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 Purge, 2013: FAIL

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: James Demonaco

Director: James Demonaco

Dialogue: Fail

"Release the beast and purge in our American streets." Really?

Plot: Various groups of people want to kill other people.

Story: Ethics, Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Excellent intro.

The fact that this movie made 30 times its budget is disturbing.

Fail of boy/father scene.

Killing on a whim. Oh dear.

Main and sub characters don’t make sense.

Fail of most scenes. Too stupid and unbelievable.

The idea that the wife doesn't understand the situation and trying to argue ethics in nonsensical.

Fail of all main house scenes.

Decent climax scene, but not enough to pass garbage writing.

Good ending.

After Earth, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Gary Whitta, M. Night Shyamalan

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A crew wants to get home.

Story: Survival

Characters: Fail

Will’s character is a complete failure. Oh dear god.

Jaden’s character is decent. Would have liked more character development.

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Excellent cinematography, but not enough to pass garbage writing.

Fail of almost all scenes. Fail of writing.

If the plot entailed the struggle of humanity and their resolve to fight it would be better.

Would have been better if there were wild humans on the planet.

Fail of hunting plot scenes. Too unbelievable.

Complete fail of all scenes. Fail of writing, directing, acting.

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 almost $250 million proves that God does NOT exist.

Star Trek: Into Darkness, 2013: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof

Director: J. J. Abrams

Dialogue: Pass

“Pointy? Is that a derogatory reference..." Well done.

"As I am again your first officer, it is now my duty to strongly object to our mission parameters." "Of course it is." Good line, excellent delivery.

Plot: A man wants revenge on Starfleet.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Excellent shot of enterprise oceans rise.

Good hospital scenes. Good use of no dialogue.

Decent explosion scene.

Good attack scene. Excellent shot of looking at Kirk. Would have been nice to extend it a few more seconds.

Too many blurred lights on the bridge, creating momentary haze.

Young Spock's emotional development is excellent. Well done to the writer.

Excellent friction between Uhura and Spock.

Good Kahn scenes throughout. Benedict Cumberbatch overplays the acting a bit too much.

Odd that the helmets aren't designed strong enough for space.

Good ship to Earth scene.

Spock’s anger moment could have been done better, but decent.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Passed with 3 writers. Well done.

47 Ronin, 2012 47 Ronin, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Chris Morgan, Hossein Amini

Director: Carl Rinsch

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A warlord wants to marry a woman.

Story: Relationships, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Sanada character has too much ego and pride to be believable.

Acting: Fail

Fail of Keeanu Reeves’ acting.

Good acting by Hiroyuki Sanada.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Garbage boat fight. Why are the ancients so alien looking?

Weak special effects.

Too much narration.

Cultural tradition too unbelievable. It could all be explained easily and rationally.

Ronin principles wouldn't make sense to a Western-European audience. Banished from your land. Suicide. Yah…no.

Horrible motivation speech by Sanada's character.

Street fighting for Reeves after. Why not gardening?

Story fails as a love story.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

I’m guessing that the writer wanted this to be an epic movie. But they bit off more than they could chew.

Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Tommy Wirkola

Director: Tommy Wirkola

Dialogue: Fail

Complete failure of all dialogue.

"I go by many names...none of which you're worthy of pronouncing." Good line and delivery.

Plot: Witches want to abduct kids.

Story: Ethics

Characters: Fail

Complete failure of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of Peter Stormare's acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Going into a strange house? Liberal parenting.

Fail of house scene. Too unbelievable.

Witch rips at the brain. Really?

Putting the kid in front of him to protect from the splatter. Very well done.

Slapping a witch with a glass bottle of milk that doesn't break. Okay.

The witch grabbing his balls. Would have been good for a comedy moment, not action.

Idiot men bloodying up/beating/trying to rape Gretel. Not cool.

Completely dumb origin story.

Hansel and Gretel didn't know about white witches. Really?

Bullets in this time period. Oh dear.

Fail of climax scene.

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.

Iron Man 3, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Drew Pearce, Shane Black

Director: Shane Black

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible terrorist dialogue.

Plot: A terrorist wants to kill Americans.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Fail of botanist character.

Fail of terrorist character.

Fail of scientist’s character.

Acting: Pass

Fail of Ben Kingsley’s acting.

Excellent child acting by Ty Simpkins.

Excellent acting by Guy Pearce.

Comments:

Fail of narration/party intro.

Fail of testing scene.

Fail of terrorist scene.

Fail of bar scene.

A holographic brain, nice special effects. but to all the scientists, atheists, and liberals, you won't find consciousness there. See Philosophy of Mind in Philosophy Reborn Part I: Purpose.

Philosophy Reborn Part I: Purpose

Biolectric potential? I guess that would be the physical equivalent of non-physical life energy.

The mind and DNA ready for an upgrade? This is an Illuminati superhero program. Dragon Tattoo? Non-conspiracy theorists will think that's Chinese or Japanese. Conspiracy theorists recognize it as Satan/Lucifer symbolism or the dragon coven.

Excellent dream scene.

Fail of explosion scene. Too stupid.

Fail of amateur video shots.

Fail of hospital scene.

Fabulous holographic intel scenes as usual.

The house can't detect a frickin’ missile? Of course that makes sense.

Excellent slow motion missile scene.

Good music content throughout.

Nice farm scenes. Not necessary but understandable.

Anxiety scenes plays well in 2021, but wouldn't play well in 2000. Why not? Because everyone today is filled with anxiety and stress. Sad reflection of our reality.

Fail of real plot.

Fail of bar scene.

Fail of terrorist scene.

Good car scene talk.

Fail of house invasion scene.

Good torture scene.

Breathing fire. Powerfully stupid.

Fail of Air Force One scene.

Decent airplane rescue.

Good climax scene, but not enough to pass.

"I am the Mandarin" scene could have been funny. Wasted comedy potential.

Good ending.
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The Wolverine (Extended Edition), 2013 The Wolverine (Extended Edition), 2013: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Mark Bomback, Scott Frank

Director: James Mangold

Dialogue: Fail

Fail of all dialogue throughout. It's almost as if the writer isn't even trying.

"Now if I don't like what you have to say, you are going through that fucking window.” Good line and delivery.

Plot: An old man wants to be immortal.

Story: Family, Relationships, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters except Wolverine.

Fail of Mariko character.

