Reviews

As the first movie is becoming a classic (if you think that "Porky's" is a classic as well) and the second was just funny, this third "American Pie" brings more romance to the series. Ok, the comic and disgusting scenes are all there, but here we have more about Jim and Michelle, and more about the fantastic Jim's father (Eugene Levy).

If you watch it like a romantic comedy, you might find it better than the lasts Sandra Bullock's flicks, for sure.

Now, some characters are missing (the boring couple Chris Klein & American Beauty doesn't matter... but where is the Sherminator???) so Stifler gets more space - what seems to be a huge problem. Seann William Scott overacts every time he appears. It's a shame. I liked Stifler as a supporting character at the 1st and 2nd movies, but in "Wedding" he lost control.

Now let's wait for the 4th movie, when we'll probably see the lovely couple Jim and Michelle having kids. That's the next step, right?

One of my favorite movies, based on one of my favorite books. "High Fidelity" is perfect if you already had a broken heart, and if you tried to heal it with some pop songs.

John Cusack is not acting - he REALLY IS Rob Fleming (Rob Gordon in the movie). If there are doubts about it, I just say that he made the soundtrack compilation and collaborated with the screenplay.

The supporting cast is also perfect. Jack Black and Todd Louiso couldn't be better. Tim Robbins, as the world-music-fan, is a nice surprise, and Joan Cusack is always funny.

It looks like everyone had a lot of fun making this movie, and the result is a nice and funny and full of emotions motion picture, to see again and again and again to remember how music and love can help each other.

"Row Your Boat" is an underrated Jon Bon Jovi's movie. It won't change the world or run for the Oscars, but it's a nice and sweet piece of entertainment.

Although is hard to believe that the rockstar Jon Bon Jovi could be a homeless man coming out of the jail, when he starts the romance we all believe that there's the guy who wrote "Always", "Never Say Goodbye" and "I'll be There For You". Jon is always better when he does the loser characters (like "Destination Anywhere" or "Pay It Forward").

I think people should give a chance to this one.

A rock'n'roll fable. That's how "Streets of Fire" starts, with the rockstar Ellen Aim (Diane Lane) in a concert, playing the 80's classic "Nowhere Fast". Soon she'll be kidnapped by Raven (Willem Dafoe), the leader of an evil gang.

Her lover and manager, Billy Fish (Rick Moranis) needs the help of her ex-boyfriend, the outlaw Tom Cody (Michael Pare), a rebel without a cause. Cody goes to his quest with McCoy (Amy Madigan), a lesbian-like soldier that needs money.

And then we have a bunch of great action scenes, fights and rock songs to create the scenario for rebels and lovers. Of course Cody and Ellen will have a "love affair revival", but what choices will they made after that?

Michael Pare follows the "Keanu Reeves Way of Acting", with just one expression all over the movie, but Diane Lane (a sex symbol), Amy Madigan and Rick Moranis (not funny here) are just perfect.

Walter Hill makes his tribute to the 60's youth movies, adds Ry Cooder's rock and blues, tells the story like a comic book and with a beautiful cinematography does one of the most underrated movies of the decade.

Someone could make a sequel. I wanna see Ellen Aim singing again!

Ok, I like Bon Jovi, I like the first "John Carpenter's Vampires" and I like trash movies. But nothing could prepare me for one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Call this trash it's not fair. Roger Corman would be ashamed. This is just a real bad movie. Bad lines, bad story, bad directing, bad editing, really really bad effects.

After that, I hope Jon Bon Jovi goes back to his rock'n'roll career, 'cause at the movies I'll always remember him as this "surfer-vampire-killer". Jon, you gave the trash movies a bad name.

It's easier to comment Matrix Revolutions now, after all the critics and after the beautiful conclusion of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Now, say bad things about it is, like we say here, "to kick a dead dog". It's easier because you can point all the mistakes and misunderstandings in Revolutions. You know, not even a visual effects nomination it got.

I spent a lot of time trying to understand the whole thing. Not the story itself, but what the hell did the Wachowski brothers tried to say with the sequels. After some months, I gave up. The holes in the script are there, they're not part of the mysterious story. The useful characters, the real "One" thing, or the Architect, or the Oracle, all the great icons that the first movie created, were taken away by the rain.

