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cougar18
Just a fairly average guy who enjoys entertainment and thought provoking, creative works of fiction.
Reviews
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Just Awful, Truly, Truly, Awful
This film is one of the worst films I have ever seen in my life. The story is awful, and the songs worse. Francis Ford Coppola directed this rubbish?
Okay where to Begin. Fred's accent is terrible, is he Irish? Coulda fooled, me cos I don't know where the hell he came from (It really is one of those bad accents, one where he hasn't even tried to pretend to be Irish). Actually that's unfair, all those pretending to be Irish have crap accents. 800 years of suffering under English rule, haven't the Irish suffered enough? And what the hell is it with this Glocca Morra rubbish? Glocca Morra, what the HELL?! There is no such place! Couldn't they have actually used a place which exists in Ireland. Did they have to Make it up? And if they had to make up a name, could they have chosen a better name than GLOCCA MORRA?! There's an underlying anti-racism plot going on. This anti-racism plot is like having Springtime for Hitler be the main interest of Schindler's list, ie showing the evils of Nazi Germany, then praising it. An oxymoron, if you will. What I mean by this is they show the evils of racism against minorities, but come off as highly prejudiced ( a form of racism) to Ireland and it's culture. So it's okay to be prejudiced if the people are white? Stay Away from this film, unless watching bad films is how you get your kicks.
Spider-Man Unlimited (1999)
Pretty Poor
As with alot of people, I liked the first episode of this show, not great but not awful. Mentioned Uncle Ben,with importance to his origin , featured Nick Fury and J Jonah Jameson, even Mr Fantastic aka Reed Richards got a mention. Spider-man's famous red and blue costume even got a glimpse, and looked great, even including the netting ( a triangular piece of net like material ) which was present in Steve Ditko's design, though not used by some artists nowadays, but not the Fox cartoon. Then he gets to the planet, and we get to see the rubbish designs for animal humanoids, and it sucks from the first glimpse. The jokes spidey ( or whoever this imposter is, since he ain't no spidey) makes are lame. I don't blame the voice artist, just the script. Next come the design of the characters. Spidey's new costume is dumb, just a copy of the Spider-man 2099 comic book costume. Some of the characters are just plain boring, such as a guy in bandages, where an episode is dedicated to him and how he became that way. There are riffs on other characters, but they don't even try to hide it, like a Green Goblin character who is supposed to be an anti-hero. Over all, not good at all and deserved to be cancelled.
Spider-Man (2002)
Not great
Okay, first let me say, that I have not got a problem with the changes made to the film, in fact they kinda made the film cooler. But here's where I lost interest. Tobey McGuire is not very good as Peter, in fact, he seems bored, which is never very good for a leading man to be. And he has impressed me, especially in films such as the Cider House Rules, so I don't hate him. Kirsten Dunst is pretty good as Mary Jane, Uncle Ben should have been allowed appear for longer, as he is integral to Spider-man's origin, ***possible spoiler*** his death is like a key scene in a play, but it is brushed over very quickly, which seems lazy.*** The relationship between Norman and Harry, is very interesting, much more so than the main story, and is the one really developed portion of the film. But back to Tobey. Well, in my opinion, Tobey is not able to convey the sense of responsibility which, look at the spoiler, taught him. That speech he makes to MJ at the hospital, about what he told Spider-man, was cringe inducing, really over the top sappy. He is also not physical at all. Like Keaton in Batman, Tobey is rarely in the suit, and so all of Spidey's stunts are by stuntmen. These include even the basic, like where Spidey webs down before kissing MJ and the simplest fights (all classic poses are assumed by stuntmen) and so Dafoe was right about him being a wimp. I know this might seem like nit-picking, but actors who do all or most of their stunts seem to absorb the idea of the character more, and get into the role better. Some don't like Dafoe, or the Goblin outfit, but I think the suit works in the film and is really cool, and also Dafoe outclasses McGuire. The only good thing for me was the the costume, which was great. Some scenes of CGI were poor, but the last 2 minutes of it was the best part of the movie for me. Many will say that it's only a summer blockbuster, but if they have read a comic of Spider-man, and I don't mean the issues included with the DVD (which were not the best, to be honest), then they'll be able to see where the filmmakers failed.
Overall, 6/10, the movie really caves halfway thru.
Captain America (1990)
Truly, Truly Awful....
This film is so bad, that there isn't even one good thing to be said about it. It's not even unintentionally funny. Well, at least it isn't as bad as Steel, because they at least tried to get Captain America's costume right.