Films I've Seen in 2014 (May)
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When: May 2nd
First-Time Viewing: No.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: A powerful, daunting and groundbreaking morality tale.
Other Notes: Seeing that final shot on the big screen literally gave me goosebumps.
First-Time Viewing: No.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: A powerful, daunting and groundbreaking morality tale.
Other Notes: Seeing that final shot on the big screen literally gave me goosebumps.
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When: May 3rd
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Intriguing, fascinating documentary, but a tad too personalized.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Intriguing, fascinating documentary, but a tad too personalized.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Awake (2007)
When: May 3rd-4th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Medically inaccurate, and completely ludicrous.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Medically inaccurate, and completely ludicrous.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
When: May 5th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: Way too much stuff in it, but it's still fun, enjoyable and entertaining.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: Way too much stuff in it, but it's still fun, enjoyable and entertaining.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 5th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from my collection.
What'd I Think?: Confused, cluttered, and not very funny.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from my collection.
What'd I Think?: Confused, cluttered, and not very funny.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 7th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Convoluted and cramped, but entertaining and well shot.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Convoluted and cramped, but entertaining and well shot.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
When: May 7th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: Funny and smart, but jumps around a bit, and is perhaps a touch too long.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: Funny and smart, but jumps around a bit, and is perhaps a touch too long.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 7th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Inspiring, tense, and historically significant.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Inspiring, tense, and historically significant.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 7th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Borrowed DVD from my Aunt.
What'd I Think?: Unmemorable, but amusing old school antics.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Borrowed DVD from my Aunt.
What'd I Think?: Unmemorable, but amusing old school antics.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
When: May 7th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Borrowed DVD from my Aunt.
What'd I Think?: A mediocre, but still watchable film.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Borrowed DVD from my Aunt.
What'd I Think?: A mediocre, but still watchable film.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Second Glance (1992)
When: May 8th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Borrowed DVD from my Aunt.
What'd I Think?: Decent premise, but it's too rushed.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Borrowed DVD from my Aunt.
What'd I Think?: Decent premise, but it's too rushed.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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I Am Sam (2002)
When: May 8th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Borrowed DVD from my Aunt.
What'd I Think?: A manipulative and disjointed piece of treacle.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Borrowed DVD from my Aunt.
What'd I Think?: A manipulative and disjointed piece of treacle.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Bringing Up Baby (1938)
When: May 8th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Borrowed DVD from my Aunt.
What'd I Think?: Funny, charming, and unbelievably witty.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Borrowed DVD from my Aunt.
What'd I Think?: Funny, charming, and unbelievably witty.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
When: May 8th
First-Time Viewing: No.
How: DVD from my collection.
What'd I Think?: It may be one joke, but there's enough variations to keep it funny.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: No.
How: DVD from my collection.
What'd I Think?: It may be one joke, but there's enough variations to keep it funny.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 8th-9th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: A great mixture of political satire, and reinventing history.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: A great mixture of political satire, and reinventing history.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Laws of Attraction (2004)
When: May 9th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Predictable, routine, bearable rom-com.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Predictable, routine, bearable rom-com.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Brother Bear 2 (2006)
When: May 10th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Netflix Instant.
What'd I Think?: Bland, forgettable and even predictable.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Netflix Instant.
What'd I Think?: Bland, forgettable and even predictable.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Devil (2010)
When: May 10th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Netflix Instant.
What'd I Think?: Decent potential, so-so execution.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Netflix Instant.
What'd I Think?: Decent potential, so-so execution.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 10th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Netflix Instant
What'd I Think?: Perhaps too condensed, but it's a nice, funny adventure.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Netflix Instant
What'd I Think?: Perhaps too condensed, but it's a nice, funny adventure.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Heaven Is for Real (2014)
When: May 11th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: Not perfect, but earnest, well acted, and not as preachy as it could've been.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: Not perfect, but earnest, well acted, and not as preachy as it could've been.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 11th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: An above average and intelligent thriller.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: An above average and intelligent thriller.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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First Daughter (2004)
When: May 11th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Bland, forgettable, cringe-inducingly bad.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Bland, forgettable, cringe-inducingly bad.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Cellular (2004)
When: May 12th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think? Flirts with implausibility, but still intense and entertaining.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think? Flirts with implausibility, but still intense and entertaining.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 12th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: More intentionally dumb than the first one, but it's still stupid.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: More intentionally dumb than the first one, but it's still stupid.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Identity Thief (2013)
When: May 13th-14th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Occasionally funny, but disjointed.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Occasionally funny, but disjointed.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Draft Day (2014)
When: May 14th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: Interesting, intriguing behind the scenes dialogue piece.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: Interesting, intriguing behind the scenes dialogue piece.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 14th-15th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: VHS from my collection.
What'd I Think?: A bit long winded, but still exciting and thrilling.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: VHS from my collection.
What'd I Think?: A bit long winded, but still exciting and thrilling.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Nebraska (2013)
When: May 15th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from Netflix.
