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Star Trek: Into Darkness - Haven't We Been Here Before by AliventiAsylum Pros: excellent acting, dazzling effects, great story, good tying together of old and new universes
Cons: unrealistic action sequences, missing something at times When Star Trek went into “re-boot” mode a few years ago, I was immediately skeptical. After all, this was *my* Star Trek that I’d grown up with; that I’d wait to come on in re-runs every night at 6PM and ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Are we there yet? by topreviewerman Pros: Geometrically complex love relationships stand on their own two feet without having sex.
Cons: Alien invasion ain't what it used to be. Narrator (Jeb): "The Earth is no longer our own. We have been invaded by an alien race. They occupy our bodies. The few human beings who have survived are on the run." Teenager Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) and her ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Mystery Man Presents Ultimate Challenge to Crew of Enterprise by thewasp Pros: The philosophy of Star Trek is largely preserved
Cons: Starfleet dress uniforms never required caps before In the opening ten minutes of "Star Trek Into Darkness," Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) violates the Prime Directive to save Commander Spock (Zachary Quinto), starting a new religion on a primitive planet. Spock, as a Vulcan who cannot lie, tells the ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Spielberg's War Horse Pays Tribute to Four-Legged Soldiers by bilbopooh Pros: beautifully filmed, touching story, exciting journey
Cons: very hard to watch at times I’ve always been a sucker for a good horse movie, and anything directed by Steven Spielberg usually piques my interest, so even though I generally avoid war movies, 2011’s War Horse had been on my radar for a while. I got to watch it this week ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Where Trek Has Gone Before - A review of Star Trek Into Darkness by Diversity646 Pros: Fantastic casting and directing. The story is rife with gems for Star Trek fans.
Cons: Not as fun as its 2009 predecessor. As a trekker, I take great delight every time a new Star Trek movie hits the big screen. This last wait – almost four years – was almost too much to bear, especially since we were originally promised this film for ...
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May 19, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Jackie's Journey To Brooklyn by pmills1210 Pros: Boseman, Ford, Holland
Cons: More about the facts than strong reaction As World War II came to an end, many Americans sought to resume the lives they'd known before the war. Not everything was the same, and some put the plans into motion to make sure things changed for all citizens. The movie 42 looks at one of ...
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May 19, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Good Day to Die Hard movie Review. McClane on Vacation by marksam91 Pros: *Many explosions
Cons: *Cheesy *No Intensity *Horrible villains I remember when I was about seven years old...my family used to sit by the fireplace on Christmas Eve and we'd watch a few movies that examplify the era. Its A Wonderful Life and Home Alone often made the trip, and after me and my ...
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May 19, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Paranormal Activity 3: - Gonna Go Back in Time by jeremy1456 Pros: Good Scares, Improved Pacing, Likeable Characters
Cons: It's Still Pretty Similar to the Other Films in the Series Paranormal Activity is a modern horror film series that hit it big with the original installment and is still going strong. Personally I didn't much care for the first film, but the first sequel was quite a lot better. Initially I was a little ...
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May 19, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Star Trek: Into Darkness -- and Beyond? by rmthunter Pros: Everything. Seriously.
Cons: Details, details. . . . The last Star Trek movie I saw was, aptly enough, The Wrath of Khan. (I suppose that's a spoiler. Live with it.) Let me say right off the bat that Star Trek: Into Darkness is not that, and Benedict Cumberbatch is not ...
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May 19, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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He Was an Old Sport: The Great Gatsby (2013) by JiggyJay Pros: Cast, direction, great adaptation
Cons: Nothing major The Great Gatsby is the newest literary adaptation to the big screen provided by Baz Luhrmann, the man responsible for Moulin Rouge and Australia, and once again teams him up with Leonardo DiCaprio after Romeo + Juliet from ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Star Trek Into Darkness - Benedict Cumberbatch Makes a Chilling Villain (No Spoilers) by dragonfire88 Pros: Cumberbatch. Entertaining story. Good effects.
Cons: Entirely too much lens flare. Star Trek first began in 1966 with the original series. It lasted for three seasons before eventually being followed by a series of major movies and other television shows set in the Star Trek universe. I have seen some of the ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The NEW "Star Trek II"......Or is It? by silentrascal Pros: Fantastic visual effects & action sequences. Excellent ice-cold villain. Exciting and action-packed.
Cons: Borrowed too heavily from other films. Enough with the fanboy nods already. I have literally just walked into my house (10 minutes ago) after having come from a matinee of Star Trek Into Darkness, director JJ Abrams follow-up to his 2009 hit reinvention of the film series based on the classic 1960's science fiction tv ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The LAPD Witch Project by shadow8 Pros: Superb acting, gritty down-to-earth style
Cons: Sometimes relies too much on broad stereotypes. “I am the police, and I'm here to arrest you. You've broken the law. I did not write the law. I may disagree with the law but I will enforce it. No matter how you plead, cajole, beg or attempt to stir my sympathies, nothing you do will stop me from ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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STAR TREK: Boldly Going Into Franchise Rebooting by bigtruckseries Pros: Special Effects. 3D efects. Story. Villain.
