My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Savages (2012)

Oliver Stone directs an adaptation of Don Winslow's book and the result is pretty good.  It glorifies drug use a lot which always bugs me when Hollywood does this because drugs are not cool no matter how hard you slice it.  Breaking Bad does a better job of showing the ugly side of drugs while entertaining its audience.  The core of this story about two brothers trying to survive a buyout from a Mexican drug heiress is a love story threesome.   What will these two brothers do to get back the woman they both love?   In someways this film proves that Mr. Stone is still capable of making a good movie, but it's nowhere near the brilliance of such morality tales like Wall Street and Platoon.   Grade: B
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