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Married Life (1995)
Magnificent
This movie (technically a series but I saw all four episodes together) is absolutely hilarious. I was amazed. Ken Finkleman is a great writer.
The movie is basically a mocumentary about married life (hence the title) which is actually mocking a reality TV show.
A lot of the laughs come from the unexpected situations. You'll find yourself laughing at your own shock. The excellent cutting adds to this humour. There are a few jokes in here which really stand out as well.
The actors are great for this kind of a movie too. Finkelman is his usual hilarious self. He really creates some great characters. Robert Cait is excellent as Frank, the husband who (being aware of the fact that the show's ratings depend on his actions) creates overly sensational situations for the viewers.
More people need to see this movie (again, technically a series). It is a magnificent and original mocumentary.
Walking Tall (2004)
Dear God!
Here it is. The, movie. The creme of the crop.
First I should warn you of spoilers. With that out of the way let's get to the review.
The basic plot of this one: overall great guy and ex-special forces member Chris Vaughn comes back home to find new work. His town is now run by criminals so, as the only good guy in town who know's how to snap necks, it is up to him to set things right. Just go with it okay.
Now how can you ruin a deep plot like that you might ask (if you haven't already realized it I'm trying to use as much sarcasm as I can here). Well we have a run time of 75 minutes. That gives our main actor Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson (look for this guy to win academy awards in the future ;D), when you consider the amount of low quality action and pointless one-liners, almost no time to actually act.
Let me give you a big spoiler to show how stupid this movie is. After being a victim of tainted justice, Vaughn decides to run for sheriff. He slams his fist in a courtroom and rips open his shirt, showing everyone his cut up chest (after being tortured by the evil casino guys). Next scene. He's the sheriff! He's driving around in his police truck with his trusty two by four, now with a carved handle, hanging on a gun rack behind him! How do you fight criminals? Why with a corrupt policeman of course! He pulls over one of these casino guys and smashes out his tail lights. That's right Vaughn, you clean up that town! This movie is awful. It is so, so awful! Perhaps you should go see it just to see how awful it is. It is so awful.
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
A bad review for Spider-Man 2...? How shocking!
Alright this will be my first time commenting on a movie here at IMDb. The reason I joined was because it was just so irritating to see some of these awful movies receiving rave reviews. 10/10 for Spider-Man 2? I have a question: Have you ever seen a movie besides this one? Is it simply that you don't have any good movies to compare this to? Now on the whole I don't really like comic book movies. That's not to say I don't like any and it's definitely not to say that I don't like comics. So with that out of the way let's jump into the problems.
One thing a director or writer must be careful of is bad dialogue. Conversations that seem awkward or would never, under any circumstances (including hypothetical situations) occur. The conversations between May and Peter are so corny I had to force myself to continue watching. I know some of you might argue that it's a comic book movie so it's allowed to be corny. That doesn't necessarily mean anyone is going to like it. The first Spider Man was tolerable for me because it didn't have this problem.
The second problem: the characters. Peter Parker is portrayed as being reserved, shy, etc. Where did this idea come from? He's a superhero! He is allowed to be cocky, to make bad jokes about the villains, and to trust in his own abilities and knowledge. Let's move to Dr. Octopus. I can summarize this with a Chris Rock quote: "What happened to just being crazy?" Why is the doctor is some sort of a struggle with his mechanical arms throughout the movie? Why can't he just be a villain? The third: the annoying people of the city. Their fondness for our webbed hero is overplayed. Some of this part is simply ridiculous. Watch it you'll see what I mean.
In conclusion, please don't give this movie a good review. The fate of all movies which are actually good depends upon it.