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I used to be an avid movie watcher not too long ago. All sorts of movies: action, comedies, dramas, thrillers; you name it, I left no genre stone unturned. Unfortunately, it got to the point where every new movie I watched felt like a rehash of something I had seen before. I have been on a movie hiatus for about 4 years since then. I have still watched movies in this span of time but not as many as I used to. I do not observe them as carefully as I used to and don't consequently write reviews about them either. However, something about this movie awakened the critical beast within me. I have not seen such a plot less movie pretending to be deep in a long time and I need to write about it to feel like I didn't waste 2 hours of my life on nothing.

What is this movie about, you may wonder? In a dystopian future, human beings are split into 5 factions. I don't remember the names of these factions and I won't bother to look them up. But basically, you have labourers, farmers, scientists, charity workers and the army. The charity workers also happen to be politicians and the scientists are jealous and want to be the politicians so they hatch an evil scheme to take over. Also, there are people who don't fit into factions and they are called 'divergent' (and are presumably talented at everything the other factions excel at), aka our main character Tris. The authorities don't like divergent very much because …umm… they couldn't think of a faction name for them I guess? Actually, the movie logic is that they can't be controlled. But why not? Just make a different faction for them and now you have them in line right? Oh well, let's just ignore that and take a leap of faith. The basic plot isn't anything I haven't seen before, and I've been out of touch with movies for the last few years. A lone teen/young adult in a dystopian rebelling against the really bad system that rejects them. Several movies have attempted this before, including Equilibrium, The Hunger Games etc. Does this movie do anything well enough for me to forget about the aforementioned fact? No, not really. The acting is bad, the music is annoying and the characters are terribly written.

The acting is incredibly hammy. Sometimes the actors tend to overact while at other instances, they can't conjure up simple emotions. It gives the movie world a very dead feel to it. For example, a scene that is supposed to be rather dramatic towards the end of the movie has our main character bawling her eyes out like a maniac, while a similar 'tragedy' occurs a few minutes later and she doesn't bat an eye. The villain played by Kate Winslet is also emotionally dead and shows no acting range at all. Perhaps it's because English isn't my native language but I had a very difficult time making out the dialogue at times. The actors' speech felt very mumbled and incoherent.

The music is very off balanced. Much of the time it overtakes the dialogue. Additionally, a lot of it isn't original music composed for the movie but popular radio songs instead which I always find a cop out when it comes to movie soundtracks. One of the scenes has knives being thrown around Tris by her instructor. It's supposed to be very intense and the music makes sure it tells us that by being very obnoxiously loud every time the instructor throws the knife. Similarly other scenes, particularly action scenes, have a very terrible use of music that distracts from the movie.

The characters. Where do I even start? The main character, Tris, has to be one of the blandest characters since Bella from Twilight to be ever put on screen. She has absolutely no personality. Yes, she's 'Divergent', but what else? What does she like to eat, does she like animals, does she have any hobbies, does she like to screw around with her friends? The filmmakers made sure they don't address these questions at all, so we're left with nothing but a blank slate of a character. The other characters aren't any better in terms of development. The romance subplot is so forced, its borderline laughable. 'Hey, I touched you tattoo, let's have PG-13 intercourse now!' is the gist of the romance. The villain (Winslet) is pretty boring as well. 'I don't like human nature very much as it leads to violence so I'll use violence to destroy human nature' is her philosophy. None of the characters are interesting or have any sort of development throughout the story. The romantic interest is just a pretty face, the bad guy goons are well… goons, and the main character's friends are just present as decoration pieces.

Even after ignoring the unoriginal and silly plot, the movie doesn't offer anything that will make me want to look at it in a positive light. Weak characters, horrid music placement and cheesy acting clutter the movie throughout. How this had enough of a following to warrant a TV show, I will never know.

Theoretically, this movie could have been great. No, not just great, amazing. The premise was quite promising, being that using Source Code, the protagonist could kind of infiltrate a recently dead person's memory and observe and interact with the environment the person was in. Interesting, no? The idea had some potential, but leave it to Hollywood to take a huge dump on anything with a potential.

The movie is ridden with so much instances of absurdities and nonsense, it almost becomes hilarious at certain points. Firstly, the romance between the two leads ie Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan. Believe me when I say this, Jake falls in love with Michelle's character after spending about...oh, I don't know... 4 minutes with her! I mean, seriously, wow! They have absolutely 0 % chemistry and by God, any parts in which try to establish their relationship and immensely painful to watch. And then there's the thing with his dad. We're supposed to feel sorry for him or something because.... they didn't meet each other for a long time...? But we never see any interaction between Jake and his dad. Heck, we don't see his father at all. We don't know anything about him. Why should we care at all?

