Month: June 2025

Interesting weapon by the bad guy…my take is that he views other humans as nothing more than animals for slaughter. Then again, I think I read that take on it before I watched the entire movie.

Very slow and steady, even in the “action” parts. The mood, I mean…it’s that slow, inevitable, no-rush mood.

Bad guy = Much less sympathetic Two-Face decision making.

Talk about your cold-blooded insane scumbags. LOSE, please, LOSE!

I find some of the dialogue boring and just…odd.

Lots of far-too-long pauses. Establishing a mood, I guess…but it’s not really an enjoyable mood.

If you like impromptu financial wheeling-and-dealing, this is definitely the movie for you. *JOKE*

Some interesting battle-of-wits parts, made interesting in part because they’re not one-sided.

Love the bit of chaos near the ending, showing that you should never be cocky, no matter what.

Driving the entire movie, when you come down to it (methods and means and morals and amorals aside), is money.

Pathetic.

I “respect” this movie, in a way, a lot more than I enjoy it.

The very ending…is where both come together. A little slice of beauty.

Inspirational Quote: “I could see the horn from the light inside of it, about the color of the moon…he was fixin’ to make a fire out there somewhere out there in all that dark and all that cold…I knew that whenever I got there he’d be there. Then I woke up.”

Grade: C

A vampire that needs a plane? Dull.

That’s just so not-scary.

A few creepy moments, but not nearly enough.

Don’t wait for the “shocking” climax, because it doesn’t come.

Grade: D-

Sorry, but it’s not drama. It’s melodrama.

It’s a “thriller” by Ron Howard.

He’s just out of his league, man.

Mel Gibson’s character goes unhinged (for a good reason).

I mean, this isn’t any $70,000 bullsh1t.

This must be the prequel, where the ante’s WAY upped but there’s an actual reason (beyond Greed).

Pathetic. The Greed one, that is.

P.S. – My website makes no money, I am purely a free unprofessional critic.

1:09:35 – Things get interesting. But how could they NOT, given the subject and the twist?

Still just a Ron Howard film though.

I *hate* melodrama. I really do…can’t you feel it? From me, not the movie.

Because they try to pull on heart-strings that shouldn’t need pulling, rendering the entire genre less dependable.

1:38:35 – You’ve gotta be FCKEN kidding me…

Mr. A. Bayan was unavailable for comment.

Inspirational Quote: “He’s coming on like a stark raving mad lunatic.”

Grade: F

…and everywhere the sounds and smells of men enjoying themselves.

Homo-erotic overtones, certainly, but there’s nothing wrong with that. Just sayin’.

It’s…hard to review.

At times it approaches cloying, laughable sentimentality. At other times, it’s interesting and engaging. Moving, even.

Great performance by Kirk Douglas.

The sleazy slave owner I find quite good, as well.

Play “Spot the inept fool scumbag leader”…is that intentional, or bad acting? *shrug*

Around 35 minutes in I found myself looking forward to the rest of the 3:17. I guess only a fool doubts Stanley Kubrick.

I’ve seen so many things that are falsely or badly or overly dramatic (Thanks, MST3K) that it’s difficult to separate the good from the bad in these situations.

Did ‘Gladiator’ steal the “Entertained!” moment from this?? (You’ll know it when you see it: YOU make the call!)

From 19-bleepin’-60 and I find it MOVING??? Wow…there is hope.

A bit too…obvious at points. Simplistic. But sometimes things *are* simple.

A bit pretentious at times. Oh well…then better…

Hmmmm…

Ok, it’s not perfect. But it’s a somewhat flawed work that’s definitely worth watching.

I certainly love the message.

Inspirational Quote: “I do know that we’re brothers. And I know that we’re free.”

Grade: B+