Yesterday I waste two house watching Transcendence and today it's The Captive. I have to start looking for IMDb feedback before starting a movie. Earlier this week I did gamble on the Nic Cage movie, Joe. It was a slow moving character piece but they were real real developed characters so that's cool.
IMDb is the new stinker squasher!
"If you do nothing long enough, something's bound to happen."
—H. Jon Benjamin
Netflix has a pretty reliable star system. I only watch movies 4 stars or above...only go to 3 stars if theres nothing to watch and I've only seen good movies so far. This is why being super critical is good for the movie industry. I have friends that give good ratings for movies that are really bad only because of its "artistic value" and I tell them that's not how any of this works. That's why amazon movie reviews are all almost 5 stars
shareYesterday I waste two house watching Transcendence and today it's The Captive.
Good luck with that.
If I relied on IMDb ratings I'd have missed this gem and watched Straight outta Compton. (I did see that in the theater based on IMDb ratings btw). :/
I barely remember this being released a couple of years ago. Not sure if it even played in any theaters nearby. Watched it tonight however, and was really impressed. Compelling, intense, and genuinely disturbing.
I try to avoid reading reviews now. There are so many films I've liked over the years that I would've missed if I'd listened to the critics -- including this one.