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Could you elaborate a little on the similarities between Touch of Evil / The Doors, Taxi Driver / Spiderland (its similarity to Suicide makes more sense to me), and Metropolis / In the Aeroplane?

Also The Piper at the Gates & 2001 feel somewhat similar, at least Interstellar Overdrive and the Jupiter Sequence scene definitely do.

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FYI Suicides best match could probably be Lynch’s Eraserhead or Noe’s Enter the Void … if you haven’t seen it, Enter the Void is also what you might get if you could somehow combine 2001 and Taxi Driver and maybe Natural Born Killers — as improbable as that combination may sound

Texas Chainsaw Massacre makes a great one too

Fincher’s Se7en may be an excellent comp too

Candyman 1992 probably makes an interesting comp as well

The aforementioned Pi isn’t far off

Lost Hwy makes a very good one… Blue Velvet not bad either… maybe Mulholland Dr or Inland Empire (maybe….)

The Terminator and Alien make pretty good comps too (though Alien, first act, is probably mostly too slow)

The aforementioned Natural Born Killers is pretty good (though probably a bit too congested, and actually closer to the likes of Foetus)

Also The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover… though it’s montage is a bit too elegant to reach into the same degree of neurosis, disquiet, actual (more tactile, more immersed) terror even if it does do a lot of heavy lifting here with its performances and stunning, otherworldly, art direction

Von Triers Europa in its way makes a solid one too… while superficially it lines up pretty well with regards arc, in its striking expressionism, visuals, it doesn’t really reach (or try to) a similar pitch of horror, terror, neurosis … though it’s suspense and climax is, semi-superficially, not too far from Frankie Teardrop in (surface) spirit, in the actions being carried out if not the level of emotion or catharsis… and the coda (especially) makes a nice comp to Che

And of course Taxi Driver already being a very good one

One must realize that Suicide’s nightmarish disquiet, suspense, horror, terror, is continuous and reaches a feverish, hypnotic, pitch over its whole last half (Frankie Teardrop and Che). It’s first half, while not as intense or terrified and cathartic, is quite sustained too, quite neurotic, transfixed. Taxi Driver perhaps veers off into a little bit too much other exposition in its last half, and isn’t truly sustained in horror until it’s finale and some interspersed nightmarish parts, but not to the same pitch or momentum as Suicides whole last half … so falls short of being quite as ideal as perhaps some or most of the above (some need revisits to double check). It is otherwise a very good choice, however, and contains similar elements of Suicide and Spiderland…
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Greatest Works of Art: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16117

Various (in progress) genre lists, listed in order of how recently I've worked on them:
Best Action/Adventure Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=749761#749761
Best Comedy Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=748991#748991
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Best Comic Book/Superhero Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=646189#646189

Bold = Newly added
Bold + Italics = Was already listed but recently upgraded/downgraded

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week(s): 3-2-26 - 3-15-26
Suicide - Suicide (1977)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
St. Peter's Basilica - Principal Architects: Donato Bramante (Original design and began construction of central Greek Cross plan: 1503 - 1514); Michelangelo Buonarroti (Revised plan and construction with updated Greek Cross design heavily informing the final result less the later addition of Maderno's Nave and Facade; revision and main design of the central Dome: 1546 - 1564); Carlo Maderno (Revised to Latin Cross plan with addition of central Nave; addition of Facade: 1603 - 1629); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Revision of St. Peter's Square, addition of Colonnade: 1656 - 1667) (Building completed and opened by 1626; various revisions and additions thereafter) / Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Architecture, including Structural Sculpture]
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Y - Pop Group (1979)
Mission: Impossible III - J. J. Abrams (2006)
Good - Morphine (1992)
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (1965)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Mission: Impossible — Fallout - Christopher McQuarrie (2018)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Old Boy - Chan-wook Park (2003)
Atomizer - Big Black (1985)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Point Blank - John Boorman (1967)
Madonna of Bruges - Michelangelo (circa 1501 - 1504) / Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Bruges, Flanders, Belgium [Sculpture]
The Genius of Victory - Michelangelo Buonarotti (circa 1532 - 1534) / Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy [Sculpture]
Knight and Day - James Mangold (2010)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)

Top 10+ Albums/Movies/Visual Art for the Week(s) - Rated 6.7/10 or Below
Skyfall - Sam Mendes (2012)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Christopher McQuarrie (2023)
John Wick: Chapter 2 - Chad Stahelski (2017)
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation - Christopher McQuarrie (2015)
John Wick - Chad Stahelski (2014)
The Battle of the Centaurs - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1492) / Casa Buonarroti, Florence, Italy [Sculpture]
Madonna of the Stairs - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1489 - 1491) / Casa Buonarroti, Florence, Italy [Sculpture]
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum - Chad Stahelski (2019)
Six Days Seven Nights - Ivan Reitman (1998)
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol - Brad Bird (2011)
John Wick: Chapter 4 - Chad Stahelski (2023)
The Torment of Saint Anthony - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1487 - 1488) / Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, USA [Painting]
Pitti Tondo - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1503 - 1505; unfinished) / Museo nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy [Sculpture]
Tadei Tondo - Michelangelo Buonarotti (circa 1504 - 1505; unfinished) / Royal Academy of the Arts, London, England [Sculpture]


Top 10+ SONGS/TRACKS for the Week(s)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Suicide - Suicide (1977) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10; 8.8/10 to 8.9/10

NEWLY LISTENED - ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:

NEWLY LISTENED - CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:

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NEWLY LISTENED - SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RATED:

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
SEE HERE FOR RECENT “ACTION/ADVENTURE” UPDATES: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=752087#752087

NEWLY WATCHED FILMS - RATED:

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:
The Battle of the Centaurs - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1492) / Casa Buonarroti, Florence, Italy [Sculpture] 6.1/10 to 6.0/10
Madonna of the Stairs - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1489 - 1491) / Casa Buonarroti, Florence, Italy [Sculpture] 6.0/10 to 5.9/10
The Torment of Saint Anthony - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1487 - 1488) / Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, USA [Painting] 5.8/10 to 5.3/10
Pitti Tondo - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1503 - 1505; unfinished) / Museo nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy [Sculpture] 6.0/10 to 5.0/10
Tadei Tondo - Michelangelo Buonarotti (circa 1504 - 1505; unfinished) / Royal Academy of the Arts, London, England [Sculpture] 6.0/10 to 5.0/10

NEWLY VIEWED PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RATED:

FAMILIAR LITERATURE - RE-RATED:

NEWLY READ LITERATURE - RATED:

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TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2026)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
The Doors - The Doors (1966)
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
Yerself is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991)
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground (1966)
Bullet in the Head - John Woo (1990)
Master of Puppets - Metallica (1986)
David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1501 - 1504) / Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze, Florence, Italy [Sculpture]
Y - Pop Group (1979)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - George Lucas (2005)
The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1542 - 1545; circa 1546 - 1550) / Pauline Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Painting]
Repeater - Fugazi (1990)
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Joe Dante (1990)
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1498 - 1499) / St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Sculpture]
The Marble Index - Nico (1968)
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes - 16 Horsepower (1996)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984)
The Survivor's Suite - Keith Jarrett (1976)
Slow, Deep and Hard - Type O Negative (1991)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Ben Stiller (2013)
Meet the Parents - Jay Roach (2000)
Clifford - Paul Flaherty (1994)
Titanic - James Cameron (1997)
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Stanley Kubrick (1964)
Office Space - Mike Judge (1999)
Good - Morphine (1992)
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980)
Strange Days - The Doors (1967)
Twins - Ivan Reitman (1988)
Crank: High Voltage - Mark Neveldine / Brian Taylor (2009)
Field of Dreams - Phil Alden Robinson (1988)
T2 Trainspotting - Danny Boyle (2017)
Adventures in Baby Sitting - Chris Columbus (1987)
The Mask - Chuck Russell (1994)
Independence Day - Roland Emmerich (1996)
Deep Impact - Mimi Leder (1998)
Kindergarten Cop - Ivan Reitman (1990)[/b]
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Re Aeroplane/Metropolis + few others, from a couple pages back…

