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i have be go through the afi list of the top 100 comedy and and i must say that this be truly one of the bad . not just of the 90 movie on the list i have see and but of any movie i have ever see . drunk be funny sometimes and dudley isn not . liza almost make it worthwhile and but ala . just go watch arrest development if you want to see her in something good . seriously and dudley laughing and drinking be suppose to be funny . i would highly recommend almost any other movie on the afi top 100 comedy for more laugh than this . if you want to see a funny drunk and try the thin man . funny movie in general and any marx brother movie will kill ( especially if youre as drunk a arthur ) . | 0neg |
after the superb aankhen ( 2002 ) which be a remake of a gujarati play he come with waqt which too look like a stage playin stage play and we have character shout and overact here too the samethe first half show amitabh almost kid the 40 plus akshay kumar who act too funny like a small nerdthe film have a good message how not to spoil your son but sadly the way amitabh want to make akki responsible be absolutely fakeeven his reason for hide his sickness and his runnign from the hospital and the melodramatic speech by akki be a put offsome emotion do touch you but most be too over the toprajpal comedy be hilarious but too stretch in second half direction by vipul shah be too overdone though some scene be good music be okayamongst actor amitabh overdoes it in the first half but be superb in emotional scene akshay kumar too do his part well but look umcomfortable in some too weepy scene his chemistry with bachchan be matchless rajpal be a highlight and he make you laugh without overact and just his presence and his dumb behaviour and deadpan humour he be a riot boman be good in some comic part but too loud at place priyanka be the heroine so nothing to do and this be her last film with akki so far shefali be awesome though she look too young for bachchan . | 0neg |
i can not believe that the indian film industry still put out such third rate dross a waqt . for starter and the storyline be totally implausible spoilt son get throw out of family home so a to teach him some self sufficiency . so what do he do . he promptly go on to win some national talent contest by do some star jump in front of a panel of judge ( i honestly be not joke here ) . in the meantime and his dad be die of lung cancer and but keep it a secret from the son and but he survive long enough to see his son become famous and to see his new grandson and also make a new toy giraffe with his own hand . the acting be cringe worthy in it hamminess no effort be make to try and act in any convincing manner by any of the main player in this film . a usual for indian film and the family live in a huge mansion and seem relatively untouched by the concern of the real world . to be honest and the main loser when such dire film be make be the intelligent viewer who make the mistake of see such a film . the actor and such a amitabh bachchan and akshay kumar and will still be revere a god by those people who have nothing but blind faith in bollywood . | 0neg |
i saw the 7 . 5 imdb rating on this movie and on the basis of that decide to watch this movie which my roommate have rent . she say she have see it before . it funny and sad . i cry the first time i saw it and she gush . maybe compare to other bollywood movie this deserve a 7 . 5 out of 10 and but in comparison to all the other movie i have see in my lifetime and this deserve no more than a 3. any movie where i can perpetually guess what be go to happen next be no good for me . the character be unbelievable and how the act be not realistic at all and their motif be contrive . it be over dramatic and the song aren not all that great . my big problem with bollywood movie be the lack of subtlety . all the emotion be way too overdone and thus not at all realistic . any emotion or bond between character that be the least bit subtle must be magnify with an unnecessary song . i think i understood that the relationship between the father and son be more like one between friend than one between a parent and child without have to have it conveyed via a five minute long song . the stupid comic relief complete with laugh track be not funny or necessary ( we get it and laxman isn not the sharp tool in the shed ) . if a movie try to elicit tear through the most hackneyed mean possible it just isn not meaningful and just a bit embarrass . spoilergenerally if someone have terminal stage lung cancer their son who live with them would know something be wrong without have to be tell . too many plot hole to count . at first the movie be amuse and cute in the way bollywood movie be to people who do not watch them that avidly but it just get tedious . it take a lot of skill to make a movie that be amuse and heartwrenching and the best way to do it be usually not have all the amusing part in the first half of the movie and all the heartwrenching part at the end . spoiler over perhaps it have a very little more depth than other bollywood movie that i have see and but not much at all . i spend more time laugh at the stupidity of the movie than the part that be suppose to be funny . i do not shed a single tear nor do i feel like it and rather i be overwhelm with a feeling of disgust at the attempt at a dramatic end . i do not recommend this movie if you want to watch something good and i recommend it if you want to watch a bollywood movie that be kind of sad . | 0neg |
this movie full title be waqt represent race against time . that a race no one can ever win and but you can certainly cut your lose margin by not waste any of your precious waqt on this bakvaas . this movie be clumsy and manipulative in a way that make k3g look honest . it strain my credulity too far . it be ridiculously stupid in it storyline and and deserves to be mock for it . it not quite as awful a baghban or black and but this movie have nothing to recommend it . stupid and pointless and with a ridiculously ott performance by amitji . the central plot be another nasty example of the crudely manipulative propaganda that infest so many family bw film . if my father and who raise me and and who i love dearly and treat me like big b do akshay and i would shoot him myself . to say nothing of the trivialising of terminal illness . | 0neg |
those 2 point be dedicate the reasonable performance from akshay kumar . i know bollywood film do not really strive to be realistic but please a walt disney production be more realistic than this plot . the father be die and do what any good parent do . kick his son out the son with his pregnant wife . a few thing that be too hard to swallow 1. priyanka cool indoor swim pool in the bedroom and to go from that to live hungry in her in law garden shed . 2. akshay suddenly get the job a a stunt man and get bite by rabified dog and to then just walk off . this film be an insult to our intelligence i really cant believe i contribute financially to the people who make this film by take my family to see it and we leave the cinema with a frown and please do not subject yourself to this mess to watch this take my advice and do not waste your waqt . | 0neg |
this be just usual indian garbage that get turn out a cinema and a indian we can proudly boast that we have the big cinema industry and however it also the bad . how can other poor country have film with real character that challenge the view of their respective society and we just keep on pump out garbage . take a look at russia and iran and china and latin america and look at the brilliant film they have and we get crap like kisna . get real people and no wonder the international community in general laugh at indian cinema . | 0neg |
pro represent akshay kumar performance ( be it just me or do this guy always manage to trump ab in their movie together . ) . some touch scene in the 2nd half . con represent the whole 1st hour ( the joke be flat to say the least ) . every scene involve rajpal yadav . major stupidity in ab decision making . let me get this straight and he believe brutally insult his son soul in every possible way ( that will likely ruin their relationship beyond repair ) be a good way for him to make akshay finally take some responsibility then actually tell him the truth . wtf . he consider akshaye be too soft to bear the fact that his old father be soon gon na die due to cancer and but think insult him will make him strong . be i the only one who doesn not see the logic here . easily the movie big flaw . akshay become a stunt man . lmao . be tell he finish 1st in college every year and have a degree in mba . but when the time arrive to support himself and and his pregnant wife and he become a stunt man . lol . how abt actually apply for a normal job in ur field . or heck and anywhere else where ur life isn not in danger . this be some incredibly dumb writing . the end . i hate this sort of melodramatic crap . everything be push down our throat to feel sorry for ab character and which i couldn not . the entire thing remind me a little too much of srk in khnh ( which i hate ) . this please feel sorry for the guy with the illness crap have run it course . i felt more like puke than sympathy for the old man . couldn not watch the final 20 or so minute because of it and thus have to fast fwd . the whole thing . bottomline represent waqt be just too dumb to be call a good movie . it obvious director vipul shah target this at the emotionally fragile chicas and oldie who could care less about a story that actually make sense . give em some decent song picturizations and fancy outfit and plenty of glycerin fill scene and some star power and they will happily lap up crap like this . | 0neg |
well well one cant b wasting time just cause of a big star cast . i think all i could see be a bunch of talent waste their time on a big screen with some pathetic humor which will appeal to i do not know who . some pathetic song that will be hear by who . some pathetically abrupt turning justify by who . race against time . u mean waste against time . ok so first you spoil your kid and then you teach him a lesson wow we be so ignorant of this fact whoever say it a brilliant new concept probably be some other specie other than human alright fine let me come comment like human do movie have a nice message to be give but it could well have be give by a stranger sit besides you in the bus rather than you go for such a wasteful movie to learn it hindi movie have prove it a lot already and also i cant waste my time write about waste anyway . | 0neg |
first of all there be gujarati theatre then there be bollywood . both have their strength and fan follow . director vipul shah should look elsewhere instead of gujarati theatre when make a bollywood production . first he make aankhen ( adapt from a gujarati play ) which have a unique plot and but could not hold a a hindi film . now he adapt another gujarati play and name it waqt a race against time . in sum and the emotion be alien . the plot development be not for hindi film . for example and the role play between father and son be best left to gujarati theatre do not bring it in a hindi film . even the comedy track be best left for the gujarati stage . all performance be average nothing to shout about bar shefali chhaya shah who be fantastic . | 0neg |
i find this film to be quite an oddity . from the very get go i find it extremely hard to like this movie and and now after a little thinking about it i can pretty much pinpoint the reason why . jean marc barr and although i love him to bit ( i think zentropa be one of the best movie ever make ) be quite miscast here and and although i can not figure for the life of me who would be good and i be sure someone could have take his place quite easily and make this film work . everything else be fine and except for the stab at weak comedy ( a meet the parent joke be not really need and filmmaker . ) and i really like richard e. grant a the british major . it just suffers from one thing . jean marc . | 0neg |
all for love ( a it title when it be broadcast at the weekend ) be a romantic period drama feature captain saint ives a french officer in napoleon army who be capture by the british and imprison in scotland where he meet and fall in love with a young maiden who visit the prison . there also a storyline involve a murder . i will be honest and confess that i wasn ` t too take by the movie since i ` m not much of a fan of period drama and the screenplay feel somewhat episodic but i will say that this be well act by everyone involve and it get a good cast that feature miranda richardson and anna friel and richard e grant and michael gough and jason isaac . the costume design a you can expect be also excellent i ` ll be very surprised if this movie doesn ` t get any complaint after be broadcast on bbc2 at teatime . captain saint ives lie in bed with a prostitute where a nipple be fully expose and there a scene of french prisoner bath that include full frontal male nudity not to mention a murder scene where blood be clearly see . you really do have to worry if bbc scheduler have any type of clue a to what they ` re do . | 0neg |
around the late 1970 and animator don bluth and frustrate with the output his company and disney be churn and defect from the mouse house to form his own studio . his first production and the secret of nimh and be a brilliant feature that still hold up well to this day . this be follow by an american tail and the land before time and both of which be make under the involvement of steven spielberg and be commercially successful . although none of those two film have the dark adult appeal of nimh and they still be very charming and enjoyable feature for both child and grown ups . but before long and don bluth have his first major misfire with all dog go to heaven while critic be especially harsh on this film and and matter weren not help by the fact that it open alongside disney the little mermaid . consider that the movie have such a friendly sounding title and one would expect all dog go to heaven to be pleasant family fare . instead bluth provide a surprisingly dark story involve gambling and deceit and crime and mistreatment and and murder . that itself be not a problem for an animated feature per say and but it do call into question over whether the film be for child . on the other hand and it hard to say whether adult will find much to enjoy in all dog go to heaven . in short and it a movie with a major identity crisis . set in a dreary junkyard of new orleans and the movie start out when charlie b. barkin and a rough and tumble german shepherd and be run over by a car courtesy of his former gambling casino partner and a nasty and cigar puffing pitbull and carface . before you know it and charlie find himself in heaven and albeit by default . here a whippet angel and annabelle and tell him that all dog go to heaven because unlike people and dog be usually loyal and kind . this line represent the confused nature of the movie and since the dog in the movie and the whippet aside and be present a anything but . upon realize that he be murder and charlie steal his way back to earth and plot to get even with carface . with the reluctant help of his dachshund pal itchy and charlie rescue carface prize and annemarie and a human girl who can talk to animal ( in order to predict who will win the rat race ) . charlie claim that he will help the little cutie find her a family and but in reality he be use her skill to win fortune at the race so that he can build a more elaborate casino of his own to bring carface down . although he refuse to admit it and charlie do grow to love annemarie . the concept of the story isn not as problematic a the execution . aside from the human girl annemarie and a flamboyant musical alligator who appear about three quarter through ( with the vocal pipe of ken page ) and none of the other character emerge a likable and nor frankly and be even worth care about . unfortunately and that also apply to charlie while in try to make him an anti hero and the script ( compose by more than ten writer ) only succeed in render the character too unlovable . a such and the audience feel no empathy for charlie and and bad and his redemption at the end of the movie do not come across a convincing . ( further damaging to the character be the disappointingly uncharismatic vocal performance from burt reynolds . ) besides the lack of an endearing lead and the movie other problem be in the structure of the story . the slowly pace plot jump all over the place and make a habit of throw in extra scene which serve no purpose but to pad out the movie run time . the aforementioned musical alligator ( who reside in a danky sewer infest with native rat ) seem to have be throw in from nowhere and as do a scene where charlie try to show his generosity to annemarie by feed a pack of pastel color pup pizza . the whole screenplay feel like a rough first draft while a bit more polish could have make this a tight and impactful story . matter be not help by the lackluster musical number by charlie strouse and t. j. kuenster ( annemarie song and the gator ballad be the only good one while the latter in particular benefit from ken page mellifluous vocal ) or the uneven voice cast . a mentioned and burt reynolds stiff and lifeless charlie detracts from his already unlikeable character even far ( the only exception be a fiery confession to itchy about his true intention toward the end ) . dom deluise a itchy be pretty good and but he have good role and notably tiger in an american tail and jeremy in the secret of nimh . ken page and a mention and be awesome in anything he do and but his character have such a small part that his overall contribution be unremarkable at best . similarly waste be loni anderson ( a a collie who once sire a litter with charlie ) and melba moore and and charles nelson reilly . judith barsi a annemarie be probably the only voice that come across a truly memorable and partially because her character be the sole legitimately likable one in this depressing and joyless show . barsi aside and the only real positive about all dog go to heaven be the animation . technically and this film have some of the most imaginative visuals from bluth team ( by 1980 standard and that be ) and particularly a frightening scene where charlie have a nightmare about end up in a fiery underworld rule by a gargantuan satanic canine demon . if anything and the movie be more of a triumph of animation than storytelling . on the whole and however and i can not recommend all dog go to heaven as good entertainment . even though i recognize that the movie have it fan and the climax do admittingly provide some energy and a moving conclusion and the overall package be not in the same league a bluth good effort . animation buff will marvel at the lush artistry and but by the time it over and all dog go to heaven could very well leave a bad taste in your mouth . | 0neg |
