Reviews

Is it just me, or was it the fast/slow/fast/slow overused special effects that actually caused pain in my head? The main difference between this and a groundbreaker like "The Matrix" was that the special effects in the context of the movie were essential to the alternate reality artificial intelligence world that the movie was portraying. Here, "McG" simply has a chest of full of expensive toys, and wants to show them off to make everyone jealous, but has no clue how to use them. "McG" makes Ed Wood's films look good. Special effects are icing on the cake, not the cake itself. "McG" has not yet learned that. The morning after seeing "Full Throttle", my head still hurts.

I had heard all the reports about the controversy in this film.

I loved the original, and wanted to see the old one again. But with the explanatory comments and the high resolution animation on the IMAX screen, I loved it. The Sorcerer's Apprentice did give me a headache when blown up to IMAX size, and when it came to the "normal" big screen, I saw it again, and was not disappointed.

The first 1/2 hour poses an interesting premise. However, by the time I passed the second hour, I had had enough. It slows to a halt, and never gets moving again. I decided to give Sherman's March a second try, and made it all the way through.

This was a mistake. If you want to see a good premise badly executed, this is the paradigm. If you want a good movie, march away and choose something else.

Have you ever wondered why Bananas, Brazil, and The Untouchables all end with similar scenes? This is where it comes from. The finale of Battleship Potemkin is called the Odessa Steps and you will see the original. This is not one of the greatest movies ever made, but the Odessa Steps is the most influential and most copied scene in movie history.