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I like this show...and I don't know why. Maybe it's because Ginger is a lot like me, she doesn't really belong to a group and is just average. That being said, "As Told By Ginger" is somewhat unrealistic. In almost every episode, Ginger and her friends try to do something to impress/get in with Courtney Gripling, the most popular girl in the school. Being in middle school myself, I know that most kids are not popular and don't want to be. But I digress. Some of them do, and I guess Ginger would be one of them.

The characters are annoying. Plain and simple. Ginger's the most normal one, so she's okay...but her friends, Dodie and Macie, are incredibly annoying. So is Ginger's mom. Her brother is okay, kind of a troublemaker, but that's all right. And while the show's view of middle school life is somewhat inaccurate and distorted, it's still a good show. Ginger is a pretty bad role model when you think about it...but it shows that nobody's perfect and that's a good message to send across. I give Nickelodeon thumbs up on this one.

I'll give this movie its credit. It's probably the best horror movie of 2002, and certainly beats out "Darkness Falls" and "They" of 2003. (Those movies looks unbelievably stupid...and I have no will to see them.)

"The Ring," on the other hand, is another story. It's basically about a videotape that people watch, and seven days later they (mysteriously) die. A phone call after they watch the video warns them about this. After the mysterious death of her niece, Rachel (Naomi Watts) watches the tape, gets the call...but decides she won't put up with it. She's determined to stop her death and figure out the damned video tape. What she experiences is a deep, twisted story of the Morgan family, and their little girl Samara (played eerily by Daveigh Chase, the voice of Lilo!).

Spoilers!

The movie has a genuinely creepy atmosphere. The videotape itself brought me to chills. It's a very disturbing tape, and the little Samara that supposedly created it with her mind, is even more disturbing. Every part is played well, though Naomi Watts's character did not much more than investigate and gasp every once in a while.

The special effects are good as well. When they show Rachel's niece dead in the bathroom, it looks so gruesome that I jumped. (I'm not one for jumping, either.) And when Samara comes out of the TV...well, I was impressed with the special effects, but mostly creeped out. It was so freaky. The girls sitting behind me in the theater screamed. It wasn't THAT scary...but it was pretty scary.

Ironically enough though, after people watch the video tape, three days later they get a nosebleed, signaling them that their death was coming. I actually got a nosebleed on the third day after seeing the movie--no kidding. And I was freaked out enough by this film to check for handprint-burns on my arm the next coming days. (People who've seen the movie know why I'd expect that.) So, I was scared.

I didn't die, obviously. :)

All in all, this movie was a well-made, well-carried-out horror film, with genuinely eerie moments and atmospheres. The acting is great, the special effects are great...and the movie itself is great. Most likely, you'll want to check it out.

I like this show very much. Yes, it is stupid, but that's what makes it funny! Stupid little things such as a wrestling match in which Patrick licks Spongebob's foot crack me up. Maybe it's just my sense of humor, but I think this show is great.

Remember the POOP episode? Priceless.

It can fall from funny to plain stupid, though. Actually, I can't think of a single episode that was stupid and not funny. Hum. Anyway, I think all the characters are perfect...you have the dull, dry Squidward; the lazy, stupid Patrick; the money-driven, bossy Mr. Krabs; and of course, the chipper and likable Spongebob. But the best character is Gary! How he can be so cool by just saying, "Meow," is beyond me.

Anyway, this is a great show, but I can see how it might get on people's nerves. I would recommend it though--it's very funny.

That horrendous sketch comedy show "All That" has had a few spin-offs. "The Amanda Show" was bad, but had some humorous moments, and "The Nick Cannon Show" was...well, I didn't even watch it because it was so bad-looking.

"Kenan & Kel" used to entertain me though. I thought that its humor was cheap and often flat, but the characters are so well-developed that I couldn't help but like them. How they always get into trouble without wanting to, and the way they each deal with it...and of course, Kel's odd love for orange soda. This show had its upsides, but the downsides outweigh the former.

Laugh track...bad laugh track. Stupid characters (Chris, most of Kenan's family). The obviously fake sets and props (walls, bats, whatever). I could go on for awhile. But this show can be good, except it often just falls into OK.

This show is bad. Plain and simple. But its star is more deserving of her own show than the other stars who've gotten their own shows (i.e., Kenan and Kel, Nick Cannon...ick). Amanda Bynes does have charisma, I won't deny that.

I think, however, that she is much better on her WB show, What I Like About You. She should've put her work into a show like that from the start, not this.

Like most other "live" shows on Nickelodeon, this show obviously has a laugh track, because it is RARELY funny. Skits that are supposed to be humorous (such as the Amandaplease girl, the Totally Kyle thing...) fail to be so. But I did watch an episode a few nights ago (the very end of it, actually), and it actually had humor in it. Don't be so shocked. At least, humor that I thought of as humor. In the Moody's Point sketch...ah. Anyway.

This show had potential, because it did have occasional humor, but it was cancelled to let the actors focus on better, more deserving projects. Which is good.

in that it has stayed on the air for so long.

WHY?!

This show is not funny. It has never been funny. It has never come close to being funny. Uck. The only reason I used to watch it was for the musical guests (I WAS a teenybopper, believe it or not), but that was it. I never found any humor in any of the sketches at all.

Comparing this show to Saturday Night Live is based only on the surface. Yes, the two shows DO have sketches and musical guests every show...but that's where the similarities end. Saturday Night Live was funny until the early/mid 90s era, when it became hilarious. Then Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, and all those funny guys left, and it gradually became unfunny. Whereas All That was never funny...so Saturday Night Live has something to be proud of.

All That is even worse than The Amanda Show, which features one of its former stars, Amanda Bynes. But The Amanda Show is occasionally funny (I saw it a few nights ago and even laughed), and All That never has been, never is, and never will be funny.

Avoid at all costs.

This movie was OK actually. The premise is actually very stupid I thought, but they throw in little bits of humor that make the movie bearable. Or maybe it's just me and my sense of humor (which is kind of odd I must admit), but I found some parts hysterical. Like when Pete is eating the cereal and his mom says to him, "Slow down, no one's gonna steal your wooly mammoth meat." Haha. Anyway, if your sense of humor is kind of out-of-whack like mine, you'd probably like some parts of this movie. If not, well, you'd probably hate it.

This movie was pretty good. I saw it on TV last Halloween, and it really set the mood. It's basically about a dog that gets rabies, and a mother and her son are trapped in the middle of nowhere (in their car that broke down, of all things) because the dog is terrorizing them. It's really pretty sad actually, because they show the dog chasing the rabbit into the cave where he gets the rabies, and the dog just seems so sweet and cute. It's pretty scary too, when the boy passes out from the heat in the car and needs water or SOMETHING. It obviously set that kind of situation for movies like Panic Room and Signs. It is really a pretty suspenseful movie with that psychological terror--it would scare the hell out of you if it happened to you.

You have to give this show SOME credit. It was a pretty long-running show, considering its home was the WB. But that being said...WHY? Why did this show make it past one season?

The basic idea is two twins, Tia Landry (Tia Mowry) and Tamera Campbell (Tamera Mowry) meet up in a store one day, astonished by the fact that they look alike, and find out that they were adopted by different parents years ago. Tia and her mom Lisa (Jackee Harry) eventually move in with Tamera and her dad Ray (Tim Reid), so that the girls can get to know each other and make up for years lost.

The premise sounds slightly interesting. The show is not.

Basic story ideas involve boys, celebrities, boys, rivals...and oh yeah, boys. Your basic teen comedy (although I don't think it can pass as a comedy), with the same shallow plot lines. What do you expect though?

Now the characters. Ugh. The twins are downright annoying--especially when they say things at the same time. Tim Reid, as Ray, seems like he really doesn't want to be there--and who would? And now for Lisa. I mentioned that the twins are annoying--but they have got nothing on Lisa. She is the most annoying creature I've ever had the misfortune of seeing in my lifetime. If she weren't on the show, it would be a lot more bearable. Some people consider her the foundation of the show--when in fact, she is the reason this show is rendered annoying. She makes me want to break the TV just to shut her up. Or at least change the channel. The only good character on here is Roger. He's so sweet and likable...which is waaay more than I can say for the rest of the cast. Roger can be worth watching the show...because he is the only good character...but even he cannot save the show from its monstrosity.

