Movies: Everyone's entitled to my opinion
(These were recent when I saw them, sorry if they aren't anymore but I am running a busy schedule and also do not have money that I can spend at a comfortable rate (ie.I'm broke- but look at the bright side, I can't lose money that way)

Armageddon
Blade
Anastasia
Godzilla
The Wedding Singer
Mortal Kombat Annilation
Titanic
Spawn
In and Out
Men in Black
Conspiracy Theory
Batman and Robin
Anaconda
The Lost World
The Fifth Element
Dante's Peak
Romeo and Juliet
Scream
Jackie Chan's First Strike
Mars Attacks
The Frighteners
Beavis and Butthead Do America
Fierce Creatures

The Blair Witch Project Hate it. Not scary. Too much hype. Me wanted to see Toy Story 2. Was outvoted :( Rating: 6.5/10

A Bug's Life This is alright, only because of the great computer graphics, but take that away and.. you don't have much, you'd just like.. have a black screen with voices, and then you'll be like "who said that? what's going on?" and then it'd be like the Blair Witch Project...only with a different plot line, cutesy voices, no profanity, working on the assumption that these voices are insects but yeah.. pretty much like Blair Witch Project. Given the similarities it's sick that kids are watching this huh? Rating: 7/10

American History X Well one thing's for sure, Edward Norton is gorgeous...except when he was in the prison showers and these guys...nevermind. The beginning wasn't very tasteful, and that pyscho from The Craft was in it (not an image I want to see there) but other than that....well done I say, well done. One can't take this film too seriously when such comments were made during the movie: "Wow...they have a lot of board games on that shelf...who has all these boardgames? I only have 3 in my house." "We're watching him abusing his family and all you comment on is the boardgames in the background?" "But I'm just saying...who has all those boardgames?" This movie painfully illustrates racism in a small society, I don't know what it says about us, but as soon as this movie ended, we watched Austin Powers. Rating: 9/10

The Matrix I was expecting loads of special effects but no... yeah nice plot line and all but it's pretty boring in the middle, I mean... take away the beginning with Trinity jumping over buildings and freezing every now and then, and then the end with Neo bending over backwards dodging bullets, and also their leather gear and sunglasses and what have you got? An unfinished movie with naked people with no eyewear... okay. Sure nice ending and all that, but you can't even out all that boringness in the middle for a really cool ending (and add a little judo on the side). I mean.. what is it with people being beaten up to a pulp and THEN all of a sudden having great strength to win? Does that make sense to you? Do you fight better after being roughed up a bit (almost dead)? How come this happens in so many movies? Rating: 7/10

Rush Hour - For a Jackie Chan movie, this has quite a decent plot..and..(do I dare say it?) makes sense. Don't get me wrong, I love his movies, but this one does not go too far in putting all the attention on his stunts and away from the plot.. I don't know about you, but every time he does a stunt, although very impressive, I tend to get a lil worried, I mean.. it's not fun to see him hurt himself, he has afterall, broken every bone in his body. But anyway, I liked that bit where he's trying to save a precious artifact while the bad guys try to beat him up, and then after all that he starts to walk away and it gets shot... reminds me of Superman four or something.. you know where Superman's carrying the Statue of Liberty? Rating: 7/10

Armageddon- Asteroid on devastating collision course with Earth..in the first scenes they practically wiped out New York, as George comments, they really do like doing that don't they? I feel sorry for the city, I mean after they got over Independence day, then Godzilla, the poor place is trying to repair itself only to be knocked over by flaming meatballs. Another point is that they don't eat in this movie..you don't see anyone eating...ever, which reminds me, I'm hungry now. And who killed Kenny? Possibly the meatball. Oh..and since the world didn't end, shouldn't it be called ALMOST Armageddon? Rating: 7.5/10 Backtop

