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train_500 | 0pending | eb4d7c62-5a2e-49c7-82ab-0376a47d9579 | When I ordered this from Blockbuster's website I had no idea that it would be as terrible as it was. Who knows? Maybe I'd forgotten to take my ADD meds that day. I do know that from the moment the cast drove up in their station wagon, donned in their late 70's-style wide collars, bell-bottoms and feathered hair, I knew... | [] | [] | [] |
train_501 | 0pending | 3969c96c-e411-48a5-9d37-2b96e96f2c79 | I cheer for films that fill in subject matter gaps in world cinema. So after watching the trailer for "Water Lilies," I expected to like this film because I thought I'd stumbled on something unique: a movie that honestly portrays teen lesbian love - sort of a female version of "Beautiful Thing." <br /><br />The main ch... | [] | [] | [] |
train_502 | 0pending | c487870c-2d12-492a-9f5d-8158c9ca3b61 | For anyone craving a remake of 1989's Slaves of New York. What are there, seven of you? Here it is... was.<br /><br />This undercooked movie has studiously vapid characters (Well they're club-kids, ya big jerk!) that are in holding patterns. The big question seems to be, just how long can a young adult remain juvenile?... | [] | [] | [] |
train_503 | 0pending | c0152d53-1a1e-482a-ac71-3d76976874f3 | Besides being boring, the scenes were oppressive and dark. The movie tried to portray some kind of moral, but fell flat with its message. What were the redeeming qualities?? On top of that, I don't think it could make librarians look any more unglamorous than it did. | [] | [] | [] |
train_504 | 0pending | cf20cf59-c22f-4119-9ed7-7ef68eb01b6a | For the first couple of seasons, I thought The Apprentice was a highly engaging and exciting show. The combination between reality TV and a 16 week job-interview was innovative, and the producers of the show managed to keep the show relevant and not too "out there".<br /><br />The new season 6 is nothing more than a bi... | [] | [] | [] |
train_505 | 0pending | 242f87f5-ce9c-4196-85e0-186cb5efb8c3 | I LOVED the Apprentice for the first two seasons.<br /><br />But now with season 5? (or is it 6?) things are getting just plain too tiring.<br /><br />I used to like the show, but its become Donald Trumps own ego fest. Granted its his company you'll be working for, but come on! some of the things says "You're FIRED" is... | [] | [] | [] |
train_506 | 0pending | 688bc3ba-267a-4afd-b066-bc8c3ad3fb5f | I bet you Gene Simmons and Vincent Pastore negotiated in advance how many episodes they would be willing to appear in. Isn't just too contrived for Gene to switch to the ladies team and then throw himself on his sword? And Big Pussy? What the hell was that "look at me, I'm a rat!" double episode crap? All that cliché m... | [] | [] | [] |
train_507 | 0pending | 75f85516-d446-4099-9f00-252e764220db | I can't stand most reality shows and this one is worst than the one with Paris Hilton, and sure it's his company. But "you're fired" or "you're hired", for how many seasons now? After watching the show I wouldn't want to work for the guy with his ego and all and I think watching paint dry has more entertainment valve.<... | [] | [] | [] |
train_508 | 0pending | 4844d7e5-bb2d-4e05-8b48-a3d1a7a280ac | One has to wonder if at any point in the production of this film a<br /><br />script existed that made any sense. Was the rough cut 3 hours<br /><br />long and was it trimmed into the incoherent mess that survives? <br /><br />Why would anyone finance this mess? I will say that Tom<br /><br />Wlaschiha is a good lookin... | [] | [] | [] |
train_509 | 0pending | 70537b97-1239-449e-b8f3-aa57bc2218f4 | Jochen Hick wrote and directed this little thriller of a suspense film based on the concept that the AIDS virus was a sheep virus mutated by the government to rid the world of gays and was apparently tested on convicts in the years before the outbreak of the hideous disease. Were it not for the poignancy of the concept... | [] | [] | [] |
train_510 | 0pending | bf3d4ba2-b28e-4300-bd99-d5c1ace42f1b | Poorly written conspiracy drama/mystery about the possibility that AIDS was introduced to the public by the government. Wlaschiha plays a gay researcher looking for answers--that within this foggy plot would be hard for anyone to find. Despite the cinematography itself being commendable, the camera hungers for characte... | [] | [] | [] |
train_511 | 0pending | a65c3bbe-9db9-4e0a-be64-1e140c1d663f | I don't give much credence to AIDS conspiracy theories but its sociologically interesting to see the phenomenon dramatized. In the early years of the AIDS epidemic, the suffering and paranoia of the scared and dying often generated such dark fantasies. This was especially true in the politically radical and sexually ex... | [] | [] | [] |