Acting: Fail

Fail of Rila Fukushima's acting.

Excellent acting by Hugh Jackman.

Fail of Svetlana Khodchenkova's acting.

Fail of Will Yun Lee's acting.

Comments:

Excellent intro. Very well done.

Good forest scene.

Fail bar scene.

Slicing bear bottle. Jokes.

Fail of car scenes.

Fail of bath scene. Wasted comedy potential.

Decent old man scene.

Interesting metal rod bed.

Fail of father/daughter scene.

Ah…Japanese honor, something foreign to Western audiences.

Good father son scene.

You would think that he could sense other people, hence avoid them sneaking up on him.

Ah…the famous Silver Samurai. I wonder when Disney will release that character.

Good funeral attack scene.

Fai of train scene.

Fail of night blonde woman scene.

Ah…Japanese traditional home cooking. Lovely. I'd like to go to Japan one day. But I can't since they still kill dolphins.

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Decent home scene.

Most scenes are only decent because the characters are weak.

Good flashbacks throughout.

Good night room scene.

Fail of car scene.

Decent hotel scene.

Fail of house attack scene.

Can Yukio please stop saying "interesting?"

Fail of house medical/fight scene.

Fail of compound scenes.

Fail of black clan attack scene.

Death by a truck plow/slicer thing. Too cruel.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro

Director: Peter Jackson

Dialogue: Fail

"The meat's alive and kicking. Kill him now." Decent line, fail in delivery.

Plot: A dragon wants to horde gold.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Fail of bard character.

Fail of Smaug dragon character.

Acting: Pass

Fail of Lee Pace’s acting.

Comments:

Good intro.

Decent chase scene.

Good dark power talk scene.

Decent kitchen scene.

Good forest scene.

Odd that the ring enables the person to understand creatures, but I’ll give it a pass.

Excellent Legolas spider fight scene.

Fail of multiple blades scene. Wasted comedy potential.

Fail of dwarf/elf king talk scene.

Decent elf girl/king talk scene.

Fail of music content throughout.

Excellent barrel scene.

Good elf/ork fight.

Good barrel roll scene.

Fail of wizard mountain scene.

Fail of elf king scene.

Fail of dock/town scenes. Waste of time.

Decent key scene.

Fail of necromancer scene.

Fail of dragon/bilbo scene.

Fail of cinematography throughout.

Characters being added just to connect events. Weak writing.

Excellent climax scene, but not enough to pass.

Good ending.

4 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Pacific Rim, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Travis Beacham, Guillermo del Toro

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Giant sea creatures want to destroy humanity.

Story: Survival, Character

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of acting all around.

Comments:

Fail of intro. Too stupid.

Way too much narration intro.

Too much info too quickly. Compressed too much.

Movie is completely unbelievable. Too stupid. Beyond suspension of disbelief. Fail of writing.

Rip off of Japanese manga/anime Gundam series.

Giant lizard creatures. Oh dear.

Fail of all giant machine fight scenes. Powerfully stupid.

At least they were kind enough to include a Black man and Japanese women. That counts for something.

Fail of tech division scene throughout.

Fail of training scenes throughout.

Fail of all flashback scenes throughout.

Fail of music content and effects.

Drift compatibility needed its own subplot.

Fail of all fight scenes.

A giant wall. Oh dear.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Complete fail of writing, directing, acting, music.

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn't have made $1.00. The fact that it made over $400 million proves that God does NOT exist.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Simon Beaufoy, Michael deBruyn

Director: Francis Lawrence

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A corrupt govt wants to stop a revolution.

Story: Ambition, Survival, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of home scenes throughout.

Fail of train scene.

Fail of presentation/rebel scene.

One woman to represent resistance. Get the f*ck outta here.

Fail of govt luxury scenes.

They're going to shoot the victors. Really? Get the f*ck outta here.

Good training scenes throughout.

Tripped on a rock. What happened to survival of the fittest?

Good games scenes, but not enough to pass.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

The Wolf of Wall Street, 2013: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Terence Winter

Director: Martin Scorsese

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A stockbroker wants a better life.

Story: Ambition, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Excellent acting by Leonardo DiCaprio as usual.

Comments:

Excellent intro.

Excellent office scenes throughout. They're all excellent.

Excellent narration throughout.

Excellent lunch scene.

Excellent phone sales pitch scene. Holy f*ck.

Excellent acting, directing, writing, cinematography.

Excellent lunch sales pitch pen scene.

Excellent expansion scene.

Excellent sex scenes throughout.

After the MeToo movement, men on Wall Street long for the heydays of treating women as sex objects that they can dispose of. But thanks to slutty feminists, they can still experience all the joys, just not in the office.

Excellent investor scam scenes throughout.

Excellent office speech scene.

Excellent investigation scenes throughout.

Excellent climax scene.

Excellent ending.

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

GI Joe: Retaliation, 2013: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick

Director: Jon M. Chu

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Terrorists want to free their members and rule the world.

Story: Ambition, Ethics

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Dwayne Johnson.

Comments:

Good infiltration intro.

Fail of narration.

Excellent video game scene.

Good infiltration scene.

Excellent desert scene.

Dwayne Johnson really adds a good layer of acting to this movie.

The frame up doesn't make sense.

Fail of initial tech prison entrance.

Good prison breakout scene.

Decent martial arts training scene.

Nice to see a Black man as the wise master, but feels forced.

Good street scene.

Good underground scenes throughout.

Good Bruce Willis scene.

Good abduction scene.

Good martial art fight scenes throughout.

Fail of ballroom scene.

Fail of mountain dojo scene and realization.

Good house scene.

Fail of nuclear scene. Too stupid and unbelievable.

Cholesterol is a bit high. Jokes.

Fail of climax scene.

Beginning was good. Last 25 minutes of film was garbage, but still passable.

Good ending.

American Hustle, 2013: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: David O. Russell, Eric Warren Singer

Director: David O. Russell

Dialogue: Pass

"I'm coming to 61st street right now." "You're gonna do what?" "To beat your ass." Good line, excellent delivery,

Plot: Con artists want to con people.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Excellent Rosenfeld character, but wrong person to play him.

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Bradley Cooper as usual.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Excellent hotel scenes throughout.

Fail of narration scenes.

Decent scenes all around with happy fun music good.

Good wife scenes throughout.

