Lincoln

Hey-- where were all of the effing vampires they promised?

It's like the time I went to see "Pride & Prejudice," and discovered the zombies were a lie.





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Looper

Jo-Go Levitt played a young Bruce Willis, and as good as the makeup job actually was, I still found it rather jarring.

My initial thought was, "why don't they make their appearances meet in the middle?," which is of course ridiculous; Levitt is an actor, willing to do absolutely whatever it takes for a role, while Willis is a movie star, willing to make people do absolutely whatever it takes for him.



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The Dark Knight Rises

So lacking in fun, one almost wishes they'd brought in Adam West for this one.

Sure, I'd still be bitching--but I'd probably go back to see it a second time!




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50/50

Gets the balance between comedy and drama just right, walking that tightrope with ease.

The bad news is, this could create more hypochondriacs than Contagion.




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Inception

Fascinating idea that, once it gets started, goes full-speed-ahead with the capital-A Action, taking no more time to dare get ponderous.

It was so relentlessly loud, I had a hell of a time trying to get to sleep.