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Post by Dr B on Jan 21, 2010 16:47:43 GMT -5
Okay here are my latest Revues.(Yeah I know it's spelled wrong)
Princess Protection Program
Overall a good movie.What might have made it great is...using someone else besides Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez as the Stars.Nothing against them but if they had chosen major stars instead of up and coming minor stars the movie would've had a greater impact.Instead it will end up in the pile with Another Cinderella Story.
The plot was good.Endangered Princess hides out with lowly American Girl so her Mother won't be executed by the evil overlord of a small neighboring country.Even though it sounds a lot like a Anne Hathaway movie,it had some very good plot twists.
Characterwise,although I didn't particularly like the stars.I did like the Asian Girl that played the stuck up jerky "I'm superior to you","I have to be Princess" character.I liked Edwin the Bowling Alley Shoe Boy.It was the guy that plays Cameron on 10 Thing I Hate About You.Once again the guy plays 2nd fiddle guy in love with the cute girl.The girl that played Brookie the evil girl's underling was surprising good,especially when she turned of the evil girl!The guy that played Donny "The handsome guy that Selena's character has been in love with since the 3rd grade" was really good,you hated him right off!
Overall rating B
iCarly "iSaved Your Life"
A must see for iCarly fans.Freddie gets hit by a Taco Truck while pushing Carly out of the way.Without giving to much away.Carly starts to like Freddie as more than friends.Sam who is usually reckless and carefree is the sensible one in this episode.
The ending I guess was to be expected,but not foreseen!
Overall Rating A
These shows are available online.
Dr B
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Post by Dr B on Jan 21, 2010 17:06:26 GMT -5
Alvin and The Chipmunks
A Y2K depiction of a 1960s story.I watched "The Alvin Show" when I was a kid.I'm glad to report that the storyline of this movie was surprising true to the original Chipmunks story.
I didn't particularly like the modern version of "The Chipmunk Song" or "The Witchdoctor",but I suppose that had to be done to keep the attention of the younger viewers who had no idea who Alvin & The Chipmunks were.
The Chipmunks were animated quite well.They were cute and cuddly looking.Their characterizations were a little over the top but not so much that it bugged me.The guy that played David Seville was excellent!The evil producer that just wanted to exploit Alvin,Simon and Theodore and take all their profits was great!What an... he was!
Overall good movie you will believe Chipmunks can sing and dance!My 10 year old music student Katie tells me that "The Squeakwal" is excellent too!
Overall Rating A -
Available online
Dr B
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Post by WTIC on Jan 21, 2010 18:32:20 GMT -5
I haven't seen those yet. I still have "The Dark Knight" factory sealed. I will review that once I've taken a look at it!
I also have Hellboy 2 to watch. Not sure when I will get to it...
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Post by Dr B on Jan 21, 2010 19:30:37 GMT -5
Hellboy is pretty outrageous.They show the 1st one on FX all the time.
Dr B
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Post by WTIC on Jan 21, 2010 19:38:24 GMT -5
Selma Blair in Hellboy was pretty good! I've always liked her!
So, Dr B... are we going to become "Siskel & Ebert" here on these Boards? LOL! Do you wanna be Siskel or Ebert? 
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Post by Dr B on Jan 21, 2010 22:55:08 GMT -5
Siskel & Ebert...which one is the dead one?hahaha!Seriously,I'd like to get everyone reviewing movies.I bet Neily watches a lot of movies.I don't like the fact that a lot of movies don't live up to the hype.
Dr B
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Post by WTIC on Jan 22, 2010 18:01:36 GMT -5
MOST movies don't live up to the hype! Remember "The Village" by the guy who did "The Sixth Sense"? That movie sure didn't live up to the hype! I thought it was supposed to be about witchcraft, which would have been better than what it was really about, LOL!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_(2004_film)
Gene Siskel is the skinny dead one. Roger Ebert is the fat mute, hehehhehee!
The last good movie I've watched was "Beavis & Butt-head Do America"! That was pretty funny!
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Post by Dr B on Jan 23, 2010 1:17:51 GMT -5
Sixth Sense was good.The Village not so hot eh?
Beavis and Butthead were good!Pretty big for a couple of Dumb-AXXes!
Planet 51 was good maybe I'll right about that one next.
You could right a reviw for that one that starred Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt.That was a good movie.
Dr B
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Post by WTIC on Jan 23, 2010 12:29:39 GMT -5
"Heartbreakers"? I had rented it a while ago, I will have to pick it up on DVD first! 
Just call me "Gene Siskel"! ;D
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Post by Dr B on Feb 23, 2010 2:54:26 GMT -5
I watch Angus,Thongs and Perfect Snogging.I felt like watching Sisterhood of The Magic Pants.
An Australian Teenager is curious about boys and particularly about kissing boys.She's a normal looking kid,but the boys seem to like her.She makes the "cool girls" feel threatened because the boys are so comfortable around her.She spends the whole time searching for the perfect boy to fall in love with,but fails a bunch of time before finding an acceptable one!The movie is pretty funny,even though it's Australian and you have to catch on to their lingo.
Overall rating B+
Dr B
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Post by WTIC on Feb 23, 2010 19:03:16 GMT -5
Nice!
I need to review Hellboy 2! It's been sitting on my table for a month and a half now!
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Post by WTIC on Mar 12, 2010 18:10:50 GMT -5
Hellboy 2 is STILL sitting there, but I did pick up Halloween 2 the other day!
This one is a bit different from the first in Rob Zombie's reimaging of the series. Michael Myers actually grunts here as he kills (I don't think he did in the first), and we get a different kid playing young Michael. The story is switched over into more of a typical slasher flick. Scout Taylor Compton does a really good job again in her role. The music portions of the movie could have been cut way down as I found myself fast-scanning through these.
The ending I had heard a bit about, but even so, I didn't think it would have reached that kind of a climax (I won't give away the ending, but it sure didn't end the way I thought it would have).
Yeah, I liked the movie, but it wasn't quite as good as the first. I'd still give it a thumbs-up based on the performance of Scout, plus seeing Weird Al Yankovic was great! 
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Post by Dr B on Mar 13, 2010 0:29:41 GMT -5
Weird Al was in Halloween 2?I don't remember that...
Dr B
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Post by WTIC on Mar 13, 2010 12:40:43 GMT -5
In the Rob Zombie sequel, yeah. Or at least in the director's cut. NOT in the John Carpenter original Halloween 2. Here's a shot of Weird Al in the movie:
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Post by Dr B on Mar 13, 2010 22:15:27 GMT -5
There's two sets of Halloween?I think I saw The John Carpenter ones.Don't remember the Rob Zombie ones.Why was Weird Al in the movie?Did he get murdered or anything cool like that?
Dr B
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