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this be an action western . james steart lead an all star cast in the scenic northwest and which be film in great splendor . the scenery and costume be great . there be action and adventure . stewart play a wealthy cattleman who run afoul of a crooked government in the old nothwest . the main drawback be the stereotypical cynic that hollywood have always make into a hero . even when this movie be make and the cynic be the stereotypical hero and and the one stewart portray really have few save grace . he be kind to his two partner and and that do give him an extra dimension of credibility and likability . however and he be so piggish to everyone else and it be hard to really care for him and or to accept him . he be much like the one dimensional spaghetti western character ( cut not that bad ) . still and the minor character be quite enjoyable . walter brennan and royal dano and harry morgan and and others make this worth watch . | 0neg
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this be the bad sequel on the face of the world of movie . once again it doesn not make since . the killer still kill for fun . but this time he be kill people that be make a movie about what happen in the first movie . which mean that it be the stupid movie ever . don not watch this . if you value the one precious hour during this movie then do not watch it . you will want to ask the director and the person beside you what make him make it . because it just doesn not combine the original make of horror and action and and crime . don not let your child watch this . teenager and young child or young adult and this movie have that sorta impact upon people . | 0neg
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ah and channel 5 of local mexican t. v. everyday and at 2 represent00 a. m. they air horror movie from the 70 to early 2000 . it be return to cabin by the lake the movie that air yesterday . i regret for watch it . the original cabin by the lake be a regularly popular low budgeter and it be good accept . the problem be that this sequel be horrible and not even unintentionally funny and try to imitate the original . ugh . the plot be really stupid in all the sense of the word . the movie at some point look like a soap opera because of it absurd dialog and cinematography and and direction . my advice be represent avoid this one at all cost . it a movie that it shouldn not be watch by anyone . not even for lover of mediocre film making . you have be warn . | 0neg
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preposterous sequel stretch credibility to a great degree a diabolical sociopath stanley kaldwell return this time infiltrate the movie production of the novel he write for the garden drownings and assume the identity of a second unit director he murder . film poke gleeful fun at hollywood and with a tongue in cheek script take shot at tyrannical director who sleep with their actress ( . look for a way up the ladder ) and dislike anyone challenge them for complete spotlight . brian krause and who i think be dreadful and overact to the point where the satire felt incredibly force and portray the loud and temperamental director who doesn not like the fact that his second unit director and screenplay writer and alison ( . play by dahlia salem ) seem to be take over the production . andrew moxham be paul parson and who be the brother of a victim from the first film . the film dark humor this time take the idea of a serial killer actually operate a director of a movie set and exploit it for all it worth . nelson again ably slide back into his psycho role without any difficulty and with stanley as clever a ever and use his brain to commandeer a film production and kill whoever he have to in order to maintain full control of his work and let no one stand in his way . that be until alison realizes who stanley really be . alison be the type of ambitious writer who want to capture the essence of her subject . what motivate stanley to kill and why would he do such a thing and and what lead such a man down this dark path . the humor of alison actually work with that very man be also part of the satire at the heart of this dark comedy thriller . of course and you get the inevitable showdown between alison and stanley and with a really ridiculous and unbelievable conclusion regard the killer fate ( . quite a hard pill to swallow ) . unlike the first film and which be photograph with sophisticated polish and director po chih leong us unnecessary technique which be not need ( . such a shoot an all kind of weird angle and slow motion in a sepia color and and several instance which be capture on video ) and rather annoy instead of impress . this sequel and to me and just wasn not on target as much a the original and with a lot of the humor less effective and more obvious . | 0neg
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return to cabin by the lake just . be lack . it must have have a very low budget because a fair amount of the movie must have be film with a regular video camera . so and within the same scene you will have some movie quality camera shot and simple video camera shot . it make for a very odd blend . i think they should have find some way to not do the home video type effect . i think it worthwhile to see it if you have see the original cbtl because then you can compare and see the difference . but if you haven not see the original cbtl . you will never want to see it if you see this one first . it will probably seem way too cheesy and turn you off from even care about the original one . | 0neg
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this movie be make for tv and so take that into account and i be not go to rip into it as hard a i would a feature film . the script be sub par and but it do succeed in be mildly humorous in spot and whether it mean to be or not . the acting be mostly over the top and but that be true for many low budget movie . the aspect of this movie that i really hat and though and be that 90 95 % of it be shoot on film and but in random place and there will be 5 10 second where the footage be shoot on video . you can tell because there be less contrast and the color be less vivid and and the footage be clearly 30 frame per second instead of film 24 frame per second . i be not sure if maybe these scene have to be shoot later and at that time they do not have the money to shoot on film ( i assume this be why and anyway ) and but it be disorient and really make the film look shoddy than it have to look . anyway and i have definitely see bad movie and but i definitely wouldn not say that i enjoy this movie and i can not recommend that anyone see it . | 0neg
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if you be plan to see this movie and please reconsider . i do not usually post my comment about something i have see on television and but this one be such a waste of my life that i need to do something productive to get that bad taste out of my mouth . critique this movie would take far too long a there be so many thing wrong with it . i will just simply say and please do not ever see this movie . it be a complete waste of my time and it will be a waste of yours . anyone that write a positive review of this movie be one of two thing while utterly inept and or work for the company that produce it . again and i guarantee that you will indeed regret see this movie . | 0neg
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i saw this on the sci fi channel . it come on right after the first one . for some reason this movie keep me interested . i do not know why and stop asking . spoiler okay . it be cheesy how this guy get involve with the making of the movie . in the first movie and he have a reason to kill people and but in this sequal and half of the killing or attempt killing be basicly for no reason . stanley kill the director due to creative difference and he capture the co writer due to creative difference and but what be the deal with try to kill off the cast . no cast and no movie . he want it to look real when they die . if this be suppose to be such a high budget movie and use the special effect and man . of course like the first one and the captured girl get away and and stanley end up get mess up and and dissapears . woooooow ( sarcasm ) . this movie have potential . and the sad thing of all . the really sad part . i would watch a cabin by the lake 3. only because i like judd nelson and and he the only good part about this sequal . | 0neg
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i watch cabin by the lake this afternoon on usa . consider this movie be make for tv be be interest enough to watch the sequel . so and i tune in for the air this evening and be extremely disappointed . i know i wouldn not like the movie and but i be not expect to be perplex by the use of dv ( digital video ) . the movie would have be tolerable if it wasn not for these juxtaposed digital shot that seem to come from nowhere . i expect the plot line to be tie in with these shot and but there seem to be no logical explanation . ( warn represent the follow maybe a spoiler . ) the open end in cabin by the lake be acceptable and but the open end on the sequel be ridiculous . i can only foresee return of return to the cabin by the lake be watch able be if the movie be show up against nothing and but infomercial at 4 oclock in the morning . | 0neg
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possible spoilerreturn to cabin by the lake be a useless movie . the acting be not good and the plot wasn not even remotely interest . cabin by the lake be a good tv movie . the sequel be not . judd nelson be very good in the first film and put a whole lot more into his character than in this . it seem a if he wasn not even interested in do the sequel . his acting be good but it could have be well . i really do not want to comment on the rest of the cast because in my opinion and theyre not even worth mention . but i will do it . the character of alison isn not even hardly show in the first part of the film . all of a sudden she the center of attention next to stanley caldwell . the role do not make sense and it should have be think out a little good . dahlia salem be absolutely terrible . her acting be way below decent and the casting people should have look for somebody else and anybody else . the director and mike and be a confusing character . he seem to have a purpose for be there but it do not seem like his death be necessary . the act for this role be good and nothing great but good than salem . the plot be real lousy if you think about it . stanley and who be presume dead and make his way onto the set of cabin by the lake and the movie base on his script . he stumble upon the director and in a short time and the director be dead and stanley be run the show . yeah and out of nowhere the crew be just go to let this stranger come into the picture and finish the film not know anything about him . there some killing and not a whole lot and and the one that be show be ridiculous . one of the actress on the set get electrocute while film a scene . another character get chew up by a motorboat . and one get tangle up in a plant before drown . these writer must have be hard up for excitement . i just have to say that i be not impress with the filming of the movie . the way that it keep change from look low budget back to normal start to become irritating very fast . also and the new cabin by the lake be poorly create . we aren not show it but only in a few scene and and the whole thing with the chain in the basement be useless . it work in the first film only because we be show the room a lot more and but it do not work in this one . there be too many character in this sequel . all of them except for a few have no reason to be there . the acting of what little be show be really bad and . they just do not have a purpose in this movie . all in all and return to cabin by the lake be a sequel pick up from where the first leave off . cabin by the lake i can take but this be just not impressive . judd nelson should have avoid this one and so should you . it nothing like the first and it go entirely too slow . nothing happen in the first hour and it continue to drag on for the second . not to mention that the writing be horrible . put this on only if you need some help get to sleep . so and we see that stanley defies death and be still alive and well . by the way he talk and it sound like there could be a possible third installment to a movie good just by itself . quit throw in sequel and we may be alright . ( do the film maker not realize that they show u how they film the lake scene from the first one . they be all do in a tank . never and never reveal the secret of film . ) . | 0neg
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a decent sequel and but do not pack the punch of the original . a murderous screenwriter ( judd nelson ) assume new identity in order to direct his own novel cabin by the lake . still ruthless kill and but movie seem very tongue in cheek . any humor be not of the funny kind . total project seem to have the quality of a quickie and at time nelson be way over the top . this movie be about a script be rewrite before go to the screen . this should have happen to this script . | 0neg
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return to cabin by the lake do not and in any way and stand up to the original . with only one main character ( stanley ) return for the sequal and the film be not even worth the 2 hour of your time . i be a huge fan of the first film and the story line and acting be really good and but this be one movie that i will never again watch . it be basically equal to what the sequals to urban legend and blair witch be like and but with much bad act . i have personally see well act in soap opera and it be so pitiful that you just have to laugh . i and in no way and recommend this movie to anyone and watch it will just detract from the first . | 0neg
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i think hedy burress ( who manage to escape from the watery grave of part one ) be go to be in part 2 guess not . i just think they should of kill her off like in friday the 13th part 2 ( you know what i mean ) . this movie like scream 3 and and urban legend 2 follow movie within a movie . this be pure crap . the whole movie within a movie crap . bad stay away . | 0neg
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viewer gush over everything include the title sequence ( now that be funny ) would have u believe this be some sort of cinematic miracle and but and trust me folk and this be one of the most embarrassingly bad film you could ever see and and if youre not laugh at it five minute in and i would say you have lose your sense of humor . david niven play a doomed and bravado besotted raf pilot who somehow think it appropriate to engage an impressionable ( female ) air traffic controller in an emotional conversation about love and just a he plunge to his certain and fiery death . ( isn not it romantic . ) of course and he spar by a quirk of metaphysical chance and and wash up on the beach and just a this same air traffic controller be rid by on her bicycle . ( they immediately clinch ) . look past the bizarre homo erotic subtexts and ( so over the top you really need to refer to them a supertexts and from a naked boy sit bare butt in the sand play the movie twilight zone esquire theme on his little flute and to a celestial courier so campy or queen y his makeup be cake on more thoroughly than the lady ) and the most bizarre aspect of the movie be how it weave such bad caricature of national and racial stereotype into a convoluted attempt to argue some kind of point about the universal nature and power of love . we get it fly boy like girl in skirt and heel and and girl like em back and and and apparently and all you have to do be cry a little to make it noble enough for your movie to get 10 star on imdb . a for the quality of the production and the continuity or editing be poor enough to induce cringing and and the lighting be and perhaps and even bad than that and but you hardly have time to notice because the script be so bad . there be game play with technicolor and ( whatever pass for heaven be in black and white if you can figure out the sense in that ) and and foreshadowing and ( so funny my fellow audience member who usually like movie like this actually cheer and laugh when then the doc motorcycle finally end up in a fiery wreck ) and and freeze motion and ( which be funny of all because the female lead be so poor at stand still you know the stage hand be guffaw off camera ) . the best shot be the early one on the beach and but and after that and it all downhill . the ( move like an escalator be move ) staircase be hardly the odessa step and to say the least and and i would really caution anyone from feel like they would have to see this lame attempt at movie make on their account . the movie overall be bad enough to be funny and and that about the best thing i can say for it . | 0neg
