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I rented I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW | I rented I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW yesterday, and while I was preparing to go on to it, it occurred to me that I have seen what might be the second, third and fourth sex films of the 1960s - the others being BENEATH the STAIR and DESPERATION. I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW is the most artistic of the group, being also the most avant garde in style, with a much more coherent plot, and being longer and more dramatic. However, I think BENEATH the STAIR might be more enjoyable, in that though perhaps not nearly as well made as I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW or as good in | I rented I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW as part of a bargain lot I had for an auction, where I paid $1.50 for the 2-disc set. I am a huge cult movie buff, and I've seen a TON of cult movies I've never even heard of, and I've come across hundreds of people who love cult movies to the point where they are like, "Oh, you haven't watched a certain cult film, you're missing out on a wonderful thing!" I get that. But, to be honest, this film is the worst 80 minute waste of my life. A TON of it is incredibly boring and drawn out | 0.999999 | 0.000001 | I rented I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW on a whim. Why? The cover was very unique. The cover was so attractive for one picture that I had to buy it for my collection. The movie is very interesting and it is unique indeed. It is hard to classify this film even though it does have some traits of pornography (without nudity). Its very much like a documentary although it is fiction. If you can accept nudity, then this movie could be really fascinating for you. | I rented I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW (PANORAMA) because it got a lot of good reviews and it starred one of my favorite actresses, Suzy Kendall. This movie was very ahead of it's time. Just about everything in this movie makes no sense that's probably why not many people actually understand it. The story line was very confusing, and I was never sure what was going on with the characters and how it all came together in the end. Most of the characters are young and not very smart and they talk about what they are about to do the whole time. Then, there's the random stuff they do like making love in a garden, making the | I rented I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW (it came on my TV station) and even enjoyed it, considering it had been 6 years since I had seen it for the first time. Granted, the story was a bit corny and dated looking in 1999. But the film is a brilliant display of early sex realism, and there was much to it that I found both enjoyable and interesting. The story, of a couple dealing with their relationship is told in a series of vignettes that were almost like a video diary. The story was never explained or brought back together as one cohesive entity, though the film did work well as far as a sex drama, | I rented I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW as a foreign film in my freshman World Cinema class, along with several other European films that I fell in love with at the time and enjoyed watching again for the first time recently. Yellow has an interesting plot but I didn't really enjoy it.<br /><br />I had high expectations for Yellow before I'd even started it! The film is about a high-school student who is curious and decides to document the lives of herself and others around her. However, the thing I found missing from the picture was a lot of character development! Not so much with Aya, the main character, but with all the other characters. Because there wasn | I rented I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW, and I was very impressed with it. Although it is a rather rough watch compared to the American films of the time, it tells stories of a young woman, Lena, that is very well made. I actually liked the film and it gave me a lot of insight to young people of the 1970's. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in the different films made during this time. I think the director would have done a fine job with his work in this film, and we would have seen a fine film. The fact that he took the same idea and turned it into a second film shows his great talent | I rented I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW because I'm from Sweden (I live in Norway) and have been watching it several times over the years (I have 6 copies), but every time I see it, I realize how ahead of it's time it is, and it never grows old in it's rawness. This film is probably the one film that made I Am Curious-Blue a huge success in Sweden back in 1972. Director/ writer Margaretha (the writer of the novels was a great poet) Blom is, in this film, taking us on a journey of a woman's life that will also take us places no other | I rented I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW because of its Oscar win in the directorial category of the Venice Film Festival that year. That award by itself should have told me to be careful in what way the film wanted to engage me. As it turns out, the Venice selection was not a great piece of picking (since the movie is extremely controversial). With the film's graphic depiction of sex and nudity, director Agnes Varda's picture was not exactly chosen because of its aesthetic attributes. Varda is not only an accomplished documentary film-maker (she made her first back in 1954) or a master of experimental indie-type films (she made The Gleaners | I rented I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW because it starred a young and pretty-looking Frida Bjork. I was not disappointed - it's an excellent and well-made film. Bjork does a great job in the first half of the film. She plays a naive teenage girl, in love with her older brother. You can see their innocent love for each other growing, and it works well. The film makers had great vision, as the camera captures all the innocence of this young and lovely girl, without being voyeuristic or distasteful. Bjork's performance won awards in some of the best-known international film festivals. A year before her death, Bjork was diagnosed with |
"I Am Curious: Yellow" is | "I Am Curious: Yellow" is a film that was banned for more than a decade in Sweden, on the grounds that it contains gratuitous simulated homosexuality. The ban has been lifted since, but it remains a landmark, not only in cinematic history, but in cultural history, since its release coincided with the advent of the gay and feminist movements.<br /><br />The film is an experimental film, that attempts to transcend the usual cinematic conventions. This is accomplished to a great extent, but not as much as one would hope.<br /><br />The film follows the adventures of a girl, the titular "Yellow"<br /><br />The film begins with the death | "I Am Curious: Yellow" is a film that not even the biggest exploitationist lover could truly appreciate. It is one of the worst films ever made, even for the exploitationist crowd, and I can't even find the motivation to praise the film. There are many movies that are incredibly bad but entertaining, and there are films that are bad but, despite this, some merit like "Manos" and "The Devil's Diary", for example. Even among the exploitation crowd there are some films with some merit, like "Goblin" or "Myra". "I Am Curious: Yellow" is a film that could easily deserve a 1/10 | 0.999999 | 0.000001 | "I Am Curious: Yellow" is quite interesting, although I can see why it caused an upheaval in the wake of its release. It's not the kind of film you can see with your kids (not that I'd want my kids to see it at any stage in their lives), and it is very explicit. For those of you who are too young to remember, the mid-70's were a time of sexual revolution that was beginning to make people feel very uncomfortable and uncomfortable for the film's content. The film deals with themes of sexuality and sexuality is one of the only themes dealt with in film that can be seen as taboo. That is why sexual content | "I Am Curious: Yellow" is one of Sweden's most famous movies, and one of director Lennart Hultén's. This is probably a good quality movie when compared to a lot of other American and European movies, which is the only reason why one can tolerate it, considering that it deals with sex, violence and racism. The plot is weak (it concerns a couple that is experimenting different forms of sex). The movie features many great actors and actresses (e.g. Maria Persson, Kajsa Sandell and Tore Svensson), and has a very strong message, which I cannot describe more. As a whole, I do not think anybody will | "I Am Curious: Yellow" is the most radical film I've ever seen. I would have been much scarred at an age when you're particularly vulnerable to such films. I see why there was so much hype about it. If it is true that the movie was banned in the U.S. in its day for 32 years, I really cannot imagine a reason why. What makes "IAICY" so extraordinary is that it challenges not only viewers who may have views about politics or racism, but also viewers' sexual views by focusing on sex at all ages. It is also a film to be admired for its very beautiful footage. Some of the scenes of | "I Am Curious: Yellow" is perhaps the single most controversial film ever made.<br /><br />The "Yellow" refers to the fact that the film deals in an intimate and straightforward way with human sexuality. Both male and female nude bodies are seen in graphic detail. But the film also deals with pornography, the commodification of sex, the media and more. The film is full of images from the Western media that help to explain and deconstruct the ways in which we see sex. Some scenes are shocking, even by today's standards.<br /><br />The film is an eye opener, and it is a film that should not be missed - I cannot recommend seeing | "I Am Curious: Yellow" is a documentary about a young girl and her journey to understanding her sexuality. It's a documentary that's as much about coming of age while struggling with sexuality as it is about the struggle to make a documentary.<br /><br />I'm glad I saw this short before sitting down to watch the feature that went on to take the Oscar for best foreign film a couple of years later. I would say watching the short was a great preview for what audiences might be in store for. What I saw on first viewing, just shy of an hour long, seemed like enough to keep me coming back for more. The documentary is well done and it doesn | "I Am Curious: Yellow" is the first in what I believe is a trilogy of experimental films by Swedish director Ulas Lundstal. In this case, it is very literal as a film crew is shooting a small film and the crew become the characters that are being watched while being filmed. The cast is very good (especially the young actress who plays the role of "Yellow" and the actress who plays her in real life), the direction is good and the editing is excellent. I must also mention the soundtrack which is amazing. It is quite a strange and artistic way to approach a film and yet it feels very natural. Also, the photography is nice, though it | "I Am Curious: Yellow" is a fascinating example of the kind of work filmmakers and artists were creating in the 1960s and 1970s. This is not a conventional narrative film, it is more of a documentary or documentary film with a story, about the sex and sexuality of a young student, an American teenager from a 1960s California high school. It is provocative, provocative and often shocking. This film could have been a more polished, mainstream, Hollywood film, but the focus was to show young people and young people's concerns. It is a fairly good film, and for those that are concerned that sex and | "I Am Curious: Yellow" is one of the most fascinating films ever made, certainly the first one I've seen. The documentary-style movie shows a teenage girl's first days outside of her house in Stockholm, capturing all the details very vividly.<br /><br />The girl, Linda (Maria Sjöman), has just reached the age of 15 and, like any teenage girl, she has to get out of her house. She spends a whole day with her friends, the boys and girls. Most of the movie is full of comedy as the people keep thinking one thing and doing another that results hilariously different.<br /><br />The most striking |
If only to avoid making | If only to avoid making a fool of yourself, don't go for this film! I am disappointed and hurt by the low quality of this movie. I didn't expect such a high and boring story. Why would I want to spend almost 2 hour on such a story?<br /><br />I don't think the director really made much of a film from this story. The screenplay was way below average. I was bored with the whole situation. Too much talking and not enough action. To say something about the quality: the special effects were bad and the music didn't help. So what if you're making a documentary? It's too short to tell | If only to avoid making your child angry at such a well known "classic" of the early 1980s. Although it does get high marks for its campiness, it also offers high marks for some of the worst editing and special effects I've seen. (How you could have a spaceship with a futuristic 3-D control panel yet have a woman speaking to a man like a 1930s woman, I will never know. Not to mention that the women had the 1930s hairdo while men and most of those woman had 1983 hairstyles.)<br /><br />The only thing that | 0.22234 | 0.77766 | If only to avoid making my children laugh when we next watch it, this is one Disney DVD I will keep out of the hands of my three year old.<br /><br />This Disney cartoon version of the popular fairy tale starring Cinderella is fun to watch, but may not be great for children under 10 or 12.<br /><br />I personally like the 1950 version, but the newer 2000 Disney version is fun to watch. It is easy for children to understand and fun for everyone to watch.<br /><br />If watching on Disney's Movie Channel, however, I would suggest this movie for | If only to avoid making mistakes like "Warlock". This is the one case where Hollywood has done better than this by making the original series, then making some minor changes to the movie and then giving it to the Sci-Fi Channel to do its own. "Warlock" is just too good a movie that we just need to see it as a feature movie. The movie could have been made even better if somebody from the Star Trek series had been involved with this in some way.<br /><br />Another way to do this is for somebody to take a second look at the concept on which a sequel could be done. The idea is not terrible but it's | If only to avoid making another, I would give this film 2 out of 10. However, with many young actors (including the future Bambi) and excellent film photography taken at the actual locations, it has to get at least one extra star. It is a pity that no other film of this era has a copy quality as good as the one I saw. | If only to avoid making a movie like this. It is a terrible film made and edited for the camera. If you are a fan of Peter O'Toole, try to catch his performance in "Lawrence Of Arabia". There is nothing special in this film except for O'Toole's acting abilities. But do yourself a favor and check out his earlier film work in this same genre if you like Shakespeare. He is very gifted. | If only to avoid making a similar mistake... This movie made me laugh, and laugh hard, sometimes. Especially with lines such as the "Candy Cane" line, and the "Don't Look, Don't Touch, Don't Taste, and all the rest. I have seen a few episodes of the show, and thought that it may have the potential to be something good. Unfortunately the movie was not good. There was very little about the "Don't Ask" angle. And the movie seemed to go from the characters making sense, to "don't worry, you will find out why this happened to you"... And to be honest, I did | If only to avoid making comparisons to such film greats as the Grigoriy Kozintsev, who made a similar film about a young boy, the story of "Kolchak: Vampires & the Underworld" isn't as good a job telling a good vampire story. But, this is a movie by Carpenter after all, so we really can't call it a bad movie.<br /><br />What we have here is just a good story about a journalist and his two assistants who come to realize that vampires (or the undead) are among them and one is being targeted by some vengeful humans.<br /><br | If only to avoid making such bad films like "Pulp Fiction," we should all learn something from this little masterpiece. The film has a lot to say about the "heroism of small things," or as in the film "heroic things in small ways." Here are several examples. <br /><br />First, is the use of a hand held camera. It's too bad people still think this is only a documentary technique. The hand held camera can be a dramatic technique. The hand held camera can be a narrative technique and can also be a symbol of the lack of a fixed point-of-view in the film. It can suggest the lack of any | If only to avoid making the same film over and over. To that end I've decided to check off the following films this year as they're required viewing to appreciate current releases: Chinatown, The Wild Bunch, Black Narcissist, The Man That Killed Liberty Valance, Taxi Driver, Blade Runner, Pulp Fiction, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Rear Window, The Third Man, and The Conversation. As I've never seen a more ambitious and technically accomplished film than this one it is impossible to resist the call for such a film in today's market. We will soon have lost entire generations and this film could go a long |
This film was probably inspired | This film was probably inspired and influenced by the recent popularity of "Revenge of the Nerds" in Europe. The producers wanted to cash in on that success and so they took a great deal of liberties with the original script.<br /><br />The film's producers took the novel's story of the American invasion of Japan, and changed it to an attack of Britain by the Japanese navy's 3rd Fleet. If you've ever read the novel, you'll notice that the storyline doesn't match the film, especially the part of the film where "Kato the Tiger" decides that he will get a "new toy" in Tokyo. There's simply | This film was probably inspired by the 1964 film, The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao. <br /><br />Lao was a good guy and the movie seemed very silly. The title character in this film is a good guy. You can tell from the first minute or two. The bad guys are the only characters in this film you could care less about. I don't mean that in a negative way. Maybe the characters are so bad you really do care about them getting their due. It seems to be the point of the movie you do care. The main point is that a guy gets into trouble and must be saved by | 0.389087 | 0.610913 | This film was probably inspired by a novel that is about a serial killers. I've never read the book yet, but I would sure like to read it. I've read about this killer in the news, and thought it was a real life version of the killer that they made up for this film.<br /><br />Tom Savini did a fine job of portraying his character. Tom used to only play the monster type characters in horror movies from his start in the industry in the 1970s. He has since played some more mainstream roles, but his versatility has to be given credit here, as he has proven himself to be capable of playing | This film was probably inspired by the 1980 film, "The Burning Bed of Edward Doter". While watching it today, I was reminded that "Dog Soldiers" is a prequel of sorts to that film. (The original film starred James Russo in the same role). It is a simple story, more focused of the journey itself than actual battle scenes, as the film progresses, we realize that these three men don't really have a lot in common, but for some reason they are drawn to each other.<br /><br />My one complaint is that there's no music in the film, or if there is it's so low-key that | This film was probably inspired by the original, "Dracula." As a fan of the film and the story, I was quite satisfied by this movie. There are subtle differences in the tale. Renfield is portrayed as an insane old man rather than a young man under the influence of Satan. The only thing I did not like is the lack of a count in this film. This is not technically a "Dracula" film. I don't know why it was called that. If they wanted to make this another horror film, why not include a real Dracula and make his character the center of the story? | This film was probably inspired by "The Great Escape" (1963) starring Steve McQueen and many other. The main character Tom Cruise and his buddy are caught. The same thing also happens to the pilot who is shot out of the plane when trying to make a crash landing over a sea.<br /><br />Tom Cruise is great, while you have to remember that this is one of his first roles. Also Angelina Jolie is great, she is very sexy and attractive too! The other actors are playing their first roles and are, I guess, also pretty good. The film features nice scenes. While you are not sitting on the edge | This film was probably inspired by the book the author gave to Spielberg and it has many amazing scenes that can take your breath away. This movie doesn't lack in any direction. I've seen many movies with breathtaking cinematography and this movie has a wonderful setting. The actors of this film all gave great performances especially Dakota fanning and Timothew Hutton and the supporting cast gave good support to the two leading actors. This movie will remind you of how you felt in your childhood when facing difficult problems and you couldn't cope up with every new situation, you thought you were invincible, you had your own strong beliefs. That's what this movie is all about | This film was probably inspired by the real experiences of many ex-infantrymen returning from WW2. (I was a young lad when the film was made and saw it at the cinema in Dundee but I'm surprised I never heard of it and thought it must be a comedy) But I can recall some young soldiers from the regiments I was in returning home a bit shaky in their nerves and not to show it, all in all the best film I ever saw. | This film was probably inspired by the real life tragedy of the death of a teenager on a mountain. The film is based on a true story. I've seen this before, so I know how the story ends. I'm not going to tell you the ending. Go see it for yourself!<br /><br />This is a great film. There are so few films with real-life situations and this is of a kind. Many of those which claim to depict real-life situations and are often set in New York or Toronto or some major city, are highly fictionalized. This film doesn't have that flaw at all. It's not one of those films where the | This film was probably inspired in part by the success of the TV series "Freaks and Geeks", as well as the emergence of bands influenced by mid-70s indie rock. However, "Freaks and Geeks" was a brilliant scripted series, while this is basically a collection of improvised skits put together into one film. If that didn't sound attractive, you could have passed by it and avoided it, but you might have missed out on one of the best movies I've seen. As I mentioned, it has an indie style of filmmaking, which you won't see much of these days in Hollywood. Even in Canada, |
