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Let's Be MovieCritics! (me - Ping Pong Summer: B, Into The Storm: B-)

Posted by: islander (a.k.a del_USA_islander) on Aug 18, 07:45

Ping Pong Summer: A near perfect capturing of a very specific time in 1980's America. If, like me, you came of age around the summer of 1985 (when the film is set), this should transport you back better than any recent 80's nostalgia film I can think of. The specific details are wonderful. Yet I didnt love the movie, a bit lacking in plot and characters

Into The Storm: C- level plot, fx. But Im a sucker for band of survivors-who will live and die type films (think Poseidon Adventure). It comes down to whether you get invested in the characters, which despite the mostly no-name cast, I did.

Let's Be MovieCritics! (me - Ping Pong Summer: B, Into The Storm: B-) islander Aug 18, 07:45

Boyhood (A), Into the Storm (D-) {nm} ryeontherocks Aug 18, 07:58

Better Living Through Chemistry, C; First season of Continuum, C+; First disc of True Detective, A {nm} edzep - Port Monkey! Aug 18, 08:01

Under the Skin (A), Blue Ruin (A-), Misfits season1 (B+), Constantine (C+) {nm} Houndowl Aug 18, 08:12

Filth (2013) A , The Final Member (2012) B+ , and Locke (2013) B {nm} joeoftexas Aug 18, 08:16

Expendables D (bad movies like this make me wanna start up my fake reviews again) {nm} ceregon Aug 18, 08:28

Fake reviews? {nm} numbersix_99 Aug 18, 08:29

Reviews "in a voice," i.e. Rooster Cogburn reviews MWTDW. Yes, resume! {nm} second gary Aug 18, 08:44

Guess I have been away for a long time. Like Jesus would review The Da Vinci Code. {nm} ceregon Aug 18, 08:48

would like to see those again as well! {nm} tealfan Aug 18, 08:52

hear, hear - those were hilarious. CSBD Aug 18, 09:00

Yes! {nm} lesana Aug 18, 12:20

Jodorowsky's Dune (B+, only because it was too short!), The Rover (C) {nm} numbersix_99 Aug 18, 08:28

Jodorowsky's Dune (A-), Chef (B), Cabaret (B), Moonrise Kingdom (rpt viewing, A-). Caddyshack, couldn't finish it, just too bored. {nm} second gary Aug 18, 08:45

nothing because it's August and there isn't crap worth seeing {nm} charlie Aug 18, 09:07

Does the sun not shine where you live or something? You're always down or negative on pretty much everything. I'm genuinely curious, and not BSmurf Aug 18, 09:40

Seemed fairly Positive on the LA Kings Winning the 2014 Stanley Cup. Knows it is all Downhill from here. {nm} RotoHockeyYTD2014 Aug 18, 10:43

i can guarantee you i would never give Caddyshack an incomplete for being "too boring" {nm} charlie Aug 18, 13:08

Don't sell yourself short Judge, you're a tremendous slouch. {nm} Moviesnob Aug 18, 13:43

Lucy (A-). The Hundred-Foot Journey (A+). {nm} RotoHockeyYTD2014 Aug 18, 10:40

Tees Mar Khan (B, different but fun to watch), Olympus Has Fallen (B-), Girl on a Bicycle (B), Winters Tale (C) {nm} JDolphin Aug 18, 10:41

Good Deeds (C)...Monte Carlo (C)...both pleasant enough and accomplished what they were supposed to accomplish {nm} tealfan Aug 18, 12:08

300: Rise Of The Empire (C), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (A) {nm} tallbridge Aug 18, 13:53





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