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Dot.Kill (2005)
Not bad, but many inconsistencies and logic errors..
It's watchable and sure keeps you attached to it when viewing it. It's a movie which can be seen from two viewpoints:
-1- The (dramatical) story of the main character, his live and whats happening to him. -2- Who's doing all the killing, showing it live on the internet and how will they get them or him/her and who's behind this all?
However there are many inconsistencies in the story and logic errors. That's ashame, if they weren't there I would rated it an 7 or even 8.
They are not all too disturbing if you just continue watching and don't make a big deal about these, but I can imagine some people would be irritated by them. I wasn't cause I just viewed it without too much thinking and all together it's very watchable.
OK, no special effects, please see Star Wars 3 or something. OK, no well thought out Drama. OK, no real action.
But altogether better than many other movies.....
Give it a try if you have the time.
2001: A Space Travesty (2000)
Come on, this wasn't meant to be serious, so don't take it like that...
Lot's of negative reports on this one. But let's face it, it wasn't meant to be a serious movie at all. First take you're daily dose of Prozac twice, otherwise y'll may get depressed, thinking this one should be taken seriously. After that, have a bottle of some strong booze in front of you and look at this one. I liked it, not because it was a good comedy or something, but I respected how someone is capable of making a movie like this. You'll have to see this movie as a game. Use you're remote over and over again, zoom in, play some parts frame by frame and try to recover all jokes (or 'jokes', come on..), idiotic things, and stupidity in this one. I bet that those who have the most negative criticism on this one , haven't noticed for 50% how many and silly stupid jokes are made in it. OK, it's hilarious, but it should be. I enjoyed watching it and even watched it twice, noticing new 'jokes'and 'stupidity' the second time. I'm sure if I see it again I will still notice new 'jokes' e.d. For that reason alone I liked watching this movie. So I'm not complaining that this one is no comedy, it's an interactive game using you're remote and try to find all 'jokes' and other stuff. There many more than one might expect. It's a parody, not a real comedy. If you keep that in mind, it's well worth watching. And remember: Try to find them all........
7 out of 10
Species III (2004)
Species III ?, This should be part 1, part 2 is missing.......
OK, seemed nice to look at, but while viewing the movie, it was obvious to me, that the story was abruptly broken up and was going to end in a way like 'ok, guys, we are trough our initial budget and we have to finish this one quickly'. The first 45 minutes or so had some interesting baseline for a good story and movie. Let's say they really and actually DID create the perfect breed and made an open end for Species IV ??!! But, no, instead there suddenly is a man, falling down from sky and just saying 'Kill them all'. And that's what (almost !!??) happens in the last 10 minutes or so of the movie. So they could have make a far more better movie, and if they where following the baseline of the story and took a different path in it, the movie should last 2 hours or more..... and be MUCH MUCH better. The ending was s***ing....... That about the story. It's just like somebody who has begun writing a good book and was at chapter 5 from 12, but had only 1 night left to finish it. Ashame.... Then the special effects. Sorry for those who made them, but my DVD-recorder has a pause button and can play still's.....(Would they have realized that ????). A big goof at 95 minutes or so, where the security man get's cut in half vertically. If you replay the scene step by step in forward direction is TOO OBVIOUS to see that both half's of the man falling apart are overlapping each other. If you fit them together you probably get another alien type: One with 2 noses and 2 widely spread eyes..... It's a joke !!! Also the toilet scene earlier was a good moment for special effects, but what did we see ???, right, Nothing !!! The director skipped over the scene itself and we see only a hole in something that should be a men's head afterwords. Come on.... Recommend it it ?? If you are a species fan, it's a kind of must to see. Want quality like Alien or something ??? SKIP THIS ONE...
Only 5 of 10 which is maybe too much altogether...
The special effects where too less and too bad of quality. The story was abruptly broken up and ended.
One thing left, or if you wish two things left: Sara and here new boyfriend both with perfect alien but different DNA, both species....... THE END (or not? HINT: Think Jurassic Park, they meant to be not able to multiply too...)
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)
take you're time, it's well worth watching
Although not a fan of one specific genre ,a DRAMA/ROMANCE genre is not my first favor to watch. Started watching the movie didn't get my attention at first and the feeling arose to stop it and look at another movie. Just over 1000 movies waiting to be seen in my DVD-collection, it was very tempting to 'save this one for later'. Finally it was a TV production, so it couldn't be too good, was my reasoning. But I was wrong, and was really wrong. After about 15 minutes, the movie was attracting my attention and I went on seeing it. After 30 minutes 'I was all in it' and really enjoyed it. There is exceptional good acting and a good story line. All characters where 'real' in their acting, contributing to the experience of the story told in the movie. I can't say anything about the historical truth of this movie, but I didn't watch it from that point of view. I watched it to enjoy a good movie and it seemed to be one. So to be short: Try this movie and look at it for a minimum of the first 20 minutes, before deciding to stop, which in my opinion is the wrong thing to do. It's just the habit of having movies catches you in their first minutes. Well, this one surely isn't one of such, but it evolves slowly but surely to a good movie while watching. One important fact to mention is the music used to support the story in the movie. It's an exceptional good choice that was made here. I don't know if the movie has better soundtracks then the version I saw (dutch version) with 2.0 Dolby surround, but surely a well recorded 5.1 or even DTS soundtrack would significant improve the total movie experience. But being a TV production, I doubt there is something better than 2.0 Dolby surround (although you can leave out the 'surround' because it isn't really there). Despite this technical aspect it turned out to be a surprisingly good movie and I was very glad, I DID finish my watching. Believe me, this movie is much better than one might expect. And I can especially recommend this movie for women, cause I think they even more appreciate this movie than the 'we coming from mars'-guys.
Avalanche (1999)
Watchable, not as bad as presumed by many
The movie isn't as bad as many of the voters up till now are saying. The movie is nice to watch, although it isn't a high budget Hollywood movie as STAR WARS 3. So, you may expect that the special effects and avalanches shown are not as real as you could get them , but still they are acceptable. The story makes up for it. Don't watch this movie for it's special effects, but just to see a nice watchable movie which is in general of medium+ quality, taking all things together.
The is certain a tension building up while watching the movie, which is also a little predictable, but, again, still acceptable.
Generally speaking, the votes on IMDb are low, for many many movies. Why ? I don't know. It's isn't me, I think, having watched 1000+ DVD's. Indeed there are bad made movies, but this one isn't all that bad at all.
If you wanted to see a movie , just for fun, with no complicated but reasonable enjoyable plot, this is surely one for rent.
I'll give it 7 point, just making a statement it's not a super movie but worth watching.
Larva (2005)
Just 'another' movie in this genre, nothing special about it.
Having watched 1000+ movies, this one is just another one in the genre. It's has no exciting extra's at all. The story and plot are well known. Only a little different on the outside. Watching this movie is just as filling in the same mathematical formula, with other values for it's variables. Nothing new. The effect's are really bad done. Especially the 'monsters'. They just look like an old coat that is in someway washed but never ironed. The color is also not realistic. It's yellowed. Done with a meaning ? I don't know, it's just irritating to watch. I hate things like this to give a special setting to a movie. Do it with good acting, good special effects and a good story. Not with Yelowing the whole movie, I rather watch them in realistic coloring. All by all, if you're young and new to the movie-watching scene, it maybe worth a view. But if you're older and have seen a lot of movies, you really fall asleep by looking this one.