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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Another Legend in the Bag
Perfect Score, Perfect Cinematography, Perfect EVERYTHING. From Wargs to Wraiths. Gollum was spectacular. I thought he was real! Treebeard and the Ents were amazing. Helm's Deep... no word can describe how amazing it is. No one else could portray the actors the way everyone already has. There is still so much more to learn now, like Gollum's backstory, and what will happen to Arwen. Even though i already read the books, its still amazing to see it in movie form.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Biggest, Most Enjoyable Film since, well, NEVER
As I walked into the theatre for the 7:00 screening of Lord of the Rings, my hear leaped with excitment but also worry. What I worried about was that Lord of the Rings would turn out to be one of those films with big hype, big anticipation, big comercialization, and awesome trailers, yet would turn out to suck and get it's way to the bottom 50 films of the past 10 years. Damn was I wrong. When this movie rolled along I had only read half of Fellowship of the Ring, and had no idea what happened next, so it came to some surprise when (SPOILER RIGHT HERE AND NOW) Frodo got stabbed by the cave troll and looked like he was dead.(SPOILER END) This has big hype, big anticipation, big comercialization, and awesome trailers AND doesn't steer too far away from the books, aside from leaving out Crickhollow, Tom Bombadil, and a much longer part with Farmer Maggot, but were only side adventures. The dramatics, action sequences, story, and acting are what makes the movie shine. Some people complain that they left out the songs and poems from the book. WHAT DO YOU WANT! A DISNEY MOVIE!? What the film differs greatly from the books is the drama. Such as (ONCE AGAIN, SPOILERS DEAD AHEAD) When Gandalf falls from the Bridge of Kazah-Dum, he falls alright in both book and movie, but everything goes slow motion in the movie and you can hear the sorrowful cries of Frodo. The book, from what I remember, it's fall and run. Boromirs death is not fully explained in the book, but the movie shows him fighting off the Orcs, trying to save Merry and Pippin. There is once character in the omvie that isn't in the book. That is the Uruk-Hai called Lurtz who kills Boromir. (Spoilers END HERE) But all in all this is the best movie of the century. Gandalf could whip Haryr Potter and day. Sauron, with one hand tied behind his back, could overthrow Voldemort whenever. End Verdict: 12/10
Tears of the Sun (2003)
Whoah
The whole movie is a demonstration of what war is like, to say the least. Many movies show this, and depict it very well such as in Black Hawk Down. A lot of war movies have been released in the past few years, and this one ranks in as one of them. The acting was great, although Bruce Willis is becoming a big aged to be playing real major action roles, but its still a great movie. The ending is very triumphant and the rest of the movie is very moving and emotional. It wasn't too gory but it wasn't too censored either. Highly recomended.
Bloody Roar Extreme (2002)
The Finest Fighting Game Since Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat had a great start, but sorta slowed down over the years, especially with the linear fighting and combo's and the 3D-battles. The Bloody Roar games started on Playstation and Bloody Roar 3 going to PS2, then Bloody Roar: Primal Fury going to GameCube exclusively. Not even PS2 can compare with these graphics. From the reactions down to the last strand of hair, this game has the best graphics to date. The fighting isn't linear and the combos can have a large range, unlike having to perform a certain button combination to get a combo when you could just make up your own. The only down-sides to this great game is the lack of blood in it, and when there is blood it looks like sparks as if its from an old Tekken game, and the dubbing could have been better. Other than that its all you would want in a fighting game. Extra's to unlock. Secret Leve's and area's to be discovered. New charcaters, with their own endings. And great voice acting. If you have a GameCube. BUY THIS GAME!
Shanghai Knights (2003)
Extremely Good, Especially Seeing as how it's a Sequel
The great thing about Shanghai Knights is that it doesn't follow the bomb-drop pattern that many sequels do. Every character in this movie that was in Shanghai Noon has the same actor. Even the same horse plays Fido! Sadly, the princess is absent from the film, as well as Chon's native wife. But it still stays true to the original in terms of character traits. Chon is still a bit stuck up and Roy is still reckless and witty. The plot revolves around a precious gem stolen by a high-class Britain who kills a certain someone in the beginning of the movie. A bonus of the movie is Chon's sister that, in a way, makes the movie fresh in terms of action scenes. The character jokes I found particulatly funny, which ties into the name jokes like in Shanghai Noon (Chon Wang being sounding like John Wayne and Roy's real name being Whyat Erp). The final action scene was extremely well done and as in all Jackie Chan movies, the bloopers in the end provide a good comical ending to the movie.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Another Legend in the Bag
Perfect Score, Perfect Cinematography, Perfect EVERYTHING. From Wargs to Wraiths. Gollum was spectacular. I thought he was real! Treebeard and the Ents were amazing. Helm's Deep... no word can describe how amazing it is. No one else could portray the actors the way everyone already has. There is still so much more to learn now, like Gollum's backstory, and what will happen to Arwen. Even though i already read the books, its still amazing to see it in movie form.