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i saw this movie recently because a friend bring it with him from nyc . after 30 minute and i say to him and you have get to be kid . be this some sort of joke . he think it be good . i tell him that i think it be probably one of the silly movie ever make . what be it suppose to be . i ask . a propaganda movie make for child . the plot be stupid . the acting be the bad ever for most of the principal and frankly people who look at this sort of tripe and think it have anything to do with life and love or even afterlife and of which it offer an incredibly idiotic view . need some psychiatric help . please and if someone try to get you to stick this in your dvd or video player and consider it like you would a virus introduce into your computer . it would not destroy your player but it will destroy your evening . if they have make razzies in the 40 and this would have win in every category . ( p . it also go under the dubious sobriquet of stairway to heaven . ) . | 0neg
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despite a decent first season this series never come close to realize it potential . set a a prequel to the original star trek series it be doom almost from the start by an executive producer and rick berman and who felt compel to artificially limit and constrict the definition of what a star trek series could be ( which make this futuristic show increasingly anachronistic from a dramatic standpoint ) . the actual show runner and brannon braga and do not help matter by his uninspired and tired rehashing of previous trek episode and careless disregard of the franchise internal mythology ( it be painfully obvious early on that he be in it only for the paycheck ) . never have i see a series that so consistently do a disservice to a cast of talented actor ( jolene blaylock except ) last so long . it be a if this entire series be produce in bubble exist outside the contemporary television landscape where the audience ( even a trekker audience ) be more demanding and sophisticated in their dramatic want and desire . unfortunately it appear a if berman and braga have succeed in convince the high ups at paramount that enterprise suffer from franchise fatigue and that it core audience be do not walk away but be drive off . produce a quality offering that live up to the high ideal and standard of it predecessor and they ( the audience ) will come . simply put and in a teevee universe where we be give show like battlestar represent galactica and the shield the power that be must give the view public a star trek that measure up and be dramatically competitive . it be just that straightforward and easy . | 0neg
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anybody who have ever be a fan of the original series and or even have a clue about the storyline should be embarrass by this series . the borg do not come around until q bring the enterprise to the gamma sector and the klingons be never see until kirk encounter them and the ncc 1701 be the first ship to carry the enterprise name . need i go on . berman and pilliar have make a mockery of gene roddenberry creation . after he die and they only saw $ $ $ $ and just go their own way . no wonder majel barrett be in every single episode of star trek until this series . i do not blame her for not be involve with this mess . poor bakula . he a great actor and a be the entire cast . i like them all and but the storyline be tragic and ignore all of the precedent set by the original series . just check the rating . i think more people watch deep space 9 ( which be untimely cancel ) . | 0neg
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okay first of all and i do not sit down to watch the premier of a star trek series to see a cowboy fly around in space . this be how a normal enterprise episode works1 archer find a nebula or something aloung the line of that and want to take a close look but it might destroy the ship . 2 he send a shuttle into the nebula and and the shuttle get damage . in all of the episode i have see and all of the problem be happen because of archer stupid mistake . oh and do you see the preview of one episode show archer and tpol kissing . i be plan to watch that episode but after that i totally give up on enterprise and turn to tv right off . come on . this be star trek . also what be with the banana slug . in one episode and hoshi have a banana slug but have to leave it behind for some stupid reason . okay fine and little dumb to bring you pet slug in space but whatever . okay that be what i think until they leave it on a desert planet . a banana slug can not leave in a desert . how dumb be these writersany way and just say if enterprise be on dont watch it . | 0neg
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while it early to say how the series will evolve and i can say that the pilot be less than i think it would be . there be still potential for the series and however . of course when i first saw voyager i think it have potential and too but be sorely disappointed . my gut tell me enterprise would not be as bad a voyager and however . a for the impression of the pilot . the pilot have some good idea and good theme . i like the introduction . the show open credit be interesting and with the progress of exploration and a fitting theme song . scott bakula be excellent in the role of captain . where it fell short for me be largely that the story lack the feel of set out on a grand adventure . the plot of the episode itself be more a generic trek story with the theme of exploration and first step towards space merely subplot and subtext . be you to edit out the reference to this be the first deep space mission and the plot would be hard to differentiate between the era of enterprise and tos or tng . the central plot do not reflect or do justice to the grand theme of the series . the plot of launch the first mission would have be grand enough without the action . instead of isolated reference to the newness of exploration and they could have be the story . get a little more nostalgic and philosophical about it ( oh and for a tv show that once again would make u think ) . make u feel the excitement of the wind and be on the sea instead of distract u with a rescue and a plethora of gunplay . there be way too much gunplay . we have the feeling more that human be the freshman in an established school . new kid on the block and a oppose to venture into a largely unknown universe . sadly and the klingons land on our doorstep instead of u find them . that meeting could have be far more historic and far more sociological . just how do two such different society interact . don not just hint about it and show it . i have to think of it more a ` trek with an akward crew and limited technology a oppose to ` the first brave step into the unknown . i want to see something new and fresher . the series promise to have a new concept but so far i haven not see this new and great concept . i will conclude with reiterate the sentiment that the series have potential . there be some interesting character . bakula be wonderful . blalock have potential . the overall theme be the most interesting since we first saw kirk in a world before apollo 11. if only future episode can do justice to this grand and wonderful theme and we will have a show which will create new legend . you shoot an arrow into the air . good luck capt . archer . to the producer represent take more risk and make u think . represent ) . | 0neg
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i be not a huge star trek fan and but i be look forward to this . i be intrigue by the pre hype description of the enterprise and it cramped submarine styling and rough edge technology compare to the trek we be use to . i do not see anything all that interest in this pilot . i find the plot to be convolute and confuse . i will admit that i do like some of the character development the depiction of the human a an adolescent specie ready to outgrow their britches be entertain . and that vulcan babe have one hell of an incredible rack . but i do not think i be go to get hook on this series . negative . | 0neg
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the early part of the film be rather enjoyable but towards the end it become trite . although turturro be an actor i generally like and his luzhin often resemble a bad rain man impression and the portrayal of the genius a a semi autistic man be annoy . overall it seem a if this film be try to hard and end up look pompous in spite of mostly fine performance . | 0neg
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a movie that attempt to be far smart than it maker be capable of produce . the movie twist and turn through miriad plot surprise at a desperate attempt to kep the audience guessing and offcourse puncture the plot with steamy scene they think would help it along . james belushi be involve in this pseudo intellectual attempt and just sleep walk through the movie . the same applies for the other actor . the plot be quite silly and tacky . whih in itelf be not such a crime and but towards the end and the tremendous plot twist get very tiresome and boring . however and the movie do manage to generate some interest in the middle . in all worth a lazy watch on a really boring day and but do not fret if you miss this one . a rather lame 4 . | 0neg
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if you can imagine mickey mouse a a new york street pimp and or john wayne a a communist spy and then you might believe pat boone a a juvenile delinquent on his uncle farm in kentucky and you could conceivably enjoy this movie . this film be so stupid that it isn not even campy for a mid 1950s sexless love story . and the problem be that hollywood make such a big deal about pat boone refusal to kiss a woman not his wife on screen before it release that the audience know he would not kiss shirley jones so you can not build any anticipation for the screen consummation of their love . it sort of like watch a western in which the cowboy do not have gun . the story be pointless . even the title song be sing with pained enthusiasm . april love belongs in the bad film bargain bin along with ishtar and plan 9 from out space . | 0neg
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i really want to like this western and be a fan of the genre and a fan of buffalo bill and wild bill hickok and and calamity jane and all of whom be in this story . add to the mix gary cooper a the lead actor and and it sound great . the trouble be . it wasn not . i find myself look at my watch just 40 minute into this and be bore to death . jean arthur character be somewhat annoying and james ellison just do not look like nor act like buffalo bill . cooper wasn not at his best and either and sound too wooden . this be several year before he hit his prime a an actor . in a nutshell and his western shot blank . head up the pas and watch another oater because most of em be far good than this one . | 0neg
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i have always admire susan sarandon for her integrity and honesty in her private life as well a her talent a an actor . i therefor find it strange that she would appear in a film that so distort that fact . her character rescue from the south pole be do by a canadian charter company from edmonton and alberta fly a canadian design and build twin otter aircraft . the trip have be turn down by the u airforce and navy and coast guard a beyond their capability . the same company stag a similar rescue a few year later to bring out a man from the south pole base . i feel that the film fairly represent a very gripping subject and document a very courageous woman face a frightening task . i fail to see why the producer would find it necessary ignore the bravery of the rescue pilot and show the rescue plane a a usaf hercules . | 0neg
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warn spoiler follow . superb recreation of the base in antarctica where the real event of the film take place . other than that and libelous . and scandalous . film in canada while presumably by a largely canadian crew and cast . i catch the last half of this film recently on global television here in canada . nothing much to say other than how thoroughly appal i be at what a blatant piece of american historical revisionist propaganda it be while and star susan sarandon of all people . i can only assume that canadian bear director roger spottiswoode be coerce to make the usaf the hero of the film when in fact the real rescuer where a small private airline base in calgary while kenn borek air . | 0neg
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ok first of all the video look like it be film in the 80 i be shock to find out it be release in 2001. secondly the plot be all over the place and right off the bat the story be confuse . have there be some brief prologue or introduction the story would have be well . also i appreciate fantasy but this film be too much . it be bizarre and badly film . the scene do not flow smoothly and the character be odd . it be hard to follow and maybe it be the translation but it be even hard to understand . i love chinese epic film but if youre look for a chinese epic fantasy film i would recommend the promise ( visually stun and the plot be interesting and good character development ) not this film . beware you will be disappoint . | 0neg
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zu warrior most definitely should have be an animated series because a a movie it like watch an old anime on acid . the movie just start out of nowhere and people just fly around fight with metal wing and other stupid weapon until this princess sacrifice herself for her lover on a cloud or something . whether this princess be a god or an angel be beyond me but soon enough this fly wind bad guy come in and kill her while the guy with the razor wing fight some other mystical god or demon or wizard thing . the plot line be either not there or extremely hard to follow you need to be insanely intelligent to get this movie . the plot soon follow this chinese mortal who be call upon by this god to fight the evil flying and princess kill bad guy and soon we have a very badly choreograph uwe boll like fight scene complete with terrible martial art on a mountain or something . even the visuals be weird some might say they be stun and colorful but i be go to say they be blurry and acid trip like ( yes that a word . ) . i watch it both dub and with subtitle and both be equally bad and hard to understand . who be i kidding i do not understand it at all . it felt like i be watch episode 30 of some 1980 anime and completely miss how the story begin or like i start read a comic series of 5 at number 4 because i have no clue how this thing start where it be go or how it would end i be lose the entire time . i can honestly say this be one of the bad film experience ever it be like watch inu yasha at episode 134 drunk . yeah that right you do not know what the hell be go on . don not waste your brain try to figure this out . | 0neg
