars, 8/10.
Carolyn: 5/5 stars, 9/10.
Native: Netflix 4.4/5 stars, IMDB 8.8/10 (31st highest rated movie of all time).
The sound mix suffered!
That messed with the viewing enjoyment!
Hard to understand dialog compared to most movies!
Maybe it was the way we played our bluray, but goddamn, it really messed up the experience for me.
I was distracted by wanting to futz with the settings.
Don’t have this problem with most movies.
Carolyn says: “I enjoyed it. The sound mix detracted some, but other than that, i thought it was a solid batman movie.”
Anyway… I liked the 2nd Batman movie the best, even though that one irked me with the creation of the Maggie Gyllenhaal character.
Minor spoiler: They really threw me for a loop with Talia. What a tweest!
Alright… This movie was pretty epic, but…. I just didn’t get into it as much as I could have. I may revise my rating later.
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February 15, 2017
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February 12, 2017
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February 9, 2017
VIDEO: MOVIE: REVIEW: CARTOON: Brave (2012)
Clint: 3.4/5 stars, 7.2/10.
Carolyn: 4/5 stars, 7.6/10.
Native: 4.2/5 stars, 7.4/10.
Good–but not as good as the other Pixar/etc current-day animated movies.
We don’t face huge evil threats like in How I Trained My Dragon, we don’t face anything as ridiculously creative as Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, and we don’t face anything as emotionally poingnant as Up.
But it’s still good. Just not great. It was perhaps a tad cliche.
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February 9, 2017
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February 5, 2017
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February 4, 2017
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February 3, 2017
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February 1, 2017
RATINGS:
Clint: Netflix: 4/5 stars. IMDB: 8/10.
Carolyn: Netflix: 3.7/5 stars. IMDB: 7.3/10.
The native public rating for this movie is: Netflix: N/A/5 stars, IMDB: 6.5/10.
CLINT’S THOUGHTS: They made it out like it’s going to be a baby movie — lowering your expectations — and then it turned out to be a civil rights movie, raising the bar! Good move. Betray my expectations. Good move. Amanda Seyfried is dreamy. Making it about civil rights actually brought up politically relevant points.
CAROLYN’S THOUGHTS: It’s on par with the other Seth MacFarlane stuff. More jokes that are similar to those in Family Guy.
PEOPLE:
Directed by Seth MacFarlane (A Million Ways To Die In The West, 1 ep of American Dad (the unaired pilot), American Dad: The New CIA, Family Guy: Back To The Multiverse).
Written by Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, A Million Ways To Die In The West, 26 eps of Dexter’s Lab, 21 eps of Johnny Bravo, Cavalcade Of Cartoon Comedy), Alec Sulkin (Family Guy, A Million Ways To Die In The West, 51 eps of The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn) & Wellesley Wild (A Million Ways To Die In The West, 13 eps of Family Guy, 51 eps of The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn).
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg (The Other Guys, Date Night, The Happening, I Heart Huckabees, Planet Of The Apes, Transformers 4, The Big Hit) as John.
Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, A Million Ways To Die In The West, Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder, Robot Chicken, Movie 43, Hellboy 2, Cavalcade Of Cartoon Comedy, 1 ep of Aqua Teen) as Ted.
Amanda Seyfried (Mean Girls, Jennifer’s Body, A Million Ways To Die In The West, 1 ep of American Dad) as Samantha. It looks like she’s also going to be in the upcoming Twin Peaks.
Jessica Barth (3 eps of Family Guy) as Tami-Lynn.
Giovanni Ribisi (Phoebe’s brother Frank in Friends, A Million Ways To Die In The West, Avatar, Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow, Saving Private Ryan, Lost In Translation, The Postman, 15 eps of The Wonder Years, 1 ep of Family Guy) as Donny.
Morgan Freeman as Patrick Meighan.
Patrick Warburton (Seinfeld, The Tick, Family Guy, The Venture Bros., Bad Milo, Movie 43, Men In Black 2, Game Over, Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command, 5 eps of News Radio, 3 eps of Archer) as Guy.
Michael Dorn (Worf from Star Trek:TNG, I.\M. Weasel in Cow & Chicken, Coldstone in Gargoyles, Superman Batman: Public Enemies, 3 eps of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-TAS (2010s), 2 eps of The Grim Adventures Of Billy & Mandy, 1 ep of Adventure Time, 1 ep of Punky Brewster) as Rick.
Bill Smitrovich (Iron Man, Independence Day, Splash, 2 eps of Batman Beyond, 1 ep of 24, 1 ep of God The Devil & Bob) as Frank.
John Slattery (Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Iron Man 2, Sleepers, Traffic, 4 eps of The Cleveland Show, 3 eps of Arrested Development) as Shep Wild.
John Carroll Lynch (Eastman in The Walking Dead, Paul, Crazy Stupid Love, Gothika, Fargo, Shutter Island, Gran Torino, 12 eps of Carnivale) as Tom Jessup.
Ron Canada (Wedding Crashers, 4 eps of Weeds, 1 ep of Frasier) as Judge.
Liam Neeson (Zeus from Clash Of The Titans 2010, Batman Begins, Aslan from the new Chronicles Of Narnia movies, Qui-Gon Jinn from the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Schindler from Schindler’s List, A Million Ways To Die In The West, The A-Team, The Lego Movie, Ra’s Al Ghul in The Dark Knight Rises, Ponyo, 1 ep of The Simpsons) as Customer.
Dennis Haysbert (President Palmer in 24, Sin City 2, Wreck-It Ralph, Kung Fu Panda 2, Major League movies, Cornfed’s singing voice in Duckman, 3 eps of Justice League, 1 ep of Axe Cop, 1 ep of Newsreaders, 1 ep of The Boondocks) as Fertility Doctor.
Patrick Stewart as Narrator. (more…)
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