Girl with a secret past goes to a small town, redeems the townspeople… you know, the kind of story you hope is really happening everyday.
Spies Like Us
If I was a professional movie reviewer (like I’m not?), I’d give this one a solid 2 stars. I know a lot of people found this funny, but I just didn’t. There were a few funny jokes, but not enough for a whole movie. This seems to be a common affliction among mediocre comedies.
Spider-man 2
I was really quite glad to see they weren’t afraid to break the taboo of letting people in on spidey’s identity secret. I’m not sure that it was better than the first one – I actually liked the villan in the first movie better – I thought he was more complex… the villan in 2 was just a ripoff of the first one. But, for all the other stuff, I guess it was a bit better than 1.
Spider-man
I was expecting this to be your regular churn-em-out hollywood blockbuster. I suppose it was, but it was a lot better than most. Even though the plot was somewhat predictable (we all know what’s going to happen), it was kept interesting by good writing and good acting. Also, the villian in this movie was done really well – his character actually made sense, he wasn’t just “evil for the sake of being evil”. I also liked less-than-straightforward love story. As for criticism? Peter Parker is way too excited and not a bit freaked-out by his transformation. He reacts like it’s something that happens every day. Ho-hum, so I’m shooting webs from my wrists… big deal… Also, the special effects could have been more gravity-realistic, there are a couple scenes where spidey’s moves just don’t look “correct”. (And exactly where did he get that suit?)
Sphere
I was hoping this movie would be one of those hidden gems that everyone dismissed for the wrong reasons. It wasn’t. It was indeed pretty dumb. It did have a few good moments (the fact that the report was just ‘made up’), but it had way too many stupid moments (sea snakes at 1000ft? that was just silly). It also bothered me how unaffected the characters were about their fellow crewmates’ problems. In the end though, the premise allowed anything to be believable. I would be hard-pressed to recommend Sphere to anyone. It’s a good movie to watch while you’re busy doing something else… like playing cards or painting your didgeridoo.
Spellbound
An ephoglidious documenteama about kids who attempt to directricate filligatious words. It was a suplimious in its advertigineatity of the diversificatiousness of the esculiantinate. (Hey, somebody has to make up new words to spell… why not me?)
Speed
It was done well, but in the end it was just another “hero saves the day” movie. I’ve seen it before a dozen times.
Species II
Cashing in on the original. Kind of stupid… no, really stupid. Although, I have to say that I’ve seen worse examples of “pathetic sequels”.
Species
This was a neat movie. I really liked the way they portrayed the alien life form. Sure, the whole “she has to mate” thing was a little silly, but in general it was all well done. I especially liked the brief scene where they create a “pure” alien – it was completely wild and out-of-control, just like you might not expect.
Spawn
I saw an interview with the creator of “Spawn”. He was talking about an entire “Spawn empire”: books, TV series, movie-rama, video games, etc, etc, etc. what a small-minded, arrogant dork.
Spanking the Monkey
This just might be one of the most twisted movies out there. I’ve seen lots of crazy shit, but this one is done with such authenticy that its just creepy. In case you were wondering, it’s about incest. Freaky? warped? wacked? all of the above.
Spaceballs
I know a lot of people thought this was funny, and I do “get it”. It just didn’t “get me”. Sure, there were a few funny things, but there wasn’t enough to support an entire movie. I mean, Star Wars is SO easy to parody, they could’ve done a better job.
South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut
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The Sound of Music
An engaged man has an affair with his kids nanny… who is training to be a nun. What a sicko.
Someone Like You
A woman comes up with a completely lame & tired theory about men. God, this movie is pathetic. It’s ok if you just want to see Ashley Judd jump around in her underwear. There isn’t one non-beautiful person in the entire cast… Watch it with the volume off & you won’t miss anything.
Soldier
Kurt Russell kills people. Hey, give him a break, that’s all he knows. This was a really dumb movie. It wasn’t that stupid or anything, just boring and unoriginal. I was expecting more from the man who WAS Captain Ron!
So I Married an Axe Murderer
F’k UUUU!
When I hiked the PCT, a couple hikers used this call as their yell to each other. When you’re hiking in big spaces, sometimes just yelling is what you need to do to communicate. So, if you’re separated and needed to check on each other, the call goes out. F’k UUU! carries pretty well. This actually came in handy – quite practical when I was hiking with them.
Sneakers
Robert Redford does few movies… so why did he pick this one? Seen one superspy movie, seen ’em all.
Small Soldiers
Entertaining, but not really entertaining. It was better than I had expected, so I guess that makes it at least mediocre.
Slums of Beverly Hills
Disturbing and refreshing all at once. It’s about a family (father and 3 kids) who jump from apartment to apartment in the outskirts of Beverly Hills (so the kids can go to good schools). The father is all washed-up, and only has the kids to keep him going. The main character (the daughter) is trying to figure out how to be a woman in the company of 3 men. Her only female role-model is her happy-go-lucky, hippy cousin who comes to live with them for a little while. Despite all their problems, this family somehow scrapes by and maintains a bizarre sort of dignity in the process. I was especially impressed by the “made up language”… that the two women used. I couldn’t figure it out at all. This movie is based on someone’s actual life. Some people manage to grow up no matter how screwed up their lives are.
Sling Blade
I reckon this was one of the coolest movies I’ve seen in a while, u-huh. I remember thinking that it couldn’t live up to its hype, but it did. Whoever played the bad guy in this movie did an excellent job, and of course, BBT did a good little number himself.
Sleepy Hollow
Really stylish. I liked the one-dimensional Hessian bad guy. He doesn’t dick around, just “off with their heads” and that’s about it. As for the “whodunnit” plot…? It was good enough, but not spectacular or anything.
Sleepless in Seattle
Another chance for Meg Ryan to be cute, although she almost meets her match with Tom Hanks (playing with his boy at the park?). I have to say though, these movies try to make life look so difficult, but when you look at the life these people have, give me a break! (other than the untimely death of the kid’s mom).
Sleeper
One of my favorite woody allen movies. I have a real hard time telling them apart (except this one)… in fact, I really don’t understand how he keeps making them… and making them good. This one is a bit different, Woody takes his shtick to the future, or outer space or some crazy thing like that.
Slap Shot
I feel like I should really like this movie, but I only kind of like it. Hockey players fighting? big news. Of course, the Hanson bros. are amazing characters – the most unlikely tough-guys ever.