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this be not so much film a big budget child television . as far a i can tell and the villain be a giant swarm of chocolate cover espresso bean . this theory seem to be verify by the fact that the subtitle refer to it a insomnia . when it first mention that a civilization have be wipe out by insomnia and i think wow . a nihilistic martial art film . but no such luck . although you have to consider it experimental cinema when the villain be strangle by an old man long and white eyebrow . zu warrior make exactly the same amount of sense whether the subtitle be on or off . that not a good sign . i find the special effect to be somewhere between ray harryhausen and xena represent warrior princess . primitive . | 0neg
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watch this on dvd in original language with english sub . either the subtitling be very poor or the actual dialog doesn not make much of story and give any character development . there be quite a few hk star in this but the movie doesn not need their presence to make it good or bad . it just bad . the bright and colorful scene do in cg be attractive for the sheer color and brilliance but it can get overwhelming before long . if anything this make me think of a child movie with it nonstop barrage of cg and fight scene and and crap plot . i be certain i grasp what take place in the film but the whole delivery of the story be rather lousy . | 0neg
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spielberg love the smell of sentiment in the morning . but sentiment at the expense of narrative honesty . nobody should love that . lucius shepardthe color purple take place in the deep south during the early 1900s and and tell the story of celie and nettie and two african american sister . the film open with the girl play in a field of purple flower and an idyllic haven which be promptly shatter by the appearance of their stepfather . this motif innocence interrupt by men permeate the entire film . the film then launch into a series of short sequence . celie be reveal to have be twice impregnate by her stepfather and give birth in a dirty barn and have her newborn child take away and be force to marry a local widow name albert johnson and a violent oaf who rap her repeatedly and force her to cook and clean and look after his child . all these horrific scene be give little screen time and and be instead surround by moment of pixie dust cinematography and a meddlesome symphonic score and incongruous comedy and overly exuberant camera work . the cumulative effect be like the merging of a disney cartoon and a rape movie and a jarring aesthetic which cause stanley kubrick to remark that the color purple make him so nauseate that he have to turn it off after ten minute . ten minute . he last a long time . the film be often say to deal which racism and sexism and black culture and but this be not true . alice walker and the author of the novel upon which the film be base and claim to be a bisexual but be actually a closet lesbian . her book be a lesbian fantasy and a story of female liberation and self discovery and which paint men a violent brute who stymie woman . for walker and the only way out of this maze be for woman to bond together in a kind of lesbian utopia and black sisterhood and female independence celebrate . spielberg film and however and re frame walker story through the lens of comfort american mythology . this be a film in which the salvific power of christianity overcome the natural cruelty of men . a film in which albert find himself in various ridiculous situation and moment of misplaced comedy insert to make him look like a bumbling fool . a film in which all the character be derive from racist minstrel show and the cast comprise of lecherous men ( always beam with devilish smile and toothy grin ) and stereotypical fat mammy and jazz band and gospel choir . this be a film in which black people be naturally childlike and readily and happily accept their social condition . a film in which black people be over sexed and carnal sensualist dominate by violent passion . a film in which poverty and class issue be entirely invisible ( albert live in a huge house ) and black men be completely inept . this be not the old south and this be the old south a derive from go with the wind and mgm muscals and song of the south and warner cartoon and halleluha . and ban disney movie . in other word and it the south a see by a child raise on 50 tv . it all so cartoonish and so racist in the way it reduce these human being to one dimensional ethnic stereotype and that black novelist ishmael reed famously liken it to a nazi conspiracy . of course and in typical spielberg fashion the film end with family bond be heal . this reconciliation be in walker novel and but spielberg go far by have every character in the story reconcile with their kin . beyond walker hate letter to black men and spielberg bizarre caricaturing of black life and we be show nothing of the black community . we have only the vague idea a to how any of these character make a living and no insight into how they interact with others in their community . instead and spielberg camera jump about and desperately fight for our attention ( one of celie kitchen contraption seem like it belong in a home alone movie ) and every emotion over play and the director never stop to just observe something or to allow a little bit of life to simply pass by . couple this with quincy jones ridiculously white music and and you have one of the strange film in cinema history represent an angry feminist tract film by a white jew in the style of disney and griffith and score by a black man try to emulate john williams . problematic too be the lack of white character . consider this represent the men in this film aren not portray a be rough to each other and nor do they dominate woman because they be brutalise by a racist society which reduce their manhood . no and they be cruel by nature . and the woman and whether quietly suffer like celie or rebellious and tough like her sister and persevere and survive only because the men be too stupid to destroy them . a good film would not have focus solely on the oppression of woman a it occur among the oppressed and rather and it would have show that it be societal abuse which have lead to spousal abuse and that enslave black woman be force to perform the very same task a their male counterpart ( whilst still fulfil traditional female role ) and that african american domestic violence occur largely because of economic factor and woman unable to support themselves and their child alone . and so there a hidden ideology at work here . late in the film one character tell another that since he do not respect his wife and she wind up get severely beat and imprison by white . the implication be that black need to return to their african root to restore their own dignity and that it be their fault that white unjustly crush them . ie respect one another in your poor minority community and you would not run afoul of the dominant white culture . negative a failure to confront sex and lesbianism and inappropriate musical number and countless sequence load with extraneous visual pizazz and incongruous comic business and emphatic music cue and and wildly hype emotionality and all contribute to render the color purple worthless . | 0neg
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you may consider a couple of fact in the discussion to be spoiler . i be sorry and but spielberg do not deserve to win any oscar for this piece and and i think the academy be right in that vote . ( other oscar for best actor nomination and such . that i do not know about . but it would be hard to justify and give what they be tell to do and what you see in the final product . ) the way spielberg directs this be so contrived and so meddlesome . while watch this movie a distinction make during a film a art course i have take be scream at me represent sentiment be honest emotion honestly render . sentimentality be sugary and unreal and a false view of life . this be over the top sentimentality . when in real life to two people ever begin to read out loud in synchronicity and a celie and shug avery do when sit on the bed go over the letter from nettie they have find . there be example of this type of faux behavior throughout the film represent all the men crowd around miss millie car and then jump in unison like a flock of bird take off when she go to drive away while harpo fall through the roof of various building he work on ( a cheap slapstick gag ) while the whole troop of reveler head from the jook joint en masse to the chapel and a if magically entrance by the choir singing . on and on . nothing ring true . i even wonder if harpo name be choose purposefully because it his wife sophia real name and oprah and backwards . spielberg isn not above such cuteness . it not that spielberg be incapable of honestly render action and emotion . schindler list be amazing and deeply touch for me and and i greatly admire save private ryan too for it realism and even if the story be a bit contrived . | 0neg
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this be really terrible . the only redeeming feature about this movie be that the next time people ask me what be the bad vampire movie i have ever watch and i would have a suitable reply . i think it be film on 35 mm so it be already tacky like hell . i wouldn not have bother comment but i notice some fanboys ( probably connect to the movie ) have claim that this be the best movie since the matrix . let me debunk the myth and lie . there be nothing good in the movie . everything yell tacky . the actress be ugly . the fight choreography be the bad i have ever see . the fight scene be unbelievably amateurish . imagine a girl flail her arm around in a circle helplessly and deliver weak kick which wouldn not hurt a kitten . obviously and the director just pull people off the street to give them role in the movie . i know the director do not have much budget for the movie but still good movie have be make on small budget before . unforgivable . | 0neg
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dude and really . where have you guy be the past 20 year and this be shock in all kind of way and horror . this be a joke and there be nothing wrong with be low budget and but this be a laugh and if you want to look at the classic and freak of tod browning and the victim of dracula and frankenstein and the undying monster and ernest thesiger and paul wegener the golem and the passenger of the ghost train and you can not compare it and it give it a bad name and bad acting and bad screenplay etc . total waist of money and free time and have watch a lot of movie and be a horror be my all time favorite and i really be speechless and have nothing more to say that please do not do the effort to watch something so daft and please understand . | 0neg
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well and you know the rest . this have to be the bad movie i have see in a long long time . i can only imagine that stephanie beaham have some bill to pay when take on this role . the lead role be play by ( to me ) a complete unknown and i would imagine disappear right back into obscurity right after this turkey . bruce lee lead the martial art charge in the early 70 and since then fight scene have to be either martial art base or at least brutal if use street fight technique . this movie use fast cut to show off the martial art and however and even this can not disguise the fact that the lady doesn not know how to throw a punch . an average 8 year old boy would take her apart on this showing . sorry and the only mystery on show here be how this do not win the golden raspberry for it year . | 0neg
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i be in iraq right now do a job that give plenty of time for watch movie . we also have access to plenty of pirated movie and this gem come along with 11 other movie and and this be easily the bad i have see in a long time . i have see a few other review that claim this movie doesn not take itself too seriously and but really and i think that a cover up for the fact that it horrible . it not tongue in cheek and the writer really think they be improve on the movie blade . this movie be just one notch above vampire assassin and which if you haven not see and i recommend . at least that movie be so unbelievably bad that you will laugh hard than you think possible . this be right at that cusp of no redeem quality what so ever . from the bad acting and to cliché visual ( ie open credit ) and to the adobe premier special effect . they couldn not even get blank for the gun and which may have to do with where the movie be film and but if youre go to use effect and make them close to accurate . a for the cast and it seem like they just go to a tae bo class and pick up the first not to ugly chick that walk out . once again and like ron hall in vampire assassin and do not let stunt folk act and they can not . also and the comment about this be a return of old vampire movie . no and it not . this be exactly what all new vampire movie be about . buffy the vampire slayer and blade and underworld and theyre all about some super star fight the vampire . this be the new vampire genre and with bad blood and fake scream and and cheesy over act . obviously anyone who write a good review about this be somehow connect to the movie and or friend of the cast . but what do i care and i pay 33 cent for it . anyway and to wrap this up and someone in their first semester of film school decide to make a movie and i give them credit because it good than i could do . of course i also know i can not make movie so i do not try . i do know how to watch movie though . i work 12 hour night and 6 day a week and i have see several thousand in the year i have be out here and this be so bad that half way through i be hop for a mortar attack . | 0neg
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valentine be another horror movie to add to the stalk and slash movie list ( think halloween and friday the 13th and scream and and i know what you do last summer ) . it certainly isn not as good a those movie that i have list about and but it good than most of the ripoffs that come out after the first friday the 13th film . one of those film be the 1981 canadian make my bloody valentine and which i hat alot . valentine be a good film than that one and but it not say much . the plot represent a nerdy young boy be tease and prank by a couple of his classmate at the beginning of the film . then the film move year later when those classmate be all grow up and then theyre pick off one by one . the killer be presume to be the young boy now all grow up look for revenge . but be it him . or could it be somebody else . valentine have an attractive cast which include denise richards and david boreanaz and marley shelton and jessica capshaw and and katherine heigl . they do what they can with the material they have get and but a lackluster script doesn not really do them any justice . there be some scary moment throughout and however . ( out of four ) . | 0neg
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there one line that make it worth to rent for angel fan . everyone else represent this be just a very bad horror flick . the female character be typical horror movie female . they be wooden and annoy and dumb . you be glad when they be kill off . long live the strong female character in a horror movie . | 0neg
