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Once
A good flick, especially considering the micro-budget. Yet that does not make it beyond reproach… Structure/Plot A guy and girl who grow close to each other need to do so for more than the reasons of basic attraction and a cure for loneliness. Those elements are only good in the beginning of a union. So [...]
Conspiracy Theory
Structure/Plot Where’s the surprise when Mel stumbles upon an actual conspiracy? This would’ve been a great movie had he made sense of a series of seemingly unrelated events that threaten something or someone, only to learn at the end that the events were just that- unrelated, and it was only his paranoia that wove the [...]
Boiler Room
Good flick. Casting/Acting All the guys in the boiler room are tough and aggressive, yet the owner of the place, Michael, looks like a sweetheart. Is there meaning to his looks? That as the owner, he doesn’t have to be tough, that he can afford to pay guys like Jim Young (Ben Affleck) to do [...]
The Break Up
I liked a lot of things about this- the depth and realism, and the open ending- but the tone was muddled. In the full theater I saw it in, there were a number of chuckles, but no real laughter. Premise, Casting With Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston, the movie needed to be funnier, more on [...]
Big Fish
An okay movie that could’ve been better…like so many others. *sigh* Casting, Other I thought it was a mistake to have another actor play the old Ewan McGregor in the present-day part. With today’s excellent make-up abilities, it would’ve been easy and more realistic to do Ewan as his old self. The son had a [...]
Superman Returns
More like, Okayman. The movie did a good job on the dramatic side of things, but fell short on the action and excitement side. Classic action flicks have always balanced these two. Casting Brandon Routh did a good job as Clark Kent, but was boyish as Superman, age-wise and toughness-wise. I don’t read the comic [...]
Any Given Sunday
An okay movie…in the unexciting way of getting a field goal instead of a touchdown. Little things -Could they have designed an uglier uniform for the Dallas Knights? Yellow and red? Truth is, all the uniforms were ghastly and unimaginative. The Sharks were a good enough name, but what professional team would have a simple [...]