Does anyone find these useful? Should I keep posting?
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Ebert & Roeper reviews for week of April 10:
Sahara
-
eros
2
Kung Fu Hustle (subtitles)
Fever Pitch (RE-review)
2
Winter Solstice
2
Thumbs-up videos
* Hotel Rwanda
* My Own Private Idaho 1991, Keanu Reeves, River Phoenix
Also on video this week:
Oceans 12
Suspect Zero
The Woodsman
Mondovino (some subtitles)
2
The dog days of summer are gone...
Hmm recent films I enjoyed:
Fever Pitch - 3 (For all baseball lovers)
Sideways - 4 (For the midlife crisis)
Code 46 -3 (If you liked Gattaca)
Cypher - 4 (AUS release only, thrilling scifi with Lucy Liu)
Mr. 3000 - 2 (Neat for baseball fan, but lacking in depth)
Spanglish - 3 (Decent story about average family, beautiful actress)
Before Sunset - 3 (Good for an intellectual date, maybe a bit forced)
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Last time I'll post these unless someone lets me know that they're useful and wanted:
Ebert & Reoper for week of April 17, 2005:
House of D
2:
Down & Derby
2
palindrome (highly recommended for dicussion, but not necessarily a good movie!)
2
Re-review: Amityville Horror
One thumb up, one down
Also receives the new "Wagging Finger of Shame" for not releasing an early cut to reviewers.
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room
2
Highly recommended to learn about how this scam shamelessly and without remorse ripped off so many innocent people
Interpreter
2
Thumbs-up videos:
* Meet the Faulkers
* House of Flying Daggers
Also coming out on video:
* Love Song for Bobby Long
* Birds
* Primer
Good reviews, but I vote for breaking them into individual threads. Especially when a multi-review spans 7 pages, it can be a chore to read about a movie you may want to see.
For myself speaking they are not useful to me.... i rather see the persons own thoughts of the movie and their own review....Originally Posted by dogopoly
Does anyone find these useful? Should I keep posting?
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Ebert & Roeper reviews for week of April 10:
Sahara
eros
2
Kung Fu Hustle (subtitles)
Fever Pitch (RE-review)
2
Winter Solstice
2
Thumbs-up videos
* Hotel Rwanda
* My Own Private Idaho 1991, Keanu Reeves, River Phoenix
Also on video this week:
Oceans 12
Suspect Zero
The Woodsman
Mondovino (some subtitles)
2
I can look up reviews if i want to see them..... it just makes more things to look thur find the movies.....
Only my input......
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Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut her up with cookies. (Chocolate Chips will do)
Your input is appreciated (and so far wins because it's the only response!)
1 hour & 47 minutes....Comedy, Drama and Romance PG 13
Oliver (Ashton Kutcher) and Emily (Amanda Peet)
How two people meet in a airport, a flight from Los Angeles to New York.... and know they are not meant for each other...(totally wrong for each other)
Seems like some people can fall in love at first sight, and others take forever to find out if they are the right match....
A romantic comedy about destiny, connection and the frequently fuzzy line
between chance friendship and happily ever after....
They just seem to keep bumping into each other throughout the years...
I loved the ending.... but you have to see it to know what happened....LOLOL
I would give this movie a B+
I also saw some of my friends there......
I enjoyed it, and laughed.....
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Peachie--
You were there and didn't look for me? (Oh well. Meet us a the beach next time.)
I came in thinking it was a total chick flick and had low expectations.
The story line was full of holes, but somehow it didn't matter and the laughs were enough to keep it going. I kept wondering when it would get bad and boring, but it never did.
Not an excellent movie, but worth going to at least a matinee. I give it a B.
I Third That Motion
I was also there Monday. Thanks for the tickets Peachie! Dogopoly, I wish I had known you were coming... Next time!
I agree with both of you. I didn't really know what to expect, but did enjoy the film. I brought my mom along, and she wasn't too keen on the nudity and sex scenes, but she liked the story. Amanda Peet is a doll and made the film worth watching by herself. Ashton Kutcher also did a good job (much better than in Guess Who). This was not really a chick flick and would be a good date movie.
I'm giving it an A-. I'll probably check it out again on DVD when it comes out. On the Ebert & Roper thing, I would probably say drop it. If you include what they thought in your review of a film, that may be better. --BDogg
Let Your Freak Flag Fly, Real Real High!
THE INTERPRETER...saw it Monday evening. I liked it & give it an A-....lots of hats/T-shirts given out by KyXy
Last edited by Paniolo; 04-20-2005 at 09:33 AM.
Interpreter
Thanks a lot for that review Paniolo! I want to see that one. Fred Saxon gave it 4 Stars, which is all I need to see it! --Ben Dogg
Let Your Freak Flag Fly, Real Real High!
Just got back...
This is a definite A...it kept the audience laughing all the way through, lots of great graphics, interesting characters, followed the book reasonably well, lots of cool gadgets, lots of things to entertain.
The story is about a man, Arthur Dent, who is swept away by a friend just before the planet Earth is destroyed to make way for an Interglactic bypass. Through a series of improbable events they meet up with the leader of the Galaxy who had inadvertently signed the orders to have Earth removed. Together they seek to find the master computer that will tell them the meaning of love, the universe and everything.
I'm probably going to go again when it officially opens.
