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A Reason to Believe (1995)
OK Movie
The movie isn't terrible, but it doesn't exactly stand out in my mind as a masterpiece of film making either. Let's be honest, the main reason most people are going out to rent this movie is for the chance to see Holly Marie Combs in her one and only nude scene. And while they are nice to look at, you only see her breasts on screen for about 5 or 6 seconds. It's a middle of the road movie for me, I give it a 5 out of 10.
Mischief (1985)
Decent 80's sex comedy
The movie has its merits, but mostly the only reason to watch this movie is for the opportunity to see a young (and extremely good looking) Kelly Preston in her first nude scene. That alone is worth the price of the rental. I can't tell you how many times I used the "pause" & "rewind" button on my VCR for this one.
Laura, les ombres de l'été (1979)
Talk about pretentious
David Hamilton is so impressed with himself as a photographer, that he has convinced himself he can make a good film. Well, he's wrong. For example, I have a theory that he saw a good use of a fade out in a movie once and thought that if one fade out is good, then 75 of them must be great! Again, he's wrong. There is one sequence where Sarah (Maud Adams) is speaking to her daughter Laura (Dawn Dunlap) who is lying in bed. The camera shows Sarah talking and then slowly fades out to black only to shift to Laura in bed as she responded directly to her mother and continues the conversation. Maybe Hamilton felt this would make the dialogue have more resonance. Again, he's wrong. I've noticed that Hamilton is wrong a lot in this film. The movie fails on so many levels that I cannot begin to list them all here. All I can say is that you should avoid this movie at all costs. I give it a 1/10.
Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)
The music was pretty good, but the movie wasn't
After watching this movie on MTV I came away with one feeling, disappointment. The music is the movie was pretty good, but was lacking a bit in production value. Robert Townsend's direction of the spoken dramatic scenes were very well done, but he tried to be too flashy during the musical numbers. The music should be an extension of the action we see on screen, and should not be cut off from everything else. The music sequences were poorly visualized and at an hour & 20 minutes the movie was just too short. The acting was good, and the story was updated very well. As far as cautionary tales go, this movie was far from the best I've seen, but it was also far form the worst. I give it a 5 out of 10.
The Matrix (1999)
This movie sucks
Is it just me, or have the movies gotten worse and worse lately? This is perhaps Keanu Reeves worst performance to date in a film. (And considering the fact that he was also in such films as Point Break, and the "Bill & Ted" movies, that's saying a lot!) The plot was ridiculous. And don't try to give me the line "oh well, you just didn't get it!" I got it. A two year old could follow that plot. That doesn't make it good. Case in point, near the end of the film, Neo is dead. But wait!!!! Trinity then bends over Neo's corpse and tells him that he has to survive because a fortune teller has deemed her to be the one who would fall in love with The Chosen One. Then to make things worse, he actually does come back to life. What a crock of... I think you get the point. If you really want to see a great movie about a man who has to fight against an unbeatable enemy, watch Dark City! I give this movie a 1 only because it has amazing special effects, (both visual effects and sound effects) otherwise the movie would have gotten a negative 5!
Hotel de Love (1996)
An amusing love triangle
Warning: If you haven't seen this movie, there might be a spoiler in here.
Here's the spoiler: In the end everybody is happy! Hope I didn't give anything away there.
This is a movie that I would put in a very special category. It may not be the most well made, or well acted movie. It certainly doesn't have the best script. It isn't the funniest movie I've seen, and it isn't the most romantic. But that doesn't matter. I still loved this movie. Some movies weren't meant to be analyzed, they were just meant to be enjoyed.
Now on to the plot. The story revolves around twin brothers Stephen and Rick Dunne. Both brothers fall for the same girl when they are teenagers. She moves away and ten years pass. In those ten years, Stephen obsesses over her, and Rick gets stood up at the altar. They all meet again at a tacky hotel where Rick is the manager, and the chase is on.
Aside from being a very attractive woman, Melissa never gave me any reason why a person should be in love with her for 10 years. She was just sort of there. Allison, on the other hand, is a person I could see a guy fussing about for way more then 10 years. I loved how Ronny had the perfect song for every occasion in the film. And I still get chills every time I watch that last frame of the movie when the two lovers just say "Hi" to each other.
I give this movie a 9/10 just for the sheer reason that I have seen it well over 25 times and I still love watching it every time.