Blade -Definately no Buffy the vampire slayer, Wesley Snipes actually looks like he could take down a few vamps. Based on a comic, this is a horror/action movie, though it isn't scary or anything, except for the first scene where everyone is covered in blood and these vampires are beating up this guy in an underground 'nightclub', that's about it, all the other bloody killings and shots of mutilated bodies were charming. Oh yeah, and see some of the vamps swell into tomatoes and blow up. We had some mentally challenged people sitting in front of us, one making karate movements during every fight scene, one gigling everytime an actor swore, and one thought he was an owl, kept staring at us and cooed "oooeee" or something like that all through the movie. Nice.7.5/10 Backtop

Anastasia - A very 'delightful' film. Cute characters (animal and humans alike..except for the bad guy, that was just absolutely sick) Especially Dimitri..he was like.. wow..*sigh* it's sad isn't it? :) * * * Backtop

Godzilla - By the number of people who said it was crap, it was a pretty good movie. Boring beginnings and all but pretty good in the end. Not exactly 'up there' as all the hype, but still a reasonably good movie. Who thinks the baby zillas look like t-rex from jurassic park? My guess is that the nuclear testing was done on that island! Some people complained that this was not very realistic, small flaws like how could the bridge withstand Godzilla? Now...come on.. this is a film about a huge lizard.. what did you expect?? * * * Backtop

The Wedding Singer I loved this movie.. it's funny not on purpose but funny in a musical way (ay?). The grooviest songs are featured as well as ones sung by Adam Sandler (they're classics, the ones he sung are my favs...yeah..'I'll carry you when you've got arthritis'). So coincedental that all through the day the galleria was playing 80's music (I must have heard 'Video killed the radio star' about five times, and even when I got home, and that's not a common song). Welp hey, I wasn't born in the 70's, but I was definately born in the 80's. Moral of the story: Billy Idol's a pretty cool guy. * * * * Backtop

Mortal Kombat Annilation Obviuously you wouldn't see this for any intellectual stimulation (yes I could say it's very enlightening though, lots of messages like: you can defeat that massive centaur if you get rid of your metallic arms and believe in yourself, there's always a shower in the desert when you're covered in mud and even though you're a mere mortal, it's possible to turn into a dragon if you're really pissed ). It's a great movie just to watch people fight, my only complaints are that even though there were fight sequences every minute, that's just not enough, and the good looking guy died right at the beginning (that's a definately a no no, but if the good looking guy should die, they should at least replace him with a better looking model). * * * * Backtop

Titanic Absolutely brilliant. Although this is mainly a sad movie, it does have a light sense of humor, even when the ship was sinking . It never hit me how tragic the thing about the Titanic really was until I saw this movie, the impact of so many people dying who could have been saved. Well..I guess most people already have seen this movie, and the people who havn't are like me who eventually see it in the end after being nagged numerous times but it was worth seeing.. so I guess I'll become one of the people and say "You gotta see this movie!" * * * * * backtop

Spawn Based on the comic I presume, but the plot is really lame. The voice in the introduction was very off putting, they didn't even tear my ticket up..the first time I have a whole untorn ticket, which indicates it would have been a freebie (damn!). That's what I don't like, nobody to make sure I paid.. cuz then you feel cheated.. you feel like you didn't have to, but you did but nobody checked (just a thought..). I didn't understand the beginning too well.. it went too fast, a bit of lame acting somewhere too. One of the evil guys is this fat clown.. very ugly fat clown, he mutates into a giant slobbering monster and when he did.. he looked better, thats' how ugly he was, and disgusting too. I think if they got rid of him, it would have made the movie A LOT better, to me, clowns like that are scary. If you've seen this movie, you'll know what I'm talking about... *** Backtop

In and Out Very very funny, I laughed a lot of the time (Brenda says:"..and since we all know that what you find funny is funny we come to the conclusion that In and Out, making you laugh, is a funny movie so it would be worthwhile to see" so there...I know what's funny..there'll be no doubts thankyouverymuch). Pretty straight forward plot, a former student (Matt Dillon) of Howard Brackett wins an Oscar and tells everyone that he's gay. The whole town is wondering..is he really?? Very cool music..catchy tunes like "macho macho man.." make you want to get up and dance (well..that old lady next to me sure did!). My fave bits were during the Oscars when they showed Cameron(the student) in a film playing a gay soldier and the bit where Brackett is dancing (and the "How to be a man" tape keeps on saying Stop it you wussy!) guess you had to be there. Why is it called In and Out? Well as a guy in the movie puts it "Our body has in and out parts, and they stay In and Out parts...but gays..they go shoving things in to some parts they aren't suppose to" "What about our mouth?" "Well...mouths are In parts..except when you puke..then it's an out thing.." ***** backtop

