You know what? I just realized that I confused this movie with “say anything”, go read that review, because that’s the movie I was thinking of. Now I can’t remember what the hell Say Anything was about. Oh well, I guess I’ll just leave the review as it is… it’s generic enough.
Surpisingly well crafted and executed.
But from where? This was like half a movie searching for a plot. It was fun to watch at times, but it didn’t really seem that the characters believed in the idea. Also, once again, a character does something really stupid (bringing your son along on a tresspass?) to move the plot along.
This will surely go down as one of the all-time worst movies ever made. It looks like it was made by a couple high-school flunkies for show on public access cable or something. If you actually saw this, I’m sorry.
The series went downhill quick. Richard Pryor just didn’t fit the bill as a “computer genius”. After seeing this, I asked myself “why?” I never received an answer.
More fun. The superman part wasn’t quite as good as in the original, but the villains were first-rate.
Just darn good clean fun. Gee whiz!
Your average “high-school misfits find a cause and a sense of identity with a misfit teacher” movie. Why wasn’t my high school this much fun? I guess I should have slacked-off more.
This was just a fun, silly movie. I guess it’s worth seeing once. It’s hardly high art, but what can I say? What ever happened to Kerri Green?
I only saw the last third of this, while exercising at the gym… It was so bad it was shocking! Can cardboard act? nope.
I’m not sure how you would categorize this movie… perhaps docu-drama? A camel refuses to suckle her newborn calf, and after trying all kinds of things the camel ranchers decide to perform a musical “love your calf” ceremony. It’s happy, it’s sad, and it’s almost unbelievable, but yet, so true you have to believe it. With characters like “Dude” the boy and “Botok” the camel, how can you go wrong? Oh, did I mention that it all takes place in Mongolia? I’m not sure if it’s inner or outer Mongolia, or if that even matters… but it is an interesting look into a not-so-idealized portrayal of life in the Gobi desert. I was thinking, these people could just as well be living in eastern Oregon. People are the same everywhere.
Few movies creep me out. This one almost did, and I think that was due to the directing more than anything. Some of the scenes were quite well filmed. As for the plot? It was your typical “everyday man becomes obsessed with something he can’t understand”. It reminded me of ‘Close Encounters….” actually. I wish they had alluded to the climax of the movie a little more. I guessed the ending anyway, but I think it would have been better if Kevin Bacon’s friends had more of a dark side & if we got subtle glimpses into that side of their characters. After all, those characters were crucial to the outcome of the movie, and we barely got to know them.
Another funny movie with Bill Murray. I don’t remember what exactly was so funny about it… just go see it and laugh a few times.
I thought this was a really cool movie. Juliette Lewis in her heyday… In any case, I was always sad that this movie didn’t “do” as well as it should have. I can’t really pick out any single thing that impressed me with the movie. Maybe they just did a good job showing how the “invention” integrated itself into society, and how it became a problem for the obsessed.
Great movie, eh? If you see this movie and don’t laugh your ass off, you are indeed dull..
I saw this when the Town & country theaters opened up a few blocks from my house. I think I was about 12 years old then. They had free movies for about a month to draw people in. I didn’t really get the whole plot… I remember being confused… but I do remember that I liked it. Robert Redford can say a lot with his eyes (no I’m not attracted to him!)
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On the outside? A little “trainspotter” goes to live in a small New Jersey town. There, he’s befriended by a hot dog salesman and a woman who’s lost her child. On the inside? I’m still not entirely sure what this movie was about, but it was very watchable.
A peek into the bizarro-world that is North Korea. I can’t believe that “The General” as he’s called blew-off the big event because he had more important thigs to do. Like what? Geez, what a jerk.
By the time this came out, I was 13 and much more “aware” so to speak. It still totally blew me away. Thanks George!
My 10-year-old mind could barely keep up with this movie. I just remember standing in line at Woodfield mall in Schaumburg, IL to go see it when it first came out. The line wrapped all the way around the theater. The movie itself was just like a blur – candy for my overactive imagination.
What can I say? The ultimate classic movie. I was 7 when it came out – the perfect age. This movie probably changed my life, it told me that dreaming and imagining were not only OK, but wonderful.
It all makes sense now. All is right with everything. Am I a moron because I actually got choked-up at the end of this movie? Or, was it really that good? or was I just sorry to see the franchise come to a close? This movie was so well-done, it made the two other prequels better… it made the whole series better, and actually complete. Despite all that, I still think it could have been better… the directing could have been better, and the whole action scene at the start was a chaotic mess. Plus, I wish they’d spent even more time with the Emporer convincing Annakin the dark side wasn’t evil, just misunderstood… and that good and evil just depended on what side you were on. I also wish when Annakin figured out the emporer was the Sith lord, that the emporer would have asked Annakin, “So, what crime have I committed for which you’ll turn me in? Is it a crime to follow one’s calling?”. Anyway, it was a good movie.
First, I should say that no matter how critical I might sound in the coming sentences, I enjoyed this movie & felt I got my money’s worth. (Now for the criticism) Clones could have been so much better. The movie had a very “rushed” feel to it. Even the slow parts were cut way too fast. There wasn’t any time for the viewer to feel the emotions of the characters (or try to figure out the complicated plot – who’s bad & who’s good?). This “rushed feel” messed up what could have been some really good scenes too. The “Annakin & his Mom scene” happened way too quickly with an inadequete setup, and that was supposed to be a pivitol character-changing scene. Another scene which bugged me was near the beginning, when Annakin goes from praising Obi-Wan to cursing him way too quickly. It would have been better if he’d said nice things but been muted about it, like he didn’t really mean any of it. The love story fares a little better, but even it is rushed. Also, there are few “mood setting” scenes – like in the original, remember the shot of Luke & the twin sunset with some forlorn music? – that scene said a lot even though there weren’t any words. Many things in clones are over-spoken, when they could have been better said with images. Instead, the images are just eye-candy (very good eye-candy, but candy nonetheless). Also, the score seemed to be completely absent during the action sequences – compare the flying-through-the-asteroid-field sequence in “Clones” with the similar sequence in “Empire”. Still, like I said earlier, the movie did look neat & I plan to view it again in order to see what I missed – there was so much happening on the screen that I couldn’t process it all in one sitting.