Jeff's Reviews

Thoughts on every movie I've ever seen.

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Braveheart (1995)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

I can’t decide if this is the perfect date movie or a horrible date movie. There is a ton of bloody violence (amazing how violent it is even without guns), but it still makes for a very emotional movie. Very powerful movie. I have never in my life seen a…

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The Brothers McMullen (1995)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Pretty good for a student production ($25,000?). Decent story but a crummy ending. Great job by the guy who played Patrick. He reminded me of George from “Seinfeld.”

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Casino (1995)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Goodfellas II? This film plays more like a documentary than a narrative. It shows how casinos work and examines the lives of those who run them.

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Clockers (1995)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Keitel is pretty good, Turturro is great. A showing of Turturro’s versatility, especially after his great performance in Quiz Show. I think that he should have been given more screen time, and that if the movie had centered more around him and Keitel, the movie could have been great. The…

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Congo (1995)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

The ape was WAY too human, both in the way it moved, its expressions, its motions, and its dramatic pauses. They should have made it more like Benji and made it an animal at heart with human surface traits, rather than a human at heart with ape surface traits. The…

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Copycat (1995)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

An attempt at some trend-setting cinematic techniques for mental cases, like Psycho. One of the few recent thrillers which actually thrills, and one of Sigourney Weaver’s better performances. A larger role for Harry Connick Jr. would have been great.

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Crimson Tide (1995)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Tony once again demonstrates his outstanding use of color (blues, greens, reds, whites, and blacks) and his “eye candy” visual imagery. A lot of neat shots (in the rain and underwater), some cool effects, great sound, and of course a blazing sunset. Good, powerful use of music (a Tony trademark).…

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Desperado (1995)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Some parts had good cinematography, others were a bit cheesy. A lot of the action is kinda gay. Banderas was pretty good, but I think this could have been a great movie if he had played it off more like a comedy. Buscemi was great.

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Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Both the action and characters in this movie somehow seemed kind of hollow, or empty. The story was okay, but the title has to go. What a dumb title. Samuel L. Jackson really established himself by playing the same kind of wise-cracking person he has played in some of his…

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Four Rooms (1995)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Obviously an attempt to make a playful movie, like From Dusk Till Dawn. A “why not make a shitty movie with all of my friends since we have so much money now” kind of film. Overall, a low-grade film. Rodriguez’s segment with the kids saved the movie. It was so…

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