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Speaking of Suicide’s s/t (1977), revisited and upgraded…

Suicide - Suicide (1977) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10; 8.8/10 to 8.9/10

Frankie Teardrop - Suicide - Suicide - Track #6 (1977) 7.4/10 to 7.7/10
Che - Suicide - Suicide - Track #7 (1977) 7.1/10
Ghost Rider - Suicide - Suicide - Track #1 (1977) Not Rated to 7.1/10
Rocket U.S.A. - Suicide - Suicide - Track #2 (1977) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Cheree - Suicide - Suicide - Track #3 (1977) Not Rated to 6.8/10

Tracks 4 and 5 to be rated soon… check back here and/or >>>>> overall Songs/Tracks list: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=460731#460731
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Working on this, recommendations/discussion welcome...

Best Action/Adventure Films

IN-PROGRESS... SEVERAL TO ADD & STILL POLISHING UP THE QUALIFICATIONS...

Note that I am not requiring the film to be BOTH Action AND Adventure -- just that it is at least one or the other. It is also not required that the film "only" fit one or both these genres as its major theme (it can even be, for instance, a Horror film but if it is ALSO action and/or adventure as a major genre-focus, it can qualify... Ex: Cameron's Terminator and Aliens; or even further out from this, Hitchcock's The Birds could be argued to qualify due to it not only being a Natural Horror/Thriller, but yet just as much an early example of, or at least very strong overtones and precursor to, the Disaster/Action film) ...Also, for "Action" films: the earlier the film usually means the less "pace/high octane action" is required for it to qualify; however development of circumstances, momentum, plot, leading to "action scenes" should still be a central focus for a majority of the film... Further note that more "high octane" and more intense, "violent" action tends to start becoming truly modern towards our current pace and sensibilities with 1967's Bonnie and Clyde and especially Peckinpah's Wild Bunch (1969; though in reality, in the main this can actually be traced all the way back to Eisenstein, most notably Battleship Potemkin, already just as frenetic and pretty violent), and then more and more hyper-modern with John Woo (quite influenced by Peckinpah, particularly his Hong Kong films...) and so on from there...

* = Arguable genre selection, may be removed upon revisit or if I tweak the genre qualifications a little bit.

8.5/10
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North By Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
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*Metropolis - Fritz Lang (1927) ["The Complete Metropolis", 147 minutes]
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8/10
<<<<<8.2>>>>>
*Love Exposure - Sion Sono (2008)
The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah (1969) [Director's Cut, 145 minutes]
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*Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola (1979)
Bullet in the Head - John Woo (1990)
*The Holy Mountain - Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973)
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*Once Upon a Time in the West - Sergio Leone (1968)
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The Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa (1954)
Oldboy - Chan-wook Park (2003)
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*Point Blank - John Boorman (1967)
Natural Born Killers - Oliver Stone (1994) [Director's Cut, 123 minutes]

7.5/10
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*Zardoz - John Boorman (1974)
Walkabout - Nicolas Roeg (1971)
Leon: The Professional - Luc Besson (1994) [Original Cut, 110 minutes; Extended Cut: 7.4/10]
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The City of Lost Children - Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro (1995)
Face/Off - John Woo (1997)
Hero - Zhang Yimou (2002)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - John Huston (1948)
Bonnie & Clyde - Arthur Penn (1967)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - Sam Peckinpah (1974)
The Killer - John Woo (1989)
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*Blade Runner - Ridley Scott (1982) [The Final Cut, 117 minutes]
Death Wish 3 - Michael Winner (1985)
King of New York - Abel Ferrara (1990)
*The Big Heat - Fritz Lang (1953)
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*The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock (1963)
*Inglorious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino (2009)
*Frantic - Roman Polanski (1988)
The Getaway - Sam Peckinpah (1972)
*City of God - Fernando Meirelles (2002)
Dirty Harry - Don Siegel (1971)
*Salvador - Oliver Stone (1986)
Baby Driver - Edgar Wright (2017)
*The Game - David Fincher (1997)
Hard Boiled - John Woo (1992)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior - George Miller (1981)
Ran - Akira Kurosawa (1985)
*Harakiri - Masaki Kobayashi (1962)
*The Searchers - John Ford (1956)
Scarface - Howard Hawks (1932)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - George Lucas (1977)
*To Catch a Thief - Alfred Hitchcock (1955)
*El Topo - Alejandro Jodorowsky (1970)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Sergio Leone (1966)
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LA Confidential - Curtis Hanson (1998)
*Spirited Away - Hayao Miyazaki (2001)
Emperor of the North - Robert Aldrich (1973)
The Terminator - James Cameron (1984)
*Deliverance - John Boorman (1971)
*Uncut Gems - Josh and Benny Safdie (2019)
*Strange Days - Kathryn Bigelow (1995)
*Heat - Michael Mann (1995)
*Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Guy Ritchie (1998)
Mad Max - George Miller (1979)
La Femme Nikita - Luc Besson (1990)
*Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Don Siegel (1956)
The General - Buster Keaton (1926)
Crank - Mark Neveldine / Brian Taylor (2006)
*Aguirre, the Wrath of God - Werner Herzog (1972)
*Ghostbusters - Ivan Reitman (1984)
Brawl in Cell Block 99 - S. Craig Zahler (2017)

(Several entries below this point are missing and will be added once remembered or revisited. A number have already been included on additional sections below)

