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.

The Last Airbender, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: M. Night Shyamalan

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Dialogue: Fail

Was the dialogue made up as they go? Oh dear god. Horrible dialogue.

Plot: A nation wants to enslave the other nations.

Story: Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Horrible acting by all child actors. Oh dear god.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Complete fail of every scene. Oh dear god.

Horrible cinematography and special effects throughout. The only exception is one scene where Aang is in the avatar state with the water rising up.

Way too much narration, terrible acting by all child actors, weak dialogue, horrible special effects.

Good diversity though (Indian instead of White as the evil colonizer, well done). Even though Indian actors weren’t able to pull it off.

Slow moving earth. Oh dear god.

The plot moved way too fast.

Complete failure of all scenes. Oh dear god. Fail of writing, directing.

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.

***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 over $300 million proves that God does NOT exist.

Doesn't hold a candle to the original animated series.

Wall Street Money Never Sleeps, 2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, 2010: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Allan Loeb, Stephen Schiff

Director: Oliver Stone

Dialogue: Pass

Good dialogue throughout.

Plot: Investment companies want to destroy another investment company.

Story: Relationships, Ambition, Family

Characters: Pass

Good characters overall.

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Michael Douglas as usual.

Excellent acting by Shia Labeouf.

Excellent acting by Josh Brolin. One of his few good movies.

Comments:

Fail of intro narration.

Fail of intro.

Fail of trader road scene.

Excellent meeting room scene.

How do you make money on losses? Ask billionaires who own print newspapers. They definitely know.

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

The Problem With the Genius Billionaire Philanthropist Superhero

Fail of bar scene.

Ah…banks and investment firms against each other. Shame they can't finish the job and just kill each other off.

Excellent bank conference scene.

Good gecko speech.

Good train speech.

Decent multiple info exchange scene. Could have been better.

Good room scene.

Good gecko scene.

Good dinner scene.

Excellent use of diagrams for fusion explanation.

Didn't need the shadow image of the old man in the bathroom.

Nice to see Charlie Sheen again.

Fail stairs scene.

Ah…the nightmare called the 2008 recession. Fail of prep domino scene. Should have gone right into it.

Excellent bank meeting scene.

Sad that the bailout was a reality. In a free market, everything should have crashed and something new would have risen from the ashes.

Borders bookstore. A relic of the past. Only Barnes & Noble and Chapters Indigo left.

Good relationship scenes.

Excellent office scene.

Good climax scene.

Narration not necessary.

Iron Man 2, 2010: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Justin Theroux

Director: Jon Favreau

Dialogue: Fail

Corny lines.

Plot: A man wants to kill a superhero.

Story: Ambition, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Mickey Rourke. Well done.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of Justin Mammer speech in court. Too cheesy. But it's Marvel, so...

Good plot. It would be nice to have a story to go with it.

Fabulous 3d like scans effects. Is that coming to mass market soon?

Excellent racing track scene.

Excellent climax scene.

Excellent Agent Romanav scene white room. Excellent contrast. Well done art department.

Good ending.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Steve Kloves

Director: David Yates

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: An evil wizard wants to kill a boy.

Story: Ambition, Ethics, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Interesting evil meeting scene.

Good house/chase scene.

Excellent past memory scenes.

Decent will ready scene.

Decent wedding ceremony talk scene.

Good cafe scene.

Good spooky house entrance scene. Well done.

Fail of ministry plot. Doesn't make sense.

Dobby is so cute and lovable.

Good house scene.

Fail of toilet scene. Wasted comedy potential.

Good ministry scenes.

Fail of wilderness scenes/plot. Doesn't make sense. Seems forced.

Fail of symbolism plot to figure out next Horcrux.

Good spooky woman house scene.

Fail of Horcrux unleashed scene. Nudity was not necessary.

Fail of love good scene.

Fail of deathly hallow tale. Nice animation though.

Fail of climax scene.

All wand fighting and now one throws a punch. Sigh.

Well done with chandelier scene.

Excellent ending.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 2010: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Michael Petroni

Director: Michael Apted

Dialogue: Fail

Complete fail of a dialogue.

Plot: A king wants to find his missing fathers friends.

Story: Character

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Fail of annoying cousin character.

Fail of King Caspian character.

Fail of magician character.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

I think Disney/Fox has milked this series to its last drop.

They're not even trying for the entrance to Narnia now.

Fail of castle scene.

Fail of almost all scenes.

Good rat and boy sword training.

Slave trader plot unnecessary.

Almost every scene in the movie seems forced.

Fail of invisible creatures/world scenes.

Fail of Lucy scenes.

Are the writers making this up as they go?

Fail of ship scenes.

Fail of cave scene.

Fail of Edmond/Caspian power temptation.

Fail of Lucy/sister temptation.

A dragon. Oh dear.

Fail of forest scene.

And now we're at a magical woman. Oh dear.

Fail of madness on ship scenes.

Fail of climax battle scene.

Nice ocean special effects.

Decent ending.

3 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Death at a Funeral, 2010: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Dean Craig

Director: Neil LaBute

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A family wants to deal with the death of their patriarch.

Story: Family, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Ah…mixing up dead bodies. With unlimited demand, it happens.

Of course, if we went back to burying bodies on large pyre's or in boats in the ocean, it would be much more efficient and destroy today's funeral industry. Just saying.

The dead are taking up way too much valuable real estate. Cremate their ass and use that to plant a tree. Efficient and giving back to nature.

Good funeral prep scenes throughout.

Mother still waiting for grandchild. Yup, my parents are in the same boat. As long as the grandchildren are cute, they won't care how young my future wife is.

Good funeral scenes throughout.

Dead body on the floor. Jokes. Could have been funnier though.

Excellent midget scenes throughout.

Good bathroom scene.

Excellent naked roof scene. Very well done.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Not even $50 million at the box office. The audience was too harsh.

