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364,237 | 4,888,011 | 174,685 | 1 | the boots were golden , the plot line was not | This movie doesn't know whether it wants to show go-go dancers and their big breasts , or whether it wants to be about the sleazy world of organized crime . The " plot " centers on a waitress who hitches a ride with some man to LA to become a go-go dancer and gets mixed up with what appears to be the mafia ( especially since the main bad guy has an oily mustache ) . That's about as complex as the whole thing gets . It's one of those movies which is supposed to be easy to follow , but it's so bad that you can't follow it . However , you will be able to follow it if you watch the " MST3K " version . Personally , I think that these sorts of movies would be much more interesting if they would forget about subplots and focus only on the go-go dancers . For that matter , there were more silver boots than gold boots . |
363,620 | 4,888,011 | 120,891 | 1 | I'm assuming that the original series wasn't like this . | The only reason to watch the god-awful " Wild Wild West " is to see Kevin Kline as a neat foil to Will Smith . Otherwise , the whole movie's a mess . The " plot " has agents Jim West ( Smith ) and Artemus Gordon ( Kline ) trying to stop nefarious Dr . Arliss Loveless ( Kenneth Branagh ) from dismantling the United States . Yes , this does sound like a potentially great idea , especially given the cast ( which also includes Salma Hayek and M . Emmet Walsh ) . Unfortunately , the whole movie makes you feel like you just got your head banged against a brick wall . There are a few good scenes , but only a few ; the rest of the movie is just a rehash of better movies . Relying way too much on special effects , this movie makes one feel great that 1999 remains best known for movies like " The Blair Witch Project " and " American Beauty " . |
363,597 | 4,888,011 | 52,077 | 1 | A moronic masterpiece | In " Ed Wood " , the title character ( Johnny Depp ) says of " Plan 9 from Outer Space " : " This is the one I'll be remembered for . " If only he had known ! This is his most famous movie all right , but only because it's got everything wrong with it possible , to the extent that it's hilarious . The space ships look strangely like paper plates , the set looks like a set ( mainly because the actors often bump into it ) and the acting creates a paradigm of non-acting ( " Was it a hot blast of air or a cold blast ? " " I don't know . It was just a blast of air . " ) . Because of this idiocy , " Plan 9 from Outer Space " is a piece of cinematic history that you can't afford to miss . It is quite literally so bad that it's good . It's not even a B-movie , but essentially a C-movie . To be precise , the " Citizen Kane " of C-movies . So just what were the previous eight plans ? |
365,157 | 4,888,011 | 94,824 | 1 | unnecessary . . . VERY unnecessary | I saw " Caddyshack II " when I was ten and I mostly laughed because of the horse scene . I should have realized that the movie was as empty as . . . I can't come up with a good comparison . It's stupid and not even really funny . The cast members from the original who chose not to star in this made probably the best choices that they ever made in rejecting this ; why , oh why , did Chevy Chase return ? ! And how on earth did Jackie Mason , Robert Stack , Dyan Cannon and Dan Aykroyd get involved in this swill ? ! I bet that every person who had his / her name even remotely attached to this junk ( e . g . , the caterer ) is ashamed beyond redemption . So , all in all , it's beyond dreadful , terrible , and everything such . Avoid it like you would the Ebola virus . |
364,232 | 4,888,011 | 86,026 | 1 | Pod People and " Bio-Dome " are like peas in a pod | They say that no good deed goes unpunished . This movie - or should I say " this swill " - shows that to be 100 % true . Spielberg made " E . T . " and someone made " Los nuevos extraterrestres " ( called " Pod People " in the United States ) in response . The movie has a boy befriending an alien who looks sort of like an anteater , and some weird things result . WHY CAN'T ALIENS KIDNAP THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THESE KINDS OF MOVIES ? ! There are plenty of good stories out there and they have to go and make this ? ! That said , the movie was not a complete waste . Quite the opposite : " MST3K " once showed it . As you might imagine , Joel , Servo and Crow have lots of fun with it . |
365,112 | 4,888,011 | 279,772 | 1 | A rebuttal to " Roger and Me " . . . | . . . was how Crow defined " Design for Dreaming " when he , Servo and Mike had to watch it . It portrays a happy-go-lucky woman living a fantasy in which a jolly man buys her any car that she wants , and a kitchen has all the appliances that a 1950s housewife could ask for . Very much a product of the 1950s . A previous reviewer called this short " I Dream of Jeannie " on LSD . I thought that it looked like the Broadway sequence in " Singin ' in the Rain " on LSD . But either way , the movie is beyond pathetic , just the sort of schlock that Dr . Forrester would cruelly beam aboard the Satellite of Love to torture Mike , Servo and Crow . In conclusion , the movie itself is , but the " MST3K " is . |
365,415 | 4,888,011 | 50,261 | 1 | The story you are about to see is not true ; no names ever got changed to protect the idiotic . | A previous reviewer said that this movie had a good point because Communism was ( and remains ) a real threat . FOR CRYIN ' OUT LOUD MISTER , WHICH ERA ARE YOU LIVING IN ? I should identify that I don't doubt that the USSR had missiles pointed at us , but we also had missiles pointed at them . As for spies , all countries spy on each other . The point is that anyone who takes this movie seriously must have his / her brain warped . " The Commies Are Coming , the Commies Are Coming " is unintentionally one of the most laughable movies ever . It portrays a wholesome American small town getting taken over by the Soviet Union , and one man gets accused of " deviationism " and subsequently gets executed . If nothing else , this movie could be used to show what the McCarthyites did to the Rosenbergs . As for host Jack Webb , aside from having this to his credit , he also had " Dragnet " - which apparently was nothing more than pro-police propaganda . So that's that : Jack Webb was a loser . |
364,705 | 4,888,011 | 120,591 | 1 | Considering that in summer , 1998 , there were two movies about things on a collision course with earth , COULDN'T WE HAVE JUST STUCK WITH THE INTERESTING ONE ? | One of the most ironic scenes in " Armageddon " is when a dog starts tearing at a " Godzilla " doll . True , everyone hated the American version of " Godzilla " ( released a month and a half before " Armageddon " ) , but that scene almost implied that " Armageddon " was going to be totally different from the former . Well , guess what ? IT WASN'T ANY DIFFERENT ! ! ! ! ! ! ! It was just another " Independence Day " : kick-ass Americans risk their own lives to save the world , with the help of excessive CGI . " Deep Impact " , released two months before " Armageddon " and also about a space object on a collision course with earth , actually had a plot - but let's face it : considering that this movie starred Bruce Willis , should we have really expected a plot ? At the end of summer , 1998 , Rolling Stone magazine declared this movie the " dumbest scum-sucking corporate product " ; I couldn't have said it better myself . As for the rest of the cast , they're all doing their best , but there's nothing to work with . Steve Buscemi is actually the coolest person in the movie ( well , duh ) . They could have done without that whole thing between Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler . If the movie has any redeeming qualities , it's that it gave Owen Wilson and Michael Clarke Duncan early roles . Also starring Billy Bob Thornton and Peter Stormare . Yes , it was depressing that this awfulness had to appear on the silver screen , but hope is not lost : director Michael Bay followed it up with " Pearl Harbor " , which proved to be a real embarrassment for him and everyone involved in it . Sometimes , I wish that an asteroid would crash down on the people who make these kinds of movies . |
363,887 | 4,888,011 | 89,759 | 1 | this movie will only stick in my memory because it made a great " MST3K " episode | A muddled story of computer programmer Aram Fingal ( Raul Julia ) who works for vicious corporation Novicorp . They transfer his mind to that of a baboon ( a good metaphor for the whole movie ) , and from there , Aram gets caught in the computer and creates his own world , in which he gets to be Rick from " Casablanca " . One of his co-programmers ( Linda Griffiths ) tries to help him get back into the real world . It's little more than a " Tron " ripoff . Trying too hard to be funny , the whole thing ends up idiotic . Granted , the movie wasn't a total waste : " MST3K " did a great job ripping it apart . What is really hard to believe is that Raul Julia starred in " Overdrawn at the Memory Bank " the same year that he starred in " Kiss of the Spider Woman " ! |
364,666 | 4,888,011 | 58,953 | 1 | beach blah blink blank | I think that we can all agree that the beach movies from the mid ' 60s were at the bottom of the cinematic barrel ( " Catalina Caper " even got shown on " Mystery Science Theater 3000 " ) . " Beach Blanket Bingo " is an eye roll-inducing piece of swill about a gaggle of sexually inactive teenagers trying to protect a mermaid from a biker gang . How tragic that they wasted a potentially hilarious plot on something so stupid . If nothing else , couldn't they have waited a few years so that they could have thrown in some sex ? ! I mean , THEY HAD A MERMAID AND THEY COULDN'T DO IT WITH HER ? ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! WHY ? ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! And isn't it more chic to portray biker gangs as cool ? Anyway , the fact that Buster Keaton appears in this just goes to show how far he had gotten reduced . I don't doubt that the two people from " Bewitched " ( director William Asher and co-star Paul Lynde ) probably prefer to be associated with that show and not with this . It's no accident that Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello never became A-list stars ( unless you count his appearance in " Grease " ) . Nowadays , I think that we only know her because she has multiple sclerosis , the same thing that afflicted Richard Pryor . " MST3K " really should have shown this flick ; Mike , Servo and Crow could have made some great comments . |
365,116 | 4,888,011 | 280,209 | 1 | My mind would have gotten x'd from the world had this not appeared on " MST3K " . | After a man classified by Mike , Servo and Crow as " Elmer Fudd " makes a long , boring speech , we get treated to a preachy look at the dangers of the road as a guardian angel defends his recently deceased client before a judge who looks like Boris Karloff on depressants . If you just watch " X Marks the Spot " in its original form , you'll wish that a car could run you over . But the " MST3K " version is perfectly enjoyable . When the people who made this drudgery first made it , they probably never imagined that a certain robot would relate it to Mick Jagger . All in all , how cruel of Dr . Forrester to make Mike , Servo and Crow watch this swill . |
365,290 | 4,888,011 | 52,717 | 2 | they didn't know what they were getting into | Errol Flynn , beloved as Robin Hood , Capt . Blood , etc , ended his career with this hilariously pathetic excuse for a movie . " Cuban Rebel Girls " portrays an American girl ( Beverly Aadland , who's got nothing except her looks ) going to Cuba to help her boyfriend fight for Fidel Castro's army in their revolution against Fulgencio Batista . It warps the mind not that they went to Cuba and made a pro-Castro movie - although I find that neat - but that Flynn dropped down to this . I wouldn't be surprised if knowing that he was part of it is what caused Flynn's death soon after . Worth seeing as an example of film-making gone terribly wrong . I wonder whether or not Castro remembers that he participated with Errol Flynn in making this movie . If he does , he probably tries to hide it . |
365,480 | 4,888,011 | 112,715 | 2 | the book wasn't exactly worth adapting | Poorly acted and poorly directed , " Congo " unsuccessfully tries to recreate the feeling of " Jurassic Park " . But the truth is , the book wasn't all that great either . Still , the movie's first problem is that Tim Curry's character was added ; the second problem is that the talking arm was added ; the main problem , though , is that the cast members don't create realistic characters . I guarantee that this movie will not make you think that there are killer gorillas anywhere on earth . Also starring Laura Linney ( happy birthday , Laura ! ) , Dylan Walsh , Ernie Hudson , Grant Heslov , Joe Don Baker , James Karen and Bruce Campbell ; I'm guessing that they don't wish to emphasize this movie in their resumes . |
