My Week with Marilyn REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for the motion picture, "My Week with Marilyn." Let me just say that I LOVE this film. It was just outstanding for many of reasons, so I gets the worthy rating of a 9/10. I say with my ratings that with 9-10/10's (some 8's can make it) are defiantly Oscar worthy, and holy crap this movie is/was defiantly that. So lets talk about Marilyn shall we?

Well lets get the stupid little annoyance I had with the film out of the way shall we? Um what was with the love story between Colin and Lucy (Emma Watson's character)? It really had no relevance in this film I feel like. I mean Emma did an amazing job, but he was in love with her and then BAM. Nope that relationship in his head is just over after awhile (sorry about the spoilers there). I will not say anymore though, as not to give anything away. That was my only thing I had to say negative about the film, otherwise . . .

OH MY GOD! Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond, and every single actor/actress in this film did such an AMAZING job. Michelle Williams, in my opinion, was Marilyn. I was just shocked by her performance. I felt like just wow, I thought this whole movie was just real to me. Everyone acting in the film just did an outstanding job. Kenneth was just the best too. Great job everyone. The script was just beautiful. It portrayed Marilyn's life great, and what had happened with the making of this film. It was spectacular. The direction of this film was done great, by a Mr. Simon Curtis. Thanks you Mr. Curtis for making such an excellent film, that I enjoyed every second of. Of course its not just him that makes the movie though. I want to thank everyone who had a part in making this movie. This movie made me think of how I want to be Colin Clark. I want to help make a movie, even if it means being the 3rd Assistant Director, and getting people there coffee. This movie just shows you also the life of a famous person, like Marilyn or Sir Lawrence. It may seem like all fun and games but it really it isn't all that. It does take a lot of work to be a great actor/actress. One more thing to say though. I thought this film would be boring, and I was kind of dreading watching it, but the film defiantly made me love it very much.

Well all-in-all really doesn't sum up this movie. Sure this movie is a "tour-de-force" as some people would like to call it, but it sure is a very good film that portrays great modern actors, acting as great classic actors. It defiantly deserves it's 9/10 rating I gave it. It surely is a "Must-See movie" along with a great popcorn flick.

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Ted REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for the first motion picture from the creator of the hit TV series Family Guy, "Ted." Let me just say if I could do a point 0.5 added onto a number I would, but I can't go "Ted" gets a well deserved 7/10! I would be giving it a 7.5/10 but I can't so a seven it is. Well lets talk about this hilarious movie shall we?

Lets start with the positives in this film, because right now thats all I can think about because this movie was just LAUGH-OUT-LOUD funny. Ugh the humor in this film was, yes, raunchy, racist, and stereotypical. What do you expect though? Its from the creators of Family Guy. Seth Macfarlane has definitely outdone himself with the movie. With his involvement in writing, directing, and acting in this film. All of him was superb. Speaking of acting in this film, I LOVED Mila Kunis, Mark Wahlberg, and Giovanni Ribisi in this film. Giovanni did an EXCELLENT job as a creepy obsessed dude. Oh he was just hilarious, and after seeing him in serious roles it just made me laugh. The plot of this film was very well done though, everything seemed to connect together, logically. In the end making a very good film, that made you laugh the whole way through, but yet made you feel something heartfelt too. Oh one thing to add here is that I loved this one scene where they used silence instead of background music, so you could here EVERYTHING perfect. Made it 100 times more funny. Now . . .

Things that kind of bothered me with this tim though. Yes there are some, and I do have to say them. I felt like the beginning of this film, took forever to start. I dunno I just wanted the film to hurry up to the part where they were all older and when John (Mark's character) wasn't young anymore. I also saw to much of a similarity to Family Guy. Yes of course there are going to be some similarities (being it coming from its creator) but the musical notes in some scenes just made me think of Family Guy instantly. Oh and there was this one scene that had goofy sound effect. I felt like that was completely unnecessary. I think those were my complaints, not many but a few.

So all-in-all a VERY funny film, a sure-good movie to watch when you need something to laugh too (unlike "Jack & Jill"). It is definitely a popcorn flick on my list. So make sure you go check it out in theaters.

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21 Jump Street REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for "21 Jump Street." I just finished watching this film, and I think I would have to give this film a 6/10 rating. It was all-in-all a very good film, but I had some major to minor negatives about this film. It was funny though, but lets get to the actually review right now.

