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Zoey to the Max (2015)
Good warm-hearted story
A good story about a girl in the foster care way of life, that shares her emotions dealing with simple things in life, even a small side story. Not the best acting, but not the worst. It was good to see Amy Smart in a family movie.
Melancholia (2011)
The worst movie ever
This had to be the worst movie ever, it was like watching paint dry.. boring... I would rather have a root canal .... the people that gave this a good rating were on drugs... only a crackhead would give this more than 2 stars..
Along the Way (2007)
Horrible movie
I don't know who wrote those good reviews,but I think it was family and friends of cast and crew.The first half was slow and pointless, the acting was horrible,the second half showed just how bad the writing was. Part of the movie we learn that one of the friends was responsible for an accident that killed his parents.. then we see how his friends are towards him, knowing that his parents are dead, don't know what jerks would treat a person like that, or what type of idiot sticks around to be treated bad by friends. But that is how I know this novi was a waste of time.There is a review on another site that it says this movie is generation X's Stand By Me, movie.. It is far from it. Boxofficemojo, doesn't even list this in the top 100 earners. Save your time..
Taking Lives (2004)
poorly written
i should explain- that i am sometimes called too picky when it comes to movies- i see small details- that if they seem unreal -i cast out the movie from my watch list. so here is the small detail that the writers should of researched a bit more- an FBI agent in Canada- hmm it does happen from time to time they go to other countries- but not in this manner- usually a base of operations is set up- even if only helping another government solve their crimes-and that is not often at all-very rare- i would think INTERPOL would be more involved. the other thing is- FBI agents do not bring their weapons to other countries- they do not pull out a gun on a scene in another country. as She did- right when i saw her going to the suspects apartment- and pulling her gun at the door- right then i knew -not much thought went into making this movie. when someone gets accidentally shot in the USA there is public outcry. can you imagine the public outcry in another country if an U.S. FBI agent, accidentally shot someone in another country- poorly written
The Pelican Brief (1993)
good -but?
first before i review this- you should know how i think. when i watch a movie- i get immersed in it- totally involved. so maybe the first time i see a movie, i might be paying attention more to the actors than the plot. so my -review the acting by Denzel Washington is great, he is one of the best actors of any cinema era. He fit naturally into this role,most of his movies he makes his character stand out. he did a wonderful job in this movie. his costar however did not do that great,Julia Roberts is a cheap actress. her use of vocal tones high or low to show her mood-kept reminding me that i was watching an actress pretend to be someone.she really doesn't do anything special. there are a lot of actresses that when i see them on screen- i don't even remember their name-but i can remember their character's name.my only wish is that IMDb was in operation at the time of this films release, because the plot is also poorly thought out. OK here it is- someone that once worked for someone-wrote her theory on a political assassination - hmm that has happened every day since the beginning of the American political machine. to this day theories of political conspiracies are written and swept under the rug as often as people pour a cup of coffee. yet there are no government goons in the shadows-waiting to kill you. when i first saw this movie i would have given it a 8 or 9 but because i have seen it more than twice a year for the past ten years i knocked it down to a 3, and mainly because of a poorly thought out story line that gets old, and the older it gets the more unbelievable it becomes.throw a cheap actress like Julia Roberts into the mix and it is almost horrible. i could never understand what movie viewers saw in her, but i never did or never will see anything in her. I think Denzel Washington is the only one that made this movie come together. so my advice- is watch this movie only if you get it for free. but if you like Denzel Washington it might be worth watching, however be forewarned that you have to watch the other garbage.
High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
very good
i thought this movie was very well written. also it was very funny,no gags or slapstick just very funny situation humor. Minnie Driver looked very pretty in this movie and seeing her in this role is natural. Mary McCormack is very good too- seeing her do English accents was good. even though the two lead roles are females- i do not think this would be classified as a chick-flick- there is plenty of laughs- and a good plot-to keep you in the story. the supporting cast was also wonderful, their acting was not complicated but yet they as actors did enough to make their characters come to life. i only wish i could of written this review earlier. because maybe there would have been an even better sequel.
My Soul to Take (2010)
very bad
Wes Craven could of done better. this movie was very predictable. if you would compare A Nightmare On Elm st. to this movie, this movie never would of been released. I was not surprised by any of the events in this film- i was not scared- it was not spine tingling- and any good reviews of this film must be written by the cast and crew. none of the kill scenes were original, nor were they at all shocking- if you watch this on DVD watch the first 8 minutes and then Fast forward to the last scene, and you will save some time. the only thing scary about this movie, is that Wes Craven thought he did a good job with this project. come on Wes Make us scared not bored
Iron Man 2 (2010)
very poor
the only thing i liked about this movie was that Mickey Rourke did a great job as the bad guy--
i didn't like sitting though the first half of this movie at all- it was mostly bla bla bla you know nothing but Robert Downey jr. blabbing on and on the stupid script of these Stark-isms of the main character.
the first movie was great because it was unpredictable but this one is a bore and everything is predictable. also how stupid could the writers be to write in that Stark's Ironman suit get stolen, it made the lead character seem like an idiot. i just found this movie hard to watch.
