hippiegal Reviews

Die Another Day (2002)

This movie was an utter piece of junk-I LOVED IT!

[8/10 · 28 November 2002]

Might contain Spoilers



First off I watch( and love) Bond movies for their camp value. They're cartoonish, illogical and just plain silly. So when watching Bond flicks they go into two categories- 1.They work 2. They don't work

Which boils down to movies that are a guilty pleasure. Or movies that just make you want to rip your eyeballs out after watching them. Die Another Day is a fun, guilty pleasure. It works.

While watching this movie it feels they have taken scenes and bits from multiple Bond movies and sewn them together. I don't know if it's because of Bond 40th (movie) anniversary. Or if the screen writers just ran out of ideas. Maybe a bit of both. So all through the movie I kept on thinking,"Okay that scene from Dr.No, that scene from Living Daylights, that scene reminds me of The Spy who loved Me," You get the drift. The Q branch scene offers a trip down memory lane of gadgets past. There are lots of subtle jokes for Bond fans that will go over the heads of people who got dragged to the film. (Such as my husband) Die Another Day starts off with a spectacular hovercraft chase in Korea. Much like the World is Not Enough the rest of the movie can't hold up with the exciting opening. Anyway Bond gets caught and tortured. Madonna's song is annoying on the radio, but works as a background song for torture sequence. Bond is released(looking like a 70's rock star) and recovers. The first 45 minutes have a dark tone that works very well. Once Bond heads to Cuba the movie starts it's usual comic book feel. Over the course of the film it becomes more or less straight forward camp. The bad guy headquarters that look like Epcot center and a cross between the McDonald's arches and a spider. The whole DNA subplot with a Korean man turning himself into a weenie British guy. Bond running around Iceland in just a turtleneck. But Pierce Brosnan looks like he's having so much fun in this movie. It makes the pure silliness of the movie work better than it probably should.

So overall Die Another Day won't win any Oscars, but it's a good escapist movie. It's a good two hours to keep your mind off finals or the stress of the holidays. Hopefully here's to 40 more years of Bond flicks.

I Spy (2002)

Cute, likable movie

[6/10 · 9 November 2002]

This movie pretty much has nothing to do with the original 60's series. After watching what Hollywood has done with the Avengers and the Wild, Wild West this is most likely a blessing on the part of the classic TV show. Anyway this movie pretty much is the typical standard buddy cop movie mixed in with the standard spy movie. Eddie Murphy hams it up as a very annoying boxing champion recruited to help Owen Wilson find a invisible jet.(Shades of wonder woman anyone?) So of course mayhem follows right after them. Owen Wilson is very enjoyable as the clumsy spy just trying to get his job done. His performance gives the movie sort of a charming feeling that saves it from being a jumbled farce. Overall this movie won't win any Oscars, but it's a nice film for a Saturday afternoon at the movies.

The Green Slime (1968)

The monsters are cool

[2/10 · 15 August 2002]

Some worthless trivia to bestow. This is the very first movie ever to be shown on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Boy when you watch it you can see why. This movie screams to be made fun of. I know other people have made list reviews. Well, here's another one. It's more or less general thoughts on the movie.

-very wooden acting. Robert Horton and Richard Jackel seem to be having a contest going on about who's the stiffer actor. The guys in the monsters suits are more lively than these guys.

-Oh the monsters. I like these guys. They look like something that was designed by eight year olds. Assuming that was the target audience. For rubber Japanese monsters I thought they were fairly cool. Of course I'm a sucker for goofy aliens. They move awfully slow to be scary though.

-All the sets look like cardboard. Who knows, maybe they are.

-All the models seem as if they were made out of clearance sale craft supplies. The wires they were on even look cheap.

-the title song ROCKS! I've had it stuck in my head for the past few days. Imagine the looks I get in Wal-Mart buying milk singing "The green sliiiiimmmmmme. The green slliiiimmmeeeee." I need to find a copy of that song. It's better than the whole movie.

Funny, goofy B movie. Yet another I recommend for a 'bad movie night.'