train_512 | 0pending | d07675ba-697d-48c5-ab62-17f9e00b6d9d | The cliché of the shell-shocked soldier home from the war is here given dull treatment. Pity a splendid cast, acting to the limits of their high talents, can't redeem 'The Return of the Soldier' from its stiff-collared inability to move the viewer to emotional involvement. Best moments, as another reviewer noted, come ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_513 | 0pending | 7a028497-e139-45d5-80b3-9eb920a95b17 | The Good Earth is perhaps the most boring film I've seen in my life. The plot is slow and lacking. The acting is borderline comical. While I love Paul Muni, I can now say i have seen a film that does not do his true ability justice. The only saving grace I found with this film is it's production value. The use of hundr... | [] | [] | [] |
train_514 | 0pending | 60b94192-6346-4daf-9319-4201b79cccf3 | The Good Earth is not a great film by any means, it is way to ordinary. Maybe it was different in the 1930's but who would want to see the life of a farmer. It is not very interesting to me. Yes, Luis Rainer and Paul Muni do an excellent job acting but the film dragged on way too long. I could have told you the ending ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_515 | 0pending | b0a2f725-b1f5-47f6-97ba-20c179292956 | A couple of farmers struggle in life in a small village in China. Wang Lung (Paul Muni) buys O-Lan, his future wife, who becomes his slave (Luis Rainer). American stars appear in the leading roles, talking with fake accents and emphasizing old stereotypes and patriarchal ideology. A good wife, many children and land ar... | [] | [] | [] |
train_516 | 0pending | 892d5645-1db4-4e18-a69c-e903bea378ba | Luise Rainer received an Oscar for her performance in The Good Earth. Unfortunately, her role required no. She did not say much and looked pale throughout the film. Luise's character was a slave then given away to marriage to Paul Muni's character (he did a fantastic job for his performance). Set in ancient Asia, both ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_517 | 0pending | 99051995-e3ab-4ae8-82e1-c89af5d46d58 | Well I'm probably about to be lambasted by everyone on this site, but The Good Earth is one of the worst structured films I've seen in a long time. We have a 2 and a half hour film that feels like its three and a half because it has two films in one. The first film tells the story of a family that has to move form thei... | [] | [] | [] |
train_518 | 0pending | 41b031a9-e9c6-4442-a0e8-7f65c7bde4b2 | The Good Earth follows the life a slave girl and a poor farmer in China. The movie is based on the novel by Pearl S. Buck. The story is great, but I hated that they decided to cast Anglos in the lead roles. Walter Connolly is laughable as the farmer's father. He has such a heavy American accent, as do most of the lead ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_519 | 0pending | f49f0aee-8277-443f-aa82-977265f3b012 | Well, what was fun... except for the fun part.<br /><br />It's my second least favorite so far, I even thought it was worse than 'Lazarus' and 'Ghost in the Machine'.<br /><br />Let's start with the good. The teaser, it was incredibly well done and also emotional. Being the great animal lover that I am, it was fun seei... | [] | [] | [] |
train_520 | 0pending | dc70b34c-1827-4bca-86cb-e9b042fcec23 | Amazing. That's what you'd say if you sat through this film. Simply, incredibly, amazing. It's actually so amazing that anyone was stupid enough to dump money into making this monstrosity that you simply can't believe what you're seeing. That, my friends, is what is truly scary about this film. Somebody thought it was ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_521 | 0pending | 38930023-a90f-4f1a-b1af-887f3fc6239b | This movie could be used in film classes in a "How Not to Script a B-Movie" course. There are inherent constrictions in a B-movie: Budgets are tight, Time is precious (Scarecrow was apparently shot in 8 days) and the actors are often green and inexperienced. The one aspect you have complete control over is writing the ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_522 | 0pending | 4e4b7c92-478a-4adf-a089-7dc349978ff6 | I desperately want to give this movie a 10...I really do. Some movies, especially horror movies are so budget that they are good. A wise-cracking ninja scarecrow who can implement corn cobs as lethal weaponry...definitely fits this 'budget to brilliance' system. The depth of the movie is definitely its strong point and... | [] | [] | [] |
train_523 | 0pending | f0666254-e486-46b6-b73e-e5f838688823 | This movie had the potential to be a decent horror movie. The main character was decently done and I felt sorry for him and there was a decent amount of backstory. HOWEVER, everything else sucks. The director, Emmanuel, is quite incompetent at film-making. He uses some of the most idiotic shots ever.<br /><br />- a cou... | [] | [] | [] |
