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View from the Top (2003)
I'm glad SOME of you agree with me here.
I saw this movie when it came out in theaters last year, not by choice, by force! I'm sure I wasn't the only guy forced into this sorry excuse for a movie by their girlfriend. I am not one of the average guys who are only interested in hardcore action, or something else advertised right... My mind is open to almost any movie, but crap! This movie is about as original as my post for it ( not original lol)...I saw another "Chick Flick" around that same time called "Down with Love" and enjoyed that one, one hundred times better. In "View From the Top" the characters were terrible and undeveloped completely. The plane could have crashed in the movie and I definitely wouldn't have shed one tear of sympathy for Christine or any of the other flight attendants on board...DON'T LET YOUR GIRLFRIEND DRAG YOU INTO THIS ONE!! lol 2 out of 10...got the 2 because of Mike Myres's small part.
Rock Star (2001)
A dream becomes reality. Why would you give up your dream?
Mark Whalberg plays Izzy the wannabe rock star who is the lead singer of his band. The band that seems to have a lot of skills, but no goals, besides to tribute Izzy's favorite band "Steel Dragon". He has amazing vocal talent, but for some unknown reason his only motivation as a musician is "Steel Dragon", and believes he isn't capable of doing his own material. A miracle graces Izzy's life as he takes over the lead vocalist in his ideal band "Steel Dragon"...Izzy's girlfriend/ manager in this film (Jenifer Aniston) comes along to follow her boyfriend in the outrageous and scandalous life style of a rock star. Things were going smoothly for Izzy and this movie, as Izzy is living his dream rocking out with "Steel Dragon", with millions of fans now idolizing him ironically as he once idolized the same band a few short years earlier. The movie is now a little over an hour in running time, what will be the conflict for the remaining part of this film? Surprise surprise, Jenifer Aniston (Izzy's girlfriend)decides she isn't cut for her job as Izzy's manager no longer, which also indicates her thoughts on her and Izzy's future. I found the whole second part of this movie predictable and stale. Izzy's girlfriend quits and returns home. Izzy at that time was having the time of his life, his dream became reality, now with his girlfriends departure he decides the Rock and Roll life wasn't meant for him after all, so he returns to his girlfriend and blah blah blah!! I saw the second half of this film coming a mile away, its done so excessively in the average B- movies...Now I ask this question to anyone who reads this if you had your dream handed to you like Izzy did, would you run with it...Or throw it away for any selfish and jealous woman (and beautiful of course) like he did? Their are millions of fish in the sea...Izzy only had one shot at his dream, and he gave it up. Not smart.
All in all this movie DID show promise and I particularly enjoyed the first half. I can relate to Whalberg's character because I am too a man with a dream. I just wish the movie would have focused on the dream for once rather then "boy meets girl","boy falls in love with girl" ,or maybe Hollywood should start showing the world some realistic endings after all for every single marriage there is a divorce. If the film could have steered in the opposite direction in its second half then it would have been much more enjoyable. My opinion of the movie is almost like the movie itself. It shows hope and ambition to be a memorable film as Izzy shows to be the lead singer of "Steel Dragon", but in the end the movie sells out and becomes forgettable and ordinary, as Izzy retires from his dream to pursue the so called "love of his life". Stellar performance by Whalberg. 5.5/ 10
Falling Down (1993)
Michael Douglas shines!
I watched this movie for the first time on digital cable last year; I enjoyed it, but felt rather bored with the drawn out sub plot featuring Duvall and his mentally ill wife. I was hoping that the tedious scenes with Duvall and his wife would tie into something of more significance, or at least have something remotely to do with Michael Douglas and his self proclaimed sinless rampage across the town. (spoilers) I guess the point that was trying to be made was that his wife had a mental illness, and he was trying to catch Beth's mentally ill ex husband Foster (Douglas)... Either way the movie in my opinion could have had done better there with the unlimited talent of Duvall. I recently rented this movie from Blockbuster on DVD and liked even more, considering skipping the Duvall scenes (except for the ending) was just one button away! Douglas is amazing in this movie and he convinced me that he wasn't "The Bad Guy" after all...I recommend this movie for any Michael Douglas fan! 7 out of 10.