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The Royal Tenenbaums: I could hardly get through it. It was so dull, and (with the exception of Gene Hackman), the calibur of actors didnt deliver.
AI: Artificial Intelligence: I thought this one was utter trash. It was so poorly put together and written, with such overly negative themes versus little or no positive themes. No balance, no solidarity, and no sense of conclusion really hurt this one. I never thought I'd see a bad Spielberg film.
Traffic: This one was really dull, with no real sense of drama or human feeling. The acting was pretty ho-hum, which is unforgiveable considering the ensemble cast it boasted. I'm generally a fan of Soderberg's work, but that one just bothered me. I also didn't care for the color wash: shooting one half of the movie in blue and the other half in orange just didn't make sense, and didn't add anything to the film.
X-Men 2: A local critic gave this one four stars, and I don't see why. I guess it's because I'm a lifelong X-Men fan, but the film (as a film) had some pretty fundamental problems as well. Acting is still pretty dull from the first one, and some of the locations, like the final dam tunnels, are pretty dull (especially when they've got the Danger Room and NYC to work with, but they don't). I didn't really hate it, because it did do some things right, but it still doesn't satisfy as a solid X-Men supplement. Unlike Spiderman, I just can't feel like I'm watching the X-Men, but a bunch of actors pretending to be X-Men.
AI: Artificial Intelligence: I thought this one was utter trash. It was so poorly put together and written, with such overly negative themes versus little or no positive themes. No balance, no solidarity, and no sense of conclusion really hurt this one. I never thought I'd see a bad Spielberg film.
Traffic: This one was really dull, with no real sense of drama or human feeling. The acting was pretty ho-hum, which is unforgiveable considering the ensemble cast it boasted. I'm generally a fan of Soderberg's work, but that one just bothered me. I also didn't care for the color wash: shooting one half of the movie in blue and the other half in orange just didn't make sense, and didn't add anything to the film.
X-Men 2: A local critic gave this one four stars, and I don't see why. I guess it's because I'm a lifelong X-Men fan, but the film (as a film) had some pretty fundamental problems as well. Acting is still pretty dull from the first one, and some of the locations, like the final dam tunnels, are pretty dull (especially when they've got the Danger Room and NYC to work with, but they don't). I didn't really hate it, because it did do some things right, but it still doesn't satisfy as a solid X-Men supplement. Unlike Spiderman, I just can't feel like I'm watching the X-Men, but a bunch of actors pretending to be X-Men.
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