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post #271 of 601
9/29/03 at 12:20am
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post #272 of 601
9/29/03 at 5:28am
Updated with Daddy Day Care. Its attempt at humor mostly comes from tired jokes and recycled situations on role reversal. Some coming from the kid actors still work but Eddie Murphy barely delivers the laughs himself. For the most part though, this laffer does not get a passing grade.

~Edwin ô¿ô
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post #273 of 601
9/30/03 at 5:23am
Updated with James Foley's Confidence.

~Edwin ô¿ô
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post #274 of 601
9/30/03 at 9:28pm
Added two upcoming flicks, one a bit better than I expected (School of Rock) and one a bit less than I expected (Kill Bill: Volume 1.)

Either way, both movies earn out of 5 on my scale.
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post #275 of 601
9/30/03 at 10:30pm
Still, a strong rating for Kill Bill. Glad it turned out solid.
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post #276 of 601
10/1/03 at 7:51am
I finally saw some of the 2003 movies I'd been wanting to see for a while. My list now has (in order of how much I liked them): Finding Nemo, X2, Identity, and Dreamcatcher.

In non-2003 movies, I recently saw Abre Los Ojos, The Frighteners, and Walking on Water, all for the first time.
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post #277 of 601
10/1/03 at 9:01am
Shanghai Knights
3.5 of 10
Except for Chan's stunts this film is mostly just dull.

A Mighty Wind
7.5 of 10
The weakest of Guest's films but the music is very good and these actors still know how to have fun with their characters, especially Fred Willard



I also caught Narc 8.5 of 10 which was officially a 2002 Oscar release, but played in JAN/FEB for most of us. Great acting by the two leads. A powerful police procedural film with an interesting angle on the characters.
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post #278 of 601
10/1/03 at 6:11pm
Updated my list with Matchstick Men and Under the Tuscan Sun, both seen last Friday, both a slight dissapointment (both 75%).
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post #279 of 601
10/2/03 at 5:34am
Updated with Sophia Coppola's Lost In Translation - an easily recognizable sophomore effort.

~Edwin ô¿ô
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post #280 of 601
10/2/03 at 9:52am
A Mighty Wind - Not a lot going on plotwise; even for a "let's get the band back together" pic its pretty slim. But its mostly funny and enjoyable to see the actors having such a good time with their characters. B
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post #281 of 601
10/5/03 at 8:45am
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post #282 of 601
10/6/03 at 8:53am
Updated with Bubba Ho-Tep *** 1/2

DJ
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post #283 of 601
10/8/03 at 2:39am
Added the surprisingly entertaining Out of Time and into my retro batch goes a bunch of crappy old horror movies (see the October Scary Movie Challenge thread!) and the supremely satisfying 1941 flick The Devil and Daniel Webster. Really good film there and a fantastic DVD from those Criterion fellas.
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post #284 of 601
10/8/03 at 9:59am
Identity: It has your basic solid horror setup of stranding 10 people together in a remote hotel with a killer on the loose. Nice cast with John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet. It all moves along nicely with a fair amount of suspense and tension. But it trips up when it tries to explain the events in a way that made the movie completely meaningless and ridiculous to me. Count me in the "the ending of Identity doesn't work" crowd. C+
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post #285 of 601
10/8/03 at 9:34pm
Updated with a couple of theater movies in The Rundown and Out of Time both earning out of . I would rate Out of Time higher, sorta along with a solid grade of a B+ with Rock's movie getting a B.

Also updated with a bunch of Netflix movies and buys, the latest being a nice surpise with A Mighty Wind . Also viewed is the Classic The Adventures of Robin Hood which is highly recommended for any film buff's collection.


Raymond
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post #286 of 601
10/9/03 at 9:03am
Added Willard with no scares, suspense or tension, the movie doesn't really have much going for it other than the pleasure of watching R. Lee Ermey browbeat Crispin Glover. Rather than make Willard an evil genius commander of ratkind or a shy, downtrodden hero, the movie shoots for somewhere in the middle and comes out much blander than you would expect. C+
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post #287 of 601
10/9/03 at 9:34am
Updated with two movies on their way out soon:

Runaway Jury (3.5 out of 5) and Elf (4 out of 5)...though the Ferrell flick may get bumped up once I see it again.
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post #288 of 601
10/9/03 at 12:40pm
Surprised by the Elf rating, the trailer played with Matchstick Men the other day and I thought it looked awful.
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post #289 of 601
10/10/03 at 5:32am
Updated with Peter Mullan's The Magdalene Sisters.

