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Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Surprisingly excellent!
This was an excellent movie. Kimberly Elise is excellent as Helen, an emotionally abused spouse who gets kicked out of her mansion and has to learn to live life on her own and learn to trust men again. There are moments that are so heart wrenching that much of the theater was crying. However, before things get too down, there are numerous hilarious scenes led by Tyler Perry. The great thing is that these funny moments are integral to the story for the most part and are not just thrown in without relating to the main story lines.
Best of all, this movie has heart and a message. It's about how forgiveness is better than revenge and that you need to forgive someone because it hurts YOU if you hold that anger inside yourself. It's about how love endures even through pain and disappointment. It's about how God can turn people's lives around. It's the type of movie that you can proudly take your mother and grandmother too.
I wish they would market this type of movie more to a broad audience. It looks like they advertised this almost exclusively to a black audience, I was one of the few white people in the theater in a very integrated community.
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Fabulous and Unpredictable
What a wonderful movie!! Keeps you on the edge of your seat. Extremely scary without being gory. Definitely get the DVD and listen to Night's comments, the symbolism and comments he make really added a lot to an already great movie and really shows you what kind of effort was put in to make the movie work and make sense. Haley Osmond give the best performance by a young performer that I have ever seen, you truly feel the despair and fear that he is going through when he can "see dead people". Bruce Willis turns in an understated but very good performance. This one is guaranteed to have chills running down your spine.
Waking Ned (1998)
Don't make them like this anymore!
I thought this was a fabulous movie, similar to comedies made in the 1950's. Although there is some slight male nudity, it is played more for comedy than any sexual content and was not offensive in the least. Other than that, there was no bad language and the characters are very charming and likeable even when they are not engaged in totally ethical behavior. There is a real tenderness to the relationships along with a silly sidebar about a pig farmer trying to attract a woman despite some work-related problems. I love this movie and wish Hollywood would produce and promote movies like this.
Simon Birch (1998)
Very good story
Simon Birch was a very good story with excellent acting by the boy who played Simon Birch. It really has a good message and would be an excellent family movie, although it does have considerably more unnecessary profanity than one would expect from such a movie.
Ashley Judd glows as a single mom trying to raise her boy despite people morally (and often hypocritically) judging her. It really raises some excellent points about what really makes a Christian.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Important that everyone sees this one!
This is an unbelievably intense movie and I imagine the most realistic battle scenes ever captured on film. Everyone should see it, not only because it is a high quality story with high quality special effects but also because it will definately cause an increased appreciation for the sacrifices which our men in uniform went through to preserve our freedom.
The Waterdance (1992)
Honest
I thought this was an excellent and very honest portrayal of paralysis and racism. This movie never panders to the audience and never gets predictable. The acting was top-notch and the movie reminded me of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
Heathers (1988)
Excellent Black Comedy with a Moral
I just love this movie. Christian Slater does an excellent Jack Nicholson imitation. Winona Ryder does a wonderful job portraying a confused teenager who is trying to figure out who she wants to be. Does she want to fall in love with the twisted, attractive Slater which will certainly offend her upper-class, cutthroat group of girlfriends (all named "Heather")? Does she want to be in the "in-crowd" with all of the fun parties and fine boyfriends or does she want to continue old friendships with girlfriends which will certainly lower her social status. These are realistic situations and portray how cruel high school can be when you are on the bottom rung of the ladder.
The humor is very dark but in places it is wickedly funny. It is an excellent movie for mature teenagers, confronting issues of social status creating barriers in high school and the cruelty which can have devastating effects. I think this and "The Breakfast Club" are the two best movies about high school.
Back to the Future (1985)
This movie really works!
This movie is great. The script is perfect, there are an amazing number of details from the 1980's which track to the 1950's which make it a delight to watch more than once. Michael J. Fox does a terrific job, this role was made for him. His family is a riot, with Christian Glover playing an excellent nerdy father. It is a combination comedy and science fiction. It also raises some questions about how simple acts in our everyday lives can have determine our destiny.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
HILARIOUS but goofy.
This movie has more hilarious moments and great lines than any other comedy that I've ever seen. I can watch it over and over again and still crack up laughing and friends can just say a line from the movie ("It's just a flesh wound!) and make everyone smile. From the moment the knights clear the top of the mountain in the first scene and you see the "horses" and coconuts, you'll know whether this is going to be your type of movie or not.