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Noah (2014)
Great Actors, Good Visuals, Awful Script!
Any movie can be made bearable with the addition of a marque cast, but just barely, bearable.
Russell Crow, Jennifer Connelly and even Emma Watson deliver excellent performances in this poorly written, oddly directed and sometimes, visually pleasing film. This fact alone, could only bump my rating a couple of points, as, they really weren't given a decent script to work with, and the "confused" direction of the film, distracted from those performances.
I wonder if lazy editing wasn't a major culprit in wrecking the continuity of this film as well, as overall, the movie was disjointed, choppy, and put me in mind of that "forced" type, droll story telling, typical, of C rate Christian films. This magnified the "YAWN" factor as several snores could be heard in the half-packed IMAX theater only 30 minutes into the movie. Also, it's worth noting that there is a contemporary "post apocalyptic" feel to the setting, that only served to confuse and weaken the experience further.
If anyone still feels the need to see this film, please do so at home, where at least you'll be comfortable, it'll be out on DVD before long.
Luckily, I used a free ticket to watch this movie, but, still can't help wishing I still did.
300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Good cinematography, decent story.. silly fight scenes
Watch this movie the day of release in IMAX 3D.. The visuals were great.. typically my experience has been that some 3D action films seem cluttered or too busy in the jumble of battle or the like, but there was real continuity and division between the elements in each of the battle scenes making the movie easy to take in, in this format..
The story, besides some historical theatrics on the life of Xerses, is a "day in the life of" type format that runs concurrently and does incorporate the 1st films elements in an effective way. No big plot twists or that kind of thing, but a solid "this is how it would feel to have been there" film.
Now, I don't know what some critics where expecting going in, but I myself, wasn't looking for some spell binding drama with this movie so I truly don't see the frustration some of these people are feeling.
Now I must say, the slow motion, cup of blood tossing, death blow scenes, were way over used and to the point of being ridiculous. This technique should have been used maybe once or twice. Now with that being said, I give the film a solid 7, and definitely, knowing what I know now, don't regret seeing it in IMAX 3D, (the only format for watching big special effects productions, in my view).