Reviews

people told me a lot about this film, so i was warned that i am getting myself into some kind of weird hardcore-horror/softcore-porn flick. there were some really disgusting scenes and the terror of the victims at times really gets to you. i must say though that i am mainly unimpressed. the movie is pushing some buttons (some reviews said the event in this film inevitably reminds you of what went on abu ghraib) what ruins it is the fact that the film just lacks any intellectual depth so it feels strange that people will make movies like that just for entertainment. there are also some pretty violent scenes of revenge so i suggest any affiliation of this to politics or some serious effort to criticize some things that are going wrong in this world can be condemned as unbelievable. i was irritated overall with the way people in general are portrayed in this movie. so eli roth thinks that everyone out there is obsessed with sex and violence? i disagree. all in all not terrible but definitely not a must see

i am not a fun of the original basic instinct at all, but i'm working at a video store and i get to rent films for free. this looked like fun trash so i decided to go for it. i must say the first thirty minutes were pretty cool in a crappy way. the dialogue was kind of fun and sharon stone (whom i've never considered a great actress) was actually enjoyable in an over the top catty way. the opening scene in the car was funny and i must say the overall look of the film isn't that bad. but the whole plot was silly and the lead actor looked as though he was a capable actor but just didn't fit into this role. i had a good laugh at the dresses mrs stone wore during the therapy session, i doubt there appropriate for the occasion. in the end the mystery didn't work and the trashy fun of it wore out rather fast. by the way mrs stone looks great but i think the plastic surgeon did a rather mediocre job on the boobs. all in all: not unbearable but certainly bad, while it really could've been fun

i rented this film with basically no expectations at all, but i was surprised at how watchable it really was. the plot definitely reminded me of a beautiful mind which i thought was brilliant. but this one is really nice too. that said it certainly didn't amaze me or anything. it was ninety minutes of intriguing human drama with some nice acting. i'm a big fan of jake gyllenhaal and hope davis, who're both making the most of their small parts. i am not that big on anthony hopkins who i happen to find a bit overrated but he was certainly effective. and than there is this thing with gwyneth paltrow i have. i really like her and again there is absolutely nothing wrong with her performance but somehow she always fails to really impress me and this time is no exception. still overall this was a good film that is worth seeing. i must say though you can tell it's based on a play and i suppose i would have rather liked seeing it on stage. anyway, i liked it!

a friend of mine bought this (very cheaply) and decided to give it to me as a birthday present. i thought i'd never watch it 'cause i knew it was a joke and the cover of the DVD looked pathetic, but then my friends and i got really bored and watched it. from start till finish! i know quite an accomplishment but it really is a masterpiece. it's hard to describe. you should see it, it's a real lesson on what people are capable of when they believe they're creative and smart and really aren't. The "acting" is sous-terrain (you can actually see the "leading lady" laugh on some occasions, she's definitely the worst). the "story" is to stupid to be summed up and really everything in this film sucked. please, pay special attention to "the sheriff". the guy is an adult and therefor has absolutely no excuse to be involved in this. he's extremely bad as well. whatever it did have some hilarious moments. check it out, haha

oh my god,i still can't believe this film. there are so many questions i have. what was the point of this film? why did anyone participate in the production of this crap? how did they get the money to do it? i like anne hathaway. she's very likable yet sophisticated in all the roles i have seen her in so far. not here. she's miscast and she knows it. you can tell. i felt sorry for her at times watching this. you know, there are actors that have a versatility and some should just stick to a certain kind of on screen persona. i'm not saying she's a limited actress...though, wait, i'm afraid she is. lovely but limited.

other than that the guy from 3rd rock from the sun had a small part and he was terrible beyond words. dialogue and "plot" seem contrived and at no point this whole documentary storyline is explored or really used. i'm horrified and i recommend this to no one!!!!

wow, this movie definitely is a new low. i have seen a lot of crap. my friend and i usually rent bad movies and we enjoy laughing at them, but this one is different. i'm not going to agonize over the acting (horrifying) or the pathetic "plot" if there is one. it's the disgusting nature of those sex/rape scenes that really upset me. don't get me wrong, i am certainly not crediting those so called filmmakers with the ability to create intensity, i found it was just poor in taste. i am not recommending this to anyone. it's bad bad bad. i'll rather cut my throat than watch this piece of worthless crap again (isn't that goth of me?)

