What is it with these English movies? Everything is going along just fine, and then wham! they smack the otter, and it’s all just dreadfully sad. It’s not that I think every movie needs a hollywood ending, but could they just be a tad nicer to our feelings? Yes, of course I liked it and all…
This movie didn’t try too hard, and as a result, really worked. There were times when I was watching this, where I was looking for the cliche… and I was delightfully surprised not to find it. In many ways this movie was like an updated version of Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Damn Rednecks.
It wasn’t as bad as I had expected. So, is the absence of a negative automatically a positive? Not really. There were things to like about this movie (the special effects and the lack of sexual innuendo), but the story was just a little weak. It was almost like just going to Mars wasn’t enough… there had to be something, why not ancient aliens? I think it would have been better if the whole alien subplot continued through the entire movie. Instead, the end of the movie had nothing to do with the first 4/5ths. I did like the music during the scene where they’re looking for the leak – it was freaky and unique.
Completely ridiculous. They’re making a sequel? If there is a God, I hope he hears me pray that I never have to see the sequel. If I do end up seeing it, I’ll want a refund on my prayer.
I want Kathy Bates to be my deranged ex-lover.
There is no Santa Claus. Parents just made him up so little kids would be good for a month or so leading up to Christmas. Also, it totally gives them a power trip – knowing that they’ve totally fooled their kids. I think the whole thing is darn cruel.
For some reason, this movie reminded me of L.A. Confidential. That’s a good thing though, because both were excellent cop-conspiricy dramas. The concept of this movie was really neat. Although, I considered it more fantasy than sci-fi. I really liked the rich, detailed futuristic cinemetography / set design / environment stuff. It made the movie feel very authentic. It’s really interesting to see how Spielberg’s directorial style has changed with time. It’s still really good, but very different than his earlier style. Nice to see that he doesn’t just repeat his old tricks.
I didn’t want to like this movie – the main plot line seemed kind of cliché. Though I suppose the ending was original. The thing that drew me in was the script & acting. I’m usually especially critical of “big name” stars, but heck, they did a good job.
I think I saw this, but I’m not sure. In any event, it was a silly disney kids movie. I can safely say that much without even being sure I saw the movie.
This movie deserves a cult following. fagabeefe?
This movie was dismissed too quickly by too many people. Is there a backdoor entrance to the American dream? I thought that both Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh put in terrific performances. There were lots of quirky little scenes in this movie that made it extra special.
Honestly, it’s been so long since I’ve seen this… I have virtually no idea what to say about it.
More of the same stuff. Not enough surprises or plot twists – it was way too straight-forward. Believe it or not, it was better than I thought it would be – I thought it would totally suck poop, but it was watchable.
Mindless fun. The only problem is that now the conspiracy theorists who really believe in the “real life men in black” will be laughed at. Nobody is going to take them seriously after this movie. They must feel so betrayed.
Someday, hollywood will officially beat WWII to death. I think if you watched every WWII movie back-to-back-to-back, it would probably last longer than the war did. So many of them are just like this one – a mediocore story about kids thrust into an extrodinary circumstance. Sure, it’s a decent movie, but considering the subject matter, you’d have to work to make it a really bad film.
The first half-hour of this movie had real promise, and there were some funny little bits scattered throughout… but, there was no glue to hold the mess together. That’s what the story was – a complete mess. A lot of this movie made absolutely no sense whatsoever, instead it relied on stuff like “a guy with a chicken stuck up his ass” for entertainment. Yes sir, millions of years of evolution, 5000 years of civilization, and it’s produced this.
Really well done. The movie is about a guy who has no ability to form new memories. He gets wrapped-up in a complicated plot where he’s trying to exact revenge on the person who killed his wife, but is really being used by those around him. The writing and editing/direction of the movie was first rate. Most significantly, the movie is presented in “reverse time”, which was a great way of helping the audience identify with the main character… possibly the only way.
The only problem? if this man has no ability to remember things, how does he know he has “this condition”, or that he’s in the revenge business (he’s not looking at his tatoos every few seconds). I think he’d be a lot less-functional in real life, but then we wouldn’t have much of a movie would we? Well, that’s really nit-picking… go see this.
Have you ever just watched a movie on fast-forward, stopping every so often to catch up on the plot? I’ve done that… not with this movie, but this would be a good candidate for the method. Sean Connery looks for a cure for cancer in the jungle, ho hum.
See review for “The Longest Yard”… except this is soccer… and slightly better.
I think this was based on Stephen King book. Why do they keep making his books into movies? almost all of them suck (the movies, not the books… I’ve never read any of his books, it’s just not my thing) The machines come alive! look out!
Despite the fact the movie tries way to hard to be really really epic (especially near the end – everything is soooo dramatic – by the time Trinity bites it, I was just thinking, come on! get it over with already!) I did like this movie. However, I was wondering about one thing… if the people can fly from Zion to the surface of the planet, why do the machines have to drill through anything to reach Zion?
I had the feeling they made the “true reality of the Matrix” so complicated that nobody could really understand it… instead, all the moviegoers just nod their heads and say, “oh ya… that’s so deep.”. Huh? Some of the action scenes go on too long, but the middle of this movie – the parts with the keymaker & such – were really good. The whole thing actually started to feel like an alternate reality… it was so deep.
I hear they’re making a couple sequels to this at the same time. I’m sure they’ll make tons of money. yes, it was a neat stylish movie, I liked it. I was happy that they took plenty of time to explain exactly what the matrix was. I’ve seen too many movies that leave that kind of stuff hanging because they figure people won’t understand it anyway.
It’s a Man’s movie, dammit. Men, ships, guns, rogues, botany… botany? Well, they are British after all. It’s filled with a lot of predicable action and acting, but still a lot of fun to watch.