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Signs (2002)
Spellbinding.
In this movie I went in simply looking for M. Night Shamylan to prove himself to me a third time. The Sixth Sense was absolutely amazing, and Unbreakable, although not nearly as good, wasn't as bad as critics made it out to me. Yet with Signs, Shamylan has really written a screenplay that proves he can do great things. His direction is extraordinary. Once again he has made children, not ordinarily great actors, shine...and he has mixed comic relief in with masterful suspense. The film is thorougly entertaining, and keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout. Well-written parts include a film laced with the question of faith, of the existence of God...and the movie is layered with an element of hope even in its darkest moments, something I believe to be symbolic of God. Extra terrestrials are seen only a few times in the film, but when they come they make you jump and they come at exactly the right times. Also, hand it to the people behind the scenes who worked on the sound. This film's sound is among the best of the year, and the music score, which is composed of mainly three notes played in a haunting and beautiful way is great and makes the film terrifying in a way that movies like Scream and Halloween couldn't do with their violent predictible moments blotched all over. While I am glorifying this film and making it out to sound perfect, there are still plot incositincies and moments that aren't quite as great as others. Still, this movie, while not as good as Sixth Sense, has proven Shamylan can tell a story as well as anyone in Hollywood. 8/10.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Absolutely Kevin Smith's worst
With Clerks Kevin Smith made himself. With Dogma he reestablished himself as a man who could make cheap movies, good movies, and money. And with Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, as far as I'm concerned, Smith ran himself into the ground. This is absolutely the worst movie he has made so far. Perhaps it's just that I don't particularly like the two characters all that much in leading roles, and they're just better as occasional comic relief, as they do in Clerks, Mallrats, and others. But mainly I think my hatred for this movie is due to Kevin Smith's strong potential, which he does not use in this movie. This movie is uninspired, constantly bringing out overdone spoofs of scenes like lightsabre fights in Star Wars and the gutter scene in The Fugitive. This film also brings out stupid lines and random scenes of extreme stupidity. It was almost as if Kevin Smith decided to write a sequel to Dude, Where's My Car? instead of using his writing talent to put Jay and Silent Bob away in a nice way. Perhaps, however, he can redeem himself. 2/10
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Originality makes up for quite an awful film.
I gave this movie a 6. And why? Why give The Blair Witch Project, a deserving winner of so many Razzies, and other "worst films of 1999" awards, a rating reserved for films that are simply "not bad." The reason is, The Blair Witch Project is one of the most original movies ever made. The "acting" is awful, but you have to give major props to a horror movie with no music. You have to give major props to a movie that doesn't make itself, but sits back and lets a movie be made. Its' original in that no other movie has sent a buncha kids out in the woods with CAMCORDERS and seen what they get out of it. No other movie has paid their stars in sandwiches. These props made what probably should've been a 3 or 4 movie a 6.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Good..if you bring earplugs.
Let's face it, they weren't going for dialogue. But that doesn't make it a bad movie. The script was awful, but visually this movie was incredible. If they had worked more on the screenplay, I believe it would have gotten a better reaction...but that was clearly not their goal, and the goal that they had they accomplished.
Saturday Night Live (1975)
So-So
In the days of Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, and Dana Carvey, this show was hilarious. Today, although Will Ferrel adds some spark..this show just isn't as good. Maybe if they added more sketches, and took away the guest bands it would be better. The bands take up about 20 minutes of each show..making time for about 8 sketches, and that's assuming that three or four are pretty short. Although this show is still pretty hilarious, it needs some good cast members again..and now that Molly Shannon is gone...it needs them SOON!
American Pie 2 (2001)
Disgusting, yet hilarious, and better than the original
As if the first one was not crude enough, American Pie 2 takes it one step further. It's also much funnier. Really hot women, tons of sexual misendeavors, and *gasp* AN ACTUAL PLOT fill this movie, as opposed to the first one, which was hilarious, but, kind've random. I couldn't stop laughing during American Pie 2, and at some parts, I wasn't sure why. This is a classic comedy.
Diablo (1996)
Addicting, but mellow.
This roleplaying game will start off easy, but thrilling, and never let go. It may be easy to get addicted, but this game has a very loose and scattered plot. Still, lots of fun, if you're just looking to kill some walking skeletons and huge devils. A classic video game from Blizzard, this game is sometimes overrated, but deserves quite a bit of the appraisal it receives.