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Children of the Corn (2009)
Do not insult the original by calling this a remake
First, this is not a remake of the original movie. This is a completely different movie which follows the original short story. One of the only things I didn't like about the first Children of the Corn movie, was that it took it's own path and decided to have a happy ending. It's nice to have a movie that follows the short, which is why I gave a 3 instead of a 2.
The acting is absolutely horrid. Anyon who could actually give this movie a rating of higher than 4, probably was a member of the cast or crew. Kandyse McClure's acting was so bad, that I wanted to jump through my screen and smack her myself. Neither of the two main characters are likable, and I wanted them both to die, so that I didn't have to hear them carry on any longer. I honestly would have stopped watching the movie but, I was hoping for the scene in the first one, where the children kill the adults in the diner. I remember the one kid locking the diner door before the killing starts. Sorry, but that scene isn't here.
This film didn't scare me at all. There wasn't a single scene that was worth watching the entire movie, just to see it. Bad acting and bad directing equals a really bad movie. 5 to 10 minutes into the movie, you'll want to turn it off. Go with that instinct, if you have decided to watch it even after my warning.
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
Rating reflects hate of Spike's Comments
The rating of this movie is ridiculously low for one reason; Spike Lee basically called Clint Eastwood a racist. This is also why some critics have given this movie bad reviews. You will find many legit critics who judge based on the actual movie, gave this one great reviews. I say see the movie for yourself as it is Oscar worthy.
I normally don't post comments regarding movies but, upon seeing the ridiculous 5 rating, I had to say something here. I've noticed things in the forum, like actors who people expected to see more of in the film. I am African American and I saw this movie last night. First thing I will say is when I walked in, over half of the theater was already filled with Caucasians which kinda surprised me. I was wondering if they #1, knew this was a spike lee movie and #2, knew if was about a group of black soldiers in WWII. At the end of the movie I was shocked that the entire theater erupted with applause. This is the best movie I have seen from Spike Lee and, if he keeps his mouth shut and his comments to himself, he can expect an academy award nomination here. I'm not sure what previews some of these people watched which gave them some impression that this was an action movie but, I knew it was not as none of the previews made it seem so. Its not a Saving Private Ryan type of movie but, more like Schindler's List. The movie was long but, I didn't feel the length. I was shocked to see around 3 hours had passed since I walked into the theater until I got in my car. I did not once check for the time during the movie, something I did even during The Dark Knight. Though this movie is fictitious, it feels so real as you watch it. What spike did here is extremely incredible. While I originally didn't feel a Caucasian person would be able to appreciate this movie as much as myself or other blacks, the applause in that theater proved me wrong. Ignore these ridiculous comments about being disappointed and seeing an actor you saw named in the movie for only 8 minutes. This movie follows 4 black soldiers and the people in the Italian village they get stuck in; what actors do you think you will see most of the movie?? Go see this movie. There aren't many over the course of a year worth paying $10.75. This will be one of the few that is.
How She Move (2007)
Not all that bad Honestly
I noticed this movie was getting trashed well before it hit the theaters and I too didn't have high hopes for it. I figured it was another "You Got Served" type of movie with some nice dance moves and horrid acting. I was at the theater and deciding between this and Meet the Spartans and picked this. To my surprise the acting wasn't bad at all and the movie was actually pretty good. The fact that it has a lower rating than You Got Served is absolutely ridiculous. Instead of listening to the garbage posted on here I recommend going to see a matinée showing of this movie so you don't spend too much. I think you will be pleasantly surprised with how wrong everyone has been about it. When it comes to dance movies this is certainly one of the better ones with far superior acting than many of the other ones. Go see the movie and judge for yourself. Hopefully the rating will rise after it comes out on DVD and more people check the movie out instead of judging it based on comments before the movie released.
edit The movie is now moving closer to its correct rating. Over 1000 people have given it a rating of 9, a bit too high but at least it is helping to offset the ridiculous votes of 1.
Smash Lab (2007)
Like Mythbusters Except It Sucks
I normally don't write reviews, I just vote my opinion and thats it. I used my DVR to get the first episode of this show knowing it was nothing but a mythbusters spin off. I expected something watchable but had to stop half-way through. You have 3 guys and one girl(The Scientist), hey that's pretty close to mythbuster's 4 guys and one girl. One major problem I had was that "The Scientist" sounds really stupid. I felt like some writer was giving her lines to say which sounded as scientific as they could come up with while she seemed to me to be dumber than a dumb blonde. Everyone on mythbusters seems to know what they are talking about and it doesn't feel like someone wrote lines for them to say. Though I've always wondered what the specialty of the girl on mythbusters is, she's never seemed stupid to me. Why watch a fake version of mythbusters on the same channel as mythbusters when you can just watch the real thing. This show won't last very long. Don't waste an hour watching it, you're better off washing your hair or watching 2 rerun episodes of the wonder years :-).
edit I've tried watching some of the episodes following the first one. I finally forced myself to finish watching the first episode on my DVR, which left me wishing I had just not finished it. I have been unable to sit through an entire episode of the show as it feels so fake. As many people have stated, they are trying hard to take the last 5-10min of mythbusters and stretch it in to an hour long show, unfortunately it just doesn't work. With mythbusters I love every bit of the leading up to the big bang. This show makes you want to fast forward to the end to see if there is anything interesting there and when when you get there, there's not. I wish they would just show another episode of mythbusters in this time slot until they find something else to replace it.
Miami Vice (2006)
Worst Movie of The Century
I will be absolutely truthful with you, anyone who gave this movie a 10 was either high when they saw the movie or is someone who thought Daredevil was a good movie. This is the worst movie I have ever seen, and I have seen movies like House of the Dead and even worse House of the Dead 2. I have no idea how this movie got released because I would think Jamie Foxx or Colin Farrell after seeing footage would have said wow this is really bad. The plot is non-existent, the camera work reminds me of The Blair Witch Project, the dialog is pretty sorry and the soundtrack changes without warning, making absolutely no sense. Plus there are these looooong "romantic" scenes, i put romantic in quotations because they aren't really romantic I just have no other word for them, anyway the scenes don't belong and have nothing to do with the movie. This movie is getting bad reviews for a reason, save your money and don't even waste money on this thing when it comes out on DVD. This will not be in theaters long as word will get out quickly how bad it is.