Reviews

There's only one thing I'm going to say about cat in the hat...as a KIDS movie and a good comedy movie it sucks...I lost track of how many terrible jokes in the movie that not only sucked but weren't exactly kid appropriate. Oh and by the way the way the cat in the hat talked was annoying...as for the plot I completely forgot. Who cares it sucked anyway. i'm not sure why Mike Myers joined but I think the writers were trying to make it sound like him in Austin powers without the swinger talk and it overly succeeded- but so what it was annoying. don't see it-it belongs in the bottom 100.............................. the jokes are so unkiddy it's funny

First off, there's a couple of things this movie perfects ten times better than any other movies ever released. The sometimes poetic yet sometimes tough narrative that runs throughout the whole movie is without a doubt the best I can recall ever hearing in a movie. The stylized violence (And believe me it's worse than Quinten Tarantino's TRUE ROMANCE) is the most brutal and cool looking violence ever. This is heightened by the also stylish black and white and red all over animation. And the best moments that the two things collide is when the violence that really pushes the envelope is censored by a scene when the character and the blood is plain white and the background is100% cell shaded black.

However,the plot is a mixed bag. When the movie begins, the incredible narrative and animation blow you away. fifteen minutes into it and it was the best movie I ever saw. However, thirty minutes later, it still felt like the introduction. The shifting back and forth through characters and the constant murders never slowed down. While the narrative was still incredible, the beginning of the plot would never give way.

Later on however, and I was enjoying myself once again the violence was even better and the unpredictability over who would make it on top this time made me truly enjoy the movie again. The violence was bloody and the gun fights between characters was unpredictable as even ten shots to the chest would not kill even the lesser important characters (meaning only the cops).

And the last link in the plot of the movie was probably the best part (besides the stunning beginning) as the character at the start, Bruce Willis's character (my favorite of the three narrative characters) selflessly saves the lead female character.

so with perhaps the best presentation value and an unpredictable plot, this movie is definitely worth seeing.

I was prepared to love this movie like Monsters Inc, but all things considered, FN really let me down. The story and pixar graphics make this a great rental, but barely worth the price of admission. Some of the characters were likable, the angelfish, Dory, who suffered from short term memory loss was easily the best character, and Nemo was ok but the broken fin thing was retarted. The word 'retarted' also speaks for just about all of the jokes. "Lookie, it's a turtle speedway, but turtles are slow"...ha ha ha-no, not funny. If you want a decent kids movie, check it out, cuz it's a movie you won't fall asleep over,m and your kids will enjoy it. 6/10

The last 15-20 minutes that Bonnie and Clyde was probably best known for. The story of Bonnie and Clyde is a true story fashioned up by Hollywood about a girl in a small town who is bored out of her mind until a bank robbers comes trying to steal her mom's car. She rushes over to stop him and ends up walking to work with him. And, you guessed it, she asks him what his job is. Then you get the whole no way thing. To sum it up, that's how they met up. Now, I loved Faye Dunaway in Chinatown, and was eager to see her in another good movie. Well, Bonnie and Clyde is it. It turns out that Bonnie and Clyde is miles ahead of Chinatown as far as Faye Dunaway's looks AND performance goes. Faye and Warren Beatty are great as a duo, and the plot makes their screenplay even more entertaining. Just think, for a date, they'd rob a bank. Of coarse, they didn't alone form a bank robbing gang. They met up with a tire changer or whatever named CW. Moss, and Clyde's friend, Buck Barrow (and Buck Barrow's wife), and that was the gang. Bonnie and Clyde is an ideal Summer movie (until the end) where the fun doesn't let up. Faye Dunaway's quite the hottie (not as of 2003, but in this movie), CW plays a funny guy. It feels like they're the unstoppable bankrobbers who're the good guys, while the cops and the sheriff are the bad guys who always screw up. But this can be discouraging: in the true event, they died, and this movie is based on a true story, after all. Those rooting for Bonnie and Clyde will drop their jaws near the end when the movie makes a 180o turnaround. The sheriff they embarrassed earlier, ambushed CW and Clyde's friends' wife, and, well…let's just say the movie takes a twisted turn right there. Bonnie and Clyde is a fun movie I recommend to any1, whether cassual movie watcher, or movie 'hobbyist'. 100%

In a word...simple. All the plot is about is a wife whose husband got kicked in the d*** by some chief or governor (I didn't pay attention to> their ranks). Despite this, the movie is still great, Gong Li isn't as beautiful as usual (that jacket makes her look like a marshmellow), but she gives her usual beautiful performance. 9/10.