train_524 | 0pending | bac67862-38c3-45a1-a2ef-6eb8af60bf3d | Oh dear lord. This movie... It was horrible. I am a HUGE fan of horror movies. And most of the time, horror movies other people say are bad, I like. The actor who played 'Scarecrow' was amazing, I will say that. But this plot was awful. It made no sense! It had way too much gore, and an unnecessary (and revolting) sex ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_525 | 0pending | 5d7f53df-2c55-4dc0-bd55-6c32a39e65ae | Spirit of a murdered high school geek animates a scarecrow which then takes revenge on everyone.<br /><br />This movie really annoyed me. It has a great looking monster, has some good low budget effects, some atmosphere but manages to short circuit the good stuff with bad. Half way in I started to fast forward and then... | [] | [] | [] |
train_526 | 0pending | 900eee01-61d4-4513-827b-a97899972707 | With all the excessive violence in this film, it could've been NC-17. But the gore could've been pg-13 and there were quite a lot of swears when the mum had the original jackass bad-hairdewed boy friend. There was a lot of character development which made the film better to watch, then after the kid came back to life a... | [] | [] | [] |
train_527 | 0pending | 65e55c96-e6c6-4b5c-900c-8c8711cc8951 | The director states in the Behind-the-Scenes feature that he loves horror movies. He loves them so much that he dedicated the movie to Dario Argento, as well as other notable directors such as George A. Romero and Tobe Hooper. Basically dedicating this movie to those great directors is like giving your mother a piece o... | [] | [] | [] |
train_528 | 0pending | b73568bb-c575-4893-bb25-5e7eb7dbac09 | Scarecrow is set in the small American town of Emerald Grove where high school student Lester Dwervick (Tim Young) is considered the local nerdy geek by teachers & fellow students alike. The poor kid suffers daily humiliation, bullying, teasing & general esteem destroying abuse at the hands of his peers. Unfortunately ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_529 | 0pending | 5a31f2f6-daab-4013-b2b9-3a264ed19792 | This movie is so aggrivating. The main character looks like he's 35 and I've seen scrawny beanpoles with more balls than this guy. The plot twists are so predictable its not even worth watching for the humor factor.<br /><br />Also some of the worst dialogue I've heard in 3 years, "lets go find a small animal to tortur... | [] | [] | [] |
train_530 | 0pending | fd494f1b-3598-4e37-8278-7f17d702635b | Holy @#%& this movie was still warm and juicy from the pile it was made with. I tried to watch this pile of festering waste but found it easier to slash my wrists and slug back a shooter of Lysol floor cleaner than endure more than half of the crap that was on my screen. I rank this well below anything I have ever watc... | [] | [] | [] |
train_531 | 0pending | f3731519-bdbe-4278-b108-59469756b8b7 | I saw this not too long ago, and I must say: This movie is terrible. I watch crappy movies for fun. Scarecreow is not fun. Scarecrow is stupid. You have an incredibly corny villain that enjoys screaming awful puns as he kills his victims(actually worse than the one contained in this sentence). He has his hard luck stor... | [] | [] | [] |
train_532 | 0pending | 5be44161-d209-453e-8029-f7a42d5ef1dc | WOW is all i can say if your reading this is either watched it or are thinking about it. trust me watch it!<br /><br />i laughed so hard at so many parts of this movie the worst acting ever made is very funny! I cant believe they superimposed the school sign! I must have played that scene over and over again just to la... | [] | [] | [] |
train_533 | 0pending | 52437f25-7920-40d4-89ef-817353fd24d7 | Perhaps one of the worst teenage slasher films I ever did see. I'll start with the bad points of t he movie, which pretty much covers the entire film. First of all, something no one can avoid: TERRIBLE ACTING. I swear they picked up some random kids off the street based on how they looked. Secondly, BAD/UNCONVINCING CH... | [] | [] | [] |
train_534 | 0pending | 1c67f92b-40b1-4e6d-b58d-e30b380bbef3 | First off, let me start with a quote a friend of mine said while watching this movie: "This entire movie had to have been a dare. You know, like, 'DUDE, I BET YOU COULDN'T MAKE THE WORST MOVIE EVER'". With this movie, they've made a good effort at achieving that title. The effects are, of course, poor. The plot/dialogu... | [] | [] | [] |
train_535 | 0pending | 5b4e5904-ed19-49fc-beb3-03e7060fdea2 | Let's face it; some lame kid who dies and has his soul transfered into a scarecrow. Das no gonna happen neva! OMFG This stupid loser kid who can't stand up for himself gets his ass handed to him by some drunk bastard screwing his mom. Right as he dies, he looks up at the scarecrow and he let's his spirit go into the sc... | [] | [] | [] |
train_536 | 0pending | d90ab530-a1c1-4184-a987-d55983075317 | I've gotta say, I usually like horror movies that i've never seen... however, this one was just to pathetic for my gory taste. I'm used to the gory, gut wrenching types... but this particular movie was lame. The acting was horrible (yet the corny (no pun intended) one-liners were cute). And the sequel to it, Scarecrow ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_537 | 0pending | 17f07a52-8fd4-4104-bd42-4a05e3fe1095 | I'm watching this on the Sci-Fi channel right now. It's so horrible I can't stop watching it! I'm a Videographer and this movie makes me sad. I feel bad for anyone associated with this movie. Some of the camera work is good. Most is very questionable. There are a few decent actors in the flick. Too bad they're surround... | [] | [] | [] |
