tylerschell

It is easy enough in Next to overlook the cheesy dialogue and the flimsy storyline. It is even possible to embrace the constant flash forwards. Next does not however stand up to its genre of an action thriller. There are few moments when you are on the edge of your seat, mainly occurring in the warehouse scene. The film however did have good potential to twist and turn and finish on a high note. Instead it just rolled along, bouncing to an abrupt stop, without using the full potential of either Cage or Biel. At the end of the film you are left with the worst feeling that a film can give you, which is "This isn't the ending, is it?...no...it can't be...there must be more." I wanted to make a choose your own adventure and alter that ending. Overall the movie came off too short and fell flat at the end, leaving a negative impression that washed out any positive parts from earlier in the movie.

ps. When will they stop giving Cage bad toupes?

A part of me wants The Beach to remain squeaky clean. I want the three to arrive at The Beach, fill in the social gaps of the group, and live happily ever after. I want them to end up blissfully ignorant of everything westernized and remain secluded in utopia. The other part wants the film to explore further its darkness and show the full dismay of The Beach and its main characters. I actually wish they would release this film on a choose your own adventure DVD. I could then choose to watch the movie in its Utopian and positive dream scape of The Beach arrival scenes, or deep into its dystopian and dysfunctional night terrors. They should release that.

I went out of my way to see this film, dragging my naieve roommate with me. I saw it at our local second run theatre for a more expensive price than usual as it was not a main film there.

I love Amy Sedaris. She is probably the funniest comedian I have ever come across. Strangers with Candy however felt like an comedy skit that was stretched from the humorous 5 minute length to 90 minutes. Granted, there were a lot of people in the theatre laughing out loud, but I found these were people already familiar with the director, other actors and the type of off-beat comedy it was going to be. Being a big fan of Sedaris is not enough to carry you through this movie. It wasn't the worst movie I have ever seen, but it was getting close. I agree with another post on here that says that if your humour is middle of the road, you may not like or get the comedy in this film. I like dry humour, British humour, but am a fan of all of it overall. I didn't get this comedy though, I just didn't find it funny. You can only laugh so hard at slapstick, weird teeth and deranged teachers for so long, in my case about 5 minutes. I was very disappointed and do not recommend this movie for anyone outside that small clique whose personality type can only be described as "sideshow."

Well one hot summer day I did lay lazily by the lake they used in the film for Lake Placid. (or one of the lakes) I love this movie. I actually thought I wrote a review on here already for it, but guess not. Betty White, Bridget Fonda, everyone is great in the cast, so funny. They were smart in making it hilarious, tipping it to absurdity over an Anaconda tryhard type of fear. "You didn't happen to lead your husband to the water blindfolded did you?".. I can't say enough about it. You all need to see it.

I bought Lake Placid on DVD and have watched it enough times that I can quote it. Fav line: "What is everyone a museum bigot in Maine?" Greatness.

I thought "The Devil Wears Prada" was an excellent film. It contained the perfect mix of comedy first, drama second. Meryl Streep shows again why she is the best actress since Lauren Bacall. Anne Hathaway is always enjoyable as the protagonist who usually gets the "necessary" makeover. I always wonder if the makeover scenes are actually shot at the end of the movies, making her under for the before shot. Her outfits and style throughout, maybe minus the blue sweater, are amazing and make Emily look like a London dock walker. Emily's character is fantastic as well and adds such immediate high strung humour, keeping the pace moving. It makes me wonder how she managed to not have a complete meltdown as her character, and on set as an actor. I enjoy how Meryl told Anne Hathaway prior to filming that she thought she was a good actress and then told her that would be the last nice thing she said to her during filming. Meryl wanted to stay in character, making Anne's reactions indeed real. Whether it is Runway or actually Vogue, the idea is great, the filming and dialogue are immaculate. It is a feel good movie, even though it may not have the typical beginning, middle or End that we have come to expect from most Hollywood films. After you watch Prada, you will want to wear it, as well as Gucci and Dolce for that matter.

