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Men with Brooms (2002)
One of the worst films I've ever seen.
How more Canadian can you get? A movie about curling starring Paul Gross (of "Due South"), Leslie Nielson, and Molly Parker. Unfortunately, instead of being a fun, romantic comedy, this film is a disgrace to Canadians. I had never walked out of a film before "Men With Brooms" came along. Oh God, the dialogue was SO terrible ("Let's finish that conversation we were having before." "But we didn't say anything..." "Look in my eyes and say that.") Nielson's comic talents are wasted, and Parker and Gross give horrible performances. I'm from Canada, and I know that people here don't worship curling as much as they seem to in this film, in fact, we don't even like curling that much at all. This is a very, very, very bad film and I advise you NOT to see it. Grade - 0.5/10 (the 0.5 is for one semi-entertaining scene with Leslie Nielson)
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
No use fixing this flop
Jimmy Neutron may be a genius, but the people who made this movie sure aren't. This movie had never appealed to me, but I got free tickets to a sneak preview of it, and since I had nothing to do on the night of preview, I decided to go to it. How I wish I hadn't. One of the main problems with the film is the type of animation they decided to use. It reminded me of animation that's in several computer games, especially "SimTheme Park". Sure, it would have suited a half-an-hour cartoon show, but not a full length movie! The characters are dull and unfunny. Jimmy Neutron, the title character, is cute at first, but then becomes annoying. Very annoying. The story itself is unoriginal and, well, lame. A boy genius who gets himself into many little adventures. Half the shows on The Cartoon Network are already about that! Young children may find it entertaining, but it's going to be an absolute pain for their parents to sit through. I wanted to walk out of the theater in the first 20 minutes of the film, but since my 5-year-old niece (who I took to the screening with me) seemed to be enjoying herself, I decided not to. But it turns out that she didn't enjoy it that much at all! When I asked her how she liked it she responded: "It was OK." In a year of many great animated films (such as "Shrek", "Atlantis", and "Monsters, Inc."), this one is at the bottom of the cartoon barrel.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
The Best Film of the Year
Why this movie is so great...
1) It's perfectly cast. Daniel Radcliffe IS Harry Potter. Rupert Grint & Emma Watson are both excellent as Harry's loyal sidekicks, Ron & Hermione. Richard Harris is perfect as Dumbledore (exactly as I pictured him). Maggie Smith is great as the strict Professor MacGonagall. Alan Rickman is amazing as Snape, he doesn't have many lines but he delivers all of them SO well. Ian Hart is fantastic as Quirrell (he makes that stutter sound very believable). Robbie Coltrane is absolutely perfect as Hagrid. But...I don't think the Dursleys were quite evil enough, although they were very good, though.
2) It's VERY faithful to the book. They only left out a few very minor details that weren't worth putting in anyways.
3) Fast-paced. Everything goes by quickly, but that's good, because the movie is still 2 and a half hours long, and again, they didn't leave anything major out.
4) QUIDDITCH. This is absolutely the BEST action-sequence EVER caught on film. IT'S SIMPLY AMAZING! EXACTLY how I pictured it!
5) GREAT visual effects! The magic, trolls, Voldemorte, transformations, bla, bla, bla...It's all SO perfect!
Bottom Line: The Best Movie of the Year, possibly decade!
Just Shoot Me! (1997)
Nothing special here
It has it's moments, but mainly this is a very lame & unfunny show. Nina is the only funny character, the rest are just pathetic & annoying. This show should have been cancelled long ago, but it's somehow survived. So, if you're looking for a good laugh, watch "Frasier" or "Will & Grace", not this.