train_538 | 0pending | 58b6472b-883f-472f-9b00-8d16087b4813 | Wow, what can I say about this film? It's a lousy piece of crap. I'm surprised that it got rated as high as it did. What's wrong with this film? Here's a better question: What's NOT wrong with this film.<br /><br />The story itself is just crap and cliché. Here's pretty much what it's about...Some kinda nerdy kid with ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_539 | 0pending | 62800403-ecd1-4326-a2e7-199eaa39ee4b | A far as B-movies go, SCARECROW is one of those that are so bad, that it becomes incredibly annoying to sit through. A lonely loser high school student who is constantly picked on by classmates and rejected by girls, ends up walking in on his trailer trash mother having sex with a drunk redneck. He then chases the kid ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_540 | 0pending | c1bff1bd-6654-4bd7-9a3d-e76574f04568 | Okay, 'enjoy' is a pretty relative term, but flexibility is in order when you're dealing with a filmmaker of James Glickenhaus' calibre.<br /><br />McBain is truly one of the most ridiculous, over the top action films I've ever seen, without the nasty edge of The Exterminator. Other reviews have commented on a suspensi... | [] | [] | [] |
train_541 | 0pending | b97b40b5-2310-49a5-9827-0675fa16331f | I purchased this film on the cheap in a sale, having read the back of the DVD case and assuming that either way I can't lose, it if was rubbish then no loss, if it was any good then bargain...<br /><br />Then I watched it...<br /><br />I am normally a fan of Christopher Walken, but in this film he commanded very little... | [] | [] | [] |
train_542 | 0pending | b4eb22af-c07a-4e81-9c3b-306a84650888 | This was an absolutely terrible movie. Don't be lured in by Christopher Walken or Michael Ironside. Both are great actors, but this must simply be their worst role in history. Even their great acting could not redeem this movie's ridiculous storyline. This movie is an early nineties US propaganda piece. The most pathet... | [] | [] | [] |
train_543 | 0pending | 48d16225-9159-4b74-829a-c055d3d9c1b3 | Creep is the story of Kate (Potente), an intensely unlikeable bourgeois bitch that finds herself somehow sleeping through the noise of the last underground train, and waking up to find herself locked in the tube station. After somehow meeting workmate and would-be rapist Guy on a mystery train that runs after the lines... | [] | [] | [] |
train_544 | 0pending | 8418a277-173d-48e7-86ea-21e91ce8da5f | The London Underground has something inherently creepy about it, with its long winding tunnels, the escalators taking you deeper and deeper underground, and of course the rats roaming the tracks.It a source of wonder that it is not used in horror films more often. It was used in the seventies horror Deathline aka Raw M... | [] | [] | [] |
train_545 | 0pending | 430df953-7657-417b-97ef-a92cd6adf215 | The potential was there. I saw Creep and thought, 'Oooh, this is getting interesting' several times. Yet somehow the interesting plot lines wound up unexplained or ignored, like they never happened. The lead character was irritating throughout the movie, and at one point my fella and I both shouted that we wanted her t... | [] | [] | [] |
train_546 | 0pending | 5b600731-1bca-46dc-ba1e-fd5afc98c1a6 | I'll keep this short as a movie like this doesn't deserve a full review.<br /><br />Given the setting, this movie could have been something really special. It could have been another "28 days later" or even a "Blair Witch Project"<br /><br />The first 20 or so minutes of the movie I was really excited, directer did a d... | [] | [] | [] |
train_547 | 0pending | 3ce5006e-4489-4139-99b6-e5e793deb611 | I was so disgusted by this film, I felt obligated to warn off others. This film has no story, plot or hint of purpose. The film starts after the standard "lets be scary" movie intro, which by now every film watcher has become accustomed. So we can ignore the beginning completely. We are soon introduced to the main actr... | [] | [] | [] |
train_548 | 0pending | 1c3ff4b6-6171-4239-8003-767c5722a78c | Absolutely laughable film. I live in London and the plot is so ill-researched it's ridiculous. No one could be terrorised on the London Underground. In the short time it is not in service each night there are teams of maintenance workers down there checking the tracks and performing repairs, etc. That there are homeles... | [] | [] | [] |
train_549 | 0pending | 123e8d0a-e4c4-4a48-8a4a-0c42f55c884b | Yet another example of the complete waste of UK Lottery money. Just how commercial did this film prove. The Film Council ,who funded this miserable garbage should be stranded, on one of the London Undergrounds disused stations, for allowing this clichéd, dismal specimen to be committed to film, a half mutant thing made... | [] | [] | [] |
