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Moon (2009)
Interesting idea, but way too slow. Definitely inspired by 2010: A Space Odyssey and Solaris. Rockwell does a pretty good job playing two different characters. GERTY has to be the dumbest robot ever. Big budget idea, but low budget execution. Effects are sloppy and filled with misspellings. The most cliche…
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Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Some good comedy, driven by good actors who have great chemistry with each other. Corddry is a really funny guy. Acceptable story for a goofball comedy. The 80’s stuff seemed really authentic. Brushing off all the usual time travel paradoxes, the only thing that really bugged me was that Nick’s…
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New Moon (2009)
There are two stories in this one, and it seems like a bit much to tackle in one movie. Perhaps an awkward consequence of adapting from the books. The unhealthy relationship between Bella and Edward continues, but a third element is added to make things even more chaotic. In Edward’s…
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Twilight (2008)
If any guy was as creepy as Edward, any healthy girl would run the other way. But Bella is not healthy, and this is a movie. So just like that, we have romance. Stewart is not a good actress. She’s a cute girl, but her reluctance to sustain eye contact…
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Pumping Iron (1977)
An interesting peek at early Arnold. And it’s amazing how all of the bodybuilders seem completely unaffected by the cameras. They are natural and care-free, not self-conscious or paranoid like they certainly would be today. But then, in the “Making Of” special, I discovered that Arnold played it up for…
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Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Some cute animation, but not as witty or touching as most of Pixar’s other work.
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Broadcast News (1987)
Not bad. But to base the climactic character judgment on whether or not he staged a cry in a news broadcast? Seems a little silly. Hunter’s good, although her character is a little annoying. Hurt’s a little awkward, isn’t he? Perhaps in part his character is confusingly developed in the…
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The Fly II (1989)
Lacks the originality of the first. An easy knock-off. With that pre-pubescent voice, it’s always hard to take Stoltz seriously.
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Swordfish (2001)
Fabulous cast, especially in retrospect. Featuring a relatively skinny but still charismatic Hugh Jackman, though I doubt there’s a hacker in the world who looks like he does. Berry is looking nice. I’ve never liked Travolta in any role he takes himself seriously in. In something like Pulp Fiction, it…
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