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xWBStudentOfCinemax · Grip Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 5 Location: West Bend, WI

Granted as a student at West Bend East High School in Wisconsin I might not have the best taste in movies, and my limited time with working this summer allows me to see very few, but the movies i have seen so far this summer in theaters have been bellow all my expectations. I write movie reveiws for my schools paper, and am going to publish a summer top 5 or 10 (depending on how many films i see), but i am finding it hard to find anything good enough to even be on such a list. So far I have seen Troy, Van Helsing, The Day After Tomorrow, and Anchorman. I know, I know not the best choices I am sure, but I am a 16 year old lazy teenager, what do you expect? Troy was entertaining, but it wasn't the epic i was expecting at all. I have seen everything that was displayed in that movie a thousand times and was in no rush to see it again. On my ratings, it got a C+, which is being nicer than I should. Van Helsing was also a moderatly entertaining movie with decent special effects, but the whole thing was very sketchy, and the plot was sub par. The action is the only thing that made it match Troy in its grade. The Day After Tomorrow was a decent movie, probably the only one to live up to what i thought it would be. Eventhough most critics and movie goers are ripping on it, i found it an exciting, and emotional film with amazing special effects. It still wasn't good, but it got a B-. Today I saw Anchorman. I am a teen of the "stupid comedy" age and usually enjoy Will Ferrell's work, but this film disapointed me on so many levels I can not even mention them all. There were times where the movie was wildly amusing, but any other time was so boring I nearly fell asleep. The way they tied the comedy and the "drama" together was cheesy, and the movie didn't do much for me, minus a trident being thown at someone Razz

. Well, this is my first post on this site, so don't rip me appart too badly.

-Andy Brunner

beltmann · Posted: 07.16.2004 3:16 am Post subject:

I don't think this summer is any worse than most--why are we so quick to declare every season or festival the best or worst of all time?--but there have been few movies I've been excited about. For me, the two best films of the summer have been Spiderman 2 and Saved!. I missed Control Room, unfortunately, but have very high hopes for Open Water, Baadasssss!, Carandiru, The Five Obstructions, The Village, She Hate Me, The Saddest Music in the World, Code 46, The Time of the Wolf, and especially Before Sunset and Zatoichi. (Some of those have been playing elsewhere for months, but not yet in Milwaukee.) Miramax has also finally scheduled a release date for Zhang Yimou's masterful Hero, which I have seen many times but might catch in the theater anyway.

Eric
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xWBStudentOfCinemax · Grip Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 5 Location: West Bend, WI

Very true. I enjoyed watching Hero in your class, and would also like to see it in a theater envrioment, but I doubt I have the time or gas money for that.
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The Short Bus · Key Grip Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 36

Clearly you guys skipped over the smash hit Soul Plane, which made me laugh and cry. Probably the best movie since We're back! A Dinosaur's Story.

Danny Baldwin · Posted: 07.16.2004 5:00 pm Post subject:

Soul Plane actually wasn't as bad as they said.
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Jordanio · Posted: 07.17.2004 1:47 am Post subject:

I'm literally counting down the days to The Village. M. Night Shyamalan has me hooked, and I don't expect him to fall short of my "hype" for this film. Otherwise, I really enjoyed Spiderman 2, but other films, such as King Arthur, Troy, The Day After Tomorrow, and Van Helsing were less than adequate in my eyes (but then again, I didn't really expect much from them). During the period of time that I saw these various "filler films", I saw The Terminal. I actually thought it was a very fulfilling movie, and I applaud Spielberg for taking the "chance" (as if he really has to worry about failure) on making a film such as The Terminal. Otherwise, the last movie I've seen was Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and it was exactly what I expected it to be: light, enjoyable fluff. Basically, I've based my whole summer movie-going experience around the arrival of Spiderman 2 and The Village. With one of those movies out of the way, I'm waiting impatiently for Shyamalan's newest work. C'mon Mr. Shyamalan; I need you to give me a great movie!.

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xWBStudentOfCinemax · Grip Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 5 Location: West Bend, WI

As of my 1st post on this topic last night I did not have one movie I thought was decent in my mind. That has changed. I saw I, Robot tonight, and although it was nothing near spectacular it was a good work despite the mediocre reveiw it received on this site. I am glad Will Smith got a decent project, and I hope it will bring him more praise than a lot of his other recent works have, although I enjoy most of them aswell.
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HoRRoRFaN · Cinematographer Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 128

Not only do I think it is a bad summer, but I think that it is a bad year altogether. Granted, there are quite a few films that I am still looking forward to, but most of what I've seen this year disappointed me. I am glad I got to see some truly great filmmaking this year, however. The best films I have seen this year, in no particular order, include (including a few I've seen at the Philadelphia Film Festival): BEFORE SUNSET, KILL BILL VOL. 2, TOOLBOX MURDERS, THE LAST HORROR MOVIE, TIME OF THE WOLF, HAUTE TENSION, and I can't forget FAHRENHEIT 9/11. I did miss some I wanted to see and can't believe I let myself miss, such as SUPER SIZE ME, CONTROL ROOM, BAADASSSSS, CARANDIRU. And I can't wait to see OPEN WATER and THE VILLAGE looks like something I am gonna check out.

Danny Baldwin · Posted: 07.22.2004 5:16 pm Post subject:

I truly believe this is the worst year so far, ever, even though I will not make assumptions about the fall and winter lineups. I was hoping to shake off the fact that I've liked less than half of the movies I've seen that are 2004 releases by February or March, but my recommendation-percentage is still near 45%. (Don't call me a D'Angelo. No. No. No!).
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matt header · Posted: 07.23.2004 5:21 pm Post subject:

I saw Before Sunset last night, and it would be enough to make up for a movie season of absolutely dreck. I'm in love with that movie.

That said, I've been quite entertained by this year's offerings so far, and I have even been entranced by a select few: so far, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Control Room, Coffee and Cigarettes, and Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring have been my favorites so far (not including Before Sunset). And Hollywood, despite its fair share of indecencies, has given me Around the World in 80 Days (which I'm only half-ashamed to say I had a blast with) and Spiderman 2.

I'm rambling now, but I don't think this summer/year has been all that bad. (At least there were no more American Pie sequels. Smile

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HoRRoRFaN · Cinematographer Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 128