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Mission to Mars (2000)
Mission: Complete
In 1996 Brian De Palma completed a mission with Mission: Impossible. Four years later, in 2000 he did it again. Mission to Mars is one of the best sci-fi movie I have seen in my life, and I can`t understand all the bad comments from different people.
At first I have to say that Gary Sinise is a great actor. I loved him in Forrest Gump, and I loved him in Mission to Mars. Tim Robbins and Don Cheadle are also both good actors.
When it comes to the movie I think it`s a great adventure about the big question everyone is asking themselves: Where does life come from? De Palma does a great job answering this question with a film that is much better than the comments it has recieved.
You have the music, which is very good, and you get a nice feeling when you listen at it. And then you have the great actors(I already told you that), good effects and a reasonable plot.
As a movie in it self it is a little masterpiece, and Brian De Palma is one of my favourite directors(afterall, he made Mission:Impossible!).
I`ve seen Mission to Mars several times now, and it is just getting better and better. If you haven`t seen it yet, don`t listen to the bad comments, just see it yourself and then you can say everything you want about it.
Breaking Up (1997)
Entertaining and joyful love movie
Russel Crowe and Salma Hayek does a great job in this film playing two difficult roles. It`s not often you see a film with only two people speaking in it. But Crowe and Hayek doesn`t have any problems with this.
*spoiler* (maybe)
I think the film was entertaining the whole way. Normally it would become boring in the length with all the switching those two between; at first they are toghether, they brake up, they come back together again, they brake up again... but it isn`t boring at all. The movie keeps you at the screen all the way.
*spoiler end*
I just love Russel Crowe after I watched Gladiator. He`s a great actor. I just can`t wait for his movies in the future. Salma Hayek isn`t so bad either...
A good an entertaining movie...
Mission: Impossible (1996)
The mission has become possible
Brian De Palma completed the impossible mission in 1996; he made "Mission:Impossible."
This is one of the best movies I`ve ever seen in my life. The first time I watched it I didn`t understand so much of the plot(the movie was thrilling back then also of course), but now, when I`ve seen it several times, I understood it more and more. And it just got better and better.
It`s still getting better and better. I don`t know where it will stop.
And just so you know it; this one is much better than John Woo`s sequel.
Con Air (1997)
"The Rock"s little brother
CONTAINS SPOILERS!
If you are looking for a movie with no brain just for the entertainment, Con Air is the one. This movie has everything you need when you are looking for some fun: big explosions, criminal "cartoon" maniacs and funny dialogues.
I think the (many) action scenes gets even better with Trevor Rabin`s score. It really helps in this entertaining and explosive movie, of course from Jerry Bruckheimer. I don`t know when he`s going to stop making these action movies.
You have a lot of evil characters in this film. And when I say a lot, I mean a lot. You have John Malkovich as Frank Hummel 2, Steve Buscemi as Hannibal Lecter 2, and Ving Rhames as Rambo 2, and a lots of more.
And of course, in almost every Bruckheimer film, the hero of the day; Nicolas Cage, who`s trying to stop the bad guys. Not alone of course, but with a little help from John Cusack on the ground.
Of course Cusack smashes the boss`car, and the comedy tops with a male prisoner dressing up like a woman, and entertaining the other prisoners with dancing. And a couple of explosions at the end of course... in Las Vegas, of course... with a fire truck, of course... (spoiler!) The good guys win... surprise! And the good guy gets the woman, and Hannibal sets to town for gambling... sorry, I got a little out of hand there...
Overall: Bruckheimer has given us an entertaining, funny and amusing action flick, with no brain, which you can watch when you are hungry for some very funny action. But if you are really going for the serious action, you should travel one year back in time, to San Francisco, on a little island, where Big Brother lives; "The Rock".
Good luck.
The Rock (1996)
Connery invades San Francisco
Contains spoilers
If you take Michael Bay, Sean Connery and Hans Zimmer, and mix them together in a big bowl, with a little touch of Alcatraz, what do you get? You guessed right: A slam-bang of an action-thriller. In other words: "The Rock".
What makes "The Rock" a good movie. Of course, you have Sean Connery. But what would have made this movie great without Connery. I think a very important element is the music. Hans Zimmer`s music is so engaging and so full of feelings that it had to leave traces in your mind after seeing this movie. Another important element is the great characters. Almost every character builds up a strong personality during the film, and you feel with them, either they are good or evil. At the end I actually felt more sorry for Ed Harris than I did for Nicholas Cage.
Sean Connery is dangerously good at his work, a good example is when he smash half of the city with a stolen car, with Nicholas Cage chasing him.
My opinion is that this is one of the best action movies I have seen, so if you haven`t seen this one, you know what movie to watch next... and what music to listen at.