TheDOMINATOR's Movie Review Thread
 

Hello, everyone. This is the thread in which I will provide my film reviews. Check back in from time to time, as I plan to post new reviews somewhat regularly.

My Rating System

Everyone's differs slightly I imagine, so here's how mine functions in some detail:

For the 5-point rating scale conversion from my 10-point scale, all ratings ending in .5 are rounded down. This seemingly defies the laws of mathematics, but film ratings can be funny things.

INDEX OF REVIEWS

PAGE 1
-Fight Club (

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-Gigli (

+)
-30 Days of Night (

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-The Mist (

) -- REVISITED:

-
-The Shawshank Redemption (

)
-The Strangers (

)
-The Incredible Hulk (

+)
-Wanted (

+)
-Journey to the Center of the Earth (

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-The Dark Knight (

) -- REVISITED:

-Hellboy II: The Golden Army (

)
-Quarantine (

-)

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-The Blair Witch Project (

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-Groundhog Day (

)

PAGE 5
-The Lake House (

)

PAGE 6
-Empire Records (

)
-How the West Was Won (

+)
-A Walk to Remember (

)

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-Terminator Salvation (

-) -- REVISITED:

-Up (

)
-Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (

+)
-Poltergeist (

)
-District 9 (

)
-The Happening (

-)

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Nice reviews. Looking forward to seeing what else you post. Keep up the good work. :)

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Thank you, sir. Except I'm having difficulties with formatting. Some of the text is magically turning bold!

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The problem is with the tags you're using -- looking at the bb Code, you seem to have multiple redundant tags for your titles, some of them not nested properly. It looks like you tried to apply various types of formatting to certain lines more than once. I can't really piece together exactly what you did, but that seems to be the gist of the problem.

The best way to fix this would be for you to highlight each review, and hit the "Remove Text Formatting" button in the top-left-hand of the editor (it looks like two As with a red X through them). Then just apply your style changes to the title again.

More importantly, though: you really should break your reviews up into individual posts. This is a far more sensible way to display them.

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Thank you, sir! Wow, I'm not sure *what* I did, but I think it's set up the way I'd like it now. And I'll post all future reviews in additional, separate posts. The original post is quite large, huh? :D

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Awesome reviews dude keep up the great work, looking forward to see your next reviews.

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Glad to help. :) I would strongly recommended breaking even the existing ones up, however. It's up to you, but I think a lot of people will be discouraged from reading them in this format, and I can't add them to the User Reviews area unless they're separarted, as well.

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In that case, I'll definitely break them up. Once I do, will you automatically include them in the "User Reviews" area (once you have the time), or is there a certain requirement that needs to be met on my end first?

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Fight Club (1999) - 10/10

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I don't know where to start. This movie was recommended to me by more than one member here, and solely because of that I went out and bought this movie soon afterward and watched it. I was blown away.

Everything from the dialogue to the musical score to the acting was just about flawless. The plot/storyline, while at first somewhat unclear, was enthralling after I began to really realize what it was all about; the action, while not action packed with incredible special effects, was very good and well-placed; and the characters were very relatable, complex, and force you to become intrugued by them and their actions in the movie due to their high likability and interest factors. All of that plus more about and in the movie was remarkable.

Brad Pitt delivered an excellent performance--one of the best of his career to date--and it goes without saying that Edward Norton nailed his role dead-on. Truth be told, Helena Bonham Carter's character I connected with the least and didn't like nearly as much as the others, but even her character was brilliantly portrayed by the actress, herself, and filled with detail and yet tantalizing mystery. Add in the very likeable "Bob" and you have yourself a movie filled with a great set of both characters and actors who play them alike.

That being said, as I mentioned above, during the first half-hour or so I found myself struggling to figure out what exactly was going on or what exactly the movie was even about. But as the Narrator began to explain things more in-depth as the movie progressed, and as the characters in the movie began to progress more toward the main plot, things quickly started to become more clear and understandable. From then on--from about 45 minutes to an hour into the movie and on--I was totally engrossed to the very end.

And what an ending it was, what--in my opinion--is one of the greatest endings of any movie in cinematic history. Like "The Mist," Fight Club has a totally insane, unexpected (well, for me at least) double-twist ending which contains two "major events." The first "event" will have you saying "Wow," and shortly afterwards "Ah, now I get it!" And the second "event" will just leave you breathless.

***SPOILERS***

When I say two "events," I mean
Event 1: A certain someone realizes something.
Event 2: A certain few things go bye-bye.

***END SPOILERS***

My final thoughts on Fight Club is that it's one of the best movies I've ever seen, and I'm saying this after just having watched it a couple of nights ago for the very first time. It's dark, complex, highly entertaining, and demands that you truly think about what is going on at every moment. Awesome, spectacular, remarkable film on a level with other greats such as Donnie Darko that will remain one of my favorites forever.

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Gigli (2003) - 7.5/10

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If you've looked at its page on IMDB and have seen its average rating, you'd be shocked when comparing it to mine. I absolutely love this drama/romance/comedy starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. The acting is excellent, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez delivering, in my opinion, the best performances of their careers; the dialogue is often captivating and at times even philosophical, provoking a deeper thought which is near rare in movies; and, perhaps above all else, the musical score is phenominal and one of the best in any movie that I've ever seen. Gigli's musical score is often moving and of a variety that--when coupled with the right also-moving scenes--provokes goosebumps. I remember getting goosebumps twice.

Christopher Walken and Al Pacino play minor roles and, while Christopher Walken's performance I felt was a bit lacking, I thought Al Pacino's was extraordinary. Along with Walken's out-of-character acting, the plot being a little weak at times throughout are the only bad things I have to say about this movie, and these are the only two things keeping it from receiving that perfect 10/10 score. Other than that, this is a flawless film and one of the most ridiculously-rated movies of any I've ever seen rated online on IMDB or elsewhere on the Internet. Gigli is simply an extraordinary movie.

