Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The Shawshank Redemption


Genre: Drama
Year of release: 1994
Director: Frank Darabont
"Get busy living or get busy dieing"
This was the 4th time I have watched this film and it is still one of my favorites I can not see why rotten tomatoes has given it an 8 out of 10 average rating it makes no sense, however I do not believe imdb to be correct either it is not the number one movie of all time that goes to Citizen Kane followed by the Godfather however this movie should place in top 10 or top 20 IMO.

The Shawshank Redemption is a reasonably new day classic the story follows a young man who pleads not guilty to the murder of his wife and her lover however he gets thrown in prison for two back to back life sentences. In the prison he establishes relationships with his inmates and works on certain projects to keep his mind occupied.

I did not really think about this much until the end but the Shawshank Redemption has no action parts at all, yet I was so enthralled by the movie it was as exciting as an action the whole way through it keeps you interested in the talking scenes on the edge of your seat thinking back on it seems funny that you get so excited over a couple of words I felt the same way in 12 angry men. The characters in this are simply marvelous perfect you love them from start to finish and really feel their emotions as if you knew them personally. The acting is not outstanding however it is very good, doesn't absolutely amaze me because of its acting like Streetcar does. It has a few scenes were the acting even drops to average but it is hard to hold such a almost perfect movie down just because of these few scenes. The story is amazing and very emotional it is truly a piece of art.

These character's are some of the best the warden, red and of course Andy Dufresne we feel every hardship and celebrate every triumph with them and that what makes this movie so great. The movie gets better and better as it goes along, every time the characters are at a low makes the high times feel great. I love watching Andy surprise both me and the other characters in this movie it build the feeling I get every time I see him.

Andy looks very guilty in the beginning however we can start to doubt it as the movie progresses and in the end you really can chose weather he is guilty or not however many things in my mind suggest that he is innocent epically the things Tommy said. Andy's character is good in my mind always caring and wanting to help, he never gets angry and hardly gets sad he just cruises through even jail time "strolling like a man in the park". His character keeps his mind busy with his rock carving, sending letters to build an new library, keeping the guards and even the wardens fiances safe from the Irs and many more things. His character is very smart and before his jail sentence you to be a banker. Andy never losses spirit and his character reminds me of Cold Hand Luke yet more caring about people.

Red is the guy who can get you things, he is basically a normal guy goes through life like a normal person. Red gets changed by Andy he really adds a new level to him, gives him hope and even saves him from taking his life. Red is Andy's best friend and from start to finish I don't think they ever fight. He is discouraged by prison like everybody else yet Andy cheers him up, like everybody else. Red obtains certain items from the outside world and delivers them to inmates at a price, and this is how him and Andy become friends Red gets Andy a number of different items throughout this film including Rita Hayworth.

The Warden is a christian man yet very crocked and deserves to be in the prison more than most of the people in there epically Andy and even Red. He is acted quite well I thought. The warden appears to be a good man at first and it is very cool to see just how bad a man he is.

I love the way this movie ends one of the best most astonishing ending I have seen it uses great flash backs in the end scene to show and point out the things you might have missed at first sight. In conclusion a wonderful classic movie no matter what anybody says it is my favorite and critically a great movie. This is the film that everybody likes, I don't know any one who doesn't

10/10

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Cool Hand Luke


Genre: Drama
Year of release: 1967
Director: Stuart Rosenberg

What we've got here ... is great movie. I first watched Cool Hand Luke when I was quite tired and near the end I somehow was struggling to stay awake, I watched it again today and really enjoyed it far more than I did the first time. Cool Hand Luke is quite complex and nobody yet has given me a straight answer to the meaning of all the symbolic connections between Jesus and Luke. Which I actually like makes people do some thinking.

Cool Hand Luke is about a rebel with no purpose, he gets locked up for screwing the heads of parking timers. He goes through his life looking for something wanting to find god but not seeing any signs to base his belief on. The acting in this is suburb a classic performance from Paul Newman epically along with everybody else. The depth of this movie is almost endless making each person decide on what he thinks certain things symbolize however even without picking up on this feature this movie is freaking awesome. Luke's character is one of the best and a person could go absolutely crazy trying to figure him out completely.

