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Hot Pursuit (2015)
I forgot movies could be this bad.
I didn't expect much and I was let down anyway. Sitting alone and staring at a wall would have been more enjoyable than watching Reese Witherspoon feign awkwardness as joke after joke fell flat.
There is a painfully interminable fight scene where two characters fight over a gun that bounces all over a hotel room. It was supposed to be funny, I guess. This sedative of a movie refused to give me a single genuine laugh. I think I chuckled at some point during the movie, but can't remember when. It was a mild chuckle, at best, and not worth the time to recall it.
Every single scene that was supposed to be emotional felt forced. You know that scene in buddy comedies when the characters realize they kind of like each other? This movie has that scene. The characters start laughing and sharing personal information for no reason. They have no reason to like each other and neither one says anything funny, yet the scene is added anyway.
One boring scene after another streams along and they are followed by more boring paint-by-numbers "buddy comedy" scenes. I hope the actresses got new houses or something from their paychecks. At least then someone will have been rewarded for slogging through this bog of blandness. Avoid this movie at all costs--even if you face divorce for refusing to watch this film with your spouse, choose a life of loneliness. It'll be worth it.
Fainaru fantajî sebun adobento chirudoren (2005)
From a non-geek perspective
This movie was made for Final Fantasy VII geeks. I'm not a Final Fantasy VII geek, so the enjoyment was more limited for me. You see, I'm a Final Fantasy VIII geek.
I actually really appreciated the way this movie was made. From the beginning it sets off to alienate every single person who hasn't played the game in order to provide extraordinarily fun surprises for fans of the game. I tried playing the game a couple of times, but could never get through it. Without playing the game, at all, you WILL BE completely lost. No doubts, don't let anyone tell you otherwise...lost.
That being said, the movie kicked ass anyway. Wall to wall action scenes better than I've seen in any movie. In the computer generated arena, it seems that the Japanese are the only ones willing to escape the confines of a traditional film camera. Movies from the USA attempt to replicate the appearance of actually filming something. Square Enix does just the opposite. The "camera" chases characters into the sky at lightning speed. It flips upside-down and rotates instantly. Since there are no boundaries to filming a CG movie, the filmmakers exploit that to the limits of human vision. Several times, it took me a second to figure out what happened in the middle of a fast shot. Not because it wasn't an effective shot, I just wasn't used to the blitzkrieg filming style.
So, the movie is worth seeing for everybody. Oh, and to all the FF7 geeks, if you can keep from fainting with excitement after the first fight scene, you'll like it too.
X2 (2003)
Yeah!
This movie is awesome because: It didn't screw up Nightcrawler. The Action was top Notch. Wolverine slashed the $#!^ out of many faceless bad guys. The special effects blow every other movie this year out of the water. And...Oh my god! Good acting in an action movie.
Omega Doom (1996)
Yojimbo Junk
Man-o-man does this movie suck a whole lot. It is so bad that its worth watching to laugh at it and pull an MST3K with friends. I don't know if its important or not, but the plot was lifted from Yojimbo and crunched into one day's time.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Well, it's funny...
There's not much more you can ask for from this movie. There were some scenes that were gut twistingly funny. There are some moments that don't work or drag on a little, but not very many. I assume that if you read this comment on IMDb then you are a movie fan, so I would definitely suggest that you see it.
Shaft (2000)
Right on!
One of the coolest movies ever. 'Shaft' has some of the best writing in any action movie out there. Samuel L. Jackson is on auto-pilot while he enjoys the role and gives us a thoroughly convincing Shaft. All the supporting actors give some of the most memorable characters ever. (I will never forget Peoples and Wade.) A great movie all around.
Bandits (1997)
Something new
I enjoyed this movie more than most of the American movies I've seen in the past year. It's also different from any other movies I've ever seen. The acting is great, and all of the characters are interesting...plus, I have to get the soundtrack. It's hard to find movies that are this original and entertaining.