7/10
<<<7.2>>>
Princess Mononoke - Hayao Miyazaki (1997)
The Hidden Fortress - Akira Kurosawa (1958) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*The French Connection - William Friedkin (1971)
*Fight Club - David Fincher (1999)
Gunga Din - George Stevens (1939) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Back to the Future - Robert Zemeckis (1985)
*Scarface - Brian DePalma (1983)
Mission: Impossible III - J. J. Abrams (2006)
*The Parallax View - Alan Pakula (1974)
*Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - George Roy Hill (1969)
Assault on Precinct 13 - John Carpenter - John Carpenter (1976)
Hot Fuzz – Edgar Wright (2007)
The Blues Brothers - John Landis (1980) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Minority Report - Steven Spielberg (2002)
Inception - Christopher Nolan (2010)
Exiled - Johnnie To (2006)
Total Recall - Paul Verhoeven (1990)
*Duel - Steven Spielberg (1971)
*Yojimbo - Akira Kurosawa (1961) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Time Bandits – Terry Gilliam (1981)
*Stagecoach - John Ford (1939)
King Kong - Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack (1933)
Run Lola Run - Tom Twyker (1998)
Strike - Sergei Eisenstein (1925) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<7.1>>>
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Edgar Wright (2010)
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Steven Speilberg (1980)
The Fifth Element - Luc Besson (1996)
21 Jump Street - Phil Lord; Christopher Miller (2012)
*Falling Down - Joel Schumacher (1993)
*Children of Men - Alfonso Cuaron (2006)
Mars Attacks! - Tim Burton (1996)
A Better Tomorrow - John Woo (1986)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - Irvin Kershner (1980)
*Jaws - Steven Spielberg (1975)
*Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones (1975)
*Dark City - Alex Proyas (1998)
Escape From New York - John Carpenter (1981)
*O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Joel Coen (2000)
*Saving Private Ryan - Steven Spielberg (1998)
*The 39 Steps - Alfred Hitchcock (1935)
*Miller's Crossing - Joel Coen (1990)
*The African Queen - John Huston (1951)
*White Heat - Raoul Walsh (1949)
*Wages of Fear - Henri-Georges Clouzot (1953)
*All Quiet on the Western Front - Lewis Milestone (1930)
*Battleship Potemkin - Sergei Eisenstein (1925)
<<<7.0>>>
True Lies – James Cameron (1994)
*Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villeneuve (2017)
Lawrence of Arabia - David Lean (1962) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Robocop - Paul Verhoeven (1987)
*Hell in the Pacific - John Boorman (1968)
*The Great Race - Blake Edwards (1965) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Wall-E - Andrew Stanton (2008)
*Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood (1992)
Conspiracy Theory - Richard Donner (1997)
The Thief of Baghdad - Raoul Walsh (1924) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
First Blood - Ted Kotcheff (1982)
*Training Day - Antoine Fuqua (2001)
Enemy of the State - Tony Scott (1998)
Inside Out - Pete Docter (2015)
Platoon - Oliver Stone (1986)
Lethal Weapon - Richard Donner (1987)
Die Hard - John McTiernan (1988)
Goldfinger - Guy Hamilton (1964) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut - Trey Parker (1999)
*Night of the Living Dead - George Romero (1968)
*Kagemusha - Akira Kurosawa (1980)
*Soylent Green - Richard Fleischer (1973)
*Outbreak - Wolfgang Petersen (1995)
Predator - John McTiernan (1987)
In the Line of Fire - Wolfgang Petersen (1993)
*For a Few Dollars More - Sergio Leone (1965) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Toy Story - John Lasseter (1995)
No Country For Old Men - Joel and Ethan Coen (2007)
Everything Everywhere All at Once - Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
*Shaun of the Dead - Edgar Wright (2004)
Cross of Iron - Sam Peckinpah (1977) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Fantastic Voyage - Richard Fleischer (1966) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Forbidden Planet - Fred Wilcox (1956) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Matrix - Lana Wachowski; Lilly Wachowski (1999)
*Full Metal Jacket - Stanley Kubrick (1987)
*E.T. the Extra Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg (1982)
*Gremlins - Joe Dante (1984)
*Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Joe Dante (1990)
Mission: Impossible — Fallout - Christopher McQuarrie (2018)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - George Lucas (2005)
*Charley Varrick - Don Siegel (1973)
*Ben Hur - William Wyler (1959) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Das Boot - Wolfgang Peterson (1981)
Runaway Train - Andrei Konchalovsky (1985)
*To Live and Die in LA - William Friedkin (1985)
The Bridge on the River Kwai - David Lean (1957) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Mutiny on the Bounty - Frank Lloyd (1935) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Great Escape - John Sturges (1963)
*The Witches - Nicolas Roeg (1990)
*Akira - Katsuhiro Otomo (1988)
*Saboteur - Alfred Hitchcock (1942) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Bullitt - Peter Yates (1968)
*Riders of Justice - Anders Thomas Jensen (2020)
*The Killing - Stanley Kubrick (1956)
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The Lego Movie - Phil Lord / Christopher Miller (2014) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Death Wish - Michael Winner (1974)
*Get Carter - Mike Hodges (1971)
*Road to Perdition - Sam Mendes (2002)
Planet of the Apes - Franklin J. Schaffner (1968)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day - James Cameron (1992)
Alice - Jan Svankmajer (1988)
The Towering Inferno - John Guillermin (1974) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl - Gore Verbinski (2003) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Beverly Hills Cop - Martin Brest (1984)
Batman - Tim Burton (1989)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Ben Stiller (2013)
Toy Story 3 - Lee Unkrich (2010)
*Cast Away - Robert Zemeckis (2000)
*28 Days Later - Danny Boyle (2002)
Drunken Master - Yuen Woo-Ping (1978) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*The Adjustment Bureau - George Nolfi (2011)
Pinocchio - Ben Sharpsteen (Walt Disney) (1940)
*Interstellar - Christopher Nolan (2014)
Galaxy Quest - Dean Parisot (1999)
RRR - S. S. Rajamouli (2022)
*Ransom - Ron Howard (1996)
48 Hours - Walter Hill (1982)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - Richard Marquand (1983)
Mission: Impossible - Brian De Palma (1996)
The Magnificent Seven - John Sturges (1960) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Mad Max: Fury Road - George Miller (2015)
Magnum Force - Ted Post (1973)
*Foreign Correspondent - Alfred Hitchcock (1940) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
From Russia With Love - Terrence Young (1963) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Dark Crystal - Jim Henson / Frank Oz (1982) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
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The Crow - Alex Proyas (1994)
Dr. No - Terrence Young (1962) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
District 9 - Neill Blomkamp (2009)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn - Nicholas Meyer (1982) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Adventures of Robin Hood - Michael Curtiz (1938) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Peter Jackson (2003) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Batman Returns - Tim Burton (1992)
*Rollerball - Norman Jewison (1975)
Dirty Dozen - Robert Aldrich (1967)
Romancing the Stone - Robert Zemeckis (1984)
The Adventures of Baron Manchausen - Terry Gilliam (1988)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - George Miller (1985)
*The Karate Kid - John Avildsen (1984)
Toy Story 2 - John Lasseter (1999)
*Allied - Robert Zemeckis (2016)
The Killer Elite - Sam Peckinpah (1975) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Men in Black - Barry Sonnenfeld (1997)
Sin City - Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller (2005)
*1917 - Sam Mendes (2019) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Gravity - Alfonso Cuaron (2013)
Labyrinth - Jim Hensen (1986)
The Dark Knight - Christopher Nolan (2008)
*Titanic - James Cameron (1997)
*Fistful Of Dollars - Sergio Leone (1964) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - John Sturges (1957) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
They Live - John Carpenter (1988)
Logan's Run - Michael Anderson (1976)
Knight and Day - James Mangold (2010)
The Untouchables - Brian De Palma (1987)
The Matrix Reloaded - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (2003)
Excalibur - John Boorman (1981)
*Fitzcarraldo - Werner Herzog (1982) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Barbarella - Roger Vadim (1968) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Enter the Dragon - Robert Clouse (1973)
*Godzilla - Ishiro Honda (1954) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Police Story - Jackie Chan (1985)
*Westworld - Michael Crichton (1973)
The Neverending Story - Wolfgang Petersen (1984)