363,251 | 4,888,011 | 765,141 | 2 | WAY too slow | A story of a corporation's links to Nazi Germany sounds like it would make one good movie . Unfortunately , " La question humaine " doesn't . If anything , it's boring . I was having trouble keeping my head up while watching it . The English title ( " Heartbeat Detector " ) makes sense , since the viewer's heart might not be beating at the end of the movie . Look , just avoid this one . A really good recent movie dealing with the Third Reich is the Austrian movie " Die Falscher " ( " The Counterfeiters " in English ) , so there's no reason to waste your time on this . The French film industry should be ashamed of itself for this poor excuse for a movie . Seriously , NOTHING happens in it . Total zero . |
363,823 | 4,888,011 | 70,122 | 2 | still , you gotta admit : better than the 1998 American version | The only way that you'll really want to watch " Gojira tai Megaro " ( called " Godzilla vs . Megalon " in English ) is on " Mystery Science Theater 3000 " . I remember whether it was Servo or Crow who described Megalon as " the Christmas tree monster with Chrysler buildings for arms " , but they sure said it ! This movie is your typical ultra-cheesy Japanese monster movie guaranteed to elicit lots of laughs due to its blatant stupidity . In fact , when the scientists get surrounded by flames , one of the Satellite of Love viewers affirms : " Johnny Cash is gonna write a song about this . " However , there is one issue that these sorts of movies bring up . From Japan there have come movies by Akira Kurosawa and his ilk , but also the Godzilla movies . From Italy there have come movies by Federico Fellini and his ilk , but also some of the most violent horror flicks that I've ever seen . From the United States have come movies as different as " Five Easy Pieces " and " Friday the Thirteenth " . I guess that just about any country is likely to release a varied list of films . Anyway , this one is totally ridiculous . Only worth seeing on " MST3K " . |
365,125 | 4,888,011 | 155,711 | 2 | all flaws with practically no redeeming qualities | You know how comedies are supposed to make you laugh ? Well , " Flawless " makes you laugh , but you're not laughing at what happens in the movie ; you're laughing at the fact that the movie didn't come out very good . Certainly the idea of a homophobic cop having to make amends with a drag queen seems like it could make an interesting movie , but they didn't do it here . The whole thing just drags . The movie doesn't even really have any clever lines . Robert DeNiro should have known better than to star in this , and I think that we can all agree that Philip Seymour Hoffman did a much better job playing a gay person in " Capote " . All in all , pathetic . |
363,725 | 4,888,011 | 60,558 | 2 | Exactly the sort of movie that Joe Bob Briggs should present . | Typically stupid mixing of genres , to the point where the title gives us an inaccurate description ( it's the granddaughter , not daughter ) . Of course , the title should identify that " Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter " is anything but a serious movie , so as long as you accept it as totally ridiculous , it should be OK . On the DVD case , Joe Bob Briggs - I assume that you know who he is - explains that this was not only the final film of director William Beaudine ( aka One Shot Beaudine , as he didn't like to film things more than once ) , but also the final film of many of the cast members ; when you watch the movie , that part is pretty self-explanatory . All in all , this is your basic B-movie . No , actually it's more like a C-movie ( oh , let's just say Z-movie ) . Very dumb . |
365,250 | 4,888,011 | 174,917 | 2 | Back when Ernest Borgnine won an Oscar for " Marty " , who would have ever thought that one of his movies would be " MST3K " - worthy ? | Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders is too dark to be a children's movie and too cute to be a horror flick . Which makes it perfect " Mystery Science Theater 3000 " fodder ! An incompetent mixture of " Poltergeist " and any wizard movie , it makes one wonder how they got a great actor like Ernest Borgnine on board . Although the movie has 1996 as its date , a large portion of it looks as though it was filmed at least ten years earlier ( a very corny ' 80s look ) . As for the " MST3K " version , jokes naturally abound . I don't remember which jeers came from Mike , Servo or Crow , but someone notes that Merlin probably shouldn't ask women if they've seen his monkey ! And when the ground starts caving in , one of them declares that Bugs Bunny must have missed that left turn at Albuquerque ! Among the famous people who get mentioned are Tom Bosley , Madeline Albright , Bella Abzug and Linda Blair . So just stick with the " MST3K " version and you'll be fine . Yeah , she did look kinda like Julie Hagerty . |
363,084 | 4,888,011 | 114,148 | 2 | Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas was the only interesting portrayal that I've seen | It was one thing for Disney to make animated features of self-proclaimed fictional stories ( " Cinderella " , " Aladdin " , etc . ) . But it's going too far to make a fantasy story and try to pass it off as history . That's just what they do with " Pocahontas " . While they prided themselves on treating Indians more respectfully , the Indians come across as noble savages ( meaning how white people prefer to view them , even if it is a positive portrayal ) . The images are very modern : Pocahontas is a princess with giant breasts and a skinny waist ( a Barbie doll , if you will ) , while John Smith is a hunky dude . Around the time that the movie came out , I participated in a review of it on a local radio station . Having recently studied the history of Jamestown , I could see that the movie got little if anything right , and so I challenged almost everything that the other reviewers said . The fact is that Disney - a corporation with kiddie entertainment as its main purpose - is not ready to tell the real story of what happened , and may never be ready to . As I understand it , when the English people first saw Pocahontas , she was naked and bald . The English , meanwhile , lacked any hygiene . All in all , if you want a realistic portrayal of the events surrounding the Jamestown settlement , this is the last version that you'll want to watch . But Terrence Malick's " The New World " isn't much better , lasting way too long and plodding the whole way through . The best version that I've seen is unfortunately one of the more racist ones : the Merrie Melodies 1938 cartoon " Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas " , starring Elmer Fudd's prototype Egghead as John Smith . As this cartoon was directed by Tex Avery , it was naturally chock-full of sight gags , the sort of stuff that one would expect to find in a Marx Brothers movie or a Leslie Nielsen movie . While it did contain the average stereotypical portrayals of Indians , it was one of the cleverest cartoons that I've seen . Now , I understand that some people might assert that " Pocahontas " doesn't have to be totally realistic . Maybe so , but the problem is that it claims to be based on historical events . I , for one , do not consider a fantasy pretending to be history very appropriate . In summer , 1995 , Mel Gibson starred in - and directed - another less than totally accurate historical movie : " Braveheart " ; well , that one was much more accurate than this one . Just avoid this one , OK ? John Smith eventually had to return to England after getting injured in a gunpowder explosion . Without him , the rest of the colonists decided that they no longer had to do any work . Come winter , the settlement totally collapsed |
365,829 | 4,888,011 | 949,731 | 2 | Earth to M . Night Shyamalan : you should have quit while you were ahead ! | Following the masterpiece that was " The Sixth Sense " , M . Night Shyamalan directed the still worthwhile " Unbreakable " . . . and has pretty much gone downhill from there . " Lady in the Water " was tolerable , but " Signs " ? It could have at least used some scientific continuity ! I haven't seen " The Village " , but having watched " The Happening " , I have doubts . Even though this movie offers a possible explanation of some events in the world , nothing makes it worthwhile . I'll give Shyamalan just one more chance to make a good movie ; if his next one sucks , then I am totally shutting Shyamalan out of my memory . Maybe he was a one trick pony . Long story short : avoid this one . Mark Wahlberg , Zooey Deschanel and John Leguizamo are not helping their careers by appearing in such flicks . PS : Betty Buckley played the gym teacher in " Carrie " . |
362,859 | 4,888,011 | 128,442 | 2 | Rounders is totally flat . | You know how there's supposed to be the " Oscar curse " , when a person wins a gold statuette and proceeds to star in a really worthless movie ? Well , it happened to Matt Damon . After he and Ben Affleck won writing Oscars for " Good Will Hunting " , they both starred in some real turkeys : Affleck in the god-awful " Armageddon " and Damon in the go-nowhere " Rounders " . This is supposed to be about high-stakes gambling , but the whole thing runs as if the actors are on depressants . There isn't a likable or memorable character anywhere in the movie . So there's the possibility that a screw-up might lead to danger ? Well , watching this movie , I wished that something would happen to the worthless characters . AND WHY DOES THE GANGSTER ( John Malkovich ) HAVE TO BE Russian ? ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! The point is , you should avoid this movie at all costs . There are plenty of good movies out there , so there's no reason to waste your time on this junk . Also starring Edward Norton , John Turturro , Martin Landau and Gretchen Mol . |
364,517 | 4,888,011 | 120,738 | 2 | having seen this movie , I feel lost | I've never seen the old " Lost in Space " TV series . But if this movie is any indication , there's little reason to check the series out . The movie is at best silly , and at worst embarrassing . Little more than another story about battles and adventures in outer space , the whole thing wastes several great actors and actresses . And was that robot supposed to be obnoxious ? If so , then they succeeded . I can't believe that I actually spent money to watch this . But what can you say ? Movies based on classic TV shows usually suck ( think " The Flinstones " , " The Avengers " , " I Spy " and apparently " Bewitched " ) . Oh well . We can take comfort in the fact that most people didn't see this movie . |
363,501 | 4,888,011 | 120,654 | 2 | How low can one go ? | Another example of how Chevy Chase suffered after his TV show failed , this one has some losers opening a revenge-for-hire business . I think that there's a reason that Norm MacDonald and Artie Lange have no reputation in movies . If " Dirty Work " was the best that they could do , then they deserve no reputation . The only excuse that great actors like Jack Warden and Don Rickles could have for appearing in this swill would be needing money . All in all , there's no real excuse for this movie even existing . I can't think of anything good to say about it . I'm surprised that it didn't go straight to video . I still can't quite figure out why it is that Chevy Chase , one of Bill Clinton's best friends in entertainment , spent practically all of Clinton's presidency with his career in the toilet . |
