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The Golden Compass- :o :shock:
Uhm this was great and all,but there was no ending. NONE of the questions were answered. B-

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It's part one of a trilogy...............or didn't you read the newspapers?

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I did but I really have no interest in the books,so I don't want to wait a couple years for the second movie.

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The Golden Compass

I thought it was really well done. A-
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I also thought The Golden Compass was very entertaining. A little dark for younger kids, but full of adventure and a pretty good cast. The CGI wasn't overbearing, and I can't wait for the next adventure.

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I havent' seen the movie yet, but the books were already fairly dark, so I like that the movie appears to stay true to that. I can't wait to see this, but school is so much work right now that I can't find the time to go see it.

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Undertaking Betty / Plots with a View (2002) - delivers exactly what you'd expect. Classy, well-acted. A little boring, but very dignified and I would say it becomes entertaining by the end. Great ending. B
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Back to the Future Part II
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Hairspray
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Great Balls of Fire and Ghost
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Just Before Dawn (1980) - B-
Like all of Jeff Lieberman's older horror films, it's a generally outstanding film. But this one has a couple major flaws. One is that the killer is an unintentionally funny-looking fool. The other is that the film's plot takes too much from Deliverance. But other than that and a boring performance from Mike Kellin that makes the beginning laughable, this is a good flick. As long as the killer is offscreen.


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This film fascinates me endlessly. And everytime I watch it, I am one step closer to being completely convinced that Jennifer Aniston ruins it. This time, I couldn't stop thinking about how much she reminds me of Laura Linney. Whenever she's onscreen, she drags the movie down. But anyway, it's a terribly pretentious thing that even I can hardly relate to. But the middle of the movie with Nigel Hawthorne and Amo Gulinello is great. C+
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Holiday in Handcuffs-A
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The Ultimate Christmas Present-C+

High School Musical 2-A-

Alvin and the Chipmunks-A-
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A Mom for Christmas

The Polar Express


and the ending of The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Three holiday classics. (And Mom For Christmas is really depressing, and is probably the best DCOM)
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I don't think it was a DCOM,just a Disney movie.
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Student Bodies (1981) - C-
One of the first horror spoofs of all time. Only problem is that it's not funny at all. Okay, I laughed about 3 times. But that's the sign of a true turkey of a spoof.


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Mario Bava's Twitch of the Death Nerve / Bay of Blood (1971) - B-
This movie is one of horror's biggest identity crisis cases. Is it a crime thriller? A slasher film? A psychological horror film? An exploitation film? A black comedy? Apparently, it is all those things. Anyway- it succeeds on a style level. On every other, I think it fails.


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Near Dark (1987) - B+
Nothing groundbreaking. But yet, it all works. Somehow, despite the fact that Bill Paxton is a ridiculous ham.
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PeterPanfan wrote:I don't think it was a DCOM,just a Disney movie.
Your right, it's a 1990 WWoD TV movie, not a DCOM. It also reminds me of The Twilight Zone episode The After Hours.
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I saw I Am Legend yesterday. It was mildly entertaining. Will Smith is such a terrific actor and can really carry any film he's in. While I found it a bit slow and tedious at times and the ending was really poorly done, it did keep me somewhat interested throughout. The highlight though was seeing The Dark Knight trailer!

Final grade for I Am Legend: C+

I also had the displeasure of seeing The Golden Compass earlier in the week. Horrible. Awful. Boring. Final grade: D
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I watched the Breakfast Club twice (once for a class paper and once to actually watch it and not analyze the hell out of it)

and Polar Express.
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Watched a very good movie made in Kiwi-Land (New Zealand) called The World's Fastest Indian starring Anthony Hopkins as Burt Munro, the man who, to this very day, still holds the land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats for two-wheel gasoline-powered motorcycles.

Munro calls Invercargill, New Zealand, his home and has been customizing his 1920 Indian motorcycle to make it faster and faster. He is the laughing stock of his neighborhood, except for a young neighbor boy who asks a lot of questions and Munro actually thinks that the kid understands all of his answers. When he sets a record for speed on the beaches in Kiwi-Land, the townsfolk all get behind him and help raise the money to send him to the United States and to the Bonneville Salt Flats to attempt a new land-speed record for motorcycles. All of the little incidents along his way across the country from New York to Utah are shown, and all of the people he touched on his way across the country are documented quite well. This is one of the most entertaining movies I have seen in a long time. I missed it when it was in the theaters, but I bought it as a blind-buy when it came to DVD. One of the bonuses in the extras is from the director of the movie, Roger Donaldson. It is the actual documentary about the real Burt Munro that Donaldson made back in the late 60's that documented his attempt at a land-speed record. Everyone needs to see this movie. I will rate it 4/5 stars, and watch this over and over again.

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