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10/10
Excellent is the word for this film
8 July 2004
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SPOILER ALERT!!!!(FOR THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH ME AND MICHAEL MOORE)...when i first saw this movie i just couldn't stop thinking about it......it is one of the best movies i've ever seen for many reasons and mostly because it shows reality......it shows how bad the situation has become in the united states......and it gives evidence on how sick some people are.......i won't say who, see the movie and you'll find out who.......it gives us something to think about seriously......it is a movie that portrays reality as it is actually in the U.S..........it shows how bad the media has gotten, it shows how some "important" people just don't give a damn about a situation that has to be changed and how they can actually improve it but they just don't care about anybody but themselves........it is obvious that the people who don't like or actually hate this movie is because they also don't want to change or see the terrible situation that the U.S is facing right now....(i hope that people reading this in the U.S won't actually travel down here and kill me, but hey it's the truth....and don't worry, the U.S isn't the only country in trouble, i would gladly make a documentary about the problems in my country)...and actually there was finally someone to show how rotten governments can get........***** out of 5.....have a nice day
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2/10
The worst superman movie.
8 July 2004
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SPOILER WARNING!!!!!.....kids will definetely enjoy this one.....but it's a ridiculous movie.....mainly because of the nuclear man and lex luthor's cousin......those were just pathetic aditions to the movie.......nuclear man appeared in a ridiculous way.....and the way how lex luthor escapes out of prison is totally pathetic.......things like this are all over this movie.....it's dumb.......the special effects here are awful and so is the story......the thing about getting rid off the nuclear weapons was well intentioned but how they handled it was terrible....and bringing nuclear man was the worst thing they could've done.......the musical score isn't that bad, the bad thing is the main theme....it's totally screwed up, it just doesn't have the same power that makes all John Williams' scores excellent......the nuclear man theme is pretty good and it was composed by John Williams....but this can't make a movie rise up....and definetely not with this one.......the first two superman movies will be remembered.....but forget this one......* out of 5
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Superman III (1983)
4/10
The superman movie series slip with this one...
8 July 2004
when i saw this for the first time i was more of a kid than now......a little kid and i was a big superman movies fan.....i even liked this one a bit....and when i see it right now i still enjoy some of it....it is enjoyable to see superman turn evil....it is the best part of the movie....or maybe the only good part of it......richard pryor is too dumb at some parts of the movie and the opening credits belong to a Charles Chaplin movie.....a bad Charles Chaplin movie........the musical score is not bad.....mostly because it is filled mainly with John Williams' music but still it could've been much better........the only excellent thing in this film is Christopher Reeve's performance......but the rest is disappointing....specially when the big computer battles superman....disappointing but certainly better than the fourth superman movie........** out of 5
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Superman II (1980)
8/10
Better than the first one!!
24 June 2004
This is the first sequel to the original superman-the movie, and it's better also for many reasons.......the first movie had a terrible mistake at the end(when superman reverses everything), here there's no such mistake in the whole movie.........in the original it took us 40 minutes to see superman in action.....here we see him in action since it starts(although the first one had to take longer in showing the hero since they had to show him grow up and everything, but it could've arguably been shown in shorter time).........in this one the battle between the three villains and superman in metropolis is great and keeps your eyes on the screen.....and how superman defeats them at the end is also great as well......there are a few problems.......the musical score shows the same great material composed by John Williams but you can't feel the same power it had in the first movie.......and superman's father isn't shown.....well we understand why they couldn't pay the same great amount of money to marlon brando as they did in the first one...but still it is disturbing to see superman talking serious things with his mother and not with his father as he did in the first one(in the first one superman shared everything with his father).......but so far this is better than the first one for not making any mistake like superman-the movie did at the end.....and for all the action it has......**** out of 5
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Superman (1978)
7/10
Could've been better
24 June 2004
