Movies Everyone Loves, but I Think Are Okay!

            We're less than a month away from the release of Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron. Many of us are excited for it, everyone else is just well aware of its existence. It's almost like it’s a fun fact to say, did you know there are some people who don't get an adrenalin high just from hearing the title, "The Avengers?" That’s kind of the point I wanted to make with this list, there are dozens of movies I love that other people don’t care for, and vice versa.

            For the next month, I wanted to review some of Marvel Studio's movies as we wait for Age of Ultron. Before we do this though, I thought it would be a fun idea for me to go down a small list of movies, all 7billion people on earth seem to love, but I think are just okay.

 (Forgive my cynicism, it's in overdrive today)

1-Scarface

            It’s a completely boring drama about a drug smuggler that defines the term, “Thug Life.” The only thing worth watching is the shootout at the end really, Al Pacino is a beast! But shotgun shells are his only weakness.

2-American Psycho

            Christian Bale plays Nicholas Cage in this film. He’s unhappy and decides to go on a killing spree until people tell him how great he is. Meanwhile his one true enemy, The Green Goblin, (Willem Dafoe) plays a detective trying to solve the murders. Or so it seems. Really, we never know if the events in the film are for real, or all in Bale’s head. There’re so many questions by the end of the movie, and so much open to interpretation, it all just felt lazy to me by the time the credits rolled.

            On the positive side, Bale’s character had great taste in music.

3-Psycho

            We live in the Year 2015, and this movie was released in the 1960’s. Given its age, here’s what the movie has to offer its viewers now. One iconic death scene, one iconic twist ending, and a story and plot line that no one bothers to remember.

            I can’t help but wonder, if Norman Bates grew up watching Frozen, would he be a better person? “Let It Go.” Know what I mean?

4-The Godfather

            Never seen it, don't plan to...

5-The Godfather Part II

            Never seen it, don't plan to, Part II... (Personally I think this comment is better than the first)

6-ET: The Extra Terrestrial

(This comment is really for the people who have seen ET)

            If that’s how that little dude gets when he’s been separated from his family for so long, it must look like a nuclear meltdown if anyone from his home planet ever breaks up with him.

7-Jaws

            Too much talking, not enough shark. This movie is remembered as the first summer blockbuster. Modern movie goers would be surprised to find that Jaws is not the adrenaline horror people made it out to be. It’s all build up. Best comparison, there’s about as much “Jaws” in Jaws, you’ll forget you’re supposed to be watching a movie about a killer shark.

8-Citizen Kane

            Rose bud is a sled, get over it. The studio hated the fact Orson Wells had a better understanding of camera angles and narrative than they did, get over it. Sure he was a hard core badass, but you people need to get over it.

9-Schindler's List

            Liam Neeson doesn’t play a badass, former government agent, with a questionable past, in pursuit of sex traffickers, who took his daughter in this movie! Moving on!

10-Pulp Fiction

            Guess what! It’s good! However, people love to get a metaphoric chubby over this movie. It’s nonlinear storytelling at its finest! But director Quinten Tarantino (big chin himself) has done better.

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            “It’s Pocahontas!”