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Movie Review: The Long and Short of It
This is a short film presented on the Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers DVD, extended version. It was directed by Sean Astin (Sam) and the cast and crew are all various people from the LOTR production. The story is very simple, with no dialogue, about a very tall man and a very short woman helping an average sized man put a poster on a wall. Then they all board a bus together. That's it. I don't consider it a film but more of an exercise in film making. Probably very good practice for the crew in terms of film making, but not very rewarding for an audience to see. In fact I enjoyed the short 'making of' video a lot more. 5/10
Movie Review: Triplets of Belleville
This is a really bizarre French/Canadian animation about an old woman, an old dog, and her son who is kidnapped during the Tour de France race. There is absolutely no dialogue and the story is told entirely by music and images. And what strange images they are, this is no Disney flic. Everyone is drawn in very distorted shapes. The cyclists have gigantic, muscular legs. The dog is basically all muzzle. Centainly interesting for anyone who likes animation. 6/10
Movie Review: Music of the Heart
Meryl Streep, Angela Basset and a fine cast of kids do a great job in this based-on-a-true-story film about a music teacher who turns around inner-city kids' lives with violins. Even I felt a tear swelling as the kids got to play in Carnegie Hall with all the violin professionals. And this was all done by Wes Craven, the master of horror. You have to see it to believe it. 9/10
Movie Review: The Flintstones
Many years after the fact I have finally watched this movie. Got it from a used DVD shop for 400 yen. Hopefully I can get half that back when I return it. What a waste, this movie has a great cast and it is all wasted. John Goodman and Rock Moranis are hilarious, and it even has Twin Peaks' Kyle MClachlan to boot. They certainly spent lots of money on the production so it's a mystery as to why they didn't care about the script. The story is awful, and a 3 year could predict the ending. Not even die hard Flintstones fan will like this stone age mockery. I just hope the big screen version of the Simpsons, coming soon, is nothing like this. 4/10
This is a short film presented on the Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers DVD, extended version. It was directed by Sean Astin (Sam) and the cast and crew are all various people from the LOTR production. The story is very simple, with no dialogue, about a very tall man and a very short woman helping an average sized man put a poster on a wall. Then they all board a bus together. That's it. I don't consider it a film but more of an exercise in film making. Probably very good practice for the crew in terms of film making, but not very rewarding for an audience to see. In fact I enjoyed the short 'making of' video a lot more. 5/10
Movie Review: Triplets of Belleville
This is a really bizarre French/Canadian animation about an old woman, an old dog, and her son who is kidnapped during the Tour de France race. There is absolutely no dialogue and the story is told entirely by music and images. And what strange images they are, this is no Disney flic. Everyone is drawn in very distorted shapes. The cyclists have gigantic, muscular legs. The dog is basically all muzzle. Centainly interesting for anyone who likes animation. 6/10
Movie Review: Music of the Heart
Meryl Streep, Angela Basset and a fine cast of kids do a great job in this based-on-a-true-story film about a music teacher who turns around inner-city kids' lives with violins. Even I felt a tear swelling as the kids got to play in Carnegie Hall with all the violin professionals. And this was all done by Wes Craven, the master of horror. You have to see it to believe it. 9/10
Movie Review: The Flintstones
Many years after the fact I have finally watched this movie. Got it from a used DVD shop for 400 yen. Hopefully I can get half that back when I return it. What a waste, this movie has a great cast and it is all wasted. John Goodman and Rock Moranis are hilarious, and it even has Twin Peaks' Kyle MClachlan to boot. They certainly spent lots of money on the production so it's a mystery as to why they didn't care about the script. The story is awful, and a 3 year could predict the ending. Not even die hard Flintstones fan will like this stone age mockery. I just hope the big screen version of the Simpsons, coming soon, is nothing like this. 4/10
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