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CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS!!...... The first Christopher Reeve as Superman movie starts off regularly.....don't get me wrong, the opening credits are the best possible and it all seems good until you realise that about 40 minutes have passed without seeing superman in action......and that's the first problem....the begining is just too long.... But when Superman swings into action everything seems great.....until superman flies into Lois Lane's apartment(played by Margot Kidder.....mmmm.....there could've been a better choice for the role), and when this happens nothing is wrong really.....it's corny....but just a bit compared when superman takes her for a ride......here the great special effects we had just seen slip a bit.....and then we hear Margot Kidder talking in her mind(Can you read my mind?).....it's so dumb and extremely corny.....an scene all superman movies fans wish it wouldn't exist......... Then it all gets better.......the earthquake in california is a great menace...even for superman......even for Mario Puzo(the story writer), who couldn't think of a way out for the problem.....so then we see superman reversing everything(by changing the earth's orbit backwards!!)....this is the point where the movie falls down....actually when superman returned to earth after reversing everything, we should all be watching the earthquake again....because he REVERSED it!!!! that wouldn't stop the earthquake........definetely a terrible mistake..........even so i love this movie........mainly because of some great scenes(specially when superman appears for the first time), and for John Williams' excellent musical score(nominated for an oscar at the time).....and for christopher reeve.....the best of all possible actors to portray the hero........i just wish those terrible mistakes hadn't happened..... This movie is followed by three sequels......the first one(Superman II) is great........but the other two(specially the fourth one) are a disaster.............for this one i give it ***1/2
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RoboCop 2 (1990)
3/10
very inferior...
19 May 2004
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SPOILERS WARNING: the first sequel to Robocop is very inferior..... lets start with the story......it can be very confusing for people that are watching it for the first......and ONLY time.....because this is not worth watching........ second......you'll see a lot of unnecessary violence...... very bad special effects.......lots of disgusting things....that are really unnecessary.........third, at the beginning of the movie you'll see some very interesting character angles, but these are dropped very quickly....fourth.....the great musical score in Robocop is changed.......i couldn't believe it when i heard that Basil Poledouris wasn't going to return for the sequel as the music composer.....instead they hired Leonard Rosenman to do the score.....and it isn't bad at all......but it would never be so great as the original score was........so....if you really would like to see a Robocop film....see the first one, but don't bother with this one.....or the third one........** out of 5
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Men of Honor (2000)
8/10
a very inspiring movie
18 May 2004
this is one of the most inspiring movies i've ever seen........ it is based on the real life of Carl Brashear...the first African-American and amputee diver.......it's real good and the fact that's based on real incidents gives it more impact as you can see all the stuff this guy went through in his life.........The acting is very good as well......Cuba Gooding Jr gives a very inspiring performance as Carl Brashear.....and Robert DeNiro gives a very powerful performance as Billy Sunday....who is a fictional character......but he's supposed to be the mix of three guys that real Carl Brashear met in his life...... This movie also contains a very inspiring musical score by Mark Isham....a composer who isn't very well known in movie music......and he does a very good work in this one....... so this one is definetely worth watching......very inspiring!!! **** out of 5
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Cast Away (2000)
8/10
A very good movie
18 May 2004
when i first heard about this movie i didn't really pay much attention......but when i first saw part of it, i just wanted to keep watching it over and over........it's very good lets start with the acting........well in this one you see Tom Hanks most of the time, and he does very well in the deserted island........so that's most of the acting in the movie..... This movie also has a great musical score by Alan Silvestri.......he only had to compose one tune.....but he did it greatly........he managed to get his music into our mind and feelings with this one.....so feel it yourself.........watch it and you'll see what i mean **** out of 5
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6/10
not bad....give this one a break
17 May 2004
this isn't a movie for sci-fi fans.......so probably the people that hate this film are sci-fi fans.....and they're not wrong....because this is a romance movie....not sci-fi....and it isn't bad......it's ok for romance fans......and in general it isn't bad..... the performances are decent.....specially Jane Seymour.....and Christopher Reeve isn't bad at all...... It also contains one of John Barry's best musical scores......arguably his score for this one is the best romance score ever.....just listen to the main theme..........So for the people that hate it....just give it a break.....there are movies that do deserve to be hated....but not this one.....*** out of 5
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Rocky III (1982)
5/10
totally predictable and nothing new
15 May 2004
this third rocky movie is of course, totally predictable, and it's

