Coraline
Eh. I really wanted to like this one. I really did. I thought the book was fantastic and I was excited about seeing it rendered in stop-motion. Nevertheless, I was nonplussed coming out of it. The visuals were quite well done and I'd imagine even better in 3D.
Back to the Future Part II
I've been watching through these with a friend who'd never seen them before and they're as fun as ever. I've always particularly liked the continuity of sets and actors through the various time periods.
- Aaron

American Movie Fantastically quirky film about making a film. The way this was shot and edited together is excellent. Watching a bunch of odd people try to make a movie and tell random stories to each other could come across as really in-jokey, but this documentary's narrative and the characters therein suck you in and keep you engaged. Despite (or perhaps because of) all the footage of relatives and people who take a less than appraising view of Mark and his efforts, one is rooting for him to accomplish his goals throughout. His sheer plodding doggedness is a thing to behold. Also, Uncle Bill is absolute gold.

If you're a filmmaker and you haven't seen this, I highly recommend it.

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Toy Story 2

I remember seeing it in theatre, still gives me an amazing innocent childhood feeling to this day
It's also a great sequel to the first movie (although has some disney child friendly moments...)

4,5/5

Jackie Brown

Great talky talky film, Samuel Jackson definatly steals the show for me . I just love him in his first scene and the Beaumont scene. He truly is a great actor, when he is acting these days it's just over the top   (The Spirit...)
My favorite directed scene is just the intro. Just Jackie Brown walking trough the airport terminal with the opening credits popping up while playing Bobby Womack's- Across The Street.
Another great Tarentino film, fan of him? definatly check this one out

4/5

-Darkman

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The Thin Red Line

Now this is more like it. I found this film to be significantly more compelling than The New World because it actually takes the time to develop a story and characters. However, I still have a few quips with Malick's narrative style, mostly how he will introduce certain characters (often very compelling ones at that) and then abandon them at some point and never touch on them again (particularly Nick Nolte and Elias Koteas' characters). Also, I can't help but feel that Malick wastes a lot of good acting talent at his disposal, in particular, John C. Reilly, Adrian Brody, Woody Harrelson, Miranda Otto, George Clooney, etc.

However, that aside, the cinematography and the musical score were pretty outstanding. The battle sequences were as beautiful as they were intense and terrifying.

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Great documentary-type-thingy. It was on a DVD in a big book of Ray Harryhausen art at my library.

The man most certainly is a freakin legend.

- Leo

Avatar 3D
I'm late watching this one,
but definitely one of the best films I've seen.

The Breakfast Club

Awesome.

NXTManiac

X-men Origins: Wolverine

Epic. That is the word for this movie. I did not expect at all that I was going to enjoy this movie, I was kinda tired of Wolverine when this came out, that's why I didn't see it in theaters, I kind of wish I had now. Some of the things I wasn't really enthralled by though was the CGI, at a lot of points it was just extremely obvious and it took me out of the realism of the movie. I think the combination of realism and comic-book was done really well though, not like other movies *cough* Spider-man 3 *cough*. I liked the story too, cool plot twists and "THEY DIED--?" moments. Also, AMAZING stunt work.

4/5

filmyguy1

Go watch Jackie Brown!

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