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Feel Good Time
8 July 2003
If you're looking for a movie to have fun with, something to cheer you up or brighten your day, then, "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," might help you with that. Obviously, you should be able to tell right away that this film shouldn't be taken seriously. This movie isn't for the critics at all, it's for the fans and people who are just looking for a good time. It also provides a good message of friendship. Not only do Natalie (Diaz), Dylan (Berrymore), and Alex (Liu) have to deal with solving the case and getting the bad guy (or the bad chick) in the end, you get a good sense of just how close they really are, they are three best friends and they make it very clear.

The fun that the cast had making the film shows and in turn i had fun just watching them. There seems to be more showing of the ladies bodies then a*s-kicking, but you remember that they're just doing anything it takes to get the job done and it's fun to watch. But don't worry, there are a lot of fast-paced, over the top action sequences and fight scenes, reminding the ladies that you can be sexy and kick a*s.

The characters that stood out to me in this film was Dylan and Madison Lee (Moore). Barrymore still shows that no matter what kind of film she does, whether it be a drama or a fast and furious, sexy, over the top action flick that she is amazing. Moore is back with a vegence....literally. Her character (which is kind of unknown to me why she exactly she became a "fallen angel") was indeed very beautiful but just as she was beautiful, she was dangerous. She was a suitable villian, though. Madison Lee also had somewhat of a sadness about her. As she once said with a tear rolling down her face: "I was never good....I was GREAT."

Diaz did good playing the beautiful and dorky Natalie, but at times it was overshadowed by her constant booty shaking.

Liu was also great and i loved how she said her dialogue, with such sharpness.

Bernie Mac, a king of comedy, didn't really live up to that title in this movie, but he did have some funny moments.

Matt LeBlanc turned out to be more funny than Mac. Funny character

Justin Theroux makes a good twisted and crazy mad man. He rocked as one of the bad guys.

Luke Wilson's character, Pete, still is just adorable and is a good match with Diaz's Natalie.

The movie is nothing to pick at. Just sit back and have fun. Don't expect an Academy award winner, expect an MTV Award Winner. Love it or hate it...the one thing that Lucy, Cameron, and Drew want you to do is to have fun, because they had fun making it for you.

Overall I would give it: 7/10
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Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996 TV Movie)
Good Movie Overall
9 August 2002
I saw this movie when it first premiered back in 1996 and I saw it again last night. I think that it's a good movie overall. Very good concept, screen-writing, and acting, but I don't even worry about the accuracy, because a lot of times in these type of "biographical" movies, theres always gonna be something different to it, especially when most of the people aren't alive to comfirm what is true and what's isn't.

I found this movie to be very interesting more than anything else and times it seemed very depressing; was Marilyn that sad? Ashley Judd is very impressive in this movie and her portrayal of Norma Jean's involvment in Marilyn's then-current life, is one of the reasons that makes this movie so interesting. Mira Sorvino was also very impressive, but I believe that the only fault in Sorvino's performance was that the writter's seemed to portray Marilyn as a dumb blonde, when I believe Marilyn was not even close to that. Sometimes it did seem kind of disrespectful, but I don't think that they really meant any harm by it, but they should've known. Don't go watching this film expecting accuracy, I think that's what too many people are expecting. Go to this film expecting to hear a possible side to this woman's life, not for the absolute and complete truth, cause you will not get it from this film. The only place you can get the truth is from the late Marilyn herself.
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