I really liked this film. My roommate and I went to a second run theatre to see it as it looked like the best option. Our expectations were not high at all, especially as it looked like a Christmas movie and we were seeing it in May. It was hilarious! It worked better I think than the original simply because it had Queen Latifa's magic in it. She played the character so well and again played to the stereotyped uptight white people. LL Cool J again proved that he should completely forget about his rap/music career and focus on acting. That song with JLO? please. He did a good job in this film though as the love interest. Anyway, it is actually a film that truthfully I do not remember many sections of, they haven't lasted with me. I do know though that at the time, I was very very impressed with the movie and came out of it having laughed and felt good.

Well I don't even like nuts, especially mixed ones, but I did love this movie. It reminded me of a really good play, kind of like how Noises Off was. Every actor was in their element and played their parts well.

Madeline Kahn (sorry if the spelling is incorrect) was hilarious as Mrs. Munchnik, waiting for her dead husband's sister to call for Christmas holidays. The elevator scene with her character and the toy drum machine has had me laughing since '94. I also still have Adam Sandler's song , "Oh so many things to wonder..." in my head. I liked all the characters, well except maybe Felix. This film is underrated as it doesn't really fit into the norm, def not a Christmas themed movie and not quite a formula comedy. "Click it, go ahead...just click it." I recommend giving it a watch at any time of the year.

I love disaster movies. I even like movies like Dante's Peak and Deep Impact. I did not like 10.5 Apocalypse.

I can usually look past the usual cliché dialogue and the common "America saves the world" attitude. They once in a while mention Canada in these films...since they figure that we are so close, they might as well mention that Canada got some river split action too. In the film they even say something along the line of "Time to save the world, etc." Sure. American and the World must be one in the same. They don't even discuss what the fault will do after it decides to stretch further into the gulf and takes out the Caribbean islands, etc. Perhaps they are leaving that for the 3rd TV movie, although I doubt it since it would not take place in the states.

The states have this obsession, and I am an avid subscriber, for national disaster films. Why is it so exciting and entertaining to watch people die and get buried by earthquakes, and acceptable for prime time TV, while a film on people dying via terrorism/murder is off limits for light ratings and common viewing. Bring on the bird flu and quakes that can cause millions of deaths but do not dare to show a person or group of people to cause it. There is Flight 93, even a TV aired version of it that aired on prime time, but of course is not near as graphic or popular, but bring on KFC and death by chickens.

To be fair to 10.5 Apocalypse, which was a ridiculous 4 hour TV event, I did not watch the first two hours. I picked up after the Las Vegas incident. It got incredibly bad after that. They focused too much on the hotel rescue operation and the pathetic character interaction between Dean Cain and Oliver Hudson. Come on Oliver, call Kate's agent already. Dean Cain, well this movie is kinda perfect for you I guess. The movie sealed its demise with the lack of actual disaster scenes destroying whole places, such as the destruction of Rome or San Fran in The Core. In a desperate attempt to add some more tension, they threw in the nuclear power plot. I actually like the implausible actions in most of these movies but deflecting a 2 mile deep fault around a nuclear power station by planting bombs inside oil pools, that are only like 200 yard away??, c'mon. It sealed its fate and buried it deep in that ridiculous fault line, that looked only about 100 feet deep or so instead of 1-3 miles, with the President and his staff crying/blubbering at the end for no apparent reason. Were they more upset that the fault actually reached the coast and filled with water? Is that more disturbing then all of Las Vegas being sunk? Or perhaps the president is incredibly attached to Houston, Texas. It is Texas after all.

Don't bother to watch this. Or if you do, tape the last two hours and fast forward much of it. I actually had taped the movie. I attempted to rewind it after while it was still on the TV display, hoping to get those hours back. I am pretty sure it didn't work.