Oh whatever, the main plot involves Jake trying to find a bomber on the train. I just love how he tries to find out who did it. By randomly going up to people and threatening them. Classy, ain't it? Anyways, the person who turned out to be the bomber will probably be obvious to the audience less than half an hour into the film. And the whole concept of the 'twist' thing towards the end is so moronic it hurts real bad. Other than that, the special effects aren't good for this day and age, Russel Peters' role is absolutely pointless as he doesn't even get to tell one proper joke in the whole movie. What a waste. Of course at HQ, we also have the angry commanding officer, the sympathetic female and the bland white nerd all doing their respective generic jobs. Nothing you haven't seen before.

Seriously, this is a very nonsensical film. Maybe just a tiny bit entertaining, but really doesn't matter when you realize that pretty much every other second in this film is inane and laughable.

My reviewing gears are a bit rusty so I apologize in advance if this review comes off as unfocused.

Darren Aronofsky, a director who is known for his somewhat unconventional films, has recently garnered a lot of critical acclaim due to the famous Black Swan. But then again, pretty much every full length film he has directed has garnered a positive reaction and this one is no different. Critics praised it, average movie goers praised it, everyone seems to love it, so it must be as great film right? Quoting a rather popular one liner from Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous Commando will make my answer to the previous question quite clear. 'WRONG!!! *Gunshot*' Well, you can exclude the gunshot but my point remains, there is nothing great about this film at all. Where is all this praise coming from? I'm not sure at all.

The story is pretty straightforward. A wrestler who is way past his prime is struggling with his professional and personal lives. He's tries to balance them and faces hurdles in trying to accomplish this feat. He tries to find out what's best for him and whether he should continue his wrestling career.

There are some things that are definitely different about this film. For example, the presentation itself is quite interesting. The film is shot in a rather uncomfortable way which is little hard to describe. I guess this is an attempt to make the film more realistic, but this does not make the film enjoyable to watch at times. The movie has kind of a dark atmosphere, which is commendable, though not entirely consistent. There isn't much of the glamour you might see in quite a few Hollywood films about celebrities. Definitely a different take on such a subject.

However, there are a lot of problems that plague this film. Firstly, the story doesn't have anything special or original about it. 'Randy', our protagonist, is infected with typical Hollywood clichés. He's a negligent father (surprise, surprise), he's in love with a woman who has many problems herself and most importantly, he is portrayed as very selfish. Other problems include rather awkward moments which completely ruin the feel of the film. For example, there's a scene where he tries to bond with his daughter. They both go into an abandoned building and, get ready for this, start randomly dancing with each other. That's just.... silly. Another scene has Randy and the stripper talking about how 80s music is great and how 90s music is the devil. The conversation goes something like 'I love 80s music!' 'Me too!' 'I hate 90s music!' 'Me too!' 'Let's make out now' 'Alright!' Uhh... yeah... not a very well thought out scene at all.

Really, I just scratched the surface of what I don't like about this film. These are not the only deficiencies this film suffers from. Randy's 'depressing' life is sometimes just not depressing. And I'm not talking about the purposefully happy parts either. The excess use of nudity and blood seems kind of unnecessary. But the biggest, most glaring flaw of this film is that it is just not really enjoyable to watch. Sure, some parts are definitely intriguing, some scenes are shot very well, and some of the ideas aren't too bad, but overall there was nothing that captured me, made me want to like the characters, or just enjoy myself while watching the film. It was uncomfortable to watch at times (which I'm not sure if I should consider it a good trait), it was interesting and I can't say I was particularly bored at any point but there was nothing in the movie that made it seem 'good'. I don't think I'll ever understand the hype around Darren Aronofsky's films.

Now, the original Ben 10 series isn't exactly a masterpiece. But it was definitely an interesting watch because of quite a few factors. The childish, yet still enjoyable humour, the funny ways that Ben handled the aliens, the different grandpa and the annoying naggy (in a good way) Gwen, it all made a good cartoon. Not original, but good.

Now with this sequel series, the production team has attempted to 'mature' the characters and the cartoon itself. Perhaps they have been somewhat successful in that regard but at the same time, everything that was enjoyable about the original series is gone. The cool grandpa's missing, Ben's all sobered up and gentlemanly, Gwen's an innocent angel now, Kevin's a good guy and the humour of the show now mainly depends on him and he isn't funny at all. In fact, all the humour in the show is just... bad. The villains are much less diverse than in the original series. The only kind of bad guys that are given much importance throughout the whole series are the 'highbreeds' and I become quite tired of seeing them episode after episode. The romantic element they tried to introduce between Kevin and Gwen and Ben and whatshername is insanely annoying and dumb. Other than that, the flaws that were present in the original series are still present. Overstretched, boring action sequences, plot holes, lazy animation etc.

On the positive side, I guess some of the aliens are crafted interestingly, the theme music isn't that bad, the story looks somewhat good on paper and... ummmm... yep, that's pretty much it.

I'm not sure why this cartoon gets so much praise. In the end, all I can say is that they butchered an already not so amazing cartoon and thus made something really boring and bland.