6.5/10
<<<<<6.7>>>>>
Kung Fu Hustle - Stephen Chow (2004)
*Rocky IV - Sylvester Stallone (1985)
Rush Hour - Brett Ratner (1998)
*Dead Presidents - Allen and Albert Hughes (1995)
*The Revenant - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (2015) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Logan - James Mangold (2017)
Skyfall - Sam Mendes (2012)
Gladiator - Ridley Scott (2000)
The Running Man - Paul Michael Glaser (1987)
The Rock - Michael Bay (1996)
Death Wish 2 - Michael Winner (1982)
Road House - Rowdy Harrington (1989)
Snowpiercer - Joon-ho Bong (2014)
The Italian Job - Peter Collinson (1969) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<6.6>>>>>
War of the Planet of the Apes - Matt Reeves (2017) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Army of Darkness - Sam Raimi (1992) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Speed - Jan de Bont (1994) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Snake Eyes - Brian De Palma (1998) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Bad Boys - Michael Bay (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Adventures in Baby Sitting - Chris Columbus (1987)
Crank: High Voltage - Mark Neveldine / Brian Taylor (2009)
We Were Soldiers - Randall Wallace (2002) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Battle Royale - Kinji Fukasaku (2000) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Pitch Black - David Twohy (2000) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Edge of Tomorrow - Doug Liman (2014)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Peter Jackson (2001) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Death Proof - Quentin Tarantino (2007)
<<<<<6.5>>>>>
*Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - Ang Lee (2000) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Northwest Passage - King Vidor (1940) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Right Stuff - Phillip Kaufman (1983) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Sudden Impact - Clint Eastwood (1983) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Fugitive - Andrew Davis (1993)
*Miami Vice - Michael Mann (2006) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*AI Artificial Intelligence - Steven Spielberg (2001)
Cloud Atlas - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (2012)
*The Martian - Ridley Scott (2015)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Peter Weir (2003) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Town - Ben Affleck (2010) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Independence Day - Roland Emmerich (1996)
Avatar - James Cameron (2009)
*Dances With Wolves - Kevin Costner (1990) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<6.4>>>>>
The Raid - Gareth Evans (2011) [aka, "The Raid: Redemption" in the US]
Alien: Resurrection - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1997)
Patriot Games - Phillip Noyce (1992) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Clear and Present Danger - Phillip Noyce (1994) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*The Enforcer - James Fargo (1976) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*The Wizard of Oz - Victor Fleming (1939)
The Lion King - Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff (1994)
The Little Mermaid - Ron Clements and John Musker (1989)
Die Hard With a Vengence - John McTiernan (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Thomas Crown Affair - John McTiernan (1999) [remake]
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Matt Reeves (2014) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Dark Knight Rises - Christopher Nolan (2012)
*Stakeout - John Badham (1987) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Princess Bride - Rob Reiner (1987) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Tropic Thunder - Ben Stiller (2008) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*The Firm - Sydney Pollack (1993)
<<<<<6.3>>>>>
The Goonies - Richard Donner (1985) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Flight of the Navigator - Randal Kleiser (1986)
Oblivion - Joseph Kosinski (2013)
*Enemy Mine - Wolfgang Petersen (1985)
The Bourne Ultimatum - Paul Greengrass (2007)
Toy Story 4 - Josh Cooley (2019)
Backdraft - Ron Howard (1991)
Robocop 2 - Ivan Kershner (1990)
Darkman - Sam Raimi (1990)
*I am Legend - Francis Lawrence (2007) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
War of the Worlds - Steven Spielberg (2005)
Superman - Richard Donner (1978) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Batman Forever - Joel Schumacher (1995)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Christopher McQuarrie (2023)

6/10
<<<<<6.2>>>>>
Jurassic Park - Steven Spielberg (1993)
Spiderman 2 - Sam Raimi (2004)
Aladdin - Ron Clements and John Musker (1992)
Tron - Steven Lisberger (1982) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Bourne Supremacy - Paul Greengrass (2004)
*Jaws 2 - Jeannot Szwarc (1978)
*In Time - Andrew Nicchol (2011) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Waterworld - Kevin Reynolds (1995)
*Spartacus - Stanley Kubrick (1960) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Braveheart - Mel Gibson (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*American Made - Doug Liman (2017) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Menace II Society - Allen and Albert Hughes (1993) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Starship Troopers - Paul Verhoeven (1997) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*The Man Who Would Be King - John Huston (1975) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Open Range - Kevin Costner (2003) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Abyss - James Cameron (1989)
Last Action Hero - John McTiernan (1993) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Pee-wee's Big Adventure - Tim Burton (1985) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Goldeneye - Martin Campbell (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Casino Royale - Martin Campbell (2006)
The Lego Batman Movie - Chris McKay (2017) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Rupert Wyatt (2011) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Leonard Nimoy (1984) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Superman II - Richard Lester (1980) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
John Wick: Chapter 2 - Chad Stahelski (2017)
The Mask - Chuck Russell (1994)
<<<<<6.1>>>>>
*The Batman - Matt Reeves (2022)
Hook - Steven Spielberg (1991) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Deadpool - Tim Miller (2016)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes - Don Taylor (1971) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Bourne Identity - Doug Liman (2002)
Convoy - Sam Peckinpah (1978)
*The Simpsons Movie - David Silverman (2007)
The Last Samurai - Edward Zwick (2003) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Up - Pete Docter (2009)
X-Men - Bryan Singer (2000)
*Shrek 2 - Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon (2004)
Big Trouble in Little China - John Carpenter (1986) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Fast and the Furious - Rob Cohen (2001)
The Last Boy Scout - Tony Scott (1991) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Con Air - Simon West (1997) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Prometheus - Ridley Scott (2012)
Rumble in the Bronx - Stanley Tong (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
John Wick - Chad Stahelski (2014)
<<<<<6.0>>>>>
Air Force One - Wolfgang Petersen (1997)
Point Break - Kathryn Bigelow (1991) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Emerald Forest - John Boorman (1985)
Spiderman - Sam Raimi (2002)
*The Arrival - David Twohy (1996) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Ronin - John Frankenheimer (1998) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Spiderman 3 - Sam Raimi (2007)
*Big Fish - Tim Burton (2003) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Dick Tracy - Warren Beatty (1990)
From Dusk Til Dawn - Robert Rodriguez (1996) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Desperado - Robert Rodriguez (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Armageddon - Michael Bay (1998) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Dune - David Lynch (1984) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Conan the Barbarian - John Milius (1982) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Speed Racer - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (2008)
Guardians of the Galaxy - James Gunn (2014) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Hard Target - John Woo (1993) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Apollo 13 - Ron Howard (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Red Dawn - John Milius (1984)
Commando - Mark Lester (1985)
Black Hawk Down - Ridley Scott (2001) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Stand By Me - Rob Reiner (1986)
Kindergarten Cop - Ivan Reitman (1990)
Last of the Mohicans - Michael Mann (1992)
Legend - Ridley Scott (1985) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Alexander Nevsky - Sergei Eisenstein (1938)
Collateral - Michael Mann (2004)
Shrek - Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson (2001)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Steven Spielberg (1989)
Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom - Steven Spielberg (1984)
*Joe Versus the Volcano - John Patrick Shanley (1990)
Wild Wild West - Barry Sonnenfeld (1999) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Ronin - John Frankenheimer (1998) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Peter Jackson (2002) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation - Christopher McQuarrie (2015)
<<<<<5.9>>>>>
*Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - Joe Johnston (1989)
Twister - Jan De Bont (1996)
*Deep Impact - Mimi Leder (1998)
Broken Arrow - John Woo (1996) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - Stephen Herek (1989) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Rob Roy - Michael Caton-Jones (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Cowboys and Aliens - Jon Favreau (2011) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*The Panic Room - David Fincher (2002) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Moby Dick - John Huston (1956) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
I, Robot - Alex Proyas (2004) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Pirates - Roman Polański (1986) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Johnny Mnemonic - Robert Longo (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
A Knight's Tale - Brian Helgeland (2001) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
White Fang - Randal Kleiser (1991) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Robert Wise (1979) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Leonard Nimoy (1986) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Life of Pi - Ang Lee (2012) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Kung Fu Panda 2 - Jennifer Yuh (2011) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Thunderball - Terence Young (1965) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<5.8>>>>>
Men in Black II - Barry Sonnenfeld (2002) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Lethal Weapon 2 - Richard Donner (1989) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Perfect Storm - Wolfgang Petersen (2000) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Blade 2 - Guillermo del Toro (2002) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Gareth Edwards (2016) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Quick and the Dead - Sam Raimi (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Blade - Stephen Norrington (1998) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*The Hunt For Red October - John McTiernan (1990) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Star Trek - J.J. Abrams (2009) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Flesh and Blood - Paul Verhoeven (1985)
*Cool World - Ralph Bakshi (1992)
Back to the Future, Part II - Robert Zemeckis (1989)
The Incredibles - Brad Bird (2004)
*Tremors - Ron Underwood (1990)
Willow - Ron Howard (1988)
Judge Dredd - Danny Cannon (1995)
Dredd - Pete Travis (2012) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Postman - Kevin Costner (1997) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Valkyrie - Bryan Singer (2008)

