Could've been better!!!
931493
Both came in not so good condition I'm currently trying to revive one the other started to strive after a little magic of my green thumb.
2372090
Alright, I must admit I did enjoy this movie. But I think it could have been better.
Imagine this:
A young, nubile blond girl in a skimpy bikini battles her reoccurring fear of drowning "to become one of the top surfers in the world".
Now replace:
"to become one of the top surfers in the world".
With this:
"only to be attacked by a huge shark, and her top falls off"
I think you will all agree that the movie would have been better off if Anne Marie had been attacked by a shark, or at the very least if the football guy had gotten VD.
753461
But the rest of the movie SERIOUSLY LACKED!!!  It has a slow plot and when you feel like you're finally getting somewhere, the movie is 3/4 over!  The end was anticlimatic.  I would have rather watched an episode of HEROES or the cat pooping on the lawn.
1855319
Story could have moved along at a better pace. It was almost tortuous the go over and over and over (sort of like this) the same scenario. I finished it but about half way through I was bored. I mean really, s+#% or get off the pot!!!! Mind you, I didn't hate it................I simply felt it could have moved along at a better pace. They obviously loved each other but please, IMO, don't drag a story out till the bitter end. Trust me, it doesn't hold our attention.
4616071
So I almost turned this off half-way through because it was just not that good of a movie. I forced myself through it just cause I had paid for the rental and I don't like to waste...On that note, I'm a huge Carano fan, she is gorgeous and also is an amazing athlete, so I get why they made this role for her, but she needs to develop a better on screen personality. She should study some Angelina Jolie because if she (Carano) could act a little better, she would be a superstar. Also, Chatum needs to develop a darker, more serious on-screen personality and he could be a bad A5$! Overall, there was plenty of opportunity to wow the audience because of the plot, but the lack of a true action-based cinematic presentation really was disappointing to me. There was also a ton of lag time (stretched out scenes) throughout the show that had me racking my head against the remote. It almost feels like they filmed the first reading of the script and went with that for the movie. I only gave two stars because of the Cast, the person who recruited all this cast should be given some sort of an award to be able to sell a B-rated film to all those stars.
4659233
Just so-so film overall..... I think the acting was fine in this movie, the cinematography great and the essence of the story was a good one.... However, something was lacking/missing that left me wanting more from this film.

I just felt that more depth could have been added to the main character and her overall early beginnings with her adoptive family.... Plus more on how she went about finding her father in America. The ending of this movie left one wanting to know more answers....

Sure Susie was eventually reunited with her biological father, but was it a happily ever after one?? Knowing more about what her biological father had been up to while in America with a bit more  detail, would have been great too. Did Cate Blanchett's character make it big in Hollywood? What did Christina Ricci's character end up doing with the rest of her life? And so go the list of questions.
3887705
Yet another entry into the "found footage" genre... "7 Nights" wasn't too bad, but it fell short on a few things. One of my fellow reviewers, Miss Catherine, pointed out that the "abandoned asylum" setting was definitely flawed. Everything looked WAY too modern, for one. The furniture looked like your standard run-of-the-mill office furniture you'd expect to find in an office setting. But the hardest thing for me to get past was some of the acting. These were supposed to be people who weren't scared of ghosts, yet the ladies kept screaming at any movement. Quite annoying. And when the group went on its initial exploration, one of the male team members kept saying "Stop... stop... stop... Listen to me... Stop..." I pretty much wanted to take my own life after noticing how lame some of this acting was. STILL... Not a bad story. Some scary moments, even though the "ghost girl" was slightly reminiscent at times of Sadako from "Ringu"...
3569966
Well...just let me get the negative out of the way first.  First of all this movie is not true to the book.  I have never seen such a chopped up plot in my life!  Magnus made Lestat, not Marius! Jesse was portrayed as a lovesick waif, not a grad student.  The actual story did not make sense to me. There was just not enough depth in the storyline to satisfy me.  Aaliyah's performance (God bless & RIP!) was so-so, but her character was only in the last 30 minutes! Her sweet personality in real life came through in the acting so she was not as convincing as the evil, deadly Akasha.  Am I wrong, or wasn't her character supposed to be the MOTHER OF ALL VAMPIRES????  Why in the world didn't she put up a bigger fight when the other vampires ganged up on her?!?!??? Why did she make herself so vulnerable by offering Lestat blood in front of the other vamps???  Aw come on now...why was she so stupid?  Lestat was using her!  The movie was not as scary as the trailer made it out to be; it looked like one long MTV video.  Maybe it should have been marketed as a comedy! :-)

