Neo Ned (2005)

An American crime romance directed by Van Fischer, starring Jeremy Renner, Gabrielle Union, Sally Kirkland, Cary Elwes and Ethan Suplee.
A neo nazi skinhead is in a mental institution and falls in love with a black woman who says that she is Hitler.
This was a mix of good and bad. Let's go with bad first. I think that the dialogue needed to be mixed quieter because I could almost hear some of it and the music needed to be mixed louder because my speakers did not blow out. Shitty audio production aside, I really liked the plot and characters. The plot started almost at the end and then developed its own back-story as the film went on. The characters followed this, revealing their past. The combination of 2 unlikely main characters was the best part. If I'm so focused on the plot and characters that I don't notice cinematography, camera-work, composition, framing or editing, that is seamless and very very good. Cary Elwes was in a very short section, but Ethan Suplee played a larger role. I remember him from American History X (1998), Blow and Evolution (both 2001) and Art School Confidential (2006). I'm rating this good, but it would have gotten awesome with better audio.

Arrival (2016)

An American science fiction directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker and Michael Stuhlbarg.
Aliens land at 12 places on earth and let humans onto the ships to communicate. The American team includes a linguist and a scientist. As the 12 teams communicate with the aliens, they learn their language.
This is like what Gravity should have been. The plot and characters were amazing, including the cool aliens. The linear and non-linear parts of the story made sense in the end. There was some really bad camera-work and audio production and some really good. It looked like that may have been intentional, but I still dislike vast underexposures. The overall style or flavor of the film was very emotional. I rate this awesome because the filmmakers conveyed these emotions very well. The cool aliens helped. Watch this!