wow and what a waste of act talent . my husband and i sat there and both thinking and this have to get good and these actress be too good to have waste their time on this crap . unattractive character and hackneyed script and and listless pace make for a long two hour . i actually couldn not hack it and leave to do the grocery shopping ( cat litter be more appeal than this film ) . the husband stay and confirm that it do not get good by the time buddy be kill and you be wish they all would get hit by a car and end their miserable life . it would be infinitely more entertaining . beautiful scenery and costume can not keep this one alive . | 0neg |
i go to see evening because of the cast . i would go to see norman room for that reason that movie offering diane keaton and leonardo de caprio and and also and meryl streep and have love every minute of it . same for the notebook even though it be chick flit lite . and my feeling be and anything offering performance by vanessa redgrave and meryl streep and patrick wilson and glenn close would be at least a good . instead and i find sometimes even the great actor can not overcome trite and simplistic and on one occasion truly offensive material . now i have no problem with the way the film be structure . i actually enjoy movie that cut back and forth in time to tell a story . so long a one era illuminate the other and vise verse . but while vanessa character be on her deathbed and recall a past event she felt be a mistake be rivet and at time and the part actually show what that past mistake be do nothing to clarify the matter . in fact and it make it seem meaningless in the silly girl meet boy and girl get boy and girl loses boy fashion and and in the most unbelievable and clichéd and wrong head way possible . and from here be spoiler and so bear that in mind should you continue read . first of all and claire dane be brutally miscast . not only do she not even begin to resemble vanessa redgrave a a young woman and she have nowhere near the chop when it come to act . don not get me wrong and she can be good in the right role just not this one . and patrick wilson be miscast and though he have the act chop to almost pull it off . he would have be well suit to the part hugh dancy play the rich confused wasp and not the object of sexual attraction to one and all while he a bit too wasp y for that . hugh dancy . one note i be a tortured drunk and wait till you find out why . and the why ( i be a closet case in a sexually repress world and so i have to drink to excess and make a fool of myself in front of everyone i know ) be so offensive to me and the manner in which he die ( a you know he would because that the only thing that can happen to a faggot in the fifty ) so ludicrous and wrong head and mishandle and i nearly threw my candy at the screen . a for the modern part between toni collette and her sister and her fear of commitment and her jealousy of her sister perfect life and her sister wondering if she make the right choice and her pregnancy and her too perfect boyfriend ( which actually might have be more interesting and meaningful if play by patrick wilson and and ebon moss bachrach might have be a more interesting harris and give his dreamy eye ) anyway and all this be hash over in the 70 and 80 . and in much great depth . do we really have to present it and again and and all a if it be fresh and momentous . and to top it off and meryl streep doesn not even appear until the last ten minute of the movie and all in old lady makeup that hide many of her facial expression . she still good and but only because she meryl and and meryl can find a way to pull off even the silly dialog under the heavy of makeup . so to put it simply and this movie have every cliché in the really meaningful message movie book and and it add a few that really have no business be trot out and again . at two hour long and lace with lifetime movie of the week music that be guarantee to rub you raw and it a complete failure in both the meaningful and moviemaking aspect . i give it 3 only because of meryl and vanessa . now and if all you require from your film be twadd le and then please set my comment about even aside and have the time of your life . but if you want a truly meaningful experience be serve up by great actor and filmmaker who know what to do with a simple story about life and death and all the nonsense it bring and rent norman room and find out what truly great acting be . | 0neg |
the story of a woman ( ann ) on her death bed and her two daughter ( nina and constance ) and her thought about her past . the flashback be concern a weekend where young ann be in the wedding of her friend lila . at the wedding she meet harris who will impact her for the rest of her life . through all the ups and down of her professional and family life she remember him a her true love . her daughter constance be old and more responsible and a mother of two and have thing together . nina jump from boyfriend to boyfriend and job to job and be unsure of her direction in life . first of all the good . the period detail in the movie be great . the dress and hair and car and house and etc . really put you in another time and place . and there be some very quality act in the movie . vanessa redgrave be quite good at portray the main character and her fragile mental state a her life come to an end . claire dane be beautiful and do a great job a the main character when she be young ( and she be an outstanding singer ) . hugh dancy bring a lot of life to the character of lila brother buddy . now for the bad and which unfortunately be everything else . thing constantly disrupt the story a it be be unfold for u . the chemistry between young ann and buddy be great . they have fun and dance . then . you be suppose to believe that she doesn not really like him more than a friend and that his pin only annoy her . and i think the whole and he might be gay thing be out of the blue and do not serve a purpose . then we have harris . the character act wooden and creepy . have this be another genre and you would have know that harris be the serial killer from the get go . it be an unbelievable stretch to think that all these girl love him so ( but they do portray the other guy a pretty lame to try and help him out ) . and the grand problem of all . why do not ann and harris get together . they fall for each other . they have this great night of sex in an old dirty gardener shack and come home to find out about buddy tragic end and then . nothing . they meet up a few year later and get all misty eye about each other and i couldn not help but wonder why . why . the movie doesn not let you know why they be force to marry other people and so i have a hard time feeling sorry for them . the part of the story in the present be fairly boring . the cliché good daughter and the cliché bad daughter . nina change over the course of the movie but i be not sure why . i be not sure what convince her to change her life . there be a touching scene where the daughter be connect that coincides with old ann dream she chase a butterfly . it be really lame and embarrass . there be no mistake and ann advises at u . the statement doesn not ring true with the story . and it doesn not ring true after see the movie and wish they hadn not waste the talent of such good actor . | 0neg |
some of these viewer comment be just ridiculous . not painful to watch with your significant other . i be apologize to my boyfriend the entire movie . it be so slow and awfully strange . both redgraves and vanessa and natasha be unfit for this and especially with vanessa do that ridiculous brash american accent . claire dane be the same wiggly lipped awkward girl that she be in my so called life . she have yet to push herself in any way . girl and find a new way to pretend to cry . meryl streep be one of the only redeem part of this movie and she be on screen for five minute and and i swear to god and she reach out of the movie screen and slap me awake . oh . and hugh dancy and who get good every time i see him . glenn close and eileen atkins be also great in their two and a half scene . i mean and this be a well shot movie and it be very pretty and the setting be interestingly dress and provide relief for the intense boredom i be feel . i do not know and it just pretty pathetic when a movie that boast a cast comprise of the great actress of our time suck so much . it sure have more than a few noticeable edit error and and the main character ( ann ) be a huge jerk . i be glad she die . but that because i felt bad for lila and ann friend mostly because these two lady be good actor and make me feel a little empathy . ugh . bad job and even the film . you weren not entertaining and you weren not even think provoke . i sure hope the book be good and so it do not waste even more of people time . negative . | 0neg |
this crap be like watch paint dry . i be so disappointed because i be so eager to see it . there simply be no meaning to this film . if it be never make and no one would notice or care . it hype up because of all the big name in it and but if nobody be in and nobody would give this film any love . seriously and i be at the point where half way through the film i would look at vanessa redgrave and think and hurry up and die already . this be like the joy luck club without any of the friggin joy . it the ocean 13 ( nothing but a big name cast ) of mother daughter movie and completely anti climatic . oh until it finally over . i be sure they will all be nominate for oscar . 4 star for cinematography and the ability to convince great actress to commit to this junk . | 0neg |
i know that evening be a girlie film and so i be expect to be bore . a wicked tease on imdb have say that it be a chick flick but that your companion would survive . survive . yes . i be still here and but when the two of u come out we be amaze to find that it have only last two hour it seem a much longer even than that . i suppose that and for yank and it be suppose to be elevate or fascinate because it be about rich people live on the beach well and next to the beach and in a house with a wide verandah and a lawn but no apparent lawnmower . if that sort of thing impress you it might seem quite a short film . there a monty python film about a knight who just would not die . he end up a wriggling ( why do yank add an third syllable to this word i wonder ) torso in the road still shout threat at his nemesis . this film be also about a sort of living dead . vanessa redgrave ( inappropriate name for the grave dodger show here ) go on and on die whilst have inappropriate guilt . she not worry about have be a wide eyed and breathless bimbo and but imago herself a murderess . obviously and be a girlie film and there a chap who be suppose to be the mr darcy or heathcliff character . i be not a woofter and so i can not claim to be a good judge of such thing and but the tedious wimp who be wheel out for this role seem only to have the title of servant in his favour . he a bloodless cypher . a you might gather and the main character aren not much cop and but the minor one manage and amazingly to be much bad . there a fellow whose only job be to react to the news that his girlfriend be preggers . fair enough and but it isn not the role of hamlet why ham it up so badly . forget that it be a girlie film and i think he be go to be throw out because any decent girl friend would have tell him that face fungus do not flatter him and but then i realise that she must have encourage him to grow a beard because he look bad without it . i keep awake by notice which actor and actress have their earlobe attach or free and note interest bit of scenery if youre drag along to it and see if you can spot the stuffed buffalo head and just the sort of thing you would expect in a beach cottage . apart from the obligatory wedding and there be only one piece of action . you would have think that they would have get it right . sadly and though and the hit and run accident be carry out by a car that couldn not be there . when the accident be discover the cast wander about shout for a character that they can not know be nearby ( but we do a the audience ) . if they do not have any clue that the person be within a couple of mile of the place and then why do they wander about aimlessly shout for him . i suppose that the director excuse be that it be suppose to be a half remembered dream sequence . another scenery item that catch my attention be a copper bottom saucepan . i do not think that the technology to do this be develop until the fifty . | 0neg |
just ppv would this . i do not want to waste too much time on this a most of the poster here put it good than i ever could and but i do want to say a few thing . i do not know which be funnier represent redgrave chase tiny moth and trip over her nurse while close wailing that her precious boy ( whom she and the mr. have decide be a drunken loser ) have be turn into roadkill while that the tone deaf ann schmooze with peggy lee while or the horrid cgi of crypt keeper annie gaze at her young self . i never buy dane a the young redgrave . i do not buy richardson and collette a sister and either . if meryl streep daughter want to be an actress and she good get mama to give her a few lesson . i have zero idea why any girl ( or buddy ) would make fool of themselves over vapid stud du jour harris . ann daughter be a whiny and thoughtless a she and luc be a retarded slacker on crack and and i do not give a rot about any of them . even give chick flick a bad name . | 0neg |
with a cast list like this one and i expect far well . venessa redgrave spend the majority of the movie lying in bed . the best actress in the world can not make anything very interest when their acting be limit to lie down and fall asleep throughout the entire movie . the plot summary say that a secret be reveal to the daughter a their mother come close to death . the thing be and she never tell her daughter anything except cryptic advice to be happy . all the relationship in the movie be underdeveloped . i also felt that the back and forth between the past and present be unnecessary . it seem a if the idea be steal either from the book the da vinci code in which the device be use to increase suspense and or from the notebook in which they use the device to create the never end romance of the story main character . either way it be a cheap device in this movie because it do not work to create anything . it be a way to attempt suspense in a movie that have none . i leave wonder why good movie can not be write for woman . it really be a disappointment . | 0neg |
i saw this in a sneak two day before the official opening and and i must say i be extremely disappointed . and i have to put the majority of these problem on the decision to cast claire dane in the lead role . depend on what you think about dane and she be either horribly miscast and or be so far in over her head that she should be the early favorite for the 2007 razzie for bad actress . i think we be suppose to be sympathetic to her . instead and she be completely unlikeable . the other great actress do an ok job and but certainly do not light up the screen . out of all the great actress in this movie and i would say the one who do the best job be natasha richardson . streep be barely in the picture and and only appear near the very end . horrible screenplay as well . it come off more a them read line than truly be in character . | 0neg |
this be and without a doubt and the most offensive chick flick i have see in year and if not ever . the writing and characterization be so riddled with stereotype that the film verge on parody . before walk out of the theater an hour and five minute into this disaster and we be subject to the follow theme represent have a baby will solve all of your problem and performer type be miserable mess and and musician can not be good mother unless they toss their dream for a more conventional lifestyle . what a waste of a talented cast and some great look set and costume . when natasha richardson tell toni collette that unless she live a more mainstream life and she will end up shudder alone . and i felt queasy . i can not believe this movie make it to theatrical release . it the sort of fare one expect from those woman cable channel that i always pass right by when channel surfing . i be female and over 35 and so i should be part of this film target audience and but boy and do even miss it target . | 0neg |
i never expect a film adaptation to follow too closely to the novel ( especially a beloved one and like even ) but when i saw that the book author and susan minot and be a screenplay writer and executive producer on the film and i think that even would be a good adaptation . if you enjoy the book and do not bother with this movie . it be so far afield of the book that the two hardly bear any resemblance to one another . here and our character be completely different represent the bride be in love with harris . harris be the son of the housekeeper . buddy be a drunk and in love with ann and or or harris . i do not think a single character make it from the book to the screen while oh it just get bad with every passing moment . and and really and do not we learn from bridge of madison county that cut from the story we be mean to be enthral in and to scene of our hero grow child have obnoxious and juvenile fight and simply do not work on film . this film be a disaster . skip it . | 0neg |
cast to die for in a movie that be considerably less . vanessa redgrave be die but before she go she begin to tell her daughter the story of her life and of her secret love . this be one of those movie which have the look and expectation of be a great film simply because they have so many great actor and actress in it so it seem to be about something other than the potboiler that it really be . not bad a such but with redgrave and toni collette and glenn close and meryl streep and clare dane and natasha richardson and eileen atkins and patrick wilson and hugh darcy and others ( all give fine performance ) you expect more than a weepy story thats a bit more than a harlequin romance . wait for cable . | 0neg |
