Here are my monthly little reviews Part 2: February
THE BOOK THIEF
(2012, Directed by Brian Percival)
After watching The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, which underwhelmed me a lot, I was still in vein of watching some WW2 movies. So, I picked this one, and I've liked it very much. All the actors do an amazing job, and the director IMO really grasped what it meant to live in a town during WW2 (not that I did that, but it really felt real). Even though there were a couple of really stupid moments, I could say that this is definetly a great movie, touching, but also inspiring and cute.
4/5
BERNIE
(2011, Directed by Richard Linklater)
I love Jack Black, and I've really never seen him in a role like this, and man, what a great job he does. This black comedy movie made me chuckle a few times but I couldn't stand the strong southern accent at times, and the narration done by Carthage's people. It was really annoying, like if there were a bunch of people talking to me while I was trying to watch the movie. Pity, because otherwise, I would've liked it more, but still, it's a pretty cool movie.
3.5/5
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB
(2014, Directed by Shawn Levy)
This trilogy holds a special place in my heart, and even though the second movie wasn't so great, I've really enjoyed this one, despite of its incredible flaws, like two enormous plotholes and some useless characters that basically speak twice in the whole movie. But it was a lot of fun and jeez, it's Robin Willams' last movie too, that added an incredible dark touch to it.
3.5/5
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
(2014, Directed by James Gunn)
Great movie, but the overwhelming sci-fi atmosphere isn't my cup of tea. I've enjoyed the characters and the dialogue a lot (props to the screenplay writers), but at the end of the day I think that it's not a movie meant for me.
3/5
DESPICABLE ME 2
(2013, Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud)
Funny, but the female character was quite annoying and I've watched it in italian, there was some terrible terrible voice acting. Although I laughed a lot, I must admit.
VOTE: 3/5
BIRDMAN (OR THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
(2014, Directed by Alejandro G. Iñarritu)
Holy shit. One of the most experimental movies I've ever watched, everything about this was awesome, from the directing, to the editing, to the strange but fitting soundtrack, the cast, the plot EVERYTHING WAS INCREDIBLE GO WATCH THIS. But seriously I won't talk about anything specific because I just can't explain in words what is this movie.
VOTE: 5/5
OVERALL: Average month, with a bunch of ok movies and a masterpiece. Let's see what March brings.