Once upon a time, when I was a little bugger, and my parents just bought me a PS2, a magical game came into my hands thanks to a friend. This game was Price Of Persia: Sands Of Time. It had everything a game should have. Good action gameplay, great entertaining plot, confusing yet ultimately solvable puzzles and decent characters to go with all of it. But you know what that amazing video game didn't have? Stale, tired Hollywood clichés.

So now we come to this movie. Does it follow the (amazing) storyline? Nope. Does it follow it loosely? Nope. Are there one or 2 elements in the movie that come from the game just so they can claim that it's Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time? Yes, it is. You know what this is? Just a pretty cheesy adventure film. Let's see what's common between the source and this derivative. The fact that there's a dagger that can turn back time. A few action moves. And the twist ending (I'm being VERY generous with this one).

What does this movie mainly have? Just about every Hollywood cliché in the book. The quirky protagonist with the sappy back story and humble beginnings, the love interest who doesn't like our hero initially but later falls in love with him, the evil uncle who kills the hero's father (Lion King anyone?), a comedic relief character, pointless chase and action scenes etc etc. And what's with evil uncle anyways? He's bald, has a goatee, has a dark shade under his eye. Why did they have to make the villain so friggin obvious? I've seen more subtle Disney bad guys. Sheesh! Oh yeah, and the movie has a typical happy happy ending.

I can just imagine the scenario of the producers coming up with the idea for this film.

Producer1: 'Hey got any ideas for a new film?' Producer2: 'Hmmm... well I saw nephew playing this game called Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time. It would make for another great lazy video game adaptation!' Producer1: 'Cool. What's it about?' Producer2: 'I don't know. Some dagger with sands in Persia or something. Who cares? We'll just get some rookie story writer to slap together a lazy plot and we'll market it to the unsuspecting video game fans and the other people who don't know anything about this Price Of Persia' Producer1: 'Brilliant! Money will fall on our laps like snowflakes.'

To be fair, the movie is a bit entertaining. But that doesn't cover up for all the plot holes, lazy writing and general predictability. Hollywood can do better. They just don't because everyone pays for stuff that's generic and therefore easier to make. If you want to watch a cheesy adventure film, go ahead. If you're like me and are expecting the complex, layered and dark plot of the game, you better avoid this.

Commando, First Blood, Rambo 2+3, Die Hard, Terminator, Scarface, Lethal Weapon. What do all these films have in common? They're all 80's action flicks. My relationship with these films is a very love/hate one. The ones with a plot, action scenes that relate to the story and have a good flow are enjoyable. Then there are the likes of the Rambo sequels which have a non existent or a very generic plot, contain explosions, bullets, random senseless violence and more explosions and just bore me to death. The Expendables was supposed to be a revisit to the past of the 80's action genre. Which route did they take? As you might have guessed by my rating, it's the latter.

The story. I'll try to explain what little of that I understood. A bunch of random dudes (played by popular actors) like to shoot bullets and blow stuff up. There's an evil ruler in Vilena who they have overthrow by doing what they do best i.e destroying everything. Later they find out that there's an evil ex-CIA American who's backing the dictator up (why is he evil? God knows...) so they have to take care of him too.

This movie pretty much throws every single 80's action cliché at your face without being charming or nostalgic. The evil foreign dictator, his daughter who disagrees with his methods, the guy who betrays the team (obvious since the first scene he's gonna do it), the crappy punchlines and catchphrases, the East Asian comedic relief, the token black guy, explosions just pushing people away, bullets never hitting the good guys and many more.

OK, so perhaps you're thinking 'It's a cheesy 80's popcorn action flick. Enjoy it for what it is'. Well, there's a problem here. The action scenes are not exciting at all. They're scattered all over the place. The smallest thing will ignite a long, boring action scene. 'Hey, that guy looked at me funny. Let's kill him and start a huge fight with everyone around us'. And, the creators of this movie decided to jump on the shaking camera bandwagon which is beyond annoying. Just imagine, Jet Li doing martial arts while the camera is shaking like there's no tomorrow. Sounds retarded, no? It worked in the Bourne movies, Shooter and a few others because it added intensity. Why? Because we actually cared for the characters. Over here, they could blow up any second of the film and I wouldn't give a crap.

There's nothing more left to say about this film. The characters are stiff, the story makes no sense, the action is stupid. This can be safely added to the legions of crappy shoot em ups. The only intense thing about the whole movie was the somewhat well composed music.

I don't know much about The Runaways, other than the fact that they were an all girl rock band from the mid 70s. As a person who likes rock music in general, I was drawn towards this film. So now that I got to see it, this is nothing more than a generic rock n roll film.