365,657 | 4,888,011 | 41,671 | 2 | Franz Liszt must be spinning in his grave ( and we need to talk some about escapism ) | My mom often tells me about how , growing up in Galena Park , Texas , the local cinema was the hot place . Among her favorite flicks there were Vincent Price's stuff ( deliberate camp ) ; among her least favorite flicks were Doris Day's stuff ( the wholesome girl next door ) . Watching " My Dream Is Yours " , I can see why she had no respect for these sorts of movies . This one is an infantilizing story of a cute-and-nothing-else woman getting her break into show biz . I only knew about the movie because one of the Looney Tunes DVDs showed a scene from it in which Bugs Bunny , Doris Day and Jack Carson tell a boy to wake up to the tune of Franz Liszt's " Second Hungarian Rhapsody " . The truth is , Liszt must be spinning in his grave knowing how they misused his song here . And the people behind the Looney Tunes cartoons should have known better than to let their greatest creation get used in this swill . But as it is , the Bugs Bunny scene is really the only scene worth watching ; in fact , if you watch only that scene , you just might come away with a good impression of the movie . As for me , I watched the movie only to heckle it like Mike , Servo and Crow do to the crummy movies sent them by Dr . Forrester on " Mystery Science Theater 3000 " ( the truth is , " MST3K " would have a field day with " MDIY " ) . Among my jeers were : ( as Jack Carson picks up a phone ) : " Do you have Prince Albert in a can ? " ( as Jack Carson and Doris Day are about to board the plane ) : " Hey , I bet Mohammed Atta is one of your fellow passengers ! " " My dream is yours . . . " " Yeah ? Well , my nightmare is this movie ! " OK , so I think that I've done as much as I can to describe how stupid this movie was , so I'll now look at it from another angle . I watched this hunk o'junk a few hours after I went to see " Grindhouse " . The only similarity between the two movies is that they're both escapism . But the Robert Rodriguez-Quentin Tarantino double feature was blatantly absurd , and quite proud of being as gross as possible ; it comes out very honorable as a result . This one , on the other hand , believes itself to be as much a masterpiece as " Citizen Kane " . I would just like to say that this movie reaches that one's quality about to the extent that " Ishtar " does . In fact , it makes you feel like you're turning into one of the zombies from " Grindhouse " . In fact , while Doris Day's character was supposed to be cute , I just prefer to believe that she was uglier than any of those zombies . In conclusion , unless you're one of those people who thinks that any hokey movie turns into a masterpiece just because a bunch of people start singing , you'll definitely want to avoid this movie . In fact , one thing that you could do is rent the movie but go straight to the special features and watch the Looney Tunes cartoon " A Ham in a Role " , in which the Goofy Gophers torment a Shakespearean actor . Stick with that one and avoid " My Dream Is Yours " ( except maybe the Bugs Bunny scene ) . In case you've forgotten , Mohammed Atta was one of the hijackers . If you consider it illogical to mention him and " Grindhouse " while reviewing this movie . . . well , I consider this movie as much a piece of crap as any of the hijackers , and I think that I speak for at least most of my generation when I say that we far prefer gross-out exploitation movies to anything starring Doris Day . |
365,698 | 4,888,011 | 78,767 | 3 | most of us will probably agree that " The Shining " significantly improved on the idea | Family moves into house , strange things start happening . Yeah , we've seen that story about a million times now , so " The Amityville Horror " unfortunately has little to offer us . Although they self-righteously declare that the movie is based on a true story , the real story couldn't have been like what the movie portrays . The movie is essentially two hours of people shouting scared comments , and it uses special effects where they could have character development . Most people will probably agree that " The Shining " significantly improved on this idea . I wouldn't be surprised if James Brolin , Margot Kidder and Rod Steiger chose not to emphasize this movie when discussing their careers . No , it's not a terrible movie . The whole thing just seems trashy . |
365,283 | 4,888,011 | 60,457 | 3 | Boris Karloff got reduced to THIS ? | First , I should clear up any confusion that may have arisen from the title : not only is the ghost's bikini invisible , but what's underneath her bikini is also invisible . Now , I must ask : how was Boris Karloff reduced to starring in a " beach party " movie ? " The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini " is basically a cross between beach party movies and the old-style horror movies . Karloff plays Hiram Stokely , a corpse who must accomplish a good deed within 24 hours . Fortunately for him , the title character ( Susan Hart ) has the answer : he can protect a bevy of teens who are descending on his estate for a party . Tommy Kirk plays the main youngster . Overall , the movie is pretty much an excuse for everyone to party as they would on the beach , except that they're doing it in what appears to be an English castle . I couldn't tell whether the movie was supposed to happen in California or England . I guess that this movie is better than most beach movies , just because it stars Boris Karloff . Oh , and the title character is pretty hot . But other than that , it's just another beach party movie . |
365,402 | 4,888,011 | 25,274 | 3 | forgive them for this one ( no , really ) | In the black and white days before Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , and the rest of the gang , Leon Schlesinger Studios divided its time between its Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series . The former would feature the stars - first Bosko , next Buddy , then Porky Pig and everyone who followed him - while the latter would feature miscellaneous characters ( MM started filming in color in 1934 ) . Specifically , the cartoons in the latter series would bear the names of songs owned by Warner Bros . - such as " Lady , Play Your Mandolin ! " , " I Love to Singa " and " Now That Summer Is Gone " - and the characters would sing the song . Well , " How Do I Know It's Sunday " was one of the lamest attempts . We know that it's Sunday because we see people going to church . Inside a general store , the products all come to life and happily sing the title song . An Eskimo falls for a cookie and has to come to the rescue when a swarm of flies invades . Along the way , some of the characters did things that in reality would have probably burnt the store down . It seems that for their first few years , Leon Schlesinger Studios felt as though they had to be like Disney , and so they attempted the same excessively cute stuff . All in all , we can forgive Friz Freleng for this one . After all , he was just getting started . His real vindication came the next year with " I Haven't Got a Hat " , in which he debuted Porky . Within a few years after that , the Warner Bros . animation department had totally eschewed the Disney approach to animation , and went on to create some of the greatest cartoons in history . All in all , this one is at most worth watching as a historical reference . |
362,831 | 4,888,011 | 94,794 | 3 | O Canada . . . | Another horror flick in which a goof-ball teenager battles a madman and his supernatural sidekick who want to take over ? ! Yes , but the fact that this one was from Canada gives it a slightly different feel . " The Brain " has troublesome teenager Jim Majelewski getting put into a treatment whose leader turns out to be a cult leader aided by a big ugly " brain " . Can Jim stop him ? I guess that since our northern neighbor has accomplished all that they have accomplished , they're entitled to make at least one ridiculous horror movie . But still , they'll probably want to be known for having national health care and all . The bad guy had a brain . Why didn't the people who made this movie ? |
365,626 | 4,888,011 | 120,828 | 3 | If the people behind this movie believed that it equalled the original " Swept Away " , they must be stupider than we realize . | In one of Harrison Ford's real low points , he plays a gruff pilot who gets stranded on an uncharted island with stuffy reporter Anne Heche . While Lina Wertmuller's " Swept Away " did a really good job with this sort of situation ( and " Gilligan's Island " made it really funny ) , " Six Days Seven Nights " totally bungles it . It's got to be one of the most predictable movies ever . Overall , the movie brings up two questions : why can't Harrison Ford just stick with what he's good at , and why was Anne Heche getting so many roles in the late ' 90s ? I assume that Ford probably wants to downplay his role in this movie ( although his recent roles haven't been much better : " K-19 " , " Hollywood Homicide " and " Firewall " ) . Ditto Heche . Also starring - and embarrassing themselves - are David Schwimmer , Allison Janney , Cliff Curtis and Danny Trejo . And above all , it showed that director Ivan Reitman was truly declining , to the point that he most recently backed Arnold Schwarzenegger for California governor . All in all , avoid this one . |
365,293 | 4,888,011 | 19,714 | 3 | Bosko looks like a minstrel character | Aside from the fact that " Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid " has little plot - other than cartoonist Rudolf Ising creating the title character - it should make us cringe in the 21st century , as Bosko looks and sounds like a black-face character . This cartoon is worth watching as a reference point ( and I guess that it gets justified by the fact that it indirectly led to the creation of Bugs , Daffy , Porky , etc . ) , but it's not worth much otherwise . There's a reason that Bosko didn't become as prominent as the most famous Looney Tunes ; producer Leon Schlesinger knew the better ideas when he saw them later . Available on Disc 4 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1 . |
362,958 | 4,888,011 | 119,874 | 3 | Now that George Clooney has won an Oscar , it's amazing that he once starred in this garbage . | You know how George Clooney is one of the most well regarded actors in Hollywood ? You know , that he just recently won an Oscar for " Syriana " and received a Best Director nomination for " Good Night , and Good Luck . " ? And he went on a fact-finding mission to Darfur ? Well , nine years ago , all this would have seemed unfathomable . In 1997 , Clooney starred in two of the most pathetic movies imaginable . Everyone knows how bad " Batman and Robin " was , but probably not as many people know about " The Peacemaker " . This one casts him as a man out to stop a terrorist from using a loose nuke from Russia . Yes , they could make such a plot into something interesting , but they didn't . Nicole Kidman's character is the ultimate cliché : she's beautiful and smart , and totally melts in Clooney's presence . It's almost incredible that director Mimi Leder also directed the very good " Deep Impact " . Look , just avoid this worthless movie . George Clooney and Nicole Kidman have both starred in plenty of good movies , so there's no reason to waste your time on this . |
364,474 | 4,888,011 | 1,034,331 | 3 | Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro have never starred in a gross movie . . . until now | Anyone who has read any of my reviews of most of Al Pacino's and Robert DeNiro's movies will know that I think very highly of both actors . These men have shown themselves to be very capable in almost every role . This includes the times that they co-starred ( " The Godfather Part II " and " Heat " ) . So by all accounts , " Righteous Kill " should be a good one . Wrong . This has to be one of the most pointlessly violent movies that I've ever seen . As far as I can tell , the movie has no purpose other than to show Pacino and DeNiro being completely nasty characters . It isn't a predictable movie ; not even the kind that turns your stomach . Just two hours of the stars being mean . I can't understand what led either star into this . Also starring 50 Cent , Carla Gugino and Brian Dennehy . |
363,607 | 4,888,011 | 112,792 | 4 | dangerous because there have been better movies | Another movie about an honest white teacher fixing a bunch of black ghetto teenagers . " To Sir , with Love " did a much better job with this topic , and both Michelle Pfeiffer and George Dzundza have had far superior roles than " Dangerous Minds " . Personally , I would like to see a movie in which a black person from the ghetto teaches rich white kids how to live like ghetto people . Yeah , sort of like how Steve Martin looked in " Bringing Down the House " . But my point is that there are much better movies out there , so don't make this your first choice . I just wonder , what was the last good movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer ? I know that she's had good roles , but when was the last time ? |
365,207 | 4,888,011 | 167,284 | 4 | Huggy Bear gone weird | Typical story of an evil kid going after people . I suspect that Antonio Fargas ( Huggy Bear on " Starsky and Hutch " ) and Vincent Schiavelli didn't want to stress this junk on their resumes ( actually , Schiavelli left this life with a mostly good resume ) . Sometimes I wish that the killers in these movies would just go after the idiots who decide that we need a new one of these movies every other month ( note : that comment is not to be taken seriously ; I just think that slashers have lost their touch ) . Anyway , this is one movie that you'll do best to avoid . It's ninety minutes to two hours that I'll never get back . |
364,636 | 4,888,011 | 113,253 | 4 | Too bad that Donald Pleasance had to end like this . | I know that at the end of his life , Donald Pleasance was pretty much only known for the " Halloween " movies , but did he really need to get involved in " Halloween : The Curse of Michael Myers " for his final movie role ? This entry in the series didn't add anything . It's just more of Michael going around butchering people . The reason that the next entry was so neat was because they brought back Jamie Lee Curtis . So skip this one ; entries 1 , 2 and 7 are the only ones that you need to see to get the feeling for the series . And Mr . Pleasance , wherever you are , we'll always remember you , if only as Sam Loomis . |