Also another act of stupidity is writing in the fact that the main character is so stupid to the point of giving up Stark industries.
very poorly thought out-the writers butchered this character, so i think this will wind up like Grease 2--forgotten.
Shutter Island (2010)
very dull
well i must rate this very low- i am not a big fan of Leo D.
he is not the actor people make him out to be-- there might be 1 or 2 films that he stars in that i like.
the movie- well not very well written - first thing-- smoking-- to make it seem real that had him smoke in the film--i didn't by it- me knowing smokers and how they are- i thought -- "here is a guy pretending to smoke"
well from the beginning i saw this and i knew i was in store for more thing to pick out-- back in the 40s and 50s people smoked like chimneys - i am not saying it was right-- it is just how they were- especially a war veteran.
the other thing was the badge on the belt loop-- this is a 90s thing most cops of the 40s and 50s wore their badges behind the jacket lapel--
or inside the jackets pinned about chest high-- all they had to do was open their coat and expose the badge.
that was the in thing back then, belt loop or jacket-- so this film failed to put me in touch with the era that it took plce in.
poor acting and poor writing make a poor movie and after seeing these things in the beginning i was bored watching this even when i caught on that it was just a delusion.
The Bounty Hunter (2010)
very poor
from the start this movie is one big stupid plot,
OK first thing is $50,000 for bail on an assault charge against a police officer, even for New York that is excessive.
but i tried to remind myself this is just a movie- and later on in the story she actually explains herself and what the assault charge was. she brushed up against a police horse with her car. that sounds like a moving violation. even if she was driving like a mad woman in the city, she would get at the most a reckless driving. the writers did a poor job in laying out the plot on that issue-
well on to the next thing hmm a visit to the track--
one of my old stomping grounds, and me being a jersey guy i know the layout of the state.
after he picks her up at Monmouth park, he locks her in the trunk and at this point he is determined to bring her in-- so instead of heading back to New York, he decides to go to Atlantic city at least an hour and a half south of New York. at that point i was lost- why go to Atlantic city before bringing her in? the story lost me on that.
knowing their travels and what they were doing lost me. even a comedy has to have a plot that is believable.
so i just didn't buy it. the only reason I went to this movie was i knew it was shot in Jersey, and I'm a fan of movies filmed in my home state. but those flaws i've seen are enough for me to give this movie a 2-
Jennifer Aniston is not a great actress, this movie sums up the reality of her career, and that would make her in real life a 2- and not even close to a 10- but i think Hollywood just wanted to push a product.
she would of had to make me laugh, but the whole movie, and her being the star- failed--
thank you for reading my review, i hope you all wait for this to come on cable-
The Crazies (2010)
bad movie
this movie was not that great. from what I understand it is a remake of a 1973 film by the same name. there was not one point in this movie that put me on the edge of my seat, not one thing kept me in horror. it turns out be be a race for your freedom type of thing. from the beginning you know who is the hero and you are assured that nothing will happen to him, because as you follow the story you can see no other characters that would filla void in the story line. i was bored watching this movie.
passing judgement i would give this a 2, only because it is not the worst movie i ever seen but is is a close second.
save your money and see something else and wait for it to come out on cable.
Edge of Darkness (2010)
very bad
a very bad movie i am sorry to say that i paid to see this, i thought Mel Gibson could of done better. it seems like the plot and the whole script was written for television.
with the exception of gun shots and a few car stunts there is little action to this movie.
it was like watching a very bad television cop show. maybe Mel should get a better agent, or at least start working on trying to direct, like he had done before.
another thing about this was the ending, the main character dies in the end, thus the hero doesn't get absolute vengeance, having his spirit walk away with his daughter, was not a perfect ending.
i hope people that read this, wait for it to come out on DVD, better yet wait for it to come out on cable, hopefully they can save a few bucks and spend it on seeing a better movie.
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
very well done
This is a very good movie and should be fun for all.
after seeing this movie i did log on to IMDb.com for production notes because i wanted to know more about the filming locations.
and seeing that this film was mostly shot in England, the producers kept the real feeling of being in England.
I am a big fan of movies that depict certain eras of some cultures,
most movies make attempts at depicting an era in time from literature. but this movie did more than make an attempt they filmed every small detail of that English era.
i noticed the clothes on the extras were very well detailed and appropriate for that era, and that helped put me in that era.
as for the story it was very well laid out, right to the end and i think most people would agree this film had a good ending.
another thing i should mention is the sound, the multi-channel sound was realistic. i saw this at a theater that had a good sound system so the soundtrack
sounded crisp, enough so that when there was a certain noise in the movie, i believed that noise was directly to my left' or behind me.
the sound crew did a great job in breaking up those channels, and distributed the detailed sounds where they should be.
i applaud this director and crew for this movie.