Oh, brother...after hearing about this | Oh, brother...after hearing about this series for several months on the "SyFy" channel, i thought it would be cool to see what it was all about. It was definitely worth waiting for...the entire thing had its own magic, which made it so refreshing to watch. This is the best show i have EVER seen that is on TV. The special effects make "BTK" look like a Disney Channel movie, and the storyline is just outstanding. These people were so bad that they scared the crap out of me. I will definitely be following the series. I'm only sorry i didn't hear about this sooner, cause this is one of the best things | Oh, brother...after hearing about this one for a LONG while, finally I was able to see it.<br /><br />This ain't no action movie. This is what you get. <br /><br />I mean, what in the hell is this picture about?<br /><br />The main plot-line is something about this "hero" named Yuzhao who is fighting a big monster named Chia. But that's not all. Then, there is this plot-about-a-plot about two warring families, who are involved in a big plot to take apart the hero's village. Then, there is this extra plot that tries to involve a few | 0.999999 | 0.000001 | Oh, brother...after hearing about this being a sequel to the classic comedy THE BIG SLEEP for years, I thought my expectations would be higher for this. But I guess they were. I think if you are a fan of the first two films and are expecting a similar film (the characters or plot similarities with the original films are very little) you should expect a lot. This is just a complete waste of my time and I cannot recommend this at all. I wouldn't recommend any other sequels because the original films were great and they are much better than this and THE BIG SLEEP 2-4. You get to see the whole cast playing a new mystery, | Oh, brother...after hearing about this being the "worst movie ever made", I thought I'd check it out for myself. This was not the worst movie ever of all time as some reviewers have said, and I think the filmmakers would be happy to hear that. But, even allowing for this, this film is STILL a terrible movie. So bad that, for those interested, you may actually WANT to view this film just to see how absolutely atrocious it is. It's bad in a completely unintentionally funny way. I thought it was pretty hilarious and was ready to make that short review until I read the one above me praising this film and realizing that I should | Oh, brother...after hearing about this being the sequel to 'Rushmore,' I'd been really excited; but this is just a huge let down! In fact--I actually got upset when it finally came out, because that "excitement" turned out to be really misleading! It's an absolute shame, because I had some genuine high hopes going in but this movie is very disappointing...and not in a good way! This is because of several reasons, but the following will go for the ones that I consider the most significant:<br /><br />1) It just doesn't work to try and make an adolescent comedy out of a film that's really a | Oh, brother...after hearing about this since the mid-80s (at least as kids) and finally seeing it just today, I had to remind myself "Oh, yeah...it's one of the better 'B'-horror movies (and one of the best zombie movies ever)..." The reason it is so hard to find is that it has been re-released, but only in France by Gaumont! Though the story is one of the standard 'zombie' stories (an airplane is lost after a radiation accident and the survivors go mad with powerlessness in the woods and turn into zombies), there are some good additions that make the film well worth it | Oh, brother...after hearing about this film (only heard about it, I haven't seen it) I find myself totally appalled I ever heard of it. It is a movie, no doubt about it, and I will probably be a little more sensitive about watching a movie about transsexuals from seeing my reaction to it. It is, however, not pornographic or even salacious, and its frankness may have done its little part to remove the myths surrounding "gender dysphoria"--which are what so many people have with regard to transvestism and transsexualism. But even with all this in mind, I still have a problem with the film, | Oh, brother...after hearing about this movie for years, I finally had the chance to see it yesterday at the 23rd Montreal World Film Festival. And what a great, fantastic, wild ride this one was! From a script that is a joy to read to stunning direction to acting that is first rate and unique (the actor who plays the main character in this picture is like nobody you've ever seen before...he's got a truly hypnotic face and is as believable as they come in the role of a young guy who is haunted by the death of a childhood friend in a car wreck) to a story that is compelling and totally engrossing, The Stone | Oh, brother...after hearing about this movie from one of my friends who had seen it first, I waited, waited, waited. . .for the right setting to see it. Well, the day arrived, and I was very much disappointed . . .to say the least. It's like "The Butterfly Effect" meets "Don't Look Now" . . .but in a more subtle way. However, as the movie came to a close, I found myself feeling rather relieved than disappointed or shocked, like I would have been after watching something more shocking . . .like "Lost in Translation", for instance. I really liked this movie because it gave me some hope | Oh, brother...after hearing about this movie for so long, as far back as 1975, I finally had a chance to see it today. I wish I hadn't.<br /><br />The movie is so utterly horrible that it literally makes no sense because at this point it doesn't feel like a coherent narrative anymore. I mean, what was the point of the first thing in the movie that said "this is an unofficial sequel"??? I mean, come on..who knows if it was gonna be like this? We all want to believe that it was gonna be great, ya know? But then the introduction makes it sound like they weren't going |
I would put this at | I would put this at 8 for the first part. The best of the three movies that came out of the early 1950's. They all were great movies, but as I watched the last two and compared them to this first one, the second simply wasn't as good. It was actually quite predictable, in my mind, which would have bothered me had it had the title "Part I: The Perfect Strangers." It, however, had the perfect title, "Unreleased." | I would put this at the very bottom of the list of awful movies based on video games. It has all the problems of having an actual plot in the script which ruins the entire concept. The entire film revolves around saving the planet, but I can watch any movie for that - The Last Starfighter, Star Wars, Godzilla... the list is literally endless. It's just not enjoyable at all - the effects are horrible, the acting could have been better even for a B-class film and the whole setting is so clichéd. Don't waste your time... | 0.999999 | 0.000001 | I would put this at the top of my "must watch" stack. Great character-driven stories and great performances all around! The acting is superb, especially from a young Tom Hanks and Sally Field (still one of my favorites). The stories, based on actual accounts, are believable and interesting. The whole movie has a very real and "touching" feel to it and at the very least will bring tears to your eyes, just the way it was meant to do. | I would put this at the top of my list of favorite anime. It's not very difficult from an anime fan to become immersed in the story or to just generally watch the wonderful animation. But, this one is one of those rare anime that makes the viewer think. It doesn't just throw the story out to be thought and to entertain you, but this one puts thought after thought in your mind. This one is a true work of genius, and I don't think I can really express how much I love this one.<br /><br />The animation is the best part of this one. It's very easy on the eyes, with some excellent hand-d | I would put this at the bottom of the list of John Cassavetes's movies, even behind his "poetry". It's as if he fell in love with himself while watching himself at work. While it was obviously a great experience for him, it's not much fun for the audience. And there's not much plot. And the acting is way over the top. The best acting in the world can become annoying and obnoxious when someone acts too much.<br /><br /> | I would put this at the top of the best movies of all-time, and the reason is not only the story, which is very engaging (you have to read the book to see how beautifully told it all is by the author - it's a wonderful experience), but it's also the performances and the cinematography that make it so fantastic.<br /><br />The young boy, the gruff father, the tough, yet gentle grandfather, the pretty young girl and her family - all were brilliantly acted, and so perfectly chosen. The father in 'The Black Stallion' was played by a wonderful 'star' turn by Anthony Quinn of course, who had | I would put this at the very center of science-fiction literature. While the original is not great literature in the most objective sense, there is something about it that works--there's the simple fear that this sort of thing could happen, the way it actually happened to the Nazis. While the original is a sort of 'what if' for the first half of the 20th century, the novel, which is more contemporary, feels the way things *will* happen to people in the US in the 21st Century. We know it to be true. I'd rank it up there on the same terms as Orwell's 1984 | I would put this at #8 on my list of favorite movies of all time. John Cromwell as the villain, Sir Guy, has rarely been so good. David Niven is a total delight. As is Kim Hunter. In her first memorable role, she has never been better. I will go on about her performance later in this section.<br /><br />The story is about Sir Guy, a nobleman and friend of the King. He has lost his son through divorce. So he takes another child, the only son of a wealthy widow. He calls this son Edward and raises him. In the meantime, his wife falls in love with her brother | I would put this at top 10. The storyline is one of the best, and the cast is great. It's one of those movies that I have seen a hundred times since it came out. I could only see a big film star like William Holden in the part, and he does a fantastic job. Rock Hudson is perfect as he usually is (what else? <br /><br />In 1812, Texas was still part of Mexico. When war loomed between Mexico and the U.S., Texas was in a dangerous position. A group of Americans, with little money and hope, decided to fight back against the invasion by Mexico | I would put this at number one on my list for the last two decades. The original French film by Jean-Luc Godard is one of the most important films ever made. I am also grateful that this film finally made it to DVD in North America, although I am mystified that only a very limited edition of the VHS version has been released here. In 1970 America was in turmoil and the country was in danger of self-destruction by a conflict which became very real for many of us as draft notices reached our homes and lives became threatened. This film, while not an anti-Viet nam film, is an anti-war film. |
Whoever wrote the screenplay for | Whoever wrote the screenplay for "The Rookie" is either stupid or stupidly evil. Or, maybe there's a third option? I don't know. The writers of the movie should see "The Rookie" as an example of how not to make an inspirational sports movie. We can see that the writer of the original story that became the hit on Broadway, "The Perfect Man," was a fan of "The Rookie." But if the audience is to find the movie the least bit inspirational, the writers should have made the movie more well rounded and more accurate and believable.<br /><br />"The Rookie" begins its journey as a true story in 1 | Whoever wrote the screenplay for this movie was a complete idiot. The plot jumps around and is so utterly confusing, I couldn't write it out, because it would be the same as if I had written a word in capital letters 26 times in a row.<br /><br />Why were they so confused about who was the guy in the mask, and what his relationship to all these people was? Just one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and then, just about six minutes before the end of the movie, everything fell into place. It was totally retarded and predictable...but still, I wasn't expecting it, so it | 0.609972 | 0.390028 | Whoever wrote the screenplay for this movie must have watched some pretty darned crappy stuff to justify the characters, "The Dude" and his girlfriend (who has the most irritating voice ever) going to a club when they get picked up by two people who then take them to another little club. Then they go to another one of those little clubs and then they do another one of those dances at an even smaller club. Then the film finally ends. The only thing this film lacks for the main characters, Ned (played incredibly by Steve Buscemi) and Giovanna (Marisa Pavanelli) is a sex scene. In a film where the two main characters | Whoever wrote the screenplay for this movie must have done it when stoned. If it was written after they got sober they are a complete idiot. What a bunch of crap. It's funny to me how the critics actually went into this movie and called it a comedy. My favorite shot was the one where they are in the police station and the bad guy points his gun towards the camera and says look what I've got, his finger pulls the trigger. Then all you see is someone's butt (the cop's butt in this case) behind the camera and boom! He's dead. In my opinion the only place that would look even close to funny is the | Whoever wrote the screenplay for this movie was a genius. All that we were all waiting for was for a movie to come along that told the real truth of everything that we as Americans were taught about our country's involvement in WWII, and this movie did it!!! I am very impressed with the script! The movie is very believable and does not leave anything out!!! | Whoever wrote the screenplay for this movie failed in every area. So many scenes left out. Why is there no mention of the fact that this train had a crew on board? Was this a train without anyone to be around? For Pete's sake when you can't go through a pass you have an engineer, a brakeman (and nowadays a conductor), they all do that, and if not who's there to turn off the engine. The train stopped and stayed in that tunnel for 24 hours? What the heck is that supposed to mean, that some train in the US stays under the ground for 24 hours. This is what a good | Whoever wrote the screenplay for the first hour of this movie should be shot. This had to be a 1960's teen film. It was all the way campy and stupid. In one scene in the school a teacher says "This is ridiculous" (I think she would of said that, this is the kind of story this is); a student answers, "Yes it is, but it's also very funny!" and her students in the room burst into laughter. Also I would of loved to see the movie that was called "Giant's Hands" because that had to be a very hard title to put in a tagline and they never | Whoever wrote the screenplay for this was not thinking. The movie as it stands is terrible and the plot is thin. I had little interest in watching it and am pleased to have finished watching it. I have never seen such a bad horror movie. Why anyone even thought of releasing it is a mystery. It is terrible and not scary. | Whoever wrote the screenplay for this movie needs to be shot. The movie begins and as I have stated in the summary is absolutely laughable, very very, very very bad. You would think they would have a little more than a 200,000 budget maybe it would help and they did not hire an actor who is a good actor but rather an actor who is bad.<br /><br />I watched it a while ago but I don't remember the good bit about it, I only remember the bad, how you think that one stupid movie like this can get made, who would write it and how it was made after a lot of reading | Whoever wrote the screenplay for this film has little love or knowledge of life in the world of a nightclub. Some comments refer to this as an indie movie, but this is quite incorrect.<br /><br />There are so many scenes that are unrealistic as to be unbelievable. It's like writing a soap opera script, without the reality or any of the realism that goes into a soap opera. The movie is an insult to the audience, as it never explains the reason for the characters' actions. Just a little bit of research about a club owner's operations would have helped the writers.<br /><br />The cinematography was OK, and some of the acting was |
When I first saw a | When I first saw a preview for this film, I was a bit reluctant to check it out. It seemed a bit slow-paced for my taste. However, when I finally saw it, I was glad I'd taken the time - this movie is really superb.<br /><br />The first thing I noticed in this movie was the excellent cinematography. The entire film was captured in an almost dreamlike quality, with a lot of light and shadow in almost every scene. (I think this was intentional, and I agree with them.) I'm sure a lot of effort went into the camera-work here, and it definitely paid off in the end. This movie | When I first saw a trailer for this movie (way before it was released) I was excited. I had heard great things about it and I had even thought about attending its midnight release. But when I actually watched it for the first time, I could not help but feel disappointed. <br /><br />It starts off great!! In the very beginning we get to see our lead characters on screen for first time.<br /><br />We get to see a little bit about their backgrounds and they have a few scenes together. So far so good. But things change in a big way about 15 minutes into the movie. By the time it is halfway | 1 | 0 | When I first saw a trailer for this movie I loved the idea of getting to see some of America's best rock bands on stage! I also thought it would be a fun time getting to see some of their music on film. So I couldn't wait to see this movie, I got it last week! I was very disappointed when I watched it! It might be because most of the bands didn't have much time to play but I felt that I saw too much of them "doing their thing", getting ready to play, going through their songs. Even the concert scenes didn't play out very well. All I saw were some good stage shots. Many of | When I first saw a preview for this movie, all I saw was a bunch of naked women. My opinion wasn't very good of this movie, and I thought it was just gonna be another bad porn movie that Hollywood's trying to pass off as a real movie. But that's not at all true.<br /><br />This movie is a really good movie when you aren't expecting one and its plot has some twists in it that you really didn't see coming at all. I really liked this movie when I saw it and I would encourage people to see it because you won't be disappointed. You might think its going to be another one of those crappy | When I first saw a trailer for this movie I thought it was great. It seemed to be the type of movie that was very funny, a lot of comedy, a lot of laughs, and a lot of entertainment. The synopsis of the movie was just perfect in my opinion.<br /><br />At the beginning of the movie it starts with a brief 400 words summary of Jesus' life. Which is perfectly fine with me. Next we move to a brief but interesting recap on the life of Paul, before he became a follower of Christ.<br /><br />This movie contains the best jokes ever, in my opinion. When Paul is being saved | When I first saw a review of "Soul Survivors" that referred to it as a post-modern adaptation of "The Woman in Black," I took a quick glance and said to myself: "Oh, the film must be interesting then." It was. The production was fantastic, with excellent cinematography and an excellent haunting score, done by composer John Milius, who also composed the original soundtrack for "The Woman in Black".<br /><br />I liked most of the film's story and atmosphere. I loved what it said about the world's problems with prejudice and how prejudice can be seen on the surface in a matter-of-fact way | When I first saw a trailer for this, I was excited. A 1930s-era horror film which was all the rage again about 75 years later? I loved it! And then they showed it to me.<br /><br />"Black Sunday" is a fairly typical period film, with lots of Gothic atmosphere to be sure, just not any scares. The plot is simple enough: a doctor develops a serum to restore lost sight, but he is obsessed more with the eye that the formula does not work as intended... and when it finally does work, it kills more than just the eye.<br /><br />The cast is good | When I first saw a trailer for this movie, I was absolutely ecstatic. The characters, as always played by Melissa Joan Hart, are always in my heart and the storyline is so great! Melissa Joan Hart and Sabrina herself, Cheryl, are the ones to look out for. If you watch one episode, and don't just turn it off, you will love this show. It is just perfect for everyone and they have so many great seasons that I feel that if you haven't seen them, watch them all. It makes you think and want to try to become a successful writer and you will enjoy it. Melissa Joan Hart would absolutely live up to the title | When I first saw a trailer for this movie it caught my attention. I got so scared for Sam, he seemed like a nice kid, but then I see him at the beginning of the movie with a bat in the air, and he kills his stepdad. The scene after which was very scary, but it's nothing compared to the whole movie. First of all you see how hard it is for him to grow up in this house with these crazy parents. After that I got scared because that didn't seem to be the only weird thing going on in the house. I mean who doesn't go on Halloween at exactly 7 o'clock at night. I | When I first saw a movie, I was pretty much interested in martial arts and action films and pretty much found the majority of those movies to be cheesy and not very good. Especially ones like those starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li. The story lines were usually somewhat weak and the action seemed to go on forever and always seemed kind of fake, but there was usually one thing that made it a little more enjoyable. Then of course, you got the movies with a great amount of story like "The Usual Suspects", "La Roue", and "Dr. Zhivago". These films had a captivating story or a way of storytelling that kept me interested. |