almost a tedious to watch a it be to read and even be a gorgeously produce failure . until meryl streep walk in and quietly show her other cast member how to act this kind of stuff . vanessa redgrave be shockingly off in her role a the die ann and claire dane be a cipher . perhaps if vanessa and claire have switch role we could have see the vibrancy in the young ann that give her entrée to the rarefied world of the story and we could have imagine that the old ann actually be die . i be hop the addition of michael cunningham to the writing credit would smooth out the jumpy storytelling but ala . it give me a headache . | 0neg |
i look over the other comment and be thoroughly amuse to find that clearly only people who actually work on the movie have comment . i mean and i hate to say bad thing about an amateur production and but if you make a bad movie and want to comment on it and tone it down a little . groundbreaking be a little over the top . this be a boston base college production that doesn not even achieve the level of most amateur college film . it what you would expect a bunch of kid to do . a silly action film without much creativity . it pretty funny if youre willing to poke fun at it . not something you will ever see unless you be a student at emerson college . | 0neg |
the 40 year old virgin exist in a world i do not understand . a world where an electronics store employee can tell his bos to f off and broadcast video of his naked as throughout the store and not get reprimand . a world where it really funny to go drunk driving and smash into other people car . a world where it seem okay for a bos to sexually harass her underling . a world full of rag and offensive stereotype of ethnic minority . and a world without any funny joke . i be absolutely shock at the seem chorus of viewer who like this movie . i think every scene be like a bad saturday night live sketch not very funny to begin with and and stretch out beyond all rational thought . the chest waxing scene go on forever . the character and aside from carell and be totally one note . and the romantic element be completely contrive and particularly the scene where keener find porn in carell apartment . that be just lame . and i also find the aquarius sequence totally annoy and excessive . i hat hat hat this movie . | 0neg |
it be amaze to me what pass for entertainment today . maybe i be a dinosaur from the fifty and and i be out of touch with todays movie go generation and and apparently that be the case with regard to this movie and since so many people love it . i find it foul and vulgar . i haven not say that about many movie in my life but this one fit the bill . the humor be sophomoric and crude . i be not a politically correct person and and even i find the gay joke and not only not funny but downright offensive ( i be not gay ) . the main character in the movie be not even a likable person and just pathetic . when the movie be finally over i hear a number of people comment on how disappointed they be in what they have just pay good money to see . | 0neg |
about 15 minute in and my wife be already want to leave . not so much because of the material and but the lack thereof . they decide to fill in the blank where the funny stuff should have be with as much language and absolutely vulgar talk a they could . when this would let up ( very rare ) and we would sit back and watch ( not laugh and mind you ) and wait for the next gross out or offensive remark ( s ) . after about 35 minute and we both get up and leave . everything we would read say how great this be . the trailer look good and roger ebert actually call it intelligent and say it wasn not a crude sex comedy . do he go to the right movie . along with be cool and it the only other movie i have ever walk out on . and i have no regret . i be sick of try to go see comedy in america . | 0neg |
wow . this film be truly awful . i can not imagine how anyone could have read this badly write script and give it the greenlight . the cast be uniformly second rate with some truly horrendous performance from virtually all of the cast . the story be disjoint and fragment and incoherent . the telling and leaden and predictable . no wit and no charm and no humour . not sexy in the least . the character remain as flat a the proverbial pancake . there also a strong current of misogyny which become increasingly hard to stomach a the film go on . when your lead ( carrell ) be unfunny and unappealing it uphill from there . despite it phony turn around end where love triumph over lust i be leave with a sick feeling in my stomach . if this be what pass for humour and social comment then be definitely doom . | 0neg |
after we count the use of the f word and oh and about 22 time in the first 10 minute or so of the film and listen to some really bad actor go on about a woman and a horse and and pretty much act like 12 year old boy be naughty together and well and we turn it off . rely on gratuitous profanity and potty humor be a sure sign of a loser hollywood movie and the product of unimaginative and no talent writer . we do give it a second chance and think surely it would get good . no dice . later and my boyfriend skip through the rest of the movie in case it improve and still no dice . the main character do have a cool bike . i wouldn not recommend this to anyone except maybe really immature adolescent and or frat boy . | 0neg |
at least with the teenage geek get the girl film and the guy be usually unpopular with girl . in the 40 year old virgin he be replace with a 40 year old guy who be popular with woman but somehow have remain a virgin . but then you be not suppose to engage your brain with this film or do i miss the bit about him be comatose for 20 year . one of a series of film where 40 somethings act like teenager and woman for some reason find this a sufficiently attractive quality that they want a serious relationship with them . i find it hard to understand how a country that have produce such excellent tv comedy seem to think it have to rely on crude and shallow character for laugh . they have do the gross out movie . they have do the let act like all american have a mental age of 15. where will they go next . this film be crass and crude entertainment with nothing to recommend it . | 0neg |
bela lugosi be not typecast in this fantastic twelve part adventure serial and play the lead a frank chandler or chandu the magician and enjoy his role a a representative of the force of white magic push against those of black and while display vigourous fight skill and successfully woo a young egyptian princess and and cut a lean and dashing figure in yacht gear and complete with nautical cap . the somewhat lumpy plot engage chandler or chandu in an ongoing series of escapade point at achieve the rescue of his fiancee and princess nadji ( maria alba ) and others from the clutch of the idol worship sect of ubasti and which covets nadji blood in order to revivify an ancient mummify princess entomb upon the mysterious island of lemuria . director ray taylor and an old hand at such entertainment keep event move briskly and but repeat scene and footage and a good deal of which be to be find in the previous year skull island set from king kong and and the port locale from son of kong and reduces original action to less than 60 minute from the serial running length of over two and one half hour and and if view at one sit and becomes lack in effect to most viewer and unless insomniac . | 0neg |
the return of chandu be notable and if one can say that and for the casting of bela lugosi a the hero rather than the villain . why he even get the girl . the story a such and involve the black magic cult of ubasti try to capture the last egyptian princess nadji ( the delectable maria alba ) and use her a a sacrifice a a mean of revive their ancient leader who just happen to look like nadji . lugosi a chandu and who possess magical power and try to thwart the villain . director ray taylor do his best with limited resource and extensive stock footage . fan of king kong ( 1933 ) will recognize the giant door that be use to keep kong at bay in several scene . the acting be for the most part and awful . the actor who play the high priest ( i believe lucien prival ) for example and use that act coach inspire pronunciation that be so common in the early talkie . the less say about the others the good . it be a mystery why lugosi accept part in independent quicky at this stage of his career and because he be still a bankable star at universal at this time . maybe it be because in this case he get to play the hero and get the girl and who know . a his career start to spiral downwards in the late 30 and this kind of fare would become the norm for lugosi rather than the exception . | 0neg |
ever notice how in his late movie burt reynolds laugh sound like screech brake . must have be hang out with hal needham too much . and from the look of stroker ace and way too much . can you believe this be base on a book . neither could i and but it be . and probably not a best seller and i will wager . burt another good old boy in the nascar circuit who hitch up with beatty a a fried chicken magnate with design on his team . anderson provide what love interest there be and nabors do his umpteenth gomer pyle impression a faithful mechanic or best friend lug . a lot of people here be friend of burt or hal . others must have need the work . and even real nascar driver get in on the act and and look to have more talent than those with sag card . as far a laugh go and bubba smith ( pre police academy ) get them a beatty chauffeur . and petersen and in full elvira mode and get lot of appreciative leer a a lady who want to get to know lug real well . real well . it a shame that burt throw away a much time and effort in a film like stroker ace where it do not matter whether he bother to act or not . they do not bother to write a character for him and why bother to act . two star . mostly for petersen and and for the out take at the end . now theyre funny . | 0neg |
oh man be this movie bad . it flow horribly . the story be about a race car driver who be in love with himself and and then have to promote a chicken fast food chain and while do this and doesn not love himself . he try get out of the contract and horrible and painfully unfunny gag ensue . jim nabors seem a if he sleepwalk and not act . you will miss such burt sidekick a dom deluise and jerry reed while watch this stinker . loni anderson hair be downright scary and prove that ton of hairspray do not go out in the sixty . or maybe that be a wig . speaking of and burt wig wasn not bad in this film . his bad wig day be in smokey and the bandit 2. anyhow and this movie be the bad reynolds car movie and ever and ever and right up there with cannonball run 2. the original smokey and cannonball ( and hooper which and thankfully and have no sequel ) be great and funny film . this one isn not . even ned beatty and who be a great actor and stink . you will long for a jackie gleason type villain who be fun to hate . and mind you and this isn not one of those fun movie to bag on . it lousy and pure and simple . even the outtake at the end be tiresome and boring and and bad of all and unfunny . and least i forget and stroker ace be one of the first heavy nail to seal burt coffin before his somewhat revival year later in boogie night and another film that and like deliverance year earlier and show that the man can act quite good when he have a decent platform to do so . | 0neg |
this be one of the most insipid and lackluster and unoriginal and and pointless movie ever make . it almost feel like everyone involve in this project do not even try to make an appealing movie . this be nothing more than a continuation of a tiresome series of film that attempt to cash in on the success of smokey and the bandit and which i think be the best film of them all . a for this waste of film stock and burt reynolds sleepwalk his way through the entire movie and jim nabors be waste and the other actor aren not give very much to do and the car race be obviously stock footage and the humor be uninspired and and many of the scene be more dull and lifeless than star at a wall for two hour . stroker ace be simply a superfluous film with nothing unique or distinctive about it . | 0neg |
burt reynolds come to a point in his career where he appear to just be go thru the motion . he would show up and party with his friend on film and and take home a big paycheck . it do not seem to matter to him that the product he be represent be pure crap . no film epitomize this more than stroker ace which make cannonball run look like a classic and cannonball run ii look watchable . save for a few race scene there be absolutely nothing worth see here . even the beautiful loni anderson ham it up so bad a a dumb blonde it embarrass . if the thought of burt ham it up with jim nabors and dress like a chicken sound funny then this be your movie . otherwise pick almost any other film comedy and it would not be any bad . | 0neg |
it occur to me that some of the film that have be ban during the course of cinema history be actually very important and very good film . i would like to argue that instead of ban challenge and controversial movie the censor should consider ban film that be so bad that they pose a threat to your iq and your sanity . if they be to do so one of the first film to be quickly hide away would undoubtedly be stroker ace . this film be awful with a capital a. it be the bad film burt reynolds ever star in . quite a feat for for a man with cannonball run ii and cop and a half and rent a cop on his cv . the wafer thin story introduces u to successful stock car racer stroker ace ( reynolds ) and a man who love fast car and fast woman . he get stick in a demeaning contract with crooked promoter clyde torkle ( ned beatty ) . the contract require him to do some humiliate promotional work for a new chain of fast food restaurant and such a dress up a a giant chicken . throw into the mix be lug ( jim nabors ) and ace dim witted pal and and pembrook feeney ( loni anderson ) and a bimbo with a brain fractionally small than a pea who be woo by ace . hal needham and the director of this low grade garbage and be formerly a stuntman and he make numerous film that rely on his expertise in stag spectacular stunt and car chase or race . some of these film be ok and like hooper and stunt unlimited and but with stroker ace he reach a career nadir . the character be so stupid that you actually feel pity for the actor play them . anderson especially be saddle with such a dumb role that it make you grind your teeth with despair . the humour be weak and infantile throughout and and the stunt and race sequence be unremarkable . even the out take during the closing credit ( which can be find in all the reynolds needham collaboration ) be generally unfunny and which give the impression that maybe the film wasn not much fun to make . stroker ace be a stinker of considerable magnitude . | 0neg |
this should not have be list a a colombo because in my opinion it do not resemble any of the other colombo ever make . this should have be list a a movie star peter falk and not play the caracter of colombo because it do not do justice at all to our great lieutenant colombo . | 0neg |
whenever a columbo story deviate from the familiar plot ( colorful killer commits crime and columbo smoke out killer and columbo become a pest in the process ) and the writer somehow be never able to match the quality and interest of most traditional episode . this episode deviate in the extreme and and the result be a major flop . would you believe represent columbo never face the villain till the very end . frankly and i be tempt to turn it off about two third through . oh and the sacrifice we self appoint reviewer make . | 0neg |
seriously what be they think . over the course of year the columbo series have try out some new thing and divert away from the usual successful formula but this movie really overdo it . this movie be basically very different from any other columbo movie but the difference be not for the good of the movie . main thing that of course make this movie different from any other columbo movie be the fact that there be no murder be commit . the entire premise of this movie be totally different and it place the columbo character in a totally different environment and situation . also the overall be just totally different and more amodernized . director alan j. levi do some other columbo movie in the past and which all very much stick to the usual formula . it also make it an odd choice that he get pick to direct this movie . the columbo character himself also feel quite different and perhaps because of the reason that he get place in a totally different environment and situation and when he help out his nephew after his bride disappear right after the wedding . the absence of some good relieving and trademark columbo humor also doesn not exactly make this a good or enjoyable watch . in all honesty and the movie doesn not begin too bad but the movie start to become more and more ridicule with it story a it progress . it such a stupid write kidnap thriller with a story that start to become more and more unlikely . it also make the movie more and more unwatchable . this be a very little interesting columbo entry that also really doesn not know to entertain it viewer in any way . it also doesn not help much that the support actor aren not the most talented one around . despite the fact that his character be put in such a totally different situation and the movie be shoot in such a completely different style and peter falk still hold up well and his presence still somewhat save this movie . can you just image how this movie would have be without him . it would have be an extremely bad and ridicule cheap movie i can tell you . an odd columbo entry and which could be describe a a failed experiment to divert from the usual formula . 4/10 . | 0neg |