Gladiator (2000)
People give this movie too much credit
Although it was not a bad movie, it was not all that good of a movie either. Ridley Scott seems to get more entertaining scripts every time he directs, but he gets worse and worse at directing. The battle scenes drove me up the wall. The cameras are so close-up that all we can see is blood and movement. The resolution is grainy and dirty looking, which makes it even harder to see. Scott must also believe that the only way to show battle is by filming it like a music video. A few seconds of a camera shot is shown, then a second of another shot, then another shot, then another and another for five minutes straight. Now it's not only hard to see, but dizzying as well. A better director would have used longer shots to show off good fight choreography, development and tactics of battle. But Scott takes the easy way out.
Now we know we can't rely on the director for a good movie. The cast overall is good. Commodus (Phoenix) has a few good moments, but is just too dull to be enjoyed as a villain. Scott tries to give us pity for the bad guy to add depth to his character, but it doesn't work. I didn't feel anything for him, hatred or pity. I was a little surprised that Phoenix wasn't better than he was in the role of Commodus. He is a talented actor and he was by far the best part of '8mm', but he will work for this movie. The supporting cast does a good job in few scenes that they posses. The gladiators are big and mean enough, the senators do their job to move the story along, but the best supporting performances come out of Proximo (Reed) and Commodus's sister, Lucilla(Nielson).
As important as the supporting cast is, everything rides on Crowe's performance as Maximus. He does wonderful. He carries this movie on his back with little help. He broods and glares and doesn't talk much. He has great reaction shots and is a good physical actor. Without him, this movie has little redeeming qualities.
With Crowe leading the charge, the movie is marginally entertaining and worth going to see. But don't sit to close to the screen, the camera shots might make you nauseous.
Ying hung boon sik II (1987)
not as good as the first, but...
Compared to the first "A Better Tomorrow," this sequel doesn't stand a chance in a shoot out. But...there are some awesome action sequences and good performances. And how does John Woo always make the main villain's second in command so cool? Some of the music becomes obnoxious in action scenes, it should be kept to the dramatic ones. The Melodrama is ten times more potent in this movie as well. It's a pretty good flick, anyhow.
The Matrix (1999)
the best yet
From the beginning of The Matrix all the way to the end, I was amazed and impressed. I'm not going to touch base on the plot, but it is something that has never been in any movie that I've ever heard of. The Matrix is laden with seamless special effects and the best camera angles in a movie to date. Bullet's cartridges pour over the tops of the camera lenses, shells are clearly shown being released from the side of the guns, and those are just a few of the great camera angles. Plus...the action sequences. The fight sequences, gunfights, explosions, and chase scenes are all done with a precision that is rarely achieved in any movie today. They all contain genuine intensity, originality, and perfect choreography. For an action movie, it's a long film, but the running time goes unnoticed. There are some plot holes, but not any considerable ones. At the beginning, some of the performances were a little bland, by the thirty minute mark of the movie, the entire cast is at their best. This movie tops off Terminator 2, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard and John Woo's 1989 classic "The Killer" as the best action movie of all time. The only thing that has a chance at beating it this year is Star Wars: Episode 1.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
wow
While watching the first twenty-five minutes of Saving Private Ryan all that I could think of was "Oh, Jesus, Oh, Jesus" Which is what I'm sure the men were thinking when they landed on Omaha Beach that day. Bullets were flying through men like they were tin foil. This movie IS the most realistic war movie ever made. When thinking of D-Day, most people think of a glorious battle that helped turn the tide of war. In reality it was a large group of men trying to stay alive in whatever way they could. This movie is not an anti-war film, whoever says it is is wrong. This movie depicts war the way it is. Those men gave their lives for their country and saved many others. However, all the people who see Army advertisements and are thinking of joining need to see this film first.
Jurassic Park (1993)
awesome
This movie is my favorite thriller of all time(Jaws takes close second). Maybe it's just the kid in me, but I loved watching the dinosaurs. The acting is good, and the special effects are seamless. Go see it if you havn't.
Casablanca (1942)
The best
Casablanca is the best movie ever made. It has the best love story ever put in a movie. The chemistry between Bogart and Bergman made them two of my favorite actors to date.