2022 Movie Recap
The following is the review of all 160 movies that I have watched in 2022. This review maybe the longest and hardest thing I have ever done, that's what she said. Anyways, I have worked hard on this, I had to edit it completely twice. It took more than 30 hours and over 50 days and I gave up twice but I eventually finished it and I am proud of it. Ok then, I hope you like it.
January
Six Days Seven Nights
Six Days Seven Nights is an action-adventure movie starring Harrison Ford and Anne Heche. It was also marketed as a romance movie, Harrison Ford was too old to feature in romance movies at that time, and that is why this movie sucks. Anne Heche looked like his daughter. It was embarrassing to watch. The writing is terrible, and the movie is boring.
Don't Look Up
Don't look Up is an apocalyptic political satire starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and Cate Blanchett. It lampoons the world leaders for not taking climate change seriously. It is also exaggerated and over-the-top so that people will understand the point. It mocks and makes fun of climate deniers.
February
My Spy
My Spy is an action comedy movie Starring David Batista and Chloe Coleman. It is a fun and light-hearted film. The Banter between Batista and Coleman is the highlight of the movie because the chemistry between the two leads is great.It is super fun and enjoyable movie.
The Nice Guys
The Nice Guys is a crime drama movie starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. It was a confusing movie. I couldn't understand the movie, but If I had understood it, I think I would have liked it. Gosling and Crowe seemed to have natural chemistry together.
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider is an action-adventure movie starring Alicia Vikander. It is boring as hell. Vikander gave a very wooden performance, and the terrible story didn't help either. Overall, this is a bland and boring movie.
The Wedding Planner
The Wedding Planner is a romantic comedy movie starring Matthew McConaughey and J.Lo. J.Lo and McConaughey had good chemistry together, but still the movie felt very dry. If this movie had more comedic scenes, then it would have been way better. It is too serious for a rom-com. Most of the movie felt monotonous and flat.
Prisoners
Prisoners is a drama thriller movie starring Jake Gyllenhall and Hugh Jackman. It is dark and gritty. It deals with some sensitive topics like child abduction, parents' grief, and religious cults. This movie grips you from the first scenes, and lets go only after its ending. There are no dull or tensionless scene in the movie; It was a thrilling and suspenseful movie through and through. I personally don't like Hugh Jackman one bit, but, he gave a showstopping performance in this movie. The twist at the end was one of the most shocking plot twists I have ever seen. You will not see it coming.
Jungle Cruise
Jungle Cruise is an action-adventure movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. This movie is boring as hell. There is no chemistry between the stars and the leads, and the movie is predictable and dull.
Laws of Attraction
Laws of Attraction is a romantic comedy movie starring Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore. This is yet another romcom churned out by the studios during the height of the rom-com era. These movies are the reason why the romcom genre died. And, This movie would have been far better if there were more comic scenes in it.
If a movie purely focuses on romance, then if the chemistry between leads is off, the whole movie fall flat on its face. Then, the only thing that can save it would be, writing, but romcoms are not known for their brilliant screenplay, as you may know. Romcoms are formulaic and full of tropes. That is why most romcoms suck.
If anyone would ask me why most romcoms are so bad? I would give them three primary reasons. Firstly, most romcoms' screenplay sucks. Secondly, most romcoms' lead actors don't have good chemistry. The best chemistry I have seen in a romcom is between Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson in How to lose a guy in 10 days. It was the ideal rom-com movie. Also, the movie was hilarious, with a pretty good script. Thirdly, most romcoms have very few comedic scenes, which is why they are forgettable and unremarkable.
The Protege
The Protege is an action movie starring Maggie Q, Samuel L Jackson, and Michael Keaton. This is one of the most formulaic action movies I've ever seen. Also, This movie is boring as hell. The writing is terrible, and the plot is unoriginal and stale.
Peppermint
Peppermint is a revenge action drama movie starring Jennifer Garner. This is a female-led action movie. And the problem with every female-led action movie, is it's just not believable. I don't buy it for one second. Cinema is as good as its ability to suspend disbelief. Meaning whether or not the audience buys what you are selling, meaning whether or not you are convinced by what they are showing you on the screen.
A 100-pound woman fighting ten guys, twice or thrice her size, is the antithesis of believable. In the movie, Garner goes on a rampage against people who killed her family. Mind you, Garner is in her late 40s, and this movie seriously wants me to believe that a middle-aged 100-pound woman single-handedly kills the members of a crime gang, a judge, and many other people while they couldn't fight back or get revenge on her. While police also fail to find and stop her. This is why female-led action movies will never be successful cause they are not believable even for a movie. I think Hollywood should stop trying to make these types of movies and stop wasting their money and our time.
A Quiet Place Series
A Quiet Place is a post-apocalyptic horror movie franchise starring John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, and Cillian Murphy. The series is about the Abbott Family, which tries to survive in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind monsters with an acute sense of hearing.
A Quiet Place
The first one is an okay movie. The premise is not groundbreaking or anything but rather a simple one. Strange Creatures are hunting down humans across wastelands. Also, all the actors gave a brilliant performances in this movie. It was only 90 Minutes long and didn't have many filler scenes, and also it doesn't waste your time and maintains a level of paranoia and terror throughout the movie. It doesn't have jump scares per se, but it ratchets up the tension quickly during the horror scenes. The horror scenes were well-shot and directed. The ending was emotional and impactful.
A Quick Place 2
Here we go again. Another bad sequel. The First movie became an instant hit due to its acting and screenplay. But the second is a dud. Like most sequels, it was not a very good movie. It didn't drop the ball altogether. But, they were retreading the same waters, only this time, but it was Cillian Murphy instead of John Krasinski. The direction and horror Scenes were done alright. But you would think haven't we done this already? It is just another cash grab born out of the desire to milk money from an excellent IP. It is sad cause it only tarnishes the IP and disappoints its audience, but they will keep doing it until there is no money to make.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary is a romantic comedy movie starring Renée Zellweger and Hugh Laurie. This movie is the definition of a chick flick. Renée Zellweger was cast perfectly in this role, and She fits right in. The movie explores the issue most women modern women face, especially nowadays, i.e., lack of desirable suitors after the age of 30. This movie came age out in the 2000s, at the height of the rom-com era, but it is still more relevant than ever.
In one scene, it is shown that Renée is trying to lose weight religiously to max out on her potential suitors, which numerous feminists criticized, and they are wrong like always. Useless quotes like A man should love should for who you are useless at best and harmful at worst. It is just like saying to a fat, broke male that you should not change yourself and that a woman should love you for who you are. In both cases, the advice is terrible, and the better suggestion would be to be the best version of yourself, and then you will get what you want.
March
10 Things I Hate About you
10 Things I Hate About You is a rom-com teen drama starring Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. This movie is pure Gold. I genuinely love this movie. Best rom-com, possibly the best overall film I have ever seen. The playground scene is super iconic. What more can I say about it?
The Duff
The Duff is a teen drama movie starring Mae Whitman and Bella Thorne. This is a typical movie where our protagonist starts as a loser and, by the end, achieves everything they also want while overcoming various adversities in the process, etc., etc. This movie is excellent and well-shot, and well-directed. The writing is also on point. They could have made a half-assed teen flick, but they didn't. They put effort into it, and it shows. Bella Thorne is the mean girl here. And she absolutely kills it. Other Actors also did an admirable job.
Love, Simon
Love, Simon is a teen drama movie starring Nick Robinson and Katherine Langford. It is another teen drama with a love story as the central plot. There is also a mystery that is revealed at the end of the movie, which works as a great hook. It was an enjoyable fun movie. The pacing was slow in this movie, and it meshes with the script.
Bride Wars
Bride Wars is a rom-com movie starring Anne Hathway and Kate Hudson. The premise is the strife between Anne and Hudson, who are ex-best friends turned bitter rivals for a wedding place. It sounds ridiculous but still believable. That is why there is no such thing as friendship between females. They will turn on each other as soon as a better thing arrives, even childhood friends. I was not interested in this movie cause I didn't want to see two women fight. I would rather see women do other naughty things to each other than catfight, if you know what you mean. If it starts with a catfight and then evolves to take a severe turn, then sign me up.
Just like Heaven
Just Like Heaven is a romantic mystery movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo. It is just plain bad. It is a terrible, terrible movie. The writing in this movie is pretty bad, and so is the cinematography. The lighting is awful. It was later remade in Telugu as Dangerous Khiladi 5 with Tammanah and Ram Pothineni; that is a way better movie than this absolute garbage.
Playing It Cool
Playing it Cool is a rom-com movie starring Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan. It is an okay but terrible. Similar to a fat, skinny man or butterface woman. It is pretty bad, but it is okay at the same time. Michelle Monaghan steals the show here, and she was the best part of this movie, and the worst part was Chris Evans. He is just not cut out of romcoms or acting, for that matter.
Notting Hill
Notting Hill is a rom-com movie starring Hugh Laurie and Julia Roberts. It is pretty bad. The Story was too contrived and ridiculous. It would have only worked if it didn't have taken itself too seriously.
