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Intouchables (2011)
Unconventional, is a good thing
Although I personal do not enjoy watching foreign films, primarily because I would prefer not to have to read the subtitles, but besides that I thoroughly enjoyed this film. When i say this film is unconventional I mean that it is not a "character facing a problem/challenge" plot. I say that because it's not about Philippe overcoming being paralyzed because we don't know how he was before the accident, and it's not about Driss leaving the french criminal world because we don't know what he did in his past. The plot is more of just these two interacting with one another and connecting to each other and learning from one another. However this film was very well written, acted, and scored, that's why this has received the highest rating I've given a film thus far.
Remember the Titans (2000)
Uplifting, just like all of Disney movies :(
This is a good film with a lot of good uplifting music but like all Disney films it is highly sanitized and joyful. Its set in the early 70's in Virginia, and yet the only racial slurs used where "coon" and "boy" both derogatory racial terms for blacks, but still not truly how it would have been back then. That is the problem with Disney is that they try to make every film super clean and G-rated to get the widest audiences but they often forget how to keep it true and realistic to the time and place that it is supposedly taking place. And to top it off, having to compress it into a regular time allotment for a film they sped up the parts of training in which the people actually did bond and become close, but that took most of the training camp for them to do not over night.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Confusing, but nice
As a whole this film is a masterpiece in the use of camera techniques as well as use of coloration to adjust the audiences thoughts and feelings. I say that its confusing because in the early stages of the film the character of Walter, played by Ben Stiller, has a lot of really weird daydreams, which is confusing until you notice that the color pallet during his daydreams is slightly more saturated then when he isn't "zoning out" as his sister says. But what sets this movie apart, other then a well put together score is that in the end you see it as more of a comedy piece in that the photo he had been searching for had been in his wallet the whole time, which he threw away.
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Bland but not terribly so
This movie was not quiet terrible enough to earn a score below 6 but honestly was not anywhere near good enough to earn anything better. I feel that Daniel Day-Lewis seemed to be forcing each line out and was not portraying the character to its fullest extant. I also feel the director pushed too hard for the audience to be sympathetic towards Gerry Conlon and spent more time telling about his torture then on his time trying to secure his freedom. Then the death of his father, Giuseppe you feel as though he didn't care and that the inmates cared more about him then Gerry did. Then in the end you see that the ones responsible never were charged with the bombing and that the police who chorused the confessions didn't have to face any kind of consequences for their actions.
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Five times to many
Each time I have watched this film i hate it more and more. People say things like it shows that you should be an individual and follow your heart and the the students stand by Keating when the school wouldn't. Both of this points are irrevocably wrong. In the end Neal is given the chance to speak his mind against his father after showing that he has a gift for acting but shuts his mouth and then goes sand kills himself when he easily could have just left. Then none of the students truly stand for Mr. Keating in that when anyone of them could have said it wasn't his fault and that he had nothing to do with Neal's' suicide they all cave in and sign the paper and it isn't until he comes back for his things that they literally stand up for him, which truly would have no impact seeing as he had already been fired and then they just leave you there with no knowledge of what happened after.
School Ties (1992)
Incredible, but basic
This movie has its comical points like how in the beginning David, played by Brendan Fraser, makes a crack about a bikers sister. However the film takes too much time to get to the main problem and it seemed as though the director had to wrap it up really quick due to the extensive amount of time spent opening the story and building up the friendship of the main characters. Then at the end many people hate the character of Rip for not speaking up to defend David at the student hearing despite having seen Charles, played by Matt Damon, cheat and laying the blame on David. But despite these issues I still enjoyed the film and plot as a whole but the ending could have easily been done better.
Into the Wild (2007)
An intriguing but unsatisfactory story
Many Alaskans discredited Chris McCandless aka Alexander Supertramp as just another person who thought they could survive Alaska and was not prepared which lead to yet another death. However this film, and the book by Jon Krakauer, takes you on his journey and shows you that he was not completely unprepared in that he sought out the knowledge on subjects of hunting and taking care of freshly killed game. Unfortunately it was this knowledge that he got from a hunter from the Midwest that was what leads to his accidental ingestion of poison because he did not think game preservation was going to be different in Alaska. But what makes this film worth watching is its musical score which ties the audience to the characters and really makes you feel for each character and be affected in a similar way by Chris/Alex.