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

Fun movie

[8/10 · 9 August 2002]

I really enjoyed this movie. Of course I'm a huge MST3K fan so it's hard not to. Basically the movie is a normal episode. Except the jokes don't come on as thick and the movie a bit classier than the standard MST3K fare. I actually like This Island Earth. True, it's slow movie. But for a 50's sci-fi flick it's pretty cerebral. The production values and special effects are very well done for the time period. When ever people want to use the cliche of the bug eyed alien monster. The mutant bugs from the movie are usually the example used. (Face it they look really cool.)But it's still worthy of the bad film treatment. Having less jokes they made up in quality than for quantity. Half the jokes on the average episode tank. But most of the smart aleck remarks are mega-funny. I highly recommend this movie to bad movie lovers and sci-fi nuts. Of course those folks are already into MST3K. Fun, fun, fun flick for a vintage science fiction night or for a good laugh.

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989)

This movie is hysterical!

[2/10 · 9 August 2002]

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There's a weird feeling while watching this movie. It plays and feels like a spoof of bad 80's horror flicks(a.k.a. students bodies). Yet it's the real deal. CHUD 2 is the sort of movie you have to see just to believe with your own eyes how bad it is. Three teenagers kidnap a corpse from a disease center. He comes back to life(kinda), gets some stylish digs and starts munching on people. Once you become a CHUD you sport Halloween make up and develop bad teeth. I've never seen the fist CHUD movie so I can't make a statement on how valid that is compared to the first. Of course it's Halloween night so take a wild guess what happens from there. I don't know who's more entertaining to watch Gerrit Graham, Robert Vaughn or the poodle. Gerrit Graham is a delight to watch. Bud is a living cartoon character. He's a zombie monster, but he's likable and entertaining. It helps that Gerrit Graham looks like a real cartoon character who has come to life. ( or is it afterlife?)Robert Vaughn eats up so much scenery in this movie he probably should have gone on a diet after it was done filming. The General character spurts some of the most mind numbing dialogue I can think of. It's worst watching for the over the top acting. Yes even for Robert Vaughn it's over the top acting. Then we have the poodle. How could anybody not laugh at a movie with a ZOMBIE POODLE!The campfest meter goes off the scale. If some one's looking for a bad movie to poke fun of or need a good laugh. Then I highly recommend this movie. It's a good example why low budget teen horror flicks vanished for a while. As a horror movie -5 As a camp comedy 10

Joe's Apartment (1996)

How can you not like a movie with singing cockroaches?

[6/10 · 7 August 2002]

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This is actually a cute movie. Joe is a Iowa college Grad who's moved to the big, bad, dirty city. By sheer fate he gets to move into a dump that he calls home. Where he has to live with thousands of sassy cockroaches. Jerry O'Connell(sp?) very likable in this movie. No matter what happens to Joe you root for him. Lily is also one of the most likable love interest characters you'll find in a mid 90's 'gen X' flicks. Her caring for both gardening and the community is nice to see in a character. Call me warped but I thought Robert Vaughn playing a cross dressing Senator was funny. But the roaches steal the show. They sing,the dance, they watch TV,you name it. In terms of musicals I'd rather watch this over Evita any day. To be forewarned this isn't a happy feel good comedy. This movie has one of the most pessimistic views on city living you'll find in a comedy. The gross out humor can be pretty tacky as well. ( Of course this is a movie about cockroaches.)

Overall a likable low budget movie.

Attack of the Eye Creatures (1967 TV Movie)

Awful, yet in a funny way

[1/10 · 3 August 2002]

I confess I love 50's & 60's B flicks. But I think in some ways the ones from the 60's were way more out there in both concept and sheer silliness. Take this movie. The monsters look like bad Halloween costumes falling apart. The goofs are too much to list. It looks like it was filmed in someone's back yard. It seems more effort was used to make the actress' hair stand a foot in the air than the entire monster costume budget. ( I love 60's hair by the way.)But it's funny in a super campy, cutsy way. Unlike most vintage B-flicks which can be boring through out much of the duration. Eye creatures has sort of a Ed Wood-esque level of entertainment. I highly recommend it to someone who loves old campy horror movies. But not to someone who doesn't know how to laugh at a movie such as this one.

By the way this is one of my all time favorite MST300 episodes.

Robot Monster (1953)

bad, bad, bad, but funny bad

[10/10 · 3 August 2002]

Okay this may not be the worst movie ever, but it's cheapest. When I was in high school I used to take long, extensive walks all over Columbia MO. I would see parks, leveled lots, so forth and so on. I'd often joke to myself I could use a lot of the scenery in my home town and junk in my parents garage to make a cheap B movie. In a weird way Robot Monster has that feeling. The 'robot monster' is a gorilla suit with what looks like a scuba helmet. His communications device looks like a bunch of my little brother's toys put together. The stock footage almost seems out of place. The acting is bad even for a 50's B movie. But guess what?

