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526,114 | 4,445,210 | 69,704 | 1 | 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 . Stories about teenage jerks are not what I call entertaining . The only thing worse than the usual " coming of age " movie is one that involves the kids of the 1960s , the worst decade in American history . Ron Howard and Cindy Williams played pretty decent kids but nerd-looking Charles Martin Smith and friend Paul LeMat were super annoying . I didn't appreciate the language in here , either . I didn't expect The Mickey Mouse Club or Opie from Mayberry , but six usages of the Lord's name in vain in the first half hour along with a bunch of other profanities didn't turn me on to this " comedy . " I also didn't get any laughs , either . Was this supposed to be a comedy ? I hope not . Nothing much happens anyway , just the life of these dorks who drive around all night trying to impress bimbos . Wow , this is " deep . " . The only enjoyment I got out of this film was listening to the voice of " Wolfman Jack , " the legendary rock deejay . |
525,537 | 4,445,210 | 175,142 | 1 | 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 writers today have the intelligence to make people laugh using clean material ? This is just one R-rated scene after another . The language is brutal , too : tons of profanity in this film . Funny , but comedies for years made the public laugh without having to resort to profanity and sex remarks , like this film does . The really sickening part is that movie was geared for a young audience . The film business has no shame . What passes for comedy films today is , by and large , low-class material . This movie is Exhibit A . |
522,695 | 4,445,210 | 1,206,157 | 1 | 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 Love Guru . " It's just one sleazy joke after another . Hey , I love dark humor but not ten sex jokes every minute , especially on a crime show . Everyone on this episode but Warrick , I think , had some wise-guy remark about everything in here . Sex jokes are okay but come on , man - is this HBO with all this stuff ? After last year's great season with " The Miniature Killer , " I had hoped the CSI Las Vegas show and turned the corner from the gutter and gotten classy again . Wrong . Maybe this is why Jorja Fox , Gary Dourdan and William Petersen have all left the show . |
524,357 | 4,445,210 | 71,607 | 1 | 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 why the car , he organ , the train all can understand each other and human minds ! ! This is Walt Disney " New Age " baloney 20 years ahead of it's time . Later on , spells are cast , etc , typical of Disney films . Walt was a big fan of the occult and believed in all that sort of thing . Pretty pathetic . We know where Herbie's " soul " is right now : Junkyard Hell , where it belongs ! |
527,273 | 4,445,210 | 114,069 | 1 | 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 me off was the typical government-is-the-bad guy storyline again . Holy smokes - isn't this getting a bit tiresome , especially by an industry which makes billions of dollars in this country ? ( Nothing like a grateful attitude and true patriotism - that's today's left-wing world of film . ) ' It's not good to kill the trees , " says another eco-nut who traces the U . S . ' s mistakes in attempting to wipe out an Africa virus . Of course , if the military had hugged the trees , none of this human carnage would have happened ! Really ? Dustin Hoffman , Kevin Spacey , Morgan Freeman , Donald Sutherland and Rene Russo are old hands at playing in slanted political stories . The left-wing slants in this film keep coming , just like the plague : reverse-racism ( a General who's conscience doesn't agree with his government is naturally a black man . The villain military guy , naturally , is the Caucasian . When have you ever seen the reverse ? It's always the same in modern-day films . Look it up . In addition , we get more Hollywood clichés at the end with the typical overdone chase scene , which is so stupid I just laughed out loud at parts of it . Entertaining ? Yes . An insult to anyone's intelligence ? Oh , yeah ! |
526,026 | 4,445,210 | 114,148 | 1 | 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 converted to Christianity , we get ridiculous New Age mumbo - jumbo here . Yeah , it's the typical Disney brainwashing ( this film is for young kids ) in which the message is to worship ( not just take care of ) trees , earth , and all living things . The Disney empire is so strong on its heavy-handed left-wing agenda that it can't even remotely tell the truth about a story in an animated film . At the very least , since they abhor Christianity , they should have just stuck with a pretty animated movie ( which this is ) and centered it around romance and young America . . . but Liberals can't stop being in your face all the time , pushing their secular agendas on the rest of us . This movie is " Exhibit A " of that - a disgrace . |
526,729 | 4,445,210 | 71,216 | 1 | 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 ton of GDs , mostly said by Angie Dickinson , make this a despicable , extremely bigoted film . Dickinson , and this era when movie makers had just gotten their freedom to spew all this bias , are about as low at it gets and sleazy with a capital " S . " It isn't just the hatred and the sleaze and gratuitous nudity in here , it's just the pathetic immaturity of Hollywood during this period . Of course , it's more than just anti-religious bias . We get the usual elitist Left Wing agenda with a myriad of plugs for socialism , too . This is pitiful trash and so typical of the early-to-mid-70s . |
523,965 | 4,445,210 | 366,548 | 1 | 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 got all this other junk thrown in my face . Every single " religious " reference in this film , and there are a number especially around the one-hour mark when " Mumble " appears before " The Elders . " Then , you hear a slew of Biblical words ( " brethren , " " backsliding , " " sin , " " pagan , " etc . ) all used by unlikeable old fuddy-duddies who are portrayed in a very negative light . The idea is obvious : associate anything religious with " bad " or " restrictive " or " mean " and the opposite - secular thought - with " free " and " good " and " happy , " on and on . This is brutally heavy-handed propaganda , and its subtle but relentlessly inserted throughout this movie , not just in that one scene . Secularists will have no clue nor an ear to hear this bias , but it's there . If this were as anti-black , or anti-gay as it is anti-religious , you would have heard a huge outcry . The whole movie is so politically correct , it's sickening , yet these Liberal writers are so clueless ( a la Don Imus ) , they stereotype Hispanics something fierce . Many times I thought Al Gore made this movie , with the in-your-face environmental baloney . Did I mention all the sexual innuendos , too , with this " cute little penguin " movie ? There should have been an outcry against this hypocritical sick mess . Perhaps even worse than this script is the apathy of the viewers to see this bigotry for what it is . Thankfully , some reviewers here saw it , too . Good for them for speaking out . More people should have been offended at this piece of crap . |
527,378 | 4,445,210 | 59,713 | 1 | 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 saws part of his house off as a buzz saw goes out of control . The Panther pouts lies down on is bed , but once again is chastised . This time , the aggravating narrator suggest fixing leaky shower facet rather than spending big bucks hiring a plumber . Of course , that doesn't go right , either . Having a laugh track on a cartoon , for cryin ' out loud , is ridiculous and an insult to every viewer . . . . as if telling us when we should laugh . Worse , this cartoon wasn't funny in the first place . This might be the worst Pink Panther animated short I've ever seen . |
523,372 | 4,445,210 | 120,889 | 1 | 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 dumbest stories and theologically - insulting ones to anyone who has any Biblical knowledge I have ever seen . I have should have known Hollywood would invent their own strange and weird version of heaven and hell . It's sad so many ignorant people buy into whatever Hollywood puts up on a big screen as being Truth , when it's usually the opposite they are seeing and hearing . This movie is a perfect example . Suffice to say , without going into all the details , people are using the Lord's name in vain in heaven ; God is mentioned only once and that of a " distant " person " somewhere up there " and the main theology preached is re - incarnation . Secular humanism also is prevalent and in this movie , if you set your mind to it , you can bring your loved ones up from hell to heaven ! Wow , who needs Jesus ? Not people in the film world , that's for sure . No wonder this film bombed . Even the agnostics and atheists who are our national film critics knew this movie was stupid . |
525,332 | 4,445,210 | 802,016 | 1 | 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 together . I watched this - as I presume most other people did - to see the magnificent Southwest scenery , particularly the Grand Canyon , not have most it ignored in favor of showing us scene after scene of whacked out New Agers , psychics , aged hippies from the ' 60s , alien space worshipers , on and on - all of which seemed to turn on our young host . Shapiro - I am not exaggerating - showed exactly 5-7 seconds of the Grand Canyon from her helicopter ride . That was it ! The most magnificent , famous sight probably in all of the U . S . and that's what we got . Meanwhile , we were " treated " to minutes and minutes of a " channeling " session , UFO discussions , naked men with their penises hanging out dancing around a bonfire , etc . In addition , the first 20 minutes of this 50-minute show , Shapiro did nothing but complain about everything . She didn't like a hotel , her car ride , she complained about certain things in the Amtrak ride , she totally trashed the city of Sante Fe . . . . . she didn't like anything . She didn't disguise her attitude or ignorance , right from the opening sentence of the show . She said , " I really was never interesting in coming here . I thought the only scenery worthwhile was outside the country . " Oh , really ! Never thought the Grand Canyon was anything worth seeing or the U . S had nothing to offer ? I guess that sort gives you an idea how bad this episode was , and the producers ought to be ashamed putting out a " travel " disc like this . Since a British company makes these , maybe this is another form of USA-bashing . All this turned out to be was a San Francisco wacko with a real elitist attitude showing us what interested her , not the audience . |
