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No other film has left me so speechless. This is how documentaries should be made; documenting the facts and letting the audience decide what to make of it. It tells the story of horrible atrocities committed by mass murderers, told by the very murderers themselves.

The biggest strength of this movie is that it puts you in a very unsettling spot. You know these people are monsters, and their acts were heinous. But at the same time, no one seems to be bothered by it. Everyone acts casual and talks about it without flinching. You get drawn into their mad world just to find out why they are acting like this. What could possibly be their mindset? Is it denial? Some twisted sense of justice? Are they just, plain and simple, crazy? The movie never gives it's own conclusion, it leaves it to you.

People are giving this film props for it's chilling reenactments of war crimes, and covering a genocide not many have known about. Those are all true, but the real reason why 'The Act of Killing' is truly groundbreaking is the one I mentioned above. Other than that, its also a deep narrative about humanity that kills each other so much and then writes it in history. "War crimes are defined by the winners".

Everyone absolutely has to watch this documentary. Yes it's haunting and not very fun, but its also eye opening and an important study of human nature.

God, I wish Tron: Legacy had better script and characters. Because if it did, it would've been a modern day masterpiece. Apart from those two things, nearly everything in this film is super top notch. Starting with the visuals. CGI has been done to death in many ways by other movies, but nothing like this. The world of the Grid is both technically and artistically beautiful. A digital world with a dark color pallet lit by shimmering glows of neon lights. This is one of the best looking movies I've ever seen. I give it extra merit for being creative and imaginative.

And don't even get me started on the soundtrack. Whoever made the decision to get Daft Punk to compose Tron's music deserves an award for the best decision making of the decade. Their electronic techno style score fits this movie like a glove. It makes sense to have it for this kind of movie. Combine that with the visuals, and Tron is incredibly immersive....except, when the characters come on screen.

Jeff Bridges is a great actor, but he just doesn't have much of a good script to work with. He tries to deliver it as best he can, and gives a good performance nonetheless. The real problem is nearly everybody else. The main protagonist and Olivia Wilde aren't that great either. Most of the dialogue is just tedious plot explanation. There's also a painful lack of good humor. There are very few character moments, but they just fall falt. It seems like this movie got so obsessed with creating a digital world, that it forgot to work on it's human element.

But that is all worth bearing, because like I said, this is a stunning visual experience. I bought this movie on BluRay and I never regretted it.

I was not a big fan of the Expendables 1. Expendables 2 was a bit better, thanks to Simon West's direction. Expendables 3 however, took a big step backwards. It had a lazy script and was painfully clichéd. I know its a throwback to the 80's, but thats no excuse for a movie to be downright lazy and not at least try to innovate. Also, it has a lot more down time. A lot more. Whereas expendables 2 was loaded to the brim with action, expendables 3 takes a lot of time for character development which is not interesting, expect for a handful of times.

There were some good moments though. And most of them involved Mel Gibson. I can't remember the last time I saw him as a villain, but he should definitely do it more often. He plays a soldier turned bad. Kind of reminded me of Ed Harris in The Rock. He is a good mix of crazy, and professional. The film's final act was also good, but it was all ruined thanks to one thing. The showdown between Stallone and Gibson. We all knew it was coming but when it did, it was underwhelming as hell. Complete waste of potential.

As for the other characters, they are basically divided into two groups; the old and young expendables. Almost NO ONE in the young expendables is likable. The old expendables are OK though. More of the same, with a cool addition of Wesley Snipes. Antonio Banderas however was annoying.

Overall, I give this movie a 5/10. I was fresh off watching the Raid 2 and Winter Soldier which are far better action movies. Expendables 3 was just painfully average.