Who are these "They"- the | Who are these "They"- the "they" they don't even call by their names- people in The Stone Angel who seem to live around Agnes? Even more puzzling is why does Agnes (Shelley Winters) live with them... not even she has an answer. That's one of the most important questions one can ask about this very unusual movie which at least gets a couple parts to work out. The opening sequence is justly famous for its brilliance- if one could have watched it in a different film, it would be an instant classic- so in this film one can only sit back and marvel at the film's audacity. There's | Who are these "They"- the viewers who must "recognize the themes and allusions" in this "masterpiece?" In "masterpiece," I believe the viewer's intelligence counts for zilch.<br /><br />The plot of this "masterpiece" may be the greatest ever for any movie. Not that I've seen that many movies, but I see enough to go on. Here is the plot: Woman gets pregnant and discovers life. Woman's husband does not want a baby and wants them to abort. Wife doesn't. So, when baby is born, dad is so jealous and angry that he kills the baby. The wife finds the tiny blood | 0.94849 | 0.05151 | Who are these "They"- the ones who love Michael J. Fox? The TV audience that stuck with his "Family" TV sitcom after he replaced Kurtwood Smith as the teenage Michael? The fans of his old show who stuck by him after he tried out for other sitcoms and failed and then got the movie deal, ".Back to the Future" and then the movie deal, "The Secret of Roan Inish"? The fans of both the "Back to the Future" movies and his TV shows and movies and TV show? In short, Who are "They"- the ones that like him?<br /><br />-The Fans, that's WHO!<br | Who are these "They"- the ones we believe the writer's/director's idea of a horror film is supposed to target? It's just a bunch of "cool" dudes and chicks "making out" and having "no-laws" parties without parental supervision while being scared by a couple of red eyes, a spooky woman in black cloak and a guy in a ghost suit. They run away, get chased, kill, get scared. They get chased, get scared, kill, get chased. A bunch of girls run by a black man because he has a huge machete strapped onto his back. The scene went to such an absurd level of dumb that I couldn | Who are these "They"- the children in the film? They are children who appear to be growing up with and in the wake of the horrific tragedy that occurred in the small town of Spring, Texas in 1983, when at least eight of the town's children were brutally murdered. The children, who were in the eighth grade at Spring Cove Middle School at the time, try to find each other as they struggle with their feelings about the massacre, as well as the aftermath the tragedy left in its wake.<br /><br />The film, in 16mm, shows the lives of a few of the girls growing up in Spring and how they deal | Who are these "They"- the two words at the beginning of the movie- you ask, well, they are in fact the two central characters in the movie.<br /><br />I suppose if you're not from the 60's you might find this movie "a bunch of left-wing nonsense"... but I find it to be interesting and worth watching. It is in fact a satire of the people responsible for the assassinations of the last half of the century, but especially for the Vietnam War. What you see is that the "They" are those who have something to do with the "War". The assassins of the film are those who have an involvement | Who are these "They"- the same group of people I saw laughing and chatting throughout the course of this movie? I had a horrible, terrible experience watching this movie and the only part of me that was entertained was the fact I was laughing at the fact that I thought this could be fun. But this was not fun- It was awful. A woman who is pregnant, goes a little crazy (literally crazy) and is the sole survivor of a hit-and-run has some creepy, disturbing dreams- like in a way, a woman who is pregnant and scared has crazy dreams of women being slaughtered, being pregnant for 2 years, and having a huge birth canal. | Who are these "They"- the title of the movie. Are they Americans, Japanese, or the people that live and work side by side in two different cultures. This is the real question. I think they are the Japanese, who when they do not get exactly what they want to do or see, will not try to change their situation, and just make a choice to live the rest of their life in the same way, as if the decision has been made- They can't do this, they choose not to, because of something they feel they have to do or something they don't want to do. The movie itself is about the life of two people in Japan | Who are these "They"- the "They" of the title who appear at the end, at least. In a way, the film is about a woman who tries to make art, perhaps in part because of her life in a hotel, and she is always trying to come up with a story that might be in some sense "true," and she doesn't know if she is making something up or trying to tell the truth. The story is sometimes difficult to believe, and, like many artists, she is quite drunk. Of course, much of life and art is like this, at least for some people. But what is not difficult at all is the beauty ( | Who are these "They"- the "They" who will get us to see this little horror/romance flick- the "They" who are so very excited to add this to the "They" DVD collection. "They" are the "They" who read the reviews and see all the positive remarks and see in their mind the wonderful things to come. "They" are the "They"- these "They" do read the reviews- so many positive ones about this wonderful movie- "Barnaby Jones" which may lead one to make a purchase of this one. They hear on the radio (yes radio) of the wonderful soundtrack and think "Barn |
This is said to be | This is said to be the first film based on Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Man that would be King". It's supposed to be a very close adaptation. Whatever it's based on, the film has an interesting beginning, good performances overall and is beautifully filmed. The problem is that, despite it's great look and some interesting scenes, what follows isn't particularly interesting
<br /><br />The story goes on for ages introducing characters, explaining their background, motives and what not. The film starts out with MacChesney getting a job after the failed Worsam rebellion at the Khyber Pass. It soon seems that this job means MacCh | This is said to be inspired by the actual facts. To my knowledge, it is. But that does not excuse the filmmaker's contempt for his audience. After some years of the real-life story, we hear his first wife announce that she is pregnant. In the world of fiction, this would be a time for wonder, exploration, and growth. This isn't. It is a time for murder. <br /><br />The movie is called "Murder: One," because the filmmaker thinks that if the word "murder" is mentioned at least once, it will have the effect of focusing the attention on the murder and its consequences for the perpetrator, | 0.61829 | 0.38171 | This is said to be the best film ever made about jazz and also the best musical ever. For the former it is hard to compare. The film may be better than some other portrayals - such as The Young Girls Of Rochefort and A Man Called Lulu (both by Max Ophuel and not musicals) - but it was a pretty good year for jazz movies: Jammin' The Blues, The King And I and The Pianist Of The Moors (all better musicals) were made the same year but that has no relevance in comparing them. For the latter, the musical aspect is exceptional. I'd never heard of this | This is said to be the first full-length feature (screen) treatment of the Beowulf story. Some of the action scenes are so far-fetched they are hilarious. I can't imagine many more epic fights ever devised, in which single fighters go on for hours hacking their way through crowds of murderous monsters that grow stronger by the minute. And, like a good fairy-tale hero, when Beowulf comes to the aid of a nation threatened by monsters and bloodthirsty enemies, he brings the battle all the way to the very heart of the enemy's territory. This was never achieved before, and he even succeeds in killing Grendel's | This is said to be a classic film noir even though it was actually shot in color. That's the one thing to remember about film, the only thing that really changes is the method of distribution. It doesn't matter how you show them, what matters is the content.<br /><br />This isn't a typical film noir because like THE MULLER TONE (based on THE PISTOL PACKING COMMONER). It does not deal with the usual corruption in society, nor corruption of government, it deals with the problems of living with a criminal past. Many people have problems with their parents, and have some resentment. Some do not. | This is said to be an English language dub of the original Spanish version. That certainly explains the rather awkward, and overly formal, "Elvira," but it still is quite funny. This is one of the two cult horror stars, with the other being "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" (but that is one of the very best cult films of the 1970s, by far). I always felt that this was never the best of these shows, and it is a fine, but not excellent, vehicle for Cassandra Peterson. What might have worked much better was the original title, "Conan, the Barbarian" - | This is said to be a parody on "the evil corporate world with the big computer center ruling the world".<br /><br />But I don't see it. The only one really involved with this is the girl with the glasses. And she just want's to be her own woman without being influenced by anyone. When she gives in to the guy she thinks is "the one". She does a wonderful job in this.<br /><br />And she shows you that it doesn't matter who your father is. Just the fact that you have a father. I felt that was a nice message to get across and it was done in a way to make it | This is said to be the most realistic German WW2 (actually any) movie ever made. The acting, script is brilliant, however it lacks some emotion that a German film needs to have in order for people in general to watch it. It contains everything a normal person would have liked to know about the war, without the over-dramatization of American or British movies. The soldiers are shown in the most realistic state. They often don't know what they are doing and feel a sense of confusion about everything, like in a book written by a WW11 veteran, who also worked as an adviser on this movie. A must see, a masterpiece! | This is said to be the best version of the "Cry Freedom" story! Why? For the most part, in fact. And as much as I enjoyed the "Cry Freedom" movie, it is in some ways inferior in comparison with the excellent miniseries version...which is well worth your while as well!<br /><br />I had enjoyed "Cry Freedom" and so I was looking forward to seeing it again. The original movie version is much the same, if not quite as exciting as the miniseries. The miniseries, however, adds a few more details about Raymond Mahlaba as opposed to the film.<br | This is said to be the only movie ever made with an actual member of The Beatle-George Harrison-in it. There is a lot more to this wonderful movie though: a young girl gets the chance to meet a beautiful young woman named Olivia. They form a sweetly romantic relationship where they fall in love and eventually the girl has a baby. While she is taking care of everyone in her life she forgets about herself and begins to wither away from everyone. So Olivia decides to find some time for herself and sets off to visit a psychic named Miss Wren who tells her she is to find herself and begin a journey down a long and magical train track |
It was great to see | It was great to see my favourite movie in my birthday!! How this movie comes to my view, I don't know, because I don't remember a thing about it... But when I saw it, I fell in love with it. But the part I liked the best was the character of the sister. At the end I remember watching it again but with an other end. I guess it should be OK, what they put on a dvd is what they consider the best. But for me it isn't OK. It would be better to leave it the way it is. And at least, I like how this movie ends. | It was great to see Robert Mitchum again although this was not his best work, I thought. The two women, (Deanna, the wife, and Betsy, the girlfriend, each played by Dorothy Malone and Barbara Bel Geddes, were excellent. Mitchum portrayed the husband whose cheating on his wife was found out which drove him to killing her, and it all ended badly for the couple. The cast was very good. The story line was OK, but a little predictable since I could pretty much figure out how it was going to all end from start to finish. I had to hold onto the fast forward button since the ending was the part I would | 0.517582 | 0.482418 | It was great to see Sean Connery back in 007 status. What surprised me was the script was actually intelligent and the action scenes were the most exciting for that generation. I was really surprised that despite a few complaints, the movie made a lot of money in theaters as well as when it was released upon DVD.<br /><br />The main story line was very promising due to the fact that the people who committed the mass murder were actually CIA and the leader of it was actually the top executive of the CIA, William Dafoe was very intense when portraying the main character of Robert Ludlum's assassination plot who killed the former governor of one | It was great to see this film on DVD. I think I was around the right age for this movie and found the film very relevant and funny as a 14 or 15 year old in 1965 and when you are my age it is a film about teenagers, teenagers that I could relate to very much. We would all have the same kind of problems and emotions as you do, only I was more rebellious and my voice was deeper. The fact that the movie is based on a true story makes it even more enjoyable to watch. I would recommend watching this great musical to all of us baby boomers.<br /><br /> | It was great to see another fantastic performance by Sir Anthony Hopkins in the movie. He is my favorite actor - I really can't find words to express the kind of pleasure he provides. But what I really liked the most was the idea of his character. It's a shame he plays only villains - I'd love to see him playing some lovable characters as well. Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie - I especially liked the way the characters were developed and the setting and scenery - it was beautiful, just like the ones in the other movie with him "A beautiful mind" which I loved as well. I haven't read the book yet, I'm waiting | It was great to see the boys from the O.C. getting back together to make this movie... even though they just wanted to be off of the show. It gave them a chance to show the movie making process. It was such a great experience. They also have a great idea that they want to feature for every movie they make. This was the third one but it was the best one yet (but that does not mean much since the "Cult" was the best one). I could tell the boys enjoyed making this movie. The movie gave such great stories for so many. Just because of their lives they now know of such things as how hard it | It was great to see this film on the screen, and I was very impressed how quickly we moved from point to point, not skipping anything. I really liked how Ben Thomas portrayed Adam, and he was a fine actor. I especially liked his love with his friend in the park and how he got upset after hearing his friend's mother speak on the radio about love. And who else but the lovely and talented Erika Christensen as his love. I saw this film years ago but still remembered the scenes. It has been made available and bought both of the films for my collection. I highly recommend them to all my friends. | It was great to see the entire cast one last time in the series. This was the only way the series could have been concluded. The best actor was the late David Duchovny as Special Ed. I could relate to a person with his type of disability very well. I'm sorry to say that I can't understand those of you who found this episode "rude". It will always stay in my memory. | It was great to see an early performance of young Richard Chamberlain in this movie, one of Australia's very first "art films" and a movie I have not seen in ages. I remember this movie very vividly and can't wait to show it to my own kids some day.<br /><br />I think the movie is very touching and you will probably feel the same way about it. It's also fun just for its beauty of the Australian landscape and the very early performance of a very young Richard Chamberlain. The movie starts with a little Aussie boy walking along the coast (the title comes from a line of poetry) and his little boy's way | It was great to see Peter Falk again after so many years without seeing him. But of course the most surprising and eye-opening performance came from Albert Finney as the old father who had 2 sons fighting each other for money and influence but never seeing the truth about their father's situation.<br /><br />I think Finney was one of the best actors ever in his profession. He had a very difficult job to fill the shoes of his older brother as it is very rare to find an Oscar winning actor and a Tony winning one as well. But he accomplished that feat. But I think his best work has been in his later years and I think this movie |
I can't believe that those | I can't believe that those in Italy would consider this a very bad movie. They should learn that this was one of my favortites when I was growing up in the 80's. This movie did well in the US when it was first released. I enjoyed watching it over and over again. This movie is a definite 2 out of 5. | I can't believe that those involved in the making of this movie actually thought it was worth making and then spending time watching it. I wish I knew what I thought about it when I finally got to it about two hours in but in the end I think there are too many things that come through. One was a really bad 1980s music video that I've tried to block my memory from but I still can't and the other is the fact that some of the people in this movie seem to be having a hell of a fun time while they're singing. It's sad.<br /><br />Don't watch this unless you are planning on putting | 0.506409 | 0.493591 | I can't believe that those who wrote the other reviews of KISS KISS MISSISSIPPI were so critical of this movie. Why? It is a beautiful film and shows the world that you can love someone and still be true to your family. You do not have to be a slave to either side. I am not a homosexual but like and appreciate gays just like anyone else. I also grew up in the 50's and experienced the same racism as some of the other reviewers here. This is a great movie and will leave you with a warm feeling. It is the kind of film I would love to see on TV and would enjoy for long hours | I can't believe that those people who think that this movie is so cool, that they give it an 8 and a 9. It's just stupid! It's so ridiculous. And I mean it's not just that the story is really stupid, but the whole way this movie was made just doesn't feel real. And they have no idea what else to do about it! I can't believe people who actually read this really like this movie!!!! You can take it seriously, if there's not funny or cool people in the movie. I don't know who cares about those characters, except if they were cute girls or something (but they were hot and | I can't believe that those writers and producers who think that this lame comedy will make it big! The only reason they think it will is that people who enjoy the "family" fare of this film will give it a good rating. Please for heaven's sake, watch the movie before giving it a review and see for yourself if you think this is a good film. Oh, and then let the other people know what you really think!<br /><br />The plot is lame. The comedy is lamer. The people acting in the flick are not actors. There are also "sneaking shots," that make the viewer a tad uncomfortable. If the director and | I can't believe that those guys who did this movie ever got any part of a paycheck for their work. No wonder the director ended up being a homeless man. I can't believe that they got any studio to make this movie. It was a disaster as far as acting talent, but if anything, I blame anyone in Hollywood that made this movie, not the actors, because I can't believe that they actually thought anyone would go to theaters to view this. And although I can't blame the cast, I believe that they should have at least had the courtesy to try and tell everyone that they never got paid. This just goes to show why Hollywood will do anything | I can't believe that those who make films of these awful plays do so and ruin a good script. This film follows the excellent play, well acted and well done. The plot is original and the script good. The acting by all is fine and there is no need to cut and change the text. I only hope to see this film again for it is a true gem.<br /><br /> | I can't believe that those two other IMDb users were so unimpressed by this show. (And yes, I did actually buy the DVD set, so maybe I'm a wee bit biased, but I can't say that this is the biggest reason why.)<br /><br />For one thing, some of (most of?) the actors from other shows (for example, the original Dr. Who) guest-starred in the show and did so very well. For another, the show dealt with very real topics, such as addiction and alienation from society (as opposed to a bunch of guys running around fighting each other, as on Power Rangers), and | I can't believe that those who have commented on this masterpiece have considered this a sequel to the original. It certainly was not a sequel. It is actually a spin-off with no connection to the original, other than that it deals with the paranormal. I believe that the series should have remained the way it was when it was on CBS. That would have been great. Instead, ABC felt they had to take the franchise in a new direction. Having said that, this is a very good series that was very well executed and well received by critics and in syndication. It ran for four great seasons. I have to say, that I miss it tremendously! | I can't believe that those who write reviews like this one aren't watching the right movies! This is actually one of the best animated movies of recent memory! I really thought that The Lion King 1 1/2 would be a real hit because Timon and Pumbaa are such great characters and are so endearing and likable. I thought that the script for this would be very witty, sharp. I was not mistaken in any way. This has all of the same great qualities that the first Lion King had. Very, very funny and very very strong as far as heart goes. If you are a true Disney fan or love animation or simply if |