It's very, very entertaining.

I just love it.

Robot Monster a bad movie. But yet it's way more entertaining than most of the bug budget stuff Hollywood pumps out. If you want campy laughs his is THE movie to see. It's funny even without watching the MST3k version.

Men in Black II (2002)

Okay sequel

[5/10 · 24 July 2002]

I'd be repeating what just about everybody else has said that this movie not as good as the first one. But there are good things about it. The special effects are well done. Rick Baker's aliens are full of creativity.( not that Rick Baker could ever produce schlock from his imagination) I loved the pug and the worm guys. They were enjoyable comic relief. But the movie lacks the charm and humor of the first. Lara Flynn Boyle and Johny Knowville are just not compelling as bad guys. I thought the whole plot about "the light" was rather muddled. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones did a good job with what the script gave them. In a way this movie proves if you have a great movie that doesn't need a sequel, just leave it that way.

PS I wish Tommy Lee Jones were my postman.

Scooby-Doo (2002)

Cute and fun movie

[9/10 · 20 June 2002]

Okay I really, really liked this movie. But I am a cartoon fanatic so that must be put in mind. I felt the movie for the most part captured the feeling of the original episodes of the show. It was creepy in a silly way that kids enjoy. The movie overall is entertaining and is much better than I figured it would be. But let's be honest, even though Scooby-Doo is amazing popular it's always been a guilty pleasure for many people. So keeping the movie with a tongue-in-check feeling made it work well. I thought the special effects were well done. Matthew Lillard was perfect casting as Shaggy. He was born to play the part. Linda Cordellini was also great as Velma. Growing up almost every girl I knew worshiped Velma because she was one of the only girls on TV(live action or cartoon)- who looked like a real female. She stays very faithful to the character which I'm grateful. Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Geller I don't know about. I felt the could have been more faithful to the characters. Freddie Prinze LOOKS like Fred, but anyway. Overall a cute movie. Almost all the kids at the screening left the theater saying nothing but wonderful things about the movie. Which since the movie aimed at kids means more about it reaching it's target audience than movie critics feeling's on it.

Fun, fun movie for kids and cartoon nuts who are kids at heart.

P.S. The monsters were cool.

Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Movie you will adore or hate

[5/10 · 20 June 2002]

I have very mixed feelings about this movie. The elements that work, they work wonderfully. The aspects that don't work, well, oh brother.

Things that work

-Nicole Kidman-she steals the show with her classic beauty, charm, charisma and sheer star power. She was perfect casting.

-The sets- The sets were beautiful. You can tell a lot of work was put in these stunning sets. They're wonderful eye candy.

_The costumes- I wanted to design costumes for plays when I was young.So I was impressed with the outfits. Heck if I was twenty pounds thinner I would use similar dresses for Halloween.

_Ewan Mcgregor -Even though through the whole movie all he does is act lovesick and pout. For people who only know him as Obi-Wan it shows his wide range of talent.

Bad things about the movie

_The music-There's just something wrong about using Nirvana and madonna songs for 19th century France. It's just tacky. It's almost as if Baz Luhrman thinks that modern audiences won't tolerate showtunes so top 40 hits must be used. I understand his logic on using modern music, but it almost insulting for musical lovers.

-The love story- I watched this after having a massive fight with my finance so maybe I was too cynical. But it's so phony and Disney-esque. But how could anybody not be cynical about falling in love in three seconds over a Elton John song?

-the shrieking- how come all through out the first half on the movie every character was to shriek and yell their lines? I found it very annoying.

On a another note Is it just me or does Nicole Kidman seems to beautiful and active for someone who is dying? Also doesn't the Duke look amazingly like David Spade?

Over all a very mixed bag. I'm a musical fan and I wasn't sure what to make of it. From reading the reviews people adore or just don't get it. I'm in the middle.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

The closest thing you'll ever see to a perfect movie

[10/10 · 17 May 2002]

This is the first time in years I've seen a movie and been amazed from the start to finish. Excellent acting, scenery, special effects, costumes, direction, writing make a wonderfully charming movie. It's so easy to feel that one is apart of unique fantasy world. The characters were perfectly cast. The special effects were wonderful without any cheese. The people who worked on this movie did their homework and it shows. Tolkien being a author people worship or loathe I was unsure of how this movie would do. But even people I know who hate Tolkien seem to be enchanted by this picture. To be honest after seeing a hyped up, over rated picture as Spiderman this movie brought back my faith in big budget epics. ( So I've seen it really, really late. But better late than never.)I could rave for hours, but a paragraph is enough.