Hugh Grant seems to like film roles where he can poke fun at the current culture and politics of the U.S. He played the British Prime Minister in Love Actually where he stood up to a Bush like character in a sort of cathartic British fantasy. In American Dreamz his target may be the American Idol crew and reality show personalities, but it is again just a 1.5 hour excuse to make fun of American culture. Satires and critical films are great and welcomed, so are comedic ones. This failed at accomplishing this but it did bring a sigh of relief to me that it was not another cookie cutter Hollywood film. People, walking out of the cinema, called it bizarre. It seemed bizarre because it didn't follow the usual formula, shooting for more of black comedy. Overall it was not horrible but I don't wish to see it again.

ps. Can I please see a Many Moore movie where she doesn't have to sing in it? pps. I kind of liked Chris Klein's performance.

This film was all about Martin Short. The script wasn't that great and the scenes were a tad strange, but who cares when you have Martin Short at the helm. I really don't think he is as appreciated as he should be. He is an excellent physical comedic actor. In Pure Luck, Captain Ron, that one where he gets the tiny man capsule put inside him?, all has him generating laughs that only a few, such as Steve Martin, can do without a great deal of dialog.

Clifford is Vindictive and wonderful and the way he can't even make proper eye contact and concentration to Grodin's character is making me laugh even now. "Why can't you just sit there and listen to me like a real little boy," Grodin's character says something along those lines as we see Clifford attempt to look "normal." I love this movie and hope many people out there see how dry, strange and wonderful this film and Martin's performance is. I still remember the peak in his hair and his vogue dance sequence, reminiscent of his SNL days.

I think this movie is excellent. I watched it quite often as a young teenager and laughed at it every time. I wish I would have seen it as a play in the theatre, because it would have been excellent!

Michael Caine and the character of Dotty is classic. Carol Burnett is fantastic and even made me want to find the sardines... Still to this day I do the, gulp gulp gulp, sign three times quick to signal a drinking problem.

The lines are great, especially with John Ritter's character's surprise at the box and dress being here, then gone, then here, etc.

Open the doors, close the doors, find the sardines....classic.

Silent Hill was a disappointment. Now granted, I have never played the game and wonder if familiar players take more away from the film? The premise is a good one, the execution is simply terrible. The acting was atrocious, and I am a Resident Evil fan so this is saying a lot. The young child did a fine job but the mother was laughable, though she did not exactly have the best dialogue to work with. The cop was something out of a 80's B horror film.

The beginning of the film attempts to throw you directly into Silent Hill without any character development, especially on the part of the father, in a hasty attempt to get to the CGI. This is the first clue that there is not much depth to the movie.

The special effects are the only part of the movie where it excels. The combination of the town's sirens and the appearance and movement of the town's spirits, especially the armless cocoon ones, are impressive. The nurses are strangely comedic. I expected a dance beat and a Gothic disco ball during their movements.

I think that this film could have been a great horror movie. It was not. It rode the line between Horror B Comedy and straight modern horror. I am sure it did not intend on the audience laughing at any point in this film, a sure sign that the desired effect was missed.

Overall, first 30 minutes of the film are beyond horrible, but if you do not walk out at that point, the movie does improve. I gave it a 5 because I did not like it, nor hate it. I did not want my money back but I don't ever desire to see it again. There are no thrills in this film, just a bit of gore and plot.

I do have to say though that part of the desired effect did take hold on me, much to my dismay, as I very hurriedly made my way up my apartment stairs after the movie, looking behind me as I climbed.

So Goldie, Bette and Diane may not have had the best writing to work with but they turn out one of the best comedic performances I have ever seen. It is a film you can watch multiple times, catching clever new lines/actions of the girls. Goldie as a "Beverly Hills Science Project"/Drunk, Diane the pushover and Bette the "Wonderfully Verbal." Together they make movie magic. I cannot understand how anyone can not like this film. The actresses feed off each other with great chemistry and it is in their body language (those glances, slaps, etc.) where this movie becomes great. This movie proves that Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton are the top of the top for comedic actors. I do hope they decide to do another project together again. Best line in the movie: "There are only three ages for women in Hollywood. Babe, district attorney and driving miss daisy." A serious bit of truth in such an animated film.