Reviews

This was the first time I decided to go and see a Pixar movie in a theater, and had been the first time I had seen an animated movie in a theater in...almost 10 years I'd say. I had seen for months and months the work and promos going into this movie, "save the day" and boy oh boy they didn't disappoint. Pixar has blown my mind with this movie, when I went to see it, it was mostly older teenagers and adults, so you can see that Pixar is really starting to expand their audience. The movie didn't have to be funny, but when it was funny it was worth a laugh, but the action sequences, and animation was the real story here. I always relied on past Pixar films to get me with their comedy, but this movie was all action and superheros. For once I felt like a kid again seeing a movie that I totally went nuts over. Animation with Elastigirl was stunning, Mr Incredible's heart will own you, Dash was the fastest thing I had seen to ever hit the big screen, Violet is so quick to make you try to find her with her invincibility and the age old forcefield, Jason Lee as Syndrome was killer for me, as a bad guy I loved him. Edna Mode was hilarious and so well done.

The movie has a lot of action in it, so if parents have taken their kids to see previous Pixar movies, approach it with caution as there is a fair share of violence, but it is done in good taste and enough that the whole family can enjoy it.

Bravo Pixar! you all did it again! see it on the big screen, it is totally meant to be seen this way, and I can't wait for the DVD as I am sure the sound will be spectacular for home theater.

Cars....2005

Denzel Washington turns in another good performance here, although I don't think it was worth the $20 mill pay day. I really went to go see the movie for the fact I like almost any movie Tony Scott directs. He has worked with Denzel before, and it seemed to work out when they did Crimson Tide together, but this time around it got a bit more dark but it still worked.

The story was straight forward and not much to it, not as violent as people make it out to be. Dakota Fanning is really going to go places, she was great in this. Movie coulda been shorter, no need to have a slow start. Christopher Walken and Mickey Rourke were almost non existant to the movie, so all that really mattered was Denzel which was fine with me. It is sad to think that all of this is really going on in Mexico, that the police and law enforcement officials are in on some of the biggest kidnappings themselves there. The Mexican government needs to wake up and quit allowing such things to take place, not that this doesn't happen in other cities, but when it happens in other cities the people that get caught really wish they never were involved in police corruption. I guess the question is, is it proper to cheer for a guy going on a rampage and doing his own justice by tourturing and killing people for information? all I can say is I wish they had more guys like him, then terrorists would start being more afraid.

Chapter 6....it goes on, the saga of the revenge of the bride, the great thing about this movie was it was all Bill, which surprised me, I figured he would've been kept mysterious right up to the end. The training with Pai Mei was the best part of the movie. Daryl Hannah actually for the first time was good in a movie, and fierce, wouldn't want to mess with her and her black mamba. Micheal Madsen although not appearing that threatening did almost end the movie on the bride in a scary way.

Although a violent plotline, the movie does go deep in feeling and makes it look magnificent, which caused me to see the story for what it really was. It was really touching how she finally meets her daughter, and they lay it out for her there what is really going on, interesting how she takes that. The whole story felt like a big video game, and ended in satisfying way. If you like vol 1. for it's violence and action don't bother with vol 2 cause you'll be disappointed. Vol 2 has a lot of things in there that are worth hearing which makes the movie so great.

QT you finally gave me something great since Pulp Fiction, that I think could be watchable by almost anyone.

Uma Thurman got bloody satisfaction!

I always somewhat enjoyed some of the old Japanese sword fighting kung fu type movies, even though most of the time I never understood what they were saying, thank god for subtitles. Quentin Tarintino hasn't done anything to impress me since Pulp Fiction, this movie brings that element back of when everyone knew it was a movie out of the ordinary, had real memorable lines no matter how great or obscene they were, and always made you want to watch it over and over again because there was something you always wanted to catch again and again to see how you interpret it.

