Hollywood Movie Review Series:

*Movies are in no particular order. Please use Crtl F on your keyboard to find a particular movie. Movies that got a wide release in the year after their first screening are listed in the next year. For example, 300 (2006) is listed in 2007 because it only got a wide release in 2007.

*Don't worry about spoilers. You can read the review of any movie without being afraid of spoilers and enjoy the movie if you watch it. I intentionally made sure not to ruin a movie by revealing a hidden plot or hidden climax scene. I simply pass or fail each scene and comment on them.

Rush Hour 3, 2007: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Jeff Nathanson

Director: Brett Ratner

Dialogue: Pass

"I have a thyroid condition." "What's that mean thyroid?" Good line, excellent delivery.

Plot: Chinese mafia wants to kill a politician.

Story: Family, Relationships, Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Excellent traffic intro.

Good chase scene.

Fat one? You can't call her fat in this politically correct world. That's emotional abuse in the mind of politically correct liberal snowflakes.

Good hospital scenes throughout.

Good dojo scene.

Excellent nun interrogation scene.

Good airport scene.

Beating them with yellow pages. Jokes.

Fail of casino scene.

Excellent fight scene throughout.

Good car escape scene.

Good costume designer scene.

Good performance scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

$140 million production budget. Wow. But it’s Jackie Chan, so…

National Treasure: Book of Secrets, 2007: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to discredit a historical figure.

Story: Family, Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Excellent intro.

Good lecture scene.

Good bookstore scene.

Borders. They filed for bankruptcy in 2011. Barnes and Noble got acquired in 2019.

Good alarm break in scene.

Weak plot, but it works in this movie.

Fail of FBI scenes.

Good father/son scenes.

Music content helped pass this movie.

Good man/woman palace scenes throughout.

Good chase scene.

Excellent father/mother scenes throughout. Excellent banter.

Good White House infiltration scene.

Good president/man scenes throughout.

Good library scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Ghost Rider, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Mark Steven Johnson

Director: Mark Steven Johnson

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: The devil wants to take a person's soul.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters. Complete garbage.

Acting: Fail

Fail of Nicholas Cage’s acting.

Fail of Peter Fonda's acting.

Fail of Wes Bentley's acting

Comments:

Fail of into story and scenes.

Ah, young love. Maybe in my next lifetime.

Fail of all devil scenes throughout.

Fail of devil scene special effects.

Fail of all cinematography.

Fail of all devil minion scenes. Christ this movie is terrible. Thankfully it was a Commercial Failure.

Fail of all bike scenes. Too stupid.

Is this movie for dumb White trash people? The bar shouldn't be that low.

Complete fail of transformation scene.

Decent graveyard scene.

Fail of interrogation scene.

Fail of jail scene.

Fail of rooftop scene.

Fail of practically every scene. So painful to watch.

Fail of graveyard scene.

Fail of climax fight scene.

Fail of ending.

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn’t have made $1.00. The fact that it made over $200 million proves that God does NOT exist.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Don Payne, Mark Frost

Director: Tim Story

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: An extraterrestrial wants to destroy the Earth.

Story: Character, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Just by passing over and it's all frozen. Really? How stupid.

Fail of airport/airline scene.

Jessica Alba. Always a pleasure.

Decent office scene.

Good bachelor club scene.

Decent kitchen talk scene.

Fail of Dr. Doom intro scene.

Ah yes, celebrating the lives of superheroes, not unlike Hollywood celebrities on Twitter. Sigh.

I can't help but notice that all the superheroes are White. While Hollywood has started to push out a few garbage Black superhero characters, I've noticed that none are Asian. Where are the Asian superhero characters?

I’d love to see an Asian Spiderman, a Black superman, and then a Middle Eastern Batman. I nominate Ashraf Barhom.

I think they threw in the Black blind woman just to hit their visible minority quota.

Good rooftop marriage scene.

Good air chase scene.

Fail of Sue/flame scene.

Fail of all Dr. Doom scenes throughout.

Decent London scene.

Fail of meeting scene.

Fail of bar scene.

Excellent forest general argument scene.

Would be nice to see a Silver Surfer origin movie.

Fail of torture scene.

They don't have a camera in the main torture room. Really?

Fail of doom/board scene.

Fail of chase scene.

Fail of climax battle scene.

Fail of ending.

Hot Fuzz, 2007: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg

Director: Edgar Wright

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A police department wants to get rid of a good officer.

Story: Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Simon Pegg.

Comments:

Excellent intro.

Excellent cinematography.

Good station scenes throughout.

Timothy Dalton. Wow. Nice to see you again.

Excellent sound effects throughout.

Stupid funny works well here. The directing and cinematography did as well. Well done.

Excellent chase scene.

Decent theater scene.

Watching movies in a movie? That'll cost you.

Good investigative scenes throughout.

Nicely done with the plot.

Good music content.

Excellent future visualization scenes throughout. Jokes.

Good cult explanation scene.

Excellent battle climax scene.

Geese in the car. Jokes.

Good ending.
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Atonement, 2007: PASS

Commercial success

Writer: Christopher Hampton

Director: Joe Wright

Dialogue: Pass

Excellent banter between Robbie and Briony.

Plot: Two people want to be together.

Story: Relationships, Ethics

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting all around.

Comments:

Excellent intro typing sound effect.

Excellent shot of close up typing.

Excellent watching through window scenes.

Excellent music content.

Good letter narration scenes throughout.

Good sex scene.

Excellent misinterpretation plot. Very well done.

One of the best period pieces.

Good military scenes throughout.

Excellent climax scene.

Excellent ending.

One of the best movies of all time.

Epic Movie, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer

Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to kidnap a group of people.

Story: Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of Da Vinci parody intro.

Fail of Nacho Libre parody scene.

Fail of Snakes on a Plane parody scene.

Fail of X-men parody scene.

Only the Willy Wonka song scene was good.

Fail of Lion, Witch and Wardrobe parody scene.

Jennifer Coolidge. Always a pleasure.

Fail ice queen scenes throughout.

Fail of Harry Potter parody scene.

The music clearance bill must have been pretty high. Those are classics and mainstream songs.

Fail of Pirates of Caribbean parody scene.

Fail of Borat parody scene.

Fail of prison scene.

Good mystique sex scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Fail of almost all parody scenes.

Fail of writing and directing. Disappointed.

Gone Baby Gone, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard

Director: Ben Affleck

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Someone wants to kidnap a child.

Story: Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Casey Affleck’s acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of house scenes throughout.

Fail of investigative scenes throughout.

Fail of Black guy house scene.

Fail of robbery scene.

Fail of most scenes. Fail of writing.

Good climax scene, but not enough to pass.

Good ending.

Hitman, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Skip Woods

Director: Xavier Gens

Dialogue: Fail

Complete failure of Agent 47's dialogue. Oh dear god.

Plot: Someone wants to kill an assassin.

