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History of the World -- Part I
History of the World -- Part I
The best historical movie ever ...
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 "Mel Brooks has a way with words, and music, and dancing, and just about everything he touches....does that sound dirty to you too? Good, it's not just me then. So what happens when this man gets his hands on some of the biggest events in human history? Hilarity ensues, that's what.The film covers several major events in the span of humanity: the dawn of man, the stone age, Moses bringing the commandments, the roman empire, the last supper, the Spanish inquisition, and the French revolution. All of these are covered with your standard Brooks' type of humor: bad sex jokes galore in Rome, Moses dropping a tablet of the original 15 commandments, someone using "Jesus" as a swear at the last supper and a whole cycle of "What?".The Spanish inquisition, on the other hand, is by far the most memorable of the vignettes. It's not very long, but it's toe tappingly good! Yeah, it's a song and dance number stlyed like a broadway show. The inquisitors s ... " [More]
Spaceballs
Spaceballs
A spoof to top all others
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 "I am one of the biggest nerds around, and the original "Star Wars" trilogy is one of my biggest nerdisms(wait, is that a word?). So you think someone who gets into arguments over who would win in a fight between Darth Vader and Captian Kirk would take his prized movies as a godsend, and I do. However I also happen to have this thing called a sense of humor, and Mel Brooks' "Spaceballs" tickels my funnybone(oh god, the cliches!) and then some.Now any idiot could spoof sci-fi classics like "Star Wars" and "Planet of the Apes"(Planet of the Grapes could net you millions!), but Mel Brooks does it in a way that not only satires the films but also pays homage to them with subtle jabs.Let us not forget the iconic dialouge this movie has, and the great lines it presents. "I knew it, i'm surrounded by assholes", "Spaceballs the Flamerthrower! The kids love that one", and the famous:Dark Helmet: I am your father's brothe ... " [More]
American History X
American History X
Racism covered from the other s ...
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 ""American History X" is a movie about racism, and anyone who knows me(or read my review of Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing") knows how I feel about movies that try to seem intellectual and edgy by covering racism. This movie, however, covers it in the sense of a family trying to stop it, and to top everything on it's a white family.So how do you take a movie about an older brother who goes to jail as a Neo-Nazi jerk who kills two people in his fornt yard(and commits other crimes as seen in flashbacks) and make it touching and profound? Add in a little brother who's following in his footsteps.The plot may come across as a little thin(yeah, we get it, people are racist), but this doesn't bother me so much with this film because it shows the other side of things, it shows the reasoning that these people have for being the way they are(and promptly shows how twisted and vile it is). But it also focuses less on a "White people are all racist pigs ... " [More]
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park
More like "AWESOME PARK", am I ...
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 "Holy crap, has it really been 15 years since this came out? You mean to tell me I was 7 when this came out? Wow, I feel kind of old all of a sudden.So "Jurassic Park", where do I begin with this movie? This is, by all means, one of the single greatest survival-thriller-action movies ever made. The combination of thrilling action and dinosaurs just sets this apart from most anything else out, sure the sequels were both pretty bad but they don't count anymore. First of all, the acting in this movie is stupendous on all accounts. Sam Jackson, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Richard Attenborough all give stellar performances. Even the kids who play Lexi and Tim give great performances and set the bar(even though both of them have sort of fallen from the face of the Earth). And lest we forget the big stars of the movie, the Dinosaurs themselves.Speaking of those Dinosaurs, how awesome are those things? The CGI may seem a little dated, but it still holds so strong even all these ... " [More]
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Is this a movie about racing?
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 "What happened to racing films? Where did we lose our way? How did we go from "Days of Thunder" to things like "Fast and the Furious"(which calling it a racing film is a big stretch and giving it too much credit) and "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby"?So let's talk about the latter, shall we? According to "Talladega Nights" all NASCAR drivers and fans are nothing but moronic rednecks from the deep south, giving the film a very one demensional feel with a "HURR HURR, REDNECKS ARE STUPID!" vibe. Will Ferrell's character(Ricky Bobby) has no depth and comes across as just a stupid southern boy(he names his kids "Walker" and "Texas ranger" for god's sake!). Even the other characters just come off as nothing more than yamering white trash drunks(with the exception of Ricky's pit cheif and Sacha Baron Cohen's French import driver).Speaking of Sacha Baron Cohen, this guy just ain't that ... " [More]
Juno
Juno
A good film, but not the best b ...
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 "I'm the type of guy who's sort of on the fence when it comes to teen comedy-dramas that involve people getting pregnant, simply because it's been done before. Maybe it's also got to do with the fact that I knew so many girls in highschool who were pregnant that it's made me take a sick and twisted view of teen pregnancy issues. Yet something about 2007's "Juno" made me forget most of my quarrels with this style.As you know, Juno(Ellen Page) gets pregnant by Bleeker(Michael Cera), and goes off to find a good family to give the child to(Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner). Ok so the plot is pretty thin, but that's to be expected when you think about most films these days. There's a lot of talk on the ol' interwebs about how this movie is nothing more than "worthless hipster bullshit", which makes no sense to me. Most people are just bitching about it because it was the big popular movie, just like they did with "Transformers ... " [More]
The General
The General
Silent classic that holds it's ...