Fail of confinement scene.

Good sheik play scene.

Excellent FBI characters.

Ah…Louis CK before the sh*t hit the fan. I don't have as much compassion for him as I do for Aziz Ansari for the simple reason that CK shamed the women when they were telling the truth.

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But then again, as Dave Chappelle said. They could have just hung up the phone.

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Excellent FBI character/cooper scenes throughout.

Too many unnecessary scenes.

Good mob meet scene.

Good Cooper/Lawrence scenes throughout.

The phone scene was the best scene of the movie. Can’t find it on YouTube.

Good FBI scenes throughout.

Excellent climax scene.

Excellent ending.

Bradley Cooper's acting really pushed it.

Furious 6, 2013: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Chris Morgan

Director: Justin Lin

Dialogue: Pass

"I've got rights...you asshole." "Not today." Decent line, good delivery.

Fail of Dom dialogue throughout.

Plot: A terrorist wants to build a communication blocking device.

Story: Ethics, Family, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Luke Evans.

Comments:

Excellent car intro as usual.

Excellent intro credit role. Very well done.

Excellent interrogation scene.

Ah…Black men spending their money like idiots and then claiming that the White man is keeping them down. Yup, sounds about right.

Good crew assembly scene.

Good breakdown talk scene.

You can only swap out a bad part if it's a PC. If it's a Mac, you're f*cked. But then again, Mac's are top of the line so we'll call it even.

Excellent night chase scene.

Well done for that metal ramp switch on the car. Reminds me of the James Bond ejector seat.

Good bad guys hide out scene.

Good car sale scene.

Excellent isolated alley scene.

Good store scene.

Excellent girl fight scene.

Excellent subway fight scene.

Good music content throughout.

Good garage talk scene.

Excellent police station scene.

Excellent characters, but the acting pushes it over the edge.

Good prison scene.

Decent flashback scenes.

And now we're back to women as sex objects to beautify cars. Sigh. The automotive industry should be on their knees thanking Hollywood for these movies.

Fail of street race scene. Weak dialogue killed it.

Good night talk scene.

Ah…the honor among opponents and having a good talk. I miss those days.

Good base scene.

Beautiful aerial zooming in Spain shot.

Good highway scenes.

Well done with the tank breakout.

Excellent cinematography throughout.

Unbelievable jump, but I’ll let it go.

Good military holding scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Good epilogue scene.

Olympus Has Fallen, 2013: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Dialogue: Pass

Dialogue a bit corny here and there but passes.

Plot: North Korean terrorists want to take over the White House.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Decent road scene, but too unbelievable.

Good house scene.

Good cafe scene.

Good White House talk scenes throughout.

Good pre-arrival scenes.

Excellent cinematography throughout.

Attack too unbelievable.

Good emergency protocol scenes.

Good attack scenes.

Good music content throughout.

Excellent garbage truck weapon.

Good pentagon scenes.

This movie must have cost a fortune to make.

Good White House scenes throughout.

Excellent fighting scenes throughout.

Yes, South Korea only exists because the US military is there. If not for them, North and South Korea would be known as Korea and ruled with an iron fist.

Excellent torture scene.

Graphic torture of woman. That's not cool.

Fail of other secret service guy. Doesn't make sense.

Impressive hydra 6 next gen weapon. I would have been more impressed if it had armor or some sort of shield.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Elysium, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Neill Blomkamp

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Elites in space don’t want regular people on the Earth to join them.

Story: Ambition, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Decent intro.

Ah yes, a vision of the future. The slums and the rich White people in space. Yup, sounds about right. Visible minorities can't be part of colonizing space, aside from the token puppet president.

Good contrast of scenes.

He doesn't understand that robots don't have a sense of humor, despite the fact that he makes them. Really?

Fail of factory scene. Doesn’t make sense in the future.

Fail of Jason Bourne-like asset.

Air to space missiles. Complete nonsense.

A ship can just drop down. What? How are they breathing?

Fail of station scenes. Doesn’t make sense in the future.

Fail of all factory scenes.

Fail of Elysium govt structure. Too unbelievable.

Fail of solution.

Fail of all scenes. Fail of writing.

Encode a new president in the programming. What? But then again, this is an Illuminati movie.

A cure all machine/med-bed. Really?

What happened to the government on the Earth?

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

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

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, 2013: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay

Director: Adam McKay

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Executives want to fire a new anchor.

Story: Ambition, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Garbage plot.

Powerfully stupid comedy.

Fail of almost every scene. Fail of writing.

No emotional investment in characters.

Steve Carell character too stupid.

Fail of climax scene.

Jim Carey for Canadian News. Jokes.

Fail of ending.

Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Marc Guggenheim

Director: Thor Freudenthal

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A demi-god wants to release a titan.

Story: Ambition, Purpose, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of narration throughout.

Fail of demi-god gladiator trails. It reminds me of the American Gladiator TV show that I watched as a kid. It ran from 1989-1996.

Fail of music for gladiator trials.

Fail of nature/god talk scene.

Hey, the actor who played Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Anthony Head). Nice to see you again. Been a long time.

Fail of half-brother scenes throughout.

A metal bull. Really?

Fail of attack scene.

Reading off his hand. Jokes.

Decent taxi cab/blind witch scene.

Fail of all adventure scenes.

Decent Hermes scene.

Fail of all scenes after. Too stupid.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

2 Guns, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Blake Masters

Director: Baltasar Kormakur

Dialogue: Pass

"Well you cock is huge, it's massive. And I...I'm in awe of your cock, so what?" Good line, fail of delivery.

Plot: A cartel wants to kill people and run drugs.

Story: Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Good diner scene.

Good bull scene.

Shooting chickens. Oh dear.

Good cinematography throughout.

Good interrogation scene.

Fail of sex scene.

Decent car navy scene.

Fail of bank robbery scene. Too easy.

Fail of car talk scene.

Fail of investigative scene.

Fail of navy office scene.

Fail of betrayal scene. Too stupid.

Fail of hotel scene.

Good torture scene.

Fail of loft scene.

Fail of door gun scene.

Fail of house bad men scene.

Fail of outside house scene.

Fail of chase scene.

Fail of hill talk scene.

Fail of garage scene.

Corrupt CIA. Yup, sounds about right.

Fail of house shooting scene.

Fail of ranch torture scene.

Fail of CIA/cartel talk scene.