500 Days of Summer
500 Days of Summer is a romantic movie starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. It was quite a slow movie. Things were happening very quietly and gradually. It had a smooth slow pace which works for this movie. This movie explored the delusion of "Nice Guys," raised on the Steady diet of romcoms and Disney. Who also subscribe to the soulmate myth and believes there is "The One" created only for him. But, in reality, there or is no "One." There are some good ones, and there are some bad ones. That's all. The hero projects and overinvests in the relationship, which hurts him big time. He falls in love or, instead, is infatuated with a non-existent idea of a woman.
Just My Luck
Just My Luck is a rom-com movie starring Chris Pine and Lindsay Lohan. The ingredients were correct, but the finished product was underwhelming. The direction was pretty bad, and so was the writing.
The Spectacular Now
The Spectacular Now is a teen drama starring Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley. This is also a quiet, smooth-sailing movie. Everything seems natural. Pacing and Running time are perfectly set. The leads had great chemistry together. Other characters were okay too. The script was competently written and brilliantly performed by the actors.
Before I Fall
Before I Fall is a sci-fi teen drama movie starring Zoey Deutch. It feels like another shallow teen movie, but as we watch further, we realize that this movie explores deeper themes. It is an emotional movie, but it can also piss you off. It will make you feel numerous emotions. It explored the reason why you should be nice to people.
Never Been Kissed
Never Been Kissed is a teen romantic movie starring Drew Barrymore. She works for a magazine or something in this movie. For some reason, she has to go undercover in a high school, and then drama ensues. This movie is about that drama. A budding romance starts between Barrymore's character and a school teacher. After some ups and downs, the movie ends at a baseball game like many other romcoms.
Nobody
Nobody is an action movie starring Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad. He is a family man in this movie and has a tedious job, but one day some punks try to rob his house and take a toy of his daughter. And then suddenly, he goes full Rambo mode, and it is revealed that he is an ex-special force or something. Then he takes on the Mafia single-handedly and kills them all. The End.
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
The 40-Year-Old Virgin is a romantic comedy movie starring Steve Carell. The jokes in this movie are uncreative and boring. It is a fairly watchable but forgettable movie.
What's Your Number
What's Your Number is a romcom starring Chris Evans and Anna Farris. This is an awful movie. Casting is horrible. Maybe not Chris Evans is well-cast cause his forte is starring in bad romcoms. But he is not as bad as the actress, though, which is not as easy as it sounds. Anna Farris. Oh my god! How did she break into Hollywood? It's incomprehensible to me. I could say casting couch, but she is not pretty enough to do even that. Even her name in the same sentence with pretty sounds weird.
She's the Man
She's the Man is a teen romantic drama movie starring Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum. All things that make a good romcom are abundantly present in this movie. This is one of the best romcoms ever made. Amanda Bynes completely steals the show here. Bynes is at the top of her game here. Charming Tatum is also great. They both have great chemistry together. What more can you ask in a film? It is funny and very happening, a prerequisite to any good rom-com. The Premise is superb and exciting. The direction is on point, along with the lighting and cinematography. It is a high school romance movie but is funnier than most comedy movies. Everything about this movie is just great.
Destination Wedding
Destination Wedding is a romantic comedy movie starring Keanu Reeves and Winona Rider. It is supposed to be a romcom which are usually feel-good movies, but this is a cynical and depressing movie. This movie is essentially two jaded and cynical people commiserating about their frustrations about life. This movie has a dark, cynical doom and gloom tone. It just leaves a bad taste in your mouth after you have seen it.
April
A Walk to Remember 
This is a very emotional and bittersweet movie. It tells a tragic tale of love between two unlikely people. It doesn't feel forced. Even Side characters have an arch and a chance to redeem themselves. The movie is very well-paced. The story flows seamlessly. In the third act, a character dies, and that is the peak moment of the film. The acting is superb across the board.
Brittany Runs a Marathon
This is a redemption movie. The lead character starts as a mess but slowly redeems herself and gets her act together. The writing and direction are on point. Overall, this is an optimistic and excellent movie.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
This is an unadulterated garbage movie. One of the most unromantic romance movies of all time. I would expect this from Kate Winslet but not from Jim Carrey. I don't know what he was thinking. The movie tries to be intelligent and thoughtful but doesn't have the wherewithal to be intellectual. The Lighting and tone of the film are too depressing. It felt like you are watching a tragic war horror flick, not a romantic movie. Pacing and continuity are all over the place.
Meet Bill
This movie starts as another romcom but takes a U-turn and becomes about redemption and companionship. The casting and acting are excellent across the board. Jessica Alba completely steals the show. It is a very light-hearted and laid-back movie.
One for the Money
One for the Money is a crime mystery movie starring Katherine Heigl. This is a pretty unremarkable movie. After watching this movie, you forget what this movie was all about. It is a very forgettable and bland movie.
The Love Punch
This movie is just awful. The only thing was casting; otherwise, this movie is just really bad, from writing to acting to the story. I don't know why they made this movie, if they were not going to put any effort into the movie.
Stuck in Love
This movie tries to give you a decent cinematic experience but fails, but already they try. The casting and writing are okay. The issue with this movie, is that it gives terrible life advice. Lily Collins plays Sam, a writer, and a whore, who says that her whorish behavior inspires her and improves her writing, and I have no idea how. Her father is a blue-pilled simp, which is really pathetic, to be honest, gets the girl in the end, which was a really bad lesson to give to the audience.
Playing it for Keeps
This movie is about a phenom's fall from grace and his effort to become better and get his act together, especially for his son. Even though it deals with a serious topic, it has a light-hearted tone. The pacing is slow but workable. Overall, you can feel that the filmmakers tried but not enough to make this a good movie.
All the Old Knives
This is a spy thriller movie starring Chris Pine and Thandie Newton. The Lighting in this movie is pretty bad, too dark for a thriller. Writing is pretty basic. The pacing is too slow. Stuff happens very gradually. Running time should have been 30 minutes less, or even better, they shouldn't have made this embarrassment in the first place. One of the most boring movies I have ever watched.
Hachi
This is a very tragic movie. It is a very bittersweet and depressing movie. This movie is based on a real story which makes it even more tragic. This is a very emotionally heavy movie.
Lady Bird
Lady Bird is a high school teen movie. But there is nothing relatable in this movie as a former high schooler myself. I don't know what they were trying to convey here. The movie is pointless and wastes a lot of your time for no reason. I didn't feel much emotion watching this movie, the characters are uninteresting. The writing was pretty bad. The ending was the worst part of this movie.
Obvious Child
This movie is supposed to be a comedy-drama movie, I think. I didn't laugh at all, and as far as drama is concerned, I also felt no emotion watching this movie besides mild annoyance. Jenny Slate is a comedian, allegedly. But, if there were a test for comedians, she would fail very hard. This is a pointless movie. The movie is very flat.
Silver Lining Playbook
Silver Lining Playbook is a romantic drama movie starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, and she won an Oscar for her performance. She did a good job, but Oscar, I think that's too far. Cooper also did a great job. The acting and casting are excellent. The story is pretty good too. But I wouldn't recommend this movie to anybody. It is a useless and pointless movie.
Paper Towns
Paper Towns is a teen romance movie. This movie definitely delivers. The story is not revolutionary, but it works pretty well. The story is about a nerdy student who is taken on daring adventures by a free-spirited thrill-seeking girl. The casting and acting are excellent across the board. The road scene was pretty cool. The ending was also fabulous. This movie is brilliant through and through.
Good Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting is a classic movie. First of all, The acting and casting in this movie are top-notch. The lead actors were also the writers, so the acting feels pretty authentic cause they have created the characters they are playing. The story is rather unique and original, and the execution is also brilliant. The characters have depth and are very relatable. You understand where they are coming from.
Kings of Summer
Kings of Summer is a teen coming-of-age story. The lead characters are fun and goofy. The premise is pretty neat. Three teen boys try to live on their own to turn into men. The film is about is about the struggles and fruits of the characters trying to be men.
The Rebound
The Rebound is a rom-com movie starring Justin Bartha and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The premise is a young man falls in love with an older single mom. The characters are likable, and the story is good. There are also some funny scenes in this movie. The writing and acting are also pretty good. The ending was also very great.
May
Shutter Island
Shutter Island is a mystery thriller movie starring Leonardo de caprio, Mark Ruffalo and Ben Kingsley. It starts off with Leo trying to unravel a mystery but in the end the, movie pulls the carpet from below and reveals that what ever you have not seen till now is not what really happened. It has a confusing and disorienting end. This is not a movie you put on in the background while you do some other thing. You have to be dialed in and yet you may not understand completely.
Source Code
Source Code is a sci-fi action movie starring Vera Fermiga and Jake Gyllenhall. It is also a thriller movie and a loop movie where a certain set of events keeps happening again and again like Before we fall. This movie uses tension and Suspense to keep you hooked but it is not enough. It is just another run of the mill sci-fi movie.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Buffy The Vampire Slayer is a supernatural vampire comedy movie. It is very campy and over-the-top which works in the favour of the movie surprisingly. It was originally meant to be dark and serious but the director had other ideas in mind. The Casting is great. The editing is also fine. Action scenes are funny and humorous. Dialogue are so bad that it's good. They were going for a light-hearted kids movie. It seems like a bad idea but it totally works.