the script for this columbo film seem to be pull right out of a sappy 1980 soap opera . deeply character drive film be great and but only if the character be compel . and in this film the only thing compelling be my desire to change the channel . the villain dialog sound a if it be write by a romance novelist . the great lt. columbo himself be no where near his famous and lovable and self effacing and crumple self while and the bride or kidnap victim be a whimpering and one dimensional damsel in distress ( she cower in fear from a tiny scalpel hold flimsily in the hand of her abductor come on . i could have knock the scalpel out of his hand and kick him in the you know what in 2 second ) . in any sense of reality and this character would have at least tried to struggle or fight back at least a little . and speaking of reality . the story revolve around a kidnapping which be work and solve by the police . the police . give me a break . everyone know the fbi take over every kidnapping case . this be no columbo and just a shallow and totally predictable crime drama with our familiar lt. columbo write in and stretch to 2 hour . | 0neg |
i love columbo and have see pretty much all of the episode but this one undoubtedly rank a the bad of the lot . a mind bogglingly tedious and pointless and muddle pile of unwatchable drivel that waste both the time of the viewing audience and of the act talent of an exceedingly bored look peter falk . the plot and such a it be and just seem to be make up a the film go along with not even the slight hint of the ingredient to the formula that make the show such a brilliant success to start with . one part of the proceeding which i find extremely puzzle ( or possibly annoy ) be peter falk character be introduce to the guest at the wedding a lt columbo . if the producer insist on keep columbo first name a secret and why couldn not they have omit this line altogether a it sound ridiculous . like i say and this be the pit and all true columbo fan would do well to avoid it like the plague . | 0neg |
loyalty to peter falk be all that keep me from give this awful picture the ( 1 ) it deserve . ( for that matter and loyalty to mr. falk be what keep me watch this film all the way from head to tail . ) even if you forgive all the glaring error and this be just plain the poor excuse for a make for tv columbo film ever . i be glad i watch it on tv for free while would have hat to have cough up the buck for a print . | 0neg |
absolute garbage . the reason that this be so terrible be not because it deviate from the formula and but because the plot be just pathetic . the supposed star do not do anything to solve the case and neither do anyone else really it be just routine police work . utterly tedious . you sit right till the end hoping for a twist and get nothing but a huge sense of disappointment . there be so much potential in have a relative in apparent kidnap . could the lt personal involvement finally cloud his judgement . all the obvious sign be of a stranger do it . but surely a genius like lt c and by constant conversation with the wronged husband and would gradually uncover a fiendish plot involve a tape recorder playing in the shower room while a masked groom surprise the bride and hide the body and then plant subtle clue . it could have be good . it be a complete waste of time . | 0neg |
an uninspired and undistinguished new columbo which see the man in the mac attend his nephew wedding and only for his bride to disappear on their wedding night . columbo investigates . and that it be about it represent indifferently plot and surprisingly laden with a flat script and give that it be write by robert van scoyk and who pen the highly enjoyable columbo story murder under glass in the detective heyday while there be not even a murder to speak of and the great amount of ingenuity afford to columbo by the script writer be the narrow down of suspect via the photo take at the wedding and which include everybody who be there . devoid of every columbo trait possible and i think i be watch an episode of hill street blue . an insult to the history of the series and with appropriately soap opera style act . very avoidable stuff . | 0neg |
most definitely the bad columbo ever dream up . no murder and the abandonment of the tried and tested formula make this a real drag . falk look bore throughout and so will you be if you waste anytime watch this . | 0neg |
this show stink . for parent and they usually want their kid to watch something good for them . it be usually educational and funny and and bright . be it educational . no . the doodlebops sing and that it . they usually sing about themselves and they do not try teach anything . be it funny . no . the doodlebops instead say something which be not intend a a joke and and laugh at it . be it bright . it so bright and it painful . as far a color and s everything be extremely bright and so that good . but nothing be ever wrong in the world of the doodlebop . therefore and they be always happy . a kid in trouble will become depressed because they have never be expose to be sad . the show be also extremely cheesy . every syllable be say to the high level of exaggeration and very corny . it overkill . for kid and it entertain and but past the age of 2 you would not want your kid to see it . they will never know how to grow up . | 0neg |
my child watch the show everyday that it on . it a great program for young child . however they need to stop show re run and do some more actual show and get rid of rooney and deedee yellow teeth . moe be the only doodle bop with clean white pearlie teeth and the child notice these thing and ask if the 2 do not ever brush their teeth . do the show ever make it way to the united state and if so where can we find it schedule at . and one other thing if we might be able to add . moe you need to stop hiding so much . sometimes when you pop up out of no where you scare the young child and whats with the pulling of the rope . what do that signify . other then get wet all the time . they need to add new thing to their show instead of the same ole same ole . kid loose interest that way . | 0neg |
normally when i write a review for a movie online and it be for one of three reason . either and i have find something exceptionally lack in a film that otherwise would have be excellent and i feel that the public perception of a film before view it be inaccurate for a number of reason and or i believe that the purpose or message of a film need to be clarify or explain with the help of other reviewer . while all of these reason may appear to be somewhat negative and i find that write a review that lavish nothing but praise and statement such a and this be one of the best film of all time . and do nothing to enlighten a potential viewer on it merit and downside and nor do it often give reason a to why a movie be so good and which should be the point of the review in the first place . with that be say and war of the world be nothing more than a hurried and incompetent attempt at a money grab while piggy back it loathsome carcass on the multi million dollar advertising campaign of the film of the same name direct by steven spielberg . many people will buy this dvd in anticipation of the summer blockbuster and many more poor soul will buy it look for more material on the same subject . this movie be not even so bad that it become funny or endear and rather the audience will be so unbelievably disappointed a to reach the point of anger . now with most of the insult out of the way and allow me to give some argument a a warning to those more fortunate than i. judging from the cover and the lack of any publicity for this film ( i find it a sam club for 8 buck ) and i assume that the cast would be no name and that the special effect would be nothing too spectacular . check . this be not a big deal for me and a i find a large budget and an over reliance on big name star and se can diminish an otherwise decent movie . i also do not expect to be blow away by great dialog or a move score . check again . what i do hope for be an actual serious attempt at a classic theme and a few alien or battle scene . now and a per imdb policy any spoiler must be announce in advance and no matter how small and so here be fair warn . the movie open with a lot of inane small talk and follow by a trip to an observatory to look at a red dot . seriously and it be a picture of a red dot in a tube . it be very hard to describe every little issue in depth and but by the end of the first ten minute and the combination of shaky camera work and spliced scene and and a lot of walk begin to frustrate the viewer . however and the costuming be surprisingly not bad and the hope that the pod will reveal something mysterious keep you go . the next 30 minute basically go a follow represent one of the main character walk to one of the pod and he look at the pod and talk to another main character about look at the pod and it may be hot . they both walk back to town . these walk aren not two second or add so that dialog may be exchange . they be twenty second or more and be there simply to add filler to an already bloat three hour movie . in a particularly grueling scene and the main character be show look at a pod and then he be show pace and pant and then he look at the pod and then he take a one minute walk through a field to town and then come in to town and walk into a building and then he have a cup of coffee and say thank you mary to a random maid that serve him coffee and then he put down the coffee and walk out the building and then he walk a minute through the field and back to the pod . i apologize for the extreme run on sentence and but it be perhaps the best way to summarize this entire film . character speak way too long about mundane thing and they walk a lot and they send other people to walk and the camera fluctuate between high speed and slow speed and but for no dramatic effect and simply the camera man be a sophomore at tech somewhere . the editing be mind bogglingly bad . people action make little sense . for instance and when the professor go to a farmer house and say that he need the farmer to give him a ride to town and the farmer stutter and pace around . when the professor say that there be a pod and that men might be trap inside and the farmer lock him in a shed only to see the professor grab a pitchfork and open the weak shed a second later . nothing of any consequence of course come from this entire scene and a the professor run into the main character a moment later so they can begin their afternoon walk . the entire film feel a if someone at one point have a good idea about make a film and but absolutely no idea how to put that in motion . i have see well high school video production . finally and the special effect be laughable and do nothing to advance the story . i get the feeling that the director really want this film to become somewhat of a cult classic of campy garbage . however and it be so awful in technical aspect and and in sheer common sense that it only make people mad . avoid this film at all cost . | 0neg |
i be currently sit here and force myself to finish this . i figure i blow 6 bux on the vhs and might as well suffer for it . i remember about 4 or 5 year ago do a search on the internet for war of the world cause of the rumor of the spielberg movie at the time and and i miss the old tv series from the early 90 . the website make it out that this be a multi million dollar budget rendition of the classic book . it be go to be a perfect translation . perfect crap be more in tune with this film . first off and the video on this movie be glitched . it look a if i be watch the full motion video from an old mid 90 pc or playstation cd rom video game . sadly enough and the color quality be similar . the act make shatners classic dramatic pause look damn near shakespearean in quality . the cg rendering of various scene be horrendous and and green screen sequence be bad than those see in old duke of hazardd scene . secondly and it be slow and terribly draw out . i sit thru 45 minute of the video ( no promo at the beginning ) before the cylinder actually open to reveal the first alien . after that and the alien be a terribly construct cg squid . i be now an hour into it and the most of the alien weaponry i have see be a spin silver disk ( crappy down even ) attach to a mechanical arm . the dramatic scene be murder with overly do instrumental . the last thing on that and for an alien invasion in the turn of the century 1900 no one be concern for their life . it like they have no concept . even though medium be slow and word of mouth spread fast and people would have know . the illusion of day and night be shoddy at best . simply change the color around the people to purple and blue or green do not signify night time . perhaps some lighting and actual night time shoot would have give a much good illusion . there be a lot of wasted sequence throughout the film of just watch the hero gallop around or walk down silly road . get on with the film . i know how people get around and you do not need to be so in depth . now and finally an hour and 5 minute into the film and they show the alien machine . mighty morphin power ranger have well look effect . even the skeleton of vaporized human look a if animate by a freshman high school computer app class student . the animation do not match up to the scenery at all . in close folk and if you want the war of the world and do one of four thing . 1 ) watch the 1953 original and 2 ) watch the early 90 tv series and 3 ) wait for spielberg rendition to be release shortly and or 4 ) read the frikkin book ( something we all probably do in elementary english class ) . avoid this movie . it be a waste of your money . | 0neg |
i must admit i burst out laugh when i saw one reviewer compare this to lotr . well yes and if you exclude the dwarf and the cast of thousand and the great special effect and the big battle and the strong characterization and the decent plot and the good acting and the classy direction and everything else . which leave you with the walking . and boy and do this film do walk . if mr piano have his way and this would probably be an uninterrupted three hour of hardcore walking through the wisconsin countryside and but every 40 minute or so these pesky martian pop up for a few second to interrupt him before he go for another bit of a ramble . you have never see so much walking in a movie . if this really have a $ 20m budget and most of it must have go on mr piano shoe and because he have to get through plenty of pair with all the walking he do . which explain why there no money leave for decent effect and a decent video camera or proper actor . honestly and it like watch some bizarre fetish video for people with a thing about go for long walk in period costume . even on fast forward and this be a looonnnggg walk . a for the sci fi stuff and i think it be a mistake to put martian in the film represent they only get in the way of the walking and which be clearly much more interesting to the director than the story . i wonder how much mr piano charge to walk dog . | 0neg |
wow . i pick this up at the local wal mart after read online that it have be release early . i have be follow this online for some time and and just have to buy the film . wow . i guess the thing that really strike me be the editing and or lack thereof . time and again and character ( usually the narrator and whoever he be with ) be show walk . and walk . and walk . i be not an editor and but i do know that you can cut between someone leave point a to show them arrive at point b. there be no need to show almost the entire journey . wow . i actually end up feel somewhat sorry for the actor involve in this . they seem to have be give no direction a to what to do during scene other than to look scared or look happy and depend on what action be to be add at a late date . wow . why it be decide to do almost all the effect use cg be beyond me . even ilm still employ miniature sometimes . one of the most distracting us of green screen in this film be the constant rush about of ( accord to the end credit ) the same group of people represent the citizenry of different town and city and include london . at time these folk be come and go with no regard a to the angle of the shot or the distance they be from the camera . in one shot in london and there appear to be at least two men over six foot tall walking just behind the narrator brother ( play by star anthony piana without his distract mustache ) . not since gettysburg have i see such a fake piece of facial hair . wow . why timothy hines talk up this film the way he do be beyond me . it be a turkey and plain and simple . on the plus side ( at least for me ) it have provide some of the most genuine laugh out loud bit of hilarity i have see in quite a while . | 0neg |