Luke is a rebel, he does not seem to care about anything anyone and seems to do what he does with certainty and no plan. I believe the point of this movie is that Luke helped the prisoners with what appears to be a cool hand, almost nothing, just like he did in the game of cards, however "some times nothing can be a real cool hand". He helps the prisoners like how Jesus helped the world, Jesus from the outside appears to be nothing he appears to be the son of a carpenter, but is not, he was born in a stable he turned the world and their expectations upside down e.g the first people to see the King of the world were shepherd's considered especially at the time to be the lowest of the low yet Jesus wanted to prove what is in this world means nothing you can be rags or riches it is all the same and makes no difference in heaven. This theme is similar to Luke's character he shows us that having nothing can be everything and is almost to opposite of what the prisoners were expecting. Luke changes people through his unpredictable actions that go against what people expect, just like Jesus, he said thing that some times people needed to hear but did not want to, just like Jesus. Luke however did not seem to care about the in mates which goes against the idea of him resembling Christ. This is confusing and I can not understand except in the terms that god gave his only son to the world to help them, he was exactly what the people needed but in a prison things are different I believe in this film his uncaring actions were to show that God had sent him into the prison to help the in-mates in the exact way that would help them. If he had been caring and loving towards everybody I do not think that the inmates would have taken to him. They wanted to be liked by Luke because Luke didn't seem to like anybody. Also it separates us from the idea that Luke is Jesus which I do not believe is the point he is simply somebody who is similar to Jesus in the way that he helped others around him and God had sent him in for that purpose, and I think Luke finally sees that by the end. This paragraph probably isn't even right, but its fun to think about.

All the other characters in this movie even without the deep symbolic references were also quite awesome. I loved Dragline and all his bets, he was an enjoyable person who really cared about Luke and was quite humorous in his actions. His personality was cool, not greedy he just loved to make money and gamble with it. Dragline was a true follower to Luke and would always think highly of him like the disciples thought highly of Christ.

The thing I love about Cool Hand Luke is the very easy cool feeling you get when you watch it Luke just lives his life day by day cruising and makes the movie cruise not quite as well as is done in Taxi Driver but close. The story gets to extreme situations it is not like nothing happens but when the story really develops the story still remains nice and easy. It flows through the movie so perfectly.

In conclusion a great movie classic, great acting, awesome acting and possibly another dimension added into each simple flowing scene. Found it cool to see the famous line " What we've got here is failure to communicate ... ect" in Guns N' Roses song Civil War.

8.5-9/10

Monday, September 22, 2008

Night of the living dead


Genre: Horror/Thriller/Action
Year of release: 1968
Director: George A. Romero

My friend raved about this movie for ages and tonight I finally watched it. Not Bad best zombie movie I have seen, however I have not seen many good ones. This gets put up there on my favorite horrors list as the list is not very big only consisting of Psycho, the thing, the decent, dawn of the dead, Halloween, the exorcist and maybe a few more.

Night of the living dead is about well a night with the living dead, recently deceased people are coming back to life due to some radiation thingy ma boby, these zombies have a hunger for human flesh and are causing trouble by killing and eating people. The movie follows Barbara after her brother gets killed by a zombie she finds refuge in an abandoned house out in the middle of nowhere, a few other people join her in this house and they board it up so keep dozens of zombies out. The people do not get along very well and have some problems aside from surviving the night.

To begin with it all seemed very cliche and very average however it gets much much better. I think I did not like the beginning as the girl Barbara was a pretty stupid character and pretty badly acted Johnnie was good and it was pretty cool when he said "there coming to get you" however he was not in it for long and after that Barbara shows she is just one of the overly stupid her character is driving the fucking car straight into a tree. Maybe its just me who doesn't like her however for ages she is depressed and emo very effected by this entire experience she never gets over that there are zombies and that her brother is dead, she never helps and her character just gets annoying every one else was very cool and the movie improved extremely after Ben, Harry and Tom were introduced. This movie has amazing special effects for both its budget and its time and does not go over the top. The horror scenes were also very good more exciting than scary (like the decent which is the only movie I have actually been scared in lol) however that does not make them bad, very good horror scenes.

Ben was a great character acted quite well by Duane Jones his character is brave, smart and certain in his decisions and thoughts. His character helps the most and is the leader of the group in this house, he gets badly into an argument between Harry Copper about weather they should say on the ground level of the house being able to escape if the zombies do get in or lock and board them selves into the basement were they only have to cover one door. It was a good argument and very pondering it would personally drive me crazy this decision epically in these stressful situations.

