I've been watching a heap load of movies lately, and there's a huge backlog of reviews I need to get done, and the thought of that backlog turns me off from even trying to start those reviews, which just enlarges the backlog and so I decided to just do really quick reviews on all the movies I've been watching.
So I've mainly been watching a mix of favourite classics as well as some random not-so-famous blockbuster films, but I've ordered them so that the ones at the top are the goodies.
Snowpiercer (2013)
7.0/10 on IMDb
95% on Rotten Tomatoes
A climate change experiment has backfired, sending the world into a lifeless ice age, where the only survivors are those who boarded the perpetually-moving train, the Snowpiercer
A social class system emerges, and our very own Captain America Chris Evans leads the tail-end passengers (essentially the homeless) into a revolt to make their way to the front of the train
This film is so criminally unknown it is not funny; it is amazing and a definite must-see
Tilda Swinton is amazing
Chris Evans I love you
Fury (2014)
7.6/10 on IMDb
77% on Rotten Tomatoes
Don't you just love when Brad Pitt portrays an anti-Nazi?
Don't you just love Shia Labeouf proving that he should be taken seriously?
Are you sick of Logan Lerman always being "the new guy" or "the guy that doesn't fit in"?
Nevertheless, he and the entire cast are still great in this (and it's super weird seeing Michael Peña like that after witnessing his stupidity overflow in Ant Man)
Revolving around the brotherhood of soldiers who operated one tank during World War II, this is a great war story with a lot of intense scenes (and I thought it was super cool to learn how a tank was operated), but be warned, the directing can get a bit weird with very long takes and slow pacing when there is no battle occurring
The Addams Family (1991)
6.8/10 on IMDb
60% on Rotten Tomatoes
Our favourite spooky, weird and kooky family, The Addams Family! (dadada DA! *click* *click*)
Hilarious dark humour
Acting was great all round
Odd to see Christopher Lloyd here (Doc from Back to the Future)
Christina Ricci's performance as Wednesday Addams is the definition of perfection
The Breakfast Club (1985)
7.9/10 on IMDb
89% on Rotten Tomatoes
Five very different kids from very different social circles have to come in to school on one Saturday for detention
The film is starting to get a bit dated, so if you're going to watch it, watch it soon
I like the premise of it, as it allows for quite a bit of philosophical dialogue that makes you think about what makes us different and why sometimes that nerdy kid will always be the nerdy kid even if you think he'd make a good friend
That entire scene where they sit in the circle... that was entirely ad-lib! And that scene was genius!
Not a film for everyone, so if you read the plot summary and think it sounds interesting, then it's worth the watch; if not, then it might not be for you
Sister Act (1992)
6.2/10 on IMDb
71% on Rotten Tomatoes
As weird as she is now, Whoopi Goldberg was actually pretty cool back in the 90s
I loved the idea of Sister Act when I was a kid; the idea that anyone could sing well if they just had the right teacher, and the fact that Whoopi's character was messing with a parish of all things was hilarious. Now that I'm older, this movie still holds up but doesn't seem as amazing as it used to be
Whoopi Goldberg is an amazing singer though, and Maggie Smith is also hilarious in this, so it's still an enjoyable watch that will leave you with a few solid laughs
Suckerpunch (2011)
6.1/10 on IMDb
23% on Rotten Tomatoes
A girl forced into a mental institution tries to escape with her four fellow inmates by dreaming up an alternate reality where she can control her destiny
The premise is really good, but unfortunately they didn't do much with it and couldn't really tie any of the metaphors together, which resulted in a really really weak plot
The action scenes are great, so you would watch it only for the action, but that also gets tiring quickly
I will always love Jena Malone's sass though
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