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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
god-awful
I admire myself for sitting through this piece of crap. I wish I had walked out. This movies is so bad it might be time for the director to hang em up. The constant depravity, the use of drug scenes where those taken would have killed a real person and boring meaningless sex scenes. I guess someone forgot the word Edit. Di caprio made himself a star idiot. I cared nothing about the characters my first requirement for any drama. no matter what. Using the f-bomb hundreds of times was disgusting and no substitute for good writing. The only reason I went was the Directors career of great movies and this one was so bad it almost destroyed his reputation or at least damaged it seriously. He should be ashamed of himself got putting out his vile disgusting film. Total garbage!!
Nebraska (2013)
A great film
My favorite comedy is sideways (among others) and I love Mr Paynes films (like Election. As an advanced senior I was totally with Bruce Dern, the crankiness, the lack of balance, the drinking the boredom. the many naps. WIll Forte is absolutely superb as a kind loving son, in every way. His patience his help on the many scrapes his dad gets into and his true love. He is a cinch for an Oscar nomination. So are Dern and the actor who plays his wife. Although the film is outright funny, the sensitivity which Payne shows in handling the actors and the bleakness of Nebraska. The people of the small towns are portrayed is as close to real people as you can get. The black and white added to the story, especially the portrayal of the cities and small farms. I think this film will be loved by seniors. Younger people, after they have see Hunger Games could learn a lot from the lives of their grand-parents. A magnificent film, go see it!!
Cold Turkey (2013)
Downer
A horrible family holiday season movie. The characters, all of them, are scumbags, i.e. they lie they cheat they steal. Starting with Poppy the father who's is a fired retired prof from Harvard who is an alcoholic and with no good feature. He drinks he lies he cheats on his first wife. There is nothing he won't do with any ethical standard at all. I hated him as much as his family did. HIs son has lost a huge sum gambling in poker, and lies about how he lost money to Poppy directly, Everybody cheats sexually on everybody and hate each other for different reasons, and there is not even a soupçon of humor or life in this mess. I feel badly for the first film director as his piece of crap may sink his budding career. The acting was stilted stupid and lazy with no effort by any actor in the film to resemble a real human being. The perfect ending to this dreck would have been a mass family suicide to rid these people from existing. Otherwise burn the master print and any copies lying around, in a word Ugh!
Enough Said (2013)
A warm wonderful film
Another reason to thank independent filmmakers. After seeing Prisoner I felt I needed an antidote to its poison. Here is a great film which proves beyond any doubt that great drama can come from ordinary working-class people. It also shows that our movie culture is still surviving the awfulness of mass audience films. The loss of Mr. Gandolfini is very sad. His acting style, his genuine persona, his warmth and his utter lack of fake acting are to be missed. Imagine a man beloved even though he is a murdering thug (in the sopranos) gives one some idea of his genuine talent. The film also dealt with the sometimes hatred of divorced people and men and women. But in a super-intelligent way, theses issues were dealt with seeped in reality and honest truth. The writer is a genius as proved by other films of hers that I have seen. Finally Hollywood needs more women in the industry behind the camera and as writers and Directors. (DUH!) All of my hatred of Prisoners was washed clean by this beautiful sensitive movie.
Prisoners (2013)
A piece of garbage
I sometimes wonder if I live on the same planet as critics on IMDb. This is easily the very worst movie of the year and one of the ten worst of all time. Poorly written way way way way too long and so filled with lies clichés and stupidity it boggles the mind. I admit as a lawyer I am biased against these kind of movies where suspects are tortured beaten senseless and arrested with zero probable cause. That Jackman would make this movie after his magnificent performance in Lez Miz could only have been for the money. His role is a one-dimensional idiot without intelligence who gets it wrong from the beginning. Jake G has the worst role as stupid numbskull cop who hasn't a clue as to what is going on. I didn't give a fig about the parents, or their kids. There was zero background on what kin of parents and kids they were. This was not even a bad TV movie, it was a waste of time. Its length is inexcusable, its plot beyond idiotic and its actors were like very bad run of the mill nobodies. They all should be ashamed of themselves--the writer, director actors and everyone else. Don't see this film. Boycott it, and if not tell your friends to forget it, God it was awful!!
Short Term 12 (2013)
A great film
One of the few movies in my life I cried at. Due to some of my background I was moved by the subject matter. It is one of the most natural movies I have ever seen. The entire cast seemed like real people and not one of them seemed like an actor. Great movies plunge the viewer into real lives as if they suddenly discovered someone else's life in front of them. The writer/director also had balance in the story, The most emotional scenes had tremendous impact because the timing when they occurred was not suspected. The scenes were gut-wrenching and drove me to emotional experiences as if I was a person in the film. Thus, the tears. This may be a hard film for viewers to be involved with, but it is worth every minute of it. The private lives of the leaders were weaved into the film and gave great understanding to the people who ran the agency. The child acting was without a flaw, and I felt as if I knew them in real life. I urge you to see it, but prepare yourself for an emotional ride with people in dire circumstances. A simply great film!!
Mud (2012)
A great film about the deep south
This movie came out of nowhere for me. I had not heard or read anything about it. The day it opened the LA times reviewer Mary Mcnamara (who I think is awful) raved about it so the wife and I took a chance. It is one of the best movies I have seen ever. A perfect 10- writing, story, dialogue, scenic locale, casting, acting, director, script, cast. A great combination of Mark Twain, the big river, the fishing life of the people, their hardscrabble working life, the awful houses they live in. The violence was kept to a minimum as was the language. The two child actors were superb beyond belief. They reminded me of Stand by me with River Phoenix. Every one in this movie seemed real and as natural as life itself. The performance by Mathew M. (can't spell the last name) in the lead earns him an automatic Oscar nomination. The depth, understanding and empathy he brought was awesome to behold. My only question is there were no afro-American actors in it, which I think most people would say is a lack.
Top of the Lake (2013)
The most awful new series is top of the lake
This was the most over-hyped series in years. It uses Jane Campion to draw you in. The story is awful and impossible to follow--none of the characters including Moss make any sense--the sound recording is horrible making it impossible to understand what is going on (much like British TV). This the worst script written in years, and the series uses 16f-bombs in one scene- -always a substitute for bad writing. I have no idea who any of the people are except for Moss who I guess is a cop. One of the leads is profane vulgar hates women and is abusive to everyone. Campion is now writing very vague plot lines much like most of Hollywood. Moss plays the role as a hysteric and we have no idea what she is doing other than she is some kind of cop investigating a lost kid. There are no emotions in any of the players except hysteria hate dullness and stupidity. Life is precious--don't waste your time on this piece of worthless drivel--please!!