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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
WHAT I LIKED: 'The Matrix' is mostly a success because of its beautifully innovative thematic story, but it also works because all of that is delivered with an edge and creativity to engage a whole range of audiences. Yes with the Wachowskis' wond... Read the full review »
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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
WHAT I LIKED: Brian De Palma's 'Mission: Impossible,' is a film that sees a Hollywood franchise formula born, and its approach is one that has largely been followed closely throughout the subsequent series simply because it all generally works ver... Read the full review »
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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
WHAT I LIKED: The second Mission: Impossible movie sees John Woo take the wheel from Brian De Palma, and on the one hand that means we get a very different visual style and some cheesy attempts at character development. Really though, it's still a... Read the full review »
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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
WHAT I LIKED: Brad Bird's 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol,' is regarded by many as the film where this franchise entered its prime, and whilst I think JJ Abrams' third installment is still a far superior picture, it's hard to disagree that M... Read the full review »
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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
WHAT I LIKED: Like all James Gunn films, 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' may be pretty irreverent on the surface, but its heart comes from being about a bunch of small, forgotten, downtrodden misfits coming together to do something honourable and save... Read the full review »
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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
WHAT I LIKED: The reason the first 'Star Wars,' was so successful, and the reason it remains such a compelling film to this day, is that it's such a fabulous melting pot of classic cinematic ideas.
On the one hand, the world-building - the thing... Read the full review »
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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
WHAT I LIKED: This series just seems to get more thoughtful and thematic as it progresses, and in a way, ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2’ is the perfect accumulation of all of that as it’s much slower and gives real time to exploring... Read the full review »
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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
WHAT I LIKED: Zack Snyder's 'Batman v Superman,' is basically a film of two halves, and the first is unquestionably an interesting and often successful thematic exploration of man's reaction to a God on earth.
In the aftermath of 'Man of Steel,'... Read the full review »
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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
WHAT I LIKED: '10 Things I Hate About You' is actually a lot of fun because it doesn't take itself too seriously and it almost goes so far down the comedy route that it feels more like a satire of itself. Yes whilst some of the characters and stor... Read the full review »
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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
WHAT I LIKED: Without a shadow of a doubt the thing that this film does best is to establish a brand new set of brilliantly quirky characters in a way that makes it feel like you know and understand them already, and that's really no mean feat des... Read the full review »
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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
WHAT I LIKED: You may be expecting a run-ofHthe-mill action movie, and what you get with 'Jack Reacher,' is certainly an element of that, but mostly it's a reasonably sophisticated crime-film. Mostly it's about intricate, twisty plotting and slow,... Read the full review »
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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
WHAT I LIKED: Like many of his subsequent projects, the entirety of Danny Boyle's 'Shallow Grave' drives for the darkest possible humour in satirically exploring the consequences of reckless actions, and what's always surprising is that the humour... Read the full review »
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Barneyonmovies rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
WHAT I LIKED: Richard Curtis catches a lot of flak for being a director who makes films shot like commercials almost exclusively about middle-class white folks. That's hardly untrue, and it certainly doesn't make his work edgy or cool, but it equa... Read the full review »
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