swordfish-1 Reviews

Barking at the Stars (1998)

Lovely comedy/drama

[6/10 · 30 May 2012]

Lajanje na Zvezde (Barking at the Stars) is a Serbian comedy about a class of high school teenagers and their adventures during the final days leading to graduation.

The movie is a flashback to the memories of Mihajlo and Danica and the time they had in the 60's as high school seniors in the days leading to their graduation. Mihajlo is vying for the affection of Danica, who at first does not seem interested in Mihajlo and rather prefers Mihajlo's brother.

Although Mihajlo's and Danica's story is the centerpiece of the plot, there are several intersecting stories involving professors and other students from their class. In particular, I found very amusing the story of Gavrancic, a not so bright student who dreams of making it big in the boxing world, only for his dreams to get crushed after he's defeated in his first professional match. Despite that, he manages to win the affections of the girl he likes and he's one of the funnies characters in the film.

The movie has several other interesting and funny subplots, including an excursion trip by the students that produces several memorable moments. The cast includes several established Serb actors and the acting is solid all the way through, with several notable performances.

I would recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys light comedies, it certainly is an enriching experience.

Shot Through the Heart (1998 TV Movie)

Decent film, with a lot of flaws and historically wrong

[6/10 · 30 July 2003]

Firstly I must let you know that I am from Kosovo, former republic of Yugoslavia, right now it is under UNMIK administration. It hasn't been a long time ago since the war ended here, and certainly neither since the war on Bosnia acured.

Now back to the film: this movie is about two friends since the childhood with different nationality and different religion, but the way the circumstances are each of them must fight for their country. All that right said is very ok with me!

Now the movie itself consists some good thought camera shots and a few nice scenes but other than that it is historically inaccurate and pointless though is consists a good message to all the viewers. Now the main and a huge flaw is that this movie was in english, with guys from different nationalities in it. I mean how many best friends born and raised in France do talk english with each other? How many German families talk English all the time? And how many soldiers from a specified country(non english native language) speak in English like the one at the beggining when the Serbian soldiers pull over the car of the muslim family? This is deeply incorrect and unbased at nothing. A little bit smaller flaws: 1. Firstly the Serbians didn't lead a war with snipers, they always captured every city with tanks, bombing and fighting but never included snipers.

2. Serbian police uniforms are not correct. 3. Vlado is not a muslim name (I'm a muslim myself) 4. The war at Bosnia didn't begin in Sarajevo as told in the movie, Sarajevo was the last city to be attacked from Serbian forces.

I could go on and on, but it's not worth it. Anyway the movie had a very respectable direction, but I can guarantee you that the movie itself is not based on a true story. Rating: 6/10

Mulholland Drive (2001)

One dream, one reality, one masterpiece

[10/10 · 29 July 2003]

Ok now the first time I saw this film I was outrageous and really hated the ending and the Lynch himself for not giving an explanation about what was all the fuss about.

Last night I decided to give it another try and I'm stunned even myself because of how dramatically my opinion change. This is one of the most perfect movies made in these last couple decades. The story is perfect, the direction by Mr. Lynch is at the highest possible level (he certainly deserved his academy award nomination, he should have even won it). And let's not forget over the top performances by Naomi Watts and Laura Elena Harring, they definetely had a chemistry, one of the best maybe ever seen in the motion picture (just take a look at the lesbian scenes).

***SPOILERS*** read at your own risk Now let's do a little search on the plot: the first part of the film is a dream from Naomi Watts(Diane), the way she wants her life to be and the perfect indication to that is the way she is portrayed, she can do nothing wrong, she came to the city of dreams, found her lover, was becoming a star cause she was unmistakable as an actress and so on.

Now the second part of the film, from the cowboy saying wake up girl is the reality, and also the beggining of the story. Its amazing the way that Lynch could tie the story though the names get changed and everything seems out of order. Naomi Watts (Diane) is in love with Laura Elena(Camilla), but that love is not returned cause Camilla is in love with the director(Justin Theroux). There are very strong indications that they never even had a love relationship, I mean look at the scene where Camilla comes from nowhere and Diane says "Camilla, you are back" and than she disappears (which means that she was halucionating), which brings us to the conclusion that the couch scene (a few seconds later) was also an ilusion or a halucination by Diane (Naomi Watts).

After the engagement of Camilla(Laura Elena) with the young director (Justin Theroux), Diane(Naomi Watts) hires a hitman to kill Camilla. The Hitman says "when the job is done you'll find this key where I told you", so when Diane finds the key, she feels guilt and her concience pushes her to shot herself.

That is about it but there is just another possibility: it may also be that the first part is not a dream, but is afterlife of the two girls (after they dies). Rating: 10/10.

