The formula for a successful series of movies is pretty simple: the first movie is unique and captures the audience while introducing the characters; the second movie tries to recapture the magic of the first movie but amp up the stakes and let you explore the world the character inhabits; and a successful third movie should take what you know about your characters and take it in a new direction.…
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The formula for a successful series of movies is pretty simple: the first movie is unique and captures the audience while introducing the characters; the second movie tries to recapture the magic of the first movie but amp up the stakes and let you explore the world the character inhabits; and a successful third movie should take what you know about your characters and take it in a new direction.…
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Not a bad movie but very predictable. It followed the plot of a Die Hard movie lacking Bruce Willis. He should have bought this script instead of his last Russian adventure. It looks like there’s a remake already coming in ‘White House Down’.…
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Very predictable. It followed the trailer right up to the ending when Halle Berry turns into Catwoman. The most unbelievable part was the police response.
Cute, dumb, popcorn comedy
Quirky and funny
Loud. Formulaic, predictable. It was as good as I expected it to be. I wanted there to be more comedy like the previous films.
Fun movie that avoids being too gross, vulgar and violent.
Funny movie that doesn’t take itself too serious
Sometimes when you go into the theater you have a pretty good idea what you are going to see. The commercials for Looper seem to give the plot away or so I thought. About half way through the movie everything changed and it kept me guessing.…
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I ended up seeing Dredd not out of a specific desire to see the movie but it was the only movie playing in theaters that held any interest for me at all. I figured I was in trouble when I saw that the theater was completely empty on a Friday night.…
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Pretty good movie. It was a good example of non-linear story telling, interesting editing, and a good use of graphics to make sure you knew where and when you were in the story. The entire story except for on flashback takes place over the span of about 4 hours.…
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You know there’s something wrong with a movie if during the climatic action scene in the movie you are busy thinking about the bad science in this fiction movie. The movie was the 2012 remake of Total Recall. The original movie was full of its own bad science about life on Mars.…
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