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Reviews
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
A transphobic diatribe.
Although I did enjoy the music in this movie and the fact that Hedwig was a sympathetic character (a rarity in transgendered characters), I am deeply troubled by its overall message. Hedwig and the Angry Inch seems to be preaching the tired old myth that transsexuals are just gay men who are in deep denial about their sexual orientation and can only accept their attraction to men in the context of their self-identifying as women.
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Bring a Pillow!
Bring a pillow and an alarm clock. The last quarter of this movie lives up to the Star Wars legacy, but you have to sit through an excruciatingly boring hour and a half that plays like a historical documentary to get there.
Somebody needs to tell George Lucas that you can't build suspense into action sequences by endangering the lives of characters in a prequel when the audience already knows how they're going to die and the fact that it happens later in the series. Apparently, he doesn't realize this because he relied upon such scenarios entirely too often in this movie.
At least Jar Jar's role was greatly diminished this time out.
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
A horrible waste of time.
The jokes were too few, far between, trite, and cliched. If the plot had been worthwhile, the weak humor could have been forgiven, but the story was just as bad. I did not care about the characters and really did not see anything special about their relationship. Even Showgirls was better written. The "twist" ending was totally contrived and boring. The only thing redeemable about the entire movie was Christina Applegate's return to her bimbo typecasting as Cameron Diaz's hard partying sidekick.
The Thin Red Line (1998)
I thought it would never end.
This movie was pretentious, plodding, and way too long. I spent almost as much time looking at my watch as I did the screen.
It must have been Oscar nominated by the same faction of the Academy that awarded Unforgiven its "Best Picture" award.
Justice League of America (1997)
The worst super-hero adaptation ever!
Not only was this filmed on a shoe-string budget with cheap costumes and special effects, it betrays both comic book fans and movie buffs equally.
The JLA characterizations are horrible. To catalog all of the mistakes would take more time than this awful show is worth. Just to name one good example: a couple of characters (Fire and Guy Gardner) who actually hate each other in the comics were said to have dated previously.
It appears that somebody tried to fool the audience into thinking they had seen a more exciting show than they really had: major action sequences were never shown but instead reported (sans footage) by the evening news.