June
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer is a crime thriller movie. The premise is fantastic. The big plot twist was the best part about the movie. But, unfortunately after the plot reveal it all goes downhill from there and becomes another action crime movie. There was another minor twist at the end but that was pretty much it. The Casting is top-notch. They could not have chosen better actors for their respective roles. But, Third act squanders this movie which had great potential.
July
The Batman
First of all, It is 3 hours long. It is very faithful to the comics. It is the perfect movie for the comic book nerds but for other people, it is disappointing. The Lighting was too dark. Catwoman was a useless character. She provided little substance to the movie other than a placeholder for lead actress. Her character was boring. Some plot twists were surprising. This movie was too long.
Allure
It is a movie about love but not a typical Hollywood love story and also it is definetly not a very romantic movie. It deals with emotional manipulation and gaslighting. It is well-directed and well-acted. The writing is also on point and staves off from being preachy. Overall, it is a very nice movie.
August
Shirley
It is quite a bizarre movie, but I liked it. The casting and acting were top-notch. It was not made for mainstream audiences but for a niche audience, and I am part of that niche. The pacing was slow, which was perfect for this movie. There was a general sense of eerieness which I quite liked. It was a weird movie, but it was my kind of weird.
Nymphomaniac
This is among the most pointless movie that I have ever seen. It was five hours of nothing. You would think a film that clocks in 300 minutes would have some semblance of a point, but it doesn't. The ending is the worst part. It leaves you feeling confused and burnt out. You ask yourself, did I really waste 5 hours of my life on this pointless movie? It has hardcore scenes, which were hard to watch. It makes you feel highly disgusted during some gruesome scenes. This is the grossest and most disgusting movie I have ever watched. Just before I think it couldn't get grosser, it does.
Can Your Ever Forgive Me?
This is a movie about a terrible person who committed literary heresy. She wrote literary works in the name of popular writers. What she did was disgusting and despicable. I don't know why you would do such a thing if you are a writer yourself. Plagarising is comparable to ball tampering in Cricket. In fact, It is far worse than that. The actress who played her is a dislikeable person herself. So, She made the character even more hateable. I don't know why did they make this movie.
Deep Water
Watching this movie is like going on an emotional rollercoaster. This movie will make you feel various emotions with high intensity. This movie is hard to watch, to be honest. It is not a feel-good love story but the opposite of feel-good. Feel-good movies show the best tendencies of a relationship, but this movie shows the worst tendencies of a relationship. The relationship between the lead characters is super toxic but intoxicating at the same time. The film was seeing a car crash, you know you should not watch it, but you can't get enough of this trainwreck.
Unfaithful
This is a movie about love, but it is a romantic movie. It is a pretty decent movie. The premise of this movie is extremely relatable, which is infidelity. The ending may or may not reflect real life, but the film was outstanding. It shows that the cheating spouse is not a bad person. It humanizes cheating spouses.
The Tender Bar
This is a coming-of-age story, but it pivots more around a side character than the lead character. This movie is about how the lead character comes of age with the help of his uncle. The Casting is on point. Ben Affleck did a fantastic job here. Tye Sheridan also followed suit. It is a very upbeat, optimistic movie. It also shows if you got a family, poverty is not that bad. It is difficult, but it is significantly less difficult if you got a family. It is a movie about struggle but remains to be upbeat.
Anti Christ
This is an art film, but I couldn't see the art in this movie. I only saw pure unadulterated garbage. The violence in this movie is too brutal. It serves no purpose other than shock value. The story writing was dull was too dark. Also, it was like violence porn. Like the primary goal of adult movies is to show sex, the primary objective of this movie is to show violence. The story was paper thin. They were not even trying to write.
Mud
This was an odd movie. The film primarily focuses on the relationship between Ty Sheridan's character and Matthew McConaughey's character. But then Reese Witherspoon shows up for some reason and destroys this. The story is pretty unique, but the execution is pretty bad. The acting is pretty good across the board.
Jack Ryan Franchise
Jack Ryan is a character created by Tom Clancy. He has written several books on this character. After the incredible success of the book, it was adapted on the screen with Harrison Ford playing Jack Ryan. The franchise never really found it's feet among audiences and the actors kept changing but it never worked. It has been played by four actors till date.
Patriot Games & Clear & Present Danger
Harrison Ford's Jack Ryan was the worst. The first two movies were the worst of the Jack Ryan Franchise. The story was cliche and very low effort. The movies were bland and forgettable.
The Hunt for Red October
Alec Benjamin's Jack Ryan was the best or, relatively least, worst of the whole franchise. Jack Ryan Franchise is the worst franchise in Hollywood. The people involved in making these movies should be ashamed of themselves.
The Sum of All Fears
Ben Affleck was good enough. Definitely better than Harrison Ford. The story was unimaginative, but it was still an okay movie. It was just a regular spy action movie.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Chris Pine's Jack Ryan is an interesting case in this movie. It is cliched like other movies in the franchise, but it is executed magnificently. It was a decent movie. Even though it has the most cliched plot, the Evil Russians will destroy America, and our hero has to save the day.
Spy
This movie is a stain on the resume of everyone involved in this absolute travesty. This movie is awfully bad, painfully funny, awkwardly acted, and a total disaster. I don't know who greenlit this awful script. The dialogue is so poor it is dying from starvation. Ironically, this is a high-budget movie, and it shows. The cinematography is top-notch. The lighting is excellent. The cinematography is the only good thing about this movie. The writing is so bad it's unbelievable. The 'comedy' scenes were so cringe I felt secondhand embarrassment for the actors who had to be involved in this trainwreck of a movie. What an absolute failure this movie is.
The Gray Man
This is easily one of the worst movies of the 21st century. The names associated with this movie are A-List Superstars but the movie 3rd class garbage. You couldn't make a worse movie if you wanted to. The absence of logic is mind-boggling. If this movie gives an IQ test, it will be declared a retard.
Melancholia
Truly One of the worst movies of all time. It is a terrible, terrible movie. Suppose my nightmares were movies, then it would be a summer blockbuster. The plot is awful, and the movie is an absolute disaster. In the movie, an asteroid was going to hit and destroy the earth. You would think that an asteroid hitting our planet and killing everyone would be a bad thing. But, it is only a bad thing for those who haven't seen this trainwreck. After watching this movie, you would want that an asteroid hits us and kills everyone. The species which create this kind of stuff shouldn't be allowed to exist.
World War Z
It is a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Horror movie starring Brad Pitt. And that is where the good things about the movie stop. Other than Pitt, this movie is an absolute disaster. It starts with great promise, but it's all downhill from there. The lead actress and other side characters are a bunch of nobodies. The only decent scene in the movie was the Israel Wall scene. Other than that, it's trash from start to finish.
The Heat
This is a buddy cop movie. Buddy movies heavily depend on the chemistry between the lead actors. This component is present in this movie. Bullock and McCarthy have great chemistry together. McCarthy is the wild one, and Bullock is the straight-laced one. Just Like Lethal Weapon, the difference is. Lethal Weapon is the worst buddy cop movie ever. The awkward, weird, cringe, in-your-face comedy style of McCarthy works wonders here. Bullock gives an excellent performance as the rule-following, by-the-book, jumpy detective.
American Psycho
This is one of the best movies of all time. This movie contains so much subtext and deep symbolism that you must watch it multiple times to fully grasp its concepts. Dark Humor and symbolism are off the charts in this movie. The Casting is perfect. This movie gave us one of the greatest actors of our generation and of all time. The Acting is top-class. This movie satirizes the yuppie culture of the 80s. But, Now, it is even more relevant since that materialistic, empty, vapid culture has taken hold of the whole world. This is clear after seeing that American Psycho has become a mine of endless Patrick Bateman memes, and Patrick Bateman has become an icon of the Internet era. Now, Let's see Paul Allen's Review.
The Shining
This is one of the most acclaimed movies of all time. Jack Nicolson gave the performance of a lifetime, and why wouldn't you give an excellent performance if your director is Stanley Kubrick. The acting is top-notch in this movie. There are a lot of easter eggs and symbolism in this movie, and to this day, people are trying to parse it out. This movie has become one of the most talked about movies of the century. The movie is about Jack, the caretaker of a hotel with a violent and troubled past. The hotel closes in the winter season, and Jack is left alone with his family in the hotel. Slowly, he realizes that the hotel is not as empty as he previously thought. The spirits and the hotel messes up his brain, and he slowly goes insane and psychotic. In the end, He tries to murder his family with an axe. His family barely survives the attack, and he freezes to death.
