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Panic Room (2002)
Jodie you rock
This was a very intelligent movie because of Jodie Foster's character. I like to remind you that Nicole Kidman gave this part away to Jodie Foster and Foster embraced it. She is just awesome, the story is also very well crafted. The ending was kinda impossible (this guy gets knock with an hammer and falls 2 stairs. however he comes back up alive, not to mention that his fingers have been already cut from an earlier scene! come on!) other than this part, the ending was all right. however, the reason one should go watch is movie is because of Jodie Foster...did i mention how good she is?
In the Bedroom (2001)
DRAMA
Its not a love story as the title suggests. Its a DRAMA!!! Spazek and Wilkinson did a marvelous jobs as parents. The whole story was well crafted and directed. I definitely think it deserves to be in the Oscar hunt, I think it will be hard to choose from the potential nominees(Beautiful Mind, Lord of the rings)
Gosford Park (2001)
Mysterious, but predictable
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the portrayed British aristocratic life style. But I believe the story was a bit weak, cause I predicted the ending...one of the few times this has occurred while watching a murder-mystery. But nonetheless it was price of admission (however, didn't think it was Oscar material, I think that belongs hands down to the Beautiful Mind) )
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
Wish I knew french
um...wish I new more french, because I didnt get the whole story (well the finer details of it) However, it is still darn good...make sure you watch this one and Lagaan (the other internation movie nominated for an Oscar)...make you wonder what is wrong with Hollywood....all the good movies (with good plot lines) are international
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
X-files episode = Mothman Prophecies
Finally glad to see Richard Gere in a half decent movie. I believe this was similar to an X-files episode, and is a definitely a must see if you love the series. For those of you that don't, I think you will still be entertained in this chilling story.
Hart's War (2002)
too much American symbolism
Entertaining movie in the first half (good action, good story transition), however in the second half it falls apart. Well, I think the movie becomes to symbolic in the end. By that I mean, there is too many obvious and utterly predictable sequences. It reminded me too much of another similar patriotic movie I saw in the fall -The Last Castle (starring Robert Redford). Its not $12 movie, but definitely a rental.
Black Hawk Down (2001)
War's Futility and Carnage
War is bad. Everyone knows that. This movies tells us why! The ugliness that is war, is beautiful depicted by the marines who battle the Somalis. I have to warn you, before you go see this movie that it is not a very easy movie to see, and some of the scenes can be gruesome. The lady next to me, had to go outside several times...because she just could not stand the site of the bleeding and death. I think this episode in Somalia is subtlety telling us the situation that marines would/are facing in Afghanistan.
Overall, I gave the movie a 9 not 10, because I think the Somalis were depicted like mad men, which is not true (American war movies have the tendencies of just focusing on their sides). No wonder that the Somalis who live in American protested this movie. However, other than this fact, it is really an unbelievable movie.
Ali (2001)
Will Smith Great, movie just ordinary.
Will Smith portrayed Ali almost perfectly! And I believe he deserves and Oscar or at the most a nomination. However, the story even though at times had its movements, but was most of the time was just lame and ordinary. I think this is an just above average movie.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
3-hour epic turns out to be a dud
Boring is the `key' word to use in this film. God, was it ever boring, especially near the end. The thing I wished the director did was to edit lots of the unnecessary emotional parts of the film (i.e. death of Boromir) so it could have been shorten to 2.25-2.5 hours. So, at least my short attention span would have been kept intact. I have not read the book, so I cannot comment on the book to movie transfer. However I do agree with the comments made by Tolkien's son about the movie, when he said, `his father if alive would NOT have been impressed'. A little advice, if you like me, and have no liking for fantasy type movies (by that I mean, movies that have elves, dwarfs, humans) avoid this movie at ALL costs. I gave this movie a 2 (an extra 1 just cause the special effects were kinda cool!)