Cats and Dogs Revenge of Kitty Galore, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Ron J. Friedman, Steve Bencich

Director: Brad Peyton

Dialogue: Fail

"How do you know my name. I just came up out of the floor.” “Let's assume I'm smart enough to know your name." Good line, fail in delivery.

Plot: A cat wants to rule the world.

Story: Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Excellent pigeon voice actor/actress.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of criminal scene.

Chris O'Donnell. Wow. Where have you been?

Oh…the German Shepherds are so loving. That's why I'll need one, maybe two in the future.

Good GQ scenes throughout.

Hey, the guy from 30 Rock (Jack McBrayer).

Fail of security guard scene.

Failing off flying dog scene.

Good playhouse scene.

Yes, rejection is never easy.

The dog whisperer. Jokes.

Decent HQ scene.

Good old woman scene.

Decent prison scene.

Fail of magician guy scenes.

Fail of ship attack scene.

Not as good as the first one.

Good cat HQ scene.

Fail of motorcycle scene.

Fail of capture scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

The Lovely Bones, 2010: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson

Director: Peter Jackson

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to abduct young girls.

Story: Ambition, Purpose

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Excellent corn field scenes.

Excellent music content.

Good school scenes throughout.

Good investigative scenes throughout.

Decent mind scenes throughout, some were over the top.

Excellent sister scene.

Good use of narration.

Excellent climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Excellent movie. Brought me to tears. It's not Grave of the Fireflies (1988) or The Joy Luck Club (1993), but still pretty good.

Should have made more money. But the budget was way too high. it shouldn't have cost $65 million to make. Paramount Pictures has money to burn.

Shame that the movie is based on a book who’s author falsely accused a man of raping her who served 16 years in jail.

Alice Sebold Pens 400-Word Apology to Anthony Broadwater She Sent to Jail for 16 Years, false accusation

What a b*tch.

Knight and Day, 2010: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Patrick O'Neill

Director: James Mangold

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Intelligence agencies want to capture a rogue agent.

Story: Ambition, Character, Ethics

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Tom Cruise.

Excellent acting by Cameron Diaz.

Comments:

Good intro.

Excellent plane scene.

Good car scenes throughout. Well done.

Excellent restaurant scene.

Hey, the guy who played Riley on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Marc Blucas). Nice to see you again.

Excellent warehouse shootout.

Good beach scene.

Good train scene.

Good hotel scene.

Excellent cinematography.

Good parents house scene.

Good capture scene.

Excellent climax scene.

Excellent motorcycle car chase.

Good ending.

These two do well together in movies.

Should have made more money. But the production budget was almost $120 million. Holy f*ck. 20th Century Fox has money to burn.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard

Director: Mike Newell

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A brother wants to control a kingdom.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of woman actress.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of child chase scene.

And the king recognizes his courage. Oh please.

Jake Gyllenhaal as a Persian. That's news to me. More Hollywood whitewashing.

The other actor as Persian. Oh dear.

Excellent wall arrow scene. Well done.

Fail of most fight scenes throughout.

So…there were no WMDS and already a political solution to marry. Sounds like Iraq to me.

A cloak. Oh dear.

And the plot thickens…and that's when I tune out. Beyond suspension of disbelief.

Hey, the guy from The Wonder Years (Alfred Molina). He’s Persian too? Fabulous.

Fail of all scenes. Fail of writing.

Poor snakes. Always getting a bad rap.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

3 writers?. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Craig Titley

Director: Chris Columbus

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue. Oh dear god.

Plot: Someone wants to steal Zeus' lightning.

Story: Character

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of all acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Greek gods in the 21st century. I like it.

Fail of home scene.

Fail of museum scene. Oh dear god, it’s terrible.

Fail of home scene.

Fail of creature attack scene.

A camp for demi-god teenagers. I hate it. Fail of all camp scenes throughout.

Fail of Pierce Brosnan scenes throughout.

Always nice to see Black people helping the White masters to achieve their goals. Well done Hollywood. Fail of protector guy scenes throughout.

Always nice to know Greek gods are screwing human women for kicks. Almost like liberal and conservative men who have affairs with younger women while their wives turn a blind eye. Feminists should be proud of their work in empowering/disempowering women.

Fail of night fire scene.

Ah..the blood of a god. Must they all be White? There were many different ethnicities during the Ancient Greek era.

Blood lineage thing. Another terrible Illuminati movie.

Fail of medusa scene.

Fail of motel scene.

Fail of almost all scenes.

Fail of museum attack scene.

Fail of casino scenes.

Fail of hell scenes.

Fail of betrayal scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

RED, 2010: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber

Director: Robert Schwentke

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Someone wants to kill a retired CIA agent.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Pass

Excellent characters.

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Helen Mirren.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Decent phone conversation scene.

Excellent night attack scene.

Good car scene.

Decent setup scene.

Decent old folks home scene.

Good car attack scene.

Good setup scene.

That library looks like the Toronto Reference Library. F*ck me, it is. Kudos.

Good vault scene.

Good Marvin scenes throughout.

Excellent cinematography, acting, directing, writing.

Excellent special effects.

Good helicopter attack scene.

Good Russian embassy scene.

Good elevator scene.

Excellent fight scene.

Good gun op scene.

Excellent phone scene.

Good ballroom attack scene.

Excellent underground attack scene.

Firing the M2 Browning machine gun in an indoor parking lot. Very well done. One of the best scenes of the movie.

Red (2010) - Chaos in the Parking Garage

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Robin Hood, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Director: Ridley Scott

Dialogue: Fail

Writer: Brian Helgeland

Plot: French govt wants to invade England.

Story: Ambition, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of almost all scenes. Fail of writing.

It had potential to be a good movie. Too many strong stories competing for attention.

Needed a better writer.

Too many minor plots, fragmented scenes, too many new people being added. Can't keep track of which plot is main one.

Garbage dialogue.

Garbage scene changes.

Music doesn't match tension in scenes.

All characters are too weak. No emotional investment after an hour into it.

Bad cinematography. But bad cinematography is always blamed on the director.

Introducing and killing off characters late in the game.

