Zoolander (2001)
Funny. Only a few moments which don’t really work. Helluva cast. Stiller is really coming into his own. And with just the right make-up, lighting, and angles, he can be good-looking.
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The Mexican (2001)
Pitt is miscast as a normal guy and does a so-so job. It’s hard to sympathize with him or Julia as the central character becasuse both of them are so weird. Instead, Gandolfini as Leroy/Winston emerges as the true hero and steals the show with his performance. Seems a lot…
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Swingers (1996)
Liman does a great job directing the film and Favreau does a great job showcasing himself. Smart writing and nice performances all around. Problems with focus in some scenes.
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Road Trip (2000)
A few laughs in the Farrelly style. Beth should have been hotter. She was very average.cow humor, if they removed all of the shots with cars smashing through walls, this movie would be 20 minutes long. lowbrow cow humor.
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Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
A bit hard to follow, and a bit boring between the action sequences. Some nice kung fu. A few screw-ups. Aunt “13” and pork buns provide endless laughs.
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The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
LA story, satire, this one very real, 1st half has no score, his best acting is when he’s not on screen, woman is weird, keeps talking, martin and ross are the only good actors, mamet’s writing, heavily scripted, give it time it gets juicy, film noir, hush hush island thing…
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Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Pretty much the same as the first one, but Tucker’s a bit short of one-liners this time. He can do better. The outtakes are OK, nothing special. Date: Jennifer.
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Planet of the Apes (2001)
Really didn’t need to be made. A genius like Burton should spend his time creating original material, not remaking other people’s ideas. Some original twists, and the sppace effects are good. The costuming and make-up in this high-budget remake are obviously good, but the characters are stale. Wahlberg’s not best…
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Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
More artsy stuff from Wim. A bit slow, hard to stay focused at times. It’s hard to sympathize with retards who aren’t “trying their best”. A surprisingly good cast (did everyone want to get in on Bono’s production?). Mel’s character could have been a bit more dramatic. Too stoic, especially…
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Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Fantastic story, fantastic performances by both Hurt and Matlin. He’s so stoic, and he’s got great eyes. Hurt plays emotionally deep characters with ease. I bet the role was a real challenge for him, wonder if he had to learn to sign. His translation voice-over works well. Why no Oscar…
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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Allen is funny, smart, and likeable. This is his best film. He actually eats quite a bit in one take. Alda is good as the hotshot, Landau isn’t as hard to watch as I thought he might be. He walks funny. Huston is refreshingly normal (I guess). Farrow is good.…
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Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Dafoe is fantastic, Oscar-worthy. Dafoe deserves an Oscar even though Shrek didn’t get one (that’s kinda sad). He seems to be good at heavy/weird characters. Malkovich is good, too. Accents are good, too. Well-directed, nice style and complementary music. It teases us with a few real clips from the original…
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Meet the Parents (2000)
Cute, simple story. Kinda touching. De Niro is good as the provoker, and Stiller is great as the awkward victim.
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
A retelling of Pinicchio. The script problems and lack of attention to detail lead me to believe that Spielberg got bored or fed up with this project after Kubrick handed it to him. Osment is cute, spooky, and perfect, but it’s hard to sympathize with a characters who’s emotions are…
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Moulin Rouge (2001)
Luhrmann’s style drowns you. Very theatrical, like a play on acid. Dizzying cuts. Editing must have been a bitch. The contemporary songs are almost laughable. Ewan and Duke were good, Kidman is OK. Roxburgh and Broadbent are good and very versatile. Lots of Ozzies and Kiwis, Minogue as Tinkerbell was…
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Charlie’s Angels (2000)
A cheesy spoof of the series, like The Brady Bunch Movie. Tries to be funny and cool but isn’t either, just dumb. Who is this Nichol fellow, and how does he get to direct a huge movie? None of them are drop-dead gorgeous as the film suggests, so it doesn’t…
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Unbreakable (2000)
The genesis of a good character, which you don’t see very often. Plays like the introduction of a series (see comments for Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring). I’d like to see the story continue. Interesting camera angles, Willis gets through a whole film without smirking. He seems…
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
The story sucks and the acting sucks. Worst movie I’ve seen in a while, and I saw it coming. Indiana Jones meets The Mummy meets Blade. Jolie is a lousy action hero, but her oversized boobs sell and her English accent is kinda cool.
