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- DirectorPhil TuckerStarsGeorge NaderGregory MoffettClaudia BarrettThe monstrous Ro-Man attempts to annihilate the last family alive on Earth, but finds himself falling for their beautiful daughter.Comment:
Summary: The worst movie ever made
or at least the worst I have ever seen. Personally, I think it even exceeds the legendary Plan 9 in sheer ineptness. My favorite scene is the one where the "robot" kidnaps the girl. He tries to tie her up, but the gorilla suit fingers are too awkward, so he punches her in the jaw to make her pass out. In the next scene, she is neatly tied up. I guess they didn't want to waste any film they had already shot, so they didn't cut from the monster beginning to tie her up to her being tied up. If you like baaaad movies, Robot Monster is a must.
DATE: 2003-08-02
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046248/usercomments-45 - DirectorRay KelloggStarsJames BestIngrid GoudeKen CurtisOn an isolated island, a small group of people are terrorized by giant voracious shrews in the midst of a hurricane.Comments
Summary: Baaad Fun
Killer Shrews is bad, the script is bad, the acting is bad and the production values are very bad. The "killer shrews" are dogs. The dogs are wearing collars with what looked liked seaweed attached. The shews alone make it worth watching. Add to that all the other "Z" movie elements, and you have a classic turkey. While is does not sink to the subterranean levels of Plan 9 or Robot Monsters, it is still a must see for all loyal turkey fans. Try to catch it at a turkey film fest near you. Those shrews really do deserve to be seen on a full sized theater screen.
DATE: 2003-08-05
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052969/usercomments-26 - DirectorGilbert GunnStarsForrest TuckerGaby AndréMartin BensonA friendly visitor from outer space warns against conducting experiments with the Earth's magnetic field, that could mutate insects into giant monsters.Comment:
Summary: Remembered fondly after 40+ years
I saw this movie once - over 40 years ago - and I still remember it very well. Even as a kid, very few movie really scared me, but this one did. The resident mad scientist does something that lets in lots of bad cosmic rays and the local insects become giants. The school is a one room affair set in the middle of a forest. The giant insects attack the school trapping the teacher & the kids. Most horror movie monsters looked hokey - but the monsters in this were extreme close-ups of real insects. It wasn't until Alien that I saw a movie monster as scary as those giant bugs.
DATE: 2003-09-13
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051020/usercomments-2 - DirectorDan CurtisStarsKaren BlackOliver ReedBurgess MeredithA family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
- DirectorRobert MiltonRay EnrightStarsLeslie HowardDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Beryl MercerLater remade as "Between Two Worlds."
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyNaomie HarrisChristopher EcclestonFour weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsMichael RenniePatricia NealHugh MarloweAn alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsHarvey KeitelGeorge ClooneyJuliette LewisTwo criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.Comments
Summary: I am ashamed of myself for enjoying this movie
I must be getting corrupted in my old age. Everything about this movie offended me - the language, the rotten characters (the characters, not the actors), the excessive violence and nauseating gore. It was also trashy with no redeeming social virtues. I don't know why, but I really enjoyed it. It was funny and scary (very scary) and it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time I was watching it. I think it must be somewhere in the Robert Rodriguez touch. I have trouble with Tarantino (I really didn't like Pulp Fiction, even it is one of the beat movies ever made.) Just make sure you don't let any kids or really sensitive people watch it - they'll have nightmares for 6 months. But if you've got a strong stomach - enjoy.
