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Chronicle (2012)
How did it rate 7.5?
OK the reviews looked great. The previews looked great. I never looked hard enough to notice it was a 'found footage" as they are calling it film which if I had I would never have rented it. Thankfully I did not have the money to go see this in the theater or I would have been demanding my money back early on and would have been right. There was nothing worth watching until about 2/3 of the way into the movie. By then your so drunk from the shaky camera which by the way some times you think "oh the camera is gone now it's a real movie" and then Oh crap the jerk got the camera again. At times you wish someone would break it (and they do try but not well enough) There was no real plot there was no sympathy for any of the actors. there was nothing. I feel asleep and missed like 20 minutes of the movie and I am thankful. I did not miss anything really it was all crap. super hero? there were no super hero's in this movie only super villains and super greed. Super heroes would not let their girl friend go with them to fight someone that they know was capable of killing everyone.
Jonah Hex (2010)
Great Movie
OK 1. I have never read a Jonah Hex comic in my life though I do have some.
2. This is what Ghost Rider should have been.
I just finished watching and wanted to go again and again and again.. I don't see what all the complaints are about. I can't compare it to the comics because I have never read one. I will say that it was as promised a cross between Hellboy and Spagetti westerns meets Wild Wild West because of the high tech gadgets that were not really in that time.. but .. gee whiz people don't really re animate the dead and talk to them either but then again this is a comic adaptation not reality. So with that in mind I went in to enjoy a movie and did so. Sure there was a little lacking in character development which if they had done more of that there would not have been time for the story.
What did I like about the movie? There was a plot clearly defined, You knew what the movie was about you did not have to guess. I walked into this movie and did not have to know anything about Jonah Hex to enjoy it. There were not many in there and it was opening to a small room which surprised me for the opening day of a movie. I think it's gotten a lot of bad press and phony bad reviews. I saw nothing wrong with the acting of any characters in this film. There was action, romance, adventure, and laughs.
I can't say that if your a Johnah Hex fan that you will like the movie because again I know nothing about the comic.. but if you have never read it and want a good movie that rocks.. go see it and give it a chance :) it is really good. Just keep in mind it's "FICTION" not reality and not a history piece.
Cloverfield (2008)
GREAT MOVIE *may may you sick* BUT NOT BAD MOVIE
I won't mention any of the details of the movie I will only say that I went and saw this movie knowing as everyone should have that went to see it that it was going to have shaky camera shots the whole way through. Alway's check out a movie before you go see it to find things like this out. It was all over the net without revealing any details that this was from the perspective of a video camera. I know my home movies shake like crazy. I HAVE VERTIGO. SO I knew going in that I was asking for trouble. first 10 minutes or so I was thinking ... oh crud I've messed up i'm gonna get soooo dizzy and then get sick.. but I stuck it out. I made it through the entire movie and you know what? out of over 100 people in the theater I saw 2 or 3 get up and leave but they came back... with POPCORN and drinks so they were not getting sick. Now will some people get sick from this? Yeah sure. Will some people get sick from rollercoasters? YEs I do and I know not to ride them because I can't do it I get sick every time.
About the movie though? IT ROCKED. FRESH New Ideas and action and scares.. Sure there were some stupid things in it but hey what movie does not have from time to time? I give this movie a 9 only because It was not perfect as I have yet to see a perfect movie.
As for some not all but some of the people giving bad reviews on here. One guy said he had to leave about 10 or 20 minutes into the movie because he got sick and then says the plot line sucks?? How can he say that if he did not watch it? The plot does not even really start until about 20 good minutes into the movie maybe 30. I think a lot of these people are just upset because they got sick. And I can seriously sympathize with them. If I had to have paid 9 - 12 dollars to see this movie and got sick I would be upset too... at myself for not going to matinée and paying 6 dollars when I know that I get sick sometimes with motion. That way I've only lost 6 dollars and it's my fault not the movies.