Taxi Driver
This is one of the most popular movies of all time. This movie is a character study of Travis Bickle, a Vietnam vet who is lonely and isolated and suffers from alcoholism and insomnia. He has no friends and also is not close to his family. He is socially uncalibrated. The movie depicts his slow descent into insanity and madness. He slowly but surely loses grip on reality. This movie is about a lonely and isolated young man who descends into murder and mayhem.
Scouts Guide to Zombie Apocalypse
It is a zombie comedy movie. It seems like a bad combination, but it somehow works, with the help of good lead characters and funny comedy scenes. The run time is around 90 minutes which is perfect for this movie. This is a fun and enjoyable film. It starts slowly but picks up pace quickly and keeps up the speed till the end. The Lead Characters have good chemistry together, which makes this movie more enjoyable. The side characters are also well-written. The best part about this movie is its superb writing. The product design and wardrobe department also did a good job. Overall, it is a super fun and enjoyable movie.
Vampire Academy
It is a teen vampire movie, which was all the rage during its release time. This is one of the best teen movies that I've watched. The casting is excellent, and so is the acting. The writing is pretty neat. The Pacing is also brilliant. The pacing is among the best parts of the movie. This movie is very happening. Meaning it doesn't have filler scenes, and something is happening throughout its runtime, and I like this sort of movie. It picks up the pace from the first scene and keeps that pace through and through and also ramps it up when needed. It has many subplots unfolding simultaneously, and all loose ends are tied before the ending, which is a testament to the skill of the writers. This is also a mystery movie, and the plot twists are the best part of the movie. A good mystery movie must keep you guessing and doesn't give you any hint about the plot revelations, and this movie does exactly that.
Samaritan
This is a superhero mystery action movie Starring Sylvester Stallone. This is not your typical crime-fighting, well-off, and over-the-top superhero. This superhero is very low-key and lives alone, and fixes busted electric devices. But as a kid suspects him of being a superhero who is in hiding after a violent fight with another superhero. In the last score, there is a major plot twist which may or may not be seen coming from afar. This is not a typical superhero movie. It looks less upbeat and more seedy and dingy. But just because it is not another Marvelesque Generic movie, that doesn't mean it is any good. The movie fails completely. The writing is uncreative and formulaic, and the movie is disappointing.
The plot seems like Beauty & The Beast Teen Version, and it is precisely that. But, instead of being a cheap knockoff, it holds its own and improves in some aspects. It is one of the best romance movies of all time. It gives you a cinematic experience, unlike other generic romance movies. The writing is top-notch, and so is the pacing. This is a very happening and dense movie. It doesn't slow down. It keeps its speed till the end. The cinematography is also excellent. This is a very sincere movie. The ending is also great. It is a very sweet and heartwarming movie.
September
This is one of the best teen drama movies of all time. This movie is a testament that writing is everything. If you don't have a big budget and don't have big names in your movie but have a brilliant script, then you can make an excellent movie. The characters in this movie are very likeable and charming. Even the antagonist was likeable. If I had to describe this movie in one word, it would be, Charming. It is also a very dense movie and doesn't slow down at any time. The pacing is excellent. The drama aspect is the best part of the movie. All the actors gave an outstanding performance.
Dark City
This is a sci-fi action mystery movie. The mystery aspect is very engaging and intriguing and doesn't let you feel bored at any point in time during its runtime. The plot revelation at the end is very surprising. It is a Matrixesque movie, but it was released before The Matrix, and Matrix was possibly partially inspired by it. The Matrix was even shot at some of the sets of Dark City. The acting is excellent in the movie. The special effects hold up even today after all these years. It is like a low-budget Matrix Movie. You can call it Mini Matrix.
Storm Breaker
This is one of the worst movies of this century. This movie is terrible through and through, with no redeeming qualities. I can't think of a good thing to say about this movie. The acting was pretty bad. Some actors were overacting. It was embarrassing. It tries to be over-the-top and serious, but it just doesn't work. The Lead actor cannot act. He is the worst actor in this movie. It seemed like he was not even trying a little bit. The story was pretty bad. It was unimaginative and unoriginal. The special effects were pretty bad. This is a terrible movie through and through.
Nancy Drew
This is one of the worst sleuth movies ever made. The acting is awful. The writing is horrible. The lead actress is dislikable but not as much as her ogre sidekick. The cinematography is pretty bad too. The story is pretty terrible too. It was illogical and contrived. The pacing is also pretty bad. No wonder the lead actress's career never took off. She remained a nobody despite being an insider. Everything about this movie is awful, and this movie should never have been made. The sequel of the movie is far better than this unmitigated disaster.
October
Tropic Thunder
Tropic Thunder is a superhit satirical action comedy movie starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. It is a satirical movie about War movies and the insanity of Hollywood. To fully understand this movie, you must watch classical war movies like Platoon & Apocalypse Now. This movie is made for Hollywood insiders. If you are just peripherally or partially aware of Hollywood, you won't fully understand this movie. You have to be completely dialed into Hollywood, inside and out, to fully enjoy this movie.
Anger Management
Anger Management is a buddy comedy movie starring Adam Sandler, Jack Nickolson, and Marisa Tomei. Sandler plays his typical role of the ultimate loser, the most unfortunate person in the world. Sandler has an anger management problem, according to the movie, but they never show it, so I guess I have to take their word for it. This whole movie is about how his girlfriend plots an elaborate plan to cure him of his anger management problem. The movie is not very good. It is average at best. Although, it inspired a popular Bollywood movie; Mujhse Shaadi Karogi.
Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions is a teen romance movie starring Sarah Michelle Geller, Ryan Phillipe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. The cast is top-notch. You couldn't cast better actors for this movie than these actors. All the lead actors were at the height of their careers. Everyone is on top of their game here. And it is delightful to watch. The casting is further made better by outstanding writing. This movie engages you from the first scene and keeps up to speed till the end. This is a redemption movie and also a tragic love story. The cinematography is also exquisite, and so is the pacing. Everything in this movie works. If the movie were a person that it would be a virile healthy male whose every organ is working excellently. Everything about this movie works, which is extremely rare.
Life of the Party
What a garbage movie this is! It was hard to watch. This movie has some of the worst writing I have ever seen. Mellisa McCarthy cannot write to save her life. The Editing and Pacing of this movie are way off. The characters are paper thin and shallow. Anyways, Julie Bowen is in it. That was a pleasant surprise. I did not see that coming. She is the only good thing about this movie. Otherwise, these movie has no redeeming qualities. It was trash through and through.
Five Feet Apart
Five Feet Apart is a romantic movie starring Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse. It is a very emotional movie. It is a romantic movie in the truest sense cause it solely focuses on the relationship between the lead actors. The writing and casting are top-class. It can be sentimental and sappy sometimes. But, if you are a sucker for a good love story, then you can't do better than this. This is Notebook type stuff. The direction is just fantastic. Even side characters gave excellent performances in the movie. The cinematography is also well done. But, Here, Haley Richardson truly steals the show. She is the best thing about this movie. She gives a performance of a lifetime.
Tammy
Truly one of the worst movies of the decade. It is truly admirable how bad of a movie they accomplished to make. This movie provides a cautionary tale about how not to make a movie. But, if you want to make a bad movie in the first place, then this is a model movie. From the plot to the acting, everything is terrible in this movie. I was thinking, what am I even watching? It is an complete trash movie.
Plus One
Plus One is a romantic movie starring two nobodies. This movie clocks in 90 minutes, but still, it feels too long. This is one of the most cliché movies you will ever come across. This is just another friends-turned-lover story. And, of course, it's all the fault of the hero. He doesn't realize that he loves her until the last scene. It sounds like a story from dozen other romantic movies, but the difference, this is the worst among all of them. There are no comedy scenes in this movie. No comedy plus cliché romantic plus equals an awful movie. I don't know how many times Hollywood will repeat this mistake before learning that it is destined to fail. Why would I watch something that I have watched dozens of times before?
Vampires Suck
Vampires Suck is a parody movie of Twilight. Twilight Saga was universally mocked and ridiculed and said to be bottom-of-barrel low brow, low-IQ schlock, which appeals to the lowest common denominator, which was the opt diagnosis, according to me. The movie essentially lampoons the worst piece of shhh... "art'' and it does a great job. This movie is just so good. It is super funny. The dialogues are pure gold. The acting is also good. You can tell that they were having a blast making this movie. This is a parody movie, but it is done sincerely.
Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde is a romantic comedy movie starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, and Selma Blair. Although it was marketed as a rom-com, I see it more as a revenge fantasy and a pipe dream. The movie is based on a book written by a woman. The screenplay is also written by two women. This movie is a testament to the stereotype that women can only write revenge fantasies and wish fulfillment.
This is a very girly movie. The only movie which is like this that I can remember of is Clueless, and god, that movie was trash. However, this movie is better than Clueless, which doesn't mean it's good. It's still pretty bad, but it is relatively watchable. The plot of this movie is simple. Elle is dumped by her boyfriend before he goes to Harvard. He dumps her on the day she expects him to propose, so she is butthurt about it. Part of the reason why he left her is that she is not very bright, and he wants a well-educated wife. The decision was not personal but pragmatic, but of course, she takes it personally and goes to Harvard to become a lawyer, the kind of woman his boyfriend wanted in the first place. This goes to prove that women can't handle rejection. I would make fun of her childishness, but she works extremely hard and gets into Harvard. So I have to give her credit for that. Also, in this movie, there are scenes where former sorority girls of her sorority help her a lot, only they both belong to the same tribe, and I respect that. It is an okay movie. Overall, It is an okay movie. It has it's faults but it has also some redeeming qualities.