Legion (2010)
not good
not that great of a movie,
they didn't show how the end of the world effected other locations of the globe, or even the nation. but they did show you an LA. street scene before the end of the world started, but i think the writer and director could have written in destruction on a mass scale, but i think their CGi computer was broken. it would of been so easy.
also there was no star- there was no real main character? who the angel Michael? the pregnant girl? the kid that followed her like a puppy dog? Dennis Quaid? hhmm i guess it was the baby.
i like Denis Quaid , he is a good actor, i didn't like seeing him killed off..
i think he is good enough an actor to be in better parts than this. he should contact his agent so he can get better roles, he has done much better than this is other movies.
there are a lot of things that could of been done different with this story, i think the people at fault would be the producer and the director.
i gave this movie a 4
Daybreakers (2009)
worth seeing
worth seeing, like a modern day-film noir a very original- story , not the greatest chiller but better than most. the actors are good------ the story is well written-----
not a lot of holes in the plot----- but i think there could of been a better ending
other than showing the can driving down the road and that is part of the reason i gave this a 7.. also a little more should of been told about how the world came to be that way. and since there was high level politicians as vampires, it could of showed vampire life in another country, like England or France, that would of shown better ,the scale of the vampire population.
but it was a good movie i liked it.
Avatar (2009)
not that great
the 3-d wasn't that good- it seems people make their movies in 3-d when it is poorly written.
for example all this future technology and a cripple is still using a wheelchair. a big hole in the story there. because they had these big machines that soldiers were walking around in, why wouldn't he have a machine like that modified for his handicap.
when i see that, i think, what was the writer thinking-- something old tech worked into a future tech story, no the writer wasn't thinking at all, and i picked up on it. a lapse in his thinking while writing the story.
another thing would be- by the time humans get to that stage in evolution, would there even be cripples? meaning if they could transfer him into another body,a body of an alien. couldn't they have more advanced medicine to cure him?
i think the writer had not thought this out when he wrote it. even star trek the original series thought this out.
i think this was a poor movies because i thought about this from the beginning. maybe the writer/director should keep away from this genre..
commercialism and box office receipts are misleading people into believing this is a good movie.
The Lovely Bones (2009)
very good movie
one of the few movies of 2010 that i paid to see, and I'm glad i did
first thing- when i see movies or TV shows that are about life in the 70s
that are poor depictions of that era it makes me sick- there are so many details left out.. but this movie was very detailed- ash trays mounted on the wall, in the shopping mall, or the kid browsing albums, and the pit for garbage. the cars were also a reminder of that period. and these small details i notice, and it makes me think of that time.
second, Mark Wahlberg did a great job with his role, he is a very good actor.his part,a 70s dad, i left the theater thinking he was a 70s dad. and the girl, Saoirse Ronan also did a great job as the main character, he expressions of innocence were also a reminder of that era. i think we will see more of her in future films.
last thing, the story:
i think the story was very well told, shows us all that creeps were,and still are among us. the victim's spirit after the crime,is sad in a way because -life lost she was so young, and that what's sad, she was innocent.
and how the killer dies,shows how things work in the universe, but if when this comes out on DVD I'll bet there is an alternate ending where the killer dies in another manner, i could think of a few different ways to end this, but i'm not a writer. and mostly i felt through this movie, "boy i hope this guy gets his"
a part where i did bite my nails, was when she was in the killers underground layer, i was hoping so much that she would get away.
another part that i bit my nails down more, was when the sister broke into his house, i really thought she was the next victim.
i didn't read anything about this movie, nor did i know what the story was about until i entered the theater. maybe that is why i thought it was such a good movie.
the only thing i thought could of been left out or changed was that musical interlude, showing life in the house like the grandmother doing the wash and he just being herself, set to a soundtrack from the 70s, i thought the director could of used music in a different way to remind us that we were in the 70s. this interlude almost took away the sadness of the girl losing her life. and for a moment made the film less serious.
this movie is worth paying to see.
The Uninvited (2009)
Emily browning is perfect
I saw this movie and thought it was OK on a scale of 1-10 ten being the best I give it an 8. Not because of bad acting but because of bad writing and a poorly thought-out plot
Emily Browning is the cutest thing I ever laid my eyes on she is absolutely adorable.
She was also in Ghost ship when she was younger, and Lemony Snickets series of unfortunate events.
I remember thinking then here is someone that is going to be a star one-day.
With the right people supporting her and if she lands the right roles- she could be on the level of Reese Witherspoon. I don't think I'll ever forget Emily's charm or subtle beauty.
So this movie isn't as great as the TV-ads say it is, but it's not as bad as critics think.
But if you want to see a rising star in her youth, try your best to see it.
I hope to see more of Emily Browning on the big screen.