Michael McDonald should have dropped the mic at the end
596712
I bought this to show to my friends after Netflix stopped streaming it. It's that good.
4782701
This movie would have been a decent movie but there way just too may f-words to the point of being distracting.
657155
There's a not-well-respected genre called the "shaggy God" story, of which "Star Trek V" is one. "Signs" is another.
It's a numbingly dumb film, in which the ending was conceived first, then the "plot" constructed to force the desired ending. ("My Cousin Vinnie" has the same lame construction.) This rather negates the philosophical and metaphysical debates at the center of the film. How can you have a meaningful discussion about man's relationship with God, when the writer/director is _playing_ God?
Mel's performance is okay, I guess, but he persists in interpreting "confused" or "upset" as "loony." He adores the Three Stooges, and too much of that adoration informs his performances (qv, "Maverick").
The worst of M. Night's three films and the last, I hope, until he comes up a story idea as good as "The Sixth Sense."
2202974
The best song on here is "Thinking in Reverse". Daniel's vocals are nearly unbearable on most of the tracks though. He holds back way too much, and all the power he'd been capable of seems gone. No, I wasn't hoping for any angry shouting songs he was known for in his Silverchair days, but it would have been nice to hear Daniel be enthusiastic about his supposed new-found happiness. All that meek whispering was just a waste.

Nice reference to The Offspring ("Forever and a Day")
2436474
greg kinnear / alan arkin , good stuff (little miss sunshine pair), wanted to like this story.  the story of greg's demise as he makes strings of bad decisions with bad luck is ok.  the final "gotcha, nothing was what you thought" was pretty bad and annoying, and one could blow a hundred holes in the idea, but it's not worth the time.  I guess the ending is supposed to explain why alan's acting is so ungodly bad in the movie, however it doesn't take back the pain of the tacky performance.  It seems like he almost broke out laughing in a few scenes because his character and dialogue were ridiculous.  Greg and Billy tried to bring some drama, but the script and concept are really a dog overall.  Don't watch this movie... it may give you a case of hypothermia... uff !
1151034
This movie was like watching train reck that I could not look away from. There was so many things wrong with the story and timeline. The people who made this had Michael Jackson looking like a man with out a back bone. The events were out of place, the plastic surgeries scenes weird and most disturbing to me his skin color not right at all. They were not consistant on that deail at all. The way they had it was that he still had dark skin when he met Lisa Marie in 1992 and he did not. She was still married when the first started talking and he did want to have sex with her before they got married. They had a far better wedding in this movie then they did in real life and they skip over the BAD album all together. Which is a pretty good album if people would just listen to it, I love all his albums from Motown Jackson 5 to Invincible. My point is if you want to see this this movie watch it on tv and save your money. Or better yet don't watch it at all.
4788860
The movie was pretty good. There are plenty of critiques of the factuality of the movie's statements, so I won't bother with those. Instead, I'll talk about my opinions of the style and content.

It begins very well. It's easy to follow as long as you pay attention, and keeps a good fast pace. It slows down dramatically when the story visits Moore's hometown and goes on to cover the soldiers fighting in Iraq.

It's almost like the coverage of his hometown and Iraq is a different movie, inserted into the middle of the real show. It's different in pace, style, and purpose. As I mentioned above, it's a slow pace. It also tries to illicit sorrow and emotional pain with the audience, with scenes and stories about loss of loved ones and ruined lives. Perhaps he should have made a separate movie about the personal loss, as a tribute and healing aid to those families and individuals who have had so much taken away from them by this war. The slower, more deliberate pace would have been well served with this separate movie.

But, that aside, the rest of the movie was very entertaining. It definitely makes George W. Bush look like a complete and total idiot with multiple clips of media coverage. I do believe that Bush is an idiot, and am ashamed of him being our president just for that alone. There are those who claim those clips are taken out of context, without any of Bush's intelligent moments taken into account as well. I defend my view against that by pointing out that the simple fact that Bush has said and done those things, out of context or not, shows he's a selfish idiot. No caring, intelligent person would have spoken or done most of the things Bush is shown in the movie, whether they were at a formal dinner or hanging out with friends. A competent president wouldn't make those mistakes, or at least would be competent enough to minimize the damage. Bush isn't competent.

The final comment I have on the movie is about the opening scene where he tries to make many of the Bush administration's officials look foolish as they prepare to be on camera. Paul Wolfowitz using his own saliva to comb his hair is an example. I've been working in TV broadcasting for almost a year now, and I've seen stranger. I also say "So what? Do whatever works to get ready." If spit is what it takes to make last-minute hair and makeup adjustments, so be it.