Chicago (2002)

Wanna be famous? Than become infamous...

[10/10 · 13 July 2003]

And the 2003 best picture winner is...CHICAGO! Does it deserve? Hell yeah, it was definetely the best movie of 2002 with no other movies coming close to it (maybe an exception for Minority Report and Road To Perdition).

Read on your own now ***SPOILERS*** The story is about Roxie Hart, a middleage women who shots her boyfriend and goes to jail, where she might be hanged. After some time she hires the best lawyer of Chicago at that time, (Richard Gere) and soon she becomes famous, she's in the front page of the newspapers everyday, and she totally overshadowes the character played by Catherine Zeta Jones. Not gonna ruin it for you anymore but Chicago is one of the best movies made since the new millenium, with a great choreography, brillian direction by Rob Marshall and wonderful performance from Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta Jones (she deserved her best supporting actress Oscar) and let's not forget to mention the great score and cinematography. Rating in a scale from 1 to 10 is 10/10.

Apocalypse Now (1979)

A lifetime movie, one of the all time greatest

[10/10 · 1 July 2003]

Well I don't need to say much but Francis Ford Coppola made an astonishing film that will be remembered for decades. With Al Pacino turning down the role of Capt. Willard, and a lot of other difficulties, Master Coppola never quit, even in the toughest time of his life when Apocalypse Now almost got him bankrupt. ***POSSIBLE SPOILERS*** read at your own risk! The story began with Capt. Willard (Charlie Sheen) being chosen for a very strange mission. He killed a lot of people, but this time it was different, he was sent to kill an american, a high decorated american colonel (portrayed by Marlon Brando). The trip until he found him had some of the most perfected motion picture scenes. All the cast gave outstanding performances starting from Charlie Sheen, Robert Duvall (he won the best supporting actor Oscar), Senior Brando was great as always in his supporting role, so were Frederic Forrest, Lawrence Fishburne and Denis Hooper. The screenplay and the direction from one of the most influential persons in filmmaking, Francis Ford Coppola were at the highest level of greatness and pure cinematic pleasure, really brilliant. And before posting this I would like to add that AN was robbed at that years Oscars.

Five Angles on Murder (1950)

A greatly underrated classic

[7/10 · 9 October 2002]

A Woman in Question (recently IMDb lists it as Five Angels on Murder) is a Rashomon like story told in flashback. The story develops after a women is found dead and police detectives question witnesses, each of whom provides a different account of events leading to the murder. Until the very end, the ulterior motives of each of the characters remain unclear.

It is a greatly underrated movie that is not easily accessible. Anthony Asquith handles the material really well and masterfully builds the suspense. In addition, solid performances are provided by the cast.

If you get an opportunity to watch this movie, do not miss it. Hopefully the movie will become more accessible in the years to come.

The Godfather (1972)

The best was, the best is, and the best will be for many decades

[10/10 · 28 July 2002]

This is the best movie ever made, alongside with Godfather part II. I have no words to describe this, it's simply wonderful. I can't find even one little flaw. How could I? The directing by Francis Ford Coppola is the best ever done, the acting by Pacino, Brando, Duvall and the rest are astonishing. The cinematography and script couldn't be done better. This movie, if people will live in earth for many centuries, ain't never gonan be forgoten. This is something that even in the year 3002, parents must show to their children, so they'd understand what means a masterpiece. The only movie who came close to Godfather I and II is Schindler's List. So 30 years gonna and only one movie came close. The best movie ever made. 101 stars out of 100.

American History X (1998)

One of the best movies ever made

[10/10 · 25 July 2002]

This is a masterpiece, my #5 in my all time favorite list. The performance by Ed Norton is one of the best in movie history, right up there with Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and De Niro in Taxi Driver. Also Edward Furlong gives an unforgetable performance as does all the crew. The direction was perfect. I can't believe Shakespeare in Love took the Best Picture Award that year. Really this is one of the best movies ever made, words can't describe it's greatness. I don't wanna get into spoilers, but I will recommend to everyone this film. And BTW I read a lot of reviews complaining about the fast change of Norton in the movie. Well that's the best part of the movie. I mean come on people this is no a bullsh*t movie to last hours and get boring. And I would like to mention one more thing. The speech at the dinner is one of the best scenes in motion picture. It's right up there with "You talkin' to me"(Taxi Driver) and "You think I'm funny"(Goodfellas).

