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The Avengers (2012)
Still the best!
I watched this again recently (2016) after I've already watched all the other Marvel and superhero movies that came after it and this is still superior by a wide WIDE margin. The only superhero movie that eclipses this one is Dark Knight, imo.
Considering the problems we think DC is encountering, trying to cram up their heroes into one movie, the Avengers did it. FLAWLESSLY. The dialogue isn't exactly Glenn Garry Glenn Ross of course, but 99% of it keep you interested. The transitions to each scene are unbelievably fluid; the end of each scene almost always has a witty connection to the next. The objective viewer doesn't struggle at all to ride the wave of the movie.
Try to imagine if you haven't seen this movie but you've seen all the others. Try watching it again. You'll see what I mean.
The Visit (2015)
This is a GREAT movie!
Anybody thinking this movie is an inferior version of Blair Witch is... well... we are all entitled to our opinion.
And I strongly disagree.
The movie builds and builds tension throughout the film that I almost couldn't handle it.
And then the Shyamalan twist comes. Boom!
I rarely get any genuine scares from horror movies lately. This one did it with absolutely no ghosts or special effects involved!
Wonderful performances from all the actors as well. None are high profile save Shyamalan. It's kind of funny to think that even after the last few movies of his bombed, what got me interested is that the first few seconds of the film already tells you it is a Shyamalan film.
Again, it is a GREAT movie!
Life of a King (2013)
Good message, but real chess players keep an open mind
I'm all for using movies about chess, or about any other matter, to tell a story with intent.
But in real life, in real chess games, unless you have above average or even good understanding of the game, it is boring. So they stepped up the tempo a tad for good storytelling. Although to some real players, they'll immediately spot the inaccuracies.
The principal did not demonstrate any knowledge whatsoever about chess. Nothing shown on the movie that is. And yet she had that ominous comment while she was watching the 'bad guy's game that he was "really good".
The scene where T just won the last match on his first tournament and what do you know, a second after that the tournament admin shows up and tells him he was disqualified because he didn't have complete credentials. In real life, that guy would be in trouble. From EVERYONE there. Why did they let him finish the tournament and THEN spring the news to him? Might as well say, "Oh, you know what, you're disqualified. But thank you for wasting a lot of time and energy on this tournament. We hope we didn't break your heart and discourage you at all."
And that help the chessman was supposed to coach T about? He started out with describing how his opponent would use the queen to hammer him, or some such. In real life, that is JUST NOT how you coach chess if you have decent enough skills to actually coach it. At least it should have been something vague, like how the guy would like to play a closed game. Preferred openings. Something like that. Not a specific piece that the opponent likes to use to win games. That's just ridiculous.
In other words, they could have paid a little more respect for people who actually like and play the game on a regular basis. You know how some movies make you cringe, not in horror, but because there are just some scenes that are downright terrible? That's because most likely, the scene is an insult to your intelligence. And for chess players, there are scenes like that.
Don't get me wrong though. Aside from these inaccuracies, it's a great movie. Worth watching at least once.
Gravity (2013)
This is NOT A DOCUMENTARY of a space crisis.
People should really stop trend-bashing, or raving, for that matter.
The message of this movie is NOT about physics facts and realism. Otherwise every single scifi movie ever made should be scrutinized. It is science FICTION.
This is a movie about coping with tragedy. Never giving up.
To everyone who scrutinizes and complains about how scientifically inaccurate and improbable this movie is, well, if that's what gets you off, I respect that.
But to those who are looking to be inspired; to those who listen for a message's intent and not studiously scan for grammatical errors; to simply learn. This is a wonderful movie.