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I own Sin City in its original comic book form. All the episodes. And I can't believe how something that nice can be destroyed so thoroughly.

Not only doesn't the comic form fit the movie screen but the sets and actors used are horrible. The CGI is dull and lifeless. Where Miller could draw a stark scene in a few outlines Rodrigues copies it perfectly to the big screen with the result of making it totally unlike the original. It is not possible to copy the aesthetics of still images to motion pictures. The two formats rely on too different premises.

And the actors chosen to fill Millers comic book outlines have managed to do just that - outline the characters without ever making them credible. The acting, with a notable exception of Mickey O'Rourke as Marv, is as dull and lifeless as if showing static comic images on the screen.

Ad to this the fact that Rodrigues has somehow managed to turn the strong women in Millers fiction into cringing damsels in distress and you've got an unappealing paste of bad clichés in a humanity- and female-hating form.

I can't actually claim to have seen this movie as I was unable to force myself to finish watching. The movie was bad, the acting was worse, and the intelligence content the worst. Three Kings' story is a ripoff from Kelly Heroes, it's premises from Full Metal Jacket and it's characters from Disneys Donald Duck.

What can one say about troops who watch a cow get blown by a mine three yards in front of them and calmly proceed to walk around the crater? How about a soldier shooting a surrendering enemy, in full view of his commanding officers, comrades and journalists? Can anyone say 'Court Martial'? Apparently Mr. Russell can't.

Not only is the behavior of the characters that's a flaw. The totally lack of knowledge of military matters exhibited by the cast and crew is disturbing to say the least. The only thing more disturbing is the fact that a lot of people not only accept this glorified BS but also consider it to be one of the greatest war movies of all times. 3/10

I've watched all the Beverly Hills Cop movies, even the last and IMHO worst one. I even liked them. But I can't like Blue Streak.

The plot is one long cliche built to allow Martin Lawrence to do what he does best, which is wave his arms and go 'Damn'. Five minutes of this is ok, but watching Blue Streak is like being forced to watch three consecutive episodes of Lawrence's equally annoying and pointless sitcom but with some gratuitous (albeit PG-13 rated) violence. I guess we're supposed to laugh at police beating arrestees as long as there is no blood involved.

The intro is all right, reminiscent of Hudson Hawk, but already after three minutes you've got the entire movie set out and you know how it's going to end. And it hasn't got any of Hudson Hawk's dry wit or humor.

The characters are unbelievable, unfriendly and unsympathic. After a short while you start to wish that they'd all get into a major gun battle and die, especially Lawrences hyper active and overplayed (and decidedly not funny) con-turned-fake-cop. The only person who was even remotely likable was the official 'Bad Guy' and that only because he was somewhat 'normal'.

Stay away from this movie. Do not watch it even if you get free popcorn with it. 3/10

I liked the French original. I managed to see the first Hollywood remake without switching channels. But the only reason I watched Cruel Intentions in its entirety is that it was 2 am and I was too lazy to search for the remote. There is only one thing that's good about Cruel Intentions and that is the character of S. M. Gellar. Please note that I am specifically saying the character and not the actress, for although Gellar is pretty to look at her acting leaves much to be desired (no pun intended). The overall plot has not been changed since the novel. Bored nobility (or in this case rich folks) make a bet on whether the male lead can seduce a prude woman. In the original the bet was about Valmont going to monastery if he failed, something that far surpasses the car that is bet in this utterly mediocre remake.

My recommendation is to see something different, perhaps even the original (Liaisons dangereuses, Les (1959)), but leave this teenybopper screen wasting flick be.

Based on Berke Breathed's popular cartoon Bloom County, A Wish for Wings that Work is sure to amuse and enthrall every audience, from youngest to oldest. Wings is the story of Opus the penguin, whose greatest wish is to fly. But alas, penguins are not meant to fly no matter how hard some of them try. Throughout the movie Opus' misadventures entice the watcher to both laugh and cry, before, as befalls a good fairytale, it ends happily albeit with a twist.

Although I am no great fan of cartoons I really enjoyed Wings. It has a charming quality to it, an ability to make people feel like children again. Making it even better is the fact that it has a number of rather adult jokes (such as Elvis turning up or the Toy and Gun store being named after Norman Schwarzkopf).

In all I strongly recommend A Wish for Wings that Work, whether you are a Bloom County fan or not.

To tell the truth, I liked this movie. It's not great, it's not even good, but it's a very entertaining piece of budget movie history, and considering that I am surprised at how good it actually became.

Basically it is a classical Dirty Dozen/Guns of Navarone mixture. Group of misfits in German penal battalion goes on impossible mission, shot lots of ruskies, loose some good men and have some strange/amusing/other encounters. The acting isn't bad, in fact it's downright good in a few spots such as Tiny and The Legionaire but generally it's pretty mediocre. What makes this movie something more than B trash is the fact that it has some pretty likable characters and some pretty funny scenes.

For example; throughout the movie we are given propaganda bulletins on the German radio talking about the heroes of Bektovka, who are holding out against all odds far behind enemy lines. One is compelled to laugh at the absurdity when our heroes accidentally end up at Bektovka and discovered that the 'heroes' are living a quiet farm life together with the Russian defenders of the village.

Another fun thing, at least for me, was how equipment and uniforms change continuously throughout the movie. At one point even the German tanks (which look suspiciously like Russian JS3s) are transformed, into Russian T-55s.

Wheels of Terror gave me a feeling of watching an episode of the 60s WW2 series 'Combat' or the old Polish series 'Four Tankers and a Dog'. If you're looking for a good war movie see Peckinpah's 'The Iron Cross' or Stone's 'Platoon', but if you're looking for a trip down nostalgia lane Wheels of Terror is the movie for you.

Hackers is a mediocre movie although it has a few good points. As cyberpunk it's worse than Mnemonic and set in an unbelievably current time. The computer speech sprinkled throughout this movie is faulty, inappropriate and old fashioned and the hacker cum villain is flat, unconvincing, unambitious and overly cheezy. The cool hacker comments and aliases have a definite 80's feel.

Hackers would have gotten a 1 or 2 vote if it had not been for three things; the need for passwords, something that I rarely see in computer movies, the method of obtaining them, which was accurate for a long time and perhaps still is (searching trough dumpsters for printouts) and lastly Angelina Jolie who's a definite plus in any movie.