be it possible to give a movie no star . i suppose not . however many star imdb display this just think zero and you will get my drift . director and photographer timothy hines do not have much of a budget compare to spielberg herculean effort with the same material ( rumor to be the most expensive movie ever make ) and but that need not be an insurmountable handicap . i have see some wonderful work do on a comparative shoestring ( soldier and saint be a recent example ) . with hard work and integrity and and above all and talent it be certainly possible to realize a faithful rendition of well novella and at fraction of what be spend by dreamworks on it war of the world . unfortunately and hines fail in all these department . even if he have have spielberg budget and tom cruise sign for the lead his movie would have stunk just as badly a this barnyard animal he foist on u . primarily and hines seem unable to tell a story . thanks to digital video technology he can record image and sound and but he show little aptitude for assemble a narrative with what he record . a guy walk down a country lane and a lot . he talk badly ape receive english to some other guy . then he walk down the same lane and only shot from the back this time to show he return clever and eh . walking and talk and for nearly an hour that all that happen . ok and i will grant that one extend excursion from the main character house to the impact site on horsell common to show that it a considerable distance from one place to the other might be useful ( a first year film student could storyboard a more economical and more aesthetical establish sequence than this and btw ) and but half a dozen time . back and forth and back and forth and et cetera and et cetera with some yakkity yak in between . remarkable . the only explanation for this surfeit of redundancy other than total artistic ineptitude be a desire to pad out thirty minute of wretchedly amateurish cg work into something that could be offer a a feature length film . finally the martian fighting machine appear and the walking and talk becomes run and talk and or shriek . later we get staggering and wail for dessert . thankfully and much of the dialogue be lift straight from h. g. well text while else we would have no idea what be go on . but be it not the whole point of cinema to illuminate a text and to realize what word alone can not convey . if a film relies on dialogue or monologue to tell u what we see or how to feel and why bother . why not do a radio play . orson welles make himself a household name do just that . however and hines think he a filmmaker and so he content to mouth the word and swallow the meaning . secondly and hines be able to buy some cg effect of a sort for his movie and but he have no idea how to use them . now i for one have no unquenchable sweet tooth for eye candy . i believe good science fiction cinema doesn not need dazzle technical effect . some really potent sci fi have flourish on virtually none at all . but the war of the world a film require a certain baseline effort . well tell a story that hinge on thing can be see and hear and even smell . the effect do not need to be complex while they can even be crude ( e. g. fight machine on wire glide over miniature street a see in the george pal or byron haskins 1953 version ) and but they must be handle well . unfortunately hines effect be both crude and incompetent tripod fight machine high than a cathedral spire stomp around make a noise like a pogo stick bounce on linoleum martian squidoids even though oppress by four time the gravity of their native world scurry and flit about without perceptible effort skeleton totally denude of flesh and muscle writhe and scream the same damn horse and buggy greenscreens it way across the foreground a dozen time ( flipped left for right occasionally in hope that we might not notice ) and on ad nauseum . crude technique be forgivable . so you have a cg fire effect that less than convincing . fine and we can work around that . just do not use it too often and only show glimpse of it . that stomp woman sequence look more like a crushed plum . throw it away . it not necessary . you say your martian flyer look like a toy on a string . if you must use it and go ahead and but please do not show it twice . but no and hines would not listen . we get the bad look stuff use again and again . get ta get those 180 minute somehow and boy . next we have act and or more precisely too much act . whether in a speaking role or just pay to die on queue everybody in this film be act his little heart out . evidently hines think he get a bargain more fleeing in terror over there . you and quake behind that tree and let have a real conniption fit this take . you call that writhe in agony . nonsense and my grandmother can writhe good nevertheless the cast a a whole and individually stink . they aren not even good amateur . but this needn not prove fatal . many a good movie have be make with rancid act . that what director be for . and editor . which bring up another point who the hell let tim hines edit this cheese factory . if america butcher be a adept at meat cut a hines be at film cut your next hamburger would be all finger and no beef . in spite of the near three hour run time there be lot of stuff miss from this movie not sequence and but single frame and create a herky jerky effect that nauseate to watch . maybe hines intention be to simulate the effect of a hand crank cine camera of the 1890 . if he be i can say he doesn not know how to do it . | 0neg |
i honestly believe that anyone consider film making be subject to this mind boggling failure . like the film of edward wood and jr. in the 60 and 70 and this film be a shin example of why real filmmaker expend so much energy rewrite script and re edit their film and and rework their special effect until they finally look right . this movie be also a decent argument for the studio pre screen process . if mr. hines be force to endure the honest reaction of an impartial audience and perhaps he would have cut 75 % or the walking or running or stroll scene and edit this movie down to a more bearable 90 minute . film student should view this movie a an example of just how dangerous think their work be good enough can truly be . every performance and every line of dialog and every digital effect and every filter effect and indeed every frame of video express the danger of strive for mere mediocrity . a beginning filmmaker may find himself or herself tempt from time to time to think at least i accomplish something or just finish this will be an accomplishment in itself . this movie will help them understand just how badly a film can turn out . critic might also benefit from see this movie before they dub the late summer entertainment the bad movie ever make . begin writer can learn from this film just how important rewrite be and and perhaps understand the necessity for rewrite . also and begin director can learn the importance of a good screenplay and and some degree of respect for just how hard it be to write a script that cause the audience to feel emotionally compel through the story . writer and director who watch bad make for cable movie of the week and think i can do good than that can see get an idea from this movie how difficult it really be to produce even mediocre result . i sincerely believe this movie can serve a an educational tool to begin filmmaker . particularly those enter the craft in this current post lucas and post spielberg environment . there be a reason filmmaker such a these be hail for their ability with special effect . the war of the world illustrate clearly that not everyone can pull it off . some can not even come close to it . | 0neg |
after hear the word of mouth of just how bad this film be i take the plunge and buy the dvd . that say everything previously mention about this film be true . for a film that claim to have a budget in the million it just do not show on the screen at all . the list of problem with the film could drag on forever . chief amongst them be the film be simply too long . it drag on for a few minute short of 3 hour . nearly an hour probably could have be cut off the run time have the editor simply remove the overabundance of scene deal with nothing more then the main character wander around aimlessly . secondly and a many have point out from the trailer and the special effect be anything but special . the tripod look ok in a few shot here and there but beyond that everything be grade z 1970 or 1980 quality . probably the bad effect of all be the horse and which stiffly totter back and forth a they move . the heat ray effect be laughable and a people be reduce to bone that somehow be still able to flail about without any muscle . also pitiful be the thunderchild sequence and in which the thunderchild and describe in the book a an ironclad ram and look nothing of the sort . instead it resemble a world war 1 era destroyer and complete with deck gun ( which fire but have no visible crew ) and and torpedo tube . the color and background be just as bad a the effect . most laughable of all be a scene early on in which the main character and his wife go for a nighttime stroll and he point out mar to her in the sky . well and the sky be black and but the view of the character and the landscape around them be broad daylight . there be also a very sharp demarcation between the real landscape and bath in full sunlight and and the fake black night sky with overly large fuzzy star . to detract even far and the color of the scene make no sense . in some they be bath in orange light . in others green light . in still others it blue light . in some instance the outside be orange lit but the interior of house be green or blue . the frame rate and camera be very shaky and give everything a stuttering look . finally and the acting be overall sub par . one man portray two character who sole difference be one lack a mustache . this lead to some confusion at time a to who be who and where they all be . the english accent and even to american ear and be outrageous . in summary and this movie could very well make a claim to be the bad film release in recent time . i have not see gigli or some of the other recent flop but this one and because of it poor quality in every respect and must easily be bad then anything that mainstream hollywood have put out . i would not be surprise if the movie make it to the bottom 10 or 20 in the imdb ranking . it a pity that mystery science theater be not still around . | 0neg |
nu image and ufo and others produce film for the sci fi channel that come in with budget of roughly $ 2 million . some feature extensive effect work and others feature recognizable cast and still others feature both for $ 2 million . mr. hines initially claim that this film be budget at $ 20 million dollar but it painfully obvious that this be probably produce for $ 750 and 000 if not considerably less than that . few set be utilized and a number of scene be shoot against green screen and most effect seem incomplete and amateurish . it painful to watch . not so much because it be poorly direct and poorly execute and misguide but because many of u have be follow the progress of this production for quite some time and have high hope for this film despite it relatively modest budget . those of u who believe in this movie when it be originally announce have join the legion of those spoken of by p. t. barnum . | 0neg |
i love movie and and i will watch any movie all the way through and just to give it a chance . i can finally say that i find a movie i can not watch all the way through . the acting be terribly stale and monotone and the cgi look like a computer geek do it in his mother basement with minimal software and and . the long scene of just . walk . and this movie be three hour long . i do not even make it 15 minute until i fast forward the dvd . the scene with the alien be very short . ummm and instead of name this war of the world and let name this war of the walking long distance . this cost 5 million dollar to make . what they spend the money on and the dramatic opening song . oh and but on a positive note and one scene you need to watch be when the alien first begin kill people . that hilarious and not because people be die and but because when they turn to skeleton and they still squirm for 20 second afterward . so . like i say and if you be a fan of boring and stale and action less movie and here be one for you dvd collection . but i do not write this for you and i write this for the billion upon billion of other people who will hate this movie . it be not worth your time or moneyi know this be by the book and but the book isn not that long and and i be a complete book worm or nerd or geek or whatever and but why . just get the steven spielberg version and it not all that good and but it 10 time good than this . i give this a big and fat zero out of 10 . | 0neg |
finally i think someone be go to do justice to h. g. well classic and not another version set in the wrong locale or era and but one base firmly on the book . well it definitely follow the book pretty closely and and that be the only plus to this mess . this be 180 min ( yes 3 hour ) long and the book be only around 150 page . if timothy hines have the nerve to come on here and say if you can do any good . i would say yes and i could and i have never use a video camera or be to any sort or drama school in my life . i pay good money to get this crap over to the uk from the usa and do not make the same mistake a me . | 0neg |
save the $ 8 . 97 you will spend at walmart to buy this dvd and go see the real film by steven spielberg . i be a filmmaker and and be an avid fan of h. g. well and i have to buy this hoping to sit down and watch three hour of good entertainment . instead and it take four day to finish watch this because i couldn not stand watch more than 10 minute at a time . it horrible . there be report that timothy hines have a $ 20 million budget for this production . where the heck do it go . do he use most of it to buy a new house . finance his retirement . or what . let me start with what be actually good about this film . it do stay true to the book and there be a few good performance in it . i can respect the actor who obviously try to make this a good film . but good performance be quickly overshadow by horrible . and i do mean horrible special effect . any freshman film school student could have do a much good job with the cgi . to me and most of it look like stop action card board cutouts that be use rather than sophisticated cgi software that a $ 20 million project should be use . there no excuse for the amateur post production that be apply to this film . my own partner and i sit down and recreate our version of the ferry scene use software that cost less than $ 1500 . 00 and within a day have five minute of scene that look good and more realistic than what hines create . i have see film with budget of less than $ 2 million look well . much good . in my opinion the special effect use in the original king kong be more sophisticated and good than hines special effect in this film . in fact and i have a much good appreciation for attack of the killer tomato because of this film . there no excuse with today technology for a film to look like a 50 b movie unless that be the intention and which shouldn not have be with this particular project . a problem i have with the dvd transfer be that the film be jerky and another demonstration of amateur film making . overall and i have to say that i produce a $ 45 and 000 project in 2003 that have good cinematography and special effect than this film . i strongly encourage anyone who appreciate good film making or who be a fan of wotw to leave this film on the shelf and watch attack of the 50 foot woman instead . it would be easy on the eye . | 0neg |
i be not really sure how to even begin to describe how bad this movie be . i like bad film and a they be often the most entertaining . i love bad special effect and bad acting and bad music and and inept direction . with the exception of the music ( which be good than i have expect ) and this movie have all of those quality . the special effect be amazingly bad . the bad i have see since my nintendo 64. some scene to watch for include the thunderchild and the woman be crush by the mechanical foot and the big ben scene and the train wreck . wow and there be so many bad effect . on the plus side and though and some scene of the alien walker be well do . the acting be about as bad a it could possibly have be and have be base directly on h. g. well book . for have such good source material and it almost a though the actor be try to be so over the top a to make it funny . and then there the mustache . the single most distracting piece of facial hair i have see in a long time . of course and only half the movie contain act . the rest be character walk around aimlessly and poorly rendered effect shot . to say that timothy hines be an inept director would be an injustice to inept director . with the use of different colored filter between shot for no particular reason and the use of poorly render background for even inside scene and the bad green screening and it amaze to me how this man ever get approval to direct a movie . i wouldn not imagine it would be possible to turn a brilliant book into this bad a movie . bravo and mr. hines . bravo . my advice to anyone who plan to see this movie be to do what i do represent have some friend who enjoy bad movie over and drink and play poker while watch it and keep drinking and and maybe you will make it all the way through . it do make for an excellent bad movie and so have fun and laugh yourself silly with this disaster . | 0neg |
holy freak god all freak mighty . this movie be so bad and i think i be on drug . in a bad way . the character acting be the poor thing i have see in quite some time . this movie be more akin to lord of the g string and imho ( it a real movie ) . most of the movie appear to be do on a horrible green screen . my favorite part be when they be in the carriage and and you can tell there no horse . theyre flee from alien monster and and go about the same speed a a swift jog . then it switch to a far shot with a ridiculous cg horse . and the cg in general seem to be sub par to 1992 beyond the mind eye . i mean and come on and really . it felt like a horrible episode of hercules and only without kevin sorbo there to save the day . bad . movie . ever . | 0neg |
holy freak god all freak mighty . this movie be so bad and i think i be on drug . in a bad way . the character acting be the poor thing i have see in quite some time . this movie be more akin to lord of the g string and imho ( it a real movie ) . most of the movie appear to be do on a horrible green screen . my favorite part be when they be in the carriage and and you can tell there no horse . theyre flee from alien monster and and go about the same speed a a swift jog . then it switch to a far shot with a ridiculous cg horse . and the cg in general seem to be sub par to 1992 beyond the mind eye . i mean and come on and really . it felt like a horrible episode of hercules and only without kevin sorbo there to save the day . bad . movie . ever . | 0neg |
if this film have a budget of 20 million i would just like to know where the money go . a monkey could make good cgi effect then what be waste for 3 hour on this dreadful piece of garbage and although i must admit the machine and the martian would have look really and really cool on an original play station 1 game and and early pc game from the mid 90 if a game have ever be make . what puzzle me be where do the money go . pendragon film could have make a great film with good old fashion model and computer control cameras a la george lucas circa 1975 83 and and actor who actually look like they care about what they be do ( or ruin in this case ) for about the same 20 million . this be quite possibly the bad film ever make . i would rather sit through a 24 hour repeat screening of ishtar than watch this film again . i hat it completely . i regress . i say this be the bad film ever make because unlike other bad movie like plan 9 or killer tomato and or santa claus conquers the martian and these be film that be so bad you have a special place in your heart for them and you love them . there be no love for this film and no place in my dvd library for it . i sell it to a guy for a dollar . i be bet the money for the film be spend on booze and other vice for the cast and crew . shame on you pendragon film . i want my money back . | 0neg |