I don't think you need any further explanation if you've seen a few films of the same type. But if you haven't, here's what the content mainly consists of. Sex. Yep lots of that. Band members doing it with random people and even with each other. And drugs, obviously. They'll smoke (I consider cigs a drug), snort coke, drink even though they're underage, take pills and all that stuff. A very retarded thing is how they managed to smuggle tons of drugs onto a Japanese airline. It's really hard to believe considering that was an international flight.

Another dumb thing about this film is how everything fall conveniently into place. Want a manager? Oh, there he is, on the other side of the street. Don't have any members for your all girl band? Take 2 paces to the left and there's your female drummer. Go to the right corner of the bar and there's your female vocalist. Other members will just appear magically. They get popular in what, 2 days? That's what it felt like anyway. And due to the cliché rock n roll unhealthy lifestyle and the oh-so-mean manager, the band falls apart towards the end.

I don't know how much of this is actually based on truth. As Joan Jett was part of the production, I'd say a good amount. But the crap is just so hard to swallow. With the exception of the central characters the acting is quite stiff. Whatever, the only real redeemable thing about the whole movie was the decent music. Sure it was a bit entertaining, but as a person who is not familiar with the band, I don't have a good impression of them. I wonder when Hollywood will actually make a film that actually discovers the positive side of rock n roll, like the loyal fans, the ideologies and I don't know, the MUSIC perhaps?

I had heard lots of good things about this. Random reviewers on the interwebs, professional critics and my friends all seem to love this. Obviously, I had to see what the hype was all about but I was also careful not to keep my expectations too high so that I wouldn't be disappointed. Guess what, I was disappointed.

Now, I wasn't expecting an intriguing deep psychological movie or anything. I wanted to see a fun 'popcorn' movie with exciting action scenes and a nice portion of good humour. But the movie failed to deliver this for quite a few reasons. Firstly, even though there were some funny moments, a lot of the humour was based on swearing and sexual references (surprise, surprise). However, the humour itself is on short supply as a lot of the movie is wasted on drama and sappiness, something a popcorn movie should not have more than a few minutes of. Plus, the violence is a little too gruesome to actually fit into a fun movie. Just put the equation together and think about what we have here. I'll use 'Hit-girl' as an example. A strong little girl who constantly swears and takes part in all kinds of messed up violence, but also manages to have a sappy, dramatic history. Awww... how cute... NOT. Perhaps the movie should be named 'Hit-girl', because other than the fact that 'Kick-ass' is narrating and is simply in more scenes than her, there is nothing to insinuate that he is the main character. 'Hit-girl' had a much more important role in the story. But anyways, none of the characters are really likable, there way too much use of loud music in the a lot of the scenes, and nothing in particular sticks out about the whole film.

This movie did not live up to my expectations, let alone the hype. It did keep me entertained, but not in a mind blowing way. Even though the story gave the movie some potential, it turned out to be pretty average.

Here's my background. I hate Appatow movies with a burning passion and some of my favourite movies include spoof films. So, this seemed like a perfect movie for me. The trailer was promising so I had hopes for this. I didn't keep my hopes too high either because I know there has been a significant drop in the quality of spoof films since the early 2000s. Nevertheless, I ended up quite disappointed.

There are some good jokes, like the 'Can you hear me now?' gag and of course, how the main character was exposed and ridiculed as a virgin. But other than that, there isn't much humour that is, well, amusing. Just like the films it is parodying, it relies on way too much swearing for a humorous effect and just like the movies it is parodying, it fails. There is also too much poop humour/humour which relies on the disgusting factor for the movie's own good. Releasing tons of semen, jumping into poop, continuous vomiting are just some of the examples in this regard. Other than that, there is a lot of ineffective slapstick and sex related humour. My point is, the content of this movie just falls pancake flat.

It was a great idea to spoof the crappy Judd Appatow formula. But this film fails on many levels, unfortunately. The director seemed to forget while making the film, that he was making a spoof movie, not a random jokes movie. Witty and smart jokes, like in the older spoof films, are non existent. I will say this, it is better than anything Appatow pulled out of his butt, but that really isn't saying much, is it? I really hope that someone comes along and saves the plight of spoof films, even though it seems like that's not happening anytime soon.

I've always believed that within piles and piles of crap, no matter how big the piles, gems can definitely be found. This movie has proved this in respect to modern Hollywood. Where most movies mostly turn out to be generic, rehashed, remakes or just plain stupid, movies like this show some hope for the future of Hollywood.

US Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating a case of missing patient in an institute for dangerous mentally insane people. Along his investigation, he discovers that he is in a midst of a deep conspiracy. I won't go too much into the plot but I'll say this: The execution is nearly perfect. Shocking moments are delivered suddenly and swiftly. The twists and turns will keep anyone guessing throughout the movie. Intense, thrilling scenes which will keep a viewer's heart thumping are scattered throughout the film. Even after the final twist is revealed, the viewer can't help but suspect it due to the many deceptions before.

