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  • Terrible, Terrible, Terrible

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    Lost in Space  (1998)

    Oh. My. God. I CANNOT believe it took $90 million to produce this bloated, amateurish piece of garbage and waste of film. The dialogue is as cliche and cheesy as they come (Akiva Goldsman's only good film, as far as I'm concerned, is "A Beautiful Mind", and it's hard to believe the same writer created these two vastly different films), the plot is obvious and annoying, and the acting is sub-par, and even Gary Oldman can barely rise above this stinking heap. I completely lost interest in the film when they introduced the alien monkey. What's most insulting, though, is the film's ending, in which all of the main characters have some stupid line, and of course, that kiss between Heather Graham and Matt LeBlanc that the filmmakers were sure we were waiting for, but in reality were dreading. During the flashy end credits, Lacey Chabert can be heard proclaiming during the crappy rap-style ending "This mission sucks!" How appropriate.

  • An Eastwood Keeper

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    What can I say - it's Eastwood at his best. I'm not sure why, but I found myself somewhat shocked at hearing Clint drop the F-bomb as often as he does in this film; perhaps it's because he's conservatively heroic in many of his other films. John Malkovich is effectively creepy as the would-be assassin, Rene Russo turns in a typical performance (which is a compliment), but Dylan McDermott really bothered me this time around as the weepy sidekick. All in all, not a bad little thriller from 1993, and a decent follow up to Clint's masterpiece, Unforgiven.

 


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