pipsapauliina Reviews

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

Crispy freak -giving a spark to the taste

[7/10 · 15 October 2003]

Yeah, yeah, yeah: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is predictable, dull, filled with tits and buts, blaablaablaa. Most people seem to think so in here. Well, I don't say that the film was very unusual and pure art, but it was good entertainment... or at least I think so.

One of the comments here pointed out Crispin Glovers "useless" character "Thin man". Well, he was one of my favorites in the film. Somehow it gives something weird to this easy-plotted movie. Creepy Thin Man is great. The man doesn't talk, he mostly smokes and in the tough situations he takes his sword. Simple, but effective. A man that actually doesn't do pretty much anything is refreshing! Everyone else is doing something for a reason: trying to kill the good guys or try to prevent the bad guy killing the good guys. How predictable, how old situation. But suddenly a man with a cigarette and a cane arrives and the movie gets some unpredictable action and excitement in it.

This movie was very smoothly done. Everything was okay. But.... that was also the problem: the plot was very usual, too "smooth". Nothing rocky, except the Creepy Thin Man.

I liked this though I also prefer "intellectual" movies. I guess I was having a right mood for this. And... I must still point out: Crispin Glover's "meaningless" role meant a lot to me. A little bit of magic maybe... A good freak among the good, bad and....beautiful.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1998)

Great version from Alexandre Dumas's novel

[10/10 · 17 July 2001]

Le Comte de Monte Cristo is well done. Actors are made for their roles. Gerard Depardieu is fabulous in the role of count and Sergio Rubini makes the servant Bertuccio alive. In the novel Bertuccio was in a much smaller role. In the TV-version other characters have got bigger roles. It's a good thing that not only the count of Monte-Cristo is showing. I really recommend this beautifully done TV-film for everyone. After seeing this I started to appreciate the French in the film world in a very different way.

The Kid (1921)

A movie that makes you laugh and cry with it's beauty

[10/10 · 18 June 2001]

So beautiful, so ugly, so sad, so happy... there must be dozens different adjectives that describe this movie. Chaplin and Coogan are a great, unforgettable pair. In Coogan you can see little Charlie Chaplin. Little kid plays his role better than well... he's great and so is "the big" Chaplin as well! There's so much beauty in the story. The movie tells in a simple way a story about a little boy, a tramp and a desperate woman. In a cute Chaplin way everything has a happy end but before the happy end there's a lot of sadness... and of course also many funny scenes. I think it's amazing how Chaplin can make little things so funny. Charlie Chaplin's mimic is amazingly good, best in the world. His face can show all the feelings incredibly well and little Coogan has learned that from Chaplin. This film must be the most beautiful story about vagabond's life. Maybe Chaplin's best film! All Chaplin's films are worth of watching and especially this one! This movie shows that words are not needed in the movies... words are just disturbing the great mimic. One picture tells more than thousand words, Chaplin really shows that that's true!

Magical Mystery Tour (1967 TV Movie)

Music straight from the land of magic!

[8/10 · 6 June 2001]

Magical mystery tour isn't good as a movie... it jumps from a scene to another but the music makes the film amazing! The film is very psychedelic: the colors, the music, things that happen in the film. It really feels like a magical mystery tour. The film may remind about drugs, like being high but the film is also filled with the joy of living. Everybody can understand the movie on their own way. I'd say this movie is a historical magical picture about the late 60's. All the Beatle fans should see this! This is also a good window to sixties for younger generation. A great music video! The music and the movie go hand in hand: pictures and music from the foggy dreams. Close your eyes and listen, soon you'll see yourself dressed like a hippie jumping in the cornflower field! I recommend.

Dr. T & the Women (2000)

What a disappointment!

[1/10 · 2 April 2001]

This movie was a very big disappointment for me. I went to see a Robert Altman-movie and I saw this! After seeing MASH I thought most of the Altman-movies are good, but this... Sad to say but I guess this was the worst movie I have ever seen. Not even good actors Richard Gere or Helen Hunt could save the movie. Gere and Hunt didn't have their usual shine in their roles. Hunt couldn't turn the bad character to good. Her character was empty. Also Gere's character was pretty lousy. None of the characters was interesting. All of them were very superficial and empty. Sad but true: I have nothing good to say about the film. Sometimes a bad film can be saved with a good end but... the end of this movie was the worst part of the film...if that's possible.

It Could Happen to You (1994)

This movie makes bright your day!

[7/10 · 2 April 2001]

This movie may not be the best film in the world but it was simply so warm, romantic and cute that I could watch it again. The plot was very easy to guess, the characters were pretty simple, people were good or bad, nothing in between. Nicolas Cage was very sweet and tender as Charlie Lang. Bridget Fonda was a waitress easy to love, cute, humorous and sweet. Lang's wife was so awful that it made me to think why a man would even marry that kind of a woman. The wife was bad and so it didn't make Charlie a bad person if he fell in love with another woman. This movie made me feel good after seeing it. The film was romantic comedy (something that men would never like to see) and a good change for me after many weighty movies. I believe that many women would like this...at least I liked. The actors were good too and made their nice characters very lovable and bad characters very hateful. Don't wait anything big from this movie, just simply enjoy it's warm atmosphere.

Proof of Life (2000)

Action, romance... everything that a good movie needs!

[9/10 · 24 March 2001]

I saw Proof of life with my friend and I can say that we really liked it. One of the best parts was the end. I couldn't decide was the end sad or happy... on the other hand it was happy but on the other... Maybe everyone can decide themselves. I really recommend!