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The Education of Max Bickford (2001)
Not funny.
I like many people watched this show in preparation for the TV movie on "9/11". I must admit when I saw Richard Dreyfus was starring I thought that this show had a lot of promise. Unfortunatly I was wrong.
This show is billed as a comedy, unfortunately the show was neither funny nor innovative. The show that I watched involved a script which gets loose and many of the fellow faculty gets mad at him, then after everyone has read the script, he gets locked in the basement of the school.
If you think this sounds like something you have seen, don't think twice... they took two common sitcom ideas and combined them (the misunderstanding followed by getting locked in a room with someone you hate). Well it is common to reuse other shows ideas this show added nothing interesting, and was quite boring. I believe the show was trying to give shock value but it wasn't, I believe that the show was supposed to get us to watch more of the show, and it turned me directly away from this show.
The writing is mediocre, the comedy is none existing, but the only good thing about this show is Richard Dreyfus' acting, which is not enough to keep your interest.
Fainaru fantajî VIII (1999)
The is game is not great.
While if you are a die hard FF fan and have not played it you are missing out on a part of the series.. but the fact of the matter is this one kinda blew.. it was harder to play because of all the stupid extras they added on... they should have just made it like 7... But remember the video is superb... so if anything get it for the videos, but don't expect perfection.
Gekijôban Poketto Monsutâ Maboroshi no Pokemon Rugia Bakutan (1999)
A Pokemon Movie. What else is new?
Well to start with there is too much love involved... I don't want to spoil it, but Misty and Ash are involved in some love stuff. Somethings more suitable to a teenager compared to their ages (the pre-teens).
Second the Animation. is quite subpar with some stuff coming out, but my biggest problem is that they inconsistantly use 3d Animations... I say, use them or don't but to use them in 2 scenes really, and then pretend that it is not there is just a travesty.
The "villian" is horrible, and makes no sense at all. They just don't explore him... and I know it is a Childs movie, but the person isn't even really villanized.
The music is normal except for some music that sounded a bit too much like Legend of Zelda's Ocarina music, for my taste. (At least come up with new instrements, don't steal a new idea." Also there is Weird Al's Song "Polkamon" A superb Song (only if you like Weird al of course)
But to surmise the film, it is like the first, and it is different but the same... If you hated the first forget it. if you disliked the first, you might hate it. If you like the first, you might like this one, but you also might hate it. And if you loved this one.. you will at the least like this one.
But Personally I liked the first a lot (a little too much I think) but I did not feel that happier after watching this one, to me it was disappointing (but others might still like it)
I say try it if you want, but don't blame me if you hate it.
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Could it be more insulting?
First off let me say I love action movies, and I really wanted to like this. Second Let me mention this movie did NOT fail because it is a sequel I believe, but it insults the audience.
Mission Impossible 2 has great music, great sound, great actors and intriguing ideas yet shallow Story line. But the complaints come from 2 parts. The story line is shallow and then it is repeated. there is enough flashbacks in this MOVIE (which they seem to forget they are making) you might think you were at a Grateful Dead concert, and some of those flash backs intertwining two different dialogue. It is hard to tell what is what. Is it so hard to remember the FIRST scene? why do they insult the audience that way, not all of us are morons. Then they remind us of the MAJOR key scene in the final fight? Why do they call us idiots like this? It is sad.
But that is not worst they could do. There are some GREAT action moments, unfortunately they are ruined by the over use of one major special effect, SLOW MOTION!!! This movie's action scenes each have a slow motion. If the producers saw Matrix they could understand that slow motion might be good in moderation, but the way they use it in this movie, it is like over using crack? anyone else notice that? What are they hiding.... the fact the action only takes up about half the time it seems, maybe less. They just want you to think it takes up more.
Then there is the romantic story? again? the producers are morons. We don't want to know romance. Action movie watchers want Sex, Violence, and Blood, And not too much romance but there is too much romance and talk about romance, and not that much skin. I don't care if someone wants to protect someone I want to see them do it, oops I just remembered, they screwed that up too.
Don't go to this for any reason unless you NEED Tom Cruise or you will die. Other then him the only redeemable quality is the fact it is a John Woo Flick. or maybe the use of Slow motion (you better love slow motion)
Finally my recommendation? Get Matrix, and watch it again (always a good movie, and better done), or for theater fanatics go see Gladiator (great action flick and expertly done) or go to this awful movie and hope not to get p***ed off at John Woo's big bomb.
Gekijôban Poketto Monsutâ: Myûtsû no Gyakushû (1998)
Pokemon, age 2 to 13 and extreme anime fans.
This movie is a kids movie, but the whole family can go at the very least. (if you can endure a little pain, as this film is no where nears the class of Shakespeare) I enjoyed this film. It is Pokemon, from Nintendo, seen on TV every day, and boring to some while exciting to others, other then that there is nothing special about it, and even Pokemon is not extremely that special, so don't expect great things.
If you want to know what it is about watch a few of the shows. It is not anime at it's finest but it can be classified as poor anime, so if you got to have more anime this is the movie, and If you liked movies like Care Bears (Assuming you still like it) this movie is PERFECT. Same EXACT story as Care Bears from beginning to end. I won't spoil it but the words are exactly stole from Care Bears (not that that is so bad, it gives for a good laugh for adults as you remember Care Bears , and easy to follow plots for the kids). (and the Care Bears evolved the same approximate way)
As I said liked the movie, but this is not for all the people, but if you are tired of pornographic content, Blood, and Swearing this movie is perfect as the only "bad" content is the Violence of the "Pokemon monsters" fighting, which is quite cute, but don't get mad if your kids are pitting your dog and cat against each other, (By The Way if they fight send me a video I would love to see that)
That is a quick and easy synopsis of a simplistic movie. But for a quick Review... You will like this movie if you are under the age of 13, or you pine for cuteness, or you loved CARE BEARS or you just love animation. You will hate this movie if you want extreme violence, nudity, or stronger language then the word KILL, you will also hate this movie if you hate cartoons (You evil people) hate cuteness, or are a die hard PETA person (they show a lot of cartoon animals hurt and also all the animals are controlled by the Trainers. )
Thank you.
American Beauty (1999)
A perverted movie.
This movie is awful, it disgusted me the first time I saw it. This is not the kind of movie that I would ever expect to see mentioned anywhere in the ranks of the "Great" movies, such as Godfather, Star Wars, and Gone with the Wind.
This movie is like a Softcore High School porno. It is really disturbing and could never be considered a family movie. I advise you to pass this movie over for The Graduate, or something of that nature, as this movie is just made for shock value it seems, nudity runs rampant early and often in the movie.
The positive side of the movie is the nude Mena Suvari, the wild sex and so on. Other then that it is boring as hell. If you want a recent movie that is worthwhile to watch try any of the other Oscars, but this is one I say to skip.
If you do like this movie, I advise you to get Debbie Does Dallas, another famous porno.