A drama by Neil Burger, starring Edward Norton and Jessica Biel.A boy meets a magician on a road who shows him a few magic tricks and disappears. The boy becomes enchanted with magic tricks and learns them. A girl finds him performing and goes to his house with him. Her parents find her there and forbid her to see him again. They continue their friendship and are found out. The boy leaves soon after to travel the world and comes back home as a skilled illusionist. The first "audience volunteer" at his show is his childhood friend.I'm tired of 2000s films like this. It's just over-produced trash. The plots and characters are supposed to seem interesting, but are completely empty. The style is supposed to look amazing and perfect, but that's just the way that it was over-produced. This was mildly entertaining at best. I'm rating it poor.
A comedy horror by Lee Demarbre.When vampires are using lesbian skin transplants to walk in the daylight, a pair of priests call upon Jesus' help. Jesus fights the vampires with the aid of kung-fu, a woman named Mary Magnum and a Mexican Luchador wrestler called El Santo.The production value was some of the worst I've ever seen. I would assume it was a TROMA film, but it's from a Canadian company called Odessa Filmworks. The plot and characters were definitely interesting and I got most of the humor involved. There were a few scenes of a scraggly man who seemed to be preaching that really made it weird. I'm rating it o.k.
A drama by Lee Jun-ik.Among a traveling group of performers, the man who dresses in drag is whored out every night so the lead actor runs away with him to a new town. They encounter a local group there and perform together, making lots of money. When the local actors ask our hero for advice, he decides to mock the king. They do so the next day and make more money. The king's officials hear about this and arrest all of the actors. While they are being tortured to death, they ask with an audience with the king to show him their act. They decide that if the king laughs, they are innocent, but if he doesn't they will all be put to death. The actors perform for the king and he laughs, saving their lives. The king invites them to stay at his palace, against the will of his officials. The man in drag is invited alone to the king's chamber and entertains him with puppet shows while the king falls in love with him.Obviously, the plot is rather complex. The characters are also good and the production value was great. The style was typical of far-eastern films, with lots of color and high contrast, creating a rich visual experience. I rate this awesome.
A drama by Larry Clark.A young man kills himself and his friends go about their messed up lives, not knowing what happened until one of them mentions him while playing a game.There were some crazy scenes in this film! From the father smashing the son's skateboard to the menage a trois near the end, it was all too revealing. Speaking of too revealing, this film contains the most phalluses I've seen in a non-porn flick. The plot and characters were very believable and the style was good. I'm rating it adequate. It would have gotten a better rating if they cut down on the penis shots.
A fantasy directed by Nick Willing, starring Dennis Hopper.A palace is raided by an invading army and the prince is smuggled away by a soldier. He grows up to find out about his homeland and returns there to find his mother. An evil king has taken over and sends him on a quest to find the golden fleece. The prince recruits an unlikely group of adventurers to help him on his quest.This is one of the last good TV movies. The style is good and there are not so many special effects that they cease to be special. The plot is as old as time and the modern actors play their characters' roles well. I'm rating it good.
An art film by Gaspar Noe.Men try to avenge a raped girlfriend (according to Wikipedia). I saw NO plot.I watched the first half hour and when I heard annoying sounds, but no audible dialogue and saw the tiny subtitles in the middle of the screen and wildly orbiting camera-work, I turned it off. Where I come from, we call this shit.
A biography by Richard Eyre, starring Kate Winslet.A famous Author marries a dorky guy, gets old and goes crazy.Whoop-de-fucking-do. I thought it was boring. It wasn't bad, just boring. The plot was non-linear, but that didn't liven up the story. There were great boob-shots, but that didn't make it any more interesting. Even the main character going insane didn't perk it up! I'm rating it poor. Boring.