i was only six years old when twin peaks premiered in Germany (it was no hit, by the way), but i did remember the huge a hype surrounding it at first. years later i stumbled upon it at a video store and rented the first season. i think the two-hour pilot of twin peaks is a masterpiece.

the characters and the atmosphere, the enigmatic power of laura palmer, my TV was dripping from magic. i think the show (and the resolution of her murder) never lived up to the pilot, but i still think that David lynch really proved his genius with this pilot episode. i could watch over and over again.

later on the show got confusing (well, surprise it's lynch) but you must rent the first season of this.

brilliant!!!

there has been a lot of talk about what many people called the biggest Oscar snub ever. i personnel am not going to jump on the crash-bashing bandwagon but i did prefer brokeback mountain. i don't say crash wasn't good but i felt it had quite a lot of flaws i actually think that both movies had similar goals but fundamentally different approaches. while the gay cowboy movie isn't interested in telling us the story of all gay people, but rather to bring us closer to those two special characters, crash aspired to address the way all people are and that is what i really didn't like. it's not about real people but more about the idea how all people are. the good people have a dark side, and the mean people all have their ways of being good. the characters here can't breathe because they are only examples or even proof of that theory. therefor i found this film lacked depth.

there were stories that worked: the cops dillon and phillippe and the African-American couple (newton and howard). i didn't relate to sandra bullocks character and don cheadles cop story was also kind of cheesy.

sometimes this film was just a little to proud of itself for being so daring and it did get unnecessarily preachy at times.

but the cast was good and its a strong message they have- still i preferred brokeback!

okay, so there is the infamous legcrossing and "the twist" at the end, but please... i have never been particularly fond of sharon stones acting but here performance as femme fatale is really more of a satire than anything even close to sexy! the script is pathetic. catherine did manipulate nick, but what's the truth behind doctor garners story. there are so many clichés here i don't even want to bother laying it out for you, but seriously if it wasn't for michael douglas status as a star and those very explicit scenes no one would even remember this sleazy stupid movie i can't believe how overrated this film is. they say it's a classic. i say skip it

i have loved friends from the beginning, but during the past seasons i felt the show has pretty much worn out its welcome. still i sticked with it because after all you "have to there for your friends". joey has never been a favorite of mine, but he was the one to keep the rachel-joey thing from being way too silly (it was still awful). i wasn't't overexcited to hear about a spin-off , because i always felt that it was the interaction of all the characters on friends that made it funny. surprisingly matt leblanc pulled off his solo pretty good, but i think it's just not the same and even though there were some laughs, there was nothing that made me laugh really hard. just kinda felt like a mediocre episode of friends. sorry, matt

I saw this film in a sneak preview, so obviously I didn't know what i had to expect. I hadn't heard of the movie, so it took a while until I figured what an unpleasant surprise this film really was. The "humor" or as whatever you went to refer to it, was predictable and just plain unfunny. The acting...oh, just don't get me started. On the whole, a terrible movie

I really am! I haven't seen such a disturbingly bad movie in a while!!! I really kept my expectations low, but this movie was just terrible in any aspect. It wasn't even so bad that it's funny, it was just bad. The Actors or the people that were actually supposed to act were terrifying. The script (was there a script?) was neither logical nor entertaining and the whole movie within a movie thing didn't work at any time (and thinking of scream 3 it's not even original). The directing...oh my god, I mean how does a composer get to direct a movie. It's just stupid and sometimes even annoying. DON'T EVEN THINK OF WATCHING THIS FILM

JP1 is still the best of these movies, because it's a classic, but what I enjoyed about this one was that unlike the other JP-Movies, they didn't come up with the whole moral deal, again.(Oh, you can't manipulate nature, blah, blah, blah). There was still some in it, but there was way more action than in the first, too. I wouldn't go to see a forth installment, because I think in this one they they already copied themselves and except for new dinosaurs there isn't much they haven't done yet!! Still, I enjoyed it, but it was just a usual summer blockbuster