525,163 | 4,445,210 | 110,622 | 1 | 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 Jesus Christ's name as a profanity at one point and then mocking Mother Teresa in another scene . That sort of cheap-shot stuff is still " politically correct , " but don't try it on other religions other than Christianity . It's pretty sad that Jewish people - many of them victims of hate - wrote , produced and directed this bigoted hateful " satiric " material . I didn't see any other religions made the butt of jokes in this movie . That , and five other blasphemes , numerous sex innuendos make this a real sleazy comedy , more like the stuff that was produced in the 1970s than 1994 . I like good parodies but this was too much below-the-belt stuff that wasn't funny . I am not surprised this ended the " Naked Gun " series . They should have quit while they were ahead . |
526,182 | 4,445,210 | 140,814 | 2 | 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 they held the opening title page on screen for 20 seconds without a change . It turned to be a forbearer of things to come . I've never a cartoon before where they held scenes for so long as they do in spots here . We see dancing bears , or a tree or a crow on a telephone wire go on and on and on . It makes for something rare : a boring cartoon that seems to go on forever . |
523,572 | 4,445,210 | 95,665 | 2 | 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 through his body and can be transmitted to those people he touches . Hollywood takes that stuff seriously but makes fun of the Bible ? Give me a break . Sad to see a good cast ( this also includes Lauren Bacall , Harry Dean Stanton , Anjelica Huston , Mary Stuart Masterson , Virginia Madsen and David Warner ) wasted on tripe like this . |
524,681 | 4,445,210 | 105,127 | 2 | 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 rented it , along with the great cast . However , I found this very disappointing , not only because it was so depressing but it's too talky , the photography disappointed me and I think it tries to be a lot " smarter " than it comes across . I can't see a lot of people enjoying this film . Half the cast members don't seem to be into this story , either , especially Duvall who usually gives great performances . A friend of mine suggested I read the book and forget the movie . I should have taken her advice . At least the author was famous . |
526,865 | 4,445,210 | 105,017 | 2 | 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 in vain at least three times . That , and hundred of other " Oh , God " this and " Oh , God " that were just way too much and too annoying . I usually like Michael Caine but he's had his share of lemons , as other actors have , and this is one of them . Add in the usually-annoying Carol Burnett , Julie Hagerty and Ritter and this is easy movie to dislike . From what I hear , the stage play was far better than this flat farce . |
527,326 | 4,445,210 | 112,697 | 2 | ' 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 the ultra - - Liberal and moral bankrupt world of film making . Clueless is a good title for people who make films like this , not just the lead character in the movie . According to Hollywood , being a teen - as shown in this movie - - revolves only around your social life , plastic surgery , cellphones , drugs and sex . It's all made nice and surgery by having the pretty and sweet-looking Alice Silverstone in the lead . She plays the not-so - - sweet " Cher , " an apt name for materialistic , spoiled brat . When the messages are , for example , virginity is bad , but drugs are okay , even fun to experiment . This tale of teen matchmaking and other topics that will make an adult want to puke , does have a decent cast with always-interesting guys like Dan Hedeya and Wallace Shawn and another young " hottie " in Brittany Murphy . However , you wouldn't want your kids to watch this garbage , believe me . Overall , the title says is all . |
522,676 | 4,445,210 | 112,688 | 2 | 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 profanities in it and tons of drugs and violence . If he only cares about appeasing his crowd , okay , but that doesn't mean I have to like or praise everything he does , like Roger Ebert and the rest of them . For the uniformed - and we're better off , in this case - " clockers " is a ghetto term for " drug runners or dealers . " In this story , it's drug dealers and cops , innocent people and thugs and an investigation ( is Mekhi Phifer's " Strike " guilty or innocent ? ) to get it all sorted out . Unfortunately , it takes too long for all of this to happen . In between the million f-words , and more preaching by the racist director , you have to put up with music that was so loud it drowned out the dialog a number of times . Maybe that wasn't so bad . |
525,361 | 4,445,210 | 112,641 | 2 | 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 yourself after this Martin Scorcese sleaze-fest mercifully ends . As bad a character as Stone plays , the all-time champion profaner is - no surprise - the one played by Joe Pecsi , who must use the f-word every other sentence . Robert De Niro comes across as a choir boy compared to these other two jokers . The sad thing is , this could have been a decent movie , if Scorcese wasn't just so preoccupied with being so verbally degenerate ( see " Goodfellas , " " Raging Bull , " etc ) . If the film had been cut down 45 minutes from 3 hours ( too much of it dwells on the marital problems involving Stone ) and cut back on the profanity , you might have had an interesting crime story with some very colorful cinematography and good narration . However , Scorcese can't seem to make a crime film without all the excess . " Brutal " might be a good word to describe this movie . It's too much for anyone above trailer trash morals to endure . |
523,700 | 4,445,210 | 34,946 | 2 | 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 , " and " narrow-mindedness , " and you can get in on all the small-town gossip and secrets . This movie is so catty-womanish , it's sickening . What a shame considering the talents of Ann Sheridan , Ronald Reagan , Bob Cummings , Charles Coburn , Claude Rains and more . Reagan , by the way , was a very charismatic politician but didn't have that aura on screen . Not only is it awful , it's long - 126 minutes . To sit through this again or have another root canal at the dentist's is a tossup . |
524,959 | 4,445,210 | 26,497 | 2 | 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 five or six minutes , it got simply boring . The third segment comprised most of the overall time and went on way too long . Yes , some of it was mildly amusing , mainly the names he put to various sleepng positions , but that's about it . Actually , as someone who has a lot of trouble sleeping , it was amazing : this short film almost put me to sleep ! |
525,628 | 4,445,210 | 70,379 | 2 | 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 . Yes , there is some action but something is missing , perhaps characters that one could care about . After a while , I found I just did not care what happened . . . period . I canned it with 40 minutes to go . A dozen years later , I gave it another shot , and it was still just as boring and unappealing . The only interesting facet was to see such young-and-skinny well-known actors like Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro . Otherwise , these " mean streets " are nothing but a dead end , so turn around and head in another direction . Don't waste your gas . |
526,564 | 4,445,210 | 96,142 | 2 | 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 watch ( for us guys ) . That's about it . The two main characters were just plain annoying and too profane and , for a horror flick , it was anything but scary . I guess it was more of a comedy but outside of the " imp , " not too much of the humor was good stuff . The film showed promise early on , but once they got to the bowling lanes the film rolled a gutter ball . Oh , well . . . . it's still my favorite movie title of all time . |
526,453 | 4,445,210 | 43,495 | 2 | 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 with gambling , until the bug goes over and bites him . They play for " penalties , " and of course the cat loses . His penalty is " gesundheit . " The cat goes back and loses two more times with other penalties . This was really lame and not funny in the slightest . Why it would be included in a quality DVD " golden " or " spotlight " collections is beyond me . |
527,487 | 4,445,210 | 113,280 | 2 | 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 of losers at a diner . Well , if you are a loser and like to watch people moping around like the main character in this movie - a fat momma's boy - watching a story that really has little plot or substance , this is your cup of tea . It does one thing , though : it will depress you , and a lot of sickos out there like movies that depress them . Go figure . They can relate to this " realistic " story , sad to say . I would have more compassion , but the characters in here , almost all of them , are nothing but annoying . No wonder " Cosmo " loved it . |
