Redbelt is quite possibly one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Not “martial arts” movies. Movies period. It’s written and directed by David Mamet.

Go see this movie.

Juno was excellent. Go see it with someone you love, in a romantic way. I’m going to see it with mine this weekend.

The expectation lens is a phenomenon that modifies how one perceives a movie. Like myopia and presbyopia it can go two ways:

1. You expect a movie to be horrible, so it ends up appearing better than it actually was.
2. You expect a movie to be excellent, so it ends up appearing worse than it actually was.

Two extremes of this phenomenon are old classics you happen to catch on TV, and big-name movies you see in the theater.

Random TV movies make use of the LEL (Low Expectation Lens) and yield more satisfaction, while big-screen blockbusters employ the HEL (High Expectation Lens) and tend to disappoint.:

Transformers was one of the best movies that I’ve seen in many years. I was completely overwhelmed by its greatness. It was uniquely unorthodox — switching almost violently from a comedy to an Armagaedon-style drama — and then back again.

Most notable, however, were the action scenes. The only thing that compares was the first time I saw Matrix. The car chases, air combat, and robot-vs-robot battles were sheer inspired genius, and it even had a hottie and a romance to add flavor.

9/10.

I enjoyed this movie very much. It captures the sheer wonder of life’s randomness.

You really must see it.

Anyone into art, language, movies, or Pulp Fiction must see this:

What Does Marsellus Wallace Look Like?

[Thanks to Jeff Milner for highlighting this great site]