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The Last Kiss, though at (many) times very funny, evoking much laughter and giggles from the audience, shadows us in doubt and darkness, painfully remaining parallel to the realistic screw-ups and cruelties in life. I wanted so much to step back into the sunshine, but like real life, I couldn't ignore the "crises" that lurked behind every scene--every action, everything. So. It's not one of those "feel-good" romantic comedies, (which I knew from the beginning, but secretly hoped I was wrong). But it is real, and it is true. And I mean, what more could you ask from a romantic movie, that shows "romance" in its real light? I guess in retrospect, this movie is not about romance. It's about love. The kind of love that messes a person up.

Honestly, I am probably one of the very few people who did not like this movie. Really, I don't get what's so funny about it. And it's not even because it's one of those stupid, "supposed to be dumb" movies, because I LOVE those movies. "Airplane", "Robin Hood: Men in Tights", "Spaceballs", "History of the World" even…all very good movies. They were wickedly goofy, things you just have to laugh at cos they're just so silly, but "Napoleon Dynamite" is just so BORING. It lacks the normal charm a goofball/screwball comedy should have. For one thing, I was NOT constantly laughing, the way I should've been when watching a TRUE clever goofball comedy. I laughed like three times at most when I watched it. And I mean, actually laughed.

One of the times was when Uncle Rico went over a piece of Tupperware when he was driving his van in reverse. I can't even remember the other two times I laughed. Reason being, it was just NOT a funny movie. It was, in fact, lame. Maybe that's the tone the script was going for, but there is a difference between "this movie is so lame, yet so silly that it tickles my inner child; I'm so happy I'm watching it" and, "this movie is so lame you're practically forcing me to laugh." I'm glad I didn't see it in the theaters. Napoleon Dynamite is not worth my time or money. I would like that hour and twenty minutes of my life back. "GOSH!"

As hard as it may be to believe, this film "Constantine" was remarkably cool, despite the lead of Keanu Reeves, a man infamous for his crummy acting. (I have to say, I like Keanu Reeves, even if he acts poorly at times. It's fun to watch him. C'mon. Point Break...The Matrix……now this? You gotta admit, he can catch your eye.) Anyway, I was so impressed by "Constantine" and I myself find that hard to believe. Even my boyfriend who had no expectations at all for the film was so amazed that he said he'll probably purchase the thing when it gets released on DVD. This is a major thing for someone like him to confess. It's hard as hell (no pun intended) to get this guy to truly like a film. That tells me something. I myself, probably would get the film too. It was gripping, it was intense; I loved the visual effects. Like, it even really got me thinking about my own soul and where it would end up.

"Constantine" is a gripping tale about hell's minions, heaven's heralds, and the people on Earth's role in the middle of it all. Trust me. If you like action and don't mind putting yourself through a whirl, go ahead, see a movie that may not change your life, but will change your tendency to judge a book by its cover and Keanu Reeves by his resume.

>>They call it "Sin City". Maybe that's why I didn't like it.

In all truthfulness, it was a REALLY good movie. No use in doubting that. It was a REALLY good movie, and yet...

...I didn't like it.

Apart from being just a little too long, by the time we reached the half-point of the film, I was already sick of it. Yes, it's called "Sin City" and there is a reason why it's called "Sin City", with all the violence and brutality and sleaziness helping the film live up to its name--its title, but the fact of the matter is, they exhausted all those entities, along with others, to the core.

In the first hour, I was amazed by Sin City. Its luminescent, lucid, at times blazing, grades of black and white. Its piercing action and racy dialogue. The unexpected outbursts of red, yellow, green, and blue. The characters you find yourself enchanted with, the characters you rush to hate and hesitate to love. All this, the first hour gave me.

But then, the film ran on....and on. They exhausted their use of violence, gore, and brutality. It really did make me kinda sick. There were parts at which I felt like gagging. Too MUCH gore. Too MUCH brutality. "Sin City" <--no lie. Maybe I should of expected all that "sin", but really, they exhausted this word, too. Many characters got the sh*t beat out of em. Likewise, this film got the sh*t beat out of it. By gore, by brutes, by sleazy, twisted men, who made me feel like screaming. I sat, writhing in my seat, finding no other solution to my fuming awkwardness.

They threw the blood at us, and it became annoying. An overly excessive use of gore. I can take it in moderation, hell, I can take a lot. SIN is not just gore. Makes you wonder if they realize that. GORE is a product of sin, but it is not its equivalent. Once again, this film is REALLY good. But I didn't like it.

i didn't watch "The 4400" from the beginning, but when I tuned in, it hooked me and reeled me in, in a quick 60 seconds. What interested me the most was how the people left behind reacted to the people who had returned. Some freaked out, shouting crude and spiteful remarks to some of the returnees; others just were afraid to go near them. They couldn't seem to handle a person whose disappearance was mystifying, and whose reason for returning, place from which they had returned, and a source of a power, so extraordinary...could just not been explained. Those returning from a past unknown don't remember where they came from--where they had been for so many lost

years...They come back unchanged, physically and emotionally-fully capable of functioning, fully remembering the life they last saw before they vanished. But when they come back, they realize the life they had left behind was not the life that re- greeted them was landing on the place called home.

People grew up. People changed. People died. And the returners felt an emptiness like never before---like, they lost out on some wonderful life they knew they would have had, if only, they never left.

it's like coming back from heaven and realizing that everything has changed. But you're still the same. You're still you. An old man, married for 20 years. A little girl with parents still well-alive. A brother and a son, in high school, tall, handsome and healthy. In your heart and mind, you have taken these memories with you--memories of the life and the people you once loved have embedded themselves deep within your heart, and you wonder why the world has kept spinning without you. You were gone, but can't quite remember where you had gone to and what you were doing in that period of time...you don't remember....you can't remember, and you feel like an alien on your own planet. A stranger to your own world....your own home...Earth.

To be honest, I only rented the film so that I could swoon over handsome Rodrigo Santoro after watching his brief, but memorable role in the romantic comedy "Love Actually". Little did I know how good this film was. I didn't mind the subtitles because they were clear and non-complex. I loved hearing the language. I don't know; there's something mysteriously alluring about Portuguese; it has this smooth, almost rhythmic flavor about it. I was thoroughly entertained by the little boy they called "kid" aka "Puca" (played by Ravi Ramos Lacerda); he's basically a kid wanting to drown in the world of his fantasies but has to uphold these responsibilities of labor jus like the rest of his family. I found him to be sweet, assertive, and pure comedy. All the roles were praisingly convincing and held my attention the whole way through. I couldn't get over how young Rodrigo looked even though the movie was taped but only two years ago. hehe...young, but oh so adorable :o). He doesn't say much, but...sometimes, words just aren't necessary. Neways, I think the film's great. Not one metaphor or streak of symbolism seemed out of place; not one character seemed a bit too exaggerated or too thin in personality. I really liked this film. Honestly? I really did. =) hehe it has my vote.