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The Pianist (2002)
I don't understand...
***some spoilers***
Ok..I'm not going to review this great movie in too much detail because so many other people have already done so..it is heart-wrenching and beautiful. What I don't understand is the people who claim that this movie is stereotypical, "good Jews" vs. "evil Nazis" Have these reviewers even read Szpilman's (sorry about the spelling) accounts of what happened? I've read the book, and let me tell you...the movie is almost word for word from the book. There are a few minor changes, but yes..the germans threw the elderly man in the wheelchair out the window..yes, they beat a little boy to death as he was trying to sneak back into the ghetto..I believe they severed his spine...yes, they randomly picked workers out of line and shot them in the head...etc. etc. etc. it all happened. Szpilman did not write this 30 years after the incidents...he wrote them a year or two later. Somehow I don't think his mind grew a little foggy over the details...
Also, I don't care what anyone says, there can never be enough movies made about the Holocaust...how can there be? How can we as a society ever let ourselves forget such a monstrous occurence in human history? I just don't get it....
anyways, after a long rant...the movie was absolutely amazing and it deserved the oscars it won (should have one best picture over that fluff of a movie Chicago, but that's my opinion)
*****/*****
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
worst movie I have seen in a long time
Honestly...I really liked the first Matrix..it was interesting and original...I went in very excited to see Reloaded...and I'm telling you, the movie blowed big time...it's one of the WORST movies I have seen in a LONG time..I didn't think anything could be worse than Spider Man, but boy, was I wrong...Honestly, I wanted to stand up and leave after 20 minutes...I can't begin to describe how AWFUL this movie was...hmm...terrible, overblown acting...the movie was basically never-ending action sequences pieced together with monotonous preachings about society..blah..blah..blah...the only character that held my interested was the little old keymaker..poor bastard...
Please...DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS PIECE OF CRAP...no amount of special effects can make up for a movie with no plot..
my vote...1/10..would give it a -1 but that's not an option...I have NEVER been so dissapointed with a movie in my life...UGH
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
worst movie I have seen in a long time
Honestly...I really liked the first Matrix..it was interesting and original...I went in very excited to see Reloaded...and I'm telling you, the movie blowed big time...it's one of the WORST movies I have seen in a LONG time..I didn't think anything could be worse than Spider Man, but boy, was I wrong...Honestly, I wanted to stand up and leave after 20 minutes...I can't begin to describe how AWFUL this movie was...hmm...terrible, overblown acting...the movie was basically never-ending action sequences pieced together with monotonous preachings about society..blah..blah..blah...the only character that held my interested was the little old keymaker..poor bastard...
Please...DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS PIECE OF CRAP...no amount of special effects can make up for a movie with no plot..
my vote...1/10..would give it a -1 but that's not an option...I have NEVER been so dissapointed with a movie in my life...UGH
Ricky 6 (2000)
Unbelievable...
I too finally found a copy of Ricky 6 after giving up waiting for it to be released...why hasn't it? The movie is unbelievable! I can't describe it, but something about the movie really hit home...you really feel great sadness for the characters in this movie. What I liked about it was that the director really attempted to portray all sides of Ricky...he didn't try to portray him as an innocent, misunderstood kid who was completely tricked by drugs and satanism, but he also did not portray him as this evil, ammoral monster who loved drugs and killing. The scenes involving his and his best friends plans to go to California, and the scenes with him and Kelley seemed genuine and realistic. This movie reminded me a lot of Requiem for a Dream. What the characters did was wrong and they ultimately perpetuated their own problems, but you still feel sorry for them, because they are not evil. Ricky was a mentally-ill teenager who willingly made matters worse by doing drugs to escape his miserable life. He discovered satanism and willingly trapped himself in a corner....I am in NO ways condoning what he did, especially murder, but...ahhh I don't know..
this movie was great but horribly disturbing and sad at the same time...I don't know why they don't release this movie...the acting is excellent...I have always liked the acting of vincent kartheiser...maybe because he always picks demented, messed up roles..lol...Honestly, this movie is no more disturbing than Requiem and it certainly does not promote satanism or drugs in a positive way...far from it...the drug scenes, especially the one in the grocery store, is unreal!
highly recommended if you can ever find a copy!!!!! 10/10
Queen of the Damned (2002)
Did we all see the same movie??? I loved it!
I was reading through the reviews, and I seriously wondered if we all saw different movies??? I am a big Anne Rice fan, and I was terribly excited about seeing this movie...and I wasn't disappointed!! In fact, I loved it!!!
Yes, a lot was changed from the book/books (is really a combination of Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned), but isn't that usually the case?? I was incredibly impressed with Stuart Townsend (sp?)'s Lestat...He was sooo much better than Tom Cruise..I always thought that Cruise was too old to play Lestat, and I think Stuart's portrayl was definitely closer to the Lestat in the novel: charming and dangerous, and at the same time, alone and tragic. The supporting cast was great: Aliyah was effective as the Queen of the Vampires; Vincent Perez was great as Marius.
Maybe it is just me; I loved the whole dark, almost Goth theme to the movie, along with a Lestat who is tired of living through eternity alone. I think the movie was wonderful and much better than Interview with the Vampire (although I like that movie too and I missed Louis in this movie)
Plus the soundtrack is great!!!
9.5/10 (I must admit that Lestat's accent was a little annoying at times)