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Eyes Wide Shut

Finally got around to watching Kubrick's last film, and it absolutely met and exceeded my expectations. The cinematography, as with all Kubrick films from Dr. Strangelove onwards, was exceptional. This time, however, he didn't focus so much on symmetry and one-point perspectives as before. Instead, it was more about the lighting, colour, and camera movements. The masquerade scene in particular, was phenomenal, and one of the best sequences of Kubrick's filmography. It's frightening too, just as much as any scene in The Shining. My only complaint about this film is Nicole Kidman's performance, which I found to be a bit overacted, especially compared to Cruise's. I find that the line delivery in Kubrick's last 3 films is often too slow and deliberate to be believable. Still, I think this film lives up to the Kubrick name and ranks among his classics. 9/10

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Intriguing if a little unsatisfying. A very good debut from the 25 year old director with the film falling more into arthouse than Horror although the dream sequences despite being gruesome are beautifully shot and he is a talent to look out for but I much prefer Lucky Mckee's May regarding a young womans difficulty adjust to the norms of society and I didn't feel enough empathy for the main character even though the cast is superb and who would have thought ex porn star Traci Lords would be such a damn good actress?

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this looks amazing....thank you :)

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I hated everything about this film when I watched it a couple of nights ago but what is really annoying is that I keep thinking about it and that means that I probably want to give it a second viewing with a different mindset. It does put you off fried chicken though!
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Yet another Kevin James film I have watched in the space of a week. Predictable plot line but you know what? I still enjoyed it and Henry Winkler (The Fonz) was so good in this film. It's like watching 80's feel good movies all over again.

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I forgot how good this movie is, I haven't seen it since I was like 5 though.

I wasn't a huge fan of the film either but man can Matthew McConaughey act now. He's becoming a fantastic actor. I'm seeing an oscar performance in the next couple years. Oh, and eat that chicken Gina Gershon.

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The Purge (2013)

Goddamn was this ever a piss poor movie with such a wasted premise. Basically it's the near future and America has been reborn as it were with a new government faction called "The New Founding Fathers" wants to keep crime and unemployment low by making all crime legal for a 12 hour period. Now this setup offers up a plethora of questions the film could answer like if scientists use this time to do experiments they otherwise could have done, do hackers or black marketers do their work during this time, wouldn't this be a perfect moment for a country to attack the US, etc. Instead we get The Strangers and Straw Dogs human centipeded together with an incredibly heavy handed message that is quite literally stated directly to the camera.

I really hate when good ideas get wasted.

I'm reviewing this this week. Looks like I'm going to go to my old theater so I don't have to pay for garbage. Thanks for the heads up.

I saw The Purge earlier today and thought it was pretty good actually. Simple, pretty straight forward horror movie.I like that it relied on suspense to make it worth watching, and not over the top gore. I thought it was pretty old school and I liked that. Was the acting fantastic? No. Was it a bit predictable in spots? Sure. But its horror and really there arent any horror movies winning an Oscar, you know? Anyway, it would be a fun movie to watch if someone was planning to stay in and watch scary movies all night or something. Good times.

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Surely there has to be around 20 mins running time missing from this film as it clocked in at a mere 83 mins and feels rushed. The budget for this was less than half of the original so maybe that's it which is a shame. The direction and set design was decent enough but it severely lacked atmosphere and the fact that the characters used exposition dialogue every ten minutes robbed the film of any sense of foreboding and interest. Shame.
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I lasted about 25 mins so maybe this shouldn't be posted but note to film makers : if you are going to use hand held cameras constantly then don't have scenes in the film where the shots are seemingly not from any camera source at all. It defeats the purpose and Gyllenhaal looks terrible with a shaved head.