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The One (2001)
This could've been so much better.
I watched "The One," and I must say that I was very disappointed. The trailers looked excellent. Although most of the reviews were bad, I didn't pay attention to them because critics are... critics.
I should've listened. The acting is absolutely horrible. The characters have no depth and they are filled with those "Look at my power, look at what I can break and smash" actions. I couldn't believe how bad it was, because I usually like either Jet Li/martial arts movies. And it gets so frustrating, when the good guys have a chance to kill the bad guy, they either miss/take too long to shoot/just let him run away for another chance to add a meaningless scene to this movie.
The dialogue is... just terrible. It's tedious and boring, and you absolutely have NO idea of what's going on unless you listen to every word that they say and pay attention to every little detail. You feel as though the movie is just dragging because of the terrible writing.
And another thing, some of the effects and fighting scenes are cool, but mostly you feel, "Okay... They've fought enough... When is this gonna end??!?" I mean, come on. There was a reason that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was good. It was because the characters knew their powers and they didn't show off or abuse them. And, the martial arts scenes were limited, so you didn't feel too overwhelmed.
All in all, just skip this one, you're not gonna miss anything. You wanna see a good crime action movie? See Minority Report. Or for a martial arts movie, see Crouching Tiger or a Jackie Chan movie, like Rush Hour. Those movies are much more worthy of your time.
The Princess Diaries (2001)
Terrible movie.
This is one of the worst movies that I have ever seen. I am in the age group that this movie was made for, and I hated it. The plot was childish and totally absurd. Who ever heard of a Genovia or whatever it was?? It was very slow moving, and the viewers never got anywhere in the movie fast. Remember the trailers? The trailers were funny, which was the reason that I paid to see this movie. The movie is soooo slow.
The acting also contributed to the terrible plot. It was way too overacted. Mia's friend Lilly totally drove me insane with her whining. Trust me, if you watch the movie, you will be thinking, "Just shut UP ALREADY!!!" once you hear that girl speak. Her part totally ruined the movie.
All-in-all, skip this one. You'll be glad that you did.