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The Bourne Identity (2002)
missing something
From the very beginning this movie was missing something. Real
intrigue? Genuine caring for the protagonist? I think all the CIA stuff
clues you in too much to figuring out who he is way too early in the
movie, so it ends up being not very suspenseful. Franka Potente's
character was kinda flat; she and Bourne didn't really have that
much chemistry. Just the obligatory boy-in-trouble-meets-girl. And
as small as Julia Stiles' part was, she was still bad. "It's Bourne,
isn't it?" or whatever she said when the lights went out. Ugh. As for
the amnesia, if Bourne could remember lots of other innate stuff
like languages and fighting skills, isn't it likely he would have had
an immediate answer to the question "What kind of music do you
like?" And how, by the way, did this movie get a PG-13? There was
plenty of violence and several dead bodies.
Election (1999)
flawed
I don't believe for a second that Tracy would have slept with Dave.
No way. I understand that their past relationship makes Jim's
hatred and fear of her more real and urgent, but I'm sorry, she just
wouldn't have had sex with her teacher. Also, there was way too
much going on in this film for it to be cohesive and fully formed. I
had high hopes for it, but it was just too scattered, and characters
did things that you couldn't believe they'd actually do.
The Majestic (2001)
Yeah, I get that a lot.
First of all, I rented this to see Bruce. I was disappointed to realize
how small his role was. Anyway, why wouldn't these people check
for some kind of identifying marks on Luke/Peter? Maybe people
were more trusting back then, but I'd want to know whether it really
was my son or former flame who had supposedly come back into
my life. The movie was pretty predictable; my friend and I keep
guessing what was gonna happen with relative accuracy. I think
the concept of the movie may have been a bit deflated, too; here
we are watching a movie knowing that the main guy isn't who he
says he is. All we're doing is just waiting to see what triggers his
memory. It would have been more captivating if both the audience
and the characters didn't know from the start who he really was.
Just start with him on the beach. Yeah, I know that would blow the
way he realizes who he is and you'd then have to do some back
story to find out who he really was. But he could have just been
living as Luke, the bad guys show up and haul him off, he has no
idea what's going on, but he finally somehow manages to
remember who he is. Oh, and more Bruce would have been a
good thing.
Terminal Invasion (2002)
New category: "C movie"
I love Bruce Campbell. Why else would I even watch this movie?
But it was so bland, boring, drawn out with silly dialogue and rife
with not-quite-realistic graphics (I'm guessing they couldn't afford
aerial shots of the airport or the truck driving on the mountain) and
effects (the alien creature get-up must have been so low-budget
that they decided to obscure it with choppy camerawork, like when
they were crawling through the air ducts and it jumped up and
grabbed the rich guy) that the whole experience was painful. Bruce
wasn't having any fun, and neither was I. Even "Tornado!" and
"Icebreaker" were better than this thing. Sorry, Bruce.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
peter sellers, peter sellers, peter sellers
I just watched the movie tonight for the first time. I was checking here to see who played what roles, and ... holy geez! I discovered that Peter Sellers was Mandrake, Muffley AND Strangelove. That just blows my mind. I'm not sure how much I liked the movie as a whole (I did give it an 8, however, just because Sellers was so totally awesome), but it's a pretty wacky movie. And George C. Scott is pretty darn funny, too.
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
ok, but not great
The first one was better. I was kinda disappointed. The same jokes that were funny and fresh in the first movie came off as stale in AP2. Heather Graham was bad; there's a difference between campy acting and bad acting, and she was just bad. I wasn't as drawn to Austin's character this time around. Dr. Evil seemed more appealing, even, gasp, more likable. Fat Bastard was just a dumb excuse for Mike Myers to use his Scottish accent. And I know the movie's a light-hearted comedy, but the inconsistencies in the time differences were inescapable. (One example: it's 1969 and Fat Bastard is singing the theme from a Chili's TV ad. Duh.)
City of Angels (1998)
ick
an angel falls to earth so he can have premarital sex with a woman? puh-lease. meg ryan's character is a doctor who (we realize in the very first few scenes) is too stupid to wear a bicycle helmet? puh-lease! totally predictable ending. i could have cared less about these two. and why didn't ryan take out a restraining order on cage? duh.
Blazing Saddles (1974)
excuse me while i whip this out
full of fabulous lines and wonderful performances. the twinkle in the eyes of both cleavon little and gene wilder adds an infectious childlike quality to their roles. you just KNOW they're up to something naughty! madeline kahn is saucy--it's twue, it's twue!
Millennium (1989)
bleech
whenever anyone asks me what was the worst movie i've ever seen, "millennium" always comes to mind. did we really need to see the whole movie twice, just from slightly different camera angles? ugh! and i saw this thing in the theater back in '89. how stupid could i have been?
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
not as great as i wanted it to be
"the sweet hereafter" was a movie i was greatly looking forward to watching. but i was disappointed. the time jumps were kinda confusing. the pied piper narrative was distracting and forced. i didn't like that there were characters introduced and then dropped. i also didn't really like that stephens just happened to run into his daughter's childhood friend on the plane--also forced. i walked away from the movie confused; i didn't understand it enough to really care about the characters (although i felt bad for dolores). I was, however, riveted by the bus crash scene, punctuated by bruce greenwood's horrified, helpless reaction.