One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Rating: B/2 – The one good thing that came out of McMurphy ending up in the asylum was his attempt to get all the patients in the place to pretend like they weren’t there. Anytime the nurses reminded them of their condition/location, McMurphy would rebel and end up lifting the spirits of those around him (a classic scene is the baseball game). McMurphy eventually ended up getting carried away and realized too late that he had gone too far. **Visit the site to read the rest of the review and vote on the poll!**
Cool Hand Luke
Rating: A/5 – Why is this movie the theme for our blog? For one, it was one of my favorite movies and “Cool Hand Critics” had a nice ring to it. From there, we were able to introduce other elements of the movie into our reviews (World Shakers, Nights In The Box, etc.). Continue reading to see some of the reasons why it is among my favorite movies.
The Lost Boys
I saw this movie a while back, but thought it would be appropriate to post a review after hearing the news of Corey Haim’s unfortunate death yesterday. I don’t know why, but I’ve come across this film (never seen it) quite a few times in my life and for some reason thought it was more highly acclaimed than it actually was. It was a special on whatever channel does “Movies for Guys who like Movies,” so they obviously thought it was good. Even edited for TV the film was rather violent. I’m perplexed at whatever the rationale is of creating an R-rated film targeted to young teenagers, when they normally can’t watch the film without an adult. Granted I’m an adult and I saw it of my own accord, but I didn’t really enjoy it. At first I thought it was rather a waste of my time having sat and watched it, but reflecting on it more I came to some pretty neat realizations. [Visit movies.losanderson.com to read the rest of the review.]