DATE: 2003-10-01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116367/usercomments-287 - DirectorRichard DonnerStarsMatthew BroderickRutger HauerMichelle PfeifferThe thief Gaston escapes the dungeon of medieval Aquila through the latrine. Soldiers are about to kill him when Navarre saves him. Navarre, traveling with his spirited hawk, plans to kill the bishop of Aquila with help from Gaston.Comments
Summary: Beautiful fantasy
I love to read fantasy & I have been reading it since The Lord of the Rings back in the late 60's. However, good sword & sorcery movies did not exit until Ladyhawke. (If anyone knows of any before '85 I would be happy to hear the titles.) All the earlier sword & sorcery movies were mostly kid movies or male fantasy (Steve Reeves types with lots of buxom & pouty Italian ladies in short skirts). Ladyhawke is a movie about adults for adults. It is far from perfect. The music is bad & Matthew Broderick's Mouse grates. But Michelle Pfeiffer is luminous & loyal and Rutger Hauer is handsome & gallant. The story is from the true literary fantasy tradition. John Wood as the Bishop of Aquila is excellent. He is the the evil sorcerer caught in his own web of corruption & lust. Ladyhawke even has the look of a beautiful fantasy with beautiful scenery, sets, costumes and especially, beautiful animals. Most sword & sorcery fantasies have animals, often magical, as integrel to the plot. I have seen this movie many times & it is just as beautiful & magical the last time as it was the first.
DATE: 2003-09-15
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089457/usercomments-97 - DirectorHarold BeckerStarsBruce WillisMiko HughesAlec BaldwinShadowy elements in the NSA target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he is able to decipher a top secret code.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsRay MillandRuth HusseyDonald CrispA composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.Comments:
Summary: A Lovely Ghost Story
The Univited is a lovely and romantic ghost story. I saw it on TV when I was quite young and I loved it. When I had a chance to see it again as an adult, I was afraid I might be disappointed. I was not disappointed in the least. As an adult, I think I appreciated more than I had as a child.
It has all the elements of a good English ghost story: a large spooky house, a modern romance and a ghost with some unusual and scary manifestations. Ray Milland is the handsome hero and Gail Russell is the lovely young lady who seems to attract considerable attention from the ghost.
One of the elements that I liked best about the movie was the music, the song, Stella by Starlight. It is a hauntingly beautiful song, but very rarely heard. If you have seen the Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor, you have heard the song: Jerry sings it to Stella Stevens.
If you enjoy a good romantic ghost story, please see The Uninvited.
DATE: 2003-12-01
http://comments.imdb.com/title/tt0037415/usercomments-28 - DirectorRudolph MatéStarsRichard DerrBarbara RushPeter HansenAs a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsJack NicholsonMichelle PfeifferJames SpaderPublisher Will Randall becomes a demon wolf and has to fight to keep his job.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie HennDecades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.Comments:
Summary: Gets better every time I see it
I am just going to add my voice to the chorus of praise for this movie. It is as near to being perfect as any I have ever seen. I will not say that it is much better than Alien - which is just about near to being perfect also. But I do love all the characters in this movie. I have rarely seen a movie where all the characters were so well developed. Even most serious dramas seldom develops each character so completely. None of these characters are stereotypes even Paul Reiser as Burke, although the slimy company/government man villain is a prerequisite in disaster type movies. I would almost say that my favorite is Michael Beihn as Hicks, just because I really like his work & consider him to be underrated. But I also really like Lance Henriksen as Bishop, William Hope as Lt. Gorman, Bill Paxton as Hudson, and of course, Jenette Goldstein as Vasquez. I really liked all of these characters. I cared about their lives & deaths. The final scene for Gorman & Vasquez still chokes me up after seeing it many times.
I am not ignoring Sigourney Weaver or Carrie Henn. Ripley is the template for the modern action heroine. In the 24 years since Alien, few have been able to measure up to Sigourney Weaver's Ripley. Even in Alien 3 & 4, Ripley was still powerful, despite the 3ed rate quality of the movies. As for Carrie Henn as Newt, she was the emotional heart of Aliens. Caneron's ability to develop well rounded characters does not detract from his ability to create great action scenes or to scare the audience out of a several years of growth.
DATE: 2003-09-14
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/usercomments-518 - DirectorMichael BayStarsBruce WillisBilly Bob ThorntonBen AffleckAfter discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.Comments
Summary: Entertaining and funny
I do not understand the furor this movie created. It is far far from the worst scifi I've seen in the past few years. And I know the science is all wrong - who cares? If the science actually mattered, the only things we could watch would be documentaries on Discovery and PBS!
