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King Arthur (2004)

Bad Plots Make Very Bad Movies

[2/10 · 10 July 2005]

One of the worst adaptations of the King Arthur theme ever produced. This movie belongs only on the Sundance channel with all the other weird and dumb flicks. First the movie pushes the period back about 600-800 years from the long established time-line. It's like putting the Wild West in the 10th century. The Guenivere character is more like Lara Croft- Tomb Raider taking on several vicious enemies in a row with no problem. King Arthur, Lancelot, Galahad and the rest of the cast look like the dirtiest, smelliest people of all time(spare me the explanation that it's the norm for the period). Much like the great unwashed you would see in today's burger commercials. Maybe the same director. No... I don't buy that its great movie making by a new breed of filmmakers. It's more about what Hollywood has become and what there on. All in all, quite boring and disappointing.

I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)

Good and accurate series.

[21 July 2004]

This was a good series while it lasted. It pretty much showed what was gong on during this period in our history and the efforts to keep it in check. The left doesn't like the series because it shined a light on communist activities in the U.S. We don't track "commies" anymore because the cold war is over and they lost. Today people can be openly against the U.S. without any fear. They are in academia, the media,Hollywood, the judiciary and at all levels of local and national politics. Their still is, however, resentment among many that there is no longer a U.S.S.R. It would be great to have an updated series like this today. McCarthy was a little over-zealous in his time, but not far off the mark.

The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001 TV Movie)

A movie made with a political agenda.

[1/10 · 13 August 2003]

This movie is a blatant attempt by the left in Hollywood to portray Reagan's administration as incompetent and bungling. Some mistakes may have been made at the time of the crisis, but I'm sure not to the extent portrayed in this lame movie. My first reaction was that this movie had to have been directed by Oliver Stone, but I was wrong this time. There are apparently many others.