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Bad Then , Even Worse Now
I know a lot of people loved this movie , right from the start when they first saw it in the early 1970s at the theaters . I hated it then , and I hated it 25 years later when I gave it another chance on VHS . It was even worse now because you added " dated " to this list of negative adjectives describing this movie . ...
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Another Sad Example Of Today's Comedies
Here's yet one more example of a modern-day comedy that has its funny moments but unfortunately , to me , was more of a sleaze-fest that a parody or a straight comedy . This movie is spoofing horror films . That's cool , I like a good spoof , but why all the irreverence and sex jokes ? Why is that necessary ? Don't wri...
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In A Word : Embarrassing
Wow , what can you say about an episode like this ? I could say a lot , but I think I'll keep it pretty short : this was an embarrassment to watch . Don't these writers and actors have any dignity ? This is the kind of perverted humor that is so over-baked that it isn't funny ; it's like " Blades of Glory " or " The Lo...
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Herbie Goes To Hell
The best thing about this horrible movie is the opening scene which shows real-life footage of large buildings being demolished . The worst thing is the theology behind the story , as espoused by no less an actress than veteran Helen Hayes whose character claims that everything has a soul and a life to it - and that's ...
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Over-hyped Insult To Anyone Of Intelligence
I remember this film getting a lot of hype before it came out . You could see advertisements promoting it all over television for a few weeks . Well , I got sucked in and was anxious to see it , myself . As usual , it didn't live up to the hype . It wasn't bad ; just not as good as I had hoped . One thing that turned m...
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Anoher Reason For The Disney Boycott
You wonder why there was a big boycott of Walt Disney films and Disney World in the mid ' 90s and shortly thereafter . It wasn't just " Gay Days " at the theme park : it was Liberal revisionist " history " movies like this . Instead of the real story of Pocahontas , who became famous by being the first Native American ...
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Big Bad Bigotry
The early 1970s has some of the most blatant anti-Christian messages ever put out by Hollywood filmmakers and this is Exhibit A . You can just feel the hatred of these atheists pouring out in this movie . There are not one but two separate instances of picturing phony and blasphemous preachers in here . That , plus a t...
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Shameful Way To Preach Left-Wing Beliefs
Wow , was I shocked at the overwhelming Left Wing agenda in this film and particularly the anti-Christian bigotry . It's pretty sad when Liberal Hollywood has to stoop to brainwashing little kids ' movies to get their bias across . This is about as low as it gets . Hey , all I wanted a funny , cute animated film and I ...
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Laugh Tracks Are An Insult To The Viewer
An annoying narrator and - worse - a laugh track begins this cartoon on a sour note . The narrator is chastising the Pink Panther for lying around , not doing anything . He suggests going to the basement , getting some tools and making something . There is some unfunny gag with the light switch and then the Panther saw...
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About As Stupid & Insultng As It Gets
What a disappointment . As someone who loves unique visuals , great color , I was led to believe in previews that the super visual aspect of this movie would be major part of it - that this was going to be like nothing you ever seen ! Well , some parts were , but precious few . What dominated , instead , was one of the...
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What Was The Purpose Of This ' Tour ? '
This was the first time I've been very disappointed with one of Justine Shapiro's " tours " in these " Globe-Trekker " DVDs . This was a disgrace . Shapiro normally is a lot more mature than what she demonstrated here . She came with an " attitude " and showed unbelievable poor taste , as did the people who put this to...
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The Cast Kind Of Tells You Something
I guess it says something when you realize this was Anna Nicole Smith's first picture and O . J . Simpson's last . The fact they are both in this picture kind of defines what this film stands for : not the highest class of comedy . Same on Leslie Nielsen to be part of this " comedy " which has a pastor yelling out Jesu...
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No Excuses For This
This wasn't up to the quality of the Otto Messmer years of Felix The Cat , from the early 1920s , so inexperience in this animation genre was no excuse for making a lousy Felix The Cat cartoon like this one . This is a lame effort , even for 1930 . I wondered if this wasn't going to be a lemon right off the bat when th...