Fail of border crossing scene.

Good car choice scene.

Fail of military base scenes throughout.

Good explosion scene though.

Fail of girl cartel scene.

Fail of bar scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Gangster Squad, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Will Beall

Director: Ruben Fleischer

Dialogue: Fail

"You are gonna wake up one morning with your best part stuffed into your mouth." "I'm sorry, did you say something?" Good line, fail in delivery

Plot: A mobster wants to rule Los Angeles.

Story: Ethics, Character, Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Nick Nolte’s acting.

Fail of Josh Brolin’s acting.

Fail of Sean Penn’s acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Excellent cinematography throughout.

Today, it's the Hollywood liberal Illuminati mob that owns/controls LA.

Fail of train scene.

Not exactly a high point for women in general.

Fail of elevator scene.

Fail of room scene.

Fail of music content.

Burned for insurance money. Jokes.

Even with all the A-listers, this movie couldn't pass.

This movie looks very expensive to make.

Fail of boss talk scene.

The war for the soul of Los Angeles. And that's when I tuned out completely. Los Angeles doesn’t have a soul. It’s already owned by the Devil. Wow, that’s profound. That’s what I’m sayin.

Good recruitment scene.

Fail of restaurant scene.

Tied to the bumper. Jokes.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Kick-Ass 2, 2013: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Jeff Wadlow

Director: Jeff Wadlow

Dialogue: Pass

"Act like a b*tch, get slapped like a b*tch." Good line and delivery.

Plot: A teenager wants a better life.

Story: Character, Ambition

Characters: Pass

Excellent Mother Russia character.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good training scenes throughout.

Good house scene.

Decent alley fight scene.

Fail of superhero scenes throughout.

Better than the first one.

Excellent girl talk scenes throughout.

Good tryout scene.

Good bathroom sex scene.

Decent cafeteria scene.

Hey, the guy from Game of Thrones (Iain Glen). Nice to see you again. You keep popping up in small roles in movies. Kudos.

Fail of cop superhero fight scene.

Excellent cop lawnmower scene. I didn't see that coming. Excellent creativity.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Garbage movie, but enough good scenes to pass.

21 and Over, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

Director: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A father wants his son to go to med school.

Story: Character, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Fail of house scene.

What idiot blows it a day before?

Fail of bar scenes throughout.

Fail of sorority scenes.

Fail of bathroom scene.

Fail of bonfire scene.

Good Asian girl scene.

Fail of power drinking scene.

Another sh*tty American Pie imitation movie but in college. Sigh.

Drunk college people. Lovely.

Fail of top floor scene.

Paying the girls $5.00 each. What?

And now we’re into an Eyes Wide Shut parody. Oh dear god.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

A Haunted House, 2013: FAIL

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez

Director: Michael Tiddes

Dialogue: Fail

Weak dialogue throughout.

Plot: A ghost wants to haunt a couple.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of Paranormal Activity parody.

Fail of all scenes. It doesn't work. Just like the Fifty Shades parody. Garbage.

Fail of maid scenes.

Fail of medium scene.

Fail of beating child scene.

Good anal sex scene.

Fail of exorcist scene.

Another Mandingo reference. Holy f*ck. And the gangbang scene. Wow. I did not see that coming.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

A Good Day to Die Hard, 2013: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Skip Woods

Director: John Moore

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A group wants to capture a Russian billionaire.

Story: Ambition, Family, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Jai Courtney’s acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Mass protests in Russia. What a joke. Beyond suspension of disbelief. Ha ha ha. Not a laughing matter but…

Fail of prison scene.

The CIA has to save the day. Of course.

Fail of club scene.

Fail of Russian interrogation scene.

Good attack scene.

Fail of escape scene.

Fail of father/son scenes throughout.

The son plot doesn't work at all.

Fail of almost all scenes. Fail of writing.

Fail of music content.

Decent elevator scene.

Fail of ballroom capture scene.

Good helicopter shooting scene.

Good cinematography throughout.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

About Time, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Richard Curtis

Director: Richard Curtis

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to be with a woman.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Decent party scene.

Fail of father/son scenes throughout.

What is this, a reboot of The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe?

Powerfully stupid, beyond suspension of disbelief.

But it could have worked if there were real problems.

Fail of almost all scenes. Fail of writing, directing.

It's as if the writer is making it up as they go.

Fail of theatre scene.

Decent date and sex scene.

I just couldn't get into the love story with the garbage plot.

The best part of the movie was the rain wedding scenes. Jokes.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Admission, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Karen Croner

Director: Paul Weitz

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A dean wants his school to be number one.

Story: Character, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Nat Wolff.

Comments:

Excellent intro.

Good farm/phone scene.

Fail of farm entrance scene.

Sad relationship scenes throughout.

Fail of speech scenes throughout.

Good farm scene.

Good mother scenes throughout.

Fail of talk scene.

And now he's your son. What?

And she's surprised.

Ah…the illusions of feminists.

Fail of writing. Too much too quickly from too many paths.

Should be redone by a better writer.

Fail of office scene.

Crashing a party. Jokes.

Good cow labor scene.

A bookstore? Those will be a thing of the past in the future.

Fail of lack of music content.

Most scenes too stale and dry.

Decent selection process scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Man of Steel, 2013: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: David S. Goyer

Director: Zack Snyder

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A general wants launch a coup.

Story: Ambition, Character, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Fail of General Zod character.

Acting: Pass

Fail of Michael Shannon’s acting.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of council scene.

The fight scene could have worked if not for the garbage costumes.

Decent oil rig scene.

Good childhood scenes.

Fail of bar scene.

Military people doing nothing. Really?

Hey, the guy from The West Wing (Richard Schiff).You keep popping up in a lot of movies. Kudos.

Fail of ice ship scene.

Fail of narration.

Fail of weird animation explanation.

So...an advanced race failed to learn how to harness solar energy. Really?

Artificial population control. That'll be coming soon enough and hailed as a solution by atheist climate change liberals.

Fail of news room scenes throughout.

Fail of UFO arrival scene.

Fail of arrest/interview scene.

Fail of all military scenes throughout. Powerfully stupid.

Good fight scenes throughout, but not enough to pass.

Good Jor-El/Lois scenes throughout.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

12 Years a Slave, 2013: PASS

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: John Ridley

Director: Steve McQueen

Dialogue: Pass

"Well I don't want to survive. I want to live." Good line, fail of delivery.