i have just lose three hour of my life to this travesty and and i can honestly say i feel violate . i have read the review and hear the warning and and i think i be prepare for anything at best i think and a faithful ( if misguide ) attempt at an original adaptation while at bad and a so good it bad plan 9 for the new millennium . so when i manage to pick up a copy in walmart while in florida and bring it back to the uk and i joke to my friend prepare for the bad movie ever make . oh and cruel karma . there be absolutely nothing to recommend this film . the special effect look like the work of a first year design student use a spectrum zx81 . the acting be terrible and the accent be bad than terrible ( one artillery man accent seem to take u on a tour of the british isle and from scotland to wales via northern ireland ) and the dialogue be stilted and the editing be non existent and the production value prove that no expense have be go to . word really can not describe how bad this movie be while from the union flag fly from the horribly cgi would thunderchild ( the royal navy fly the white ensign and not the union flag ) to the woodworm ridden acting and this be quite simply a crime against film making . when you consider some of the literally zero budget fan film that be available on the net ( the star war short troop for example ) and the whole be enthusiastic amateur argument go right out of the window . and if you believe an interview with hines on the pendragon website and this film have an 8 figure budget . i can only assume that dodgy facial hair do not come cheap in the u . maybe the problem be that hines and co try to make a film of the book and rather than turn the book into a film ( if that make any sense ) . character and extra spout chunk of text verbatim without try to convey the feeling behind the word . ironically enough and the only person who even come close to give a decent performance be darlene seller and the ex soft porn actress . my advice . pray like crazy that jeff wayne doesn not screw up and and go watch the spielberg version . it may not be true to the text of the book and but i can say this while a a lifelong hg well fan ( and englishman as well ) speilbergs film be true to the spirit of the book . maybe custom be wrong to let me carry this monster into the country and but i will say this represent timothy hines steal three hour of my life and and i want them back . | 0neg |
well and on it credit side ( if it can be say to have one ) and timothy hines do manage to capture the original setting of h. g. well outstanding novella . but other than that well and to call a spade a spade it suck bigtime . what the master ed wood could have do with the alleged $ 20 million dollar budget . timothy hines really do make mr. wood and who be a flawed genius anyway and look like the best filmmaker of all time . the special effect ( i guess you would call them that ) be not even up to computer game standard . the acting be and well and perhaps about dinner theater comparable and and the accent be atrocious . at the risk of sound offensive and a lot of the act from the principal male character be ( especially poor ogilvy ) and well and ahem and . . . gay . poor ogilvy mince and flounce about the bogus english countryside and wave his asbestos white handkerchief about a if it be heat resistant armor . hey and the stormtroopers in star war have neat white body armor too and and it do not work either and they still get blast . even when ogilvy and company get fry by the martian heat ray ( . ) and they flounce and mince in some weird kind of dance and even when theyre theoretically dead and reduced to skeleton and which persist in unseemly dancing and writhing . maybe timothy hines rent the skeleton from ray harryhausen and be leave over from jason and the argonaut . or be it josie and the pussycat . i dunno . the soldier and presumably because theyre amilitary and all seem to just rather unconvincingly explode and like the soldier on crutch and his unfortunate comrade carry the stretcher just beyond him . wow . i love it . but the oldiers all look like they be either fascist troop from the spanish civil war and or boer commando ( which would be more or less correct for the period . perhaps that be some bit of shrewd subtlety on the part of that wicked genius hines . ) . oddly enough and the character of the curate look exactly like he draw in the original illustration by warwick goble and and he also turn in the most convincing job of act . oh and yeah . musn not forget the thunder child . in the book and the warship be describe a an ironclad torpedo ram . it be mean to ram enemy ship . yet and it bow be crumple after ram the tinker toy construct martian war machine and with a tiny jagged hole in the forepeak and and she sink . an ironclad warship like thunderchild could have ram the titanic and survive and but i guess the royal navy be bind by the same low bidder constraint a our own military . the costume be all wrong and especially the british army and police uniform and cobble together mostly from usmc alpha . and timbo and in an obvious homage to western film of yore and have obviously set his movie in wild western england and because all his rider be use western saddle . the accent be use by just about everyone appear to be a mixture of some kind of scottish regional accent use by clan macabre and and magically delicious irish accent from county malarky . on the credit side and and contrary to what one reviewer write and the only genuine and authentic feature of this thing be the artillery . the gun be not from the civil war and but appear to my eye and research a bona fide british nine or 12 pounder rifle breach loader and perfectly authentic to the period . so be the ammunition show be use . but the artilleryman and who be a driver in the horse artillery and be not show correctly drive his limber . you do not sit on the frigging limber box and drive a gun team and you ride the nearside wheel horse . the opening and use what i believe be authentic period film footage and be okay and and the score not bad . however and to the best of my knowledge weybridge have never have an underground and and it certainly do not in 1898. but grow up read this novel and i be very disappointed . even more disappointed then i be at spielberg zillion dollar and special effect laden version . maybe his version would have profit by swap anthony piana for tom cruise and and vice versa . i have a lot more to say and but i will let it go at this for now represent i wish somebody would make a good version of war of the world that faithful to the original . timmy vision be fine for a high school film class and or maybe i should say pretentiously stupid for a college level film student and and about a bad and which be about the best i can say for this thing and but that about it . oh and yeah . just where do the budget go . and what happen to michael caine . i would like to hear his comment . i have a sneaking suspicion that timbo orson wood hines breathtaking and bound break cinema masterpiece just might be the risk take director ticket to cult stardom and because and i must confess a guilty pleasure at watch this movie and which i do not pay for anyway but be thoughtfully send to me by a friend who burn a dvd copy for me and with no malicious intent that i have be able to determine . i must add here that i think blackmoon dubbed and abridge version be not only a vast improvement and but an absolute and hysterically funny ( in a good way ) treat to watch . i find it hard to watch master timbo version after blackmoon . keep it up and tim . make your own version of dune and now . it just await the hand of a master like you . and all you headupyourass snob who hat cloverfield . forget it . it can not beat timbo hines artistry for sheer hilarious awfulness . hey get a life . timbo be bad than the master ed wood . i kid you not . | 0neg |
hines and goforth and the perpetrator of this crime and begin on the wrong foot first step and by assume that well write gothic horror and that all of his line be mean to be take seriously . that simply isn not true . well be very much an inheritor of the enlightenment and and his main concern be that victorian self satisfaction might leave the british unprepared for the world the new technology could produce both the good and the bad . two terrible consequence follow the protagonist be portray a a wimpy screamer ( i be remind of fay wray in the original king kong ) and rather than a man struggle to live out the irony of an unbelievable catastrophe while and the dialog reek of victorianisms utter seriously that well clearly mean to be take tongue in cheek . all of this look suspiciously like ed wood with an enormous budget to waste on cgi effect which by the way be so poorly accomplish and the warner bros. cartoon factory of the 1940s could have do a good job . ( gob of spattered blood look like red balloon and i expect them to float away any minute . ) think the yellow submarine a do by the old ec comic . bad yet be the loss of theme and which rob the film of any reason to exist . although the maker of this film return the story to it victorian era and they utterly miss the uncanny way well story predict many of the horror of the first world war a fact not unnoticed by well himself and who and after the war and rework the theme in the shape of thing to come . without any theme and all we have here be a lot of people run around get blast into cartoon balloon and when theyre not try out for a high school production of a drunken student rewrite of macbeth . really and this be the bad and most senseless piece of drivel i have suffer through since a friend talk me into see the eastern european cartoon fantastic planet thirty year ago . that film be so pretentiously dull and my friend and i and two total stranger give up ridicule it about half way through and and sit near the screen playing card and use the movie a light by which to see the card it only usefulness and as far a any of u could tell . but i already have electric lighting in my apartment and so i do not need this put down of well for anything . do not avoid this film steal every copy you can ( do not pay a cent ) and burn each and every one of them . god in his wisdom create u just for this purpose . | 0neg |
let this serve a a warning to anyone wish to draw attention to themselves in the medium by link their name to that of a well love and well respect and not to say revered author and in order to draw attention to their home movie out on dvd . hype to the sky by it obviously talentless maker and in fact lie about only to be reveal and finally and a ludicrously inept in every department and the fan of well and of his book have be after the blood of it writer producer director since it appear on dvd . many good point have be make by the other comment user on this page . particularly the one about use this a a teaching aid for film school student and since this film do not even use the basic grammar of script and edit and continuity and direction throughout it entire 3 hour run time . it be possible the director do show up for the shoot . certainly there be no one present who know even remotely what they be do . an ongoing thread continue to evolve on this imdb page which should at least furnish the watcher of this witless drivel with a few laugh for their $ 9 . 00 outlay . much be promise . absolutely nothing be deliver . except monty python meet war of the world with all the humour take out . indefensible trash . just unbelievable . there be real independent film maker out there to be check out . people who actually try to work to a high standard instead of flap their gum about how great their movie be go to be . people could do bad than keep an eye on brit film maker jake west evil alien for example . | 0neg |
wow . i just be give this film from a friend of mine and who buy it for 1 . 98 at walmart and and he felt that he get take . it be beyond bore and most of the scene be film in front of a green screen and the acting be somewhat improvised and almost a if they do not have a script . the martian be cgi and which look like they be do by a novice and or a fan produce movie . i can not stress just how bad this dvd really be . example represent in one of the scene and the martian be torture a local female captive . she go from a woman in front of a green screen and to a cgi copy of that woman . the change be totally noticeable and and when she be kill and you can see that it be a computer figure and look like something from a game back in 1990. if at all possible and avoid this movie like the plague . you can download two trailer from their site and and see how god awful it really be . | 0neg |
twenty year ago and the five year old boy michael hawthorne witness his father kill his mother with an axe in an empty road and commit suicide later . on the present day and michael ( gordon currie ) invite his girlfriend peg ( stacy grant ) and his best friend chris ( myc agnew ) and jennifer ( emmanuelle vaugier ) and lisa ann ( kelly benson ) and ned ( brendon beiser ) and mitch maldive ( phillip rhys ) and trish ( rachel hayward ) to spend the halloween in the country with his grandparent in their farm . he ask his friend to wear costume that would represent their great innermost fear and and together with his indian friend crow ( byron chief moon ) and they would perform an ancient indian celebration use the carve wooden dummy morty ( jon fedele ) that would eliminate their fear forever . the great fear of michael be to become a serial killer like his father and but something go wrong and morty turn into his father and kill his friend . the fear represent resurrection be a disappointing and pointless slash movie that use the interesting concept of eliminate the great innermost fear of each friend before it grow and but in a messy screenplay full of clichés . there be some exaggerated performance and like for example ms. betsy palmer while others very weak and but in general the acting be good . unfortunately there be no explanation why the dummy be bring to live while further and in spite of be surround by close friend and the group do not feel pain or sorrow when each one of them die . the low pace along more than fifty minute could have be use to build a well dramatic situation . in the very end and michael show a charm that his father be interested that i have not notice along the story . i do not know whether the previous reference be edit in the dvd release in brazil with 87 minute run time . the special effect be very reasonable for a b movie . my vote be four . title ( brazil ) represent fear 2 represent uma noite de halloween ( fear 2 represent one night of halloween ) . | 0neg |
five year old michael see his mother get ax to death by his serial killer father the highwayman and who later commit suicide . 20 year later grow mike ( gordon currie and from puppet master 4 and 5 ) invite seven of his friend to his secluded grandparent home to master their own fear at a halloween night costume party . morty and a life size wooden doll keep in the attic by the indian handyman and becomes possess by the dead father spirit and kill them off use their phobia . character be throw out a window and drown in a toilet and eat by rat and blow up and etc . morty morphs into the dad and a tree and walk around and make stupid wisecrack . after find a girl chop up and stuff in a cardboard box and the character remain in the house and act cheerful and crack joke and have sex . the morty design be good and betsy palmer ( mrs. voorhees from the original friday the 13th ) be surprisingly delightful a the grandmother and but this thing be even more senseless and confuse than the original and be full of false scare and bad acting and brain dead character and repeat flashback footage and annoy distorted camera work . plus the only two minority character ( the indian and a half black girl ) be the first to die . blah . | 0neg |
this movie be crap with a capital c. the opening scene show promise . but that promise be break shortly after the viewer learn where the plot be go . and the wooden statue and morty and who be rather creepy in the original film and look plain goofy in this one . it be so obviously just a guy in a cheap plastic costume . ( and by the way and who else think morty be one of the most un scary name on planet earth . it rank right up there with jimmy or fred when it come to horror value . or why not just name the wooden statute henry freakin kissinger . run and it dr. kissinger . that would be about as scary a morty . ) and then there a scene where the hero hit his father tombstone with a sledgehammer . you might guess a two by four . someone might venture . no and he angrily beat his father tombstone with a twig a freakin twig . but bad than that and once the character walk away and the tombstone actually and and inexplicably and bleeds . oh brother . there also a native american guy who live with the main character grandparent and but apparently and do nothing except morty maintenance . he perpetuate creepy morty legend and warns those who scoff and and even fix morty arm when it become damage during a childish prank . but for all his respect for and tenderness toward morty and do morty give a rat hairy behind . no . the movie drag on and and eventually several people die in way that correspond to their bad fear ( sort of ) . this film be a real yawner . don not rent it . | 0neg |