363,551 | 4,888,011 | 104,868 | 4 | typical of this genre | I pretty much have no respect for movies like " The Mighty Ducks " . OK , so it's basically a harmless movie . But stories of the underdog figuring out a way to win against all odds has long since turned into a cliché ( " Rocky " was the original , and it had a purpose ) . Emilio Estevez has starred in much better movies ( e . g . , " The Outsiders " ) . To this movie's credit , I will say that the more-like-a-circumcision scene was pretty entertaining . This is far from the worst movie ever . But seriously , there are too many movies like this . As it is , Stephen Herek hasn't made much of a name for himself as a director . His only good movies were " Critters " and " Mr . Holland's Opus " . Otherwise , aside from this movie , he's directed stuff like " Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead " and " Life or Something Like It " . Basically , he competes with Michael Bay and Renny Harlin for the position of Worst Director in the World . So my recommendation is to avoid this movie . |
365,284 | 4,888,011 | 52,844 | 4 | nothing new , but fun nevertheless | Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow was one of the many ' 50s movies about hot-rodding teens encountering the supernatural . In this case , the teens can't pay the rent for their hangout and get evicted . With nowhere else to go , they decide on an apparently haunted house . As you may have guessed , once they arrive , some weird things start happening . And there's a twist at the end . There's nothing in this movie that you haven't seen in other movies , but it's nice entertainment nonetheless . My favorite character was the foul-mouthed parrot . Well , let me rephrase that : he didn't talk like a character in a Quentin Tarantino movie , but he said things that we don't expect out of a bird . The movie's pure hokum , but harmless . |
365,208 | 4,888,011 | 880,578 | 4 | Arthur voiced Elmer | As a Portlander , I always get suspicious if a movie gets filmed in Oregon : " The Postman " was probably the worst example , but there have been others . By this logic , " Untraceable " should suck . It turns out that the movie's main problem isn't acting or continuity goofs or anything like that ( although I should affirm that I believe that there are a few too many movies about people looking for killers ) . It appears to be the possibility that the movie glorifies spying . Could it be that someone is trying to give the government some good PR in the wake of the NSA scandal ? The right wing always says that it wants to get " big government " out of people's lives , but always turns around and spies on everyone . Anyway , I don't recommend this movie . Starring Diane Lane and Colin Hanks . PS : what I mean by " Arthur voiced Elmer " is that there's a character named Arthur James Elmer . We Looney Tunes fans know that Elmer Fudd's voice was provided by Arthur Q . Bryan . Yes , I know that it's totally unrelated , but just something that I notice . |
365,814 | 4,888,011 | 113,845 | 4 | We don't need these kinds of movies . | Another movie in which some guys have to improbably save the day , in this case some NYC cops and the subway . Not only could I easily predict everything that was going to happen , they of course pad the whole movie with hokey one-liners . Neither Wesley Snipes nor Woody Harrelson has much excuse for appearing in this litany of stupidity ( except needing money ) . The movie might have actually come out interesting without the whole end scene , but they just had to insert it . So , there are far better movies out there , including action movies . Still , I can't help but wonder what Robert Blake would have thought back in his Little Rascal days had he known that he would one day star in this ( or about that whole thing with his wife a few years back ) . Also starring Jennifer Lopez and Chris Cooper . |
365,089 | 4,888,011 | 166,252 | 4 | Was it supposed to be saying anything ? | The Love Letter is one of those movies that could have been really clever , but they wasted it . Focusing on a letter wreaking havoc in a small town , the movie has an all-star cast with nothing to do . Tom Selleck and Alice Drummond had so recently co-starred in the super-hilarious " In & Out " ( also about an upset in a small town ) , in which they were both great , but here they look as though they're getting drug all over the place . I can't tell what the people behind the camera are trying to do here ( if anything ) , but they sure didn't accomplish anything . How tragic , that a potential laugh riot got so sorrowfully wasted . |
363,609 | 4,888,011 | 113,755 | 4 | Chevy Chase , he fell from grace . . . | Some events are just so ironic that they just seem too weird to be true . One of the best examples , at least in my opinion , is what happened to Chevy Chase . You see , in the ' 80s he was one of the top stars , with movies like " Vacation " and " Fletch " . Now , he was not friends with the president during that period , nor with the next president , but he was friends with Bill Clinton . That's where it gets bizarre : a few months after Slick Willie took the oath of office , Chase got his own TV show . . . and it failed miserably , turning Chase into a laughingstock . In short , Chevy Chase went from a star under his enemies to a joke under his friend . To compound this , the show's failure was followed by embarrassing movies like " Cops and Robbersons " and " Man of the House " . I will say that the latter isn't god-awful , but it's not really worth much . Mostly just another story about a son and stepfather trying to bond . If nothing else , I guess that it just seems sad that Chase went from " SNL " to this ( maybe it's also the flick's status as a Disney movie ) . But really , Chase has done better than this , as have Farrah Fawcett and George Wendt . Don't make it your first choice . |
363,845 | 4,888,011 | 71,413 | 4 | Those horror movies really make your hemoglobin congeal , eh ? " Make your blood freeze , Sister Sixto . " | Devil Times Five wouldn't really be worth noticing except for a most unusual aspect : it stars Shelley Morrison , aka Sister Sixto on " The Flying Nun " ( she apparently also starred on " Will & Grace " , but I've never seen that ) ; in fact , one of the characters in this movie is a novice nun ( like Sister Bertrille was ) . Otherwise , the movie is little that we haven't seen before , as some psycho children escape a crashed van in the mountains and make their way to a cabin where they proceed to make mincemeat of the adults . Pretty much all the cast members are so obnoxious - stupid adults and boring children - that I couldn't really tell which side to root for . There's some sex to keep things going , but such scenes can only do so much . So , Shelley Morrison is really the only reason to watch this movie . You keep expecting her to blurt out some mangled phrase as Sister Sixto did , but no , she spends most of the movie staring . Mostly not worth the time . |
365,785 | 4,888,011 | 113,986 | 4 | They should have just made it a Robin Williams movie . | Okay , so HOW MANY TIMES has pregnancy been the basis for a comedy ? ! Well , they mostly didn't add anything in " Nine Months " . The scene with the dinosaur was actually quite funny , but there was little else that we haven't seen before . Robin Williams was actually the best character , as a manic Russian gynecologist ( yeah , like an immigrant's really going to get to be a gynecologist in this country ) . If Hugh Grant's little fiasco right before this movie's release changed anything , it only affirmed that he's little more than a playboy . But considering that the movie stars him and Tom " what other memorable things have I done " Arnold , what can one expect ? Julianne Moore , Joan Cusack and Jeff Goldblum also star , but I think that everyone can agree that they've done much better than this , as has director Chris Columbus . Still , that scene with the dinosaur was pretty funny . Just imagine how cool it would have been if Robin Williams had done it . |
365,813 | 4,888,011 | 120,832 | 4 | How snakelike can you get ? | One of the things that I've always liked about Brian DePalma's movies is how he keeps everything going and then tricks you ; think " Phantom of the Paradise " , " Carrie " , " Dressed to Kill " and " Carlito's Way " ( with " Mission : Impossible " , it was clear that he was starting to go more Hollywood ) . " Snake Eyes " lacks any clever tricks . It seems more like an excuse to show off Nicolas Cage . It wasn't terrible - I will say that the movie had an interesting plot - just not worth seeing in the theaters ; it's worth seeing if there's absolutely nothing else to rent in the video / DVD store . You see , a movie as predictable as this one just doesn't merit the kind of recognition that DePalma's other movies deserve ( I haven't yet seen " The Black Dahlia " , so I can't comment on that one ) . Anyway , you'll most likely want to avoid this one . Also starring Gary Sinise , John Heard , Carla Gugino , Stan Shaw , Kevin Dunn and Luis Guzman . |
364,591 | 4,888,011 | 381,061 | 4 | I must be one of the only people who prefers the 1967 version . | I have always said that the James Bond franchise died after Sean Connery left . " Casino Royale " affirms that . Like every installment after Connery left , this one consists of overwrought gimmicks and a less than obvious story . Twenty minutes into the movie , we had already had enough of the action ( that whole chase scene in Madagascar would have been cool with Jackie Chan , but it's boring with anyone else ) . True , there are a few hot babes to move things along , but they can't equal the quality set up by the first three movies . Daniel Craig did far better in " Munich " . And another thing : why does it seem like so many people hate John Huston's 1967 version of " Casino Royale " ? True , that one was totally silly , but it wasn't pretending to be anything else . And besides , how can you not admire a cast of David Niven , Peter Sellers , Woody Allen and Ursula Andress ( hubba hubba ! ) ? My point is that this version is not worth your while . I recommend avoiding it . |
362,555 | 4,888,011 | 86,216 | 4 | just can't equal " The Outsiders " | I'm sorry , but " Rumble Fish " just made no sense to me . True , it's about a young man ( Matt Dillon ) who has the stigma of being related to a gang member , but after the previous S . E . Hinton adaption " The Outsiders " was a true masterpiece , this one just came out lacking any real logic . It's not a terrible movie ( I don't think that Coppola has ever made one of those ) , but I couldn't really see the point of it . So , check it out if you want to , but I don't really recommend it . Also starring Mickey Rourke , Diane Lane , Dennis Hopper , Diana Scarwid , Vincent Spano , Nicolas Cage , Chris Penn , Laurence Fishburne and Tom Waits . A very strange flick . |
365,214 | 4,888,011 | 79,501 | 4 | An action movie from Australia ? | OK , so now that we know Mel Gibson as the guy from " Braveheart " , the " Lethal Weapon " series , and as the director of a certain movie about Jesus , what more can we say about " Mad Max " ? People know that it casts him as a cop in post-apocalyptic Australia out to get a biker gang who murdered his family . It's not a bad movie , but how many movies can there be about someone going after the people who murdered his family ( granted , that's what I would do ) ? And anyway , aren't Australian movies supposed to be a little more serious than that ? Most of the Australian movies that I've seen certainly were . I guess that this movie is OK as a reference ( a before-they-were-famous situation for Mel Gibson ) , but there's not much to it otherwise . On another note , Mel Gibson seems to have had his face done since then ( and Jodie Foster called him " to the right of Attila the Hun " ) . What a world . |
363,150 | 4,888,011 | 44,121 | 4 | An even colder aspect of the Cold War . | Before James Arness became Sheriff Matt Dillon , he played The Thing , an alien who crashes in the Arctic . Then of course , some people at a research facility thaw it out ( stupid people ! ) and it goes on a rampage . Yadda yadda . . . " The Thing " was mostly just another Cold War movie . I guess that it's worth seeing for what it is . But overall , it's nothing that you haven't seen before . The scene with the dogs may disturb some people , but the movie is otherwise pretty hokey . As for Arness ' assertion that the costume made him look like a carrot , it kinda did . |