Story: Ambition, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Timothy Olyphant’s acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of entire plot. Powerfully stupid.

Another Bourne Identity imitation movie.

Fail of acting and dialogue.

Fail of almost all scenes. Oh dear god. Fail of writing, directing, acting, dialogue.

Were the studio executives, producers and writer on crack cocaine when making this movie? Because it would explain a lot.

Fail of fight scene shots.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

***Do not watch this movie. Should only be watched as a reference in how NOT to make a movie.

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn't have made $1.00. The fact that this movie made $100 million proves that God does NOT exist.

Good Luck Chuck, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Josh Stolberg

Director: Mark Helfrich

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A girl wants to curse a boy.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

I love you during a blow job. Jokes.

Jessica Alba. Always a pleasure.

Fail of wedding scenes.

Fail of almost all scenes. Too stupid.

Liberal women and casual sex. Congrats on your supposed empowerment.

Fail of all scenes after.

Come over and wash my back. Jokes.

Doing a patient in the office? I don’t think that the MeToo movement would think too kindly of that.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Almost as if the movie was made just so male celebrities could get laid. Sometimes, pretend sex on-camera turns into real sex off-camera. Either before or after shooting.

I am Legend, 2007: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Mark Protosevich, Akiva Goldsman

Director: Francis Lawrence

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Zombies want to eat humans.

Story: Family, Survival

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Excellent home scenes throughout.

The German Shepherd is so cute and loving.

Excellent house security scenes throughout.

Excellent flashback scenes throughout.

Those are not proper pull-ups. You have to go all the way down and back up slowly. Using momentum is cheating.

Good lab scenes throughout.

Excellent building fight scene.

Good trap scene.

Excellent isolation issues.

Excellent attack scene.

Excellent dog scene.

Good music content.

Excellent dock attack scene.

Music to cure racism. Yah…it didn't work.

Excellent climax scene.

Good ending.

Interesting alternate ending.

Excellent writing. Plot is stupid, but the writer made it work. Kudos.

Knocked Up, 2007: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Judd Apatow

Director: Judd Apatow

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A cable show wants a new anchor.

Story: Relationships, Family, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Leslie Mann.

Comments:

Good intro.

Good car scenes throughout.

Decent interview scene.

Decent club scene.

Good sex/morning after scene.

Good date scenes throughout.

Excellent banter couple throughout.

Good pregnancy sex. Well done.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

One of the best movies of all time.

Superbad 2007: PASS

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg

Director: Greg Mottola

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Guys want to have sex.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Pass

Excellent characters.

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good class scene.

Good locker scenes throughout.

Decent cooking class scene.

Fail of store visualization.

Fail of cop convenience store scene.

Good party scenes throughout.

Good intimate/sex scenes throughout.

Good climax scene.

Decent ending.

The Golden Compass, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Chris Weitz

Director: Chris Weitz

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Govt wants to control knowledge and people.

Story: Ambition, Purpose

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Always nice to see another Illuminati movie (forgive the sarcasm).

Animal magic beyond suspension of disbelief.

The writer chewed off more than he could handle.

Fail of all scenes.

Too difficult to educate. Oh dear.

Hey, the doctor guy from Manchurian Candidate (Simon McBurney). Kudos for getting so many small to medium roles.

Too many plots left hanging.

Fail of all home scenes throughout.

Fail of all ship scenes throughout.

Insignificant plots got too much screen time.

Complete fail of writing, directing.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

This garbage movie made $370 million. Really? Maybe the audience was under mind control to see it.
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Live Free or Die Hard 2007 Live Free or Die Hard, 2007: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Mark Bomback

Director: Len Wiseman

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Terrorists want to destroy US infrastructure.

Story: Ethics

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Hey the girl from Balls of Fury (Maggie Q). Nice to see you.

Good make out scene.

"You told this jerk off I was dead?" Jokes.

Excellent attempted kill scenes.

No remote trigger for bombs. Really?

Excellent car choke scene.

How easily the entire North American infrastructure can be hacked.

Good hacking scenes throughout.

Wow, that's a lot of background extras.

Decent homeland security scenes.

Good car escort scene.

Car driving up to plane. Really?

Good facility attack scenes.

Hey, Tuvak from Star Trek: Voyager (Tim Russ). Nice to see you.

Good facility infiltration scene.

Good car elevator scene.

Good nerd warlock scene.

Good other facility infiltration scenes.

What is this, amateur torture hour? Geez.

Decent climax scene.

Good ending.

Into the Wild, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Sean Penn

Director: Sean Penn

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man wants a better life.

Story: Purpose, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Living in a magic bus with nature. Lovely.

And the flashbacks of his life. Sigh.

Fail of narration throughout.

Nice philosophy/artistic film but not fit for mainstream.

I'm surprised that it got a widespread release and made over $50 million.

Beautiful shot of nature.

Fail of non-climax scene.

Good ending.

Shooter, 2007: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Jonathan Lemkin

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Govt officials want to setup an assassin.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Pass

Fail of FBI characters.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Good assassin scene.

US army abandons their snipers. Really? Too unbelievable.

Fail of log cabin scene.

Glover's voice is too muffled.

Fail of planned assassination scenes. Reminds me of the Oswald patsy.

Good prep scenes. But fail of character. He shouldn't be that stupid, but he’s smart enough to figure it all out? Yah right.

Fail of all investigative scenes throughout. Fail of scenes after.

Fail of setup realization scenes throughout.

Fail of all FBI characters.

Hey, the girl from House of Cards (Kate Mara). You keep popping up in a lot of movies. Kudos.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.
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There Will Be Blood, 2007: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to control the oil industry.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Daniel Day-Lewis.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Slow and flat oil scenes throughout.

Slow to begin, but excellent movie.

Fail of music content.

Good father/child son scene.

Excellent church baptism scene. Holy f*ck. Best scene of the movie.

There Will Be Blood - Baptism Scene

Good flashback near the end, could have made it as the ending scene.

Excellent ending.

This movie passed on the strength of Daniel Day-Lewis' acting.

Juno, 2007: PASS

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Diablo Cody

Director: Jason Reitman

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A teenager wants a couple to adopt her child.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting overall.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good realization scene.

Excellent sitting outside scene. Pork swords. Jokes.

Good narration throughout.

Excellent school scenes throughout.

Hamburger phone. Jokes.

Weird abortion office scene.

Good family scenes throughout.

Big head and sacred vessel. Jokes.

Excellent guy/girl scenes throughout.

And the plot thickens.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

The acting really passed this movie.

Michael Clayton, 2007: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Tony Gilroy

Director: Tony Gilroy

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A corporation wants to cover-up a toxic chemical case.

Story: Character, Ethics

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Excellent intro. That's how you do an intro.

Excellent lawyer scenes throughout.

Fail of poker scene.

Good house scene.

Excellent horse scene.