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Yet Another Waste Of Celluloid
This was a New Age-type tale which turned me off quickly , thanks to some Bible-bashing right in the beginning of the film by Anthony Edwards and Robert Mitchum , both downgrading the value of reading " The Book . " From there , the lead character demonstrates his amazing ability to heal people because electricity runs...
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Shoulda Just Read The Book
Wow , right from the start this movie is a real downer , not exactly an uplifting film ! This is really depressing . William Hurt , Robert Duvall , Raul Julia , Sandrine Bonnaire and Jean-Marc Barr star in a film dealing with a plague that is infecting a South American city . It sounds interesting , which is why I rent...
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I Never Did Like John Ritter
This was supposed to be " a hilarious farce , " according to reviews of the day . It just shows you how unreliable are the movie critics you read in the newspaper . The only " farce " was that this film was lauded . The first dozen minutes along totally turned me off . In that period . John Ritter used the Lord's name ...
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' Clueless ' Is Correct
This was " cute " for a while and then became too teener-bopper oriented for me . I guess if you are a 13-16-year-old female , you'd relate and like this film . Sad to say , it's another film which gives poor messages to teens . Hey , kids . . . . want to have casual sex ? No problem . . . . go for it ! Nice . Leave it...
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Little To Like From Spike
For the longest time , it has been - or was - politically-incorrect to criticize director Spike Lee , so he gets away with murder in a number of his overrated films . Lee , in his obnoxiousness because of this fawning , doesn't care or doesn't get it that most of America doesn't want to go to a film that has over 300 p...
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Brutally Profane
Can you say the " f-word ? ? " They can here - 353 times , according to Entertainment Weekly . This movie , as few others , will assault your senses and make you numb by the time it's over . Constant bickering , yelling , and Sharon Stone's out-of-control character the last hour will have you uttering a few expletives ...
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A Liberal's Dream Story
Considering the great cast and reputation , this was very disappointing . I guess the reputation comes from the national critics , all of whom are very liberal and this movie is Left Winger's dream . You see a weak preacher ( Hollywood's only kind ) , you hear some of the Liberals favorite words like like " repression ...
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This'Short ' About Sleep Will Do Just That
Robert Benchley discusses the subject of sleep in four parts : 1 - the causes of sleep ; 2 - the methods of inducing sleep ; 3 - methods of avoiding sleep and , finally , 4 - how to wake up ( " which is the most important , " he notes . ) Early on this showed promise to a funny " short , " but it really wasn't . After ...
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Take A U-Turn On This Street
Having watched a number of ( director ) Martin Scorecese's profane / violent crime films - some good , some bad - his first entry here is very different from the rest in one crucial aspect : it's boring ! ! Love him or hate him , you can't say that about his other films . This film just doesn't have much life to it . Y...
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Can''t Live Up To Its Great Title
This is the classic case of a fabulous title to a film but a horrible movie . With a name like " Sorority Babes At The Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama , " I just had to check this film out . If you think the film sounds cheesy , it is - in spades . It's a sleazy horror spoof that wasn't funny and only offered some nice boobs to ...
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This Cartoon " Bites "
This is a cartoon warning about the evils of gambling , featuring The Gambling Bug , a creature I've never seen before in a Loony Tunes short . The bug - kind of flying ant - takes a day off and observes a big dog trying to talk a cat ( which looks like a Dr . Seuss drawing ) into gambling . The cat wants nothing to do...
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Should Have Known From The Recommendation
The fact that " Cosmopolitan " magazine wrote this movie was " terrific " should have warned me to stay away but , like a sap , I gave it a look . What a waste of a trip to the rental store back in the late ' 90s . " Horrible " would have been a better one-word description of this profane-laden soap opera about a bunch...
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Safe For Kids ? I Don't Think So ! ! ! !