364,385 | 4,888,011 | 120,434 | 4 | This time , they may have overdone it . | The " Vacation " movies are mainly good to see Chevy Chase do his stuff , but the earlier ones were at least clever . This one was sort of lame , namely the scene where they use the radioactive rock as a stove . But as for Las Vegas itself , just how many movies can Hollywood set there ? Oh well , at least the Hoover Dam sequence was funny . " Vegas Vacation " is mainly a way to pass time . Hopefully , there won't be another one of these movies ( they've had different kids in every movie ) . As for other things , Beverly D'Angelo of course plays Ellen , Randy Quaid reprises his role as cousin Eddie , and Wallace Shawn , Sid Caesar , Wayne Newton , and Siegfried and Roy also appear . You won't gamble away your dignity by watching this movie , but the earlier ones are better . |
364,303 | 4,888,011 | 41,891 | 4 | so much hokey for so little time ; no one predicted the current state of health care | When we watch movies and cartoons from the ' 40s and ' 50s , we can often tell that they came from that era , as they promote a happy-go-lucky , perpetually optimistic attitude . But they're usually still OK to watch . " So Much for So Little " doesn't fit in this group . It's purpose is to remind us that if we give three cents a week to health care , we'll cut down on the infant mortality rate . It displays this by showing a wholesome , all-American boy growing up through the years . Well , we've seen the unfortunate reality . Almost 47 million Americans go each day without health care . Countless people live near toxic waste dumps to this day ; New Orleans was already like a cesspool before Hurricane Katrina exacerbated the pollution . As for the boy's adult years , now that we can look back on the baby boomers ' young adult life , it would have been more realistic to portray him as a hippie and then a disco pimp . But the main point is that Chuck Jones should have known better than this . Maybe it would have come out better had he cast Bugs , Daffy , Porky or one of those other guys . You can find it in the documentary " Toonheads : The Lost Toons " on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection , and its status as part of Looney Tunes history is about the only thing that makes it worth watching ( in fact , I wish that the documentary's narrator had poked fun at it rather than praising it ) . |
363,873 | 4,888,011 | 120,749 | 4 | not mercurial , just predictable | Mercury Rising has a potentially interesting plot : a 9-year-old boy cracks a government code , and they come after him . Unfortunately , the movie is not interesting . It's basically two hours of Bruce Willis being a tough guy . The final showdown between Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin was totally predictable . I don't know why they keep making these kinds of dumb movies ( oh , right : they do it for money ) . But the point is that there are plenty of good movies out there , so don't waste your time on this . Even Bruce Willis , whom I usually don't like , his appeared in some good roles . But this is the sort of role that he usually does . Just avoid it . |
362,679 | 4,888,011 | 120,663 | 4 | Why did Stanley Kubrick have to end like this ? ! | Before " Eyes Wide Shut " came out , there was a lot of hype about it , given that Stanley Kubrick had died before the release , and the possibility that stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman might get EXTREMELY intimate in some scene or another . WHAT A LETDOWN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! The movie was boring at best . So let's say for a minute that it was talking about sexual fantasies . If so , then they only focused on male sexual fantasies . Kubrick should have known better . It wasn't until a took a film class that I even figured out how to have a serious discussion about the movie : there's a lot of duality . There are two Eastern Europeans ( a Hungarian and a Serb ) , Tom Cruise twice goes to the Serb ( and the first time , he gets angry at his daughter for having sex , but later it looks like he's pimping her ) , Tom Cruise twice goes to the strange house , and some other things . Also , the Bugs Bunny cartoon that they watch in one scene functions in sort of the same way that the Road Runner cartoon in " The Shining " does . In an interview , Martin Scorsese said that this movie almost seems to be about New York in a dreamlike state . Either way , it still feels like it's dragging . A lousy end for the director who gave us " Dr . Strangelove " , " 2001 " , " A Clockwork Orange " and " The Shining " . Presumably , this could be a remnant of " Traumnovelle " , the novel on which the movie was based . The novel was written by an Austrian person in the 1920s . As the Austro-Hungarian Empire had just broken up , there may have been a number of people in Austria from throughout that empire , including Hungarians and Serbs . |
362,913 | 4,888,011 | 52,564 | 5 | along came a spider-rat | The Angry Red Planet will be a treat for anyone who admires sci-fi flicks from the ' 50s and early ' 60s . Basically , a group of astronauts travels to Mars looking for life . They find an over-sized being which appears to be a cross between a rat and a spider . And the Munchkin mayor from " The Wizard of Oz " . I guess that there's nothing particularly unique about this movie ; that era yielded many movies about people finding things in outer space . But like I said , if you have a special affinity for old-fashioned B-movies , then this is the movie for you . Watching the DVD with Spanish subtitles makes it even more interesting . |
364,644 | 4,888,011 | 147,612 | 5 | drip drip | Happiness will probably be one of those movies that goes down in history as one of the top five movies that splits the public . Focusing on several sexually screwed-up people in New Jersey , the movie tries to be as gross as possible ( and succeeds ) . Unfortunately , director Todd Solondz could have used these stories to show how the characters change over time , but the characters never change . They're all sexually screwed-up and they stay like that . I guess that in real life , some people do stay like that , but it seems to me that a movie should show people going through a change . Jane Adams , Jon Lovitz , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Lara Flynn Boyle , Dylan Baker , Louise Lasser , and Ben Gazzara all do the best that they can in their respective roles , but Solondz has a very weird grasp of everything . |
364,491 | 4,888,011 | 52,722 | 5 | D'you expect me to talk , Goldfinger , or d'you expect this movie to stereotype the Irish ? | In this day and age , it's no doubt a real shock for us to learn that Sean Connery once starred in a Disney movie . . . and even sang ! As " Darby O'Gill and the Little People " is a Disney movie set in Ireland , we have to admit that it basically makes a series of stereotypes about the Emerald Isle - namely all the leprechaun stuff - and can probably only appeal to little children . My favorite parts were actually the scenes of the Banshee ; Darby really could have used the Ghostbusters there . So , if we can understand what the movie's portraying , maybe we can appreciate it . But given the ever-present situation in Northern Ireland , it just seems inappropriate to happily depict that island as a bunch of jolly leprechauns . As for the wee people themselves , my two favorite representations of them were the Porky Pig cartoon " Wearing of the Grin " and the horror movie " Leprechaun " ( starring Jennifer Aniston ) . I know , you probably find it a little weird that I reviewed a Disney movie and mentioned stereotypes , the Ghostbusters , England's continued occupation of Northern Ireland , Porky Pig and Jennifer Aniston . Sorry folks , but the 21st century judges all previous history . Therefore , I judge " DOATLP " based on what I know about , and based on what has happened since the movie's release . Yeah , when this movie came out , who would have guessed that the young man would go on to play a hunky British agent who goes around bedding the world's hottest babes ? And what if someone extended the last name to " O'Gilligan " ? Now that would make some three-hour tour ! |
365,787 | 4,888,011 | 52,618 | 5 | Do we remember anything except the chariot race ? | Everyone remembers the blades on the bad guy's chariot , and how he whips the title character ( Charlton Heston ) . But overall , " Ben-Hur " is basically a soap opera ( well , how could a biblical epic not be ? ) . And of course , there's a few things nowadays that change how we view the movie . Given how Charlton Heston's character wants revenge , wouldn't it make more sense for him to just get a gun ? I mean , we're talking about the NRA president here ! Also , there's that one character who it turns out was supposed to be gay ( Heston thought that they were just friends ) . All in all , considering that 1959 produced movies like " Some Like It Hot " , " The 400 Blows " and " Anatomy of a Murder " , was this really the one to give Best Picture ? Not in my opinion . It's a classic mainly because of the chariot race . I remember a comic strip where Hollywood decides to do dumb remakes of classic epics , resulting in " Gone with the Wit " and " Ben-Huh ? " . Also , Roberto Benigni said in an interview that this was the first movie that he ever saw in the theater , but his family didn't have enough money for a ticket , so they watched it from behind the screen . So , the first movie that he ever saw in the theaters was " Ruh-Neb " ! |
363,393 | 4,888,011 | 70,608 | 5 | Still , I prefer Errol Flynn and Cary Elwes . | When I was young , my favorite scene in Disney's version of " Robin Hood " was always the battle following archery tournament ( you gotta admit , it would be cool to experience that ) . Otherwise , it seems like the whole thing is sort of a Disney movie : a classic story turned into a jolly musical , with some comic relief here and there . So , it's not a terrible movie . I just prefer the Errol Flynn version , and Mel Brooks's spoof of the Kevin Costner version ( plus the short cartoons starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck ) . OK for some brief entertainment . So yes , let's point that pea-shooter the other way . |
365,034 | 4,888,011 | 95,271 | 5 | Picking up from # 2 . . . | Those psycho killers just won't stay dead , will they ? ! ! ! ! ! ! ! After it looked like Michael Myers got killed in # 2 ( # 3 - although interesting - wasn't really part of the series ) , he comes back to kill his niece ( Jamie Lee Curtis's character was allegedly killed in a car wreck ) . Needless to say , Dr . Sam Loomis ( Donald Pleasance ) is instantly on his tail . Also needless to say , Michael kills as many people as possible throughout the movie . Anyway , " Halloween 4 : The Return of Michael Myers " is nothing that you wouldn't expect . Except maybe for the end . And personally , I'd like Michael , Freddy , and Jason to all duke it out one day . That would truly be THE battle royale . |
363,129 | 4,888,011 | 35,743 | 5 | so strange to when we realize certain things | Seeing the racially offensive content in Bob Clampett's " Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs " , one of the most surprising things to learn is that Clampett made the cartoon with nary an iota of hostility towards African-Americans . Of course , racism doesn't have to involve hatred of a different race ; it can just refer to stereotypes . I agree that it would be inappropriate to show this cartoon as straight-forward entertainment , but we should show it as a look at how Hollywood portrayed African-Americans over the years . I have to admit that it had some pretty clever dialog , and did offer a look into some of the music of that era . Worth seeing as long as you understand what it portrays . |
365,846 | 4,888,011 | 87,469 | 5 | Detached from parts 1 and 3 | First , I should identify that I don't hate any of the Indiana Jones movies . Each one has its merits , and if absolutely nothing else , Indy is one cool guy . Now I have to explain the problem with " Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom " : it hardly seems like part of the trilogy . Parts 1 and 3 had Indy ( Harrison Ford ) battling the Nazis trying to find a Biblical relic . This one has him accompanied by nightclub singer Willie Scott ( Kate Capshaw ) and homeless boy Short Round ( Jonathan Ke Quan ) , battling East Indian cultists who have stolen a sacred stone . As far as I could tell , Willie did nothing but complain about everything ( was that supposed to be funny ? ) , and Short Round was . . . well , you know how some kids are . Everyone does their best , but it's hard to take the movie seriously . |
364,030 | 4,888,011 | 295,701 | 5 | the things Vin Diesel's gonna do for his country : act in silly movies | xXx is basically another " Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles " . Xander Cage ( Vin Diesel ) is a muscle man hired by the government to be a secret agent . He goes around kicking booty and falls for Russian agent Yelena ( Asia Argento ) . I guess that there's nothing wrong with the movie , per se . It's pretty fun , albeit improbable . It's just that I wouldn't recommend it to you as your first choice . I gotta ask : is Vin Diesel ever going to act in anything other than movies that have him flexing his muscles ? Actually , he did star in " Saving Private Ryan " . And of course , Asia Argento's father Dario is a famous horror movie director . |
