In case you’ve ever wondered, leave it to Monty Python to answer life’s most urgent question. Philosophical throughout, this movie will forever change how you view your place in life and in the world at large.
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Jesus Christ, what a funny movie.
Monsters Inc.
A fun premise, great animation & all… but there was something missing that left it short of the benchmark set by Pixar’s earlier films. I think it’s a simple matter that the jokes just weren’t as clever… or maybe the timing was a little off… I mean there was so much potential that I expected to be blown-away. Still, it was a fun movie & entertaining & worth a view.
Monster’s Ball
A charming love story, where obstacles to romance get killed off one by one… which I thought was far “too easy”. It would have been a much more challenging movie if nobody had died & the romance still happened. I did like the way that the movie left a lot of the dialogue unspoken – you had to pay attention to the subtleties of the acting to understand what the characters were thinking. Worth a view…
Monsoon Wedding
About halfway through, I was thinking, what a dreadful piece of bleaaaugh… But it got better, and by the time it was over, I was thinking, what a cool movie. Worth the rental just for the exposure to the whole Indian wedding thing. It was a little hard to pick out the dialog sometimes though – they drift back and forth between Hindi? with subtitles and English, and it’s kind of tough to figure out when they’ve switched because it all sounds the same. A couple times, I was waiting for subtitles, then I realized… oh, they’re speaking English again.
Money for Nothing
Money can’t buy love, it can’t buy happiness, it can’t buy peace, it can’t alleviate worry, it has a spirit all its own. Money carries problems with it. If you get money and haven’t learned how to have it, you’re in for trouble. (and if you find it laying around on the street, you’re really screwed!)
Modern Problems
I can’t even remember what the plot of this was. It was some kind of comedy about a bunch of people in a house & a telekinetic housekeeper or something. Another movie that would work on a rainy Saturday morning… when you’re sick.
Metropolis
How little has changed.
Mrs. Doubtfire
One of Robin Williams’ good movies. He really did quite a convincing job as an old prude.
Mr. Mom
It had to be done. Dad stays home & mom goes to work. In a matter of time, every possible living scenario will have been done in a movie.
Mr. Holland’s Opus
Could you die happy just knowing that you made a small difference in people’s lives? If so, then you’ll probably be all sad by the end of this movie.
Miss Potter
What is it with these English movies? Everything is going along just fine, and then wham! they smack the otter, and it’s all just dreadfully sad. It’s not that I think every movie needs a hollywood ending, but could they just be a tad nicer to our feelings? Yes, of course I liked it and all…
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
This movie didn’t try too hard, and as a result, really worked. There were times when I was watching this, where I was looking for the cliche… and I was delightfully surprised not to find it. In many ways this movie was like an updated version of Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Mississippi Burning
Damn Rednecks.
Mission to Mars
It wasn’t as bad as I had expected. So, is the absence of a negative automatically a positive? Not really. There were things to like about this movie (the special effects and the lack of sexual innuendo), but the story was just a little weak. It was almost like just going to Mars wasn’t enough… there had to be something, why not ancient aliens? I think it would have been better if the whole alien subplot continued through the entire movie. Instead, the end of the movie had nothing to do with the first 4/5ths. I did like the music during the scene where they’re looking for the leak – it was freaky and unique.
Mission: Impossible
Completely ridiculous. They’re making a sequel? If there is a God, I hope he hears me pray that I never have to see the sequel. If I do end up seeing it, I’ll want a refund on my prayer.
Misery
I want Kathy Bates to be my deranged ex-lover.
Miracle on 34th Street
There is no Santa Claus. Parents just made him up so little kids would be good for a month or so leading up to Christmas. Also, it totally gives them a power trip – knowing that they’ve totally fooled their kids. I think the whole thing is darn cruel.
Minority Report
For some reason, this movie reminded me of L.A. Confidential. That’s a good thing though, because both were excellent cop-conspiricy dramas. The concept of this movie was really neat. Although, I considered it more fantasy than sci-fi. I really liked the rich, detailed futuristic cinemetography / set design / environment stuff. It made the movie feel very authentic. It’s really interesting to see how Spielberg’s directorial style has changed with time. It’s still really good, but very different than his earlier style. Nice to see that he doesn’t just repeat his old tricks.
Million Dollar Baby
I didn’t want to like this movie – the main plot line seemed kind of cliché. Though I suppose the ending was original. The thing that drew me in was the script & acting. I’m usually especially critical of “big name” stars, but heck, they did a good job.
The Mighty Ducks
I think I saw this, but I’m not sure. In any event, it was a silly disney kids movie. I can safely say that much without even being sure I saw the movie.
Midnight Madness
This movie deserves a cult following. fagabeefe?
Miami Blues
This movie was dismissed too quickly by too many people. Is there a backdoor entrance to the American dream? I thought that both Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh put in terrific performances. There were lots of quirky little scenes in this movie that made it extra special.
Mermaids
Honestly, it’s been so long since I’ve seen this… I have virtually no idea what to say about it.
Men in Black II
More of the same stuff. Not enough surprises or plot twists – it was way too straight-forward. Believe it or not, it was better than I thought it would be – I thought it would totally suck poop, but it was watchable.