My new favorite movie A++

Double Jeopardy (1999)

Stupid, yet entertaining.

[6/10 · 13 May 2002]

May contain spoilers

This is one of those movies that quite good if you ignore plot holes and things such as logic. It's pretty much a polished version of the type of movies that are rerun on the Lifetime channel. You have the evil husband/cute kid/ wronged woman/back stabbing friend and so on for stock characters. But somehow you can't stop watching. The scenery of the various locations is lovely. Ashly Judd is very likable in the this movie. A lesser actress would have made it unwatchable. You root for her no matter how corny the situation all through the film. The stunts such as the car going off the ferry and various wrecks are silly. But entertaining in their own right. Tommy Lee Jones is pretty much wasted in a watered down version of his character from "The fugitive". We all know what's going to happen in the end. But despite it's formula this is a nice fluff movie to pass the time.

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

First half enjoyable, second half stinks

[3/10 · 11 February 2002]

For years I've tried to stay away from Superman man movies because I caught the last half of it on TV on a Girl Scout trip. ( we were in a hotel in the Ozarks. I wasn't hauling a TV with a long extension cord in the woods. Though trust me at 13 I would have tried.) Being the typical comic nerd I felt compelled to watch it. All the time all sorts of people in girl scouts passed in and out of my hotel room and made a loud remark how much Superman 4 stunk. I've stayed away from the rest of the Superman movies for many years. Now many years later I'm marrying a man who's a even bigger comic book nerd than myself at 13. So I've seen just about every superhero movie ever made. Yes out all the four superman movies this one does stink. The first half of the movie is corny, but it does have the general sweetness of the first two movies. It's good to see Margo Kidder back as Lois. The film is VERY 80's, but in a warped way it's adds to the cartoonish appeal. I enjoyed Lex Luther's nephew. He's wouldn't be out of place in the Bill and Ted movies. As silly as this sounds I like The whole plot of having the cute little kid wanting Superman to get rid of nuclear arms.It is silly, but likable. Then Nuclear Man shows up and the movie goes down the toilet.

Well, okay it's not totally the character's fault. Chris Reeve's performance through out the movie you can tell he doesn't want to be there. The special effects are cheesy. No,no, calling the special effects cheesy would be a compliment. But Nuclear Man does deserve to take the blame for the awful second half. He looks like a wrestler reject, can't act, has one of the worst costumes I've ever seen. Face it when a male bad guy has a better nail job than most of the women you know and that's suppost to be scary. Well something's wrong with the movie. Overall the worst Superman movie, but it is more watchable than Batman and Robin. I guess Warner Brothers has a pattern of making four movies off major DC characters.

Captain America (1990)

HUH??

[2/10 · 12 December 2001]

As my wonderful finance wrote in his review below I'm a huge Cap. America fan. Heck I love marvel comics period. That is why I can say this is yet another example on how most marvel comics simply do not make good movies. It's could be worse in the sense it's not Batman and Robin. But I put this movie somewhere between camp and what-on-God's earth-where-they-thinking -when-they-made-this ? Things that really bugged me

1. Not staying very faithful to the comic story line. Not important for enjoying the movie. But as a comic fan it's something silly I just wanted to mention.

2.The red skull seems like he should in the Dick Tracy movie. He's not a evil, cruel Nazi. He's a smooth Itialan gangster type. One of the reasons that the red skull my favorite comic book bad guys is he's a scary guy. This red skull well, he's not all that scary.

3. For a movie called Cap.America most of the movie takes place in Italy.

4.Matt Salinger spends most of the movie seeming totally clueless. It's like he's waiting for the director to tell him what to do. Or he didn't read the script. Most likely both.

5. Kim Gillingham is so annoying as the valley girl in this movie. I just wanted to smack her all through out the film.

6.The fact that the president gets kidnapped and nobody on the planet seems to care.

7. Campy dialogue and situations. Such as the red skull's daughter's big insult to Sharon is that she'll get lines. SO! The bad thing is that I think of that stupid scene every time I put moisturizer on in the morning. Or Steve faking car sickness to steal a car. Or well, half the movie.

So the movie is garbage. But I will admit it's not the worst comic book movie ever made. Howard the Duck, Batman and Robin, the Punisher, the Fantastic Four and TV's live action Spiderman stink much worse. so it's the worst, but hardly recommended.

