Michael Davis

When I saw the trailers for this movie years ago, I got super pumped about seeing it, and thus I set my expectations high for it. The closer I got to seeing it, the higher I set my hopes, and when I did finally see it, Speed pulled off the unexpected and exceeded my expectations! To me, Speed is the best of two categories: it is the ultimate nonstop action movie and the most intense suspense flick ever viewed! I also wouldn't have guessed that Keanu Reeves would make for such a credible action hero, but he made me a believer. Sandra Bullock was super adorable as the take-charge passenger who wound up piloting the runaway, bomb-rigged bus. Finally, Dennis Hopper was great fun to watch as the mad extortion bomber who put everything in motion. True: there are a number of sequences here that stretch possibility and will make you owe your brain an apology, but because the entire movie with incredible stunt work is such a blast to watch from start to finish, you won't mind those minor problems. Speed is still undeniably my favorite nonstop action movie of all time!

I have never seen a war movie, let alone a movie, like this before! With it's long continuous takes, your eyes are consistently glued to the screen and it puts the viewer right in the center of all the action and emotions from start to finish! The locations they used make for genuinely realistic looking and terrifying war-ravaged waste land. In my honest opinion, 1917 should be a front runner for at least 5 Oscar nominations: production design, cinematography, editing, director and picture. Major kudos to director Sam Mendes for this brilliant and different take on a war movie!