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Walk Like a Man (1987)
Horrible then, horrible now.
I had to review this film here, as terrible as it is, just because all of the other reviews were positive. This movie is positive, positively terrible. I saw it in 87 and loathed it then, and I'm absolutely sure that it is just as bad now. Bad acting, bad jokes, bad premise. Not funny. I could go on, but it's not worth the effort to write about. The IMDB ranking of 3.7 says it all. (and it's too high, I tell ya)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Fast & Predictable.
Just when you thought that perhaps the movie wouldn't continue down it's inexorably predictable path anymore: It does. Suspense and surprise are thrown away in this movie. It also really doesn't have a really good race until the very end of the move, by which time you are merely waiting for the movie to finish in the unbelievably 'made to a Hollywood checklist' way that it does.
Red Planet (2000)
Utterly predictable.
This film had absolutely no suspence at all. You knew the ending almost completely after the first few minutes. My wife and I played 'what will happen next' with 100% accuracy.
The special effects were nice, although someone went a little overboard with the lens flare. I guess it was a new plug-n for 3D Studio max at the production house.
The Perfect Storm (2000)
Completely dissappointing
Good grief, what a horrendous film. Starting off and ending about as maudlin as possible is bad enough, but combine that with bad acting, over-hyped special effects, and a repetitious, irritating sountrack, and voila: The Perfect Storm.
Thank God I rented it, so I only wasted $5.00
Mission to Mars (2000)
Overwhelming disappointment.
Even though I had already noted that the IMDB had rated it 4.8, I still was prepared to give Mission to Mars a viewing, based merely upon the special effects, and the fact that I am a sucker for Space Movies. What a terrible mistake. Mission to Mars is a 10th rate rip off of 2001, a Space Odyssey, except with terrible acting, no character development, and, just to add insult to injury, an insipid soundtrack.
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Underwhelming.
I was really hoping to be scared by this movie. I really was. Unfortunately, I wasn't. Not a bit. Actually I was pretty bored. It was an exceptionally repetitive film. It would have made a pretty good 'short', but not a full length feature. I wanted to shout at them 'follow the damn river' but no, they wouldn't do that. Instead, they just repeated the same scenes over and over until, mercifully, it was finished.
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
History the way it SHOULD be!!
This movie, for me, shows the ancient world not as it was, but as it should have been. It is the best adventure/fighting flm of all time. It was the first DVD I bought with my DVD player!