Mickey77

Very cheap production values and two of the most wooden male leads in history. Yet. 50 years on you would be hard pressed to find and more entertaining show. Dialogue and storyline are hilarious, although some basic knowledge of history is required. Loved it as a kid - love it more as an adult. THE GHOST OF NERO gets my vote for sheer off the wall lunacy - with a twist ending to end all twist endings.

This must be one of the most expensive bad movies ever made. Not only is it not remotely scary, its boring, badly acted and insults the intelligence of the audience by making zero effort in providing a believable story premise. For example the parents of the missing boy elaborately dupe Sam Neils character into helping them because the feel he's an expert, even though he has never been to SITE B. And Sam Neil goes along without first waiting for the big cheque he recieved to clear. These are simple plot details that needed to be accounted for. OK so the dinosaurs look good but there is nothing more. Do yourself a favour get some popcorn and rent the first two movies again.

There is so much thats so good about this movie - that the 1000 word maximum allowed by IMDb is really not enough to do it justice. Just go see for yourself - but be prepared to bring lots of kleenex, I cant recall any movie in recent memory that moved me as much. The short scene where Bills Grandmother says goodbye to him will melt even the hardest of hearts. This is the 3rd movie of a mini-genre set in recession hit northern England, the other two are THE FULL MONTY and BRASSED OFF. This however is by far the best. Top marks to everyone concerned.

This is the single best production ever to have been made for Irish Television. However - when shown on successive nights in the early 90's, this country was in the grip of an Electricity Suppliers industrial dispute - and the resulting power cuts meant very few people got to see it in its entirety, and for some inexplicable reason it was never shown again. What so many missed was a brilliantly acted, stunningly directed story of an investigation in the suicide of a young girl. It's one of the few examples of how a non-linear narrative can enhance a story. If you get the chance - watch this and then watch Tarantino's movies and ask who is the better film-maker.

Please, please, please Mr. Eastwood - make a movie with yourself and James Woods again soon. The chemistry between the two of you is extraordinary - the best male double act since Newman and Redford. I liked your movie too - especially how time was taken to show depth to all the major characters (and NO I never cared for Prison Chaplains either !!). The last scene is a gem - his flaws as a human being mean he will be essentially a loner and an outsider always.

I saw this movie and there were 4 people in the audience when the film started. And the end there were two - me and some other poor soul who I just hope had fallen asleep. This is the type of boring badly acted "comedy" that almost killed the British Film Industry in the late 60's and early 70's. How such inane garbage can be financed and given a wide release is a mystery.

To save fellow movie-goers some dollars, pounds, marks or yen - the plot is this. Man thinks he is dying - kills some people who have s**t on him, hires a hit man to kill him so his new girlfriend can get rich from the insurance. Etc......Ok - now go see a proper movie.

A teenage boy with apparent memory loss is undergoing experimental treatment in a cancer hospital. He befriends several of the young patients and his efforts to improve their lot and his own search for the truth leads him to some unexpected revelations. Curious often downbeat but generally gripping drama which had elements of mystery and some deeper things to say about quality of life. A million miles away for this directors previous film (THE BOY FROM MERCURY) although his handing of the young actors is once again highly impressive.

It's pretty much all been said. I saw this movie in the largest theater in Dublin, and it was a full house (800). After the opening battle sequence there was a deathly hush unlike anything I have ever experienced before or since. It was obvious, that this was the closest anyone there had ever gotten to actual combat - that we had been transported back in time to a hell on earth and that nobody was ever going to be able to look at any war movies in the same light again. For this alone this film deserves its place in history.

Sweet funny morality/fairy tale with wonderful performances from the two leads, some truly funny dialogue and a couple of hilarious one-liners. So nice to come across such a fresh upbeat "old fashioned" film. How come this was ignored at Oscar time while the overlong and overrated Forest Gump cleaned up. Go figure !!

As with the first two adventures the performance of Benji in this movie is amazing. What's more the makers have a bigger budget so the set pieces involving wild animals and the photography throughout is really sensational. Again this film got largely ignored - which is truly a shame.

This is an example of a now almost defunct genre - a movie for children that isn't demeaning or silly or cheap or noisy. True, its limited budget is obvious in places but the direction is brilliant and with the exception of the pig in BABE you would be hard pushed to find a more appealing animal character anywhere in movies and here Benji has to "act" without the advantage of a human voice. Joe Camp was responsible for several movies of this type - he never really got enough credit - which is a great shame.

A great comedy which was much imitated but never bettered. I first saw this film in the last 60's as a young child. In those days (pre video and only one TV station) movies got re-released constantly so it was possible for films to have a theater life of several years. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are as good here as they were in SOME LIKE IT HOT, but it's Peter Falk as Prof. Fate's dim-witted side-kick Max who steals the show. His entry into the middle of a huge pie fight is still one of the funniest moments in movie history.

How can I put this........... The Emperor Has No Clothes...... Was everyone who liked this boring, butt-aching, badly acted movie suffering from mass hysteria when they saw it....... The Holyfield/Lewis decision was the greatest example of clear thinking fairness compared to the 9 Oscars awarded to this piece of pretentious twaddle.

Under-rated beautifully realized version of a famous play - everything is just right and Karen Allen's work as the tragic Laura is deeply moving - one of the best screen performances never to have been nominated for an Academy Award.

This is such a dumb movie - the "surprises" are so obvious, and there is far more convincing detail in even the most average Law & Order episode. However, watch this movie just to see Robert Loggia in action - he is wonderful. He also does have THE best closing line in movie history (but not if you watch the film on Network TV !!)

I remember vividly when I saw this movie first - I was 13 years old. The scene where Richard Dreyfuss discovers the head in the boat is still the single biggest scare I have ever had in a movie theater. The tension of the entire second half is still unmatched by any movie since. JAWS was also the first movie I ever recorded on a VCR and myself and my brother watched it over and over endlessly even getting to the stage where we knew the dialogue. I agree that the shark looks really phony - yet somehow it doesn't matter - such is the brilliance of the direction, the career best work from the 3 actors and John Williams now legendry score. This is one film that should be re-shown in a theater - as it does lose some of its vice-like grip on the smaller screen. Although Spielberg went to to make "better" movies, in terms of sweat inducing nervous excitement this movie is still in a class of its own.

This is such a sweet little movie - containing (next to Being There) Peter Sellers finest screen performance. The two kids are also outstanding and anyone who wants to see London locations other than Tower Bridge and Piccadilly Circus should check this out. A seemingly forgotten film, but well worth seeking out.

This is almost forgotten Irish film - yet it's the still the finest ever made in this country. Anyone who remembers what it was like to be a child will identify with the frustrations, joys and terrors of growing up among adults and older siblings who failed to understand anything. The actors are wonderful including Tushingham and Courtney (3 decades on from Doctor Zhivago) and the technical elements are remarkable considering the shoe-string budget. I saw this movie at its world premiere in Dublin in 1996 - it was love at first sight. I hope it grows in stature over the coming years.

I know why The Exorcist is still the scariest horror movie ever made and one of the few movies you really can watch again and stiff get a buzz from it. Firstly its deadly serious - no semi comic jokey tone, sure there is some humour particularly in Lee J. Cobb's movie fixated detective but for the most part the atmosphere of stark horror is overwhelming. Secondly, the acting is extraordinary....Miller, Burnstyn and Blair really should have gotten Oscars for their career best work. The Exorcist is 25 years old and has not dated and the debate about its effect and power will still be going in 2023