those of you who and like me and be disappoint with the original 1995 horror yarn and the fear will find more to be disappoint with in this silly little sequel . it sort of follow a similar plot and but it be impossible to connect to the original and with the exception of the presence of morty and the mannequin monster make of wood . here be a brief overview . twenty year after mike hawthorne ( gordon currie and in a decent performance ) witness his father brutally murder his mother and then take his own life and mike be still suffer from the fear of that day . in hope of rid his fear and mike take his girlfriend and a bunch of friend up to his grandparent home . his plan be for everyone to dress up in costume that represent their fear and and then present the fear to the mannequin morty . accord to an indian friend and this process be suppose to magically take away one fear . what mike doesn not know be that morty be possess with his father spirit and and begin kill off the friend . or be it really mike himself do the killing . who care . a have a few trouble with this film . the first lie with morty . i think the original make morty look rather convince . this time and it be painfully obvious morty be a man ( actor jon fedele ) in a fake look suit . this can especially be see in early scene and where morty be still suppose to be inanimate and but if you watch closely you can see him blink . another trouble be that most of the character do not try hard enough . some of them do and namely betsy palmer and of friday the 13th fame and who be excellent in this film . but most of them do not make the effort or weren not give the chance . finally and there be the killing . the opening scene involve ax murder be very convincing . actually and when i saw them i think i be in for a good movie . when the second half of the movie arrive and and the killing really start and everything fall to piece . death be either uncreative and unseen and or foreseen ( glimpse of the next scene a currie have a blackout ) . one character die in the end and no one and include the viewer and even notice . while more characterization be need in the beginning half and it wasn not too bad . the second half be . i think new director chris angel get to this point and really do not know how to shoot the violent scene and so they turn out real sloppy and pedestrian . a silly end doesn not help either . thus and unless you really love the original and enjoy pluck splinter out from under your skin and you should probably skip the fear 2 represent halloween night . zanatos score represent 4 out of 10 . | 0neg |
a young boy see his mother get kill and his father hang himself . 20 year later he get a bunch of friend together to perform an exorcism on himself so he would not turn out like his father . all the stock character be in place represent the nice couple while the funny guy while the tough ( but sensitive ) hood while the smart girl ( she wear glass that how we know ) while the nerd and two no personality blondes . it all involve some stupid wooden statue that come to life ( do not ask ) and kill people . i know i be in trouble when and after a great opening scene and we jump to 20 year later all bad horror movie do that . the dialogue be atrocious and the acting be bad ( except for betsy palmer why betsy . ) and the killing be stupid and or or unimaginative . my favorite scene be when two people be supposedly have sex and the statue knock the guy off the bed to show he fully dress . a real bad and stupid incoherent horror film . avoid at all cost . | 0neg |
mike hawthorne ( gordon currie ) be witness to the brutal murder of his mother and suicide of his father morty ( jon fedele ) . twenty year later and mike gather a group of his friend to his family cabin in the wood for a halloween party . while play a game where the guest confess and confront their bad fear . mike try to summon the spirit of his late father . it be soon discover that morty spirit inhabit a wooden indian in the cabin . the statue come to life and the blood bath begin . most of the f or x be not very convincing and the movie take on a cheap teen slasher theme . stale story pitifully act . cast member of note be represent kelly benson and phillip rhys and emmanuelle vaugier and byron chief moon and veteran actress betsy palmer . | 0neg |
i have not see the first film and if it anything like this have no great desire to . have just watch it a few hour ago i be struggle to remember a thing about it . from what i remember it main plot seem to be a group of very annoy people stay at a house with that dodgy old woman from friday the 13th and be stalk by plank of wood man . some people die and the film end and i be start a law suit against the person who sell me this film a i want compensation for the missing time in my life . i will pay u £1 to take this film off my hand . oh wait i already give it away to a friend . | 0neg |
before start to watch the show and i have hear it be great and aesthetically very interesting . what a deception and the script be so dumb that i be quite sure the author be son and grandson of scoobidoo writer . and what about the sfx and color and they be so extreme that it be painful to watch and color be not saturate they be over saturated and like script be overwritten and show be overrate . this show be like a bad pie in which a child would have put only sugar and butter thinking that because these ingredient be the best and they be sufficient . unfortunately for this show and the only two ingredient of this show be finally vacuity and a total lack of credibility . | 0neg |
i be very disappointed with this movie because i like these french actor and i like buffet froid from this director ( bertrand blier ) but the script of le acteurs be very poor . why these actor they agree to play this poor scenario . | 0neg |
i be really shock that a great director like chuck jones start out make some of the most incredibly boring cartoon i have ever see . i do not laugh once throughout this short and and it a bug bunny cartoon and for christ sake . bug bunny cartoon be always funny and not boring . ala and this short turn out to be good night elmer ( another incredibly bore jones short ) with the addition of bug bunny . the first warning sign of a dull cartoon be always no gag payoff . good night elmer be bore because it drag on the same two gag forever with predictable payoff . this cartoon and on the other hand and be afflict with the second warning sign of a dull cartoon represent there too much dialogue . the cartoon at least have more than two gag up it sleeve and but most of them seem long than they be thanks to the immense padding of the dialogue . at one point and elmer finish eat dinner and and comment and that be weawwy awfuwwy good weg of wamb and possibly the most redundant dialogue i have ever hear in a cartoon ( character read text out loud in the late era woody woodpecker cartoon doesn not count in my book ) . even though this cartoon be only 8 minute long and it feel like 20 thanks to redundant dialogue like this . elmer pet rabbit be not a fun cartoon for me and but if you have sell your soul to chuck jones and be unable to acknowledge that he direct a few clunkers during his career and you might enjoy it . | 0neg |
i be amaze at the amount of praise that be heap on this movie by other commentator . to me it be rather a disappointment and especially the combination of historical fact and fantasy and the main character internal turmoil do not work at all ( in vonnegut book slaughterhouse five and even in george roy hill adaptation for the screen it do ) . credibility be often overstretched . too many question be leave open . do i miss some central point . or do i fail to spot the line that supposedly connect the dot . a boy call campbell and jr. and grow up in upstate new york . at home his father have many technical trade paper and one book . it have photograph of heap of dead body in it . the boy leaf through the book and his dad doesn not like his do that . what should this tell me . the family move away from upstate new york to berlin . bang . it be 1938 and the boy be a married man in berlin and a theater playwright . what kind of play do he write . in what language . be he successful . his wife be an actress and look glamorous . the parent move back to the usa and invite their son to do the same . he do not . why . because have grow up in germany he feel more german than american . because he be successful . because his wife be . because he like his life there . because he like the nazi . because he be just plain lazy and doesn not like change . don not ask me . possibly and the man just do not care and be not interested in politics and be a kind of an existentialist . he state that he be deeply in love with his wife . he speak of his republic of two ( mean he and his wife ) . there be little to no evidence prove his love for his wife in the movie and it much more seem a republic of one . on the request of an american agent campbell and jr. and agree to broadcast anti semitic nazi hate propaganda to american listener a a device for transmit encrypted message to american authority who read between the line . the crucial meeting with the agent on a berlin park bench be short and unexciting and anti climactic and the decision to play along come pretty easily with no explanation and the rise up to broadcaster seem to be uneventful and apparently fast . so now we have campbell and jr. and present himself over the air a the last free american . the scheme for transmit secret message be fairly realistic and exciting although one wonder what happen when campbell and jr. and really and honestly have to cough and hiccup etc . ( must have scramble the message terribly ) . anyway and the nazi lose and the wife die ( tour in the crimean for german troop i never hear such tour really happen on german front line in ww ii ) and campbell and jr. and say he go to the russian front but do not go and be capture by an american soldier who recognize his mug ( how come . ) and be drag to a sight see tour in auschwitz and be then release and resettle with the help of the crucial agent somewhere in the city of new york . and this be where the story really start bang . from now on it be like a short story by paul auster . it be 1961 and campbell and jr. and life in new york tenement a a have be and mourn the loss of his wife . nobody really care or do they . yes and somehow they do and and his neighbor offer some sort of distraction . auschwitz survivor . a painter . some american supremacist discover him and want him to be their figurehead . they even find his presume dead wife for him and or be she his wife . anyway and in the end campbell and jr. and call in at the israeli consulate and and they obligingly give him the big war criminal treatment and place him in the cell adjacent to adolf eichmann . he write his life story and and once this task finish and hang himself on the typewriter ribbon without get sooty the least bit . while i can see that there must be an issue of guilt and of loss and i just have the impression that the main character be a person who at all time be pretty indifferent to everything and hardly capable of love for anyone . so i find it difficult to sympathize for this looser who mourn his loss . amazingly and many reviewer focus on his status a a potential war hero and have put his reputation at stake for play the last free american . i assume accord to them this take a lot of courage . a a matter of fact and however and the movie suggest that by accept the assignment campbell create for himself a win win situation and a he would have be politically on the safe side no matter who have win the war . the danger of his be uncover never come up during the first part of the story . one might argue and that the whole story be a dreamlike fantasy and that nobody should bother with historical accuracy or a logical development of the story which explain everything . but even then it fail to make a point and primarily and i suspect and because the love affair in the republic of two fall completely flat . this be a pity and especially if you consider that the wife be play by sheryl lee and a talented and versatile and sensuous actress . she have much too little screen time and be force to use a ridiculous german accent . another somehow neglect aspect be the different text ( confession and broadcast and hidden message ) and but i guess this be largely unfilmable . maybe i should give the book a chance . | 0neg |
this be an awful movie . not for the subject matter and but for the delivery . i go with my girlfriend at the time ( when the movie come out ) and expect to see a movie about the triumph of the human spirit over oppression . what we saw be 2 hour of brutal police oppression and with no uplift at the end . the preview and ad make no mention of this . plus and for all that they play up whoopi goldberg and my recollection be that she be arrest and kill in the first 20 minute . again and the preview say nothing about this . ( not that you would expect that and but it just more of the problem ) . if i have know how depress this movie would be and i would have never have see it . or at least and i would have be prepare for it . this be a bait and switch ad campaign and and i will never see this movie again . | 0neg |
the concept for sarafina appear to be a sound one and that be aside from the musical perspective . it attempt to combine upbeat african music with a story describe the atrocious condition and atmosphere that black people be force to endure at the time the film be set . the contradiction of each of the two element be too glaring and the film never justifies such rapid shift between jubilation and terror . have it simply be a drama reflect these condition it may have be a good film and however the scene of school child be shoot down by soldier do not exactly sit well next to the song . aside from the poor premise the act isn not the best either and goldberg give a mediocre performance a do the remainder of the cast . overall a disappointment . negative . | 0neg |
i just do not get this movie . be it a musical . no . but there be choreograph song and dance in it . be it a serious drama . no the acting be not good enough for that . be whoopi goldberg a quality serious actor . definently not . i have difficulty stay awake through this disjointed movie . the message on apartheid and the tribute to the student who die during a student uprosing be note . but a entertainment this be very poor and a a documentary style movie it be worse . see for yourself and but in fairness i hat it . | 0neg |
one scene demonstrate the mentality of terminator woman pretty well represent karen sheperd and another woman be try to escape from the villain camp . karen run across an arm guard and who point his gun at her and but after a few second throw it away and challenge her to a fight . karen kick him in the ball and pick up the gun and run away . then again and when a film be direct by a martial artist and write or produce by another member of his family and you know you shouldn not expect too much . karen sheperd and jerry trimble do get some amusing banter go early on and and the film might have turn out well if it have focus more on their love hate relationship . but after about 20 minute they get separate and and the film slow to a crawl and and even with the occasional fight scene to liven thing up and it lack excitement . the finale have trimble fight qissi inside a cave and sheperd go womano a womano against the beautiful ashley hayden on a speedboat and but the fight be intercut in a way that break their flow and diminishes their value . on the positive side and kudos to the costuming department for give karen the chance to show spectacular cleavage throughout the film . ( half ) . | 0neg |
this film have get several key flaw . the first and most significant of which be the clear lack of a good plot . this sadly make the film not only difficult to watch but also send the watcher certain feeling of hopelessness and a if he or she be waste valuable time of their short life . this mean that the film can not captivate it audience and instead it encourage the view public to grow contempt for the film and everything associate with it . in short and it really be very very very very very very very bad . do yourself a favour and chew on a large rubber shoe and you will find it far more interesting and enjoyable than watch terminator woman . | 0neg |
you may want to know up front that i be not a mormon and unlike a good number of those who have already review this film . i mention this so you will understand that the way i look at the film may differ greatly from those in the faith . for some and be critical of the film might be see a be critical of the faith and that be not my intention . so and my review be that of an outsider try to look inside and learn more about who this man and his people be . well and after see the film and i doubt if i have learn much at all . since i have be a history teacher and i have a good basic understand about young as well a joseph smith as well a the teaching of the church . but anyone wanting to see this film to really learn anything will probably be disappoint because the film seem so gosh darn nice too nice and too unrealistic in it portrayal . plus and you learn practically nothing about the church beliefs other than they be nice people and work hard and some have many wife ( and this latter part be only barely hint at in the film ) . instead and the people be almost cartoon like in their simplistic portrayal . joseph smith and brigham young and their follower be angelic and the non mormon be all devil and brian donlevy ( play exactly the same sort of role edward g. robinson later play in the ten commandment ) be the trouble maker who claim to be a mormon but just come along so the film can have a bad guy . it all so very simple . too simple . almost like an indoctrination film or infomercial . brigham young especially be a very complex man with many good point ( an excellent organizer and visionary ) as well a bad ( do not even get me start on his view about black within the church or intermarriage ) . to portray him in such vague term be just plain silly . it also a lot like how gandhi be portray in the film with ben kingsley only the fact that lead to his be almost super human be emphasize . heck and now that i think about that and this be the trouble with most religious film they often come off a one dimensional and trite and bland . let have a full and more complete film of these men one that will stick to fact and not emotional appeal . now if you can ignore the fact that you would not learn very much about the faith or it second leader and the film be enjoyable enough . it obvious someone at 20th century fox really care about the film and a they have a wonderful cast of both premier actor ( tyrone power ) and up and come actor ( linda darnell and jane darwell and vincent price ) and wonderful character actor ( dean jagger and john carradine and brian donlevy ) . the film also have wonderful location shooting and lot of gloss . it just do not have a lot to tell u other than they be all swell . plus and there be plenty of factual error and a few just plain dumb scene . a few of the mistake include young take over the helm immediately after the death of joseph smith ( it be three year later ) and no mention of the various mormon denomination and splinter group and talk of gold in california even though it be 1847 and gold wouldn not be discover until 1948 and as well a no specific mention of polygamy or smith many wife . just plain dumb scene include carradine pull out a gun and wave it about in the courtroom scene and no one seem to care even though it be a very hostile audience . don not you think at least the judge would tell him to put it away and stop threaten people with it . one final comment . do not and i repeat and do not watch this film when it show on american movie classic ( a one great station that have sink a lot in recent year ) . while i be critical of the film because of it simplistic message and i be horrify with the complete disrespect the station have for the church and it tradition . what i mean be this . the film be punctuate with ad for penis enlargement formula as well a ton of pop ups ( some advertising a show that feature the sexy cast ) . talk about disrespectful and gross and i would be just a offend if they do this for any other religious film . by do this and they not only insult the faith but marginalize their market after all and who be into hear about these thing and the life of brigham young . be this a movie and in this form and that you can show to your kid or recommend to others . | 0neg |
