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The Jayhawkers! (1959)
Sacrilegious in terms of historical inaccuracy
This movie makes the Jayhawkers the bad crowd in Kansas. In reality they were hero's who saved democracy, and saved free people from murder and destruction by border ruffians.
Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)
My kids loved it. Good story.
Good for kids and the parents together. Interesting story about tech and child friendship. Some good humor. Some lessons on the value of friendship. Other lessons about too much tech and social media and the impact on relationships. No inappropriate content for kids.
Lone Survivor (2013)
I liked it allot despite the embellishments
I really liked this movie. It gave me a good feel what special forces can be like especially when things go bad and I've never seen that before. It made me think about what these guys can go through. Normally, Special Forces movies are like Commando where Arnold Schwarzenegger mows down about a hundred bad guys and saves the girl and kills the really bad guy and spends most of the movie being stoic and looking really cool. So, this movie was a refreshing change.
I read many IMDb reviews about this movie and a lot of people were giving it a very low score, bashing it for inaccuracies and the choice of soundtrack. This minority lowered the overall score noticeably. Here's my view: I've never been in the military so I'm just trying to get an understanding and a feel of what it is like and I want to be engaged by a story. This movie did that. If I wanted to watch a documentary where there is no acting or embellishment, I'd do that instead.
Hollywood is in the business of making money and they know more people pay for an embellished story. More people will watch it. Look at Lincoln, a remarkable man who didn't require any embellishment. Embellished movie. More people watched that embellished movie than all the documentaries. I'm fine with that. If anything, I think embellishments helped convey the main lessons I got out of Lone Survivor. It made me think about and feel for these people.
In regards to the soundtrack, just by the title of this movie alone, we know this story is a tragedy. So, I found the music appropriate. I thought it was a bold choice to contrast to the imagery. I happen to really like Explosions in the Sky so maybe I'm biased on that.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
Couldn't make it through the full movie
I watched this a week ago and it was so bad that I'm bothering to review it so others can avoid my fate. I only watched about 80 minutes. So, I suppose it's really unfair for me to rate this movie but on the other hand, this production company just stole 80 minutes of my life so maybe it all just equals out. I thought Nicolas Cage might be a mediocre actor but I didn't realise he was a downright bad actor until this movie. I don't want to give any spoilers away as there are none as there is no sensible plot. Some devil is good or bad and he rides around on a motorcycle and burns people up. Great. Now this movie has just wasted 85 minutes of my life.
Titus (1999)
What Shakespeare is bad Shakespeare?
I liked this movie a lot. Shakespeare is the only profound person I've ever come across and this movie did him justice.
If you like Shakespeare and aren't hung up on the need of Shakespeare plays / movies to use English accents, then watch this movie.
Brilliant acting, brilliant production. This isn't the typical low budget Shakespeare movie that hurts the eyes. It's an unsettling movie which is good because it's an unsettling play. The movie did a good job of expressing the feeling that is hidden within the text.
Anthony Hopkins is an amazing actor, backed up by other actors who are almost as impressive.