Plot: White people want to enslave a free Black man.

Story: Ethics

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Good acting all around.

Comments:

Good intro.

Decent sex scene.

Good cinematography throughout.

Fail of restaurant scene.

Excellent first torture scene.

Good music content throughout.

Good ship scenes.

Good bidding scene.

Good manual labor scenes throughout.

Decent native scene.

White Christians enslaving Blacks people. Gotta love history and the irony that most Black people are Christians. Hilarious and tragic at the same time.

Good wife speech scene.

Decent whipping scene. Could have been done much better.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

A near all Black cast, a period piece, based on a true story, and it made almost 9 times its budget. Wow. Go f*ck yourself Hollywood.

Identity Thief, 2013: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Craig Mazin

Director: Seth Gordon

Dialogue: Pass

"I've had a sh*tty day and you got a face that looks like a dog's asshole." Excellent line, good delivery.

Plot: A woman wants to defraud a man.

Story: Character, Purpose

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Melissa McCarthy.

Comments:

Good intro.

Good office scenes throughout.

Fail of speech scene.

Excellent Melissa McCarthy scenes throughout.

Good music content.

Good beating up scene.

Good car talk scenes throughout.

Excellent bar scene. Jokes.

Always fun to watch a big White woman dance to hip hop.

Good hotel scene.

Fail of two enforcers.

Excellent forest scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Jack the Giant Slayer, 2013: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie, Dan Studney

Director: Bryan Singer

Dialogue: Pass

Garbage dialogue.

Plot: A king wants to force his daughter to marry someone.

Story: Ambition, Relationships, Family

Characters: Pass

Fail of human characters but the giant characters pass.

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Good story intro.

Decent circus scene.

Decent abbey scene.

Fail of home scenes throughout.

Fail of kingdom scenes.

And the beanstalk begins. We'll see where this goes.

Has to rescue a princess. Not bad.

Why does the king look like an idiot in his gold armor?

Fail of all characters. Too stupid and in their stupid costumes.

Well done with CGI of the giants. They look good.

Shame that the human characters are weak.

The writer was smart to create good giant characters with a plot.

Choke on my bones. Kudos. You got balls.

Good rescue scene.

Honeycomb in the mouth. Too cruel.

Fail of transference scene.

The roots are alive. Interesting.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Should have made a bit more money.

Despite being an Epic Commercial Failure, it's decent writing, especially about the giants.

Last Vegas, 2013: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Dan Fogelman

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Friends want to throw a bachelor party for their friend.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Good pool scene.

Good funeral scene.

Church retreat. Jokes.

Decent casino scenes throughout.

Good judging contest scene.

Fail of line up scene.

Decent couple scenes.

Decent comedy throughout.

Young women wanting to screw old men. Well done Hollywood.

50 cent trying to crash a party. Jokes.

Decent climax scene.

Good 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.

Escape Plan, 2013: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Miles Chapman, Arnell Jesko

Director: Mikael Hafstrom

Dialogue: Fail

"You hit like a vegetarian." "Do I?" "You can do better than that." Decent line, good delivery.

Plot: Govt wants to create an impenetrable prison.

Story: Character, Relationships, Survival

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s acting.

Comments:

Good intro.

Good escape scene.

Fail of plot. Too stupid.

Good virtual explanation scene.

Ah…private prisons. The scum of the Earth.

50 cent. Wow, I don't know what to say.

Just execute their asses and be done with it and destroy the prison complex industry.

Funny that Arnold is now stumping for veganism now. Interesting shift.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron urge people to eat less meat, vegan, climate change

Arnold Schwarzenegger urges everyone to stay home and eat vegan food

Fail of all office scenes throughout.

Fail of all prison scenes throughout.

Fail of all warden scenes throughout.

Fail of doctor scenes. Questioning his ethics. Of course.

Muslims are allowed to go topside. Really?

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Garbage movie.

Blue Jasmine, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Woody Allen

Director: Woody Allen

Dialogue: Fail

Boring and flat dialogue throughout. Dialogue is just terrible.

"I don't know if I should be the one to hear a confession." Weak line, fail in delivery.

Plot: A businessman wants to run a Ponzi scheme.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Cate Blanchett.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Ah…the life of the rich and famous. Hollywood can't help but make these movies. But thanks for the White trash contrast.

Fail of plot. Could have been written much better. Should be redone.

Fail of all scenes. It's nice but it's not going anywhere. Fail of writing.

Ah…scamming govt tax money. The dream of everyone, but only the rich can get away with it.

The shocking ways billionaires, highly profitable companies hide their money

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

Billionaires pay little tax, elon musk, jeff bezos

The scum cheating husband. Well done.

Nice tone to the movie, but it doesn't grab me. I'm dying for it to end.

Fail of all past and present scenes. Past is decadence. The present is just sad.

Fail of son blowup scenes.

I saw a Black guy at the house party. That was nice of Hollywood. Putting visible minorities in proximity to massive wealth so they can pretend that they can attain this as well.

Louis CK. Terrible acting.

Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin and Louis CK. Yup, that about sums it up. Baldwin's bad year just happened in 2021 with accidently shooting his cinematographer.

Alec Baldwin was given loaded weapon and told it was a 'cold gun', court records show

Good diner scene.

It took so long to realize because the woman is a dunce and lives in a bubble.

Decent climax scene, but not enough to pass.

Excellent bench ending scene.

Before Midnight, 2013: FAIL

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy

Director: Richard Linklater

Dialogue: Fail

Fail of flat and boring heavy dialogue.

Plot: A writer wants to finish a script.

Story: Family, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Fail of car scene, wow that was too long.

Fail of talk scene.

Decent family lunch scene. Christ that scene was too long as well.

Clearly, this writer loves dialogue.

These long pieces of dialogue don't work for me. But apparently, it worked for the audience since it was an Epic Commercial Success.

Flat boring characters. Fail of writing.

Fail of bedroom scene. Wow, it's over an hour.

Fail of non-climax scene.

Fail of ending.

This movie is only an Epic commercial Success because it cost $3 million and made $20 million. The A-listers took a pay cut.

3 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Dallas Buyers Club, 2013: PASS

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack

Director: Jean-Marc Vallee

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to deal with his medical condition.

