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Heartbreakers

My Review
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"I was gonna give this movie 2 stars but then I remembered how retina schorchingly hot Jennifer Love Hewitt is in this movie and it got an extra star " [More]

Dedication

Not Like Garden State at All...
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"II saw this movie yesterday and I could not really find any reviews of the film I did see a lot of comments over on IMDB claiming that his is a Garden State rip off. I am wondering when people are going to stop being so short sided and realize that just because a movie is about a relationship between damaged people, has a soundtrack with an indie flair and lots of dialogue is not a reason to write it off. First and foremost this film is not like Garden State because Justin Theroux is willing to play with the craft. In Garden State Braff seems to just give direction, put the camera down and cut it together which is not criticism, it is just the style of the film. Theroux here is obviously playing with the craft of filmmaking, taking bigger challenges in the editing room and allowing the story to jump from the past, to the present and even into our protagonists subconscious. All in all I walked away from the film with a very good feeling. I always suspected that Mandy Moore had ... " [More]

Marie Antoinette

The thing that made me like it...
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"A friend of mine saw this at the New York Film Festival last year and did not enjoy it. Hearing him talk about it he said that it's obvious historical inacuracies, failed attempt to get the viewer to feel sympathy for Ms. Antoinette and other short commings made this the first kink in an otherwise promising career for Ms. Coppola. To a certain extent I agree, that was however until I decided to view the film in a different light. If you look at the film just as a character study then of course you are not going to be impressed with these characters. They are the very definition of gluttons and even the attempts to feel sympathy for her (sticking with her husband) came off as another shirking of responsibilites (that of being responsible for the safety and well being of her children). Then I started to think about how visually pleasing and interesting the movie is. When you go from dreary Austria to colorful and vibrant france, the use of many different colors and the choic ... " [More]

One Last Thing...

Just finished the film...
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"Overall I walked away liking the film. We see some great performances from Michael Angarano, Cynthia Nixon and Brian Stoke Mitchell. The two guys who played the main characters friends (not sure of their names) were also pretty good. Where this movie falls short in a few ways is trying to do way to much. I honestly think that this is a movie that could have stood on it's own as a story where Dylan is coming to terms with his death and his mother is dealing with going through a tremendous loss once again. When they keep cutting back to Nikki and dealing with her baggage and attitude I just lost interest. I honestly couldn't have cared why Nikki was such an unlikeable person, I have just crown up in a world were all super models are mean and vapid, I dont care what made them that way. Mr. Angarano gives a great performance and I was captivated by him on screen. It is easy for someone to say that knowing your time on earth was limited you would live life to the fulle ... " [More]

Raising Arizona

ONe of My Favorite Coen Bros. M ...
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"I only saw this movie recently but I loved it...As it turns out it is one of " [More]

The Groomsmen

Huge Ed Burns Fan
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"Ok I need to preface this by saying I am a Huge Fan of everything he has done. I guess as an Irish Catholic kid growing up in the city it was good to see a filmaker telling stories that I relate to and I love this film but there is something that has been bugging me about this movie that I need to get off my chest. If you look at the original poster for the movie you will see something very different then you see on the DVD box cover, in fact here is a link to the poster (sorry I am in a rush and do not feel like dealing with HTML right now) (http://media.movieweb.com/gal leries/3833/posters/poster1_fu ll.jpg) Now you see we have here a true representation of what the movie is about. A man coming together with his friends before the biggest day of his life and the days that follow. The DVD however has a horribly put together photo of the guys with Ms. Murphy in a Wedding dress with the subheadline 'Till Death do we Party,' ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. This misinterprits ... " [More]

Film Geek

I can't fully dislike but...
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"Being something of a geek when it comes to film myself I can't fully dislike this movie but I was not in love with this film. There were elements that were really true, raw and appropriate but there were also times where it became to slapsticky. When you are trying to get people to feel for a character and relate to him there are just some gags you should do and some you should not, having a girl get shit on is one of the things you should not do. That being said Westby and Malkasian are both ridiculously talented guys and I hope they keep working together. I love seing filmakers go digital now-a-days and I hope more and more people can just grab a camera and shoot a film in this way. " [More]

2001: A Space Odyssey

Part of my AFI 100 list that I ...
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"Finally saw this one and I am glad I did. Really didn't exactly know what to think at the end of it which made me feel kind of dumb but it was stunning. Only complaint is that it is a tad slow and wish their could be a little more dialogue " [More]

Al Franken: God Spoke

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"I think I need to preface this review by saying I am a big Al Franken fan. He was a bright spot on SNL, he is a fantastic writer, a good radio host and an intriguing person in general. That being said I was not a huge fan of this documentary. It seemed to be hastely put together and generally the production quality is poor. However on the content I was suprised that I did not like it as much as I thought I would have. Al Franken is funny like I expected but he doesnt do much to differntiate himself from his conservative counterparts. They are all passionate and care and the only thing that seperates them is Franken bases his arguments in fact and the others in idocracy. However I came away with the spectrum between the likes of O'reilly and those like Franken having shrunk. That being said I hope he wins in '08 " [More]