1980's

Das Boot (Director’s Cut)

Naked ViewerSeptember 12, 2016

RELEASED 1981 RUNTIME 208 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION WOLFGANG PETERSEN SCREENPLAY WOLFGANG PETERSEN STARRING JÜRGEN PROCHNOW, HERBERT GRÖNEMEYER, KLAUS WENN... Read More...

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Ran (乱)

Naked ViewerSeptember 7, 2016

RELEASED 1985 RUNTIME 162 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION AKIRA KUROSAWA SCREENPLAY AKIRA KUROSAWA, HIDEO OGUNI, MASATO IDE STARRING TATSUYA NAKADAI, AKIRA TERAO... Read More...

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Superman III

Naked ViewerMarch 16, 2016

RELEASED 1983 RUNTIME 125 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION RICHARD LESTER SCREENPLAY DAVID NEWMAN, LESLIE NEWMAN STARRING CHRISTOPHER REEVE, RICHARD PRYOR, ROBERT... Read More...

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Superman II (Richard Donner Cut)

Naked ViewerMarch 8, 2016

RELEASED 1980/2006 RUNTIME 116 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION RICHARD DONNER, RICHARD LESTER SCREENPLAY MARIO PUZO, DAVID NEWMAN, LESLIE NEWMAN, ROBERT BENTON, ... Read More...

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Batman

Naked ViewerMarch 4, 2016

RELEASED 1989 RUNTIME 126 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION TIM BURTON SCREENPLAY SAM HAMM, WARREN SKAAREN STARRING MICHAEL KEATON, JACK NICHOLSON, KIM BASINGER, R... Read More...

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Rambo III

Naked ViewerFebruary 19, 2016

RELEASED 1988 RUNTIME 101 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION PETER MacDONALD SCREENPLAY SHELDON LETTICH, SYLVESTER STALLONE STARRING SYLVESTER STALLONE, RICHARD CRE... Read More...

1988ActionFilmFranchiseWar

Ghostbusters II

Naked ViewerJanuary 15, 2016

RELEASED 1989 RUNTIME 108 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION IVAN REITMAN SCREENPLAY DAN AYKROYD, HAROLD RAMIS STARRING BILL MURRAY, DAN AYKROYD, SIGOURNEY WEAVER, ... Read More...

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Ghostbusters

Naked ViewerJanuary 15, 2016

RELEASED 1984 RUNTIME 107 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION IVAN REITMAN SCREENPLAY DAN AYKROYD, HAROLD RAMIS STARRING BILL MURRAY, DAN AYKROYD, SIGOURNEY WEAVER, ... Read More...

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Rambo: First Blood Part II

Naked ViewerJanuary 9, 2016

RELEASED 1985 RUNTIME 96 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION GEORGE P. COSMATOS SCREENPLAY SYLVESTER STALLONE, JAMES CAMERON STARRING SYLVESTER STALLONE, RICHARD CRE... Read More...

1985ActionFilmFranchiseWar

Rambo: First Blood

Naked ViewerJanuary 7, 2016

RELEASED 1982 RUNTIME 93 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION TED KOTCHEFF SCREENPLAY MICHAEL KOZOLL, WILLIAM SACKHEIM, SYLVESTER STALLONE STARRING SYLVESTER STALLONE... Read More...

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Return Of The Jedi

Naked ViewerDecember 17, 2015

RELEASED 1983 RUNTIME 131 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION RICHARD MARQUAND SCREENPLAY LAWRENCE KASDAN, GEORGE LUCAS STARRING MARK HAMILL, HARRISON FORD, CARRIE F... Read More...

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The Empire Strikes Back

Naked ViewerDecember 16, 2015

RELEASED 1980 RUNTIME 124 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION IRVIN KERSHNER SCREENPLAY LEIGH BRACKETT, LAWRENCE KASDAN STARRING MARK HAMILL, HARRISON FORD, CARRIE ... Read More...

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Over The Top

Naked ViewerDecember 10, 2015

RELEASED 1987 RUNTIME 93 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION MENAHEM GOLAN SCREENPLAY STIRLING SILLIPHANT, SYLVESTER STALLONE STARRING SYLVESTER STALLONE, ROBERT LOG... Read More...

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Aliens

Naked ViewerNovember 24, 2015

RELEASED 1986 RUNTIME 137 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION JAMES CAMERON SCREENPLAY JAMES CAMERON STARRING SIGOURNEY WEAVER, MICHAEL BIEHN, PAUL REISER, LANCE HEN... Read More...

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Friday The 13th Part 3

Naked ViewerNovember 6, 2015

RELEASED 1982 RUNTIME 95 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION STEVE MINER SCREENPLAY MARTIN KITROSSER, CAROL WATSON, PETRU POPESCU STARRING RICHARD BROOKER, DANA KIMM... Read More...

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Friday The 13th Part 2

Naked ViewerOctober 31, 2015

RELEASED 1981 RUNTIME 87 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION STEVE MINER, SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM SCREENPLAY RON KURZ STARRING AMY STEEL, JOHN FUREY, ADRIENNE KING, WARRI... Read More...

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Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade

Naked ViewerOctober 25, 2015

RELEASED 1989 RUNTIME 127 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION STEVEN SPIELBERG SCREENPLAY JEFFREY BOAM STARRING HARRISON FORD, DENHOLM ELLIOTT, ALISON DOODY, JOHN RH... Read More...

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The King Of Comedy

Naked ViewerSeptember 25, 2015

RELEASED 1982 RUNTIME 109 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION MARTIN SCORSESE SCREENPLAY PAUL D. ZIMMERMAN STARRING ROBERT DE NIRO, JERRY LEWIS, TONY RANDALL, DIAHNN... Read More...

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The categories in the box on the left inside the post do not reflect a score, but the tone of the movie.
A full bar in ACTION does not reflect that the action is amazing, but that there is a maximum amount of action.
The same way an empty bar in SUSPENSE doesn't say the suspense sucks, but rather there is no suspense at all.

AMBITION reflects how willing the moviemakers were in breaking new grounds in terms of subject matter, storytelling and/or technical breakthroughs.

CHALLENGE reflects, if the movie is easy to understand (empty bar) or requires your full amount of brain power (full bar).

When I review a movie I look at a few things. Is it an interesting story, or have I seen it done million times before? Is the script written well or does it confuse the viewer? How are the performances by the actors?

However, since my background is art and design I tend to pay a lot of attention to technical things like the cinematography and overall visual style, which includes visual effects and music (soundtracks and original scores).

Ambition is also very important to me. I can forgive a bad movie, when I see that the filmmakers went for something big - something new and groundbreaking, but maybe didn't quite reach it yet.

But the most important thing is of course. Did I enjoy the movie?

With new movies it's easy. Did I enjoy it when I watched it initially? That doesn't mean my view won't change over time.
When re-watching older movies I grew up with I'm looking, if it holds up, visual-wise and story-wise. But even though I try to keep an objective mind with each re-watch, nostalgia will always factor into my score. After all, I am a human being with a soul ;)

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