Story: Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Matthew McConaughey as usual.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of bull scenes.

Ah…the life of White trailer trash and no meaning to life. Well done.

Good hospital scenes throughout.

Good bar fight scene.

Good car scene.

This movie was an Epic Commercial Success because there are so many low income White people who have no meaning in their lives taking drugs to relieve their lack of meaning.

Excellent friendship scenes throughout. Very moving.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Don Jon, 2013: FAIL

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man wants a better sex life.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Powerfully stupid movie. This would have worked for soft core porn.

Fail of apart scene.

Fail of club scene.

I don't see verbal consent here. I don't think that MeToo movement would approve of this.

Decent sex scene.

Oh my god, Tony Danza. Wow. What a blast from the past.

Fail of all family home scenes throughout.

Sadly, the world is f*cked by of feminism, porn and liberals with no meaning in their lives. Hence the Epic Commercial Success of this movie.

This movie could have easily been an advertisement for Pornhub. Even though they're facing their own issues.

Pornhub sued for allegedly serving nonconsensual sex videos

50 Women Settle Lawsuit With Pornhub Over San Diego-Based GirlsDoPorn Content

Fail of date scenes throughout.

Saying our father prayer while doing sit-ups. Jokes.

I can't help but see a lack of blow jobs. If there's no blow jobs, what's the point? If you settle for a life with your partner with no blowjobs, you're crazy.

Good car singing scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Good ending.

Congrats for keeping a tight $3 million production budget. Impressive. Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore must have waved their normal salary.

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.

Gravity, 2013: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron

Director: Alfonso Cuaron

Dialogue: Pass

Excellent dialogue throughout.

"How you feeling?" "Like a chiwawa that's being tumble dried." Good line, excellent delivery

Plot: Two astronauts want to survive an accident in space.

Story: Survival, Purpose

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by George Clooney.

Excellent acting by Sandra Bullock.

Comments:

Excellent intro.

Well done for taking something super boring into something dramatic and touching.

Bad news too unbelievable too fast, but within suspension of disbelief.

Excellent cinematography throughout.

Good music content in beginning, but garbage in climax to end.

Ah…the long forgotten International Space Station, which Trump wanted to privatize.

Trump's plan to privatize the ISS by 2025 probably won't work, NASA's inspector general says

The True Price of Privatizing Space Travel, corporations owning space

Good talk scenes throughout.

Decent climax scene.

Can't even design a capsule that can float right side up. Human engineering at its best.

Decent ending, could have been better.

Homefront, 2013: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Sylvester Stallone

Director: Gary Fleder

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Drug traffickers want revenge.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Fail of James Franco’s acting.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Decent attack scene.

Good school scene. That's what I like to see. Empowered girls.

Good truck attack scene.

Always nice to see White trash angry people.

Fail of all James Franco scenes.

Good gas station scene.

Good fight scenes throughout.

Just like Black thugs, White trash doesn't know when to stop.

Fail of breaking into house scene.

Decent climax scene.

Good ending.

Weak movie, but passable.

Grown Ups 2, 2013: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Fred Wolf, Adam Sandler, Tim Herlihy

Director: Dennis Dugan

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Families want to deal with their problems.

Story: Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Excellent intro.

Fail of almost all scenes.

Good exercise child scene.

Shaq as a police officer. Jokes.

Hey, the wolf guy from Twilight (Taylor Lautner).

Fail of cliff scene.

He's an elite football kicker. What?

Good male car wash scene.

Fail of all scenes. Fail of writing.

Fail of writing and directing.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

3 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Machete Kills, 2013: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Kyle Ward

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Dialogue: Fail

Fail of all dialogue.

Plot: A weapons manufacturer wants to wipe out humanity.

Story: Ethics, Ambition

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of all acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of all shoot out scenes throughout.

Fail of all scenes. Fail of writing, directing.

Jessica Alba. Wow. Nice to see you. Shame that its’ in a garbage movie.

Charlie Sheen. Wow. They're scraping the bottom of the barrel now.

No amount of A-listers can pass this movie.

Every scene is a complete and absolute failure.

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

A gun on her p*ssy. Oh dear god.

Mel Gibson. Wow.

Fail of all fight scenes throughout.

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 less than $20 million proves that God DOES exist.

But can somebody in Hollywood please stop these movies from getting a wide release? F*ck sakes.

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.

Nebraska, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Bob Nelson

Director: Alexander Payne

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: An old man wants a better life.

Story: Family, Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Will Forte’s acting.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of car scenes throughout.

Flat and boring movie. Fail of writing.

Boring car scenes throughout.

Fail of black and white cinematography.

Boring house talk scenes throughout.

Should have been direct to video/streaming.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Now You See Me, 2013: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt

Director: Louis Leterrier

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Magicians want to rob a bank.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Excellent Woody Harrelson scene.

Good escape scene.

Good meeting scene.

Good performance scenes throughout.

Good interrogation scene.

Good explanation scene.

Excellent climax scene.

Good ending.

Passed with 3 writers. Well done.

Oblivion, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Karl Gajdusek, Michael deBruyn

Director: Joseph Kosinski

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Extraterrestrials want to kill humans.

Story: Character, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Everything is too unbelievable.

Seawater to fusion energy. Get the f*ck outta here.

Two people to do everything. Powerfully stupid.

Fail of all scenes. Fail of writing.

Another woman. Two women, one man. No threesomes in this one. Hence, the jealousy.

Fail of resistance scenes. Too stupid.

Fail of climax scene. Advanced scan should have picked it up.

Fail of ending.

Oz the Great and Powerful, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Mitchell Kapner, David Lindsay-Abaire

Director: Sam Raimi

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A witch wants to rule people.

Story: Character, Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of James Franco’s acting. Not the right actor for the role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of carnival scenes throughout.

Hey, Zach Braff from Scrubs. Nice to see you again.

Michelle Williams from Dawson’s Creek. Always a pleasure.

Interesting perspective from the wizard.

Fail of all scenes with James Franco, which is pretty much everything. His acting doesn't work with the role.

Everything is unbelievable. And while it’s Oz…still.

Fail of all characters, just terrible.

Fail of writing, directing, acting.

Good bellboy scenes throughout.

Good porcelain doll scenes.

Odd that the supporting characters are better than the main.

Fail of both sisters and Oz character.

Fail of battle scene.

Nice special effects, but not enough to pass.

Fail of town/palace people scenes throughout.

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 almost $500 million proves that God does NOT exist.

Pain & Gain, 2013: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely

Director: Michael Bay

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Three men want a better life.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Excellent intro.

"Unfortunately a true story." Jokes.

Weak characters, but excellent acting by Mark Wahlberg.

Good fitness training scenes throughout.

Good self-help scene.

Fail of jail scene.

Grown men drinking breast milk. Jokes.

Excellent hospital nurse scene.

Fail of gun shop scene.

Idiots trying to kidnap. Jokes.

Excellent slow motion van/taser scene. Holy f*ck that's a great scene.

PAIN & GAIN (2013) Scene: Kidnapping Kershaw

Good narration for each character.

3 weeks and not breaking. Really? But inspired by a true story so...

Fail of hospital scene.

Fail of speeding spree scenes throughout.

Good basketball kids scenes throughout.

Cut out snaking and cure world hunger. Cruel, but very true.

Johnson’s character doesn't make sense, but...a true story, so...

Fail of investment scam scene.

Excellent climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Good real life ending.

Parker, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: John J. McLaughlin

Director: Taylor Hackford

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue.

"You have a cup holder in your car or you just keep that between your legs?" "Well it's large and Black Jake, where do you think I like it?" Excellent line and delivery.

Plot: Thieves want to rob a carnival.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Garbage characters.

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of theft scenes.

Fail of betrayal scene. Too stupid.

Fail of hospital scene.

Nick Nolte from Blue Chips. Oh dear god. What happened to your face?

Fail of revenge scenes throughout.

Fail of other bad guys scenes throughout.

Hey, the guy from the Mortal Kombat: Conquest TV show (Daniel Bernhardt). You keep getting these small but significant assassin roles. Kudos.

Good cafe scene.

A real estate woman to help find them. Really?

Fail of boss fight scene.

Fail of writing, acting.

Decent assassin fight scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Almost all Jason Statham movies are failures, yet Hollywood keeps casting him. Sigh.

Peeples, 2013: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Tina Gordon Chism Tyler Perry

Director: Tina Gordon Chism

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man want to propose to his girlfriend.

Story: Family, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of instruction intro.

Fail of house scene.

Fail of family plot.

Forget Black Americans vs. Africans. This is class warfare. Sadly, most people who aren't Black wouldn't understand.

Educated Black people vs. Non-educated. Whereas non-educated Black people would see them as Blacks who want to be White. Oh no he didn’t. Oh yes I did. An unfair interpretation, but it exists nonetheless.

Girls and their daddies. Yes yes.

Decent hospital scene.

A giant Black man scared of a regular sized normal dog breed. Really?

Fail of rich mansion scenes throughout.

Fail of almost every scene. Terrible writing.

An unempowered Black woman. Yup, sounds about right.

Fail of grocery store scene.

Educated Black people making fun of alternative medicine. Yup, sounds about right.

Good beach swingers scene.

Time to bring down the gavel. Jokes.

Fail of talk with two women scene.

Fail of realization scene.

Fail of singing scene.

Fail of grandma scene.

Fail of grandpa scenes.

Timex watch people. I wouldn't have understood that until I found out that rich people are very particular about their watches and subscribe to a watch magazine where the watches cost hundreds of thousands of dollars because they're handmade. When I become a millionaire, I hope I never get like that.

Fail of bar scene.

Complete fail of sweat lodge scene. Just garbage.

Fail of tripping out scene.

Terrible writing.

Fail of pre-climax scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

This movie was pretty bad. It's almost as if the studio (Lionsgate) wanted it to fail. See The Conspiracy Against Visible Minorities article.

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

Prisoners, 2013: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Aaron Guzikowski

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Someone wants to kidnap children.

Story: Ambition, Family, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Jake Gyllenhaal as usual.

Comments:

Good intro.

Slow house scene.

Good investigative scenes throughout.

Excellent music content. Well done.

Ah…vigilante justice. Just how I like it.

Fail of interrogation death scene.

Fail of climax scene. Too unbelievable.

Good ending.

The acting and suspense really passed this movie.

R.I.P.D, 2013: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi

Director: Robert Schwentke

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A dirty cop wants to kill a good cop.

Story: Ethics, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Complete fail of Roy character.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Good house scene.

Fail of all cop scenes.

Good cinematography throughout.

Fail of proctor scene.

Still with the paper library filing system. Well done.

Cops not willing to kill. Really? Beyond suspension of disbelief.

Fail of almost all scenes. Fail of writing.

Excellent false identities. Very well done, but not enough to pass garbage writing.

"Kunichi wa b*tches." Jokes.

Fail of all car scenes.

Fail of apartment scene.

Fail of bus scene.

Fail of all afterlife scenes throughout.

Fail of interrogation scene.

Decent house scene.

Fail of stakeout scene.

Fail of real plot.

Good elevator scene.

Fail of track scene.

Fail of all scenes after.

Fail of pre-climax scenes. Nice transformation though.

Nice climax scene specials effects, but not enough to pass.

Good ending.

Riddick, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: David Twohy

Director: David Twohy

Dialogue: Fail

Dialogue…what dialogue?

Plot: Someone wants to kill a king.

Story: Ambition, Survival

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Choking a bird to death. That's not cool.

Fail of all survival scenes.

Can this man just die.

Fail of flashback scenes.

Fail of all fighting scenes.

Fail of all scenes. Fail of writing.

Killing women like dogs. And Hollywood wonders why sexism still exists.

Hey, the woman from Battlestar Galactica (Katee Sackhoff). Nice to see you again.

Even the music content can't help this garbage movie.

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

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 almost $100 million proves that God does NOT exist.

Saving Mr. Banks, 2013: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith

Director: John Lee Hancock

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: An author wants a better life.

Story: Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Emma Thompson.

Fail of Tom Hanks’ acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

How many period pieces must I endure? Apparently, an infinite amount.

Good acting but weak characters.

But the acting by Emma Thompson really passed this movie.

Hey, the guy from The West Wing (Bradley Whitford). Wow. What a blast from the past.

Good movie creation throughout.

Excellent flashback scenes throughout.

Good climax scene.

Decent ending.

The Big Wedding, 2013: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Justin Zackham

Director: Justin Zackham

Dialogue: Pass

Translated "Look at the fake papayas on hurricane face." Good line and delivery.

Plot: A couple wants to get married.

Story: Family, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good eating out scene.

Good priest scene.

Woman faints when seeing babies. Jokes.

Decent family talk scenes throughout.

Kudos for Katheirn Heigl for making the transition from small time TV to a movie A-lister. Well done.

Fail of confession scene.

Decent dinner scene.

A mother cock blocks her son. Jokes.

Decent sex scene.

Decent climax scene.

Decent ending.

The Counselor, 2013: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Cormac McCarthy

Director: Ridley Scott

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Mexican cartels want to traffic drugs.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of drug trafficking characters.

First half hour waste.

Fail of almost all scenes. Fail of writing.

Weak characters. All the A-listers in Hollywood couldn’t pass this movie.

Fail of all brad Pitt scenes throughout.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Main character doesn't make sense. He should be aware of the life he's chosen.

RED 2, 2013: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber

Director: Dean Parisot

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: CIA wants to kill former agents.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Neal McDonough.

Excellent acting by Brian Cox.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Pricking a dead body. Jokes.

Excellent facility attack scene.

Good military office scene.

Excellent Korean assassin initial scene.

Dissolving a guy while on the phone. Jokes.

Excellent writing, directing, acting.

Fail of Han’s entourage scenes throughout.

Excellent restaurant scene with music. Best scene of the movie. Can’t find it on YouTube.

Good mad scientist agent scenes throughout.

Russian street shop fight scene looks like a set. Please shoot at 24 FPS with an adequate depth of field. It’s not rocket science.

Excellent sniping scene.

Fail of plane scene.

Good climax scene.

Excellent car chase scene.

Good ending.

Excellent movie, should have made more money.

The Family 2013 The Family, 2013: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Luc Besson, Michael Caleo

Director: Luc Besson

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A mob boss wants to kill a snitch and his family.

Story: Family, Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of car scene.

Old style typewriter. I remember those days.

Fail of school scenes throughout.

Fail of cafeteria scene.

Fail of all characters, dialogue, writing.

Fail of park beating up scene.

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

I don't think I saw a single visible minority character. Well done Hollywood.

Fail of all home scenes throughout.

Fail of flashbacks scenes throughout.

Is this supposed to be a comedy? Can somebody tell that to the writer and director.

Fail of all scenes. Complete fail of writing.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

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

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn’t have made $1.00. The fact that it made over $75 million proves that God does NOT exist.

The Great Gatsby, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue throughout

Plot: A writer wants a better life.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Another period piece. F*ck me.

Fail of flashback scene.

Always nice to see rich White families doing what rich White families do.

I don't think I saw a single visible minority character. Well done Hollywood. Wait…no I think I saw a black female dancer. Thank god.

The intensity in every scene feels forced.

Fail of almost all scenes. Fail of writing.

Fail all party scenes.

Fail of music content.

Fail of cinematography.

Too much overacting.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

This movie looks very expensive. $190 million budget. F*ck me. But it’s Warner Bros. Pictures. So they have money to burn.

The Hangover Part III, 2013: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Craig Mazin, Todd Phillips

Director: Todd Phillips

Dialogue: Pass

"Speaking of which...you ever get tested?" "Excuse me?" "You know because of the ink...that went inside you." "I'm fine." Decent line, good delivery.

Plot: A man wants to escape from prison.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of highway scene.

Excellent funeral scene. Best scene of the movie.

Fail of home scene.

Fail of car scenes throughout.

Fail of mob boss highway explanation scene.

Fail of flashback scene.

Fail of pharmacy scene.

Fail of bar scene.

Fail of room scene.

Smothering a hen. That's not cool.

Fail of almost all scenes. This Hangover movie doesn't live up to the reputation of past ones.

Fail of house break in.

Is this movie supposed to be a comedy?

Fail of mob boss house scene.

Fail of music store scene.

Fail of all Vegas scenes.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Disappointing movie.

The Heat, 2013: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Katie Dippold

Director: Paul Feig

Dialogue: Pass

Excellent dialogue throughout.

Plot: An FBI agent wants a promotion.

Story: Character, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Melissa McCarthy as usual.

Comments:

Good intro.

Excellent Melissa McCarthy scenes throughout.

Decent interrogation scene.

Good captains talk scene.

Fail of bar scene.

Good apartment bust scene.

Good bathroom scene.

Good dance scene.

Good house scene.

Fail of lunch scene.

Decent warehouse scene.

Hey, the guy from MadTV (Michael McDonald). Wow, nice to see you again.

Good bar scene.

Fail of guy dying in cafe scene.

Good climax scene.

Shot in the d*ck. Well done.

Good ending.

Oh...the cat is so lovable and cute.

Solid comedy movie.

White House Down, 2013: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: James Vanderbilt

Director: Roland Emmerich

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Terrorists want to destroy the US govt.

Story: Ambition, Ethics, Family

Characters: Pass

Good characters.

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Jimmi Simpson.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Good guarding scene.

One of the few things that Obama did was make it easier for Hollywood to cast a Black president. Personally, I'm looking forward to a Chinese-American president with a Guyanese accent married to an Aboriginal/Native American woman. That’ll really piss of the Republicans.

Good White House scenes throughout.

Good interview scene.

Good secret service prep scene.

Good tour scene.

Good attack scenes throughout.

Good bathroom attack scene.

Good pentagon scenes throughout.

All it takes to break into White House systems is one genius hacker. Really?

Putting the president on hold. Jokes.

And the president doesn't bother to put on a bulletproof vests. Really?

What unit would storm the White House without bulletproof vests?

I can see why this movie didn't do well in domestic theaters.

Americans always need to see others as the bad guys instead of facing the mirror.

Excellent White House limo lawn scene. Very well done.

Decent black hawk attack scene.

Excellent Air Force One special effects. Very well done. That must have taken a pretty penny in post production.

In terms of cinematography for all movies after 2010 or so, can you please shoot with a shallow depth of field for close up shots and throw a filter on the lens? I'm getting lost in the deep trenches on the actors/actresses imperfect faces. Yes, make up can cover it up, but a simple filter would do.

Good nerd guy scene. Well done.

Good climax scene.

Corny flag scene, but I'll let it go.

Good ending.

A few unbelievable parts but within suspension of disbelief.

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

Continued in Part 2.