I assumed this was a safe movie for kids , one about a young girls soccer team . Well , it WAS about the soccer team but it also had numerous sex jokes and innuendos , along with a lot of profanity and just plain sleazy remarks . Whoever wrote this script must be a real sleazebag . I should have noticed the PG-13 label...
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You'll Become A ' Grouch ' Watching This - It's Not Funny
This short feature stars " The Grouch Club . " Jack Lescoulie Jr . plays the " Grouchmaster . " The story was written by Nat Hiken of " Bilko " television fame . That program was a lot funnier than this little film . The group is meeting to discuss the latest application for membership . Lescoulie gives the definition ...
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Nothing But Noise - Big Disappointment
I thought maybe it was just old age creeping up on me . The Jimi Hendrix that I remember from my youth sounded a whole lot better than what I saw on this DVD . I thought I had just changed my tastes and wasn't into his songs anymore . Then I read some reviews here . . . . and I feel better . It wasn't me : it was this ...
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He's Not Your ' Average Joe , ' Thankfully !
Well , how about two hours of film footage about a chain-smoking , drug-taking , wife - cheating , hard-drinking , profane guy ? Sound like fun ? I don't think so . Roy Scheider plays " Joe Gideon , " who is really Ray Fosse , the famous dance choreographer . The story is based on Fosse's life . . . . and it isn't a pr...
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A Failed Experiment
We begin with a meeting of the Women Haters Club , dedicated to the idea that " romance is a crime ! " What's unusual about this short movie is that all the dialog is done in rhyme . I thought it would be kind of stupid but , to be honest , a lot of it is very clever - for about five minutes . Whoever wrote this did a ...
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Ryan's Laugh Was Stupid & Ruined The Film
Why one famous critic called this " possibly the greatest Western ever made " is mind - boggling . Not only is it NOT that , it's not even a good movie . In fact , it stinks ! The first 15 minutes leads you to believe this might be a great western , but by halfway through this yawner I had lost my interest . . . . both...
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Yup , Another ' Disaster ' From Early ' 70s
A disaster is right - this film is a disaster , thanks to Ava Gardner , to begin with . The first word of dialog in this film , which shows you what kind of profane pig this woman was , is " GD ! " screamed out by her . She must have given hubby Frank Sintra an earful a few times . Three minutes later , Gardner blasphe...
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Another Loser For Lithgow
What a disappointment ! With a title like that , I expected something really good , or at least fun to watch . It was neither . It was just another grimy flick with no values to it and no clarity or intelligence to the story . It was stupid and it was boring , which is about the worst thing a film can be . Come to thin...
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Great Visuals & Sound , Affected Dialog & Characters
This movie is great to look at but tough to hear . The photography is magnificent , but the characters in this film are so shallow , pretentious , insufferably soap - opera sudsy , it makes the movie hard to watch . Nobody exhibits those unlikable and annoying qualities more than " Daisy , " played in over-the-top fash...
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Can You Say , ' Left Wing Propaganda ? '
The good and the bad of this animated film are extreme . THE GOOD - Bright , beautiful colors make this film a real visual treat . The 5 . 1 digital sound provides great audio , too , with surround coming out of all five speakers and a sub-woofer , especially when the huge iron robot walks , really makes the sound dyna...
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Don''t Bring Me The Sleaze Of Peckinpauh & Co .
I remember that Batman film in which our hero fights a villain called " Mr . Freeze , " played by Arnold Schwarzenegger . Well , if they ever had a character called " Mr . Sleaze , " especially in the ' 70s , I can't think of actor who better looked and acted the part than Warren Oates . He demonstrates that sordid fac...
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Modern-Day Comedy Sleaze
Sorry , but I didn't think this was as good as most people did . Many moviegoers thought this was hilarious ; I didn't . Oh , I laughed hard at a few scenes , of course , but the main attraction for me was Cameron Diaz ' face more than the comedy . The humor is a little too sleazy for my tastes . I love comedy and own ...
