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Reviews
World Trade Center (2006)
Ungood
Ungood.Rent United 93 instead. This film was so sugar coated and chalk full of syrup I felt like I needed a call girl and shot or Whisky when I got out. Oliver Stone was once a great director, but as of late has made nothing of value. Platoon remains one of my all time favorites for it's gritty realism, however, Disney could have made a more realistic film in this case. The flashbacks and clichés were so numerous and disturbing, I twice began to escape the theater only to sit down so as to have an honest opinion. My opinion is that this film does a disservice to anyone affected by September 11th. Go back to war films, Mr.Stone.
A Day Without a Mexican (2004)
I gave it a 1 only because a 0 was not available.
This is without a doubt the worst non-student film I have ever seen. I see many films so this is quite an accomplishment. I envy all those who live in cities where this atrocity was not released. If I lived in New York I might have never heard of this thing and would be a better person for it.
At one point there was a single line of dialog that I almost misconstrued as a joke until the picture actually freeze framed to spell out the joke for anyone who might be too slow to have figured it out on their own. Audience respect was nowhere to be found. I have a general disdain for "films" shot on digital video, except for Richard Linklater's TAPE, this one reinforces my contempt for the format.
What is most tragic is that this is a real issue with real sides and this 100 minute monstrosity only makes a mockery of what could have been poignant and thought provoking. I wish I could muster one redeeming quality or moment about A Day Without a Mexican, but I can not.