Excellent office scenes throughout.

Good music content.

Good tone of movie. Good writing and directing.

Rookies handling/cleaning up a situation. Really?

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Stardust, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A king wants to pass on his kingdom to royalty.

Story: Character, Relationships, Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Fail of Robert De Niro’s acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Another period piece. Sigh.

Everything is too stupid.

Fail of all royalty scenes throughout.

So...everything is dependent on magic. Oh dear.

Fail of all gate scenes throughout.

Fail of everything. Fail of writing, directing.

Fail of beach kill scene.

Fail of all witch scenes. Too stupid.

Fail of ghost brother scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn’t have made $1.00. The fact that it made over $130 million proves that God does NOT exist.

No Country for Old Men, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Dialogue: Fail

Fail of all dialogue.

"Whatch you got ain’t nothing new. This country's hard on people." Excellent line and delivery.

Plot: An assassin wants to recover lost money.

Story: Survival, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Decent acting by Javier Bardem. But not the right actor for role.

Good acting by Josh Brolin. Maybe because there's not much dialogue for him.

Comments:

Fail of narration intro.

Josh Brolin again. How many movies do I have to see him in? Christ.

Fail of flat tone to movie.

Fail of all scenes. Fail of writing.

Fail of convenience store scene.

Scenes moving too slow.

Fail of sheriff search scenes.

Resourceful man? Kudos.

Fail of office scene.

Decent motel break in scene.

No one else in the streets. But that goes with the flat tone.

Laying out a plastic sheet not to stain the carpets and leave evidence. That's the type of professionalism that's missing from today's assassins.

Fail of hospital scene.

Good phone negotiation scene.

Fail of police background solution.

Excellent border crossing scene.

Fail of office kill scene.

Must you kill good loving Americans?

Decent climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Waitress, 2007: FAIL

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Adrienne Shelly

Director: Adrienne Shelly

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A woman wants a better life.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Keri Russell.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of car/home scene.

Fail of doctor scenes throughout.

Fail of all work scenes.

Woman trapped in a dead marriage. Yawn.

Flat and boring dialogue.

Fail of night talk scene.

Ah…the scummy doctor and married woman. Both of you can burn in hell.

You're in the US woman. Buy a gun and smoke his ass.

Fail of climax scene.

Good ending.

Kudos for the $1.5 million production budget. Which means that the actors were getting paid next to nothing.

300, 2006 300, 2007: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Michael B. Gordon

Director: Zack Snyder

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Persians want to conquer Sparta.

Story: Ambition, Ethics

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting from Gerard Butler.

Comments:

Excellent past intro.

Excellent training scenes.

Excellent street scene.

Excellent music throughout. This is who you want for your blockbuster movie.

Excellent cinematography throughout. Wow. Very well done.

Good prophet creature scene.

Excellent sex scene.

Excellent army march scenes.

Excellent battle scenes throughout.

Excellent wife scenes.

Excellent climax battle scene.

Excellent ending.

One of the best movies of all time.

Passed with 3 writers. impressive.

Children of Men, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Alfonso Cuaron,Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby

Director: Alfonso Cuaron

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Various groups want to capture a pregnant woman.

Story: Survival, Character

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of almost every scene.

Complete fail of everything. Fail of writing, directing, cinematography.

Plot too unbelievable. As if fertility is magic and we've lost the magic. Sigh. Beyond suspension of disbelief (unless the climate change cult creates a virus to prevent pregnancy). It’s only rational since they’re already on a birth strike.

BirthStrikers: meet the women who refuse to have children until climate change ends

BirthStrike: The people refusing to have kids, because of 'the ecological crisis'

Fail of most scenes.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Should have ended with shot of man smiling.

5 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

The Great Debaters, 2007: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Robert Eisele

Director: Denzel Washington

Dialogue: Pass

Excellent dialogue throughout.

Plot: White people want to suppress Black people.

Story: Character, Family, Ethics, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting all around.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Excellent preaching scenes throughout.

Black people enslaving themselves to religion. Yup, sounds about right.

Excellent class scenes throughout.

Excellent debate prep scenes throughout.

Decent home scenes throughout.

Excellent shakedowns from White people throughout.

Decent black and white shot.

Good debate scenes throughout.

Good sheriff scene.

Good mob scene.

Excellent slap scene in class. Resolved. Jokes.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Powerful movie. Should have made more money. The fact that it didn't proves that God does NOT exist.

One of the best movies of all time.

The Ex, 2006 The Ex, 2007: FAIL

Unknown (most likely Commercial Failure)

Writer: David Guion, Michael Handelman

Director: Jesse Peretz

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A boss wants to fire senior cooking staff.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Fail

Terrible characters

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro. But most scenes are more awkward then funny.

The corny music content is terrible.

Firing senior chef on a whim at a fancy restaurant? Yah right.

Good Irish businessman scene.

Characters too unbelievable.

Decent climax scene.

Hit by a bus. Jokes.

Good ending.

Sadly, aside from Garden State (2004) almost all of Zach Braff's movie's have been an Epic or regular Commercial Failure.

Things We Lost in the Fire, 2007: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Allan Loeb

Director: Susanne Bier

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A wife wants to deal with the death of her husband.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of funeral reception scene.

Fail of cinematography. Shots are too much in focus. Please shoot at 24 FPS with adequate depth of field. It’s not rocket science.

Fail of grocery store scene.

Boring scenes throughout.

Fail of flashback scenes throughout. Fail of writing.

Fail of losing it scene.

Fail of dialogue throughout.

Good sleep scene.

You don’t need such close up shots.

Victory not supposed to be yours? Indeed.

And the downward spiral begins. Fail of writing.

Decent climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Fail of writing and directing, but more so fail of directing.

Perfect Stranger, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Todd Komarnicki

Director: James Foley

Dialogue: Fail

Complete fail of all dialogue.

"Show me a beautiful woman, I'll show you a man that's tired of f*cking of her." Excellent line, good delivery.

Plot: Newspapers executives want to kill a story about a senator.

Story: Ambition, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of senator scene.

Fail of bar scene.

Ah…newspaper executives that serve the Deep State. Well done.

Interesting train scene, go on…

Journalists reaching for stories. They're reaching high in 2021 trying to blame all the problems in the world on White supremacy and climate change.

American Christianity white supremacy evangelical

White Nationalism's Deep American Roots

Climate change denial racism

How the Climate Crisis Is Killing Us, in 9 Alarming Charts

Crime, weather, and climate change, climate change sexual assault

The last hyperlink says that climate change "causes" rape and murder. A disgrace to objective science. The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management should be ashamed of themselves.

Fail of home scenes between man and woman.

Of course she's not going to choose you. You're just some sh*tty smart guy in the friend zone.

Fail of apartment sex scene.

Fail of office scenes.

Fail of all chat scenes.

Fail of all infiltration scenes. Characters don't work.

