Jeff's Reviews

Thoughts on every movie I've ever seen.

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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

Reviewed on Aug 22, 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)

Reviewed on Jul 23, 2003

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)

Reviewed on Jul 1, 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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The Hulk (2003)

Reviewed on Jun 23, 2003

Lee tries to make a comic story more dramatic than it really is and ends up with a film that is too long with a not-so-great story. The hush-hush military thing gets old. Bana, like Pitt, shouldn’t waste his time playing guys who are trying to be normal. They should…

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Shanghai Knights (2003)

Reviewed on Jun 22, 2003

Jackie’s gimmicky fight sequences are still good (he’s still amazingly acrobatic), and Wilson’s free-flowing dialogue is entertaining. Gillen’s great with a sword and looks like Edward Burns. Overall, a reasonably good adventure. But when the outtakes at the end are more entertaining than the movie, that tells you something.

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Adaptation. (2002)

Reviewed on Jun 11, 2003

A bit long and windy for me. It’s all over the place. Watching this movie is like riding a bucking bronco. I’d rather ride a Porsche. Cage his great, especially his monologues. Cooper is perfect, Streep is depressingly real, and Swinton’s always a high-class slut. Cool getting the cast back…

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Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

Reviewed on Jun 6, 2003

Chick flick. Hollow and stupid, as expected. Embry is kinda appealing.

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The Italian Job (2003)

Reviewed on Jun 3, 2003

How can we morally support greedy characters who NEED the gold when can just shoot him and be done with it? Not too well-made. The veering helicopter is retarded. Some OK car chases, Mini’s are cool! Most of the comedy just doesn’t work, save one moment when Seth imitates Statham.…

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Bruce Almighty (2003)

Reviewed on May 27, 2003

Carrey’s pretty funny. I wonder how much is written for him and how much he improvises. In any case, when things get dramatic, toning it down a bit would make it easier for us to sympathize with him when things got dramatic. The homeless guy with the signs was irritating…

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The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Reviewed on May 13, 2003

A tough act to follow. Obviously, not as original as the first. The plot’s a bit convoluted, everyone one-ups each other with the same enigmatic dialogue, the fight scenes are a bit too CGIed, the timing’s a bit off (witness the super-long tribal dance scene). Something’s just not quite right…

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