526,342 | 4,445,210 | 104,670 | 2 | 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 , but somehow missed it . That would have tipped me off . For those who disagree with my remarks , tell me why they had to rate it PG-13 if it is such a sweet and innocent film ? ? ? . The main kid in here is a foul-mouthed brat , too . Rodney Dangerfield , the adult star of this prize-winner , has some funny lines but the general tone of this " kids " movie turned me off , big-time . Do not show this to your little girls . |
522,754 | 4,445,210 | 466,221 | 2 | 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 of a grouch ( I think I qualify ! ) and then goes over the application with the four other guys in the room . That's the last we see of him until the end . The bulk of the story is about " F . T . Smith " and his trials and tribulations of trying to take out a book at the public library . They make it about impossible with one obstacle after another . Arthur Bryan is Smith and Nancy Evans is the librarian . Detmar Poppen ( nice name ) is the library manager who keeps threatening to kick Smith out of the library for being too loud . Frankly , I saw nothing humorous in this skit - nothing . I can't believe this would make people laugh , but I guess humor was a lot different back in 1938 . |
525,770 | 4,445,210 | 104,556 | 2 | 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 concert - it sucked ! I just wanted to have something on film of one of the most famous guitar players of all time , so I thought this long concert would do it . Well , this disc has already been traded for something else . All it turned out to be was noise , which was really disappointing considering the songs I liked best from him were all included in this concert . Unfortunately , they were hardly recognizable . If anyone knows of a really good Hendrix DVD , please PM me . Thanks . |
523,130 | 4,445,210 | 78,754 | 2 | 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 pretty one . I really liked the photography in this movie - that IS pretty , but the main character , as described above , was not a fun guy to watch . " Sordid " is an apt word for this biography . I'm sorry , but I am not attracted to depressing stories about people who are losers . It has nothing to do with Scheider , either , who I have always found to play interesting roles . This is painful story to watch and it's long : two-and-a-half hours . It could have been edited in a number spots , although it still would have been too sleazy a story for me . |
526,676 | 4,445,210 | 26,000 | 2 | 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 pretty good job . The music is nice , too , but five minutes was enough . It's cool at first but wears thin in a hurry . The emphasis on poetry and song drastically diminished the slapstick humor , the normal wisecracks and the atmosphere that made The Three Stooges what they were . I can see why this early experiment was just that : an experiment , and thankfully a one-time experience . Just give me back the Stooges as they are - crude , violent , stupid and funny - with Curly and his squeaky voice , not singing poets , for cryin ' out loud . This turned out to be one of the longest 20 minutes I've ever endured . |
527,281 | 4,445,210 | 44,953 | 2 | 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 times I tried . Yeah , I gave it two attempts . What ruined the film ? Robert Ryan's laugh . Ryan , playing his usual villain role , laughed every time he talked . At first , that was kind of different and almost fun to hear but , man , did that wear thin quickly . In no time , Ryan got so annoying to hear that any pleasure from watching this movie was disappearing fast . The sad thing was the rest of the attractive cast was comprised on unlikeable characters , too ! You would think you could root for someone here . Whether it was James Stewart , Janet Leigh or Ralph Meeker playing a character , there wasn't a " good guy " in the bunch . There are hundreds of westerns better than this one . |
523,324 | 4,445,210 | 71,455 | 2 | 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 blasphemes again . This film seemed to be a haven for a few washed-up stars like her , Charleton Heston , Lorne Greene , Barry Sullivan , Lloyd Nolan , etc . Speaking of the 1970s , this was typical early ' 70s schlock , a half decade of the some of the scummiest , worst films ever made . A handful of films each year from 1970-75 were excellent but for every " Godfather " there were 200 total clunkers and generally-depressing films . It was a bad time for moviegoers . Things started to get better in 1976 . Disaster movies were the rage and many of them turned out to be nothing but long-winded soap operas , like the airplanes-ready to crash and big boat-sinkings , skyscrapers on fire stories , etc . This movie got huge hype like the rest , but has little substance , only terrific special-effects in a few spots . I have to hand it to them for that : they didn't computers to do most of the work . Like Gardner , Heston must have been desperate to keep his film career going , too . As a fan of Heston's , I was sorry to see him in this movie . At least he was better than Richard " Shaft " Rountree and George " I never saw a disaster role I could turn down " Kennedy . The special-effects look either great or stupid , depending on the scene . I guarantee you one thing : the people IN the disasters look idiotic . In real life , all people would either freeze in horror or run like hell . Witness the reaction at 9-11 . They don't stand there and scream or jump up and down waving their arms , like they do in this film ! It's almost laughable . Actually , it is laughable . This film , like most of the disaster films of the early ' 70s , might have had great dramatic impact back then but look so hokey now it makes you shake your head in disbelief . Also , all that melodrama and just plain slow pace , would be totally intolerable today . That's probably the main drawback : too much soap and not enough suds . |
523,829 | 4,445,210 | 86,856 | 2 | 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 think of it , I have never seen a good movie yet in which John Lithgow is the star , which may explain part of the reason just is so bad . Too bad , because the rest of the cast features some interesting names : Ellen Barkin , Jeff Goldblum , Christopher Lloyd and Peter Weller , but this was hardly a film these actors want in their resumes . A vastly overrated " cult " movie . |
525,036 | 4,445,210 | 71,577 | 2 | 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 fashion by Mia Farrow . " Daisy " is Audrey Hepburn-like affected speech , accent and mannerisms to the nth degree . I mean , how many " dahlings , " snobby sentences can a viewer be expected to endure ? For me , it was about an hour's worth . . Almost the same could be said for Karen Black , an actress who played a lot of trashy roles in the ' 70s . In here , she went overboard as " Myrtle . " In addition , one had to constantly look at extreme close-ups of both women's hideously - overdone facial makeup . It looked like the 1960s all over again . These women had more eye shadow on than Lily Munster . The male characters weren't exactly appealing , either . I am fan of Bruce Dern , but , is it my imagination or did he look way out of place in his role ? Meanwhile , Sam Waterston ( " Nick Carraway " ) did nothing but smile meekly at everyone and give us one of the drabbest characters I've ever seen and heard on film . I am used to interesting narration , from the film noirs of the ' 40s to today's films . . . . . not the monotone drivel he used in this film . Robert Redford , playing the main character " Gatsby " was a mysterious guy , but he doesn't enter the movie until 35 minutes have gone by and then slips in and out , not sure how to woo " Daisy , " and appears wimpy himself . It's always interesting to go back in time and see a young version of an actor we know well . Here , it's Redford without all the wrinkles in his face . I've always found Redford to play interesting roles and he was the only one who qualified for that status here , although one could never figure out why he would pursue someone like the annoying Daisy . It didn't make sense . On the PLUS side , the music in here is tremendous . Nelson Riddle did an outstanding job with this score and it's fun to hear , all the way through . That , and the great Charleston dancing scenes , fantastic sets and costumes , will really have you feeling as if you were in the middle of the 1920s America , even if it is smack in the middle of upper-crust Long Island . Recommended only to hard-core soap fans . |
525,822 | 4,445,210 | 129,167 | 2 | 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 dynamite . THE BAD - The story is disgusting , beginning with the annoying lead kid who , in typical Hollywood style , lies and deceives and yet is the hero . The film is chock full of liberal leanings such as anti-FBI ( no FBI agent would be this bad ) , anti-gun ( " guns kill " is repeated over and over ) , anti-hunting , anti - authority , pro-Communist , pro-rebel , etc , etc . All of the Liberal mindset . A lot of this preaching comes in the name of " exposing the 1950s paranoia , " according to the director of the film , who verified my opinion in an accompanying documentary feature on the DVD . Throw in the fact this is an animated film for kids yet there are a dozen exclamations of the God's name and very little humor and you have a film suited only for ACLU types . |
522,785 | 4,445,210 | 71,249 | 2 | 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 face and personality perfecting in this film ( as he did in other films in this period , like Badlands , Dillinger , etc . ) Anyway , Oates , as " Bennie , " enters the picture some 15 minutes into it , and look out : here come the heavy does of meanness , nastiness , ugliness and extreme profanity . He's just the kind of character another low-life , director Sam Peckinpauh , loved to portray in his films . Isela Vegas , playing the female lead , added only two things to the film : her breasts , which she wasn't shy about showing . Even clean-cut Gig Young played a bad guy in this Peckinpaugh puke-fest . |
