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[Pazooki]

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall - 9/10

Some funny stuff

[ara87]

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Deception- 5.5/10

[MrHyeSev]

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Four Christmases
2/5.

Not one of the must movies out there that you have to see. I have seen Vince Vaughn in better movies like Swingers and Wedding Crashers I was dissopinted.

[ara87]

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Four Christmases
I have seen Vince Vaughn in better movies like Swingers and Wedding Crashers I was dissopinted.

Wedding Crashers is awesome I love the part at the wedding where he's like, "so i was crashing a funeral," and everyone's jaws drop.
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I saw Twilight over Thanksgiving. (you can go ahead and laugh at me) about 30 of us went to see a movie and we split up into 2 groups, Quantum of Solace or Twilight, and I was not subjecting myself to quantum again.

Twilight wasn't that bad, 5ish out 10 maybe? It had it's good moments, but bad ones as well, and was kind of rushed. All that aside I didn't regret seeing it instead of seeing Bond again.

[MrHyeSev]

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Have you see Swingers?
If not you should rent it or avtually buy it, its a classic movie
Vince Vaughn is an aweome actor but this movie wasnt all that great.

ya, Wedding Crashers is one of my favorite movies.

[One-Way]

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Although I need to work on my university applications this winter, I have started to compile more films to watch. I feel like I need to do this for my own personal sanity. Here are some waiting to be watched:

City Lights
Boy A
The 11th Hour

Plus the 8 or so on my previous list for Oscar season.

[One-Way]

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The Apartment
I tend to get overdramatic when I see a good film and claim it's one of the greatest ever! I just can't help in, in this case. The Apartment is truly one of the best films of all time. Shirley MacLaine is absolutely beautiful in this film. Her mannerisms are so perfect, she adds to the character with every move. Wilder definitely brings out the best in his characters, as well. The entire film is like a dream, it's so easy to just gaze at its magic. One of the only films ever that I rooted for the main characters to end up together! For once, I was truly hoping Baxter and Kubelik would get together. It's a great film, comedy-wise, romantic-wise and otherwise!

[One-Way]

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Todo sobre mi madre
It doesn't take a film critic to realize there's something different about Pedro Almodóvar's films. Almodóvar is one of the few filmmakers today who can create a surreal world which convinces the audience long enough to be driven into the story. With a film about transvestites and transexuals, the story could easily be made into a cheesy Jerry Springer segment. However, in the hands of Mr. Almodóvar, there's an extraordinary universe where each character belongs to and there's something particularly beautiful about each of them. This is truly a great film to study all types of women; especially mothers. There are several scenes which stand out and are quite emotional, such as the opening sequence and when Rosa meets her father. With Almodóvar, it's love and hate. You're either fascinated by his films and understand what he's trying to create for us, or you simply dislike his work and don't want to understand them for what they are.

[One-Way]

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Boy A

I had heard very good things about this film so I decided to give it a watch. I read a review after I saw the film which spoke about the James Bulger case which took place in England during 1993. Boy A is based upon those events and it would have helped a great deal if I read about Bulger prior to watching the film.

Mainly, because I would have understood the backstory a little more and it would have helped me feel for the characters. Boy A didn't do an excellent job at telling us what is actually going on. It's clear what has happened to Jack's character but not entirely; not enough. The performances were all great and the film at times was very powerful. However, enough isn't shared on screen about the actual story and if perhaps it were, it would make the feel much more powerful.

Overall, it was a good film with a strong ending. The intercuts between Jack's current life and his childhood was done quite nicely. We know what has happened to Jack and what he's running from but perhaps if they elaborated a little more, the ending would hit us in our faces much harder.

[One-Way]

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Religulous

I've been a fan of Bill Maher for quite some time now so I decided to give this film a watch. I didn't get to see it in theatres even though I wanted to. The film is pretty fun because you can tell Maher got under the skin of a lot of people which was his objective. He raises some very good questions which can't be answered. Everybody getting interviewed ended up making a fool of themselves, too.

I only wish Larry Charles filmed Borat the same way he filmed this. Religulous was strictly a documentary whereas Borat had a plot which seemed way too fake. Religulous is strictly in and out guerilla interviews which is what documentary's are about. I did feel like the film ran a little long because half-way through there wasn't any change of material. The film could have been cut down but other than that it was pretty funny.