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7/10
People believe what they want to believe
16 February 2014
Before watching AH I came to IMDb to read some reviews. I usually trust the reviewers in here, however, I was a bit disappointed this time. The amount of hate towards this film in IMDb is absolutely fascinating and beyond belief. Now I will try to convince you that AH was actually pretty good.

It goes without saying that the acting was amazing. Every actor shone in their own way, and Bale and JLaw are worth mentioning. Amy Adams and Bradley Cooper were good too. This is not an action film. This is not like Ocean's Eleven. It is in fact a Crime Drama. You should expect a lot of chemistry amongst the characters and a plot with a few unexpected twists at the end. This film is about improvised dialogues, love, lust, wigs and costumes. There is some comedy thrown in the bag, too, like the scene with JLaw dancing and singing along to Live and Let Die. So, sit down and enjoy the ride, as Richi diMassio (Cooper) takes Irving Rosenfield (Bale) and Sydney (Adams) into the dangerous world of mafia and corruption, and watch their world spiral like r=theta in the Argand diagram.
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7/10
The perfect adaptation
19 January 2014
The hunger games: Catching fire was, for me, the best out of the three books. Therefore, as you can imagine, I was really looking forward to watching this film, especially since it has an 8.2 in IMDb. I must say I was not disappointed. Sure, they left out a few awesome moments from the book; but had it been in the film, it would have been almost three hours long. I felt satisfied in that sense, unlike with the first one (7/10). I felt the first film was missing too many things and there were certain scenes that disappointed me.

Jennifer Lawrence is good in EVERYTHING!! So it goes without saying that she nails the Katniss role for the second time in a row. The other actors are very good as well, especially the one who plays Finnick. He is fantastic! The directing is a big improvement from the first one.

Not much else to comment on, except that you should totally watch this film despite having, or not, read the book. In conclusion: this is, easily, the best adaptation book-to-film I have ever seen.
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Jack Reacher (2012)
7/10
Not very good
8 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Firstly, I'd like to mention I've read the book, and also that I'm not particularly bothered about Cruise's height and weight. However, his acting was awful.

I have seen lots of over-rated movies in this website, and, for instance, one time I thought "well, I would rate this film 6/10 and IMDb users say 6.5/10. That's not too bad". But this, 7/10, seriously guys? I rated this 4/10. I have some reasons, but I guess that what bothered me the most was the acting: it was bad. So bad, it hurt my eyes. Jack Reacher is not only a big guy, but a very smart one too. And sarcastic. And scary. Tom Cruise failed at all of those things. He just can't be Reacher. He's not funny enough. He's not threatening enough. I was laughing all throughout the film, and for the wrong reasons. I tried to like it, but I just couldn't. Spoiler: There is a scene where Jack Reacher is calling Charlie and threatening to kill him. The way he does it is: he calls him, tells him he doesn't want to kill him. He hangs up. He calls back telling him he just changed his mind and wants to kill him. In the book; it was exciting, scary, funny and it kept my adrenaline rushing. In the film it was none of that. It just failed. Scenes like that one, there are dozens.

If you think from the trailer that you'll like it, do yourself a favour and read the book instead.
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