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Like a lemming, I followed the crowd late last night or early this a.m., whichever you prefer to see the Advanced Screening of The Number 23 starring Jim Carrey and Virginia Madsen. The film began at exactly 23 minutes after 12 midnight.

If you have seen the trailers, you have seen the movie. I was so disappointed with this film. In the hands of a better director than Joel Schumacher, this would have been a really good movie. It is slow, overwrought, and goes nowhere fast. A man (Carrey) discovers a book called "The Number 23" and begins reading it. He suddenly realizes that this could be the story of his own life, except for one thing, it ends with a murder that hasn't happened yet, and that is where this train derails. Though the movie is only 95 minutes long, it plays like 195 minutes, and gets very tedious, and Jim Carrey, although really good in the role, maybe should have gone for a comedy and that might have saved this film. I am rating this 2.5/5. I recommend waiting for the DVD release, which will happen really soon with this one, and hope that they add some footage that will fill in the many holes this films leaves us with.

dvdjunkie wrote:Like a lemming, I followed the crowd late last night or early this a.m., whichever you prefer to see the Advanced Screening of The Number 23 starring Jim Carrey and Virginia Madsen. The film began at exactly 23 minutes after 12 midnight. If you have seen the trailers, you have seen the movie. I was so disappointed with this film.

You were disappointed by this film? I was disappointed with the trailers and TV spots alone. This is obviously going to be one of the biggest contenders for Worst Film of the Year. And we're not even 2 whole months into '07. What a freakin' turkey!

And no, I haven't seen it yet - everyone I know who has seen told me to stay as far away as humanly possible from this - and that was after I'd seen ads for it. Some of these people I know I can trust. I might browse through sections of it if someone I know rents the DVD. But I am smart enough to stay miles away from this one.

Hollywoodland (2/5)

I was actually disappointed with this. I was expecting it to be more biographical, and not one of these "parallel journey" type things. "As the investigator learns more about Reeves' life and choices, he learns more about his own". Whatever. I was more interested in George Reeves and the mystery. The film offers three possibilities, but it seems to imply the most likely was suicide. It's a shame it doesn't do more when covering Reeves' life, as it looks like there was a lot to cover, and only the surface was scratched - I was flabbergasted to find out he was in affect "a kept man"

Its a shame, but the supplements are weak, and these don't dig into the historical facts either.

PS. Affleck is "da bomb".

The Little Mermaid

It's simple. I haven't seen it in awhile. Excellent. 9.75628/10

Reno 911!: Miami

Hil-freaking-arious! Even if you've never seen the show, you'll love it!

9/10

23
The Prestige
Sunset Boulevard
Hollywoodland
The Departed

All great.

V For Vendetta.
Great film. That's why I own it.

Superman Returns.
Sub-par, but not as bad as people were telling me. Kinda dark and broody though for a comic book flick.

Lucky Number Slevin.
Great, suspenseful, and funny. Definite must-see.

Planet of The Apes.
Crap. Pure. Crap.

numba1lostboy wrote:Superman Returns.
Sub-par, but not as bad as people were telling me. Kinda dark and broody though for a comic book flick.

If you think that's dark and broody, what are your thoughts on, say, "Batman" and "Batman Returns"?

I just finished watching "Sin City", which I tried to watch last year but was sick (physically ill, not from like the gore). It was really quite good, and I wish I would have seen it sooner. Obviously, it was visually amazing. I'd really like to buy this one.

The Sea Hawk

Another Errol Flynn movie, and I enjoyed it a lot. I love Errol Flynn, so when it this was on TV today I had to see it. I didn't like Brenda Marshall as Flynn's love-interest, IMHO Olivia DeHavilland might have been the better choice, but still it was a very good movie.

SpringHeelJack wrote:

numba1lostboy wrote:Superman Returns.
Sub-par, but not as bad as people were telling me. Kinda dark and broody though for a comic book flick.

If you think that's dark and broody, what are your thoughts on, say, "Batman" and "Batman Returns"?

I have to be honest and say that I have never seen the old Batman movies. I've only seen Batman Begins. That was dark and broody too, but I've always associated Batman with dark and broody, so I expected it.
Superman doesn't seem to be a dark and broody sort of story.

But, overall, I'm more of a Marvel-lover, anyway . CanNOT wait for Spider-Man 3.

I just watched A Beautiful Mind last night. I bought the 2-disc set at Wal Mart for only ten bucks.

I thought it was really good. 9/10

Just finished watching Lilo and Stitch, I had forgotten why I used to love it so, now I remember.

