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  • Yes, I've Seen This Film. Shut Up.

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    In an attempt to get closer to my cousins, I brought them and a few of their friends to this film back in 1995. I agreed to go because I enjoyed Larisa Oleynik on "The Secret World Of Alex Mack" and thought it might be cool to see her in a feature film. What I wasn't ready for was Rachael Leigh Cook, who I developed an instant crush on and have followed her unfortunately spotty career since. So I've got to thank this film for introducing me to R.L.C. (or should I say that this film is responsible for me following R.L.C.'s career? Hmmm...). Otherwise, it's a pretty typical 90's film made for teenage girls. I am not a teenage girl. If YOU are, you will probably enjoy this film. Especially if you are a baby-sitter. There you go. Enough said.


  • Fairly Typical 30's Melodrama

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    Found at my local Wal-Greens for a dollar, the version I purchased has three films on it: "Made For Each Other", "Pot O' Gold" and a cartoon. I found the film to be VERY uneven tone-wise, but the film was saved from sinking (and getting a lower rating) by two things: the cinematography. More specifically, shot composition. There are a select few very picturesque scenes in the film that make it quite interesting to watch. Jimmy Stewart. He's just too darned wholesome to completely dislike, even when his acting is wooden, which it is several times here, but he makes up for it in the later, more melodramatic scenes. Everyone else is hamming it up and sobbing, whereas he gets surprisingly angry. I don't think I've ever seen him in another role where he yells so realistically at another character. I would rate this film as "for Jimmy Stewart completists".


  • Finally, A Cage Film I Can Stomach

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    Adaptation  (2002)

    Simple in its premise but mind-bendingly complex in its execution, Adaptation is one of those films that only come along once in a while, and with Charlie Kaufman penning this and his other wildly imaginative narratives, those once in a whiles seem to be closing the gap in their regularity. Kaufman is the rare screenwriter whose name draws an audience (thanks to his oddly original "Being John Malkovich") and his work with both Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry is some of the most original and exciting in recent cinematic history, if not ever. This story melds your basic novel adaptation with the process of adapting a novel in a very autobiographical way, and Nicolas Cage gives a surprisingly good turn as the lead(s). Why he doesn't do more material like this is beyond me, because it seems he has the quirky idiosyncracies to pull off tons of this material. Well, in any case, I'm pleasantly surprised that all involved have assembled a fantastic film worth watching several times.


  • An Enduring (Albeit Dated) Classic

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    Short Circuit  (1986)

    A childhood favorite, it seems to have lost little of its appeal as it passes the 20 year anniversary. Sure it's silly, sure it's far-fetched, sure it stars Steve Guttenberg, but the characters are so off-the-wall and loveable that you'd be hard pressed to walk away from this film and NOT be at least entertained. Particularly affable is "Johnny" Number 5, the naive robot-****-humanoid at the center of the film. It's surprisingly easy to get lost in his world (Wall*E eat your heart out) AND it's fun for the whole family - and I mean everyone.


 

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