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there be so many pun to play on the title of the spectacularly bad valentine that i do not know where to begin . i will say this though while here be a movie that make me long for the complexity of the valentine card we use to give out in elementary school . you know and the one with batman exclaim youre a super crime fight valentine . valentine be a slasher movie without the slight hint of irony and one of the few horror movie in recent year that ignore the influence of scream . the villain be omniscient and nigh invulnerable . the hero be easily scar when people run around corner and grab them by the shoulder scream heyijustleftmycoatbehind . the score be more overbear than norman bat mother . the flimsy plot follow several childhood friend and now grow up and extremely curvaceous . since the film give them nothing else to do and they stand around and wait until a masked stalker kill them one by one . this stalker appear to be former nerd jeremy melton and who be constantly reject by woman and beat by men in high school . with valentine day approach and the woman begin receive scary card foretell their doom . melton seem like the obvious suspect . only problem be and a numerous character warns and in thirteen year melton could have change his appearance to look buff and handsome . so ( insert terrify gasp here ) everyone be a suspect . here problem one . in order to have any sense of suspense while watch valentine and you have to accept a reality in which a high school nerd be capable of become david boreanaz . nerd do not turn into angel when they grow up and they turn into old and balder nerd . he not a terrible actor and but the script and by no less than four writer and give him and the rest of the cast nothing to do but scream and make out . denise richards ( the busty actress in hollywood never to star in baywatch ) be especially exploit while most shamefully in the blatant excuse to get her in a bathing suit just before a crucial suspense scene . note to self represent always bring a bathing suit to a valentine day party . just because it february doesn not mean you might not feel like take a little dip . the slasher in valentine dress in head to toe black with a cherub mask . here problem number two . the filmmaker clearly think this would be a disturbing image to have on the head of someone who whack people in the face with hot iron . plain and simple and it not . instead and it just make me wonder how a guy with a mask that cover his entire face and include his eye and ear and can move so stealthily without bump his shin on chair or table . then again and give the thing the cupid killer do and maybe he can teleport and his eye be on his hand . not only be the movie bad and it isn not even sure who the killer be while the final twist be more huh . than hah . when youre not scratch your head youre yawning and then groan and then search for the near exit . do not watch this movie . even if youre alone on valentine day and find something and anything and else to do . you will be glad you do . | 0neg
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there be no way to describe how really and really and really bad this movie be . it a shame that i actually sit through this movie and this very tiresome and predictable movie . what wrong with it . act represent there be not one performance that be even remotely close to even be sub par ( atleast they be all very pretty ) . soundtrack ( song ) represent if we get orgy on the soundtrack then everyone will know that they be watch a horror film . while soundtrack ( score ) represent okay and but anyone with a keyboard can make an okay soundtrack these day . don not even get me start on the what the hell . moment and here be a few represent killer can move at the speed of light door open actress turn and no one be there and turn back and there be something sit in front of her . while out of now where the killer show up with a power drill and a really big one . the filmmaker get point for at least plug it in and but can i really believe that the killer take the time to find the power outlet to plug it in . i feel like one of the guard at the beginning of holy grail and want to say where would you get the power drill . i could go on and on about how bad this film be but i only have 1000 word . i will give this 2 out of ten star . one star for make me laugh and another star for all the cleavage . seriously and do not waste your time with this one . | 0neg
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in an attempt to bring back the teen slasher genre that be take away by spoof like scary movie and shriek if you know what i do last friday the 13th and valentine fails . why do people like halloween . because it be original and new and go beyond anything that ever be do . why do they like scream . because at least it make sense . valentine be just a stupid slasher flick that have hardly any gore what so ever . the plot be so similar to halloween and urban legend it not funny . and the moment the killer come on screen and you know who it be and it just sssssssssssooooooooooooo predictable . the teen slasher genre be dead get over it . negative . | 0neg
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firstly and there be some good thing about this film and but it all cliche slasher stuff combine with a teen movie . in the advertising of this movie and that i have see and a large emphasis be on the fact that denise richards be in it and but she a poor actress and and not a good look a people try to make her out to be ( not that that have anything to do with the movie ) . and what with that look she give everyone . perhaps it part of the character and but like i say and the acting . still and the writing be fine . you know who it be all throughout the movie and and you can almost predict what be about to happen and but not in an irritating way . i think the book it base on be probably good and judging by the plot line and but next time i will read the book to find out rather than watch this . | 0neg
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this stalk and slash turkey manages to bring nothing new to an increasingly stale genre . a masked killer stalk young and pert girl and slaughter them in a variety of gruesome way and none of which be particularly inventive . it not scary and it not clever and and it not funny . so what be the point of it . | 0neg
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valentine be a horrible movie . this be what i thought of it representacting represent very bad . katherine heigl can not act . the other weren not much well . story represent the story be okay and but it could have be more developed . this movie have the potential to be a great movie and but it fail . music represent yes and some of the music be pretty cool . originality represent not very original . the name ` paige prescott recognize prescott . bottom line represent don not see valentine . it a really stupid movie . negative . | 0neg
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this movie be rent by a friend . her choice be normally good . i read the cover first and be expect a good movie . although itwas a horror movie . which i do not prefer . but no horror come to mind while watch the movie . it be a dull and not very entertaining movie . the appearance of denise richardswas again a pleasure for the eye . but that it . we ( the four of u ) be a little bit disappointed . but feel free to see this movie andjudge it yourself . | 0neg
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the good represent i like this movie because it be the first horror movie i have see in a long time that actually scar me . the act wasn not too bad and and the cupid killer be believable and disturb . the bad represent the story line and plot of this movie be incredibly weak . there just wasn not much to it . the way the killer kill his victim be very horrifying and disgust . i do not recommend this movie to anyone who can not handle gore . overall represent a good scare and but a bad story . out of . | 0neg
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it plain to see why the maker of scary movie find it so easy to spoof these teen slasher movie . they be so unbelievably formulaic . and if valentine have be release a year or so early and i be sure they would have be spoof this film too that if they find any actual original material to distinguish it from the scream and i know what you do last summer and and urban legend . valentine offer nothing new to this genre and except a good than usual end which and of course and leave lot of room for the inevitable sequel . a always and a masked psychotic killer stalk a bunch of beautiful young woman and kill the main character friend and one by one and in typically over the top style . lot of t and a on display and no character development and bad acting and and overly elaborate bloodshed . the thing i can not stand about these kind of movie be that they pass themselves off a who do it . the thing be that they aren not because the motive be only revealed once the killer have unmask and and tell the main character who friends have now all be murder . usually something that be never make at all clear during the film anyway ( eg . main character mother uncle fishing partner kick his friend father dog ) . everybody still leave alive throughout the film be a uspect and but they be more red herring than suspect . a we all know at this point the main character manage an implausible escape and kill the unmasked psycho killer after the motive be reveal . valentine follow this formula almost to the letter . spoiler . ( mini spoiler anyway ) in valentine the motive be not reveal and but more and leave for you to think about give that the film do not quite conclude in the typical teen slash way . the issue be only part resolve and and the goal of the lead killer may or may not have be fulfil by survive the bloodshed and kill almost everybody . will the killer want more and or be the demon truly vanquish . this still do not make valentine a good film and instead it simply save it from be as bad a usual and which still doesn not count for much . to anybody thinking of make another film along these line and please do not . originality be so important and and it hard to see any originality come out of this genre . | 0neg
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spoiler spoiler be all teen slasher flick suffer from a drought of originality . it awfully seem so . first of all and this be a noble premise that could have be utilize well . a rejected young nerd who grow up and stalk and murder all the girl who torture the hell out of him when he be in junior high . can not say you have nothing to work with . but this film go through the same motion a all the other recent slasher . everything from the score to the camera angle allow u to predict exactly when a false alarm be come and exactly when the killer will strike . we know the pattern by now . these stupid slasher movie push the credibility envelope more and more by the minute . let me ask you something represent who and in their right mind and be go to surprise a friend of theirs in a dark and dreary morgue in the middle of the night and just surprise her out of the blue while she all alone and surround by corps . do that make any damn sense at all . valentine be only occasionally innovative . one good shot involve the butchering of denise richards character . she get trap inside a pool and the killer poke at her with a chainsaw . there some good song in the soundtrack and include one cool track by orgy . the music video be contain in the special feature section on the dvd . even the acting be mediocre at best . the actor all sleep through their role . of course and david boreanaz be often stoic and even in his portrayal a the title character on angel . denise richards be a fine actress and though and and she keep a stoneface throughout the movie . valentine be just like you would expect represent pretentious and implausible and forgettable and cheesy and without a good scare in sight . don not even bother . my score represent 4 ( out of 10 ) . | 0neg
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here be no effort put into valentine to prevent it from be just another teenage slasher film and a sub genre of horror film of which we have see entirely too many over the last decade or so . i have hear a lot of people complain that the film rip off several previous horror movie and include everything from halloween to prom night to carrie and and as much a i hate to be redundant and the rip off be so blatant that it be impossible not to say anything . the punch bowl over poor jeremy head early in the film be so obviously take from carrie that they may as well have just say it right in the movie ( ` hey everyone and this be the director and and the following be my carrie rip off scene . enjoy . ) . but that just a suggestion . ( spoiler ) the film be structure piece by piece exactly the same way that every other goofy teen thriller be structure . we get to know some girl briefly at the beginning and she get kill and people wonder in the old oh but that stuff only happen to other people tone and and then they start to get kill . the problem here be that the director and the writer clearly and honestly want to keep the film mysterious and suspenseful and but they have no idea how to do it . take jason and for example . here be this hopelessly arrogant guy who be so full of himself and bad with woman that he divide the check on a date accord to what each person have and and a one of the first character see in the film after the brief history lesson about how bad poor jeremy be treat and he be assume to carry some significance . besides that and and more importantly and he have the same initial a the little boy that all the girl terrorize in sixth grade and and the same initial that be sign at the bottom of all of those vicious valentine day card . it be not uncommon for the audience to be deliberately and sometimes successfully mislead by the behavior of one or more character that appear to be prime suspect and and jason be a perfect example of the effort and but not such a good example of a successful effort . sure and i thought for a while that he might very well be the killer and but that not the point . we know from early on that he be terrible with woman and which link him to the little boy at the beginning of the film and but then in the middle of the film and he appear at a party and smile flirtatiously at two of the main girl and and then give them a hateful look and walk away and disappear from the party and from the movie with no explanation . we already know he be a cardboard character and but his role in the film be so poorly think out that they just take him out altogether when they be do with him . on the positive side and the killer true identity be and in fact and make difficult to predict in at least one subtle way which be also and unfortunately and yet another rip off . early in the film and when shelley stab the killer in the leg with his own scalpel and he make no sound and suggest that the killer might be a female stay silent to prevent reveal herself a a female and rather than a male a everyone suspect . but then for the rest of the film and we just have this stolid and relentless and unstoppable killer with the emotionless mask and that gigantic butcher knife . director jamie blank ( who and with all due respect and look like he have some trouble with the girl himself in the sixth grade ) mention be influence by halloween . this be and of course and completely unnecessary and because it so obvious from how badly he plagiarize the film . the only difference between the killer in valentine and michael meyer be that michael mask be so much more effective and he do not have a problem with nosebleed . this stuff be shameless . at the end and there be a brief attempt to mislead u one more time a to who the killer be ( complete with slow and draw out ` and the killer be mask removal ) and but then we see adam nose start to bleed a he hold kate and his often reluctant girlfriend and and we know that he be the killer all along . nothing in the film hint that he might be the killer until the final act and and these unexplained nosebleed be not exactly the clever way to identify the true killer at the end of the film . valentine be not scary ( i watch it in an empty house by myself after midnight and and i have be afraid of the dark for as long a i can remember and and even i wasn not scar ) and and the character might be possible to care about if it weren not so obvious that they be just go to die . i remember be impress by the theatrical preview ( although the film be in and out of the theater faster than battlefield earth ) and but the end result be the same old thing . | 0neg
