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LET'S REVIEW...SOME MOVIES


I have seen a few movies as of late - The Martian, Hateful Eight and The Revenant. If you care to read further, the following are my reviews.

 I like to scale moves on a 1-10 weight system with 10 being that you would go out and buy the movies to watch over and over, not just to collect dust.

 The Martian was a mix of Apollo 13 and Cast Away to me (also two excellent films to own). It had technical ingredients (Apollo 13) and survivor ingredients (Cast Away) paired nicely with science and math leading the way. It did not hurt that with these normally dry subjects, science and math, came humor that Matt Damon delivered right on time. Although I do not own it at this writing - I give it a 10!

 The Hateful Eight was a good story-line (you can hear the but coming can't you?), BUT, the movie was too long and like the Director's previous movies contained the "N" word I do not care for - among other foul language. Really the movie could have been sliced in half time wise and better actors could have been cast. Quentin Tarantino must have a fascination with Samuel L. Jackson, who in my humble opinion, cannot act and does not mind using the "N" word liberally. I scale this movie a 5.5.

 The Revenant. I watched this last night. I believe this movie should have won more awards than it did. In fact, I wish you could win an award for certain scenes in a movie - like the Bear Scene in this one (the kind of scenes in movies that make you ask - How did they do that?).  The cinematography in this movie was incredible. The acting supporting Leonardo was a little weak. It felt like Leo was having to carry the movie a lot of the time. The movie was a little stretched out time wise for my taste also. So, when the dust settled on this one, I gave it a solid 8.

 Seen these movies? What was your take?

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