At points it felt like a real challenging video game, which is what I really enjoyed about it, if you can get past the mega violence factor then this movie would be as enjoyable as "The good the bag and the ugly" as Clint Eastwood's character the man with no name, where as Uma Thurman's character can be regarded as the same. Yes revenge can be cold, but for those who feel it hard enough, you will avenge with no other goal in mind, like a warrior.

All of the fight scenes were done well, best one was between the bride and go go yubarki, and the scenes were shot very well. Has a great look to it, and a rough but slick feel to it at the same time.

Great movie, Quentin kept it straight to the point, not complicated at all, looking forward to volume 2.

Uma Thurman will Kill Bill!

Well for starters, I will say that it was better than Reloaded, but I still found the second film to be important to the 3rd film. The concepts and scenes I was able to grasp no problem, and I walked into this film expecting to hate it and bash it, but when it was over I couldn't do that....the movie was good, but really it was good for someone who follows the matrix, however I felt these 2 films had no connection with the first one at all. Which is why these films lacked any originality.

I will watch it again...nothing will beat the first one really. The ending is very confusing and leaves it wide open, even for the most hardcore fans. It may all be make believe, but I would hope that this entire take on the matrix will evolve the human thought process of today, instead of people thinking it just looks cool. But lets call it over, and say as far as the matrix goes, it's over.

Well I decided to spend an afternoon to go see this one on my own, I am glad I did. Most of the time when I go see movies I feel like I am watching them on my own anyway. Ridley Scott can finally show me that he can make other types of movies besides epics and make them work so well. As simple as the movie may have looked, you must read between the lines, because in the end it will get you. Probably one of the best endings to me since The Usual Suspects, it's right in front of you but you refuse to believe it.

Nic Cage was great as usual, his twitching was funny and worked well into the character. Sam Rockwell was so great as his "sidekick" he at points was funnier than Nic, but keep your eye on him. Alison Lohman, was just great and adorable, any scene she was in with Nic was well done, she will go places.

There are so many things that you should look for in this movie, and you will feel so stupid after the movie is over cause you will feel as tricked as the people they trick in the movie, it proves that it doesn't take much to trick someone. Of course the odds of most of this happening would be slim to none, but none the less it still tricks you no matter what.

Well done job by all, I will go sit down and still continue to ponder at myself how I got so tricked at the end....

Well I have seen em all in theaters, and was not disappointed by any of them. This one was as good as the other 2 and was just as funny as them as well. Stifler was as great as ever and as sick as ever too, but this movie was totally him, and if you want to see it for just him you will be very entertained because I sure was. Finch was equally hilarious with his duels with Stifler, Kevin really wasn't anything to the movie, then again he really wasn't much to begin with, he just had a hot girlfriend (Tara I miss you!!) All the scenarios and running gags are all there. Jim's character seems a bit more mature and really wants to please his bride to be Michelle, which I thought was cute.

In the end they both look very happy together and it ends with a great cap. At the end...keep your eyes opening for something special :)

My last few summers have been greater thanks to this trilogy, thank you so much. American love, from a Canadian fan.

Well after that blunder of a motion picture called "Pearl Harbour" Micheal Bay bounces back with a better movie here. To his credit though in the few short films he has made so far none of them have bombed. This movie was 10x the action definately, and was actually way funnier than first one. Will Smith was definately more built, much tougher and more in charge, Martin Lawrence stole the show with his silly remarks every 5 seconds but I loved it.

The car chase scene on the highway was way better than the Matrix Reloaded's car chase scene, it puts that one to shame. But this highway chase scene will definately rank up there with T3's. Some parts in this movie were a bit overdone such as the morgue scene, won't get into it but I'll leave it at that, and the rats...that's it! :)

If you are looking for a solid type performance from Will Smith to be a good actor don't bother, this movie was all about pure action, and mindless fun, if that's what you want then go see it, if not don't waste your 2 hours and 40 minutes seeing it. Funny thing is, it didn't feel that long.

Can't wait to see this out on DVD in superbit. A great sequel.

