A movie with two separate cops exploring how they deal with the ending of a relationship: one eats lots of pineapple; the other has his home invaded by a girl from the local fast food restaurant. Relatively boring, with little forward momentum or appearance of a point. Yet, I did sit through it all and it does have occasional moments.
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Pretty good movie that is unpredictable in the long-term (i.e., you don't know what will happen more than ten minutes in the future) with forward momentum (i.e., despite lack of knowledge of the larger plot, it kept moving forward). About an ad-executive, 25-year-old VPs, multinational corporate shenanigans, work-life balance, family life, and letting go.
Also, while I know it is a movie about advertising, there is just too much product placement: Domino's, Porsche, Starbucks, United, MasterCard, Target, ... I don't mind a little, but there was just too much.
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Quite good. Slick action scenes and epic (computer-generated) futuristic vistas. The scale is amazing. Also, does a nice job with interweaving parallel storylines (birth of Luke and Leah with rebirth of Vader; simultaneous battle scenes at times). That said, the dialogue is frequently flat and the acting varies dramatically (and is sometimes over the top with way-too-close close ups).
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Heart-wrenching. An excellently done movie with some twists. I can really see why it won four Academy Awards. Ponders family (or the lack of meaningful family ties?), responsibility, and the purpose of life. Good choice of actors/actresses.
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A very slick musical. While in retrospect it feels like it has a reasonable plot, the story felt very light during the movie itself. Good catchy music and appropriately over-the-top. Fun. Good choice of actors/actresses.
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A well done documentary. I knew most of the issues beforehand, but never heard them so well integrated and put together into the big picture of the corporation. Good use of music and cut scenes for transitions.
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An entertaining movie that (intentionally) makes one squirm in one's seat due to the slimy nature of the wedding crashers' plans/goals/acts. Funny. And a bit sappy. Watching it, it transitions from comedic to romantic comedic to tragic and back again. Not unaptly, someone said, "Wedding Crashers is American Pie for grownups."