My only complaints would be the use of really loud music and pointless nudity which could've been easily avoided. If you're looking for a good thriller look no further. It's not 100% original but it will keep you intrigued and entertained, which is more than I can say for 99% of the movies Hollywood is blowing out of it's butt currently.

What is this? Am I stuck in a vortex of terrible movies or something? Or is it just that greedy men in business suits will feed the dumbed down population whatever crap they desire as the most of population will empty their wallets for it?

OK then, let me start reviewing this movie. Firstly, the starting itself told me that this movie was going to be something I've watched a million times before. An overview of the city while a dumb song plays. How original. I'm sure you've read the plot if you're reading this review. A very good looking girl falls for a very average 'nice' guy. There are many things that are wrong with this movie. Firstly, the music. It's really annoying to hear a radio friendly pop rock song in every other scene in a movie that's not even related to music. Secondly, the humour. If you've watched any modern mainstream non romantic comedy you know what to expect here. It consists of swearing, more swearing and sexual innuendos. I do not find swearing at an elderly man who does not deserve to be sworn at funny. I don't see why anyone over the age of 13 would find premature ejaculation, which was supposed to be one of the funniest jokes of the movie, amusing at all. Showing middle fingers, pointless profanity, shaving pubic hair... I mean seriously? Do they really expect people to laugh at this? It's the same recycled bull we've been seeing for a long long time, started by movies like 'Revenge Of the Nerds' (These jokes sucked even then!)

Other than the worthless humour we have tons of pseudo drama involved here. Just before the ending there is the formulatic 'sad' part, just like every other 'comedy' movie nowadays. There is a dumb moral to be learnt at the end too. And apparently, all people are rated by numbers (from 1-10, or something) and everyone, and I mean everyone, knows about this rating system. The characters are people I really don't care about. And the ending, well it's your typical Hollywood 'everything's fine and peachy' ending.

What can I say? There is nothing smart, witty, entertaining, original or redeemable about this movie. It's just another pile of crap Hollywood has put out and will keep putting until people stop watching (or at least paying). So please, for the love of decent cinema, do not pay for this or other generic movies so those evil greedy men in business suits can realize that enough is enough.

I've avoided writing a review for this film for quite some time now because of a few reasons. One of them being I've been very unsure of how exactly I feel about this movie.

Critics and average movie goers have praised this movie immensely. It has been described by professional critics as "a delightful comedy, alive with invention" among other (positive) things. This specific statement is right about the movie being innovative. We have all seen, heard and read the overdone 'boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gains girl again'. But this is more like 'boy meets girl, boy loses girl... for good'. Going back to the statement :'a delightful comedy'? I think not. There is almost nothing funny about this movie. The supposed 'funny' parts are basically swearing...ummm...yep that's it. The other parts were way too depressing or 'touchy' to be perceived as humorous. Why this is branded as a romantic comedy I will never understand. If it were up to me I would brand this as an anti-romance movie more than anything. I will not go into the plot too much but I can tell you that the movie makes me sick even thinking about the concept of romance and love. How Summer (the girl) is perceived by Tom (the boy) as her soul mate and how it definitely seems that way in the beginning of their relationship. How it feels like they're 'in love'. And how Tom is pretty much stabbed and mentally abused when Summer suddenly described she's not interested. The popular 'Expectations/Reality' scene in which, on one side of the screen, Tom gains summer back (the expectations) and on the other side of the screen, where he is completely ignored by her (the reality). And of course the ending, which I won't spoil, all of these aforementioned factors combined together make me sick to my inner core.

I will commend the movie for being original, not following a generic romance movie formula. And this is probably more realistic than just about all movies in the same vein. But... I just can't like it. It just disgusts and frustrates me way too much. Underneath all the sunny sunshine presentation of the movie, there is too much darkness and depression. And I'm not saying that this is a necessarily a bad thing. It's just that, the way it's portrayed doesn't click with me. It felt me leaving very hollow and unhappy.

Then again, I am rating this more than I would rate a typical romance/drama and I'm not a fan of this genre so considering that this is a good rating. If you're into the romance genre check it out. Perhaps it's just my interpretation that's making me feel so disgusted at the movie. Like I said in my title, my views on this are pretty confused.

After the amazing series put forth by Disney, Warner Brothers and even Hanna-Barbera (mainly for Tom and Jerry) which revolutionized the cartoon industry, mainstream cartoons for the most part took a huge step backwards. The Flinstones is one of the earliest cartoons which showcased this very clearly.

You know what's the best thing about cartoons? They can be funny, hilarious, unpredictable wacky or whatever you want to call them. They can defy a lot of real life rules much easier than in movies. That's what makes cartoons so great. No matter how advanced technology gets and no matter how sophisticated film making gets, cartoons will always have the upper hand in terms of making the impossible possible. When cartoons started a whole new world of possibilities opened which was experimented with very finely on classics like Tom And Jerry, Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse etc. However, when the 20th century was more than halfway over, cartoons like this one came into existence and basically stripped away all that made cartoons fun to watch.

