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Wrong Turn - Not really scary, just disturbing. It was still pretty good, though, and Eliza Dushku. <3

Scream 2 - Loved it! Loved Courteney Cox, loved Sarah Michelle Gellar, loved Tori Spelling! Highly reccomended.

Horton Hears a Who! Probably the best picture book to movie adaption out there.

Public Enemies - Bored me to constant yawning and watch checking.

5.4/10

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Terrible. There is no other word (well maybe "crude") to describe this waste of film stock.

2.5/10

Probably the best of the overly CGI-ed Hollywood action-adventure flicks. Also, the best dark and legitimately scary scenes of any of Spielberg's dramas with scenes meant to be horror. Masterfully edited. The one-liners are good and smart. But, some of the CGI looks bad and makes it impossible to really get into scenes such as when Allen and Ellie see dinosaurs for the first time. And, some of the dialogue is embarrassingly childish (and yes- I'm talking about the adults). Not to mention Jeff Goldblum's laugh. Some of the dialogue is very smart and tight, though. Especially the scene where Ian, Ellie, and Allen tell Mr. Hammond their theories on dinosaurs living in modern times. The surprise performance here is Wayne Knight- who's a big creep... But I had a lot of fun with him. He's a little underrated, I think.

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Well, I guess it's a bit of a surprise seeing this after me going on and on about how much I hate the movie. After careful inspection... even the irritating parts work, in their own way. For example, a scene where two boys pretend to be a shark causes a panic among the swimmers- and terror insues. People bowling over each other in the water, walking on each other on land, little kids crying in their crushed sand castles. It's a mess. And it's meant to be a hard-hitting social statement. I'll tell you what kind of scene it is- unintentionally funny.

Not because this kind of thing happening in real life is funny, but because the way this scene is filmed it's built up in a very schlocky way. Men who knock children off of rafts don't have that intense fear for their own lives in their eyes- they look like they're chasing a "sexy girl." The people are hardly committing. And it's because, the nature of a scene like this usually results in crowds of people - if they're being shot for a movie - having fun with it and/or laughing. Again, not committing. Scenes of massive public hysteria often have this problem. Is this a flaw? Not really. It doesn't work the way it was intended. But it does make you laugh at something you know deep down is going to have people looking at you funny for laughing at. Then, when you see Brody's kid crying in his crushed sand castle... Well, do I have to say- "look what your selfishness has done to the children! Oh please! Won't someone think of the children!?!" You know... something like that. Funny because it's not supposed to be funny.

The next thing that always bothered me about this movie is Quint. That's what I remember after I turn the movie off, how much he bothered me. Not, how much he redeemed himself. How much of a friend he was to Brody and Hooper when they got out to sea. This time, watching the movie- Robert Shaw endeared himself. On the other side... this time, Richard Dreyfuss was the annoying one. He's this movie's Jeff Goldblum- with a laugh that pierces my brain. Not in the good way. And of course... what's with all the singing? Does there have to be a half-assed musical number in every Actoure-y movie?? Why does every Hollywood / Actor's Studio calibre actor want to sing in every movie they're in?? (I complained about this last year when I posted Undertaking Betty / Plots with a View in this thread). Jaws is a Hollywood adventure-drama. Not a horror film. The music, writing, performances, all of these prove this. All of it is drama. Only maybe 9% of it is horror.

Anyway, in this movie- Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, and Murray Hamilton alone are enough to make this movie work. They all give it their 110% and all are essential in their scenes. And, like typical Spielberg, all the scenes work in terms of pacing and editing, and leave you wanting to finish the movie. I'm especially amazed at how a 26-year old (my age, damn it!) filmmaker could be this thorough and smart with action shot cutting in scenes that go on for 15-20-25 minutes at a time sometimes. That's where his pure professionalism comes into play. The Color Purple is still by far his best film, though.

Watched That Thing You Do! earlier. Watching Toy Story now. Planning on watching Mean Girls later! This is what happens when you get your wisdom teeth out. Haha

Ended up watching School of Rock instead of Mean Girls because we couldn't find the latter, which sucks because I really like that film, but SOR is good too.

