TA's Movie Review Thread

[Kimp the Shrimp]

Be Cool 4/5 if you liked "Get Shorty u will Love this

 

[Beauregard]

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" starring Martin Freeman, Mos Def and Sam Rockwell. I give it -1 's out of 5 's

Ok, lots of excitment sourounding the making of this Comedy legend. Is it being made...at last! The movie we have waited for! Unfortunatly....not....

The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first a Radio series, then a record series, TV, a book, a towel....In each of the aforementioned (except perhaps the towel) a very high class of sophisticaed humour kept us rolling around in our seats. In the movie, slap-stick, and corny acting kept me and those with us at the cinema fidgeting around in our seats.

From the very start, the Dolphins. Aer they singing? Are they not? Sometimes it looks like they are, and sometimes it looks like they...are not. However, worse, they are meant to be the second most intellegent creatures on earth. And they are singing...."If I had one last wish, I would like a tastey fish." Um.....Hellooooooooo!!!

And it only got worse....Zaphod was not 'kewl', he was overacting and stupid. Ford was...strange. Arthor almost hit the mark. And Trillian was not bad. However....from themoment I saw Marvin...I was ready to leave. And every ine he uttered made me cringe. This is not a comedicly-timed manicly-depressed robot that makes you laugh! This is DEPRESSING!

Oh my Cod! Excuse me....

The Sneezing Religion. What was that? The same thing was protrayed through a ten second graffiti shot in the TV and had me chuckling...here it was cringe worthy. The whole film was...

Zaphods second head? Huh? If they could do it as well as they did in the TV series...(admittedly, poor)...surely, surely they could have done it here....

Only one charcter was good. Slartibartfast. He was the ony one amung them who could act.

The rest of the film was an hour and a half of cringe.

This is my honest opinion...and the opinion of most loyal HHGTTG fans.

 

[That Announcer]

Gardy- I like your idea of using Kermits, so anyone can now review their films in either stars of Kermits. Here's my next review:

"The Phantom of the Opera" starring Gerry Butler, Emmy Rossum and Pat Wilson. 3 s out of 4 s.

I cannot say a bad thing about this film. It is truly marvelous, in every sense of the word. All the production values- the music, the set design, the acting, the plot, everything- are fantastic.

No doubt you know the Phantom story by now. If you haven't, I'm going to break my own rule and not say what it is, because this film is so fabulous that if you haven't seen it already, you should go out to your Best Buy (or whatever) and immediately pick up a copy.

The music is mainly what the film rests on, as it is, after all, a musical. All of it is performed with a 100-piece orchestra, with occasional overdubs by what sounds like a rock band, or sometimes a synthesiser. The music tracks are laid down fabulously, with grandeur and talent that far surpasses that of the original cast album.

In the vocals, however, the film takes a slight beating. Why? Well, Simon Callow and Ciaran Hinds (the theater owners) are at the very top of the ladder, with dead flawless performances. Just slightly down are Miranda Richardson, Jennifer Ellison and Patrick Wilson (Mad. Giry, Meg Giry and Raoul respectively) with nearly perfect performances. Slightly lower are the two main characters- Emmy Rossum (Christine) and Gerry Butler (Phantom.) Of these two, I'd have to say that Butler provides the better performance. His deep vocals, while often imperfect, provide a good performance of the titular character. Rossum, however, often pierces directly through the air with vocals that could get to annoy you if you overload on them, which I unfortunately did. Dead at the bottom is Margaret Preece (Carlotta), who dubbed actress Minnie Driver's voice. I really hate Italian opera, and so Preece bugs the **** out of me.

The set design is perfect. The costumes are huge and impressive, going over those of the stage versions hand and fist. The cinematography gives the film another beating, however. Far too often is the camera placed at odd angles, providing a strange perspective. Also, the film is sometimes lit too dark, which made me have to strain really hard to see the sets.

Overall, I loved this film. Is there anything wrong with it? Certainly, as no film is perfect. Are the imperfections small when compared to everything that went right? Yup.

Overall- 3/4 s- certainly see it, but think twice if you don't like musicals. Otherwise, be my guest.

 

[Princeton]

let me try my hand at this!

"Mr. & Mrs. Smith"

Starring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn
3 s out of 4 s

This was the first Brad and Angelina movie that I've seen; well, ok, if you want to be technical, I "heard" Angelina in SharkTale. And, I will tell no lie, I wanted to see it ONLY because Angelina was in it. I mean, I knew it would be good, but that was the motive behind it.

And good it was. Action-packed, fairly romantic, with a slight comedic edge to it as well. So, if you're into action, romance, comedy, or just want to see Brad and Angelina, go and see it.

 

[chestermcdragon]

Batman Begins
4 out of 4

 

[theprawncracker]

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
3 1/2 out of 4

This movie really evened out the end of the Star Wars era. It was action packed, and the CGI was amazing! The only bad part of the movie was Christianson's bad acting, Portman's love scenes, and Christianson's acting. Oh wait. Oh well, I loved the movie. And R2-D2's masive exposure!

 

[Kimp the Shrimp]

Batman begins 3 out 5

 

[Kimp the Shrimp]

Beyond the Sea 3.75/5
Hitch 3/5

 

[chestermcdragon]

batman begins
5/5
beneath lochness
2.5/5

 

[Kimp the Shrimp]

Deep Water 2/5