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The New Guy (2002)
It's totally stupid
Extremely stupid! The plot is horrible and outdated. It's all about the 80's! A lot of stupid cameos which are doing nothing and plot twists extremely badly written. Not to speak of the poop jokes... I didn't like the score, it wasn't just to obvious - it was the score you could have picked in your sleep.
The cast is pretty bad. The nicest thing I could say is... "made for TV" The lead DJ Qualls does a decent performance but he's got it all done for him script wise. I could easily see four or five other actors doing the same.
However...
Feelgood isn't only a word to describe this but in fact what the writers, actors and director must have had chanting all along while doing this movie. And believe me it works! I love the 80's teenage flicks! I love to know that the good will beet the evil right from the beginning. I love all this stupid cameos including Tommy Lee, Tony Hawk, Gene Simmonds etc. Lyle Lovett is in it...
For a stupid teen movie it is pretty damn good. Well in my thirties I still smiled a lot and laughed several times. What else can you really expect?
I especially liked some of the turns at the end as swell as a beautiful Braveheart spoof. The girls were pretty and the geeks won - what's there not to like.
If you like teen flicks like they used to be this is pretty much a must see. If you want a movie to be challenging and make your mind work - then never mind.
For what it is, I'll give it a 9 out of 10.
Giving It Up (1999)
Totally underrated
This movie is a gem! Maybe not for everyone but still a gift for everyone who take the time to understand it. Before I saw the movie I saw one comment saying it was the bastard child between What Women Want and Sex in the City and I can understand that (it was meant negative) for the first twenty minutes. Whoever said that probably stopped wathcing after that conclusion because this movie is so much more. The dialogue is excellent the script is great but I get a feeling that maybe it isn't for everyone to connect with.
I however thought this was a truly great movie. The leading charachter, played by Mark Feuerstein (never heard about him before), talkt right to me! Hell I've been this man!
It's seldom I've seen such good writing describing the relationships between the sexes without falling into an eager to please the audience witht easy conclusions.
After watching this I got a real eager to meet the writer Christopher Kublan because he has obviously been through the same things I'm been through. It is so easy to spend you're life making it look good to other people (especially woman) that you forget about yourself and what you want. And the thing that makes you realize that is often the one you wanna love but whom detests you of what you have become of that.
This is a great movie, to put it down in any ways is awful but the photoghraphy is beyond standard and they could have worked some more on the endingt. Anyway I'll give this a 9/10 at least!
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Pretty disappointed
The setup for a movie is as good as it gets, Bruce Campbell i nursing home playing an old Elvis is fantastic and so is the backstory how he got there. However the whole mummyplot is really really awful and uninteresting.
I would have wished the suspence in the movie would be somehow connected to the backplot, either from the past of Elvis or JFK or preferable both. I would rather have seen the obvious plot of Elvis and JFK trying to make it back to their old positions and fame. Making this a mummymovie for no apparent reason is a waste.
I gave the movie 6/10 and if not for Bruce Campbell probably only 4-5.