FilmCrave Points
| Activity | Points |
|---|---|
| Total Ratings | 228 |
| Total Reviews | 5 |
| Total Lists | 3 |
| Total Plots | 0 |
| Total Points | 304 |
Mr. Storm's Information
Ranking Status: Movie Star
Name: Joel Serrano
Gender: Male
Current Area: Lowell, MA
About Me: I am definitely a movie fanatic!
Interests: I am someone who loves to read, listen to all types of music, and just chill.
Movie Profile
Film I Love: To Live
Guilty Pleasure: The Rush Hour movies
Favorite Genre: Drama
Least Favorite Genre: War
Favorite Actors: Cate Blanchett, Denzel Washington, Gong Li, Nicole Kidman
Favorite Director: Zhang Yimou
Movie Quotes: "To talk about the truth is easy but to live by it is not." From the Deepa Mehta film "Water".
Latest Movie Review
Rating of
2/4
No Country, No Sense
Sadly, this film is incredibly overrated. Admittedly, I was going into this film with high expectations, as I think highly of the Coen Brothers. But this film fails on many fronts. Javier Bardem was wonderful in a complex role as Anton, but that was the only bright spot in a pretty boring farce that left a bad taste in my mouth. The story was barely held together in a narrative that defied intelligence on many levels, as character after character kept coming up with completely inexplicable solutions to everything. That, combined with the uselessness of a few characters (especially a huge waste of Tommy Lee Jones), makes this film the most overrated of the year. You read reviews by film critics and you wonder what film it was they …
Recent Rating History
| Movie Title | Rating | Overall | Add |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Times ( Xingfu shiguang ) | 4.0/4 | 2.9/4 | |
| The Sixth Sense | 3.0/4 | 3.2/4 | |
| Signs | 3.5/4 | 2.7/4 | |
| Surf's Up | 2.0/4 | 2.7/4 | |
| Kandahar ( Safar e Ghandehar ) | 3.5/4 | 2.7/4 |
Top Movie List
| # | Movie Title | Rating | Overall | Add |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | To Live ( Huozhe ) | 4.0/4 | 3.1/4 | |
| 2. | Spirited Away ( Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi ) | 4.0/4 | 3.3/4 | |
| 3. | Million Dollar Baby | 4.0/4 | 3.1/4 | |
| 4. | Pan's Labyrinth ( laberinto del fauno, El ) | 4.0/4 | 3.2/4 | |
| 5. | Hero ( Ying xiong ) | 4.0/4 | 3.0/4 |
Top Foreign Films
| # | Movie Title | Rating | Overall | Add |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | To Live ( Huozhe ) | 4.0/4 | 3.1/4 | |
| 2. | Hero ( Ying xiong ) | 4.0/4 | 3.0/4 | |
| 3. | Pan's Labyrinth ( laberinto del fauno, El ) | 4.0/4 | 3.2/4 | |
| 4. | Central Station ( Central do Brasil ) | 4.0/4 | 2.9/4 | |
| 5. | Monsoon Wedding | 4.0/4 | 3.0/4 |