Legally Blonde 2
This movie joined an already long list of bad sequels. I don't even understand the point of this movie; story of most sequels. This movie should be titled Elle does fantastic things, come watch and get bored out of your mind. The story of this movie went off the rails completely. She literally addresses the whole White House. The plot is illogical and, most notably, not believable. This movie reminds me of every Balakrishna movie, where the entire film is basically him doing fantastic things with no logic whatsoever. It feels like a narcissist has written his fictional biography.
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead is a zombie apocalypse movie, and this is a horrible zombie movie. It is the worst zombie movie I've seen. It was so dull that my eyes were hurting, but I couldn't stop watching due to my OCD. This movie takes such a fascinating subject, Zombies, and bores you to death. How can you make a boring zombie movie? Even low-budget zombie movies are enjoyable. Everyone involved in this movie should be ashamed of themselves. The most frustrating thing about this movie is its popularity. Some people think that it is a good movie. This is unbelievable to me.
Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz is a buddy cop action movie starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. This movie is the worst buddy cop movie I have ever watched, and I have watched Lethal Weapon. The worst thing about this movie is its lack of intrigue. I was checked out in the first 30 minutes, and it went downhill from there. It is unbelievably boring through and through.
The World's End
The World's End is a sci-fi Alien movie. After watching this movie, I was genuinely hoping that a meteorite would hit us; the species which makes this kind of abomination deserves to die. I just despise this movie with a burning passion. Indeed this is one of the worst movies ever made. This movie is a smudge on humanity as a whole.
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Scott Pilgrim vs The World is a comic book movie. It is not only boring, but it is only confusing and annoying. Truly one of the worst movies ever. You will feel baffled watching this movie trying to parse out what is happening. It's just super confusing. However, The special effect and the cinematography are pretty dope. It looks great. This is the only good thing about this movie. Otherwise, it is pure garbage through and through.
Idiocracy
Idiocracy is a sci-fi comedy movie written and directed by Mike Judge, who also wrote Office Space. He has an uncanny ability to capture the zeitgeist and the present culture. This movie is a social commentary on human's tendency to be stupid. It is a comedy movie, so everything is exaggerated and over the top. Like Judge's other movie Office Space, it has become one of the most discussed movies on the internet and has slowly grown onto become a cult classic.
Baby Driver
Baby Driver is a heist action movie. The cinematography is reasonably good in this movie. And it is the only good thing about this movie. Otherwise, this is a pretty terrible movie. There are many heavy hitters in this movie, but the film is pretty lightweight. Despite being a heist movie, I felt crippling boredom watching this movie. The third act is the worst part of this movie. The writing is the worst in this movie. It leaves you feeling frustrated in the end.
The Hangover Trilogy
This franchise grossed over 1.5 billion
which should be the 8th wonder of the world, but again The Terminator was one of the greatest movies of all time, so maybe it's not that surprising. I like Bradley Cooper, and I wanted to like this movie, but I failed. I ended up disliking the franchise, if not outright despising it. I was more frustrated than anything else. I thought I would laugh and enjoy watching this movie, but I ended up scratching off any little comedy I could find.
Let's talk positives first; Mike Tyson was great, and this casting was excellent. The Thailand Brothel scene was funny. The Story is not that bad.
Now, let's get to the main course and talk about the negatives. The first movie's premise was crazy and absurd, so you would think that it is an excellent avenue to write incredible and humorous scenes, but the humor is primarily awkward and childish, and basic. It was very low-brow and low IQ. But, It was not the worst thing ever, but then they went on retread the same premise again in the second movie and again in the third movie.
After a crazy night of drinking and partying, three friends wake up hungover, only to discover that someone is missing. Where did they go? What happened to them? Let's find out what happened when they try to piece together what really happened in a race against time. This is basically the plot of all the movies in the franchise. Only the second one takes place in Thailand instead of Vegas, where the other two films took place.
They did essentially the same thing again and again, and it was mildly funny the first time, by the second time, it was frustrating, and by the third time, it was angering. And every time, the execution was worse than the previous one. It was criminal how the filmmakers robbed people of 1.5 billion with such trash.
Ted
Ted is allegedly supposed to be funny. But, It is one of the most unfunny formulaic, tryhard movies you will ever see. It seemed like a high schooler wrote this movie whose limited style of humor is solely adult humor. I like adult humor as much as the next guy, but you can't say curse words and expect people to laugh again and again. I am not a brain-dead retard. Every time you say it, it loses its effect slightly, and at some point, you get tired of it and get frustrated.
The writer of this movie seems like a hack who doesn't know how to write. A talented 15-year-old can write a far better script than this retarded script. If you want to enjoy this movie fully, you must go back in time and be your 13-year-old self, who used to laugh at the most basic jokes. The writer seemed like he was a one-string banjo. This is one of the most uncreative and unimaginative "comedies" of all time. I don't think it even qualifies as a comedy. This movie is even worse than watching someone's first Improv class. How did they get to make a sequel is mind-boggling to me.
Ted 2
Ted 2 is better than the first one, surprisingly. Usually, the sequel is worse than the first one. But, it is the other way around here. But I don't know how you get worse than the first movie. That movie was just bottom-of-the-barrel stuff. This movie was not good by any stretch of the imagination. This movie has a half-decent script with a few humourous scenes, which is a significant improvement from the first one.
The plot of this movie is three friends who attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater. This is essentially a movie about a bunch of guys doing crazy stuff together and generally just having a blast. It is a light-hearted fun movie. The writing and acting are well done. Overall, it is a super fun movie.
The Lost Boys is a Vampire movie. Vampires suck blood, and this movie sucks joy and fun out of you. This is an awful movie. Supposedly, It was pretty big in the 80s, which is not shocking because most of the hit movies of the 80s suck. This movie is very uninteresting and lacks any intrigue whatsoever. This movie is very lackluster and unremarkable.
Instant Family
Instant Family is a family comedy-drama movie starring Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, and Isabel Merced. Overall, It is a light-hearted movie, but it is also intensely emotional sometimes. It is one of the most touching movies I have ever seen. This movie is an excellent example of a tear-jerker movie. It is a movie about adoption and the foster system, the struggle the adopting parents go through. It also explores the foster system and how it screws up the kids. This is an extremely emotional movie dealing with pretty serious topics, but it doesn't mean it compromises on the entertainment aspect. It has many humorous and funny scenes. It maintains a perfect emotion-to-entertainment ratio. The direction is top-notch. All the actors give a fantastic performance. It is an excellent movie all things considered.
November
The Other Guys is a buddy cop action movie starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. And this is one of the worst buddy cop movies ever made. This movie is supposed to be a satire, allegedly, but I don't get it. Maybe it's too subtle, or I am too incompetent to understand it. In either case, I didn't like it one bit. I like Mark Wahlberg, and I wanted to like this movie, but I didn't. I ended up hating it. It is unbelievably unfunny and dumb. The plot is clichéd and uninteresting. Supposedly, this movie was misunderstood, and people didn't get its clever satire or something. First of all, I don't believe that. What I think really happened was that they made a lousy movie, and when people didn't like it, they tried to shield themselves from criticism by saying that the film was too clever for people. It's like you make a terrible and unfunny joke, and people don't laugh. You try to silence the detractors by saying that other people are too dumb to get it. Not only it's disingenuous, but also it's offensive. But let's just entertain this flimsy argument, and let's assume that people were too stupid to get the movie. That is still their fault and doesn't let them off the hook for its failure. If you want to make a movie that only a few people will get cause it's too "smart" for the general audience, then go make an indie movie, not a summer blockbuster with a star-studded cast. Everyone knows that summer blockbusters have a broad appeal, and generally, everyone gets it.
The Anchorman
The Anchorman is an anti-comedy movie, It was marketed as a comedy movie, but I couldn't find anything remotely resembling humor. This is one of the most painfully unfunny and cringe-inducing movies I have ever watched. It is remarkably unfunny. Not one joke in this movie is funny. It's almost impressive how painfully unhumorous this movie is. Maybe they aimed to make a movie to tell aspiring filmmakers how not to make a comedy movie. I don't know.
Geek Charming is a high school teen drama movie starring Haley from Modern Family aka Sarah Hyland. This is a very mediocre movie. It is impressively unimpressive. It is the very definition of mediocre. The actors did an okay job. Most actors in the movie are in their teens, so you can't expect them to act like Daniel Day-Lewis. The plot is like every teen drama movie, clichéd and formulaic. The cinematography is actually not good despite it being a Disney movie. Disney certainly doesn't have budget concerns, but still, they didn't put much effort into it. Maybe cause it's a TV movie, but again Mean Girls 2 premiered on the Disney Channel the same year, and that movie has far better cinematography than this movie. Maybe they didn't believe that there was any merit in this movie, and I can see why.