dumb as well(notice how clubber lang roars like a dinosaur at the

ring), but some viewers will find it entertaining.......it contains

the same moral message as all the rocky films, of believing in

yourself, and contains the unforgetable "eye of the tiger" song in it, but a movie needs more than a good song to actually be worth watching.......and this is not worth watching..... There's nothing new in this one......just another "undefeatable" boxer who's about to lose in the end...... ** out of 5
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9/10
a great movie!!
15 May 2004
this is a classic.....this is probably the movie i've watched the most in my life.....i just love every second of it....and of course, when i was a kid i enjoyed it the most....but it's definetely not bad for adults, depending of the kind of movies they like of course, but it IS one of the greatest movies for kids......it is so well made from the beginning to the end.....the music is beautiful, the acting is outstanding.....it is an unforgetable film......definetely one of the best you can see with the family......This is without question the best of the wizard of oz movies......just let the kids see it and you'll see how they'll love it, and see it yourself of you want to see a great and unforgetable movie. ****1/2 out of 5
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Rocky (1976)
9/10
Stallone's very best!!
14 May 2004
this is a very inspiring movie.....and it has been a bit ruined by it's sequels......don't get me wrong.....the sequels are not bad, but the way they are.....so different.....so commercial, "rocky against clubber lang!!!!rocky against the huge Russian!!!!".......except this one, that shows the story of a shy, unknown boxer who's given the chance to fight the heavyweight champion, and how he's afraid that he won't make it......a very good movie with a great musical score by Bill Conti, a great performance by Stallone(his very best), and by all it's cast......Burgess Meredith is outstanding as rocky's trainer, Talia Shire is also very good as Rocky's girlfriend...... This is the unique Rocky film and the unforgettable one and it works every time you see it......***** out of 5
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1/10
A shark on revenge???
13 May 2004
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SPOILER WARNING: the third and last sequel to the classic Jaws........just take another look at the title:"Jaws,the revenge"..........so the shark is on revenge!!!!........how ridiculous can moviemakers ever get???.......a shark on revenge???!!!!.....they could've done something at least less embarassing than this......this is just one of the most ridiculous movies you'll ever see(if you actually see it).......it's just too ridiculous since the moment you see the title on the screen.......it can sure make you laugh.....because, again, a shark taking revenge is just one of the most ridiculous ideas someone could've ever thought about......and someone actually did it to put in the big screen!!!.........* out of 5(only because 0 stars doesn't exist)
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Jaws 3-D (1983)
1/10
another bad sequel
13 May 2004
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SPOILER WARNING: this movie is so boring and ridiculous that it can actually make you laugh.......it's just out of place......first, the shark AGAIN attacks on the same family members of the first two movies.......please, give THEM a brake!!!.........second, the idea of the mother shark attacking this time is just too funny(in the film the mother shark takes revenge on the killers of her baby!!!).......third, the special effects are too terrible.......so this is just another one that ruins the original Jaws movie.......see how very good movies like Jaws can be ruined???................. * out of 5
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Jaws 2 (1978)
3/10
Not worth it
13 May 2004
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SPOILER WARNING the first sequel of the Jaws series is just ridiculous...... first, the idea of another killer shark appearing in THE SAME island is of course not believable......second, any sequel or imitation to Jaws would never cause the same impact as the original, and of course, this one doesn't at all......it's just too stupid........ third, the shark in this film is shown with a huge scar on it's head to make it scarier(!)....please!!!...........this first sequel is the first one to ruin the original Jaws movie.....but just a little bit compared to the next ones..........why did they ever make sequels to such a great movie???? ** out of 5
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Jaws (1975)
9/10
A true classic film
13 May 2004
directed by a young Steven Spielberg, this movie has been ruined by it's terrible sequels......it's simply an unforgetable classic horror film........with great performances, with an oscar winning musical score by John Williams(without this score the movie wouldn't ever cause the same great impact), and in general a very well made movie that started Spielberg's career as a major film director.... the movie caused great impact at the time of it's release.....but much of the impact is now lost due to it's sequels and to it's numerous imitations.......so don't try to get yourself caught with the sequels or any other imitations, because Jaws is the only great one there is ****1/2 out of 5
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8/10
Colombian reality
12 May 2004
this movie is based on colombia's actual reality......and it is fairly well made.. it contains very heavy stuff in it........but it lets us see what our world is facing right now, it makes us think about a sad reality......and if you've ever seen a colombian film you'll also see how colombian filmmaking made a step forward with this one.. see it.....it is worth it.....but be ready to see some heavy stuff, because that's the kind of reality the world's facing......i recommend it to mature audiences only ***1/2 out of 5
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White Ghost (1988)
1/10
what is this??
12 May 2004
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SPOILER WARNING this is a cheap and very violent film . I've only seen it once....and i actually own this on VHS.....and trust me, this won't be ever released on DVD......it's just awful. Imagine this as the worst Rambo imitation you'll ever see. the title character is supposed to contain the souls of all the dead u.s soldiers in the vietnam war(!)still want to know more about this??? the pentagon gives orders to kill him and all you see during the movie is blood and suffering, and that's it........ it's very unpleasant to watch this.........although i keep the copy in my video collection * out of 5
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9/10
Great entertainment!!!
12 May 2004
The first time i ever saw back to the future was in a colombian channel.......more than half of the movie was cut....and believe me, even like this i loved it.....it's just a great film.

when i heard of this movie for the first time of my life,i only knew it was a sci-fi movie.....nothing else.....i didn't know it was funny......and trust me back to the future is fun itself. Michael J. Fox does arguably his best performance ever and the whole cast is excellent. But let me tell you one thing:if you ever see this for the first time ever, don't expect a usual sci-fi movie.......you just get ready to see one of the funniest movies of all time. ****1/2 over 5
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