What Did You Watch Today?

[Ananas]

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - 5.5/10

There were many things about this film that I liked. For instance, the backstory is done perfectly. The supporting cast of adults is excellent. Unfortunately, these two coupled with some superb special effects are not enough to make recommendable what is really nothing more than a series of video packages. While there is a purely classical sense of good and evil in the movie, there seems to be no sense of plot progression, be it classical or not. This makes the cast and presentation seem outdated and cliched, a disappointing fact once you consider the massive following that the Harry Potter books have. The kids seem raw and untrained, a fact which is both good and bad at this points, but mostly it just makes their circumstances seem ridiculous. I wanted to like this movie, I really did, but the negatives just outweighed the positives. Thumbs down, although I guess it gets better from here.

[ROC]

Bruce Almighty - 8.5/10 A funny film but more importantly a film with a message about faith. It's what a Jim Carrey film should be, a film with good laughs and a good dramatic sense as well.

A Knight's Tale - 6.5/10 The film is good when it doesn't take itself too seriously (i.e. not Ledger and Sossamon's scenes) Also, why does Sossamon look so coked-up in her movies? It makes sense in TROA, as she plays someone who did drugs, but it doesn't make sense here.

[Corizzle]

Miracle - 9.5/10, a kick ass movie

Dicke Roberts: Former Child Star - 6/10, funny in parts

Stuck On You - 7/10, a really funny movie that I loved more the 2nd time then the first

Perfect Score - 4/10, very meh, a comedy that's a more affective date movie then comedy

[ROC]

Add one more.

From Dusk Till Dawn 7.5/10 Grotesque ultraviolence, Quentin Tarantino (well, maybe him dying) , George Clooney, and Salma Hayek as a hot stripper vampire makes this movie pretty dang good. Shoot, even Juliette Lewis is pretty decent.

[Guest Hit Man 3120]

Get Shorty which was hilaurios and Face/Off which was decent

[Ananas]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 6/10

So yeah, it got better. Sure, the movie still feels broken up. Sure, the child actors are still awkward in parts. This time, however, the plot felt more developed. There was a clear conflict from just about the start, which gave the film more meaning than the first. The character relationships were also developed a bit more (aww, Hermione's got a crush. How... obvious.). However, the biggest improvement I think from the first to second film was a darkening theme. Instead of investigating (in The Last Crusade fashion) the attempted heist of an eternal life jewel, this time there is a potential murderer on the loose with domination of the school on his agenda. We also see a developing Harry (not just the dropping voice), as he learns to trust in himself and his friends a bit more. Of course you get the obligatory (and fairly pointless) high voltage Quidditch games (which are more or less about showing off high budget special effects than advancing the plot), and the high budget humour featuring spirits. When it all comes down to it, this is a kids movie, and a pretty damn good one at that. Thumbs up, and the success of this film makes me much more excited for the reportedly excellent third film, which I'll see sometime this week.

[Numbahs]

Versus - ** or (4/10) - (N)

I don't know what the fuck I just watched.

[BlackFlagg]

Office Space - 9/10

[public enemy]

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: 7.5/10

[Guest TheTokenWhiteGuy]

Zulu 8/10

[Ananas]

Shrek 2 - 6.5/10

Mike Myers must be the most hot and cold actor in Hollywood. It really seems like he can't throw two quality films in a row together, although I can't remember him doing two consecutive bad ones either. In this latest effort, Myers attempts to resurrect his career from the ashes of The Cat in the Hat, and more or less does so with this sequel to 2002's Shrek. All of the main cast (apart from John Lithgow's evil prince) is back for a second time, this time adding Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews and John Cleese, among others. While the humour is good, I must say that the first 20-30 minutes drag quite a bit. It does pick up nicely beyond that, and the same as last time there's plenty of humour for the adults as well as the children. Thumbs up, but perhaps just a bit of a disappointment.

Edited June 6, 2004 by GoodGodWhatABeatnik

[William_The_Bloody]

Office Space - 8.5/10

Airplane 2 - 6/10

Edited June 6, 2004 by William_The_Bloody

[TheArsenal]

Save The Last Dance - 7/10

[KRC]

The Object Of My Affection: 6/10

Citizen Ruth: 7.5/10 (Kurtwood Smith Is Fucking Hillarious)

[BlackFlagg]

X-2 - 8.5/10

[ACCBiggz]

X-2 - 7/10

Wayyyyyyy better than the first.

[Gabriel]

Shrek 2: 7.5/10

-It was good, better than the first movie in my opinion, but I missed some of it because I was on a date, so I'll have to watch it again.

Orgazmo: 8/10

-Nothing better than good old fashioned religious fun-poking...except religious fun-poking with perverse jokes and a look inside the porno business added in. Orgazmo is hilarious, and I love it even more every time I see it.

[Guest Angry Baboon]

Saving Private Ryan- 8/10

[Ananas]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 8/10

It may be the third film in the popular series, but the "Prisoner of Azkaban" feels like the very first; full of more innocence and vibrance than "Sorcerer's Stone" or "Chamber of Secrets". With a new director, the series moves away from the bragadocious overdone material that likened itself to "The Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones", and more towards what made the original Star Wars films work - likeable characters combined with impressive yet necessary special effects and a dark yet classical storyline. From the very beginning this movie has it's priorities straight, focusing from the get go on Harry's parents and the events that surrounded their deaths. Within 10 minutes of the film, we've gotten the horrible guardians out of the way, introduced our villain and brought the three stars together. As for the stars themselves, this is the first of the three films in which the child actors didn't bother me. The young children that started out in "The Sorceror's Stone" have begun to grow up, and with this they are showing great signs of improvement, especially young Radcliffe, who definitely is allowing for major growth in his character this time around. All of the things that were great about the first two films are back, including the awesome background cast (Michael Gambon substituted for Richard Harris as Dumbledore, but otherwise the same). All in all, not only the best Harry Potter film, but a great film on its own. Thumbs up.

[Laice07]

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