Unbroken (2014)

An American war film directed by Angelina Jolie.
An Olympic runner wins the games and joins the airforce. His plane goes down over an ocean where he and 2 of the other soldiers spend a very long time floating before being captured by the Japanese. They are put into a prison camp where one of the officers decides to treat the runner very badly.
I usually don't like war films too much, but this wasn't too bad. The plot held my interest and I cared what happened to the characters. The most developed characters were the American runner and the Japanese officer. Everything was shot well with good visibility and the audio sounded good. Pacing was dynamic, with appropriate ups and downs. The style was like an epic biography. Overall, better than o.k. but not "good" by my definition. I rate this adequate. You might want to watch it.

Alexander (2004)

An adventure directed by Oliver Stone, starring Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer and Anthony Hopkins.
The story of Alexander the great's campaign is told, out of sequence.
This film starts out with a big battle like 10 years into Alexander's campaign and keeps switching between before he left and after the battle. Obviously, there is new world order ideology and symbolism throughout. Most of the women wear snake themed armbands and globalism is a central theme of the entire film. There is also mention of bloodlines and characters being descended from certain mythical figures. Homosexuality is played off as normal in this film, with men kissing and talk of men "lying together" and the benefits that this brings. The 2 main characters, Alexander and Hephaestion are even involved in an implied homosexual relationship. Overall, it made me want to watch the less new world order driven Reign: The Conqueror anime series. I'm rating this poor because it's new world order mind control that is way over-produced.

Gone in 60 Seconds (1974 & 2000)

Action films directed by H. B. Halicki '74 and Dominic Sena '00, starring Nicolas Cage '00 and Angelina Jolie '00.
A group of car thieves must steal 50 specific cars in a short amount of time to satisfy a crime boss.
The '74 version had style, it had grace and it destroyed 93 cars in 34 minutes. The '00 version was over-sensationalized and had a horrible soundtrack. The '74 version had guys that looked like undercover detectives stealing the cars. The '00 version had street thugs, a woman and an old man stealing the cars. In defense of the '00 version, it had Vinnie Jones from Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Big Chris). In the '74 version, the plot was simple and straightforward. In the '00 version, they added tons of unnecessary shit to the plot. Hmmm... Which one was better? '74 was just adequate, but '00 was bad.

Hackers (1995)

A drama directed by Iain Softley, starring Angelina Jolie.
A group of computer hackers learn of a secret government plan and have to expose it before the government catches them.
Due to advances in technology, most of the plot seems pretty silly these days. Hence, the characters sound stupid: "A virus AND a worm?". Some of the "inside the computer/internet" scenes are way too advanced for computers of that time, leading me to believe that the characters have dyslexia, which would explain the psychedelic movements of things that I know would look like DOS. I gather that this film was supposed to be popular with young people of the time period, as it was clearly made with a very narrow target audience in mind. It's not even all that interesting, so I rate it poor.

Gia (1998)

A biography directed by Michael Christofer, starring Angelina Jolie and Faye Dunaway.
This film follows a fashion model's career.
The model rises from waitress to extra to star and her drug addiction follows this curve. But that's what makes the movie interesting. The characters were unidentifiable and the plot was a little mixed up. I'm rating this adequate because the main character's problems redeem it from a poor rating.