Stretching out minor plots not good.

Actions/personality of characters are incoherent.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

This movie could have worked as a TV show.
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Salt (Director's Cut), 2010: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Kurt Wimmer

Director: Phillip Noyce

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A Russian agent wants to defect.

Story: Character

Characters: Pass

Excellent characters.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Good interrogation scene.

Good flashback scene.

Excellent escape scene.

Good funeral attack scene.

Good escape scene.

Good Russian boat scene.

Excellent White House attack scenes.

Good climax scene.

Excellent ending.

One of the best movies of all time.

Jackass 3D, 2010: FAIL

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Preston Lacy

Director: Jeff Tremaine

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Red necks want to act like idiots.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of almost all scenes. Oh dear god. Complete fail of everything. I can't rationally reward stupidity.

Clearly the bar for comedy is at an all time low for Americans (most revenue was made in the US). But excellent slow motion shots throughout.

Fail of non-climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Not one of the worst movies of all time, but pretty close.

I'll concede that it was funnier than the others because of the slow motions effects.

Edge of Darkness, 2010: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: William Monahan, Andrew Bovell

Director: Martin Campbell

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Someone wants to kill a woman.

Story: Ethics

Characters: Pass

Excellent characters.

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Mel Gibson as usual.

Excellent acting by Ray Winstone.

Comments:

Good intro.

Good car scene.

Good shooting scene.

Excellent home video scenes throughout.

Fail of precinct scenes.

Excellent music content. This is the composer you want for your blockbuster feature movie.

Good house fight scene.

And the plot thickens.

Good underground scene.

Good office meeting scene.

Good consultant talk scenes throughout.

Good explanation scene.

Good senator TV scene.

Good lawyer scene.

Excellent writing, directing, acting.

Excellent highway death. Holy f*ck that was well done. That moment is worth watching the whole movie.

Good helicopter talk scene.

Good beating up scene.

Good senator talk scene.

Good car cop scene.

Good cop house scene.

Excellent climax scene.

Excellent ending (reminds me of Braveheart).

This movie should have made more money. But the budget was way too high.

Not one of the best movies of all time, but I strongly recommend watching it.

Clash of the Titans, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Travis Beacham, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi

Director: Louis Leterrier

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Humanity doesn't want to worship gods anymore.

Story: Ambition, Character

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Mads Mikkelsen.

Comments:

Good intro.

Fail of ship scenes.

So they topple a statue and ugly winged creatures kill them. I guess that works.

Always nice to see all White gods, with the exception of Hermes (Alexander Siddig) who looks Middle Eastern. I think Hermes got maybe five seconds of face time.

Even the ruling families are all White. Hollywood whitewashing at its best. Of course, the term “whitewashing” is simply a softer term for “racism.”

Fail of gods scenes throughout.

Fail of palace scenes throughout.

Fail of all battle fight scenes throughout.

I noticed how all the gods keep screwing humans in the night without asking for consent. I don't think that MeToo movement would take too kindly to this.

Fail of forest training scene.

So…humans are reliant on demi-gods? The point of the story is that the gods are saviors for weak humans. Well done Hollywood.

Ah…the religious fanatics, Of course.

Fail of 3 witches scene.

The djinn sorcerer guy reminds me of the sh*tty apocalypse guy in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016).

Good climax battle scene, but not enough to pass.

Decent ending.

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn't have made $1.00. The fact that it made almost $500 million proves that God does NOT exist (which is ironic for the movie).

3 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Inception, 2010: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Christopher Nolan

Director: Christopher Nolan

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A corporation wants secrets from their competitor.

Story: Ambition, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting all around.

Comments:

Good intro.

Excellent Japanese scenes throughout.

Excellent recruitment scene.

Excellent dream training scenes throughout.

Good friend meeting scene.

Decent chase scene.

Good prep scenes throughout.

Excellent dream scenes throughout. Very well done.

A train in the streets. Jokes.

Excellent original movie. Kudos to Nolan.

Excellent special effects throughout.

Excellent Mr. Charles ploy.

Excellent climax scene.

Good ending.

Date Night, 2010: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Josh Klausner

Director: Shawn Levy

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A married couple wants a better life.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Tina Fey. Very well done.

Comments:

Excellent intro.

Pile-driver to the mother in bed. Ah…the vitality of the little ones.

Excellent restaurant voice over scene.

A husband in a book club. I hope that never happens to me.

Fail of scam artists plot. Doesn't work. But the comedy is enough to pass.

Fail of precinct scene.

Fail of cop bar scene.

Good Mark Wahlberg scene.

Good car argument scene.

Good apartment break-in scene.

Fail of subway scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Cop Out, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen

Director: Kevin Smith

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Mexicans want to deal drugs in New York.

Story: Relationships, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Tracy Morgan.

Comments:

Good intro.

Fail of interrogation scene.

Fail of store shooting scene.

Good dog scene.

Fail of cop precinct scenes throughout.

Fail of church scene.

Michelle Trachtenberg. Wow, you keep popping up in small parts in a lot of movies. Well done.

Decent restaurant scene.

Fail of collectible store scene.

Excellent hypothetical scenario with music.

Excellent empowered woman scene.

Fail of car talk scene.

Fail of porch house fight scene.

Excellent child hustler character.

Fail of beach scene.

Fail of house cop scene.

Fail of torture scene.

Fail of diner scene.

Fail of jail scene.

Too many bad scenes to pass this movie.

Fail of climax scene.

Good ending.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, 2010: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Jackie Filgo, Jeff Filgo, Jeff Judah, Gabe Sachs

Director: Thor Freudenthal

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A boy wants a better life.

Story: Character, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Pretty good acting for child actors.

Comments:

Good intro.

Decent class scene, but all school is an intellectual wasteland.

Cheese touch. Jokes.

Good cafeteria scene.

Fail of future visualization scene.

Baby hippo. Jokes.

Good wrestling scene.

Good tie scene.

Good class movie scene.

Fail of Halloween scenes.

