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Shane (2004)
Pitifully Unfunny - par for the course for Skinner.
You can replace the questions marks in "2004 to ????" with 2004! This one is a total turkey.
A series of lame double-entendres (and the odd abysmal "dream sequence") from start to finish. The people on the canned laughter track are clearly imbeciles (or relatives of "Fun Time" Frankie.)
Here's an example of Skinner's dialogue:
Shane and his mate (played by David Schneider) are discussing a girl who has propositioned Shane:-
Shane: "I didn't say much at all"
Shane's mate: "Poker face"
Shane: "I might do"
Pitiful, just pitiful. If you laughed at this you're probably dead.
0 out of 10.
P.S. Why can't we give ratings to TV series anyway?!
Shaft (2000)
Not a Patch on the Original
I saw this on Channel 4 in the UK last night and I have to say it was very disappointing.
It felt more like a TV movie than a feature film.
Some of the acting was awful: Busta Rhymes (what a pain in the a** he was), Jeffrey Wright as "Peoples" (ham actor extreme and I couldn't make out half the things he was saying), Vanessa Williams (poor actress generally but worse than usual here.) Even Jackson was way below par - seemingly just going through the motions.
The whole Peoples "subplot" was in danger of taking over the movie. It would have been far better for the plot just to concentrate on the Bale and Jackson characters. Bale was actually the best actor in the movie but he just didn't have enough to do.
Just don't waste your time with this one. Watch the original instead. Richard Roundtree owns Samuel Jackson!!
4 out of 10.