*Dogma--Great Cast. Pretty Funny little movie. !*!Matrix--Very Cool. Great Effects. Cool concepts and ideas. Definately
a Classic! See it. Why do some foriegn actresses have to stretch into accents
that are unnecessary? Gwenyth Paltrow has used her fake English accent appropriately
but others haven't. Charlize Theron is from South Africa and yet she used and
American accent in "=Mighty Joe Young," where she played a woman raised in Africa.
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*The Insider--Good overall. Uses the whole screen. Pacino is good. Good
Idea to put adaptation notes at the end.
*An Ideal HusbandI liked it. It had great dialogue. Wilde Adapation.
Good cast too.
*The World Is Not Enough--Good Bond movie. Denise
Richards was great. But too many bad puns, and strayed from Bond conventions.
+=The Messenger: Joan of Arc---It was good for a while, then it got weird.
Good fight scenes. Milla shouldn't peddle hair colorant (Loreal) when
she her color fades in the movie.
*The Muse---Amusing,
mildly funny. Lots of cameos and inside jokes.
!*!Being John Malkovich---
Unbelievable. It was insanely good. See It!
**Fight Club--- Really
Good. It is different than it looks. It is more of a dark comedy. SEE IT!
**Life is Beautiful--
Slapstick amongst the holocaust, very good. Check it out.
*Three Kings --It was good. They did some good things. Ice Cube was hypocritical.
==Romance-- "Uncut and Unhappy." You got
that right. It was not worth what it accomplished.
!*!American Beauty---
Great Film. So many things at once and just amazing overall. See IT!
*Run Lola Run---Fun little movie from Germany. A lit too much of the
gimmick.
!*!Sixth Sense--Amazing. Very good. The
cast was great. I was impressed by Toni Collette's range. See it!
+=Bowfinger-- It was funny at times. Eddie Murphy was good. Kind of dragged
*The 13th Warrior-- Very good historical action movie. Check it out.
*South Park: Bigger,Longer,and Uncut---Very good, very funny. It does
kind of loose some punch as it goes on with the amount of swearing. But that
is important to the movie.
+=Blair Witch Project--Funny at first then... Don't research it just
see. It is better the less you know.
*Eyes Wide Shut---Visually absorbing, it is slow and very charged. Kidman
was better than I expected. This also is one you should go to with as little
knowledge as possible.
**Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels--Funny
and unpredictable. Very original. Check it out.
*The Spy Who Shagged Me--This sequel was funny but a little tired. Often
overindulgant. But Heather Graham looked flawless and Rob Lowe did a
great R.J. Wagner.
**Phantom Menace--Very
cool. It answered a lot of questions and created more. The special effects were
really cool. See it at a good theatre!
**Election--HILARIOUS! See it.
*Entrapment--It was pretty good. It had some holes , but those were excusable.
I was overwhelmed by the amount of screen time Catherine
got. It was great.
+=Pushing Tin-- Mildly
funny, and interesting. It lacked some chemistry but the actors were cool.
*Waking Ned Devine--It was a charming little movie. IT was funny but
a little short.
*Cookie's Fortune--IT was interesting and it got funny.
*GO--Very Funny and exciting. Lots of cool actors and fun. See it.
*Ten Things I Hate About You--It was interesting and fun. The settings
were cool if not familiar. Check out Liz Taylor's version
*EDTV-- It was funny and interesting. It delivered where Truman didn't.
**Shakespeare in Love-- It was good, it was funny. Interesting mix of
fact and fiction.
+=Wing Commander-- It was corny, but fun. Any attempt at emotion brings
a groan. But it had cool effects. Don't put effort into seeing it.
*Analyze This-- Very Funny. Great Cast: Deniro, Kudrow, Pat Cooper...I
had trouble hearing over the laughter. See it!
*Cruel Inventions-- Very sexy, Very fun. Adaption thumbprints were obvious
but forgivable. See it.
*Rushmore-- It is funny but not hilarious. Check it out but don't rush.
+=Mighty Joe Young-- Corny Disney film with bad ending.
Paxson is annoying, Charlize Theron is once
again the bomb.
==In Dreams--Disturbing and unpleasant.
I wonder why anyone participated in such a horrible experience.
*October Sky--Mildly entertaining. Exactly what it looks like. Small
town kid achieves big dream against the odds.
**Pecker--Funny, Very Funny. In Bad Taste, so good. SEE IT!
*Payback--It was a fun movie. It was violent and sarcastic, which I like.
**Elizabeth--Very Good and surprisingly sexy. The emotion and pacing
were anticlimactic. Cate was a delight. See it.
*Thin Red Line--Very Good but slow. Philosophical and artistic with good
action and characters.
==Prince of Egypt sucked. Too
corny and childish. I was hoping to learn something.
*You've Got Mail--Very good. It was entertaining and not too sappy. Parker is
in it but doesn't steal the show.
*A Simple Plan--Very good. Funny, and yet depressing. See it.
*The Siege--Pretty good, check it out. OK for video.
*Belly--Good crime scenes, heavyhanded message at end, some dialogue lacked
coherence.
*Rounders--The card stuff was cool. The romance was not relevant.
+=Celebrity--It was funny but not as good as Harry. Charlize shouldn't
have cut her hair. If you know Allen then you will either laugh or get unhappy.
*Pleasantville--It is Ok. Might be good for tv adaption.
+=Happiness--Very crazy. There are some messed up people in this Movie. If you
like sickies check it out. But kind of drags at times.
**RONIN--Very cool. Good Euro Trash Action. Understated and exciting, Classic.
See it!
This is the rest of the complete list. As you can see it goes back
several years. IF you would like further comments or advice, me email me. Keep
checking because I do have other projects. I'll give you links to those too. For
now I'll leave with some topical commentary.
In "*Entrapment" it seems like Catherine Zeta-Jones uses an American accent,
even though her co-star is Sean Connery. I've seen her on the Tonight Show and
she has a great Welsh accent. They could have some pretense where there is a
British connection.
If it fits the situation let them use their accents. I enjoy them.
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