I liked Matrix Reloaded because it left a lot of new plots to be explained in Revolutions. But when you watch the 3rd one, and it disappoints you, the Reloaded loses its meaning too.

I could make a list of things that disappointed me in Revolutions, but everybody already made it. So I just say: I'm not nerd enough to like a hero that's nothing but an antivirus. And what did Morpheus did in this third movie? Co-pilot? Neo turned into an antivirus, Morpheus turned into Chewbacca. Come on, brothers... I prefer the wookie.

Here is an underrated movie that only some U2 fans had the opportunity to watch. It is a kind of autobiography of the director Phil Joanou, a great video director who had some success with U2 videos like "One" or "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses", but never had the same luck in the movies. "Three O'Clock High" is a very funny, "U2 - Rattle and Hum" is pretty cool, but that's all he made. When he went to big studios to direct Hollywood stars, he lost control. That's what "Entropy" is all about. Joanou finds himself in Stephen Dorff's character, and adds romance to the story. Bono, Edge, Larry and Adam, from U2, act like themselves and are the angels that guide Dorff through his mysterious ways. Dorff does a very good job, and the supporting cast has nice surprises like Lauren Holly, Kelly McDonald and Hector Elizondo. If you're an U2 fan, if you like Phil Joanou and Stephen Dorff and if you like movies that talk about movies, don't lose this one. You'll be surprised.

"Lost in Translation" is a peculiar movie. If it catches you, you might find it wonderful. If it doesn't, you will find it boring. In my case, I can tell you that it got me.

In a year of huge projects like "The Return of the King" and "Master and Commander" it's surprising that such a simple movie get so much attention (and so many Oscars nominations). Its beautiful is in its simplicity, in the little details and the silent scenes that show the loneliness of the main characters.

Bill Murray and Scarlet Johanssen are perfect, solo or together. The chemical between them makes the whole movie makes sense. Sofia Coppola shows that she learned very well with her "daddy", directing with kindness and sweetness, and writing to touch everybody's hearts.

It's not a comic movie. It's a kind of love movie, but without kisses or sex or whatever. It makes you laugh, it breaks your heart. The perfect definition is: it's bittersweet. Like the perfect song "Just Like Honey", from Jesus and Mary Chain, that makes you cry and leave the theater thinking about life and love, just like "Before Sunrise" did some years ago (believe me.. there's a lot in common between these two great films).

(Sorry for the English mistakes! I was kind of lost in my translation!)

Top Gun had never been considered a good film, but with the years passing by it has become a kind of cult movie. It's quite impressive: the screenplay is filled with cliches, the actors are bad, the visual and the songs are the most memorable parts of the whole movie. So, why so many people still like it?

Maybe, because it is the first major movie with the star Tom Cruise. Maybe, because it has marked its place in childhood memories of a whole generation. Maybe, because it has memorable quotes that people like to repeat, like the classic "talk to me Goose" or "she's lost that loving feeling". Or maybe it's just because the great songs remains in our memories after all these years, like "Take my breath away" or "You've lost that loving feeling".

I don't know the exactly answer, but I guess it's because it all. "Top Gun" is a pop movie and, rather you like it or not, has its place in the history of the 80's movies. Remember "Meet the Parents", with Ben Stiller playing volley with his fiancee and calling each other the Top Gun nicknames, and you will know what I'm talking about.

When commenting Minority Report, everybody talks about Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise, but some people forget the real brain behind the film: Philip K. Dick. His great imagination created this little masterpiece, just as he did with Blade Runner and Total Recall, all great science-fiction movies. Minority Report joins his "brothers" with honors. It is better than Total Recall, but not yet a classic like Blade Runner (only time will tell). Spielberg did a great job creating the greatest action scenes of the year, and a script that takes the Philip K. Dick's universe closer to Agatha Christie's, and other mystery authors. The crew behind the movie took a little (but brilliant) tale written by Dick and extended it to 2 hours of mysteries and surprises. Tom Cruise is the same as usual, but it's great to see both of the richest names in Hollywood (Spielberg and Cruise) making an intelligent film.

I hope time brings justice to Minority Report, so people will recognize the masterpiece disguised as sci-fi blockbuster movie.

(sorry for the English mistakes!)