Hey, the guy from the First Wave (Rob LaBelle). Nice to see you again.

Fail of arm cast scenes.

Decent house sleepover scene.

Good theater scenes throughout.

Tackles a tree. Jokes.

Parents dancing with their kids. Jokes.

Good climax scene.

Decent ending.

Passed with 4 writers. Impressive.

Hot Tub Time Machine, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Josh Heald, Sean Anders, John Morris

Director: Steve Pink

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Three guys want a better life.

Story: Character, Relationships, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Good intro.

Men taking a woman's last name? That's news to me. I didn't even know men did that.

Why I took my wife's last name

'The best option': Why some men are taking their wife's last name — and giving up their own

Fail of solution.

Fail of ski security idiots.

Excellent ski club scene with music.

Fail of Chevy Chase scenes throughout. Shame. He was once a comedy giant.

Good sex tub scene.

Fail of most scenes. Fail of writing.

Fail of blowjob scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Solution didn't work. Too stupid.

3 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

127 Hours, 2010: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy

Director: Danny Boyle

Dialogue: Fail

Too flat and boring.

Plot: A man wants to survive in the outdoors.

Story: Survival

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of all scenes.

Yes, he's a free spirit. Sorry, but that's not enough for a movie.

Fail of tone. Doesn't work.

There's only so much I can watch about his video postings about his life.

Fail of climax scene.

Would have been smarter to act in the beginning of the problem instead of near the end. But then again, there would be no movie if he did that.

Fail of ending.

Get Him to the Greek, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Nicholas Stoller

Director: Nicholas Stoller

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A record company wants more business.

Story: Character, Relationships, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Excellent acting by Sean P. Diddy.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Decent CNN scene.

Excellent Sean P. Diddy scene. His acting is really good. Pleasantly surprised.

Fail of hospital scene.

Ah…Russell Brand. Sigh.

Fail of party scene.

Fail of interview scene.

Clench and sneeze. Oh dear.

Fail of almost all scenes.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Powerfully stupid movie.

Faster, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton

Director: George Tillman Jr.

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: An ex-con wants to kill people.

Story: Ambition, Ethics, Character

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of Oliver Jackson-Cohen’s acting.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Ah…the US prison system, where hate only grows for homicidal maniacs and liberals are too much of a p*ssy to put them out of their misery in a quick and compassionate manner. Both liberals and conservatives prefer to turn a blind eye to slavery and sexual abuse in prison.

Good cinematography throughout.

Nice to see a White man crossing the road without giving a f*ck. If a Black man tried that, the car in the first lane would have clocked him.

A quick and painless death. Well done.

Nice to see drug addicts, but we see enough in society.

Fail of shop scene.

Fail of all police scenes.

Ah…hitmen and the luxury life. I’ll have to take your word for it. Maybe in the next life.

Good past scenes. Beautiful car.

Drugging young women. I thought liberal women were more intelligent. Sorry, I was thinking of the women in Sin City who were intelligent and empowered.

Fail of hallway shootout scene.

Good house scene.

Good music content throughout.

Decent bathroom scene.

Fail of hospital scene.

Fail of highway scene.

Good highway radio scene.

This movie could have passed without the sh*tty assassin and their bullshit drama. I can't reward garbage writing.

Fail of beach black guy scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Killers, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Bob DeRosa, Ted Griffin

Director: Robert Luketic

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Someone wants to kill a former assassin.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of Ashton Kutcher’s acting. Not the right actor for role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

A reboot of Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Mission Impossible. Yah right.

Fail of father character. Too stupid.

Fail of all Kutcher scenes throughout.

Calling your father a pervert. Too much.

Fail of club scene.

Fail of all scenes.

Fail of all secret agent killing scenes throughout.

Good car argument scene.

Sleep like a dead person? Jokes.

Fail of climax scene.

Good ending, but not enough to pass.

Lasers for baby room. Jokes.

I think this could have worked with another actor other than Ashton Kutcher and Tom Selleck.

Jonah Hex, 2010: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Director: Jimmy Hayward

Dialogue: Fail

"Christ woman, how many men you seein’ today?" Excellent line, fail in delivery.

Plot: A criminal wants to build a weapon.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of all acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of animation scene. But I can understand why. Saves money in the budget.

Fail of fight scene.

Fail of all scenes. Everything looks like garbage.

Fail of music content.

Fail of train scene.

Fail of office scene.

Fail of slutty woman. Reminds me of Westworld and people buying women for sex and to kill them. Sexual violence at its best. Disgusting.

Ah yes, Meghan Fox screwing the old man. Lovely. I’m sure she would add some flair as a new Bond Money Penny.

Fail of non-human cage fighting.

Fail of dead guy scene.

Fail of gun black guy scene.

Fail of weird death fight.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Even with A-listers, you can't fix a garbage movie. $10 million in revenue on a $47 million budget? Wow. I didn't even think that was possible for a superhero movie.

But the failure of Pluto Nash ($7.1 million revenue on $100 million production budget) still has the record.
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Twilight Saga Eclipse 2010 Twilight Saga: Eclipse, 2010: PASS

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Melissa Rosenberg

Director: David Slade

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Rogue vampires want to kill and turn people.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Excellent street/docks intro.

I think this one has the potential to pass.

Good forest make out scenes.

Still going to school. Why bother?

Decent forest scene. Better special effects.

Good school scene.

Calling Bella and hanging up. Jokes.

Good Jacob/Bella talk scene.

Good house night scene.

The wolves are so cute, big and loving.

Good past memory tribal scene.

Good vampire children scenes.

Good room scene.

Good altercation scene.

Good girls talk scene.

I'm White, young, hot, immortal but my life sucks. Cry me a river.

Disturbing past memory scene.

Decent graduation scene/party.

Good training scenes.

Decent past memory scenes.

Good forest talk scene.

Good night intimate scene.

Good music content.

Good manipulation vampire scene.

Underwater. That's a good idea. Could have done the shot of them coming up much better.

Good night tent scene.

