Moonrise Kingdom (4.5)

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...I don't want to say what the movie is about because not knowing makes it a million times better.

Holy crap I loved this movie! Thank you, Wes Anderson (director).

I can see why so many people are talking about it especially regarding possible [Oscar] awards!

The cast alone makes my eyes bulge: Bruce Willis (Looper), Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman (Funny People), Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand...

Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman were beyond fantastic. They were quirky, hilarious, smart and all around amazing.

The story seems thin at first but it's the characters that really make this movie so brilliant. It was funny in a unique and fresh way. Originality at its purest. The love when I see a movie and cannot for the life of me compare it to any other film I've ever seen. That doesn't happen  as often as I would like it to and this was one of this movies.

I honestly don't know what else to say. The most I think about this movie the more I fall in love with it. The first half seems unconnected and maybe a bit fuzzy but once everything rolls around full circle you really grasp at how great it is.

Love it.

4.5/5 ADSENSE HERE

Dredd (3.5)

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The Judge is back and negotiations are over in this remake by Pete Travis of the 1995 classic action/sci-fi flick.

I was not going to see this movie in theatres...and maybe not at all. I like the original because I grew up watching it and just thought that without Stallone that it wouldn't be good at all.

I was wrong (I am saying that a lot lately).

Hats off to Karl Urban (Priest, Red). That motha can grimace like it's his job! I couldn't blame him for the horrible one liners that were written for him but I did blame him for making me enjoy a movie that I thought I would hate.

Things I really didn't like: the way they portrayed the psychic. Olivia Thirlby (The Darkest Hour</em>) was good regardless. 

Things that were amazing: the way they portrayed the drug. It was SO cool. I loved the weaponry, the costumes and the sets. I thought they had a good balance of real life and computer generated backgrounds. I also liked the 3D aspect of it but it didn't make or break the movie at all.

Dialogue aside, this movie was way way better than I imaged it could be. Yes, I laughed a few times because of the ridiculousness of some scenes but everything else made up for it.

Bonus: Lena Headey. She was a bad-ass, um, bad-ass.

I almost want to give this a 4/5 but the script left something to be desired.

3.5/5


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