Recent Films I've seen and Ratings

Ed Wood - 3/5
Dead Ringers - 2/5
Man on Fire - 3/5
Face/Off - 4/5
Immortals - 3/5
Tootsie - 4/5
1984 - 2/5
Magnolia - 4/5
Total Recall - 4/5
Awakenings - 4/5
Zulu - 3/5
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - 3/5
The Cabin in the Woods - 4/5

1984

After reading 1984 I can name a 2 movies that seem very similar to it

Equilibrium. WARNING SPOILERS because instead of Thoughtcrime, people commit sensecrime; sense offenders as they are called in the movie, and basically if you feel anything, passion, hate, disgust; anything, you get killed, as like in 1984 where you get vaporized for contradicting thoughts about the government, and plus, instead of having big brother in the movie, they have someone called the father, who as we find out in the end, doesn't exist at all, as in 1984, we are left edging towards the thought that Big Brother also doesn't exist, also in Equilibrium, any objects that might produce emotion, such as paintings and books are all destroyed, whilst the same happens in 1984.



Brazil, WARNING SPOILERS. because the fact that the main character falls in love and gets apprehended for it; and their is apparently a ministry called the ministry of information, whereas in 1984 there is the Ministry of Love, Ministry of Peace etc, he also ends up getting tortured by the government like in 1984, and the place that he works looks very much like George Orwells Description of the Ministry of Truth.

and no folks, I have yet to see THX 1138!