PXR Movie and TV Show Review Thread

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You may now post. And to start it off, here is my first review!


Movie name: 21 and Over
Rating: R, for some violence, sexual references, nudity and language (not one to watch with Grandma)
Genre: Comedy
Summary: Three guys celebrate one of their 21st birthdays, and drink the night away, the night before a med school interview. What could possibly go wrong?
Your thoughts: Personally, I loved the movie, though movie review sites would disagree with me. The plot was simple, yet evolved into multiple sub plots that all tied in with eachother. There were scenes where I couldn't stop laughing at the coincidence that were caused by this subplots eg: (spoilers)

Spoiler:

~Miller is told by a girl he likes (Nicole) to talk to her boyfriend Randy, who can help them get Jeff Chang home. Randy turns out to be the same guy they accidentally threw a dart at earlier that night, which went through his cheek.
~They accidentally break into a dorm building full of Latina girls, who proceed to hunt them down throughout the rest of the movie.
~Throughout the movie, there was a man dressed up as an Indian chief who was dancing around everywhere, the first place being out the front of Jeff Chang's house, the place they are trying to find. At the end, he is released from a mental hospital, and tells them that he got high and danced out the front of his house all night, making him the neighbour of the house they are looking for.

One part of the movie I liked was the trio realising how they have drifted apart and changed since high school. I like movies like the Hanover,but I loved how unlike the hangover, this had a more emotional, unwinding plot, that ended for the better. I also found that I could relate to Jeff Chang, and how he is expected to be someone he is not.
All in all I liked this movie, which had me laughing until the end.
Pros: (What was good about the movie?)
~Intertwined Subplots made for an interesting watch.
~Very funny.
~Sometimes relatable
Cons: (What was bad about the movie?)
~A little less nudity wouldn't hurt.
~One of the main characters tends to be somewhat racist and stereotypical which is slightly annoying.
Favourite part: (Self explanatory. Use spoilers if necessary.)
Probably the very last scene.

Spoiler:

After the whole ordeal is over, the three main characters are seen partying, and one of them tells the others to not let him get too drunk, as he has a college interview the next morning. It then goes to the next morning where the guy walks into an office, obviously hungover, with new,y died red hair, crutches, the whole deal.
The interviewer turns around and is shown to be the Indian chief, who got high and danced in front of his house.

Rating out of 10: (0= Horrible, 5= Average, 10= Perfect): I would have to say 7
Links: (Optional. Maybe you want to show a trailer?)
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Spoiler:

Trailer

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So we just post up a movie review eh? sounds good to me!

Movie Name:

Trance

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Main Actors/Actresses:
(Links lead to Actor/Actresses IMDB page)

James McAvoy
Vincent Cassel
Rosario Dawson

Rating:

R

sexual content, graphic nudity, violence, some grisly images, and language

Genre:

Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller

Plot

A fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated. (Taken from IMDB)

The Review:

Danny Boyle, you've done it again, or have you?
If you don't know who Danny Boyle is, he's the man behind Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting and 127 Hours, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2012 Olympics in London (I'm not sure if he did both but I'm reasonably sure he did the opening). This time he treads into the realm of psychological thriller with Trance.

In the same vein as Inception and The Prestige, not everything is as it seems. An extremely expensive painting gets stolen, but the man tasked with protecting it (McAvoy), for lack of a better word pre-steals it before the thieves realize it's not in their possession, they go after him only to find out that due to the blow to the head he took from the thieves, he's lost all memory of the heist before the heist. So what do they do? They hire a hypnotherapist (Dawson) to retrieve the memories. From there you take a bumpy ride full of twists and turns that will either leave you on the edge of your seat, or with your head buried in your hands.

It's one of those films that leave you guessing as to what the real motives of the characters are, while some are a bit obvious, there are a few that hit you upside the head like a 10 week old bagel.

It's decently done, but nowhere near as good as some of the better psychological thrillers.

Pros:

Good Pace, and good overall story
Actors are quite believable in the roles they play,
Good twist at the climax
Visuals and cinematography are quite well done

Cons:

Some of the twists and turns are a bit contrived, the full frontal nudity scene being one of them. It's hard for me to decide whether that scene was gratuitous or a part of the character development
It's supposed to be one of those movies that make you want to watch it over and over again to pick up the little details, but you may also end up punching a few holes in the plot as well

The Best Part:

It has to be the big reveal, now I'm not new to the genre, I know that theres always some grand plot twist, and pride myself in being able to figure it out before it comes. This one though? It came out of nowhere, I had a thought as to where it would turn, but it went deeper down the rabbit hole than I thought it would.

Rating:

7.5
A good movie but in a genre where there are such great films as Inception, The Prestige, and Primal Fear, it just doesn't compare

Greenband Trailer:

Spoiler:

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3196102169/

Coming Soon:

In honor (more like anger but meh) of the American version of Oldboy I'll be doing the Vengeance Trilogy (Oldboy, Lady Vengeance and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance)