Rating: PG-13
Time: 134 min
Director: Paul Greengrass
Stars: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi
It is in fact the truth that I am only reviewing this movie because it was nominated for an Oscar this morning.
I try to review all of the Oscar Best Picture Nominees that I can and at the moment I have seen 6/9.
The ones I have still yet to see are 12 Years a Slave, Philomena, and Nebraska.
Yes that does mean that a Wolf of Wall Street review is coming up.
Anyway, but that's not what I want to talk about.
I want to talk about the Golden Globes.
I knew Jennifer Lawrence was going to win for best supporting actress because she was great in American Hustle and also I just think that so many people love her it's hard not to be bias.
Cate Blanchett I think also deserved her award for best actress in Blue Jasmine.
I love that Leonardo DiCaprio won because... well, I'll review it later.
I'm surprised that Philomena was nominated for a Golden Globe and also Oscar because I have not heard so much about it.
And for the two separate Best Pictures I think we all knew they were going to win.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were really funny and I love them.
And so in the end, everything turned out pretty good at the Golden Globes.
NOW TO THE REVIEW!!!
So the plot in this movie is the true story of this captain who's cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates.
So what was good in the movie?
The acting in this movie was amazing!
A superb surprising phenomenal debut from Barkhad Abdi.
He did an absolute amazing job with the part and made it come so alive to the screen.
The other pirates as well were also very good but Abdi was the one that stood out.
Also, who can forget about Tom Hanks?
He was same as always very good in the movie and it's always nice to see him giving a great performance like he did now.
I also seemed to like the crew of the ship.
I thought they were the more fun and humorous part of the movie but only because they act totally confused which I guess they should be.
The plot and story to this movie was great as well.
The paths it takes were surprising and daring which I loved!
I always hate when movies have so much potential but waste it on a everything works out for everyone type ending, even the bad guy.
No but back to Abdi, his acting was so good and his character was so good that I actually liked him.
I wanted to see more of him and I just thought like he was a type of guy that I would want to have a coffee with.
The dialogue and written was great.
The suspense was great and I loved everything the suspense eventually led too.
The movie was super entertaining with great acting and just a phenomenal story that pulls you into the adventure you'll have.
If I had to say anything about the movie it would be that the beginning was slow but it sped up much faster after 10 minutes.
Also I got a little tired of the reactions and behaviors of one of the Somali pirates.
I thought his character contributed much too the film but he just tired me after too much talking and too much of the same behavior with him.
He was played by Barkhad Abdirahman.
All in all the movie had minor flaws but was wildly gripping and entertaining.
Score=8.5
Free Birds
This movie was an animation that...
Well at least it wasn't a musical.
The movie is so realistic and so childish even for me who someone who likes animations still at his age.
The ending was weird and not done well.
The comedy was mostly dull only giving me 1 or 2 chuckles and it was just a bad thing to sit through.
Although if you have kids 8 or younger, they will love it.
Score=5.0
Runner Runner
This movie was over the top and too flashy.
I like Justin Timberlake but he was just a terrible actor in this movie.
I don't know if he could squint his eyes even more.
The movie was rushed and most surprisingly, the best part was Ben Affleck.
Yes, that's right, Ben Affleck.
The plot had holes and even though the music and setting of the movie was fun, the movie itself wasn't.
Score=4.5
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