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War of the Roses (1989)
A pretty good anti-divorce movie. A comedy, but also a more serious social comment. Surprisingly good direction. Dumb title, though. Just a tad slow. And I don’t like flashbacks that repeatedly rip you out of the story and bring you into the less interesting present. Of course, Danny would be…
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When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Great, simple love story, and a great date movie. Crystal is a comedian first, an actor second. I wonder how much of his dialogue was his own.
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Dances With Wolves (1990)
Like Braveheart, a very well-made, cleanly told, self-directed time/place piece, with a beautifully unified score. A nice blend of subtle comedy, romance, action, suspense, and grossness, though if anything, maybe the pacing is a bit off. There are scenes where it feels that things are moving a tad slow. Great…
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Europa Europa (1990)
A story about the luckiest traitor in the world. OK story about a remarkable period of human history. There seems to be too much moving the story forward, and not enough character development. The main actor was good, but that was becasue we understood the situation he was in and…
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Goodfellas (1990)
Great characters, great settings, and really good sound, but not very much of a storyline. I mean, what really happens? It was basically a biography of a gangster, or a documentary of gangster life, with a bit of comedy. With a little more temporal disjunction, this could have been the…
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Home Alone (1990)
Strange how I couldn’t stand the so-far-beyond-stupid-that-they-don’t-even-make-me-think-about-smiling antics of some little kid who made millions by slapping his cheeks and screaming, and everyone else in America could. It’s interesting that this movie was one of the top grosses of all time. After seeing this movie, I got into the habit…
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Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
It reminded me a lot of Leaving Las Vegas. Both are basically the story of death from the character’s point of view, except that Jacob was being killed rather than dying. Jacob’s Ladder had a semi-pleasant resolution at the end, while Leaving Las Vegas certainly did not. Those head-shaking demons…
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Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
Nice, simple story. Tom and Meg had great chemistry together. Meg, who was cuter back then, is the new Goldie Hawn.
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Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Cute and touching, one of Reitman’s best. Arnold looks cool with a beard. I think this is the only time we get to see him with one, and the only time we get to hear him speak German. Reitman finds a way to get most of Arnold’s classic lines in…
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La Femme Nikita (1990)
Great story (seemed a bit like Mission: Impossible) with the same flavor as The Professional. This one felt a lot like a Cameron film. Lots of light blues. Also a Terminator 2 line about Uncle Bob and a Josephine/Doris twist from True Lies. The main actress was great in the…
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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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