Now for the good things....I think Stuart Townsend did a wonderful job portraying Lestat as a rock star...especially during the concert scenes & the bonus videos...the music is dark & brooding.  He did a great job portraying Lestat as an angry vampire tired of the prospect of being alone for eternity.  The fight scene where the vamps rush the stage, a little comic relief there as Lestat just lops off one vamp's head.  I did get a little laugh from Akasha's silly little rampage in the club & the way she just sashayed out the the club as it went up in flames. Vincent Perez did a wonderful job portraying the out of touch Marius.  Overall, this movie could have been better, but it still had it's good points!
3621196
There was so much potential for Saved, but the plot & character development just weren't fleshed out well. The drama & conflicts were left unfinished and very anticlimactic. I didn't find Eric a sympathetic character, he's possessive & angry & chauvinistic. He's rude and unprofessional yet highly respected by men and women on his ship, despite his archaic views of a woman's place.  Abby was very demure and submissive, & though it was made clear that she had the potential to be fierce, I personally didn't see that trait at all. I also didn't think her attitude was slightly realistic for someone who had been abducted and sold in a human trafficking ring, then winds up pregnant & on a Navy ship.

That said, had the conflict been developed better, Saved could've been a great book. The concept & setting were unique & kept me wanting more, it's frustrate that we didn't get it. I'd like to know more about Abby's background. She was sketchy about her family & past but nothing came of it. Same with Eric, his life was kind of glossed over yet mentioned repeatedly. What happened to the woman who filed a report against Eric? Was she charged? And the other woman who helped her work around the chain of communication? How about the JAG officer & her emotional upheaval about XO Joe & Eric? What did the CIA do to get their answers? Why does Abby feel safe enough 2 years later, did something occur with her captor? The entire reason she was on the ship just kind of disappeared. As I said, the intrigue was there, it had the makings of a terrific book, it just really didn't give any satisfying conclusions.
4362700
I think they should have given a better explanation of the 'rift', at the beginning of the movie, not the end.  And why such a weak hero, next to the tall, dark, handsome man?  He was just a big mouth and you couldn't see him very well.  I thought the action scenes were well performed, couldn't a missile take them out better?  It would have been a MUCH BETTER film; without the tall, dark, handsome man in it, who added nothing, but an antagonistic attitude.  I couldn't figure out if the movie was about him or the monsters. ???  Poorly scripted.  But, they got the actions scenes down pat.
726544
They could have did so much more with this movie. It started slow but had Some decent parts. Overall it was a let down.
3466992
Could have been so much more/better....Great premise on the whole Angel vs. Fallen Angel thing, but it "fell" far short of its potential.  Looks like the director tried to do something like Ridley Scott did with "Blade Runner" the way it was filmed, but again...just not quite there.
1906196
This was a fairly good book but I didn't care for the supposed heroine! She's whiny, naive, and completely selfish! The authors idea of how angels act is very.....interesting! I like the plot but it could've been executed so much better! When she first kissed Marcus it just happened. There was no leading up to it or anything. She's suppose to be this shy girl with no experience and all of a sudden she's ballsy enough to just kiss someone that has acted like he can't stand her! That made no sense!!  Things happened like that throughout the book! Things just happening out of no where-never leading up to it! Quite a few errors as well! I gave it three stars because there were some really shocking and good parts! I'm going to give the next one a try to see if it's better!!
2061211
With so much talent, this film should have been lots better.  I would give the first half 3.5 stars, but the second half was BORING!! I gritted my teeth and sat through it, hoping for a cinematic salvation which never came.
4106777
The idea and structure of the main story was good; however, there were a few scenes that didn't seem logical and a few places were a bit cliche. This 2nd movie wasn't detailed enough at all. Feeling that it was pushed by a strict deadline before it was ready for the market. Such a shame.
2053175
Unfortunately they took a wonderful story and cheesed it up. This movie is actually laughable at some points! With a bigger budget and better acting and special effects this could have been a really great movie
3958048
Could have been SO MUCH MORE!!!!!!

2 be honest i brought this for the memory space. I have tons of DVDs that i copied onto my iPod so i already at this point exceeded the 80GB threshold. So i decided to sell my 80GB and shell out an extra 100.00 for the 160GB. I brought the black model & was soooo disappointed. The quality has really GONE DONE HILL!! Apple cuts corners in the WORST way. The black looks so CHEAP & POORLY made. The silver looks nice & that's what i should have gone with. I didn't encounter iTunes issues like everyone else did, i had a breeze with mine. But selecting a song can take 2 seconds longer then it normally does. Fast forwarding a movie can take a few seconds longer then it normally does compared with the previous iPod video. Just feels like a step down. The funny thing is this isn't Apple's 1st iPod. When you make a device, you learn its flaws & fix it for the newer model. That isn't the case here. Overall it is a good device but it hasn't EVOLVED. If they had created an iPod Touch with 160GB memory that would have been nice & i wouldn't be as disappointed as i am. That's the evolution i was looking for, but it didn't happen here. So I'm cutting back on memory and moving onto the Zune 80GB with a bigger LCD screen. The iPod screen is getting so OLD & small looking. The sound quality is also a bit on the LOW SIDE. Why have a volume setting feature when it doesn't even work. Apple READ & EVOLVE properly. For now goodbye from me (Former iPod Nation Member)