movie reviews #1

Watching movies is one of my hobby’s and I know how annoying it is to have watched a movie that was very bad. It’s a waste of time and in that time you could have watched another movie. Or doing something else of course hahaha!  So, that’s why I like to share my already watched list once in a while. I try to write so spoiler-free as possible, so sometimes I will not tell the whole movie story.

Divergent

In a world far into the future, society is divided into five factions and all of them represent a different virtue. Teenagers have to choose whether they want to stay in their born faction or switch to another one, this choice is a decision for the rest of their lives. The decision is based on a test in virtual reality and on what they want for themselves. In this test Tris Prior discovers she is divergent and has no clue  what she will choose. Is she going to choose for her family or is she going to leave them behind?

I really enjoyed watching Divergent because it’s an adventurous movie that is easy to watch. The decor that shows Chicago in the future is very believable and that made me immediately very excited. The storyline is very good but a little predictable, especially the love stuff is not a surprise. They left out a few things, that were in the book, but that’s always the case. The movie is worth watching and I really recommend it to the people who haven’t seen it yet.

The 100 year old man who climbed out of the window

Allan karlsson ends up in a nursing home after he lived a long and eventful life. He thinks this will be his last stop and he will die here. On his 100 birthday he decides to escape from the home. He buys a bus ticket with the last penny’s he has left in his pocket. While he is waiting for the bus a strange looking guy dumps his suitcase with Allan and goes to the bathroom. Allan decides to take the suitcase with him when the bus arrives. And that’s where the journey begins. He comes face to face with murder and drugs. But he also meets a few very good friends on this trip.

This is a very funny story, very unlikely but still funny. My friend, who took me to see this one had read the book and really liked to see this one. We went to watch this one in the cinema, and in the beginning I noticed the filming quality was not at all good. But it was an easy to follow movie, so when you need to relax and you want a movie were you don’t have to think that much, this movie is perfect for those moments.

3 days to kill

Ethan Renner is a CIA agent who is told that he is dying. He decides to go to Paris and reconnect with his estranged wife and daughter. His wife is giving him another chance and so he is allowed to look after his daughter while his wife goes out of town for a few days. He promised his wife that he stepped out of the CIA, but while she’s gone a woman approaches him and tells him about a new kind of drug that might help him. In return he has to find a man he was looking for for years.

I really enjoyed this movie. It was surprising, not at all predictable and sometimes funny. The beginning was for me, the wow-moment of the movie. It’s an action movie most of the time but also some humor is in there. I think that’s a very good combination. Yeah, if you like a little action you should watch this movie.

Monuments men

During World War II, Frank Stokes learns that Hitler is stealing all of the great works of art for his personal museum. So Stokes recruits 6 men who are each art experts and they go to Europe under the guise of being soldiers to find out where the art that was taken is. But the Russians are also looking for this valuable art, and the Germans are ordered to burn all of the art when they lose the war.

This movie is based on a true story, for me that always makes it a little more interesting to watch. When I found out George Clooney was one of the actors, this movie became number one on my must watch list. I did not know what to expect, but while I was watching I almost fell asleep twice. The movie takes so long before something happens. Honestly I did not like this movie and got a little bored watching it, but there is a good story behind it.

This is just my opinion, so it could be you have another opinion about these movies. Nothing wrong with that! I am very honest with these things and I hope you appreciate that. Did you watch one of these movies? Did you enjoy these movies? What movie de you recommend?

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