The disfigurements of the zombies, the skin hanging off their faces and ect was very good. It looked realistic and believable not over the top. It looked quite scary. The scene of the zombies eating the people was very good, scary and disgusting quite gory however not overdone. The stabbing scene with the little girl is worth mentioning as it is scary as gory and looks good.

The action in this film was pretty awesome the scene near the end was exciting and quite thrilling. The hands coming through the house seems used in a lot of movies these days however it was good to see it done properly. As I watched I wanted Ben to make it through and every scene was on the edge of your seat hoping he would.

The zombies in this movie are great not smart not fast not strong but very effective. It makes you think and gives time for horror type moments as the zombies get closer and closer and closer. They could not have been much better however it took me a while to warm up to them. They are not the crappy over the top running smart zombies Hollywood is making right ... now and ... now but the classic style of cool zombies the way they should be done.

In conclusion a great horror movie, great characters great original ending, great effects even if it might be low budget.

8-8.5/10

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Lawrence of Arabia


Genre: Drama/War/Adventure
Year of release: 1962
Director: David Lean

This was the second time I have watched Lawrence of Arabia I saw it in a store yesterday and today I decided to re-watch it. It was well worth the $15 that I paid for it I liked it this time much more than I did the last. This movie has some of the best cinematography ever. Also this review makes me want to watch it again http://nothingiswrittenfilm.blogspot.com/2008/07/there-is-only-desert-for-you.html has a few spoilers however.

Lawrence of Arabia is a story about T.C. Lawrence and his role in the fight between Arabia and Turkey. Lawrence is a very deep character and you can make your own decisions about his character. This movie however is quite long and although boring is not the right word it does need the intermission in the middle. The use of shots is amazing and the scenery is spectacular no doubt. David Lean did an excellent job this is the second of his movies that I have scene and I will make it my job to make it not the last. The story is very good going through triumphs and defeats. The character work is some of the greatest in history making you decide what type of man Lawrence is whether good or bad straight or queer I like this it adds a level of depth to the film making you form your own personal opinion. Thinking back on this movie is the best part, thinking of the those wonderful beautiful shots used gives me goosebumps and that review opened my eyes a lot.

Lawrence is quite cocky that is the one thing I am almost certain about his character, the way he speaks and moves gestures is graceful and calming a character that could possibly be homosexual. He is in my opinion not entirely good but to say more than that would take further viewings which I will hopeful do. His character in a way enjoys killing which separates him from the category of good however his character deeply wants to give freedom to Arabia so I don't put him in the category of bad either, however deep down is he only trying to do this for personal gain, just because people think that he can not. Lawrence seems to be happy but deep down I believe him to be very troubled and we see this come out in a part of the movie. His character seems to always want to impress for instance how he puts the flaming match out with his fingers and say "The trick is not minding the pain" although this seems to be a very small and unimportant part in the movie however an extremely awesome part I get the feeling that it is more than just a scene it adds to his character. When you ask the question why did he bother to go through the pain when he could have blown it out, I can not give myself a straight answer I get left with he does it for fun just to play and I believe this to be very true Lawrence has a very strange sense of fun and that is a point carried through the entire movie and also he put the match out in this way so that he could impress make the others go wow, even if it is in such a small way it is worth the pain he likes to do the unpredictable and things that people could not believe to be possible and he strives himself to do these things and we see it all through the movie as well. To add to the character being unique all the other characters, who are also very awesome (even the little characters like his guide in the beginning) are very straight characters, there character are clean in your mind and you don't have too many doubts about what type of people the are, what they will do next and etc. This builds a contrast making Lawrence really stand out and the use of shots also adds to this, the ones that occur often an upward mid shot of his head in the way of the sun making a glowing outline of his head with the blue sky around his head making him look like a god, which sometimes I think that he thinks he is. Lawrence was a hard part to play and Peter O'Toole played him wonderfully.

