1001 Movies to Watch Before You Die | The Dark Knight (2008)
Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits. (IMDB)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
My Rating: 7/10
1001 Movies to Watch Before You Die | The Hurt Locker (2008)
Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb. (IMDB)
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
I loved the suspense in this movie. You really do feel like a bomb could go off in your face at any moment.
My rating: 8/10
1001 Movies to Watch Before You Die | The Hangover (2009)
A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him. (IMDB)
Directed by Todd Phillips
I liked it, but it’s not my kind of humour, it’s not the kind of humour that makes me laugh out loud.
My rating: 6/10
1001 Movies to Watch Before You Die | Paranormal Activity (2009)
After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence. (IMDB)
Directed by Oren Peli
Horror movies are much scarier when the monster or villain is left to the viewers own imagination. That said, the first time I watched this it was on my own, in the dark. I didn’t really feel scared when watching it, but the second time, whiles watching it with friends, it scared me. And I had no idea that there were an alternative ending and I freaked out at the end. Seriously did not expect a body flying towards the camera. Boring at parts.
My rating: 5/10
1001 Movies to Watch Before You Die | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Four London working class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high stakes card game, but things go wrong and they end up owing half a million pounds and having one week to come up with the cash.
Directed by Guy Ritchie
I love the way this is filmed, Jason Statham is in it, Guy Ritchie directed it and I quite enjoyed it.
My rating: 7/10
1001 Movies to Watch Before You Die | The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008)
The story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits. (IMDB)
Directed by Ji-woon Kim
Awesome movie. Highly recommended. Hilarious at most parts, awesome action scenes. Exactly what I wish to see in a western (this is an oriental western but I seem to prefer them over ones from Europa or America).
My rating: 8/10
1001 Movies to Watch Before You Die | Young Frankenstein (1974)
Dr. Frankenstein’s grandson, after years of living down the family reputation, inherits granddad’s castle and repeats the experiments. (IMDB)
Directed by Mel Brooks
A weird-humour sort of movie, but I likes it. I didn’t laugh intensely at it, but certain moments did make me laugh, which is more than I can say about most popular comedy movies that are popular right now. Oh, and I have to say that Igor was my favourite out of all characters.
My rating: 8/10
1001 Movies to Watch Before You Die | Children of Men (2006)
The world’s youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Set in and around a dystopian London fractious with violence and warring nationalistic sects, Children of Men follows the unexpected discovery of a lone pregnant woman and the desperate journey to deliver her to safety and restore faith for a future beyond those presently on Earth. (IMDB)
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
This is a great movie. You can really feel the hopelessness of it all, the world really seems doomed. And I love the bleakness of it all. A quit emotional movie, I have to admit that I cried at certain parts.
My rating: 10/10
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