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Pearl Harbor (2001)
Bay’s best, and one of his last that’s any good. An attempt at an epic, and admittedly long. They got a lot of accurate historical details in there, but left out the beaching of the Nebraska and the counter-flooding of another ship. Not sure about the ending. It all really…
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Enemy at the Gates (2001)
True story? Never heard of him. What a shot he was. Snipers are always so cool (like Pepper in Saving private Ryan). Law is magnetic. Weisz is good, unconventionally hot. Fiennes is also pretty good. Strange that when people learn a lesson in the movies, instead of going on to…
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Memento (2000)
Pearce is awesome, looks fantastic and does a great job hiding the accent. He’s appealing, interesting how everyone tries to take advantage of him. Pantaliano is a good slimeball. The story structure is interesting, coplements the character nicely. It is as frustrating for us to watch as it is for…
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A Knight’s Tale (2001)
Ledger is kinda dorky. He tries real hard to be the man but I’m just not sure that he can do it. I’m a bit disappointed with this choice at this point in his career. Stock story, the accents are inconsistent. A Nike Swoosh? An electric guitar in the score?…
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Along Came a Spider (2001)
I’m beginning to get tired of Freeman’s characters. He’s always the soft-spoken, veteran detective who knows the case and philosophy better than anyone else. Potter is cute, looks like she could be Julia Roberts’ little sister. The story is lacking importance. Who cares if some guy is trying to emulate…
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Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
It’s cute. Zellwegger and Grant and Firth are all great. Impressed that Zellwegger is not afraid to get naked or look ugly, prancing around looking quite ordinary and genuine. And the very English, non-American way in which Zellweger presented herself. Her accent and vocabulary are excellent. She really did her…
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Blow (2001)
A good companion piece to Traffic and a touching portrait of an interesting character. The wonderful combination of tension, drama, comedy keeps you engaged, wondering what will come next, fantastic editing keeps the story moving quickly. Casting and performances are great all around, characters are all unique and interesting and believable.…
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Another off-beat Coen movie about white-trashy characters and the inventions that change their lives. Torturro and Goodman are once again interesting Coen characters while Clooney is a cool newcomer (and a good singer or lip-syncer). Quite an amazing cow-hitting scene (joining the Cattle Mutilation Club), amazing that it was all…
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3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
Bad in so many ways. Doesn’t build, stunted dialogue, a few awkward moments. Costner plays the reckless bad guy, like he did in A Perfect World. Long is refreshingly unassuming. Ice T is wasted. Cox has some meat on her and looks pretty damn hot. Lots of slow-mo Snatch moments…
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Down to Earth (2001)
Rock is OK at stand-up and improv but very bad at acting and scripted dialogue. Cheap and unfunny racial humor.
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The Big Chill (1983)
Full of familiar faces. Even the dead h=guy was Costnmer. Fuinny that the actor is nicest and most down to eath. Hurt was most intelligent and most interesting. Lots of telling match-cuts for each character. Hurt is funny, perfect for deadpan. Last music hit before redit is a bit off.…
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Hannibal (2001)
A suitable sequel I suppose. Hannibal is definitely a chilling character, one of the best villains in recent history. Good to see an old guy like Hopkins playing such demented characters. I can’t think of anyone else over 50 who would play such a horrifyingly disgusting person on screen. The…
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The Astronaut’s Wife (1999)
A modernized, scientifically-explained remake of Rosemary’s Baby. Depp is interestingly normal.
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Ghost in the Shell (1995)
OK. The Matrix is quite the hack job, isn’t it? Phone booths, falling green numbers…
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Thirteen Days (2000)
Felt like that’s how long it was. Tension just cannot be sustained through that length of film. Such a literal presentation of history, with archival footage and black and white. Anderson’s story is more interesting than Kennedy’s. It’s hard to take Costner seriously with an accent. Cool nukes in beginning.