Excellent day mountain scene with music content.

Good battle climax scene.

Yay, I saw a one Black newborn vampire for a few seconds.

Ah…an Asian vampire woman. Well done. You've met your quota.

Crushing the head off. Too much.

Tearing the arms off. Well done.

Killing her. That's not cool.

Good ending.

Tron Legacy, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz

Director: Joseph Kosinski

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A company wants to control proprietary technology.

Story: Family, Ambition

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Good intro.

So…he created AI in 2010. Really?

Fail of news TV show scene.

It's this easy to break in. Really?

Fail of sh*tty life scenes. You’re White and live a mid-high income lifestyle. Walk it off.

Oh...that's an ugly dog.

And he's digitized. Oh dear.

Excellent special effects, but not enough to pass.

Fail of stupid disc wars.

Good music content.

Good motorcycle scene with music content.

Fail of all bad guys.

Fail of all father/son scenes throughout.

Fail of memory scene.

Interesting real plot, but doesn't work.

Sheldon Yamkovy as the destitute program. Jokes. I met him in real life.

Fail of all scenes.

Fail of party scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Fail of writing.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard, Matt Lopez

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A sorcerer wants to enslave humanity.

Story: Ethics, Character, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Alfred Molina.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of all past scenes.

Ah…the destiny of a child.

Fail of store scene.

Good dorky relationship scenes throughout, but not enough to pass.

Fail of all sorcerer scenes throughout. Too stupid.

Searching for the one person on the planet who can kill the evil sorcerer. Really?

Fail of all scenes.

Fail of training scenes throughout.

Fail climax scene.

Fail of ending.

3 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

The Karate Kid, 2010: PASS

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Christopher Murphey

Director: Harald Zwart

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Bullies want to beat up a foreigner.

Story: Character, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good home scenes throughout.

Good school scenes throughout.

Good fight scenes as usual.

Star power played a major role in making this movie an Epic Commercial Success.

Good training scenes throughout.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Dear John, 2010: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Jamie Linden

Director: Lasse Hallstrom

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to be with a woman.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Channing Tatum.

Comments:

Good intro.

Good beach scenes throughout.

Good dates scenes throughout.

Good home scenes throughout.

Good father problem scenes throughout.

Going back? You dumb f*ck.

Good military scenes throughout.

Uh…you're invading a country. What do you expect?

Excellent hospital scene.

Good climax scene.

Good acting.

Dinner for Schmucks, 2010: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: David Guion, Michael Handelman

Director: Jay Roach

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: An employee wants a promotion.

Story: Character, Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Decent board room scene.

Fail of art scene.

Fail of idiot friend scene.

Fail of rich client scene.

Fail of almost all scenes.

Characters too stupid and unbelievable.

Fail of escort apart scene.

Fail of idiot office scene.

Fail of restaurant scene.

Fail of dinner scene.

Corporate people making fun of dumb people. Who is the target audience of this movie?

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Due Date, 2010: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Adam Sztykiel, Todd Phillips

Director: Todd Phillips

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man wants to get to his child's birth.

Story: Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good airport scene.

Good plane scene.

Fail of all car scenes throughout.

Fail of almost all scenes.

Good acting, but weak characters.

Fail of diner scene.

Fail of house scene.

Fail of western union scene.

Fail of bathroom scene.

Everything to unbelievable and stupid.

Boring and flat for everything else.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Only star power allowed this movie to get made.

4 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Easy A, 2010: PASS

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Bert V. Royal

Director: Will Gluck

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A girl wants to bully another girl.

Story: Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Crazy liberal parents. Yup, sounds about right.

Good girl dog scenes. Poor dog.

Good basketball opening scene.

Good narration throughout.

Good school scenes throughout.

Good home scenes throughout.

Decent bathroom scene.

Good pretend sex scene.

What was the music clearance bill for this movie? Must be high. But it doesn't matter since the movie was an Epic Commercial Success.

Fail of swim scene.

Good teacher hitting on scene.

Fail of two girl talk scene.

Jesus freaks protesting a girl for being a slut. Yah, too unbelievable, even though it does happen.

Who is Sister Cindy? Evangelist Christian Preacher Turned TikTok Star

Fail of church scene.

Fail of restaurant scene. Just buy a gun and smoke his ass. Exercise your rights.

Good climax scene.

Decent ending.

Going the Distance, 2010: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Geoff LaTulippe

Director: Nanette Burstein

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Two people want to be together.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Justin Long.

Comments:

Good intro.

Good bar scene.

Good office scenes throughout.

Ah…the fading print journalism jobs.

Good dating scenes throughout.

Excellent tanning scene.

Excellent sex table house scene. Very well done.

Excellent bar fight scene.

Small d*ck and worshipping Michael Bay. Jokes.

Excellent phone sex scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Solid relationship movie.

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

Leap Year, 2010: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan

Director: Anand Tucker

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A woman wants to get married.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of dinner scene.

Fail of plane scene.

Good bar scene.

Fail of beginning, but Ireland scenes made it passable.

Good drive scene.

Waiting for cows to move. Jokes.

Good bar fight scene.

Good castle scene.

Beautiful scenery. I'd like to visit Japan, Ireland, and Switzerland in the future. But then again, Japan is notorious for slaughtering dolphins and whales.

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'Not ashamed': dolphin hunters of Taiji break silence over film The Cove

Killing dolphins is not cool. So…that's a no on Japan.

Excellent rain scene.

Excellent bed and breakfast scenes throughout.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

The contrast of the polarizing characters was done well.

Excellent writing. Should have made more money. The fact that it was a Commercial Failure proves that God does NOT exist.

Letters to Juliet, 2010: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Jose Rivera, Tim Sullivan

Director: Gary Winick

Dialogue: Fail

Dialogue too cheesy.

Plot: A woman wants to find love.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of all date scenes.

Ah…the problems of beautiful rich White women. Cry me a river.

I'm a sucker for genuine love stories. But is it too much to ask for a little diversity in the movie? I don't think I saw one visible minority in the movie, let alone one that had dialogue.

