Solomon Kane

Solomon Kane

Directed by Michael J. Bassett

Appealing visuals and a somewhat interesting plot are not enough to save this movie from being simply mediocre.

Prometheus

Prometheus

Directed by Ridley Scott

With strong performances, interesting visuals, and an excellent set-up, Prometheus shuts down a little over halfway through, resulting in a convoluted, contrived mess of what could have been a potential sci/fi masterpiece.

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Directed by Gary Ross

Despite its headache-inducing cinematography and very little new material to offer, The Hunger Games is still a very effective action/drama with strong performances and an interesting story.

The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

Directed by Christopher Nolan

The third, and by far the darkest in Nolan's Batman trilogy. Being the follow-up to The Dark Knight is an unfair task to be assigned a movie, which stands as one of the greatest action movies of our time. It's about as big as a movie could reasonably be, so it comes as no surprise that to conclude his Batman trilogy, Christopher Nolan would try to one-up himself. It makes too many attempts at being bigger and more epic, but doesn't ever seem to pull it off. But although it doesn't live up to its predecessor, The Dark Knight Rises is still a fantastic superhero movie of exaggerated proportions.

Top 5 Musical Scores in Movies of the 2000s

I know for a fact this list isn't going to be one a lot of people will agree with. Most of the choices are "mainstream", but I don't care. I've been around myself enough to feel like I have at least a decent grasp of what music I like. Not totally sure, but I think so.

So here is my list, in all of its splendor: