Invictus 7/10 - A more poignant and moving Cool Runnings, Invictus is what We Are Marshall should have been; a movie that made me care. Well, that might be a bit harsh, but seriously it took me three attempts to force feed myself Matthew McConaughey and the Thundering Herd's redemption. I have grown increasingly weary of movies of this type and even more weary of the immunity to criticism which is granted these films because, after all, "Dude, that really happened." Something that really happened is a bad excuse for Hollywood's lack of new ideas. But anyway, soapbox dismounted. When it comes to movies telling stories you already know, one could do much, much worse than Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon and Invictus.
Brothers 7.5/10 - A friend commented to me after seeing this movie that perhaps its true that the best role for a mediocre actor is a stoic or one of a character so wounded that only blank stares are required. Unfortunately for us, when Tobey Maguire's is not staring blankly, he is overacting; another go-to for bad actors. On the other hand, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman are so good that it makes up for any shortcomings on Maguire's part. It also helped that this is one of the most gripping and emotionally draining movies I have seen in a long time and one that I would reccomend to anyone who has ever thought that Call of Duty tells one everything they need to know about war. (I'm looking at me.)
Avatar 5/10 - Equal parts Pocahontas, Jurassic Park and Fern Gulley, Avatar seems to justify the 300 million dollars spent to make it, but not quite the 9 dollars spent to see it. However, it did take place in the future and involve aliens, so my guilty pleasure centers wont allow me to give it less than a 5 on principle alone. What is unacceptable though is this film's suggestion of an America which would wipe out an entire race of natives or disregard the culture and lives of an entire people with purely selfish motives. James Cameron should be ashamed of himself for suggesting that a country as benevolent as ours would ever destroy another people's holy sites or force them to leave the land of their fathers simply for our convenience. Yet another example of liberal propaganda coming from those out of touch with real America.
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