Never cast models and Playboy | Never cast models and Playboy cover girls in the supporting roles. Not that there are so many actors who have the capability to deliver a real believable performance, but the ones that we have are pretty much limited. Now, this is the kind of performance which the ones with really big noses should give. We've all seen women, so, we know how hard it is to act like one. <br /><br />Sissy Spacek's performance is truly believable and shows us that she has the talent to get the job done. | Never cast models and Playboy pinups to play the roles of screenwriters and professional women. No matter how "real" I try to make their stories, without the "real" "real" women, I am left with an impression of a world that has nothing to do with the one in which I live and breathe, in which I live and breathe, and in which you live and breathe. Why not just do a movie "model" and have a model be a model? I am not suggesting that everyone in the world is a beautiful blonde, but why not start from there? I know people who have seen what they felt was a realistic portrayal of an | 0.999999 | 0.000001 | Never cast models and Playboy playmates in real movies. They don't look like the realthing. Some actresses can't act, but at least they really look like the people they're playing in movies (i.e. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio vs. Michelle Pfeiffer, Julia Roberts vs. Julia Roberts). As actors, Kari Wuhrer and Lara Flynn Boyle are talented actresses, as I have seen them perform in a variety of situations. However, as people, they bear no resemblance to true people. I realize what is being attempted here, but no one can ever convincingly play Marilyn Monroe. It is as simple as that. For a | Never cast models and Playboy centerfolds in roles where physical appearance matters. How did the producers of this movie think that this could turn out to be anything but what it turned out to be a giant flop?!<br /><br />I realize that it was probably a huge bargain, but, the reality is that these girls just don't have what it takes to carry this movie. | Never cast models and Playboy Playmates in the lead roles! This is a story set in New York City; that much is obvious to the scriptwriters! Who are they expecting to pass for New Yorkers? "Buck" is a country-dweller! He was made and born to be a country boy. How he would think he is a New Yorker is beyond me. And if he was born in New York, he is just as much a New York as I am! New York? I am a New Yorker, too! I was raised in New York and I went to college in the city. It is so sad what some people are trying to | Never cast models and Playboy bunnies and people with "movie star eyes" in the "hard-boiled" detective genre! There's simply no credibility this way. No one's ever been able to get around that one. We always have to "suspend disbelief" when watching these movies. It's a wonder some people were able to keep it together through their brief careers; I wonder how many people went crazy from those "movie star eyes" and had to take the easy way out. (If you know someone who had to do this, please tell me: I want to support their families). I was always a fan of Kim Novak and James Stewart | Never cast models and Playboy bimbos as your stars or you'll only get the movie that was hoped for. "The Handthat Rocks the Cradle" plays as it were like a more adult "The Little Mermaid", only without the innocence. A wicked coven of witches and their pet creatures take over the life of a young woman, her husband and their baby boy. A bit of the familiar fairy-tale plot is employed in the telling, and it all feels very reminiscent of the Disney classic, as well as to the earlier witch classic "The Burning Times". "The Burning Times" was actually better than "The Handthat Rocks the Cradle | Never cast models and Playboy bunnies as actors. They are not capable of doing it. They are only good as pretty faces and are not able to act on anything more than that. For you boys who like sexy women...go to any of the erotic stores that have videos of these models. This one is no exception. The plot is pretty much non-existent. The script is pretty much an excuse to have the actresses have sex. So I was not surprised when I found to many plot holes, continuity problems, and sex on display that I could've done myself in. There is pretty much no point to this movie. I didn't pay to much attention | Never cast models and Playboy playmates in dramatic roles - it just does not work, as these people lack a certain gravitas. That's why I like the fact that there are at least a handful of older, established actors and actresses in this film, as it is their performance that lifts this movie. The only downside is the fact that there are no real backdrops: all scenes are more or less set on a stage, either because the script called for or because the filmmakers had to work with a very low budget. In any case, this was an above-average exploitation film, as it managed to offer a good deal of atmosphere and style, which was lacking | Never cast models and Playboy bunnies in your movies, they don't look realistic, especially dancing like professional ballet dancers! I really didn't like this movie, the music by Liza Minelli wasn't a success in America and because of the 70's disco trend it wasn't even well received in Australia, but for what it was, it was pretty good, apart from the dancing. |
Its not the cast. A | Its not the cast. A lot of good actors in this thing but this is just dull.<br /><br />I thought maybe the movie might drag but it gets a bit worse. Once the car is turned over, it turns from 1.5 hours of story telling to 1.5 hours of car blowing things up. It's just a waste of time. And they try to make the movie dramatic with music over something the car should care about like a car crash? This is just dull. I can only recommend watching this movie in small bits to keep yourself awake. | Its not the cast. A good cast with great actors, I am sure you cannot go wrong.<br /><br />Its not the director...a good director can do magic, in my opinion. I think he tries, but he ends up trying way too hard.<br /><br />No, you cannot go wrong in trying to make this movie. It has everything in it. But what happens in this movie is it ends up just being a mish mash of everything. At times, you really enjoy the movie. Then comes a part when you feel like stopping it. You keep thinking, how can they make it worse? They do. So you really want it | 0.498044 | 0.501956 | Its not the cast. A good cast could make a movie. Its not the plot because the plot was never even explained. My mother says it was on the TV. I thought I would watch it with her though to pass the time just because she likes them so much and she didn't want to listen to my 35 cent political comment which had me getting up and walking out the door. <br /><br />The thing is there was NOTHING. No plot. No character development. Just some weird and poorly written, low budget movie about a monster which had a very limited (if any) effect. Its supposed to be in "modern day" and this | Its not the cast. A number of people in this movie went on to have decent careers (Wesley Snipes, Brian Krause, Janine Turner). But other than the two main characters, this movie is awful. There is no mystery to the movie unless you read the beginning of the book a lot. Wesley's character, Michael, is your typical police officer. He gets into trouble a lot and is constantly in the dogs with his department. When the department gives him a chance, he goes for a drive and gets caught between his love of his girlfriend and love of his work after he gets into another fight with one of the local mob leaders. Now | Its not the cast. A great cast but the movie just falls short of being a classic. Theres still a small chance you will enjoy the film, thats up to you to look outside the box, try to get some new ideas in, the movie does have many of them.<br /><br />BUT! The script is weak in many spots, most of the time, the directing goes flat and uninteresting. <br /><br />Thats it in a nutshell!<br /><br />I also think its interesting that most critics agree with me, only very few have actually given the film high reviews. Maybe the best way to describe the film is that | Its not the cast. A movie with Denzel Washington and Whoopie Goldberg and Wesley Snipes and Michael Jeter and Wesley Snipes and... well, that should be something special. But the screenplay is a disaster.<br /><br />How would you feel if someone told you that all your life you've been mistaken about the one person you loved more than family and you have the wrong one.<br /><br />What is the point ? Who cares about the wrong guy ? | Its not the cast. A lot of great actors are in here. Its not the plot it has a very cool beginning and its a little slow but then its a lot of fun and full of very interesting characters. But the problem is its all thrown together. The movie seems to have been rushed out to hit the summer season. All those characters you can't wait for it to appear the next time its on. You want to see whats happen to them. And then.... it's over!!!! They cut the movie down just a little bit to bring it under two hours but that last scene where everyone comes together to play the card game is just not enough. I'm | Its not the cast. A great cast! Especially Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. I saw their portrayals of Tony and his son in 6 of 7. They carried the show very well. It wasn't the script. The story flowed nicely. It was the dialogue! To bad it was so over scripted with soooooooo many lines, it just bugged me to no end. I wanted so badly to understand just how these mobsters think. I got some, but not all. We've all heard "Silence of the Lambs", "The Godfather V" etc. and seen how Hollywood can screw up even a top | Its not the cast. A great cast with great acting abilities. Its not the direction. Good job on the story and the pacing of the movie. Its the writing. I cant think of a good movie with the same writers and director this late into the project. I wonder if maybe they changed the script as they went along. I wonder also how much money Lucas Lutz had to throw around to get a great director and great actors for his movie when it was a low budget project. | Its not the cast. A collection of great British talent including the two best ever James Bond actors is hardly likely. However there are so many great actors, its not that it's an odd couple, its just that a few are far more interesting than others. I was thinking of posting some comments of the great talents of the film, but all I can come up with is that this is an all round good film to see, and will please almost anyone. This may be my bias due to the fact that the film is an all time favourite. If you haven't heard my ramblings on this film to everyone at the first opportunity, you deserve what you get. |
Today I found "They All | Today I found "They All Laughed", which was released back in 1951, and I finally had time to watch it. I am still in awe with what I saw, which has to be one of the funniest romantic comedies that I have ever seen. The comedy is all top-notch, it's as sharp as any Hitchcock, only with more romance. Cary Grant has a rare comedic role, and it's the sweet kind (he has a more humorous role than his usual "cool guy" of a character), as well as a very light love interest with a lot of comedy. I was especially impressed by Margaret Sullavan | Today I found "They All Laughed". It's a nice story and pretty funny in places. It also has two great comedians - Dom DeLuise and Jack Lemmon. The problem I have with this, and probably why it failed at the box office, is that it is a vehicle for Dom DeLuise. I like Dom DeLuise and Jack Lemmon both, but in this movie I am in the position of someone who had invested $4 in a stock and now it's worth $6.40. My investment was a huge loss.<br /><br />I saw it at the San Francisco International Film Festival last night just so I | 0.999972 | 0.000028 | Today I found "They All Laughed" on VHS at a bookstore. I bought it. It doesn't have it's full original title "The Big Steal" on the cover but that's the only other difference. If you read the comments on this website, you will see that some people consider it quite a camp classic but it's really a sweet and funny movie that is sadly neglected. I had a lot of trouble watching it because I couldn't get that annoying theme song out of my head but it's still so much fun. I watched it again tonight and still a lot of the dialogue sounded new but it's still great. I was really surprised | Today I found "They All Laughed" on the $1.95 DVD rental shelf at Blockbuster. I was about to pick up "House of 1000 Cats" since I had seen it back in the day and was looking for something that I could see and appreciate. But I didn't have to wait for the sequel to come in; it was sitting there waiting to watch again. How is that possible? Well, it's just a fantastic film that I have seen many times before. The whole cast is terrific. The dialogue is witty and smart. The plot is an old fashioned one (with one exception that will never be forgotten by | Today I found "They All Laughed" in the old VHS section of the video store. I happened to notice it was directed by Gene Saks from the back. I had seen "Sleeper" as well as "Funny Face", and have always liked Saks' work. Then a title caught my eye, "They All Laughed", and I decided to pick it up. It looked cool and I hadn't seen it in the video store for a couple of years. What I saw was a great comedy. <br /><br />Liza & Jack Nicholson are the stars. Their on screen chemistry is magic. They look amazing, their characters | Today I found "They All Laughed" on DVD, and saw it for the first time. I'm 40, and I actually laughed out loud. (I haven't done that in quite a while.) This, coming from someone who doesn't enjoy some of the comedies being churned out today by Hollywood, is saying something. The humor in the movie is so subtle that sometimes it seems like a matter of taste to find it funny. But I just knew after the opening credits and that first scene I was going to laugh. All my favorites were here, in order of appearance (sorry guys, but I have to be honest): Sally Field, | Today I found "They All Laughed" - a wonderful movie - at a 3-for-1 rack for two bucks. My friends and I thought it was priceless; it's a must-see for fans of classic comedy. With Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Robert Morley and Karl Malden it contains a lot of old-school style comedy. Though I'm no Ustinov fan, I find his work to contain a sort of charm. Maggie Smith, on the other hand is an all-around classic actress - and she gives her role a lot of class, depth and charm. And it's wonderful, too, to see old-timers | Today I found "They All Laughed" on DVD, and I'm glad I did, I thought it was a wonderful light romantic comedy with great performances from both Streisand and Ryan O'Neal.<br /><br />Streisand does one of the most original "femme fatales" in 50's romantic classic gangster films. She's sexy (with her ample cleavage) and she's also vicious and ruthless, when it comes to getting a man she wants (and keeping him). Her first scene in a bar is a classic. After she comes home she does the same sexy thing (with her ample cleavage) and | Today I found "They All Laughed" DVD with a rental. It is really funny movie with fantastic actors.<br /><br />Robert Mitchum (who is underrated as a comic actor) and Barbara Stanwyck (who plays an overbearing nurse) play a couple of criminals who come to a very funny prison in the state in which is a hospital rather than a correctional prison. They need their hospital because they have the common cold, which is life-threatening in such a state. Both Mitchum and Stanwyck are very creative and witty, and they can create very funny situations using their words. The other characters: Dan Ford as Stanwyck's | Today I found "They All Laughed" at Blockbuster and rented it for 99 cents... and I wish more movie-goers would make a trip to Blockbuster and rent more flicks like "They All Laughed"... and then return it for 99 cents. It's a rare, unique and delightful gem of a film.<br /><br />The story focuses on a group of friends and co-workers who get together to celebrate one woman's birthday. They all go their separate ways: Carol (Suzannah York), Jack (Robert Hoskins), Paul (George C. Scott), Peter (Ned Beatty), Susan (Gail |
This film is just plain | This film is just plain FUNNY. Some of you movie goers out there will feel ripped off..as I did the first time I saw the trailer (on a T.V. in a doctor's office). When my wife watched it she and I both felt ripped off. This is because the entire movie seems to be a satire on "Shine." But I believe that the makers of this film (both of them being Canadian) are in no way complaining about their fellow Canadians. Sure, the way they are shown is maybe a bit stereotypical, but that happens (for example) in "Something About Mary."<br /><br />But here, the | This film is just plain terrible!<br /><br />The plot is weak and the acting is terrible. The only funny thing about this movie is watching the character "Dutch" try to act like a female. However the ending, he does not "dress as a woman". I mean his character does not become a woman or girl or the male act as a woman or girl.<br /><br />The only reason we could not return this movie was in that the store was closed. I wish this was the only place I could watch this movie. | 0.999999 | 0.000001 | This film is just plain funny and I just love movies that make you laugh. I think it's funny whenever a movie makes me laugh, it's a classic. This movie is like a cross between a romance and a comedy. You're laughing and loving this movie at the same time. I will say though, if you have a low threshold for language, then you may want to save this one for some time away from prying ears. The use of language is pretty strong in this one and not in the good clean, family-friendly way.<br /><br />I can really relate to this movie personally. I have had many many a love affair with the | This film is just plain funny! I had to give it a 9 because the plot got a bit predictable but the humour was consistently excellent. The plot in itself was great, I loved the 'bad man vs. good man' plot line. I only knew two characters in their original form before they met but I actually felt like I got to know them all before they 'became' who they are in the original film!! I am going to be forever grateful to the filmmakers for making the movie funny enough to watch when I am not tired and sick of watching it a hundred times. I've seen it four times so far. It's great that a | This film is just plain creepy. I really can't describe it because I was so scared and disturbed by the film that I couldn't watch it to the end. The most disturbing bit comes right at the beginning, just a few minutes in to the movie. Even if you've seen the cover, you'll have to see for yourself why I'm speaking in hushed whispers.<br /><br />The acting is brilliant, although I think it would be an insult to the actors to call this a horror film. I doubt any of them were thinking of playing in a horror film -- they're too good to be in something like that. The dialogue was also very | This film is just plain fun, no more, no less. I saw it one night on HBO, and I have never forgotten it. The acting is top notch, the movie has a message that is not too obvious to see, the direction, cinematography, and dialogue are flawless. It's a great adventure, and you can look forward to the surprise ending.<br /><br />If you ever have the chance to see this film, do. It's one of the best comedies ever made.<br /><br />The film is about a young man (Tim Robbins) who thinks he's hot stuff. He loves the ladies and has a way with | This film is just plain stupid from start to finish. It has all kinds of neat ideas, but they never work out to a satisfactory (or even understandable) conclusion.<br /><br />But I give it some credit for being quite imaginative at times: the "hatchling" who uses its tongue as an antenna was indeed remarkable (in spite of that irritatingly goofy sound effect), and the various ways that the creature turns around were sometimes impressive. Also, this film is very entertaining to look at.<br /><br />And don't even get me started on the ludicrous attempts at dramatic irony and subplots...<br /><br />And of course, | This film is just plain excellent. I think people who haven't watched that much Asian cinema may be disappointed with the fact that it doesn't look at all like Hollywood films usually do. I really enjoy the way this film is shot and I loved the character, as well as the story. It also has a really cool scene in a temple (which is quite shocking to watch) and the dancing scene is fantastic. Its really a great film that you should watch with an open mind and see for yourself how different it can be. | This film is just plain, funny! I have watched it several times, and the more times I watch it the funnier it gets, or so it seems to me.<br /><br />It has a perfect cast, a great script, good direction and editing, and excellent technical production values. I highly recommend it not only to fans of comedies (many of which will love it) but to fans of 30's movies in general, especially B movies. The great Warner Brothers' in-house star-casting practice in the 30's produced some great movies, among them this one. To see James Cagney in a musical comedy with | This film is just plain bad. The performances, though believable, are just to wooden and predictable to be much good to really get into. This movie is just something to watch if you have the flu, aren't sleeping and have nothing better to watch. The movie plays a lot like a soap opera, only at times it reminds of that of Shakespeare. However, the main character isn't completely evil enough to be a great love the part though. The plot is nothing special and it does just drag from time to time. However, the movie isn't completely awful. This movie just has more that one can take. I guess this is a good movie for when |
My interest in Dorothy Stratten | My interest in Dorothy Stratten's life was piqued by a mention of her life in the 'Wild Women of Wongo' DVD documentary.<br /><br />I went online and read all I could about her but not enough. I decided to buy this documentary and watch it twice.<br /><br />I have to say I was not disappointed. What I didn't know just a minute ago, I learned more about.<br /><br />I am so sorry for Dorothy's death but at least I know about her life and love for children and animals. Thank you for this documentary, I hope that more people will watch it and learn a little bit more | My interest in Dorothy Stratten goes back to the time when the tragic death of her husband and her unborn 2nd child took her life at such a young age on November 26, 1990. I saw her in print back in the early 1980's when I was doing research and began collecting issues when she first graced me with her presence in Playboy.<br /><br />Dorothy was the wife of John Hughes' (father of "Home Alone") eldest son Anthony who had died of a heroin and cocaine overdose shortly after being released from a 6 year prison sentence in 1981; 2 | 0.679614 | 0.320386 | My interest in Dorothy Stratten began a few years ago with my involvement with the film “The Incredible Women of the World”, which features five documentary films on five famous women. One of those films was on the life of the late 20th century model Dorothy Stratten. The film is very interesting in its own right, and the documentary on Stratten is one of the better ones in the series. However, the one commonality that I noticed in several of the films on famous women was the idea of being a role model for young girls. The film on Olaudah Equa (Obi Ebadi) the former slave and abolitionist who founded | My interest in Dorothy Stratten was peaked when I read a newspaper article featuring her two sisters who spoke lovingly of their childhoods without a father. That, along with the appearance of "Diane Lane" in commercials for the movie, "Sisters", drove me to watch this movie. What I didn't realize when I went to my local video store, is even though the actress playing Dorothy was named Janeane Garafolo, the movie is also known as "Sisters of the Wind". The difference being, Dorothy played by the late great Diane Lane, married James Russo, who played her widower father. Her sister, was played by the equally great | My interest in Dorothy Stratten stemmed from my wife's fascination in the late 1970s with the deaths of popular 1970 celebrities who used to appear regularly in the comic papers - mostly on the UK side of the Atlantic, but often in New York or LA. I can describe her as well as almost anything else that existed in 1978, with the exception of President Carter. | My interest in Dorothy Stratten was born 4 years ago, when a movie about her life, "Unfaithful" came on the TV in Germany, and I saw her playing in a scene near the end (about 30 min after the start) and then, just as the scene ended, I realized: "Oh! That's her!" and was hooked forever and ever after...<br /><br />Dying in the prime of her life as she surely was at the time, she will never rest...<br /><br />"The Angel and I" is my favorite film about her life, but there are plenty of others and I am | My interest in Dorothy Stratten is the result of my interest in her husband - Chuck Connors. I discovered recently that my Uncle George was a roommate with Connors in 1949 - I believe in California. Connors had already been a well-known football player (1948-1951) at Notre Dame, later playing with the Detroit Lions. While he was a roommate at Notre Dame with "Waffle" Jones (later a great wrestler), he was not in the same class at Notre Dame with Brian Cosseron (also later a wrestler - also the former roommate of the legendary "Rugger" Jim Brown). Cos | My interest in Dorothy Stratten was peaked two weeks ago when I went to see the new film "The Burning Bed" (at the Tribeca Film Festival) in which Stratten was played by Christina Ricci. I had never heard of Stratten before, but I noticed the filmography of the cast of this film included two films that I had just watched the week before: "American Gigolos" and "Fast Times at Ridgeway High". As much as I liked both of those films, I was sure I did not recognize the actress playing the part of Dorothy Stratten. Well, I certainly did recognize the actress in those earlier performances: Amy Adams | My interest in Dorothy Stratten began with seeing the new film, I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (2006). I had seen the original film (1978) a number of times and had grown to love it. The idea of revisiting a classic film from a new perspective, and the casting of Jessica Alba as the original's Stephanie, intrigued me. And the film was indeed excellent, even thought I knew that I would not like the new film as much. A friend of mine and I were fortunate and got to preview it before it was released to the general public. It was a great film, and she and I thoroughly enjoyed | My interest in Dorothy Stratten's life was piqued when I watched the film adaptation of the book "Suzanne: A Dreamer on Thin Ice", and then found the book. I can see why she's become such a cult icon, and after the film I was determined that I had to see this movie to get a better idea of her life, her career and the circumstances of her untimely death. For being over thirty years old, in fact, it's a very well-made film with a great cast, beautiful costumes and set design, and the music is good, too, as well as the photography. I've always wanted to know |