Men In Black One of the most popular movies this ('97) year. With all the hype, you'd expect it to be perfect but alas, nothing's perfect. True it's a great movie, but not as great as some people thought it'd be. Most people believe it to be "wicked" and others believed it was a let down. I think it could have been better but it's still good. While I was concentrating on the plot, most people were concentrating on Will Smith (who can blame them huh?). I love the cute little squid alien and that talking dog too. I can't really comment much on this movie, just to say it was funny. **** backtop

Conspiracy Theory Hrmm it's all a concpiracy if you ask me. This is one of those weird movies that on the commercial looks serious but really is just a rediculous film. What can I say, Mel Gibson is quite funny in this film, Julia Roberts hmmm dunno about her, she's just ...there. There's this long bit where Mel is perving on Julia walking on her treadmill and it's really weird.... The song is great though, that song that goes something like "I love you baby....la la la...I need you baby..." For the first half of the movie you don't know what the heck is going on, you dunno what the heck is happening, and Mel bites some guys nose off. I had a cold when I saw this movie, had to leave in the middle cuz I was about to have a coughing fit, funny thing was that when I returned there was also this guy and he turned to look at me while trying to push the door open and since it was one of those doors you had to PULL open, he slammed right into it, it was so funny, I think it was better than the movie. **1/2 Backtop

Batman and Robin Oh man, this is a great movie! It's got lots of action. Most of the time, the stuff that was going through my head were: "Woah!" "As if!" "Yeah right!" and "What a coincedence!" so naturally as you can see, it pretty much contains some really unbelievable stuff. Judging by the suits and costumes the cast wore, (get a load of Robin's cock piece!) which were pretty tight and quite magnifcent, I can believe that it took six hours everyday for them to get into and prepare (Just imagine if in the middle of the day one of them had to go pee). So this is a really good movie, the backdrops are beautifully done and I love the great effects when Mr Freeze blasts Robin into ice while he's in his little jumping pose. The music is really great, especially when Poison Ivy takes off her Gorilla suit and blows everyone that little pink chemical (to get them to think they're in love with her). Mind you, Arnie's little one liners are a bit on the lame side. Oh yeah, the movie's sounds are really LOUD so don't mind if your ears pop halfway through. **** Backtop

Anaconda crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap and even more crap...get the message? The beginning is quite boring, the middle is..quite boring, the end is... GREAT! Okay, so you have this guy that wants to capture an Anaconda, he umm kind of hi-jacks a documentary boat (ship or whatever, I don't know my sea vessels well) only the people on the boat are too dumb to realise that until da da da dum... too late! I think the most crappiest line was "Is it just me, or is the jungle making me horny?" Hrmm... must be just him. This film is not scary...I'm not sure if it was meant to be scary. The only bit that comes close to scary was when the (I won't say who, cuz that would spoil it) guy gets devoured whole, or swallowed or something and then the Anaconda spits him out, and he's covered in slime and all and quite deadish, but has the strength to give the girl a wink before he falls SPLAT on the floor. Besides the Anaconda being forty feet long ("Grab a tape measure everyone! It's actually only 39. 5 feet long"..."err..Kim..we don't care!") one of the unrealistic scenes is when the good guy (Ice Cube!) gets stabbed by the bad guy on the thiegh (or leg or whatever that meaty limb is) and 5 seconds later.. he's walking normal again! and then about 30 minutes later, he's walking with a very,very,VERY slight limp (my guess is that the producers just realised it at the end). ** Backtop