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Couldn't ' Wait ' For The End
Maybe heaven could wait . . . . but I couldn't . Watching half of this drivel was enough for me . This was a very disappointing film with annoying characters and stupid humor . Oh , there were some laughs , to be fair , but certainly not enough to keep my interest . That , and the ridiculous theology turned me off fast...
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Sorry , But It's Too Much Of A Stretch
This has to be a favorite of all the hippie , left-wing loonies of the ' 60s ( of which I was one ) with its slants and sleazy atmosphere . But worse than the above-normal political psycho - babble was the credibility regarding Linda Hunt's character , " Billy Kwan . " We are expected to believe that Linda is a man ? H...
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Like A Bad David Lynch Film
The first third of this film was very interesting , but mainly because of the good black-and - white closeup photography in that first 30-45 minutes . Then the story began to get very distasteful with characters I could not care about , and I doubt most people could . The story is a bit disjointed and sordid about a dw...
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Simply Boring , Not Much Else
The only things worth watching and hearing in this French film are Emmanuelle Beart's face and some of Ravel's violin music , respectively . Otherwise , this is an incredibly boring movie ; a very long , drawn out soap opera . It's nothing but people yakking away . The fact national critics rave about this movie is min...
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Shame On Stewart
What a shock to see Jimmy Stewart play an anti-Christian role , although he did similar Believing-bashing roles in the ' 50s and ' 60s , not subtly but they were there , such as Charles Lindburg ( who scoffed that prayer would help him on his long journey , etc . ) . Nevertheless , Stewart has such a clean image that i...
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If You've Made It Through Fifth Grade , This Movie May Insult Your Intelligence
I don't know if any big budget hit movie will be ever be as dumb as " Independence Day , " but this movie gives it a run for the money . This is so stupid , such an insult to anyone who has passed fifth grade or more , I gave up on it after an hour . When a guy and his ex-wife are able to go into the Oval Office of the...
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An Insult To Anyone's Intelligence
I was more-than-willing to give this a good shot and enjoy a nice feel-good film starring the likable Freddie Highmore ( " Charlie , " of " Charlie and the Chocolate Factory " fame ) . However , when I start hearing 10 - year-old uneducated street urchins talking with vocabularies like college professors and saying thi...
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A Movie For Sourpusses
Here's another overrated " critics favorite . " Many of the critics complain about how this film got little notice when it came out " but it was really a gem . " Well , the public was right and they were wrong . It deserved the lousy reception it got . This is a boring piece of junk with mean edge to it . . . . too mea...
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This Isn't About Baseball
I love baseball games , stories , novels and , yes , movies about the sport . However , there are exceptions to most things and that's the case here ( and " Major League " ) because it's not really a baseball story . . . . . just a tale about low-life people . It's no surprise that Susan Sarandon , Tim Robbins and Kevi...
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Another George Romero Disappointment
For over an hour , this was fairly interesting but by the time the last 30-40 minutes had arrived , the unlikeable characters and general nature of the film made me not want to see much more . I did stick it out for the ending , climactic scenes but wouldn't watch this movie again . It just wasn't as good as I had hope...
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Political Propaganda That's Full Of Beans
This started off so well , with some absolutely beautiful New Mexico scenery , I had high hopes . Unfortunately , they were dashed the rest of the way as director Robert Redford had to shout his Left Wing politics loud and clear in our face . So what we wind up with is a low-down , dishonest greedy Right Wing big busin...
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Songs Hide The Real Agenda Of This Film
Janet McTeer plays a 1960s " musicologist : who goes to the Smokey Mountains , loves the music and wants to document it . Along the way to paying tribute to this historic and wonderful mountain music , the story gets sidetrack by one major issue : out-of-control feminist bias . Hey , you want to make a " chick flick , ...