Armageddon, like most Bruce Willis action movies is funny. It is very very funny, especially Steve Buscemi. Rockhound is as funny as any of his off-beat characters in Tarantino or Rodriguez movies. Peter Stormare is excellent as the space happy Russian cosmonaut. Bruce Willis is as always, wry and dry. He has a splendid talent for comedy that isn't always appreciated.
I'm not very knowledgeable on special effects, but the asteroid itself becomes a sinister presence in the movie. While I realize that no asteroid ever seen looked like that vision of hell, I don't care.
So, if you want to see a fun scifi, watch Armageddon. Forget the carping. Enjoy.
DATE: 2003-12-05
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/ - DirectorTim BurtonStarsMichael KeatonJack NicholsonKim BasingerThe Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.
- DirectorAlex ProyasStarsRufus SewellKiefer SutherlandJennifer ConnellyA man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry ThomasDrew BarrymorePeter CoyoteA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsBruce WillisMilla JovovichGary OldmanIn the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsMatthew BroderickJean RenoMaria PitilloFrench nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that heads off to New York City. The American military must chase the monster across the city to stop it before it reproduces.Comments
Summary: This is a FUN movie
Everyone trashes this movie, but I thought it was good. I've always enjoyed creature features with large reptiles eating cities and Godzilla does does it very well.
If you want profound and serious, watch something else. If you want a "great" movie, watch something else. But if you want to spend a couple hours watching something FUN with no serious side effects, watch Godzilla. Bring in the kids, load up on popcorn and enjoy.
DATE: 2004-01-01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120685/usercomments-487 - DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie HarrisClaire BloomRichard JohnsonHill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is haunted.Comments
Summary: Creepiest scene in any movie ever made
This is a truly great horror film. In fact, it is a truly great movie in any genre. Julie Harris is a great actress (I'm using great too much, but everything about it is great). The scene with Julie Harris in bed talking to Claire Bloom, she thinks, is the creepiest scene I have ever seen. The longer it went on the creepier I felt. I could hardly stand to sit and watch it. And all without a drop of blood. It is truly a class act.
DATE: 2003-08-02
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057129/usercomments-166 - DirectorJan de BontStarsLiam NeesonCatherine Zeta-JonesOwen WilsonDr Marrow enlists Theo, Luke and Nell for a study of sleep disorders at the Hill House. As soon as the terrifying truth about the mansion is revealed, everyone is found fighting for their lives.Comments
Summary: Fun special effects
The '99 version of The Haunting is not nearly as good as the older version with Julie Harris and Claire Bloom. That was true classic psychological horror. The new version, however, does have a great House. Hill House itself is the star of this movie. It may be that people truly knowledgeable in special effects might not think so, but to me, just watching the house was enough. I enjoy special effects that are not blood and guts. I can't even begin to describe all the things the house does, and anyway, I would not like to spoil it for someone who has yet to see The Haunting. If you like really wild special effects, watch The Haunting, and I hope you aren't disappointed.
DATE: 2003-10-13
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171363/usercomments-684 - DirectorRoger DuchownyStarsBrian KerwinElizabeth PeñaJonathan CarrascoAliens crashland near a small desert town, strewing odd bluish-glowing rocks throughout the area. Townfolk notice something is amiss when temperatures begin to soar, water disappears, power goes down and people seem not to be themselves.Comments
Summary: Not great, but not bad
I've seen this movie more than once. It isn't the greatest scifi flick I've every seen, but it is not a bad movie. The acting is good and the characters are more "real" than most in low budget sci fi. (At least it isn't full of dumb bimbos like so many other low budget scifi.) I especially like Elizabeth Pena. She is a good actress and she does worried single mother as well as any and better than some.
Don't let the nay sayers run you off. See it for yourself and judge it for yourself.