Bottom line is this. I LOVED this movie. IF your able to watch things like this all the way through without getting sick then you will probably love the movie also but take the advice of other people and take some Dramamine if you get motion sickness. Not sure if that stuff makes you sleepy or not I've never taken any. But the movie is only an hour and a half long so maybe you can make it with some. It's too good of a movie to wait for DVD or VHS
Fire Birds (1990)
Not NEAR as bad as all these comments
I don't know for sure but after reading all of these comments at least half of them seem to come from the same person using different handles. All seem to say the same thing that this tried to be a Top Gun with helicopters. I really didn't see any comparison to Top Gun whatsoever. No more than there were people flying and there was a love story. Someone mentioned the Iron Eagle series. If one copied the other it was probably Top Gun copying Iron Eagle Since Iron Eagle came out 3 - 4 months earlier.
I just got finished watching this movie Which I saw originally on NBC.
I thought originally that this was a Made for TV movie for some reason but I guess after reading here that it was put out at the theaters. I would have loved to have seen it on the big screen but admit I would not want to pay 7 dollars to see it. IT still rates better than 1 or 2 stars and all the bad insults it is getting here. I agree with one of the people that posted here that it would go great as a "Movie for Guy's who like movies" As a guy I love movies with action. I am not in the army and know a "Little" about the equipment. I am not a fighter pilot though and am not in the military. As a civilian I love this movie as an action movie. If I wanted to see realistic and authentic representations of Millitiary equipment I'll go to the History Channel. If I wan't an action movie with just the right amount of comedy and romance I'll go see fire birds again.
Is it realistic? NO Is it fun? Yes Is it accurate? No are there some corny lines? Yeah but let me ask you this. All these people talking about Top gun being so big... how many pilots would really fly upside down and flip off a Russian and take it's picture? how many pilots would really do those kinds of fly by's and still be in the Navy? and I won't go into the corny lines from that movie.
All in all Firebirds is deserving of just as much respect based on it's merits as a fun action/romance movie as is Top Gun without comparing them to each other.
The Village (2004)
Great Movie. If you don't like M. Night Shylaman then why go to his movies?
*A FEW SPOILERS*
I for one was confused when the reviews came out.
1. Everyone alway's trashes his movies
2. The critics hate him
3. Everyone seems to think that all movies should be realistic?
Ok. do you go to a star wars movie and complain that there is no such thing as Laser swords? Do you go to a Stephen King movie and expect to laugh? Ok so every movie this guy has ever done is sorta the same way? Why should you expect anything else and then trash it because it is not?
I thought this movie was excelent in so many ways. I jumped in 2 or 3 spots. I as a lot of people did figured out about half way through that something was up and that we were living in modern times. The reasons for everything do not have to be understood to enjoy the movie maybe you did not enjoy the movie because you spent to much time trying to figure out every little plot hole? I did not catch the one about the elders talking about the skinned animals them selves. But if you will but think for a moment. The leader of the group himself did not know who was doing this. It would seem that just because they all knew that they were there and in modern times and that the monsters were unreal not all of them were working in unison. This may have been one of Mr Shylaman's points that even in the most perfect utopia that things happen, death happens, crime happens. He could have done like some would have expected and the politically correct ending would have been to realize that they had failed in their experiment and they were doing the same thing they were trying to protect against but no. That's why I respect this man and his movies. He goes against what is neccesarily PC and makes a movie. I would suggest that if you don't like these types of movies then don't go to another one by him. I will say that I liked this one much better than Signs though I have seen signs sevral times and love it still.
6 out of 10 only because there are a few things I was disappointed with in general but not about the movie itself just don't have enough words left to describe.
