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Thor (2011)
Thor: For the first time in my life, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do...
And neither do I. This movie is not a movie it is a bad joke played on Marvel comic book fans. The idea being to put in lots of explosions and CGI and they will come and "they" will praise it. Regardless of how bad the story is. At what point do people STOP spending their money on silliness and demand an intelligent story. Fortunately for me, I saw this movie for free. Thank God! As quoted by Thor in this abominable movie: "For the first time in my life, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do". As bad as this movie is, I can understand why. At this point, I have been told that I do not have the 10 lines required to comment about this movie. So let me repeat once again, this movie is bad, bad, bad! And not in a good way.
Jade (1995)
If you must buy this film, buy short
In the stock market most people buy long with the hope the price of their stock will go up. Others buy short, which is the opposite of long. Many of the reviews of this movie are long. I see this movie as short. A well acted poorly written/directed story. Several examples follow. One example is when Caruso's character shows the governor a group of pictures and never asks for the name of the woman in the pictures. Another is the unrealistic and unbelievably slow motion car chase scene to, through and beyond Chinatown. Another example is the idea of multiple murderers each killing for different reasons. Ultimately no one is punished for any of the deaths.
In fairness to Caruso his performance is CSI Miami 7 years early. Regardless, this is a very poorly thought out and presented movie.
The Book of Eli (2010)
"Go check the television! What's a television?"
Conversations like the above help make this an entertaining movie. The directors do an excellent job of setting the mood of a lost world. Denzel Washington and the other actors did an excellent job of keeping me interested. It is true that the storyline DOES contain some logic flaws, which is why I gave it a score of less than 10. The appearing, disappearing, reappearing bow and arrow or the unexplained way Eli escaped from his room are two examples. However, the movie makes up for such flaws with some great action scenes that are truly fun to watch. In summation, to paraphrase a sports saying: "You go to the movies to be entertained". I was thoroughly entertained.