Reviews

I went to the film PRAYING that I wouldn't be disappointed, and I wasn't! What I loved about this episode is the focus it puts on the psychological torment that Annikan experiences--propelling him to the dark side. I totally bought it. And the acting in this episode? Not half bad!

There were a couple of CGI dinosaurs that still looked like crap, but I was able to overlook it and feel totally satisfied with this chapter of the story!!!!!! As YOUNG ANNIKAN would've said in Episode I -"Yiipppppeeeeeee."

That moment that Annikan gets sealed into the suit and breathes that scary Dark Vader respirator breath for the first time?

That's hot.

I didn't think this movie was depressing at all. It made me feel GOOD. It made me feel VALIDATED. It made me feel like there are more people being destroyed by this government than I ever IMAGINED.

To you douchebags who are saying that this film is manipulative, I assume you're referring to the exclusion of some fantastic footage of W. making brilliant, powerful and poignant speeches that make sense. I guess y'all are right-but I guess Y'ALL are going to have to be the ones to scour the media archives for SOME footage of that two-bit organ grinder's monkey saying something intelligible. Good luck with that! DOUCHEBAGS!!!

Michael Moore's powerful film is a brilliant portrayal of the epidemic of self-imposed, self-protective IGNORANCE in America.

Um,...was it just me??? Or was it about 10-15 minutes into the movie before anyone said anything??? I felt like I was at a porno flick. Then,...about 30 minutes into the movie,...when they started to explain the "plot"...it was really hard to concentrate on anything except for Angelina's HUGE BREASTS popping through her tanks top,...

She should've knocked somebody out with them,.... THAT would've been a fun twist,....

This is one of "those" movies,.... Like "Basketball Diaries" or "Primal Fear," that made me feel like vomiting for a couple of days afterwards. This film is BEAUTIFULLY directed, written, acted, filmed,...

It's just something that III would recommend watching when you're ALREADY feeling seriously suicidal, because that's how you're going to feel after you watch the film.

All I can say is that the first time I put this film in my VCR, I ran out of my apartment, and made one of my friends go over to my place and take it out, because I was too scared to touch it. I watched it at HIS place later with LOTS of lights on....

Is it a CHICK THING??? This movie just made me want to throw up,...a LOT,... AND it gave me nightmares,... But I know MANY, MANY MAAAAAAAANNNY MEN that think that it's one of the most brilliant films ever made,....

I'm not saying it sucked,... I'm just saying that it freaked me out to much to REALLY pay attention to what the movie was trying to "say."

Maybe when I grow up,...I'll be able to watch it again and be able to appreciate it,...as for now, I don't want to touch it.

Yay. With the PATHETIC Oscar backlash against independent films this year, I'm SO relieved this one squeaked into the nominations. It is THE BEST FILM I've seen this year. It is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Mark Ruffalo is SO FUNNY that I was CRYING. Dude,...WHY is this movie not nominated for more Oscars??? The writing is absolute genius and it's so beautifully acted that I get tingles just thinking about it. This is a slice-of-life movie of the HIGHEST QUALITY. It's so real and sad that I KNOW that it's going to end up on my "favorites" list for a REALLY long time.

This movie is...DA WOOOOORST!!! Dude,...talk about creating lousy characters!!! Sebastian isn't HOLLOW,...he's FLAT! Like,..SERIOUSLY??? It really makes me CRINGE when filmmakers use the: "hit-'em-over-the-head-in-case-they-don't-get-it-then-do-it-again-" approach to screenwriting. Come ON.

Gee....are we supposed to think that Kevin Bacon's character has some kind of a GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD complex???

And then,...that once he gets out into the world as the INVISIBLE MAN,...the ONLY thing that he can think of to do with it is FEEL UP CHICKS while they're sleeping??? Like,...that's ALL he does when he's out in the world!!!

Like,....quuuuuuuueeeeee????

Dude,...the EFFECTS weren't even good...they were FREAKING ClayMATION!!!

This one isn't even good for a rental!!!

