Matt BirchlerMovie #55: In a Violent Nature
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Movie #68: The Instigators
It’s like every actor asked “what’s my motivation” and they were told “I don’t know, the script says you do it, so just roll with it.”
Movie #70: The Abyss
And thus completes my Cameron list of shame…well, besides Piranha II, but I'm not holding myself to that 😂
Movie #71: Detained
I guess it's nice that this job probably made a few people eligible for health insurance for the year 😬
Movie #86: Batman: The Long Halloween
FWIW this was released in 2 parts, and this is a review of them together.
Movie #92: V/H/S/2
A real contender for worst movie I've watched this year, save for 30 minutes in the middle which is some of the best horror you can get.
Movie #96: New Life
Also I could be mistaken, but the main character is never in the suit shown in the poster during the whole movie…
Movie #98: Léon The Professional
Alas, a movie I really enjoy made by a guy who may not find the creepiness in the story to actually be creepy 😬
Movie #100: The Substance
Hell yeah, I love when the 100th movie is an absolute banger ✨
Movie #101: Alien: Romulus
It feels good to just plain like an Alien move again 🙏
Movie #105: Sanctuary
Aaaaand the streak of movies I liked comes to an end 😭
Movie #109: Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary
This one’s just on YouTube btw https://youtu.be/YCjNT9qGjh4
Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary
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Keenan
Jonathan L.
Nathan Snelgrove
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Tim Chaten
Christopher Lawley
Jonathan Reed
Dane Deasy
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Rafa
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Paul Stockton
Ravi 
@matt Maybe I need a rewatch.
I remember it feeling father daughter to me.
Also one of the all time Oldman performances. Stansfield is just unhinged.
@ravi Yeah Oldman is great and the rest of the cast kills it.
Apparently Besson dated a 15 year old in his 30s and this story is inspired by their relationship. She had their baby at 16 😬 Maybe it’s not as big a deal in French culture, but it’s hard not to think about with how Natalie Portman is portrayed in some moments.
@tchaten What did you love about it? In curious!
FWIW everyone seems to think “decent” means I hated the movie with the heat of 1,000 suns 😂😭 “How’d you like that movie?” “It was decent! Didn’t love it, didn’t dislike it, it was decent.”
Ronnie@Ronnie @tchaten That’s definitely my intent with the rating. Like if someone asked me if they should watch a movie, something I said is “decent” would get a “go for it” from me.
But this has been a challenge for me for years lol. This score was called “okay” for a long time and that gave a negative impression as well. Maybe it’s because it’s on the left side of the list and therefore is on the “bad” side?
Scoring systems are hard 😅
Nathan Lott
Granneman 😡
Torb@matt The cool thing about the Matrix movies that each are different genress: The Matrix - Sci-fi action thriller Reloaded - Sci-fi action superhero(?) movie Revolutions - Sci-fi war movie Ressurections - Sci-fi romantic comedy (that’s both romantic and a comedy).
Ressurections genre change is more abrupt than the others (it’s not really action anymore), but I really love that one too. They’re my favourite movie series of all time.
@torb For sure! I think all 3 sequels are better than many give them credit for, and the ideas in each are brilliant, I just don't think they ever reached the heights of ideas + execution that they nailed in the first.
But I totally love the series too!
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