5.5/10
<<<<<5.7>>>>>
2010: The Year We Make Contact - Peter Hyams (1984) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*V for Vendetta - James McTeague (2005)
Swiss Family Robinson - Ken Annakin (1960) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Finding Nemo - Andrew Stanton (2003)
*Crimson Tide - Tony Scott (1995)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Andrew Adamson (2005) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chris Columbus (2001) [aka, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"]
Alice in Wonderland - Tim Burton (2010) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Die Hard 2 - Renny Harlin (1990) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Tango & Cash - Andrei Konchalovsky (1989) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Peter Jackson (2013) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<5.6>>>>>
Aliens - James Cameron (1986) [Original Theatrical Cut, 137 minutes; Extended "Special Edition" Cut, 154 min: 5.2/10]
Bad Boys II - Michael Bay (2003) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Gladiator II - Ridley Scott (2024) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
X-Men: The Last Stand - Brett Ratner (2006) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino (2012) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Demolition Man - Marco Brambilla (1993) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi - Rian Johnson (2017)
Journey to the Center of the Earth - Henry Levin (1959) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Kung Fu Panda - Mark Osborne and John Stevenson (2008) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<5.5>>>>>
Spectre - Sam Mendes (2015) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Kill Bill, Vol. 1 - Quentin Tarantino (2003) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Six Days Seven Nights - Ivan Reitman (1998)
Sudden Death - Peter Hyams (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Point of No Return - John Badham (1993) [remake of Besson's La Femme Nikita] ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Back to the Future, Part III - Robert Zemeckis (1990)
*Seven Years in Tibet - Jean-Jacques Annaud (1997) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Batman Begins - Christopher Nolan (2005)
*American Sniper - Clint Eastwood (2014)
*The Iron Giant - Brad Bird (1999)
Conan the Destroyer - Richard Fleischer (1984) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Return of Godzilla - Koji Hashimoto (1984) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Mothra vs. Godzilla - Ishiro Honda (1964) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Lost World - Harry Hoyt (1925) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Ip Man - Wilson Yip (2008)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Peter Jackson (2014) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Superman Returns - Bryan Singer (2006) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<5.4>>>>>
*The Cannonball Run - Hal Needham (1981) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Jumanji - Joe Johnston (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace - George Lucas (1999)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Francis Lawrence (2013)
Dune - Denis Villenueve (2021)
Superman III - Richard Lester (1983) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum - Chad Stahelski (2019)
<<<<<5.3>>>>>
Lethal Weapon 3 - Richard Donner (1992) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Timecop - Peter Hyams (1994)
Top Gun: Maverick - Joseph Kosinski (2022)
*Angels and Demons - Ron Howard (2009) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Tomorrow Never Dies - Roger Spottiswoode (1997) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Stargate - Roland Emmerich (1994)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes - Ted Post (1970) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***

5/10
<<<<<5.2>>>>>
Black Panther - Ryan Coogler (2018)
The Mummy - Stephen Sommers (1999) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Dragnet - Tom Mankiewicz (1987) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Another Stakeout - John Badham (1993) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Mr. & Mrs. Smith - Doug Liman (2005) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
World War Z - Marc Forster (2013) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Under Siege - Andrew Davis (1992) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Congo - Frank Marshall (1995) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Kevin Reynolds (1991) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Ice Age - Chris Wedge (2002) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Hunger Games - Gary Ross (2012)
Hulk - Ang Lee (2003) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Polar Express - Robert Zemeckis (2004) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Cyborg - Albert Pyun (1989)
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back - Edward Zwick (2016)
Batman & Robin - Joel Schumacher (1997)
Iron Man - Jon Favreau (2008)
King Kong - John Guillermin (1976) [remake] ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens - J.J. Abrams (2015)
<<<<<5.1>>>>>
300 - Zack Snyder (2006) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Predator 2 - Stephen Hopkins (1990)
Days of Thunder - Tony Scott (1990)
X2 - Bryan Singer (2003)
Cliffhanger - Renny Harlin (1993)
The Mask of Zorro - Martin Campbell (1998) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Elysium - Neill Blomkamp (2013) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Alien 3 - David Fincher (1992) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Steve Barron (1990)
Wonder Woman - Patty Jenkins (2017)
The Last Starfighter - Nick Castle (1984) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Richard Fleischer (1954) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol - Brad Bird (2011)
<<<<<5.0>>>>>
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - Steven Spielberg (1997)
*October (Ten Days that Shook the World) - Sergei Eisenstein (1927)
Rambo: First Blood Part II - George P. Cosmatos (1985)
Ip Man 3 - Wilson Yip (2015)
Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster - Wilson Yip (2010)
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 - James Gunn (2017) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Top Gun - Tony Scott (1986)
The Land Before Time - Don Bluth (1988)
Jack Reacher - Christopher McQuarrie (2012)
Kill Bill, Vol. 2 - Quentin Tarantino (2004) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
GI Jane - Ridley Scott (1997) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Far and Away - Ron Howard (1992) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Leviathan - George P. Cosmatos (1982) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Kung Fu Panda 3 - Alessandro Carloni and Jennifer Yuh (2016) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<4.9>>>>>
Quantum of Solace - Marc Forster (2008) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*Turner and Hooch - Roger Spottiswoode (1989) (Note: To be removed from this genre list)
The Rocketeer - Joe Johnston (1991)
Frozen - Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (2009) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Masters of the Universe - Gary Goddard (1987) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
King Kong - Peter Jackson (2005) [remake] ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Jupiter Ascending - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (2015)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - George Lucas (2002)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Jackson (2012) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
King Kong vs. Godzilla - Ishiro Honda (1962) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<4.8>>>>>
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker - J.J. Abrams (2019) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Above the Law - Andrew Davis (1988) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
2012 - Roland Emmerich (2009) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Ip Man 4: The Finale - Wilson Yip (2019)
*Wyatt Earp - Lawrence Kasdan (1994) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*The Da Vinci Code - Ron Howard (2002)
John Wick: Chapter 4 - Chad Stahelski (2023)
Planet of the Apes - Tim Burton (2001) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***