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Traffic (2000)
Well-made, with an engaging style and score. Soderbergh knows how to handle an ensemble cast. Every one of them puts the story first. No egos. Del Toro has put on weight, but he sure is cool. He’s the Mexican Brad Pitt. Real senators give the movie credibility. A Best Picture…
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AntiTrust (2001)
Uninteresting plot. Very Microsoft, hot on the heels of the Microsoft antitrust trials. Not a big fan of Phillippe. He’s a weenie. Like a cross between DiCaprio and Ethan Hawke. My date for this one: Allison.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Fantastic kung fu and incredible swordplay. Some of that flighty stuff was a bit hard to swallow, though. Touching story Zhang is great (girls who can really move turn me on, see Mr. Nice Guy), Yeoh and Fat are perfect. I didn’t know he could move like that.
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Gross Misconduct (1993)
TV movie material. Smits is unimpressive, but Watts is one hot Australian chick.
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Cast Away (2000)
The plane crash was horrifyingly fantastic, the long takes and silence on the island helps create a sense of isolation. Hanks is good, giving the the movie the most subtle touch of comedy. His physical transformation is remarkable. Zemeckis has always been a pioneer of CGI, but a few effects…
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Frequency (2000)
It bothers me when I enjoy plots as implausible as this one so much. Not a bad movie, almost touching. Lots of Back to the Future-like photo and headline changes. Great make-up jobs on the aging. The old Quaid looks fantastic.
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Snatch. (2000)
Ritchie is definitely making a name for himself. A lot like his Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels. Similar storyline (drugs, guns, money, and the recovery of a single, valuable object), similar characters (idiotic criminals, conniving bastards, careless gamblers, and some real bad-asses), lots of playful camera tricks, and many…
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Titan A.E. (2000)
Another animated movie with a young, male star right out of N’ Sync. The Tron-ish Drej are one of the cooler alien races I’ve seen. Those evil-looking but friendly bats were cool. Gune was great. Predictably annoying over-exaggerated expressions on everyone. Inconsistent animated lighting. Lots of modelling (ice fields) mixed…
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Coyote Ugly (2000)
Any movie poster with beautiful women draped across it as central characters will make me very skeptical of the film itself. I expected a crappy movie about gorgeous women who are unrealistically righteous and totally unreal, and that’s exactly the kind of bullshit that I got. All of the secondary…
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Chopper (2000)
An interesting story about an articulate, intelligent guy with his own brand of justice, a craving for celebrity, and a bit of an insecurity problem. But the story ended too soon. Not enough happened. A few funny moments. It gets it’s appeal by being the biography of a real person,…
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What Lies Beneath (2000)
Well-made classic horror. Got a Hitchcock quality to it. Nice, leisurely long takes and very little score helps to make it scary. A few nice camera movements, and a few Kubrickian shots. Unsettlingly creepy. A good haunted house movie. The bathtub sequence was great. Ford plays a seedy fucker for…
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Space Cowboys (2000)
Good story, and the old guys do a good job. They seemed very comfortabe with each other, and it looked like they were having fun. Good story, like a cross between The Right Stuff and Grumpy Old Men. Based in reality and very plausible, which makes it a lot more…
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Double Impact (1991)
Same formula as the Jackie Chan movies. Very 80’s. Crummy story. Why are they both fighting for a tunnel that only Frankie gives a shit about? A few slo-mo kicks and punches, but the action is lacking. And the pathetic acting doesn’t compensate. Van Damme’s got a nice body. Too…
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Retroactive (1997)
Like Groundhog Day in reverse, set in the deserts of Texas. A pleasant surprise, but the plot gets a bit convoluted towards the end. Belushi is great, a natural as a Texan. Interesting to see how resilient some people can be in different situations. I know people like him. Travis…
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Little White Lies (1999)
A crap film. Bad script, bad acting. Totally uninteresting. What’s with the black and white fades? Why does it have to be set in Australia, and what’s with all the different accents? Mimi is horrible, but she’s got great tits. Morrison is pretty cool.