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Child Abuse Doesn't Make For Fun Movie
Even though this was a well-told story , I found it too unpleasant . The main subject is child abuse , which is never fun to see - a sordid topic . Add to that a lot of profanity by the drunker-abuser husband and a GD by a little kid , no less - and this movie turned me off as far as ever seeing it again . Also portray...
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Lotsa Hype , But Little To Show For It
This was a highly-hyped movie prior to its release , but turned out to be a dud . I never talked to one person who ever liked this movie . I agree : I didn't like it , either . Perhaps one big reason it wasn't a box office success was that it had nothing but unappealing characters in the story . For awhile there - I do...
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Not Creepy In This Day-And-Age
Thinking this was a horror movie ( billed as such ) and starring guys like Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill , I wound up disappointed . . . . . even more so because this movie started off pretty well and had promise . However , that " promise " was never delivered . There wasn't enough suspense or action to keep my intere...
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The Weakest In The Series
This was the first really weak effort I've seen in this animated series . It's not horrible , but the jokes are not funny , just flat , and the story is too ridiculous to entertain anyone over the age of five . A little green man from Mars comes by in a spaceship and kidnaps The Commissioner . Moments later , The Inspe...
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A Weak Entry In The Messmer Series
After being booted out of the fish market trying to sneak some fish to eat , Felix salutes the owner but comes right back and sees a barrel that says " Fresh today . " He thinks , " this is too easy , " and finds out it is after a lobster grabs hold of his tail and won't let go . Felix hi-tails ( pun intended ) it out ...
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' Belle ' Is Beautiful But Boring
Here's another one of those " shocking " movies of yesteryear that is absolutely nothing now . . . . . just mainly boring . You wonder what the fuss was all about . The critics all called it " erotic . " I call it " boring . " Judge for yourself . This is a story about a wife who becomes a prostitute secretly for sever...
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Not What It's ' Cracked ' Up To Be
This was a weak effort , to be honest . It started out promising , with Humpty Dumpty Jr . , yes , the famous egg's kid . Dumpty falls from the ledge , gets caught by mother and gets a lecture on not being dumb like his father who wound up falling " and getting cracked . " What we wind up with in this story is " Junior...
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In A Word : Boring
The cast was intriguing to me but the story didn't turn out to be something that kept my interest . That means it was simply too boring . Most of the movie involves people who want to get out of the draft for the Korean War , or they are a parent and they want their son out of it . Hey , this sounds like Viet Nam 15-20...
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Too Much Yak , Yak , Yak
The first 30 to 40 minutes made me think this was a sleeper , better than what I had anticipated . It had me intrigued . Then it went " talky " - yak , yak yak . I kept waiting for something dramatic to happen . . . . . anything ! After 70 minutes , there was still nothing , and I gave up . I never found Jane Russell t...
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Please Don't Compare This Poorly-Acted Clunker To ' Awakenings '
For some reason , perhaps a review I read prior to watching this , I thought this might be an " Awakenings " - type story , so I was enthused about watching it . Well , it's not a tenth as good as " Awakenings " and shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as that fine film . If you read someone comparing the two...
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A Liberal Treasure Chest Of Clichés !
Ah , another Liberal-slanted anti-death penalty propaganda piece ! Here we see a liberal college professor who campaigns against the death penalty in Texas . ( It wouldn't be a dig against former Texas Governor George W . Bush , would it ? ) . The professor , in turn , is given the death penalty for murder and a report...
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I Agree : Sadistic Mouse No ' Good Guy '
( NOTE : I thought I'd be the only one writing what I did below , but I see the others here agree . I guess it was pretty obvious - this was overdoing the bait-the-cat bit . Anyway , here is what I had written : ) The owners have left on vacation for two weeks - a trip to California - leaving the cat ( Sylvester ) all ...
