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Meet Joe Black (1998)
Death meets love
There's a trend to make films about angels, messengers of death and the Evil one himself. Here's another example of Hollywood's obsession with the supernatural and how the culture clash happens when someone not from this world is thrown into the pot of the big city. This could be Crocodile Dundee 3 if except for the crocodiles themselves. William Parrish (Anthony Hopkins), industrial leader, father of 2, on the verge of dying, one night hears a voice inside his head. What to do and who was it? Death arrives a couple of hours later in the shape of Joe Black (Brad Pitt)knocking on the front door at a late dinner in Parrish's huge mansion.
Of course Death falls in love with Parrish's youngest daughter, Susan, who of course is already with a cocky young executive at her dad's communication company. From here on the movie starts to play with the idea of what happens if Death starts to get human feelings. It's a little bit like Terminator 2 where Arnie's robot finds himself caring for the people he is supposed to protect. All this happens while Bill Parrish is trying to save his company on the last days of his life, saving his life monument and besides his daughters, the only positive thing he's done in his life.
Hopkins is by far the film's best actor but this is not a very good movie. It lacks from conflict, it's too much of City of Angels and not enough of The Devil's advocat's provocativeness. All in all, a movie that all Pitt lovers will cherish because of his "cute" hair but for the one who wants something mind challening, watch something else.
Little Voice (1998)
Cover your ears when LV's not singing..
Funny as it may seem, "Little voice" is rather sad in its background. The people in it are struggling and trying to find a way out of their lives, by finding a man or finding a talent. LV, is the skinny little girl with the BIG singing voice with a mother that makes Morticia Adams look like a faerie. LV is soon discovered by pathetic looking Ray Say, wonderfully played by Michael Caine, who instantly falls for her singing voice amazingly similar to the voices of Judy Garland, Shirley Basset and Marilyn Monroe. This is the movie's best moments, when LV sings her little heart out and it's in fact Jane Horrock who's singing all her own acts. Not only is she a outstanding singer but also a very talented actress. Ewan McGregor shows up in a role, which he didn't too much with, but this is a movie that belongs to Horrocks, Caine and Brenda Blethyn as LV's dominant and in your face mother. A strong cast with a really entertaining second half makes this movie a real gem.
Fever Pitch (1997)
Poor movie about an even poorer team
Just complete crap! Watch Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspur instead for your footballing pleasures. The ending is depressive.
Skin Deep (1989)
shallow but still great for a laugh
One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. John Ritter is hilarious as Zachary Hutton, womanizer, writer and fullfledged alcoholic. Some very embarrassing scenes, especially when he arrives at a party dressed as Aladdin only to discover it's tuxedo night. Skin deep may not be the most important or well made movie ever done, but it truly is one of the funniest. Take it for what it is..pure entertainment..
Chasing Amy (1997)
Boy meets girl, girl meets boy, girl meets girl and boy meets boy
A lot of the people submitting on this movie have got it all wrong. It's not about Smith having a fear for homosexuals. What he's trying to do is to create characters that reflects how the society in general treats and thinks of homosexuals and all the prejudices against them. Chasing Amy comes off as one of the most entertaining and heartwarming movies I've seen in a long time, outscoring both Clerks and Mallrats.
The Last Seduction (1994)
A razor sharp plot with a great cast
The last seduction must be one of the best thrillers during the 1990's with one of the best female acts I've ever seen. Linda Fiorentino does a remarkable job as the femme fatale stealing her husband's drug money. It's all about lies, taking advantage of people and hidden secrets in "The Last Seduction". Bill Pullman plays a, for him, interesting character as the foiled husband trying to track down his wife. But it's Peter Berg, who plays the young man falling in love with Fiorentino, and Linda Fiorentino who steals this movie. Every scene with those two in entertains, both on a comedy and dramatic level with a great directorial hand by John Dahl. Peter Berg has an interesting face accompanied by a terrific sense for acting, giving his character the extra sensitive touch it requires. This is a movie that will stand the test of time, and the theme is universal. Greed and betrayal walks hand in hand. Look for J.T Walsh as the lawyer.
