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10/10
Possibly the BEST Star Wars movie yet!
15 December 2017
No spoilers here, But I just walked out of the theatre thinking that this is my new favorite Star Wars movie, even above Empire Strikes Back.

The depth of Kylo Ren's character, the strength of Rey, the Awesome light sabre battles, Luke Skywalker being THE Legendary Jedi Master, and Just kicking so much ass in the coolest way possible. The interaction between Rey, and Kylo, and Snoke.... Action, suspense, and great characters. Not only was it a great action movie, but the characters were well developed, and interesting.

It wasn't perfect... there's a really goofy scene with Leia, that's just really bad, but aside from that one little hiccup... Wow, I was blown away.

I need some time to digest this, and reflect a little more objectively, but at this moment... The Last Jedi is my favorite Star Wars movie!
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9/10
Classic Pee-Wee!
24 March 2016
The artistic heart of any Pee Wee movie is the idea that you're looking at the world through the eyes of a kid again. Everything is bigger, brighter, more exciting, scarier, and new.

This is a road trip story, that sets up lots of funny, and usually absurd encounters for Pee Wee to experience. There's no new ground broken here, and that's as it should be. It's a continuation of everything that makes Pee Wee great.

I laughed, I snorted, and I smiled the whole time.

If you like classic Pee Wee Herman, you'll love this!

A fun movie for the kid in all of us!

I know you are, but what am I??
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The Arroyo (2014)
8/10
Excellent low budget vigilante flick!
22 March 2016
This isn't a slick, big studio production but the pace is good, the characters are likable, and the acting is more than passable.

The story, is a good one, and will resonate with a lot of Americans. Law enforcement, and federal agencies sitting on their hands where illegal drug, and human importation are concerned.

Good guys take the law into their own hands, and the bad guys raise the stakes.

It's an exciting, if not a little predictable ride to the climax.

I enjoyed it. In this day and age of big budget films that too often disappoint.... this was a nice little low budget gem that kept me entertained right to the end.
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End of Watch (2012)
1/10
Boring, Forgettable, Weak Story, and Characters that you don't care about.
4 October 2015
I just got back from watching this wreck. I had to write a review, and hopefully save someone else the wasted time, and money.

Let's get to the one good thing in the whole film. The acting. It wasn't academy award material, but it was believable, and the leads did an admirable job given the extremely shoddy script they had to work with.

The entire film, save for the last 15 minutes was a disjointed, hodgepodge mess of non related scenes thrown together like some extended version of the TV show C.O.P.S. Just with more profanity, and less excitement. I mean a LOT less excitement. There was very little action, and there was no build up of tension. Just cutting from one uninteresting scenario to another... All with no pay off.

I cannot put into words how bad this thing was. I'm sitting here trying to find the right adjectives, but I think my summary at the top pretty much sums it up.

I just left the theater less than half an hour ago, and I couldn't tell you the name of a single character in the whole film, that's how uninteresting they were.

The only reason I went to see this was because of the reviews here on the IMDb. I believe now that this website must be infiltrated by studio plants, because there is no way it's getting rave reviews by real people.

As we were leaving the theater, I heard several people complaining about the movie. As a matter of fact, I don't remember a single line from the film, but I remember verbatim a quote from another person leaving the theater.. "Wow, that was really terrible." I agree with that person 100%.
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2/10
A perfect movie for 14yr old boys.
16 May 2015
Warning: Spoilers
If you like cartoon action, and lot's of it. This movie is for you. It's non stop action, explosions, and over the top sets, stunts,and props from start to finish.

If you require any sort of character development, depth, or a reason to care about any of the players... Keep on walking. This movie is not for you. I saw the movie last night, and I can only tell you the name of one character.. Max.

Bottom line, if you like movies like "Triple X", you'll probably love this.

If "Die Hard" is more your style of action movie, you'll probably think this movie is beyond stupid. I know I did.
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1/10
Easily the worst movie Scorsese has ever made.
5 May 2014
Warning: Spoilers
It's difficult for me to convey just how bad this film is, simply because there are very few memorable scenes. The characters are so under developed, and the scenes are seemingly thrown together with no effort towards making a cohesive story arc.

I loved Goodfellas, Casino, Mean Steets, Taxi Driver, The Color of Money, The Aviator, etc, etc, etc.

The copious amounts of Sex, Drugs, Profanity, and Nudity couldn't save this movie from being a complete snooze-fest.

There is nothing here to keep your interest. No details into the hows, and why's of what Jordan Belfort was doing, And very little about the investigation, and conviction. Basically all we're shown is that Belfort makes stupid amounts of money by somehow robbing faceless people on the telephone, and then he spends it on lots of drugs, and hookers. After this escalates, the FBI sort of shows up asking questions... more drugs, and hookers... more drugs, and hookers.... Drugs, and a car crash, more hookers, after a while, somehow the FBI nabs him, and he gets 2 years in prison. Which is amazing, because there's really no investigation shown. Marty probably thought good story telling would interfere with the drugs, and hookers.

All of this takes 3 hours. Most of which is spent doing drugs, and hookers. Unless I'm the one doing them, 3 hours of drugs, and hookers gets boring after about half an hour.

Please take my advice, save your 3 hours for something deserving of your time, and money. This movie was just Horrible.
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