Cons: Some cheesy moments. I somehow managed to avoid the trailers, spoilers and Facebook promos leading up to Star Trek: Into Darkness’ premiere yesterday. I spent $16.50 per ticket to see the film in 3D. I would hate to spoil this film for you if you haven’t ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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An Ivy Leaguer Gets a Circus Education in Water for Elephants by bilbopooh Pros: compelling story, great performances
Cons: very brutal at times “I’m the kid who ran away with the circus; now I’m watering elephants.” This line from the Buddy Mondlock song The Kid sprang to mind right away as I watched the 2011 drama Water for Elephants, in which ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Star Trek Into Darkness - Equal to or Better than the first movie by rivendell66 Pros: Fast paced, thrilling, deep at times, some great acting. What's not to love?
Cons: There is absolutely, positively, no downside to this movie - just go and see it. Wow. It is 1 a.m. and we just got home from watching this movie, after standing in a very long line for a very long time because two shows were sold out, but I forgot my sore feet and aching knees roughly 15 seconds into the movie. Here's my disclaimer: ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Beneath the glitter and anachronistic music, the heart of Fitzgerald's story beats strongly by Stephen_Murray Pros: Maguire, DiCaprio, look
Cons: as always, the allure of Daisy eludes me I am vaguely aware that 3-D projection was a novelty aiming to get customers away from their television sets back into movie theaters. The resurgence has succeeded twice in getting me away from my television set playing DVDs: first “ ...
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May 16, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Baz Luhrmann is no Francis Ford Coppola - The Great Gatsby by shopaholic_man Pros: The sets and story were well done.
Cons: The use of 3D and rap music took me out of the story. I never did read The Great Gatsby although as a child I saw the house he lived in. The Breakers, a real life mansion in Newport Rhode Island was the house used for The Great Gatsby in the 1974 film. I finally saw the film from the ...
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May 16, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Beyond the Darkness, Lies Greatness....STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS by talyseon Pros: Very possibly the geek movie of the year. And its a good year for geeks!
Cons: I can't wait four more years for the next one! Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013) Directed by J.J. Abrams, Created by Gene Roddenberry Do you know what a pain you are? You think the rules don't apply to you. There's greatness in you, but there's not an ounce of humility. You think that you ...
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May 16, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Great Scott, Not So Great Baz - A review of The Great Gatsby by Diversity646 Pros: Terrific acting based on a terrific body of work by a marvelous author
Cons: No emotional resonance. Despite what should be a moving story, it had almost no impact. F. Scott Fitzgerald can be the bane of many high school students. The Great Gatsby was, and probably still is, required reading and the cliff notes, as detailed as they can make them, didn’t always get you through the multiple ...
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May 15, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Prometheus :Semi-Prequel to Alien/Semi New Franchise by trailhound Pros: Special Affects. Some of the characters. Entertaining.
Cons: Plot hard to follow. The film Prometheus (2012) was originally on track to be the long-awaited prequel to Alien. It is directed by Ridley Scott who also directed Alien back in 1979, and the plot has many elements that were present in ...
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May 15, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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His Name Is Mud - A review of Mud by Diversity646 Pros: Excellent acting in a true coming-of-age tale filled with both hope and cynicism
Cons: Really widens the gap between sexes stoking the belief that men are alien to women Call me optimistic but I still believe in fairy tale endings despite not having found my own yet. Maybe that’s why I enjoy romantic comedies that have happy endings. The movie Mud, starring Matthew McConaughey as a drifter ...
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May 15, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Tale of Two Reviews by thewasp Pros: The first thirty minutes is a surrealistic spectacle
Cons: More period music would have helped For the first time ever, my girlfriend, iseechickens, was moved to write a review of a movie we both saw. My take on it is very similar to hers except that no part of me found ...
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May 15, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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In a Post-Avengers World, Iron Man by JediKermit Pros: Robert Downey Jr., Ben Kingsley, some plot twists, nice explosioney special effects.
Cons: We know further sequels are coming...don't pretend to close this chapter. I really really like Robert Downey Jr. Not nearly as much, or in the same way, that my wife does, but I like him. Part of it is knowing a little too much about the personal trials he's overcome, a big part of it is the cynicism that he seems to overcome ...
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May 15, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Pining for Redemption - A review of The Place Beyond the Pines by Diversity646 Pros: Fine acting and a compelling story
Cons: Some uneven pacing and a hiccup or two makes the story briefly lose track Life is a series of choices. Some of them will be the right ones and some will be mistakes. The trick is learning to deal with the choices afterwards and accepting the consequences of your actions, both right and wrong. Ryan ...
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May 15, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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