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- First reviewDecember 28, 2009
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Almost the Worst Ever, but Not Quite
PostedDecember 28, 2009
dgulf
My children yelled at me as we drove home from Avatar because they felt they had lost three hours of their life. Words from these teenagers included: boring, no imagination, derivative, plodding, and stupid. I agreed. It was like staring into a tropical fish tank for 3 hours. Stock characters are expected in adventure movies and fantasies but these folks have zero dimension, personality, or history. Worst movie ever? Probably not. Worst adventure or fantasy ever? Yes.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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Through a Window ... the Angel of Death
PostedDecember 28, 2009
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I was grateful for the suggestions of the "angel of death" without direct references. I thought of that with Clooney's closing words and as employees of downsizing companies muttered things as he passed. The visible jolting of employees into other, unanticipated places as they heard the news of layoffs prepared us for Clooney's surprise in Chicago. I also appreciated the looking through, crawling through and breaking through images ... through a school window into the past, through the computer screen, out of a plane window. This movie is respectful in its patience ...
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Blunt, Shallow and Brutish
PostedDecember 28, 2009
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Blunt, shallow and brutish. Very nasty NRA message late in the movie. Lots of code. More about trickle down economics than community. Psych profile used to abruplty control character on field of play. Gets some laughs but it is a difficult moment. Bulloch's character remains unchanged through film - rude rather than funny. McGraw grins and shrugs in his "aw shucks, there she goes again" shallow role. I like the Christian private school angle but the writers should have been tougher on the seperatism and exclusivity of the institution. The school comes off generally unscathed, appearing naive and innocent rather than intentional in its standards. I'm writing about a Bulloch film vehicle and not the underlying story and real life family.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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