I have this film out | I have this film out on DVD but when I watch it I really have to concentrate hard to stop my mind wandering. There are so many things wrong with this that I don't really know where to start.<br /><br />The original 2001 was an excellent attempt to deal with deep philosophical issues and to do this well. There was the odd gimmick (for its day), but overall the film was powerful in its own right.<br /><br />Its a shame there was an attempt to remake it at all.<br /><br />The new film is weak in its attempt to address the same issues; indeed many of the themes are simply | I have this film out on DVD rental and the cover of the DVD is a picture of a man holding a baby...but it's the first time I've heard of an actor even close to the name "Dwight Yoakam"...and I'll keep that in mind before renting again! How anyone can see this type of film with the hope that it can be viewed without laughing at it or thinking how poorly put together it is is a mystery to me. There were great moments in the film where it looked like it was put together by kids at some high school after school. The soundtrack was horrible and I'm a country music fan, the soundtrack on | 0.50049 | 0.49951 | I have this film out in my VHS collection since I picked it up from a car boot sale. I was very tempted to watch it, as I am such a fan of Peter O'Toole (he was and still is a legend in my eyes), but it sat on my shelf until I finally watched its 4 hour (minus the adverts) length, after my best friend came to stay. It's quite an event in my house when anyone, even a single friend (not too many of those) invites themselves to come and watch a movie of mine at home, rather than just turning up and wanting to sit in on the telly. They | I have this film out in my queue and will probably get a chance to watch it sometime this year as I would love to say I have not seen this one. I have heard that the only actor (besides Heston) who played this role on film was the late Robert Shaw who would go for another 40 years and on to more great cinematic roles.<br /><br />As I recall the film may have been something of a flop back in 1962 and as I recall the only real draw of the film was Heston as Mac Chaffee. I recall the film is a kind of western, with the action in | I have this film out on DVD right now, and just this past week I was flipping through it and started to take note of a few things, which I will explain later.<br /><br />The acting performances were top notch. Especially William H. Macy (the man's acting ability is virtually unlimited) and Donald Sutherland, with Sutherland being just as brilliant as he has been in 99% of his films from the last couple of decades. Sutherland was especially brilliant in this and I believe this is one of his best films, the performances alone.<br /><br />Next, the story was rather original, and I loved the script they | I have this film out from an online video store at the moment and I couldn't really believe it took me so long to watch the film. It's definitely one of the best French films I've ever seen and I only wish I could keep it as a personal copy. I am certainly going to order it again.<br /><br />I don't really understand comments about this being a typical male film as it deals with relationships and it is very much a film about women.<br /><br />I have actually seen the film twice already and in my first viewing it was actually quite funny and very well put it is also very entertaining. It's really a great | I have this film out on DVD and watched it a couple weeks back so I could record it, but then watched it about that many more times since and finally got to writing a review. I wanted to see what these other reviewers would have to say about the film, and their commentaries were, for the most part, right on. To quote the last reviewer of the bunch: "The movie is a real treat for you to watch; but don't get too excited. It's a very short movie, at least if you've got the standard U.S. DVD." I couldn't have said it better myself.<br /><br />As a huge fan | I have this film out and have watched it 15+ times since its released, and still I am awed by it!!! There are a number of reasons why.<br /><br />1) It has been decades since some of the original footage was shot, yet it still looks great! And it is true to this moment in time.<br /><br />2) There are so many classic sayings, such as the famous "Aren't we all lucky it was a holiday" and the "What are you doing there?", yet others that I've never heard have become famous. To me this just shows the fact that what is timeless will always | I have this film out on VHS from the 1990s and it has done nothing but thrill me since I got it, because it is so very accurate in terms of the story and in regard to the acting! I actually have a video copy of it from the '70s, which is a "reformatted" (which just means it's cropped) print, but I got a DVD copy here in the early 2000s that preserves all of the footage, for instance, the last minute of the film, which was included in some versions, is in here in its entirety. And just to confirm that, I | I have this film out on VHS from Kino Video, but i still have always wanted to see Peter Bogdanovich's film "Wild Angels". This film is one of Bogdanovich's greatest. "Cat's Meow" is a light-hearted fun-film that just captures it's time period. And it stars Bogdanovich and stars his childhood film school buddy of forty years, George Burns. The film tells the true story of a real gang of free spirits from their perspective as a film is being made about the gang. I wish someone would make a film about these film-makers. <br /><br />In the film, the gang is |
I think I will make | I think I will make this as short as possible. This movie is the complete waste of time.<br /><br />The acting is extremely poor and the movie is so unrealistic in every conceivable way.<br /><br />Not even for the purpose of making a point would I recommend this movie.<br /><br />I would suggest watching Dancin' or Dancing Queen instead. At least the acting in those movies is passable and the plot has at least some substance.<br /><br />This movie is a complete waste of time. | I think I will make it short and sweet. This movie should only be seen by those who like to watch people get beaten, shot, beaten, raped, shot, brutally killed, beaten, raped, then beaten all over again. You get the idea, this is NOT a romantic comedy, it's just a really sick portrayal of murder. I was expecting a romantic comedy. I'm not sure why you would want to see this movie, but if you like to see people being brutally beaten, then you will LOVE this flick. | 0.491718 | 0.508282 | I think I will make the observation that Mr.Spielberg would have done a wonderful job on directing this movie. The music was OK.The story was good.Not as good as Casablanca, but a good job. I wonder why we never heard about this movie before.It could have been as good as the Godfather or Casablanca.The acting was very good.Simon was excellent on his role, though in reality he was not an outstanding actor. I am very pleased when I had the opportunity to see this movie.It is a very good movie about the Spanish civil war , which many Americans don't know too much about except for the Rosenstrasse | I think I will make a new category for those films that "defy" expectation of the viewer from that point of their perspective.<br /><br />I am looking at The Black Cat and The Curse of the Cat People in a comparison of different films with same concept.<br /><br />When The Curse of the Cat People came out in 3-D, it certainly was one of the "HYPE" films of their era. While it may not live up to those expectations today, both audiences of yesteryear and today can have a lot of fun with this gem in a 3-D era. Even though it is a "b-film | I think I will make the movie a good movie to remember. It has a good message to be learned by. The setting is perfect to set the story up. It was quite sad, too, but I think it has some meaning to it. It's hard for me to decide whether I liked it a lot or just a little bit. Overall, it was good and I think I will use it for future references in life. | I think I will make another DVD about this one, maybe this one should be the one to make! I want this one to be about a horror movie. So I will make another DVD about this one, maybe this the one should to be! The actors, the directors they work together in a movie, but no story lines, no acting lessons, that is what the real horror movies are about. But what are the real horror movies are about? Well, we all know it, it is about the scary effects they make in the movie. So what story lines are about? Yes, not many, but it is more about what happens in the back behind | I think I will make this review short and sweet. I have a love/hate relationship with The Powerpuff Girls, considering I liked it for the first few seasons then decided it ruined my childhood when I was 7. Still, it is and will always be a great show. However, while I was watching last night I thought to my self, "Where did the good guys go?" The Powerpuff Girls had lots of good characters, from the beginning of the show. Then, the creators ruin it and decided to destroy our characters they did such a good job with in the opening seasons by turning them evil.<br /><br />Don't get | I think I will make it clear from the beginning: I did NOT see the first show of the series. I had only heard stories about it, and was extremely frustrated, as it was so good looking and I wanted to see it...that is, that until I saw the show's description, and watched the first episode, at, in my opinion, 9:30PM, on a weekday. Not an easy time to catch a new show. And yet, I really enjoyed it.<br /><br />I am absolutely sure I will continue to watch each episode every weekday, at the same time. There are many great shows on, and I | I think I will make an attempt to comment on this film. Although I know nothing about the book and I wasn't particularly struck by the film I have to say something about it. I will give a short history of what led me to see this movie and also of my initial reaction.<br /><br />Back in January of 2005 I watched a film called "Dances With Wolves". I know this movie very well and thought it was a brilliant film. It was very well written, acting and directing. I also love watching westerns and this was not only a western but one of the best ones I've seen! This film was also | I think I will make a very general comment, and state from experience as a writer, that it is very difficult to translate a book to the screen, but it is still better than a 95% chance of producing the kind of crap that is now referred to as the "Blockbuster" movie by the public. It is still great to see well written novels turned into movies, as this is so rare.<br /><br />I do not agree that the acting is particularly bad. I find the casting very good. I will go on to explain why, I'm a writer, not an actor. I actually watched this movie a while ago, and |
Pros: Nothing<br /><br />Cons: Everything<br | Pros: Nothing<br /><br />Cons: Everything<br /><br />(spoilers) <br /><br />I am a very open minded guy, trying to be as accepting and tolerant of other peoples opinions about a movie as possible. But even though I generally don't mind the occasional bad movie, this movie was just too far gone. The acting was terrible, not a single one gave a solid performance, not even the best of them. Even the "best bit part" was poorly portrayed, and the character they were acting in, was never explained. So the viewer was left wondering, why is this guy such a jerk, it just really confused me. There is a scene where | Pros: Nothing<br /><br />Cons: Everything<br /><br />What was the purpose of this film? A waste of time and money. The acting is awful and the story is pointless. I felt as though I had wasted 90 minutes of my life. The whole plot is so predictable and the characters are so unlikable that I found it impossible to care for any of the characters except for the two best. Even while watching the characters change I didn't feel any change in their relationship. For the most part the characters are so stereotypical that I was shocked to find myself making comments about how "cliche-ish" this woman's character was. This movie was a huge | 0.5 | 0.5 | Pros: Nothing<br /><br />Cons: Everything<br /><br />The premise of this show is simple: it's a reality show, but rather than being a show based on people competing to win a prize, it is a competition to become a crime "expert" by working side-by-side a actual police investigator. For the most part it's a good premise, but it needs a lot of work. This show is far too long; episodes average an hour, with a rare few 90-minute episodes. That's almost as much time as a good half-hour drama has for its entire season. With the exception of the first 15 minutes or so of the episode, it | Pros: Nothing<br /><br />Cons: Everything<br /><br />When I first stumbled upon this 'film' I was surprised I could actually find subtitles to translate the words (The film was dubbed in the UK). The characters lack any kind of development and all I've got to say to the girl friends of the two main characters is 'Oh My God!'. The dialogue is weak and at times you may find yourself cringing more than laughing. The plot is weak and the execution even weaker.<br /><br />I'm not even entirely sure if this is supposed to be a film. Some of the camera angles you will find are 'interesting', but other shots are either out of | Pros: Nothing<br /><br />Cons: Everything<br /><br />The animation is dull at times and uninteresting.<br /><br />The plot is unoriginal (for a "Cartoon Network" show, that is).<br /><br />The characters are completely unsympathetic. The only human character who is worth noting is the main character's uncle, who is always a little more human.<br /><br />The ending is abrupt and confusing.<br /><br />There is no background music to the show when there should be.<br /><br />The theme song "Rise of the Teen Titans: Our World Together" (which can be found on the soundtrack | Pros: Nothing<br /><br />Cons: Everything<br /><br />Bottom line: Don't believe me? You will.<br /><br />Here we have a movie with great acting, and the best performance from George C. Scott as Scrooge. That's about it. This is one bad movie from start to finish.<br /><br />It's a classic storyline with a new treatment - George C. Scott playing the grumpiest old Ebenezer Scrooge ever.<br /><br />When he sees the ghost of Jacob Marley (Patrick Stewart, a great Brit), it scares him so bad that he's a new man for good for the rest of the film | Pros: Nothing<br /><br />Cons: Everything<br /><br />I've seen about 50 movies over the last 48 hours.<br /><br />I've read a lot of reviews of this film.<br /><br />I can take almost any film and break it down into an emotional and rational thought process.<br /><br />Yet, this film is impossible to analyze.<br /><br />One of two things must be true.<br /><br />1) You loved the film because you are a young, impressionable teen who needs to believe that their life is perfect.<br /><br />or<br /><br />2) You are a child of a cult | Pros: Nothing<br /><br />Cons: Everything<br /><br />Pros: A lot of great music from great musical artists and bands.<br /><br />Cons: If you are not a fan of this music genre, you can quickly find yourself bored to tears.<br /><br />Pros: There's some really funny bits that crack me up.<br /><br />Cons: There are some bits that just felt like filler when nothing better was available.<br /><br />Pros: Some solid characters and good acting on their parts.<br /><br />Cons: If you're not the person mentioned above, then you'll find this film tedious. | Pros: Nothing<br /><br />Cons: Everything<br /><br />Comments: In 1994 I saw this flick for the first time at the local theater with some friends of mine. After it was over I heard two people commenting how stupid it was and it was one of the worst times I had ever spent in the cinema (this is before Home Alone 3 was the only movie I could hate). Now, however,I find that "The Nutty Professor" is one of my favorite films. It's the kind of movie that no matter how many times I see it or how old I am it still makes me laugh out loud. <br /><br />This is the | Pros: Nothing<br /><br />Cons: Everything<br /><br />This is about as bad as a movie gets. Not to put a crimp on the film, because there isn't any fun in seeing it anyway. But I can't help but describe the acting with "It's not funny, but I'm being funny." This movie's main plot is: girl with the meanest boyfriend ever is killed and resurrected through witchcraft. And then she proceeds to go around killing him. This is really boring, and it starts to drag before it is done. It also takes place entirely in two different houses. The dialog is awful and not even remotely amusing. I've seen some |
If the crew behind "Zombie | If the crew behind "Zombie Wars" are indeed from "Zombie Wars," they should give the name to some other cheap, halfassed zombie flick. This is by far the most boring zombies movie I have ever seen (bar maybe "Night of the Lepsus"). The zombies are so poorly shot and the gore so minimal that it's just awful. Most zombies movies come off as silly, but at least then you're not just suffering a complete lack of cinematic fun. But this movie is so dull that I thought I would be in trouble of going into a coma. Avoid like the plague! I've never seen anything this god-awful. That being | If the crew behind "Zombie 4" had had an opportunity to say, "You know what? Let's take a pass this time", then I highly doubt there would be a need for this review. That said, let's face it...This is one of the worst horror flicks I have ever seen. And it was only on a rainy Saturday afternoon. I must've been on another planet. The acting is the WORST I have ever seen and there were laughably bad plot twists. The zombies themselves looked like they were taking an introductory acting class...they had no depth. I found myself actually feeling compassion for the living people in here. As | 0.511225 | 0.488775 | If the crew behind "Zombie Chronicles" were making a homage to "Shaun of the Dead," they took the wrong approach. The film fails to evoke a good laugh, and the zombie characters are a lot too slow to be of any threat, even to a lone person. Worse, every zombie in this film looks identical to the next.<br /><br />For better zombie fun, try watching "Walking Tall II," "Evil Dead II," "Terror of Tommy," "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" or even "Zombie Nation." "Zombie Chronicles" is neither scary, nor funny, and lacks the gore to be the zombie fan I | If the crew behind "Zombie Flesh Eaters" had a choice between writing good dialogue, or giving us blood splattering shots and gore, they decided on the latter. For the most part I believe this worked well, as the film has tons of it, but if you don't like splatter, I wouldn't recommend it.<br /><br />I was very, very fortunate since I caught this movie free in Vancouver. It was a free screening on the last day of the "B-Movies" film festival and had a good few hundred people there.<br /><br />I really enjoyed this film for its low-key story, a bit of gore and for | If the crew behind "Zombie Nightmare" (aka "Zombie 3" in Europe) intended to make a rip-roaring sequel to the "Nightmare" films, they obviously did an excellent job. The opening "This movie was not supposed to be made..." quote alone makes this one a delight for every slasher fan but sadly they could not repeat their earlier successes with this sequel. But don't you read my lips...what do you care!? As far as I'm concerned, "Zombie Nightmare" is a great and funny slasher movie and although the sequel was meant to continue the story of the first film, "Deadly Friendships", it | If the crew behind "Zombie Island" were really such inept movie makers, why bother directing this film? I'd say this was a low budget indie movie as the acting, camera angles and lighting are all a little weak. The script is OK and not very predictable, but the zombie effect looked like they just used a black wig over the subject's head. It wasn't very cool. The effects were pretty standard for a low-budget zombie flick and the plot just goes back and forth throughout the movie with little originality.<br /><br />The acting by the girl in the bikini top was hilarious. She just said the line "I'm not going to move | If the crew behind "Zombiez" had had two more dollars and a little luck it could have worked as a zombie satire with subtle humor as well as action. Instead, it has just action, some great gore scenes, and acting so bad it's actually funny, at least at first. As time went on I did find myself a little more annoyed. I really loved the concept, the whole thing reminded me of "Army of Darkness" a bit, but without so many cheesy lines. I do also agree with some of the other comments saying that there were too many "frequent flyer" zombies. There were several times that my eyes started to glaze over | If the crew behind "Zombie Nation" and "Ghosts of Mars" had this much talent and talent in the past, they've been hiding it for so long, it's no wonder they never had another film under their belts for almost a full decade. This is simply one excellent 1990s B-film from start to finish, and one with the type of dark sense of humor that you don't often get out of many other films of this period, even horror flicks like this one. <br /><br />The film is about four "teenagers" from three different American cities who go on spring break to Florida. They have some | If the crew behind "Zombie 3" - of which there is actually one - had been given more time and resources, "Zombie 3" could have been a decent horror movie. But instead the film goes down into what is most probably intended as a slasher film with a few zombies thrown in.<br /><br />So, why is the film bad? It's bad because it tries to be two different movies: A typical slasher genre film and a zombie genre horror film, and it fails in both. It doesn't succeed because the slasher genre demands a lot of the audience. It's very simple: The rules are to have a good | If the crew behind "Zombie Holocaust" was looking to make a better movie, they should have just re-shot this one. The original is already very good and it doesn't need to be fixed. If you are looking for a great zombie movie, this one is a must-see. Very, very cool and darkly humorous at the same time. It's not a movie to appeal to everybody but I enjoyed it very much and I am a sucker for a movie with zombies. I have always been a fan of George A. Romero films and I think the director of this movie knew what he was doing the whole time. This movie really captures the mood of Romero |