~Edwin
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post #290 of 601
10/10/03 at 4:11pm
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post #291 of 601
10/10/03 at 4:19pm
Updated with the ultra-super-fun Kill Bill: Vol. 1(****½/*****).
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post #292 of 601
10/11/03 at 1:53am
Updated with Thirteen which I thought did a great job of capturing peer pressure/the need for acceptance and the rather scary proposition (speaking both as a parent and remembering these times in my own life) that no matter how good a job you do as a parent, kids are human beings who will make bad decisions. Also, this is easily the most effective horror movie I've seen this year because the thought of my daughter in a peek-a-boo g-string scares the bejeezus out of me.

On a stylistic note, I thought this would have been a great technicolor, beautifully scored Douglas Sirk-style melodrama rather than just another Sundance Indie grainy handheld affair.

This definitely has some unintentional comedy as it goes on to hit the level of ESPN Playmakers "everything AND the kitchen sink" approach. B+
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post #293 of 601
10/11/03 at 5:28pm
updated with the wonderfully asian influenced "Lost in Translation" a beautiful, minimalist study about the importance and necessity of friendship.

Adam
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post #294 of 601
10/11/03 at 8:18pm
Updated with Quentin Tarantino's wild and visually realized Kill Bill: Volume 1.

Next Up: A possible early sneek peak of Runaway Jury.

~Edwin ô¿ô
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post #295 of 601
10/11/03 at 9:51pm
Updated with six movies I've seen in the past few weeks:
  • Bollywood/Hollywood has a potentially entertaining story, but makes so many wrong moves, not the least of which is failing to subtitle the songs.
  • Cabin Fever isn't the great "spam in a can" horror movie the trailers promised, but it's a serviceable thriller, though (like many in its genre), it's too self-aware for its own good. ½
  • The Other Side Of The Bed was part of the Sundance Film Series, and is a nice enough Spanish-language musical, featuring Paz Vega looking sexy as usual. ¾
  • I was warned not to mention this one by name, since Miramax hasn't finished their hackwork, but which features Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi, Maggie Cheung, and Tony Leung and is fantastic. ½
  • Anything Else is just not funny. ¾
  • Kill Bill Volume 1 is a hoot and a half. Forget things like plot and character; this is a loving tribute to the pure melodrama, style, and beauty of well-choreographed action of the Hong Kong/Japan "fight movie". That a break was inserted is arbitrary, but the point where it happens and way it's done are satisfying. ½
...and also got all the shorts from the Boston Film Festival in there. Look for even the ones I liked a lot to be ignored in favor of lesser films come Academy Awards time (except, maybe, "The Vest").

Missed the Boston Underground Film Festival, but, hey, the Boston Fantastic Film Festival starts on Friday. A week without a Film Festival is like a week without sunshine.
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post #296 of 601
10/12/03 at 3:04pm
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post #297 of 601
10/12/03 at 5:06pm
Updated with a preview screening of Bubba Ho-Tep (opens in Cambridge on Friday). I say it's some kind of a classic, although I'm not sure what kind yet. I will say that it's exceptionally well-made for a B-movie with something like three sets, and that Bruce Campbell gives the performance of his career (one of the few times I really remember him acting as opposed to saying his lines in a charismatic way). It's not a horror movie, not really, or just a comedy, though those are what it's promoted as. It's smart, unique, clever, and a whole lot of fun. Hopefully it'll play near you, and if not, hopefully the DVD will be loaded (especially since it's apparently a labor of love). ½
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post #298 of 601
10/12/03 at 7:25pm
Updated with 2 2003 releases, one seen in theaters and the other via Netflix.

Kill Bill Volume 1 1/2 out of
Italian Job, The out of

And a first time viewed movie in

Wicker Man, The

Next up : Mystic River

Raymond
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post #299 of 601
10/12/03 at 9:19pm
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post #300 of 601
10/13/03 at 4:28pm
Been out sick. Sliding in with my notice of seeing Kiww Biww..rates a like-it-lot while awaiting the other half to resolve it to either a dude or simply a eh, not bad.
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