I have to admit that I didn't know WHAT to expect after renting Merhige's "Begotten." But this director has now proven that he can produce a mainstream film without selling his soul. "Shadow" is an absolutely breathtaking, beautiful, and bizarre look at the making of F.W. Murnau's masterpiece "Nosferatu." If the script, cinematography, and high-quality acting weren't enough to pull me in on their own, Merhige had yet another trick up his sleeve. I was thrilled to see a cameo by young indie film director Nicholas Elliott in the piece as well!

Elliott plays the part of "Paul," Murnau's assistant with intensity AND subtlety. His death scene is both terrifying AND thrilling. Who but Merhige would think of using this "Lost Man" director in this part?

I was absolutely thrilled by this film and have all fingers and toes crossed for an Oscar nomination for Dafoe!!!

10 out of 10!!!

Okay,...let me start with the POSITIVES--

I liked the plane crash. I mean,...that was good,...but the second he got on dry land, I found myself wishing that he'd drowned along with the plane. Tom Hanks is a BEAST. It's not JUST the pathetic acting that made me hate this movie,...it's the script. This movie had the potential to be really interesting and profound...but then just as Hanks' character starts to settle in on the island, there's a blackout and suddenly the screen says: "4 Years Later".

Um,...FOUR YEARS LATER??? Then,...why the hell did I come to see this movie??? So that I could see him reunite with rat-face Helen Hunt. Um,...okkaaayyy. Except that the reunion between the two is PATHETIC. The scriptwriters tried to pack the ENTIRE process of shock, grieving, reignited love, and realization that each of them had "moved on" into TEN MINUTES.

What a load.

The ending is so cheesy it hurt. And the imagery throughout the film is so blatant that it's insulting.

They just skipped over EVERY SINGLE SCENE that I was interested in seeing.

This movie's a STEAMER.

This is one of those movies that I just KNOW that I'm going to end up watching about 500 TIMES. That's just because it's so,...well,...WATCHABLE. I'm REALLY not a fan of Julia Roberts,...and I think I've only enjoyed MAYBE one of her other films, but this one is TERRIFIC. It's inspiring AND funny AND entertaining AND well-written,...AND--I say that the Oscar nomination in THIS one's GOT to go to Albert Finney. He's absolutely hysterical. This is just one of those movies that makes me HAPPY. Hooray!!!

The Matrix is just a totally CLASSIC film. The special effects are epic enough to put this film into the history books. It's the fact that there's actually a BRILLIANT story behind it too that makes me feel like this film is really going to be looked on as a classic years from now. This film is LOADED with symbolism and imagery and philosophy and sheer brilliance. This film is WAY ahead of its time. And THIS one was on the first chapter in what's got potential to be THE new great trilogy of our time. It's gonna be OUR Star Wars people!!! Check it owwwwwttt!!!

I was really pretty disappointed. I absolutely adore Andy Kaufman. I think that he was a genius and undoubtedly one of the greatest comedians of the century. The problem with this movie was that it didn't show me anything that I didn't see on the "Tribute to Andy Kaufman" 1-hour special on Comedy Central. This movie left me with the feeling that Kaufman was a two-dimensional character with no feelings when he was off-stage. I don't know THAT much about the sequence of events that took place in Kaufman's life, but I do know that Forman manipulated the events to tell a much different story than actually occurred. I was disappointed because it just seemed like an hour and a half of Jim Carrey doing an imitation of the stunts that the real Kaufman pulled in real life. It left me with the feeling the Kaufman was just some freak that was impossible to REALLY KNOW, which I don't believe. Yes, Kaufman was a practical joker and mastered the art of tricking us into who he really was and what he really wanted from us. I saw no passion in this direction. When I see a biographical film, I like to at least think that the director is passionate about the main character's life. I just saw this film as a shallow reflection of the stunts that Kaufman pulled, as opposed to a thoughtful exploration of this brilliant man's life.

Will someone PLEASE give Denzel a decent script???(I haven't seen "The Hurricane" yet.) It's really depressing to see such a talented actor having to chew on these leathery lines. Ugh. I felt bad for Angelina Jolie too. I WANT to hate her because she's so beautiful, but I actually think she's a good actress. It wasn't the acting or even the plot that sunk this movie. It was the pathetic script, which was a bunch of spliced together lines from SUCCESSFUL recent thrillers. Throw together the violence of "Seven" with the older-guy-younger-hot-girl element of "Kiss the Girls", and mix in the housebound twist of "Copycat". Then add in some quadriplegic fight scenes that boarder on the SLAPSTICK. That's pretty much your film here. This movie is totally random. There's nothing to hold on to here. It's SO predictable that it's depressing. It's the most depressing use of recycled plots EVER.