Fail of cheating scene.

Fail of parking garage scene.

Good climax scene, but not enough to pass. Nice twist though.

Fail of flashback scene.

Fail of ending.

Black Snake Moan, 2007: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Craig Brewer

Director: Craig Brewer

Dialogue: Pass

"Ain't no better cure for the blues than some good p*ssy." Good line, excellent delivery.

"like Jesus said. I'm gonna suffer you. I'm gonna suffer you. Get your ass back in my house." Excellent line and delivery. Holy f*ck.

Black Snake Moan 2007 Goddammit okay, girl on a chain

Plot: A wife wants to leave her husband.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Samuel L. Jackson as usual.

Excellent acting by Christina Ricci.

Fail of Justin Timberlake's acting.

Comments:

Excellent sex intro with music.

Good diner scene.

Well, that's a real sex addict.

But the thing you have to ask about addiction or OCD, if you threatened to shoot their fingers off and cauterize it with a hot iron if they did X, would they still do it? Maybe the first time because they don't understand the pain. But I don't think so for the second time. And if that's the case, then most addictions or compulsions will yield to excessive pain. And yet it may be pain that caused the addiction or compulsion in the first place. Food for thought.

Excellent bar scene.

Religious people in pain. Atheist liberals in pain. We cherish our pains as if they're so unique and that no one else but us can understand it. The illusions we condition ourselves with.

Beating up a drunk woman. That's not cool. Hollywood showing violence against women and sexual violence. Well done. Liberal journalists will present the narrative that it’s empowering to watch it.

Good bar scene.

Good house scenes throughout.

Weird movie, but interesting.

Chains. Jokes.

Excellent yard scene. Very well done. Best scene of the movie.

Good outdoor argument scene.

The story got f*cked when the other guy came back.

Fail of all Timberlake scenes throughout.

Excellent guitar scene.

Fail of grocery store scene.

Good bar music scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

The movie went to sh*t in the end, but the acting and dialogue was strong enough to pass.

Code Name: The Cleaner, 2007: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Robert Adetuyi, George Gallo

Director: Les Mayfield

Dialogue: Fail

Complete fail of all dialogue.

Plot: A group wants to interrogate a man.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Excellent beginning elevator scene. But it went downhill from there.

Some great moments of comedy but not enough to pass.

His secret flashback life is a joke.

"Either way he's a lot more dangerous than we ever anticipated" What? You must be joking.

Mark Dacascos. Great to see you. But sadly it’s a sh*tty role.

So everyone is a great martial artist. Really?

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Did they really expect this movie to make money?

Charlie Wilson's War, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Aaron Sorkin

Director: Mike Nichols

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Soviets wants to take over Afghanistan.

Story: Ethics

Characters: Fail

Fail of Charlie Wilson character.

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Philip Seymour Hoffman as usual. Rest in peace sir.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of hot tub scene.

A congressman with strippers and hard drugs? Actually, that’s pretty common in the past, and to a degree in the present.

19 Politicians Who Were Caught with Prostitutes

Married Republican politician who voted to restrict prostitution accused of paying for sex

Alberta MLA caught in prostitution sting welcomed back to PC caucus

Right-wing Australian politician resigns over leaked strip club video

Politicians urge 'buddy system' in wake of hooker scandal

Man busted with Andrew Gillum in hotel room with meth was gay escort

Gannongate Bush Jr. gay stripper

White House secret service male prostitution

"Can't teach them to grow tits." I don't think the MeToo movement would approve of this movie.

Emily Blunt. Nice to see you again.

Fail of office scene.

Fail of night intimate scene.

Excellent CIA office confrontation scene. Best scene of the movie.

Charlie Wilson's War (1/9) Movie CLIP - Another Broken Window (2007)

A lot of big names in this movie.

Fail of luxury house scene.

Fail of Pakistan office scene.

Fail of embassy scene.

Mules getting better healthcare than the Afghans. Oh dear.

Excellent Hoffman scenes throughout, but not enough to pass.

Good park scene.

Fail of dinner scene.

Decent dance talk scene.

Fail of all Julia Roberts scenes throughout.

Fail of Congress talk scene.

Is this supposed to be a comedy?

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

This movie could have worked from the point of view of the CIA including congress instead of congress including the CIA. Fail of writing.

I would say that it should be redone but it’s biographical so…

Premonition, 2007: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Bill Kelly

Director: Mennan Yapo

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A wife wants to deal with the death of her husband.

Story: Family, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Good tone to movie. Kudos the director.

Good police scene.

And the plot thickens.

Good initial weird scenes.

Good backyard scene.

And the plot thickens again.

Good church scene.

Good burial scene.

Excellent crazy living room scene.

Decent therapy scene.

Good laundry living room scene.

Good figuring out scene.

Interesting plot. Interesting solution.

Fail of church scene.

Good realization scene.

Good fight scene.

Good climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Solid writing, acting, directing. Well done.

Becoming Jane, 2007: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Kevin Hood, Sarah Williams

Director: Julian Jarrold

Dialogue: Pass

Excellent dialogue.

Plot: Parents want their daughters to get married.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Anne Hathaway

Excellent acting by James McAvoy.

Both are simply fabulous. As if they were born for these roles.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Decent church scene.

Decent fight scene.

Good mob scene.

Good court scene.

Remain rich by virtue of exceptional conduct. Yah right. Most lawyers and judges are corrupt and scummy in the past and today.

Florida Lawyer Arrested for Allegedly Running Prostitution Ring From His Home

Bradford County District Attorney Chad Michael Salsman accused of sex assaults on clients

Report Details New Justice Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct Claims

Judge Stephen Reinhardt revered for liberal rulings accused of sexual harassment by former clerk

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Mauricio Araujo resigns, avoiding discipline for alleged sexual harassment

Judge Jeffrey Johnson Accused Of A 20-Year Spree Of Sexual Harassment Removed From The Bench

Former Bergen County Judge Andrew Napolitano accused of sexual assault in lawsuit

Brian Cuban drug and alcohol addiction

Darryl singer As A Drug-Addicted Lawyer

Good house scenes throughout.

Good basement scene.

Good forest scene.

Good party scene.

Good writing scenes throughout.

Excellent tone to movie. Excellent writing and directing. This is the writer and director you want for your drama.

Good cricket scene.

Excellent Jane and Tom scenes throughout.

Good parent daughter scenes throughout.

Excellent writing.

Excellent movie for a period piece. Excellent acting, writing, directing.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

A bit overdramatic dialogue but forgivable due to the excellent acting.

Should have made more money, but it's always tough for period pieces. The fact that if failed to make over $40 million proves that God does NOT exist.

One of the best movies of all time.

Lucky You, 2007: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Curtis Hanson, Eric Roth

Director: Curtis Hanson

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man wants to hustle his way in life.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Eric Bana’s acting. Not the right actor for the role.

