Matisse has written 4 reviews for films rated during 2013.
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The Crying Game 1992
Watched as part of my "100 Movies to See Before You Die" Challenge.
#13 of 100
Unlucky number thirteen. The Crying Game is a underwhelming film that takes itself really seriously and tries to be deep and profound, but fails miserably. As I was reading the premise Netflix provided before I hit play, I was a little concerned because it sounded like a sappy romance story concealed in a slick, sexy action thriller. And that's essentially what it is, except…
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Speed 1994
Man, this is gonna be another one of those reviews that makes me unpopular. I guess I need to preface this the same way I did Die Hard: I'm not much of an action movie fan. I never really have been, although I can definitely appreciate the appeal. My roommate and another one of my friends showed me Speed (because I had never seen it before), presenting it as a good bad movie, which I almost always enjoy. Unfortunately, I…
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Troy 2004
Troy is a self-indulgent, melodramatic mockery of one of the greatest stories in human history. This film literally hit all of the wrong notes with me. It's poorly written, sloppily told, and tries way too hard to be a spectacle. The Iliad is widely considered to be one of the greatest epics of all time, and this is a classification that it absolutely deserves. The problem with Troy is that it never once feels truly epic (a word I cringe…
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