Leezy's Movie Reviews

Welcome everyone. This blog mainly exists as a way of tracking all the movies I've been watching and some of the initial thoughts and general feelings I've had about them.

Rating System

5/5 - Fantastic movies; movies which need to be seen and enjoyed by everyone.

4/5 - Movies which are very good but don’t have that spark which compels you to make others watch them as well.

3/5 - Average movies; watchable and enjoyable, but nothing which elevates them higher. The baseline all movies are given before watching.

2/5 - Can be watched but really bland and forgettable.

1/5 - Minimal to no reason to watch these films. It may have some redeeming factors e.g. it’s so bad it’s good or there’s one character that’s awesome enough to make it not a total waste of time.

0/5- Total waste of time. Nothing redeemable about these films.

As with every review blog/site, this is all my own personal opinion so feel free to take everything with a grain of salt.

Also I'm Scottish so all reviews will be in UK English. Get used to theatre, colour and words ending in -ised.

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#381/#98 Insomnia (2002) (Rewatch) LA detective Will Dormer (Al Pacino) and his partner are flown to Alaska to help on a murdered teenage girl case and to avoid recent heat from LAPD’s internal affairs. Following an accidental shooting in the foggy Alaskan wilderness while tracking the murderer (Robin Williams) however, the focus of the film shifts as Will attempts to conceal what he has done, all while being blackmailed by the murderer who witnessed the shooting. This is one of the Christopher Nolan movies that doesn’t get all that much attention. It’s no Memento or Inception that’s for sure, but it’s still a fairly well done, intrigue cop movie with a lot of really great performances. It’s also a very beautifully shot film as well, with some wonderful locations. This is one of the few post-millenium films staring Pacino that’s actually any good. His character is a multifacite and flawed individual whos moral compass you’re not entirely sure is aligned properly. He’s a good cop, and he seems to be striving for noble goals but it’s all very murky in terms of personal morality and circumstances. Pacino is very good at portraying this. Williams also provides a really fantastic performance as the murderer. Before this he had proven himself to excel as a dramatic actor with the likes of Dead Poets Society or Good Will Hunting, but this was the first of the roles in which he shows he can do really creepy just perfectly. One Hour Photo is definitely his creepiest role, but there is a sinister calm and collected side to his character in this, which is just unnerving to watch. Additionally, he and Pacino work off of one another really well and all of their scenes together are thoroughly entertaining. It’s a little long and it takes a while to set up the main thrust of the film, but overall I really enjoyed it the first time I watched it and the rewatch this time was just as entertaining. 4/5

#381/#98 Insomnia (2002)

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LA detective Will Dormer (Al Pacino) and his partner are flown to Alaska to help on a murdered teenage girl case and to avoid recent heat from LAPD’s internal affairs. Following an accidental shooting in the foggy Alaskan wilderness while tracking the murderer (Robin Williams) however, the focus of the film shifts as Will attempts to conceal what he has done, all while being blackmailed by the murderer who witnessed the shooting.

This is one of the Christopher Nolan movies that doesn’t get all that much attention. It’s no Memento or Inception that’s for sure, but it’s still a fairly well done, intrigue cop movie with a lot of really great performances. It’s also a very beautifully shot film as well, with some wonderful locations.

This is one of the few post-millenium films staring Pacino that’s actually any good. His character is a multifacite and flawed individual whos moral compass you’re not entirely sure is aligned properly. He’s a good cop, and he seems to be striving for noble goals but it’s all very murky in terms of personal morality and circumstances. Pacino is very good at portraying this.

Williams also provides a really fantastic performance as the murderer. Before this he had proven himself to excel as a dramatic actor with the likes of Dead Poets Society or Good Will Hunting, but this was the first of the roles in which he shows he can do really creepy just perfectly. One Hour Photo is definitely his creepiest role, but there is a sinister calm and collected side to his character in this, which is just unnerving to watch. Additionally, he and Pacino work off of one another really well and all of their scenes together are thoroughly entertaining.

It’s a little long and it takes a while to set up the main thrust of the film, but overall I really enjoyed it the first time I watched it and the rewatch this time was just as entertaining. 4/5

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