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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
The Best Movie I've Seen in A While...
This movie has everything a good movie should have. There are parts where you want to cry, and parts where you laugh so hard you end up crying. Honestly, I have never heard a theater laugh so incredibly hard. This is a great family movie, even though it's rated R- the only mildly questionable scenes involve a man snorting heroin and use of the F-word a couple of times. This movie really is incredible, and makes every member of the audience feel connected to every problem of these dysfunctional people. Steve Carell, who is more commonly known for Anchorman and The 40-Year Old Virgin, is absolutely stunning in this as a character he does not usually play- suicidal, quirky, and depressed. Think twice about not seeing this movie- it is by far the funniest movie you will see all year!
Walk the Line (2005)
Just another film to jump on the bandwagon...
Unfortunately, I was busy the night of the Academy Award's, but when I was told of the Oscars that "Walk the Line" had won, I was appalled. My initial reaction was "How is that possible! It was just 'Ray' with white people!". Surprisingly, it had been referred to as such at the awards ceremony. This movie really does follow the basic pattern that Ray did. If this movie came out before Ray or maybe 10 or so years after, it may have been appreciated, but this movie gives off a flair of being produced for the sole reason of imitating a successful, previous, better movie, Ray. Not to be offensive towards Reese Withersppon, I admit she is a wonderful actress, but she cannot be taken seriously in this role. I would get emotionally involved with Pheonix's character, and then I would be interrupted by our favorite ditz from Legally Blonde. Terribly sorry for all those who do not appreciate this review or feel otherwise about the movie. This comment is not intended to offend any of you, it is merely intended to say some bad choices were made in the execution of this film.
Mean Girls (2004)
Terrible beyond any reason
This movie is without a doubt the worst movie I have ever seen. It is much like the movie 13 (in the way that it deals w/ teen drama and is totally unrealistic) but is way too ditsy for any normal human. Too much of the movie is spent focusing on Lindsay Lohan. Her acting skills in this move are among the poorest of all her movies. She does not establish a relationship between herself and whoever watches the movies. she does not express the character's (Cady's) feelings in depth. If there were ever a movie to dramatize stereotypes more than they already have been by the media, this would be it. Cady's three "friends" are also of the same ditsy stereotype. If you are a stereotype or ditz, go ahead! Watch this movie and rot your braincells while doing it. Otherwise, I highly recommend that this movie is locked away for good.
Guard Dog (2004)
WOW! This was incredible!
I saw this at the Plymouth Independent Film Festival, and I laughed and (almost) cried. A little dog barks at everything, and this animation short depicts why he barks at it. A little dark in some places, but hilarious in others. For example, he saw a girl with a jump rope while he and his owner were walking in the park, and he barked at her because he thought that that girl would give the jump rope to his owner, and the jump rope would start spinning and cuts his head off. This went on for many other innocent creatures (grasshopper, squirrel, butterfly, flower, etc.), and the dog began to bark around at everything in order to protect his master. At the end, his leash got tangled around the master and he killed him. I loved this. See it!
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Incredible and quite intellectual.
This movie without any doubt deserves to be on the top 250 list. Although I had to watch the movie about 4 times to fully understand it, I was surprised beyond all reason to discover that in fact this movie isn't random after all. Once you understand everything, you'll realize that EVERYTHING fits together like a puzzle. One piece can't stand alone without another. I especially loved the casting. This is an unusual but fitting part for Jim Carrey, since it is not a flat-out comedy like most of his other films. It's also an excellent role for Kate Winslet- her diversity as an actress in outstanding. I would recommend this movie to anyone who is good at unraveling intellectual plots or if you aren't, just like being confused.
Sahara (2005)
This movie didn't know where it was going
Sahara's advertising campaign did an excellent job of making this movie look great, but the movie didn't live up to its reputation. It appeared to be an Indiana Jones-type-movie but for modern times, resembling National Treasure very closely but taking place in Africa. This movie could have gone in many different directions, any one of them being good, but Sahara seems as if the producers tried to please everybody. Steve Zahn did an excellent, hilarious job at his part, but he seemed like he was in the wrong movie and wasn't very significant. The rest of the cast which did belong acted out their roles with either too much or to little effort, and put very little if any emotion into it. There was no character development whatsoever. It was a tad confusing, because in the two hours that the movie lasts, there are about 2 and a half plots that only have one thing in common: they take place in Africa. This movie was to unrealistic to be a good action movie, not emotional enough to be a drama, and not funny enough to be a good comedy. What happened to the movies?!?!?!?!