525,805 | 4,445,210 | 129,387 | 2 | 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 a bunch of DVDs of that genre , but I don't need excessive profanity and sex to make me laugh . Why would they put so many f-words in a comedy ? Just asking . There has to be at least 40 in here plus a dozen abuses of the Lord's name in vain . You know , if it's a crime movie I can understand , but a comedy ? It's another sad comment on the movie business and our society that a movie like this can be a box office success , and that so many young people enjoyed this . A woman with semen in her hair ? Wow , now that's classy entertainment ! |
524,356 | 4,445,210 | 35,979 | 2 | 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 . Imagine ( being serious , too ) calling The Devil " Your Excellency " and portraying him as a fair - minded gentleman ! Even for secular Hollywood , that is carrying things a bit too far . There is more , too , but enough preaching . If you want to know how to go to heaven , read the Bible , don't get your theology from Hollywood . The only " redeeming " quality of this film is the nice color in here . They didn't make many color films in the 1940s , but when they did , they were beautiful . |
526,226 | 4,445,210 | 86,617 | 2 | 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 ? Huh ? Excuse me ? You aren't serious , are you ? Yeah , they were . . . . she's supposed to be a man we are supposed to go along with the idea . In the movie , she fools everyone . Come on ! Okay , for awhile Hunt was interesting to watch but the whole situation got ludicrous in no time . Along with that we get all this Third World poverty - so - let's - bring - in - Communism - to - save - the-day propaganda and a ton of just sordid atmospheric conditions . Somehow I wanted the take a shower after watching the first 40 minutes . In the end , this turns out to be just another example of low-class Liberal agenda bull-crap that we so often see in the world of films . |
526,510 | 4,445,210 | 156,820 | 2 | 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 dwarf who has some sort of relationship with a older , fat and married woman , all the while he is serving divorce papers . . . . at least that's what it sounded like . It wasn't all that clear after an hour , and by then I had lost interest trying figure everything out . In the meantime , the dwarf also was attracted to this little girl at the circus . It's all very strange . . . . and not a satisfying story . One review I read somewhere said this film reminded him of early David Lynch movies , and I think that's an apt description . I love a couple of Lynch films , but some of his stuff stinks , too . ( i . e . Eraserhead , Lost Highway , to name two ) . |
524,362 | 4,445,210 | 105,682 | 2 | 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 mind-boggling . The film has little offer , even sleaze , which critics love . For those looking at the cover of the DVD box or VHS tape and thinking this might be some kind of erotic French film , forget it . There is no sex nor certainly anything erotic Unfortunately , this is very little worthy of anyone's attention . |
524,347 | 4,445,210 | 59,711 | 2 | 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 it was still a surprise to hear him reluctantly and sarcastically say grace before a meal with the sentence ' I raised all these kids myself and we worked darn hard for years to grow all this food ourselves . . . . but thanks anyway . " Maybe this is where the writers of " The Simpsons " got their ideas as young Bart offered the same irreverent " prayer " in one of that TV series earlier episodes . Shortly thereafter the family goes to church and the pastor is seen as an impatient boob who tells Stewart after the service , " I don't even know why you bother to come to church . " No minister , folks , would say that . That's only in the movies and was a good example of things to come in Hollywood . In a few years , it was " everything goes , " and Christian-bashing went full bore in the ' 70s . It was " open season " on Bible believers . |
527,246 | 4,445,210 | 465,234 | 2 | 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 President of the United States without any problem , rifle through the President's desk without the bimbo-White House aide in the room hearing him , and then later kidnap the President with the just the aid of his elderly father . . . . . that was enough for me . I actually didn't make it through the kidnapping . The desk scene was enough to convince me that being annoyed for another 50 minutes with the ludicrously-stupid story wasn't worth the aggravation . I thought the original " National Treasure " was kind of dumb , too , but this sequel is beyond that . It isn't just the White House baloney ; it's the dumb dialog throughout with the typical Disney humor which means bickering spouses and enough political correctness you make you barf in your box of popcorn . Yes , it's not boring and if you're a moron who believes anything , especially outrageous conspiracy theories which make no sense and are not factual in the least , you might find this entertaining enough to watch all two hours . You'd probably believe all of this was possible , too ! For the rest of you who have a modicum of intelligence , don't waste your time with this film . |
525,038 | 4,445,210 | 426,931 | 2 | 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 things that no little kid would say , I get turned off . Add to that more Hollywood politically-correctness and low morality . . . . . and so much for the nice , feel-good story . The sweet-looking " good girl " of the story meets a guy on the roof of a building , sleeps with 20 minutes later . They agree to meet somewhere the next day but her parents whisk her back to where she came from , and the two don't connect . Nine months later the baby arrives right when the mother has a car accident . The father says the kid died but really he had given the boy to child services . Meanwhile , the boy - now 11 and living in an orphanage - runs off to New York City somehow figuring that magically , through hearing music , he'll meet his parents . Sound a little far out ? Yeah , it is , and even more so as you see if play out . It's a nice message of young boy never losing faith that he would meet his parents some day but the way he eventually does is so ridiculous , so far out , so unrealistic . . . . . that it insults your intelligence . This turns out to be an Oliver Twist wannabe that isn't even close to the latter in quality and believability . Robin Williams as a " wizard " ( " Fagin " in " Oliver Twist " ) ought to tell you something . Meanwhile , " Evan " ( Highmore ) meets up with this street kid ( " Arthur , " played by Leon Thomas ) is verbally annoying as hell . . . and things progress from there . There are so many plot holes and contrivances in this film , you couldn't count them all . Examples ? Well , the kid learns about sheet music one day and two hours later he's written compositions that would make Beethoven proud . Later , he gets accepted to the Julliard School of Music despite the fact he has no credentials or background on who he is and where he's from ! ! If you have any brain at all , this movie is a slap-in-the-face to you . |
525,631 | 4,445,210 | 51,899 | 2 | 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 mean an edge , which is probably why the critics liked it . They relate better to movies featuring evil , which this does . Lee J . Cobb's gang is crude , nasty and just plain no fun to watch . Cobb rants and raves most of the film , which gets aggravating in a hurry . An aging Gary Cooper has a sour face most of the way through which pretty sums up most people's feeling about this sour movie . |
524,203 | 4,445,210 | 94,812 | 2 | 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 Kevin Costner play the leading roles in this sleazy film . It goes right along with their real-life backgrounds , especially Sarandon and Robbins . Soo . . . . instead of an old-fashioned nice sports story , or a clean comedy about baseball , all you get is sleazy dialogue about a female owner of a team whose sole aim is to jump in bed with this promising rookie . And " promising " doesn't mean his baseball talent . The sport takes a back seat to sex in this movie , plain and simple . The dialog is very profane filled with blasphemy and all of that seems to be the real focus of this film , nothing else . It's almost like an " in " joke among these elitist Hollywood people who made this . I am sorry that Costner , who does have some reverence for the game and knows how to play it , lowered himself to play this role . Making fun of baseball , or its owners or players is fine - but this is just below-the-belt humor and not really very funny . This movie is praised way more than it's deserved to be . |
522,491 | 4,445,210 | 95,652 | 3 | 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 hoped . For some reason , I had high expectations . However , like other of George Romero's horror films , this has profane and very stupid dialog , attitudes , so-so special-effects and a Class B-feel to it . Why I expected better , I don't know . Romero almost always disappoints me . The only redeeming quality of this film was seeing the beautiful face of Joyce VanPatten , a natural beauty if I ever saw one . |
523,102 | 4,445,210 | 95,638 | 3 | 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 businessman running the poor little guys out of town and only those good-guy liberal activist minorities saving the day . We even get a dose of Christian bigotry here where those poor picked-on-pagan gods are run out by Christians ! Well , you just know what side is going to win : yes , those wonderful left wingers , adored by the film industry . This VHS went into a garbage can where it belonged . Adios ! ! |