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
A Tarantino-ish, jumpy story of interconnectivity and coincidence, chock full of guns, drugs, and money, with a few appealing (Vinnie Jones), interesting (Dexter Fletcher), and mildly amusing (the sputtering old, fat man) characters, using the trendy soundtrack music and camera tricks (some of which are kinda cool) which have become…
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Romancing the Stone (1984)
Simple story with simple characters. A good start from Zemeckis, though he would go on to make much better movies. Douglas used to be pretty cool.
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High Fidelity (2000)
Surprising cast and cameos. Cusack tends to do more serious, lower-budget stuff now. Stunted, unrealistically poignant dialogue made it seem like a Kevin Smith movie at times. The meandering storyline was difficult to follow, and the end was like a bumpy landing. A few moments were mildly autobiographical. I could…
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Drowning Mona (2000)
Simple, off-beat comedy. Great cast, and great performances by all of them. Affleck held his own around more experienced actors.
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American Psycho (2000)
Very well-directed, good writing, and a great performance by Bale. Very similar to Patric’s character in Your Friends and Neighbors. But how did his character get that way? Looks like a cross between Matthew McConaughey and Billy Baldwin. A few scary parts and a few very funny moments, but the…
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Shanghai Noon (2000)
Jackie’s getting older, but he’s still got some nice moves. Better action than Rush Hour. That horseshoe scene was damn cool. Owen’s really cool. He says he’s a great talker, and he is. Great voice, great delivery, like Nic Cage. Very funny. The Indian wife who keeps bailing them out…
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Lies Before Kisses (1991)
Lots of plot twists. Nice, relaxed 80’s camerawork. Jaclyn is hot. Amazing what you can get away with when you’re a hot chick.
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Any Given Sunday (1999)
An interesting look at sports management politics. That eyeball moment was a bit weird. Stone’s flamboyant style (changing camera angles and film types, jagged cuts, montages, overpowering music) worked well with U-Turn’s whimsical storyline but seems a little odd when a story that is so normal and grounded. Maybe that’s…
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The Patriot (2000)
Not sure if this was a fluke for Emmerich or if he is actually improving as a filmmaker. He should be commended for his choice of script, cast, and photography. A powerful, well-made movie, perhaps the best Revolutionary War movie ever made. Deliciously and realistically bloody. The period was in…
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X-Men (2000)
Good story. A great adaptation, and definitely trilogy material. A great series introduction and perhaps the best first movie ever, planting a lot of seeds for future plots (particularly Wolverine’s past and his vague connection with Magneto) without leaving any glaring wholes in this one. The cast is signed on,…
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Technological Threat (1988)
Nice to see that there’s other edgy, socially aware animation aside from the Simpsons and South Park.
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The Lucky Number (1932)
Nice, simple story. Very theatrical. Mollison was fantastic. Great debut. Looks a bit like Tim Roth. I wonder if he’s still around. Wyndham’s a hottie.
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Bowfinger (1999)
Martin does Hollywood satire once again, only this time it’s not as entertaining. A cross between L.A. Story and Ed Wood. I’m sick of seeing Murphy show himself off as several different characters.
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Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
The Farrelly formula: shocking gross-out humor, genitalia gags, animatronic animal cruelty, and random, exaggerated absurdities blended with simple romance and set to 70’s-style easy listening tunes. Carrey returns to his comic roots and does a pretty god job. Lots of opportunities for physical humor. Part of his appeal is that…
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Flatliners (1990)
Not bad. OK story and characters, but the acting slips at times. That black girl on the train was hilarious.
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Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Woo is coming into his own. Fantastic action shot with great style within a believable story. The action is crazy but believable, same appeal as the Bond movies or True Lies. A full-fledged Wooish shootout, and probably the most exciting and best-shot motorcycle chase I’ve ever seen. Lots of very…
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The General’s Daughter (1999)
Story’s not bad. Even Travolta’s not bad. I love his conversation with Woods.
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Rogue Trader (1999)
Good, tense moments if you understand the technicalities of the securities market. Nice to see McGregor without much make-up. Makes him more real.