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30 Days of Night (2007) - 8.5/10

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This is, in my opinion, a very underrated movie. It has a couple of plot holes yes, and those God-awful "shrieks" the vampires make throughout the middle and end of the movie get rather annoying, but aside from that, I felt this was an excellent film. The vampires present here are not the nowadays average, "romantic"-style vampires, but rather they are bloodthirsty killers. This movie is genuinely scary in places and the blood and gore delivers a nice affect upon you, getting you to feel for the victim(s) while showing some really nice effects rather than being simply just blood and gore. It's a really good movie, and shouldn't be missed, especially by fans of horror movies.

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The Mist (2007) - 8/10 (Revisited)

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This film blew me away. I sat down to watch it thinking I was going to really, really like it and I ended up loving it. I loved Thomas Jane in the 2004 remake of The Punisher and this relatively new actor shocked me yet again in The Mist with a dazzling and memorable performance. The plot of the movie was awe-inspiring and the action, suspense, and horror were all superb. Each event involving the other-wordly creatures nearly literally had me on the edge of my seat throughout, and the events in-between involving the characters and the crisis at hand, and what they were doing about it, had my mouth hanging wide open, agape. In other words, I was totally enveloped in the movie and it had me enthralled, intrigued, and entertained throughout. And the ending? It's true--it's phenomenal, and one of the most shocking endings in all of film, in my opinion. The first major event that happens during The Mist's final minutes is breathtaking, and the second major event that follows seconds afterwards is unbelievable. You have to watch this movie for yourself to believe it.

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The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - 10/10

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Major spoilers throughout; a synopsis as well as a review.

Fear can hold you prisoner; hope can set you free. Such is the catchphrase of The Shawshank Redemption, an epic story of faith, kindness, and salvation in which a man is wrongfully accused of murdering his unfaithful wife and her lover, and for it is condemned forever to prison; the prison of Shawshank. This film adaption of the short story Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, written by Stephen King, was directed by Frank Darabont who also directed Stephen King’s The Green Mile. Starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption is one of the most magnificent, memorable stories ever told and is one of the greatest movies of all time because of its beautiful cinematography, gripping story, extraordinary performances, and deep underlying themes.

Tim Robbins plays Andy Dufresne, a seemingly quiet, timid but very successful banker whose life comes to a cataclysmic halt when the unthinkable occurs. Late one night Andy arrives home to find his beautiful wife cheating on him with a stranger. In total shock he staggers away, unseen, later that same night returning to his house drunk and packing a gun. He sits in his car in the driveway for a very long time, drinking and loading the small firearm, his face a contorted mess of anger and confusion. He stumbles out of the car, walking clumsily toward his home in which his wife is making love to another man, and then the scene ends, concluding the introduction to the antagonist of the film and setting the audience up for all that is to come.

We quickly learn that Andy is innocent of the crime he was imprisoned for through his elegant personality and refined interactions with the prison guards and other inmates. One inmate in particular finds Andy intriguing, unlike any new inmate—or “fish” as they’re called by long-time prisoners of Shawshank—to arrive at the prison. This inmate is Red, played by Morgan Freeman, who eventually befriends Andy, accepting him into his group of friends, a somewhat friendly faction of inmates including Heywood (William Sadler) and Bogs (Mark Rolston). Brooks, the prison librarian (who is also an inmate), is eventually introduced; a kind, seemingly remorseful old man that eventually befriends Andy as Red did. Andy is not without his enemies though, for a group of malicious men known as “the Sisters” torment and brutalize him throughout the film until an event takes place that decimates their leader.

Andy eventually finds himself in favor of the prison guards and even the powerful Warden for his vast knowledge of economics and “the system.” He eventually is granted an office in the prison of his very own within the prison library, and becomes Brooks’ first partner in the fifty years that the old man has been a convict. Within this office Andy helps the prison guards and the Warden with their complex financial business and inquisitions, such as with their taxes and W2’s.

The film comes to a cataclysmic turning point when a new fish joins Shawshank; a young hot-shot named Tommy (portrayed by Gil Bellows) who comes with a disquieting revelation: he knows that Andy did not kill his wife, and he can testify in open court to allow Andy a chance for freedom. With his great intelligence, Andy knows that now he has enough to request another trial and properly get it, so he meets with the Warden to discuss it. Naturally, the Warden is not happy; Andy is his go-to guy for help on taxes and with bank loans and such; he doesn’t want him leaving. An argument ensues and Andy finds himself in temporary solitary confinement and Tommy finds himself in a grave “accident.” These first stages of the film’s astounding climax are heart-racing, and what follows is an adrenaline rush until the credits begin to roll. In short, with the help of Rita Hayworth, Andy escapes the confines of the Shawshank prison using his keen intellect and prevailing determination and meets Red in Mexico as the screen fades to black. This beautiful conclusion takes place, of course, after the Warden found himself set up by Andy for the terrors he inflicted upon him which ultimately led to his (the Warden’s) death, and this is where Andy truly found his redemption.

Walt Whitman, one of the greatest poets of the 1800’s and of all time, once wrote: “For me the keepers of convicts shoulder their carbines and keep watch, It is I let out in the morning and barr’d at night.” (Song of Myself, 51) This can relate to Andy, as he “let out” (escaped) in the morning when he was “barr’d” (imprisoned within his cell) the previous night, all while the “keepers of convicts” (the prison guards) were keeping watch, but had no idea what was going on.

The underlying messages and symbolic metaphors sewn throughout The Shawshank Redemption are numerous and truly profound. Through acts of common decency while wrongfully imprisoned in a hell known as Shawshank, a man uses his keen intellect and wits to break free of the place and take down the men who have caused him so much anguish over the years. Not only escaping Shawshank was Andy’s act of redemption in itself, but bringing the prison down with him—setting the Warden and all the guards he’s ever helped up—was also his salvation, for now he is freed from their insidious grip. This central theme of the film is both powerful and universal, because at point in life, everyone desires redemption.