1st watched 8/3/2003 - 2 | 1st watched 8/3/2003 - 2 out of 10(Chris): This was a bad film. It was badly written and poorly acted. I thought the camera work was good though. It had a fast pace and it used hand held and tracking shots often. It was as if they were trying to show the pace of how frantic the story of the maniac was. There were too many problems in the film to count. It was impossible to see how these people, being hunted by the maniac, would have run around and actually made it out of the city. The movie's ending was poorly handled. It left the viewer with questions as if no final resolution was | 1st watched 8/3/2003 - 2 out of 10: A very hokey movie with a bad script, no chemistry between the actors and a laughable ending that goes on and on and on, I thought it would never end. Why did I watch this movie? Well, I was bored and I had nothing better to do. I guess to sum it up, this movie looks like a bad student film. As for the plot, it seems like we've seen this plot a zillion times before and usually with much better actors, like THE INCUBUS, THE OTHER, EARTH, and the list goes on and on. | 0.497987 | 0.502013 | 1st watched 8/3/2003 - 2 out of 7 stars(Marie Feller): I must admit, I have never read Stephen King's The Shining, but I think its still an overall fantastic film just based on the idea that a man alone and surrounded by nothing but his family in need of a rest. <br /><br />Jack Nicholson gives another great performance, while his wife, played by Shelly Dukakis, is not nearly the actress Jack is, but she does fairly well. The rest of the film however is the best, which is the haunted house and the ghost children it holds. These scenes just show true imagination, as everything happens to Jack | 1st watched 8/3/2003 - 2 of 3 stars: OK movie but really boring, lots of time talking no action. Basically just some kids who don't like each other in a movie that is supposed to be funny because kids pick on each other, but i found that more boring then funny, especially the ending of it was boring if it wasn't for the fight scene, it was pretty good. Overall a great concept but not executed very well. I know this one isn't up there with the greats, but hey who doesn't think a movie with a fight scene like that isn't going to be good. | 1st watched 8/3/2003 - 2/12 (107 min.)<br /><br />A movie about the trials, tribulations and relationships of a group of people who, for whatever reason, all happen to live together as roommates in a house. It isn't necessary to watch the ones that came before this to understand this one. My, how I've grown from watching them over the last five years I've watched them. In this one, we meet the roommates (or maybe there isn't a "meet," the story just starts off with them) and the situations they find themselves in, though some characters come and go. I'm still | 1st watched 8/3/2003 - 2 out of 10(BW/CC): The fact that this film features "real" dogs and cat was appealing to me, but the humor and acting here is so wooden and over done that it fails to really hold any interest. What could have been funny doesn't work and they leave nothing to really sink their teeth into. I saw this when it became an independent release and thought it would be a decent film. That was before i saw the animated films "Scoop" and "Where the wild things are." This film looked like it could have been made when i was a kid and is nothing more than a silly story that | 1st watched 8/3/2003 - 2 out of 10 (Dir: Robert Mulligan): Okay performance by Reese Witherspoon in his film debut. The story is about a young girl who moves in with her dad and his new wife. Her new step-mother is evil and she tries to take her dad away from the young girl. The girl goes back to her home town and finds a friend in a local bar owner (Robert Mulligan). After many twists and turns, the evil woman tries to kill the girl who is aided by the kind man and his two daughters. The evil woman is killed and the girl is comforted by her new best friend. There | 1st watched 8/3/2003 - 2 outta 10 stars: This is not only the second lowest I have rated and reviewed a movie, but it is also the first one I rated under 3 (outta 10-stars). I give it a 2 because a couple of the reviews were positive and if there was nothing else I could compare it to, it would have been rated 1-star.<br /><br />What is this movie REALLY all about?! That is the question that I kept asking myself. I can't figure out why all of those posters just see this as another lame, old, tired, stupid gangster movie. Maybe, as | 1st watched 8/3/2003 - 2 out of 10 (Dir - Scott Weinmann): Poorly written story-line with a lot of unexplained dialogue.<br /><br />1st watched 8/3/2003 - 2 out of 10 (Dir - Scott Weinmann): Poorly written story-line with a lot of unexplained dialogue. | 1st watched 8/3/2003 - 2 outta 10 (Dir-Terry Burke): Basically the same as the 1974 original, with a "modern" 21st century soundtrack, updated FX and some updated locales. The story is still the same, too. A family of four (a father, a mother, a boy and a girl) are on their way to a cabin where they have camped for years in an old, worn-out green Chevy station wagon...in the middle of October!! Then, they crash and spend the rest of the film in a house in the middle of the woods waiting for help, just as the cabin was |
There's tons of good-looking women | There's tons of good-looking women who appear uncredited here in one of the early works of film pioneer, Alfred Hitchcock.<br /><br />This film, set in South London, tells the story of a series of murders, and the reactions of the townsfolk and the police.<br /><br />I really liked it, despite a major nitpick in a later scene. But there is more than one murder at the end. One was done, and the other occurred immediately before the last scene. That's why the movie ended for me, but I think the original went on for a little while. A change in the script and a 30-second addition | There's tons of good-looking women in horror flicks. In fact, most of them were shot, so they aren't good looking too much longer. It really doesn't matter, though, because this movie is so bad that most of them look pretty darn good, in fact.<br /><br />The story is predictable and the acting awful. But if you like watching people dying in stupid ways, that is probably not a problem. | 0.999999 | 0.000001 | There's tons of good-looking women in the film. But this is a rather silly sci-fi flick. I watched it without knowing that it was an Edgar Allen Poe classic and it was about three times as funny. This is a decent sci-fi flick for those who can't take themselves too seriously. Or for those who are fans of the British sense of humor. It's basically about a man who works for a scientist that sends people to other planets. The people wear funny costumes and act ridiculous. One of them becomes king of planet "Morpheus" and the guy wants to go back to Earth. This is mostly light-hearted fun and has some cool effects. | There's tons of good-looking women that you could do worse than to be in love with -- especially in this low-budget Sci-fi film directed by Joe Dante. Jane Leeves is the gorgeous leading lady of "Doomsday: The Final Judgement", where she stars as a hardworking (if perhaps a little too desperate) employee of the government-run organization called "Doomsday". The story is told through flashback; showing the story of Jane Leeves in the early '80's as a rookie government worker. In a nutshell, "Doomsday" is the official name of the program that gathers experts and scientists to search for ways of controlling | There's tons of good-looking women in this movie, but it also makes you think: why isn't the male lead in this movie any good-looking, too? <br /><br />Okay, the movie was good, but the acting was just bad. The characters were all just horrible. Why do they all seem to have these 'bad attitude' faces all the time? In reality, nobody would be a complete bitch to everybody they met the way these people did, especially when there was only 2 of them in this movie. One was acting like a bitch and the other was the one that was getting all the trouble. And, the one that always got all | There's tons of good-looking women and lots happening, and if you don't wanna try to track who's who and what's going on, you can just sit back and enjoy the eye-fodder and let your brain wander like mine did. If you wanna sit back during one of these episodes, and find things going on without knowing what they are and just watch the movie unfold, then just do that. It's a fun experience, with lots of pretty women! There's also a lot of other fun things happening. So if you wanna take your time, and watch all of the girls without the distraction of trying to follow all of the girls and who they are | There's tons of good-looking women out there who are only interested in money, or who only get turned on by expensive cars, and men who love women, etc. that are the sort of films this movie would have been made about, not this sex and violence stuff. It's not about sex and violence, it's just what the filmmaker wanted to make about sex and violence. So we're not necessarily watching a real life version of what goes on at all. So why is there real life violence and why is it shown? I think, just in case someone has a sick thought of it, I will make it public. This movie isn't one of the best | There's tons of good-looking women in this one, and some pretty kinky sex scenes. Unfortunately, the film is boring, choppy and the dialogue sounds as if it was written for a porn script, not a normal movie.<br /><br />Still, this has some unintentional comedic gems. In one scene, the women in the club are discussing their feelings about 'getting laid' and one says that she prefers the 'standard routine' to the 'non-standard one'. (I've only ever been 'standard').<br /><br />For non-mainstream sex movies fans, this is a good one. For people who want to rent a decent movie with at | There's tons of good-looking women in this movie (including a nude) to help pass the time between the boring moments...or minutes if you're into slow moving movies...with lots of talking! (The plot moves slowly at times and there is a little bit of blood.) The guy is cute...but most of the other cast members are more so. (You can't wait for this one to be over!)<br /><br />Don't really know why it takes so long for this movie to develop but...eventually you get used to it and the slow-moving pace is tolerable. (The movie keeps you guessing and is kind of funny...after you | There's tons of good-looking women running around in this film with beautiful costumes (especially the one who plays Missy on TV) and it always comes up with a new sexual ploy with each character that turns the film into what can only be charmed as a comedy. The first hour is just set up to find out who's in love with who but soon enough the film becomes a hilarious romp.<br /><br />The script is loaded with jokes as old as the hills but they're very sharp. The film also seems to be an excuse to try and shock the public from time to time but it still manages to keep the audience entertained. There are plenty of |
En route to a small | En route to a small town, an escaped convict, Michael, kidnaps a local teenage girl, Lisa, and the mother of his baby daughter, Nancy. The rest of the movie centers around how their paths intertwine. Although sometimes it might seem a bit slow moving, this movie captures in its characters a certain reality that you don't often see in film. The actors play off each other and what they do is so unique that you don't often see. There are enough twists to keep the viewer interested but the whole thing seems very real. It gets you thinking...<br /><br />I enjoyed watching this movie because the characters were so real and acted | En route to a small desert Indian reservation,a gang of low-life hoodlums rob and kill a rural family. They then try to flee the area as the local sheriff and his posse give chase, but they soon realise the sheriff and his gang intend to kill them. The film begins with the introduction of the hoodlums, a group whose main focus are the sexual needs of the female gang members, namely Janine Turner(Tammy Dobson). Turner is the spoiled granddaughter of the outlaw leader and is not to be treated with disrespect unless you want her to cause a serious problem! However she eventually decides to join the 'posse' rather than remain | 0.890484 | 0.109516 | En route to a small town to film a train wreck he has been commissioned by a dying rich man, a young man named Michael Caine has an accident where he runs over his wife on a train crossing. He then finds himself driving a car that needs to be fixed to have one of the car fixers, a woman named Cate Blakes, played by Julie Christie, he is falling in love with her while helping to fix it.<br /><br />At this early Paul Greengrass film you see some of the direction and editing styles he used throughout nearly all of his career. I first saw his work in 1992 with ' | En route to a small town, Jerry and Maggie (Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse) stop over at a railroad station, and happen to find a huge treasure held in a suitcase locked by a combination lock. Jerry and Maggie then find several thieves trying to get into the room where the lock is, and try several means to solve the lock without getting caught. Of interest, this cartoon contains a few gags that are not to be found in any other cartoon; including the opening sequence that takes place entirely at the train station, Jerry accidentally knocking over a lady carrying a package of balloons, a scene at the end that is set under the starlight and the | En route to a small town, a group from Hell led by a crazy killer is taking off...<br /><br />And this was the first time I saw the original "Death Proof" (1999). I watched both it and "Blow Out" (1999), which the former inspired. I don't know if "Death Proof" was copied by Quentin Tarantino or vice versa, but there is no doubt of the connection. The idea is basically the same - 3 guys driving to the desert in their car. "Death Proof" has a lot more plot than "Blow Down" - it is a true action | En route to a small town named Glastonbury, a bunch of people in a lorry find a coffin floating down a river. Unlucky for them it happens to be filled with a beautiful but hideous zombie whom they accidentally set free. The zombie kills one of the lorry drivers and is buried alive, not dead but now well dug in. A couple of months later and it seems the entire town is now infested, the townspeople themselves being the living dead. In a bid to escape the town, two young lovers with some friends and the one survivor are forced to brave the living dead as well as some other things.<br /><br | En route to a small town, a young couple get diverted by a storm and take refuge in an old mansion. The owners insist they stay and warn them of the danger outside, but things start to go wrong and the couple finds themselves in deep trouble...<br /><br />This movie is in the same "fog" category as "The Birds". In fact both movies were made in the same period and I would say that "The Birds" has the edge over "The Fog". The atmosphere is the same, dark, mysterious and foreboding. A lot of the same emotions. "The Fog" though is less tense and more "susp | En route to a small-town church meeting, the friends in this movie find themselves stranded and take a wrong turn at a truck stop that offers them something they desperately need...sex and drugs. When the driver of the truck they've just left turns up dead and the police become intensely interested in their visit, the group goes through a series of trials that threaten to tear them apart. I saw this movie once while attending a movie festival in the early 90s and never forgot it. It's one of those movies where all the players give brilliant performances, the plot is very well written, and the characters are very well drawn. The direction is very subtle, | En route to a small American town a train picks up a couple of convicts and two dead bodies. There the train comes to a grinding halt and all the passengers must spend the night at a deserted, almost wrecked, mansion. As it turns out its one large party with four very dark secrets revealed in the course of the evening - each of these secrets, of course, will turn out to be connected in one way or another.<br /><br />The film suffers because of its predictability even though it is an interesting concept. The script itself is turgid and plodding and the actors don't seem interested. <br /><br />Director | En route to a small town, the driver and a group of friends run over an elephant. The truck driver, who is driving the truck, is the son of the owner of the elephant. He tries to hide the incident from his parents, but the family soon finds out. Rather than punish their son for it, his parents just try to help him deal with it.<br /><br />This film is much like a lot of South Korean films in that it tells a simple story, but is able to turn these simple stories into very heart-warming movies like this one. The story is a simple one, but has a very nice touch to it that I |
Without wishing to be a | Without wishing to be a snob or a philistine, it's not often I'll walk out on a film. This was one of the exceptions however. I'm not a big fan of post-modernist narratives and have some difficulty in appreciating the point to these kind of films. Even with one that I'm trying to get into (Bend it like Beckham) it still comes across as just being "the girl does this... the girl does that... the girl does this and then this... the girl does this and that etc...". The plot of "Wonderland" is certainly thin on the ground - just some oddball kids and a rather | Without wishing to be a killjoy, this mini-series in one word must be: bad. In fact, I'm no fan of "W. (Werner)" Finsera (though I liked his performance in "L'Anglais").<br /><br />I must say that the actors (and actress) were terrible. The only things that were good about that production were the locations and the sets design (mostly the costumes, sets and locations in Florence) and the music (which is quite nice). But the story was ridiculous: we know the story now - and how the movie starts and end - and it's really boring to be told | 0.506851 | 0.493149 | Without wishing to be a wet-bolt, I wish I could find the time to write a truly objective opinion on this film. That said, I found it quite enjoyable, a real love story in all senses of the phrase. At times the dialogue could seem a little forced, the accents could waver a little (but that is inherent to all British film), but it all holds the ingredients to make this an almost perfect romantic comedy. (I will grant you, that's a lot to ask from a film). <br /><br />The cinematography was also very well done. It didn't feel like an American remake of a classic that had already lost | Without wishing to be a spoilt child, I am going to ask - why??? Why did the makers of this film not decide to use one of the other 50 or so music selections? I accept that these two were used as they were, not by choice, but by circumstances, but why. Why not use the amazing variety of "real" music that was created? Why insist on this one song. This is the most remarkable film ever made, it is the only one that could truly be called a unique film experience. I saw it yesterday night in a cinema and all the audience loved it, it is the most impressive musical film ever, and | Without wishing to be a killjoy, but this is certainly one of the most overrated British films of the last 5 years. Having just come from seeing it the day after at the Edinburgh Festival, I found it interesting to read so many people's comments on this film, some with the opinion of its greatness as a film, and so easily overlooking the fact that it is a play in film form, rather than a film that has been written to be on the big screen. My favourite part of the film was the very beginning- but when one has already decided to watch a film about a play the opening of the film is almost irrelevant- and for a | Without wishing to be a killjoy, this movie had the wrong opening. We got into it and decided to see how far it could go but it fizzled out. It began well enough. A young British policeman, Simon, is visiting with his older, retired father, Thomas (Peter Ustinov), in an upper-middle-class house high on a hill. Simon reveals that his boss is involved with a mobster he's paying off. He wants to be transferred away from the boss and decides to take his new car to London. But he meets someone traveling in a foreign cab who persuades him to take it. The cab gets blown up and the car | Without wishing to be a downer at Christmas time but what a sad piece of rubbish. It's so rare to see a British film that actually is worth watching and this is right up there near the top of the pile!<br /><br />No wonder this didn't make it to our cinemas or in my case got released on video so late, the film-makers would certainly be embarrassed to see what they've done.<br /><br />It starts off OK, the set-design and the music are great as is the script. We see some of the more famous actors giving a pretty good performance and then you think "yes, what a lovely little film".< | Without wishing to be a negative commentator, this film is an absolutely wonderful classic tale about family. A simple plot that is told in an understated fashion with the result being a film for all the family. An absolute must for all families. | Without wishing to be a spoilsport (and thus spoil the fun for someone who hasn't seen this film yet), here I've got to point out that this 1986 film, while it has its charms, is still essentially a romanticized and sentimentalized look at the life of the first great woman surgeon, Dr. Josephine Abbot.