Excellent acting Robert Duvall.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of initial poker scene. Boring.

Fail of party scene.

Fail of poker scenes throughout. Boring and flat.

Prior to watching this movie I was excited about poker. After watching it I decided to go back to Monopoly.

Boring woman scenes throughout.

Fail of diner poker scene.

Fail of tone to movie. Fail of directing and writing.

Fail of golf scene.

Fail of enforcer scene.

Clapping after each action. Really? Does that happen in real life? As if these people have made some heroic sacrifice with each call.

Fail of climax scene.

Good father/son ending.

Awake, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Joby Harold

Director: Joby Harold

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man doesn’t want to tell his mother about a woman.

Story: Family, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Fail of mother and Jack character.

Acting: Pass

Fail of Hayden Christensen’s acting. Not the right actor for the role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Jessica Alba. Always a pleasure.

Good house scene.

Good talk scene.

Fail of initial hospital scene.

Fail of party scene.

Fail of flashback scene.

Fail of directing. The shots feel…off for some reason.

Fail of tone to movie.

Weak scenes throughout.

Fail of surgery scene. Doesn’t work. But good idea.

And the plot thickens. Goddamn atheist doctors. Burn in hell.

Anesthesia paralysis. I had no idea it was that bad.

And the plot thickens again.

But the storytelling method doesn’t work. Plot moved too quickly.

"Can't go to the game tonight." Jokes.

And the plot thickens again.

Decent climax scene.

Good ending.

This movie should be redone with a better writer and director.

Why Did I Get Married, 2007 Why Did I Get Married? 2007: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Tyler Perry

Director: Tyler Perry

Dialogue: Fail

Corny stereotype dialogue.

Plot: Various couples want a better life.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass (barely)

Fail of Janet Jackson’s acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Overweight and has to leave the plane. Really?

Fail of train scene.

4 dysfunctional Black couples. Yawn. You could have introduced a bit more diversity. Maybe two interracial couples. I'm surprised this movie made $55 million.

This movie is the reason why people don’t marry Black women.

These are all terrible women to be with. A normal man would have slit his throat one year into the
marriage. Or they would have realized that if they lived with them for at least six months before getting married.

But Sheila’s a lovely woman. So cute and plump.

What husband invites another woman on a couple’s retreat?

Decent police scene.

Afraid of his wife. Oh dear.

Fail of kitchen scene.

Fail of store scene.

Sad bed scene. Well done.

80% of what you need in a marriage. Jokes. Well done.

Fail of table truth scene.

Decent kitchen scene.

Fail of hairdresser scene.

Turned your cell phone off. What the f*ck?

Decent outside wife/other woman scene.

Fail of house scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.
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Delta Farce 2007 Delta Farce, 2007: FAIL

Unknown (most likely Commercial Failure)

Writer: Bear Aderhold, Tom Sullivan

Director: C. B. Harding

Dialogue: Fail

Complete fail of all dialogue.

Plot: A woman wants to break up with her boyfriend.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of all acting.

Fail of Larry the Cable Guy’s acting. No actor could save this movie.

Comments:

Decent intro.

With golf clubs. Oh dear.

Lisa Lampanelli in a movie? I had no idea. I thought she just did Comedy Central Roasts and screwing
Black guys. You learn something new every day.

Lucky enough to get a divorce. Jokes.

DJ Qualls from Road Trip. Nice to see you again.

Fail of storage scene.

Fail of shooting scene.

Fail of military office scene.

Keith David. Always a pleasure sure.

Fail of recruiting scene.

Fail of training scenes.

Fail of all military scenes throughout.

Was this movie written by a comedy writer? I doubt it. If so, that’s just sad.

Fail of all desert scenes throughout.

Thankfully, Hollywood has now stopped giving Larry the Cable Guy lead roles.

Fail of music content.

Fail of all scenes. Complete fail of writing, acting. The writers should be ashamed of themselves.

Fail of bar scene.

Fail of wrestling scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

I feel bad for the eye candy girl (Marisol Nichols).

Powerfully stupid movie, even for White trash audiences.

How did this movie get a wide release?

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn’t have made $1.00. The fact that it made less than $10 million proves that God DOES exist.

August Rush, 2007: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Nick Castle, James V. Hart

Director: Kirsten Sheridan

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A foster boy wants to find his family.

Story: Family, Character, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Good characters.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Good hazing scene.

Good non-linear plot.

Good relationship scenes throughout.

Good foster care investigation scenes throughout.

Good hospital scene.

Good street scenes, but a bit too unbelievable.

An older man with foster and street kids. Yah…that wouldn’t play well today.

Decent theater scene but too unbelievable.

Excellent music prodigy scenes.

Impressive observations of music in the mundane.

Good past flashbacks.

Excellent angry street scene.

Now they bust it. Really?

Good choir scenes throughout.

And he's training adults. I guess that’s the life of musical prodigies.

Excellent climax scene.

Excellent ending.

A bit too unbelievable but a beautiful movie.

Reign Over Me, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Mike Binder

Director: Mike Binder

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A dentist wants a better life.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Fail of insane lady.

Acting: Pass

Fail of Liv Tyler’s acting.

Good acting by Adam Sandler.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of dental scene.

Fail of house scene.

Fail of street scene.

Fail of talk scene.

Enjoy making you happy. Get the f*ck outta here. You should have seen that coming from the beginning.

Boring friend scenes throughout.

Fail of tone to movie. Fail of directing and writing.

Fail of freak-out scene.

Oh my god John de Lancie (Q from Star Trek: TNG). Nice to see you. Where have you been all this time?

Beat your ass shrink wrap. Jokes.

Movie only starts to make sense near the end. Fail of writing.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Oddly enough, this movie should be redone with a better writer.

Catch and Release, 2007: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Susannah Grant

Director: Susannah Grant

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A woman wants to deal with the death of her fiancé.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro. Pervy uncle. Jokes. Well done.

Excellent sex scene. Jokes.

Good house talk scenes throughout.

And the plot thickens.

Good bench talk scene.

Good two guys scenes throughout. Well done.

Fail of make-out scene. Too unbelievable.

Unsatisfied man screws a cocktail waitress. Oh…snap. Nicely done. Sh*t.

Decent dinner scene.

Good beach scene.

Decent climax scene.

Decent ending.

Not the best movie. Not the worst movie. Weak writing but the comedy is enough to pass.

A Mighty Heart, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: John Orloff

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Muslim terrorists want to kidnap a journalist.

Story: Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of house scene.

Fail of cab scene.

Fail of dinner scene.

Fail of investigation scenes throughout.

Movie had flat characters.

Jolie is supposed to be multi-racial? Better to get a real multiracial actress. Well done Hollywood. But this movie wouldn't have been made if not for Jolie.

Fail of directing.

The breaking of the glass symbolizes the breaking of innocence. Really?

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Fail of anti-climax scene.