Die Another Day (2002)
Bond Always Lives to Die Another Day
Its a Bond film. How can you go wrong? Sure the SFX aren't all what they could be at times, but its still Bond none the less. Great references to te original films. (I.E: Thunderball) and good Bond scenes. Sure the Bad Guys are original, but they get a lot more menacing throughout. (Like in this one Gustov Graves wears a hi-tech suit that sends around the same ammount of electricity through someone as the fences in Jurassic Park) And Bond sitll gettin his way out of everythin, 1way or another. Halle Berry was a very good Bond girl, and Icarus is the perfect Technology Weapon like Goldeneye was in, well, Goldeneye. Earns its way well into the 007 Series
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Biggest, Most Enjoyable Film since, well, NEVER
As I walked into the theatre for the 7:00 screening of Lord of the Rings, my hear leaped with excitment but also worry. What I worried about was that Lord of the Rings would turn out to be one of those films with big hype, big anticipation, big comercialization, and awesome trailers, yet would turn out to suck and get it's way to the bottom 50 films of the past 10 years. Damn was I wrong. When this movie rolled along I had only read half of Fellowship of the Ring, and had no idea what happened next, so it came to some surprise when (SPOILER RIGHT HERE AND NOW) Frodo got stabbed by the cave troll and looked like he was dead.(SPOILER END) This has big hype, big anticipation, big comercialization, and awesome trailers AND doesn't steer too far away from the books, aside from leaving out Crickhollow, Tom Bombadil, and a much longer part with Farmer Maggot, but were only side adventures. The dramatics, action sequences, story, and acting are what makes the movie shine. Some people complain that they left out the songs and poems from the book. WHAT DO YOU WANT! A DISNEY MOVIE!? What the film differs greatly from the books is the drama. Such as (ONCE AGAIN, SPOILERS DEAD AHEAD) When Gandalf falls from the Bridge of Kazah-Dum, he falls alright in both book and movie, but everything goes slow motion in the movie and you can hear the sorrowful cries of Frodo. The book, from what I remember, it's fall and run. Boromirs death is not fully explained in the book, but the movie shows him fighting off the Orcs, trying to save Merry and Pippin. There is once character in the omvie that isn't in the book. That is the Uruk-Hai called Lurtz who kills Boromir. (Spoilers END HERE) But all in all this is the best movie of the century. Gandalf could whip Haryr Potter and day. Sauron, with one hand tied behind his back, could overthrow Voldemort whenever. End Verdict: 12/10
The Curse of Monkey Island (1997)
The best of the 4
The Curse of Monkey Island. Released excactly 6 years after the success of Monkey Island 2. You would think with Monkey Island 2's wierd ending that it would finish Monkey Island once and for all. But, it all turned out to be a trick to lure Guybrush into captivity. But enough about that, the whole jist of this is that Monkey Island has returned, and the voices are just phenominal. If LucasArts were to make a movie/cartoon of Monkey Island, this would probably be what it would look like, and sound like. It's plot is real good, and everything about it is just awesome. If you haven't heard about the Monkey Island series, buy the Monkey Island Archives or The Monkey Island Booty Pack and play through all the games starting with The Secret of Monkey Island, then Monkey Island 2, and The Curse of Monkey Island. Monkey Island 4 was real good, but this one tops them all.
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)
Great! Strange but Hilarious all the time!
So, after it's opeining sequence, we see Guybrush (once again) telling the tale of how he defeated LeChuck. The Story is starting to get old. So, soon he's off in search for a new one. The fabulous treasure of Big Whoop. Soon he find's LeChuck is back and is after him after literally "GIVING" a piece that could bring LeChuck back. Over all it's a great game with characters you can relate to.