4.5/10
<<<<<4.7>>>>>
Hard to Kill - Bruce Malmuth (1990) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Jurassic World - Colin Trevorrow (2015) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Incredible Hulk - Louis Leterrier (2008)
*Super Mario Bros. - Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel (1993) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Transformers - Michael Bay (2007) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<4.6>>>>>
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Steven Spielberg (2008) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Mummy Returns - Stephen Sommers (2001) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Rambo III - Peter MacDonald (1988)
Pearl Harbor - Michael Bay (2001) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<4.5>>>>>
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze - Michael Pressman (1991) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Fran Rubel Kuzui (1992) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Mission to Mars - Brian DePalma (2000) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*The Day After Tomorrow - Roland Emmerich (2004) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Godzilla - Roland Emmerich (1998) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Jurassic Park III - Joe Johnston (2001) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Shrek The Third - Chris Miller (2007) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
K-9 - Rod Daniel (1989) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Man of Steel - Zack Snyder (2013) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Mission: Impossible II - John Woo (2000)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Michael Bay (2009) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Kung Fu Panda 4 - Mike Mitchell (2024) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Crocodile Dundee II - John Cornell (1988) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Ice Age: The Meltdown - Carlos Saldanha (2006) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<4.4>>>>>
Divergent - Neil Burger (2014) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
K-9 - Rod Daniel (1989) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Alice in Wonderland - Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske (1951) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<4.3>>>>>
George of the Jungle - Sam Wiseman (1997) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***

4/10
<<<<<4.2/10>>>>>
Robocop 3 - Fred Dekker (1993) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Anaconda - Luis Llosa (1997) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - Jonathan Mostow (2003)
Double Impact - Sheldon Lettich (1991) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Cobra - George P. Cosmatos (1986)
<<<<<4.1/10>>>>>
Lionheart - Sheldon Lettich (1990) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Kickboxer - David Worth (1989) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<4.0/10>>>>>
Curious George - Matthew O'Callaghan (2006) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Ice Age: Continental Drift - Mike Thurmeier / Steve Martino (2012) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Michael Bay (2011) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Transformers: Age of Extinction - Michael Bay (2014) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<3.9/10>>>>>
The Cannonball Run II - Hal Needham (1984) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Mummy - Alex Kurtzman (2017) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<3.8/10>>>>>
Battlefield Earth - Roger Christian (2000) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***

3.5/10
<<<<<3.7>>>>>
On Deadly Ground - Steven Seagal (1994) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<3.6>>>>>
Universal Soldier - Roland Emmerich (1992)
<<<<<3.5>>>>>
Gymkata - Robert Clouse (1985) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<3.4>>>>>
Bloodsport - Newt Arnold (1988)
<<<<<3.3>>>>>
Superman IV: The Quest For Peace - Sidney J. Furie (1987) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***

3/10
<<<<<3.2>>>>>
<<<<<3.1>>>>>
<<<<<3.0>>>>>
<<<<<2.9>>>>>
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2.5/10
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*Dinosaurus! - Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. (1960) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
*The Lost World - Irwin Allen (1960) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
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The Vernonia Incident - Ray Etheridge (1989) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
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[AfterHours]

Running Log - Action/Adventure Films - Updates Ratings/Rankings...

NOTE: any “reviews” on here are often rather disorganized, rambling thoughts, notes, usually typed on-the-go from my phone with little regard for professionalism, sentence structure, etc… they are usually just to give one the “gist” or basis, a brief idea, of my thoughts or a few bullet points, as regards a rating update, but almost never more involved than that… they are almost always typed in too much of a rush as well, so aren’t usually edited for more coherence…