526,313 | 4,445,210 | 210,299 | 3 | 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 , " fine - there are a number of them out there , but don't disguise this agenda by passing it off as some tribute to music , or the mountains . No , this is out-and-out male bashing , complete with only one decent male character ( played by Aiden Quinn ) , the rest all being unlikeable guys . The women are all wonderful , of course , and we can even see two of them kissing . Oh , wow ! ! ! Hey , loved the music and the scenery , but this is nothing but a Lesbian propaganda piece and - even worse - it's simply a boring film . |
523,233 | 4,445,210 | 105,211 | 3 | 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 portrayed in here were punks picking on the two little boys , another unpleasant viewing experience . The realism of the story takes a swan dive when one of the boys flies away on a home-made airplane ! Give me a break ! The only positive , enjoyable part of this movie is seeing the nice , loving and touching relationship between the two young brothers , played by Elijah Wood and Joseph Mazello . The latter became a familiar face in the next couple of years with big roles in Jurassic Park , Shadlowlands and The River Wild . Wood , of course , didn't hit it big until a decade later but , he made it very big In The Lord Of The Rings trilogy . Those two kids , and narration by an unbilled Tom Hanks , are the only facets of this film I liked . |
524,751 | 4,445,210 | 112,715 | 3 | 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 don't know if this is still true - I hadn't any movie in which Laura Linney or Dylan Walsh played anything BUT annoying characters . That , and a stupid story , make this film a big disappointment , especially considering that big buildup . Did the filmmakers , with dialog this dumb , really think this was going to be a hit ? |
525,733 | 4,445,210 | 35,124 | 3 | 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 interesting after the first hour . It got way too talky for what it should have been . Fans of the two guys mentioned above will be very disappointed . Lugosi plays the butler and does very little and Atwill literally disappears halfway through . Yet , both men got pretty good billing on the opening credits . It's misleading . The story isn't bad but , outside of some good sound effects like the frogs and the crickets , is not the creepy movie it's advertised as being . Maybe in 1942 this creeped out audiences , but it wouldn't today . Then again , I only saw this movie when it was on TV and commercials were continually interrupting things . That's a big reason I don't even watch TV shows any more unless they are on DVD . Perhaps if this film ever comes out on disc , I'd give it another shot . |
525,394 | 4,445,210 | 61,417 | 3 | 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 Inspector and Deux-Deux find a spaceship and head out to save him . The two are parachuted to the planet , discover their boss in some big underground tunnel and try to rescue him . It's all really juvenile ; not the normal fare . Not all of the 17 cartoons I have seen in this series were winners . Some were disappointing , but this probably the weakest effort in the lot . |
522,340 | 4,445,210 | 141,034 | 3 | 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 of there and comes up with an ingenious plan to rid himself of the clinging lobster . Our hero cat comes up with one of those corny lines they loved back in the Silent Film Era : " I'm so hungry I could eat a date off a calendar . " He winds up howling in hunger . A man nearby hears Felix wailing , summons him over and tells him , " You mind him ( a baby ) for an hour and I'll give you a swell feed . " That sets up the title of the story about Felix minding the kid , which is not an easy assignment . This kid howls a lot and things really get hairy when the kid inhales a balloon and flies out the window ! Overall , this was the first weak entry I have seen so far in the collection of " Presenting Felix The Cat - The Otto Messmer Classics - 1919-1924 " DVD . There wasn't much funny in here and it also was the first bad print . The contrast was bad and it had a lot of black coming out of the top of the picture . You could see what was going on but it was a poor print . It must have been barely salvageable to be included in this set . |
524,136 | 4,445,210 | 61,395 | 3 | ' 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 several hours each afternoon . In the first hour of this film , I saw no nudity , almost no profanity and , quite frankly , was so bored with the story that I lost interest in watching the last 40 minutes . Catherine Deenuve's beautiful face , even with those awful overdone 1960s fake eyelashes , was about the only thing I enjoyed in here . |
523,143 | 4,445,210 | 26,499 | 3 | 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 " falling for a female egg and having to fight off " the bad egg " to get her . It drags on a bit too much with a predictable ending . In the middle and at the end we get a song about " spooning . " Overall , this wasn't one of the better efforts in the collection of a DVD called " Cartoons That Time Forget : The UB Iwerks Collection Vol . 1 . " |
523,156 | 4,445,210 | 43,664 | 3 | 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 years later . Anyway , between that stuff and an annoying romance between Farley Granger and Peggy Dow , this wasn't a film that entertained me . Dow's character acted as if she was too good for Granger . Overall , nothing special . There are too many other good movies to waste time watching this one . |
523,014 | 4,445,210 | 43,643 | 3 | 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 to be pretty enough to enjoy looking at , anyway . Robert Mitchum was good and had a number of clever film-noir type lines . Vincent Price was supposed to play a fascinating far-out character ( according to critics ) but I didn't find him to be anybody entertaining , just stupid and boring . As I said , this film had promise but . . . . . . |
524,207 | 4,445,210 | 132,512 | 3 | 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 films , don't believe it . One was intelligent and fascinating ; one was stupid and boring . This is just awful . It's about a blind man who temporarily regains his sight , and then loses it again . That sounds interesting but the film , in a nutshell , turned out to be nothing but a long , soap opera with an extremely irritating female lead : Mia Sorvino , as " Amy Benic . " Val Kilmer's character , " Virg Anderson , " might have lost his sight but Sorvino obviously had lost her brains . What a bimbo ! It doesn't help she blurts out OMG every third sentence , which makes her sound even more stupid . Kilmer , meanwhile , should stick with crime movies or westerns . He's very good in those kind of films . He stinks at melodrama . This movie did not need to go over two hours , either . In the end , it's just not a memorable story and it should have been , as " Awakenings " certainly wound up . |
522,942 | 4,445,210 | 289,992 | 3 | 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 reporter tries to prove his innocence . Man , this movie abounds with Liberal clichés ! It is , to be far , an interesting film that moves fast but , like Mulholland Drive , leave a lot of unanswered questions at the end . So I guess the viewer is just supposed to enjoy the story , not try to figure out or make sense of much . What else can we expect out of a Kevin Spacey-Kate Winslett-Laura Linney-acted film . . . . all unlikeable Liberals to begin with ! ! |
527,317 | 4,445,210 | 43,376 | 3 | 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 alone and locked in the house . That means no milk , but the cat , to his relief , does find a bunch of canned tuna . However , to his dismay , he can't find the opener . It turns out the little mouse in the house has it . . . and baits the cat with it . This is a mean rodent who keeps teasing Sylvester with the opener and then yanking it away at the last second . Sylvester tries everything possible to open the can of tuna but can't do it . This is a frustrating story , and why they make the sadistic mouse the " good guy " is beyond me . It's like some of the Tom & Jerry cartoons where poor Tom always gets the worst of it even though many times the little mouse starts the conflict ! |
527,539 | 4,445,210 | 104,567 | 3 | 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 enters the picture and takes over . That ruined the film for me . It must have been Catherine Keener , who usually plays tough and garbage-mouthed women . The hairdo on Pitt - an exaggerated Pompadour - was fun to look at . I can picture Johnny Depp playing this role better . One last note : it odd to hear a film made in 1992 ( other than Woody Allen's ) with just mono sound . |
526,176 | 4,445,210 | 78,763 | 3 | 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-speaker viewers , this film is called " Camera Buff . " In truth , it was very boring film with unlikeable characters giving you nobody to root for or care about . The man character is a nerd who would rather watch others than do anything with his life . This won the grand prize at the Moscow Film Festival , which shows you how bad things still were in Russia in the early ' 90s . I know things have gotten better . |
525,097 | 4,445,210 | 60,897 | 3 | 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 only Yul Brynner returns as one of the members of that famous group in " The Magnificent Seven . " With six of the seven guys absent and replaced by much lesser-known actors , this loses its appeal in a hurry . In other words , except for Brynner , these guys have no charisma ! This is a like a championship sports team fielding all substitutes except one . Brynner is good , once again : fun to watch , fun to hear with that distinctive deep voice of his , but the story , not just the rest of the crew , is lame . This movie should never have been made . In the original , we cared about the " seven ; " in here , we couldn't care less . |