The Lost World The Lost World was definately better than Jurassic Park. I thought it'd be better though, it wasn't as good as I expected. It starts off the same as Jurassic Park: a weird prologue, a boring beginning, an average middle, and an action packed dino ending. But even with the special effects (and no one can deny just how awsome they are), it kinda sucked, not litrally, a kind of small sucking, like it's good but a part of you wants more. No wait, that sounds kinky. No matter what, you're bound to see this movie sooner or later, just like you did Jurassic Park, cuz it'll be everywhere, and just when you think it's all over, it comes out on video, and there'll be more hype to celebrate it's video release, and then after that, it's off to the T.V. and suddenly everyone's interested in dinosaurs again. The books better, if you have alot of time on your hand, go read the book and compare it to the movie and see how different it is, cuz it IS different (ok ok, I haven't actually read the book, but who cares). ***1/2 Backtop

The Fifth Element: Wowee, great special effects! This is about....umm...the fifth element! Turns out all these people are looking for the other four elements.The fifth element (four elements gathered together to create the fifth one: life) , Bruce Willis, the priest, this bad guy, these ugly aliens and even the president are looking for these four elements. Nah not really, they just reckon without all those elements originally in Egypt the earth is gonna end cuz of this evil planetish mold which is gonna slam right into earth (Every five thousand years, a door opens between the dimensions, one with the universe and all of its multitude of life forms, the other is an element of anti-energy waiting patiently for an opportunity to extinguish all life and light). I love the interior of the hotel, it's blue! I love the stewardess's uniform, it's blue! I love the secretary's hair, it's blue! And the ultimate blue: this singing creature that's totally blue (blood and guts) with the background being blue Earth (And Pamela's going "Will shut up about the blue?). Actually I can't remember, I was off in my own little world. The film has a light sense of humour also (look out for the guy who screams like a girl). ***1/2 Backtop

Dante's Peak: About a man trying to convince a little town that their volcano is about to blow. The beginning and all is kind of like Twister, Mr Bond has a traumatic experience in which his girlfriend was killed. The special effects are good, a bit of romance, and lots of larva. *** Backtop

Romeo and Juliet: "Two households both alike in dignity in Fair Verona where we lay our scene from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean from forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star cross'd lovers take their life." You can either love or hate this movie, and I'm one of the few that hate it. Old english and modern day society don't mix. The only thing that I liked were the hawaiin shirts. I really recommend seeing this movie if you have a thing for romance (****) but if you're not into lovey dovey stuff, then forget it. An overall score of 2 (**) stars (to each his own). Too early seen unknown, and er....known too late. * Backtop

Scream: errrr...no, if you're a bit of a wuss then yeah, maybe a little bit of screaming but overall it's not scary whatsoever. I went to see this movie thinking it was a comedy (everyone thought it was funny), well whoops!!! A thriller and action movie about a murderer dressed up as Death (??) running around with a mobile phone (??) and killing people. Lots of red cordial. I personally don't like it. ** Backtop

Jackie Chan's First Strike: Let's face it, you don't go to movies like this expecting a good plot. Guns, fights, men in black suits and err... koalas. Although I was paying full attention to the movie I could not work out the complete plot, and the typical "damsel in distress" was really annoying me with her loud screams of helplessness. Not one of Mr Chan's best films. *** A really good site to visit that's dedicated to Jackie Chan and this movie is Jackie Chan's First Strike. It features Jackie Chan's chronology, the movie, and also has a simple game you can play that is based on his underwater scenes. *** Backtop

Mars Attacks: typical stuff, aliens come to earth, earth people welcome aliens, aliens attack earth, earth people scream and run around a bit, eventually aliens die and Tom Jones starts singing on a tropical island. **** Backtop

The Frighteners: THE BEST MOVIE I'VE SEEN THIS YEAR. About some gruesome inexplicable murders and the finger's pointing at Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) a psychic swindler with dead buddies. This movie is sooo funny and is filled with some surprises. Especially with the inspector who is really weird. You definately should see it. ***** Backtop

Beavis and Butthead Do America : If you're a fan of B&B then you'll "like" this movie. To me it was ok considering it was free but it wasn't very funny (yeah those few hundreds who did laugh are all idiots). Overall this movie sucks like nothing has sucked before. * Backtop

Fierce Creatures: funny and entertaining but not the sequel to A Fish Called Wanda. *** Backtop


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