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Not Too ' Keen ' On This Story
This was a strange kind of film about a low-lifes in New York City and centering around a main character ( the title name , played by Brad Pitt ) who thinks he''s a Ricky Nelson-type musician , except he has no real talent . It's kind of fun to watch until a profane tough New York City-type woman with horrible accent e...
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Put A ( Lens ) Cap On It !
Here's another example of critics ' comments on the back of a VHS box being very misleading to us unsuspecting buyers . Comments on the video box made this movie sound fascinating , a big visual treat and an interesting story with a suspenseful finish . . Sadly , it was none of those things . By the way , for English-s...
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One-Seventh Of The ' Magnificent Seven '
I don't mind sequels ; sometimes they're better than the original . However , many times the originals are best left alone . . . . especially when you can't duplicate the cast . One of the big reasons " The Magnificent Seven " was such a hit was the very popular cast . This is hardly the " magnificent seven , " when on...
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Bracco Single-Handedly Ruins This Movie
I had high hopes for this film , listening to the hype made about it prior to release . I looked forward to seeing it . Sean Connery uses makes good movies , so I was upbeat going into this . THE GOOD - Nice jungle scenery , decent surround sound . Connery was his normal entertaining self in the lead , this time as " D...
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This Is What Happens With Small Budget
It's these kind of movies that continue to give Christian film-making a bad name , meaning sub-par acting , poor special-effects and just an overall " B " film feeling to the whole project . The reason , is course , is money . When you don't have a big budget and support from the Hollywood community on all phases of th...
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Worse Than The Original
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 . The GOOD - Magnificent scenery , better than the first film . I love those high country shots in Australia . Tom Burlinson is still a...
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A Dumb Idea That Didn't Work
Well , I have to agree with the critics on this one , who all said " leave it alone . " Why they had to make this re-make of the 1960 " Psycho , " I don't know . My guess is they wanted to reach a new audience and thought color and modern-day actors were the answer , since those were the main changes . The dialog was t...
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Starts Fine But Gets Increasingly Ugly
What an odd story . It was a good one for the first two-thirds of the film but the last third got so sick - at least to me and what little standards I possess , it lost favor with me . I got rid of it for that reason : overall - just too sick and too strange . It gets ugly because a 12-year-old kid , whom the story is ...
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The Disappearing Cast Of CSI
This might be - except for the final minute - the first time I've ever seen a season-concluding CSI episode that , frankly , was boring . That's unheard of for all three of these shows : Las Vegas , Miami and New York . Granted , something dramatic happens which keeps you hanging until the new fall season , but here it...
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Greedy People Not Funny
I have some Irish heritage but I'm not from Ireland . I love Irish music , like the people , like the accent . think the country is beautiful , etc . I say all this because this movie sucked , and to me made the Irish people look like idiots . Let's hope they aren't like the annoying characters in this film . In here ,...
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Cute , But Just For The Tiny Tots
This was quite informative , at least first two minutes , as we are given facts about the armadillo It was pretty interesting , too . The setting is Belem , Brazil , where we next see another species , " tourista Americano , " deplane for a quick stopover . Actually we see two : Micky and Pluto . The dog sees a ball ne...
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Battling Butler A Buster Bomb
The first 30 minutes of this Buster Keaton film are some of the stupidest he ever made , at least from what I've seen . I don't blame him ; this is the film world where even since this period - around 1920 - marriage is always trivialized and people are always lying . Why was that so frequent in classic movies , in par...
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Was Jane Russell Ever In A Good Movie ?
I'm still waiting to discover a good movie in which Jane Russell starred . I haven't seen one yet . If you know of one , let me know . Best as I can tell , Howard Hughes tried to make her a star for two reasons : her breasts . It couldn't have been for her acting ability or that her presence would enhance a quality fil...
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See The Re-Make Instead
Here's one case where the re-make is far , far better than the original . This also is another case of a vastly overrated science-fiction film of the ' 50s . Most sci-fi films of that period , including this one , have such primitive special effects that they destroy any credibility of presenting a scary story . In thi...