Fail of all romance scenes throughout.

Fail all scenes. Fail of writing.

Fail climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Machete, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Robert Rodriguez, Alvaro Rodriguez

Director: Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: US govt wants to deport illegal aliens.

Story: Character, Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of almost all scenes. Fail of writing.

Powerfully stupid movie.

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

Complete failure of everything.

How did this movie get a wide release? Star power.

Young women throwing themselves at a 60 year old man. Well done Hollywood.

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 it made $40 million proves that God does NOT exist.

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.

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, 2010: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Emma Thompson

Director: Susanna White

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants a woman to sell her farm.

Story: Family, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

The land of poo. Jokes.

Fail of luxury pampered kids scenes throughout.

Fail of door scene.

Fail of house magic scene.

Fail of bed scene.

Fail of morning scene.

Fail of almost all scenes.

Doesn't hold a candle to the first 2005 movie.

Fail of river pig scene.

Fail of city driving scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Grown Ups, 2010: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Adam Sandler, Fred Wolf

Director: Dennis Dugan

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Four men want a better life for their families.

Story: Family, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Decent scenes throughout.

Fail of funeral scenes.

Good rope scene.

A dehydrator. Jokes. I have one too.

Excellent pee scene.

Excellent hot woman car scene.

Excellent old woman car scene.

Good pool scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Not much laughs, but passable.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, 2010: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright

Director: Edgar Wright

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A guy wants to be with a girl.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Excellent house scenes throughout.

Excellent sister scenes throughout.

Good video game scene.

Interesting directing. Well done.

Good dating scenes throughout.

Good band scene.

Interesting arcade game framework.

Excellent diving out of the window scene. One of the best scenes of the movie.

Scott Pilgrim vs the World 2010 Funny Scene

Good battle scenes throughout.

Excellent writing and directing.

Good climax scene.

Good ending. A fantasy but…

I liked it, even though no one else did. Should have made more money, but an $85 million production budget is pretty steep.

Solid movie. The writer and director was ahead of their time.

Life As We Know It, 2010: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas

Director: Greg Berlanti

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A couple wants to take care of a child.

Story: Relationships, Family, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good wedding scene.

Good couple scenes throughout.

Will Sasso. Wow. Nice to see you again from the MadTV days. Saw you in Entourage.

Good shop scene.

Good home scenes throughout.

Baby disconnects old man's oxygen. That's evolution in action.

Good toilet hat scene.

Good CPS worker scenes throughout. Ah…CPS (Child Protective Services), taking children away from good parents and leaving them with bad ones. I hope there's a special place in hell for these people.

The German Experiment That Placed Foster Children with Pedophiles

CPS took their kids. Now, the agency says it found no evidence of abuse

Good grocery store scene.

Good sex scene.

Good climax scenes.

Good ending.

Solid romantic/family/comedy movie.

Passed with 3 writers. Impressive.

Love & Other Drugs, 2010: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Charles Randolph, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz

Director: Edward Zwick

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A pharmaceutical company wants to sell lots of drugs.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Jake Gyllenhaal.

Excellent acting by Anne Hathaway.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of store scene.

Fail of house scene.

The scummy healthcare industry that needs sick patients to survive. Disgusting. Hopefully they all burn in hell. But it’s highly doubtful.

Good sales training scenes.

Excellent sales scenes throughout.

A sales rep with a patient. Yah right.

Good sex scene.

It looks like she’s into BDSM. I wonder what the MeToo movement would say. And I don't see him getting constant verbal permission for the sex. That's a big no no in the eyes of the MeToo movement.

Gabriel Macht. Wow. Nice to see you again. You keep getting a lot of roles. F*ck me. Must be the contract for fame that was signed with Satan. Joking. No need to file the defamation lawsuits.

Decent parking lot scene.

Always nice to see people being bought. But then again, that's the reality we live in.

Excellent couple scenes throughout.

Good sex scene.

Excellent climax scene.

Good ending.

Passed with 3 writers. Well done.

Morning Glory, 2010: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Aline Brosh McKenna

Director: Roger Michell

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A boss wants to fire an employee.

Story: Character, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Harrison Ford.

Excellent acting by Rachel McAdams.

Excellent acting by Diane Keating as usual.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of firing scene.

Good Jeff Goldblum scenes throughout.

Good elevator scene. Liberals seeing news anchors as demi-gods. Yup, sounds about right.

Excellent producer scenes throughout.

"News is a sacred temple." Are you on crack-cocaine? News is little more than the narrative of those in power.

Good Harrison Ford scenes throughout.

Excellent Diane Keaton scenes throughout.

Bickering about who gets what. Jokes.

Ah…networks desperate for big names on their show. And this is a 2010 movie. Today it's even more cut throat without media consolidation and media companies desperate to make money. Buzzfeed even went public.

BuzzFeed's stock drops nearly 24%, adding to a bad first week of trading

Excellent climax scene.

Good ending.

One of the best movies of all time.

Shutter Island, 2010: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Laeta Kalogridis

Director: Martin Scorsese

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Investigators want to find a missing patient in an asylum.

Story: Character

Characters: Pass

Excellent characters.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Looks like props and set. Please shoot at 24 FPS with an adequate depth of field. It’s not rocket science.

Fail of music content.

Good investigative scenes throughout.

Try to heal and try to cure. Get the f*ck outta here. Psychiatrists don't heal or cure anyone.

Interesting plot.

Good writing. You get hooked into the movie.

Good doctor scenes throughout.

Michelle Williams. Congrats on transitioning to the big screen.

Excellent climax scenes. Nice twist.

Good ending.

The Book of Eli, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Gary Whitta

Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes

Dialogue: Pass

Fail of all dialogue throughout.

Plot: A man wants to deliver a book.

Story: Purpose, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Pass

Fail of Gary Oldman’s acting.

Comments:

Decent intro. Nice special effects.

And the wandering begins.

Good apocalyptic shot.