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Best of Star Wars
Though it is basically a love story, it still has all the essentials of a Star Wars movie, as well as Anakin slowly turning to the Dark Side and many other things. It is another Star Wars masterpiece, with great visual effects and acting. Though it did halve Jar-Jar in it, it is only brief but important, believe-it-or-not. The clones look like excactly like what a proto type of a Stormtrooper would. As well as the introduction to Boba Fett. The sabre-battles are excelent and the drama is top notch. Hope the 3rd one tops all the others.
The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
Classic. Well stood against the currents of time.
A game rarely comes along that spawns many a fan and "successful" sequels. Monkey Island is at the top rank (When it comes to Computer games, that is). What you might think of as a rough, violent pirate game, totally turns away from it from the moment you enter the bar. (You'll see if you play). Laugh a minute and unpredictable, Monkey Island gets 11/10.
Ruîgi manshon (2001)
Great, funny, exilerating, Easy to learn, and easy to get hooked on.
My first GameCube game. I put it in, played, and was soon dazzled by the graphics. This new masterpeice can be funny, jumpy, and suspensful all at the same time. Nintendo could have just as easily made this a big gore fest, scary for the little kids, and the basic formula of putting Luigi and a cast of Mario characters into a Resident Evil game. But that's what amazes me is that they didn't and they had to pre-check it so it wasn't frightening. It's like making pufferfish to eat. You know what parts to keep in but you put just a little bit of the poison to tingle the taste buds. (Yes, they do that in Japan by skilled chefs). The only thing I found scary was that a first gen GameCube game can look so good. I only had a beef about it being too short and the extra Hidden Mansion too easy.
The Sixth Sense (1999)
My Favorite Ghost Movie
Ok a word of advice to all of you. THIS IS NOT A HORROR MOVIE. There is no guts or graphic scenes of people being killed, never mind mutants and deformations of the sort. It is classified as a "SUSPENSE" movie, which in my dictionary means something that is not LIKELY to happen but could and is meant to have some scary moments now and then, but keeps you on your seat and may give you nightmares. But, it is my favorite ghost movie because they took time on it and you could piece together everything that leads to the shocking end. (Maybe not shocking to some, but it sure surprised me). But anyway, it's a great movie with great acting and story telling.
10/10
Ice Age (2002)
Great! Wonderous!
CGI just keeps getting better and better. From Toy Story, to Shrek, to A Bugs Life, to Antz, to Monster's Inc., to Ice Age, CGI gets better every time. The plot on this one is simple, but keeps going. The Scrat (Squirell-Rat) comes along every now and then, alway's clutching onto his beloved acorn, and alway's losing it, each time he gets hurt, physical or mental. A great bundle of fun and enjoyable for all.
Supa Mario RPG (1996)
Woah, stunning...wait... GENIUS!
Great game! Kept me going for a looooooooong time. I can't wait until they make it into a GBA version! This is Mario's best adventure, namingly because it is: A) An RPG B) You can play as new characters (I.E: Bowser, Mallow, ect.) and C) Great Story and Humour. Good length and mystery. 11/10
Mother 2: Gîgu no gyakushuu (1994)
Legendary...
Awsome Awsome GREAT Game. Too great for words. The best part is the story line and the way it moves along smoothly, giving suspense, mystery, comedy, and action all at once. All those so-called gamers that HAVEN'T played it and say it's stupid have no right to call themselves game players. Not violent and graphic, yet not supporting child like graphics, it keeps the flow. I don't know why this didn't become so popular. It was a major hit in Japan. Probably because they are more open minded and don't judge things before they see or get to know them like we have a tendancy to do. (No offense to all who are reading)
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Believe it or not, I liked it.
Ok, it bears almost NO resemblance to the game, but that can be good. Like hearing bleeps and bloops for 90 minutes can be kinda nerve wracking. (O_o) That was one of the main reasons some hated it... I must say GET OVER IT! NO movie based on a game is EVER accurate. Then again, it would be kinda different having a short, plumb guy dressed in overalls and a tall, skinny guy dressed in green running around in dungeons and castles the whole time. I mean it would be a good idea for a cartoon movie, but live action? Uh uh. No way. It was good to improvise for a live action film. 8/10
Gekijôban Poketto Monsutâ Kesshôtô no Teiô Entei (2000)
The Best of them all (so far!)