Outdoing 'The Road To Perdition,' GoNY is a massive time machine that TAKES YOU BACK TO INDUSTRIALIZED, NORTHERN AMERICA (circa 1840's or so). You feel like you are actually witnessing the rivalry between the natives and the dead rabbits. THIS FILM IS ONE HELL OF A MAGIC CARPET RIDE THROUGH TIME! The costumes, locations, everything extremly convinces you that this IS industrialized America you are witnessing. But you feel that you aren't just witnessing life in industrialized America, you feel that you're witnessing a guy, more or less like you (provided your a male of coarse) who is devastated at the loss of his father (which causes him to be less like just about any of you). You feel like you're witnessing this man constantly pondering whether or not to avenge his father's death. As if there's a telepathic bond between you and him, you're telling him:"kill that son of a b!tc#. The acting is superb. Cameron Diaz transitions excellently from fairy tale Princess (Shrek), to street wise hooker/theif/"turtle dove" (that's...what kind of role she plays after all) and is entirely convincing. Leonardo DeCaprio is good for some parts of the film and is perfect for annoying love scenes, HOWEVER, DECAPRIO ISN'T CUT OUT TO BE A HISTORIC BARBARIAN, HE DEFINATLY NOT AS STREET WISE AS EMINEM IN 8 MILE. DANILLE DAY-LEWIS (as Bill the Butcher), HOWEVER, TURNS IN ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES IN A LONG TIME (since Fellowship of the Ring perhaps). He's the perfect villan, he maintains eye contact with who he's speaking to, he speaks his line like he means them, he acts his part enthusiastically, he's simply brilliant! The violence is startlingly high. MARTIN SCORSESE IS TRUELY A MASTER AT DEPICTING VIOLENCE (see Taxi Driver and you'll know what I mean). The first fight scene between the natives and the original dead rabbits is brutal and well choreographed (excellent camera shots). The later fight scene between the revived dead rabbits and the natives is even bloodier, yet confusing. There are too many things going on at once and the shroud of smoke makes it even more confusing.

Overall, the only thing keeping this film from perfection is the confusion the last battle scene causes and the scene with all the nude hookers (we would have gotten the idea that they were hookers even if they were dressed). The ending is simply excellent.10/10, best film of the year so far (w/out seeing Catch me if you can, Adaptation, or Two Towers).

This film will either get to you like a death in the family, or leave no lasting impression on you whatsoever. I'm among those who fit in with the first part. Maybe family death is exaggerating but that doesn't matter, this is still A VERY POWERFUL FILM. This film proves that ZHANG YIMOU IS THE BEST DIRECTOR ALIVE (as Alferd Hitchcock and Akira Kurosawa are dead). The best actor in this film is actually the blind girl (sure, she's no River Pheonix, but who is?) who always gives you the impression that she's blind (unlike some American actors in American films). Yet she happens to know more than you think in the end (no spoilers on that). To see this film on the big screen was too much, 10 out of 10. Oh, and watch out for Hero, from the same director of this.

I was flipping through channels on night at 9:00(not the best time of day for BotR but it fit in my schedual well). And I came upon this scene in a film where some hot women are torturing this Englishman. I am semi-glad that I stopped for it. The gore effects (like the hand being cut off and the rats getting fat off of what was a priest (so unholy!). Then there's the nudity, The hot black haired girl in the changing room, ect. But the plot is non-existant ofcoarse, and when the women were swordfighting, it looked like the swords weighed 100 pounds, they moan audibly loud each time they make a swing. A mixed bag with major pros and major cons. Good luck seeing it though...I saw it on sho-time oddly enough.

Oh my god, I cannot believe this movie. I mean, I never knew a movie could be THIS sad. Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, what not...Can't even compare. This is one depressing movie even in the middle of the film I was crying. Enough of that though. Let's talk about why this movie was so sad. First off, you have your average four city citizens. Your average mom, very nice and challenged with raising her son without a father and when some show calls and says she's won the right to be on TV, she takes pills to help her diet. her son who has a beutiful girlfriend he loves very much. His girlfriend who, in order to get money, has to dress up, with makeup and clothes ect., and er, hem persuade them (what happens in her story near the end is insanely sad in fact, it's the saddest part of the film). Then his friend who is black. His friend, Tyrone, gets deep in the drug selling market. He's getting deeper and deeper into it to the point where the only way out is to go to jail. Show this to your kids, and they're free to skip health class all they want because this movie is more persuasive than any crap educational documentary. It's just so sad watching four people you care about getting tortured by drugs.