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Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Christian propaganda!
I kind of liked some of the ideas of this movie.
However it utterly fails in my book because of all the Christian propaganda.
The movie is filled with it.
It doesn't add anything to the story itself but rather destroys it. I mean the idea is good enough. The actors likewise. The budget large enough to make a convincing movie. It could have been a nice one without all the unnecessary Christian messages all over the place.
So I'll have to say the movie was awful.
Don't watch it if you're not a Christian. It will just annoy you.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Niiiiiiiice :)
I haven't seen the Swedish adaption nor read the book, so I can't compare anything. Just watched the movie like I watch any other movie not expecting too much given than 99% of all movies suck IMO.
But this one surely didn't. The story is truly captivating right from the beginning. Most of the actors play their parts superbly. And the atmosphere is indeed quite Swedish despite being spoken in English. Although I personally prefer movies to be spoken in the language that the characters are supposed to speak (in this case Swedish).
Not gonna give a resume nor analyze the thing. Just wanted to say that I was amazed. I had to see it a 2nd time the next day. Something that happens very very rarely to me :D
In Time (2011)
A awesome idea wasted
I honestly didn't know what to give this movie. The idea is truly awesome and the movie is actually entertaining, which for me is perhaps the most important thing. But at the same time it could have been so much better.
The main problem is simply that it is insanely unrealistic. For example: why has the CELLPHONE been uninvented? They don't exist in the movie. Only phonebooths :/ The death of the mother could have been easily prevented with a simple phone call or SMS. And why on earth is the security in general so weak? It is WAY too easy for them to rob banks and do whatever they want. Just one guy and one girl with handguns. Why hasn't someone done it before? If I knew I was going to die in a few hours unless I robbed a bank or something I think I would at least TRY it. Would you? Doesn't make any sense at all! So in the end I'll give it 6 because the idea was great and the movie kept me entertained. But besides that I think it was a waste of a really good idea...
Terra Nova (2011)
Very unsympathetic protagonists
Normally a pilot episode establishes some sympathy for the protagonists. In this case it is quite the opposite.
The year is 2149 and the world has been completely destroyed by overpopulation and pollution. So sensibly enough it is illegal to have more than 2 children. The protagonist family apparently don't see the obvious necessity of that, so they have decided to have a 3rd child. When the authorities show up due to this serious crime (givin the state of the world) the father (a cop) becomes extremely violent, and is therefore thrown in prison (obviously).
But OK. The idea of the show is pretty good. It could have been great if the characters hadn't been so silly. But they are, so thumbs down from here :(