Rocky Balboa

I'm a sucker for these. After watching all five films recently on late night TV, I found myself strangely compelled. I'm no fan of boxing, but you can't help yourself towards the end of this film when the big fight comes on. I wanted to leap out of my seat and scream "Go Rocky!" It's a formula, but it is one that works. Bless 'im, and thanks for one last round, Sly!

Letters from Iwo Jima

I'm conflicted now. I've been rooting for Marty Scrosese to finally win an Oscar over Clint Eastwood. However, the conflict comes from Eastwood probably giving his most interesting and dynamic directorial effort in Letters From Iwo Jima, while Scorsese’s The Departed - although an excellent film – is certainly not the Master’s best work. LFIJ is an interesting film, and I applaud what it is trying to do in this time of war, but unfortunately Eastwood's no-frills style often makes this plod and fails to captivate for the bloated running time. Don't get me wrong, this is still Eastwood's best film of late (Unforgiven being a hard act to top, IMO, but I'm a western freak), and I enjoyed it far more than I expected too. However, I wonder if it is finally time for Hollywood to put the Second World War to rest. They've been fighting it for over 60 years now.

I just watched "My Fair Lady" and "Gone With the Wind" back to back on TCM. I never thought I could watch movies for 7 hours straight. [/u][/b][/i]

sorry but i cant remember when the last time i watched a movie was, other than last week when i got my disney rarities in the mail...damn people putting dents in my tin!!!

Just finnished watching Beauty and the Beast: Platinum Edition to commemorate Oscar Night. (I even watched BatB WHILE the Oscars were going! ). As most know, Beauty and the Beast is the only (and undoubtedly the last) animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture in the Academy Awards. So, I thought it fitting to watch it today.

Great movie in all aspects one might look at a movie! Great animation (and definately restoration on the DVD!), great music, great characters, great (and new!) storyline, and beautiful orchestration!!!

I give it a 10/10!!! (What did you expect?! BatB is tied with 3 other Disney movies as my #1 favorite DAC of all time!)

-BB

numba1lostboy wrote:

Planet of The Apes.
Crap. Pure. Crap.

You didn't say which "Planet of the Apes".....the original with Charlton Heston or the remake with Mark Wahlberg.




The first 'check-your-brain-at-the-door-and-enjoy' movie of 2007 has hit the theaters today.

Wild Hogs starring John Travlolta, Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen, and Willam H. Macy is just absolutely entertaining from start to finish. Four middle-aged men are having a mid-life crisis when they decide to 'saddle-up' for a cross country motorcycle trip to see what else is out there. Don't look for any Academy-award winning acting, or mind-boggling special effects, this is a Disney comedy, done at its best with break-neck pacing. The laughs are sometimes funny, funny and sometimes their are dumb-funny, but there are a lot of good times to be had. The boys have little encounters on their trip especially when they ride into a town and their bike-gang leader, played viciously-but-funny by Ray Liotta. This is just an hour-and-a-half of fun and nonsense, and I would recommend that you don't spend big bucks on it, try the matinee priced showings, save your $15 for the other big movies that are coming down the road. I rate this one a solid 3.5/5 and will add it to my list of must-haves on DVD.

The Prestige - a wonderful movie... A

I watched about half of The Silence of the Lambs, and taped the last half. It was stupid of me, sincing I was surfering between that and Little Britain, and I wasn't concentrating that much, but I was still impressed by the first 20 minutes. They established the story quickly, we met Clarisse Starling and then Hannibal shortly after. I've seen in TV shows and stuff people poking fun at Hannibal, and I've also heard how scary he was in the film, but he didn't scare me. He didn't scare me at all. I could see what they were trying to do with the character, and it almost got there with me, but I just didn't feel scared by him. I don't know why, but I certainly think that from what I've seen that it's an intense movie, very well-made, and that both the main characters are extraordinary in their roles, in any case. I'd give it 8.5/10
-James

James wrote:I watched about half of The Silence of the Lambs, and taped the last half. It was stupid of me, sincing I was surfering between that and Little Britain, and I wasn't concentrating that much, but I was still impressed by the first 20 minutes. They established the story quickly, we met Clarisse Starling and then Hannibal shortly after. I've seen in TV shows and stuff people poking fun at Hannibal, and I've also heard how scary he was in the film, but he didn't scare me. He didn't scare me at all. I could see what they were trying to do with the character, and it almost got there with me, but I just didn't feel scared by him. I don't know why, but I certainly think that from what I've seen that it's an intense movie, very well-made, and that both the main characters are extraordinary in their roles, in any case. I'd give it 8.5/10
-James

Giving an 8.5/10 based solely on the first half?

Cause it gets better. Much better.

Escapay