Star Wars: The Force Awakens

This was my most anticipated movie of the year and it did not disappoint. It currently sits as my third favorite movie in the series, and it was a heck of a lot of fun. I love all of the new characters, especially Kylo Ren. He's such a fascinating character (way more interesting than Darth Vader was in A New Hope). All the acting was great, all the characters were great (well...minus Captain Phasma, but that's marketing's fault more than anything), and overall it was so much fun. My only really qualms were the humor, in which not all of the jokes worked for me, and the fact that too many of the plot points were verbatim A New Hope. Now, that really doesn't impact my opinion overall, as the plot points serve as a backdrop for the character drama, which I all loved. And also some of the political state wasn't exactly established clearly. I'm fine with questions being left for the next movie(s), but the state of the environment in which the characters live in should have been more clearly stated. Not too big of a problem though. The lightsaber fighting, I might add, was exactly what I was hoping for. It's better choreographed than the originals, but not too choreographed with all the super-flips and swinging NEAR your opponent instead of AT your opponent. A perfect blend of the OT and PT.

And yes, I cried. Multiple times. Not afraid to admit that.

Overall, an imperfect movie but so much fun. Can't wait to see it again. And again. And probably one more time after that. And then Episode VIII when it comes out (which is only a year and a half away. If we're following how TFA was marketed, we're gonna get a teaser trailer before too long!).

9/10

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I saw that latest Godzilla movie today.

I hadn't seen a Godzilla movie before, but I thought it was really rad.
There were a couple a of shots in there, particularly some of the ones with a monster in them, which felt remarkably well composed, and I really liked that.

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)

I give it 9/10 Starkiller Bases.

Snow White and the Huntsman

While the concept was interesting (essentially turning a beloved fairy tale on its head) this film ultimately fall flat on its face. This film feels like it's trying to be The Lord of the Rings but misses the one thing that made LotR great, character development and moments. It truly baffles me that Universal thinks they should base a franchise off this film since the prequel is set to be released sometime this year.

2/10

I don't think I've ever felt as much regret walking out of a theater as when I saw that movie; such a bad film. I can't believe their making a prequel. Except I can, because Hollywood.

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The latest movies I've seen in theaters:

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
I was utterly satisfied with this movie as It was nearly everything I hoped for. The direction by J.J was fantastic, as well as the acting, cast, story, cinematography, great score by John Williams and both cgi and practical effects and It's got a great balance between classic and new star wars. It's definitely not a flawless movie but I loved It nonetheless. I give it an A

The Hateful Eight
It's basically what I always expect from a Quentin Tarantino flick and as always It didn't disappoint. This gory, comedic, dark and over the top version of the game "Clue" Is a great movie in all aspects, from the beautiful cinematography, direction, oldschool spaghetti western style and engaging dialogue to the fantastic sondtrack by Ennio Morricone and the stellar preformance given by Samuel L. Jackson and the rest of the cast. I only have but a few gripes and nitpicks with the film. This movie earned a spot in my favorite Tarantino movies list. A

Creed
Creed was a very pleasent surprise, and like the last two flicks I just talked about, It Is also one of my favorite movies of 2015. The directing in this movie is phenomenal, especially during a certain boxing sequence which Is recorded all in one take and had me on the edge of my seat, not to mention the great preformances by Michael B. Jordan and Sylvestre Stallone (giving probably his best preformance in a long long time, maybe since the first Rocky, definitely oscar worthy imo). The entire movie was refreshing, engaging, exciting and just the right direction for the Rocky franchise. I loved every second of it. A+

Glad all the movies i've watched recently are great. I hope my comment isn't way too extensive

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Why not both?

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Wow.  I had a couple different friends suggest this (fairly strongly ), so I finally got around to watching it. When I first heard about it, and up until I actually saw it, I had heard that it was about this guy who imagines things as he goes around and what came to my mind was something along the lines of Harold and the Purple Crayon, so it didn't really appeal to me. On top of that, I had listened to a bit of the soundtrack and didn't really find what I listened to that interesting.
Despite all this, I am VERY glad I watched it. This is an amazing piece of work. The two things that struck me most about it - the framing (gosh, I love some of those shots), and how everything has a purpose. That latter point is well exampled through the product placement - even the Papa Johns he visits is important to the story, not just some random backdrop for a phone call scene.
All in all I am incredibly glad I decided to see it, and would wholeheartedly recommend anyone else doing so if you have not.

The Big Short

I haven't seen a movie this righteously angry at any one subject in a long time. I love the way that the criminality behind the banks' involvement in the financial collapse is exposed through an already-shady business deal - it's like a crime movie that slowly evolves into another crime movie entirely.

Deadpool

Great fun. You could definitely tell everyone involved was trying their hardest to get it right, and they pretty much nailed it. For all of its implied subversiveness, though, it did follow a lot of common superhero origin story tropes which I had hoped it might avoid, but the film's overall style and sense of humor definitely made up for that.

Room

It's a good movie that could easily have lost 20-30 minutes from the ending and be the better for it. Everything set in and leading up to the escape from Room was excellent, but then the film's pacing hits a brick wall once they're out. Still, incredibly well-performed and, at times, genuinely thrilling.

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