The Breakfast Club (1985)

dated, but likable

[6/10 · 12 December 2001]

This is one of those movies I think I would have loved in high school. But being half way done with college, I think I watched it way too late in life to fully enjoy it. The film itself is fairly boring. High school kids in detention discovering there is more to people than stereotypes. But the message of the movie is accurate. In high school you are a prisoner to your cliche. Even if you like someone as a person if they're in a different cliche high school won't let you 'hang out' more or less. I admire John Hughes for hitting the nail on the head about what high school is really like. I wish Hollywood made more movies about high school that were this honest. Great 80's music as well, I might add.

The Amazing Spider-Man (1977–1979)

Why comic books often don't work as live action.

[19 November 2001]

Okay, I admit it. I'm a geek and I read comics. Something about many comics is that they work wonderful on paper and in cartoon form. But the logic of them working as live action is hit or miss. Marvel comics in general this is very, very true of. While the incredible hulk show TV show and X-men movie turned out great. How many other marvel super heros turns in live action failed? (HMMM, Cap. America, Punisher, Fantastic four, and THIS SHOW!)This show is so cheesy you'd swear it was made in Wisconsion. Nick Hammond was waaaaay to old to play Peter Parker. (he wasn't boyishly cute enough ethier, but that's just fan girl musings.) Where's Mary Jane, Flash Thompson and many episodes Aunt May? Where's the cool bad guys? Most importantly, where's the money for the show!! The stunts and special effects are lacking. Even when I was a little kid I could tell that. One episode they have a bomb made out of egg crates. Yeah, uh-huh, we need a superhero for that. Spider sense is just light's flashing in Nick Hammond's eyes. Now his spider sense makes him psychic. What!! The scripts were pathetic and often you couldn't have a episode with out a few plotholes. But it is entertaining as camp. My finance and I watch this show and laugh our butts off. It is funny if one wants a lesson on how not to do a superhero show. I just hope the new live action movie does a heck of a lot better.

Rat Race (2001)

Funny funny movie!

[10/10 · 30 October 2001]

It's kind of funny that the two best movie I saw this summer were low budget comedies.(Jay and Silent Bob being the other one) The cast is great. They all have a chance to show their talent in this. The goofiness never lets up. The jokes come fast and furious and work!! This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. The only thing about it was I HATED the ending. I debate with myself which had a worse ending. This movie or Burton's Planet of the Apes? But recommend highly!

Howard the Duck (1986)

Why!!!???!!!

[1/10 · 29 October 2001]

I notice that this movie, Leonard 6 and Ishtar all seem to tie on people's list as the worst movies of the 80's. I guess I'm lucky because I've only seen this movie of the three. Howard is a annoying character. The movie tries to make him cute, but he's just irritating. Plus watching a guy in a duck outfit is not my idea of great cinema. The plot stinks. The puns are awful. Lea Thompson is wasted. The whole movie is just not entertaining unless one is a glutton for punishment. I used to hold the believe George Lucas was God untill I saw this on TV. The truly scary thing is this is one of my boyfriend's favorite movies. Now that is truly terrifying.

Jaws (1975)

How good acting, editing, directing and music can overcome a silly script

[6/10 · 29 October 2001]

It's a testament to Spielberg's talent that he could make a movie like Jaws into a revered classic. The plot is incredible silly. You have a ocean full of perfectly edible creatures. Yet the SUPER shark only munches on people from one particular beach in New England. Yeah,un-huh, sure.But guess what, it works. Spielberg wisely builds up the suspense. We know the shark is out there and hungry. Yet we have to use our imagination on just how scary the shark is. So the tension and suspence builds and builds as the movie progresses. The New England setting works effectively. The extras all look and act like normal people. Giving the movie a sense of believability that say a Flordia beach setting would lack. The acting is wonderful. Shaw,Scneider and Dreyfuss throw themselves completely into their roles. Even if the characters are rather one dimensional. You can almost feel their fear at the climax. John Williams music is tight, but effective. Usually when Williams scores a movie he practically has music for every scene. (Which most of the time is a good thing) But keeping it to a minimum it's builds the suspence. Recommend if nothing else so many cliches stem from this movie's success. That and Kevin Smith references it in almost all his films.