An mp3 players works? How's it being charged? I don't see solar panels and batteries.

Fail of house scene. Doesn't add anything to the scene.

Good first attack scene. That was pretty fast.

Good use of shading/lighting.

Fail of last kill.

At least it's a Black protagonist. That has to count for something.

End of attack scene too slow.

Movie pace too slow. Fail of movie tone.

There's only so much you can do with a man wandering and bartering for trinkets.

Fail of barter scene.

Fail of problem. What a joke.

"Water is the good stuff." Oh dear god.

Fail of bar scene and fight and dialogue.

Fail of office scene. Situation doesn't make sense.

Decent use of explaining past, instead of narrating with intro.

Christian customs still around. Of course. Christ rules forever, even in an apocalypse.

Fail of torture scene.

Disempowered women in post apocalyptic world. Yup, sounds about right. The world may burn, but some Christian customs survive with the liberal feminist victim mentality. Lovely.

Fail of shootout scene.

What was the writer and director thinking?

Fail of standoff scene.

Fail of all scenes after.

Fail of water scene.

Fail of office scene.

Fail of attack scene. Scum men raping women. Perhaps men should be chemically castrated before an apocalypse to protect the women. But that would defeat the idea of future generations. It is a pickle no doubt about it.

"Like he's protected somehow." And now we're into superstition. Oh dear god (forgive the pun).

Fail of explanation scene. Could have worked with flashbacks.

And he's explaining faith. Oh dear god.

Fail of climax scene, powerfully stupid.

If the writer and director of this movie were the only ones from Hollywood who survived an apocalypse, and ruled the people left over, we'd all be f*cked.

Excellent girl jeep scene. Stop being a feminist victim and take charge.

Excellent shot of the bridge.

That’s the state where salvation is in? What a joke.

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 $150 million proves that God does NOT exist.

The Expendables, 2010: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: David Callaham, Sylvester Stallone

Director: Sylvester Stallone

Dialogue: Fail

Garbage dialogue.

Plot: A military dictator wants to run a drug operation.

Story: Character, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Eric Roberts.

Comments:

Fail of ship intro.

Fail of phone vibrate scene. Wasted comedy potential.

Fail of lane scene.

Good house scene.

A woman who doesn't care that a sugar daddy can't remember her name. Yup, sounds about right.

Good tattoo scene.

Corruption in Latin America. What a surprise.

A White man telling a Latin American dictator how to run things. Yup, sounds about right.

Decent church scene. Could have been better.

Fail of meeting scene.

Fail of plane arrival scene.

Fail of street scene.

Fail of driving scene.

Fail of general meeting scene.

Fail of attack scene.

I wonder if all the main actors from the Expendables support gun control.

I still can't believe that crappy movies like this are still being made.

Decent plane scene.

Fail of betrayal scene.

Fail of eye scene.

Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) from Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Wow. What a blast from the past. Nice to see you again.

A woman who stays with an abusive man. Sorry, but I have no sympathy for these women. Need a superhero to save you? Save yourself. An empowered woman would be able to figure it out. It's not rocket science. “But he was controlling her mind. She was powerless.” Blah blah blah.

Good tattoo scene. Excellent tone.

Water boarding a civilian woman. That's not cool.

Fail of all Jet Li scenes. Insecure Asian. Really? Don't tell that to the Communist Chinese govt.

China proposes teaching masculinity to boys as state is alarmed by changing gender roles

Fail of car chase scene.

"The enemy's always been scared of noise." What? Christ, this dialogue is terrible. The writer should be beaten with a wooden spatula.

Fail of all fight scenes, except for Jason Statham's scenes.

Fail of climax scene.

Good blade throwing ending, but not enough to pass the bad writing/characters.

Not one of the worst movies of all time, but pretty close.

The Bounty Hunter, 2010: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Sarah Thorp

Director: Andy Tennant

Dialogue: Fail

Garbage dialogue.

Plot: A reporter wants to catch a lead.

Story: Relationships.

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of arrest scene.

Fail of all news room scenes throughout.

Hey, the guy from Suits (David Costabile).

Fail of almost all bounty hunter scenes throughout.

Threaten to shoot a cab driver. Too unbelievable.

Fail of casino scene.

Fail of almost every scene. Fail of writing.

Weak comedy. I'm very surprised and disappointed by the actors and writer.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

The A-Team (Extended), 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom, Skip Woods

Director: Joe Carnahan

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A private military wants to steal US engraving plates.

Story: Ambition, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Bradley Cooper.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of van jack scene.

Good helicopter scene.

Good military scene.

Fail of all private security scenes throughout.

Good op scene.

Fail of court scene.

Fail of prison scenes throughout.

Fail of all investigative scenes.

Hey, the Asian guy from House of Cards (Terry Chen). Nice to see you again.

Good plane special effects.

Fail of all CIA guy scenes throughout.

Fail of shoot out scene.

Good climax scene, but not enough to pass.

Decent ending.

3 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Our Family Wedding, 2010: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Wayne Conley, Malcolm Spellman, Rick Famuyiwa

Director: Rick Famuyiwa

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A couple wants to get married.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Lance Gross’ acting.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Good disc jockey scene.

Good towing scene.

Father brings a young woman who looks younger than the soon to be step-daughter. Yup, sounds about right.

Good argument restaurant scene.

Excellent Latino scenes throughout.

Taye Diggs. Wow. Nice to see you.

Fail of police scene. Too stupid.

Good family talk scenes throughout.

Fail of visualization scene.

Fail of club scene.

A goat. Jokes.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Passed with 3 writers. Well done.

Uh…Lance Gross (main guy) doesn't know comedy. Why is he in this movie? I just ignored him and passed the movie on the strength of the family bickering (two fathers) and Latino family.

Sex and the City 2, 2010: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Michael Patrick King

Director: Michael Patrick King

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Four women want better lives.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Nice to see Chris Noth before his downfall in 2021.

Chris Noth Accused of Sexual Assault by Two Women

Woman accuses 'Sex and the City' actor Chris Noth of groping

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Boring wedding scenes.

