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The Art of War III: Retribution (2009)
Worst than bad
Awful is the not the only word that comes to my mind after I watched The Art of War 3. Others like: sucks, terrible, shame, waste would be inspired by The Art Of War 3. The very last minute almost made me it was actually a parody, but it wasn't. Terrible lines including some overused ones such as the main character's reply: "it's not a matter of luck..." I have been in love with Sung Hi Lee for many years and followed her career as a model, she's simply stunning. In this movie she appears as an unpretty and poorly skilled actress. Not to mention the 2 male main characters. It is, again and too often, sad to see how money can be used in such a bad way and I still can't understand how the cinema industries works so this kind of project can actually benefits to someone. Gery Lively, Joe Halpin, go hide yourself!
Outlander (2008)
And one more terrible movie!
How long will we still have to endure such bad movies? Lame story, weak production. Oh yeah we surely love top models heros coming straight from a Hugo Boss runway, their beard never grow so they keep this perfect shade after they've been staying in the fjords during months, however there's no Gillette razors there. The poor bastard coming from nowhere but carrying the world's knowledge and being accepted by the savages he will eventually save after he made it with the one good looking woman of the village. Oh... and the jealous tribe guy isn't too ugly either for his green eyes shines under this dirt make-up of his framed with a perfect waved leonish mane. Eventually everything will be alright, always.
The X Files: Beyond the Sea (1994)
A Lynch's Twin Peaks homage
Dear All,
I'm very surprised no one mentioned about the very strange yet pleasant "Lynchian" content of this episode.
First... this episode is a turning point the show. There's a before and an after episode 12. No surprise there considering the fact that I really believe Chris Carter did direct this episode the exact way Lynch would have build this story. Here I don't blame Carter for being copying Lynch, I see it more as an homage to one of the best TV shows of all time: "Twin Peaks".
From the 1st second you're in Twin Peaks when appear Don S. Davis (Scully's father) who happened to have a very similar play in Twin Peaks: an US army officer and, moreover, involved in some extraterrestrial matters and "did see things". In X Files, he's a captain from the US army, dies and reappear in Scully's room, sat in an armchair, talking to her yet no sound can be heard. I believe that was Morgan intention to shoot the scene this way and it could have been one of Twin Peak's intense scene.
Other elements such as the "Waterfall", the "Angel" and the set up in the warehouse it absolutely similar to Twin Peak's plot: the Great North Hotel is located nearby a waterfall that is so important that it became a gimmick and was included in the opening title. The "Angel" reminds Laura Palmer's "pure death" after having been killed by Bob in both Twin Peaks and "Fire Walk with me". The set up in the warehouse looks a lot like the one in the train car where Laura and Ronette Poulaski where bounded, including the little mount of dust/sand and a medallion/chain from the victim (in Twin Peaks a half heart shape medallion). The killer looks just like Bob, the horrible grim kind of face, long grayish hair, blue jeans... the way he moves and acts also is similar to Laura Palmer's murderer. One of the female victim who survived is being interviewed in her hospital bed, reminding Ronette Pulaski after she had escaped from Bob and is asked to identify Bob's portrait.
At the most dramatic moment of the episode no fan of Twin Peaks would miss the music theme that is nothing else than the 3 first notes of the famous Angelo Badalamenti's Twin Peak's main theme with heavy oppressive strings.
Brad Dourif in his jail is a mix between Leland Palmer and the Mike the one-armed friend of Bob who he used to kill with. Both Leland and Mike have breakthrough moments during which Bob would speak through them. In X Files Brad have the same kind of seizure that would eventually help the FBI agents.
There's some other elements that don't come to my mind right now but the similarities between both shows are obvious.
As a matter of fact, not only Don S. Davis played in Twin Peaks but also David Duchovny was agent Dennis in 3 episodes of the 2nd season.
I believe there was there many signs that let me consider this episode as a kind of fan fiction story by Morgan being and Wong and it makes the guys even more likable.
Using the same effects and story lines used in Twin Peaks this episode kind of helped X Files to find its own personality. I believe that being put in a Twin Peaks alike story, Duchovny and Anderson found the resources to become Mulder and Scully and the show to become the success we know. Before episode 11 every piece sounded like pilots to me.
10,000 BC (2008)
Thousands years of evolution for the human beings, to found the word "CRAP"
This is the kind of movie that makes you ask yourself the question of "Where the hell did they find the money to produce such crap and, most importantly, how could they have achieved this without being, at any time, caught with remorse?"
No you cannot let you taken by the plot and watch it with the eyes of the innocent, not it is not being too much picky to say 10.000BC is one of the worst movie of the year, and yet so pretentious. That's a shame and would love to see the actors of 10.000BC performing some other acts as they look sympathetic, almost naive. But man... the Great Pyramids in 10.000BC, a bamboo forest, then the African continent, starting in the inner lands (without having crossed any ocean though) and miraculously ending in Egypt. No to mention about 100 anachronisms (read other reviews about that).
There's no respect for History or the great achievements of our civilization (the Pyramids being one of the Wonders), nor respect for the viewers.
A movie just not to waste your time watching.
... and this was my first post on IMDb...