train_550 | 0pending | b90cb97f-eba8-4bee-806a-b0a008f039da | !!!!! OF COURSE THERE'S SPOILERS !!!!! I'm sure this project started off as a screen writing workshop on avoiding clichés in horror movies: Female protagonist - Check Bad things happen to drug takers - Check Heorine knocks out villain - Check Heroine doesn't notice villain recovering unconsciousness - Check Frame the s... | [] | [] | [] |
train_551 | 0pending | 31d0561e-ec83-447b-9837-5bb9ea3827d5 | ......in a horror movie that is. Alright first off , lets start with Kate. Her main goals include getting laid by George Clooney, looking good and last but not least screwing everyone over. Gotta love her. She had about 3 amazingly good chances to finish off this sicko but ..... instead she ran. I mean she didn't wanna... | [] | [] | [] |
train_552 | 0pending | 5ec2d5f7-3c78-4ef8-a951-23744c11f060 | Okay I must say that before the revealing of the 'monster'. saying that he really didn't fit into that category, just some weird thing that had an annoying screech! And personally I think a granny could have ran away from that thing, but anyway. I actually was getting into this film, although having the main character ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_553 | 0pending | e5a0d815-f3a3-4f49-800a-391c99a52a09 | Please, be warned: this movie, though a pretty bad storyline, was one of the most gruesome movies I have seen...EVER. Just remember that before you settle on your sofa to enjoy the movie.<br /><br />So, it officially begins with a party. Just your average party but there's some guy there. He's pretty into Kate...if you... | [] | [] | [] |
train_554 | 0pending | 52d43f8f-086c-4aa0-b688-7e4c25ff219b | This film is a perfect example of the recent crop of horror films that simply are not fully realized. There are two routes to take in horror films: either you don't really explain what's going on (or who the killer is, like in Texas Chainsaw Massacre) or give the characters a lot of back story and characterization so t... | [] | [] | [] |
train_555 | 0pending | de26e29c-977f-479d-8715-2c8fe606e06f | Basically what we have here is little more than a remake of the hilarious 1970's classic kitsch horror 'Death Line' which ironically was like this cobblers, also partly filmed at the disused Aldwych underground station.<br /><br />Making good use of the now disused Jubilee Line platforms at Charing Cross as well as the... | [] | [] | [] |
train_556 | 0pending | ecb0912d-c994-40dc-bbc2-7fbaf916abb2 | Creep - "Your journey terminates here." Some very graphic scenes and...well, yeah, that's about all for this film.<br /><br />No real plot, no storyline. No likable characters, well, 'characters' isn't correct considering you don't have a clue who anyone really is. I mean, they are being chased by some weird looking 't... | [] | [] | [] |
train_557 | 0pending | d238a55f-802c-43bf-89be-ff8ec511424a | I just rented Creep and was not at all impressed. I didn't feel anything in this film. I felt sick because the gore alone was shocking.<br /><br />I walked out of my living room several times in desperation that something would happen with this film. Haven't we seen this all before? I didn't like any of the characters ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_558 | 0pending | 9ca8fdec-137c-4554-b31a-114ed1b99e26 | This is quite possibly the worst film I have ever seen. Worse than the most abhorrent American dross; worse than Glitter - Mariah Carey in American dross par excellence. I can only imagine that the writer and producer were taking huge amounts of recreational pharmaceuticals, and when discussing the plot actually though... | [] | [] | [] |
train_559 | 0pending | 9034226b-91f8-4260-ad14-a6369c4e0697 | All logic goes straight out of the train window in this British horror film, set in the London underground and starring the usually reliable Franka Potente (Run Lola Run), Franka plays Kate, a businesswoman on the way from an office party to meet friends who falls asleep at an underground station, only to wake up and f... | [] | [] | [] |
train_560 | 0pending | 8ae192d3-94cb-4bee-ba17-a44edacada38 | I was really, really disappointed with this movie. it started really well, and built up some great atmosphere and suspense, but when it finally got round to revealing the "monster"...it turned out to be just some psycho with skin problems......again. Whoop-de-do. Yet another nutjob movie...like we don't already have en... | [] | [] | [] |
train_561 | 0pending | e2becc78-c003-47d8-aa0e-f87f8acecdb7 | I was sadly disappointed by this film due to the fact that it felt false and the characters were not strong enough to carry the films pretty weak attempt at horror. The basic idea for the film was interesting but unfortunately it wasn't able to excite, really scare or shock me - there was one part in the entire film th... | [] | [] | [] |
