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Ladri di biciclette (1948)
Interesting perspective
Similar to Cinema Paradiso, this movie tells you about another time and place you never knew existed. I liked how it ended and that it was about something simple, a bike, but about so much more, poverty, crime, morality, love, self esteem.
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
it was good bro
This movie was tizzy.
One reason I might have liked this movie was because I saw it with my father. It was interesting. After watching this X-Men flick I skipped into the showing of How To Train Your Dragon 2. I enjoyed the second film for a bit then halfway or so through I laughed and felt a bit uncomfortable doing so (maybe it was a laugh or another emotive, like a squeal, or both in series). I didn't exactly feel comfortable laughing or squealing by myself. I really thought of the people's reactions to this around me and had an accompanying sense of discomfort. It was interesting because it showed me how when we are watching a movie with someone there is still this element of being there with them that is important for our enjoyment of the movie, which is applicably knowledge.
I liked how they just went to town with new mutant powers. Instead of keeping the film restricted to a couple powers they got creative and had dozens of new abilities, as things should be.
The actors were pretty solid, especially the guy who played the leader in Star Trek. Somehow his words slip out so elegantly. The guy who played the younger Xavier was good in some ways but has this sort of arrogant quality, or potentially an arrogant quality, which is not great for an actor to have.
I really liked some of the lines in the movie. This was a big deal. I liked how Wolverine said to the young Xavier that his best would be good enough because, you know, sometimes that is true. I also really really like how the old Xavier told the young Xavier to open up to suffering and that if he hoped, the suffering wouldn't overwhelm him.
The idea played out in the movie about nonviolence versus violence was really good too.
Akira (1988)
weird in a thoughtful way
This film is weird in a way that makes you think and is interesting. It creates a new world with new rules and it's exciting to see how that world is going to develop and to uncover it's past. It is one of those films that was enjoyable to watch, with the regular action and all that, but also great to remember because it was so novel. There's a moral but it's done in an artistic rather than preachy way and so the moral remains open to interpretation.
Another thing I liked about this movie was that the main character is a kid from an alternative school. Actually both the protagonist and antagonist are from alternative schools. It made me think, "lots of people are just regular, like these kids from alternative school," and it was cool to see a regular person, exceptional in some ways as we all are, be a hero.
There was also the military guy and the scientist, they were less regular (not in a bad way). I liked how the military guy said he was more concerned with action than with knowing, while the scientist made mistakes because he was so concerned with knowledge above practicalities. That was cool.
The Searchers (1956)
Good because of good dialogue
This movie was pretty sweet! One thing I liked about this movie compared to a lot of movies you see now-a-days, i.e. Captain America, X-Men, The Avengers, is that this movie revolves around dialogue instead of predictable action and fancy special effects.
It was funny to see a Native American as the protagonist in this movie. Very much a sentiment of, "the Native Americans are of a different culture, complete with different religion, than us." Different times those Texicans lived in.
The actors were really good-looking in this film much as actors are in films of today.
The Craft (1996)
Cool setting.
This movie was freaking tight. I liked the girls who were acting and the story. It was cool to see the girls be nice to the new girl by telling her that who wanted to get with her was a jerk, then when he told the whole school she slept with him despite her innocence, she realizes, hey these girls be alright I shoulda done trusted dem in the first place.
So that was cool but then later in the film the same girls betray her and try to kill her over some trivialness. I'm not really sure why they try to kill her actually, like, it wasn't made clear why. The viewer can imagine it's because she wants to stop them. I mean she does put a binding spell on the evil girl but the spell doesn't even work so she's rather harmless so why kill the witch, ay?
It's understandable too I read another review saying the evil witch steals the show. She does kind of, stealing it is a good way to call what she does, but she also expresses some emotions that are almost out of place. For some reason I still freaking loved this movie. The girls are really cute and do a good job acting and it's about witchcraft so I guess that's all I really need. The plot is kind of neat too with the new girl trying to fit in and stuff.
Trading Places (1983)
Eddie Murphy is, as always, great
It was okay. Eddie Murphy is an amazing actor as he is in all his films. The two brothers kind of just read their lines.
Ended predictably. Some very boring parts. I'm starting to lose faith in movies. It seems like books are a better experience.
I liked in the beginning how the scenes of the poor paralled the scenes of the rich.
Most of the scenes with Eddie Murphy were pretty great. I loved it when he got his new money and went into a bar and started throwing money around. Then he brought some people back to his place and it was funny when he turned the music down and told them to 'Get the f*** out.' Where he might've expressed anger at this point he made it sound sort of funny and light. He did the same when he begged for money. He said, 'thanks for nothing,' to his would-be patrons who scrooged him, but he made it sound funny as he did it.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Surprising depth for a cheerleader-killing-vampires movie
It was fun how there was some depth to the story. It's more than a cheesy horror flick. Buffy changes as a character. She struggles with being 'weird' and how it conflicts with what she'd hoped for herself. The guys in this movie are pretty cool. Maybe I like them because they are rebels or because they're just good actors. The ending was hard to understand and it was almost funny how nonchalant the main protagonist dies. It's like, why didn't he kill Buffy when he had the chance? Why did he just let his main minion be killed by Buffy? Why didn't his minion struggle at all when she was killing him? Didn't make much sense. Overall it's a cheap movie but it does have some nice depth and I thought a lot of the dialogue was clever too.