What'd I Think?: A powerful, melancholy dramedy, that is both well acted and directed, though it's not completely focused.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from Netflix.
What'd I Think?: A powerful, melancholy dramedy, that is both well acted and directed, though it's not completely focused.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Made of Honor (2008)
When: May 15th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Yet another predictable rom-com.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Yet another predictable rom-com.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Along Came Polly (2004)
When: May 16th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Unfunny, charm-free, and even worrying gross out rom-com.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Unfunny, charm-free, and even worrying gross out rom-com.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 16th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from Netflix.
What'd I Think?: A bit too sentimental, but still a nice, sweet little film.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from Netflix.
What'd I Think?: A bit too sentimental, but still a nice, sweet little film.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 17th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Borrowed DVD from my Aunt.
What'd I Think?: Bland, uninspired slapstick comedy.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: Borrowed DVD from my Aunt.
What'd I Think?: Bland, uninspired slapstick comedy.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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The Great Train Robbery (1903)
When: May 17th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: On YouTube.
What'd I Think?: Dated, but essential cinematic viewing.
Other Notes: This has been a long time coming. Somehow I never got around to it until now.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: On YouTube.
What'd I Think?: Dated, but essential cinematic viewing.
Other Notes: This has been a long time coming. Somehow I never got around to it until now.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 17th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: On YouTube.
What'd I Think?: Ambitious, imaginative, and impressive for the time.
Other Notes: This has been long overdo as well, especially considering how much I love "Hugo."
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: On YouTube.
What'd I Think?: Ambitious, imaginative, and impressive for the time.
Other Notes: This has been long overdo as well, especially considering how much I love "Hugo."
garfield2710's rating:
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Red Riding Hood (2011)
When: May 19th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Ridiculous, melodramatic Twilight clone.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Ridiculous, melodramatic Twilight clone.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Divergent (2014)
When: May 21st
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: Sometimes compositionally misguided, but still exciting, fun and adventurous.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: Sometimes compositionally misguided, but still exciting, fun and adventurous.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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My Cousin Vinny (1992)
When: May 21st
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: A very funny, and well written courtroom antic film.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: A very funny, and well written courtroom antic film.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 21st-22nd
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: A well-made chilling thriller.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: A well-made chilling thriller.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 22nd
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Another unfunny addition to the stoner comedy genre.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Another unfunny addition to the stoner comedy genre.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Evil Dead (2013)
When: May 22nd
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Overly and needlessly gory; not scary.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Overly and needlessly gory; not scary.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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The World's End (2013)
When: May 23rd
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Slow, not very funny, and filled with unlikable characters.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Slow, not very funny, and filled with unlikable characters.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Friday Night Lights (2004)
When: May 25th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Clichรฉ, but somewhat inspiring sports drama.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Clichรฉ, but somewhat inspiring sports drama.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Paranormal Activity (2009)
When: May 25th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Though slow to start, it does produce some good genuine frights.
Other Notes: This is my 1600th film I've seen.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Though slow to start, it does produce some good genuine frights.
Other Notes: This is my 1600th film I've seen.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 26th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: A contrived, witless, unfunny "comedy."
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: A contrived, witless, unfunny "comedy."
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Sherlock Holmes (2009)
When: May 26th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Cluttered, but entertaining romp.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Cluttered, but entertaining romp.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 27th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: A twisty, morally complex legal drama.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: A twisty, morally complex legal drama.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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A Farewell to Arms (1932)
When: May 27th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: VHS from my collection.
What'd I Think?: Kind of sweet, but melodramatic and dated.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: VHS from my collection.
What'd I Think?: Kind of sweet, but melodramatic and dated.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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When: May 28th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Complicated, dazzling, smart, gritty cop drama.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: DVD from the library.
What'd I Think?: Complicated, dazzling, smart, gritty cop drama.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
When: May 29th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: Exciting, poignant, & epic.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: In theaters.
What'd I Think?: Exciting, poignant, & epic.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Attack of the Clones (2002)
When: May 29th
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: HDD Recording from Spike TV.
What'd I Think?: Slow beginning, but somewhat engaging, and exciting final act.
Other Notes: NA.
First-Time Viewing: Yes.
How: HDD Recording from Spike TV.
What'd I Think?: Slow beginning, but somewhat engaging, and exciting final act.
Other Notes: NA.
garfield2710's rating:
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Best Film: X-Men: Days of Future Past
Biggest Surprise: Cellular
I'm shocked it didn't suck: 2 Guns
I'm shocked this wasn't better: The World's End
Most Underrated: The Other Guys
Most Overrated: I Am Sam
Worst Film: The Big Wedding
Biggest Surprise: Cellular
I'm shocked it didn't suck: 2 Guns
I'm shocked this wasn't better: The World's End
Most Underrated: The Other Guys
Most Overrated: I Am Sam
Worst Film: The Big Wedding
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