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Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Awesomely great except the very end
***It possible this could contain a spoiler, but I doubt there's anybody that doesn't already know how the story of Jesus ends.
The greatest story ever told is told in a truly memorable way with this mini series. There's not much to say except that the whole thing was great. Except for the very ending.
During the crucifixion people were denying Jesus as the son of God as we all know. The movie strays from the bible in one big way. When Jesus closed his eyes in death, there was a terribly violent earthquake, and the sun went completely black without the occurrence of a eclipse. Even secular Roman historians wrote about the mysterious darkening of the sun, making midday seem like midnight. They took special note about the fact, due to the position of the moon and sun, (which was important for them to know for various reasons) such a thing was impossible without a super-natural occurrence. I wish they would of included the earthquake and darkening of the sun in the movie. It was the biggest "I told you so" of all time. The bible says the people present for the crucifixion were stunned, then shouted"He truly was the son of God." Also making it the biggest "oh crap" of all time.
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
In the Top IMDb 250? 8+ Stars? Insanity.
Since I believe this "movie" should be avoided at all cost as a major waste of your time there's no need to give any summary. Although what is worth mentioning is how ridiculously boring, tedious, and pointless this so-called movie really is. I just finished watching Kill Bill vol. 2 and I am in a state of disbelief over how anybody could find this movie entertaining. Somebody please tell me the appeal of near endless, mindless dialog with a great deal of it being completely pointless. Anti-entertaining is the best way I can think of to describe it. I was looking for a little entertaining while laying on my bed home from work sick with the flu, but this "movie" isn't just a disappointment because its not entertaining, it goes beyond that to induce an actual level of misery. Bad movies simply are not entertaining, thus this movie is worse than bad. Its so over-the-top pointless, and don't get me wrong there is about 20 solid minutes altogether of at least SOMETHING worth watching. But its so outweighed by the vast majority of unnerving nothing-ness that is the rest... well just picture an elephant and a feather on opposing ends of a balancing weight scale. The dialog is so bad you would be better off sitting in the park listening to two strangers converse about anything thats not kill bill 2, then to subject yourself to the torture that is kill bills (a good movie) sequel. I'm a big fan of Quentin Tarantino and I gave this movie every benefit of the doubt all the way to the very end but it just kept getting worse. I thought maybe the "movie" was building to a big amazing climax at the end since the whole thing was so slow and agonizingly boring.. But NOPE! the so-called climax of this film is the most boring, tedious, monotonous, painful 30 minutes or so of the whole "movie," maybe even film history all things considered. I read all these reviews of people saying what a masterpiece this film is. To each their own.. but that must be some kind of mass organized joke. No real sustained action period. Any fragments of what little action there is is outweighed a million-to-one by intense blaring boredom. Plot is irrelevant because before the you even hit "play" its already known -Kill Bill. No real flow considering all the wacky pointless scenes with no bearing on the story at all. These pointless scenes can't have even one positive adjective attached to them, for example "funny" or "suspenseful" They are just nothing. Forgive my poor grammar in this review, it was typed quickly during a moment of passion, immediately following my first -and very much last- viewing of Kill Bill 2.
Mindless talk-talk-talk-talk-talk-talk-talk-talk about nothing going nowhere with no point, forever is the legacy of Kill Bill vol. 2. Or least that of the worst sequel ever made in my humble opinion has a person who really liked the first one.
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Absolutely terrific film, perfect despite imperfection
I usually don't like to write such reviews as I'm about to write, but I must say in my humble opinion, that -to me- this movie comes off perfect. Of course as with anything there are errors/imperfections scattered about. But with its imperfections included its still a perfect piece for anybody who enjoys movies about Africa, adventure, struggle, and triumph. I think that the imperfections of this movie are actually able to support the story by making it in no way appear scripted. A crazy animal hunt along with the main characters and others own frustrations... everything is meant to appear improvised, and does. It is hard to explain, but as for imperfections there are a very few and not particularly noticeable, but do add to the "feel" of the story. I suggest you watch it, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
The Pelican Brief (1993)
In response to "Hollywood Cowardice"
You gave the movie a vote of two because of some made-up racism?
Other people should know that there was no romantic interest between the two of them (Roberts and Washington), because Shaws(Roberts) lover has only just been killed. And also a large part of her motivation in the movie is to avenge her dead boyfriend, shown true in one way by how Shaw Carry's the pain of his death through out the movie. To have Roberts kissing, "or a lot more" with Washington would of been ridiculous. I never payed attention to race once in the whole movie, didn't think of it one bit... It is amazing how nowadays its only the people who accuse of racism, that focus on race so intently. Keep your "IF IT WERE WHITE PEOPLE"s and your ignorance to yourself.
Was a great movie you should watch it.
The Burrowers (2008)
Not worth watching.
I just finished watching "The Burrowers" and it was such a waste of my time I am going to keep this short. The first 30-35 minutes start of sufficiently mediocre -enough to slightly draw in your interest- but leaves you hoping things pick up a little, and fast. The middle of the movie is spent setting up plot lines which in the end amount to nothing (an attempt was made to have some action, but was pathetic). An attempt was made but there was no real climax to the movie, also pathetic. I know that some movies are just low budget, but that shouldn't mean the writers do a terrible job. In the end this movie was a joke. Instead of watching this movie, call your grandmother and ask her about when she was young, how she walked up hill to school in the snow-both ways. At least that will actually be slightly entertaining, and have some amount of purpose. Or better yet, go play bingo with her and maybe you will win a copy of the burrowers.