train_562 | 0pending | 5a616013-0b77-4ff2-8b47-f5f315cfc766 | Honestly, I went to see the movie, not because of the actors, not because of the plot but because it was rated 17 here in Luxembourg and a movie has to be really brutal or pornographic to be put in this category. Believe me, being a movie-freak, I have seen quite a lot of brutal films in my lifetime (Ichi the killer, I... | [] | [] | [] |
train_563 | 0pending | 382d31d9-fe61-40d4-9ab9-6eff0c80045b | I am compelled to write a review of this IMAX feature as a means of warning others to SAVE YOUR MONEY. Almost any episode of Desmond Morris' "The Human Animal" or David Suzuki's "The Nature of Things" could have bested the material presented. Not only does the director fail to make use of IMAX's incredible 65 to 70 mm ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_564 | 0pending | 15a8d5bc-17a9-4775-857e-1f58401ceb64 | This film differentiates itself from the run-of-the-mill "wonder of the human body" documentaries by bravely, if bizarrely, opting to elicit disgust in the viewer. In one scene, the camera closes in on a gigantic 50-foot zit as a teenager squeezes pus and fluid out of it. In another, the camera is semisubmerged in a sw... | [] | [] | [] |
train_565 | 0pending | 65f2c143-715a-410a-8a0a-a893e9467421 | After what I thought was a masterful performance of two roles in Man From Snowy River, WHY was Kirk Douglas replaced by Brian Dennehy in the sequel? It just wasn't the same without Spur and Harrison, as portrayed by Douglas. Maybe he recognized how poor the plot was--Jim returns after extended absence, to find Jessica ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_566 | 0pending | 36f54d57-727b-4dd4-82e8-a3f0a5676a64 | The original movie, Man From Snowy River, is one of the best I've seen, nearly perfect. A Lady and the Tramp storyline in two senses--rich girl/poor boy, and ability vs. bloodline. The sequel, however, is not only a shameless attempt to capitalize on the good name of the original but also a ridiculous, overblown Disney... | [] | [] | [] |
train_567 | 0pending | c56a2b3f-1e75-4fcd-9ec3-efef356c5aeb | This film, like the first one ("The Man From Snowy River") has the same good and bad features, perhaps even more so than the original. Unfortunately, the bad outweighs the good. <br /><br />The GOOD - Magnificent scenery, better than the first film. I love those high country shots in Australia. Tom Burlinson is still a... | [] | [] | [] |
train_568 | 0pending | 49707671-c126-496a-ba52-d3445119ff2d | I bought this adaptation because I really liked Anne Brontë's novel when I read it some time ago and usually particularly enjoy BBC dramas. But I'm very disappointed, I never thought it would be as bad as that: the whole series made me laugh much more than moved me as the novel had.<br /><br />First of all, the music (... | [] | [] | [] |
train_569 | 0pending | 080d7967-4336-44c1-a7da-145db1d3741d | Brilliant book with wonderful characterizations and insights into human nature, particularly the nature of addiction, which still resonate strongly today.<br /><br />As for the movie... eh. Nothing special. The cameraman clearly had an unfortunate addiction to circling and circling and CIRCLING around everything, makin... | [] | [] | [] |
train_570 | 0pending | be5f0c71-ffe8-4a36-875d-2bd993827c42 | Before I go on I have to admit to being a huge Bon Jovi fan. In fact thats what attracted me to the DVD case in the first place. I probably would have bought it anyway being such a big horror fan and having enjoyed the first Vampires title so much.<br /><br />But this isn't half as good. Not even Jon could save this fi... | [] | [] | [] |
train_571 | 0pending | 8f9a3ae5-f4b6-4c22-b07d-b750676adfc0 | Really bad movie, the story is too simple and predictable and poor acting as a complement.<br /><br />This vampire's hunter story is the worst that i have seen so far, Derek Bliss (Jon Bon Jovi), travels to Mexico in search for some blood suckers!, he use some interesting weapons (but nothing compared to Blade), and is... | [] | [] | [] |
train_572 | 0pending | 1fbe0a7d-023e-484c-8053-cdfec6f78201 | Listening to the director's commentary confirmed what I had suspected whilst watching the film: this is a movie made by a guy who wants to play at making a movie. The plot is the kind of thing that deluded teenagers churn out when they're going through that "I could write a book/screenplay/award winning sitcom" phase. ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_573 | 0pending | 003462e7-9333-497e-8cf7-2c49fa4ba616 | This is not a good film. The acting is remarkably stiff and unconvincing.The film doesn't seem to know whether it is going for a real horror approach or to go down the camp and kitsch route. I never saw the first film but this one doesn't stand up on its own merits, there are several unconvincing plot twists and the vi... | [] | [] | [] |
train_574 | 0pending | c9572626-b221-43ea-a0cb-08e020334812 | First of all, Jon Bon Jovi doesn't seem to be in place in a vampire movie. Together with the other not so interesting characters and the poor storyline the whole movie becomes predictable. If you keep that in mind and you're a total vampire movie fan, you can have some fun with a few of the scenes. Don't expect any Tar... | [] | [] | [] |
