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The Divergent Series – Allegiant – (2016 movie)

2016-06-26

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3410834/
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The last remaining city in a ruined world learns it has an oversight committee funding a research project overseeing them.

An adequate movie, filled with no character development, an uninteresting world and a mediocre plot. Good for a watch for people who like the earlier movies in this series, or people too young and dumb to know what a good movie actually is.

Properly titled The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Based on Allegiant – (2013 book), by Veronica Roth
Trailer 1 – Trailer 2

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Malcolm X – (1992 movie)

2016-06-13

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104797/

A black man is black and something something racism white men are bad but that’s totally not racist.

Oh god this is so bad. I gave this more than a half an hour and I was bounced between being insulted, offended, angered and bored.

Based on The Autobiography of Malcolm X by (1965 book), by Malcolm X and Alex Haley

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Starship Troopers – (1997 movie)

2016-05-15

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/

Aliens are sending spores to colonize Earth, but when humans send a retaliatory force to their homeworld they learn the bugs are a far more dangerous foe than anticipated.

It’s a largely flawless movie. Amazing fun for what it is, which is the sort of military movie where only one soldier runs out of ammo once in the entire movie.

Based on Starship Troopers – (1959 book), by Robert A. Heinlein

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The 5th Wave – (2016 movie)

2016-04-16

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2304933/
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An alien invasion begins with horrifying disasters but peters out into a lengthy siege wherein an unlikely girl struggles to survive.

Yawn.

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Based on The 5th Wave – (2013 book), by Rick Yancey
See Falling Skies – (2011 show). No really, just go see that. It’s not that great either, though.

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The Divergent Series – Insurgent – (2015 movie)

2016-04-10

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2908446/

I’ll watch this again when I see the first one

Properly titled The Divergent Series: Insurgent
Based on Insurgent (2012-05-01 book), by Veronica Roth

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Breakfast at Tiffany’s – (1961 movie)

2016-01-10

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054698/

A privileged middle-upper class white woman loafs about taking advantage of her male harem.

Snooty as all fucking hell. I want to play father figure to the main character and paddle some sense into her. The characters and the way they’re portrayed are so grating that I couldn’t get to 25 minutes before being too disgusted to continue.

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Inspired by Breakfast at Tiffany’s – (1958 book), by Truman Capote
This film is brought to you by Tiffany & Co..
I know this movie because of Breakfast at Tiffany’s – (1995 song), by Deep Blue Something. The world has gone to hell, and I never noticed.

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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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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.

Based on The Godfather – (1969 book), by Mario Puzo.
Followed by The Godfather Part II – (1974 movie)

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Black Mass – (2015 movie)

2015-10-27

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355683/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/black-mass

The FBI make an alliance with the mob.

I’m not a particularly big fan of this type of movie, but this one was good. I don’t think it’s worth watching a second time. I got bored most of the way through.

Based on Black Mass (2006?) by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill

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The Bounty – (1984 movie)

2015-10-25

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086993/

In the past, a dude retells the story of some stuff that happened on some island way over there. Also there are accents and titties.

Maybe I’m not in the mood or my tastes have changed. I thought I’d like this, but I got bored.

The film adaptation of Mutiny on the Bounty.
Based on the book Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian (1972) by Richard Hough.

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All posts tagged movies inspired by books

The Divergent Series – Allegiant – (2016 movie)

Malcolm X – (1992 movie)

Starship Troopers – (1997 movie)

The 5th Wave – (2016 movie)

The Divergent Series – Insurgent – (2015 movie)

Breakfast at Tiffany’s – (1961 movie)

The Revenant – (2015 movie)

The Godfather – (1972 movie)

Black Mass – (2015 movie)

The Bounty – (1984 movie)

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