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Leslie, My Name Is Evil (2009)
Hollywood point of view on the Manson family..
This movie started out okay. Until it cuts to a scene with the girls sitting out by a fire and talking about how they are from divorced families and looking for a purpose in life. It was so corny and stupid, I had to laugh. The rest of the movie has that feel. I think the guy who played Manson could have pulled it off well, had he gotten a good script to work with. I was waiting to see how they would portray him and knew it would be amusing. Just like how the media portrayed him. It was pretty pathetic how he was presented, like some demonic possessed god-man. In the first scene, he is up on a cross, like that is his normal thing to do. The script for this movie is awful, what were they thinking. It's almost directed like a play, not like a movie. A lot of this is also do to the terrible acting by the girls, some of it is okay, but when they speak, it can get very bad. I liked the real vintage clips that were inserted. A lot of the music was good, I heard The Black Angels, 13th Floor Elevators, good stuff. They portrayed the racist, pro-war conservatives pretty well. I think the movie had some pretty well done scenes. Just failed in executing the characters better, leaving you with a flawed feeling while watching it.
The Oxford Murders (2008)
Felt like watching a TV crime series. Terrible.
Dreadfully boring and no thrill what-so-ever. It does not deserve that title. TV special day-time crime drama is more fitting. Weird actors make some scenes awkward to watch. Yawn. It's a drama that would maybe work on the TV station in the States called Lifetime, the one my grandma watches.
It does have a couple pretty English girls. The intellectual arguments went away after the first 15 minutes and then we are introduced to the corny day-time drama mystery plot.
No wonder why it's just now being released in the States on DVD, 2-3 years after it was produced.
And why did they choose to set this movie in 1993? No reason.
If you were able to finish this movie, you deserve something.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Whoever thought this new Freddy would be acceptable, should be canned.
Just a complete utter poor attempt at bringing back the series, definitely motivated by money. I would be so disappointed if I paid money to see this in a theater. What really killed it for me was Freddy. It really is liking watching a totally different character. I of course know it is not the original Freddy, to bad he did not want to do it. But they could have done a much better job at making the new more like the old. Visually, it's way off too. Freddy looks just plain weird and fake, not grotesque or scary. It's like they attempted to make him just plain scary and it failed. Freddy always had a sick twisted since of humor and would play with the people as much as possible. It's crazy they thought this new Freddy, that looks like a cheap low budget knock off would be good enough.. Not remotely scary. The voice is also terribly done, it does not resemble even the way the old Freddy would talk. Now it's very slow and drawn out like some old man. I also found the movie to be boring and slow.
2/10
Braveheart (1995)
A must see film
It's really a classic film and everyone should see it. The heart of the movie is in the story. But there's great action scenes too. One of my favorite movies, Mel Gibson is a great director. It also has some funny moments. Overall a 10/10 movie. If you haven't watched it do so... It is also pretty sad but has a strong ending. It was the best ending it could of had really, to fit the story, just ends on a sad note.
Best movie of it's time by far. As far as war movies, it's the best because it DOESN'T lack a GOOD story like most do. A movie full of battle scenes doesn't make the movie you know. I think that is why this movie did so well. I can't think of another similar movie that is as good. I suppose Gladiator might be second. LOTR were of course good movies but kind of driven out long and more of a fantasy movie not fictual.