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American Wedding (2003)
The Best Comedy of the year
I am not a big fan the the first two films did not even see them. The only reason I saw this one is because there was nothing else to see but am very glad that I have seen it now. It is funny from beginning to end not a moment to spare on this it is some of the best work I have ever seen and will not easily forget it I still laugh at it and it has been a week since I seen it.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
He said he will be back!!!
I grew up with the first two and enjoyed them both and have been waiting for the third one and it was better that the first two. I enjoyed the special effects and could not believe that half of them were real and not computer animated but the only thing I did not like was that he died at the end again but I know he will be back for another debut.
Frank & Jesse (1994)
The Truth about the James Gang
When the war was over the Confederates (Rebels) did not get much. They were forced to sell their farms to the railroad even if they did not fight in the war. There is a question that has plagued my mind for some time. If I lived back then and some one blew up my house and killed my little brother and father what would I do? I would probably do the same thing, and pick up arms against the people who did it. The movie "Frank and Jesse" depicts the life of the gang and family around them. The reasons why they did what they did and the truth to what had happened Alan Pinkerton (William Atherton) is portrayed as someone who did not care what happened to others and that was how he is in real life. He spent most of his life trying to catch some one who he could not catch. Jesse James (Rob Lowe)was portrayed as always seen in real life and legend never to turn back on what he believed no matter how bad it looked. Frank James (Bill Paxton) was seen the same way as well as the others: Cole Younger(Randy Travis) Bob Younger (Todd Field), Clell Miller(John Pyper-Ferguson), and Archie Clements(Nick Sadler). The only complaint that I have about this movie is the film location. It was filmed in Arkansas and not Missouri but it sure looked like Missouri to me till I found out where it was filmed. But the pictures that were shown in the movie were realistic which made it seems that The James Younger Gang was still alive and well today.
American Outlaws (2001)
Bad Boys of the South
In the movie `American Outlaws' we are confronted with the James Younger Gang. They are seen as those who steal from the rich and give to the poor. The gang includes Jesse James, Frank James Cole Younger, Jim Younger, Bob Younger, Clell Miller and Lonnie Packwood. The movie was good in story line as well as action sequences but was not historically accurate. The movie portrayed the gang as a bunch of comedians and wimps, but in real life they were not this way. The whole gang fought in the civil war as Confederate guerrillas and did go to war with the railroad. But the way they were portrayed is not the way they truly were. Bob Younger was seen as a fast talker and a real smart mouth in the movie. Yet in real life he was really a mute who could not say a word if he wanted to. Cole Younger was not changed -- he was portrayed as a hot headed person. But in the movie was a bit too nice compared to the real Cole Younger. Jim really did not get to ride with the gang that long. Frank was portrayed the way he should have been, and Jesse was not as comical as he was seen in the movie. The James' mother was never killed in the explosion, but did lose her son as a result. Union soldiers shot her in the arm a year later. Mr. Allan Pinkerton (Timothy Dalton) the secret service agent hired by the railroad to take out Jesse James, did a really good job on his part. He brought the reality a bit more closely. Mrs. James (Kathy Bates) was really good at her part, and she brought out the religious part of the family that was left out in past movies. Jesse James (Collin Farrell) was not meant for his role. He is an Irish man, not a Missourian or a man of the south. Nothing against him. I did not enjoy his work that much. Zerelda James (Ali Larter) portrayed the best Zee James I have ever seen. It was like I was really there when I saw her and how involved she was in the movie. In the movie they said that Jesse James was captured is a lie. They knew that he would get out or could never be caught, so they wanted him dead. It was the easiest thing to do so if he would have been caught. They would have shot him immediately. This movie is fine for a western, but as a historical document is flawed. I enjoyed it, but hated the fact that the actors were not as they should have been.