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia is a fantasy drama movie starring Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, and Zooey Deschanel. The movie primarily focuses on the relationship between Jesse and Leslie. It seemed like just another silly kid's movie until the death of Lesley. It comes out of nowhere. What happens is Jesse is at the museum hanging out and having a good time, and then he comes home and suddenly finds out that Lesley died. We don't even see her dead body or anything or see how she died. She just dies randomly. Her death is given to us by exposition, but it works. Usually, exposition doesn't work, but here it works brilliantly. It feels more tragic than if they had shown her body. Another reason behind its effectiveness is shock; it just blindsides you. One minute it is just about kids doing silly things, and boom, the lead character dies. It feels jarring cause of the stark change in the tone. Children's cinema falls on the extreme end of light-hearted tone, and death of children falls at the extreme end of somber tone. This stark change in tone never happens. Just think of a tragic children's story. That scene was the most memorable part of the movie. I wouldn't have liked this movie that much without that scene.
The story is simple. Lesley is the new girl who opens up the introverted kid Jesse and takes him on crazy adventures. The opposite personalities of Lesley and Jess make their friendship compelling. Lesley is a tomboy. She wears boy's clothes and has masculine interests. She is vibrant and full of life. She is the kind of person you would want as a friend. She lives life on happy mode and betters the life of her friends by extension. Lesley is among my favorite fictional characters. Lesley is also the main character in this movie, and the best thing about the movie. Maybelle, Jess's little sister, was the second-best thing in this movie. She is very cute and charming. Her innocence is very endearing. Jess's character was underwhelming and unremarkable. Even a side character named Janice had a more compelling character than Jess. She has a redemption arc in this movie. She starts from a cruel, mean bully to a sympathetic troubled girl with a tragic backstory. You can tell how good a movie is by seeing how remarkable the side characters are. Excellent movies have not only fabulous primary characters but also have memorable secondary and cameo characters. Take Uncle Ben from Spider-Man. His entire screen time is less than 15 minutes, but still, he is one of the most popular movie characters of all time.
Juno
Juno is a high school drama movie starring Ellen Page, Jason Bateman, and Jennifer Garner. The film is about teenage pregnancy, which is invariably unwanted. This movie shows how the mother-to-be, her family, and others connected to Juno change course after this bombshell gets dropped. Teenage pregnancy is as extremely common as spousal cheating. Obviously, the topic of this movie is very relatable, which is the driving factor behind this movie's success and popularity. Other than that, the movie is exceptionally mediocre and bland. The feminist undertones are all over the place, which I cannot stand. Also, the lead character is unreasonably foul-mouthed and combative. This behavior doesn't make you sassy; instead, it makes you a jerk.
There's Something About Mary
There's something about Mary is a romantic comedy movie starring Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz. And this is, without any doubt, one of the funniest movies that I've watched. It is delightful to watch from start to the finish. Cameron Diaz was on the top of her game here. Diaz was in her prime and hitting her stride around this movie's release. It is just very, very good. The writing is top-notch. All the actors gave a brilliant performance here. Even the secondary characters were humorous and excellent. The cinematography is also exquisite. This movie has all the ingredients needed to make a good rom-com; that's why this movie belongs to the hall of fame of romcoms.
There's Something About Mary was remade in Bollywood as Deewane Huey Paagal.
The Sweetest Thing
The Sweetest Thing is a romantic comedy movie starring Cameron Diaz. This is one of those movies that features a bigshot actor but is a very low budget and low effort. Even actors' fans don't know about these sorts of movies. These movies just fly under the radar. These movies garner a very small audience and are quickly forgotten like they never existed. I call these types of movies; filler movies.
Now, Let's talk about the movie. Diaz is absolutely amazing in this movie. The story is not very good. Not like, they tried and failed type 'Not Good,' but they never tried type 'Not Good.' The movie overall is clichéd and lackluster.
Clueless is a teen drama movie starring Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd. Supposedly, it was a very popular movie at the time of its release; I don't understand why. This movie is nothing more than a glorified fashion show. The story of this movie comes second to the wardrobe and funky clothes of the lead actors. However, it is primarily popular among teen girls, and they don't have the best record when it comes to cinema. The most infamous example is, of course, Twilight. If teen girls are crazy about something, you can confidently say it is trash, the bottom-of-the-barrel stuff. The story was so weak and flimsy that it barely cut it as a story. We know nothing about the characters. We weren't told what makes these characters tick or their motivations and goals. We know nothing about their personality. I would say it was a bad movie, but it barely cuts it as a movie.
Night At The Museum
Night on the Museum is a fantasy comedy movie Starring Owen Wilson, Robin Williams, and Ben Stiller. The movie has a star-studded cast, as mentioned above, but still, they fail to add any substance to this useless movie. This movie only goes to prove that writing is everything. The writing in this movie is abysmal, and the movie is terrible, by extension. Even extremely talented actors like Robin William could not save this movie. And, if Robin Williams couldn't save your movie, then you can get a pretty good idea of what sort of movie you have made. The premise seems intriguing, but it's all downhill from here. The movie is super boring. The poor writing is made worse by its poor execution, and because of these reasons, you have to trudge through this movie. This movie couldn't end fast enough. The ending is also highly disappointing, which is the microcosm of the movie as a whole.
Failure to Launch
Failure to Launch is a romantic comedy movie starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker. Jessica Parker is one of the ugliest woman on the earth, let alone in Hollywood. How did she break into Hollywood is absolutely mind-boggling to me. This is the same as someone who can barely walk qualifying for the Olympics. Also, she was 40 when this movie was shot. Which would mean that she has hit the wall and her looks are significantly faded, which was not much in the first place. After hitting the wall, even a miss universe doesn't look near how she did in her 20s, then what can you say about "Ms. Horseface" here. Also, Am I supposed to believe that Matthew McConaughey falls in love with this hideous woman(ostensibly)? This is even too far for a movie. If it were a fantasy movie and were set in a different world, then maybe I would have believed it. Love makes you do stupid things but not retarded things.
Senior Year
Senior Year is a teen drama movie starring Rebel Wilson and Alicia Silverstone. This is a really, really bad movie. It fails on multiple fronts. But first, let's talk about lighting and cinematography. The cinematography and lighting are horrible in this movie; even Clueless looked better than this movie, and clueless was 25 years ago. Speaking of Clueless, Alicia Silverstone is in this movie, and my God, she looks old. This is yet another example of women aging like milk. If we compare her to Clueless, it is a night and day difference.
The writing in this movie is pretty bad too. The direction is horrible. The story meanders instead of going in a specific direction. Also, it is so boring and tedious. It is a chore to watch this movie. It is boring through & through. The ending is the worst part of this trainwreck of a movie. It pisses you off even more after the horrendous ending. Nothing in this movie is worthwhile. This movie has no redeeming qualities.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is a rom-com movie starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, and Emma Stone. The movie is inspired by "The Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. McConaughey plays a playboy named Connor Mead here as he does. This is supposed to be a redemption story about a womanizer who transforms himself and finds true love or something like that. I agree that you cannot womanize your whole life, it will get boring and empty after a while, but that doesn't mean womanizing is bad or immoral. And Also, Am I supposed to believe that McConaughey leaves womanizing for someone who looks like Jennifer Garner? What? What? This is like giving away your iPhone for a keypad phone. If you are going to go, go in style.
This movie only goes to prove the blue-pilled worldview of the writers. They don't understand inter-sexual dynamics one bit. The writers of this movie have also written The Hangover series, so understand what we are dealing with here. They not only don't understand how men and women work but also can't write. They can only write bottom-of-the-barrel stuff, which appeals to the lowest common denominator.
The Other Woman
The Other Woman is a comedy movie allegedly, but I am not so sure about it; what I am sure about is that this is undoubtedly one of the worst movies I have ever watched. Cameron Diaz is in this movie, and she looks ancient. Women do really age like milk. Diaz was a hard 10 back in the day, but in this movie, she looks like 5 or 6, maybe. Also, Kate Upton is in this movie, and she is a supermodel. I don't understand how? Kate Upton is the very definition of a butterface. How can she be a supermodel with that face? And also, she cannot act to save her life. She was cast for her looks, but she doesn't look that good to be the eye candy of a movie, especially when the other two leads are Diaz and Mann.