DATE: 2003-10-13
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116658/usercomments-5 - DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsEllen BurstynSam ShepardRichard FarnsworthA woman enters the afterlife briefly after a car crash that kills her husband. But she survives - and finds herself possessing strange powers.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsJames CaanJohn HousemanMaud AdamsIn a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsCharlton HestonEdward G. RobinsonLeigh Taylor-YoungA nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsTobey MaguireKirsten DunstWillem DafoeAfter being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonEdward FurlongA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.Comment:
Summary: Wow
I am watching T2 on TV again tonight. It is still Wow, even on a small screen TV. The first time I saw it was at IMAX & that was a hundred times Wow. I feel sorry for anyone who didn't see it on a big screen back then. The effects in T2 were revolutionary. Kids who have grown up seeing the morphing in Tv commercials cannot imagine how impressive it was. If I remember correctly, it was the most expensive movie made to date. Those new effects cost millions & millions to develop. Everyone in the audience was blown away by those effects. For weeks after it opened, everyone at work stood around just talking about the effects, even people who really weren't movie people. It is one thing to talk about revolutionary special effects, but it was really special to experience it. What was even better was that the rest of the movie lived up to the effects. Cameron put so much into the effects and the action without sacrificing any of the human elements that have to be there to make a truly great movie. In another 20 years, the effects will by passe, but the ploting will still be tight and the directing superb. But mostly for me, it is the characters: the Terminator and Sarah and John and Dyson & his family. I like them, I care about them, I can cry for them. Robert Patrick is even scarier than Arnold was is T1 (that Terminator only becomes truly chilling after the skin is gone). If you like Aliens, you've got to see T2. And if you liked T2 please see Aliens. I hope you enjoy both. I certainly have many times.
DATE: 2003-09-25
http://comments.imdb.com/title/tt0103064/usercomments-442 - DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
- DirectorMimi LederStarsRobert DuvallTéa LeoniElijah WoodA comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.
- DirectorNoriaki YuasaStarsEiji FunakoshiHarumi KiritachiJunichiro YamashitaFrom out of the arctic comes a gigantic flying, fire-breathing turtle that sets its sights on destroying Tokyo.Comment
Summary: Turtle Power Forever
Gamera rules. How can anyone not love a turtle that flies by have flames coming out of his feet, swirling around and around like a pinwheel. No fire breathing dinosaur can equal him. He's the coolest reptile on earth. Eat your heart out, Ninja Turtles!
If you can watch this movie without rolling on the floor laughing, you need to get a serious adjustment to your funny bone.
Turtle Power Forever!!!
DATE: 2003-10-30
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059080/usercomments-14 - DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisSamuel L. JacksonRobin WrightA man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni ColletteMalcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsWill SmithBill PullmanJeff GoldblumThe aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsKirk DouglasMartin SheenKatharine RossA modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.Comments
Summary: Favorite Time Travel Movie
I like time travel movies in general and The Final Countdown in particular. I first saw it at the theater when it came out and I have seen it many times since then. It's always as good as the first time.
It is, of course, the tale of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz that goes through a strange storm and emerges on Dec. 6, 1941 a few hundred miles off Hawaii. A modern nuclear aircraft carrier carries as much fire power as the whole Pacific fleet did in 1941. The potential for ending WWII in the Pacific before it even really began was not lost on Kirk Douglas, the captain, and the other men on the Nimitz.
Their ethical and time paradox dilemmas and their meeting with some very startled inhabitants of the 1941 world makes the best time travel movie I have ever seen. But it was also a positive military movie at a time when Vietnam agonizingly fresh in the American mind. It is a tribute to the honor and integrity and professionalism of the men of the United States Navy. As a lover of science fiction it was enjoyable, but as an American still hurting from Vietnam, it was a small step in a healing process that may never end.