The Great Escape (1963)

What a great movie

[10/10 · 29 October 2001]

I checked this out from the library video stacks. It had Steve McQueen in it, so I figured what the heck? To my surprise this is a great movie. What a cast! Richard Attenborough, Donald Pleasence, Steve McQueen,James Coburn,James Garner, Charles Brosan and David Mccallum. Most of these guys before they got famous as well. One could spent hours creating spy and western connections between the cast. The movie builds up suspense well. You really want them to escape from that camp. Unlike most war movies, this movie actually injects some humor into it.(the moonshine scene a good example)The European scenery is beautiful. It's quite heart wrenching with the escapees get killed or sent back to camp. I'm really glad Hollywood didn't sugar coat it with a happy ending. It would have destroyed the drama. But there's two things that bother me about this movie.

1. James Coburn's aussie accent. Auuggghhhh!

2. They make the POW camp seem almost like summer camp.They even study birds for pete's sake. At girl scout camp we had cabins that looked almost identical to the ones in the film. In fact some of the camps I went to looked amazingly like the POW camp in this movie. Hmmmmm I wonder. Anyway they make it seem like a POW camp isn't really that horrible a place to be.

Overall a few flaws, but a movie that is deserving of 'classic' status.

The Tingler (1959)

Fun Movie

[9/10 · 26 October 2001]

Okay maybe this isn't a sweeping classic, but it is entertaining. The plot is moronic and this has one of the silliest monsters ever. The tingler looks like a slug puppet my little bother would make in boy scouts. Well make that pull toy. But it is a nice change to see Vincent Price play a good guy. It's worth watching this movie just to see him ham it up on a drug trip. That scene alone funnier than almost half the comedies in the theater. The rest of the film is loaded with William Castle's stock characters.(the catty wife, the sweet young brunette, ect) But the scene with the deal/mute wife living nightmare is very effective. The black and white accent the shadowy look. With the red blood dripping is actually creepy. The last twenty minutes with the tingler in the theater is classic camp. It's reminds me of the Blob. Which done something similar. Expect in the Tingler the movie watchers seem unaware of a large rubber bug,sorry ,monster jiggling around. Then the movie stops for Vincent Price to warn us to scream for our lives. Great campy 50's horror fun for all.

The Wedding Singer (1998)

sweet movie, even if the 80's weren't THAT tacky

[9/10 · 23 October 2001]

I love this movie. It's one of the few romantic comedies that work. Simply because you really want Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore to get together. They have such wonderful chemistry together. Plus the characters they play are so likable. My respect for Adam Sandler stems from this movie. Not very many male comedians can show enough versatility to do a romantic movie. Plus I love 80's music. Highly recommend to all.

Batman & Robin (1997)

When good money is wasted on a bad film

[2/10 · 23 October 2001]

There are two ways to look at this movie. One is a camp fest trying to be faithful to the 60's Batman. Or that Warner Brothers really missed the mark on this one. Making a movie that neither comic book fans( geeks such as myself) and causal movie fans could enjoy. Things that bother me about this movie

-Posion Ivy doesn't really do anything bad. She's not a villian Batman has to stop to save Gotham. She's an annoying flirt.

-George Cloony just seems to waltz through his turn as Batman. It's as if he's not even trying to get the essence of the dark knight character.

-the sets totally overwhelm the actors. Plus the guady colors schemes are annoying.

-Mr. Freeze is just too jolly to be a bad guy.

-too many characters suffocate the film.

-the infamous bat butt shots.

-this is silly to mention, but Batgirl's a redhead in the comics. (I'm a redhead so I had to mention that)

-the unneccasry subplots

The thing that really gets me is how this movie cost 100 million. I would think that Warner Brothers would have polished the script some before giving that large a sum of money. Now the 60's Batman was campy. But at the same time faithful to the typical comic book stories of the time period. This movie is a good example on how Hollywood blindly spends enough money to feed a third world country on a less the fantastic movie.

Meteor (1979)

Pretty dull

[2/10 · 23 October 2001]

I have to admit, I love 70's disaster movies. They wallow in so much camp,cheese and sheer tackiness that they're fun. . But Meteor isn't really campy or entertaining. It's really pretty boring. The special effects are laughable. No literally, I laughed up strawberry yogurt all over my boyfriend's couch at the sight of the meteor. Or make that old bread or rock or what ever that was. The great cast give apathetic performances. "Why am I here" seem to be going through their heads. Not that I blame these great actors one moment. Martin Landau's over acting is pain full to watch. The climax is not exciting. There just seems to be no suspense built up in the movie. Over all, not a bad movie. But just a very boring one.