Letterboxd — Your life in film

I quite enjoy McAvoy, but I do not get the praise he was getting for knowing a bunch of accents. I blame the direction and writing. The slow pacing was completely unearned and the whole thing felt way too self-congratulatory. Ugh.

Well done, I guess. But we kept hoping the story would take more shape and provide some satisfaction given the effort we were putting in.

I could listen to Scottie Pippen read the phone book.

It‘s a good movie. But it’s a frickin’ long movie. Had he the willingness to edit it down to 2 or 2.5 hours then it would have been a great one.

Holy smokes. I adore this film. I watched it alone and was easily the most vocal and animated I’ve been in good long while. I can only imagine what my dog thought. Gosh. Perfectly written. Amazingly cringe-inducing. The tone is 100% spot on. Absolutely brutal.

All-time favorite film. Purely for nostalgic reasons.

Word of warning: This film contains way more swearing then you remember it did. Beware before watching with your kids, if they (or you) are sensitive to that stuff.

I'm still chewing on this. There are parts I really enjoyed, and parts I absolutely despised. I imagine that's by design, but it was still hard for me to get behind it. I'll say this though: Beautifully shot, loved the sound and music, and Ryan Gosling did a great job. That first chase scene was a sight to behold.

Casino Royale ushers in a decidedly new era of Bond. He's rough around the edges, fights dirty, and doesn't always, or should I say rarely, has the upper hand. His interactions with Vesper (who is absolutely amazing) are as charming as they are disarming: "There are dinner jackets and dinner jackets; this is the latter." Wow.

One of best Bond films yet.

I really enjoyed this flick. Some delightful, surprising moments and some great zombie action too. Fun stuff.

Took me awhile to see this after the crazy amount of hype. Somehow it lived up to it. I didn't expect to laugh so much, either. Well done.

By far the best bank heist I've ever seen on film.

Also: Pacino v. DeNiro.

It's been years since I've seen The Matrix, but I'll never forget the first time I saw it. It gets at least an extra star for how much it changed my perspective on action films (and all the knockoffs it inspired afterwards).