The Deer Hunter (1978)

One of the best movies ever made

[10/10 · 19 July 2002]

Firstly let me tell you that this is not a war movie, this is a movie about affects of the war. This is a movie about friendship, love and courage. SPOILERS*** If you think that the wedding scene was stupid, than you're a fool. The wedding scene though it's a little bit to long, makes us care about characters. I never gave a sh*t whether the main characters in Full Metall Jacket and Apocalypse Now will die or not but my heart was beating very fast during The Deer Hunter. I felt I was Michael(De Niro) in every part of the movie. This is the most realistic movie I've ever seen, the script was great, the direction couldn't be better. And I didn't notice this movie lasted 3 hours until now. It wasn't boring, not even for a single moment. Anyway I'm not gonna get deeper but I will recommend this one to everybody. By the way the rusian roulette scenes are one of the best in the movie history. ***** out of *****

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

A masterpiece

[5/10 · 18 June 2002]

What a great movie this is. Starring Richard Gere, I thought it's gonna be a huge disappointment but guess what? Richard Gere provides us with one of the best performances I've seen in recent years. Laura Linney is at her level as always. L&G this movie is brilliant. No flaws. The score was great. The directing was perfect, maybe better than in Arlington Road(which is one of my all time faves). Good acting, good script. The best movie I saw this year and also one of the rare 2000's masterpieces. This is a must see movie. I hope that academy isn't gonna overlook this movie. If a miracle happens and 5 better movies than this one get released, this must be the toughest contender for an academy award. But usually academy goes for craps like American Beauty and LotR.

10/10

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

Good film

[6/10 · 8 June 2002]

What's the big deal about bad reviews for this film. This film never pretended to be a masterpiece it was supposed just to be a good and entertaining action/adventure film and they achieved that. How could they fail indeed when Angelina was the leading actress. One more time she proved that she's one of the best actresses and that she can play every kind of role(crazy girl in GIRL INTERRUPTED, narko-lesbian in GIA, heroin in TOMB RAIDER, and a simple drama role in THE SIN). And she also proved that she's very hot. The movie itself looks like another INDIANA JONES but basically it's based on the videogame. Being a huge fan of TR videogame(I finished all five of them) I liked the movie quite much. It was entertaining and not boring. Very good way to spend one and a half hour. I recommend it. It's for damn sure worth of its price.

High Crimes (2002)

Very good and enjoyable

[4/10 · 28 May 2002]

Very good and enjoyable thriller with great performances by Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman and surprisingly good performance by Jim Caviezal. The movie is predictable I must admit that but anyway as I said before it's very enjoyable and you won't regret if you watch this cause really it's a must see movie. Probably the best thriller of the year so far.

Killer Image (1992)

Great just great

[8/10 · 25 May 2002]

This is a great film. Can't believe this film is so underrated. It's one of the best thrillers of the year. You really should watch this one. You'll like it. The performance are very good. Good psycho thriller.

The Usual Suspects (1995)

One of the best films of the last decade and all time too

[10/10 · 19 May 2002]

I'd recommend you not to read this if you haven't seen this movie yet but to go to find it and to watch it. This movie is perfect. There are no flaws in this. Great acting, great directing, great writing. Simply perfect. This is a movie that you can watch every day and not get bored of it. I just can't imagine how at the hell this movie had such a small box office grossing. Anyway I just want to tell those who are reading this to go and hire this masterpiece. You ain't gonna be dissapointed. I'm not going to talk about the film cause if I tell you the ending you'll probably wish I never did. 100/100

Face/Off (1997)

The best action movie I've ever seen

[6/10 · 9 May 2002]

If you don't believe me than at least take in consideration that 9 friends of mine agree with me that this is one of the 3 best action movies ever made. The aperance of Travolta and Cage was superb. John Woo is definetely the best director of action movies. The story is unique(one thing that rarely happens cause almost all of the action movies have the same topic). Also this is quite unpredictable, it's not a thriller but you're not even a little bit sure of what will happen in the end. 10/10. The best action movie of these last five years.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

The worst Top Grosser of all time along with LOTR

[3/10 · 29 April 2002]

I just saw this movie. It ended a few minutes ago. I usually don't write about movies as soon as I watch them but this one was so so so so so terrible. Words can't describe this. It's about 2hours and 15minutes bore, headache, and everything else bad. It's better to count the stars than to watch this piece of sh*t. What was this movie all about? Hmmmm. Don't know. It was about nothing. It was about stupidness that Hollywood produces and people still watch it. When you look at the sucsess that this disaster has achieved you find out how many sick minded people are in our planet(i'm not including kids under 10 here cause this can still be funny for them). 0,0001 stars out of 100.