Technically, The Shawshank Redemption is as remarkable as it is on a philosophical level. The cinematography is flawless, Frank Darabont delivering excellent shots of everything depicted in the movie with smooth scene transitions and fantastic lighting. The acting is superb, the performances delivered by Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman being the greatest among any performances ever delivered, and the plot and story of the film is nothing short of awe-inspiring, coming from the Master of Horror (who this time gave us something entirely different), Mr. Stephen King.

It is for all these reasons that The Shawshank Redemption is one of the most preeminent movies of all time and will remain a personal favorite forever. Writer Stephen King and director Frank Darabont gave the world something truly extraordinary, something ranked #1 on the Internet Movie Database’s (the largest movie web site on the Web) “Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time” list, and something that will likely never be forgotten in the vast, never-ending world of film and, moreover, storytelling.

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The Strangers (2008) - 7/10

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Not having followed the rumors and plot summaries, etc. having to do with this movie that began to emerge before it hit theaters, I went to go see it sort of on a whim. I decided to do just that after having seen a couple of trailers for it one night on TV that looked pretty decent and that somehow intrugued me. Well, the movie itself was just that--pretty decent, in that it was good.

First off, The Strangers, I felt, was genuinely scary. It delivered several "jump in your seat" scares (which I did literally more than once throughout the duration of the film) and leaves you feeling tense and "at the edge of your seat" throughout. In short, The Strangers has a nervous, scary vibe while you're watching it--nearly from start to finish. While the two main characters are somewhat under-developed and shallow, somewhere throughout the movie I did start to care about them even though I was a little confused as to why they didn't seem to care very much about each other in the movie.

***SPOILERS***

Apparently, they (the guy and the girl) had recently gotten engaged, but are now going through some kind of "problems" at the movie's start. It is never revealed as to what those problems are and/or why they don't seem to want to get married anymore; only vague hints to their complications are given here and there. Just for the confusion factor--especially since it's evident that they're going through some kind of relationship problems right away when we're first being introduced to them--it's a bit of a turn-off.

***END SPOILERS***

The "strangers" themselves I thought were utterly terrifying at times, but bleak and just there at others. Their lack of very much dialogue at all in the movie I thought added to their scariness and made them seem more intimidating. I read somewhere, however, that they don't wear their masks half of the time or something like that, thus revealing their faces for most of the film? That's untrue; one of the "strangers" we see unmasked near the film's beginning, but she is standing in the dark and her face is covered in shadows. We actually *never* get a good look at any of their faces.

Overall, I thought The Strangers was a good, "jump in your seat," genuinely scary movie that packed a good amount of thrills but lacks fully developed characters that can be easily attached to. The lack of any explanation at all as to why the "strangers" did what they did only added to my frustration with the movie; I like there to be mystery left at a movie's conclusion, but we didn't get any answers at all. The ending, itself was moving one moment, and then shocking the next and I liked it, although it could have been better if more answers were provided, even if those answers were in the form of a final paragraph or two appearing on-screen before the credits began rolling.

My final thoughts are that The Strangers was a good and scary horror movie, but nothing ground-breaking and nothing worthy of a favorites list, but definitely at least worthy to be seen, especially by fans of the genre.

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The Incredible Hulk (2008) - 7.5/10

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This is probably going to sound a little cliche considering the film I'm about to review, but this movie was incredible, and I liked it just about as equally as I liked Iron Man. Let me tell you why.

The action was breath-taking, and some of the most intense, on-the-edge-of-your-seat action found in any superhero movie to date. From the Hulk's first appearance as his not-so-jolly green self in the beginning of the movie to the final fight scene with the Abomination at the movie's climax, the action was truly epic. Each of the Hulk battle scenes were brilliant and loaded with awesome special effects, including the Hulk, himself and his appearance in the movie. This version of the Hulk, himself I truly found more spectacular and all-around "better" than the version of Dr. Banner's greener side in the 2003 Hulk movie. The detail (muscles, veins "popping" out of his skin, etc.) and facial expressions were top-knotch. And the Abomination, despite not sharing an appearance in common with what he looked like in the comics, was a sight to behold. He was one seriously awesome-looking badass of a beast, and his fight scene with the Hulk near the movie's conclusion was spectacular.

That having been said, I did feel that the story/plot was perhaps a little weak and lacking. The entire movie was pretty much just one long chase. That's okay, though, because that's what it was all about--Bruce Banner being chased by his adversary, the General, and then in the end, the Abomination--but seeing a deeper plot aside from the romance with Liv Tyler would have been nice. That plus the what at times seemed to be forced humor is what caused my rating to be what it is. I found a couple of the one-liners funny, but felt that some of them were ultimately unnecessary.

In conclusion, aside from those two minor issues, this movie was beyond merely decent, and action-packed with some of the best battle scenes of any superhero movie to date, and finds itself on the brink of being on a level with my all-time favorite superhero movies, including Iron Man and The Dark K night. I truly found The Incredible Hulk to be an awesome comic book superhero movie, but with its share of flaws.

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Wanted (2008) - 7.5/10

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Before viewing Wanted, I had a set opinion of Angelina Jolie that differs from most other people in general (meaning both men AND women ) on the planet. I just didn't find her attractive, really, or if I did, I found her attractiveness very overrated, and I wasn't a huge fan of her acting, either. This movie...has changed my opinion of this newly-found dazzling beauty. While Wanted and her performance within it hasn't converted me to a full-blown fan, you could venture to say that now I finally see the light in Angelina Jolie.

Concerning the movie, itself...what can I say? It was a very enjoyable thrill-ride of Fight Club meets The Matrix meets The Fast and the Furious. Wanted, seemingly a combination of all of those with yet more twists and innovations, starts off a little slow, but I feel this somewhat dragging beginning sets us up for what is to come perfectly, in that the main character is nothing but a normal person and--as we all well know from the start--his life is about to change forever. With that being said, the beginning was decent and even enjoyable, the main character narrating as the movie starts out, telling us about his life and providing a few laughs throughout, though again, still a bit on the slow slide.