1 last thing. If you did not like the other M Night Shylaman films as bad as these other people then you probly will not like this one. but if you soft of liked signs then I think you will love this one :)
Sisters (1972)
FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT
I have been trying to figure out this movies name for over 20 years now. I was like 5 or 6 when we went to see this at the movies and yes I guess my parents snuck me in because It was rated R. The only part of this movie I can remember is a body in a couch and blood coming out the back and the couch maybe being in a truck. My parents could not remember the movie my uncle that went with us could not remember the movie or even having been there but I know we were. Now then I have a new mission to find this movie and watch it again. I can not comment much on the greatness of the film other than it must have been one heck of a movie to stick with me this long and driven me to search this hard for it. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a movie knowing ONLY "Blood seeping out of back of couch????????"
I know that one of the actors is still starring in movies and has acted in sevral that I have loved like Collosus:The Forbin Project and Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Signs (2002)
BEST MOVEIE OF THE PAST 5 YEARS
Ok.. so now I think I get it. This was an AWESOME movie. the movie was sold out.. for all showings on a saturday night. This was the 9:35 showing. NO ONE and I mean NO ONE except for a girl that was getting harrased by some jerks got up untill the final credits. YEt here I see all these critics that obviously want to talk bad about a movie just to talk bad about the movies. Everyone in this theater enjoyed this movie and it was packed with about 200 people at least. Everyone lauged at the aluminum foil joke everyone jumped at the suspense and gasped when the alien got his fingers cut off. in my humble opinion if you went and saw this movie and was as disappointed as these others seem to be in it then you should not have went to see it at all.
If you want suspense, action, comedy and a story about loosing and regaining faith. GO see this movie. And someone critizised the guy said he things it was a flub that at one point the man could not get angry but later he got angry at his kids. Get real.. don't you think you would be getting a little diffrent attitude if you had undergone HALF the stress this man was going under? Don't think you would take an alien invasion quite as calmly thank you very much.
Now go to the movies and enjoy a great movie :)
Reign of Fire (2002)
AWESOME MOVIE
Ok. let's get to the point
1. Dragons do not exist.. so how do you know there can't be just one male to populate all the females.
2. Dragons do not exist so how do you know how they would react to what
3. Dragons do not exist so why should you expect this movie to be "REALISTIC"?????????????????/
4. that was the MOST Realistic dragon I HAVE EVER SEEN in any movie I have ever watched
The acting and the characters in this movie were great contrary to what most of the other people here seem to think. Just pay close attention to van zeen and his emotions. Without saying much you can tell in his demeanor and his actions and his facial expressions about how much this man has had to endure over the years and the hard choices he has had to make.
Where did the gas come from .. hmm well let's see we have underground bunkers here that are suppose to be able to survive nuclear attack.. hmmm silly me do you think me might actually keep supplies of fuel under there??? OH NO don't tell the Russians.
old ships could have very easily taken the men over there from America.. maybe the helicopter was not FLOWN from America... maybe it was carried on a ship.. or perhaps ... oh no .. here is a big stretch of the imagination.. it seems to me that we have bases in Europe.. you don't think we might have underground stuff stored there too do you??? oh man.. that would explain the fuel canisters I saw on the back of the helicopter..
oh yeah.. we still probably have satellites.. saw nothing to me to suggest these dragons can survive in outer space..
I went to this movie to have fun and enjoy it not pick out every little pot flaw that you could find in any movie you wanted to. It's SCIENCE FICTION People not SCIENCE FACT enjoy the movie and stop trying to rationalize everything :) just have fun :)
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
STITCH
Lilo and Stitch was amazing. Me and my fiancee were laughing the whole way through, Except for the moments I was nearly crying. True there may be parts in this movie that were more geared towards adults than for children but it was enough stuff in it for children to keep their attention glued. There were very few seats empty in this theatre and over half of them were filled with kids. Very few of them were talking or moving about their attention seemed to be glued to the screen and the story. Whats better than a good comedy ??? A Disney comedy with NO TALKING ANIMALS. or Talking inanimate objects. Stitch can not count he was an alien. I loved every moment of the movie and will not go into details because that is what made this movie so great is that there were so few spoilers out there. None of the clips at other movies or what they are showing on TV can give you the least inkling of what the movie is really about. I would rate this a 10 out of 10.