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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Not very good
This film was overly long, tiring, and ugly. No plot lines were resolved in any way, and though this bodes well for a third film it leaves the second at a loss. There are too many characters and too little interaction between them. The film is choppy and poorly paced. Action sequences seem cut at random.
I wouldn't care too much, but this film had the biggest opening weekend of all time. Sure blockbusters don't have to be good cinema, but this film was bad.
I understand that they've already made a third. More power to them, but I hope that the hype dies down. The critical view of this film is fairly poor. The word of mouth should be the same. It seems like a film that makes 130 million in its opening weekend should be accountable for at least a minimum of quality.
Dr. T & the Women (2000)
No really, I like this movie
I'm sorry, but I like this movie. It might just be my defense of Robert Altman, but I think that this is a good comedy. Dr. T who devotes his life to taking care of women, but never considers how they could take care of themselves. He loves everything about women, and women love him. However, nothing he can do can protect them in the end.
The problem is that this film was presented as a movie for women: a date movie that you can drag a boyfriend or husband to in order to prove love and devotion. The film is actually examining women, their needs and relationships with or without a strong male figure. This isn't a chick flick; it's an analytic comedy. So, the intended movie date turns out to be a disappointment for both parties who have no idea what to expect.
The only positive aspect of this whole misunderstanding is that now, years later, Dr. T ends up on the cheap rack at any DVD store. So don't rent it, buy it, give it another look and even if you don't like it, sell it for even cheaper. When this movie is available for less than a dollar, no one will have any excuse not to watch it. Several of the people will end up actually liking it.
Flightplan (2005)
Laughably awful
This movie was terrible, just terrible. It was almost like it didn't have writers. As if no one even checked the script for what year it was, or if their any of the characters had a personality or even names. The credits list first names to the characters but the movie didn't use them. It was like nobody even bothered to develop this film past the very early stages of script construction, and yet the film somehow got through all the stages of film production and distribution.
All the "best" lines are spoken off screen by random extras that only exist in ADR. Some zingers come from any number of stereotypical angry passengers who portray a particular class or race. My favorite was a man in first class who says about a woman looking for her daughter: "It's not like she lost her palm pilot." PALM PILOT! What year is it? Who wrote that at the turn of the century and then kept it for safekeeping until 2005. As if the main characters weren't shallow and underdeveloped enough, the filmmakers decided to add some 2D extras just in case. Don't even get me started on the Arabs or the guy with the mustache.
Seriously, do we need someone to bring up racial profiling in such a surface level way. A film that almost has to tackle our racial stereotypes about terrorism skirts over this pitfall by eliminating terrorism at all. White people can hijack a plane (spoiler, oh by the by, the plane is basically hijacked, spoiler) but then it's white-collar crime not an act of terrorism. Every race has its flaw.
Just an awful film. How anyone talked Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, or even Sean Bean into this plane wreck is beyond my comprehension.