1991: My Top Ten Favorite Movies By Year

0   7.6   8.5 

What does pure badassery from the future look like?
A big, muscular humanoid who likes to steal biker clothes, swing his shotgun on a high speed motorcycle, wear his sunglasses even at night, and is programmed to speak with a heavy-@ss Austrian accent.



This movie is one of those rare times where an original that was already pretty bad-ass is followed up by a sequel that is even more bad-asser.
As someone who enjoys the category of science fiction probably more than any other genre when it comes to films, I seriously think that Judgment Day, along with his efforts on Aliens, shows why there should be a law that states that James Cameron should be in charge of directing all sequels from now on.
After a going thru a summer recently that was epitomized by listlessly plotted blockbusters such as the other movie known as T-2 (Michael Bay's), this T-2 is a reminder that even though a certain degree of suspension of belief is required from one's brain in order to accept a movie about battling robots, you do not have to completely revert to the mind level of a five-year old in order to enjoy it.



Mannn....
I wish I was made outta liquid metal.

The Mighty Celestial's rating:

0   8   8.7 

Even though I respect the fact that in this movie, Hannibal Lector came along, with his fava beans & Chianti, and brung a certain level of high class to the concept of cannilbalism,
I must admit that, when it comes to having someone for dinner, I'm still a meat & potatoes kind of guy myself.

The Mighty Celestial's rating:

0   7   7.8 

IMO, by far, the best in the genre of the modern street gangsta genre.
SDirected by John Singleton (remember when he was considered a director to look out for?) and starring Cuba Gooding Jr. (remember what a good actor he was before anyone showed him the money?), Ice Cube (remember back before he went Hollywood and was actually hardcore?) & Lawrence Fishburne (who's still the same).

The Mighty Celestial's rating:

0   7.1   7.4 

When it comes to Fried Green Tomatoes, I like mine with a touch of salt & a dash of tabasco sauce. No fava beans or chianti. That goes with something else.

0   6.2   6.8 

Bugsy is a mob flick that doesn't even try to compete with other mob flicks. And therefore, it succeeds as a gangster movie that stands out on its own. It almost completely removes the realistic-type dialogue & the grittiness that is usually associated with this genre. I can almost sense the same sheen that the old black & white mafia films used to use to screen over the mobster characters & give em that "romanticized" look that they became famous for back then. For all their ruthlessness, the major players in this story come off as very likeable people.
And along with Warren Beatty & Annette Benning, you just can't beat the acting by the supporting cast of Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliot Gould & Joe Mantegna.

0   6.9   8 

While I don't believe in any of the conspiracies of this event, Oliver Stone unravels the various "secrets" & clues that drive the "purpose" of this story in almost an ordered manner that makes this an excellently thrilling & very enthralling film (despite how confusing alot of the actual "facts" themselves tend to get at certain points).
As a "fictional" political-drama that seems to build & build up to an accumulative effect, JFK is movie that works exceptionally well on that level, & features more actors than theories on what really happened, with Kevin Costner providing a stable & reliable lead role to carry such a large ensemble cast.

0   8.1   8.1 

With events like rented military helicopters being called off during a scene of Apocalypse Now, so they can go engage in an actual combat for an actual war that was going on at the time & then Martin Sheen having a heart attack between shooting scenes, all happening during the filming of this movie, the true story of how this movie was made is almost as surreal & engaging as the actual movie itself.
A great companion piece to Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 "arty" war epic.

The Mighty Celestial's rating:

0   5.7   6.7 

Intersecting stories that deal, coincidentlly enough, with coincidences, luck, the decisions we make, the ones we don't, fate, responsibility, societal fears, love, perspective, racism, hate & overall, just the fact that depending how you look at it all, sometimes, it's not all bad.

0   6.4   6.6 

In this family, dysfunctionality is a form of functionality.
Stretching mom out on a torture rack or throwing the baby out of a third story window is simply a way of communicating "You're okay, I'm okay".
And one of the advantages that comes with having the last name of Addams is that, no matter how many family-friendly games of tag you play,
your cousin will always be Itt.

The Mighty Celestial's rating:

0   6.1   6.7 

An L. A. story ( duh-uh.....!) about how life is constantly is showing us signs about the directions of our lives, if only we pay attention.
Particularly when that sign is a traffic condition sign that appears off the side of freeway.

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