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Yeah , It's True What They Are Writing Here
I was hoping to like this movie , to give it a better review than most might give it . . . . but I couldn't . In the end , I had to agree with the reviewers here on IMDb , that this movie stinks . It's true . It's also one of those films that starts off okay , lures you in , and then deteriorates . With 40 minutes to g...
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2010 : Not A Good Year
Once again , we see ( 1 ) a sequel that isn't even close to the greatness of the original film ; ( 2 ) Hollywood once again bashing the U . S . government with conspiracy theories ; ( 3 ) low-class people playing astronauts ; ( 4 ) another left-wing agenda promoting a secular version of the origin of man ; ( 5 ) anothe...
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One Suspenseful Scene - That Was It
This film is part of the Val Lewton Horror Collection , released on DVD a short time ago . Each disc contains two feature films . This one was with " The Ghost Ship . " I found the latter far more entertaining than this movie . I first saw this movie in the mid ' 90s , was not that impressed , but gave it another look ...
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How NOT To Make A Shirley Temple Film
The year 1934 was when Shirley Temple played three major movies and really began to make a name for herself . Unfortunately , the studios had to experiment to see what the public best liked about here . Two of those things were singing and dancing . Another was a short , interesting film that kept people's attention an...
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Sorry To See Irene Dunne Exit Like This
Irene Dunne finished her illustrious career with this so-so movie . She should have gone out with a bang , being the classy actress she was , not in this unmemorable , almost unknown film . This lightweight comedy is okay , but nothing special . The first half of it is far better as it gets pretty stupid in the second ...
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Sulking Is Entertainment ?
This is a Japanese film but there is quite a bit of English also spoken in here . It's a pretty film , with nice visuals , featuring the scenic beauty of Hawaii . However , that was the only redeeming quality for me . The story was generally boring . Who wants to watch a young woman sulk for 90 percent of the film beca...
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Benji ( The Movie ) Bites Big-Time
You know the movie could have been a lot better when the animal - in this case , a little dog - is the best actor on the screen ! The acting in this film is so bad , so amateurish , by dog got embarrassed watching this . He ( " Rusty , " our Golden Retreiver ) could have done a better job than the people in here . By n...
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The Poor Man's ' Bourne Identity '
Most of what you read here in the user-comments is true : this is basically a check-your - brains-at-the-door flick , filled with mindless violence . However , it isn't all stupid . You do have use some brainpower to try follow this little " conspiracy " twist which is kind of a ripoff of the " Bourne Identity " storie...
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The Good & Bad Of ' Clockstoppers '
GOOD NEWS - This had a very interesting premise : having time stopped , except for one person wearing a special watch enabling he or she to move around and do anything while everyone else was frozen in time . There were fun special-effects in here , too . BAD NEWS - The dialog and the humor in here was so stupid , so C...
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Not A Good Vehicle For Monroe
Don't bother to watch this film would be better advice , if you like Marilyn Monroe in her other roles . This was a huge disappointment considering the great cast , not just Marilyn . The story was just nothing , certainly nothing like described on the VHS box , of course . There simply was no suspense , precious lit...
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What Was The Point Of This Popeye Sing-Å-Long ?
This early Popeye cartoon is not the normal fare for him . You know that when you first discover this is only two minutes long ! After we see the sailor man exhibit his strength on-board a ship , as he sings , it turns into a sing-a-long for all of us . " Sing along we me , " Popeye exhorts and the screen turns black w...
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Beware Of Misleading Reviews & Overrated Movies
Wow , what an overrated movie this turned out to be ! It was supposed to be " an extremely suspenseful tale of a crazed killer holding a woman hostage and in terror in her home . " Well , I doubt it terrorized audiences in the early ' 50s and I know it would put today's audiences asleep . " Sends shivers down the spine...