A lot of the scenes in this movie are very beautiful it makes the desert radiate in the sunlight so that we can feel like Lawrence feels and love the desert. Well I love every scene in the desert and I love this film the more I think about it. The battle scenes in this movie are also very good some of the nice long shots which remind me of the way Kurosawa does some of his battle scenes. The long shots in this are some of the long shots that are the best in the film business and sit up with Kurosawa however they are completely different and hard to compare. The scenes of the desert shaking in the distance the horizon waving in the heat. I remember one scene in which it is simply the bottom half is white with the sand and the top half is a nice blue sky and out of it we see a black dot of a man. This scene is beautiful and the whiteness of the sand contrasting against the light blue of the sky makes for a Mona Lisa piece of artwork through it being so simple yet so beautiful. The scenes of the mountains of sand and the wind sweeping off little pieces of it seems poetic and is enhanced by the strong musical touch.

The music in this movie is very nice and thinking of it makes me give that weird type of excited jump that makes you look like a real idiot when your in public. It adds to the scenes very nicely and the scene I always think of and has stayed in my memory from the first sighting of this movie, is the one in which the camera pans across the city and onto the gigantic guns facing the sea.

The beginning of this movie I really enjoy I like this certain technique that is used were we have Lawrence getting on his motorcycle and driving down the street that is lined with trees we have a very good scene of his face smiling at us as he drivers faster and faster until having to swerve
for some cyclists he then goes off a smallish hill and we watch his motorcycle go into some bushes then we cut to a scene of his motorcycle goggles hanging from a branch. Then we change to a statue of Lawrence on a grave stone in Saint Nicholas Church Graveyard a gigantic building and there are people saying did he deserve to buried in a place like this, and people saying he is a great man. One man in this scene says that he once had the satisfaction of shaking his hand in Ciro but did not know him, I found it cool to see a man walk up to Lawrence just to shake his hand in Ciro, I am not sure if this is him because well it was about 2 and half hours since I saw him last, however I find it interesting. After this scene we go back to see for our selves if he really did deserve to be buried in such respect.

In conclusion a great deep movie that only improves when you think back on it. Best cinematography there is artwork in many of the shots many of which you could frame and put up on a wall. Some of the best change in character and character work 3 hours and 40 minutes of being piratically alone with one character and yet we still know nothing about him. Great music that adds to the excitement great storyline and to make this movie even better its a true story written by T.C Lawrence, this man who survived so many amazing miracles actually died in a motorcycle accident. "A miracle of a film"-Steven Spielberg.

9.5/10

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Léon


Genre: Action/Drama
Year of release: 1994
Director: Luc Besson

Hmm, I loved this movie, however it defiantly flawed in some places. This movie really triumphs in some places but can also be rather average in others. This is one of those classic examples of the people loving it and the critics hating it. Gary Oldman is awesome I must say and Jean Reno is pretty good too although everyone else is well, meh.

This movie is about a young girl and a hitman who come together after being neighbors when this young girls family is killed by some crocked policemen after her father some how changes his 100% coke into only 90% whilst this is happening Mathilda is shopping for food, when she comes back her family are dead and she seeks aid from her hitman next door neighbor. Mathilda is then inspired to learn to be a Hitman to seek revenge and Léon teachers her. After a while this 12 year old girl Mathilda falls in love with Léon, does he love her back, you decide.

This movie wins for me as the action is great and Oldman and Reno have great characters and are great actors. However Natalie Portman as Mathilda and some of the other actors were pretty bad. The love story in this is pretty weird and it is awkward to watch a young girl think she is in love with an oldish man, I like to believe that Léon only loves her in a father type of way as I think it would be wrong and slightly disgusting if it were in a sexual way, I am not sure of Léon feeling however as there are many shots to suggest that he is tempted by her, for me this point does not bring the movie down too much though and hardly matters.

Léon is a great character he is a lonely sort of shy Italian hitman who can not read or talk very well. His character at the same time is very bad ass and the ideas of killing people in this movie are fantastic. Léon has one friend his plant, I thought this to be cool he liked it as it did not ask any questions. I love how Léon struggles to reach out even though he job would suggest he would not be a timid and to him self type of person, so in a way it is breaking a hitman stereotype. Mathilda definite changes Léon. She helps him with his reading and she brings him out of his shell a little. The character change is not bad however it will never compete in the changes of characters like in the Godfather, Schindler's list or the Treasure of Sierra Madre.

