question: George of the Jungle is faithful to its source material -- which, unfortunately, makes it a less-than-compelling feature film.

numbered reviews: 1. At the media screening, the guy sitting behind me could be heard loudly snoring during the third act. We should all be so lucky.
2. Depending on your point of view, this film is either truly awful or so bad it is good. In either case, be warned that a little of this repetitive movie can go a long way.
3. As yet another nostalgic live-action treatment of an old television cartoon series, George of the Jungle didn't have much going for it.
4. A few hip smarts get displayed here and there in this de facto, broadly comic Tarzan picture, which only reinforces the flailing feel that pervades a 92-minute running time.
5. Despite a few bright moments, however, too much of the film is made up of the kind of flailing manic behavior that passes for slapstick these days.
6. What really makes this work is Fraser, who plays it to the hilt.
7. Take only that part of you that is still 11 years old and check your brain at the door.
8. All of what made the animated George such an irreverent joy is watered down by sappiness, forced acting, and, worst of all, the plot.
9. The comedy in George of the Jungle is not sophisticated, but it is frequently audacious and irreverent.
10. The only resemblances to the classic cartoon are that trees still get in George's way, Shep the elephant still thinks he is a doggie, the ape named Ape still talks, and his girlfriend's name is still Ursula.


question: This film delves deeply into the minds of suicide bombers, and the result is unsettling.

numbered reviews: 1. Hany Abu-Assad takes the broad political situation of Palestinian self-rule and terrorism as a tool to that end and brings it to a personal level.
2. never transcends its political posturing and finds the humanity as profoundly as it means to
3. Director Hany Abu-Assad doesn't make any apologies as he captures this journey into desperation and destruction.
4. The picture loses some points for an ending that rings false and undercuts some of the buildup, but, nonetheless, Paradise sure is nice.
5. He attempts with mixed results to get inside the psyches of men who would blow themselves up for the cause.
6. It is in no way an apologia for terrorism. But it's a character study that subtly nudges the viewer toward greater understanding.
7. This taut, ingeniously calculated thriller fixates on the flashpoint where psychology and politics ignite in self-destructive martyrdom.
8. A powerful, poignant, provocative drama, it gets its strength from its dispassion, from an uncompromising determination to explain rather than justify or condemn, to put a human face on incomprehensible acts.
9. A powerful film that's not so easily shaken or forgotten...an amazing achievement.
10. Paradise Now is an agonized inquiry into the minds of a dispossessed new generation of Palestinians, who come off more introspective and internally divided than you'd think.


question: Death Race 2000 is a fun, campy classic, drawing genuine thrills from its mindless ultra-violence.

numbered reviews: 1. Corman didn't direct the drive-in hit Death Race 2000, but it bears his imprint of economic utilitarianism.
2. ...a mindlessly entertaining, thoroughly campy piece of work...
3. Fun, fun, fun!
4. Unwatchable car wreck of an exploitation film.
5. Superior drive-in exploitation fare, this violent, campy action flick presents Carradine as Frankenstein, a scarred road warrior in black leather suit and cape.
6. The story, about a road race in the not-too-distant future for which the drivers are given points for running down pedestrians, becomes an elaborate and telling fantasy about our peculiar popular entertainments. Fine work carved from minimal materials.
7. Time has tamed it somewhat, but it's still loads of fun.
8. Script, from an Ib Melchior story, makes its satirical points economically, and director Paul Bartel keeps the film moving quickly.
9. Overall the movie isn't as synchromeshed as it might be; the rivalry between champions Carradine and Stallone isn't very interesting, and some of the gags aren't sick or funny enough. But it's a great audience film.
10. a must see for so many people - science fiction fans, satirists, action movie buffs, 70s film aficionados and anyone who likes an over-the-top film


question: A goofy, old-school sword-and-sandal epic, Clash of the Titans mines Greek mythology for its story and fleshes it out with Ray Harryhausen's charmingly archaic stop-motion animation techniques.

numbered reviews:
1. Clash of the Titans will still hold a place in the heart of anyone who's old enough to have seen it in the theaters. Yes, I'm that old.
2. Silly togas and hammy performances still can't derail this fitting swan song for effects legend Ray Harryhausen; the sequence in the Medusa's lair is his finest moment.
3. Though star-packed the film is sleep inducing.
4. I learned much of my mythology from this film.
5. A poignant eulogy to Harryhausen's handcrafted illusionism in a decade of increasingly synthetic effects
6. let your mind go, forgive the wear and tear of time and enjoy the adventure
7. Os efeitos criados pelo lendário Harryhausen podem parecer frágeis diante dos avanços atuais, mas săo perfeitos para esta obra que permanece descompromissadamente divertida.
8. For Harryhausen worshippers only.
9. The visual effects are clearly the only thing here that's worth bothering with.
10. ...a camp-infused fantasy flick that will probably work best among younger viewers and those with fond memories of its original theatrical release.