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1. Die Hard
2. Fight Club
3. Swingers
4. Back to the Future
5. Heat
6. Anchorman
7. Goodfellas
8. Seven
9. Raiders of the Lost Ark
10. Blazing Saddles
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
A decent film, nothing more, nothing less.
I am astounded by the sheer magnitude of praise that this film, and its two predecessors, has received.
This film is overstuffed, overacted, and over-directed, and yet, it elicits a fanatical following of kool-aid drinkers who bought into the hype. There are just too many things wrong with this film and the series in general for me to look at it in an objective manner and say it is one of the best films of all time.
It's definitely not Best Picture-worthy, but it can hold its head high as one of the better sci-fi/fantasy films in cinema history. Maybe it's just my non-conformist nature, but I find myself, a year removed from the last release of the three LOTR films, questioning the magnetic power of this lumbering behemoth of a film.
I just find myself in awe of the rabid following this movie has generated.
It's good, not great. Well-made (to an extent), but overdone at times.
7 out of 10
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
This is one of the saddest, most painful films I've ever seen.
I thought I had it bad on the set of my little student film in college.
Whew!
Watching this documentary was very difficult and very interesting at the same time. I enjoyed it, despite the tragedy that played out on the screen.
What makes the film so heartbreaking is that you know that the film will inevitably fail. So the entire movie-watching experience is steeped in dramatic irony. We, the viewers, know the outcome of this ill-fated film project known as "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote." But the filmmakers themselves, at the time of the filming, obviously do not know that all their actions are essentially in vain.
A great film, and a powerful warning to those who thinking making movies is easy.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Wallet Raider
I'm just glad I used my student ID and got a $2 dollar discount. I would hate to imagine myself paying the full price $8 to see this trash that they call "Tomb Raider."
I'll admit, I was psyched to see this film. What with the action-packed preview, the fetching Angelina Jolie as the star, the pedigree of a whiz-bang action director in Simon West, and the ripe-for-movies video game on which it is based.
But my excitement turned to utter boredom as this unfunny, unengaging, lackluster attempt at a movie scrolled across the screen. The action was flaccid and somewhat slow in pace, the dialogue was forced, the plot made little sense, and the characters were just plain silly.
And I don't care what anyone says, Jolie could not carry this movie on the strength of her pouty lips and perky breasts alone. This film failed, as far as I'm concerned.
So much potential, so little fruition. I'll stick to playing the video game, thank you.