I do commend the cartoon for trying something different. Depicting a stone age family living modernly (well, for the 60s anyway) was something that caught the eyes of many viewers. But other than that, there's nothing redeemable about this highly praised cartoon. The jokes are very very bland, the laugh track just makes them more annoying, the advantage the creators had as they were making a cartoon and not a sitcom, has not been utilized much at all. The characters are just boring. The animation is very lazy compared to the cartoons of the 40s, even compared to some cartoons from the 20s. The story is insanely predictable and I repeat, the cartoon is not funny in any way, shape or form. Though some of the jokes involving usage of dinosaurs and other old animals are *kind* of amusing, even they are not presented in a fashion that could actually be humorous. Oh, and the 'catchphrases' are just dumb.

You'd think the creators would've learned something from the past cartoons from the classic 40s era and would've tried to analyze what works and what doesn't. Instead they made a pile of drivel which made some of the oldest Warner Bros. shorts seem like masterpieces. This is also one of the cartoons which bred the coming of similar atrocities in the 60s and 70s e.g The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Scooby Doo (though it had some potential), 60s Tom and Jerry, Top Cat, Hair Bear Bunch etc. Mainstream cartoons did not progress at all after this avalanche till the early 90s.

In the end all I shall say is .... Yabba Dabba snoooooooore.....

So yes, this movie isn't historically accurate at all, and although it would've been probably better if it was, it still comes off pretty good.

The story is basically 'if American Jews knew what was going on in and around Nazi Germany at the time and gathered a group of people to eliminate as much Nazis as possible'. It's not so much the story that's good about this film. It's the actual content that really won me over. Or to be more precise, how the scenes are executed. There is a lot of dialogue accompanied with small, sudden bursts of action. The fact that these action sequences, no matter how small, occur so abruptly and unexpectedly, makes the sequences much more intense and interesting that any shoot-em-up could hope to make.

Another great thing about this movie is that we actually feel for the characters. And not just one side either, we feel for both the Jews and the Nazis, so it's not biased either. I don't know if it was the director's intention to make us feel sorry for some of the Nazi soldiers but I sure as hell did. For example, there is scene where a Nazi soldier is brutally murdered with a club because he refused to give up the location of his fellow soldiers. He believe he died for his country doing the right thing. Another scene was where a Nazi soldier, who had just become a father, was shot multiple times by an enemy who he completely trusted for the time being. Betrayal, murder, vengeance are all part of the movie theme and I think it's a great portrayal of how much of a disgusting creature a human can be.

I would've preferred it if this story could've been somehow fit into history as that would make it much more effective as a film. But for now, this is just an alternate reality film and nothing more. Plus, the ending was somewhat ridiculous and kind of ruined the genius of the whole thing. Aldo's 'masterpiece' was pretty dumb, to be honest. Anyways, this really is a good and enjoyable film and I'd recommend it to anyone who's not frightened by sudden, intense moments.

I can't believe the genius behind Anchorman, i.e Will Ferell partook in this dump. What exactly is this? Another watered down comedy we've all probably seen already in different shapes and sizes.

Let me summarize this for you. In main characters, you've got the typical 'nice' guy who actually thinks and cares. We have the party guy, who likes to have a lot of fun but now has a family which has sobered him up a bit. We have the somewhat retarded guy who's responsible for most of the 'funny'. The only thing different about the movie compared to other teen movies are the main characters as they're not teens, but fully grown adults. For the bad guy, we have the nerd who, for lack of a better word, is a complete a**hole. Sound familiar? As for the content of the movie, here's what we have. Partying, pointless nudity, swearing, sexual references, pseudo-drama, more partying, dumb antics and 'intense' moments (e.g a really fat kid trying to pass a gym test). I don't particularly have a problem with any of these but the cold, hard truth is that they're NOT funny at all. There isn't any kind of brains applied to the humour and the way it's presented is very typical and watered down. Random nude chicks, ha ha, hilarious. Guy hit with tranquilizer and falls into a pool, ha ha, very funny. Guy gets drunk and runs on street naked, ha ha, I can't stop laughing. Oh wait, that's because I'm not laughing.

The story structure is again rehashed and very weak. You know how you have a typical 'verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus' structure in most songs? Same thing with teen comedies. It can be summarized as 'happy parts, more happy parts, sad parts, everything comes together part, happy parts'. The ending is your typical 'everything's fine and dandy' and is insanely annoying.

Just avoid this movie unless you're a fan of the traits I mentioned. That is all.

Here we go again. Another one of those movies that have been done a bazillion times already. Granted, it had it's funny bits but overall the whole thing just felt so darn clichéd.