The only reason it's not an A+ is because the storyline is like the book and throws nonsense at you all over (which was kinda the point) It's a totally fun movie but don't look for any deep meaning of continuity of the plot.
Worth seeing alone, with a love interest, or with a group of friends.
P.S. When you see it, carefully listen to the words of the happy opening song!
darnit.. i was going.. had two seats.. but .. my g/f was slow.. and we got there too late to get a seat.. about 20 people too late or so.. really wanted to see it .. specially free.. they said they will send us tickets to another prescreening of something else.. so .. we'll see what happens
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
I agree 100% with dogopoly.
Will go again this weekend with the kids.
And that song at the beginning
I fully agree. Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy was a brilliant comedic adventure that would definatly be worth the $10 to go see.
Ebert and Roeper better give this movie two thumbs up.
Im glad you guys liked hitchiker guide to the galaxy... i was so bored i walked out, after about an hour..i guess it just wasnt my type of movie..i walked into king ransom....just a silly comedy i would give it a C. it wasnt that good, me and my friend were the only people in the theatre...
Are you giving HHG a C or Kings Ransom the C?
HHG was definitely a different kind of movie.
Im giving king of ransom a C...I just heard Fred say he gave XXX2 a half a star..not good, because I am seeing that tonight. He said the acting wasnt good, and the plot/story wasnt good. I'm seeing that tonight, and was looking forward to it, and I know alot of GA members were. I hope I like it
I rate this movie:
worth full price
I wasn't sure about this. I loved David D. in X-Files but now he's directing. I started watching and wow! This movie is cool! It was funny at times and sad at times. Robin Williams was great in his supporting role. The woman inside the House of D was good too.
I havent Seen XXX2 yet..and from the Previews just don't care too.. First they are starting off with a Weak Storyline .. Calling it XXX.. or.. the "Next XXX" since the reason Vin Diesal was XXX was for the Tattoo.. but what Do I know.. (Ice Cube is a "Great" actor).. maybe he can pull it off.. err.. wait no .. prolly not.. :-D
Beware of Sarcasm inside of the ( )
What can i say.....Trigun and Dogopoly.... i guess i would consider this movie a guy movie..... I just was not into it at all.... there were a few places that made me laugh....but just not my type of movie....sorry....
BTW, you were there Dogopoly and didn't look me up....LOLOL
I am not going to rate this for you cause my rating is alot lower then what you both have said......everyone to their own opinion......
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Sorry, Peachie...I thought I had mentioned it where you saw it but I guess not. I'll make sure to PM you on the next one.
And yes, I'd say it's probably a guy movie, although GG and Panache both liked it so it does have some "broad"er appeal, too.
And BTW---your rating is as fair as ours. Like you said, it's all about opinion.
And normally I don't think it's fair to rate a movie if you walk out, but I don't think the feel of the movie changed from beginning to end so I doubt it would have changed your mind to stay longer. ...some movies have that interesting ending that pulls it all together for you and could change your mind; this didn't really have that so if you don't like that first 20 minutes, you probably won't like the rest (and vise-versa.)
I stayed for the home movie.... of HHG...i didn't leave...watched it all....
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I know that Fred on Fox 6 rated this movie 1/2 box out of 5....well my opinion is different....
It was showing for 1 hour & 34 minutes, lot of action and adventure.
Rated, PG-13 for sequences of intense action violance and some language.
Very fast action which i liked...with that action was really great music.... had you sucked right into the movie.
I also enjoyed the cast that played Ice Cube Scott Speedman Samuel L Jackson Peter Strauss Sunny Mabrey.
National Security Administration agent Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) recruits a new covert operative, Darius Stone (Ice Cube), a man who's currently in the slammer. Stone is set free and takes on the alias xXx. His mission: to track a military splinter group that is conspiring to overthrow the U.S. government.
I would rate this movie as A....
So who went and who got up and left??????
I got a poster....
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Peachie I was there too! I got poster and tatoos! I wanted the beanie...I'd rate it A+ so where did you sit at...
I saw XXX it was good and adventurous, i give is 3 stars......i got a benie...it was sitting on my seat but it was dark..after the movie i looked for it...it was gone!!! Who stole My bennie???? I was not bored in the movie, but i was confused at some parts but i get that way sometimes...i got a poster too....darn i was going to sell my beanie on ebay! glad u guys likes the movie..I didnt walk out this time! hehe
I believe I would walk out of this movie well before hitchhikers guide.. but Wouldnt know til I see them.. but I think if anything.. Ill rent them.. or buy them.. you might as well buy .. vice going with a Date to a movie.. Its Cheaper to just buy the movie.. and most Home TVs are big enough now with Surround Sound Theater Systems.. That its pretty much the same experience
What am I? Chopped liver?
Sin City
I got a chance to see the first hour (that I missed before) of Sin City. Putting this together with what I saw last time, I'm going to give this one a B. It was very similar to both Kill Bill movies with the comic-style blood & violence. I did like it though, definitely more than I expected. --Ben Dogg
Let Your Freak Flag Fly, Real Real High!
WEnt and saw the movie screening HOUSE OF WAX.. I like it alot, dont wanna give anything away, but i liked it, it had cool wax sceens (hehe). I only screemed about 4 times so thats not bad for me, but i was the only one in the theatre who screamed so if you heard that, it was me. I would give this movie an A, definantly a good movie to see at the theatre.
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