train_575 | 0pending | 14ad5136-bcab-42a5-a42c-8663d35b746f | Hi folks<br /><br />Forget about that movie. John C. should be ashamed that he appears as executive producer in the credits. bon jovi has never been and will never be an actor and the FX are a joke.<br /><br />The first vampires was good ... and it was the only vampires. This thing here just wears the same name.<br /><... | [] | [] | [] |
train_576 | 0pending | a9656fb7-72fb-4791-9d83-f97519c009c5 | This movie isn't very good. It's boring, and not much blood for a horror film. The plot just trods along with not much happening. And I think the female vampire was so stupid. She had many chances to kill the vampire hunters since it shows her having lighting like reflexes. But, whenever she has one of them pinned, she... | [] | [] | [] |
train_577 | 0pending | 220f3897-546b-40fd-bdca-7354a7e530b1 | This movie was messed up. A sequel to "John Carpenter's Vampires", this didn't add up right. I'm not sure that I enjoyed this much. It was a little strange. Stick to the first "Vampires", it's a good movie. "Vampires: Los Muetos" wasn't a good attempt of a sequel.<br /><br />4/10 | [] | [] | [] |
train_578 | 0pending | 45f9efc6-916e-4b9f-897b-81e760e4a020 | The last reviewer was very generous. I quiet like the first movie, but can't say I enjoy this one very much. The beginning is bearable, but it goes downhill pretty quickly. I just don't see Jon Bon Jovi as a "bad-ass vampire hunter" and the vampire princess is neither sexy nor scary. A lot of the scenes just do not mak... | [] | [] | [] |
train_579 | 0pending | 7c8d1169-b736-405b-9131-b9fc653b71b3 | Ugh, what can I say other than, ugh. I rented this film because it was labeled as a sequel to the original Vampires. This movie could not have been any lamer. Lacking not only in plot, but the acting is atrocious. Combined with some obvious plot holes makes this movie a very hard one to watch. Many times I questioned m... | [] | [] | [] |
train_580 | 0pending | f2dcbe5f-51ba-4c3f-93da-43a22e440010 | I only rented this because i loved the first movie. However, calling it John Carpenters Vampires: Los Muertos is just a con trick to get you to rent it. He is in fact executive producer and clearly had nothing to do with the making of this film (Jeepers Creepers Anyone?)<br /><br />A tragic storyline, terrible special ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_581 | 0pending | 64bb8098-c180-4e5d-8326-bfaf253d9b9c | John Carpenter's career is over if this sad excuse for a movie is any indication. His excuse is that he only produced it. Jon Bon Jovi looks like a girl. In fact, Bon Jovi and the two Vampire girls, Natasha Wagner and Arly Jover probably all fit in the same clothes. In short, it was hard to tell which one was cuter in ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_582 | 0pending | 0cdfb445-36da-46b4-90da-550d84c5a98d | Thanks for killing the franchise with this turkey, John Carpenter and Tommy Lee Wallace. This movie sucks on so many levels it's pathetic. The first VAMPIRES was fun, but this low budget retread makes me yawn.<br /><br />Jon Bon Jovi (the poor man's Kevin Bacon) drives around Mexico with a surfboard housing a hidden co... | [] | [] | [] |
train_583 | 0pending | d85acc0a-7d32-4c8f-9a19-cc82645121f6 | This "Debuted" today on the SciFi channel and all I can say is "I am speechless" I taped it today so I could watch it tonight after work. I had high hopes, Now I am tearing apart the closets looking for a length of rope so I can hang myself. Possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. I wish I could say something nice l... | [] | [] | [] |
train_584 | 0pending | b9f25a84-75bf-460f-a3f8-45c9b95b5084 | This movie is one of the most awful movies ever made.How can Jon Bon Jovi play in a movie? He is a singer not an actor, What?Is he killing vampires with his guitar? And what about the dreadful plot? O my God this movie really sucks. In the end is the Queen of vampires played by the eternal vampire Arly Jover (Blade) su... | [] | [] | [] |
train_585 | 0pending | 90566576-12b3-4a8c-aad4-240af5606aab | This movie was very very mediocre and very very gory. everyone left their acting lessons at home and totally forgot how to act I mean it was so bad and had no real plot and kindergarteners could have written a better story plot wait what story plot. not at all scary! | [] | [] | [] |
train_586 | 0pending | 6d58be64-77e9-42cf-8fc1-a096bd06c06b | The same difficulty I have with the musical version of "Les Miserables" applies equally to "Oliver." Instead of the composers' writing in the stylistic period of the play settings, they merely wrote Broadway-type melodies, which were historically unidiomatic and stylistically skewed.<br /><br />Too, the blatant brutali... | [] | [] | [] |
train_587 | 0pending | bada53f0-e8c8-45b3-940d-817d7ed83d44 | The producers made a big mistake casting Mark Lester, who couldn't act or sing, in the title role. Aside from his very bad "acting", all of Lester's singing had to be dubbed by a girl. I don't know why they cast him at all, since there would have been so many boys who could have played the part infinitely better and do... | [] | [] | [] |