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Romper Stomper (1992)
A strange mix of A Clockwork Orange and Trainspotting, with themes from American History X. Playful characters, acting, camerawork, and editing make it similar to Mad Max in style. No close-ups, which is nice. We get to see a younger, thinner Crowe, who even then had that internal intensity that…
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The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Slow and confusing. Same weird snowy place, funny accents, and musical appeal as Fargo. The lawyer was a bit strange for a protagonist. The Go girl was good.
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Pitch Black (2000)
Pretty crummy. Don’t know how a mediocre writer could ever get a job directing. Great effects. One of the best crash landing sequences ever. Nice daylight effect on the planet. But I don’t understand why they couldn’t have used some of that money for a star though. Diesel was pretty…
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One Eight Seven (1997)
Not well-done. Sloppy directing. It’s been downhill for Reynolds since The Beast. Nice twist at the end. Although the scene is admittedly copied from the Deer Hunter, it is pretty dramatic. Very simple characters. Jackson is OK. Kind of suprised he toook the role. What gives him the drive to…
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The Waterboy (1998)
Sandler is slowly getting funnier. I can’t look at Winkler without thinking of Fonzie. He’s the Ralph Macchio of the 70’s.
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Go (1999)
An entertaining, wonderfully woven story. Good action, good music. Good characters, good dialogue, good acting. Olyphant was great. Everyone did a good job. Once again, the hot, innocent girl falls for the drug dealer. An interesting look at the deliciously seedy underworld of suburbia and Las Vegas. Good True Romance-ish…
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The Beach (2000)
An interesting blend of Mosquito Coast, Lord of the Flies, and Rambo. A must-see for every backpacker, as it really captures the essence of the experience. A lot of Richard’s philosophies are spot on. Leo’s getting better, defining a real persona for himself. His chiseled but youthful appearance and goofy…
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Gladiator (2000)
The story was pretty good, the final battle and selfless death being the most dramatic moment. Seemed like Messenger in many ways. A historical underdog takes on the world, lots of eerie, surreal nature shots (walking through the wheat field, in particular). You can tell that it drew from Ben-Hur…
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U-571 (2000)
Well-made. The effects and music are pretty good and well-used. Good casting and acting. The supporting cast is good and well-managed. The right people live, and the right people die. The German guy with the Americans was cool. Suspenseful and unpredictable. Great opening sequence. The forceful invasion of the U-boat…
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Mission to Mars (2000)
Some Contact, Apollo 13, and a few Kubrickian moments in there. Cast is pretty good overall. Nice to see Robbins doing a space movie. Sad when he dies. A young, spry Connie Nielsen is pretty hot. Some overly exposition, crappy dialogue, and a few silly reactions from the astronauts. Their…
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Point Break (1991)
Good story, pretty good characters. Reeves was cool when he was younger. Busey’s surprisingly good as a good guy, and Swayze’s surprisingly good as a bad guy. Petty’s cute. Nice camerawork for the action scenes. With the blue lighting and second wind to the action, you can definitely see the…
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The Karate Kid (1984)
Like Rocky, Avildsen gives us another story about a lower class, inner-city Italian fighting his way to fame and glory. Good story, interesting characters. Lots of stereotypical Grease/West Side Story-ish characters and situations. Lots of 70’s camerawork and music, especially in the beginning. Corny at times, but the corny moments…
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Anna and the King (1999)
Blah. The drama is OK, but there’s not much else to the movie. Sure it wasn’t Ron Howard directing?
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Blade (1998)
Some nice effects, great techno score. Snipes does a good job not looking clumsy. Cool “what the fuck” lip-reading.