Gary Oldman plays Stansfeild a corrupt cop into selling drugs and killing people. His character is awesome a very scary and insane bad guy that would get placed on my list of favorite bad guys. The famous scene in the bathroom was acted out wonderfully and gives you the goosebumps. The way he likes classical music is cool the same way it is cool in A Clockwork Orange however not quite as good as that, the references to the music is quite small in this. The way in which this character took his medication was weird if it is real then it is pretty good, I have my doubts however, you get left with the feeling that they made it like this just to make it look cool, which is stupid. I think it is a good idea to have the character take some sort of medication as he is clearly insane, I just think it unrealistic and over the top that it effects him straightaway and he always cracks his back after taking it.

Mathilda, well she is a child and has it is in a way an excuse to act badly. I don't like Natalie Portman so I have seen hardly any of her movies, she did a better job in this than in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Her character was strange a lonely girl who did not care about her parents and sister being killed, but was devastated that they killed her 4 year old brother. It is believable that she did not care about her parents before they were killed as they beat her and did not look like the coolest of parents, its is also believable that she hated her sister who was an exercise freak who hated Mathilda and hogged the t.v however after they were killed I found it strange she did not care at all about them I am not saying I don't believe it at all just I would think that she is still slightly a human being even after all the shit she probably went through. I think her character could have been much better and that it gets a little annoying, I enjoyed her impersonating Madona, Marylin Monroe and Charlie Chaplin and Léon John Wayne was funny.

The action in this is amazing very smart and very exciting. Some people think it is over the top however I say fuck you you are dumb. The action in this is some of the best up there with every thing else like Die Hard. The first action scene of this movie is good however I did not like too much because the acting was bad from everyone except Jean Reno who is not in the scenes very much at all, this scene could have been one of the best scenes in history however just drops bad from the overacting. Brings it back up when Reno is at the end of this scene, that bit kicked ass.

Inconclusion I can see how the critics don't like it and I see how the people love it. Léon is in my opinion one of the best action films ever could have been much better. The acting was good from only Jean Reno and Gary Oldman and some of the small things that happened were over the top also had some strange mistakes. Great movie no classic though.

8/10

Friday, September 19, 2008

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre


Genre: Adventure/Drama/Western (in someways)
Year of release: 1948
Director: John Huston

I have been wanting to watch this for quite some time now and I must say I still was not disappointed. Every thing about this movie kicks ass. The acting, the story, the morals, the cinematography, the action, the character work, every single scene. How could John Huston make this fucking masterpiece fucking Maltese falcon and the African Queen which I have not watched yet and make a piece of shit like fucking Annie.

This piece of art is about gold and how it changes people it is one of the ultimate stories of greed that just gets better and better every second it goes through. Bogart plays his part very well but surprisingly enough he is only a contender for my favorite character as all the other characters were almost equally as awesome, I loved Howard and his crazy attidude, I am wondering if the Prospector in Toy Story 2 was inspired by Howard as their looks are identicle and they are both prospectors. The story was amazing, the character work was amazing the acting was amazing this movie is amazing.

Acting does not get much better than when its done by Humphrey Bogart he is getting up there with De Niro for me however I have only seen 3 of his movies however he was amazing in all of them. Humprey Bogart's character Fred C. Dobbs starts of as being a reasonable guy he only takes what he needs and is not greedy, we can see this from when the person does not pay him for all his work he then proccedes to beat the shit out of him and take his wallet, we see him lean down and take out the money, then to my surprise with out hesitation or temptation he divides the money up into what he is owed and returns the rest. This really shows how awesome his character is and really made me like Fred instantly. However the whole point of this movie is that gold changes people it is more of curse in the end rather than a blessing in the beginning Dobbs is detirmented that this will not happen to him and I for one believed him I though he was as he said the right type of person to receive a whole lot of gold and would not turn greedy. I tuely believed this but as the story goes along he slowly slips starts to go a little nuts in what I believe to be some of the best character changes of all time better in my opinion to how Oscar Schindler changes although Schindler also did an amazing turn around. This character who starts even to talk to himself really improves this character he is a real rags to riches story it is awesome to watch his character.

Howard was the prospector the leader the one who has gone through the greedy stage before when he had found gold in the past he is not greedy he stays through the whole movie very selfless. The other two on this adventure are almost tag alongs even if they were the ones that invited Howard onto this expidition without howard Curtain and Dobbs would be minning fools gold and probably be dead as well. It was cool to see Howawrd out do Curtain and Dobbs espectations of what he will be like. Dobbs and Curtain thought they would have to carry Howard along as Howard is quite old however Howard always has energy and even out does Dobbs and Curtain in fitness which I found quite amusing. Howard is slighly crazy not insane just his nature is a bit over energetic he is a great character that never once turns greedy. With out Howard holding the team together everything falls apart quite quickley.