This movie felt like the writer was working through her issues through writing. It seemed like she was hurt by someone, and the script was her therapy. It can definitely be the case cause the writer is one hideous woman. This movie is another testament to the stereotype that women can only write revenge fantasies. This movie is marketed under the veil of comedy, but this is actually a revenge fantasy movie. It is more of a horror movie than a comedy movie. At no point in this movie did I laugh or even came close to laughing. Instead, I was frustrated and pissed off for the bulk of the movie. The characters of the movie are driven by malice & spite. They use underhanded and sneaky tactics to avenge. The characters eventually cross over from revenge to vindication and sadism. The punishment doesn't fit the crime. The lead characters show absolutely disgusting behavior. This movie is pointless and toxic. It leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
Zoolander
Zoolander is a comedy movie starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. This is supposed to be a satire of the fashion industry or something; I don't know. I didn't get it. To me, It felt like some retarded person wrote this movie. I just couldn't stomach this movie. It's well past the point of cringe and entered the realm of retardation. The tagline of this movie should be l, " By Retards and For Retards " and "Welcome To Retardland. "
Bullet Train
Bullet Train is an action comedy movie starring Brad Pitt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Joey King. This is a fantastic movie. Super fun and Interesting. One of the indicators of any great movie is how quotable a movie is. Arnold Schwarzenegger's movies are case in point. One of the primary reasons behind his many successful films is that they are very quotable. This movie also has some great quotable lines. The director of this movie was also the director of John Wick, so it's pointless to say that the action is top-notch. The choreography is also exceptional. The story is original and unique. The style of storytelling in this movie is pretty special and distinctive. Quick flashbacks are used for exposition, and also, there is a lot of fast editing and cuts used. It is told very artfully. This doesn't have any dull moments. It is fast-paced all the way through. During the last scene, Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock make surprise appearances, which is fantastic, especially Sandra Bullock. However, Bullock is in a big chunk of the movie, but only her voice is played. She plays the handler of Pitt's character, and he talks with her throughout the movie, but she doesn't come on screen till the very last scene.
Meet the Parents
Meet the Parents is a comedy movie starring Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, and Owen Wilson. This movie is among the most popular movies of this century. Also, it is an excellent and funny movie. The cat scene was hilarious. Stiller plays the unlucky loser, and he is pretty good at it cause he has played it many times. His casting was a good decision. The casting, in general, is excellent in the movie, especially De Niro. The film starts pretty dull but picks up pace quickly and keeps going until the end. The writing is brilliant in this movie. The cinematography is also great. Overall, it is a hilarious laugh out loud funny movie.
That's My Boy
That's My Boy is an Adam Sandler movie co-starring Andy Samberg. I said it is an Adam Sandler movie cause it follows the standard formula of Sandler movies which consists of lowbrow comedy with sex jokes and vulgar language. Anyway, It starts off on a high note with a sex scene and shows the dream of every high school student to bang his teacher. But it's all downhill from there. One different thing about this movie compared to other Sandler movies is that Adam Sandler is not the punching bag in this movie, but here Andy Samberg is the punching movie of this movie. He is the butt of most of the jokes. Overall, it is not that bad; it has some redeeming qualities, like the budding relationship between Sandler and Sanberg. Also, some of the jokes were funny. But, it is not so good that I would recommend it to someone.
Grown Ups
Grown Ups is a comedy movie starring Anlam Sandler, Kevin James, and Rob Schnider. Even though the movie is called Grown Ups, it is not made for grown-ups. It is made for 10-year-old children. It is for low-IQ people. This type of comedy is bottom of the barrel and appeals to the lowest common denominator. The absolute lack of effort in this movie is mind-boggling. The writing is so lazy, so uncreative, it's unbelievable. Even the actors were just phoning it in. They didn't put any effort or thought into their acting. Just because your movie features big shots of Hollywood, it doesn't mean you don't have to write a good script. It's like the studio said, let's not spend on writing 'cause we have big movie stars, people will see it anyway. This movie is an insult to the audience's intelligence. It is similar to getting invited to a feast and getting served half-cooked stale food. Just like it is offensive and wrong to serve overcooked food to a guest, Similarly, it is insulting and inappropriate to make a movie with no effort after raising people's hope by casting big names.
Tower Heist
Tower Heist is a crime comedy movie starring Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, and Casey Affleck. You can deduce by the title that this is a heist movie in which the lead actors steal from the Penthouse (A Tower). This is one of those low-effort mediocre movies with big names on the poster that release every year. The only reason these movies are financed is cause it has a lot of big stars in them and not because of the story or the writing. Either they think, why bother with the story if people are going to come anyways due to the star-studded cast, or maybe they spend all their money on the cast, so they don't have the money for the writers, so they hire an ordinary writer. I have noticed that most movies with a star-studded cast are pretty average, and their screenplay is terrible. I have seen this pattern not only in Hollywood but also in South Indian industries.
Ocean's Trilogy
Ocean Trilogy is a movie franchise starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, and Casey Affleck. The Ocean's Franchise is one of the most successful and most popular franchises of all time, and rightly so. This franchise has a star-studded cast, but still, it doesn't drop the ball, which is the norm. Also, the actors seem to have great chemistry. It seemed like they get along with ease which adds on to the charm of the movie. The writing throughout the franchise stays pretty good. Although it seems to worsen a little bit with every movie but overall it maintains an acceptable level of quality. If I have to describe the Ocean's franchise in one word then I would describe it as "fun."The franchise is all about a bunch of guys getting together to complete a seemingly impossible mission. Everyone must bring their A-game to succeed, and they do bring that and that's how they eventually succeed; the story of humanity. Also, there is a lot of planning, strategizing, and improvising shown in these movies, making them even more appealing. The stakes stay extremely high throughout the franchise, maintaining intrigue throughout the movie. At no point in the series does it feel tedious or uninteresting. The script is competently written and then excellently executed by the director and the whole cast.
Ocean's 8
Ocean's 8 is a heist action movie starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Rihana, and Anne Hathway. It is, of course, a Girl Version of the successful Ocean's franchise. The only difference between the original trilogy and this movie is that it is mediocre and trash. The movie has a star-studded cast, but most actors are washed-up actresses long past their prime. So they no longer have the appeal they once had. Also, The story is pretty bad, and so is the writing. The direction is completely off, and so is the cinematography. The lighting could have been much better—the dialogue was stale and boring. The characters were uninteresting and shallow, meaning they were poorly constructed and thought out. The movie is mediocre in every regard.
Rush Hour Franchise
Rush hour is a buddy cop action movie series starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. The whole franchise is full of tropes and clichés; I mean, it's ridiculous. You got the odd couple. Chris Tucker plays the law-breaking, loudmouth cartoon character, while Jackie Chan plays the straight-laced, rule-following, silent, and by-the-book character. Their personalities are at odds with each other, so conflict ensues, and this polarity makes way for many comedy scenes. Both are always arguing and squabbling with each other. The charm of the movie lies in the chemistry between Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. Overall, it is a fairly watchable series.
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Pulp Fiction
Pulp fiction is a crime drama movie starring Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, and Bruce Willis. It is directed by none other than Quentin Tarantino. This is one of the most popular movies of all time. This movie also established Tarantino as a prominent director. The film also revived Travolta's career and basically brought it from the dead. The cinematography of this movie is very extremely good and distinctive. The color palette is unique and one of a kind. The characters of the movie are very colorful and dynamic, and they have the most interesting dialogue that you will see. I mean, a hitman literally quoted Bible before killing. The irony is off the chart. The movie tells multiple stories interweaving with each other, tying up all the loose ends in the end.
Inglorious Basterds
Inglorious Basterds is a war movie starring Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Christopher Waltz. It is set in Nazi Germany. This movie is a work of fiction that has no semblance of reality. It has a lot of graphic violence and gore. It also has many high-tension and high-stakes moments, which keep up the excitement throughout the whole movie. Some of the scenes are super tense. Overall, it is a reasonably watchable movie.
The 13th Warrior
The 13th Warrior is an action-adventure movie set in medieval times, during the Vikings Era. Antonio Banderas plays the 13th warrior who tags along with 12 other Viking warriors who go to a village to defend the people from some bearesque animals. The creatures are enigmatic and mysterious, and they attack in the dead of night. The villagers and warriors can't figure out exactly what these creatures are. Are they human or animal, or are they part human or part animal? These creatures are extremely powerful and just rip through the village, but the Vikings fight back hard, but it is not enough. Eventually, they decide to go where they live to piece together what they are. They find out that they are in some cult, and they kill as a ritual or sacrifice to their gods.
Snatch
Snatch is a crime comedy movie starring Jason Statham and Brad Pitt. It is directed by Guy Ritchie. The writing and casting are top-notch in this movie. The editing is excellent and unlike any other movie that you have seen. The editing is the stand-out part of the movie, besides Brad Pitt, of course. It is bonkers but also super enjoyable and fun. It is also extremely rewatchable.
It is later remade in Bollywood as Fool n Final.
Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs is a crime action movie starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, and Steve Buscemi. It is directed by Quentin Tarantino. This is the first movie of Quentin Tarantino. This movie put Tarantino on the map. The story is told in a non-linear fashion. The movie also contains a lot of graphic scenes of violence and blood. It is an extremely violent movie. Its story is about bank robbers who reel from the death of their partner in crime after a botched robbery attempt. They also try to piece together who the rat is. The movie answers this question before the characters find out, which makes the scenes more interesting. The last scene is a Mexican stand-off between the Police and the robbers. The movie ends with a lot of blood and gore, just like it started.