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this movie in away be super clever . it theme rhyme with every single horror movie ever make . valentine make zero attempt to be original . what be valentine anyway . it a bunch of people give each other the same lame message that be give to the same people a year earlier . there be nothing original in valentine . i only saw it once and and in that one viewing here be some of the film it rip off . 1. prom night 2. carrie 3. scream 4. any other horror movie in which somebody be kill somebody . i know there be more and but my mind be slowly turn into a puddle of silk so it couldn not grab them as fast a they come . valentine have no chance of be a good movie . how come every horror movie have to have a suprise killer and people you do not care about because their emotion take a turn every other scene . one minute a nice girl turn into an evil b ch and then she an insecure woman and and so on and son on . normally any horror movie ( in my book ) can be save by gore and once again valentine doesn not have this . it be a if they try to make it pg 13 but fail and so they leave the edit . do not see this overly inspire and rip off unless you hate yourself and and you want to die . half ( 3 ) j. leonard rollins . | 0neg
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well the reason for see it in the cinema be that it be a sneak preview and else i would never have see this terrible teenage slasher movie . i mean haven not we have enough of this yet . scream and scary movie at least do not take them self serious . the plot suck and and the acting be the bad i have see . ( only godzilla can compare and which be also the only movie that compete in be the bad i have see in the cinema with this one . ) there be so many plot hole in the story and and the girl be so alike and that you do not even now who have be kill and and who have not . ( and you do not care . ) the only of them i know in advance be denise and and she be the most talent less actress i have ever see in this bad excuse for a movie . stay a far away from this movie a possible . ( negative ) . | 0neg
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in 1955 and tobias schneerbaum disappear in the peruvian amazon . one year later he walk out of the jungle . naked . it take him 45 year to go back . supposedly and keep the river on your right be a modern cannibal tale . in reality and anyone look for some insight into cannibalism will be sadly disappointed . the first half of the movie be more like a travel log of new ginuea and mostly tout the native art . the second half relies on still photo of a peruvian cannibal tribe and but really that about it . unless of course and you be interested in home movie of a jewish wedding and or schneerbaum introduce his former male lover . i give up . big disappointment and not really a modern cannibal tale . merk . | 0neg
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so and where be the cannibal . those intrigue by the title and the real cannibal appeal of this film will be let down . instead and we be show a strange man and his re visiting of a papua new guinea village full of native and one of whom be his lover several decade prior . the man and tobias schneebaum be new york jewish a they come and somehow and this be intertwine with the documentary a he appear in his yamika in several scene . there be no real cannibal here represent only story relay by some of the native and by tobias himself . not all together a bad film . very interesting and great cinematography . schneebaum remain highly likable throughout and provide u with a fascinating glimpse into a life that be about a far remove from western civilization a one can get . it just not what it claim to be on the cover and in the plot summary . 4 out of 10 and kid . | 0neg
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well and where to begin . i guess i can start with the general complaint regard the way in which this film be market . call me ignorant for not know of schneebaum book before view the documentary that have be base off of it and decide that i have be live under some kind of a rock and but do not blame me for pick this movie up since the title and the description on the box make no note of the fact that this documentary be actually a companion to say book . yeah and i felt quite stupid after view this little flick see a how the reason a to why i sit down to watch it in the first place be to get a good serving of a modern cannibal tale . i mean and be i a fool for expect this film to actually cover most of it story on the behavior of cannibalism in jungle tribe . i certainly do not expect an hour and forty five minute of one old geezer kiss his own as by whine about every little detail of his dull and wear out life . i certainly do not expect the insipid directing and i most notably do not foresee myself laugh so hard at tobias schneebaum and all of his off put glory . schneebaum be indeed unlikable . the old man just ramble and bitch the entire film make the whole picture a personal tale of his even though he isn not even that interest a character to fill a story . oh really . he be a cannibal . ninety percent of the movie be focus on next to nothing regard schneebaum dirty past . the only time that we really get to see some cannibal action be when tobias finally break his little silent treatment about what happen to him in peru and say that he have a small piece . that it and folk . ninety minute of bull later and tobias schneebaum be a cannibal by three inch . it like call a movie the life of a true don juan only to see that the only the time the protagonist of say film do something sexual happen during college when he once play just the tip . unbelievable . the directing be and indeed and superbly ghastly a there be no flow or rhythm to the story that be be tell . alright and i understand that i do not read schneebaum volume before watch his celluloid tale of it and but i can still recognize some bad pacing and even bad edit . one minute schneebaum be talk about cruise ship and tourism and the next he go on and on about how he can not drive and then jump to talk about some dead relative or some failed and miserable saga in his life . i mean and jesus and can you at least slam his back story to the first part while follow up with some stuff cover his homosexuality and then end it off with a hearty look into his visit to peru . also represent i do not particularly care much for schneebaum insipid little quip on life and living and but i at least implore the old man to keep consistent with his ramblings . if i hear a guy talk about how he prefer life in the jungle i do not expect him to suddenly bitch and moan about want to go back home twenty minute later . absurd . another note on the directing be the random clip from the story at hand to the small little television appearance in which our hero have appear . while some might find the clip to be fancy little break from the story and the director have overuse the gimmick and break his entire film into piece by seemingly attempt to place most of the effort of tell the story on the old reel . the bottom line and here and be that tobias schneebaum be a fraud . pure and simple . i know that i haven not read the book and but i be still hold on to the argument that this film be totally useless by note that a good film must stand on it own . this documentary relies way too much on the assumption that the viewer be already an avid fan of schneebaum work and instead go on from that assumption like a supplemental disk find on a dvd . schneebaum be both arrogant and bitchy and strike a sour combination when mixed with the fact that his story be remarkably un riveting . if youre look for a solid piece on the nature of human and cannibalism and turn away because keep the river to your right be an embarrassingly hilarious self serve rant over a man who be long overdue for a straight jacket and a gag . | 0neg
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i be curious be really two film in one half of it be the sexual experimental side of lena and the other half be her curiosity with political or socialism . whatever the director intention and the two do not really mesh together . the director should have just stick with the romantic side of lena and make a separate movie for the politics . there be a bizarre mixture of political or war rally and dr. king and serious political interview and flop breast and and pubic hair . the film feel more like a fictional documentary than a movie . other than the interesting sex scene and you will be bore dry watch this film . unlike many other reviewer and i think the nude or sexual scene be overdone for what it be . if you want to see real porn and i be sure there be good choice . the pervasive nudity be a major distraction from whatever plot there be . i think the cast do a fine job however . they play their part believably . there be little of the over the topness i be so used to see in the american film during this time . | 0neg
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this film and once sensational for it forward thinking politics and depiction of free love and sexual liberation and have be reduce by time to a mere curiosity . it seem absurd now that this mostly boring little film have be ban and seize by government in many country . give how socialistic sweden eventually become and the radicalism of it politics and once controversial and appear naive and almost mainstream four decade later . and it sex scene and at one time the subject of sensational obscenity trial and look pretty tame in a modern context . nevertheless and the film and accompany documentary detail it many controversy and influence remain marginally watchable a an early reliquary of 60 youth rebellion . one part of the film that still hold up represent it self consciousness with respect to the fourth wall . every once in a while and the filmmaker film themselves make the film . the satiric playfulness of this still elicit a chuckle . | 0neg
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the plot line of no one sleep be not a bad idea and and the subject matter be of quite a bit of interest . but and throughout watch this film and we be say aloud and these filmmaker go to the trouble of find good location and the lighting be good and makeup and hair be good . why be the sound so bad . throughout the film the sound be echoy and garble and much of the dialog be unintelligible . there be some good acting in this film and and i think jim thalman be really a good actor . this story and with some of the same actor and would have be worth do a a high budget film . i just can not reiterate enough if you have a limited budget and dedicate more to good sound . sound be as much a part of a film a the image and and it worth do right . could have earn a 6 . | 0neg
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hail bollywood and men director . really this be the ultimate limit in utter sacrifice make by indian woman . view the current state of affair in india where the wife be become more vicious day by day and be very possessive about their husband the director . also can be call uncle scar ( refer movie the lion king ) come up with a very new concept on how both the kept and the wife can live together happily ever after share everything between themselves . include the spermikins . story line represent marry couple very happy but accidentally a mishap happen and wife have a miscarriage lose the foetus along with the capacity of ever become a mother . now in in india and the in law usually drive away the daughter in law if she fail to give them an heir . so the wife hit upon a major plan surrogate mother . but the scientist intervene sure artificial insemination no say the artist ( director actually ) neighbourhood will come to know that the daughter in law be barren so they be go for surrogate mother . neighbour . society . gosh the same one who watch fashion tv day and night watch girl between the age group of 14 to 40 . al in bra and panty well those neighbor suddenly take an upper hand in family planning and decision making . so the wife send away her husband to a beer bar where girl be dance on the stage all mostly uneducated and illiterate but men love such woman a they can satisfy their ego a lot . he hire the lead dancer in the pub ask her to bear his baby in exchange for money she agree she come home becomes pregnant wife and keep both co exist in the same house in the mean time the prostitute also get a taste of household life so much caring people around she miss them all and cry silently . in the mean time no one in the family come to know that the real daughter in law be roam around with a pillow beneath her petticoat . the mother or other elderly people never take her for check ups nor do they try to feel the baby movement in the womb . | 0neg
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this movie be traditional bollywood fare as far a the star power and sentimentality and love triangle of emotion . what really bother me about this movie be the maker absurd notion of surrogate mother . a whore who conceive a child with someone after have sex with the man ( of the family desire a child ) be not a surrogate mother . neither be she a good candidate for a surrogate mother . i have see indian movie and television show that make 10 to 15 year ago that dealt with this issue more intelligently . the whole concept of the movie be ridiculous and absolutely implausible . i realize that most bollywood movie aren not mean to be plausible and but they do not pretend to be either . this movie want u to emote along with the character and but this can not do with such a ridiculous and contrived conflict . i would have expect well from abbas and mustan . | 0neg
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i wonder if there be any sense of sense in this movie . it a big joke . good . it entertaining . you get to see the most stupid plot play very seriously in the form of a film . i wonder which audience group this movie be basically target to . priety ( a pro ) play a surrogate mom for a happy couple salman or rani who want a child but can not . i wonder how it would be if this drama be a real life take off from a real couple life . rani appear happy with another pretty lady in her house who have be bring in to make a child for her and salman . she care for priety and try push her husband salman to preity so they may have some romance . when will the audience get feed up of salman nakhras . though a good past time and this movie be unbearable . absurd . | 0neg
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the tv guide call this movie a mystery . what be a mystery to me be how be it possible that a culture that can produce such intricate and complex classical music and brilliant mathematician can not produce a single film that would rise above the despicable trash level this film so perfectly represent . this be bollywood at it best or bad and i honestly can not tell the difference . nauseatingly sweet and kitschy clichés on every level and story line and situation and dialog and music and choreography . to put it bluntly and you must be a retard to enjoy it . i watch it to satisfy my cultural curiosity and but there be time when i have to walk away from it and because i could not take it any more . the only redeeming quality of the movie be the exquisite beauty of the leading actress . . | 0neg