523,299 | 4,445,210 | 104,839 | 3 | 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 " Dr . Robert Campbell . " THE BAD - Lorraine Bracco as " Dr . Crane " was a pain , to say the least . What reasonable , sane male could put up with this woman ? ! Talk about a mouth , both in words and tone , that is abrasive ! Wow ! She single-handedly ruined this movie . Who could take listening to her for the full - - minutes of this film ? Not me . What a horrible woman . |
523,059 | 4,445,210 | 190,524 | 3 | 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 the film , how are you going to make a classy movie ? You have to be some multi-millionaire with clout like Mel Gibson or Robert Duvall , otherwise you are going to wind up with something like this . Mainstream Hollywood hasn't made a pro - Christian film is 40 years and probably won't for another 40 . Just check out the early scene with the planes flying overhead . I thought I was a watching a 1950s low-budget sci-fi show . Yes , kudos for someone at least trying to make an earnest effort to re-create the suspense based on the best-selling " Left Behind " books , but this is not the answer . Big bucks and top special-effects people are needed for high production values and to attract top actors . This is what you get when you don't have that kind of budget . Hollywood is too atheistically-biased to produce Biblical movies anymore . Goodness , what would their peers think ? |
524,813 | 4,445,210 | 95,993 | 3 | 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 likable guy , as " Jim Craig . " Bruce Rowland did a nice job with the music , too . The BAD - Once again we get an extremely obnoxious feminist heroine " Jessica " ( Sigrid Thornton ) who is a world-class pouter with an extremely annoying face and manner about her . In this film , we also get a big downgrade in who pays the father . Previously it was Kirk Douglas , now replaced by the always - profane Brian Dennehy . Speaking of that , it is a disgrace that a Walt Disney film would includes usages of the Lord's name in vain . That was one reason was almost totally down the tubes in the 1980s . This film , like the first one |
524,371 | 4,445,210 | 155,975 | 3 | 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 the same and the story the same . On one hand , I applaud them for not making this over with a lot of profanity and nudity and making it a sleazy film . Yet , if they were going to keep everything the same , why bother when you weren't going to improve on Tony Perkins , Janet Leigh and the original cast ? Did they honestly think Vince Vaughn was going to be as good or better than Perkins ? Are you kidding ? Ann Heche , with her short mannish-haircut , is going to be better than Leigh ? I don't think so ! Yes , the colors were pretty in here but it's the black-and-white photography that helped make the 1960 version so creepy to begin with . It's perfect for the story , not a bunch of greens and pinks ! Once again , I guess the filmmakers were banking on an audience that never saw the original . This was just a stupid project that never should have gotten off the ground . |
527,184 | 4,445,210 | 104,782 | 3 | 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 centered around , starts to lose it . He tries to kill his uncle , begins using way too much profanity , and says and does things that no 12-year-old boy would say / do . The story just gets out of hand . Everyone in this film except the boy's mother is very odd with most of them winding up in a mental institution . I often laugh at dark humor but this is way too black , way too dark . People think Hollywood is morally bankrupt . . . . well , the rest of the world , especially in the film-making business , is worse and this is a prime example . |
522,694 | 4,445,210 | 1,206,158 | 3 | 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 only happens in the final seconds . At that was no shock , thanks to word leaking out that " Warrick " would be knocked off and another CSI member leaves the show . No sense going into detail about the episode ; you already know it . Warrick is accused of a crime he didn't commit : the murder of a big mob boss " Lou Gedda . " The main question is how the CSI team will prove he is innocent . With constant flashbacks of an incoherent " Warrick " at the murder scene , the show drags on and on with a lot of unanswered questions that should have been ( if the normal CSI / police work had been done , as it has in most of the previous episodes through the years . ) . I have watched the last four seasons on DVD , skipping the live advertisement-ridden shows , so I knew in advance - thanks to CBS in late summer - that " Brown " was history . I also watched " Sara Sidle " and have since found out - thanks to CBS promoting it in December - that Grissom is gone now , too . Speaking of that , another reviewer here poses a good question : " what happened to " Sofia " ( Louise Lombard ) ? " She disappeared after the 2007 season with no explanation . How's that for treating longtime fans of the show ? Not even the courtesy of telling us what happened to her ! Overall , it wasn't just this bad episode that was disappointing ; the whole season was weak , after a great year the season before with the memorable " Miniature Killer . " Now , half the cast is gone . One wonders if this will CSI will ever be as good . |
526,426 | 4,445,210 | 166,396 | 3 | 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 , most of the people are money-hungry , shallow people who will do and say anything to get the riches of the Lotto . Someone in the town has just won the big lottery and they want to get in good with whomever it is . Sure , some parts are funny and it's only an exaggerated movie to get some laughs but I found the people irritating . I also don't appreciate hearing the Lord's name in vain seven times in first 20 minutes . I guess I'm an unusual Irishman in that regard . I say , stick that blasphemy in a crime movie , not a comedy . |
524,167 | 4,445,210 | 36,269 | 3 | 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 nearby ( the armadillo forms that shape while protecting itself ) and begins playing with it . Soon , the ball is the nearby jungle and it begins to cause Pluto all kinds of problems . That's basically , the gag in here : Pluto trying to deal with this strange creature who looks like a hard rubber ball , but is alive . The armadillo spends much of the cartoon batting her little eyes at Pluto , winning him over . It gets a little too repetitive . What you usually get with these old Disney cartoons is something to please the little kids , is mildly amusing for adults and looks good with bright , clean colors . This one was strictly for the little ones . |
524,350 | 4,445,210 | 16,630 | 3 | 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 particular ? It's disgusting . Here Alfred " Battling " Butler , a spoiled rich young man - in order to keep his girl - lies about being the lightweight boxing champion of the world , because that guy , who has the same name as him , is a hero and he wants to impress her and her big brother and big father . He wants to marry her right away because she's pretty and she consents as soon as she hears he's a big shot . Boy , those are great reasons for marriage ! After the quickie marriage , Buster heads off for training camp for his supposed title defense against the " Alabama Murderer . " Later , the real " Battling Butler , " to do the impostor a favor and save his marriage , lets him be the real thing and fight while he retires . The training - and the first real laugh of the film - isn't until 47-minute mark when Buster begins training and can't get over the ropes . He is helpless outside and inside the ring as it turns out . The training escalates as Buster begins roadwork the next day . . . . . but he isn't up to training or fighting or any of this . Fortunately , a big twist occurs late in the movie which saves Buster from going into the ring , although the little man does save his honor after he fights the real " Battling Butler . " I would agree with the critics on this one : it's far from Buster's best work . |
522,473 | 4,445,210 | 44,863 | 3 | 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 film . Those just didn't happen . Her films were a bust ( pun intended . ) You would think it would be almost impossible to shoot a boring film that also included Robert Mitchum , William Bendix , Thomas Gomez and Gloria Grahame . . . . but here it is ! The screen time of Bendix and Grahame are woefully small , otherwise this might have been more interesting . The other ( lead ) characters in this movie are simply not people you care about . The fault of this movie , in addition to unlikeable lead characters , is that it simply isn't entertaining . It's dull , folks , almost as drab as it gets . What a shame . It sure didn't have to be with that cast . Mitchum and Bendix were fun to watch in " The Big Steal , " but the only steal in this film is your money to buy or rent this movie . I love film noir , and I liked the exotic setting in here , but this story is so bad I hate to even classify it in that genre ( noir ) . Director Josef Von Sternberg was at the end of his career . . . . and it shows . In fact , he didn't finish this movie . They had to call in Nicholas Ray to do that . This film , in a way , was a poor man's " Morocco , " I say " poor man " because Jane Russell was no Marlene Dietrich and " Macao " is no " Morocco . " The only saving grace is that the running time is short . You only have to suffer for 81 minutes . I wouldn't even recommend that . |
