Sunday, September 6, 2009

Knowing


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Katie's 5 Words: Sometimes not knowing is better.
Katie's 1 Number: 3

Monday, August 31, 2009

Waltz with Bashir

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5 Words: Eerie animation aptly portrays war.
1 Number: 8

Friday, August 28, 2009

RoboCop


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5 Words: Quintessential dumb 80s action flick.
1 Number: 6

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Father of the Bride


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5 Words: Actually, the remake was better.
1 Number: 4

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Funny People


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5 Words: Look past the boring poster.
1 Number: 7

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Flushed Away

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5 Words: Another inferior animated mouse movie.
1 Number: 2

Monday, August 24, 2009

The Tale of Despereaux


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5 Words:  Desperately trying to be magical.
1 Number: 3

Friday, August 21, 2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince


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5 Words:  MustFitItAllIn!
1 Number: 3

Thursday, August 20, 2009

The International

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5 Words: Convoluted story... but very stylish.
1 Number: 3

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Coraline


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5 Words: The animation style was distracting.
1 Number: 4

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

The Rookie


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5 Words:  Gee... wonder how it ends?
1 Number: 3

Monday, August 17, 2009

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist


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5 Words: Attempting (failing) modern John Hughes-nicity.
1 Number: 6

Friday, August 14, 2009

The China Syndrome


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5 Words: Women's Rights meets Nuclear Paranoia
1 Number: 5

Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Hangover


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5 Words:  Delightfully immature tour de farce!
1 Number: 7

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

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5 Words:  Theaters sometimes need fast-forward buttons
1 Number: 1

Friday, June 12, 2009

The Sugarland Express


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5 Words: Thankfully, Spielberg got much better.
1 Number: 3

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Up


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5 Words: I can't downplay: Uplifting! Uproarious!
1 Number: 9

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Up the Yangtze


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5 Words: Fascinating faux-documentary of Chinese underclass.
1 Number: 8

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Twilight


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5 Words: Their skin... shines... "like diamonds"....
1 Number: 2

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

The Last Starfighter


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5 Words: Some "classics" are solely nostalgia.
1 Number: 3

Monday, June 1, 2009

Shackleton


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5 Words: Somehow made "harrowing" seem "bearable".
1 Number: 4

Friday, May 29, 2009

Role Models


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5 Words: Like masturbation: predictable yet enjoyable.
1 Number: 6

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Star Trek


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5 Words: It made me a trekkie.
1 Number: 9

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

What Just Happened


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5 Words: Hollywood gives itself a reach-around.
1 Number: 1

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Get Smart


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5 Words: I've seen dumber action comedies.
1 Number: 6

Monday, May 11, 2009

The Reader


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5 Words: Interesting exploration of society's morality.
1 Number: 7

Friday, May 8, 2009

Let the Right One In


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5 Words: Prepubescent vampire love -- not Twilight.
1 Number: 7

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Choke


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5 Words:  Discombobulating directing distracts disturbing debauchery.
1 Number: 5

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The Fall


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5 Words: Overlooked gem of enthralling beauty.
1 Number: 9

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts


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5 Words: Captures the great composer's mindset.
1 Number: 9

Monday, May 4, 2009

The House Bunny


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5 Words: Just what you'd have expected.
1 Number: 1

Friday, May 1, 2009

Beyond the Mat


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5 Words: The Wrestler plagiarized this documentary.
1 Number: 7

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Synecdoche, New York


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5 Words: Either genius or overindulgent nincompoopery.
1 Number: 8 or 2

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Dear Zachary


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5 Words: Sappy docu-drama starring crazy Canadians.
1 Number: 6

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Watchmen


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5 Words: Too dense to be digested.
1 Number: 6

Monday, April 27, 2009

Bolt


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5 Words: Paint by numbers storytelling. Yawn.
1 Number: 3

Friday, April 24, 2009

Valkyrie


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5 Words: ...but they were good Nazis.
1 Number: 5

Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Business of Being Born


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5 Words: Disturbingly insightful.  Lots of vaginas.
1 Number: 7

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Frost/Nixon


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5 Words: Dull can be made droll!
1 Number: 7

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Bottle Shock


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5 Words: Puts the bore in bourgeois.
1 Number: 4

Monday, April 20, 2009

200 Posts for 200 Movies

Visual Representation of Word Frequency


Some facts from posts 101-200:


A Breakdown of the Words

The number of words used: 500 (duh)
The number of hyphenated words: 8
The number of foreign words: 1
The number of contractions used: 8
The number of made-up words:1
The number of math equations: 2
The number of ellipses used: 14

A Breakdown of the Numbers

Movies given the rating 1: 2
Movies given the rating 2: 12
Movies given the rating 3: 9
Movies given the rating 4: 21
Movies given the rating 5: 17
Movies given the rating 6: 14
Movies given the rating 7: 11
Movies given the rating 8: 5
Movies given the rating 9: 9
Movies given the rating 10: 0
Average of all movie ratings: 5.04

Friday, April 17, 2009

Special


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5 Words: Unique heroics... without an ending.
1 Number: 4

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People


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5 Words: Simon Pegg deserves better scripts.
1 Number: 3

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly


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5 Words: Simultaneously decimating and oddly uplifting.
1 Number: 9

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Revolutionary Road


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5 Words: Acting: Superb. Plot: Not revolutionary.
1 Number: 5

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

The Orphanage


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5 Words: Will probably give me nightmares.
1 Number: 7

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

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5 Words: Would be a better biopic.
1 Number: 4

Monday, February 16, 2009

Body of Lies


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5 Words: Authentic, riveting, unpredictable spy thriller.
1 Number: 8

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The Rocker


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5 Words: School of Rock's slow step-brother.
1 Number: 5

Monday, February 9, 2009

W.


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5 Words: Too soon.  Wait five years.
1 Number: 5