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List of Laff’s Reviews

April 1st, 2008 at 1:32 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment

LIST OF LAFF’S REVIEWS

This is a running list of movies I’ve reviewed. Consider this a rental queue suggestion – start at the top, avoid the ones at the bottom.

(Some of the reviews from early 2008 are incomplete or lost since the switch to new website) (see rating system below)

Also suggestions:
Favorite movies of 00’s
Top Movies of ‘09
Surprises and Disappointments of ‘08

Movies listed from Highest rated to Lowest rated:

“Slumdog Millionaire” (9.5/ 10)
“500 Days of Summer” (9.5 / 10)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (9.5 / 10)
“The Dark Knight” (9.5 / 10)
“Changeling” (9.5 / 10)
“Precious” (9.0/ 10) – in theaters
“WALL-E” (9.0)
“District 9″ (9.0 / 10)
“Tom McPhee’s An American Opera” (9.0 / 10)
“Pride and Glory” (9.0 / 10)

“The Hurt Locker” (8.9/ 10) – on DVD 1/12/10
“The Wrestler” (8.9 / 10)
“Moon” (8.9/ 10) – on DVD 1/12/10
“Avatar” (8.9 / 10) – in theaters
“Up In The Air” (8.9 / 10) – in theaters
“Righteous Kill” (8.9 / 10)
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” (8.9* / 10 – I overrated this movie)
“Star Trek” (8.5 / 10)
“Paranormal Activity” (8.5 / 10)
“Eagle Eye” (8.5 / 10)
“Burn After Reading” (8.5 / 10)
“Big Fan” (8.5/ 10) – on DVD 1/12/10
“The Answer Man” (8.5 / 10)
“Iron Man” (8.0 / 10)
“Wanted” (8.0 / 10)
“The Hangover” (8.0 / 10)
“Defiance” (8.0 / 10)
“A Christmas Carol” (8.0 / 10) – in some theaters
“I Love You, Man” (8.0/ 10)
“The Proposal” (8.0 /10)
“State of Play” (8.0 / 10)
“The Visitor” (8.0 / 10)
“The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ (8.0/ 10)
“The Men Who Stare At Goats” (8.0 / 10)

“Where The Wild Things Are” (7.9 / 10) – in some theaters
“Australia” (7.9 / 10)
“Frozen River” (7.9 / 10)
“Revolutionary Road” (7.9 / 10)
“Whip It” (7.9 / 10) – on DVD 1/26/10
“New in Town” (7.9 / 10)
“Felon” (7.9 / 10)
“Taken” (7.5 / 10)
“The Blind Side” (7.5 / 10) – in theaters
“Fanboys” (8.5 for me, adjusted to 7.5 for most)
“Traitor” (7.5 / 10)
“The Bank Job”
“The Air I Breathe”
“Four Christmases” (7.5 / 10)
“Quantum of Solace” (7.5 / 10)
“X-Men Origins: Wolverine” (7.5 / 10)
“Hancock”
“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” (7.5 / 10)
“Law Abiding Citizen” (7.5 / 10) – in some theaters
“He’s Just Not That Into You” (7.5 / 10)
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
“Weather Girl” (7.5 / 10)
“Role Models” (7.5 / 10)
“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” (7.5 / 10 )
“Marley & Me” (7.5 / 10)
“Couples Retreat” (7.5 / 10)
“G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra” (7.5 / 10)
“Bride Wars” (7.5 / 10)
“The Ugly Truth” (7.5* / 10 – I overrated this movie)
“The Women” (7.5 / 10)
“Rachel Getting Married” (7.0)
“This Is It” (7.0 / 10)
“Paul Blart: Mall Cop” (7.0 / 10)
“Get Smart” (7.0 / 10)
“The Happening”
“Bedtime Stories” (7.0 / 10)
“Twilight” (7.0 / 10)
“Knowing” (7.0 / 10)
“Watchmen” (7.0 / 10)
“Funny Games”
“Nights in Rodanthe” (7.0 / 10)
“Hotel for Dogs” (7.0 / 10)

“The Book of Eli” (6.9 / 10)
“Forgetting Sarah Marshall” (6.9 / 10)
“Everybody’s Fine” (6.9 / 10)
“Appaloosa” (6.9 / 10)
“Surveillance” (6.9 / 10)
“Twilight Saga: New Moon” (6.9 / 10) – in theaters
“Extract” (6.5 /10)
“The Lovely Bones” (6.5 / 10)
“Surrogates” (6.5 / 10)
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
“The Invasion”
“What Just Happened” (6.5 / 10)
“Hamlet 2″
“Lakeview Terrace” (6.5 / 10)
“Love Happens” (7.0* review deferred to my wife)
“Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”
“Imagine That” (6.5 / 10)
“Hellboy II: Golden Army” (6.5 / 10)
“Tropic Thunder” (6.5 /10)
“Good Luck Chuck”
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” (6.5 / 10)
“Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” (6.0 / 10)
“Journey to the Center of the Earth”
“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (6.0 / 10)
“Body of Lies” (6.0)
“Monsters Vs. Aliens” (6.0 / 10)
“Zach and Miri Make a Porno” (6.0 / 10)
“Noise” (6.0 / 10)

“The Chaos Experiment” (6.0 / 10)**
“Fragments” (5.5 / 10)
“Confessions of A Shopaholic” (5.5 / 10)
“My Life in Ruins” (5.5 / 10)
“Quarantine” (5.5 / 10)
“All About Steve” (5.5 / 10)
“Charlie Wilson’s War”

“Whiteout” (4.9 / 10)
“Mad Money”
“Year One” (4.0 / 10)

“Dance Flick” (2.0 / 10)

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LAFF’S RATING SYSTEM:

10 Rating = “A+”, One of the Best Movies Ever, Deserves Multiple Academy Awards, Absolute Must See, Flawless, Unforgettable
9 Rating = “A”, Top 50 Movies, Great Movie, Not Quite Elite, Deserves Academy Award, Must See
8 Rating = “A-”, Top 100 Movies, Very Good Movie, Academy Award Consideration, Must See, Minor Flaws
7 Rating = “B+”, Really Good, Possible Academy Award Nomination, Should See, A Few Flaws
6 Rating = “B”, Pretty Good/Above Average, See It But Don’t Rush, Good Qualities Outweight Flaws
5 Rating = “C”, Average, Nothing Spectacular, See It To Say You Saw It, Several Flaws
4 Rating = “C-”, Some Redeeming Value, Dissappointing, See It For Free, Many Flaws
3 Rating = “D”, Not A Good Movie, Only See It If Bored/No Other Options, Full of Flaws
2 Rating = “F”, Bad Movie, Don’t See It unless you just want to say you saw it
1 Rating = “Z”, Horrible, This Movie Sucks, One of the Worst Ever (”Plan 9 From Outer Space”, “Battlefield Earth”, “Gigli”, “Showgirls”, “Southland Tales”), A Waste of Time and Money
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