this film and though ostensibly a comedy and be deadly serious . it subject be imperialism ( with a capital i ) represent how britain and foolishly and humiliatingly and try to convince itself that it still a great power after world war ii . at home and the empire be run by amiable dolt and benevolent tory who be so in breed that they can not distinguish close relative while the office of government consist of long forgotten archive ( a dig at orwellian paranoia . ) and inhabit by indolent rat and and ante room wherein lounge bore synacures and read popular novel . abroad and britain cling to the old pomp while but pomp out of context look threadbare and silly and especially when it embody in bumble twit . carlton browne be an unsentimental picture of decline and with none of the lachrymose rot that mar the supposedly anti imperialist jewel in the crown . the film be also about the cold war and bravely admit that it a dangerous farce and whose participant deserve mockery and contempt and not fear and respect . it about how colonialism and characterise more by neglect than tyranny and destroy the colony it desert and rob them of amenity and power and and and most importantly and self respect and leave them vulnerable to the machination of dangerous cowboy . it the seriousness and of course and that kill it . that not to say that weighty subject can not be treat in comedy the miracle of morgan creek and dr. strangelove and the life of brian have all prove that . indeed and one might suggest that serious theme should only be treat by comedy it allow for a clear eyed view . the problem with carlton browne be that every situation must have a significance beyond the merely comic and so that it become weigh down and unfunny . in the three film mention above and much of the comedy arise from character reaction to an extreme situation and not the extreme situation itself . here and the script be too poor to sustain rich comic characterisation and and some of the great comedy talent ever assemble peter seller and terry thomas and raymond huntley and john le mesurier be criminally waste . terry thomas and sublime so often and show that he couldn not handle lead part and and that he need to play sneer and arrogant bounder and not brainless toff . the music be make to carry much of the comedy and but it heavy irony only draw attention to the lack of hilarity on screen . ( to be fair and unlike the majority of british comedy of the period and which be stagy and underproduced and the boultings often try to make their point through film itself and by montage and composition ) only huntley manages to raise genuine laugh and and that by essay a character he could have play in his sleep . none of the boultings farce have date well theyre never think through enough . although carlton browne revel in the decline of the empire and it also seem to be anti democratic and militaristic . i be sure this wasn not intend and but these blunder be bind to happen if you allow worthy intention to take precedence over comic intelligence and film form . | 0neg |
the main reason people still care about carlton browne of the f. o. be that it feature peter seller in a second billed role . but watch this film to see peter seller be a mistake . seller play amphibulos and a vaguely reptilian prime minister of the dirt poor island nation of gaillardia and formerly a british colony and now host a lot of russian digger during the height of the cold war . amphibulos want to play both u. k. and soviet interest against each other for easy profit and everything very friendly and all our card under the table . terry thomas be the title character and a lazy british diplomat anxious to show gaillardia that great britain hasn not forget them and all appearance to the contrary . a positive review here say represent the reason this movie be consider average be because the comedy be understated . i would argue that the reason carlton browne be consider below average be because the comedy be non existent . after a decent opening that establish the film only two strength and a sympathetically doltish terry thomas and john addison full on larky score and thing quickly slow down into a series of slow burn and lame miscommunication joke . the low opinion of carlton browne by his bos and the obscurity of gaillardia ( which no one can find on a map ) be milk to death . by the time we actually reach the island ( after a labored series of airsick joke ) and expectation be quite low . theyre still too high and though . the island itself and which seem to exist either in latin america or the mediterranean and be so pathetic it honor guard faint at the airport and and the review stand fall apart in the middle of a parade . the army be apparently still horse drawn and allow for another lame aural gag by a thick accent announcer represent in war and the army use many horse . seller never quite take center stage even when be on his character island . the plot be take over instead by ian bannen a king loris and who inherit the throne of gaillardia after his father assassination . bannen be dull and play his part as straight a it be write . normally this would make him the likely target for scene stealing by seller and but trap behind a thick accent and greasy moustache and seller be only a threat to those of u who remember him far more happily in two other film make this same year and the mouse that roar and i be all right and jack . strange that this film and like jack and be a boulting brother production and with roy boulting here serve a co director alongside jeffrey dell . usually boulting film combine wicked social satire with anything go comedy and but here there be only fey jab in either direction . amphibulos work his mangled english vibe for all it worth ( this man be like and how do you say and the bull in the chinese ship ) while carlton browne be generally rag on by his superior far more than he seem to deserve . the weak and most protracted element of the film be young loris romance with ilyena . score one point for her be play by ravish luciana paluzzi and dock one for the fact that they be apparently cousin be never address . the film wind up with a lamely staged revolution whose surprise resolution will surprise no one and and a final bit of action by carlton browne that would seem to nail the lid on his coffin literally . apparently he live to see another day and but the film of the same name be strictly doa . | 0neg |
it be mean to be a parody on the lotr trilogy . but this be one of the most awful movie i have ever see . bad acting and bad screenplay and bad everything . this be my personal opinion . i do not doubt any second that there be people who will like this sense of humor and but there have be good parody on movie from acclaimed director a mel brook or the zucker brother . i be work in a movie theater and in dvd shop and the success for this movie be similar in both area represent at the movie it be a nice ( but no big at all ) success during the first two week but then and when the review of those who have see it be not too good and the movie drop very fast . in dvd sale it be good for short time but then nobody ask for it anymore . in the last ten year and the two bad movie i have see be the ring thing and torque . i can not decide which one be bad and but i be happy that there a so many good movie so i do not have to think too much on this question . | 0neg |
this movie be one of the bad movie i have ever see . there be absolutely no storyline and the gag be only for retard and there be absolutely nothing else that would make this movie worth watch . in the whole movie fredi ( oh my god what a funny name . ha ha ) doesn not ask himself once how he come from a plane to middle earth . there be plenty of stupid and totally unfunny character whose name should sound funny . e. g. represent gandalf be call almghandi and sam be call pupsi . and so on . i do not even smile once during the whole movie . the gags seem like they be make by people whose iq be negative . if you laugh when someone coat be trap in the door ( this happen about 5 time ) then this movie be perhaps for you . another funny scene represent they try to guess the code word for a closed door ( do not ask why do not ever ask why in this movie ) and the code word be ( ha ha ) represent dung . so if you laugh at this examples you might like this movie . for everybody else represent go to youtube and watch lord of the weed represent it a lot and lot more fun . | 0neg |
this sound like a really interesting movie from the blurb . nazi and occult and government conspiracy . i be expect a low budget nazi version of the davinci code or the boy from brazil or even shockwaves . instead you get something quite different and more psychological and more something like from david lynch . that be actually a plus . but the way the story be tell be just awful . part of the trouble be the casting . andrienne barbeau character start off the move be somewhat timid and afraid . she just doesn not do that well and even at her age and though she certainly try . the actor cast a the son apparently think this be a comedy . most of the other actor also seem to have think this be a campy movie and or at least acted like it and rather than simply be quirky . the only one that i think do really well be the daughter and siri baruc . another big part be the pacing . it start off very slowly . so slowly you might be tempt to turn it off . but then it get compel for a while when you get to the daughter suicide and the aftermath . but shortly afterward and it all become a jumbled mess . some of this be on purpose and but much of it be just needlessly confuse and monotonous and and poorly focus . the real problem and be it simply not a pleasant movie to watch . it slow and dull and none of the character be likable . overuse of imagery and set . some movie you see character get torture . in this and it the viewer that do . it do have a few creepy moment and most notably the creepy nazi painting and the credit and but the rest of the movie be mostly just tiresome . | 0neg |
this be a movie of tired and yet weirdly childish and clichés . there a nazi witch master perform sf related experiment in the basement . oh please . aim for a creep sense of horror and fear and the general impression of the film be that of a very immature conception of fright . not have any expectation beforehand and i be leave with represent an age xander from buffy and a heroine with ape like face who doesn not seem to know how to act . say adrienne barbeau have i only only encounter before in the much more enjoyable cannibal woman in the avocado jungle of death . camera and edit add to the general impression of lame . | 0neg |
can i please say first of all and that i felt so strongly about this movie that i sign up to imdb specifically to review it . and my review . this be easily the bad movie i have ever see . the synopsis of the movie sound interesting nazi and occult and time travel and etc . and but the movie plot fail to properly bring all these element together . remember the episode of south park that feature manatee write family guy use idea ball . do these manatee also write unholy . it like the writer want to include all these different idea and but have no idea how to link them all together and and then to make thing make even less sense and include a donnie darko esquire time travel theme to the end and mess up the chronology . i could tell from early on that this be a bad movie . special effect be too low budget for anything good than straight to dvd . the act wasn not great and but in fairness i have see bad . i will praise the nazi painting and they be creepy and but the evil nazi butcher guy be just comic . i do not have a vendetta against this movie or anything and but to be honest and i be not even into the horror genre . but this movie can not be describe a a thriller or a drama . if this story have be well told and this would have be a good movie . but it have be over hyped . waaaaay over hyped . | 0neg |
when i start watch this movie i saw the dude from buffy and xander and and figure ah how nice that he still make a living act in movie . now a weird movie i can stand and give that it a good dose of weird like for example david lynch movie and twin peak and lose highway etc . and you sort of have to be in the mood for one . this one however make me mockingly remember the crazy website about there about conspiracy theory that make absolutely no sense . i mean come on people nazi who conspire with america to make an unholy trinity of evil power . i be surprise they do not mention the hollow earth in this movie with hitler fly saucer and lizard people . maybe if you have like 60 gram of heroine with this movie it would make some sort of sense and but seriously i do not condone drug like i do not condone this movie . it should be burn and shred and forget just so good ol xander might get another act job . it wasn not his act though and that be alright and but the script just do not make any sense . sorry . | 0neg |
i be not sure this be a spoiler while perhaps it be a public service . if you be one of those people focus on instant gratification who skip end credit and you will miss the final line of the end credit news announcer voice over and which state the u. s. have just surrender to nazi germany on may 7 and 1945 to end wwii . here be just a few of the problem with this close represent 1 ) the old viewer must conjure up the equivalent of two or three more unholy movie in their mind eye to fill in the yawn chasm between movie event and this startling conclusion . 2 ) the average person will really kick themselves that they do not watch one of these unholy fill in the blank flick create in their own head for free and instead of shell out time and money to see this unholy from the video store ( or on cable ) . 3 ) this end credit sequence of imagined news bulletin may be the first information some young viewer be expose to about wwii and lead them to the conclusion that george w. bush be the late heir to the nazi throne . | 0neg |
i read rice novel with interest and and become quite enchant with it character and heartbreaking tale base on historical truth . however and i be simply appal at this disastrous adaptation . the casting be base merely on physical appearance and and not act talent ( with the obvious exception of peter gallagher and who be neither blond haired and or able to act his way out of a wet paper bag ) . the cast embarrassingly clumsy and inconsistent attempt at affect a french accent be hilarious and but not in an entertaining way . i find myself wince through this muddle and melodramatic tripe and and be surprise i make it to the end . a warning to fan of the novel stay away from this one . | 0neg |
this movie be so badly write and direct and act that it beggar belief . it should be remake with a good script and director and casting service . the bad problem be the act . you have jennifer beals on the one hand who be polish and professional and totally believable and and on the other hand and richard and who be woefully miscast and just jarring in this particular piece . peter gallagher and jenny levine be just awful a the slave owning ( and keep ) couple and although both normally do fine work . the actor ( and director ) should not have attempt to do accent at all they be inconsistent and unbelievable . much good to have concentrate on do a good job in actual english . the casting be ludicrous . why have child of an african merchant ( thus less socially desirable to the gen de couleur society ) be cast with very pale skin actor and while the supposedly socially desirable marcel and have pronounce african feature and include an obviously dyed blond fro . it a if the casting director can not be bother to read the script they be cast and to choose appropriate actor from a large pool of extremely talented and physically diverse actor of color . it just so weird . this could be a great movie and should be re make and but with people who respect the material and can choose appropriate and skilled actor . there be plenty of good actor out there and and it would be fun to see how jennifer beals and daniel sunjata and gloria reuben would do with an appropriate cast and good script and decent direction . | 0neg |
the story and the show be good and but it be really depressing and i hate depress movie . richard be great . he really put on a top notch performance and and the girl who play his sister be really awesome and gorgeous . seriously and i think she be carmen electra until i saw the imdb profile . i can not say anything bad about peter galleghar . he one of my favorite actor . i love anne rice . i be currently read the vampire chronicle and but i be glad i saw the movie before read the book . this be a little tooreal for me . i prefer lestat and louis witty little tiff to the struggle of slave . eartha kitt be so creepy and after her character do what she do the movie be ruin for me while i could barely stand to watch the rest of the show . ( sorry for the ambiguity and but i do not want to give anything away ) sorry and but it just not my type of show . | 0neg |
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