tomd4ever Reviews

The Usual Suspects (1995)

"The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Pulled Was Convincing The World He Didn't Exist"

[10/10 · 25 September 2005]

This movie is a true classic indeed. I have just watched this movie for the second time, and unlike most other movies, I enjoyed it just as thoroughly as, if not more than my first viewing.

This is one of those movies that you don't tend to forget easily. It is an intriguing and interesting story that sucks you in, and then the brilliantly thought out conclusion turns everything upside down, and you leave the room still shocked by the conclusion. Halfway through the movie, you pick how you think the movie will end and you become satisfied with your decision, and just when you think you have the movie completely figured out, its turns around and completely surprises you.

A dope deal gone wrong ends with many men dead and only a few survivors. One of those survivors; a cripple, tells his side of the story. Five unusual criminals meet at a line up, and become partners in crime. They complete some jobs, and get some money and they think they're on top of the world. Then they find out that they have ticked off the master criminal; Keyser Soze, and they owe him. So they get given a difficult task. They have to stop a 9.1 million dollar dope deal. This all leads up to the perfect shock ending.

The standard of acting in this movie is excellent, particularly the part played by Kevin Spacey. Mr Spacey (in my opinion) has the hardest role in this movie, and he pulls it off like an A grade actor should.

This movie is ingenious and a true masterpiece and everyone should give it a try.

10/10

Scream (1996)

Don't Answer The Phone. Don't Open The Door. Don't Try To Escape.

[7/10 · 23 June 2005]

I have seen this movie several times now, but every time I see it I enjoy it even more. This is easily my favourite movie(and horror movie) ever, and since it was so enjoyable, I was expecting a high standard from the sequels...And I wasn't disappointed.

Wes Craven(director)and his team set up the rest of the trilogy expertly with this movie. They did a great job in all aspects: the acting couldn't have been better, the choice of actors couldn't have been better, the choice of scene location couldn't have been better and the character development couldn't have been better. Seeing this movie gave me a great interest with horror movies, and now I am obsessed with them.

This movie(and trilogy) has a great amount of quotes: some funny, some sad, some fitting with the plot perfectly and some not making much sense at all. This would have to be one of the most quotable movies ever.

Kevin Williamson(writer) came up with one of the greatest plots ever to be written. The plot has it's sad times, it's happy and funny times, it's suspenseful times and it's who done it times.

In my opinion this is the greatest movie ever, this is one of those sorts of movies that you can watch over and over and over again, but thats just my opinion.

A well deserved 10/10

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

1,2 Freddy's comin' for YOU...

[7/10 · 17 June 2005]

This was a great movie that kept me entertained the whole way through. This is the third installment of the Nightmare on Elm St(NoES) series. The basic plot of this movie is: a child killer(Freddy Krueger), who was burnt alive by the parents of the town of Springwood comes back to get his revenge; by killing the remaining children of Springwood in their dreams. Some may think this is a stupid idea, but it made 6 sequels(with probably more to come) and 1 spin off, so Wes Craven(the original director and writer) must have done something right, because even to this day Freddy is loved and feared by many people all over the world. The amounts of scenes that didn't entertain me were slim to none.This most likely was the NoES that Freddy's comedy began. In this movie Freddy had heaps of hilarious one-liners. The kills were reasonably gruesome while still entertaining and interesting. The death scenes were quite suspenseful, and even though you thought that you knew that Freddy was going to attack his dreaming victims you were never quite sure...

"Welcome to Prime Time BITCH"-Freddy Krueger-NoES 3: Dream Warriors.

Jaws (1975)

One of the greatest movie ever

[10/10 · 20 March 2005]

This movie would be one of my favourite movies ever.There are so many quotes and famous characters from this series but mostly this movie. This is one of the creepiest movies I have ever seen especially the parts where the shark is going to attack and that part with the decapitated head and others.My favourite character would have to be Quint the old sailor who knows how to kill the shark but won't do it without a price tag attached. The general storyline is three men go out and hunt a shark that is attacking a town.

So in summary if you want to see a good movie and get a bit of a fright see jaws one of the greatest, most quotable movies ever made. I was frightened to go swimming for months even in a local pool!

Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light (2004)

Pathetic

[1/10 · 20 March 2005]

This movie is probably the worst movie I have ever seen. Absolutely pathetic. I am a Yugioh fan but I on behalf of all the other Yugioh fans out there say that this movie is a disgrace to Yugioh and all its fans.

Yugioh is about a young boy named Yugi and a card game called Duel Monsters.Yugi is connected with the spirit of an ancient pharaoh and is better at Duel Monsters than everyone else.I believe and I am sure everyone else that saw it all the mothers and the older siblings that anyone involved with Yugioh the movie should be SLAPPED!I only saw it because they had a card promotion going on and if you saw it you would get a free rare card etc. I got a crap card and saw a crap movie in fact you would have to pay ME if you wanted me to see it again.

So in summary don't see it even if the producer or director have a gun aimed at your head and are forcing you to watch it, either get shot or challenge them to a duel.