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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
It's good. Not a patch on what followed, but it's good.
B+
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Just about the best way to round off a trilogy. The last 10 minutes of added-on footage I could have done without, but apart from that it is a masterpiece.
A+
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United 93
Yes, good film. It's gripping, but it ends terribly. The audience wants to see certain things, and this hides all of the money shots from you.
B-
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It does what it set out to do. I enjoyed it, and I saw it twice, contributing to the fantastic run it had in the UK. Stallone was very good as the multiple-personality villain, The Toymaker. He had a childish charm to his character, which is only right as this is a child's film. I loved Ricardo Montalban in this - hilarious.
B
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Paul
I don't think I laughed once. It was ok. I never know with these films whether they're meant to be 'laugh out loud' spectacles or wherther they're just meant to be fun and entertaining movies for a Sunday afternoon. It fulfilled the latter for me, but it's not memorable.
C
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A masterpiece in crime dramas. De Niro, Pacino, Kilmer, Sizemore, Voight, Judd, Portman, and even Trejo are all fantastic in this. Just fantastic. I miss the days when they made great movies like this. Elliot Goldenthal's soundtrack is perfect for the film, and especially the choice of track for the last scene. This really is an under-valued masterpiece.
A+
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Scream 2
Not as great as Scream. They never did capture the greatness of the first again.
B-
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Clear and Present Danger
Great film. I do prefer Patriot Games to this, but all CIA movies are good, and fantastic if they star the main man, Harrison Ford. This film has got Bucco from Desperado in it. He's an under-used actor for sure. Willem Defoe is good too.
B+
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Monster's, Inc.
I'm always having a troubling time deciding which is the best Pixar movie out of this and The Incredibles. Both are absolutely adorable.
A+
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Zookeeper
A dire film.
D
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To do all of his movies would require 3 or 4 polls, so just US ones it is.
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You are saying that superhero movies are believable.
Perhaps I'm being too harsh on you. Maybe you just don't know how to express what you really mean.
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It's between Cop Land, Cliffhanger and Get Carter for me. But even Assassins, Tango & Cash and Cobra can be my favourite depending on my mood. He's made so many greats.
I'm voting for Get Carter because I know nobody else will.
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If you want everybody to think your way, I guess you must admire Hitler's work of the 1930s and 40s.
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I understand what you mean, but I disagree with it and think it's stupid. You can't just change a word to mean what you want it to mean.
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Oh get a life. Why do you have to criticise people because they disliked a movie that you adore?That's what kids did in 6th grade.
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Batman Begins
Much more enjoyable and Batman-like than what followed. This movie gets better with every viewing. Nolan went too far up his own ass after this movie.
B+
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The Last Samurai
A masterpiece.
A+
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A Time To Kill
Well clearly Goffe Bond is correct. The rest of you are just trying to make a sloppy defence for the movie because you personally enjoyed it whilst overlooking Goffe Bond's criticisms of it.
When I first watched it, I also overlooked them. But since reading an article on Cracked.com, I have since had the same view as Goffe Bond. He was "innocent" of a crime where he was quite obviously not innocent - everybody saw him kill those two wastes of space and injure that guard.
It is a movie, and it did provide enjoyment, but with movies comes a certain level of realism, especially courtroom dramas like this, and it failed on that note.
I used to grade this around a B, but now it gets a D+.
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Executive Decision
Pretty generic plot and not even that interesting. It is ok.
C+
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Speed
Keanu Reeves' best movie. I always forget it when I am doing Top lists, but it really is better than all of his other movies, possibly with an exception for The Matrix Revolutions, but that wasn't great because of Reeves, whereas Speed is. It's also great because of Hopper, the storyline and Bullock. Daniels is good too. It's one of the most intense and action-packed movies out there. Shame about the sequel.
A+
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Terribly overrated. Pretty boring movie. The second movie is even worse. The third movie is a triumph in being worse than part 2.
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Jumanji
I wasn't aware of this when it came out because I was too interested in watching Cliffhanger and Demolition Man on VHS, but this is a fantastic film. I got into it more when my brother got it on VHS a few years later, and it's such a great movie. The CGI and craziness of the story mix really well. It's such an adventure that can grasp the minds' of children and just keep them quiet for a few hours of escapism. It did for me.
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True Romance
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True Romance
Not bad. It's an ok movie. I prefer the music in it actually.
C+