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The Merchant of Venice (2004)
Horrid performance from Al Pacino.
Unfortunately, Al Pacino ruined this movie. Where was the director when Al gave this self-indulgent, over-the-top performance? Not since Scent of a Woman has Pacino been such a grade A ham. Everyone else was perfect. Since Shylock is a major character, that didn't matter. All those great performances were overshadowed and wasted. Why do people worship Al Pacino as if he can do no wrong? Beats me.
I was glad to see Allan Corduner, who just doesn't work often enough. I think he would have made an excellent lead. Maybe next time.
I have written ten lines and still this site tells me I have to write ten lines. Okay, let's see...my soda was good.
Paparazzi (2004)
Oh, why oh why can't we rate a movie zero?
I've heard about movies that were so awful that the entire audience laughed, but I've never actually been to one until today. This movie was so awful that we couldn't walk out; we were laughing too hard.
At one point my friend asked if I thought there was any chance one of the actors would actually suck a rat's behind. If only someone had, it would have improved this lame piece of garbage.
Hmmm...I have to provide at least ten lines of comments now in order to be posted? That's new. Okay, let's see, what else can I say? We went to dinner after and I had a delightful cashew chicken salad sandwich. My friend had a turkey club on wheat.
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Yes, they should have left him alone!
Jerky camera movements to create a false sense of urgency may fool you into believing, for a moment, that there is something about this movie that isn't completely predictable. That feeling won't last long, as you realize you know every single thing that is going to happen, and that you know it within the first 30 minutes. There is one brief exception, with the death of a minor character, but even that is foreshadowed a few minutes before it happens.
They did cut the trailers so that the death of someone I considered to be a highlight of the first movie is not known before you see the movie, but, again, it's obvious that it will happen very soon after the movie starts.
Good action, great direction and set design. Too bad the plot couldn't be more original.
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)
What a boring mess!
I was really looking forward to this movie and was excited that I won passes for it. I just got back from the screening. It was difficult to sit through the movie--it was horribly boring! I think Lindsay Lohan is very talented, but this script had no humor for her to work with.
The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
I wanted to love this movie
Oh, how I tried to love this movie. I was so emotionally invested in Project Greenlight, and although the directors seemed like idiots, they weren't evil idiots.
It turned out to be an okay movie, which is almost worse than being awful. There were a few laughs, but for the most part I didn't care about the characters in the movie nearly as much as the "characters" in Project Greenlight, and that is the problem that I have with it. If someone has to see Project Greenlight in order to care about the movie, then the movie failed.
Runaway Jury (2003)
If you liked Dustin Hoffman as Tootsie, you'll love him in this!
As Grisham adaptations for the screen go, this was actually not bad. Very entertaining, and Gene Hackman was fantastic. The problem I had with the movie was Dustin Hoffman's performance. Not since Kevin Costner in JFK has a southern accent come and gone so many times, and when Dustin was using the accent, his voice was so high he sounded like Tootsie. It was so distracting I found myself chuckling a few times at inappropriate moments.
Bringing Down the House (2003)
The worst movie of the year so soon?
What a waste of some great talent! Steve Martin, Queen Latifah and Eugene Levy in a movie and not one laugh. I admit I had a twinge of a smirk when Levy said, "You got me straight trippin, boo." but since I had already been treated to that line a minimum of 25 times in the trailer, it lost any humor it may have had. Normally my complaint about comedies is that the trailer shows all the punchlines; in this movie there were no punchlines to give away.
25th Hour (2002)
Fantastic movie!
I really don't understand the negative word-of-mouth I've heard about this movie. I'm not a huge Spike Lee fan, and my friends who are didn't care for the movie, so I went in thinking that if I was bored after the first 20 minutes I'd sneak into another movie.
The only thing I wish Spike had done differently was what has become known as the bathroom rant. I thought having the mirror image speak instead of Monty was too "cute" for the scene, and it took me out of the movie for a moment.
Edward Norton was fantastic, but I'd like to see Brian Cox get more recognition. His monologue at the end of the film had me in tears. It wasn't because Monty was going to jail, but the sound of his father not wanting to give up that was so emotional.
Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)
If only I could give this a rating higher than 10!
What a great movie! I was surprised at how good the performances were, which proved to me that it was The Funk Brothers that were responsible for those hits. Warning: This movie will make you crave Motown. I have a pretty good collection, but I still found myself at the store picking up more.
Abandon (2002)
My only regret is that there is no "0" on the voter scale.
Easily one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I only stayed for the end to find out why the other two people in the theater stayed for the end.
If you've seen the trailer, you know who did it. Stay home, or go see Igby Goes Down instead.