Curtain does not seem like a huge character to begin with however he really does become quite big eventually. Curtain is not too gready however we can see slight temptations in him. I very much liked his character by the end always decent never greedy never crazy he is the sane one of the three. Curtain is slighly shy not much but only slightly his character does not speack nearly as much as the other two however he is never really scared just doesn't talk maybe because he does not need to talk. Beautiful.

The story in this is very exciting from start to finish I really got attached to the characters I wanted them to all succed and sell their gold for lots of money and be happy. The story of the gold cursing the beholder really shows strongly as because of the gold they go through many hardships I love the ending very orginal very unexpected and kick ass. The morals are good in this it is the type of movie any one of any age gender or species can enjoy. It is not overly violent however still has some very good action scences a bit like seven samurai.

In conclusion one of the best movies ever imdb is once again wrong even if it is at number 53 it deserves a whole lot more credit should be up there with the Godfather. The story is great, the acting is amazing and the characters and the changes they go through are simple put Godfather type characters.

9.5/10

Brokeback Mountain


Genre: Drama/Romance
Year of release: 2005
Director: Ang Lee
"Ever notice how a woman'll powder her nose before a party starts, and the powder it again when the party's over? Why powder your nose just to go home to bed?"

I believe that all people are born straight, but then again what do I know so I hesitated to watching this movie to be honest, as I like everybody else knew it was a different type of Romance to say the least. This movie is pretty good however sure there are some scene I cringed at but I got over it being a gay movie almost instantly.

Brokeback mountain is about two young men that do a job together. They have to guide some sheep up in Brokeback mountain up in this mountain there is hardly anything to do. These men encounter have a homosexual experience and their lives are both changed forever, for better and for worse. The acting in this movie is quite amazing, Heath Ledger is really astounding and Jake slightly takes it up the ass a bit however still pulls off a pretty astonishing performance. It really makes you wonder how hard some of these scene would have been for each of these men as if I am correct about their sexuality then these scenes may not have felt very natural however even in the hardest of conditions they both show us some very great acting. The story is not bad and its interesting to see something new this movie felt quite original. Its not the chick flick kinda romance made every 5 minutes that Hollywood shits out. In this movie there is really good characters and the work done the way in which these characters evolve is also awesome.

Heat Ledger may he rest in peace changed his accent extremely well to a nice Southern voice. The way Heath Ledger walks and talks in this movie suits his character Ennis Del Mar Perfectly. Ennis is a great character, he starts off talking hardly ever in his low and very quite timed voice, his character although slightly bold at times is overall quite shy. He's the type of guy who has his head down and keeps to himself. He changes by the end due to Jack Twist his lover who he can not be with as he is shy about coming out of the closet. Ennis and Jack go up to brokeback mountain every once a while but for both of them it isn't enough.

Jack is not quite as good a character however still quite good. Jack is outgoing and loud he cares less about what people will think and he wants to live with Ennis. Jacks character doesn't change nearly as much as Ennis. Jake did his role very well he made it believable and one part at lake near the end he really shows he is awesome. I extremely loved him in Donnie Darko, I think he did a better job of Donnie as he could not have made his character much better than that but as Jack he still does an amazing job.

The story in this is quite sad watching these two men question their sexuality, both of them still get married and have children however they are both longing for a fuck up the ass. The ending helped to boost this movie up as well I thoroughly enjoyed the end. The movie does not get too boring it keeps you interested and does not feel messy.

I also enjoyed the very simple score sometimes it is best just to get an acoustic guitar and play some hammer-ons and pull offs and be done. It made for quite a good feel to the movie, it gave the slight hint of sadness and also involved the type of more southern sound to it.

In conclusion not a bad film I think Ang Lee has made this film very well I thought it better than both Hulk and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon however i think critics seem to love CTHD much more than I do. If your gay you should like it, if your straight you should like it as well. Good movie worth my 2 hours. Trust me its not 2 hours of sweaty porn, just a love story that is homosexual.

8/10