Movie Evaluations

These evaluations are not meant to rate the entertainment value of a given film. I might really enjoy watching a movie that rates low because its world view is way off (e.g. The Matrix). Conversely, I could be bored with a movie that communicates a very good message (e.g. The Addiction). Rather, these evaluations are made from the standpoint of a movie's message as revealed by its story - including how that story is told (style) and what world view it assumes (suppositions).

Note also that these evaluations are of the movie, not whether or not any particular person should watch them - that is between you and God (concerning issues of stumbling, viz. Rom. 14 & 1 Cor. 8:1-13, please see my BLOG).

TITLE
YEAR
RATING
EVALUATION
50 First Dates
2004
PG-13
6.5
300
2007
R
8.5
The Addiction
1995
NR
8.0
The Anarchist Cookbook
2002
R
6.5
Alien vs. Predator
2004
PG-13
7.5
American History X
1998
R
9.5
The Apostle
1997
PG-13
7.0
Batman Begins
2005
PG-13
10.0
The Blair Witch Project
1999
R
9.0
Boogeyman
2005
PG-13
7.0
The Boondock Saints
1999
R
8.0
A Bronx Tale
1993
R
7.0
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
NR
5.0
The Cider House Rules
1999
PG-13
3.0
Cloverfield
2008
PG-13
8.5
Collateral
2004
R
7.0
Contact
1997
PG
7.0
Count of Monte Cristo
2002
PG-13
9.0
Crash
2005
R
7.5
Cube (Trilogy)
1997-2004
R
6.0
Darkness
2005
NR
3.0
The Da Vinci Code
2006
PG-13
4.0
Dawn of the Dead
2004
NR
7.0
Dodge Ball
2004
PG-13
6.0
Envy
2004
PG-13
6.0
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
R
6.0
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
PG-13
9.0
Expelled: No Inteligence Allowed
2008
PG
9.5
Facing the Giants
2006
PG
7.5
The Forgotten
2004
PG-13
6.5
Finding Nemo
2003
G
10.0
Flight of the Phoenix
2004
PG-13
6.0
The Golden Compass
2007
PG-13
7.0
The Grudge
2004
PG-13
5.0
Harry Potter (vs. Lord of the Rings)
2000-2004
PG
5.0
Helter Skelter
2004
TV
9.0
Heat
1995
R
9.5
The Hole
2001
R
6.0
Homeless to Harvard
2003
TV
9.0
I Am David
2003
PG-13
9.0
I Heart Huckabees
2004
R
5.0
I, Robot
2004
PG-13
7.0
The Incredibles
2004
PG
10.0
The Island
2005
PG-13
9.0
Juno
2007
PG-13
8.0
King Arthur
2004
PG-13
4.5
Ladder 49
2004
PG-13
9.0
Ladykillers
2004
R
8.0
Levelland
2003
R
4.0
Lord of the Rings (vs. Harry Potter)
2001-2003
PG-13
10.0
Maria Full of Grace
2004
R
6.0
The Matrix Trilogy
1999-2003
R
6.0
Mean Creek
2004
R
9.0
The Mist
2007
R
4.0
Napoleon Dynamite
2004
PG
7.0
Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
2005
PG
10.0
Ocean's Twelve
2004
PG
2.5
Open Water
2003
R
6.0
The Passion of the Christ
2004
R
9.5
The Phantom of the Opera
2005
PG-13
10.0
The Punisher
2004
R
6.0
Ray
2004
PG-13
9.0
The Reckoning
2003
R
7.5
Redemption
2004
TV
8.0
Reign of Fire
2002
PG-13
9.0
Saints and Soldiers
2003
PG-13
9.5
Saved!
2004
PG-13
3.0
Saving Private Ryan
1998
R
10.0
Saw
2004
R
3.5
Seven (Se7en)
1995
R
9.5
Sideways
2004
R
3.5
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004
PG
8.0
Some Kind of Monster
2005
NR
6.0
Starship Troopers
1997
R
7.0
Star Wars Pre-Trilogy (Episodes I-III)
1999-2005
PG/PG-13
7.0
Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes IV-VI)
1977-1983
PG
7.0
Stepford Wives
2004
PG-13
4.0
Super Size Me
2004
PG-13
8.5
Superman Returns
2006
PG-13
6.0
Thirteen
2003
R
9.0
To End All Wars
2001
R
9.0
Tombstone
1993
R
9.0
Touching the Void
2003
R
8.0
The United States of Leland
2003
R
7.0
The Usual Suspects
1995
R
7.5
V for Vendetta
2006
R
5.0
Very Bad Things
1998
R
6.0
The Village
2004
PG-13
8.5
The Woodsman
2004
R
7.0