To many, this is a classic 50’s sci-fi movie… an actual good 50’s sci-fi movie. It stands out only next to the abysmal competition from the 50’s. It’s OK, but pretty straightforward. I have a hard time taking any old sci-fi movie very seriously, they all look so corny.
Category Archives: Reviews
The Fly II
This movie is the definition of average. Not great, not horrible, just blah. It had some neat special effects… ok writing, a passable story… I dunno. Worth a watch if you really liked “the fly” and are dying to know what happens next. (update – I just saw this again, and the end was corny and cliche)
The Fly (remake)
The remake with Jeff Goldblum. Sure I liked it. Unfortunately, Jeff Goldblum liked it so much that he’s portrayed the same character in every movie since. Poor guy. I did like him in this movie, but enough is enough!
Flowers in the Attic
Strange film… The solution was so simple, yet so hard to do… just walk downstairs.
The Flintstones
Once every few months, Hollywood produces a really terrible movie. A few years ago this movie came out, thus assuring the continuation of the tradition.
Fletch Lives
Chevy chase cashing in… can you blame him? It was actually a decent film, although it didn’t have any originality going for it.
Fletch
One of Chevy Chase’s best movies. I really can’t think of much to say about it though…
Fists of Fury
Bruce Lee’s first real movie (not counting those made when he was a little kid). I wasn’t too impressed with it actually – there wasn’t a whole lot of action, and the action was the best part. Throughout the first half of the movie, Bruce won’t even fight! I guess that’s supposed to make his rage at the end all the more real. I think this would have been better if it started out “years earlier” with flashbacks of Bruce taking on multitudes of crazed kung-fu thugs. That way, we’d better understand why he wouldn’t fight now. (Plus it would satisfy my needs as a bloodthirsty moviegoer).
The Fisher King
Someday, I want to try rubbing my bare butt on a grass lawn in the middle of the night. It does look like it’d feel great. Of course I liked this movie… it felt great too. I can’t think of a Terry Gilliam movie that I didn’t like… or love.
A Fish Called Wanda
Great movie. John Cleese isn’t always great in movies, but when the character is right, he’s perfect. This movie’s got a great assemblage of wacky characters, they each have massive flaws which are covered by the other characters. As a team, they can get things done… or totally screw things up. Whatever.
First Knight
Not bad… I almost forgot about this movie. It does have another unbelievable may-december romance in it (way too many these days), but given the time period in question, it does make sense.
First Blood (Rambo)
I haven’t seen this in a long time, and I can barely remember what exactly transpired. I guess that means that it really wasn’t that great. At the time it came out though, it was state-of-the-art – there weren’t many movies like this. Now, they go straight to video every week.
The Firm
I just didn’t believe the premise. (Hmmm, wasn’t there a porn movie called “The Firm”?)
Finding Forrester
And you thought the writing on this web site was good? Forrester is an old man who wrote one amazing book when he was young & later became a recluse. He magically meets up with a young writer-prodigy from “the hood”, and they help eachother. In the end everybody is happy, blah blah blah. It’s funny that if one makes a movie about a good writer, one needs to have good writing in it. During the parts where someone is reading aloud, the music drowns out the dialog… I guess the writers of this movie weren’t up to the task. If you liked Good Will Hunting, you’d like this movie… then again, you won’t really need to see it.
Fight Club
The first rule of Fight Club is nobody reviews Fight Club. Who are the people watching it? Your co-workers, your friends, your neighbors… All looking for some kind of real experience in this otherwise plastic life.
The Fifth Element
Whatever you think about this movie, you’d have to agree (even if you’re a woman) that Mila whatsherface is a babe. The plot of this movie didn’t make a whole lot of sense, but it was fun to watch (and not just cause of Mila). The effects were cool and some of the characters were interesting enough to hold my interest. It was just a bit of eye candy. (PS: I just saw this again… I think I liked it more on a second viewing. There was one odd plot thing though, what are the odds that Mila would fall in BW’s cab, with all the crazy traffic zooming around – he just happens to be the same person the government later hires to help with the same problem? – way too coincidental)
Fierce Creatures
I saw this movie in Pattaya, Thailand in a crummy hotel room. I was totally sick and unable to go golfing with my friends. So, I stayed inside almost all day in a half-conscious daze. The TV didn’t really come in very well, there was an annoying flashing horizontal line across the middle of the tiny screen. The speakers buzzed loudly in unison with the flashing line. I could barely hear the movie, but I watched it anyway. It seemed to be OK… a lot like “a fish called wanda” (go figure), but not quite as good. I’m not entirely sure what the plot even was.
Field of Dreams
Kevin Costner does baseball… again. (or was this his first baseball thing?) Anyway, I never really understood the supposed “magical” quality of baseball. It’s just a game. It’s not even a good metaphor for anything. I think this movie was more about the power of mass hypnosis and mind control than anything. I wonder if people still visit the actual farm field that was used in the film…
F/X
This would have been a really good 2-part episode of some TV show, but I wasn’t too impressed with it as a movie. I never liked movies where the “hero” knows exactly what’s going to happen in the next scene. Let’s see, I’m going to be trapped in a hallway with a gun-wielding thug… I better bring my portable mirror with me…
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
About as much fun as you can have in Chicago on a sunny weekday afternoon.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
A couple guys go to Las Vegas, do tons of drugs, trash hotel rooms, get in and out of trouble, and leave. If this sounds cool, then you’ll like this movie. I can’t imagine that a movie with this plot and script could have been done any better. It’s based on a book which I never read, so I can’t compare it to anything. it was a nice escape for a little while… now I feel like I don’t have to ‘do way too many drugs and go to Las Vegas’, I can just watch this movie instead.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Damn good movie. Most of these movies really lose their appeal after you reach a certain age, this one is still very “watchable” for me. Sean Penn put in the best performance of his life in this movie (well, maybe that’s a bit extreme, but he was darn funny).
Fargo
If you’re from rural Minnesota, I have news from you – you DO talk like that. Everyone I meet from MN says this movie picks on them unfairly “we don’t talk like that”, they say. They oughta take a step back and listen sometime. As for the movie, I liked the way the hero was just a regular gal, and for that matter, everyone in the movie was just darn regular.
Far From Heaven
If somebody had made a movie about homosexuality & interracial romance in 1958, it would have looked a lot like this one (it probably wouldn’t have been as good though). Everything from the dialog to the music is straight from upper-class proto-suburban 1950-something. It’s the kind of movie that transports the viewer to another place, time & civic sense. That’s what movies are for, aren’t they?
Far and Away
I enjoyed it, especially the way it took many wrong turns for the “happy ending” to unfold. I wasn’t even bothered by Tom Cruise.
Farenelli: What happens to those vienna boys when they grow up without their hormones attached? This is a story of one of them. He’s loved for his voice, but has trouble being happy because… well… you know. What a bum deal. Anyway, the singing was done by two singers – a man and a woman who’s voices were “morphed” together. The result is rather bizarre, but I think it fits the character. Farenelli was bizarre. It doesn’t matter if the voice sounds fake, I think it fits even better because of it.