islandhunter07 Reviews

Winter's Bone (2010)

Every year another overrated snooze-fest sneaks its way into Oscar contention

[6/10 · 30 November 2010]

I do not usually do reviews, but I read one too many 10/10 reviews. Guys, I'm gonna level with you. This movie is a well written, well directed and well acted snooze fest. This movie is terribly overrated.

I'm all for indie movies, but come on people. What does this movie bring to the table? Maybe I'm just not a fan of dark/grim movies that you tell from the first 5 minutes is not going to bode well for the heroine.

This movie has a similar feel to 'The Road' which I also did not like, so maybe I'm biased to this genre. I've already seen 200+ movies this year and the hype of this movie is sickening. I can think of 50 I would put well above it.

If you go see this flick, do yourself a favor and bring a pillow and a red bull.

97 Brooks (2002)

97 Feces

[1/10 · 19 September 2005]

This movie was yawn central. I got so bored upon watching it I started burning my arm with a cigarette to conjure some excitement into my body. The director is a hack and the films 'main star' leaves a very forgettable performance. I usually try to give extra credit to indie, small budget films, but this turd just smells. Please avoid this film at all cost! I had high hopes for this film because it was being made in my home town, but as the film premiered I remember thinking, damn. I am actually in this film. I am not going to say where because I don't want anyone to know that I was in a picture named '97 Brooks.' I hear this director is making another movie called something like September 15, 2003 12:36 pm (leap year). Why is he so big on these dramatic titles that involve a location or specific time. The name of this movie should be, "The feces and the porcelain graveyard."