As we get into the real "meat" of Wanted, as in when the action first hits us and doesn't let go, is when the movie really gets good. The racing scenes were near-breath-taking with some amazing special effects, and both the hand-to-hand and gun-to-gun (and even knife-to-knife) fight scenes kept me at the edge of my seat. This movie was definitely, as I mentioned earlier, a thrill ride. It seems as though, however, the action actually lets up as we get later into the movie rather than intensify which is the opposite of what I or anyone (I'd think) would expect, but still: cool action filled the big-screen from near-beginning to end.

The movie's conclusion was fantastic. Like Fight Club, the ending brings with it a major twist or two and a couple of huge revelations are made. I liked the ending and thought it fit the basic premise of the movie well, but despite that, I had one issue with it that I can't seem to let go:

***SPOILERS***

I wish there was some work-able way that Angelina Jolie's character didn't do what she did to herself, but it did fit the message of the film and I can understand why it had to happen. I was just upset by it and wish it could have worked out differently with her character.

***END SPOILERS***

In conclusion, Wanted was an excellent, action-packed adrenaline-rush of a movie after overcoming a fairly slow start and then concluding with--what I found to be--a little bit of a disappointment, but still an excellent and fitting ending overall. The movie as a whole was very good, worth watching, and even worth recommending to fans of the genre.

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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) - 6.5/10

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Going into the theater to see this movie my exectations weren't too, too high from the start, but I figured I'd give it a shot since I had some extra cash on hand at the time. But as it turned out, those same expectations weren't met. Due to that, this review won't be as long as most of the others.

Journey to the Center of the Earth was a pretty fun action/adventure experience with awesome special effects and killer 3D visuals, but the actual story, character development, and dialogue were all severely lacking and the movie was much too short. Things felt extremely rushed throughout the entire film, one moment the characters being somewhere in America, and in the very next scene, and without warning, they're sitting in a plane, and moments after that--also without warning--they're suddenly in a car driving down some desolate country road in Iceland. At times during the beginning and early middle of the movie I felt lost and/or confused.

Once the movie really got going, though--as in, when the trio of main characters enter "the Center of the Earth"--things pick up and get better, but the feeling of rushing-ness still remains, however to a lesser extent. That being said, again: the visuals were fantastic, but this "neat-o" eye-candy didn't save the film from falling far short of what it could have been had the story and the characters been more developed and the movie itself a little longer. If we actually got to see more of "the Center of the Earth" and had more sub-adventures taken place there in the movie, it would have been much better, but as it is, it's not worthy of a recommendation to see in a pricey IMAX theater.

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The Dark Knight (2008) - 10/10 (Revisited)

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I had originally not intended to see The Dark Knight in theaters, but after hearing (and reading) so many excellent reviews from both critics and friends alike, I ultimately decided to go. I'm glad I did; my expectations were exceeded, and I now have a new favorite "superhero" movie of all time.

The acting, the storyline, the dialogue, and the action especially--everything was fantastic. Christian Bale and Heath Ledger delivered powerful performances as Batman and The Joker respectively, and there were several goosebump-invoking quotes delivered in the film throughout. What towers above all else in excellence in The Dark Knight, however, despite how good everything else was, is the action. The film was almost non-stop action from start to finish, and the action still wasn't overdone considering this. The opening sequence left me blown away.

***SPOILERS***

How each member of the gang of clown-faced robbers killed each other off in the beginning until only The Joker was left standing, just how it was done, was amazing. Rarely do movies start off with that much of a boom. And the "Why so serious?" scene? Forget about it.

***END SPOILERS***

I'm trying to think of specific negative things to say about this movie, but every time I try to, I fail. Still, though, I just can't seem to give it that perfect 10/10 rating. A second (and third...and fourth, and so on) viewing is definitely in order. Until then, my rating stands as a 9.5/10.

Overall, The Dark Knight was an excellent film and is perhaps the best superhero movie ever made as it promised it would be. If you were like me and questioned whether or not to see it in the theater, I'm telling you now: do it. And this is coming from someone who isn't even a huge Batman fan. While the film in its entirety didn't blow me away, certain scenes throughout did, and that's more than I can say about oh-so-many movies.

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) - 6.5/10

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First off, I'll start with the good: the effects were spectacular, the creatures all looked really cool (especially the Forest Elemental), and the fight scenes were very enjoyable to watch. I liked Abe better in this installment of Hellboy more than I did in the original, and I thought Krauss was an *excellent* addition to the movie; he was perhaps my favorite character in the film. He provided quite a few funny one-liners and was just a pleasure to watch.

However (and now we're getting into the bad, here), I felt the plot was considerably weak--not nearly as intense and original as that in the first Hellboy--and the climax was a let-down. I was expecting much more from the Golden Army but was left feeling a bit disappointed after witnessing the climactic battle. Also, some segments of dialogue throughout the movie bothered me a little and the actor who played "Young Hellboy" was atrocious.

Overall, I enjoyed Hellboy 2 but it has too many flaws and I have too many issues with it to think of it as "great." Therefore, it gets the fairly standard 6.5/10 rating, only proving to be "above the average film" due to its mesmorizing special effects and brilliant creature designs.

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Quarantine (2008) - 7/10

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I went into the theater to see Quarantine with the thought that it could potentially be one of the most genuinely scary films ever and a new personal favorite among horror movies. It didn't live up to those expectations, but was still a good horror movie viewing experience which delivered some very scary moments.

First, the bad. The plot never really gained much substance even after the "quarantine" began, and the character development was lacking at best; I never connected with any of the characters other than Jennifer Carpenter's. Performances were strictly sub-par and--in places--noticeably not-so-great, but again, Jennifer Carpenter is an exception who delivered a solid, very surreal and very believable performance throughout. There was some pretty decent humor mixed in the beginning of the movie which I found enjoyable, but it was nothing worthy of a "laugh-out-loud."