I couldn’t get into it. Fail of writing and directing, more so on the directing side.

Feast of Love, 2007: FAIL

Unknown (most likely Commercial Failure)

Writer: Allison Burnett, Charles Baxter

Director: Robert Benton

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Two woman want to leave their husbands.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Good baseball scene.

Good bar scene.

A woman with crazy phobia. You're an idiot for marrying her in the first place.

Fail of narration throughout.

Having sex in a major league baseball field. In fantasies it works. In real life, I wouldn’t recommend it.

How many more movies with random couples experiencing problems do I have to watch? Christ.

Ah...atheist liberals who will never understand love. Just stop procreating.

The writer should have stuck with Morgan Freeman and coffee girl plot. That would have been more than enough.

Fail of climax scene.

Good ending.

The Perfect Holiday, 2007: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Jeff Stein, Lance Rivera, Marc Calixte, Nat Mauldin

Director: Lance Rivera

Dialogue: Pass

"This CD would sell with no music on the album." Decent line, good delivery.

Plot: A famous rapper wants full custody of his children.

Story: Family, Relationships, Ambition

Characters: Fail

Fail of Queen Latifah character.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Giving a demo tape. Really? This is a 2007 movie.

Wish for a compliment from a man. Oh dear. I don't think the MeToo movement would approve. They would probably call it emotional manipulation.

Corny movie. Why are so many Hollywood Black movies terrible? Almost as if it’s done by design. Allow the movie to go forward and meet their visible minority quota and then stuff it with garbage writing.

Ah…the son cock-blocking a potential new daddy. Sounds about right.

Fail of climax scene. Just terrible.

Fail of ending.

4 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Pride, 2007: PASS

Unknown (most likely Epic Commercial Failure)

Writer: Kevin Michael Smith, Michael Gozzard, J. Mills Goodloe

Director: Sunu Gonera

Dialogue: Pass

"You got so much potential but you ain't going to do none of it cause you won't get out of your own way" Excellent line, fail in delivery.

Plot: White people want to discriminate against Black people.

Story: Ethics, Ambition, Character

Characters: Pass

Excellent characters.

Acting: Pass

Good acting throughout.

Fail of Bernie Mac’s acting.

Good acting by Terrence Howard.

Comments:

Good intro.

Excellent swim protest scene. Very well done.

Good interview scene.

Good basketball guy scene.

Decent community scenes throughout.

Fail of music content throughout.

Good clean up scenes.

Good swim training scenes throughout.

Good dealer scenes throughout.

Excellent first meet competition scene. Very well done.

Good speech scenes throughout.

Good diner scene.

Good meet racist forfeit scene.

Good pool vandalism scene.

Good bus scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Excellent real life ending scenes.

This movie should have made more money. The fact that it only made $7 million proves that God does NOT exist.

Passed with 3 writers. Kudos.

Slow Burn, 2007: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Wayne Beach, Anthony Walton

Director: Wayne Beach

Dialogue: Fail

Complete fail of all dialogue.

Plot: A man wants to rape a prosecutor.

Story: Ethics, ambition

Characters: Fail

Complete fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Complete fail of all actors.

Comments:

Fail of intro and voice over.

Fail of car talk scene.

Fail of flashback scenes.

As an assistant DA of color? Umm...Jolene Blalock is White. A white woman playing a biracial role because they couldn't put in a Black woman? Well done Hollywood.

Fail of interrogation scenes.

Fail of investigation scenes.

Fail of tone, plot, and solution. Fail of writing, directing, acting, music content.

"Still in the room like a ghost." Oh dear.

Fail of party scene.

Fail of jail explanation scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

"I know straight from straight." Oh dear.

Even with B-listers, this movie shouldn't have gotten a wide release of 1000 theaters. The mysteries of the universe.

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn't have made $1.00. The fact that it made less than $2 million proves that God DOES exist.

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, 2007: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Zach Helm

Director: Zach Helm

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue throughout.

Plot: A pianist wants to compose a song.

Story: Character

Characters: Fail

Terrible characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of Dustin Hoffman’s acting. Not the right actor for the role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Ah…the problems of middle income White people…with talent. Cry me a river.

Fail of office talk scene.

Fail of all Dustin Hoffman scenes throughout. Which is basically a failure of the entire movie.

Fail of store scenes throughout.

Another with the hot dog bun ratio. Oh dear.

Powerfully stupid movie. Nothing makes sense. But maybe that’s the point. Sigh.

Spread your damn philosophy through more subtle means instead of just stating it in the film.

Is this supposed to be a comedy? Oh dear.

Fail of crazy store scene.

Only the zebra is cute.

Fail of hospital scene.

Fail of mattress store scene.

Fail of street dance scene.

Fail of buyer scene.

Fail of offer scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Was the writer, director, producer, and studio executives must have been on crack cocaine when they made this movie?

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn't have made $1.00. The fact that it made almost $70 million proves that God does NOT exist.

And it only made $70 million because of the star power. The real distinction of a great movie is that it’s a Commercial Success without star power, like Slumdog Millionaire.

Alpha Dog, 2007: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Nick Cassavetes

Director: Nick Cassavetes

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue.

Plot: A man doesn't want to pay his friend money that's owed to him.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of all acting.

Fail of Ben Foster’s acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of garage scene.

Fail of deal scene.

Fail of baseball talk scene.

Fail of dinner scene.

Hey, the guy from the new Star Trek movies (Anton Yelchin). Rest in peace.

Fail of party scene.

Fail of fight scene.

Fail of drunk scene.

Fail of office scene.

Fail of tone of movie.

Fail of party fight scene. Is he supposed to be the incarnation of Bruce Lee?

Fail of Ben Foster scenes throughout.

Fail of girl freak out scene.

Fail of kitchen scene.

Fail of bathroom/swim scene.

Powerfully stupid movie.

Always nice to see f*cked up White people, but this is just sad. The fact that it's based on a true story makes it worse.

Complete fail of writing, directing, acting.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

This movie only got a wide release because of Justin Timberlake’s star power.

This movie should have gone straight to video/streaming.

The Hoax, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: William Wheeler

Director: Lasse Hallstrom

Dialogue: Pass

"So, the more outrageous I sound, the more convincing I am." Decent line, good delivery.

Plot: Publishers doesn't want to publish a book.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Weak Characters

Acting: Fail

Fail of Richard Gere’s acting. Not the right actor for the role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of house scenes.

Interesting solution. Kudos. But Richard Gere wasn’t the right actor for it.

Boring scenes throughout. Weak characters.

Decent boardroom scenes throughout.

Ah…the glory days of book publishing. Always a pleasure to do business with racist publishers.

Over 1,000 Publishing Workers Strike to Protest Industry Racism

Is the Western Publishing Industry Institutionally Racist?

That easy to get information from the Pentagon. Really? Those were the days.

Fail of flashback scene.

