Characters: Nothing is worse than a movie with flat characters that you don't care about, and nothing can make a movie absolutely incredible like a protagonist that you love to cheer for. Or a villain that you love to hate. Whether its the wonderfully evil Magneto in X-Men, or the Schizo guy in A Beautiful Mind, a character really can bring a movie to a whole new level. All will be rated out of 10.
Plot: You need a good plot in a good movie. Something that you really are excited about. This is straight the coolness of the plot.
Filled Potential: Nothing sucks more than to see a great idea go to waste. How well did they do with what they had to work with?
Epic Factor: Also could be called the "Holy Frick!" factor. Did the movie have an awesome epic feel to it at any point? Normally near the climax of the movie.
Humor: Did I find the humor funny or retarded.
Overall: Overall rate out of 10.
Alright, so now for my first review.
BE KIND REWIND
Characters: 6 - Jack Black played his stereotypical role in this movie. Sure, he was slightly different again, but you can always tell its Jack Black because he'll have some sort of diddie where he does his classic singing thing of some sort. It was short in Be Kind Rewind, but I did catch it. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, here's a clip from Nacho Libre. He does it near the end of the song, although the entire song has "I was written by Jack Black" written all over it. Other than him, the characters were likeable, but nothing fantastic. Mos Def and Danny Glover played two very static characters who had nothing going for them. The humor was good, but most of it was delivered by Jack Black.
Plot: 7 - Very cool and original plot. I mean, come on. They erased all the tapes so they filmed new ones to save their business from going under! That's awesome! However, outside that basic idea, the storyline was somewhat stale. The relationships in between the characters were very static and they didn't really contribute to the storyline at all.
Filled Potential: 5 - The only times that this movie was ever really good was when they were either filming the movies or showing the movies that they had made. Take the same idea and polish it up more and this could have been a movie far better than what it was. I mean, come on, the first half hour of the movie is 30 minutes that I will never get back, and that is a sad thought.
Epic Factor: 3 - This movie was very anticlimactic. The ending was seemingly meant to leave you feeling good, but instead it made me feel like "Who cares if they saw their movie?! They're still..." I don't want to spoil anything there, it was just a downer ending, and never really felt epic. I give it a three because of the Ghostbusters and Rush Hour 2 Sweded versions. In particular, the Fisher Price mat to show them falling from a building. Priceless.
Humor: 6 - As long as you were watching the Sweded versions of the movies, it was absolutely hilarious. Other than that, it was dry and stale. The beginning part of the movie is absolute hell to watch.
Overall: 5/10 This was a decent movie at best. Definately a "go once in the Movie Mill to ease your curiousity" type of movie. If you're going to rent it, it will be one that you're glad it was an overnight rental because you don't really want to watch it twice. If it wasn't for Jack Black and the Sweded films, this movie would have sucked alot worse.
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