That being said, the final twenty minutes or so of the film was a breathtaking thrill-ride. Quarantine's final act was perhaps the most intense minutes in film I've ever experienced; I was shaky the entire drive home, which was about ten o'clock at night at the time. Everything leading up to this point in the movie was somewhat lacking in almost every regard, but it was all worth it to see this terrifying conclusion.

That being said, not even the conclusion was flawless. Elements of mystery--of "not knowing"--in horror films is a very good thing, but in Quarantine too much was left unexplained. Only vague clues were made evident in the film's final minutes as to the "hows" and the "whys" in the film, but these clues only left me with more questions.

Overall, I enjoyed Quarantine and think it to be a decent horror movie, but it didn't live up to personal expectations. That being said, my personal expectations were very, very high.

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Quarantine does look like it has potental to be a cool film, but I have heard so many bad things about it. I think I shall be waiting for it to go to DVD.

Again nice reviews dude!

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I'd say waiting for Quarantine on DVD is a good idea. I'll buy it on DVD myself, but not as a new release; this is one I'll be able to wait for the price to come down.

And again, thanks for the compliments.

Are there any suggestions for reviews out there you'd like to see from me? Say, for a film in my Top 10 or, later, in my Top 25/50/100/whatever that I plan to post within the next day or two?

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Good review.

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Well Quarantine is already on DVD, oh wait no, that's [rec] the original and good version.

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Thank you, sir.

I have not seen [REC] and therefore can only judge the story based on the remake.

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Nothing's required of you, really. I'll add most but might miss some. I try to make a point to add any review that has a 1-5 rating (or convertable equivalent), decent length (a few paragraphs or more, usually), and is more than a plot synopsis. A fair number of the ones you've posted so far seem to qualify. :)

If I miss a review that you think should be included, feel free to drop me (or Sedai) a line.

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Cool stuff so far, and, thanks for taking the time to write them! As Yoda stated, if you have questions, just ask!

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Thanks a lot, guys. I look forward to writing (and posting) more.

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Yeah I dont get any DVDs on release unless they are amazing lol, this is going to be one I pick up when its in the reduced section.

I dont suppose you have seen The Hogfather and the colour of magic have you? They are two discworld novels which have been turned in to Tv Movie's and they are fatastic, If you into them of course.

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Quarantine really really ****s me off, remaking a brilliant film a year later is shameful. They should have put some money into giving it a wider theatrical release instead. I would highly recommend it but i imagine it would be redundant now.

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Nope, I haven't seen either of those TV movies. And I almost always wait until new releases are reduced also; I was just stressing the point here. :)

Ah. There's a possibility I'll see [REC] in the future, but that's unlikely as I don't download movies from the Internet, and I understand you have to do this to watch [REC] in the United States? If it ever comes out on DVD, I might pick it up, but if not, then I won't be seeing it most likely.

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Oh, i didn't realise it wasn't out on DVD, that makes it slightly more acceptable lol. Though i am surprised, we've had it on DVD (R2) for a while now, they even released a cheaper, single disc edition..

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I own REC on DVD and I bought it here in the United States.

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I know it's not available anywhere around where I live, and I thought it wasn't available at all on DVD in the US yet. Now that I know it is, though, I'll have to keep an eye out for it because, if it's cheap, I'll pick it up. I imagine it'll be interesting to hear Quarantine's story told in another perspective.

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How? It hasn't been released.

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I don't know. I bought it at FYE.

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I don't see how that's possible, unless it was an import.

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Err, you mean it will be interesting to see how Quarantine stole the story from [rec], that perspective, right? Because it ain't Quarantine's story.

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For Quarantine to be a remake of [REC], which I understand it is (I don't know a lot about either movie), the general stories of both must be at least somewhat similar, correct? That being said, I would probably find [REC] interesting even if I have to watch it with subtitles which is something I'm not too, too fond of doing. That's basically what I meant before. :)

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Great reviews Dom.

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You're the only person that I've ever seen (or heard of) that rates Gigli so highly, it was interesting to read why you thought so.

30 Days Of Night is OK once you realise that it's a zombie movie dressed up with vampires. I liked it a lot more once I realised that.

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Nice thread Arnie ;D

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Thank you, sir.

Yep, I really don't understand why Gigli is often rated so poorly. I've browsed the IMDB boards and looked over Rotten Tomatoes and I still don't get it. One critic on RT, though, said something like this:

"Gigli isn't a misunderstood masterpiece, but it is a brilliant film."

That isn't the exact quote, but it went somewhere along those lines. That's just about the only positive comment about the movie I could find. Heh.

Thanks. Call me Dom. The Dom. *key Terminator theme song music*

:cool:

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Ok Domdot :yup:

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Wow, I knew exactly what you were gonna say in your reply, that's funny.

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D'oh.

;)

:cool:

All right, I should be posting up a new review fairly soon. I haven't written a review for any of the films in my Top 10 except Shawshank, so perhaps I'll get to work on doing that before I hit the theater again. It's going to be tough to match yours on 12 Angry Men, Movieman.

But we all know who your inspiration was for writing it and buying/watching the movie in the first place, huh? ;)

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:p Yeah, but you got like 10 people to watch it, that's gotta be a record (or at least tied with Fight Club).

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On our other forum, I'm pretty sure I influenced more than ten people to watch it; I'd say ten people minimum. And yeah; that's a record on our other forum. :cool:

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Well it's right around 10.

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Now that you got me going, I'm curious. :D Let's see, here.

On our other forum, I influenced:

Swan
Yourself
Midgard
Yodasmeagol
sushi
Omega
The White Knight
Bartle
LuckyDawg
fructose (he hasn't watched it yet, but it's on his Netflix)
KHS

So yep, that's eleven and I might be forgetting one or two. I'm going to write up a review for it over the next couple days and get it posted.

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Really good thread, TheDOMINATOR.

