DVD : 0/5 Rating : The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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just saw this movie tonight - had high hopes as it seemed to have gotten decent reviews, but was super disappointed.

very very bad. did not like it at all. wonder how people whose actually read the books feel about it. felt like there was too much content which was condensed - leaving out details which (i'm guessing) is important to the overall storyline.

the movie completely lost my interest and hopes when they introduced santa - SANTA! DAH! what kind of movie expects santa to give you weapons! come on!

ho ho ho - you've been a good boy, here's a sword to kill little animals. come on!

DVD : 0/5 Rating : Time Code

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been meaning to watch this movie for awhile (it kept getting pushed down in my netflix que) but saw it today!

and sadly the movie is a better concept then a movie. concept - four independent cameras following four characters in one continuous shot. the basic script / story is there but the actors have to improvise the scene - in this case one long scene.

great idea - but it just didn't come off. because of the improv of all scenes it seemed like there really wasn't a flow to the movie. it seemed more like a bunch of noise then a well orchistrated interweaving of stories. the random earthquake thingy where it looked like they just shook the camera... kinda lame.

also they had random characters which didn't seem to fit in. some characters seemed serious - coke using, moody producer, then they had random comical characters - a massuse who basically looked like he didn't know what he was doing massaging random actors - fluffing up their hair.

bottom line - don't waste your time

DVD : 0/5 Rating : Heights

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saw the movie - it was not very good.

some of my friends on Blue Dot stated it wasn't very good. shoulda listened to them :P

acting was okay... story predictable... the flow of story not very exciting...

bottom line : NOT RECOMMENDED (not even if there's nothing in the video store should you rent this movie)

redotting this to check out - will netflix.

DVD : 0/5 Rating : 16 Blocks

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i've seen this movie some time ago - wasn't moved to review it. but to be complete - here's my review.

don't watch it. it sucks ass. not enough action, the ending is all hollywood and it just doesn't compare to any of the die hard series.

DVD : 0/5 Rating : Hostage

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saw this movie some time ago - review = bad. well - disappointing. i guess it's mainly cause when i see bruce willis in an action flick i automatically think of the die hard series - which were all entertaining - great plot twists and of course big bangs! this movie just didn't have it.

it tried to have plot twists - which initially were interesting, but it didn't build. it just fizzled... and of course you gotta hate it when they don't explain stuff. who were the bad guys again?

NOT RECOMMENDED

DVD : 0/5 Rating : Prozac Nation

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oh my god - doesn't anyone do research anymore? i say this because i saw 'prozac nation' a few days ago and was shocked by how crappy the movie was... well perhaps it was cause i just couldn't get into it.

let me explain. i enjoy movies that can set a premise and then follow that premise - i enjoy it even more if they do something interesting with that premise. if they break the illusion for me - it's over. i can't get over it... so how did this movie screw up? well the movie is set in mid 1980's - it's bout a gal (christina ricci) who goes to harvard or some such... that's fine. some random gal recognizes her and when asked how she knew her name the gal says.... 'i looked you up in facebook.'

facebook... come on. it's suppose to be 1985! there was no facebook! dah! facebook didn't get started until bout 2004!

so i'm already annoyed... then comes all the whinning... it's basically a drama feast. ricci is a supa talented writer (of course she is) who just isn't understood (of course she isn't) her mother doesn't understand - her father doesn't understand, her father's a bastard... blah blah blah... you get the picture.

the ending sucked even more... i just wanted this movie to end - it felt like the pharmaceutical funded the movie. the whole bloodie movie, she has theraphy, fits with drugs, falls in love blah blah blah - all doesn't work - nothing works... then she gets on prozac and BAM! suddenly she's better... WTF.

save yourself some time - unless you're an 17 year ol emo kid who feels that no-one understands them, avoid this movie.