American Beauty (1999)

Gosh it sucks

[10/10 · 29 April 2002]

Man this movies sucks. Best picture winner. Make ma laugh. This is one of the worst movies I've seen in my entire life. I saw it with about 5 or 6 buddies and we all were so disappointed. After this movie won the best picture I consider oscar as a joke. How could this one possibly won 5 Oscars. This film should have won only one Oscar and that is for the worst movie of the year or maybe even for all time. Kevin Spacey had a middle range performance. It's a sin how Denzel haven't took the award home for his outstanding performance in The Hurricane. Anette Bening did quite a good job. As for the rest of the crew I can only say I was so bored I didn't even analyse their roles. Somebody should pres charges against Academy Awards for such a crime against humanity(and to give the best picture award to AB is a crime).

Ignition (2001)

Much better than I excpected

[7/10 · 28 April 2002]

Truly said when I rent this movie I expected a true disaster. I don't even know why I rented it. But I must say I was quite impressed with it. It had a bit of humor and it was also a good thrill. There are a lot of better movies but this one is also worth of watching. Rent it cause it's pretty damn good.

Swordfish (2001)

Good good good

[6/10 · 23 April 2002]

Well when I rent this film I thought it could be very good one but I also thought it could be another Battlefield Earth. And so the movie began. Within it and the fun began and it didn't stop till the end. Swordfish is probably the best movie of it's type in these last years. It has action, conspiracy, excitement and is not predictable. The cast is very good. Travolta showed that Battlefield Earth was just a job for fun for him and he showed his real qualities in this movie. Also Hugh and Halle were at their best. From the ending I'd say that soon well see Swordfish 2. I really hope so at least. 10/10 for this great piece of art.

Scarface (1983)

Simply Brilliant

[10/10 · 21 April 2002]

Did you ever asked why people mention so often Scarface? Well I got an answer to that. Because it's one of the best films of all time. Everything worked just perfect with this movie. The cast was superb, the music was cool. Simply fantastic. This is going to be one of those movies for which even after a century people will be talking about and they will still watch it.

Black Hawk Down (2001)

A copy of Saving Private Ryan

[8/10 · 16 April 2002]

Well I thought this is going to be a fantastic movie. It was my type of movie and I really expected a lot from this one, maybe to be one of my favorites. And so the movie began. At the first 20 minutes it was bored but I was hoping it will get better. And finally the war began and i can say it never ended. The movie had no meaning. Only war and fights. Awful. The scenes were so bored that I can't explain how happy was I when it ended. I was so so disappointed. I expected so much from this one but I really could se nothing good in this piece of sh*t. A time ago before watching it I wanted it to do good in BOX OFFICE but now I recommend you not even to think about going to watch this crap. Watch Saving Private Ryan.

John Q (2002)

Good sad movie after all

[8/10 · 11 April 2002]

Well let's get this straight.Very realistic movie with great directing and casting.Denzel once again showed that he's the best in dramas and gave us one more time a fantastic performance. But let's get back to the movie and its errors.How is it possible that a professional sniperist misses a clear shot.This is the biggest mistake of this movie.They should erase that scene from the movie.Than the subject is pretty dangerous.Imagine how many people suffer from that and have no money for the surgery.So try to imagine what will happen if they all kidnap doctors and use them as hostages for they personal interests. What I'm really trying to say is that Hollywood should be careful about the movies they release.Once there was a guy who jumped from the 13-th floor trying to copy SUPERMAN. Anyway the movie is good and 8,5/10 from my sight.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Only for kids under 10

[8/10 · 11 April 2002]

Once again a top grossing movie that makes me think what is wrong with Americans.This movie is so bored and so long that your nerves can't handle it after the 1-st hour of the movie.It's effects are nothing special except a piece of modern tecnology.At the start it seems interesting.You keep the same opinion till about the first hour.After that "o my god it sucks".If someone told me before that this is going to be a top grossing movie I'd call the ambulance and sent him to the hospital for rehabilitation.But there's nothing you can do about it.People lose their minds when they go to cinema for such a movie. Well as I said I recommend this movie only to the kids under 10.

Armageddon (1998)

Great simply a great movie

[6/10 · 11 April 2002]

I don't know what's wrong with those people who don't like ARMAGEDDON.They must have some kind of disease.Anyway everybody has his own opinion.And my opinion is that this is the best movie I ever saw. It's the first movie that made me cry. The scenario is perfect.It couldn't been better.The cast is simply terrific.During all the movie you have emotions that make your heart jump from its place. You can't miss this movie. You'll enjoy this movie more than having fun with your friends at a seven star hotel.

Titanic (1997)

Hmmm it deserves it all

[10/10 · 11 April 2002]

The TOP GROSSING movie of all times and 11 academy awards winner.What else can you say about this movie except that at that time there were many people that watched it 3 times a day.So if you haven't seen this movie make your own decisions should you watch it or not.I would say that it is one of the best movies.All you people out there saying that this is terrible, put your minds together and do something better than James Cameron did in this movie. Probably deserves all its success.