Review of The War Zone (1999) by Nathan W — 22 Oct 2004

I am so happy! I just got the White Stripes album (the one they released like 2 years ago or something, but hey, I'm a late developer! lol). I love[i] Seven Nation Army[/i].

Just started reading Babel Tower by A.S. Byatt. It is such an absorbing and striking novel, I definitely reccommend it!

And does anyone else thing Jaime Foxx might be getting the Best Actor Oscar next year??

[center][b][u]Movie Ratings:[/u][/b][/center].

[i]The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion - :rotten: 5/10[/i].

[left]Not an overly funny movie, but it has its moments. A good premise, but it drags on for way too long. Woody Allen is his usual bumbling self, but he gets less funny every minute into the film, and does Helen Hunt ever play a different character??[/left].

[left]The music is fantastic though, creates a great tone throughout, and along with the sets and costumes, nearly steals the show! [/left].

[i]The War Zone - :fresh: 8/10[/i].

[left]A sad and disturbing film. The cinematography is amazing, if a bit unsettling, but some images will stay in your memory for days. There is an ominous feel to the movie, partially from the cinematography, but mostly from the superb direction and truly great acting from Tilda Swinton and Freddie Cunliffe.[/left].

[left]There are hard topics to deal with, and it's an emotional ride, however the film is ultimitely worth it.[/left].

[i]The Swan Princess - :fresh: 6/10[/i].

[left]Not the best children's movie ever, but it's still sweet, and I admit that I like it! Like all kid's films, it still suffers from making the prince a muscly, bright-eyed, chiseled-jawed hero, the princess a blonde, beautiful, thin, helpless and slighly naive victim, and the bad guy ugly and evil. [/left].

[left]The "sidekicks" are funny, the animation pretty good, the writing above average, but suffers from too much singing. [/left].

[left][i]The Waterboy - :rotten: 2/10[/i][/left].

[left]I thought Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk and Adam Sandler were all wasted in their roles. Why does Adam Sandler need to do these stupid, imbecilic comedies? He has proven (in [i]Puch Drunk Love, The Wedding Singer, [/i]even[i] The Hot Chick[/i]) that he is above them. [/left].

[left]Practically no laughs, predictable, badly acted, unclever writing. Henry Winkler should've kept away from this too. [/left].

~m~.