Movie Reviews in Five Dotpoints or Less - Part VII

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

8.4/10 on IMDb
90% on Rotten Tomatoes

Chloe's thoughts: Signed, sealed and recommended by Chloe
Watch it if you: Want to watch a classic film about a heist gone wrong; want to be entertained by a well-directed who-dunnit

Tarantino's debut film, and boy was it great, looking at the aftermath of a heist gone wrong and trying to see who betrayed everyone

The acting was fantastic; Michael Madsen is also so handsome and suave in this, I absolutely love Tim Roth, he was amazing in this and he was my favourite character in The Hateful Eight

Whilst I do think it is a great film that needs to be watched, I don't know if I liked it better than The Hateful Eight... it has better pacing as it's only 1 hour and 40 minutes, however I thought that the way the characters' backgrounds were introduced was too short and needed elaboration, I thought it was pretty obvious who wronged them, and the dialogue, while still good, was not as witty or amazing as the dialogue in other Tarantino films

However, the film is still great and you don't need me to tell you that it's highly recommended

Lastly, the torture scene *shiver* and the Mexican stand-off scene were great


The Raid: Redemption (2011)

7.6/10 on IMDb
85% on Rotten Tomatoes

Chloe's thoughts: A must-see
Watch it if you: Want great, non-stop action; don't mind reading Indonesian subtitles

An elite police force raid an apartment complex run by drug lord

Crazy crazy CRAZY action

The main actor is pretty cute in this too

An amazing film that needs to be watched


The Raid 2: Berandal (2014)

8.0/10 on IMDb
79% on Rotten Tomatoes

Chloe's thoughts: It's alright
Watch it if you: Want the first movie, but with more plot

A sequel that directly follows on from the first film

Still crazy action but there is more of a plot to this story

The added dialogue and plot makes this film a bit slow, and I didn't like it as much as the first one

I was actually falling asleep but maybe that was because I watched these two films back to back

Some of this movie is just absolutely ridiculous (e.g. Hammer Girl and Baseball Bat Man)


Blue Valentine (2010)

7.4/10 on IMDb
88% on Rotten Tomatoes

Chloe's thoughts: Signed, sealed and recommended by Chloe
Watch it if you: Want to cry, or feel sad; are alone (please don't watch this with someone you love, because that will just be heartbreaking and awkward); are ready for a feels trip looking at love and marriage

So heartbreaking; it made me upset for the rest of the day

Switching in between scenes of them being out of love and scenes of them being in love just makes it even sadder; like if you watched a scene of them in love without knowing their current marital problems, you'd be so happy, but knowing that they lost all that love is just so depressing

Middle-aged Ryan Gosling is not sexy at all

This film is such a feels trip and a fantastic film to watch, however I will warn you it will bring up all kinds of doubts on love, marriage, true love, and just happiness in general