Bullet in the Head - John Woo (1990) 7.9/10 to 8.1/10
Old Boy - Chan-wook Park (2003) still 7.9/10, maybe 7.6-7.8
Point Blank - John Boorman (1967) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Leon: The Professional - Luc Besson (1994) [Original Cut, 110 minutes; Extended Cut, 133 minutes: 7.4/10] 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Mission: Impossible III - J. J. Abrams (2006) 7.2/10 ...NO CHANGE in rating… Possibly the most underrated action film of all time… Reaches pitches of intensity, stakes, genuine and felt emotional and physical toll, devastation, endurance, rarely experienced in mainstream action cinema, even after this series made increasingly more stunt oriented and daring attempts to up the ante in these regards, and expand on the epic and world stakes, in every way in its follow ups (succeeding in expanse, narratively, but here more impactful, more felt, more suspense and emotion and intensity)… the difference here is that Cruise and Hoffman deliver lights out, beyond committed performances both physically and emotionally… Cruise here is legitimately awe inspiring, hurtling his body through the film and reaching an emotional breaking point that few action films (especially stars) approach… at a glance one might accuse its cinematic language of being derivative, and perhaps it is, sourced as so many from the likes of French Connection, and probably trying to one-up the contemporary Bourne films, in its urban grittiness, shaky handheld, frantic montage… and probably the in-your-face, cinema frantic montage and metallic, grimy color schemes of Michael Bay, such as The Rock, Bad Boys… … but look a little closer too and one may realize it is one of the darkest, ugliest and grimiest looking mainstream action films of its time, perhaps ever… it is also very up close and personal rarely giving the viewer much spatial sense between things, while usually obfuscated in darkness or visual confusion… this disorientation, apparent lack of composition, may on one hand seem a flaw but the more one watches the more one starts to see that the film is in a relentless state of physical devastation and mental collapse, mirroring the state of affairs and conflict and rage and breaking points Cruise and Hoffman (and the stakes) reach over and over again… it is so dark and grimy and obfuscated that it becomes virtual paranoia, fear, delirium, bordering on a nightmare, loss of control, broken down, enraged, most of all utter devastation all around… basically it takes the many scenes of devastation (not just in the protagonists predicament, but also in the physical collapse happening all around him and that his body is quite actually hurtling himself through) of a great action film like Die Hard and reaches a breaking point that its lead takes to the very brink and sustains to a point of awe… the conflict of Ethan Hunt, on the surface of the other films but here really felt, that he can’t have a normal life, the sacrifice and threat of losing his wife, his world collapsing all around him, as he exhausts and hurtles himself physically through the scenes so desperately, manages to transcend by sheer will and monumental effort what is fundamentally “just” a spy thriller against all odds (here the “against all odds” is thoroughly expressed and immersively tactile in the performances, action, and the devastation and wreckage the lead throws his body into and through in all its action sequences …the conviction and sheer will could be called extraordinary and bordering on transcendent actually…) … here he more and more draws out attention to his personal will and sacrifice against the stakes, but also how real and terrifying the acts he is hurtling his body through are, furthermore the sheer rage Hunt reaches against the antagonists and against the odds and the fear of losing and loss of control over the situations, in the emotion of the performance and also the violence of his physical acts and also the wreckage and devastation all around he is causing and a part of (several others getting injured, killed, destruction everywhere in all its set pieces) as he risks everything at the expense of everything too (and this conflict, turmoil, frustration and loss of control, unhinged and nearly losing it, is pressed down hard upon)…
Gunga Din - George Stevens (1939) Not Rated to 7.2/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Strike - Sergei Eisenstein (1925) Not Rated to 7.2/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Mission: Impossible — Fallout - Christopher McQuarrie (2018) 6.7/10 to 7.0/10
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - George Lucas (2005) "tentative 6.4/10" to 7.0/10
The Bridge on the River Kwai - David Lean (1957) Not Rated to 7.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Mutiny on the Bounty - Frank Lloyd (1935) Not Rated to 7.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Great Escape - John Sturges (1963) Not Rated to 7.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Magnificent Seven - John Sturges (1960) Not Rated to 6.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Dark Crystal - Jim Henson / Frank Oz (1982) Not Rated to 6.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn - Nicholas Meyer (1982) Not Rated to 6.8/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Dark Knight - Christopher Nolan (2008) 6.6/10 to 6.8/10
Titanic - James Cameron (1997) 6.6/10 to 6.8/10 ...Apologies to all who once believed in me... our hearts will go on...
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - John Sturges (1957) Not Rated to 6.8/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Knight and Day - James Mangold (2010) 5.5/10 to 5.8/10; 5.8/10 to 6.8/10
Skyfall - Sam Mandes (2012) Not Rated to 6.6/10; 6.6/10 to 6.7/10 ...Newly revisited, 6.6/10 no longer “tentative”… may be higher, like 6.7-6.9… Mendes adds more meaning to this than the usual… Bond’s journey after the opening action sequence becomes a sort of “Dantesque journey” back from defeat (each of the main scenes is a sort of “metaphysical” journey metaphorically reflected by its visuals/backdrops) through to the ruined city where Bond finally seems to recover health and skill wise, also confronting his actual enemy behind the scenes (a la “resurrection”). This visual sense stuns at times (most of all in Shanghai night scenes) but also tapers off bit by bit in its ingenuity (perhaps somewhat hampered by a script that probably wasn’t too concerned in making Bond an Art film). The film eventually becomes a resurrection of his past too and those action scenes of the final act take on symbolic confrontation (including confronting his childhood trauma and M becoming his mother figure) as well as the constant subtext of the old versus the new tied in not just with Bond’s own aging and internal conflict but with the political battle up to that point of whether or not MI6 is antiquated. About that opening: even though the visual sense and meaning picks up after this, the opening action sequence is remarkable and really displays Bond as a conflicted, vicious, virtual anti hero, as he wreaks havoc regardless of the consequences and barely avoids killing innocent people through his ruthless and reckless methods like that of a vicious killing machine. It symbolically leads to his defeat, like karma, and what follows. The title sequence too, after the climax of this opening, is perhaps the most artfully meaningful ever for a Bond film, segueing perfectly into the upcoming subtext of Bond’s (fairly subtle) Dantesque journey through his next several main sequences of the film.
The Rock - Michael Bay (1996) 6.6/10 to 6.7/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Death Wish 2 - Michael Winner (1982) 6.6/10 to 6.7/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Road House - Rowdy Harrington (1989) 6.6/10 to 6.7/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Snowpiercer - Joon-ho Bong (2014) 6.6/10 to 6.7/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Italian Job - Peter Collinson (1969) Not Rated to 6.7/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
War of the Planet of the Apes - Matt Reeves (2017) Not Rated to 6.6/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Snake Eyes - Brian De Palma (1998) 6.5/10 to 6.6/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Bad Boys - Michael Bay (1995) 6.5/10 to 6.6/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Adventures in Baby Sitting - Chris Columbus (1987) 6.1/10 to 6.5/10; 6.5/10 to 6.6/10 ...I almost upgraded it to 6.8 or so and it might deserve it... Qualitatively (over the last two times I've revisited it) this has pretty much worked it's way back to where I initially thought it would be after being a long time childhood favorite. Nice to see nostalgia more or less matching the present. Comedically and in its performances, it nods to the Hughes films of the period, while being (imo) essentially a "teenage" rendition of Scorsese's After Hours (which, although I've never seen it mentioned in the same breath, that seems like a big influence on this to me; instead of circling back to the monotony of the office, the teens circle back to their closeted lives in upper middle class suburbia) ... Circumstantially and stylistically, it may fundamentally owe something to Risky Business as well, although Risky Business is certainly more "R-rated" and breaks its moral grounds more in relationship to the upper middle class parents and upbringing...
Crank: High Voltage - Mark Neveldine / Brian Taylor (2009) 6.5/10 to 6.6/10 ...Adjusting some ratings, this included, to account for qualitative comparisons with others...
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Peter Jackson (2001) 6.5/10 to 6.6/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Northwest Passage - King Vidor (1940) Not Rated to 6.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Cloud Atlas - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (2012) Not Rated to 6.5/10 ..Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Martian - Ridley Scott (2015) 6.3/10 to 6.5/10