So here's the basic storyline. A pretentious woman looking for true, passionate love and a guy who's a complete jerk and believes men only care about looks of a woman, hate each other. But wait, what's this? After a bunch of random bullcrap they end up together! Did you see that coming? I mean, who would've thought? Oh right, just about anyone who's seen romantic comedies before. Yes, just kill any shred of potential this movie had by destroying the plot line and making it generic romcom ending no.992. Most other characters excluding these 2 are basically props and add nothing to the story. The basic argument of the whole movie is 'men are afraid of love' and 'women are control freaks'. Ah, just shut the hell up with your dumb morals and just give us a decent funny movie. Oh, that can't happen because just about everything in Hollywood has to go by the dumb rulebook. Yes, never try to be original, always repeat what has been done and be very predictable.

Like I said before, some of the jokes are good but most of them have been already done so they felt pretty bland. Even in the good jokes, none really stood out. This is a very forgettable movie and is definitely not worth watching because of a few decent jokes. Unless you're a big romcom buff, avoid. That's the real ugly truth.

... and this is not one of them. I love anime, I really do. Especially deep, thought provoking ones like Perfect Blue and Monster. This anime tries to be what those anime are but pretty much fails for the most part.

Some of you reading this might be thinking that I didn't like it because of the terrible dubbing but the thing is, I always watch subs for foreign films whenever I have the option and this movie was no exception.

It starts out pretty interesting. Just about all mankind loses it's memories and thus goes to the primitive version of itself when the amnesia wind strikes. What impressed me was that, unlike in Hollywood movies, they actually forgot everything including how to speak. Mankind has now become very savage and naive. There are only a few people, who know how to speak and the value of human culture, including the main character Wataru, his deceased friend Johnny, the very mysterious Sophia and others who come later in the plot.

The things that bother me about this film are many. Firstly, the animation is not very stellar and the visuals are pretty dull. I know it's a pretty old movie and the budget was probably low but films released at about the same time or even much earlier had better animation and visuals. Take Akira or Street Fighter as examples. Other than that, the action scenes are, for the most part, quite repetitive, long and boring. The romance element is pretty dumb as there is almost no connection or chemistry between Wataru and Sophia. Also, the nudity shown the anime has no point at all. There is also a sex scene which was pretty random and had nothing whatsoever to do with the plot. Plus, the ending is pretty inconclusive (a problem with a lot of anime) and we have almost no idea why the wind occurred. The answer to the question that Wataru was searching for throughout the film was left completely unresolved and for a very retarded reason too. The revelation as to who was behind the wind has no surprising impact at all as it was done so suddenly without any kind of build up or approach.

What else can I say, other than the general plot this is a pretty weak anime. The execution is really mediocre, and if it weren't for the fact that this is an anime, my favourite form of visual entertainment, I would've been much harsher on it. There are many many better anime out there.

Or perhaps this should not be labeled a chick flick as in my world a chick flick can never ever be good. Perhaps it fits in teen movies better. But anyways, this is a pretty good film because of many reasons.

Firstly, the characters are very interesting and memorable. From the rude, goth Janis to the retarded Karen, the main characters are pretty funny. The jokes are very relate-able as we all remember the crude, relentless insults thrown around and the hypocrisy of 'friends' in high school. Teen life is really portrayed as it is which includes jealousy, betrayal and hatred all in a very neat and humorous fashion, something that movies of this kind usually fail to do. The plot isn't nearly as predictable as most teen movie plots usually are. Not that it's completely unpredictable but it definitely does not follow the rulebook of teen movies. Well, at least for 90% of the movie it doesn't. Although the ending is pretty much the 'everything turns out OK' ending it does have something different which I won't reveal here.

One downside of the movie is that the romance element had to be there. Just for once, I'd like to see a teen movie with no romance at all involved. Another downside is that the brilliant, realistic humour is on short supply in some scenes which ruins the consistency of the film.

Anyways, this is a movie that breaks a lot of rules and defies conventions of one of my most hated genres and does it really well. I'd recommend this even of you don't like teen movies.

Could this be the best full length anime movie ever? Possibly. This psychological thriller is very deep, very intriguing and most importantly, very entertaining.

I'm sure you've already read the plot if you're reading this review. Mima is a pop idol with a clean image who decides to become an actress with a not so clean image. She is being stalked by an obsessed fan and also is seeing her past form. What is real? What isn't? Is Mima sane? Is she psychologically screwed? What the hell is going on? These are just few of the questions that'll pass through your mind while watching the movie. Everything is executed beautifully. There are also quite a few disturbing scenes in the film which just add to the beauty of the film. When you're done watching the movie, you'll be questioning reality and illusion yourself.

The only things I found negative were the somewhat overuse of nudity and the ending being a bit confusing. However, this is not a movie to be missed, whether you like psychological thrillers or anime or both. Highly recommended.

I like all the Terminators, I really do. I really dig even the 3rd part which was bashed a lot for no reason. However, this is not really a Terminator movie. It's a completely generic family friendly boring action movie loosely based on Terminator.