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 ""The General" is another one of those silent classics(like "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari") that seems to hold it's own 81 years after it's debut. I won't go in to the details of the plot, needless to say it's a slapstick comedy taking place during the United States Civil War(yes, other countries have had civil wars too).The comedic aspects of this film are great, and the slapstick works well. In fact, it tends to work better than most modern slapstick attempts. It's really simple stuff too, a guy falling through a hole in a bridge, or tossing a plank of wood over the train car he's trying to get it into. Yet it made me laugh out loud, which is something this movie should be proud of. The acting isn't really something you can comment on when it comes to silent films, because it's not like you can really get into a character if they have no voice right? So i'm going to avoid trying to comment on this for fear of being yelled at b ... " [More]
The Third Man
The Third Man
Classic Film Noir, classic good ...
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 "War is hell, and the second world war drove that point home in Europe. Vienna is one such place that took a beating during the war. This crumbling, war torn, damp, conflict riddled hell hole(no offence Vienna, you're beautiful now) is the backdrop to the 1949 film noir classic "The Third Man". As I've said before, some older films don't hold up too well, but others still stand out decades after(we're talking 59 years already for this one). This is one such film.The film is a mystery(what, a film noir as a mystery? Crazy, I know), where a man who comes to Vienna to work for a friend is instead left to figure out what happened after his death. The different occuping armies(United States, Britian, France, and Russian) are all playing a part somewhere along the road, and none are too keen on playing well with others it seems. The acting is very well played, Joseph Cotten plays the protaginist Holly Martins(I kid you not, he's a guy named Holly) with passio ... " [More]
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
I'm singin' a review! What a gl ...
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 "Ok, not really. I think people would freak out if I sang this entire review, and that has nothing to do with my total lack of singing skill. Anyway, we all know the 1952 classic "Singin' in the Rain" and the song that goes along with it. The plot follows Don Lockwood(brilliantly portrayed by the immortal Gene Kelly) and his co-star Lina Lamont(Jean Hagen) as their carrers in the silent film industry are challenged by the new technology on the block, the talkie. To stand up to this new threat Don, his best friend Cosmo(Donal O'Connor), and his love interest Kathy(Debbie Reynolds) decide to make a musical out of Lockwood and Lamont's flop of a first talkie.This film is called a classic for a reason, because it sets a standard not easily met by most. The last few years have seen the semi-resurgance of the musical genre(Hairspray and Sweeny Todd being the tow biggest offenders), but nothing seems to hold a flame to this film. Now i'm not a big fan of musicals, ... " [More]
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
One of the best foriegn war fli ...
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 "Ah, the Korean "war". The wonderful times when we were paranoid about Communist and not "terrorists", but enough polital babble, this is a film review! So what movies do we have about this "war" between the two Koreas? Uh, well we have M*A*S*H. Yeah, that's about it. But now we have Tae Guk Gi(which is Korean for "The Brotherhood of War"). The film follows two brothers living in south Korea who get drafted to fight the "Red Menace"(yeah, there's going to be a lot of political jokes/puns so get used to it). So they go off to fight, and it all goes down hill from there...well, for the characters at least.This film is a masterpiece of the art that we call movies. The acting is above standard with the actors showing real terror and care throughout the hardships that is war. The music was well orchestrated and fit every scene very nicely, and the actual combat sequences really drive the point that "war is hell" home. Th ... " [More]
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream
To be or not to, wait...this is ...
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 "Darren Aronofsky is known through the film world as the guy who made the movie 3.18462387343(or whatever the hell Pi is). Yes, that is a math joke, thank you for noticing. In case you don't get math jokes, he directed a movie called "Pi". So what do we have here? Sweet, it's going to be...no...hold on. I'm being told it's not going to be Shakespeare, instead we get a movie about....drugs? What? Oh come on, seriously? Alright, it's a movie about drugs. So yeah, it's a moive about drugs and addiction and people having no grip on reality. Mostly it focuses around A mother who wants to be on some TV thing(ellen Burstyn), her deadbeat drug peddling son Harry(Jared Leto), his crackhead girlfreind Marion(Jennifer Connelly), and his best buddy/partner in crime Tyrone(Marlon Wayans). The film lacks one big key element, good acting. And a second big element, good actors. I'm sorry, but how did Jennifer Conelly go from David friggin' Bowie to the whin ... " [More]
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee, doing the thing he d ...
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 "Oh Spike lee, you're movies, err....joints, sorry, are always worth a good watch. "Mo' Better Blues"(1990) being a personal favorite of mine. But lets go to a year before that, to 1989 and "Do the Right Thing".The movie follows a sorted group of characters, including pizza boy Mookie(Lee), his boss Sal(Danny Aiello), his two sons(John Turturro and Richard Edson), and the best DJ ever(played by one mister Samuel L. Jackson). It takes place on the hottest day of the year in New York City(Brooklyn to be exact). It's no surprise that a Spike Lee joint takes place in NYC, god forbid he make a movie someplace else. Of course this joint, like all his others, deals mostly with racial tensions. Because of this somewhat standard idea for him, the plot's a little thin. The acting isn't great, but it's better than good. It's sort of "Quasi-Great", if you will. The actors are able to portray the characters they were supposed to be, and i ... " [More]

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