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Kevin Phillipson (9946 KP) rated Marvel's Daredevil - Season 1 in TV
Jun 11, 2018
Blair Mackay (5 KP) rated The Accountant (2016) in Movies
Jul 6, 2018
Autistic assassin, also an accountant
Contains spoilers, click to show
Excellent portrayal of autism, watch it a few times to pick up on it. A very good action adventure, fast paced, full of good scenes. A few clunky plot twists, but pretty obvious. Ben Affleck plays it well, either very well written or he researched autism, probably both. John Lithgow is great as usual. But as said clunky to bring the brothers together, as if the same contractor would coincidentally hire the same two estranged brothers, but it is obvious from early on. Yes an excellent action autistic assassination adventure, gets top marks for assonance. I highly recommend it.
MarshalDillion55 (100 KP) rated Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) in Movies
Dec 21, 2017
Wonder Woman's first appearance (1 more)
Sets the stage for Justice League
Luthor not being bald until the end (1 more)
Could have been a Injustice version of the movie
An epic smack-down between two titans of the DC universe
I don't care what people said about the movie, I liked it. Ben Affleck nailed his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman.
Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated The Last Duel (2021) in Movies
Oct 15, 2021 (Updated Oct 16, 2021)
With Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Adam Driver in a movie directed by Ridley Scott I just had to see it.
And I have to say I wasn't disappointed, loved the idea if the story being told by the three viewpoints which works very well.
The Last Duel is a well crafted movie that although runs at 2h 32mins it really didn't seem that long.
And I have to say I wasn't disappointed, loved the idea if the story being told by the three viewpoints which works very well.
The Last Duel is a well crafted movie that although runs at 2h 32mins it really didn't seem that long.
The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) rated Good Will Hunting (1997) in Movies
Apr 1, 2018
My favorite Robin Williams Film, and that is saying something...
This is another Modern Classic about potential and brains, but also about where you come from and how you adapt. Here's an anecdote about finding the right studio: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck found a clever way to choose the right studio for their script: the story goes that on page sixty of the script, they wrote a completely out-of-nowhere sex scene between Will and Chuckie. They took it to every major studio, and nobody even mentioned the scene. When they met with Harvey Weinstein at Miramax, he said, "I only have one really big note on the script. About page sixty, the two leads, both straight men, have a sex scene. What the hell is that?" Damon and Affleck explained that they put that scene specifically in there, to show them who actually read the script, and who didn't. As Weinstein was the only person who brought it up, Miramax was the studio chosen to produce the film.
Also for those of you out there who think just because something is done in school it's not good: When Matt Damon was in his fifth year at Harvard, he was in a playwriting class. The culmination of it was to write a one-act play, and he just started writing a movie, which, with the help of Ben Affleck, became this movie.
"But the question is whether or not you're perfect for each other." were they talking about Ben and Matt?
I guess Ben liked Them Apples, LOL, just kidding.... and here's another Alternate Movie Poster.
Also for those of you out there who think just because something is done in school it's not good: When Matt Damon was in his fifth year at Harvard, he was in a playwriting class. The culmination of it was to write a one-act play, and he just started writing a movie, which, with the help of Ben Affleck, became this movie.
"But the question is whether or not you're perfect for each other." were they talking about Ben and Matt?
I guess Ben liked Them Apples, LOL, just kidding.... and here's another Alternate Movie Poster.
Russ Troutt (291 KP) rated The Way Back (2020) in Movies
Jul 22, 2020
A few things I love are basketball, Ben Affleck, and a feel good movie. The Way Back checks all of those boxes. Sometimes in life you don't make the shot and sometimes life can throw a pretty hard foul your way, but you gotta rebound, keep shooting, and play defense on all of the negative bullshit. If you keep hustling and don't give up you just might finish this thing called life with a winning percentage. Hell, you might even make the playoffs.
Dean (6921 KP) rated The Town (2010) in Movies
Aug 16, 2017
Great cast (1 more)
Very good action scenes
Cops and Robbers
A brilliant cops and robbers film, the best of its genre since @Heat (1995) in my eyes. Also quite similar to @The Departed (2006) so if you like those two, who doesn't? You'll want to see this. Based on an award winning book for crime writing "Prince of Thieves". This has great action, a fine cast, interesting story, the whole thing oozes class. Ben Affleck directs and does a great job. Very enjoyable check it out!
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Accountant (2016) in Movies
Mar 11, 2018 (Updated Mar 17, 2018)
Really-not-that-bad-at-all action thriller with Ben Affleck doing a surprisingly good job of playing a brilliant accountant-stroke-hitman. The film kind of dodges around the implication that Affleck's character is autistic, but the inference is clear and while this is still Movie Autism (never mind the crippling downsides, you get super powers!!!), it is still sympathetic and has at least a few vestiges of reality to it.
The plot eventually ends up being completely gonzo, involving corruption in the robotics industry and duelling assassins, but the movie fends off the moment when you shout 'this is all utterly ridiculous!' for a surprisingly long time. Eclectic cast includes Affleck, John Lithgow, Jon Bernthal, and Anna Kendrick (who appears to be about three feet tall in a few of her scenes). A fun and engaging movie; not a particularly great thriller but all the peripheral weirdness keeps it watchable.
The plot eventually ends up being completely gonzo, involving corruption in the robotics industry and duelling assassins, but the movie fends off the moment when you shout 'this is all utterly ridiculous!' for a surprisingly long time. Eclectic cast includes Affleck, John Lithgow, Jon Bernthal, and Anna Kendrick (who appears to be about three feet tall in a few of her scenes). A fun and engaging movie; not a particularly great thriller but all the peripheral weirdness keeps it watchable.
MRAMIUS (0 KP) rated Justice League (2017) in Movies
Dec 14, 2017
Ben Affleck (1 more)
Gal Gadot
Cgi (3 more)
Story
Villain
Too short
Why?
OK, to be fair I am not a massive reader of all things DC or Marvel, but in my youth I read enough good story's about Batman, Superman et al to know that this film should have been amazing. Instead someone just shoved a lesser known villian in a short story using some DC lore they had read and decided to misuse. Such an absolute waste of a great cast and potential. I wanted to love the movie, and even convinced my wife to watch it with me!
Sarah (7798 KP) rated The Accountant (2016) in Movies
Dec 17, 2017
Average
The best I can say about this film is that it was alright. The premise was good, although i don't think it was very well executed.
Jon Bernthal was great, probably the best actor in this. John Lithgow and JK Simmons were sadly underused, and I really didn't rate Ben Affleck. Anna Kendrick too seems to play the same character in pretty much every film she's in.
Still I liked some of the action and the comedy, although by the end I couldn't quite figure out what the point was in the investigation into the accountant?
Jon Bernthal was great, probably the best actor in this. John Lithgow and JK Simmons were sadly underused, and I really didn't rate Ben Affleck. Anna Kendrick too seems to play the same character in pretty much every film she's in.
Still I liked some of the action and the comedy, although by the end I couldn't quite figure out what the point was in the investigation into the accountant?