Positives first for this review today shall we. Okay I really liked the relationship between Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. It was very believable and very well done. They seemed like they were born to do what they did in this film. I like how there personalities switched when they went back to High School (not giving anything away I swear)! The other acting in this film also didn't suck, like what usually happens in films like this where the two main roles are really good and everyone else sucks. This movie was shove down your throat funny either. It was actually funny at some parts, but was serious when it needed to be (sure some parts were stupid funny, but you need stupid funny sometimes). I liked the cameo in this film, made me like super happy when I saw it. The plot/script of this film was well written (except one thing later). I thought they did a great job with telling the story of this film. I liked how everything played out and when it played out in the film. Everything seemed to click, if you know what I mean?

Now for the negatives that I have. I thought it was a little bit predictable. Like I thought I knew who the bad guy was going to be, and to find out I was actually right the whole time. There was one part that was in slow-motion (will not mention part) but I feel like it was an unnecessary amount of slow-motion.  Oh I really wasn't a fan of Ice Cube in the film, he isn't my favorite actor in the world. I know I shouldn't judge a movie based on a actor I don't like, but I feel like someone could have done a better job in this film. One other thing I have to say is that the movie seemed to take forever. I realize it was only a hour-and-a-half, but I thought it was never going to end.

Well anyways, a good movie to pop in one night for a good laugh. There was this one part that I just laughed my head of at. Of course a couple other parts too, but this one part I absolutely loved. So a good popcorn flick with some friends some night. Good deserved 6/10 rating. I usually say a 6-7 out of 10 is average.

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Last Night REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" presents a review for the film, "Last Night," starring Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Guillaume Canet, and Eva Mendes. This film was wonderful in my opinion, and I would give it a 8/10. For a guy, I do love to watch romantic movies, and I do tend to love the for some odd reason. Now though, lets get to this review.

Well lets get the little bad things out of the way first shall we, and then we can end this movie on a positive note. Well one thing I did not like was Eva Mendes in this movie, I really didn't like her acting very much in this film. Plus she kind of readily annoyed me when she was on screen. Normally I like her, but not in this film (her acting seemed kind of forced). Now the other thing that docked this film down a point was the ending (but at the same time I like it, know what I mean). I do not want to give it away, but let me just say, "I HATE those kind of endings."

Now for the positives. I really liked the transitions in this film. I thought they did a really good job with keeping up with both stories that were going on in this film, as that is what it is about. I really loved the plot of this film. I thought, Massy Tadjedin, did a very good job writing this film (along with directing). All of the love stories (which includes three of them) were very believable in my opinion, even though one really wasn't so much love as it was an attraction. I was shot out of my seat by Keira's performance as her character, Joanna. I also liked Guillaume's performance in this film. I thought these two did the greatest job in the film with acting. They just made me believe in there relationship. I also liked Griffin Dunne in this film, I thought he did a great job. The music in this film also set the tone very well. Going  back to the plot though now . . . I really liked what happened and the way it happened (trying not to give anything away here). I almost thought the end was going to be completely stupid. Mind you I hate the ending that happened, I hate it when movies use that kind of ending on you. Just irritates me, but at the same time they are really good endings. In a way they are the only way, and the perfect way to end the story. OKAY POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT DO NOT READ THE ITALICIZED WORDS: It is perfect because it makes you think, and I absolutely love it when a movie can make you think. I hate it because you wanna know what had happened, but I guess it is left for you to interpret. 


All-in-all a very VERY good film. I loved watching the love stories in this film. I was anxious the whole time waiting to see what was going to happen. So it definitely deserves it's 8/10 rating I gave it, just a few things that the movie needed to change. A defiant popcorn flick for you and your loved one.

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"Taken 2" OFFICIAL FIRST TRAILER

The "Motion Picture Buff" presents the first official trailer for the squeal to Liam Neeson's 2008 action hit, Taken 2. I say it looks kind of good and kind of dumb. Not 100% sure how I feel exactly about it yet, but check out the trailer. I think the trailer sets up the film perfectly, but the film is going to have to answer a few questions though (like how are the Mom and Liam's Character back together). I do though have hunch about a part in the film though already.

Well check it out below and let me know what you think about, "Taken 2."



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