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Loving Vincent (2017)

Not just artistic, it's a well conceived and well executed interesting story

[10/10 · 30 October 2017]

I normally prefer action movies but went to this with my wife and daughter and really expecting much. I was pleasantly surprised.

1) Beautiful artwork. This should win an award for the artwork alone. Not only is it clever, its well integrated with van Goghs style.

2) The story starts out slow but gets interesting. A who done it leading us deeper and deeper into a mystery. This is not a boring artsy movie, the story stands on it's own.

3) Interesting and sometimes likable characters. The actors and actresses did a nice job. The personality of the characters comes through.

4) Nice closing song.

If you hate art, and hate movies that aren't action packed you probably wont like it. If you like van Goghs work, and are willing to put up with a slower developing who done it, I highly recommend this movie. It's the most creative and visually appealing movie I've seen in years.

Django Unchained (2012)

Uneven

[6/10 · 12 June 2016]

Overall, I was disappointed with the movie. I'm a fan of Tanantino and like many of his movies, other wise I wouldn't have bothered with this one.

It started out well, both funny and violent, but spoof violent and gory, kind of tongue in cheek. The actors and actresses acted very well, and the sets and costumes were well done.

The problem I had was the movie became less interesting and more brutal and violent just for the sake of being violent. It didn't enhance the story and actually detracted from it. I found the later half to be somewhat far fetched, and far less entertaining than the first half. I think the movie would have been better with a completely different 2nd half.