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Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)
Peeved
Marlee Maitlen is a beautiful and talented actress. I hate that the deaf community gets mad when she speaks in movies. I personally think she is sexy beyond words and especially love her in "The L Word." I understand that she didn't speak in this one because of the controversy of cochlear implants, BUT... having a cheesy voice-over every time she or any other deaf person spoke was INSULTING! If they had been speaking a foreign language it would have been subtitled, not voiced-over.
Hallmark missed the opportunity to realistically present this story. Instead of keeping it real, they "dummied it down" for the hearing world.
Lost Voyage (2000)
Yawn
This movie was boring and predictable. It was clear early on who would survive and what they needed to do to guarantee survival. This TV fiasco almost makes an Ed Wood movie look like an Oscar contender. A better choice would be Ghost Ship... if only for the slicing scene.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Awesome car chase... lame ending (semi-spoilers)
The breath-taking car chase with the TX and her crane bearing down on the hapless Toyota Tundra had me blurting more than a few "ouch" and explitive comments. A good car chase, however, does not make a movie. Yes, it did have a few good plot points and I did enjoy the subtle humouros allusions to the first two movies... especially the PTSD counsellor.
What didn't work for me? Arnold's obviously computer generated chest, and the LAME ending that basically says "If you want to know the really ending to this story you have to wait for Terminator 4."
The last movie that pulled this cheap shot was "Back to the Future II." Cliffhangers like this suck and are an insult to movie fans.
Private Lessons (1981)
Every teen boy's fantasy
Imagine having the chance to film scenes with Emmanuelle herself... But enough about the actors. This film is a humorous romp into/through the sexual curiousity of a young boy. His seductress is softened by his naivity and he comes away with confidence and poise. It also has an excellent soundtrack.
Charmed (1998)
It's not supposed to be Wicca 101
If you're looking for a crash course on what it means to be Wiccan, this isn't it.
What Charmed is, however, is a very engaging story about three sisters who happen to be the most powerful demon-fighting witches to ever exist. It isn't a documentary... it's a FUN show.
I'm so hooked that I start my day watching the TNT syndicated reruns (I missed the first 3 seasons).
I won't babble about how sad I am that Prue left the show. She didn't leave... she was fired. If you read her IMDB Trivia, 2001 was a pretty bad year for Doherty. She has had problems with alcohol and anger management since 1997. (Don't get mad at me... this database documents both).
I'm just irked that they haven't shown anything new since Piper's son was born. It's amusing that the spoiler sites describe two more shows, but the local WB hasn't shown them yet. What's interesting is the sex change of the baby. Everyone assumed it would be a girl because of the trip into the future...
If you like the show... enjoy it. If you don't... orb off.
Better Than Chocolate (1999)
I'd rather have the chocolate
I think my one-line summary says it all. This movie was so "less-than-memorable," that given the choice of eating chocolate or watching the movie, I'd only pick the movie over white chocolate. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a serious choco-holic.
Hannibal (2001)
Foul After-Taste
After months of anticipation, I left the theater with an odd hollow sensation. almost as if I hadn't seen the right movie. I found myself wondering who had written the screenplay and if he had even bothered to read the last section (Part VI: A Long Spoon) of Thomas Harris' psychological thriller. In the interim between reading and watching _Hannibal_, I had even almost reconciled myself to the fact that Jodie Foster would not be returning as Special Agent Starling.
What Hollywood and Ridley Scott did to _Hannibal_, however, cannot be reconciled quite so easily. Mr. Scott reduced several key characters and events to mere charicatures or blips on the screen, and in some cases, eliminated them entirely. He then, for some unknown reason, chose to elevate the character of a whining pissant of a boy to the level of a precocious young lad, while completely eliminating his entirely annoying and ignorant mother from a plane scene that actually occurs during Dr. Lecter's return to America. In consideration of those erased, I will mention for your consideration, the following: Margot Verger, Jack Crawford, Ardelia Mapp, and perhaps most significantly, the story of Mischa and Clarice's own angst over her father's death.
The movie spends entirely too much time on the shooting of Evelda Drumgo and the actions of Paul Krendler, while leaving out entirely the impact the death of John Brigham had on Clarice. Krendler is reduced to being a leering pervert with a grudge against Clarice rather than the true misogynistic homophobe that he really was.
As a psychological thriller, _Hannibal_ is flat and the new ending is almost trite. Did Scott and the makers of _Hannibal_ really think so little of their potential audience that they felt it necessary to eviscerate what was a beautifully crafted work? Anthony Hopkins was amazing, Julianne Moore was palatable, but the movie itself left a bad aftertaste in my mouth. Read the book, but don't expect much more than choppy, graphic, gratuitous gore from the movie. and a typical Hollywood cliff-hanger ending suitable for a predictable sequel.
Hamlet (1996)
Amazing!
This movie manages to be true to Shakespeare's original folio while making it readily understandable and entertaining. Branagh has given Shakespeare back to the average person. As a teacher, I plan to use this film in my Sophomore English class.
Strangers in Good Company (1990)
Why haven't you seen it yet?
Not only is this a great movie... it stumps the "purist" player of 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon. None of the actresses can be linked through movies to KB.