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A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
Could have been SO much better
When you put Anthony Quinn and Giancarlo Giannini together, you expect some magic. These are two GIANTS of the screen from Europe who have put together some of the most memorable performances on film. I think they could read the dictionary and make it sound important.
Poor Keanu Reeves. His scenes with these two cinematic giants just showed how really out of his depth he was. He seems like an earnest guy, and he has found some roles that suit him, (The Matrix series.) but this was WAY over his head. If they had found someone else for the role, I think they could have pulled it off. That and.....
The end? REALLY?! The story was quite a stretch from the start, but I felt like they kept it moving along, and there were some well written scenes. But when they set everything on fire at the end, it was just dumb and ridiculous.
I will say this is one of the prettiest movies you will ever see. It's a bit spoiled by too much CGI and enhanced trickery. My guess is they got tired of waiting for nature to come up with some beautiful sunsets for them. But the rest of the cinematography is really good.
For romantics only. (And REALLY big Keanu fans!)
Poor Keanu Reeves. His scenes with these two cinematic giants just showed how really out of his depth he was. He seems like an earnest guy, and he has found some roles that suit him, (The Matrix series.) but this was WAY over his head. If they had found someone else for the role, I think they could have pulled it off. That and.....
The end? REALLY?! The story was quite a stretch from the start, but I felt like they kept it moving along, and there were some well written scenes. But when they set everything on fire at the end, it was just dumb and ridiculous.
I will say this is one of the prettiest movies you will ever see. It's a bit spoiled by too much CGI and enhanced trickery. My guess is they got tired of waiting for nature to come up with some beautiful sunsets for them. But the rest of the cinematography is really good.
For romantics only. (And REALLY big Keanu fans!)
Letters to God (2010)
Awful
This is a sappy, overwrought, badly acted, badly written movie. If you are a devout Christian, you might find the "message" up lifting. Being hit over the head repeatedly with the Christian theme was tiresome and preachy. I generally don't mind religion being woven into stories - many of the greatest stories of all time have religious themes or references. This isn't one of them.
Both the child actors consistently over play their parts, and "Granna" is laughable. No seriously, her attempts at acting were highly amusing. Ralph Waite does a decent turn as a grumpy old man, (Type casting?) but other than that the performances were mostly weak and entirely predictable. The choir of angels constantly wailing away in the background started to sound like fingernails on a chalk board. All this movie needed to completely blow the sweetness factor was a basket full of puppies.
The only way you're going to use tissues is if you bought this movie instead of recorded it.
I think my teeth hurt.............
Both the child actors consistently over play their parts, and "Granna" is laughable. No seriously, her attempts at acting were highly amusing. Ralph Waite does a decent turn as a grumpy old man, (Type casting?) but other than that the performances were mostly weak and entirely predictable. The choir of angels constantly wailing away in the background started to sound like fingernails on a chalk board. All this movie needed to completely blow the sweetness factor was a basket full of puppies.
The only way you're going to use tissues is if you bought this movie instead of recorded it.
I think my teeth hurt.............