Arnold is finally back, looks just as great as he did the day he did T2. I was expecting the movie to be great and it was great, however as expected it would not surpass T2. Mr. Cameron can rest easy on that one, cause deep down we all know that nothing can beat T2, unless he decides to do a T4 which would be fantastic.

I loved the action, could be even better than T2's action, but that still remains to be seen. Both Arnold and Kristanna carry the movie very well together, and they definitely have updated their ideas as far as technology goes. Nick Stahl who plays today's John Connor was alright but not great, the thing I am beginning to discover behind his character is he doesn't have much of one to begin with, even when you look at T2 with John you can sort of see the same thing. Claire Danes was pretty good as playing Kate Brewster and had some great emotion in her character.

The only things I didn't like about it was it was missing the feel of soul, of humanity, the fact that machines were going to take over didn't really scare me that much in this one, I guess only cause in T1 and T2 we are told the stories of what happens and we can only imagine it which can be the true horror, but it would have been preferable if James Cameron were to illustrate that actual illusion because I know he can. The movie was too quick, as great as it was, we waited 12 long years for this and I think over 2 hours isn't too much to ask for.

But all that aside, I loved the ending, definately leaves the door wide open for one more, but I don't want to wait another 12 years for it, maybe 5 years at most would be good, but we will for sure be back!

Well it's been awhile since I have written a review on movies that I have seen in the the theaters, so I figured I'd charm everyone with my first one of 2003.

I'll get right to it, the first 30 minutes of the movie is stupid, but it needs to be there, I can obviously see how silly and boring life is on Zion. The action and special effects sequences are some of the best things I have seen in years. It actually leaves you wanting more, the scene where Neo fights about 200 Agent Smiths is mind tripping, and it makes you think just about any move is possible in this sequence.

As far as the story goes and the parts where there was just talking, it seemed at times stupid and insulting. I'd rather not get into it as I will have felt dumber for typing it out. After having examined how the real world is in the city of Zion and the Matrix, well I choose The Matrix, it may not be real, but hey it's all up for debate, which is the only good thing left with this trilogy, which is the simple concept, but in this movie the concept feels a bit stretched out for the sake of it being done, which I felt was dumb.

The movie tried to be bad ass when it couldn't, all the flying antics of superman like stuff was even dumber and unoriginal. I look forward to the conclusion in November and I hope it wraps up very well, but don't look for this movie to be the one that rocks this summer. As me and my friends were leaving the theater we went from thinking it was good to slowing thinking it was not so good, which then turned into jokes, but that's another story.

Much respect goes out to the special effects crew as they all made it happen. Overall 7/10. Let's see a better concept for the next one and try not to be all Star Wars Prequel like with this.

And it does, no intro or anything, it picks up exactly where "The Fellowship" leaves off. The battle scene in the begining with Gandlolf was wicked, even though it was a dream. Yes this part of the trilogy was much darker than the first one, but that's ok cause that's the way it should be. The special effects were amazing as always, the work on Gollumn was just superb, they made him a character that almost moved human like and had personality. The battle of Helms Deep looked like tons of work was put in on that, and I got to appriciate that.

The movie was basically divided into 3 stories within one and that was basically this movie. Aragorn looked more like a solid leader in this one, the dream sequences were enchanting between him and Arwen. The most inspiring part of the movie was at the end when Sam was telling Frodo a story inside a story about how generations from now will remember this as a tale to tell one another. Any scenes with Sam and Frodo were great. There is so much to say here that I won't cover it all, but well worth waiting a year for, and now we conclude the journey next year where the battle for middle earth really begins...on December 17th 2003.

Well finally, a Bond movie as good as Goldeneye, not to say the last 2 weren't good, but this one lived up to the hype. The movie was quite surreal, but who cares, it was all in good fun and keeps the creativity and fun in spy movies fun and original. I liked the idea that the movie traveled all over the world, but to places you wouldn't suspect them to go to, North and South Korea, Cuba, Iceland, Hong Kong and London of course. Brosnon was great as ever, great one liners,amazing gadgets that caught me off guard so many times thanks to "Q" and Halle Berry was sexy and beautiful as ever. 20th Bond, 40th anniversary, doesn't get any better than this! Lots of fun!....however James Bond Will Return!