Where should I start? The main plot is pretty much what most action movies consist of. Random, long, dragged out action scenes (ALL the time) with very little emphasis on the storyline unlike the previous Terminators. The special effects might have been good but I was too blanked out to really take notice. The so called post Judgement day world isn't nearly as dark and hopeless as portrayed in the previous movies. Christian Bale is a terrible John Connor. There are just too many plot holes when compared to the prequels. I just watched the movie a few hours ago and I can barely remember any memorable part. There are too many useless characters. The melancholic and helpless atmosphere all the previous Terminators provide is not present. Oh yeah, and the (completely awesome) signature score has pretty much been ruined.

Overall this just a run of the mill action movie attempting to cash in on the Terminator's popularity. Complete bullcrap and I highly recommend you spend your 110 min on something else if you haven't watched it.

Okay, okay. We've all seen thousands of similar movies with different skins. Two individuals have problems with each other, something phenomenal happens, this creates more problems, problems solved, everything goes back to normal, both individuals are better people now.

From the beginning I knew the outcome of the main plot it and wasn't very surprising. Combine this with all the mushy, romantic, drama bull crap and what you have is a very annoying movie. Sure, there are some humorous moments. Like Anna messing with her brother while in her mom's body. Some of the 'funny' parts however, are horrendous. Like Anna (in her mom's body) crowd surfing in a friggin TV show! Not very realistic or funny to be honest. There is also the typical stupid shopping scene and of course, the everything turns out perfect scenes towards the end. And another thing is that the background music, like in many other movies, is abused by making it's volume too high at some points thus making it distracting.

So you're probably wondering that if the movie is so bad why did I give it a 6? I really can't point my finger on it but something about this film is quite charming. Maybe it's because the humorous parts which are actually funny are in plentiful unlike most movies of this nature. I really am not sure but I did definitely find this movie entertaining when I probably shouldn't have as I usually despise these kinds of formulatic films.

Do I recommend checking it out? If you like these kinds of movies then yeah. But there are definitely better family comedies out there.

Well, let's see what we have here. Another one of them 3-d movies that are becoming very common nowadays. It's pretty predictable, and on the most part is family friendly and quite light hearted. That being said, the humorous parts of the movie reign supreme. Some of it is just random humour typically found in these type of movies. Some of it contains references to sci-fi films and such.

The lead character, Susan, is not really interesting. However, the side characters, particularly B.O.B and the president, are hilarious. Unfortunately most of the screen time is obviously given to Susan which is a downside. Even though the overall plot is pretty predictable and maybe even a bit generic, things are generally kept interesting. The animation and effects are good, but not great by 2009's standards.

The problem with this is that I found the high points of the movie it's funny parts, but they weren't enough to make this a great movie. Susan's love/drama life was given too much attention. Plus, the plot felt a bit rushed.

If you're an animation fan like me, go ahead and watch it. It definitely has it's moments. However, it could've achieved an unforgettable status with just a bit more work. I think it deserves a 6.5 but since IMDb doesn't have that option, I'll give it a generous 7.

I'll admit it. I love spoof films. Abolutely adore them. Sure, most of the ones coming out recently aren't all that impressive, but till the early 2000s, most of them definitely had quality. Now, this movie parodies one of my most hated kind of movies i.e generic teen comedies and pulls it off very well.

The jokes. Where to start? So many popular scenes from well know teen comedies have been parodied here. From the 'Eat my shorts' scene from The Breakfast Club to the opening masturbation scene of American Pie and many others in between. The film also parodies clichés seen in most teen movies like the stereotypical pointless black guy (who makes it clear he's pointless), the stereotypical slutty European girl and the stereotypical cool guy who learns his the movies lesson and realizes the error of his ways towards the end of the movie after falling in love with an unpopular chick etc. There is a lot of other humour related to typical teenage life, problems and such. And also some humour which is well, just random.

I think this is a very enjoyable movie and it should definitely please you if you loathe generic teen comedies even remotely as much as I do. Hell, even if you like generic teen comedies, I think you'll find it pretty entertaining.

I really don't know what to say about this movie. On one end, I was very perplexed and was barely grasping the story. On the other hand, I was very amused by the one liners and smart jokes.

The story... well, perhaps as English is not my first language, I couldn't really understand what was going on. Especially with the dodgy Scottish accents, unfamiliar political terms and whatnot. However, Malcolm is a really funny guy through out the whole movie. And, although there is tons of swearing on his behalf which I generally dislike, it is really used properly to convey the humour unlike most mainstream US comedies, in which the film makers think that dropping random swearing at any time or place will add humour to the movie. Even the other characters have their funny moments. The ending seemed a bit inconclusive to me but then again, I didn't get the main story properly, so who knows.

Anyways, this movie has a lot of laughs, it's quite humorous in a smart way and I'll recommend it to anyone who's tired of mainstream Hollywood comedies and is looking for something more mentally challenging.