3 Great Movies

Watched 3 movies this weekend. 1 at cinema and 2 on DVD. All 3 are great movies so I plan to share my thought here. Btw as predicted market is going south (with or without the Egypt problem). Commodity had a great rally thought (slv!!!)

1. The Way Back.

The way back is a great movie. IMO it excel in 3 areas: directing, acting and story. I think this is Peter Weir best work ever and he done a fantastic job of turning The Way Back into one of the must-watch movie.

Acting is also superb. Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Saoirse Ronan and rest of the cast are all amazing. It is their acting that make this fictional story believable.

Story is also another superb element of the film. The main storyline is good but the real clever part of the story is the interaction between characters.

However, they are some "not-so-good" part in the film. The opening part is boring and too long. There are some unnecessary characters and the ending is pretty stupid. (spoiler alert! go back to Poland after 1989? lol)

Great movie, 8.5/10.

2. Buried.

I didn't go to watch this at cinema and it was a bad decision. The movie is great in its genre. The real clever part of this movie is the originality of it. 1 actor, 1 location, 1 simple story. That's it.

Ryan Reynolds I think did a good job. Although he is overreacted in some parts, overall his acting is believable. Director Rodrigo Cortes manage to turn this into something exciting and suspenseful.

For me the best part is the ending. Although many critics and viewers criticize the ending, I think it is great. Spoiler alert! When the guy said sorry they found Mark White instead of Paul Conroy, it is a dagger to the heart and will leave a much longer memory on the viewers than simply a successful rescue.

There are some flaws with this film like the snake part is really stupid and the joke about voice mail is dump as hell. Still a great movie. 8/10

3. 127 Hours.

Unfortunately in Malaysia, this movie still hasn't screened yet. This is a fantastic film based on a true events. Most elements of this film are superbly done. James Franco is amazing. He deserves the oscar this year. His portray of Aron Ralston is both funny and merciful. Unbeatable performance.

Director Danny Doyle is great and manage to keep the 90+ minutes movie entertaining with only 1 actor.

The beginning of the film is probably the weak part of this film and the inclusive of that 2 females is bad and boring.

The film should get 8 or 8.5 but because of Franco I will give it 9/10. One of the best movie of the decade for sure.

Next movie for me (at cinema) is probably sucker punch (kick ass trailer!!!).