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Not Fun To Watch
Despite the great cast which also afforded me another opportunity to admire Ingrid Bergman's beauty , this movie wasn't nearly as appealing as I had hoped . That was because of the downer of a story . I did not find it fun to watch an innocent woman being mentally tortured for an hour , being accused of things she didn...
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Very Disappointing Considering The Cast
A big disappointment , this " save the newspaper story with one big expose against a corrupt politician " was boring - the ultimate sin in a film . Also , I found none of the characters likable : no one to root for , despite the presence of some famous actors I like . The cast includes Humphrey Bogart , Ethel Barrymore...
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Dousing Racial Fires With Gasoline
This is four short movies-in-one : four " tales , " ' so to speak . I liked the first three when I first watched this back in the mid 1990s . I did not like the fourth story . The " good " is that the stories are basically interesting and feature good sound and neat visuals . The " bad " is that they are racially-motiv...
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Very Disappointing
With the title , I thought I'd see a parody of the great Jimmy Cagney film , " Yankee Doodle Dandy , " but that wasn't the case . The story was just Daffy trying to impress a movie studio mogul ( Porky Pig ) to get a starring role in a film . He holds Porky captive in the office for awhile and then follows him in a pla...
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Not A Concert But A Documentary
Certain reviews ( not on this website ) misled me about this film and so I was expecting a great concert of up-tempo Gospel music . That's what I got it for - the music . The advertisement said , " jubilant , revitalizing musical . " Well , there are songs in here but they don't last long . Mostly , this is a documenta...
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Not The Usual Rugged Rutger
This turned out to be more of a women's romance-soap-suspense film than what I hoped it was . . . . simply a tense thriller . Yes , the final 20 minutes were suspenseful but much of the previous 75 bordered on being just plain tedious . Ruter Hauer was a little too subdued , not playing his normal intense character . N...
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Too Complex For Its Own Good , And A Bad Ending
This is one of those stories in which is is almost impossible to tell what the truth is and thus , keeps you scratching your head . Usually with these kind of movies , the reviewer is left at the end either very disappointed or thinking , " Huh ? How can that be ? " This most is almost in that category . It's just very...
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Arbo Okay But Films Needed More Of Charlie
This Spanish version of the 1931 Charlie Chan film , " Charlie Chan Carries On " was fair to poor . . . . . closer to poor because Charlie didn't show up in the film until it was over half over . I've never seen that in any of the English-speaking Chan films . He's always front-and-center . This movie wasn't horrible b...
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Hollywood Insists On Playing The Race Card
When I watched this back in 1996 , I enjoyed it was an interesting story , had two charismatic lead actors in Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington , good photography and sound and a nice feel-good ending . It still had all of that watching it five years later but then , after seeing literally several thousand films in th...
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The Penguin Should Have Had A Bigger Role
This was an extremely silly ( downright stupid in spots ) farce of a comedy-adventure that gets by because it's so fast-moving and generally entertaining despite the cornball material . Even by Bob Hope standards - and his films were not the highlight of his incredible career - this film is not that funny . A major par...
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Heavy-Handed British Snobbery Film
The first 45 minutes of this was great , thanks to some wonderful cinematography , which is no surprise since it is directed by one of the best ever : David Lean . The muted colors were pleasing to the eye in a very peaceful way . However , once the trip to the caves got underway , the movie began to become unappealing...
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Muni's Accent Makes It Tough To Enjoy
If you can't understand what the lead actor is saying half the time , it's kind of hard to enjoy the film ! That's what I encountered trying to watch this as Paul Muni , as a Polish coal mine worker , speaks in such a heavy accent I couldn't decipher what he was saying . It gets to be a frustrating experience . If this...
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Nice Premise & Locale , But Story Lacks Spark
As someone who loves African scenery and doesn't mind ogling Kim Bassinger , either , I was looking forward to seeing this film . It turned out to be disappointing . The scenery wasn't nearly what I had hoped , certainly no " Out Of Africa , " and the story was , in a word : boring . I never quite understood , or was t...