DATE: 2003-12-06
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080736/usercomments-65 - DirectorDan CurtisStarsRobert BurtonJohn KarlenGeorge GaynesThree bizarre horror stories, all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing four tormented women.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsMatthew BroderickAlly SheedyJohn WoodA young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsJoey CramerPaul ReubensCliff De YoungIn 1978, a boy travels eight years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.Comments
Summary: Good SciFi & Good Family Fun & Great Space Ship
Flight of the Navigator is one of my all time favorite movies. It's quite good as scifi but it is also a good family movie. I have seen it many times and I always enjoy it. But the thing I like most about Flight of the Navigator is Max.
Max is an intelligent silver space ship that is probably one of the most beautiful things ever created for a scifi film. Max shines and glitters like a Cylon but he is not menacing and he is not the villain. He is a space ship with attitude and some of the funniest lines in the movie are his.
I would recommend it for anyone who likes scifi and/or family friendly movies.
DATE: 2003-11-26
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091059/usercomments-41 - DirectorSimon WincerStarsMary Beth HurtMichael McKeanKathryn WalkerA seemingly normal young boy is found abandoned on a mountain road and adopted by a family who are increasingly amazed by his abilities before discovering the secret behind his real identity.Comments
Summary: Fun and Enjoyable Family Movie
I like this movie. It is exactly the type of movie that often makes me so irritated with the critics. I know that it is not a great movie and it doesn't pretend to be. But it is just the type of movie I enjoy watching after a difficult day at work. DARYL and his family and his neighbors are nice decent people. The villains are properly villainous. They humor is light and fun. (I especially like the part where DARYL's mom is telling her friend about all the things DARYL does, like make his bed and iron his cloths.) The ending is wonderful and hilarious.
If you haven't seen it please do. It is fun and enjoyable and it is an excellent family movie.
DATE: 2003-11-26
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088979/usercomments-14 - DirectorSteven LisbergerStarsJeff BridgesBruce BoxleitnerDavid WarnerA computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsMichael YorkJenny AgutterRichard JordanA police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.
- DirectorAlan RudolphStarsTimothy HuttonKelly McGillisMaureen StapletonAfter being dumped by his girlfriend, a boy runs away to California. But he ends up in heaven because he dies after trying to help a family from drowning in a river. In heaven he'll meet a beautiful girl, who has never reincarnated before.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsJennifer JonesJoseph CottenEthel BarrymoreIn Depression-era New York, an impoverished painter has a chance encounter with an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl in Central Park who inspires him and changes his destiny.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsChristopher ReeveJane SeymourChristopher PlummerA Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsCatherine DeneuveDavid BowieSusan SarandonA love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire (Catherine Deneuve), her cellist companion (David Bowie), and a gerontologist (Susan Sarandon).
- DirectorPhil Alden RobinsonStarsKevin CostnerJames Earl JonesRay LiottaIowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.
- DirectorNeil MarshallStarsSean PertweeKevin McKiddEmma CleasbyA routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scottish wilderness.
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsSteve RailsbackMathilda MayPeter FirthA race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsFrank LangellaLaurence OlivierDonald PleasenceIn 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride.
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsBruce WillisMadeleine StoweBrad PittIn a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsCharlton HestonAnthony ZerbeRosalind CashDr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.
- DirectorDavid KoeppStarsKevin BaconZachary David CopeKathryn ErbeAfter being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around him.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsJeff BridgesKaren AllenCharles Martin SmithAn alien takes the form of a young Wisconsin widow's husband and makes her drive him to his departure point in Arizona. Distrustful government agents, along with a more ambivalent scientist, give pursuit in hopes of intercepting them.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellKim CattrallDennis DunA rough-and-tumble trucker and his side kick face off with an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsKurt RussellJames SpaderJaye DavidsonAn interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
- DirectorJack BenderStarsJonelle AllenShari BelafonteLeVar BurtonPhil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will it?
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJulia RobertsJohn MalkovichGeorge ColeA housemaid falls in love with Dr. Henry Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Edward Hyde.