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I hope this isn't sarcasm because my thread here is severely lacking in reviews, or getting close to that point. :D But thanks; I should've entitled it "TheDOMINATOR's Slow Review Thread" like Meatwadsprite did with his. :D

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The Blair Witch Project (1999) - 10/10

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Set in the quaint Maryland town of Burkittsville deep within its foreboding woods, The Blair Witch Project is a terrifying first-hand account of primordial terror that is my personal favorite horror film of all time. A visceral tale of three student filmmakers set out to create a documentary about the town’s infamous “Blair Witch,” the movie is shot in a handy-cam “home movies” style of cinematography which adds to the surrealism of the film. The opening sequences introduce the setting, characters, and lore of the eerie town’s horrifying past and grips you like a vise from that point forward.

Heather Donahue, Josh Leonard, and Michael Williams play Heather, Josh, and Mike (characters of the same names) respectively. Heather and Josh are good friends who, before they depart to Burkittsville, invite a guy their age (which is mid-twenties) named Mike to come along as he’s handy with a camera. The film begins with introductions to each of them, revealing why they’re setting out on such a task as making a documentary on the Maryland’s “Blair Witch,” and when they plan to return. Right away, we distinctively become familiar with their likeable personalities and grow a certain fondness and attachment to them, Heather proving to be the main protagonist; Josh the cool but eager-to-go friend; and Mike, the funny comic relief. Little do they know of the true nightmare that awaits them.

After the opening sequences but still early in the film, the team arrives in Burkittsville and begins to interview the townsfolk for their documentary. The people Heather, Josh, and Mike interview seem like normal folk, but each of them has an aura of displacement around them when the camera’s rolling and they’re talking into it; an aura of fear. When the team mentions the name of the Blair Witch, people don’t seem to want too talk much. However, Heather and her companions still manage to get some useful information from the folk for their footage. The Blair Witch, as it turns out, was a real women that lived long ago in the 1800’s, condemned for practicing witch-craft. She was exiled from the town—back then known as Blair—forced out of her home and into the deep, unforgiving woods…in the dead of winter. Her name was Ellie Kedward.

The lore of Ellie Kedward and her story is deeper still than that and has many sub-stories of its own, such as the story of the Blair Witch Cult that formed in the 60’s that allegedly came into the woods to meet and perform demonic rituals, and the story of Rustin Parr, the crazed hermit who, at one point in the town’s grim history, lived in the woods. One night, the local urban legend goes, he heard a grisly voice that told him to torture and kill—mutilate—seven people and drape their remains over a rock, and he did. This is perhaps the primary element of the film that makes it so remarkable: the deep, complex and mystifying lore of its dark story surrounding the Blair Witch.

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The movie begins to get intense once Heather, Josh, and Mike find themselves hopelessly lost in the woods. With limited food, tired and aching bodies, and an outdated map that none of them know how to read, things between them get tense quickly and tempers begin to flare. Only does their great frustration turn into terror when one night, while all three of them are in it, their tent is attacked from the outside by an unseen force. When they calm down minutes later, they find piles of rocks, and later in the film after another similar occurrence, small figures made out of sticks, hanging in the trees around their tent. No animal could have possibly made the piles of rocks, and the team is too far into the woods for anyone from town to have followed them. It is at this point that the scariness turns into a primal terror that, while watching, feels like a stationary, insanely scary roller-coaster ride.

The Blair Witch Project’s grisly conclusion is unrelenting and one of the most memorable endings in film that will leave you gasping for air and begging for resolutions to your dozens of unanswered questions. The film’s final sequences are on a scale of realistic terror that only a few other movies in the world are on, and its ominous story and incredible climax will leave you thinking for days about what you’ve just watched.

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I enjoy your reviews, but The Blair Witch Project was nothing more than a marketing scheme to get unknowing teenagers into theatre seats so that they would perpetuate the false "truths" of the film and all share some fake communal experience of being scared. The Blair Witch Project is a much lousier fllm than Plan 9 From Outer Space because that filmmaker knew not to expect anything while the makers of Blair Witch were just about as jaded as any filmmakers in history in knowing that they could conduce and take advantage of their audience. Personally, I give The Blair Witch Project , and I find it so irrelevant to movie history that I cannot comprehend why anyone signals any praises for it anymore. Sure, I know alleged rational people who were afraid to walk to the parking lot after the movie was over, but they were nothing but tools. Plus, if that was such a great flick, why haven't the filmmakers been able to make a single other "legit" film? I know, they made other films, but who the hell has heard of them or seen them? That's OK. You should like what you want, but crap floats.

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This movie was one of the scariest movies I have ever seen. I would definitely give The Blair Witch Project a .

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What appeals to me so much is the story of the film; the lore surrounding the Blair Witch character and the many "sub-stories" that go along with her own central story. I find the story very intriguing and thought it was well-acted and genuinely scary.

I never claimed The Blair Witch Project to be a pivotal benchmark in filmmaking history; it doesn't have to be for me personally to give it a full 10/10 (or 5/5 or whatever) rating, and/or for me to like it so much.

Very nice. :cool:

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For some reason I just can't bring myself to watch this after seeing the shorts :eek:

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Look too scary/freaky/weird for ya? :D It's not what you see that scares you in this film; it's what you don't see. It's the mystery of it all, because [slight spoiler] we never actually see the Blair Witch on-camera.

If you think you can hack it, I strongly recommend. :)

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I can't explain it :yup: it just looked silly to me :goof: I will add it to my Bigpond movie list and then at least i can have an opinion about it :p

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Just to make sure, you do know that the movie ended up being untrue, that the kids who made the film admitted it was fake. They even made a fake documentary on the film called Curse of the Blair Witch.

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But still the movie was good and scary, regardless of if it was true or fake. Still, I would give it a because it is scary as Hell.

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The only good thing about that flick was the ending. I give the flick a because of it. Up until that point I was pretty bored. And I actually saw it in the theater, Ha! Sucker on me!

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Ah. Well, I don't think The Blair Witch Project is silly (obviously ;)). It's good to see that you're giving it a shot.

