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Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Nice story. Mixes comedy with drama quite effectively, like Signs. The most fascinating thing to see, I think, is watching someone who is always funny trying to deal with a serious situation. I would have liked to see Benigni get even more serious, and to see things get even more…
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The Scorpion King (2002)
Paint-by-numbers story and action and effects, but they really lost me with the electric guitars. Rock was kinda funny, but I know he could have been a lot funnier. I know he’s capable of it. That arm-wrestling chick was incredible.
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The Sum of All Fears (2002)
About what I expected. A complicated, literary plot about nukes involving enough people to make it a pain in the ass to watch. I suppose Affleck makes a good Jack Ryan.
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Flashdance (1983)
Not much happens, doesn’t really go anywhere. A bit disjointed and unpolished like a lot of 80’s movies. The ending kind sucked. Beals is hot. Got a boner watching her eat lobster. She’s is like Ralph Macchio in so many ways. But she’s unrealistically normal. She swears a lot and…
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Feels like a Disney movie. Would have liked to see a bit more edge to it. Action’s not bad, and the skeleton effects were well-done. A bit long. Depp is magnetic, and I love the pirate language they all use.
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Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001)
Touching war romance, although it would have been really impressive if the whole thing was in subtitles. The most interesting character, I thought, was the sympathetic Nazi. The war footage was OK.
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Pretty good for a non-Cameron installment. They actually came up with a story worth telling, which was my biggest concern. Mostow stays pretty faithful to the original movies and, by introducing inevitable self-destruction, finds a way for the story to keep going. I think Arnie will now abandon movies and…
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L.A. Confidential (1997)
Russell Crowe plays one of the most intense mofos I have ever seen. Riveting. Pearce was good too. Spacey’s death stare was awesome. Basinger was OK. A lot of the Oscar-nominated acting came from the script, I think. Complicated plot. Why Crowe would so easily fall in love with a…
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Basic (2003)
Not a fan of Travolta or movies that leave us in the dark. I start to think that everything I am seeing is BS and I get bored waiting for the truth. Another Rashomon-like whodunnit. Refreshing to see a protagonist embracing evil for a change. Nielsen’s hot but her crap…
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I'm a photographer, web developer, travel enthusiast, and movie buff living in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.In the summer of 1993, I started writing reviews for every movie I saw and haven't looked back. I'm up to 2,375 reviews now. This makes me cool or a complete dork, depending on your perspective.
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