364,422 | 4,888,011 | 43,274 | 5 | one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small . . . | Obviously , our perception of Lewis Carroll's classic novel has been slightly altered by the quintessential ' 60s song " White Rabbit " . Being the Disney movie that it is , " Alice in Wonderland " now looks kinda hokey , but it does sort of maintain Carroll's wry humor . Still , after everything that's happened in the world since this movie came out - in fact , maybe all of world history - a Disney movie doesn't quite seem the same as it once might have . I know that this was during the heyday of Disney's animated features ( think " Cinderella " and " Peter Pan " ) , but I wish to assert that their computer-animated movies from the past few years have actually been more clever ( " Monsters Inc . " , " Finding Nemo " ) . So overall , there's nothing particularly bad about this movie ( the Mad Hatter has some neat lines ) . It's just that things have changed . No matter , I think that we can all agree that , to play off of a movie title , Alice still does live here after all . |
362,952 | 4,888,011 | 113,189 | 5 | By this time , the franchise had overstayed its welcome mat . | If you ask me , they should have just stopped making the " James Bond " movies after Sean Connery left . None of the other people who played Bond were ever able to equal Connery's appeal . Pierce Brosnan has done many good roles ( namely " Mars Attacks ! " ) , and he's clearly a good guy in real life , but in my opinion , he's just not the right person to play Bond ; no one except Sean Connery ever was . Anyway , the plot - or whatever it is - in " GoldenEye " involves Bond trying to stop a renegade Russian general from using nukes to attack England . That's the official story , but it's really an excuse for a series of gimmicks . There's the whole opening sequence , plus the whole end sequence . These sorts of things would work in a Jackie Chan movie , but here they look ridiculous . Are there any redeeming qualities ? Well , the women are pretty hot ( as the Bond girls always are ) . Here , there's Natalya Semyonova ( Izabella Scorupco ) and Xenia Onatopp ( Famke Janssen , aka Jean Grey in " X Men " ) . Judi Dench gets her first spin as M , and she's really the most interesting character in the whole movie . Desmond Llewellyn returns as Q . As for the rest of the cast , they're what we expect : the Russians are suspicion-inducing , the Brits are hoity-toity , and the Americans are dimwits . I guess that the world is always going to believe that . Anyway , my advice is to avoid this abomination and stick with the early Bond flicks . I can't understand why they're now remaking " Casino Royale " ; John Huston's version was very well done . But avoid " GoldenEye " . Also starring Sean Bean , Joe Don Baker , Robbie Coltrane ( aka Hagrid in the " Harry Potter " movies ) , Alan Cumming and Tcheky Karyo . |
365,182 | 4,888,011 | 245,674 | 5 | Where " ghost " thou ? | Thir13en Ghosts does have a certain charm , if only for its silliness . Maybe there's nothing particularly special about a visual effects-laden movie in which a family inherits a haunted house , but the movie definitely has its moments , namely when the lawyer " splits " . Tony Shalhoub , Embeth Davidtz , Matthew Lillard , Shannon Elizabeth , Alec Roberts , Rah Digga and F . Murray Abraham are all able to turn in neat performances , even if the whole movie is pretty outlandish . I would recommend the original version more , but this one isn't bad . Perhaps its little more than a way to pass time , but a cool one at that . Acceptable for what it is . |
362,615 | 4,888,011 | 95,990 | 5 | Accept it as silly , and you won't feel offended . | Pretty much the same as the first one , " Return of the Living Dead Part II " is acceptable for what it is . James Karen actually returns for the sequel , in virtually the same sort of mealy-mouthed role . Still , this movie makes one long for the scene in the original where Linnea Quigley . . . well , you know . I gotta wonder what the people in the Caribbean who first told stories of zombies would have thought if they'd known that their stories would one day make for entire movie franchises , especially a movie this silly . I should remind you that " ROTLDP2 " is not meant to be taken seriously . It's totally corny , and it's proud of that . Just accept it as such . |
363,763 | 4,888,011 | 260,866 | 5 | I'll say a word or two about how predictable this movie was | How tragic that " Don't Say a Word " was one of the first , maybe THE first , movies to show New York City right after September 11 , 2001 . While we would have hoped that they would have elevated the Big Apple to its fullest in the aftermath of the terrorist attack , they waste it here . The movie casts Michael Douglas as psychiatrist Nathan Conrad , trying to communicate with a girl so that he can find his kidnapped daughter . I should identify that the movie doesn't suck - hey , it's infinitely better than " Bio-Dome " ; it's just that it should have come out much better given the talent involved . So this flick is little more than a way to pass time . |
365,466 | 4,888,011 | 87,050 | 5 | Obviously , someone's not eating their vegetables . . . | OK , we all know that when a book gets turned into a movie , they're bound - to play off of a movie title - to lose something in translation . I've never read Stephen King's story " Children of the Corn " , but the movie comes out silly at best . Portraying couple Burt ( Peter Horton ) and Vicky ( Linda Hamilton ) stopping in a Nebraska town where the children have murdered the adults , the movie makes you wonder if it's trying to be tongue-in-cheek . If not , it's just plain weak . The only other cast member whom I recognized was Courtney Gains , who later appeared in Joe Dante's underrated movie " The ' Burbs " . All in all , if we just accept this movie as a ridiculous ' 80s movie , it's not all that bad ; otherwise , it makes our eyes roll . |
365,614 | 4,888,011 | 87,042 | 5 | probably the lowest of all their movies | In March , 2002 , after my parents and I had seen the disturbing - but very well done - " In the Bedroom " , we felt like we needed something really light , so we rented " Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers " ; I mean , what could be more easygoing than a movie starring filmdom's favorite goof-ball stoners ? This one turned out to be probably their lowest movie ever . For starters , no drug humor . It features them as siblings in pre-revolutionary France ( despite the fact that they talk like 20th century Americans ) making a mess of the status quo . Much of the little humor that the movie provides derives from the fact that if one of them gets injured , the other feels it . So , this is definitely not the Cheech & Chong movie that I recommend . Their other movies are far better . Also starring Edie McClurg and Rae Dawn Chong , and they probably prefer to omit this from their filmographies . |
365,656 | 4,888,011 | 106,223 | 5 | no matter what , we can still talk about moral nihilism | While it seems fairly common for book-to-film adaptations to change things in the process , I've heard that " The Adventures of Huck Finn " went so far as to change what happened at the end . But I've never read the novel , so maybe I shouldn't comment on that . The truth is , Mark Twain intended for his work to be serious ( not to get adapted by Disney ) . But one point that they certainly kept was something that we talked about in an ethics class that I took two years ago . In one scene , some people ask Huck ( Elijah Wood ) whether Jim ( Courtney B . Vance ) is black or white , and Huck says white . You must understand that Huck was raised to believe that slavery was correct and that he should return escaped slaves . According to that , it was immoral for him to lie about Jim . But since slavery has now been mostly - unfortunately , not totally - discredited , it looks perfectly moral for Huck to lie about Jim . Therefore , Huck is a moral nihilist , subscribing to neither approach . But otherwise , the movie's OK as a simple adventure story . Just not the sort of thing that I necessarily recommend as a history lesson . Also starring Robbie Coltrane ( Hagrid from the Harry Potter movies ) , Jason Robards , Ron Perlman , Anne Heche , Curtis Armstrong ( Booger from " The Revenge of the Nerds " ) and Frances Conroy ( Ruth on " Six Feet Under " ) . |
363,808 | 4,888,011 | 86,960 | 5 | A total ' 80s movie . And how did Martin Brest degenerate into " Gigli " ? | Beverly Hills Cop is the sort of movie that I would usually give , but there unfortunately is a major problem with it . The movie presents no challenge to the status quo , portraying the police as the good guys . But other than that , the movie is pretty funny . With Eddie Murphy in as Axel Foley , one gets the feeling that they must have had fun making it . Which of course brings up a few questions : How did director Martin Brest go from this to a piece of dreckola like " Gigli " ? Why is Eddie Murphy currently doing movies like " Daddy Day Care " ? What ever became of Judge Reinhold ? Oh well . The point is that you're sure to enjoy this movie , even if it is a total ' 80s movie . Neat . |
363,314 | 4,888,011 | 86,979 | 5 | actually , it's not all that simple | The world was introduced to Joel and Ethan Coen when the two brothers released the confusing " Blood Simple . " The convoluted plot involves . . . something . A man hires a detective to kill his cheating wife and her lover , but nothing is what it seems . I think that that's the plot . I'd say that this is really a movie for the Coen brothers ' hard-core fans ; others won't have a clue what the hell's going on . Obviously , after this , the Coens got more " mainstream " ( " Raising Arizona " , " Fargo " , " The Ladykillers " ) , and a previous reviewer even complained about that . Well , unless you're truly willing to spend 99 minutes trying to pinpoint what exactly John Getz , Frances McDormand , Dan Hedaya and M . Emmet Walsh are doing , you'll want to avoid this . OK , but not for the fainthearted . |
364,707 | 4,888,011 | 157,262 | 5 | Don't treat it as serious , people ! | A previous reviewer called " 2001 : A Space Travesty " one of the stupidest and worst comedies ever . Describing like that implies that it was meant to be taken seriously . This one isn't meant to be taken seriously . Like any Leslie Nielsen movie , it's an excuse to be silly . It casts him as a marshal sent to outer space to stop a coup , but the plot of course isn't important . The movie's purpose is to have Leslie Nielsen get into a series of embarrassing situations - that is , embarrassing for him , a hoot for us . Granted , this one doesn't quite reach the standards set by the " Naked Gun " movies , but it has its share of laughs ( particularly the opening scene ) . |
365,682 | 4,888,011 | 36,041 | 5 | yeah , it's like that | The offensively portrayed Inki continues his hunt throughout the jungle , antagonizing a lion . It's no surprise that cartoons like " Inki and the Minah Bird " are harder to find than Warner Bros . ' s most famous cartoons , given how they drew Inki . It's very much a product of the old style Euro-American view of Africa . I get the feeling that these cartoons won't come to DVD anytime soon . If Warner Bros . brings these to DVD , they should put them in a section identifying that these were creations of a pre-conscious era . There were a number of their cartoons like this ; others included " Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs " . Good to see as a historical reference . |
365,010 | 4,888,011 | 106,379 | 5 | humanize everything , if you can | In one of his serious roles sans beard , Robin Williams stars in this somewhat confusing movie about a man portrayed in five different stories , always trying to find meaning in life . . . or something . Maybe the movie was trying to make a point about something , but I couldn't really tell . In a way , it almost seems like they made the movie for fun and just stacked the whole thing with a giant cast . Director Bill Forsyth , who had a very clear goal in making " Local Hero " , seems somewhat confused himself here . I should identify that I didn't hate " Being Human " . It's an interesting look at world history . It's just hard to get a grip on the movie . An OK way to pass time , but I wouldn't recommend making it your first choice . Also starring Theresa Russell , Robert Carlyle , John Turturro , Vincent D'Onofrio , Jonathan Hyde , Hector Elizondo , Ewan McGregor ( in his debut ) and William H . Macy . |