Although I am a Greek born in Toronto, I see that the story lines were a bit overdone in some parts. But I can definitely say that the movie was really funny, and I enjoyed every minute of it. It didn't have to have sex and violence to sell this movie, it was nice clean and very fun to watch. It teaches me to be proud of who I am, and to share it with others and I hope everyone gets that idea with this movie too.

Yes we enjoy life, we work hard to make sure others have a better life after us, and we never forget where we came from, plus we cherish family very much, and that was the biggest aspect of this movie.

Andrea Martin was hilarious as always in this movie, and the cousins Nick and Angelo were so funny playing around with John Corbett. Overall a heart warming movie I am proud to say as a Greek about a movie about Greeks. I hope everyone goes and sees it, you'll enjoy yourselves very much so.

Lots of people complain about not "getting" this movie. If a movie is made to not let you think then you are only making yourself dumber for having sat through it, but not to criticize, I like to watch movies that just do all the entertaining for me now and then, but in time those movies become excessive and you just want to watch your favorite parts and suddenly it doesn't become a movie anymore it becomes a magazine where you just want to flip to your favorite articles and pictures instead of reading the whole thing.

Cameron Crowe decided to make this movie to make you watch it over and over again just like he does with all his movies, he wants to make it so that even when it is on late night you won't want to turn it off cause you wanna go to sleep, you wanna watch it again and again and this is exactly what Vanilla Sky is.

Like the movie "Fight Club" I had a hard time getting it for a few days, and with Vanilla Sky it has been 12 hours or so since I watched it and I still can't get it out of my head. All I can say is "open your eyes" try to let the movie take control of you and see where it leads you. And when you see where it has taken you cause I am almost sure everyone would have a different path with this movie, then you will see and you will have your anwser, the same thing can be said about love.

Mr. Crowe continue to amaze me and I will keep seeing your films, keep it up!

I have never read the trilogy of the Lord Of The Rings, but after seeing this movie, I didn't think that I needed to. If you have never read the book then you would understand this movie.

The story is good, nice good old fashion fantasy at its best. Takes me back to the Zelda days but this goes even further. The enemies are far greater and deadlier than anyone can ever imagine, as powerful as gods.

The scenery was absolutely wonderful, just excellent work, and that stuff should win some oscars for it.

Overall quite a good picture, makes fantasy so wonderful again, I am looking forward to the next one next Christmas.

This is the first time I have ever made a comment on a TV show on here, and usually when I come here I make comments on movies, and I have been doing that for years but here comes the first and perhaps only time you will ever see me do this....because this show is that good.

It is fast paced comedy at its best, all the actors in this are good and should keep on this, I look forward to the comedy this show brings every week, and hope it makes it to Must See TV on Thursday night because it has the potential to go far. I am not into shows about hospitals but this is so damn funny that I hope out of the 90% of new shows a year that get cancelled this becomes one of the 10% that stays...if you haven't seen it, give it a chance and see why...it really is that good.

First off, I am not a fan of sequels, but I just walked into this movie to just watch it and have some fun. Being a fan of the first one and seeing it at first when it came out before anyone made it popular, I felt my obligation to owe it to see the second one.

I enjoyed the hell out of this movie, it was so much fun, never laughed so hard, it seems this is the summer of sequels and they seem to be working very well I think...all the reprised characters in this were absolutely great!! the jokes were 10 X as funny and Stifler is still the king in this movie. Only dissapointment was the original girls from the first one are majorly under used and Tara Reid looked so pretty in this, I wish I coulda saw more of her in this...The only girl that was majorly used and yet was the last to appear was Alison Hannigan (sp?) they used more of her in this, and it was actually a really nice change for once...and every part that Mena Suvari was in was absolutely great.