Fail of tone of movie. Fail of directing.

Fail of abduction scene.

And the sad plot thickens.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

In the Valley of Elah, 2007: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Paul Haggis

Director: Paul Haggis

Dialogue: Pass

"Which do you think it is Hank? I'm blind or I just don't feel like telling you?" Decent line, excellent delivery.

Plot: A father wants to find his son.

Story: Ethics, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting all around.

Excellent acting by Tommy Lee Jones.

Comments:

Good intro.

Decent flag scene.

Decent base intro scene.

Decent diner scene.

Good road scene.

Good autopsy scene.

Good investigative guy talk scene.

Good mother scene.

Ah…sexist cops. Just die already.

"And that was with respect." Jokes.

Good boss talk scene.

Excellent mother scene.

Good tone to movie. Good directing.

Good truck talk scene.

Good tone of movie.

Good laundry scene.

Good house family scene.

Good investigative scenes throughout.

Good chase scene.

Good truck talk scene.

Good office scene.

Fail of non-climax scene.

Decent ending.

Anti-climactic movie. What a letdown.

Fracture, 2007: FAIL

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Daniel Pyne, Glenn Gers

Director: Gregory Hoblit

Dialogue: Pass

"My d*ck has evidence." "Excuse me." "My d*ck, my private investigator. I call him d*ck." "...my dick is good." Excellent line and delivery.

Fracture (2007) Courtroom Drama Scene

Plot: A woman wants to cheat on her husband.

Story: Ethics, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Fail

Good acting from Anthony Hopkins as usual.

Fail of Ryan Gosling’s acting. Definitely not the right actor for the role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Decent observation scene.

Good house/talk scene.

Good initial police scene.

Fail of office scene.

Fail of boss talk scene.

Decent initial court scene.

Fail of party scene.

Fail of opera scene.

Fail of investigative scene.

Ryan Gosling’s terrible acting kills this movie. The writing is solid, but the acting is terrible.

Fail of jail interview scene. Fail of tone to movie. Fail of directing.

Fail of court scene. Could have been great. Only the ripping pages was good.

Fail of judge talk scene.

Fail of boss talk scenes throughout.

Fail of bridge scene.

Fail of sex scene.

Fail of investigative scenes throughout.

Fail of lunch scene.

Fail of court scene.

Fail of gunshot scene.

Excellent climax scene, but not enough to pass.

Good ending.

I wanted to pass this movie, but I just couldn’t. I think this is the first movie I’ve failed a movie just because of the terrible acting even though the writing was solid. Maybe I’m judging too harsh, but…

The Last Mimzy, 2007: FAIL

Unknown (most likely Commercial Failure)

Writer: Bruce Joel Rubin, Toby Emmerich, James V. Hart, Carol Skilken

Director: Robert Shaye

Dialogue: Fail

Complete fail of all dialogue. Oh dear god.

Plot: A family wants a better life.

Story: Family

Characters: Fail

Terrible characters throughout. Oh dear god.

Fail of Jo Wilder character.

Fail of Nathanial Broadman character.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of school scene.

Fail of home scenes.

Fail of beach scene.

Powerfully stupid movie.

Wow, this movie is new age on steroids. A Kryptonian-like crystal. Really?

New age geometric shapes/mandalas? I'm a new age believer and even I think that this movie is garbage. How did this movie get a wide release in over 3000 theatres?

40 minutes in and still no real plot.

Fail of escape scene. Too unbelievable.

Fail of narration throughout.

Were the studio executives, producers and writer on crack cocaine when making this movie? Because it would explain a lot.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

At least there's one Black actor. Looks more token though. And 5 seconds of the Black child in the end.

***Do not watch this movie. Should only be watched as a reference in how NOT to make a movie.

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn’t have made $1.00. The fact that it made almost $30 million proves that God does NOT exist.

Breach, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Billy Ray, Adam Mazer, William Rotko

Director: Billy Ray

Dialogue: Fail

Boring and fake dialogue.

Plot: An FBI agent wants to post sexual material on the internet.

Story: Ambition, Ethics, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Weak characters.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of van talk scene.

Good office talk scene.

Huge embarrassment to the bureau. The FBI was a huge embarrassment after they attempted to blow up the 1993 World Trade Center. Not to mention all the entrapment.

Newburgh Four: poor, black, and jailed under FBI 'entrapment' tactics

FBI Terror Stings: Entrapment or Prevention?

Why Does the FBI Have to Manufacture its Own Plots if Terrorism and ISIS Are Such Grave Threats?

Aswad Khan FBI entrapment terror watchlist

Decent Hanson office scenes throughout.

Decent investigative scenes throughout.

Weird to see old tech system.

Fail of bookstore scene.

Fail of church scene.

Fail of outdoor boss talk scene.

"Never misread anybody this badly." What?

Fail of reading transcript scenes.

Fail of home scenes. Weak girlfriend issues.

Fail of writing.

Fail of car inspection scene.

Fail of bridge scene.

Fail of reading transcript scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Freedom Writers, 2007: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Richard LaGravenese

Director: Richard LaGravenese

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A school expects low-income students to fail.

Story: Ethics, Ambition, Family, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Imelda Staunton.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good street scene. Fail of inner thought narration.

Good office talk scene.

Good initial class scene.

Territory race wars. It works, but not with her terrible inner dialogue.

A remake of Dangerous Minds (1995), which is a remake of Stand and Deliver (1988)? Let’s see where it goes.

Fail of father scene.

Fail of tone to movie.

Fail of convenience store scene.

Good class argument scene.

Good book talk scene.

Get them to obey. That’s pretty much correct in the past and today in schools.

Good lunch room scene.

Good lineup scene.

Good journal scenes.

That’s a very optimistic teacher.

Good home scenes throughout.

Fail of tour scene.

Good toast scene.

"Normal kids." Yup, I’ve heard that kind of talk before.

Good dance scene.

Good speech scene.

Good court scene.

Good board argument scene.

Decent climax scene.

Decent ending.

Not the best movie about education, but good enough to pass.

P.S. I love You, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Richard LaGravenese

Director: Richard LaGravenese

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue.

Plot: A wife wants to deal with the death of her husband.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Weak acting by Hilary Swank.

Fail of Gerard Butler’s acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of funeral scene.

No emotional connection with the dead husband.

Oh my god, James Marsters (Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Wow. Great to see you again.

Fail of friends scene.

Fail of bar scene.

Fail of tone to movie. Fail of directing.

Decent apartment real estate scene. Could have been much better. Wasted comedy potential.

Fail of bar scenes throughout.

Decent boat scene.

Shared everything together. Jokes.

Fail of dog scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Martian Child, 2007: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: David Gerrold

Director: Menno Meyjes

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to get over the death of his wife.

Story: Family, Purpose

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Good acting by John Cusack.

Good child acting by Bobby Coleman.

Comments:

Good intro.