Currently watching Song of the South. Yay bootlegs! Haha

Grey Gardens (2009) - Wow. This movie was epic. DEFINITELY Drew Barrymore's best role to date. She portrayed Little Edie perfectly, as did Jessica Lange. It better win the Oscar.

<b>American Graffiti</b> - Classic.

I watched Field Of Dreams a couple nights ago.

Push - It was alright. I only really liked Dakota Fanning, and even she wasn't as good as she usually is.

Robin Hood - The Disney one. It's not the best Disney film, but it's pretty good.

zackisthewalrus wrote:Robin Hood - The Disney one. It's not the best Disney film, but it's pretty good.

I love all the forgotton Disney films, such as this one. It's even in my Top 5 list, along with The Fox and the Hound!

The past two nights I watched:

The Greatest Game Ever Played
With a pre-disturbia Shia Lebauf, a true story, and a studio with a reputation for producing the best sports movies, I say this is really good. Avoiding cliches and Bill Paxton being the director is enough to warrant this unique. It also makes Golf look very exciting.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete The blu-ray exclusive alternate cut to the direct-to-video sequel to the massively popular playstation classic is a fairly good movie. Nice visuals, and the same voice cast who does the cameos in Kingdom Hearts. I'm glad I played the game first, because I'd be lost like Frodo and Sam were in Emin Muile in the beginning of the Two Towers. Considering both the original game and the movie have good storylines and writing, I'd recommend this. But only if you play(or learn) the game first. They should've labelled this one "FOR FANS ONLY".

I'm not the world's biggest fan of serial killer movies- despite how many really good movies there have been about this subject. And I care even less about period piece films or "based on a true story" crap. I'll tell you why- because the filmmakers always take liberties with the way they tell the historical stuff, how they show the characters. They have to make everything either cinematic or Hollywood. You know? To please the actors. So, there's too much mainstream "dramatically correct" comedy here. And it's not very funny. The best thing about the movie is all the detective story. The details are very interesting. That pulls you into the case history. But how effective is it as a film? Not very. For example- the death scenes are some of the most dull and incredibly predictable of any serial killer film I've ever seen. Basically, this director proved with Se7en that he knows how to make death interesting after it's happened. He can't handle it while it's happening. He's not a horror director. Points go to the intense source material. But none for how the filmmakers decided to tell this on film.

I watched Her Best Move and Another Cinderella Story on Disney Channel last night. Both aren't Disney films, and I usually won't watch the non-Disney movies aired on Disney Channel, but I had wanted to see the latter since it came out, and the former looked good. I really, really liked them both!!! I was into the stories and cared about the characters. I'd like to get them both on DVD!

Almost Famous

Wow.

Great music, great leading role(s), great atmosphere, great storytelling, incredible chemistry between Fugit, Hudson and Crudup... Just a perfect film! It grabbed me immediately and never let me go until the end credits rolled. I just wish I got to know whether or not William and Penny would meet again.

The Prince and the Showgirl

I've seen some movies which starred Marilyn Monroe before, like Gentlemen prefer blondes and The Seven Year Itch, but I never really liked her. I just thought she wasn't that good an actress. (Blasphemy, I know!) I never saw her sexappeal, either. (Again: I know!) But I saw it clear and through in this film, one of the lesser known, I guess. She just blew me away with her astonishing talent. Her excellent performance made this film worth watching. The plot itself is not worth following, and it's a mystery why her character Elsie would fall in love with Laurence Olivier's character the Regent. But thanks to Marilyn, I was entertained all the way through.

Bruno - Much funnier than anticipated. Amidst all the crude humor there were some truly hilarious and, at times, disturbing moments. 7/10

Public Enemies - Yawwwwwwwn. (Still asking myself how that's even possible with Bale and Depp as leads) 4/10

Bruno- It was pretty funny. I went in with kinda low expectations, so I guess that's why I was able to enjoy it as much as I did.

The Proposal- Omg, I freaking LOOOVED this movie! I love Sandra Bullock flicks and Ryan Reynolds was great too. Let's not forget the scene stealer... Betty White! She was ADORABLE! I recommend this flick to everyone!