I saw this movie opening day with by buddies, (Who AMAZINGLY still hold Pokemon to their hearts, despite one of their mom's persistant request on how bad it is for kids) anyway, I saw it just like the other 2 on the first day. (It's a little vow I have made.) This one is so far the best of them all. Good use of computer animation. Best story plot. Awsome music. Dubbing still amazes me. The short was good. Excelent Drama and Coreography. There are still 2 to go. (Yes it has been announced, Pokemon 4 and 5 are coming out) yet 4Kids Entertainment has broken away with Kids WB, (Good, bad, you decide) and the thing that makes me INFURIATED is that they're thinking of making the next 2 Pokemon movies directly to video. But non the less they are coming out. P.S: It's pronounced Po-kay-mon. NOT Pok-ee-man or whatever.
Sonic & Knuckles (1994)
Missed...
For those of you who remember the old Sonic games for Genesis, if you have played the Sonic and Knuckles game and added on Sonic 3, I enjoyed playing as Knuckles and playing different levels. It will bemissed by at least me.
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)
Do I Ever Miss This Show
Every morning I would wake up, rush to the TV and tune in to the Super Mario Bros. Super Show. Like I said, do I ever miss this one. I can't remember much of it but can remember a tad bit of it. Namingly, the "Do The Mario" song at the end of each cartoon and a bit of the title. One word. Classic.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Whapow! Excellent!
Instant 10/10
This is one of Disney's BEST. Aimed at all audiences and now a bold step for The company. Sure people can bitch as MUCH as they want about "It being too violent" and "It just isn't Disney." But it IS Disney and it is one of it's best. If they are gonna complain about it being too scary they should have read the PG label on it. They have started to realise that they have to step BEYOND children movies and go into a bit more graphic content. (Not meaning blood and guts and stuff, but hey, every villain has to get what he deserves, even if it means killing them.) The cast was good and the animation was perfected. It was the best Atlantis story I have heard. If you liked this movie, try the Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis game. It is one of the best.
Jurassic Park (1993)
Legendary
This is the ONLY movie that keeps me on the edge of my seat each time I see it. It has a great soundtrack, great cast, great story, great character development, great EVERYTHING! It is a LEGEND in movies. I don't know what to say, just that this is one of the greatest films of ALL time.
15/10! GREAT!
Dai-Rantô Smash Brothers Deluxe (2001)
One of the MANY reasons GameCube is superior to Xbox
We all have heard the saying "I bet Mario could beat Link in a battle." and then it continues on into a huge controversy. At least Nintendo invented this game. Now you can see just who would win in a Baddy vs. Baddy competition. Not only just a simple battle but you can test them out in many a different mode, from Tiny Melee to an RPG like Stamina Battle (One of my favorites, namingly because you can kick the corpses around after you defeat them =P). The wide range of extra's instead of 4 secret characters and 1 level is now 12 secret characters and 10 secret levels, making gameplay more different and extensive. Music is perfect (Fountain of Dreams is amazing!) and sound is crisp and fresh. Now I know many are going to get angry at me because of my title, but hey, I don't like XBox at all except the exception of Halo (Which I have not tried but looks cool) but if you ask me, which I know you won't, I think the Microsoft people should stick to computers.
Pikmin (2001)
Masterpiece
Ok. Here's the lowdown. On a vacation trip to some planet out in the vastness of space, Captain Olimar's ship is hit by a meteor and crash lands on a planet, sending 30 of his ship parts flying into random locations. His life support is only 30 day's and must find all his ships pieces in 30 day's. But he is not alone. He finds the Pikmin. Little creatures that work in teams and are commanded by him. It really infuriates me when people take 1 look at this game and say "This is so gay." or "This HAS to be the stupidest game." and don't even try it. Just as the old saying goes "You can't judge a book by it's cover" it goes the same with games. The people who have acctually played the game enjoy it. Control is simple and you soon even get a feeling for the little plant creatures that you pull out of the ground, thus making it heart sobbing when they accidentally drown or are killed in the heat of battle. This game is one that'll go down in history. There is a good chance more Pikmin games will be made, due to the fact that the creator of this game, Shigeru Miyamoto, has made sequels to all the games he has created. Just think. The next title might even be: "Return to Planet Pikmin" or something like that.