Sunday, November 23, 2014

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 18

This week I watched Come and See, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, The Purge: Anarchy.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

movie Come and See
Come and See - Nothing good comes from war.
Come and See aka  Idi I Smotri (1985)
Watch Come and See
Written by: Ales Adamovich (screenplay, story), Elem Klimov (Screenplay)
Directed by: Elem Klimov
Starring: Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius
Rated: --

World War II in Russia is witnessed through the eyes of a boy who found a rifle and joined the army. 

It's a harrowing tale, the atrocities of war witnessed through the eyes of a boy.
It depends.


movie Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - Lots of style.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
Watch Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Written by: Frank Miller, Frank Miller (graphic novels)
Directed by: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Willis, Eva Green, Powers Boothe, Dennis Haysbert, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Lloyd, Christopher Lloyd
Rated: R

A comic book come to film. Stories of cops criminals and the in-between intertwine in the corrupt Sin City.

It's got a lot of style, but i didn't like it as much as the first. It seemed too fragmented, maybe it just isn't as fresh or the characters aren't as developed. There were no standout segments.
It depends.


movie The Purge: Anarchy
The Purge: Anarchy
The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
Watch The Purge: Anarchy
Written by: James DeMonaco, James DeMonaco (characters)
Directed by: James DeMonaco
Starring: Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford
Rated: R

It's Purge Night, the one time a year when crime is permitted. Vengeance, survival, and terror collide.

It's a cool concept. This is a reboot of the first, the focus isn't quite as tight, the downfall of nearly all sequels in an attempt for 'bigger and better' . The concept in itself has it flaws, a caricature to make the movie entertaining, glossing over the intricacies and psychology of such an event. The first felt a bit more realistic as it avoid generalizations.
It depends.

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