Archive for June, 2002
Mr. Deeds
It's really hard to decide what category to put Adam Sandler into. I enjoyed Happy Gilmore and Big Daddy and, to some extent, even Waterboy. Movies such as Little Nicky I can do without, however.
Mr. Deeds is kind of inbetween. Today's new releases were disappointing: "Mr. Deeds" and "Hey Arnold! The Movie".
Verdict: If you like […]
Windtalkers
Saw Windtalkers today. I can't say I was all that impressed. Can't blame this movie though. I'm just all war movie'd out. The realistic depiction of violence is simply getting old. Whether it's shot-off arms in Saving Private Ryan, close-ups of severed legs in Black Hawk Down, or missing legs and cut off heads in […]
Lilo & Stitch
Hey, it's a Disney cartoon! And unlike the Emperor's New Groove, it was fun. Good fun for everyone, even though some content , such as parodies of Men in Black, Pinocchio, and others, seemed more interesting to teens and up. Overall pretty funny, and definitely better than initially anticipated. Wouldn't really surprise me if they […]
Minority Report
Minority Report, as a collaboration of Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise, plays in the near future of 2054. In a world of advanced but not rediculously far-fetched technology, crimes such as murder are 'precognized', and prevented shortly before they are committed.
If that alone doesn't make for an interesting plot, I don't know what will. Visually […]
The Bourne Identity
I went to the movies with the image of Matt Damon as Good Will Hunting in my mind. He just didn't seem like an action hero at all. But I was way wrong. The Bourne Identity is an action packed thriller. If you enjoy serious action, you'll want to see this one. What makes this […]
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