This movie definately finished it off for me of good summer movies I saw, I hope they make one more cause this one was tons of fun.

Well went to see it on the day it came out, wasn't expecting much from it, but got a pretty good show, Tucker and Chan were great together as always. The fact that they were travelling a lot more in the movie made it better, starts in Hong Kong which shows the best parts and then to L.A then to Vegas, well crafted....not as much stunt work this time around, but it was a lot funnier than the first one. The enemies in this one were much better too, Ziyi Zhang (crouching tiger, hidden dragon) was absolutely great, and would love to see her in more movies of that caliber. The outtakes as always were fun to watch and left me laughing as I left the theater. This leaves me begging for more....make Rush Hour 3!

I am not a Travolta fan, and wasn't expecting much out of this movie at all. I had no intention of seeing this movie at all, but my friend dragged me to go see it, and after getting through this movie I was plesantly surprised on how good it was, it wasn't great, but not a let down that is for sure.

Hallie Berry was nice, liked her for once in a movie cause I really don't care about her, but she was slick and carried me to the good ending....everyone should pay real good attention to the begining of the movie cause that's what it is all about.

Leave your brain at the door and go have some fun!

Alright, I walked into this movie with low expectations, but something tells me I should've walked in with even lower expectations.

It seems that all the movies that look like blockbusters with big name actors, that are released in March don't seem to work as well, and that is true.

To the point, the plot was a bit weak, and Julia Roberts was god awful in this film, but Brad Pitt and James Gandorlfini were the only ones that were able to save this film from hitting rock bottom.

Overall, it was alright, see it with a significant other at least, don't see it with your friends cause you'll just end up talking through the movie the entire time, I nearly did with the girl I was with.

I don't know about the rest of you..but I liked this film, it was quick, they never stopped for a second, it was what I expected to become of a british film. This is the first time I have seen a Guy Ritche film, I must say I look foward to his next project. Everyone was cool in this movie, Pitt was hilarious, Farina was just as big a thug as he was in Get Shorty, and Del Toro was quite a surprise pulling off that great accent, it's a shame he wasn't in it that long.

The movie was rather violent, I sure wouldn't want to deal with these guys though, gangsters can be quite dirty with you. This film falls in with those great titles of Pulp Fiction and Trainspotting. The ending wrapped up like a orchestra hitting the last note very quickly and boom credits, very well done.

Mr Ritche I look foward to your next project and try to bring along these people with you if you ever can.

Mr. Sodenburgh, I can definitely say this was the best film of 2000 and so far is your front runner for all the films you have made. Way better than Erin Brockovich.

All actors in this film demonstrated fine performances...but the 2 that really stuck with me were Benicio Del Toro and sorry I forgot her name who plays Caroline, the daughter of the Micheal Douglas' part...those 2 were real good in this film.

The scenerios I really enjoyed the most were the ones done in Mexico, they were very detailed and pretty much it showed where it was all going on. The plot and everything else of this movie shows so much to talk about that I could write a book on it.

This movie has no beginning and has no end...just like in real life, the war on drugs is so high that it will probably never end, it will always be out there, the demand will always be there and this film pretty much says it. Overall quite a damn good job by all.

ok I walked into this film with low expectations, but the funny thing was as the movie went on it got funnier and funnier I kept thinking it wouldn't get any funnier but it did, and let me say I was impressed and had a real good laugh. Funniest film I have seen since American Pie and Dumb and Dumber never did I laugh all the way through a movie. The 2 they picked for the parts were just right, they got em down right. Thanks for giving me some laughs for about an hour or so really enjoyed it.

I have seen quite a bit of Oliver Stone movies, but this one is the most out of control one from I am ever seen. It made it points, but was over done, thus it became real stupid in the end. I don't like Woody Harelson anyway, so that made the movie even lower but he was right for the part though. It all made sense till it became a bloody mess in the end (literally). In real life, people like this should be dead, I can't believe that people like this are out there, and the media wants to make them big, and this is the point the movie makes. Shame on you media America!