In a cardboard box. Jokes.

Good solid movie.

Excellent normal kid acting out scenes.

Kicking a bowling ball down the lane. Jokes.

Good child services interviews.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

This movie shouldn't have cost $27 million to make.

In the Land of Women, 2007: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Jon Kasdan

Director: Jon Kasdan

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A woman wants to break up with her boyfriend.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of house scene.

Kristen Stewart. Always a pleasure.

"Can’t believe I’m still alive." Jokes.

Excellent grandma scenes throughout.

Good outdoor scene.

Good guy and woman talk scenes throughout.

Hey, the guy from the Marvel movies (Clark Gregg). You keep popping up in a lot of movies.

Fail of flashback scene.

Decent mother/daughter scene.

Fail of little daughter scene.

Good bathroom scene.

Good school yard scene.

"Find my lifeless corpse." Jokes.

Good rain scene.

Good party scene.

The son of an asshole. Jokes.

Decent car scene.

Good hospital scene.

Good dinner scene.

Good climax scene.

Fail of ending.

The grandma character really sells this movie.

Love in the Time of Cholera, 2007: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Ronald Harwood

Director: Mike Newell

Dialogue: Fail

The dialogue was a failure from the very beginning.

"The only thing that hurts me, is that I don't have enough strength to give you the beating you deserve for being so insolent and evil minded." Excellent line, good delivery.

Plot: A man wants to be with a woman.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Giovanna Mezzogiorno.

Fail of John Leguizamo’s acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Screwing a woman that looks like your barely legal granddaughter. Well done Hollywood. And people wonder why sexism and pedophilia continues. It’s because Hollywood is propagating it and both liberals and conservatives are eating it up.

Fail of funeral scene.

Fail of outdoor look scene.

Lovers writing handwritten letters. Something I look forward to doing even in the internet generation.

Buds in front of people during Eucharist to see her. Jokes. Sadly, it’s the best scene in the movie.

Fail of mother scenes throughout.

Fail of love attempt scenes throughout.

John Leguizamo’s acting really kills this movie. Fail of all of his scenes.

Fail of almost all scenes. Boring and flat.

The MeToo movement would call this harassment.

Fail of doctor scenes.

Cheesy garbage dialogue throughout.

Fail of bomb sex scene.

Fail of woman talk/fan scene.

Fail of stage scene.

Fail of sex scene in front of cat.

He’s a man whore. Lovely.

Fail of doctor confrontation scene.

Decent climax scene

Decent ending.

Almost as if the movie was made just so male celebrities could get laid. Sometimes, pretend sex on-camera turns into real sex off-camera. Either before or after shooting.

We Own the Night, 2007: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: James Gray

Director: James Gray

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Russians want to traffic drugs in the US.

Story: Family, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Joaquin Phoenix.

Comments:

Nice black and white photo intro.

Solid pre-sex scene. Well done. That woke me up.

Good party scene.

Good church scene.

Russians running the drugs and clubs. Yup, sounds about right…in the past and today.

Good party scenes throughout.

Good police break up scene.

Good police station argument scene.

Decent boxing scene.

Excellent hospital scene.

Excellent tone to movie. Good directing.

Good diner talk scene.

Good meet up scene.

Fail of car scene.

Good drug house scene.

Good house scene.

Good car highway scene.

Good funeral scene.

Transition is a bit fast, but…

Good club scene.

Good alley scene.

Decent climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Decent movie. Kudos to the director.

Rendition, 2007: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Kelley Sane

Director: Gavin Hood

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue throughout.

Plot: Terrorists want to destabilize Africa.

Story: Ambition, Relationships, Family, Character

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Fail of Ibrahim character

Acting: Fail

Fail of Jake Gyllenhaal’s acting.

Fail of J.K. Simmons’ acting.

Excellent acting by Igal Naor.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of everything. Garbage writing.

They didn't take the wife into account. Really?

The family/love plot doesn't work.

The analyst can't handle watching interrogation. Get the f*ck outta here.

Fail of wife Soliloquy. Explaining it directly doesn't make sense.

Complete fail of writing.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Evening, 2007: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Susan Minot, Michael Cunningham

Director: Lajos Koltai

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A woman wants to be with a man.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

"Ah…f*ck off." Jokes.

Fail of dock scene.

Fail of hallucination scenes throughout.

Fail of dance scene.

Is the script being made up as they go?

Dying at home. Better than dying in a hospital or god forbid, at a nursing home during the Chinese Communist Party bioweapon (also known as COVID).

Coronavirus: Extendicare now hit with $200M class-action lawsuit over long-term care deaths

Another million-dollar lawsuit filed against Ontario's worst-hit nursing home for alleged neglect

85% of Ont. nursing homes break the law repeatedly with almost no consequences, data analysis shows

Family alleges negligence by Bridgeview nursing home in COVID-19-related death of 81-year-old

Quebec man files suit after 69 residents die of COVID-19 at care home

California Says Nursing Homes Abandoned Elderly During Fire

Seniors' care-home neglect is our national shame

At the urging of nursing homes, a law is amended and COVID court claims are slowed

Cuomo gave immunity to nursing home executives after big campaign donations

Fail of party scene.

Fail of scenes from both times. Boring. Everything seems forced.

Decent dinner scene.

Unfulfilled. Oh dear. One fulfilled women. Jokes.

Decent wedding scene.

I don't think I saw a single visible minority in the movie. Not even an extra. Well done Hollywood.

Good rejection scene.

Fail of car scene. Could have been much better.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Fail of anti-climax movie.

Could have been a great ending. Wasted drama potential.

Weak dialogue but strong characters. This movie should be redone today with a better writer and director.

This movie shouldn't have cost $30 million to make.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age, 2007: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: William Nicholson, Michael Hirst

Director: Shekhar Kapur

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Catholic Spanish govt wants to rule Protestant England.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Kate Blanchett.

Fail of Clive Owen’s acting. Note the right actor for the role.

Comments:

Decent intro, which is surprising for a period piece.

Always nice to see people enslaving themselves to religion and royalty to rule over them. Humanity at its best.

Good dark house scene.

Good boat scene.

Excellent cinematography.

Good carriage scene.

Hey, the guy who played Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne). Nice to see you.

Fail of dating selection scene.

Fail of all Clive Owen scenes throughout. His acting brutalizes the character.

Fail of killing scene.

Too many sh*tty speech scenes with overdramatic music.

Too many ongoing plots. The writer bit off more than he can chew.

Fail of torture scenes throughout.

Fail of tension scene.

Fail of pause before drawing sword.

Fail of astrology scene.

Fail of confusion man scene.

Fail of theater play scene.

Fail of assassination scene.

Fail of all scenes. Just terrible. Such a shame since it started off well.

Fail of execution scene.

Trapped in my own web. Oh please.

Fail of pre-war scenes throughout.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Continued in Part 3