Christmas & Holliday

Edward Scissorhands

Naked ViewerJanuary 4, 2015

RELEASED 1990 RUNTIME 105 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION TIM BURTON SCREENPLAY CAROLINE THOMPSON STARRING JOHNNY DEPP, WINONA RYDER, DIANNE WIEST, ANTHONY MICHA... Read More...

1990Christmas & HollidayDramaFantasyFilmRomance

Bad Santa

Naked ViewerDecember 16, 2014

RELEASED 2003 RUNTIME 95 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION TERRY ZWIGOFF SCREENPLAY GLENN FICARRA, JOHN REQUA STARRING BILLY BOB THORNTON, TONY COX, LAUREN GRAHAM,... Read More...

2003Christmas & HollidayComedyFilm

Gremlins

Naked ViewerDecember 7, 2014

RELEASED 1984 RUNTIME 106 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION JOE DANTE SCREENPLAY CHRIS COLUMBUS STARRING ZACH GALLIGAN, PHOEBE CATES, HOYT AXTON, POLLY HOLLIDAY, F... Read More...

1984Christmas & HollidayComedyFilmHorror

Nightmare Before Christmas

Naked ViewerNovember 3, 2014

RELEASED 1993 RUNTIME 76 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION HENRY SELICK SCREENPLAY CAROLINE THOMPSON STARRING CHRIS SARANDON, DANNY ELFMAN, CATHERINE O'HARA, WILLI... Read More...

1993AnimationChristmas & HollidayFamilyFantasyFilm

Babe

Naked ViewerJune 27, 2014

RELEASED 1995 RUNTIME 91 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION CHRIS NOONAN SCREENPLAY GEORGE MILLER, CHRIS NOONAN STARRING JAMES CROMWELL, MAGDA SZUBANSKI, CHRISTINE ... Read More...

1995Christmas & HollidayFamilyFilm

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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