train_588 | 0pending | 0c4501bd-e057-4d7f-8c4c-5295af7f46ba | Must every good story be "improved" with added corny Broadway music? Apparently those who can't come up with their own plots think that classic literature is just there for the plundering. I confess that Oliver Twist and similar stories are not my favorites, as it is certainly true that Dickens often wrote things that ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_589 | 0pending | 0717dc4a-0705-4bb7-915f-369bb1468eb2 | I like musicals but as a Dickens fan I HATE this one. **MILD SPOILERS** Starving boys who have enough energy to sing and dance in the workhouse? The poor of London coming out to sing? Fagin and Dodger walking off into the sunset? Not exactly faithful to the novel. As I recall, Dodger was publicly hanged and Fagin went ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_590 | 0pending | d6903b4e-33d5-4f5d-b941-17dcdf24ffe8 | Well, I saw this movie yesterday and it's - unfortunately - worse than you could think. First of all the plot is idiotic, it has no sense at all. The screenplay is full of intentionally funny dialogues. The audience was laughing many times. And the suspense is very low. Actors play so-so, with an exception of Sharon St... | [] | [] | [] |
train_591 | 0pending | 75c68642-20c9-4c5b-9650-385ba547a474 | It's not like I have overwhelmingly fond memories of Verhoeven's original pants-down shocker - it always struck me as a glossy, well-made airport-novel-of-a-movie. Thrilling, sexy trash, but trash nonetheless. It was also a film that tapped into a certain sexual zeitgeist. After a decade of anti-sex AIDS-induced hyster... | [] | [] | [] |
train_592 | 0pending | 2d8b3b54-8c85-4289-93db-7cc75d4f06e7 | I saw this film at the London Premiere, and I have to say - I didn't expect much, but I did expect something that was at least mildly entertaining.<br /><br />The original "Basic Instinct" was no great film and is still something of a "smut classic" but it was entertaining. I can recall countless times flipping through... | [] | [] | [] |
train_593 | 0pending | 8e75dc53-2d21-4ae0-9050-510f270dee5c | It's been about 14 years since Sharon Stone awarded viewers a leg-crossing that twisted many people's minds. And now, God knows why, she's in the game again. "Basic Instinct 2" is the sequel to the smash-hit erotica "Basic Instinct" featuring a sexy Stone and a vulnerable Michael Douglas. However, fans of the original ... | [] | [] | [] |
train_594 | 0pending | 4c4ee945-754d-4bdf-8cae-746830c5e157 | It's hard to believe, after waiting 14 years, we wind up with this piece of cinematic garbage. The original was a high impact, dark thriller that achieved "cult" status demonstrating the fine art of cinema as directed by Paul Verhoeven. This film adds nothing, delivers nothing, and ultimately winds up in the big box of... | [] | [] | [] |
train_595 | 0pending | 95555331-e31f-499d-a9b7-779c2a862c8d | In my book "Basic Instinct" was a perfect film. It had outstanding acting on the parts of Stone, Douglas and all the supporting actors to the tiniest role. It had marvelous photography, music and the noirest noir script ever. All of it adding up to a film that is as good as it will ever get!<br /><br />This sequel is t... | [] | [] | [] |
train_596 | 0pending | 12d1f57d-778f-456b-95b0-e90626b897b1 | The film is pretty confusing and ludicrous. The plot is awful...but on the plus side the acting is pretty good, with a few good shouts and rants. Sharon stone is OK this time...not even half as good as the original mind you. The murders aren't as gory as the first one either, which is a shame. Its not the unpredictable... | [] | [] | [] |
train_597 | 0pending | 5b1fe285-21ea-4eb8-8078-ef75027a3261 | This film is awful. The screenplay is bad, the is script mediocre, and even the sex scenes are worthless. The thrill and intrigue of the original film are completely lacking. This movie was shot in a dark, shadowy and monochromatic style (a la "War of the Worlds"), which is so disappointing after the beauty of the orig... | [] | [] | [] |
train_598 | 0pending | 1760c57b-5b54-4fab-8fee-039545a28b2f | After eagerly waiting to the end, I have to say I wish I wouldn't have joined the whole series at the first place. The final episode was everything against the previous seven years. It has ruined everything. The journey was 23 years, but captain Janeway has the power to reduce it... let say, seven years only. Why seven... | [] | [] | [] |
train_599 | 0pending | 1e2d81c8-9430-4527-8955-93c9e1a17aba | I sat through almost one episode of this series and just couldn't take anymore. It felt as though I'd watched dozens of episodes already, and then it hit me.....There's nothing new here! I've heard that joke on Seinfeld, I saw someone fall like that on friends, an episode of Happy Days had almost the same storyline, ec... | [] | [] | [] |
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