524,485 | 4,445,210 | 51,622 | 3 | 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 this particular film , the main drawback is not the dated effects but the sheer boredom of the story . It's too slow . A fly moves a lot faster than this flick . One odd thing about the cast . The two stars of the film were " no-names " ( Al Hedison and Patricia Owens ) and the two supporting cast members were big names ( Vincent Price and Herbert Marshall ) . One plus for the film that you certainly didn't see in the re-make is they give God His due realizing that human beings are not supposed to " play God " and they state just that . Of course , that was edited out in the 1986 version . However , if you are looking for a straight horror / sci-fi thriller , watch that ' 86 re-make with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis . It is far better than this snoozer . |
523,426 | 4,445,210 | 443,649 | 3 | 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 go in the two-hour film , you're ready to walk out but since you've invested 80 minutes you figure , " I might as well see it through the end . " The last half hour then becomes like a session at the dentist's office in which you can't wait for the experience to be over . Credibility is probably the worst aspect of this film . Seeing people 10 , 000 years ago in buildings that look pretty well-made and would do an architect proud today , and hearing people speak with British and other assorted accents - in the same tribe - for the time and place ( Mideast or Northern Africa in 10 , 000 B . C . ) almost makes one laugh out loud in spots . . . . . yet this is supposed to be a serious movie . The special-effects were weak , especially with the saber-toothed tiger which not only looks very fake but is proportionally ludicrous . The mammoths didn't look at hokey , but they moved very woodenly , computer-like . This was mainly the reason I watched . I knew it might be stupid but I thought it might at least be fun with eye-popping effects . No , nothing was eye-popping here . It was just dumb . . . . and I didn't even get to the story part , if you want to call it that . Actually , that was the worst part of this film . The screenplay was embarrassingly bad . If you want details on the holes in this story and all the things that were impossible but shown here , check out the other reviews . Folks : you can believe all the negative reviews here on IMDb . They are not lying . |
524,366 | 4,445,210 | 86,837 | 3 | 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 ) another horrible movie in which John Lithgow starred . Yup , 1 - The original film , 2001 : A Space Odyssey is much better ; 2 - they claim the government hid something from the good guys and caused the current problem in this story ; 3 - in addition , the promote life being on other planets , another ludicrous secular hope ; 4 - when have you ever heard a real-life astronaut talk like the dirt-bags in this film ( or the " Alien " films , Pitch Black , etc . ) ; 5 - I stand corrected : Lithgow actually was good in one movie in his career , but that's it . The only redeeming quality of this movie was the brief scene with 2001 star Keir Dullea , the co-star of the first film . That was a nice touch . Overall : a very disappointing sequel . |
523,549 | 4,445,210 | 36,104 | 3 | 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 when I acquired the Lewton set . On the second viewing , I lost interest halfway through and stopped it . After a great start , with an extremely suspenseful scene with a woman outdoors alone on a dark street with a panther loose , but after this dramatic part the film bogs down big-time . . . . down to a crawl at times . If only the second half had kept that early momentum up . There are a lot of nighttime scenes , as was the case with a lot of Lewton's atmospheric films . Since I still own it , I'll give it another look . Who knows ? Maybe the third time will be a charm . |
524,082 | 4,445,210 | 25,580 | 3 | 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 and got their minds off The Depression . You know the other keys to Shirley's successful films . This film achieved none of the above , despite the star presences of Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard and despite a very good director in Henry Hathaway . In addition , there are too many talky parts in here which become simply boring , and too many arguments between a sullen Lombard and Cooper . To top it off , you didn't get the normal feel-good ending which is what the public wants . I guess they learned after this movie . |
522,439 | 4,445,210 | 44,758 | 3 | 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 half . Maybe Irene could see the handwriting on the wall and quit . Even her high-pitched voice got a bit annoying in here . Rumor has it she was not happy with this film . One can see why . The story reminded me of a 1950s television sitcom . Speaking of that , I thought David Nelson from the Ozzie & Harriet TV show was in this movie but it turned out to be a very young Richard Crenna . He looked and sounded just like Nelson . Overall , so-so at best and a sub-par ending for a great actress . |
524,064 | 4,445,210 | 114,129 | 3 | 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 because her " picture " husband is a lot older than he advertised he was ? Granted , that could be a bummer . . . . . . but get over it ! Only in the last 10 minutes does she do an about-face and become fond of him . By then , for most viewers , it was too little-too late . We'd fallen asleep by then . |
522,549 | 4,445,210 | 71,206 | 3 | 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 now this is almost a trite story : kid finds animal , pet is not liked nor wanted by one of the parents but the " pet " winds up saving one the kids and is now a hero and an official member of the family . Sound familiar ? I remember this movie being a big hit , but never got around to seeing it until the mid ' 90s on VHS . I was shocked how bad it was . Why so much fuss over a film ? Was it because there was so much sleaze in the early ' 70s that a nice family film stood out in the crowd ? Possibly . There wasn't a whole lot of wholesome entertainment in the decade of the ' 70s plus a lot of people are suckers for cute little animal stories . Who could resist this cute little dog ? Not me . But the movie I can resist : it's a Grade B storyline with horrible acting . Recommended only for small-dog animal lovers and I mean " lovers " because even the average pet owner will fall asleep trying to watch this film in this day-and-age . |
523,544 | 4,445,210 | 465,494 | 3 | 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 " stories where a hired hit-man is crossed up and both sides are looking for him . He also winds up , as " Jason Bourne " did , with an exotic-looking female getting involved with him and his deadly cat-and-mouse affair with government officials . Unlike the Bourne stories , this female was already involved with the situation . The character in here , too , is very sleazy with a ton of eye makeup that makes her even more cheap-looking . So , instead of Matt Damon and Franka Potente , we have Timothy Olyphant and Olga Kurylenko , neither of which has ever been in a hit movie . We also get a look at Russia and a little bit of Turkey as the supposed " good guy " ( Agent 47 ) gets set up after he had completed his mission , which was to kill the Russian Premier . ( The fact that the hero is a cold-blooded killer is a sad comment in itself . ) The action scenes , I assume , are supposed to be the attraction to the viewers . It certainly isn't the dialog , which is so stupid it gets insulting after awhile . The first part of the film isn't bad but the second half is really rife with stupid lines , many said by the girl . It got so bad that with a half hour left in the film , I didn't care if saw the ending or not . By then , I had lost interest in any of the characters . By the way , I am reviewing this strictly as a movie . I know it's based on a video game , but not familiar with video games anymore . I only know this story here from what I see on film . It looked like a pleasant surprise after the first 15 minutes but goes downhill more and more as it goes on , making me totally agree with you other reviewers who commented on the low mentality of this script . |
522,638 | 4,445,210 | 157,472 | 3 | 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 California-like teeny - bopperish that it was almost impossible to watch the entire film . . . . if you are past the age of 18 or have a brain . It was filled with annoying no-name teen actors and filled with plugs for scuzzy magazines like " Cosmopolitan " and other assorted other soft-sleaze stuff . OVERALL - An extremely unlikeable , overrated movie unless you from the age of 11-14 and have poor parents as role models . |
525,261 | 4,445,210 | 44,557 | 3 | 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 little excitement and too many dull spots , most of them trying to show why " Nellie " ( Monroe ) was so messed up . This was not a good role for Monroe , even though I didn't need to see this character to know she could act . " Some Like It Hot " alone was good enough evidence for me . But this role just didn't fit her and it's no surprise it wasn't one of her more popular films . It's also too bad a film had the waste of the talents of actors like Richard Widmark , Anne Bancroft , Elisha Cook Jr . , Jeanne Cagney , Donna Cocoran and others . Summary : it's not entertaining and entertainment is the name of the game . |
527,572 | 4,445,210 | 25,382 | 3 | 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 with the lyrics printed and , yes , we are to follow the bouncing ball . " I'm Popeye The Sailor Man ( toot ) I'm Popeye The Sailor Man ( toot ) I Am What I Am And That's All What I Yam I'm Popeye The Sailor Man ( toot , toot ) " We then get other verses which are unfamiliar but uninteresting . I don't know what the point of this was outside of introducing this cartoon character to audiences , although I am pretty sure Popeye cartoons began the year before in 1933 . |