The film focuses more on her friendship with her husband-to-be, Jim Abbott, than her actual medical achievements, but still holds up well. Most of the cast, even Barbara Stanwyck as Dr. Abbot, gives a terrific performance. The special effects are good, so are the settings, | Without wishing to be a killjoy, it is difficult to see this film as a cinematic treasure, since it is so often compared to the similarly shot documentary White Wilderness (1938). Having seen both films many times, I find the latter of greater merit. The main reasons being, firstly, the superb photography of the frozen landscape, which is never given over to the usual white out. There are very few shots that are poorly lit or badly rendered. The cinematography of this film is generally excellent; the best, however, is in the company of the polar bears. The shots of them stalking the herd are quite breathtaking.<br /><br />The |
My girlfriend once brought around | My girlfriend once brought around a book on Greek tragedies (she still was in school at the time) and thought it might have something to it. After having started reading it, she was immediately overwhelmed by the text. The "greatest tragedy ever" she claimed to have read and this was only 20 minutes into the book. She started ranting about it while I was just watching her and the book started slipping from my mind. It wasn't until yesterday afternoon when all the events from the book came to mind and I started to research the director. A few days ago I had to use my school's library and this gave me an excuse to check it | My girlfriend once brought around 50 of her friends and we watched The Haunting together. There was a big party over at her house and I remember there were at least 10 big tubs of popcorn and a movie of that size deserved one.<br /><br />Unfortunately The Haunting was absolutely the WORST movie she has ever brought over to watch.<br /><br />-The house looks like it was created 10 minutes before shooting and this made the "scary" house even worse. <br /><br />-The Haunting used a low budget of about 20,000 dollars.<br /><br /> | 0.792451 | 0.207549 | My girlfriend once brought around this video, claiming that it was one of the funniest comedies ever made. Being a huge fan of comedy, I decided to watch it, and for most of it, I agreed with her - it is quite funny. But, every now and then, the film loses grip of its comic origins, and begins to venture into the territory occupied by, oh, "American Beauty", and the result is quite tragic. But, it is a comedy nonetheless, it is not a tragedy. That does not make it all that bad...but, when compared to other comedies, it is certainly not "all that good..."<br | My girlfriend once brought around something which makes you ask yourself: "What ever happened to the movie?"<br /><br />She brought around a book which was filled with quotes from the movie "Manchurian Candidate" (original from 1962 I mean.)<br /><br />To find out exactly what was so interesting in that book I once saw the movie and here is the explanation: <br /><br />It's a thriller with all the qualities you find in a thriller (great story, well-told, good lead-actors, good actors, nice action, nice atmosphere, good dialogs..) The movie is probably not one | My girlfriend once brought around this movie for me to watch with a group from work (she works in a video store). We watched it one night and it quickly became my favorite movie. My friends and I saw it 4 more times that week. If someone who is not a horror fan is thinking of seeing this, I would say its worth a try. I love the way all the characters in the movie had their own motivations for doing what was necessary to survive in "Survival of the Dead". A young couple wants to be with a dead husband in the future, a little girl likes the undead, an African-American cop wants to help his black friends and | My girlfriend once brought around the topic of the worst movie of all time. We discussed this, and after awhile we said 'okay, no more talk, it's about time we watched 10 out of the bottom 50 on the worst movie website'. Anyway, I just watched this one.<br /><br />Honestly, we laughed all the way through it. It wasn't a huge laugh-fest, but we laughed. It seemed like a horror film in the beginning, but as the movie went on it became more of an action-adventure film. While not one of the worst movies of all time, this one is probably at least a part | My girlfriend once brought around one of these "big budget" action movies I'd never heard of before (she'd seen it, was surprised it was so bad). Now I don't get movie titles off the internet all that often, mainly because I've found out that a particular movie may just turn out being something I would like and so want to keep an open mind, but occasionally something pops up and I go to check it out. This is one of those times: I'd thought it was a '50s noir, so was a bit surprised it wasn't a film noir. The plot starts off with two boys stealing a car which, apparently, | My girlfriend once brought around a movie, and we thought we'd watch it. It was an idea for it...and the whole story line sounded weird. And then I saw it was about 30 minutes long, so we thought what the heck? Let's watch it!<br /><br />We saw it, and it sucked! It turned out to be a short film, and even as such, the story is pretty boring and the actors...well, not to mention it's almost completely silent the whole time. And...well...if you want a hint of what the plot is (it may still be vague in your head), this happens a lot | My girlfriend once brought around another movie that also has very little to do with WW2 yet this one has all the qualities that you can expect from a really good one. <br /><br />It just focuses on a different part of the war and its affects on all people that are connected. It follows the story of 6 families in the USA, England, Germany and Japan. <br /><br />The acting from all actors is very, very good (I have found out that it is based in some way of the lives of the actors which is nice) and the story lines intertwine and flow into each other extremely well.<br /><br />Don | My girlfriend once brought around this idea that perhaps there exists one movie that you should watch once, and, if it fails to satisfy, a second time. Movies, I felt, should be seen more often than once; but there are certain movies that, perhaps, should be seen a second time.<br /><br />There has never been a better example of this than the film "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope." From the first time you see it, you know you will want to see it again immediately; there is this sense that you feel, knowing there is a new adventure yet to begin.<br /><br />Sure, the actors' |
Amateur, no budget films can | Amateur, no budget films can be extremely funny, so when I saw that Zombie Bloodbath was an amateur film, I expected to laugh. I laughed a bit a couple of times, but I was not laughing by the end of it, and I was also very disappointed. Zombie Bloodbath follows two couples on a vacation in a town with a history of zombie attacks. A zombie attack happens and one of the couples escapes while the other couple stays in town. A bunch more zombies come and attack.<br /><br />The first thing people may not like about Zombie Bloodbath is that their is only ONE creature and he/she/it (I don't | Amateur, no budget films can sometimes present quite an enjoyable escapade but this is not one of them. Despite the apparent good-hearted intentions of writer/director James D'Arc, things just become increasingly tedious. There's a good premise but it is not developed far enough. Not even the performances from the non-professional cast have much impact. Not even a bit of a good laugh. | 0.497605 | 0.502395 | Amateur, no budget films can still be brilliant - but this is a real mess. Basically a boring series of random events with nothing to connect them apart from the title character of a serial killer. The first 'murder' scene is rather good, but then it all slows right down and becomes a mix of pointless flashbacks, poor acting and a few very short (and very random) sexual acts. The killings are not shown (except for one towards the end), which is a shame, because some people like to see the murders. This also has a problem because we do not actually know who is the serial killer until the end. The film has a feeling of | Amateur, no budget films can be great when directed or acted by passionate people. But 'House of Wax' is painfully dull. The opening shot of the main character, looking directly at the camera like he's addressing the audience, does little to draw us into the plot. And the music of the first sequence is so loud, and so very annoying, that you'll want to cover your ears whenever it comes up. By the end credits, you'll be begging for some answers about House of Wax, a movie you hope never to see again. | Amateur, no budget films can really pay off with a story that hits close to home (especially with today's events and situation in Iraq). It usually isn't the case that something that is shot quickly (like 'The Ground Truth') will actually be good, but this film makes up for that with some of the best interviews that you'll find. It's amazing that some of these people actually go through what they go through, when the rest of the world is on a vacation. This is a must see for anyone, because its an important part of our history and future. This is the reason why I can't understand why something like this would be blocked by Hollywood | Amateur, no budget films can be fun--but this film takes the "fun" aspect a little too far. The story is incredibly weak, but that is compensated for by the film's two main charms.<br /><br />1. The characters are very likable. 2. The dog, Oscar is delightful and the dog's owner, the boy Timmy is adorable as well.<br /><br />The main idea here, is that this film is a spoof and should not be taken seriously. The fact remains though that the two central stories here, while not horrible at all, are not going to become classics any time soon. The first, the love | Amateur, no budget films can be really bad, but this one is truly amazing. I remember the late, great, John Howard (of Star Wars fame), taking this film to the festival of film makers, and playing the audience the ending. He was the only person, in my experience, to actually cry during a scene. While the film is mostly about life in a little village in Ireland, it is a movie based on his actual childhood. | Amateur, no budget films can actually be very good or be very lousy. This one is quite entertaining because of the way it doesn't take itself too seriously. When you view this film you know from the outset that it's going to be a camp classic. As for being a good film it's the best one of its kind I have seen for a while. It's so much fun to watch, I laughed a lot and I enjoyed the humour. The guy who wrote and produced the film really has managed to do justice to his friends talents by getting them in front of the camera. The story is good, the acting is excellent and the characters are believable.< | Amateur, no budget films can be very good, especially when well written, with reasonable acting by the performers and cleverly photographed. That in mind, this is a very good low budget movie. In fact, I would probably rank this in the top twenty of all my favorites, even over some higher budget films. The writing is good, performances decent and the movie quite believable, all of which lead to me giving it a rating of 8. The plot has potential as the idea was well presented and in part original. I think the way in which the plot was set up, with several characters being introduced and how the relationships were established helped to make the film much | Amateur, no budget films can be great - but this is horrible. It has zero acting skills that are believable. I found myself laughing in the middle of a film that had such a serious theme to it. The writing, direction, cinematography, editing etc are all horrid - especially a sequence toward the end where the filmmaker is literally falling out of the camera! He should walk off the set and never return. He makes this film look as though it was shot on the back of a pickup truck - maybe the best part was the title credits as my girlfriend said "It's as if they had no script so they had to think them up while shooting". |
OK its not the best | OK its not the best film ever made but you can't beat a good laugh.<br /><br />Although I am normally not a fan of musicals, I didn't mind this film, its not a great film but I didn;t mind it.<br /><br />I have to say the actors weren't up to the calibre of their other work. But I couldn't really blame them,the songs aren't that great but the dancing from the leads was good, with such great sets as the studio, the church & house.<br /><br />I'll say it again, not a brilliant film, but you can't beat a good laugh.<br | OK its not the best film around. It should have gone for something a little more dramatic. But it is a touching coming of age drama. The storyline is simple and well told. Its a simple story about a twelve year old boy who has to work the night shift to help his mother pay the bills. <br /><br />Most people say that the kids in this film are just too cute and angelic. But I don't think its right. They are 12 year old children in a 1950's American coal mining town. These kids would have to learn to grow up fast on the streets. I have seen kids like this | 0.404039 | 0.595961 | OK its not the best film i would have put in my top twenty of all time but still great entertainment. With great special effects for the 80's,the best being the 'Zod's return to the Fortress as the Phantom Zone was shown in slow motion' this movie captures the imagination of anyone wanting a fantasy that they can immerse themselves in. This is a film for those who love the special effects of all the great space movies and also for those who are fans of Superman and the character's back story and the comic book heroes. It may not be the best of the 'Superman Series' but its a great action sci-fi movie. | OK its not the best of the trilogy but then again that depends on who's opinion you believe. The acting is good to fair and some of the plot was a little far fetched but they did what they could. The story is pretty good it was just that the action didn't run as smooth. It still has its charm even though the acting isn't as good and the action isn't as smooth all the way. Its still a good movie but its not as good at the other 2 but thats not saying enough to turn it off. Some parts the movie is a little bit confusing but they did as much or what they could to correct that. The story | OK its not the best film by anyone but the two leads bring a wonderful performance to bring this movie to life. It is a true romantic comedy with great actors to get the role that fits the movies style. I love this film because of the cast of actors they give it an extra something that other romantic comedies don't have. I enjoyed this film because it brings us back to the 70's style of romance and love. In a film like this everyone makes a special appearance that makes you laugh and fall in love even more. It's a wonderful film that is not to be missed by anyone. | OK its not the best movie i have ever seen, but you shouldn't expect it to be. It tries to be different and is not afraid to push the envelope, so while it may not be for everyone some may find the comedy and dialogue to be a little more crude than what they are used to, but there was nothing about this movie that would put you in jail, you have to have a sense of humor with it. Like i said it is not the best movie i have ever seen, but is definitely worth renting for a date or just so you can laugh out loud at things most movies would never make fun of. Its also nice since I would | OK its not the best movie ever, but I loved it. I have seen it so many times, I have worn it out from watching it so much. Now my husband and I both like the movies with Fred and Ginger, I know many people say they are overrated, but I beg to differ. It is one of Fred's best movies with Ginger and I have watched it with our three children, all of their favorite parts are from Fred and Ginger's dance sequences, so it is one they have all watched a million times too. The movie is great for all ages. I think it will be fun to watch with my grandchildren when they get older also | OK its not the best movie I've ever seen- it certainly isn't the best movie from the 50s by far. But its a great film and worth watching many times.<br /><br />The movie has got to do with a reporter played by Dana Andrews who tries to find out why his brother, also a reporter, was murdered. In the course of the story, the reporter finds out a lot about himself.<br /><br />An unusual thing about this movie (and it is probably the first) is that a police officer is the one who tells the journalist to take a step back and that the investigation has to be done right. The | OK its not the best film in the worlds but I have some major admiration for this film cause i was the one who made it. If its not that great and most of the films i make are not that good but i try my best with no real budget most the time.<br /><br />Now i want to put an explanation on this film its not so graphic and not so graphic at all but its kinda graphic so people who don't like violence should avoid this one cause there is some bloodshed in this one.<br /><br />The idea is about 2 brothers who are in total antagonist from each other because of some issues the mom had | OK its not the best film ever made but was an excellent film to watch. I would tell everyone to see it for yourself and judge on the quality for yourself. This one has a special meaning for me as i am a fan of all genres of movies and this one is the perfect example of all the genres together. It is a drama, with the story of a group of people coming together while there on holiday. It is a comedy, with the comedy being so funny that it will make you jump out of your seat. It is a musical, with each character singing their favourite song, which will make you want to just sing your heart out.<br />< |
Some films that you pick | Some films that you pick up off the $4.99 shelf at the video store, end up being complete garbage without giving us something we want or like. And it's easy to toss such films immediately to the dusty corner at the bottom of the shelf. But, if you have to pay the amount of $25.00 from your own money and have to put up with the embarrassment of having to deal with your friends when you show what you paid $25.00 for, what would you do with the film? That's one thing that I really enjoyed with 'The 40 Year Old Virgin'...and it seemed to | Some films that you pick up for five dollars deserve to be just that and this is one of them. It was just bad. This film is an attempt of a horror film that isn't scary and contains no scares whatsoever, only a few decent stalker moments. There are a few decent, but unoriginal death scenes and a slightly decent, but incredibly stupid ending, but that's all there is. There's no plot and the movie doesn't seem to know what it wants to be so it's a horrible mess. The acting is not as bad as it could be and the direction isn't too bad either. But all in all, it is just a | 0.999995 | 0.000005 | Some films that you pick out are bad and I've had my fair share, but this one, this is a good one I'd say. I thought it was a bit slow, but I'm not complaining. Just don't feel that it's boring, it really isn't. It's just realistic, and that's something that I'm not used to with some film. Most of the time the story isn't like that. In this one it's just how some people act in reality when they've been through something. I'm going to go into the background, if you don't like it, don't read! So, I really enjoyed this, | Some films that you pick up cheaply become a treasure. This is one of them.<br /><br />John Carradine gives a fine performance in this movie as a lonely, dying author who is left a lot of money by a mysterious admirer. He uses his newfound wealth to build himself a mansion just as the film opens. He's also an aging playwright who is in need of a boost from whatever has inspired him.<br /><br />He has two problems when he arrives at the mansion. One problem is that the house he's bought used to belong to his murdered sister. Even though she's dead, she still seems to be there, or | Some films that you pick up in the $5 bin at a video store never turn out to be as well worth your money as "Dinner Rush," the simple, sweet and enjoyable story of the chef whose favorite employee is murdered.<br /><br />Giovanni Ribisi ("Requiem For a Dream") plays the chef, a workaholic whose heart goes out to his employees when he learns one has been brutally shot. He meets and falls in love with the daughter of his murdered man.<br /><br />Rounding out the cast is David Strathairn, as one of the cop detectives who ends up chasing after our hero as a | Some films that you pick out to your surprise that turn out to be an exceptional cinematic experience. When you expect one thing, but gets back something of a different matter. This is the case with "The House on the Edge of the Park" to an extent. I mean they got a nice storyline going around a man searching for his beloved wife. It isn't the typical murder mystery as I expected, but in fact it's psychological drama. This movie is quite good with its plot and that has been done in several movies. It's good to see a movie that has something new on its track.<br /><br />Kurt Reimann, the police | Some films that you pick up at your local store, just can't be saved by even the most experienced of distributors, but I got this from a friend, and was shocked by the lack of respect that it was given upon release in theatres! This is one of the best films I've ever seen, for the sheer fact that it deals with a subject that many people choose to ignore. It is a very powerful story, that is extremely engaging, and very touching. I was so impressed by the original story, that I feel that Hollywood should have taken the time to re-tell this story using film. This would have provided us all with a story about | Some films that you pick up for a buck or two at your local thrift store are better than others, but often it works out to your advantage to just have something to watch that's not a major movie (like you'd see at a multiplex). When I saw 'Viking 9000' (as it's called in the U.K. video store) at a flea market, I was pretty skeptical, but there was just nothing else to buy (no more than $5 from the merchant), so I took it home and gave it a shot. I really didn't expect much, to tell you the truth, but to my surprise, | Some films that you pick up on video or DVD and watch just for fun are never truly fun to watch if you're sitting there and waiting to have them get to the point. Not so here.<br /><br />If you can suspend your thinking that the film was shot on a low budget, you will find a fun, silly and very entertaining flick. Yes, the acting and some things in the movie seem rather low-brow and even stupid, but the whole film has this goofy charm that makes it seem much better than it looks!<br /><br />I love how even the villainess is charming and beautiful. No, there isn't another woman like | Some films that you pick upon in a darkened room you discover are actually good films which are just not popular enough to be easily identified by the masses. This film is one in which you want to discover more about.<br /><br />I was a little hesitant at first, thinking of the plot as being too confusing to follow, but once you take your first trip into the world of the bizarre that is the real world, you learn not to question much, only enjoy. I was surprised from the first scene (a scene in which I'm sure I will see myself, as most of it could be in the past 30 seconds of my life) |