N't like it.

Okay,...it's not that I didn't LIKE this film....I mean,...it was FINE. It's a decent film, but the fact that it got as much praise and as many accolades as it did is really ridiculous and offensive to me. If the "draw" of this film is supposed to be that it goes "out on the edge" and gets to the heart of a "typical American suburban family",...then I personally just don't get it. I didn't find this film to be revolutionary or new at all. There have been DOZENS of films out there that have covered this topic and covered it beautifully and with more thought. I love Kevin Spacey. I think that he's a wonderful actor and he's the entire reason that I didn't hate this film completely. Without him, it would've been a REAL steaming load. But other than Spacey's performance, I HONESTLY don't understand what all of the fuss is about. I would love to respond to what people love about this film, but I HONESTLY don't get it. It wasn't original or new, the storyline was violently predictable, and the attempts at emotional manipulation of the audience were thinly veiled as what MUST be very personal and emotional experiences for the writer of this film,...but not so much for me as an audience member. I just HONESTLY don't understand why this film was so highly acclaimed when BEAUTIFUL films like:

AHEM!

"The Insider"

were cast aside.

I think that it's a SERIOUSLY depressing state of affairs for the American film-going audience when we are reveling in a film such as this for "showing us the truth".

Please,...

The fact that The Insider did not win the Best Picture Oscar just proves how CONSISTENTLY wrong the Academy is. This is a film about TRUTH!!! It's just incredibly disappointing to me how films that explore the depth or REAL LIFE struggles...and how the drama of REAL LIFE can make the absolute most compelling films out there. THIS is the best picture of 1999. And III don't want to hear another word about it!!!

Okay,...I just watched this film for probably the 20th time, and I could probably watch it a hundred times in a row and not get sick of it. This comment is directed towards anyone who has not seen this film:

GO...

NOW...

I have LITERALLY dragged people off the street and sat them down in front of my television when I've found out that they haven't seen this film. And, I have not,...to date...met ANYONE who didn't like this film. There's not really anything bad that you CAN say about it. It's just a beautiful story, beautifully portrayed....

Go...

NOW...

I have recently found myself very impressed by some of the original series coming out of HBO. I was totally crushed to find out that this was a one-time movie and not the start of another series. I feel like HBO really tapped into a topic that hasn't been explored in depth before: the psychological stress that goes along with a family having to start over from scratch. The film shows the first five days of the family living in a safe house after entering the witness protection program, and the training that they have to go through to prepare for their new life.

I thought that this film was outstanding, ESPECIALLY for a cable television production. I LOVE mafia movies, but I think that that's because it's always seemed like such a fantasy world to me. This film focuses on the reality that the family must face when they have to leave all of their money and connections behind. I thought that it was heartbreaking and gut-wrenching.

Rock on HBO!!! Gimme MORE!!!

Why? WHY was this movie released? WHY WHY WHY??? This movie is SO poorly done. Okay,...MAYBE the concept of a guy going out on twenty dates and filming them had SOME potential, but this guy is SUCH a jerk for most of the film that I don't even WANT him to find love. He films many of the women without telling them and then seems surprised when they hate him for it. He made a lot of women feel used and embarrassed. I just felt throughout the entire film as if he had NO solid concept of what he even WANTED this movie to be about. The biggest controversy in the movie is that he finds someone that he likes, and then doesn't want to have to go out on ALL TWENTY DATES. Neat story....TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT....NOT TO MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT. You've SEEN this movie already. Has someone you know ever dated someone else??? Have you ever seen them together being REALLY BORING??? Good!!! Save yourself the price of a video rental!!! This is a HOME MOVIE that this guy should show his kids someday....NOT THE MOVIE-GOING PUBLIC!!! Ugh!!! This film is a perfect example of the reason that some are hailing independent film as nothing more than a "vanity press for the 90s"!!!