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The Revenant – (2015 movie)

2015-12-21

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663202/
https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-revenant

In a barely-colonial North America, a semi-savage man survives some harsh shit in search for a dude that did some stuff that he doesn’t like.

Slow and pretty. I’m certain this would appeal to some people, just not to me. It’s cinematic, outdoorsy, survivalistic, travelling, manly and all that. But it’s slow and nerve-wracking as fuck.

Based on The Revenant, by Michael Punke.
.. which is in turn inspired by the story of Hugh Glass.

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Pi – (1998 movie)

2015-12-03

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/

A man stares into the sun as a child, and develops superhuman powers of math, pattern recognition with a side order of paranoia etc.

I don’t think this will appeal to most people, since it deal with topics only the fringe of humanity have any comprehension of. I happen to like it quite a bit, for reasons I certainly never hinted at in the previous sentence.

Dragon Lore – Curse of the Shadow – (2013 movie)

2015-12-03

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2250234/
was arrowstormentertainment.com/theshadowcabel

A ramshackle band of misfits find themselves aligned when they work towards parallel goals to save the land from the resurrection of the god of death.

Adequate. If you like orcs, one elf and one kickass dwarf, and if you can handle overacting, then this is recommended.

Properly titled Dragon Lore: Curse of the Shadow
Also known as SAGA: The Shadow Cabal
Also known as SAGA: Curse of the Shadow
Contains no dragons, dragon lore, lore .. and I don’t even remember if there was any sort of curse or shadows.

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Mannequin – (1987 movie)

2015-11-02

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093493/

A failure artist finds new muse when his prize mannequin creation comes to life.

A fun and imaginative movie. Easy on the brain. It’s accessible to people who don’t like or want to see a “heavy” romance movie.

The movie was filmed at Boscov‘s department store, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

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Avengers – Age of Ultron – (2015 movie)

2015-10-31

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395427/
https://www.marvel.com/movies/avengers-age-of-ultron

Iron Man is a prick, dooming the world unless The Avengers can save it.

Another comic book movie. Meh. I’m sure it made money, but it makes no contributions to anything whatsoever. Recommended for pop comic book movie fans.

Properly titled Avengers: Age of Ultron

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097428/

Facing hard times, The Ghostbusters are called back into action when the city’s mood dips deep into anger.

Definitely not as good as Ghostbusters – (1984 movie), but an adequate film nonetheless.

Properly titled Ghostbusters II.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118583/

The survivors of an alien attack struggle to stay alive aboard their research vessel, and learn its true purpose.

Perhaps because Alien 3 – (1992 movie) wasn’t as amazing as the first two, Alien: Resurrection wasn’t that impactful. I think it was a cop-out of an odd reboot.

Properly titled Alien: Resurrection

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The Godfather – (1972 movie)

2015-10-28

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https://www.facebook.com/thegodfather/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/

TODO – Crime and stuff.

After seeing Black Mass – (2015 movie) I’m reminded to put this into the growing catalogue. I’ll have to come back and re-watch it to add any real notes. Though I’ve seen this, it isn’t in my collection and I don’t expect to see it again any time soon.

Being ancient and good, this movie has become the standard for a “certain type” of movie. It got there first, so it set the bar. One which arguably hasn’t been reached by other movies.