The Hunger Games: Movie Review

I have decided to post links to my movie reviews. My reviews will be contained on Hubpages.com rather than here so that I may focus more on family and ministry blogging on this site.

Here is the link to The Hunger Games Movie Review: http://jelliott88.hubpages.com/hub/The-Hunger-Games-Movie-Review-2?done

My Movie List of 2011

Top 5 Favorite Movies Of the Year:
        1. Warrior

        2. Midnight in Paris

        3. Moneyball

        4. Super 8

        5. Rise of the Planet of the Apes

       (Honorable Mentions):

       - X-men: First Class

       - The Help

(Notes: Most of these movies were surprises for me, especially Rise and Super 8. I don’t think these were the best or most challenging or most ingenious movies of the year, simply, these were the best moviegoing experiences I had of 2011. I was drawn into the plots and lost myself in the worlds these movies created. I highly recommend all of them.)

Top 5 Worst Movies of 2011

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2. Unknown 
3. Just Go With It
4. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
5. Drive

(Notes: alright alright. I know Drive is making most serious and learned critics favorite movies of the year lists, but I am not a serious or learned critic. I thought Gosling’s performance was so understated that I couldn’t care less about him in the movie. I like what director Nicolas Winding Refn was trying to pull-off, but the over stylized, glossy frames wear on the viewer, the ultra violence doesn’t off-set the calm, coolness of the writing/acting, but simply confuses the audience. I was highly disappointed.)

Top 5 Movies I still need to see:

1. The Tree of Life
2. Certified Copy
3. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
4. Martha Marcy May Marlene
5. The Artist

Top Underrated Movies of 2011

1. Source Code
2. The Adjustment Bureau
3. Warrior