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. but the keyword here be usually . i have be know to adore movie everyone think be dumb . but in the world of b rat movie and this one be z rat . absolutely ridiculous . the thing i respect about most of my favorite b rat movie be that they do not take themselves too seriously . the maker of movie like that sort of treat the movie lightly and even if it a heavy topic . i get the impression and however and that the producer of this movie take themselves way to seriously and like they be put together a 10 star classic and complete with poor attempt at poignant line and dumb camera shot . nevertheless and despite all this and i still give it 4 out of 10 star and a i be bias towards movie like this . if youre a b rat fan and however and i would try too hard to find this one . | 0neg
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don not even ask me why i watch this . the only excuse i can come up with that i be sick with bronchitis and too weak to change the channel . positive . it too terrible for word and the movie that be and not the bronchitis . the acting be deplorable and richard grieco ham it up a a trigger happy and gun sling serial killer with a penchant for knock off cop . nick mancuso phone in a performance a the cop on his trail and nancy allen manage to put in the only sympathetic role in the entire film . the script be dismal and pepper with clichéd line and be you ready and pardner . purr richard grieco to every single one of his victim . dire . avoid . | 0neg
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the french film extension du domaine de la lutte direct by iconoclast film maker philippe harel be base on the book of the same name write by a controversial writer michel houellebecq . he have also work on this film scenario . accord to british cinema magazine sight and sound and it be also know a whatever . this film have be hail a a breath of fresh air for french cinema due to it not so common theme of sexual politics and it implication on two stupid information technology worker . the film be mar by it much too evident voice over which introduce u to the main character . this make u viewer feel a if we be watch a book that be bring read . the basic premise of problem relate to loneliness due to chronic sexual drought be fine but the film go out of hand once the hero start recount the misery face by him and his friend . instead of stick to it main topic the film veers in other direction lead to it downfall . beware representsome woman viewer might find not only the film but even it two hero a moronic misogynist . | 0neg
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two year ago and on berlin film festival we watch the amos kollek movie sue in the panorama program and with a wonderful anna thomson in the leading part . it a film about loneliness and sex and and how the one thing be compensate by the other . in the same section on the festival now we have to complain the superfluous antithesis of sue and extension du domaine de la lutte and which now try to convince u that loneliness and have no sex be one and the same problem . but unfortunately we can not sympathize with our hero ( how he be call by the story teller ) and because he be unnecessarily and incomprehensibly tire of company and himself . own fault and i be sorry . i can not understand him . not enough and the writer or director or actor want u admit to him and that it not his destroyed self consciousness or the passivity of his personality and what bring him so far and but the rotten society and it image of sexuality . yes and there be some deep insight about gender relation and but we would not follow him so far . and the point be and that there be rather any sign of reflection about his own portion to the fate and have no sex . who do not notice yet and it a quite depressing film . in the beginning and there have be some start to be more accurate in sketch the situation . at the bed store the hero speak about the hindrance buy a new bed . perhaps it too broad get up the stair and you have to stay at home half a day . this be a satire about a character and who doesn not know take the life and heart in hand and do something . the movie doesn ` t follow this path and but handle his character with helplessness . nobody believe and that our hero be able to instigate tisserand for a murder . too dull and too kind and too passive ( not to mention tisserand complex while he have an inhibition and but he couldn not be and of course and a murderer of woman . ) . to finish represent there be woman and the world and it not a device of a modern sexualize society . help you a you can and but do not follow the message and the wisdom of this movie and which announce bankruptcy to human relationship and without seize the real conflict within . | 0neg
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blank check be one of those kid movie that could have be a great suspense thriller for the kid but instead it a tired lame home alone ripoff that isn not worth a dime . quigley be a criminal who just escape from jail and get his hidden million dollar from a big score and then we meet preston a frustrated kid whose room be take over by his brother to start a business and obviously dad treat his brother well because they make money the same day he go to a kid birthday party and since his dad be a cheapo he go on little kid ride while the other kid go on roller coaster then he receive a birthday card and a check of 11 buck how cheap be this family . so he go to the bank to open an account and meet the gorgeous shea stanley be her parent mets fan . he find out he need 200 to open a account meanwhile quigley give his million to his banker friend and find out the bill be mark so he will send a lackey name juice to get the unmarked one when preston leave his bike get run over by quigley he about to write a check when he spot the cop and bolt back home his parent scold him about his bust up bike and get ground what . their kid get almost run over and they worry about a bike . so preston forge a million dollar check via his computer and come back only to be escort to the banker thinking that he juice he give preston the money but the real juice come and realize they be dupe by a kid . so preston buy a mansion under the name macintosh get a limo driver who say unfunny joke and go on a epic shopping spree then he spot shea and talk about open his account kid youre load and youre talk about open an account . we soon realize shea be actually an fbi agent track down quigley and his two other accomplice then he tell his cheapy dad he get a job work for mr macintosh and spend the day rid go karts playng vr game and hang out with his limo driver buddy then he go out on a date with shea in a fancy restaurant what a 10 year old wining and din a 20 something fbi agent . afterwards he take her to a street geyser and play around in the water mess up shea 300 dollar dress yet she take it well if this be a bit realistic she would slap him for mess up her expensive dress so quigley and the others still mad interrogate a little kid and quickly spill the bean and preston be be chase by quigley in a scene take from the original script and afterwords he be host mr macintosh birthday which be really his birthday when he discover he couldn not pay for the party he sit in his chair and dad talk to macintosh which he doesn not know it his son he talk to and talk about preston should be a real kid and have his whole childhood ahead of him and want preston to go home early what . an hour ago you be grill him about his finance . so preston ask everyone to leave and sit alone ponder when quigley and the others break in to the house to make preston pay and so he face then in a finale that rip off home alone quigley get spin around in a ball while preston be drive a go kart juice get hit in the groin and more antic ensue until the trio get preston corner and when it seem all hope be lose shea and a bunch of swat guy come to save the day and so quigley and his crew get send to jail but be there any hope for preston and shea . there be and she kiss him in the lip what . what . what . a grown woman kiss a kid in the lip . come on be she mentally disable . i mean an fbi agent who know the country law would risk her career to kiss a kid . she could get arrest on the spot . and the most creepy part of all be that isn not goodbye and she will see him in 6 or 7 year . oh dear and so he come home to his family celebrate his birthday so the moral of the story be love and respect can be buy . what be they smoke . the bottom line be that be a waste of time the moral be whack it flat a a tortilla the kid be annoy the villain be lame the comic relief isn not funny the brother be unlikable the dad be even bad the romantic subplot be creepy the plot shallow and the only save grace be the cinematography from bill pope which go on to shoot the matrix trilogy and two of the spider man film so people do not waste your money and go watch home alone instead . this have be a samuel franco review . | 0neg
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blank check be a movie that i saw on tv one day and like most movie they air on tv blank check wasn not that good . first of all no one i have ever meet have see blank check and that include people that grow up in the 90 . also blank check would not be remember in the 00s either simply due to the fact that it will be overshadow by pixar film . i wouldn not call blank check a bad film but it not really entertain either . ( or at least it isn not to anyone over the age of 6 ) blank check isn not a entertaining film because nothing about it be original . everything just make you go what haven not i see this before . blank check rip off and try to cash in on everything from richie rich to home alone ( which strangely enough both have macaulay culkin in it ) blank check isn not a bad movie and but it deserve to fade into obscurity . | 0neg
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i saw this movie once a long time ago and and i have no desire to ever see it again . this movie be about preston water and a hard lucked preteen and who always seem to be overlook by his family and who always seem to be short on cash . all this change when a bank robber run over preston bike and pass him a blank check a compensation . preston use the check to withdraw $ 1 million from the bank ( ironically and the money belong to the bank robber who give him the check ) . preston then buy a mansion and say that he work a the assistant of a mysterious and wealthy backer name mr. macintosh ( name after his computer ) . after that and he just go crazy with the money . on paper and this sound like a great idea . however and on screen and it be one of the empty movie i have ever see . for one thing and it too unbelievable . i know some part of the movie be mean to be incredible and but i draw the line at a twelve year old boy go out with a thirty year old woman and and be put in charge of a imaginary person small fortune . also and this be a shallow movie with weak acting and a predictable plot line and character who be less than memorable . the character be either cheesy and over the top and annoying and or underdeveloped . but juice be a funny character . if youre look for a good movie to watch with your family and skip this one . | 0neg
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the bad movie i have see in a while . yeah it fun to fantasize and but if that be what you be look for and i suggest you see brewsters million . this be just terrible and corny and terrible at be corny . unless you be five or like terrible movie and do not see this one . | 0neg
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blank check be easily one of the bad film of the ninety . the plot be completely pointless while it overtone of lonliness be pathetic . do you really believe a twelve year old acting a a personal assistant for a millionaire could accomplish everything in this film and like buy a mansion for a mere $ 300 grand . the notion and let alone the bargain basement price and will only be believe by the most gullible viewer . please and respect your intelligence and do not watch this awful and awful film . | 0neg
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i almost call hbo and demand my money back for the month just because they have be air this movie . i can just see the movie exec sit around go and okay and we need to come up with something that just like home alone and only we will add a bunch of cash for the kid and hire cut rate actor and and oh yeah and we will make it a lot less funny . okay and maybe not the last part and but that basically what you have get here . not even worth see if someone else rent it . and a a movie for kid . forget it . i wouldn not let my kid see this and not necessarily because of bad taste joke and but because i wouldn not want them to say and what be you think show u that lame piece of garbage and dad . | 0neg
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this movie be really goofy . i saw it a an 11 year old and and even then i think it be pretty ridiculous . i would only recommend this film to kid under the age of 12. i really do not care for it and but i do think that it answer some very good question that kid need to be aware of and such a represent 1 ) do money buy happiness . 2 ) should i lie ( to my parent ) about thing i think they wouldn not approve of . 3 ) do money buy friendship . 4 ) be money everything . 5 ) shouldn not i tell my parent when someone be try to hurt me . grant and these be very unrealistic situation and but i do think that if parent discuss these issue with their child and maybe they should watch this video as well and in order to show or scare their kid that lie have the potential to get you hurt . | 0neg
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a young boy come into a lot of money and promptly begin to live it up . unfortunately and the man whose money it really be happens to be very bad . he want his loot back . when he discover who have the buck and he begin try to get it back . he keep get foil by this little kid who be just lucky enough to keep from fall into the evil man hand . sound familiar and i will bet . very predictable and not interest at all . come up with something a bit different and ok guy . | 0neg
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bad actor and bad filming and choppy dialog and shallow character and but then again it be a bad premise in the first place . basically and an 11 year old who be bully because he have very little money be give a blank check by a moronic criminal . of course and the 11 year old happen to possess enough technology and intelligence to purchase a house and cash a check for 1 and 000 and 000 dollar and and even foil three bumble idiot and reminiscent of the three stooge . preston blake be an annoying and obnoxious and boy and who decide that and when write a blank check by a complete stranger and he will take advantage of the situation as best a he can . in other word and he wander into a bank and hand a teller a check he make in his printer and and miraculously walk out with a million buck in cash . preston be also apparently capable of reach incredible speed on his bicycle and due to the fact that a man drive a jaguar after preston and his 10 speed could not catch him and even when preston jump a row of car . of course and with every hokey adventure movie and there have to be hot heroine . in this case our hot heroine be a child molest fbi agent who date the eleven year old preston and and promise another date when he turn 17. however and the absolute bad aspect of this film be not it casting and nor it sloppy dialog and such a the only other way i could think of skin a cat be to stick a hose up it butt and then pick up the fur . it be and rather and the entire fact that nobody in the entire film seem to realize that the fbi do not give a damn about random people . what i have fail to explain be that preston use the alias macintosh to masquerade a an entrepreneur of sort . of course and the fbi find this intriguing and send our young heroine after preston and who use his 11 year old wit to first scream when lobster fall on his face and then treat her to hamburger and finish with a ridiculous romp through a cemented area where water jettison from the ground . our heroine fail to realize during this whole adventure that the criminal the fbi be pursue be slip and slide right behind the two and a they make their way to preston limousine and complete with a 1 dimensional driver who never fail to provide cheap and 3rd rate laugh that the whole family can choke on . overall represent negative be incredibly gracious for this film . i do not see how it only have a 4 . 4/10 . | 0neg
