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The Great Gatsby 2013
Baz Luhrmann continues his lovely habit of adapting unarguably great literature and adorning it with his disastrous visual aesthetic. This film has some of the worst cinematography I have ever seen in a major motion picture. The first half of this film has some of the worst editing I have ever seen in a major motion picture. Not to mention the horrendous production design, music, blocking, pacing, or hell--even dialogue sync. The montages look like a first-year After Effects user's…
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Star Trek Into Darkness 2013
A lot of fun. Visually exciting, captures a great range of emotions. Suffers only from some questionable writing choices.
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V for Vendetta 2005
Words cannot express my weird, cultish obsession with this movie, and watching it synced so the clock struck midnight on the 5th of November this year made it even better. For my money, V for Vendetta is the best graphic novel adaptation to date (even if it's not the most faithful) and one of the best blockbusters of all time. The visuals and music are just awesome, and the complexity and density of the story blows me away every time (I seriously catch something new each time I watch it). If you haven't seen this, do yourself a favor and watch it today.
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The Dark Knight Rises 2012
Nolan fires on all cylinders a delivers an incredibly satisfying finale in almost every respect. While The Dark Knight Rises lacked some of the cerebral quality of The Dark Knight, it really connected with the emotional themes developed in Batman Begins. The plot was devious and brilliant (if wandering at times), and performances all around were spectacular—Bale, Hardy, Hathaway, Oldman, Gordon-Levitt, Cotillard, Freeman, and Caine were all perfect.
Needless to say, Wally Pfister's cinematography is breathtaking and the tasteful color…