The Gentleman
The Gentleman is a crime action movie starring Matthew McConaughey, Henry Golding, Charlie Hunman, and Hugh Grant. The cinematography is excellent in this movie. It looks pretty great. The script is written pretty well. The story is about some criminals and businessmen who are trying to outsmart and outwit each other.
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta is a dystopian political action movie starring Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, and Stephan Fry. The acting is excellent across the board. Natalie Portman does an excellent job playing her character. Other actors also do a good job. The cinematography and product design is also of high caliber. The dystopian world they want to show looks bleak.
The movie is set in future Britain, where a far-right government has turned authoritarian and oppressive. The media has sold its soul and become a propaganda machine for the ruling government. Propaganda is rampant in the country.
Things change when the government is threatened by a single person named V, who wears a mask and exposes the government, summoning people to rise against the government. It is a philosophical movie, but it is also a cautionary tale. It deals with themes like government suppression and propaganda and how one person can cause a significant change.
The movie is not only entertaining but also thought-provoking. How many movies entertain you and make you think at the same time?
True Romance
True Romance is a crime romance movie starring Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, and Brad Pitt. To make a romantic movie, you must ensure the romance is believable. So much of a romantic film hinges on whether or not the actors can successfully sell their romance, and this movie hits a home run in the front. The lead actors had natural chemistry together. I was not bored at any point watching this movie. A movie can be bad or good, but a movie cannot be boring. The movie was about a couple of youngsters falling into a whirlwind romance and living a fast life just having the time of their life, which is cut short by the mob and police involvement.
Office Space
Office Space is a black comedy movie. It satirizes the work life of a software company. It is told from an ordinary IT employee perspective, who is weary of this soul-sucking job. It portrays the disaffected IT workers who feel trapped and hopeless in a dead-end job with overbearing bosses breathing down their necks and the constant looming threat of getting fired.
The Goonies
The Goonies is a kid's movie of the 80s, so we can safely assume that it is a bad movie. And our assumption will be correct; this is a terrible movie. It is incredibly boring and tedious. The only good thing about this movie was the character Sloth, but everything else was useless, and yes, the fat kid was also good, and that's pretty much it. Everyone else failed to leave any mark whatsoever. Josh Brolin was especially bad. He is such an unlikeable person. Sean Austin was also bad. Both actresses were terrible too. It was an extremely forgettable movie, not special in any regard whatsoever. The villains were boring. Basically, everything in this movie was awful, and so was the movie itself.
From Dusk Till Dawn
From Dusk Till Dawn is a heist/action and vampire/horror movie starring George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, and Harvey Keitel. It is directed by Top Gun's director Tony Scott. The cinematography is brilliant in this movie. The movie looks excellent. It starts off as an action heist/chase movie but changes genre in the middle and becomes a vampire horror film. However, gore is present throughout the movie. The transition is smooth and doesn't feel jarring or awkward. The characters are well-written and fully thought out. The action scenes are also well done. The writing is the best part of the movie. It is a movie I would recommend if someone asks me for a good movie.
Bloodsport is an action movie starring Jean Claude Van Damme. This is Van Damme's first movie as the lead actor, and this movie is one of the worst movie action movies of all time. It is incredibly boring and tedious; You might as well sit in front of a wall and stare at it. It is one and a half hours long, but it feels like two and a half hours long. Everything in this movie is incompetently done. None of the actors in the movie can act. The movie is literally based on a compulsive liar who lied about his achievements on which this movie is based.
Happiest Season is a romantic comedy movie starring Kristen Stewart and Mckenzie Davis. This movie feels like a Meet The Parents type movie. The cinematography is top-notch in this movie. The casting and writing are also pretty decent. It is more of a drama movie than a comedy movie. The pacing is also pretty good. Overall, it is a fun Christmas movie.
Jingle All The Way is a Christmas comedy movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The premise is pretty basic. Howard tries to find a Turbo Man toy for his son, but it is impossible to find since it is the most selling action figure in the world. Not only he has to find the toy, but he also has to come back home in time. Also, another father is after the same toy. Will he find the toy and come home in time before it's too late?
Kindergarten Cop is a comedy movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and a bunch of kids who rain down hell on him. Will he be able to handle these boisterous and rambunctious kids, or is he too big to control them? Also, he has to track down a dangerous criminal's ex-wife before he catches up to her and kills her. It is an absolute joy to watch, especially Arnie trying to control little kids and failing laughably. The writing and casting are brilliant in this movie. This is a super fun and laugh-out-loud film.
True Lies
True Lies is an action comedy movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jaime Lee Curtis. It is directed by James Cameron. James Cameron is a Sci-Fi director, but he excels in this movie action comedy. This is a pretty hilarious movie, and on the other hand, it is also one of the best action movies too. The writing and casting are top-notch. Casting Jaime Lee Curtis is definitely a bad decision; otherwise, it's a damn good movie from start to finish. It's a long movie clocking in 150 minutes, but you don't feel it cause it is so entertaining and fun. The action scenes are competently shot and hold up pretty well, even today.
Commando
Commando is an action movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is the most 80s and most Arnold movie that you will ever watch. It is just guns, action, and blasts from start to finish, but it also includes a great female lead. She is one of the best female leads in an action movie ever. She is cute and feminine. She is among my favorite movie characters of all time. Her innocence is so damn cute. It clocks in 90 minutes of run time but crams in 3 hours' worth of action scenes. It has the highest action scenes to runtime ratio and lowest story-to-runtime ratio.
Twins
Twins is a buddy comedy movie starring Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The premise is a tall, educated, handsome man has a twin who is short ugly and a crook. It is a pretty neat idea to make twins the absolute opposite of each other, but it is absolutely squandered by the absolute travesty which is this movie's writing. The writing in this movie is terrible. There are barely two to three jokes in this movie. It looked like they were not even trying. It starts off with a creative premise, but later down the do, it becomes a cliché action movie where our leads are after a McGuffin. It's pretty disappointing, to be honest. This movie definitely had some serious potential, but they screwed up epically. In the end, it ends up being a generic, run-of-the-mill buddy movie.
Predator
Predator is a typical action movie in the first half, but after the first half, it turns into a survival horror movie. The Predator is shown only for a few scenes, which makes him extra scary cause we fear most of what we can't see. It starts as a regular 80s action film with guns, blasts, and muscle-bound characters. However, it also hints at something extremely dangerous lurking in the shadows, which soon reveals itself and completely changes the tone of the movie. Changing genres is a risky prospect, it can backfire pretty easily, but it works pretty well in this movie. Arnold is the prey for the first time in his film career. The predator is scary and intimidating. The writing and casting of this movie are pretty excellent. The dialogue is also pretty good. Overall, it is an excellent movie with an iconic villain.
Predator 2
Predator 2 is an action movie starring Danny Glover. The premise of this movie is what will happen if Predator comes to L.A. It seems like an okay idea, but the execution is abysmal. The direction is way off, and so are the action scenes, which are the bedrock of any Predator movie. The story is also pretty boring and uninteresting. It does not give you any reason to invest in the story or characters. So even when they die, you don't care, which makes for a pretty lousy movie experience. The characters are dull and boring. The Ending is the last and worst part of the movie.
Red Heat
Red Head is a buddy cop action movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Belushi. Arnold is Russian in this movie, He is actually a Russian cop who comes to the US to take a Russian drug dealer back to the Soviet Union, and Jim Belushi assists him in finding and arresting him. The movie is dull and flat. The cinematography is okay, and it is the only OK part about this movie. The movie is extremely mediocre and not worth watching.
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop is an action crime movie starring Eddie Murphy. This is essentially a revenge movie and less of an action movie
Eddie Murphy's friend gets killed pretty early in the movie, and from then on, Murphy tries to solve the murder and bring justice to the perpetrators. The movie is dull and boring. The movie has no redeeming qualities. It is awful through and through.
Road House
Road House is an action movie starring Patrick Swayze. The story goes like this, John Dalton, played by Swayze, takes a job as a bouncer at a bar filled with screw-ups and criminals. Swayze's character brings order and structure to the bar and goes on to butt heads with the crime boss, who terrorizes and runs the town. He stands up to the villain and refuses to back down. He eats up his goons and protects other people from him. Although people are scared of him initially, they slowly rise after seeing Dalton's heroics. In the end, they take him out and his goons.
Jaws
Jaws is an action thriller movie starring Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss. It is directed by Steven Spielberg. Jaws is a classic movie of the 70s. This is really a bad movie. It is pretty boring and flat. This is a thriller movie, allegedly, so you are supposed to feel nervousness and excitement, and all sorts of emotions, but when I was watching this movie, the only thing I felt was perpetual boredom. It was a tedious and uninteresting movie from start to finish. I didn't feel intrigued or invested in any of the characters. The shark looks unbelievably fake. Even a ten-year-old will not believe that that prop is anything remotely resembling a shark. And if your bat is broken, then it won't matter how good of a player you are. You won't be able to score much. The same goes for this movie. If your villain is a cardboard cutout, then how would the audience feel anything but contempt for your film?
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