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Peter Weir (2003) Not Rated or "tentative 6.3/10" to "tentative" 6.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Town - Ben Affleck (2010) Not Rated to 6.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Independence Day - Roland Emmerich (1996) "Not rated or tentative 5.6/10" to "Not rated or tentative 6.1/10" to 6.5/10 ...Revisited after recent revisits of Emmerich (Stargate) and another contemporary Disaster film (Deep Impact), also (though far less in common as a Disaster film) Cameron's Titanic... It becomes increasingly silly and cliched (for the most part) after the first 1/2 (roughly 1 hr 15 mins in)... This first half is much more impressive, the effects visually spectacular (far better than the overused synthetic look of the CGI in most blockbusters today) and legitimately suspenseful and on par with Lucas' best Hollywood sci-fi-action-adventure films (like the original Star Wars trilogy). The scenes of mass destruction and apocalyptic aftermaths of cities are the most impressive and compelling. The scenes of comedy (with Will Smith, and briefly, Harry Connick) are easily its best attempts. Later comedy (stolen from Star Wars above all) where jokes are cracked amidst life threatening situations and with little suspense, among ridiculous cliches of heroism and flag-waving jingoism, are superficial and more amusing for their silliness and over-earnestness than as well aimed comedy (with some exceptions) or its heroism as serious emotion or inspiration... Just about all the serious drama beyond the mass destruction/apocalyptic sequences is either totally average Hollywood fare or way too cliche and convenient to be taken seriously... Still among the impressive things about it is the scale of it and the thematic/genre expanse -- even if overlong, overstaying its welcome a bit, with all the usual Hollywood and heroic cliches, and how ridiculous it is that the exact right people happen to survive to tie all their stories in with perfectly resolved endings idealistically mirroring the conflicts they started out with... Visually, it is very impressive in the scenes of destruction of New York and DC especially (still much better than most, decades later) -- unfortunately it looks increasingly like a video game in the ridiculous flight battle sequences against the alien invaders (with effects drawn from Star Wars but here with silly flight and coordination skills by humans against an advanced race, among a whole beehive of enemies that defy belief); however, these can probably be credited (plus or minus) with visually inspiring the 2nd trilogy of Star Wars films (Phantom Menace, etc) ... This film, although very cliche in many ways, drawing from War of the Worlds, Aliens, Star Wars, the jingoism and action of Tony Scott, his hyper "protege" Micheal Bay, and so on, was nevertheless hugely influential on blockbusters of the period, setting off a slew of apocalyptic-themed and disaster scenario films thereafter and even if highly derivative in each of its sub genres, the effects and impressive staging and confluence of all of them in one film set a groundwork for the blockbusters that followed that often pulled from one or a few aspects of it with then whole films made out of these...
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Matt Reeves (2014) Not Rated to 6.4/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Christopher McQuarrie (2023) 6.0/10 to 6.3/10
The Lego Batman Movie - Chris McKay (2017) Not Rated to 6.2/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Rupert Wyatt (2011) Not Rated to 6.2/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Superman II - Richard Lester (1980) Not Rated to 6.2/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
John Wick: Chapter 2 - Chad Stahelski (2017) ”tentative 6.1/10” to 6.2/10
The Mask - Chuck Russell (1994) [b]5.6/10 to 6.2/10
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Leonard Nimoy (1984) Not Rated to 6.1/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Last Boy Scout - Tony Scott (1991) Not Rated to 6.1/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Escape from the Planet of the Apes - Don Taylor (1971) Not Rated to 6.1/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Rumble in the Bronx - Stanley Tong (1995) Not Rated to 6.1/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
John Wick - Chad Stahelski (2014) 6.9/10 to 6.1/10
Ronin - John Frankenheimer (1998) Not Rated to 6.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation - Christopher McQuarrie (2015) 5.0/10 to 6.0/10
Deep Impact - Mimi Leder (1998) 5.4/10 to 5.9/10 ...Hadn't seen this since its release in theaters... It's better than its reputation suggests (even if my score might not seem like it)... Besides a few poor moments, the acting isn't nearly as "bad" as people sometimes claim and it's actually a competent film ...most of the performances are fine especially compared to blockbusters of today where everyone seems to be the most declarative, epic, heroic, charismatic version of whatever part they're playing... Elijah Wood and his girlfriend struggle in a couple scenes but are earnest and young and impulsive so it's not a big deal and not unrealistic (how many of you would look ridiculous if we could re-watch scenes of first love from 17,18,19...) ... Tea Leone, much maligned here (and elsewhere?), is simply conflicted emotionally and maybe sorta overshoots or misses the mark a couple times but it's not nearly as bad as the reputation suggests. She actually does fine for the most part. The film is notable for being mostly a suspenseful and slow-burn-downer in the realm of end of the world/disaster movies. The drama throughout is pretty normal Hollywood fare but, because the film stands by its convictions for the better part of its run time, it works more or less well enough to be serviceable and even relatively affecting (again, for Hollywood) at times, even despite the cliches... Fwiw, it would probably be a 6.0 or 6.1 except that the ending is quite rushed and doesn't seem to trust everything it had built up to (dramatically) by that point.
White Fang - Randal Kleiser (1991) Not Rated to 5.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Robert Wise (1979) Not Rated to 5.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Leonard Nimoy (1986) Not Rated to 5.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Thunderball - Terence Young (1965) Not Rated to 5.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Gareth Edwards (2016) Not Rated to 5.8/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
2010: The Year We Make Contact - Peter Hyams (1984) Not Rated to 5.7/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Peter Jackson (2013) Not Rated to 5.7/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Gladiator II - Ridley Scott (2024) Not Rated to 5.6/10 ...Forgot to add this after seeing it in theaters in 2024 ...Estimated, "tentative rating", needs revisit
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi - Rian Johnson (2017) 5.0/10 to 5.7/10; 5.7/10 to 5.6/10
Spectre - Sam Mendes (2015) Not Rated to 5.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Return of Godzilla - Koji Hashimoto (1984) Not Rated to 5.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Mothra vs. Godzilla - Ishiro Honda (1964) Not Rated to 5.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Lost World - Harry Hoyt (1925) Not Rated to 5.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Peter Jackson (2014) Not Rated to 5.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Superman Returns - Bryan Singer (2006) Not Rated to 5.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace - George Lucas (1999) 4.8/10 to 5.4/10
Superman III - Richard Lester (1983) Not Rated to 5.4/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum - Chad Stahelski (2019) 5.4/10
Tomorrow Never Dies - Roger Spottiswoode (1997) Not Rated to 5.3/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Stargate - Roland Emmerich (1994) 5.9/10 to 5.3/10
Beneath the Planet of the Apes - Ted Post (1970) Not Rated to 5.3/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Black Panther - Ryan Coogler (2018) 5.1/10 to 5.2/10
King Kong - John Guillermin (1976) [remake] Not Rated to 5.2/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens - J.J. Abrams (2015) "tentative 5.3/10" to 5.6/10; 5.6/10 to 5.2/10
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Steve Barron (1990) 4.7/10 to 5.1/10
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol - Brad Bird (2011) 5.8/10 to 5.1/10
Quantum of Solace - Marc Forster (2008) Not Rated to 4.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - George Lucas (2002) "tentative 4.5/10" to 4.9/10
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Jackson (2012) Not Rated to 4.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
King Kong vs. Godzilla - Ishiro Honda (1962) Not Rated to 4.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
John Wick: Chapter 4 - Chad Stahelski (2023) 4.8/10
Planet of the Apes - Tim Burton (2001) Not Rated to 4.8/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Transformers - Michael Bay (2007) Not Rated to 4.7/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Mission to Mars - Brian DePalma (2000) Not Rated to 4.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Michael Bay (2009) Not Rated to 4.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Michael Bay (2011) Not Rated to 4.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Transformers: Age of Extinction - Michael Bay (2014) Not Rated to 4.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Superman IV: The Quest For Peace - Sidney J. Furie (1987) Not Rated to 3.3/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Vernonia Incident - Ray Etheridge (1989) Not Rated to 2.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit ... This was actually filmed near a childhood friend's house and even some scenes on his property and properties near by. His dad received a free copy of the movie for allowing Etheridge to use his property, and we watched it as kids, and even then knew it was beyond terrible. I've long remembered it (almost endearingly) as "the worst film ever made" which is how we used to refer to it, jokingly recommending it to friends while growing up. Was that the beginnings of the AfterHours' alter-ego "villain arc"? You be the judge... (what if I told you I actually starred in a kids movie on TV (really, a filmed, broadcast play that somehow made it onto TV...) that was probably even worse than this? Sorry did I just admit that shit out loud???) ...I doubt Vernonia Incident is actually the "worst film ever made" -- after all, there is probably some film somewhere of hours worth of just TV screen static or something that you are supposed to "contemplate until you start seeing your own movie inside the static" or whatever... shooting for a legendary 0 out of 10 rating... Um, anyway, Vernonia Incident may or may not have more merit than I recall as a kid, but I recall it being pretty f-ing worthless, terribly shot and acted on a shoe-string budget and (especially for an action film with a plot) idiotic, pathetic and boring... Maybe I'll be longing to waste an hour of my life to revisit it out of sheer curiosity of just how bad it really was, only now compared to my current standards and far more learned and "mature" (depending on who you ask!) evaluation of cinema...?

Not Rated to /10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
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[Facetious]

Thoughts on the latest Best Picture nominees at the Oscars? Are you planning to check any of them out before the awards ceremony (not that this leaves much time to watch them, but still...)