But, other than those problems, a good movie.
3676679
I like breasts as much as the next guy, but geez, this is a movie that could have appealed to a larger audience if they were less obvious. My wife liked the other Piranha movies but this one she turned off after 5 minutes. You don't have to scream boobies boobies boobies all the time. It's enough to show them without pointing at them, zooming in on them and shaking them at the camera. They already have "Girls Gone Wild" so making "Girls Gone Wild with some animated Piranhas" was redundant. Never got to see Ving Rhames. BTW, when you have Ving Rhames, Clu Gallagher, David Hasselhoff, Christopher Lloyd and Gary Busey, WHY put Danielle Panabaker & Katrina Bowden as the "stars"?
4607567
Guy Ritchie loves Jason Statham. Statham's voice overs in Snatch were classic, illuminating and funny.  The voice overs in "Revolver" add very little illumination to the story line. Ditto for the montage / flashback scenes but even worse: you think Ritchie is showing you something to "bring you into the know" but really they only end up confusing and wasting time.

I "get it" that this was Ritchie's philosophical film treatise on "ego". Too bad it was so ham-handed.  If this movie was 20 minutes shorter and more "to the point", it could have succeeded in showcasing the issues of ego and self. Instead it only serves as a Ritchie's own "will to power" vehicle for his message..and a fairly shoddy vehicle at that.

So much potential wasted due to poor editing and plot development.
316231
CGI was good, but the left wing message was lame. The story must of been written the same people the wrote Obamacare.
3947819
I loved the Doobie Brothers when Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons were in charge, but they should called it the Michael McDonald Band after he joined. Basically he took over and all the songs were based on his style of music which ruined The Doobie Brothers Band. I know many people liked Mike, and he is OK on his own but I wish Pat Simmons had thought a bit more about it.
1838976
If this were written by someone besides Michael Lewis, I would have given it a 4-Star. The Movie followed the story-line that the Michael Lewis of 'Liars Poker' or 'The Big Short' would have written; 'The Blind Side' jumps around with the start towards the end of the book, the middle at the beginning, and the ending around the two-thirds mark. The Michael Lewis of 'MoneyBall' would have developed and given better backstory of the characters; because of this, I can see why real-people got merged into single-characters in the Movie. Michael Lewis should have given Michael Oher the same respect in 'The Blind Side' that he gave Billy Beane in 'MoneyBall'.
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Almost no speaking at all-one except a shout of frustration way beyond the time it should have occurred.  At least it would have been more interesting if they had the dialogue of what he was thinking in his head as he went through the experience.  They start off with the end being spoken in the begining but by the time you get to the long dragged out ending which was awful they don't repeat what was said and you have forgotten from listening to the endless sound of nothing throughout the movie. I don't know what he was thinking.  The only interesting part was the "McGyver" type survival tactics.
3761982
What is this band's obsession with dialogue from gangster movies?-it reared its ugly head on the otherwise excellant 'mugsy's move' and on this it is even more predominant. It just isn't funny-so why do it? it reaches its nadir on 'big boss lee' which was so irritating i skipped the last part. Thing is when the dialogue is dispense with Eddie Nichols has one helluva swing voice witness 'stormy weather' (his version of 'beyond the sea' is the best ever!)and then he gets stupid again. I know it is supposed to go with the charm (sic) of the band, but i find it annoying. There really isn't much to commend this 'zip gun' is pretty ferocious and 'salt peanuts' never really catches fire, but 'deadly nightcall' is plain embarassing. I know Royal Crown can deliver, but please no more James Cagney impressions.
1954930
I have been a fan of Shane Dawson and Michael for a while so I was excited to watch it. I am not into scary Movies so I was nervous to watch it. I actually thought the movie was good. Until the end of it. I wish they could have ended it different. But They are making Smiley 2 so I guess it could not have been that bad. This is Micheals first Movie and since he has always done skits it does not surprise me the first Movie he makes is not that good. But I thought it was fine. Acting was good. I have seen worse. The story line was good. It was just the ending I wish it would have been different. I recommend it :)
4603075
I ordered this since Caviezel was popular again with the Outlander success, and Screen Media has had two hits of late with Bustin Down the Door and An American Affair. Guess there has to be a miss sooner or later - this would be the miss.

The story follows an unhappily married couple as they venture to a secluded northern Australia beach to camp and relax. They also bring a dog (relevant to the atrocious writing at the end). Whilst they camp and plod around, they talk, do stupid things to nature, argue and become fearful of the animals surrounding them. That about sums it up. The writing was hilarious at times, even though this is a suspense movie. For instance, our guy becomes upset because his lady trashes an eagle egg, but it was ok for him to execute a sea lion the scene before, whatever. There is also this plague of bad lighting throughout the entire film during each night shot.

The scenery is beautiful, and the film stock was good. The sound is average and the DVD is bare bones with some bizarre cover art. One last little gripe, when you select the Play option from the menu, that should not include making you watch the trailers before the film starts. SPOILERS: I screened it with customers and they all caught the same thing at the end with the dog - coupled with what was already a lame ending, they will not be recommending the film, oh well.
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This remake might have worked if Pastorelli could keep his mouth shut until he had something relevant to say thus made himself to be such an unlikable lout. In Episode six he could have easily saved the antagonist but became Popeye "I am what I am because I am what I am" - yes, you are a total hypocrite and a whole. Stick with the original British series.