364,961 | 4,888,011 | 71,408 | 5 | the year of living derange-erously | First , I should say that " Deranged " is the sort of movie in which you should take interest ONLY if you're an absolute fan of ' 70s cult horror flicks ; otherwise , it will be downright awful . A fictionalized account of Ed Gein , it portrays humble farmer Ezra Cobb ( Roberts Blossom ) caring for his mother , who dies one day . Depressed about this , he begins killing women and using their skin to try and recreate his mother . And he can be REALLY nasty in trying to find some skin . Most people probably would consider this a terrible movie . That is , gross at best . I will admit that it's not any kind of high quality piece of filmdom . But , if you're into ' 70s camp , then this is the movie for you ! Interestingly , there's not much gore , unless you count a certain scene ( you'll know it when you see it ) . And anyway , now that I've seen this movie , I've decided that I'll hold it in higher regard than I hold Disney's version of " Cinderella " . So , in conclusion , it's home , home on the derange . . . |
365,563 | 4,888,011 | 183,505 | 5 | Oh ack | Me , Myself & Irene is the sort of movie at which you die laughing the first time , but after that you're not sure whether you want to laugh . I wouldn't know whether or not it makes fun of mentally unstable people . Basically two hours of Jim Carrey pulling off various and sundry gross stunts as a schizophrenic cop , it's not a bad movie , but not one of his best either ( for gross-out humor with the Farrelly brothers , he reached his peak in " Dumb & Dumber " ) . Renee Zellweger had only recently come into my conscience when I saw this , but she's done better since . All in all , this movie is harmless , but not one that I'd recommend above others . |
365,872 | 4,888,011 | 86,561 | 5 | USSR's " Carnal Knowledge " | I only in the last few months learned of Natalya Andreychenko . I first saw her in " Meri Poppins , do svidaniya " , a Soviet version of " Mary Poppins " ; it was one of the most whacked-out movies that I've ever seen . Now comes " Voenno-polevoy roman " . I would call it the Soviet Union's " Carnal Knowledge " . A convoluted story of lost love in the midst of WWII , and screwed-up relationships after the war , I don't know whether or not they were trying to say anything with the movie . I spent the whole time heckling it a la " Mystery Science Theater 3000 " ( I've done that with a lot of Soviet movies ; seriously , they're so full of themselves that they're practically begging for it ) . Anyway , it's not a bad movie . Just weird . The only movie that I've seen that ends with a guy using gutters as musical instruments . |
363,096 | 4,888,011 | 59,742 | 5 | Homer : " D'oh ! " Marge : " A deer ! " Lisa : " A female deer ! " ( note : this will probably be the only review of this movie ever written that mentions Ben & Jerry's Ice Crea | Wholesome woman leaves Austrian convent and goes to be governess for a captain's children right before the Nazis take over Austria . Go figure ! As it was , I spent most of " The Sound of Music " throwing out the sort of comments that Mike , Servo and Crow hurl at the grade-Z movies that Dr . Forrester sends them on " Mystery Science Theater 3000 " . Seeing Christopher Plummer - who apparently called the movie " The Sound of Mucus " - I thought to myself : " So that's the guy from ' The Return of the Pink Panther ' , ' Dragnet ' , ' Dolores Claiborne ' , ' The Insider ' and ' Syriana ' ? " As for Julie Andrews , she basically reprises her " Mary Poppins " role . And considering that it was Austria , we now probably will think that someone could have just gotten Arnold Schwarzenegger to come in and kick Nazi booty . For the record , one of the " Simpsons " comic books had Sideshow Bob and his brother Cecil spoofing famous musicals ( including this one ) with songs about killing Bart Simpson . And I read that after the Von Trapps fled Europe , they eventually settled in Vermont . I wonder , could Maria have gotten to know Ben & Jerry ? Anyway , " TSOM " isn't terrible ; it just seems so hokey in the 21st century . I personally prefer to remember Robert Wise ( RIP ) for " West Side Story " . |
362,573 | 4,888,011 | 120,844 | 5 | Sorry , but at this point , the franchise was pretty much spent ( that is , they were boldly going where they'd gone before ) | I will say that pretty much any Star Trek flick is an entertaining one , but I didn't derive that " Star Trek : Insurrection " offered anything new . It seems that by this point , they'd gone on just about every adventure possible , so what more could they do ? Truth is , I always considered " The Voyage Home " their most cerebral movie and got the feeling that there couldn't be anything better in their franchise . Still , I can't deny that there are some neat scenes ( especially the Gilbert and Sullivan stuff ) . Reprising their roles are Patrick Stewart , Brent Spiner , Jonathan Frakes and LeVar Burton , while the new character here is F . Murray Abraham . Worth seeing maybe once . |
364,267 | 4,888,011 | 120,863 | 5 | contrary to many reviews , this is not the anti - " Saving Private Ryan " | When " Saving Private Ryan " came out , some critics complained that it glamorized war , and so " The Thin Red Line " would be the opposite : you get killed and that's it . As far as I could tell , that wasn't the case . While the movie focused on a contingent of soldiers fighting in the Pacific in WWII , it didn't look at the idea and ramifications of war in general - there was certainly no focus on the insanity of war . In a way , much of the movie seemed to consist of conversations between the cadets . I know that it's probably a good idea to show how individuals experience something as important as a world war , but I didn't find the movie particularly memorable . It was long and slow , if you will ( Terrence Malick's next movie , " The New World " , also was ) . Starring Sean Penn , Adrien Brody , Nick Nolte , John Travolta and George Clooney . |
363,041 | 4,888,011 | 114,354 | 5 | If you sleep and perchance dream , then . . . | In the over-the-top but still watchable " Schlafes Bruder " ( called " Brother of Sleep " in English ) , young Elias in a 19th century Austrian mountain village has a great musical talent , leading the townspeople to consider him weird ( those ingrates , he could have made the village famous ) . When the woman whom he admires marries another man , Elias decides to commit suicide by never sleeping . Whoa . I know that European - and especially German - movies want to be serious ( unlike Hollywood movies ) , do they have to be so exaggerated ? Here , it seems that every scene has to be spirituality overload . Don't get me wrong ; it's still a good movie . We get a feeling of what a hard life it was in those remote villages back then , particularly since everyone in this one is inbred . It's just that they go a little overboard in trying to stress everything . Why must everything be a tragedy ? So check it out if possible , but this probably won't become your favorite movie . |
365,330 | 4,888,011 | 365,686 | 5 | Moonlight Sonata's ego game | Prior to " Revolver " , Guy Ritchie had directed two really great movies ( " Lock , Stock . . . " and " Snatch " ) and one ultra-crummy one ( I never saw his " Swept Away " remake , but everything that I heard about it said that it sucked ) . Now , his latest one is somewhat confusing . Portraying a man ( Jason Statham ) getting out of jail and involving himself in the deadly world of gambling , I remained befuddled as to what the overall point was . True , the quotes are always likely to provide some help in life . Otherwise , it seems as if he shows this stuff only because he can . Not a bad movie , but I couldn't tell that it really went anywhere . I wouldn't mind it if Ritchie made a movie about his childhood and his memories of what happened in the world during it . Also starring Ray Liotta and Vincent Pastore . |
365,583 | 4,888,011 | 114,388 | 5 | Why Hulk's director make boring movie about rich English people ? | Several years before Ang Lee make Hulk movie , he make " Sense and Sensibility " . It show rich British women wondering who they marry . That make Hulk bored ! England have class system , and this movie not show that ! Hulk have to suspend reality to watch it . Charles Dickens always show class system , but Jane Austen never do that . Hulk know that his own movie kind of silly , but in a way , his own movie more intellectual than " Sense and Sensibility " ( Bruce Banner not want to turn into Hulk , but he like feeling of power ) . Hulk want to talk about cast members . Kate Winslet great actress . Hulk see " Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind " and " Finding Neverland " , and like her better in those movies than in " Titanic " . When her next movie come out ? ! Hulk want to see it ! Hulk not like Hugh Grant . Hugh Grant playboy , and his antics distract media from important issues in world . Hulk never see " Four Weddings and a Funeral " , hear mixed things about it . But Hulk see " Nine Months " and think that Robin Williams ' character only good one in movie . Hulk think that Alan Rickman great actor . Hulk like him in Harry Potter movies , and glad that he come out against invasion of Iraq . Maybe if he get bigger role in this movie , movie come out better . Why Alan Rickman not get bigger role ? ! In conclusion , Hulk not think highly of " Sense and Sensibility " . Hulk never read novel , but movie go nowhere . It not awful movie , but it not amount to much . Ang Lee do better with " The Joy Luck Club " , " The Ice Storm " , " Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon " and " Hulk " . Hulk hear he have new movie coming out soon and Hulk want to see it . |
364,631 | 4,888,011 | 343,996 | 5 | no criticism of Batista here | Fidel Castro's current hospitalization brings up the memory of his rise to power . Knowing that Andy Garcia is one of the most anti-Castro people of all , it may seem that " The Lost City " would be staunchly anti-revolution . The truth is that the movie does look at conditions in Cuba leading up to the revolution , but it never directly criticizes Fulgencio Batista . " The Lost City " seems more intent on showing how the revolutionary government confiscated people's watches and stuff when they fled the country . Andy Garcia , also the director , plays the scion of a landowning Cuban family caught up in the revolution . Some family members oppose the revolution , others support it , but everyone wonders how the family will stay together . In a way , it seems like the best part of the movie is actually the music . It's mambo to the best extent . You may just feel like dancing to it while watching the movie . But still , they could have done more to show Batista's brutality . Otherwise , the movie is worth seeing . Also starring are Dustin Hoffman as Meyer Lansky , Bill Murray as a comedian , Elizabeth Pena as a revolutionary soldier , and Ines Sastre and Millie Perkins ( who played Anne Frank in " The Diary of Anne Frank " ) as family members . |
363,981 | 4,888,011 | 24,756 | 5 | early instance of inanimate objects coming to life | There were a few instances during the 1930-35 Warner Bros . cartoons when inanimate objects came to life , but the Termite Terrace perfected the genre in the late ' 30s . " We're in the Money " has a gaggle of toys dancing to the title song in a department store . Frank Tashlin's cartoons " Speaking of the Weather " ( about magazines ) , " Have You Got Any Castles ? " ( about books ) and " You're an Education " ( about travel brochures ) were the first really clever cartoons in which azoic things animate themselves . Later there was Bob Clampett's " Goofy Groceries " ( about various objects in a supermarket ) , and finally , the crowning achievement , Clampett's " Book Revue " ( books again ) . I saw the latter several times when I was a little boy and naively laughed at it , but didn't really understand it until I saw it when I was twenty-two . Anyway , this one is good as a historical reference . |
364,403 | 4,888,011 | 120,915 | 5 | I didn't understand the plot until I heard " Weird " Al Yankovic's song . | OK , so " Star Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menace " was a big letdown for us all . Apparently , most people even understood the plot when it came out . It wasn't until I listened to " Weird " Al Yankovic's song " The Saga Begins " - the " American Pie " spoof - on his album " Running with Scissors " that I understood the plot . But overall , it seems that if this happens before the original trilogy , then the technology should be less sophisticated , not more . Oh well . C'est la vie . It was interesting seeing people like Liam Neeson , Samuel L . Jackson , and Christopher Lee co-starring in a movie after all these years . This may sound weird to everyone , but my favorite character was Jar Jar Binks ; why did everyone think that he sounded Jamaican ? I thought that he sounded Cajun . So that's my take on everything here . |
