Netflix rating system: 1 = hated it, 2 = didn't like it, 3 = liked it, 4 = really liked it, 5 = loved it.
Melancholia, by Lars von Trier - 4/5.
Cons: weak on characterization, psychologically simplistic. There isn't much to the characters and we 'get' them pretty quickly, so what's the point of it all. Dialogue isn't that good, lacks realistic subtlety
Pros: beautiful. Realistic in other ways. I cared about the characters. Whatserface is a great actress. Not sure I cared for Kirsten Dunst, though, come to think of it. Still 4/5 because I don't really care about what's bad about a film, that much.
50/50, by Judd Apatow (not really, it's by the guy who directed The Wackness, apparently) - 3/5
Cons: Judd Apatow film - predictable, trite, an unconvincing romance
Pros: somewhat convincing friendship. Made me cry. I want to have chemotherapy buddies. Scene where main character realizes the hilarious absurdity of life and death, cracks up at a dead body.
Hot Tub Time Machine directed by one of the guys who wrote high fidelity, apparently - 3.5/5
Cons: What you'd expect. And, like all mainstream films, the ending is stupid and there's no real reason to watch the last 1/4 of the film. Actually a lot of it is bad, come to think of it.
Pros: better than you'd expect. AO Scott's article about this, The Ask, and Greenberg.
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