Hey. Ok, sure, like whatever man. It’s all right. Just some people passing the camera around, and uh, a movie I guess… kinda. It was pretty good, ya know? I dunno… uh… ya.
The Skeleton Key
I felt a bit cheated by this one. It’s really easy to have a surprise ending when you rely on the supernatural – anything goes. I did like the ending, and I did like the way the movie keeps you guessing all throughout. It’s just that the rest of the movie didn’t make me believe in the hoodoo witchcraft thing – so when it turned out to be real, I felt a bit cheated. Oops, I guess I gave away the ending. Sort of.
Sky High
I saw this on the train and didn’t have earphones, so I didn’t hear the sound. Still, I was able to follow the plot pretty darn well. Sure, it was predictable, sappy, cheesy, etc. But, it was also entertaining;I’ve seen much worse. I can’t think of any major plot line complaints.
The Sixth Sense
A good flick, worth the wait for the “Ooooohhhh, I get it…” moment. But, when you think about it… that’s about all there was. And if you know there’s going to be a surprise plot twist (like I did), you’re likely to spend the whole time guessing what it is, and guess it before it’s revealed… which takes a bit of the steam off the thing.
The 6th Day
Oh Boy! Another Ahnold Swartzenzzeggegzeer action flick! Yup, it was dumb. The only neat things about this movie were the futuristic gadgets, and those weren’t even that cool. Ok, I guess the cloning thing was interesting… but the action was ridiculous. I don’t understand why A.S. is such an action movie guy… He just has muscles and attitude – the only good movies he’s done are movies in which that’s all that matters (see Conan and Terminator). I wish he’d do more movies in which he has no speaking parts.
Sixteen Candles
Yup, I saw this… probably 2 dozen times when I was in high school. Just one of those movies that was in the atmosphere back then. There was no escaping it. Funny thing is that it was such an unreal story, yet so believable all the same.
Six-String Samauri
I was trying to think of a word that best describes this move. I think that word is ‘silly’. The plot? After WWIII happens in 1957, Elvis becomes king. Well, the king is now dead, and dozens of musician/tough-guys are on their way to Lost Vegas to claim the crown. The main character is an invincible-semi-alcoholic-swashbuckling-martial-arts-expert-guitar-player. Throughout the movie he manages to kill hundreds of people who get in his way… He’s chased by some death metal guy, and is forced to be a father figure to a little kid who is tagging along. This movie steals scenes and ideas from all kinds of movies & other stuff: Wizard of Oz, Conan the barbarian, Buddy Holly, countless westerns & Kung-Fu movies, Star Wars, Road Warrior, Buckaroo Banzai, 60’s TV shows, and probably a dozen other movies I’ve never seen. I’m not sure if that was its greatest strength or greatest weakness… It was done very blatantly… and in a comical way. It was like a warped reflection of popular culture over the last 40 years. I was a little ‘bugged’ by the filming of many of the action scenes – you couldn’t always see just what was going on. I think that had a lot to do with the low budget of the movie though. Anyway, if you want to see a silly movie, this one will do just fine. If you want to see ‘high art’, go see something else. (I think my favorite ‘stolen scene’ was in the very beginning… They totally duplicated the scene where Conan’s mother gets her head chopped off – I was laughing out loud.)
Singles
If only dating were this easy… and they try to make it look so difficult… HA! They should make a movie about all the single people I know, now THAT would be depressing!
Singin’ in the Rain
Gosh, that Debbie Reynolds was just cute as a button wasn’t she? This movie is definitely worth a view just for the title song/dance sequence.
A Simple Plan
Nothing’s ever that simple. Billy Bob Thorton does a great “dimwit”. I loved the “what do I get?” scene. I didn’t understand why the main character didn’t just move to a better, bigger town though. He could probably get a pretty decent job somewhere and do just fine. It’s not like he didn’t want to move in the first place, that was even part of his “simple” plan.
The Silence of the Lambs
Hey, they’re making a sequel to this. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing, but it should be interesting. It’s really hard to make a movie about a serial killer that doesn’t just turn into a silly slasher flick in the end. This is one of the few films which has managed to do it.
Silver Bullet
Another really stupid Stephen King book that somehow became a movie. Man this was dumb. Don’t waste your time, go clean your gutters instead.
Signs
This movie has some of the same problems as Independence Day (see review), which is not a good sign! Apparently, the aliens haven’t invented gore-tex. Also, the atmospheric humidity would slowly-burn/corrode thier skin, but they seem unaffected by that… just walking around naked. Bottom line – if they want to get us, we wouldn’t stand a chance. Also, why the complicated crop circles? can’t they just use radios?
Under Siege
I think this was the Steven Segal movie where he’s the cook… If so, it was his best movie (still not very good). If not, then never mind.
Sicko
The sickest thing about this was the fact that all the people profiled HAD insurance. What about those who don’t? While I know it’s hard to make a case that an entire system is messed up by looking at case studies, without doing so, the statistics are just numbers. There are people behind the numbers, and they’re in this movie.
Sid and Nancy
I heard this hilarious song once called “Rex and Sid and Nancy”. It was Rex Reed’s audio review of Sid & Nancy over some heavy punk/metal music. A great song, but I never heard it again. Rex Reed didn’t like the grittiness of the movie and annoying portrayal of Nancy (to put it mildly… he went on and on for 3 minutes about how he hated the movie). The stuff that Rex hated was exactly what I liked, and what made this a wonderfully tragic movie. I recently saw the director’s commentary of this – very interesting.
Siam Sunset
Very unique & splendid. It’s got a little bit of everything: a man who is a professional “color mixer”, a woman killed by a refridgerator that’s fallen out of a plane, a drug dealer, ta our bus rivalry, and the australian outback… what more could you want?
Shut up and Sing
The Dixie Chicks make the transition from redneck pinups to granola heroines. Three chicks are smarter than one bush.
Shrek 2
For some reason, I just didn’t laugh so much in this one. Most of the best jokes were repeats of Shrek 1. Still, it was entertaining, and I thought the plot was actually more original & interesting than the plot of Shrek 1.
Shrek
A great movie – very clever. Don’t worry if you’re not a kid – you’ll still laugh when Shrek farts in the mud… and laughing is what it’s all about isn’t it?
Short Cuts
Go see this movie – yes it’s long, but your life is not that interesting so you have the time to spend.
The Shining
Almost the only decent Stephen King-based movie. And he didn’t like it! Makes me wonder about Stephen King more than anything…
Shine
Believe it or not, the actual person who the movie is based on is 100 times more wacko than the character portrayed in the film. It was a great movie anyway, really put together well.
The Shawshank Redemption
Sure, it was a good movie, but it’s consistently on people’s lists as one of the best ever (and #1 on IMDB.com as I write this) It wasn’t THAT good. Sheesh – get a grip!
Shanghai Knights
Loads of action fun like only Jackie Chan can muster. Never did see the prequel, and only saw this one by accident.