Well Hello.
My name is cute_sexy_user_123 and I have reluctantly taken up the role of movie reviewer on this most modest of blogs. Being unemployed and lonely I plan to review movies often enough so expect them every week or two.
Thankfully I will not be as “poetic” many of the other contributors as I consider myself above such left wing conspiracies. Anyway I’m beginning to ramble and I’m sure none of you in the real world give two shits about me, so onward and upward to my first review.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Mark Ruffalo
Running time: 138 minutes
The plot basically follows a
But don’t get excited this is no horror film, no shock tactics are employed as the film travels at a snails pace with more questions being raised than answers,in turn raising the question can it be called a thriller. Needless to say I for one was not thrilled. Now in most films this brings us to stunning finale, unfortunatly Shutter Island failed to deliver. The final twist was all too predictable and left this reviewer just a tad pissed off his sister had paid her hard earned money for his ticket. I would almost put the final twist on par with him waking up and the whole thing beign a dream it was that poor.
Ok so the plot was a little lacking you may be thinking but what of the acting?
WELL....... I ask you my humble fan base of Ben and Matt, have you seen the Departed? Blood Diamond? Gangs of New York?
If the answer to any of these is yes you will understand this was another typical DiCaprio display. He has clearly found his comfort zone and is milking it for all its worth. Which is possibly the biggest tragedy of this film because until Leo stops making films like this he will never win an Oscar. There was little support cast of any note his side kick played by Mark Ruffalo fulfills his generic Italian Cop in the '50s role without any real note. Ben Kingsley put in a solid but by no means stunning portrayl of Dr. John Cawley the head psychiatrist.
On a brighter note I did enjoy my Skittles and Large Coke.
In Summary
Score: 6/10 the end was poor but honestly it wasn't that bad of a ride.
I would see it if I was: Going out with a bunch of friends and didn't want to think too much
I wouldn't see it if I was: Looking for a thought provoking film or one of those horror movies you take a girl on a date to so you can look after her and be the sensitive guy when you "look after her". While we all know you just wanna be in her pants.
Well I hope you all enjoy my review. PLEASE give me feed back, positives, negatives anything this was my first shot and I want to know what to improve for next time.
Thanks for reading :) xoxo gossip girl
6 comments:
As this is a first post, let me just address our readers. Please for this once be nice to cute_sexy_user_123... HE'S new and so should only need to be torn to shreds by myself, anything else is overkill and hardly classy.
Firstly you imply more than one of our contributors is poetic.
http://didamess.blogspot.com/2010/02/belphegorically.html
This vernacular nightmare should prove otherwise...
Secondly you state 'I’m sure none of you in the real world give two shits about me'
However it's common knowledge that noone on the internet is real, they're just the remaining dregs of a collective unconscious massing around unprofessional sites where they can voice their warped perceptions on the world for free. Using anonymous members false 'given' names compared to their own true names discovered after years of self discovery is also an offence.
And thirdly the vulgar sexual connotations of getting into a woman's 'pants' is unnecessary and unwelcome. Any self respecting individual knows they only seek those pants due to the absence of their own.
This isn't what I was expecting in a really good way. I liked the Summary bit, especially the whole circumstances of seeing the movie. Personal gripe of mine, but 'Film is a predominantly VISUAL medium', I'd like to see something about how the movie looks. For something like this I'd like to know whether the setting was engaging, if the atmosphere was brooding or tense enough... stuff like that. It's good how the whole blog thing is interwoven throughout it, we're a sad bunch of people, appeal to the fact that we think we're interested in your sister buying your ticket.
I think the real test of a reviewer comes from criticizing something they enjoyed and would really like to see that. I'm expecting the style to be mixed around depending what you're reviewing as well.
*clings to leg* Please keep blogging even if only for the fact that the only thing I have to go on with movies are the Herald Sun reviews...
Thanks CT for the feedback. I will take note of the fact you want to know more about the film as "a predominantly VISUAL medium" this can and will be arranged.
as for the sexual jokes they will continue and if not develop into a sick dark reflection of the attrocities that i create in my own head.
:)
sick dark reflections of mental atrocities are my bit, you edge in on that, I revoke your membership. You've had your first taste of playing internet god to a house of fifteen, although most probably didn't show up, especially the ones you really wanted to be there to see your crowning moment... I can take all that away at the press of a button...
Actually in all seriousness, the underlying depravity humour is the best idea ever, just keep pushing it to the point where it becomes ridiculously awkward for whoever's reading. That's how you get hilarious mindless praise from Damacus...
I STILL LIKE THAT POEM!
Awesome post cute_sexy_user_123, hugely interesting and well written. thanks.
ps. Why did you want to get in your sisters pants?!??!?!?!!?!?! I don't mean to seem judgmental but that's frowned upon in some cultures.
Just because you don't have a frame as slender and as beautiful as the serpent of Eden so as to wear your sister's pants... Don't just do the Christian thing and make it wrong because you can't
Enjoyable. I was told about you doing the movie review thing a while back but was yet to read it. I waited and waited and finally it happened. I look forward to your future reviews because this was quite good. I agree a little with CT though... more visual stuff. I wanted to hear a little more about the movie. A longer one next time perhaps?
Nice.
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