fabfunk

fabfunk
Movie Buff
# Film Ratings: 414
Member Since: 28 Mar 2006

Recent Ratings

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) - Rated 04 Jul 2009
Michael Bay is a terrible human being who hates you.
42 32%
Into the Wild (2007) - Rated 22 Sep 2007
Fairly disappointing hagiography of a contradiction of a young man, the brave, brash, and unprepared Chris McCandless. Beautiful nature photography obscures the fact that this turned the book's wily, unpredictable protagonist into some profound hippie bastard.
64 60%
Wild Zero (2000) - Rated 22 Sep 2007
Surprisingly fun and acerbic zombie rock comedy, with lots of great music and a mind-melting set of plot twists. The DVD drinking game bumps this up to 100.
81 75%
Eastern Promises (2007) - Rated 22 Sep 2007
Unerrving crime saga with a beguiling structure that reveals more upon a second glance.
97 95%
Playtime (1967) - Rated 13 Aug 2007
Wonderfully elegant, timeless dadaist comedy, with impeccable mis-en-scene, detailing the futile comedy of regular life. Let it wash over you.
3%
Little Man (2006) - Rated 13 Aug 2007
Leagues better than "White Chicks". Otherwise, a litmus test.
90 88%
Fata Morgana (1971) - Rated 13 Aug 2007
Gorgeous hagiagraphy of a time that doesn't exist. Herzog the humanist.
98 96%
A Scanner Darkly (2006) - Rated 13 Aug 2007
As sad and affecting as science fiction gets, Linklater has finally moved forward as a filmmaker, using state of the art technology and marrying it to his classicist trust in improv actors. A treastie on drug addiction but also effectively denouncing the dehumanizing involved in the current war on terror, its also a bouncy, often hilarious tale of a man torn apart by outlandish bueracracy and a social pecking order.
50 41%
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Rated 13 Aug 2007
Typically ho-hum summer blockbuster, not dumb enough to dislike, and not complex or thematically rewarding enough to really enjoy. You'll remember each of the action setpieces- you won't remember, however, how they end and connect to the next dialogue scene. Spectacular special effects.
90 88%
Superman Returns (2006) - Rated 13 Aug 2007
As affecting and thematically resonant as any superhero film has been. Granted, there are minor transgressions- his flightus interruptus to Krypton remains clouded in pointless mystery, left as more of a plot contrivance than actual significant story point. Still, Bryan Singer makes up for it with the first ever auteur superhero film, where loneliness and isolation take precedence over whiz-bang special effects. And finally, the previously-unrealized potential of the Supes-Lex dichotomy makes