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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Another in a wave of black comedies that use wannabe-cool but gratuitous dialogue to develop wannabe-cool characters at the expense of the story. The half-witted dialogue is funny and cool at times, but overall the film lacks a more complex plot and character development which would have provided a more…
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American History X (1998)
An intriguing story that makes you think a bit harder about race relations in America, with some real tension. Norton’s performance is powerful, and he looks fantastic. Furlong is eerily good. Great acting all-around. Even all the supporting people were convincing, and you don’t see that very often these days.…
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Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Well-directed. The timing of the shots and pacing of the story was nice, and the art direction was fantastic. Nice cast. Paltrow was good, Rush was excellent, and it was nice seeing Jim Carter from Top Secret back on the screen. I loved the Queen’s quote that “theater can’t teach…
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Big Daddy (1999)
I’m not a big Sandler fan to begin with, but it just doesn’t seem like there’s much comedy here. More of a wannabe drama movie. The trailer gave away all the little comedy anyway. But maybe it’s good to see Sandler making a movie with more of a story and…
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Joan was a cheerleader, not a fighter. This is one long pep rally. Not quite sure what the final statement on religion was. Milla’s got cool hair, but I don’t like to root for deranged, delusional bitches. So that pretty much blew the movie for me. Her horrible performance consisted…
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For baseball players and students, one of the best of its kind. But I can’t help think they they can still do better.
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The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
Like much of Griffith’s work, a bit too long for silent film (by today’s standards, of course).
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Seven Chances (1925)
More of a basic story with special effects than a comedy. Keaton was quite an athlete. The scene with the falling rocks was really cool. Supposedly, a remake of Personal.
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M (1931)
It started off OK, but then it got boring. Although it’s a decent story, not enough happens. Neat heaven and hell motifs. The guy should have let go of the balloon at the end, though. The end of the film lacked finality. The blind man sees all. Again. A special…
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Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
To me, the film supports immorality. It was an act of lying which resolved the story. If the film was made to support immorality, I think it was well-made. If the point of the film was to support morality, then the film is badly made. Kind of preachy. Great casting.…
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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
I’m not an avid fan of Neo-Realism. What makes film so exciting and interesting to watch as an entertainment medium is its ability to “cut out” uninteresting time and only leave the necessary plot-driving components behind. The excitement comes from watching “compressed” time and eliminating wasted screen time, leaving the…
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Night and Fog (1955)
Heart-breaking, even disturbing at times, but interesting. The orchestral, Hollywood musical score is offensive. It doesn’t match the grotesque reality we see on the screen, fictionalizing an event that was very real.
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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
A battle of screen legends. How often does that happen? The same appeal as the Cartoon Olympics of the 80’s. Cheesy, but the cheese gives it flavor. Slow.
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
About as good a sequel as you could make to the classic original. Crummy story, pretty much the same thing all over again. The telepathics are goofy, the religious imagery is a bit much, and the last few minutes didn’t have enough impact for an end-of-the-world scenario. The final statement…
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Jaws (1975)
A good heart-pounder, one of the best movies of its kind. Combines light comedy with horror, a horror tradition. Great body part effects, especially the leg. When they showed the floating head, I’ve never seen a theater jump like that. Scheider establishes himself as a horror/sci-fi star. Dreyfuss is great…
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The Jerk (1979)
A couple of chuckles. He’s more of a moron than a jerk. Martin definitely peaked later on. Peters was good. What’s with Reiner? Seemed like an ego thing having him in the movie like that. At least he could have been funny. The late 70’s and early 80’s was a…
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The Beastmaster (1982)
An interesting story and some cool effects for its time. I’ve seen it almost a million times, and although it was more enjoyable seeing it as a kid, it still is entertaining. It’s too bad more higher-budget movies like this one aren’t made. Interesting “you are my father” concept borrowed…
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Red Dawn (1984)
I remember watching this when the threat of WWIII was real. Seemed a bit more scary and intense back then. Nice, young cast of familiar faces. Grey and Thompson are cute, just not sure why they’re illiterate bumpkins. Some questionable camera angles. Quite often, we’re looking at back of heads…
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Spies Like Us (1985)
I really liked this a lot more as a kid, but I still thought it was pretty funny, even after seeing it for the millionth time. The comedy is just darn goofy. It could have been a good story, but it was a bit cheesy in the way it was…
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A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Great, simple comedy. It’s just a really simple, really funny movie. More “pure” movies like this should be made. What makes this movie great is the fact that it not only has great comedy, but it also has a great story and great characters. Did you know that Archie Leach…
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