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  Cube

  by Tania

  This is movie art at its finest and in the simplest form.
  It's amazing how much this movie has accomplished with such a low budget.
  Eat your heart out, all you mega-movie productions out there, and feast your eyes on this quasi-masterpiece put together almost from scratch.
  It has almost everything you could ask for in a movie. A great concept (one of the best, in my opinion), a terrific mind-blowing plot (with such a great concept there was almost zero chance of screwing the plot up), and also some very good performances (not top-notch ones, but quite good all the same).
  The only reason why the above rating isn't a full 5 star one is merely because of the poor special fx in some of the scenes. I know they couldn't have possibly made it any better since I'm sure they lacked the means to do so. But still, it is enough to make it lose half a star.
  And, trust me, half a star doesn't mean jack shit in this case, as this movie's already great as it is.
  Art from (almost) scratch...
  You gotta respect that.

  MeVsMyself

  One of my favs. Surprisingly great!

  posted 53 days ago
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  I recommend you see...

  The X-Files: I Want to Believe (The X Files 2)

  by Tania

  First of all, I've got a confession to make... I can't not like it.
  And I gotta say I even felt a slight temptation to stretch the rating a little further. Not much further than the one you see above, but nonetheless further.
  Fortunately, I ended up coming to my senses and decided I should stick to my impartiality as far as movie ratings are concerned.
  (Trying hard not to let my addictions undermine my judgement. At least around here, I am.)
  So... I guess you may already suspect that I'm probably not the best person to recommend an X-Files movie.
  Yeah, sure, I liked it. But as it turns out most people have found it to be terrible.
  Why?... Beats me... Maybe it's because they've never seen Decoys. Or even Slip.
  Lucky fellows!
  Oh, and by the way...
  I've been reading some reviews around here and a lot of die-hard fans say this film didn't feel like the series at all. Well, I gotta say I do not agree with 'em. To me it felt like a huge (in a good way) episode. And I don't know if people remember or not, but the series wasn't exclusively about aliens. It was about all things paranormal. Which is why I think the subject dealt with in this new instalment fits perfectly in the series' general theme.
  It did feel like an episode. Only not one of my favorites. And to be fair, the same thing happened with the series. Even though some episodes were better than others, they always felt like The X-Files.
  At least to me they did.
  But the thing here is... It just wasn't one of my favorite subjects. Not spooky enough and too down to earth for its own sake. And that's exactly why I can understand the fact that so many die-hard fans didn't like this movie (although I still fail to understand the 'terrible' part). They were probably expecting a goosebumps inducing film and all they got instead was a not so spooky one.
  Well, that's what you get with a theme as broad as the paranormal.
  And ok, maybe they could had made it a little eerier. But then again if they had done so, the above rating would had also been higher.
  
  Wrong subject (even though adequate) and a too-soft approach. Two things I would change in this movie if I could.
  
  (Man... That 3 stars rating... It would have really broken my heart if only I had one.)

  MeVsMyself

  What to say?...
  
  Some fans liked it; a lot of fans didn't like it (or so it seems). Some non-fans liked it; a lot of non-fans didn't like it (or so it seems).
  
  Well...
  It seems to me this one has "'watch it at your own risk' material" written all over it.

  posted 54 days ago
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  I recommend you see...

  Dreamcatcher

  by Tania

  This seemed a lot better before having read the book. But now that I've read it, I just can't bring myself to enjoy it as much as I did back when it was released.
  Saw it again just a couple a days ago, and... Well, it doesn't do King's book justice at all. They just weren't able to catch its thrilling atmosphere, it seems. Nor its main concept, for that matter. They changed a lot of things in the story, which I think was a huge mistake.
  Don't get me wrong, though. The original story's so long that they would have no choice but to change it at least a bit while writing the script. Otherwise, they would have been left with an afternoon movie marathon instead of a regular one. But the thing is, they changed some things that should have by no means been changed. And worse... They changed it in order to make sure the audience would understand the plot. And that's pretty much the same as calling people stupid.
  They messed with a lot of things concerning the story in the book, but the worst move of all was messing with the ending. By doing so, they changed its essence completely and screwed its concept to a point of no return. And all for the sake of a good old Hollywood-like ending.
  Big no-no right there.
  If one can't change things for the better, I say don't mess around and stick to the plan. Now that would have been a nice, smart move.
  Anyways... Despite all the mistakes concerning this movie, the story's still good enough in the overall. At least until the last 10 minutes or so. Then things really start going down the drain.
  
  And to think this movie could have been so much better than it turned out to be...
  
  Bet you'll like it a lot more if you haven't read the book yet.

  MeVsMyself

  A little pissed off here. Should never have watched this movie the second time around.
  
  Watch it only if you haven't read the book yet.

  posted 57 days ago

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