1997

Alien: Resurrection

Naked ViewerNovember 24, 2015

RELEASED 1997 RUNTIME 109 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET SCREENPLAY JOSS WHEDON STARRING SIGOURNEY WEAVER, WINONA RYDER, RON PERLMAN, DAN HED... Read More...

1997ActionFilmFranchiseHorrorSci-Fy

Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

Naked ViewerJune 24, 2015

RELEASED 1997 RUNTIME 86 MIN LANGUAGE GERMAN DIRECTION THOMAS JAHN SCREENPLAY THOMAS JAHN, TIL SCHWEIGER STARRING TIL SCHWEIGER, JAN JOSEF LIEFERS, MORITZ BLEIB... Read More...

1997ComedyCrimeFilmForeign

Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫)

Naked ViewerMarch 23, 2015

RELEASED 1997 RUNTIME 133 MIN LANGUAGE JAPANESE DIRECTION HAYAO MIYAZAKI SCREENPLAY HAYAO MIYAZAKI STARRING YOJI MATSUDA, YURIKO ISHIDA, YUKO TANAKA, KAORU KOBA... Read More...

1997ActionAdventureAnimationFantasyFilmForeign

Gattaca

Naked ViewerFebruary 25, 2015

RELEASED 1997 RUNTIME 106 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION ANDREW NICCOL SCREENPLAY ANDREW NICCOL STARRING ETHAN HAWKE, UMA THURMAN, JUDE LAW, LOREN DEAN, GORE VI... Read More...

1997DramaFilmSci-FyThriller

Boogie Nights

Naked ViewerDecember 18, 2014

RELEASED 1997 RUNTIME 155 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON SCREENPLAY PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON STARRING MARK WAHLBERG, JULIANNE MOORE, BURT REYNO... Read More...

1997ComedyDramaFilm

Contact

Naked ViewerNovember 22, 2014

RELEASED 1997 RUNTIME 149 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION ROBERT ZEMECKIS SCREENPLAY JAMES V. HART, MICHAEL GOLDENBERG STARRING JODIE FOSTER, MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY... Read More...

1997DramaMysterySci-Fy

Jackie Brown

Naked ViewerOctober 19, 2014

RELEASED 1997 RUNTIME 154 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION QUENTIN TARANTINO SCREENPLAY QUENTIN TARANTINO STARRING PAM GRIER, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, ROBERT FORSTER, B... Read More...

1997CrimeFilmThriller

Cop Land

Naked ViewerOctober 19, 2014

RELEASED 1997 RUNTIME 104 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION JAMES MANGOLD SCREENPLAY JAMES MANGOLD STARRING SYLVESTER STALLONE, HARVEY KEITEL, RAY LIOTTA, ROBERT D... Read More...

1997CrimeDramaFilmThriller

The Fifth Element

Naked ViewerOctober 14, 2014

RELEASED 1997 RUNTIME 126 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION LUC BESSON SCREENPLAY LUC BESSON, ROBERT MARK KAMEN STARRING BRUCE WILLIS, GARY OLDMAN, MILLA JOVOVICH,... Read More...

1997ActionAdventureComedyFilmSci-Fy

Starship Troopers

Naked ViewerMay 2, 2014

RELEASED 1997 RUNTIME 129 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION PAUL VERHOEVEN SCREENPLAY EDWARD NEUMEIER STARRING CASPER VAN DIEN, DINA MEYER, DENISE RICHARDS, JAKE B... Read More...

1997ActionFilmSci-FyWar

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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