Why would you remake this movie? Harrison Ford really is not cut out for this kind of comedy. Julia Ormond, the "It Girl" of 1996, is given the thankless job of filling Audrey Hepburn's little black dress. Ford takes the crochety Humphrey Bogart part, and the underrated Greg Kinnear plays the William Holden role.
If you want to see the real Richard Nixon, rent Dick, starring Dan Hedaya as Nixon! For some reason, this is one of the movies my father likes to cite as a "good movie". I think this is a symptom of the true rarity of quality movies for adults. Too many films are geared towards 17-year-old boys, so when a quality drama is made for adults, my father takes notice.
This is not a chick flick- it is sharp and funny all the way through, and an all-star cast...well, an all-English-star cast: Emma Thompson (a little old for Elinor, but who cares), Pre-Titanic Kate Winslet as Marianne, Hugh Grant as Mr. Ferrars, Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon, and Tom Wilkinson as Mr. Dashwood. Once shooting was completed, Hugh Grant flew directly to Los Angeles and was arrested with Divine Brown. Emma would meet her future husband Greg Wise (Mr. Willoughby) on this set. I used to own the Academy Award-winning adapted screenplay (by Emma Thompson), and it included a hilarious Set Diary written by Emma.
- Hellraiser: Bloodline
Man in space battles Pinhead, as did ancestors. (Ancestors don't do anything in space.) - Cyborg Cop
Drug agent's brother could be a cyborg. (Wasn't that an episode of Leave It To Beaver?) - Sense and Sensibility
Men romance and abandon sisters in 1900 England. ("Romance and Abandon" was Austen's first title) - The Gunfighter
Upstarts dare the fastest gun in the West. (And then what?!) - Showgirls
Dancer stoops low to rise in Las Vegas. (Hey, that's kinda clever.) - Saturday Night Fever
Brooklyn nobody becomes disco king to Bee Gees music. (Shoulda stuck with this same plot for Battlefield Earth.) - The Usual Suspects
A detective questions a con man about associates. (Wake me up when that one's over.) - Wonder Boys
A writer and his student collide with life. (What does that mean, collide with life?)
Nice work from Lawrence Fishburne and Kenneth Branagh.
I love time-travel stories; this one is excellent.
Not what I expected, but good.
Your stance on capital punishment is beside the point. Ignore the politics and enjoy the performances.
I hardly remember this one.
Awful. Truly execrable.
Only OK by Muppet standards, but wonderful relative to most kid/parent comedies.
There are some nice parts, it's mostly salvaged by Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Stockard Channing.
Sharp performances, airtight script, and fast-paced.
Agador: Armand, why don't you let me be in the show? Are you afraid of my Guatemalan-ness?
Armand: Your what?
Agador: My Guatemalan-ness, my natural heat. You're afraid I'm too primitive to be on the stage with your little estrogen rockettes, right?
Armand: You're right. I'm afraid of your heat.
If Buzz Lightyear thinks he's a real spaceman, why does he play "dead" (ie, like a toy) when people come in the room?
The best talking-pig movie I've ever seen.
When Steve Buscemi chooses a spot to bury the loot along the fence, why was I the only one laughing in the theater?
I have no idea who Pete Bevin is, but he has found/compiled/laundered a list of The Many Deaths Of Steve Buscemi. Pete notes how often Steve's characters expire in the movies. Here's an incomplete listing of Steve Buscemi: Gone Kaput:
- The Island ... McCord (shot, topples over railing, crashes through glass in slow motion)
- Monsters, Inc ... Randall (bludgeoned by redneck in trailer, maybe not killed)
- Domestic Disturbance ... Ray Coleman (stabbed)
- The Grey Zone ... Abramowics (shot)
- The Big Lebowski ... Donny (heart attack)
- Fargo (see above) ... Carl (wood chipper)
- Desperado ... "Buscemi" (stabbed)
- Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead ... Mister Shhh (shot)
- The Last Outlaw ... Philo (shot)
- Twenty Bucks ... Frank (shot)
- Rising Sun ... Willy 'the Weasel' Wilhelm
- Reservoir Dogs ... Mr Pink (probably shot by police offscreen at the very end of the movie)
- Billy Bathgate ... Irving
- Barton Fink ... Chet (Assuming he goes up in flames with the hotel)
- Miller's Crossing ... Mink (shot in the face)
- King of New York ... Test Tube
- "Lonesome Dove" TV Series ... Luke (scalped)
(and again June 26, 1996 at the Maine Mall Cinema) A regular episode of the MST3K tv show is 2 hours long, minus commercials. Without the commercials, I suspect an episode is probably about 80-90 minutes long? The big-screen MST3K movie is only 74 minutes. According to the IMDb, "The TV show's usual density of gags was reduced for theatrical audiences, so that a larger number of people laughing wouldn't cause too much dialogue to be missed." To sum up, I found the whole experience disappointing.
Starring my favorite brain and my favorite body. If only this were a 'body swap' movie like Freaky Friday instead of a 'Cyrano' remake...
Starring Academy Award Winner Helen Hunt, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman- why?!
Feels like Chinatown, but it ain't.
Incomprehensible. I have seen it a couple times now, and I still don't understand the plot.
Steamy swampy noir.
Sean Connery cashing in as the voice of the CGI dragon, and ragged-looking Dennis Quaid, slumping as the dragon-killer.
Didn't like it as much as I'd hoped.
THE TOP TEN HIGHEST GROSSING FILMS OF ALL TIME (that I have never seen)
I guess I am a pretty typical moviegoer- I have seen (either in the theater or on home video) 98 of the 108 highest-grossing movies of all time (USA box office as of 3/14/05, according to The IMDb).
| Rank | Title | USA Box Office |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | The Passion of the Christ (2004) | $370,270,943 |
| 25 | Meet the Fockers (2004) | $275,936,745 |
| 29 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) | $260,031,035 |
| 45 | Rush Hour 2 (2001) | $226,138,454 |
| 96 | National Treasure (2004) | $169,785,954 |
| 98 | Meet the Parents (2000) | $166,225,040 |
| 102 | Big Daddy (1999) | $163,479,795 |
| 106 | The Polar Express (2004) | $162,753,127 |
| 107 | The Waterboy (1998) | $161,487,252 |
| 108 | Shark Tale (2004) | $160,762,022 |
Not terrible.
The movie Pearl Harbor makes this turd look like a masterpiece.
The summer of lousy action pics continues.
Moving, heroic, and tragic.
High concept from Harold Ramis; Craig P. gets a screen credit.
Delightful. I don't remember too much about it. I read the book when I was a kid.
One of Jackie's best HK movies.
Professionally staged with an all-star cast.
Bizarre little horror/comedy from the director of LOTR!
Gwyneth may not be English, but she does a wonderful English accent.
I discover all sorts of new subtleties every time I see it.
I wonder what happened to The Oneders?
Don't remember much about it, except how depressing it was.
Don't remember much about it, except the lovely Sinead O'Connor song "She Walked Through The Fair". My total ignorance of Irish history didn't help!
Maybe golfers would appreciate it more.
Sharp thriller from Ron Howard.
My third favorite Star Trek movie, after numbers 2 and 6.
World's most expensive in-joke.
Like a J.Peterman catalogue come to life. Seriously, I love this movie.
Fantastic. Cameron Crowe will never top it. It's hard to imagine anyone but Tom Cruise inhabiting this role as the driven soulless sports agent.
The Original Post-Modern Horror Film. This movie seemed smart and original at the time, but the whole generation of crappy slasher copies which it spawned has spoilt the funny-scary genre.
Before George Clooney dropped out of the Hollywood Dreamboat Factory.