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Sidewalks of New York (2001)
I simply enjoyed the story
With a brother who lives in Manhattan, there was a resonance to this story. All these people seem very real and their stories seem very possible. What more can you ask from a film? It all seemed to flow even tho man on the street interview should bring in a certain break from reality. For me, it did not.
This is a 14 year old film and few will be seeing it in the years ahead. They should as the stories are forever as long as our culture lasts. Sure there are a couple of story points that time has passed by but it did not have you sense it was out of touch with today's world.
Enjoy it.
Friday Night Lights (2004)
Jerky camera work, jerky story
For all those who complained about jerky camera movements in Bourne Supremacy, stay away from this movie. I had to turn away from the screen several times it was so disorienting and distracting. This is a TV movie, well worn story not told well because there is not much story there. It is just life and life is just not that dramatic, unless you try to make it so. Because you cannot tell what parts of this are true (an TV interview with one of the players told me his father was not as portrayed in the movie) then one must assume many of the subplots and life stories (other than subtitles at the end) were created for this movie. They probably fictionalized the finish to the game.This is a typical soap opera. But it is worse. This is the kind of Hollywood fodder that conservatives thrive on. It makes the middle Americans into some kind of troglodyte. They certainly decided to make the hicks of TX and blacks of the other team into evil or unthinking villains.
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
Usual creative waste - writers today must all be 11 years old
Eddie Murphy movies for kids seem to find their core humor in flatulence and elimination or sexual suggestiveness. Since all of his follow the same pattern it must be Eddie that chooses. And he was so good when he started. Trading Places, BH Cop, even SNL which he probably wrote showed his originality and flair and character. Long gone now.