Miyalys: Media ratings

Man on the Moon (1999)

♥♥♥

A purely character-driven cinematic experience of a really interesting character, but overall I find the portrayal of the story doesn't live up to its potential.

All movies or TV series' by Milos Forman

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

♥♥♥

While Terminator (1990) is one helluva sci-fi feast, Terminator 2 is not much more than a simple  action movie whose execution is somewhat poor at that. Still, it's not bad exactly, just soso.

All movies or TV series' by James Cameron

Commando (1985)

♥♥

Fairly average overall.
As an unrelated note, I thought it was interesting that Mr. Schwarzenegger actually seemed like he could be a good, caring father.

All movies or TV series' by Mark L. Lester

The Running Man (1987)

♥♥♥

Arnold is awesome as a rebel, and a movie centered around a revolt in the absolute onset of it, is truly legendary, and a fabulous take off.
I kinda liked the dystopian world and silly antagonists, but in terms of underlying content, it left me hungry.

All movies or TV series' by Paul Michael Glaser

The Aristocats (1970)

♥♥♥♥

Really charming characters, music and drawings and a fine story line. Must be one of my favourite Disney movies.

Tags: Disney
All movies or TV series' by Wolfgang Reitherman

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

♥♥♥

Suspected it was all nostalgia, but it was actually kinda neat. Eddie Murphy enters, and pokes fun at, an average Jerry Bruckheimer film, in a film Jerry Bruckheimer himself actually co-produced! Surprising self irony. Let's hear it for Eddie Murphy, and the 80s soundtrack!

All movies or TV series' by Martin Brest

Night and the City (1950)

♥♥♥

All movies or TV series' by Jules Dassin

The Thing (1982)

♥♥♥♥

All movies or TV series' by John Carpenter

Gremlins (1984)

♥♥♥

All movies or TV series' by Joe Dante

Re-Animator (1985)

♥♥♥

All movies or TV series' by Stuart Gordon

Angel and the Badman (1947)

♥♥

All movies or TV series' by James Edward Grant

Transformers (2007)

♥

I love Transformers, not this.

All movies or TV series' by Michael Bay

Shadows (1959)

♥♥♥

Shadows has an intriguing atmosphere and a wonderful soundtrack, but ultimately I honestly found it too boring.

All movies or TV series' by John Cassavetes

Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)

♥♥

Tags: Anime, Batman, DC
All movies or TV series' by Yasuhiro Aoki

Excalibur (1981)

♥♥

I have no idea why I saw this....movie recommended alongside the awesome "Conan the Barbarian". It's horrible.

All movies or TV series' by John Boorman

D.O.A. (1980)

♥♥♥♥

Tags: Documentary, Music
All movies or TV series' by Lech Kowalski

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

♥♥♥♥

Its intelligent remarks and its successfully maintained feel-good feel all the way through, results in an overall pretty good movie.

All movies or TV series' by Garth Jennings

The Wild Bunch (1969)

♥♥♥

The environments were really fascinating and believeable and the cast were an interesting bunch to travel with, but overall I find "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" and "Once Upon a Time in the West" much better.
I have a hunch that a re-watch might increase the score by 1 though.

All movies or TV series' by Sam Peckinpah

Bugsy Malone (1976)

♥♥♥♥

Bugsy Malone is a three star movie much of the time, but the originality, some great characters, snappe one-liners and the soundtrack makes me end it at four. Notably, Fat Sam is ridiculously cool hands down and "So You Wanna Be a Boxer" is one heck of a song.

All movies or TV series' by Alan Parker

Alien (1979)

♥♥♥♥

Intense, visually fascinating & stunning movie with a great feeling of isolation. Reminds me of 2001: A Space Odyssey

All movies or TV series' by Ridley Scott

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)

♥♥♥

If you have the DVD version, I strongly suggest skipping the horrible intro, which might otherwise kill the desire to watch this pretty decent biography film.

All movies or TV series' by Rob Cohen

Ghostbusters II (1989)

♥♥

A few funny moments and nostalgia for the first movie, but that's really all there is to it.

All movies or TV series' by Ivan Reitman

Ghostbusters (1984)

♥♥♥♥

A classic feel-good movie!

All movies or TV series' by Ivan Reitman

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)

♥♥♥♥

In my opinion superior to Superman (1978) The villains are somewhat ridiculous, but I think Superman is a more interesting character here, though, as in the first movie, Christopher Reeve particularly excels when playing Clark Kent.

Tags: DC
All movies or TV series' by Richard Donner

Batman (1989)

♥♥♥

"Tim Burton & Danny Elfman" is generally sufficient reasoning for experiencing a movie, and this case is no exception.
As the new Christopher Nolan Batman movies are pleasing the massive crowds these days, I decided to rewatch the old 90's Batman series, which all started right here. As said, Batman (1989) has a brilliant atmosphere courtesy of the sparkling audio-visuals, but somehow the story and characters just don't interest me sufficiently. Michael Keaton is not an interesting Bruce Wayne and The Joker does not really work insanity on me, which is a definite letdown, being the two primary characters. Albert is excellent however, and in my opinion better than Michael Caine's version, although I might be biased here. Ultimately I suggest watching Batman Returns instead, if you really want to see the Batman universe shine.

Tags: Batman, DC
All movies or TV series' by Tim Burton

Lifeforce (1985)

♥♥♥

All movies or TV series' by Tobe Hooper

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

♥♥♥♥

Awesome movie, maintaining tension and never getting boring. Sandahl Bergman and her character were great, and so was Arnold, whose role seems to be one of the best for him I've seen. The soundtrack is noteworthy as well. Probably my new favourite Schwarzenegger movie aside from Total Recall and Terminator (1).

Sadly, there were several scenes with seemingly non-fake not-so-nice-treatment of non-human animals though, and that definitely deterred me. Though admittedly it helped create the barbaric/primitive atmosphere and simple thought patterns, it naturally doesn't justify any mistreatment in any form, as nothing naturally does.

All movies or TV series' by John Milius

Superman (1978)

♥♥♥

Not as good as I remembered, though still a good, albeit fairly forgettable, movie presenting a swell played Lex Luthor, but a sub par John Williams score, compared to Star Wars or Indiana Jones. Theme is great though, but besides that.
I guess maybe Superman is either too one-dimensional or just played that way. (which I wouldn't generally say is the case in the hero/villain debate, or at least that would simply be a general casting (or creativity) error.)

Tags: DC
All movies or TV series' by Richard Donner