Prisoners (2013) Denis Villeneuve

Prisoners is about two families (Dover and Birch) who are friends. When the two families have Thanksgiving dinner together at the Birch family's house, the small daughters (Joy Birch and Anne Dover)  go to Anne's house to look for Anne's red whistle. The problem is that they do not come back. After some time, the police start to investigate the case. Soon after that the police find a suspect for the girl's kidnaping, the suspects name is Alex Jones. Alex lives with his aunt Holly who adopted him after his parents died in a car crash. The police soon release Alex because he has an IQ of a 10 year old. Keller (Anne's father) is sure that Alex is the killer. After Alex gets released Keller kidnaps him because he is sure that Alex knows where Anne is. From there the movie is full of twists and turns. The photography is very good but the photography and the twists can't make up for the bad dialogue. The dialogue is really bad, some of it is to flat  and some of it boring. The script writer probably thought that you will automatically empathize with the characters because their daughters/sisters got kidnapped but I couldn't empathize with hardly any of the characters because you can hardly get to know them, Keller is supposed to be some kind of anti-hero but it just doesn't work.
in one sentence: "Great twists and poor dialogue make an ok movie"
verdict:3/5    

Goodfellas (1990) Martin Scorcese

some minor spoilers

 

Martin Scorcese is my favorite director although I don't think his films are the best. He's my favorite director  because I liked all of his films that I watched (except for one- Casino which is not bad but I was disappointed). I watched about 8 of his films and I liked almost each and every one, from the old De Niro ones to the new DiCaprio ones. Whenever I go to the cinema to watch a Scorcese movie or go to the video store (we still have some in Israel) to rent a Scorcese movie I know that I will enjoy the ride. Now let's get back to Goodfellas. First of all Goodfellas is based on a true story. Goodfellas is about a man named Henry Hill (Ray Liotta). Henry says "as far as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster." The movie follows Henry's path into the mob since his teenage years. Goodfellas is my favorite Scorsese movie. Lets talk about the acting, Robert De Niro is just Amazing , Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta are both great. The only problem with this movie is the violence it didn't really bother me but if you have a problem with violence you should keep this in mind. This movie is very touching. At some points I could really sympathize with Henry (and at some I didn't but I wasn't meant to).
In one scentence: A great Scorsese classic
verdict 5/5 stars