Excellent slow motion breast run. Best scene of the movie.

Cancer causing sunblock. Of course. Can't forget that.

Sunscreen recall: What the finding of a cancer-causing chemical means for you

Researchers ask FDA to pull more sunscreens over possible carcinogen

Problems of rich White people. Cry me a river.

Boardroom scene had potential but fizzled out.

Fail of airplane scene.

Fail of customs scene. Was that supposed to be comedy?

Fail of all Abu Dhabi vacation scenes. In real life, they most likely would have been kidnapped, raped and killed.

I didn't notice any Black women in Abu Dhabi.

Well done with secret empowered Arab women group, but not enough to pass.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

She's Out of My League, 2010: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Sean Anders, John Morris

Director: Jim Field Smith

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A guy wants to be with a woman.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by T.J. Miller.

Excellent acting by Krysten Ritter.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good airport talk scenes throughout.

That's just a sad living room scene.

Good screening scene.

Good plane scene. Hate those asswipe people.

Fail of party scene.

Good bar scene.

Decent hockey talk scene.

Good bowling talk scene.

Decent to good date scenes.

Lack of comedy from main guy. But the supporting character makes up for it.

Good parents living room scene.

The jealous woman. Well done.

Weak family scene.

Yup, gotta shave the balls area.

Fail of apartment scene.

Decent climax scene.

A f*ckin giant wrench. Jokes.

Good ending.

Barely passable.

The Warrior's Way, 2010: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Sngmoo Lee

Director: Sngmoo Lee

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A clan wants to kill one of their own warriors.

Story: Character, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of all narration.

Everything looks like props. Please shoot at 24 FPS with an adequate depth of field. It’s not rocket science.

Terrible music content.

Fail of all scenes.

And now it's a Western. An Asian man in a Western. What could go wrong.

Midget grabbing their balls. Jokes.

Shooting a girl and people turning a blind eye. Sadly, that’s a reality.

Good flashback scene.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Fail of all sword fighting scenes in general.

He can shoot? Lovely.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Unstoppable, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Mark Bomback

Director: Tony Scott

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Engineers want to stop a runaway train.

Story: Character, Family

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good music content throughout, but not enough to pass garbage characters.

Human error/robot error, regardless of the era and tech advancement, will always exist.

A movie about a runaway train. Seriously?

This movie was only made because of star power.

Fail of train banter. Flat and boring.

Fail of all scenes. Fail of writing.

Fail of writing, directing.

Fail of all corporate scenes throughout.

Telling an unmanned train to slow down. Sigh.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending. But it’s based on a true story so...

Takers, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Peter Allen, Gabriel Casseus, John Luessenhop, Avery Duff

Director: John Luessenhop

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Thieves want to rob an armored car.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of almost all scenes. Fail of writing.

Not even close to an Ocean's movie.

Fail of music content.

Fail of all heist scene throughout.

Fail of all friend talk scenes throughout.

Weak investigative scenes throughout.

A cop chases suspects with his young daughter. Really?

Good cinematography though.

Good interrogation scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

4 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

The Other Guys, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Adam McKay, Chris Henchy

Director: Adam McKay

Dialogue: Fail

"I am a peacock. You gotta let me fly." Good line, excellent delivery.

Plot: An investor wants to recoup money.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Fail of most precinct scenes throughout.

Fail of stock market scene.

Fail of funeral fight scene.

Farts not manly. Jokes.

Fail of home scenes throughout.

Fail of investigative scenes throughout.

Is this supposed to be a comedy?

Fail of ballet scene.

A pimp in the past. Jokes.

Fail of almost all scenes. Fail of writing.

Excellent slow motion shoot out scene with music, but not enough to pass.

The Other Guys (2010) - Conference Room Shootout Scene

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

The Back-Up Plan, 2010: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Kate Angelo

Director: Alan Poul

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A woman wants to get pregnant.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

3 year old breastfeeding. Nuff said.

Fail of farmer's market scene.

Fail of support group scenes throughout.

Fail of date scene throughout.

Dog swallows pregnancy test. Jokes.

Fail of couple scenes throughout.

While I advocate for a natural home birth, that only applies to healthy women who dreamed of their baby prior to getting pregnant. It doesn't apply to crazy atheist feminist liberals.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Have Hollywood writers just given up?

The Social Network, 2010: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Aaron Sorkin

Director: David Fincher

Dialogue: Pass

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

Story: Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Jesse Eisenberg.

Comments:

Good intro.

Good narration throughout.

Excellent solution scenes throughout.

Women compared to farm animals. Well done Zuckerberg and Hollywood.

Excellent scenes while hacking.

Excellent spread of solution.

Excellent writing, directing, acting.

Excellent non-linear plot.

Excellent hearing scenes throughout.

Excellent creation of Facebook scenes throughout.

Excellent friend scenes throughout.

Women who love ambitious and famous men. Tell me more.

Excellent investor scenes throughout.

Excellent climax scene.

Good ending.

Good text ending.

Solid movie.

Not one of the best movies of all time, but I strongly recommend watching it.

The Ghost Writer, 2010: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Robert Harris, Roman Polanski

Director: Roman Polanski

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A writer wants to write a political autobiography.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Ewan McGregor.

Good acting by Pierce Brosnan.

Good acting by Olivia Williams.

Good acting by Kim Cattrall.

Comments:

Good intro. But could have changed the tone of the movie. The corny music doesn't help.

Good office scene.

The lawyer is wearing a very nice suit. I'm sure one day I'll have enough money to buy an expensive custom suit…and not worry about the money I just spent. But not today.

Good mugging scene.

Good scenes overall on island.

But again, the tone of the movie is wrong.

Would be nice if Tony Blair, Bush Jr. and Cheney were charged for war crimes. But there’s no real justice in the world.

Good initial realization scene.

Good interview scene.

Good dock scene and unfolding mystery.

Decent climax scene.

Excellent ending realization scene.

Continued in Part 2.