James Horner

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Southpaw

Naked ViewerJanuary 31, 2016

RELEASED 2015 RUNTIME 123 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION ANTOINE FUQUA SCREENPLAY KURT SUTTER STARRING JAKE GYLLENHAAL, FOREST WHITAKER, RACHEL McADAMS, NAOMIE ... Read More...

2015DramaFilmSports

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...

1986ActionFilmFranchiseHorrorSci-FyThriller

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock

Naked ViewerDecember 13, 2014

RELEASED 1984 RUNTIME 105 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION LEONARD NIMOY SCREENPLAY HARVE BENNETT STARRING WILLIAM SHATNER, LEONARD NIMOY, DeFOREST KELLEY, JAMES ... Read More...

1984AdventureFilmFranchiseSci-Fy

Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan

Naked ViewerDecember 12, 2014

RELEASED 1982 RUNTIME 112 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION NICHOLAS MEYER SCREENPLAY JACK B. SOWARDS, NICHOLAS MEYER STARRING WILLIAM SHATNER, RICARDO MONTALBAN, ... Read More...

1982AdventureDramaFilmFranchiseSci-Fy

Red Heat

Naked ViewerSeptember 19, 2014

RELEASED 1988 RUNTIME 103 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION WALTER HILL SCREENPLAY WALTER HILL STARRING ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, JAMES BELUSHI, PETER BOYLE, ED O'ROS... Read More...

1988ActionFilmThriller

Commando

Naked ViewerSeptember 3, 2014

RELEASED 1985 RUNTIME 90 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION MARK L. LESTER SCREENPLAY STEVEN E. DE SOUZA STARRING ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, RAE DAWN CHONG, VERNON WELL... Read More...

1985ActionFilm

Apollo 13

Naked ViewerMay 1, 2014

RELEASED 1995 RUNTIME 140 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION RON HOWARD SCREENPLAY WILLIAM BROILS JR. STARRING TOM HANKS, KEVIN BACON, BILL PAXTON, GARY SINISE, ED ... Read More...

1995AdventureBio-picDramaFilmPeriodThriller

The Amazing Spider-Man

Naked ViewerApril 17, 2014

RELEASED 2012 RUNTIME 136 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION MARC WEBB SCREENPLAY JAMES VANDERBILT, ALVIN SARGENT, STEVE KLOVES STARRING ANDREW GARFIELD, EMMA STON... Read More...

2012ActionFilmFranchiseSuperhero

Braveheart

Naked ViewerJanuary 12, 2014

RELEASED 1995 RUNTIME 178 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION MEL GIBSON SCREENPLAY RANDALL WALLACE STARRING MEL GIBSON, PATRICK McGOOHAN, SOPHIE MARCEAU, ANGUS MacF... Read More...

1995Bio-picDramaFilmHistorical EpicPeriod

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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