Yes, I know that the entire Blair Witch story is fiction, and I did see the "fake documentary" Curse of the Blair Witch along with the Blair Witch Timeline, both special features on the special edition DVD. Very interesting stuff even though it's all fiction.

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Then you're all set. ;)

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I'm not quite as cynical as mark, I thought it was an interesting way to present a film with the whole fake documentary angle. It's done all the time with books claiming to be the 'lost diaries' of someone or other, as long as everyone knows its fiction, why not? I don't know anyone who ever thought it was real, and if they did they probably deserved to be conned. I didn't think it was actually a very good film, though. As Powdered Water said, there's nothing really good about it except the ending. I wasn't completely convinced by the acting and the camerawork made me feel nauseous. And all that whining and bickering about the map was tedious.

I'm starting to think that in some ways horror is as subjective a genre as comedy - you were either scared, or you weren't, and that can come down to individual tastes in the same way that something that makes you laugh could leave another person cold.

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I completely agree, and I'm not jumping on some kind of bash wagon either. I love, LOVE horror movies. Especially bad horror movies (or good depending on your mileage) so I'm not playing pile on here. Its a boring mockumentary much less a movie.

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What was/is Blair Witch "mocking" or attempting to mock? Maybe I wasn't watching it deeply enough to catch those hidden messages when I bought the DVD a few weeks ago, but I don't think I *could* see something like that if I tried; I personally find the story and lore of the film and the Blair Witch character so enthralling that I'd get lost in the movie. I know a few of you guys wouldn't agree here, but those are my thoughts nonetheless.

The story is what drives this film (and its powerful, rattling ending), and it captivates me to the point where I don't see any "mockumentary" elements, if they are any at all.

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A mockumentary is a film presented as a documentary that is actually fiction. It's 'mocking' documentaries.

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The term sounded so negative, I thought there was more to it than that. If that's what you wanna label it, then okay. :/

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I'm fine with the term. The Office is one of my favorite shows and it's a mockumentary.

Oh, and nice reviews!

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Hopefully my future reviews won't accumulate so many negative replies toward the movie(s) I critique in them. ;) I appreciate everyone's contribution to my thread, though. :)

And thanks, Swan.

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Blair Witch Project IMO is a bad film, I didnt like it when it first came out and ive seen it since and I still dont like it. I think it was very overated and what people are saying about it being scary, it so isnt. Seeing some woman running through the woods with snot running down her face saying "Oh im so scared running away from this imaginary witch!"

Dom it was a nice review as all your reviews are top quality mate! I enjoy reading your reviews!

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Thank you, N3wt. You didn't like The Blair Witch Project at all either, eh? Besides Gunn, I'm virtually the only one here who (openly) likes it so much; I don't mind being alone in that.

And I'm going to try and make good on my promise and deliver another review or two of films on my Top 10 list this weekend; I want to try and write extensive reviews for each of them over time. Since I've seen it just recently, next up may be Groundhog Day.

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I haven't seen Blair Witch for about seven years now, but really liked it. I'd guess that I've seen it about four or five times.

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Okay, continuing on with reviews of the films in my Top 10 (so don't be surprised at yet *another* perfect rating ;)). I felt rushed when writing this next one, so please tell me if it's too wordy or seems garbled or unclear. It was about 3:00 AM when I wrote it.

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Groundhog Day (1993) - 10/10

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In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania, every day is February 2nd—Groundhog Day—for Phil Connors, an egotistical meteorologist who has a lot to learn about life, love, and himself. Bill Murray plays this loathsome but yet wittingly funny weatherman, delivering the best performance of his very impressive career. Andie MacDowell plays Rita, the new producer in town who, with Larry the cameraman, travels to Punxsutawney with Phil to capture the Groundhog Day event there on film as part of their news report. For Rita and Larry, it’s just going to be one day in a jovial, festive town, but for Phil Connors, it’s going to be an eternity of Groundhog Day.

The concept of the film is innovative and something we haven’t often seen before. One man finds himself caught in a continuous time loop that begins and ends every day at 6:00 AM, and no one else is affected. Every person the main character, Phil Connors, encounters reenacts each day just as they had the previous, only taking different actions when Phil interacts with them in a different way than he had the day before. I find this aspect of the movie greatly intriguing and, along with Murray's spectacular, hilarious performance, is what sets it apart from everything remotely similar to it.

Rita is Connors’ love interest who, part-way into the film, he tries to win over on a daily basis by slowly learning everything about her. She rejects him hundreds—or even thousands—of times, but ultimately Phil wins her over just as the mysterious time loop dissipates and February 3rd finally occurs. Perhaps the most intriguing thing about Groundhog Day is that we never learn the time loop’s origin or why it happened or how. It simply happened, without any explanation, rhyme, or reason, and it is up to us to theorize and come up with an answer. And, just as mysteriously as it began, it ended, just as Phil finally learned to love someone other than himself. Rita was Phil’s salvation, and this could imply that the time loop was an act of God rather than a freak accident or occurrence in space and time. I personally, however, tend to agree with the latter as it makes more sense with the feel and atmosphere of the film.

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The acting is solid throughout, Bill Murray delivering a brilliant comedic performance as Phil Connors, and the chemistry between Murray and Andie MacDowell is wonderful. Chris Elliot, Brian Doyle-Murray, and Marita Geraghty make up the rest of the notable cast, director Harold Ramis even making a clever cameo appearance in the film himself. The script is among the greatest and funniest of any comedy I’ve ever seen and the cinematography, editing, and lighting are all superb. Groundhog Day will likely remain a personal favorite forever.

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This review is very detailed and very accurate!This review is very detailed and very accurate!This review is very detailed and very accurate! Just a little Groundhogs Day Humor. The Dominator has nailed this one to a T!

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"Phil? Phil Connors? Phil Connors, I thought that was you!"