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bad plot and bad dialogue and bad acting and idiotic directing and the annoy porn groove soundtrack that run continually over the overacted script and and a crappy copy of the vhs can not be redeem by consume liquor . trust me and because i stick this turkey out to the end . it be so pathetically bad all over that i have to figure it be a fourth rate spoof of springtime for hitler . the girl who play janis joplin be the only faint spark of interest and and that be only because she could sing good than the original . if you want to watch something similar but a thousand time well and then watch beyond the valley of the doll . | 0neg
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larry buchanan . yep and same guy who do attack of the the eye creature and two ( count em represent two ) conspiracy movie about marilyn monroe . he to blame and here . add onto his ever grow pile of folder leave over from oliver stone eh i grow out of it conspiracy drawer and here down on u ( i. e. beyond the door ) which be the work definition of historical inaccuracy . forget everything you think you know about jimi hendrix and janis joplin and jim morrison and say big lar and cuz this be the real deal . y ee and the three big name in rock of the 60 be kill by the government because they be subversive or counter productive to truth and justice and the american way and or sumpthin like that there . i know it all along . anyway and three people ( chatman and meryl and wolf ) who look eerily like their real life shadow ( that be and if you completely close your eye and turn your back and walk five mile away from them ) show that instead of their record death and the good old u of a put hit out on them . yep and it the truth . man and i can not believe i watch this movie . it facts and when not stretch credibility to the snapping point and be ludicrous while the act make tv commercial look like high drama and if you honestly watch it through to the end and you deserve the twist end . you really and really do while i swear . genius . but like the man say represent rock and roll be dead long live rock and roll . not this flick and though . no star for down on u . and that the movie audience describe the film and by the way . | 0neg
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what end up kill this movie be it self consciousness and among other thing . here a short list represent 1. irreverent behavior . when the beatles come over and inject their brand of quirky and irreverent behavior or humor and it be greet a fresh . that be over 4 decade ago . get over it . 2. false sophistication . spew out base and quasi socio political ism be hard ground to make work comically . ask woody allen . 3. the post modern i be hard on this phony world and yes and i recognize it in myself snake eat itself use a illustration with another animal in the film itself . be such a retread . 4. smarmy and smug drollness . 5. amateurish writing and acting and direction . ever see student film . a victim of itself and about the only thing i can say positive be that it at least have a sense of itself and and sheesh and now i be get catch up in the self reflexive thing that it posit a worthwhile and of value . but towards . what . ultimately and it just ring as hollow a any other pretentious piece hey and ever see woody allen take on bergman and ie represent interior . well and this just do it more amateurishly . | 0neg
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not to be confuse with the madonna film the next best thing and the last big thing be a silly and campy and off the wall comedy about a man who yearn to start a magazine call the next big thing which review a variety of up and come artist . this low budget indie make chuck and buck look like a masterpiece . fraught with lousy act and poor set and costuming and etc . and . thing have earn some awful review and to date have only be nominate for one fringe award . pas on this one . | 0neg
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after read the book and i love the story . watch the movie i be disappointed that so many change be make . it be understandable that book and movie differ but it be two different story and only the name and some of the book story remain . read the book and you will have a good understanding of the movie . the book give you a good development of the character . these character be extremely interesting and make you care about them . the location be indeed in line with the book description . some character not include . television have microwave so many great book and story and this be a perfect example of that . input from the author doesn not always insure a good movie but it can help sometimes . | 0neg
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i read the book and really enjoy it from begin to end . however and when i saw the movie i be very disappointed . first of all and no disrespect to deborah raffin but she be too mature to play a woman of 24/25 . the late christopher reeve be also miscast same reason . will and accord to the book and be around 30. i would have love to see a little more exploration of his military life and his friend red and elly trip to see him a that be an important part of the character storyline development . also miss beasley be miscast a the book mention her be a plus size lady . i know the movie do not have the budget of the bridge of madison county which i believe be release around the same time . but to me this be a very poorly make and low budget and miscast movie . a someone mention and i wish that miss spenser would come out of retirement and write screenplay for her book a they ought to be . she know her character well than anyone and i hope that she would consider do the casting too . the movie let me down . | 0neg
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i have see my fair share of badly think out ending and final twist to film and but i do not recall any film that commit outright suicide like this one do . the film maker be clearly hop that the great twist would urprise u all . and it do and but perhaps not in the way the director have hop . i be leave feeling surprise that connery and harris and fishburn and capshaw have anything to do with this turkey and individually or collectively . the film up until the final thirty minute be rather engage and i like the way the story be unfold and the nature of the film overall . but once the twist be reveal and the plot hole and inconsistency be remarkable and the underlying motive for revenge be ill conceive and the way thing so neatly work out for bobby earl be ridiculously far fetch . what bad be that and once the twist be reveal and the remainder of the film become excruciatingly predictable . harris give a terrific performance and connery be like morgan freeman in that he never give a bad performance and even if the movie ain not that great . so all in all and it start well and the unfolding keep the viewer interested . the last 30 minute be one of the most memorable nose dive in the history of cinema . | 0neg
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paul armstrong be a liberal and scottish born and professor of law at harvard and know for his passionate opposition to the death penalty and who be hire to take on the case of bobby earl and a young black man from florida who have be convict of the rape and murder of joanie shriver and an eleven year old white girl . earl claim that his confession to the crime be obtain under duress by a sadistic police officer and that the real murderer be blair sullivan and a serial killer already under sentence of death for several other murder . armstrong visit sullivan in his cell on death row and hop to persuade him to confess to joanie murder and thereby save earl from the electric chair . at first all go well . sullivan confesses and earl be release from prison when the appeal court quash his conviction . a this development take place only a little after halfway through the film and it be at this point that alarm bell will start ring in the mind of the viewer . warning . major plot twist ahead . and so it prove . the anticipated twist soon materialises . earl and it transpire and be actually guilty of the crime of which he have just be acquit and and probably of several others as well and but hatch a diabolical plan together with sullivan in order to secure his freedom while sullivan will confess to joanie murder if earl will murder his parent . ( just why sullivan want his parent dead be never precisely explain ) . armstrong now find that he be himself in danger from the man whose life he have just save while earl have a grudge against armstrong wife and herself a lawyer and who act a counsel for the prosecution in an early case when earl be accuse of rape . just cause be an example of the auto cannibalism in which hollywood sometimes like to indulge and cobble together one film by recycle theme and plot device from a number of others . the first half owe an obvious debt to film like intruder in the dust and to kill a mockingbird while about the only difference be that the sheriff who beat a confession out of bobby earl be himself black and whereas in early film he would have be white . ( police brutality be now an equal opportunity activity ) . the central twist in the plot be borrow from costa gavras music box and although in that film the revelation do not occur until the very end . the finale and in which a lawyer and his wife and their young daughter be in danger from a former client and be an obvious plagiarism of the two version of cape fear and which also take place in the swampland of the american south . ed harris characterisation of sullivan a a bible quote religious maniac be a direct imitation of robert de niro character in the scorsese version of cape fear and make four year before just cause . ( there be a postscript . just as just cause borrow heavily from several other movie and seven year later it central plot twist be and in it turn and to be blatantly plagiarise in the ashley judd vehicle high crime ) . the trouble with this style of film making by number be that the resulting film be generally much less distinguished than those which inspire them . the whole be normally very much less than the sum of the part and and just cause be a much less film than any of those which be cannibalise to make it . harris be normally a gifted actor but this be one of his weak performance and largely because he be not so much play a character a play de niro play max cady . blair underwood be ok a bobby earl the ( supposedly ) innocent young man of the early scene and but unconvincing a bobby earl the murderous psychopath of the late one . sean connery a armstrong and laurence fishburne a the black sheriff be rather well and but neither be good enough to save the film . ( connery and harris be to act together in another and good and film and the rock and the following year ) . there be another problem with just cause . the first half of the film look like a standard liberal issue movie and anti death penalty and anti racist and critical of heavy hand policing . the second half look more like the work of a die hard reactionary and preach the message that all criminal be evil bastard and that the only way to deal with them be to fry them in the chair and that liberal lawyer be the useful idiot of the criminal fraternity and that police officer who beat up suspect be to be commend a hero . the filmmaker seem to have be blissfully unaware that the plot twist casually introduce into the middle of their film have the ( presumably unwanted ) effect of reverse it political stance and or if they be aware of the problem they ignore it . a suitably convolute plot be obviously think to be more important than political consistency . 4/10 . | 0neg
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just cause showcase sean connery a a harvard law prof and kate capshaw ( do she still get work . ) a his wife ( slight age difference ) and lawrence fishburne a a racist southern cop ( . ) and ed harris in a totally over the top rendition of a fundamentalist southern serial killer . weird casting and but the movie play serious mindf with the audience . ( do not read if you ever intend to seriously watch this film or to ever watch this film seriously due to the spoiler ) first of all and i felt myself roll my eye repeatedly at the liberal stereotype represent the cop be all sadistic and frame this black guy with no evidence . the coroner and witness and even the lawyer of the accused collaborate against him ( he be accuse of the rape and murder of a young girl ) because he be black . connery be a harvard law prof who give impassioned speech about the injustice against black and against the barbarous death penalty . he be approach by the convict man grandmother to defend him and re open the trial . connery be stonewall ( yawn . ) by the small town official and the good il boy club but find that the case against blair and the allege killer and now on death row and be all fabricate . the main evidence be his confession which be beat out of him . the beating be administer by a black cop ( . ) who even play russian roulette to get the confession out of him . connery find out that another inmate on death row actually do the murder and after a few tete a tetes with a seriously overact and hannibal lecter like ed harris and he find out where harris hide the murder weapon . he get a re trial and blair be free . i think . film over . then suddenly . it turn out that blair be a psychotic psycho and that he use white guilt to enlist connery . he concoct the story with ed harris in return for blair carry out a few murder for harris . now blair be on the loose again and thanks to connery deluded pc principle . the final 30 min . be a weird action movie tack onto a legal drama and connery and fishburne fight the serial killer in an alligator skin house on stilt ( yes and you read that right ) in the everglades . that be one weird film . so the whole system be corrupt and inefficient and the cop be all just bully and abu graib type torturer and but the criminal be really psychotic and deserve to fry . truly depress on every level . the system be completely rotten and the pc white guilt type who challenge it be seriously delude too . two thumb down . connery obviously have to make a mortgage payment or something . | 0neg
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the form of the film be that of a suspense shocker . there be surprise and twist and turn and revers and excitement . at time and this be truly an edge of the seat film . but it disappoint and and disappoints severely . the villain of the piece be not believeable while his character do not hold together . i refuse to spoil the film and but will only say that the character we meet at the beginning just could not be he whom we see at the end . the second major disappointment of the film be that finally and it become little more that a bloody slasher film . there be little qualitative difference between this and one of the friday the 13th film . not that every film need always be totally tasteful and but this film do drip gore on occasion . though the film feature the magnificent sean connery and even he do not measure up to his usual standard and and often just seem to be walk through the pace . | 0neg
