tháng 3 2011 ~ The Larsen Film Review

Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)

The 501 Must See movies book has been goal of mine for some time. The book is divided into 10 genres with 50 films each [plus 1] and the musical genre is the one I have seen the least in. Couple that with having seen very few of the musical/comedy golden globe winners I have...

What a fiasco... finding this film was nearly impossible, and with numerous versions it was quite confusing. This serial film was redone several times, the original being in 1914 with remakes in 1933, 1947, and 1967. The 1933 version was released in 12 episodes, the 1947 version...

This film actually finished a list for me, and it has been a while since I've finished a list. Just a film forum's top 100, but still. This film is also in the 1001 movies book, and one I was slightly interested in. Directed by François Truffaut, who also did The 400 Blows,...

Now I just watched the original TRON just a couple years ago. I have to say that I didn't like it. I even gave it a 5/10 and remember dozing off a couple times during the "action" sequences. I really didn't even realize that Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner ("Tron") were brought...

This was the biggest animated film of the year to not get any recognition from the Oscars or Globes. I actually got it confused for a while with Despicable Me, because it stars the villain. The background story was more entertaining for me on this one, but the overall film was...

As I wrap up this Top 100 list from this random movie forum it has been very painful. Last Year and Marienbad and Solaris were the last two, and this one and Marienbad are only on this list. Not a lot of incentive to watch this one, since it is also a two and a half Hungarian...

Yay, I have my new worst film of the year. Winning in a landslide is an artsy film with NO plot whatsoever. The type that I loath because it does not go anywhere or mean anything, nothing memorable to boot. The film starts in the middle of scene in a chateau, e.g. French castle....

Nominated for three Golden Globes and no Oscars, this Action/Heist/Comedy/Adventure film was actually pretty fun. Maybe this was rumor, but I think that Angelina Jolie mentioned in an interview when asked what male actors she would like to work with but have not had the opportunity...

This film was picked by the AFI as one of their top 10 films of the year, which means it must have been a really bad year for American Cinema. That, and I have much different taste than this board. The film stars Anthony Hopkins as an African American with skin so fair he has...

I'm not quite sure what I expected from this film, but it wasn't what I wanted or expected. The title, theme, and cast, even the opening scene in the classroom lead me to believe this was going to be a different version of Dead Poets Society. I was wrong, this film is all about...

I feel a little bad always giving Katherine Heigl film bad ratings. Honestly she isn't that bad, I just feel like she doesn't try very hard. Maybe because she can't do better and the director doesn't push her, I'm really not sure. The problem with this movie is actually not...

When there were five best picture nominees everyone talked about who was left off, the "6th man." Now with 10 nominees you have to look a little deeper to find the 11th man, and there is a group that believes that this film would or should have been on that list. Directed by...

I have slowly been expanding the years of Oscar winners that I watch. This year I've pushed it back to 2000 which adds about 8 movies to my list of films to watch. This was the documentary winner in 2001 and definitely a motivation to look back further and further at documentary...

It is hard to have any sort of idea what this film is about from the movie poster. I was expecting some sort of Joan of Arc girl in a boring overall film, which is probably why it took me a while to get around to this one. The film starts in Columbia and ends up in America,...

A box office flop that only grossed $62 million for a film that cost $150 million to make. The only motivation I had for watching this was its Oscar win for best Makeup. Good makeup of course has nothing to do with the quality of the plot or acting, and with an imdb average...

I pretty much consider this this Soviet Union version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Watched as part of several lists, most predominantly to finish off a forum groups top 100, but also on the 1001 Movies Book list. The film is directed by Andrey Tarkovskiy, famous Soviet director...

So first of all I did not watch this in 3d, and the scenes that pandered to the 3D audience really weren't all that cool. It is pretty amazing that these guys are STILL doing this. Maybe I shouldn't admit that I've seen all the CKY videos and Jackass tv episodes, but if there...

I've had a lot of luck finding American cinema at the library, but British cinema is another story. It hasn't been widely purchased in my system, which is understandable. So when I found the opportunity to check this one out I jumped at it. Much like "The Loneliness of the Long...

When this was slated as the next Disney movie in 2009 I was lead to believe that the title was chosen to try and bring in a larger young male demographic. Rather than just titling it "Rapunzel," they chose Tangled with the idea of focusing on the leading guy "Flynn." Whether...

Another example of a "Modern IMDB Top 250" film that was worth checking out. Missing all awards considerations and overlooked internationally this was actually a really good World War II film. The entire film takes place in Nazi occupied Netherlands. The central character,...

One of the last two movies for me to finish the AFI's Annual Top Ten lists from 2000-2010. This one was nominated for an Oscar (which the AFI seems to be in line with a lot), for Michael Caine's performance in a leading role. It is no surprise to me that he lost to Adrien Brody...

I happened upon this film by chance when looking for stuff about running at the library. Having just wanted Running Brave, I was looking for another good running movie. Sadly this movie had little to do with running, and more to do with not conforming to society. I'm very glad...

It seems that the Oscar committee has to remind us that the Animated Feature category is not the Kids Movie category. Most years they pick an alternative animated film that was not warmly accepted by American families [even if there might have been a different film worthy]. This...

This is a first for me. I watched this movie back in early November and forgot to blog about it. After spotting it on imdb and seeing that I had not voted for it, I couldn't find it in my blog and traced it back in my log files for when I watched it. Hopefully this doesn't happen...

The 4th of the 5 Oscar documentary nominees for me. I'm very far behind on my blogging because I actually watched this a couple nights before the Oscars aired. Documentaries can be just as much about the director as they are about the subject matter, and Charles Ferguson's professionalism...

I overlooked this film for a long time. Maybe because I only knew it was a Joaquin Phoenix movie, and through it was about some night club. It is actually a Crime Drama about the Russian mafia in New York with Eva Mendes, Mark Wahlberg, and Robert Duvall making a pretty strong...

This was actually a really cool martial arts film. Part of the imdb Modern 250 that I created last year, and one that I found at the library but actually watched over Netflix instant watch. The film is a biography of "Yip Man," definitely with fictional elements added for dramatic...

I actually remember seeing a trailer at the movie theater for this film when I went to see There Will Be Blood at The Magnolia. I remember thinking... that looks awful, I hope no one puts it in there Top 10. So thanks a lot Roger Ebert, he put this in his Top 20.. so I don't...

As my appreciation for artist film grows, my like of director Terrence Malick increases as well. Having watched Days of Heaven recently, I was looking forward to another one of his films. This film starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek is about a young man and his teenage girlfriend...

One of the films on my new movie list "101 Action Movies to See Before you Die," this might be an example of this book not necessarily being the best action movies. Instead it might be more of a collection of different types of action movies, and this bank heist film has big...

With over 450 posts now I think it is about time to add a search engine, check it out on the right panel! P.S. - Don't forget you can search by "Labels" on the bottom of posts, and "Worth Watching" on the right pan...

December 28th, 2010 the Library of Congress announced their 25 selections to the National Film Registry [here]. Cry of Jazz, Electronics Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB, I Am Joaquin, Newark Athlete, Our Lady of the Sphere, Preservation of the Sign Language, Tarantella, and A Trip Down...

Let me start by saying this has been one of the most difficult movies for me to rate in a long while. Repulsive, shocking, lewd, and downright outrageous can be hard to judge. So let me tell you a little about the film because the mystery of what it is about is the redeeming...

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