- DirectorGeorge PalStarsRod TaylorAlan YoungYvette MimieuxA man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsGene BarryAnn RobinsonLes TremayneA small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
- DirectorNick CastleStarsLance GuestRobert PrestonKay E. KuterHigh schooler Alex Rogan conquers the Starfighter video game, only to find out it was just a test, and is transported to another planet. He has been recruited to join a team of the best starfighters to defend their world from the attack.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsCharlton HestonRoddy McDowallKim HunterAn astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsGeorge C. ScottTrish Van DevereMelvyn DouglasAfter the death of his wife and daughter in a car crash, a music professor staying at a long-vacant Seattle mansion is dragged into a decades-old mystery by an inexplicable presence in the mansion's attic.
- DirectorJerry ZuckerStarsPatrick SwayzeDemi MooreWhoopi GoldbergAfter a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
- DirectorCarl SchultzStarsDemi MooreMichael BiehnJürgen ProchnowAbby Quinn is eagerly awaiting childbirth but is haunted by dreams where she suffers a miscarriage. When she decides to rent a room to a mysterious stranger, she realizes a chain of events that will unleash the end of humanity.
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTom HanksMichael Clarke DuncanDavid MorseA tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
- StarsGary SiniseMolly RingwaldJamey SheridanAfter a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsJoBeth WilliamsHeather O'RourkeCraig T. NelsonA family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
- DirectorArthur PennStarsMary SteenburgenRoddy McDowallJan RubesA fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsJames StewartKim NovakJack LemmonA modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsJames CaanKathy BatesRichard FarnsworthAfter a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppGeoffrey RushOrlando BloomBlacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.
- DirectorAlex ProyasStarsBrandon LeeMichael WincottRochelle DavisA man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder.
- DirectorChristian NybyHoward HawksStarsKenneth TobeyMargaret SheridanJames ArnessScientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsGeorge SandersBarbara ShelleyMartin StephensIn the English village of Midwich, the blonde-haired, glowing-eyed children of uncertain paternity prove to have frightening powers.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsKevin McCarthyDana WynterLarry GatesA small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
- DirectorSteve SekelyFreddie FrancisStarsHoward KeelNicole MaureyJanette ScottAfter an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
- DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsDonald SutherlandBrooke AdamsJeff GoldblumWhen strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsBrendan FraserRachel WeiszJohn HannahAt an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsBrendan FraserRachel WeiszJohn HannahThe mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror.
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Summary: Great Adventure!
The 13th Warrior is great adventure of myth, magic and bravery. As has already been said, Antonio Banderas is a civilized Arab in the land of the Vikings in this well done adaptation by Michael Crichton's of his novel Eaters of the Dead. The Crichton book is in itself an adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf.
Crichton has crafted a clever tale that contrasts the educated, sophisticated and civilized Arab poet against the decidedly less than civilized Vikings. The journey from southern Russia (where the story begins) back to the Viking homeland becomes a period of adjustment and learning for both sides and also creates most of the humor. The funniest scene in the movie is caused by the Vikings' contempt for their Arab guest's "little" horse. To prove the quality of his Arabian, Banderas jumps it over the head of his loudest critic who is mounted on a large Viking horse. It is a gesture the Vikings, who live by their physical prowess, understand and find as funny as the audience. It is the beginning of respect for their strange guest and the real beginning of their comradeship. They travel north to save a Viking king from a savage tribe that raids his lands killing, not only his undefended farmers in their isolated homestead, but also his warriors as they sleep in his fortified hall. This savage "bear totem" tribe eat their fallen victims and are the "Eaters of the Dead" in the title of the novel. They use mist and magic to frighten and paralyze the superstitious Vikings. It is the sophisticated Arab with his educated belief in Aristotelian rationalism and his devout belief in one good God, Allah, that sees through the tricks of the enemy to the mortal men behind the magic.
Taken together, these elements blend into a tale of myth and magic and bravery and comradeship that transcends culture. It also creates a great adventure with some spectacular scenery, swordsmanship and spooky danger. If you like swords and magic and bravery, you will like The 13th Warrior.
DATE: 2003-12-04
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