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just cause be one of those film that at first make you wonder quite why it be so heavily slat when it come out nothing special but competent enough and with an excellent support performance from ed harris . then you hit the last third and everything start to get increasingly silly until you have get a killer with a flashlight strap to his forehead threatening to fillet sean connery wife ( a typically mannered and unconvincing kate capshaw ) and kid ( a very young scarlet johannsen ) in an alligator skinner shack . the kind of movie that probably best see on a plane and and even then only once . | 0neg
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look carefully at the wonderful assortment of talent put together to make this movie represent connery and fishburne and capshaw and harris and underwood and beatty and thigpen and even cameo by slezak and lange and and plimpton . they prove and in spade and the adage that a good cast can not save a bad script . the story line require so many leap of faith from the audience that it implausibility should have exceed even hollywood standard . it not particularly original and and the twist be downright cruel . | 0neg
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a other reviewer have note the film die in the last half hour . however before that it suffer from predictability and a stunningly vapid performance by kate capshaw and who clearly never find her character and ruin every scene she in . connery be fine a be fishbourne and but most scene be manipulate for effect rather than truth which overlay the entirety with a sense of unreality . and the end be simply bizarre . the film maker apparently know when they piece this mess together that all they need be sweet potato and pumpkin pie to have thanksgiving dinner and so to compensate they add an overloud dramatic score . every little jump be accompany by a crescendo of orchestration and to the point where it become laughable . if you want an example of major league bad film this be one to see and otherwise skip it . | 0neg
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seem that the cast should ensure at least an average movie . and so i sit down for 102 minute of unbelief . beside ed harris no one seem to own the skill of act . even sean connery and who i normally worship and must have have an off day during the entire filming of just case . not once in during the whole movie one actor could convince me . this make this movie look cheap and unreal . the story make up a little . it be thrill and and the plot be unexpected . conclusion only watch this movie if you really have nothing more useful to do . | 0neg
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1st watch 2/16/2002 4 out of 10 ( dir arne glimcher ) represent mystery . or thriller with too many ridiculous plot twist . despite the very talented cast this movie be way too predictable and just downright under estimate it audience . the movie go public be not stupid and i hope will not keep fill certain star pocket again and again despite what they be involve with . we think that this movie be go to be about something with connery conviction against capitol punishment in the beginning but it turn out to be nothing but a standard and contrive for the audience sake and run of the mill and let never get it over with and thriller . we be pull into every silly switch in character and a they be portray to u when it need in the story and and be ready for this thing to be over way before it end . yes there be some good acting here and especially from blair underwood and fishburne and and ed harris in a psycho support role but the story do not work from almost the beginning to the very long awaited end . | 0neg
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the performance of fishbourne ( who appear strangely funny somehow ) and ( short feature ) ed harris be remarkable and unlike connery who doesn not appear to find sense in his role and end up in the motorial behaviour of a 80yr old man . in fact the screenplay doesn not make sense while imagine a 60 min . happy end plot plus a sudden turn appendix without any argumental structure in respect to the character . it more an accident than a screenplay and may be good for examination purpose at screen wright school . the more you remind the detail the strong this impression get . the capital punishment be not an issue here and although it be a subject from the begin while it sort of fade away without further comment . the subject matter and environment could have be good . | 0neg
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a pot boiler if ever i saw one . a supposed thriller borrowing from a time to kill and silence of the lamb and even an invert in the heat of the night with a little reverse murder and a la stranger on a train thrown in and it fail abysmally where all the above and to a large degree and succeed . namely and in deliver thrill . the plot seem condense from a big book and make the plot development obvious and uninvolving and while the direction lack pace and verve . to rein in any kudos and a major twist have to be deliver along the way and here it fail palpably too . connery be clearly slow down in his old age and barely bother with his attempt at a u accent and besides seem too old to be the husband of hope lange and the father of those gosh darn kid of his . he even have a father in law who seem young than him . laurence fishburne barely get the chance to inhabit his role and youre confuse from the outset a to whether he a bad guy or a good guy . someone once say that flashback shouldn not lie they do and confusedly and here . the rest of the playing be merely average by a reasonable cast in their underwritten stereotype role . the suppose climax manage too and to roll by leave me firmly entrench in the back and not as should have be the aim and front edge of my seat . mediocre sloppy hollywood film make for sure . | 0neg
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this movie be a crappy and forgettable sean connery vehicle . the performance be generally crappy especially by capshaw and fishburne and and the usually solid ed harris . connery seem miscast a a harvard academic . the movie absolutely get bad a it go along . it be a third rate mystery that become extremely contrive by the time it unravel . the movie squander an excellent supporting cast . george plimpton also turn up in a minor role to add some gravitas to connery a they debate the death penalty . the violence and the atmosphere pepper a third rate mystery or thriller that be manipulation to the high degree . the scripting and direction be extremely poor . connery charisma and screen presence be the film only virtue . manipulative and violent and and ridiculous . negative avoid it . | 0neg
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this be just a case of a previously worthless island change into something worthwhile . jesus christ people let throw a big fit over 2000 islander big deal . this be just a case of a previously worthless island change into something worthwhile . jesus christ people let throw a big fit over 2000 islander big deal . this be just a case of a previously worthless island change into something worthwhile . jesus christ people let throw a big fit over 2000 islander big deal . this be just a case of a previously worthless island change into something worthwhile . jesus christ people let throw a big fit over 2000 islander big deal . | 0neg
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because it be and that why . this be the same jealous daughter kill people flick we have see a billion time . rosanna arquette make anything worth watching and and mandy schaffer brief nude scene ( after tease via scantily clad attire throughout the film ) at the end almost make this trite blarney worthwhile and but not quite . out of . | 0neg
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this can not be mandy schaffer last film . somebody and do something . represent ( argh . what little life this one might have have and the direct finish off . don not blame the cast while they do ok. even the winemaker young brother be pretty well do and and he do not even get into the movie until halfway through . and please and please put mandy in some more movie . she too beautiful to bury her career at such a young age . ya breakin my haht and heah . two specific criticism and in case anyone care ( apparently nobody like this movie very much ) . first and the way traci keep pop up at just the right melodramatic moment and in order to see whatever she be suppose to see and and never get see in return and be very annoy . hollywood represent please stop give villain perfect time luck which run out exactly when the climax arrive . it dumb . write good script so you would not have to use that lame plot device any more . if your script isn not good enough to stand up without that and then do not produce it . second and carmen wouldn not have fall for that fake injury trick that traci pull . she already have traci finger . more bad writing or directing there . i could trash this movie far but mercy forbids it . actually i do not hate it as much a the others seem to have . it just do not have much of a reason for be make and unless it be purely a vehicle to show off the lovely mandy . oh and and to whoever do not think she be sexy . the character wasn not very well write and but how can you say she wasn not sexy . one or the other of u need glass and and i do not think it me . more mandy . ( not to be confuse with moore and mandy although i would like to see her again too . while ) p. s. do i mention i hope mandy make me more movie . < represent d . | 0neg
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let me be really clear about this movie . i do not watch this movie because of the plot and i watch it for the saucy sex scene . that be say and this movie be so god damn awful i flip between pure joy of see a godly body of traci ( mandy schaffer ) and cringe my eyeball out for the disaster of a plot . spoiler alert the first scene of the movie already have me cringe . you see a woman paint something by the lakeside and in pure bliss and serene and then a beautiful girl approach and ask if she could paint beside her . when they both finish and they show each other what they have do . and the woman paint a vineyard when she be face infront of the lake . what kind of screwball director would make this kind of mistake . and in another scene and traci get to kill her teacher lover by smash him with the sail pole and and then she swim away and and none of the town police suspect her once . i mean hellooooo . mandy do not wear a glove do she . her finger print be all over the god damn boat . after that and it get worst and whenever mandy be around and there be the chill sound effect play which sound like a cat in hissy fit . it also a real pity rosanna arquette be in this movie . i feel real sorry for her to have to star in this super low budget soft porn no brainer . same go for jürgen prochnow and who also have the misfortune to star in this movie . all in all and negative . | 0neg
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a truly and truly dire canadian german co production and the ever wonderful rosanna arquette play an actress whose teenage daughter redefine the term problem child a few uears prior to the action the child murder her father and and mum take the fall for the offspring . now she move up to the northwest u to start over and but her child still have a problem in that she devote to her mother . so devoted in fact that she kill anyone who might be see a a threat to their bond . unfortunately mandy schaeffer ( a the daughter ) murder more than people she delivers such a terrible performance that she also wipe out the movie and though the incoherent script and useless direction and appalling music ( check out the saxophone the first time she display her bikini clad bod ) do not help any while be suppose to find her sexy and scary and but she fail on both count . almost completely unalluring and not even bad enough to be amuse ( not to mention the fact that arquette and schaeffer do not really convince a mother and daughter ) and all condolence to miss arquette and jurgen prochnow and both of whom be worthy of far more than this and and both of whom ( particularly rosanna ) be the only sane reason for anyone to sit through this farrago . one of the production company be call quality international film not since the three hour love and lie and murder ( from two short production ) have there be such a you must be joke credit . | 0neg
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this movie be so bad and i know how it end right after this little girl kill the first person . very bad act very bad plot very bad moviedo yourself a favour and dont watch it negative . | 0neg
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oh man . if you want to give your internal crow t. robot a real workout and this be the movie to pop into the ol vcr . the potential for cut up line in this film be just endless . ( minor spoiler ahead . hey and do you really care if a film of this quality be spoil . ) traci be a girl with a problem . psychology have develop name for it when a child develop a sexual crush on the opposite sex parent . but this girl seem to have one for her same sex one and and i do not think there a term for that . it might be because her mother dana be play by rosanna arquette and whose cute overbite and neo flowerchild sexuality and luscious figure make me forgive her any number of bad movie or unsympathetic character . here dana be not only clueless to her daughter conduct while she seem to be compete for the gold medal in the olympic indulgent mother competition . it possible that dana miss traci murderous streak because truth be tell and traci seem to have the criminal skill of a hamster . it only because the script dictate so that she manage to pull off any kind of a body count . a particularly hilarious note in this movie be the character of carmen and a mexican maid who be describe by dana a around so long she like one of the family although she dress in what the director think would say and i just fell off the tomato truck from guadalajara . carmen be so wise to traci scheming and she might also wear a sign say and hey and i be the next victim . sure enough and traci confronts carmen a carmen be make her way back from mass and and bop her with one of those slightly angle lug wrench that car manufacturer put next to your spare a a bad joke . i rather suspect than in real life those thing be as useless a a murder weapon a they be for change a tire . in another sequence and arquette wear a flimsy dress to a vineyard and under cloudy sky and talk to the owner . cut to her in another flimsy dress under sunny sky and talk to the owner brother . then cut to her wear the first dress and in the first location and under cloudy sky but it suppose to be later . you get the picture . be talk really bad direct . a for skin and do not expect much and although traci do own a nice couple of bikini . for those look for a trash wallow and 8. for anybody else and half . | 0neg
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i be guess the reason this movie do so well at the box office be of course eddie murphy . i think this be his first movie since beverly hill cop so at the time he be hot . consider that one make over two hundred million and it be r and this one make about 80 million and it be pg do say it be not all that popular . i have never be a big eddie murphy fan and so that be probably another reason i do not care for it much at all . this one have eddie a some sort of finder of lose kid . he must find the golden child or the world be in terrible peril . the plot be very bad and but as bad a it be it do not compare to the special effect . i have see well stuff do in the 70 than some of the stuff this one offer and ray harryhausen do good stuff . still the main reason you see a movie like this be because of eddie and unfortunately he be not very funny in this one at all and it just seem stupid to put him in the raider of the lose ark type scene . i guess they be hop for a fish out of water effect and but to me it just do not work . | 0neg
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