Normally I'm a big fan of Oliver Stone and directorial style but watching 'Natural Born Killers' is truly a case of over-direction. There is always SO MUCH going on visually that it becomes exhausting to watch. This is especially true considering that a lot of it is done for no reason whatsoever. We don't get any extra meaning from the different lens filters or effects. They're just there to scream, "This movie is being directed!" and frankly that gets old.…

Probably gonna get judged and hated for this but...this film did nothing for me and I honestly couldn't wait for it to be over.
I love and respect when filmmakers try something new but I also love being able to latch onto something and be moved by it. I wanted desperately to enjoy this and despite a few moments where I was really tickled by its oddness, this mostly feels like a film being weird for the sake of being…

If someone had told me ten years ago that Ben Affleck was about to direct three standout films in a row with the third film destined for numerous Oscar nominations, I would have slapped said person hard and unleashed a barrage of expletives at him/her with a thick (and horribly fake) Boston accent. At the time no one would have thought me out of line, but sure enough, Affleck has proven me wrong in a very big way.

In many…

Maybe I had been in a grumpy mood, but the first time I saw this flick it didn't really work for me. I love, love, LOVED the first half chronicling Steve Rogers transformation from a good-hearted weakling into a super soldier, but thought things dried up real quick once Captain America entered the war zone and launched a seemingly never-ending series of scenes with bullets and laser beams flying as he deflected them with his shield.
Some of this repetitiveness…