DVD : 0/5 Rating : The Thief Lord

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just finished watching this - i'm not having very good luck with movies of late. this movie was horrible... for something called 'The Thief Lord' you'd think there'd be some stealing - but no... no one steals a thing. let me repeat - nobody steals a thing!

it's a family flick, but the summary sounded so good! it was compared with harry potter. about venice - about magic - about mystery... no such luck.

another thing that annoyed me to no end. for it being set in venice - every actor & extra all had british accents. wtf. it was just really bad.

perhaps i'm just too old for it - it got fairly decent reviews on amazon.com & on netflix.com - perhaps the kids will love it - i did not.

DVD : 0/5 Rating : Must Love Dogs

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must love dogs should be titled 'must love crap.'

yes yes, it's pretty harsh - BUT IT'S TRUE! i felt the need to watch a romatic comedy - don't ask why - so i had must love dogs and alfie on my netflix que. they came, i watched - and here's my review.

do not waste your time with this movie. this movie had average ratings on both amazon.com and netflix.com but the movie is just plain aweful. the jokes were forced, the 'insightful' look into the dating world was cliche and the heart to heart moment between diane lane's character and her dad was just plain... stupid.

why you ask? well her dad is posting ads online - then dating all these women, he dates three women at once, his daughter (Diane Lane) speaks to him of how unfair this is to the women and how she feels his hurting one in particular. his response - i've lost the love of my life, now i'm just trying to keep busy so i won't have to remember her. WTF - that just means (in the wise words of snoop) we don't love them hoes.

with this answer of course Diane Lane is all cryin' and crap. whatever. it's a real shame considering that i think john cusack & diane lane are great actors, but the story is crap - and it felt like the actors just didn't care - there was nothing.

DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE!

DVD : 0/5 Rating : Mysterious Skin

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after seeing so many indies and loving most - i thought indie was the way to go... this movie taught me not all indies are great... or even good for that matter.

so mysterious skin is apparently based on a book by the same name written by Scott Heim. with that aside the movie was rated high on both amazon.com and netflix (i really need to find a better review place before renting) - but that aside i was very excited to see this movie. great reviews - indie - it also stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt whose been doing more indie flicks (his also staring in 'Brick' which i've heard good things about). so bottom line - i was excited to see the movie...

then i actually saw the movie... i was not impressed. the acting was good... the story... seemed very very pointless, and offensive (to me). and the big 'mystery' seemed (for lack of a better word) transparent. there is no big pay off.... so why am i so disturbed. the movie is about two 8 year old boys who are sexually abused by their baseball coach during one summer. then it shows how the two boys grew up and how that summer effected both of them.

that first bit was just very very offensive to watch - and i was even more disappointed when there wasn't any epiphany of any sort - hell there wasn't even an insight.

the only thing i got from the movie was 'child abuse is bad' - no shit. my suggestion - pass don't watch this movie. it'll only show you disturbing images of children being sexually abused - just to tell you it's bad. no bloodie shit.

DVD : 0/5 Rating : The Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse

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okay... picked up this movie cause the last movie with jean reno i saw was pretty good (Empire of the Wolves). well this movie was utter crap.

this movie was utter crap (i thought) as it tried to be an action / mystery / drama / buddy flick - and doing non of them well. the action sequences was really... out of place? there was all this fight sequences - but not by jean reno whose kinda like the main character - but by some rookie cop... what the shit? so are they like buddies - like leathal weapon or something? nope - the interplay between the two doesn't even happen til the middle of the movie and done poorly.

the mystery - eh... not much mystery there. meaning there really wasn't that much buildup. whenever they tried they'll screw it up by randomly inserting an action sequence - which distracts from the mystery / drama factor of the movie. sadly i didn't notice that this was part 2 of a movie by the same name.... (grrrrrr....) i had heard that part one was good and part two was crap. well let me tell ya - this was crap.

don't watch it. there's so many other good movies to waste your time on. :)

DVD : 0/5 Rating : Game 6

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tried watching this the other day... got about :10 minutes into it and had to stop - it was that aweful.

if someone was actually able to finish this movie and thought it was good - do let me know.