Movie Reviews, Page 20

Boys Don’t Cry (1999) It’s a “true story” though I’m not sure who the source is??? I had a hard time w/ …

50 First Dates (2004) Very sweet and funny. Great ‘Sandler’ comedy, but w/ a very good love story about serious sacrifice. This …

Intolerable Cruelty (2003) Clever. Not a typical “Coen Brothers” movie to me. Two cynics each capitalizing in loveless marriages find each other …

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Well told. Good twists. I think the character and environmental feel was about as good as it …

Man on Fire (2004) Powerful and intense. A man keeping to himself as much as possible is won over by the person …

About Schmidt (2002) A little thin for what I think they were trying to do, but still fairly original in some aspects: …

Wedding Crashers (2005) Funny first half. Somewhat clever story w/ two guys and equally important, to me, love stories. Somewhat slow second …

American Splendor (2003) Very creative and original. The movie becomes more real as time goes on. Harvey is first presented as specifically …

Ali (2001) Powerful and well done. Not a “boxing movie.” I was surprised to find that this movie glorifies nothing and no …

Shi mian mai fu (2004): “Shi mian mai fu (2004)” – House of Flying Daggers Very artistic w/o being artsy. Powerful story …

Million Dollar Baby (2004): Powerful all around. Motivating for the most part. Her family was played perfectly by the others – I …

Hoop Dreams (1994) Powerful and somewhat sad. I suppose they did better than most in some ways. Sad for the kids and …

Bubba Ho-tep (2002): Funny, interesting, original. Bruce! It gets a high rating for not trying to be more than it’s trying to …

Dazed and Confused (1993): Every cliche you cd want in a high school movie. Ben Affleck, Parker Posey, Matthew McConaughey’s best performance. …

Mother (1996): Interesting film. The story sets out to acheive something and does it. Nothing spectacular, but an interesting story.

The Bourne Supremacy (2004) Good, of course. Not as good as the original, but hey.

Les Miserables (1998) Powerful movie. Spans many years and lives. The movie cd have played up the hatred, resentment part of Javert …

The Motorcycle Diaries (2003): Inspiring and interesting. Not sure of the politics, but that’s my limitation.

War of the Worlds (2005) – terrifying. Extremely intense. Well told action w/ good characters and story. WARNING Spoilers below: I felt …

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005) better than I expected. A difficult task to translate this book to a movie, but …

Finding Neverland(2004) – great movie. Imagination required. Quite sad at times, but w hope.

State and Main (2000) – well done. Well written and clever. I wonder just how clever it really is. Like when the …

Doppelganger (1993) – there’s a reason you haven’t heard of this. It’s not good. Don’t see it.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis – re-read after 13 years. Great! Very good read all around. …

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxyby Douglas Adams – re-read after 8 years. Very entertaining and witty. Well written w/ good ‘tangents.’ …

Hitch (2005) – pretty good and funny – light and good

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) – doesn’t hold up well over time

In Good Company (2004) – cute and good parallels, unnecessary relationship bit w/ the daughter (don’t want to give too much away …

Dolce vita, La (1960) – I certainly can’t do this movie justice in just about anything I say, but it does seem …

Matthew 3:1-5 3″But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, …