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The Last Casino (2004)
Counting cards? I was counting the minutes!
Even by Canadian movie making standards this movie is absolutely horrible. The casino sets were very badly done, I've seen better casinos at stags set up in banquet halls. I will throw a positive in here though, the loan shark's hairdo, positively hilarious! Now, the leads were passable but the movie is so horribly written there really wasn't a lot they could do with it. The real crime was the supporting cast, welcome to the only casino on the planet where they openly laugh at you when you lose playing blackjack, and I want to make special mention of the hotel security, about as threatening as a school guidance counselor giving you a scolding. If you do somehow have your converter go on the fritz and you simply must watch this, have a copy of Casino, or The Gambler with James Caan, or even Rounders handy. You can use them sort of like casino anti-venom to get this out of your system. One reviewer did however hit the nail on the head, he/she mentioned this is one of Canada's best movies, can't argue with that statement. At the time of this review the other reviewers had written exactly one review each, all about this movie, all glowing reviews! I wouldn't suggest cast and/or crew, but you could.
Jigoku Kôshien (2003)
Strike three, you're out!
I don't even know where to start with this one. I know I had expected to at least like it a little bit as it has a tie in with Battle Royale and Jubeh is played by the star of Ultimate Versus, I loved both movies. This however is simply horrendous, the parts that were supposed to be funny didn't even generate a smile, the fighting was almost non-existent and the yelling, oh yes, the YELLING! If you like movies where almost every second line is yelled at the top of someone's lungs this movie is right up your alley. Someone else mentioned that there is never actually a baseball game and that's true, but we do see a baseball and bat a couple of times and they do wear uniforms (I had to write something good to justify my rating of 2 rather than 1) I could go on but then this would become as tedious as the movie itself, avoid this one.
Dune (1984)
The paint is almost, almost, almost, there we go, dry!
What can I possible say about Dune that hasn't already been said between naps and loud snoring. A very boring book produces an even more boring movie, something to be said for consistency I suppose, avoid.
Ghost World (2001)
Look, we made a really "kewl" movie
Steve Buscemi almost made this movie worth sitting through, but not quite. The movie itself just reeks with "Wow, what a kewl movie we made", unfortunately it isn't, stilted dialogue, Thora Birch spanning the emotional gamut between Jan Michael Vincent and being comatose and just sheer boredom do not a good movie make. For some odd reason this movie is billed as a comedy, just not as a funny type of comedy I guess. The fact that this movie is in the IMDb Top 250 boggles my mind, but then again, Eminem, U2, Britney Spears and The Spice Girls are/were extremely popular as well, obviously popularity does not equate to quality. Unless you just have to see everything Mr. Buscemi appears in, avoid this one.