I received this movie as | I received this movie as a Christmas gift and watched it with family in a very foggy England. This is a truly wonderful film that we will come back to many times.<br /><br />Many of the comments have mentioned how realistic the family dynamics and their response to the death of a daughter are. I cannot imagine a scenario as delicate and heartbroken as the one portrayed in this film and I truly find myself thinking about it a few days on. The acting is brilliant as well. I particularly liked Polly Walker's subtle performance. How many of us would realise that every person grieving might behave in a completely different way to the next?. Even though I am not | I received this movie as a Christmas present for 1994 and I saw this today on cable and I must say this is an awful movie. The premise is that the dead are coming back to life in East L.A. to eat the living. It seems it will take the life force of 100 men to reawaken their former master, Ching Shih (Wu Shue). And Shue just so happens to be the former master of a Chinese gang, which happens to be lead by a man who is the brother to one the lead guys. I'm being really vague about the plot, because that was part of the | 0.999999 | 0.000001 | I received this movie as a gift last year and have watched it hundreds of times since then. It is one of my all time favorites and a definite keeper. Each time I have watched it a different part of the movie strikes me as heartwarming and the next time may be a different scene. This movie has a certain timeless quality that makes you want to sit back, relax and get away from your hectic life. I think it is a true story as well. My only real problem is that it is hard for someone to get a hold of a copy. | I received this movie as a gift from a friend and even he didn't want to watch it! He said he had watched it the weekend before and didn't go. The acting was atrocious and they should NEVER be allowed to put their names on this movie (yes I did see it to the end)! The story wasn't bad but at points I thought I was watching a comedy. In fact, I laughed until I was crying in some places - because I thought they were serious and that I'd missed something when it suddenly turned so obviously funny. I don't mind a laugh when it's suppose d to be but when it's not it gets really annoying | I received this movie as a Christmas gift as well and it certainly is an excellent movie.<br /><br />I've watched it numerous times and am impressed with the talent of the cast and most particularly Ms. Zeffirelli. I loved the movie because it portrays the Italian countryside so very accurately and the people are typical of what I've seen in Italy. The romance was beautiful, the story very engaging.<br /><br />I've read some of the comments about how difficult it is to find this movie. It is a very good movie and has one of the best endings I have seen. | I received this movie as I was not aware of it's existence.<br /><br />There is no sound track and therefore this movie was played in silence by me.<br /><br />It's all about a mother telling a story to a son about the 'truth' to her son.<br /><br />I saw that the movie is for the most part made by hand.<br /><br />I had to watch it a few times... it's not easy to follow the plot.<br /><br />It is the artistry of having characters that take shapes and form out of nature, rocks, grass... whatever.<br /><br />I think that | I received this movie as a gift from a friend who had enjoyed "The Fugitive". In viewing it, I thought it had to be 24 hours of "The Fugitive"; they are indeed eerily alike.<br /><br />The movie is about a man falsely convicted of murder and then escapes. He is chased by the very officer who did the booking. If you haven't figured this out by now, it is a cat and mouse game of a cat and mouse that I will describe in great detail. So if you have never seen this movie or the movie "The Fugitive" then stop reading. I like to be fair | I received this movie as a gift. I was a bit skeptical because I'm not a big fan of martial arts films; and this one has not 100% overcame the prejudices of my past. The film has a strange feeling to it I cannot describe. The characters, acting and writing, I found to be very good, which I found myself enjoying.<br /><br />This movie is highly under rated. My thoughts and opinion may seem a bit odd for the audience, but, for what it is, it is a nice film. The acting is well done for the characters given. For an independent film, this one stands out. If | I received this movie as a late night special. The box said it was a comedy and I thought it might be a "sit com" if you know what I mean. And when I start watching such a movie like this with a lot of humor it's a bit difficult when the movie doesn't contain any. What it is, is a western, and actually it's my belief that it was a made for television western. But that's not going to take anything away from this story. It does have it's own distinctive way of dealing with such an story - a story of the wild west. I mean it's not a story of the wild west like | I received this movie as a gift and I have put it on a special place in my DVD collection. The movie has a great pace with good acting and a great mix of humor and serious moments.<br /><br />As so many comments here, My father loved the movie too. (He is 60 and is very active) I love the movie because it shows the good old fashioned family values that I was raised with (and is still trying to raise my children with)...<br /><br />Just remember that you should not judge others about how you live your life... (and how you raise your children) by how much money you make!! |
I have not seen many | I have not seen many German films, but I can say with some authority that this one ranks as the worst I have seen. The dialogue is appalling, and the acting is almost as bad as it can be (though in fairness the material is difficult to work with). I found myself wincing at every cliché, overused line, and hamfisted camera angle. It's hard to say of this film what will appeal to you most: the awfulness of it all, or the sheer awfulness of it.<br /><br />It is difficult to believe that a man who wrote so well and created such memorable works of literature, could fail to | I have not seen many of Mr. John Cleese's roles, though I think I have seen almost all his writing work and all of his direction. I also saw his early TV show in the UK and have to say that in his TV comedies Mr. John Cleese's humour is rather light and quite clever; but in his movies his humour is more crude. Here it can be very crude. The characterisation is light and unconvincing, mostly because it feels a bit too much as if it was cast, rather than conceived for Mr. John Cleese himself. As an Englishman I thought Mr. John Cleese was rather bad in | 0.441141 | 0.558859 | I have not seen many of Woody Allen's films but The Big Slide Show is one of the best of Woody Allen's comedies.<br /><br />It is very funny, sometimes funny enough to make you cry, sometimes sad enough so you will need the tissue. It is one of the best examples of Woody Allen's comedy and a perfect example of how an actor can work an entire film himself, not completely relying on a co-star to work the plot.<br /><br />Allen is at the top of his game here and the film is a big hit with me. | I have not seen many of his other films but this was a truly great film. Beautiful and yet funny. I felt the main character was so real. I loved the fact that, rather than taking his girlfriend for a romantic outing he chose to spend quality time with his kids instead. This is not a perfect family so there were issues but they managed to get along pretty well for what they had on hand. This is a very rare view of this era in the west. This film makes so much sense. I would recommend it to anyone!! | I have not seen many animated movies so I can't compare this to the rest. However, I can say that I was moved by this movie, which is rare for a animated children's film. I usually have to fight my daughter for watching animated movies and this being one exception. She was really invested in the characters and enjoyed every part of the film. I didn't expect that from her. If she liked this much, imagine how many people with a real desire to learn about Japanese culture would enjoy this much more.<br /><br />This movie is beautifully drawn with gorgeous images and fantastic backgrounds. The music sets just the right mood and is a highlight of | I have not seen many "Hollyweird" films in my entire life, but I must say this is THE most boring and most pointless movie that I've had the misfortune of experiencing. Just plain stupid, with terrible acting, not to mention the ridiculously predictable plot. One out of ten, is about the only true rating I can give to this film.<br /><br />BETTY: "Let's start a new family together, but on your own rules. You get to play house." BARRY: "Sounds great to me, but you'll be the mother. I'll be the baby!" | I have not seen many of L'Anglaise's movies, but I enjoyed the fact that she made movies in this genre. I can say that I enjoyed the film that I saw. It was well directed- with the use of the background music being the main emphasis as most of L'Anglaise's music tends to be. The movie has some of the actors that I know and love from La vie des animaux so I guess L'Anglaise has managed to surround herself with some of her favourite people to make a movie. I enjoy the fact that L'Anglaise has created a movie similar in style to that of the film | I have not seen many of the original Dracula films from the 50's & 60's so I am unfamiliar with this series. The concept of a film series with the same cast & crew members repeating roles is a concept that I thought would never work, but in this case I must admit it has not been that bad. The characters and the actors who play them are all so familiar. The Dracula films that I have seen this far all have done a terrific job of balancing humor with terror. Though I wouldn't want to watch an entire season of this show I found the premise very cool and it was exciting to see George Hamilton's Frank | I have not seen many Indian movies in my life. The one that i would always remember fondly was Shahid Kapuas AAG. Shahid's acting and the background music with Amitabh singing were always an unforgettable experience. It was so good to hear Amrith Bhagat singing so sweetly again.<br /><br />Kamal Haasan was an awesome actor in the movie. I was quite impressed with his background score that added to the movie. It made your mind to get back to India, the country with rich culture. The movie was quite captivating in this regard. I loved the background of the movie in this aspect. Though | I have not seen many of Mira Sorvino's films, but I do enjoy her work. I recently purchased VIOLENCE and saw on this page that it had a "hidden gem" score of 5.4/10 (out of 10). I watched this movie with high hopes only to be disappointed... I was not very impressed with the film at all. First off this film has really disturbing elements and could shock you more than you think it would. It is extremely violent and depressing. Yes, some of the violence is to be expected and is needed in order for the plot to move forward, but it seemed more extreme |
..Oh wait, I can! This | ..Oh wait, I can! This is one of those movies that you have to watch all the time as you are not sure whether you are experiencing it or you remember it. You don't really care. The only feeling is your desire that the end credits would come. This movie is an overkill. It does not deserve to be called "romantique comedy", simply because it is only a romantic comedy, with not that much comedy in it. There is a whole lot of "unoriginal"-ness and cliché in it. I like this kind of movies. I like cliché, but not this kind of cliché. I thought it is going to be | ..Oh wait, I can! This movie sucks! It's a 60's ripoff, with crappy dialogue, bad actors, and stupid story lines, which all lead you nowhere. Not really a mystery either, you know who the killer is within the first 20 minutes, and it's a pretty obvious villain. In fact, I was bored out of my mind the whole time. Don't even waste your time.<br /><br />0/10<br /><br /> | 0.527851 | 0.472149 | ..Oh wait, I can! This movie is great. You're never completely "up to speed" in your knowledge of the plot, the characters, or what is exactly going on. This causes it to be very interesting, as you can see so much in everyone's actions. As far as a romantic film goes, the acting and writing in this movie is better than Romeo and Juliet, but doesn't have as much depth as any of Shakespeare's dramas. The story revolves around two friends, Paulie and Charlie, and their friends from childhood, from their days as children to their days as adults. Charlie (played by Christopher Walken)is an older, wiser | ..Oh wait, I can! This is my first IMDb review and it seems I have to follow a few rules, I must say that I'm quite glad I have found this site as I was about to sign a 5 year contract with a film production company and I was not aware of their very poor pasts.<br /><br />It is very important that you don't have to follow a few rules and I'll state some of the ones people might struggle with in their first comment.<br /><br />First rule is that comments should contain at least 10 lines so I might as well give it a go. I could give every line a "1" | ..Oh wait, I can! This is one of those movies, where the premise is intriguing but you can't put your fingers on why. Well, I can, and the problem is, it does very little during two hours or so, and by that time, it's too late to save it and it gets worse: the climax is totally stupid and the movie just ends. The problem starts already in 8 or 9 minutes, when some aliens arrive on Earth and start killing off some people, but that doesn't hold too much attention. Then the aliens find out that people are so stupid that they don't get what's going one right in front of them ( | ..Oh wait, I can! This film has it all, acting, cinematography, beautiful backdrops, a great title and so much more. You know one of those movies where you watch it and you think that you've seen it. Or the other extreme. You catch yourself watching the movie and your still thinking about it. These are one liners that the movie has, I think. If only the real world of movie making could match this one, we would be happy! A must see for anyone with an open mind and eye for film. | ..Oh wait, I can! This is a typical 1st season episode as it was very entertaining. But as mentioned the end did NOT meet with an happy ending...I have read many comments about the new writer on to Season 2. I really feel that the addition of the new writer and his crew on to the show is a huge improvement for the 2nd season. The story lines were far better, the characters were far more developed and the script quality improved greatly. As has been mentioned earlier, I do miss Hanny. I hope for an eventual return in the 2nd season.<br /><br />Also the new episode titles are a great improvement | ..Oh wait, I can! This is one of those movies that you can re-watch countless times, only because you just can't seem to get enough of it.<br /><br />The movie is wonderfully shot like a film noir, the dialog and script are witty and dry, and the whole feel and overall effect is very much of the city, a gritty, big city, you can see the grime on the pavement.<br /><br />In many ways, the film is similar to "Blow" in that there is something very similar about the character's reactions in this movie, where some of the characters have to play characters that they may not actually be in | ..Oh wait, I can! This film is all about the "story within a story" and it's so brilliant that I cannot keep my fingers off the shutter button!<br /><br />So...<br /><br />We have the two actresses that play the roles of sisters in a play. When the first act is closed as they walk off the stage it is then the actress' story that unfolds. You find out a few things that the sisters had not quite told at the beginning of the story, and get a glimpse of the future as the second act is about to open.<br /><br />Then the stagehands pull back and what do we see? The | ..Oh wait, I can! This movie makes you jump forward and go backward in time, so that you are able to see how people behave without knowing that they are going to the past, and then we make them do the same again (but from a different point of reference) and then we go backwards to the first time when we saw that they did something. It's really a neat idea and it's also beautifully done.<br /><br />There are more things to be said about this movie. The casting is awesome and the acting is top-notch. The actors seem to be so natural!<br /><br />All the technical aspects are good. The editing is neat |
You have to admire Brad | You have to admire Brad Silberling. He has made no less than 27 movies in his career but you really don't know it by his CV because if you didn't see his last productions, you don't realize that this director is here for about 20 years now, just waiting it to make all his movies before getting discovered thanks to "The Notorious Bettie Page". This movie brought him two awards at the Palm Springs Film Festival. And after an absence of 14 years on a big-budget movie, Silberling still makes his movies with the same quality and a unique perspective that makes his movies so good and so different from | You have to admire Brad Sykes as a writer. He's already given us some wonderful screen adaptations of Robert Bloch's books "Halloween" (and "Return of Laurie Strode") and, more recently: "The Evil Dead". This is not so much a horror movie - its an adventure/comedy movie that uses horror movie conventions. So, if you're not prepared for a long "road trip" and an unlikely quest tale, you will probably dislike this film.<br /><br />Sykes and Director Andrew Fleming make a nice and comfortable team to have with the project. Like the recent Stephen King hit: "It" (Sykes | 0.509768 | 0.490232 | You have to admire Brad Sykes for hanging in there with his production company and finding some really good movie properties. This movie, like The Perfect Mile, offers an old fashioned approach to film making and tells a very simple and beautiful story.<br /><br />SPOILER The first thing you'll notice are the similarities to The Perfect Mile. A man, in his sixties, with some health issues meets up with a group of young people, who have aspirations of winning an important competition. In Perfect Mile it was the Oregon Trail Run, in Fast Times, it is a high school cross-country run. In both cases, the older man must come to terms | You have to admire Brad Sykes for creating the best zombie movie of all time, but now Sykes seems hell bent on creating nothing but remakes of his best film. In this fourth sequel to his masterpiece Dead Man Walking, Sykes is no longer the director, and all he needs to do is sign his name, throw in a few of his ideas and there you have it. Unfortunately those ideas do not seem to be what made part one so awesome, and only the two good actors and a somewhat interesting plot help this film from falling flat on its ass.<br /><br />The basic plot of Dead Man Walking: Night of Reckoning pretty much | You have to admire Brad Sykes. He did a real nice job with The 007 Files. However, the biggest problem I find with 007 was that it really should have been two films. I believe part of it is that Mr Sykes got a bit carried away with himself, and that he should have left the James Bond character to the professionals. Also, I got the feeling that Sykes was trying to force his ideas on the audience, rather than doing his research. I enjoyed The 007 Files, but I would like to see it re-done. I think that Sykes's James Bond character is a bit too | You have to admire Brad Sykes. He is a real showman. Although his movie, The Slaughter, is very well-made in all regards, Brad is best known for his one liners. As the villain, he delivers a lot of fun one liners.<br /><br />What makes The Slaughter even more fun is it's dark subject matter. The movie treats incest, violence against women, multiple personality disorder, and suicide in a very non-judgmental way. Although everyone tries to pass The Slaughter off as a horror movie, it's much more of a thriller. <br /><br />I recommend Slaughter to mature horror fans. | You have to admire Brad Sykes ability to be a chameleon in terms of the roles he inhabits. He is the perfect modern version of the 'little man with a Big Dream'. His character in this story is the 'outcast' who has a secret talent but is unable to show it to anybody. It is the fact that he has a secret to hide that really allows a story to develop. This is one of the reasons why he ends up in prison as nobody believes in him. It is up to him to prove his innocence and his skill in order to be successful. It is also why he is forced to hide in the local bus station when | You have to admire Brad Sykes. When the man doesn't feel like putting the effort into something better--like actually acting--he just hires his brother and does some shots and boom! You have a movie. No plot, laughable acting, a few semi-sexual scenes thrown in and you have yourself a 90 minute waste of time. My first time through this film I fell asleep about 15 minutes through it and had to watch it again a few days later. To my surprise, I found this piece a bit better the second time around. Some of the scenes do get kinda amusing, especially when the girl keeps getting hit in the head | You have to admire Brad Sykes. He has come up with a formula that people will pay thousands if not millions of dollars to see. He's already done it with "The Blair Witch Project" and now in "The Hostel" he once again proves people will come out to see films whether they are good, bad or downright sickening. So "The Ring" may not have been that great, but at the same time people flocked to see it anyway. The sad but true thing is that even a film like "Saw" isn't enough to get people out in the crowd these days.<br /><br />With every horror, thriller and | You have to admire Brad Dourif for taking on this role. It is a rather odd performance. The story is typical and formulaic, but never rings false due the excellent cast. The movie is about 2 young friends who become obsessed with their science fiction game about being trapped on another planet while the government has hidden the real reason why nobody returns. The two friends get trapped on another star system to study the atmosphere. They do not return and only the government knew why. Dourif (along with a few others) was assigned to the planet to find out the cause of the missing men. While the film is slow and there are some parts that |
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