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Thank you, sir. I mention my most recent review here not getting any replies and all of the sudden I get +3 reputation and a new post in my thread. :cool: I appreciate it, and I'm glad you found my review of Groundhog Day accurate of your own thoughts and of the descriptions I've provided. I was worried that this has been one of my weakest reviews yet; perhaps that's why it hasn't gotten many responses. :/

I'll be posting more reviews in the near future. Thank you, everyone, for your appreciation, support, and interest. :)

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I have a soft spot for Groundhog Day :yup: thanks Domdot ;D

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I could get used to that Domdot thing. ;) Thanks, Nebbit. :)

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When I first saw BWP, I hated it. I thought it was the stupidest thing I have ever seen, but I loved the ending. One of the best endings I have seen in horror films and the only genuine scary moment of the whole thing.

BUT, SO many people love it and claim it to be so scary. Call it genius and what-not. I have watched it again since then and don't 'HATE' it as much, but still think it's not very good. It's gets more praise then it deserves. It wasn't the first film to do the handy-cam style that has become popular again, Cannibal Holocaust did it before and you can CLEARLY see where the makers of this film took their 'inspiration' from.

I will give it credit for it's marketing campaign though, simply brilliant.

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The Lake House (2006) - 3/10

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In this mishmash of a romantic comedy, Keanu Reeves plays Alex Wyler, an architect living in 2004 Chicago in a house by a lake. Sandra Bullock plays Kate Forster, a practicing doctor who recently moved away from the same house, keeping in contact with her previous home's new tenant through writing mail back and forth with him using an old mailbox. The twist: she's living in the year 2006. Both characters are interacting with each simultaneously--in two different periods of time.

The concept is intriguing, but its execution is a failure. Certain events take place in the film that intend to be heartwarming, but from a scientific standpoint--or perhaps just with a little bit of critical thinking--are impossible to have occurred. Kate lives in a building complex and one day writes to her friend who lives two years away from her--literally--saying how there are no trees surrounding her like the ones she remembers from the lake. So, the very next day, her friend from 2004, Alex, plants a tree right in front of her building, and it suddenly appears right before her very eyes.

Kate's deep smile should make for a heartwarming moment following Alex's kind gesture, but wait a minute... What did we just witness? If Alex planted the tree in 2004 after Kate asked him to do so in 2006, wouldn't the tree have been there all along? Then Kate would have never asked him to do plant the tree in the first place, and thus the entire event doesn't make sense. Time travel messes with one's mind and many situations involving it are up to theory, but what happens in this film just seems rather silly and poorly thought up and executed.

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Aside from the complications involving scientific factual errors too unbelievable and glaring to overlook, Keanu Reeves' and Sandra Bullock's chemistry is shaky at best, bordering on non-existent. Sandra Bullock does not deliver the best performance of her career by a long-shot and neither does Keanu Reeves who isn't a top-notch actor in the first place. Every single thing about The Lake House is mediocre or worse, and my final thoughts are this: avoid it if you can.

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The lake house had a "Frequency" feel to it, but it was a love story movie. I havent seen it ive just picked that up from the trailers, it hasnt really appealled to me but my wife is interesed init.

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Frequency was much better, N3wt (although that's not saying that Frequency was exceptional, either). I actually got some enjoyment out of that movie. And to think, I bought The Lake House on Blu-ray! :mad: Luckily it was on sale, though. I wouldn't have gotten it otherwise.

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I did enjoy Frequency it is one of those movies I can watch again and again it is a real good story.

It is lucky it was on sale lol I hate geting a film for full (or just under) price and then realise that I dislike it. It is always a pain.

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Why bother buying it on Blu-Ray??

I think only certain films should be bought on that format, WALL-E and Dark Knight to name a few. But a love story with Reeves and Bullock?

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The Lake house didnt that win the Academy Award for best movie ever! Reeves is so versatile. His characters are so diffrent from one to the other!!

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There's an Oscar for Best Movie Ever? :p

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Yeah they give one out every year!!!!:goof:

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Don't you mean Best Picture (of the year)?

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An online store was doing a "buy one, get one free" promotion with Blu-rays, and The Lake House was one I went with.

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....still.

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Heh. If only I had a friend who lives in 2007 to warn me, I wouldn't have done it, UsualSuspect! :D

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Did you guys like the review itself? This has been my first below-"average" rating, so writing a review focused primarily on negativity is new for me here. :)

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Unfortunately i bought it for $5 I wish I hadn't :(

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I thought my sarcasm was apparent! Sarcasm is undrestood better when spoken rather than typed. I Actually was using a Talladega Nights line!
Ricky Bobby: Wow. I feel like I'm Highlander!
Jean Girard: [Jean chuckles, confused] What is the Highlander?
Ricky Bobby: It's a movie. It won the Academy Award.
Jean Girard: Oh for what?
Ricky Bobby: Best movie ever made.

Also I think Reeves trys to play diffrent characters but that Point Break/Speed(Badass California Sufer type) he just cant seem to shake! In all of his movies I expect him to pull out a gun or something!

Oh yeah I almost forgot,Dominator your review was perfect!:)

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I got it for free (as part of a "buy one, get one" deal) and I wish I hadn't. :p Eh, I guess the sole experience of watching it was (semi) worth it, though, I suppose.

Thank you, sir. Do you like the structure and general descriptions I provide, etc.?

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Dom your reviews seem pretty solid and I trust them! As for structure you are going to have to ask somone else that is not my department!
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I Like!!!

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Awesome reviews man-bro.

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I haven't seen The Lake House, but hey, you're the one who bought it. :cool: The way you explain the time-travel anomolies, I can actually accept them because otherwise there's no point in making the movie in the first place. So, no, if he planted it in 2004, it was still after he heard her "request" it 2006, so it wouldn't have already been there. In fact, it sounds less like a time travel movie than a multiple-time movie where people from different spans of time can interract. In fact, I'm sure there's a much stronger payoff somewhere than the tree. If it shows up for free, I'll try to check it out to comment "realistically" about it, but even if this movie's lousy, Reeves and Bullock did establish some great chemistry in a truly good flick, Speed.