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
please end Riggs' and Murtaughs' miseries
Too much of everything. OK, movies are sometimes made to be entertaining and shallow. This however is an insult to people's intelligence, I can understand that some people like this movie. But it's really getting tiresome with Riggs' and Murtaughs constant bickering and arguing, their characters haven't developed a bit since the 2nd movie.
They should've quit after the 2nd sequel, I'm tired of Riggs and Murtaugh saying they're "too old for this s***". Can't be hard to make a 5th movie, 2 hours of them saying that line to each other I reckon.
Too bad Jet Li didn't finish them off in the end, would've done the world a big favour, now we have to put up with a 5th movie most likely.
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Challenge yourself and get a life....
When first watching "GWH" at a theater in Chicago I walked out of it after an hour. The dialogue was so hard to understand being used to subtitles in Sweden. I couldn't hear or understand half of what was said on the screen and since this is a dialogue driven movie it simply made the whole experience unbearable. Arriving back to Sweden I thought I'd give it another chance (with subtitles this time mind you) and surprisingly I loved it. The premise might be stereotype and cliche, but tell me what movie that isn't. It's HOW the story is told that ultimately counts. "Good Will Hunting" is basically a "coming of age" movie, but with such well written dialogue and characters that one truly believes in them. The pace is very slow and that fact does the movie good actually. We're not watching a John Hughes movie here.
I can't really understand why so many people who have submitted their opinions on "GWH" finds the language so foul and ugly. There isn't more "F***" than in any other drama, action or war movie.
The foul language isn't in the movie for show, it's there to flesh out the characters. The fact is that people often use the F-word a lot in real life. Why not in movies then?
All and all, Good Will Hunting manages to be both dramatic and funny with some lovable characters and great performances from Skarsgård, Williams, Damon , Drive and Affleck. This is a movie that could be mention in the same sentence as "Dead Poet's Society" and not only because Robin Williams is in it.
Blue Velvet (1986)
Film noir with a little kinky twist
"Blue Velvet" is a very sad movie for starters. The Isabella Rossellini character is both sexually dangerous and melancholy sad. Dennis Hopper's sadistic character brings the movie alive when entering every scene he's in. This is a sharp edged film with many dark surprises.
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
The thin line between reality and dreams
Live your life as if it was a film, or seize the day, could be the loglines for this movie. Not a masterpiece, but still a very good little film that manages to raise more questions than it maybe was intended to do. Questions about loneliness, alienation, Hollywood in general.
Fine performances from Mia Farrow and Jeff Daniels. But foremost, it's Allen's directing and script that stands out.
More than one movie lover will identify themself with this picture.
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Lions making Jeffrey Dahmer look like a nanny.
This film claims to be based on a true story, but the only true thing about this one seems to be that it's a pretty boring job to build bridges. The lions acts like a couple of serial killers without anything better to do than to hunt down innocent bridge builders. The Ghost and the darkness fails on any level to be horrifying, exciting or even funny. Instead it's horrifyingly bad, and some of the actions by the main characters are just stupid. For instance, when Johnny (Kilmer) decides to build a wooden hunting place high up to fool the lions since they have gotten used to Kilmer hiding in trees. Hello?? Wouldn't it be wiser NOT to make it so similar to a tree then? All in all "The ghost and the darkness" takes too many shortcuts that it makes unbelievable.
Once Around (1991)
A very underrated movie
There are scenes in "Once around" when you think the Dreyfuss character is just too much. He's so in your face that you just want him to disappear. Despite this, his character is a very lovable person who seems to care about the ones he loves, just that he might do that a little too much. Sometimes you wonder if he's a conman or if he really is that caring, but in the end you find out that he really is that caring. This movie has a lot of funny lines and scenes, it may not be the best movie I've seen but for sure one of the funniest and moving ones.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
This movie hits you in your gut at full speed
After watching this movie I'm both happy and sad that I didn't do my military service. Happy because it showed all the terror about war and sad because I know I've missed out on the great comradeship between soldiers. SPR really shatters the image of wars being about just sending out troups to defend or conquer a territory. It shows every soldiers own battles to survive and to overcome their own fears. A truly grueling movie experience.
The Right Stuff (1983)
The pioneership that created heroes
So, This movie is my absolute favorite of all time. It manages to both be educating and entertaining, mixing great special effects and great dialogue. A must see