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Lucky
The Incredible Hulk
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The Constant Gardener B+
Hotel Rwanda B+
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zennier
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Lucky wrote: The Constant Gardener B+
Hotel Rwanda B+ I pretty much feel the same about those two.
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Magic Mike
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Location: Minnesota
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lennier wrote: Mean Creek - A. Wow. I know! Such a great film! My #1 of 2004! A real gem with amazing directing, performances, cinematography, music, etc...
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THREE EXTREMES - 6/10 (B-)
The first story was good but gross. The second was really good and should be remade into an American feature-length film. The last one sucked and was too odd and pointless to care. The ending of it was kind of neat though, but overall it really drags down THREE EXTREMES on a whole. I'd give the first story something like a 7/10 (B-), the second an 8/10 (B+), and the last something like a 3/10 (D).
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Bell
Indiana Jones IV
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Location: Middle Of Nowhere
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The Constant Gardener - B
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teenman
The Incredible Hulk
Joined: Fri Nov 12, 2004 1:10 pm
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Mercury Rising - B (for the second time)
I don't know why this movie received low attention and low reaction. Almost everyone did their jobs well-done, including Bruce Willis, with an exception to "good" Alec Baldwin who overacts as a bad guy.
Scream - B- (after several times of watching it); nuff said
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baumer72
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Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:00 pm
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Location: Crystal Lake
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Scream- A+- Loved it then, love it now.
Hustle and Flow- B+- Love Anthony Anderson and Terence Howard is just amazing.
Crash- A- Very much loved this film. I love Don Cheadle and Terence Howard again is just amazing.
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Johnny Dollar
The Lubitsch Touch
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San Francisco (1936)- C
Grandfather of the disaster flick, the movie is nonetheless dramatically turgid until those last 15 minutes, when the Earthquake hits. Save the climax, it's one of the more tedious hits to emerge from the old MGM factory. All the stars do exactly what we expect: Clark Gable squints, barks, and won't tell anyone how he feels; Jeanette MacDonald sings; Spencer Tracy administers sage, Catholic advice. A disappointment. The effects are incredible, though, for 1936.
Prizzi's Honor- A
Hilarious, and a personal favorite of mine. Dark as the night. The movie has undeservingly fallen out of favor lately. After I saw this, I was never really able to take a mob film seriously again. A gem. (Out of Africa was better than this, Academy? Really?)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?- C+
Well-made, brilliantly acted (especialy from Richard Burton!), the movie is nevertheless overlong and exhausting. Nice Black and White cinematography.
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Papi Chulo
Waitress in LA
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Annie Hall (C+)
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movies35
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 CRASH - 6/10 (B-)
After watching this for the fifth or sixth time, I still have the same problems with the film. It's way too manipulitive and mainstream for me. Don't get me wrong, I love mainstream films as much as the next person but CRASH stays too safe for it's own good. It never fully explores the topics of racism in the United States. They use tricks to make you feel for the people (thinking the child got shot, having Sandra fall down the stairs, etc). Through the whole movie it's sort of like "okay, so what's going to happen to this character now?" It gets really tiresome. The best performance comes from Thandie Newton, who is extremely underrated here. She's one of the only characters I liked, honestly. Basically all the other performances are extremely overrated, especially Matt Dillon, who was undeservingly nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars. The first hour or so of the movie is good. The second Matt Dillon rescues Thandie Newton's character, the movie just drops and gets uninteresting, preachy and manipulitive. Another thing I don't like is the whole "steal from the rich white folks but don't steal from black people because they go through the same shit as you do." Can that get anymore pathetic? No, this shouldn't have won Best Picture at the Oscars. Yes, it's an alright movie with a couple performances. YES, it is very overrated. There are just so many god damn problems with this movie it's hard to count. It's just not an important movie, though it tries to be.
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13 Conversations About One Thing
Great ensemble, thought-provoking film. B+ _________________ "People always want to tear you down when you're on top, like Napoleon back in the Roman Empire" - Dirk Diggler
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The Dark Shape
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The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Toughie. It's pretty close between a B+ and A-. I'm seeing it again tonight, so I'll decide then.
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MovieGeek
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Just Friends - A
Hilarious! loved it.
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
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The Ring TwO- C (the second time is even worse)
The Grudge- A-
The Weather Man- B-
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MovieGeek
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Van Wilder - A-
Great movie. Seen it like a billion times!
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Recently:
Igby Goes Down - C+/B-
Network - A
Punch Drunk Love - B+
All About My Mother - A-
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zingy
College Boy Z
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The Negotiator - A
The General's Daughter - A-
Jarhead - B
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Jarhead - B+
My Neighbor Totoro - A-
Howl's Moving Castle - B-
Being John Malkovich - A
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Failure to Launch - B+
funny. I don't really like Sarah Jessica Parker though so I would've liked it better if she was not in it.
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The Matrix - A+
The Matrix Reloaded - A+
The Matrix Revolutions - A+
Perfection. 
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Red Dragon - B
Solid, but not as exceptional as I would've liked.
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Zingaling wrote: The Matrix - A+The Matrix Reloaded - A+The Matrix Revolutions - A+Perfection. That's what I like to see. People like me who like the sequals.
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LOVELY & AMAZING - 10/10 (A+)
ANNIE HALL - 7/10 (B)
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2. Other People
3. Nocturnal Animals
4. Swiss Army Man
5. Manchester by the Sea
6. The Edge of Seventeen
7. Sing Street
8. Indignation
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10. Hell or High Water
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matatonio
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Just Friends- B
It wasn’t all that hilarious or funny, it just had its very fun moments that’s all, but overall pretty enjoyable flick
Waiting- B-
It was OK nothing really great, but it did had some funny moments and some of the characters were great! 
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