365,679 | 4,888,011 | 36,679 | 5 | about as offensive as one can expect | Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips is one of the many cartoons that you would have to watch not as straight-forward entertainment , but rather so as to see the sorts of stereotypes that pervaded during WWII . In this case , the world's most famous rabbit washes up on a Pacific island and has to battle a whole slew of stereotyped Japanese people ( and at one point even goes so far as to use the derogatory term for a Japanese person ) . He goes to some rather ugly extremes . Yes , it's totally racist , but definitely worth seeing as a reference . I wonder whether or not the Axis governments commissioned propaganda movies portraying Americans as ignoramuses ; I know that the Japanese government showed its troops Abbott & Costello movies and claimed that all Americans were like that . |
363,574 | 4,888,011 | 389,722 | 5 | land of the midnight scum | OK , so the northernmost city in the United States goes through a month of darkness with vampires - whose origin never gets identified - roaming the streets looking for blood . If the people in Barrow saw " 30 Days of Night " , they probably spent half the time identifying inaccuracies ( namely how the sun set straight down , when in reality Barrow's location above the 70th parallel means that the sun rises and sets at about a 20 degree angle ) . The characters are what I have come to expect in these sorts of movies . There's the hero ( Josh Hartnett ) , his tough-but-delicate blonde hubby ( Melissa George ) , and most everyone else exists to blurt out comments and eventually get slaughtered . I understand that the vampires ' origins might not add to the story , but I would have liked to know whence they came ; if the movie's gonna go so far as to give them their own language , at least explain their history . So , if you just like to see gore , then this is definitely the movie for you . But the vampire movies that I recommend are " Nosferatu " ( both the original and the remake ) , the 1931 " Dracula " ( how can you not admire Bela Lugosi ? ) , the 1958 " Dracula " ( they started showing gore ) , " Dracula : Dead and Loving It " ( directed by Mel Brooks and starring Leslie Nielsen ; enough said ) , John Carpenter's " Vampires " , and the Bugs Bunny cartoon " Transylvania 6-5000 " ( the last short in which Chuck Jones directed Bugs Bunny ) . Also starring Danny Huston ( John's son ) and Ben Foster ( Claire's friend on " Six Feet Under " ) . |
363,824 | 4,888,011 | 59,786 | 5 | Mamie Eisenhower joins the ACLU | I wish to say that " Teen-Age Strangler " was slightly better than most of the movies shown on " Mystery Science Theater 3000 " , just because of that song " Yipe Stripes " ; you gotta admit , it was a cool song . But other than that , every scene with the sniveling younger brother drags the movie down ; I mean , what was that guy's problem ? ! So , as a mildly different take on the leather jacket genre , it deserves to get seen on " MST3K " to get the optimal experience . Aside from Mamie Eisenhower , other famous people cited by Mike ( or was it Joel ? ) and the ' bots are Vivian Vance and Danny Thomas . And I will say that some of those girls are quite hot ! |
363,982 | 4,888,011 | 95,016 | 5 | total kick-ass movie | One of the original action flicks from the ' 80s , John McTiernan's " Die Hard " makes no pretense about being a kick-ass movie . Bruce Willis plays a New York cop John McClane , coming to LA to meet his estranged wife ( Bonnie Bedelia ) . Sure enough , the building in which she works get hijacked by a group of German terrorists . Terrorist leader Hans Gruber ( Alan Rickman in his debut ) , while totally evil , is also quite cultured . Even though the cards look stacked against John McClane , he's ready to take on every one of these terrorists . Twenty years after its release , this movie will probably only appeal to Willis's fans . While mostly a litany of machismo , there are some cringe-inducing scenes ( namely when John has to walk across glass ) . But the movie's main focus is to show Bruce Willis being a tough guy . They do everything possible to make him a superhuman individual to whom we can still relate . All in all , this is a flick that you'll want to avoid if you're into intellectualism . But you'll love it if you're a testosterone-driven dude . I think that I'm content having seen it only once . Also starring Alexander Godunov ( one of the Amish farmers in " Witness " ) , Paul Gleason ( the principal in " The Breakfast Club " ) and William Atherton ( the EPA agent in " Ghostbusters " ) . I wouldn't mind getting to ride off into the sunset with Grace Kelly . |
363,739 | 4,888,011 | 52,169 | 5 | this skull obviously didn't have a brain inside it | The Screaming Skull is your typical 1950s horror flick : some newlyweds move into the husband's house , where his deceased wife's skull may or may be not be ready to terrorize the new wife . I assume that when it first came out , the teenage boys really liked the scene where . . . well , you'll recognize it when you see it . If anything , this movie's most interesting aspect is that cinematographer Floyd Crosby is David Crosby's father . Back in 1958 when the movie got released , who ever would have guessed that the cinematographer's son would perform at Woodstock eleven years later ? The trailer reminds you that if you die of fright while watching the movie , they'll pay for your funeral . As you can see , I didn't die while watching it . Director Alex Nicol plays the gardener ; or , as I wish to call him ( playing off of a recent Oscar winner ) , the non-constant gardener . |
365,897 | 4,888,011 | 36,603 | 5 | another racist one | Yes , it's another long-lost Looney Tunes cartoon chock full of racial stereotypes . This one portrays an African-American boy sent to drown a cat , but the feline gets away , encourages the boy to toss the bag into the harbor , and then pretends to be its own ghost . Most people will probably agree that we should only watch these cartoons to see what kinds of images pervaded popular media during certain eras . " Angel Puss " would be a prime example . Most of the humor comes when the boy keeps getting scared by the cat pretending to be an apparition . But mostly , I find it hard to laugh at black-face images . |
362,738 | 4,888,011 | 114,571 | 5 | not quite good enough or smart enough , but kind of likable | Stuart Saves His Family came out before I had heard of Al Franken , so I took no notice . After I read Franken's book " Rush Limbaugh is a Big , Fat Idiot and Other Observations " , I decided to check it out . It turns out that there's not really very much here . Franken plays Stuart Smalley , a character from " Saturday Night Live " , and the movie portrays him having a crazy family . Why do movies and TV shows always seem to portray families as nearly mental ? I actually giggled when he resorts to name-calling ( " You are a big . . . ! ) , but it seemed like the movie didn't have much of a point beyond that . Then again , few " SNL " skits make good movies . Of course , I might just be too tough on Al Franken ; having read his political satires , I expect the highest quality from him . So I don't recommend it . I do think that Al Franken would make a really good senator ( in case you haven't heard , he's running for senate in Minnesota ) , but for entertainment , he should stick to mocking the Bush administration and right-wing commentators . |
364,331 | 4,888,011 | 51,756 | 5 | my big fat spaced-out wedding | When Marge Bradley ( Gloria Talbott ) marries Bill Farrell ( Tom Tryon ) , she gets a surprise when she finds out that he's been possessed by an alien , and that aliens are possessing the other men in town . There's not much here that you haven't seen in other such movies . I guess it's just eye-opening that the star is the guy who wrote " The Other " . Still , the idea of aliens wanting to impregnate earth women is an interesting idea ( Mike Nichols visited this idea with " What Planet Are You From ? " ) . Anyway , there's the ubiquitous ' 50s stuff : men wearing gray flannel suits and women wearing pointy bras , plus spiffy cars . I wonder if there's ever going to be a movie where the aliens win . |
363,993 | 4,888,011 | 51,731 | 5 | Aye chihuahua ( or is that " lobo " ? ) ! | For the most part , " El hombre y el monstruo " ( called " The Man and the Monster " in English ) is your average run-of-the-mill horror flick . This one portrays a pianist who sells his soul to the devil to become the greatest pianist in the world . However , when he plays , he turns into what appears to be a werewolf ! And he gets really nasty if someone plays better than him . I guess that Mexico caught the horror movie bug spread by the US , complete with a rather crummy monster mask . This movie probably won't really add anything to the cinematic landscape , but it's an OK , fun way to pass time . And that woman looked really hot in that dress ! Hubba hubba . . . |
365,740 | 4,888,011 | 51,786 | 5 | ordinary | I could say that " It ! The Terror from Beyond Space " is your typical 1950s B-movie , but it's not . It was the inspiration for " Alien " almost twenty years later ( naturally , the latter was more polished ) . But otherwise , the former has everything that one would expect in such a movie : political incorrectness and continuity errors . Don't get me wrong ; it's by no means a bad movie ( although " MST3K " could show it ) . I guess that one thing that I found interesting is that one of the cast members is Dabbs Greer , who played Tom Hanks ' older self in " The Green Mile " . When you think about it , if you combine all the titles of 1950s and early 60s B-movies , it would probably come out as something like " The Dead Blood from Outer Space that Married a Teenager " . Well . . . |
363,741 | 4,888,011 | 191,663 | 5 | So I'm the first person reviewing this . . . | There's nothing particularly special here . " Yogi's Great Escape " has Yogi , Bobo , and three baby bears fleeing Yellowstone in a crazy car after the Ranger announces that the park has to close . Over the course of the movie , they have a series of wacky adventures , namely because the Ranger hires a bounty hunter to help him catch them . In the process , they meet several other characters from Hanna-Barbera cartoons ( such as Wally Alligator and Quick-Draw McGraw ) . Like I said , there's nothing really special here . Although I will admit that that whole sequence on the Mississippi River was kinda neat , as was the scene in the boys ' hideout - and what resulted . |
365,688 | 4,888,011 | 36,441 | 5 | Why is it . . . | . . . that some of the cleverest cartoons were also some of the most racially offensive ? Among the examples are Bob Clampett's " Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs " and " Tin Pan Alley Cats " . This one portrays a Fats Walker-resembling feline who gets blasted outta this world into a setting lifted out of Clampett's earlier " Porky in Wackyland " . Yes , it seems like every time that they came up with a particularly novel idea , it came out like this . Well , maybe not every time . I would advise not watching this for straight-forward entertainment , but rather as a look at Hollywood's portrayal of African-Americans over the years . Available on YouTube . |
365,021 | 4,888,011 | 36,446 | 5 | as racist AND as much worth seeing as can be | OK , so " Tokio Jokio " is probably one of the most racist cartoons of all time , portraying the Japanese as incompetent buffoons with giant teeth . Personally , I believe that Warner Bros . needs to release this cartoon on DVD ; heck they should release all their WWII-era racist cartoons on DVD , just to show the zeitgeist from that time . As it is , I notice that there's been a lot of hypocrisy about racist entertainment . While cartoons such as this one are practically unavailable - I watched it on YouTube - there remain in circulation movies such as Disney's " Three Caballeros " , which consisted of some of the most stereotypical images of Latin America that I've ever seen . Not to mention all the old westerns portraying Indians as bloodthirsty savages . Are we to believe that it's OK to be racist towards some people but not others ? So I definitely recommend this cartoon , just as long as you understand the context . |
364,264 | 4,888,011 | 130,018 | 5 | no more sequels , please | Every time that there's a cool new movie , they just have to make a sequel . " I Still Know What You Did Last Summer " pretty much repeats everything from the original , minus and plus some cast members . I just hope that they don't make another " know what you did " movie . Not only is there nothing that they can add to the concept , the title is inaccurate : it should be " two summers ago " . So , stick with the original and you won't be disappointed . At least " Scary Movie " spoofed these sorts of movies . Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt , Brandy Norwood , Freddy Prinze Jr . , Muse Watson , Mekhi Phifer and Jeffrey Combs . |
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