524,129 | 4,445,210 | 44,417 | 3 | 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 , " proclaims the New York Times . No , the only shivers I get is that anyone is left on the planet who believes anything the N . Y . Times prints about anything . Well , it was about a deranged man who held a woman hostage for a short time in her house but the man . " Howard Wilton " ( Robert Ryan ) was actually harmless and friendly . In fact , this was one of the nicest roles Ryan ever played ! Yes , " Wilton " was nuts but he never harmed the woman and only wanted a friend to trust . The film even turned boring after awhile with very little going on except a lot of yakking . Beware , my reader . . . . . this sucks . |
524,354 | 4,445,210 | 36,855 | 3 | 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't do and slowly being driven insane . Charles Boyer is effective as the vile husband . Bergman looks best in the beginning of he film with her hair down and smiling a lot . After that , it's the opposite . The last part of the movie , when Cotten starts to investigate , is very good and saves the film somewhat . My only question - concerning the story - is why the maids aren't found guilty of conspiring with Boyer since it appears they do so , especially in Angela Lansbury's case . Overall , too depressing to watch more than once . Too many viewings of this and you'll want to take the gas pipe , not the gaslight . |
526,280 | 4,445,210 | 44,533 | 3 | 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 , Kim Hunter , Ed Begley , Warren Stevens and Jim Backus . Most of them simply talk too much and do too little . It also has a blasphemous scene early on when they hold a " wake " for the paper and smugly use Christian terms ( i . e . " saved " ) irreverently , just to get some cheap laughs . I'm surprised they got away with this since the Hays Code was still very much in effect in 1952 . |
522,381 | 4,445,210 | 114,609 | 3 | 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-motivated and very slanted . If the roles were reserved in here - blacks and whites - people would have screamed " racism . " It's the typical double standard we have seen for awhile . Imagine if all the black people were villains and all the white people the good guys ? That's what you have here in reverse . Even on the IMDb plot line , it says the stories are " with an African American focus . " Excuse me ? ? What if it said , " made with a Caucasion American focus ? Come on , folks - stop the double-speak . Another negative is the extreme profanity , including blasphemy . Why I am not surprised that Spike Lee had a hand in this movie ? ? Those negatives sound like a typical film made by him . I really liked Clarence Williams III as the funeral parlor director spinning these stories . I thought he was consistently the best character . The punks listening to him were the worst . All four stores are horror ones and have different casts in them . All the villains were white racists . Do you think these stories help race relations , or inflame them ? |
524,452 | 4,445,210 | 36,546 | 3 | 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 plane and even falling from the airplane , disguised as a parachute . All the while , Daffy performs his songs and impersonations . The only one I thought was funny was of Carmen Miranda , the lady who made fruit-laden hats famous . Overall , however , this just wasn't funny , which is very unusual for a Daffy Duck cartoon . Hey , ya can't win ' em all ! |
526,266 | 4,445,210 | 86,245 | 3 | 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 documentary on Willie Mae Ford Smith and Tomas A . Dorsey , pioneers in black gospel music . They are wonderful people - solid Christians - but the documentary , quite frankly , is boring . If one is a big fan of these two , it might be a jewel , but to fans who simply want a concert of gospel music , this isn't it . |
524,925 | 4,445,210 | 105,108 | 4 | 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 . Natasha Richardson sports somewhat of a dumb look most of the time and her character was very unappealing . The story is so-so . It's not as bad as I'm making out , but it sure isn't anything I'd watch again , and the back of the VHS describing this movie was misleading . |
525,324 | 4,445,210 | 264,395 | 4 | 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 complex . John Travolta , as usual , is fascinating to watch and the story keep your interest throughout . The rest of the cast is okay , too , and I enjoyed the surround sound in here . The main problem I had was I felt , overall , it was an unsatisfying story . I guess I was one of those disappointed at that ending . . . . . and felt , overall , the film could have been better . |
523,095 | 4,445,210 | 132,118 | 4 | 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 but it was boring for several fairly-long stretches . It just isn't the same without Chan , and he's only in on screen in about 33 percent of the movie . I had no trouble with Manuel Arbo's " take " on Chan . He's a little more subdued than Warner Oland or Sidney Toler but very comparable . His proverbs were fun and profound , as always . He was fine . The rest of the cast was so-so and a bit dated and silly with romance angles , gangster angles and an assortment of characters all of whom look guilty , of course . As he did in some other episodes , Chan traps the murderer in the end with a clever scheme . The subtitles were easy to read but , as one reviewer said , this is more of a curiosity piece than anything else . It's for very , very hard-line Chan fans only . This was a bit boring even for me , and I love Charlie Chan films . |
524,801 | 4,445,210 | 112,740 | 4 | 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 that five-period , the reverse-racism of it disgusted me . Why is it that in every film I see in which the two main characters are white and black , the white guy is always the villain ? ? Talk about racism ! The white guy is always like Hackman's character was in here . When are the filmmakers , all of whom are Liberals , going to stop treating one race better than another ? Answers - when skin color doesn't matter anymore . Man , if this PC nonsense were the reverse , there would be a big outcry . One other complaint about the film : the ending was way too contrived . Once again , we have the clichéd ending where the " countdown " to nuclear disaster literally goes down to the last second or two . |
527,150 | 4,445,210 | 35,100 | 4 | 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 part of the problem is simply that the humor is too dated . This kind of slapstick isn't the clever stuff some of older silent comics performed , which is still great material . This is just plain dumb . The adventure part deals with Hope and British spy " Karen Bentley " ( Madeline Carroll ) and her attempts to stay one step ahead of the Nazis and the police as she transports valuable microfilm . Hope is along to help her and provide laughter . Hope's pet penguin was a lot funnier than Bob in this film . Dressed up in different outfits , the little creature was hilarious to view and made this film tolerable enough to sit through some 60 years later . In fact , this would have been a keeper if they had made the penguin the star , instead of the two dopey lead actors ! |
524,928 | 4,445,210 | 87,892 | 4 | 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 . The gist of the story - a young woman ( Judy Davis ) accusing an Indian of raping her in the cave - doesn't happen until halfway through this 163 - minute film and even that is under question because nothing is ever shown . The rest of the film is a talky bore with the typical theme is so many of modern-day British films : class snobbery . Also , Alec Guiness , no matter how much makeup he puts on , does not pass for a credible Indian man . It reminded me of all the white men playing American Indians back in the ' 30s-50s . In addition , we get the heavy-handed plug for re - incarnation and other obvious Liberal theological leanings . An overblown , overrated English literary piece . Stick with the Merchant-Ivory films for similar but much better efforts . |
527,579 | 4,445,210 | 26,121 | 4 | 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 would come out on DVD with English subtitles , I'd be glad to give it another look . Muni , almost always a fascinating actor , plays good-guy Joe Radek , a Pennsylvania coal miner who is used by his bosses to help them break the union . ( This film is very pro-union , pro-working man . ) . They got Barton MacLane to play the heavy , something he was always good at doing . MacLane played the company boss . I always laugh at how these billionaire film makers always try to make management or the rich guys the evil ones . Maybe it's a guilty conscience from all the money they have made , but I see them more as big hypocrites . However , I find no fault in any movie trying to help the coal miners who did , in fact , had it bad and deserved better . It was dirty job and a dangerous one . It still is , as far as I know , but conditions have to be a whole lot better than a hundred years ago so don't misinterpret what I said earlier : in many cases , management was " the bad guy " way back then . It's just that , in most cases , it has been the opposite case the last 50 years and now it's tough to be sympathetic to union causesAnyway , Muni plays an interesting guy who you have to root for . . . . if you can understand what he is saying with that accent . |
523,978 | 4,445,210 | 167,203 | 4 | 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 told , a number of things in here , such as how the leading lady " Kuki Gallman " ) in this movie and her husband , financially survived . He was out fishing and hunting with his buddies all the time and she was home building some sort of wildlife conversation . One almost got to the point of asking , " What's the point of this story ? " outside of being some sort of travelogue . That's the feel I got ; an overly-long documentary about living in Kenya . It gets boring quickly . Given the circumstances and scenery , this movie should have been fascinating , but it tedious . I'm not surprised it flopped at the box office and video stores . |
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