Some people call this show "the black Full House." And I can see how they'd think that. Both shows are incredibly annoying, but you see that Full House has at least one corny speech (along with cheesy music) PER episode. Whereas Sister, Sister has no corny music, but just as corny speeches. Such as Lisa uttering so brilliantly in one episode, "Words can hurt!" Grr.

Just avoid this show. Unless you like annoying characters, corny plot lines, or tasteless humor. And I don't think anybody does.

Let me say now that I think birds are one of the LEAST frightening things in this world--but this film will leave you feeling differently.

The film is basically about a town invaded by birds with no real mission...oh yeah, except to attack. It is wonderfully acted and isn't one of your basic slasher-teen flicks. This movie is like a Stephen King book--no outright terror, but psychological horror. It's scary to think about it actually happening. And I was utterly surprised at myself for being so frightened of BIRDS--I mean, I own birds. But these are not your regular birds. See the film to see what I mean.

As if you can't tell what's gonna happen right from the beginning. The plot is: A divorced man named Gus (Matt Dillon) wants to marry off his ex-wife (Annabella Sciorra) so that he can stop paying alimony and buy into a deal to replenish a bowling alley. Meanwhile, his set-ups lead to many disappointments and disaster dates. It also causes him trouble with his girlfriend (Mary-Louise Parker) who eventually breaks up with him. This movie is so predictable it hurts. There are so many dead-giveaways to the ending that even I could predict it. (Tee-hee.) Besides a few almost-humorous moments, this movie is boring, lifeless, and mediocre. The performances are OK, however there is no real chemistry between the characters and we don't get to see much character development. I swear, if it weren't for that adorable Matt Dillon, I would never watch this movie.

This being a Disney Channel Original Movie, I didn't expect it to be astoundingly great or anything. The plot is OK, but the one thing I truly hated were the two main girl characters. It seems like all they care about is fashion. I hate shallow girls like that with no other priorities or concerns except what to wear to school tomorrow. There was also some bad acting, bad scripting, and a catch in the plot that I didn't understand. At the beginning, Mr. Walker is telling Ms. Dawson that he doesn't love her, but twenty minutes later he's saying he'd love to marry her? Make up your mind! All in all, this movie is OK for a DCOM, but it really annoyed me with the ditzy girls and the cheesy dialogue. A 4 out of 10.

This movie took a totally original backwards style and made it amazing. This movie really screws with your head. You never find out who John G. really is. This is just such a confusing movie which leaves many unanswered questions in your head, but it keeps you thinking throughout and that's better than laughing at some stupid comedy. This is a totally original and amazing movie that really confuses you all the way as to what is going on, but you really should not miss it!

I studied Mozart in 7th grade, and I watched this movie for backup. I found it to be surprisingly funny, yet very true to Mozart's life. It shows the style and passion of his music, as well as his trips into depression and illness, and the tragic scene of his death and where he is buried. This was a wonderful movie which captivates you all the way and anyone who's interested in Mozart or just plain good movies will not be disappointed.

I read the book in 7th grade literature and thought it was great. I didn't get to see this movie in class, but I saw it on my own. At the time I thought it was great, and I understood what was going on because I had read the book. But if you haven't read it, you might lose a lot of the inner meaning of this storyline. Coppola left out quite a bit of the story. Well, actually, I guess they cut it out. I think the acting was good, though the characters could've matched their descriptions better. The script wasn't the best thing I've ever heard, and Coppola didn't really direct it in a way that makes it real to the viewer. But all in all, if you've read the book first then you will understand this movie a lot better. If you haven't read it, you'll be lost about half of the time and you won't catch onto the message. If you understand the movie though, it's still pretty good. So, a 6 out of 10.