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Barbershop (2002)
Loved it, only one disappointment
The story was actually old-fashioned. The young man who choses not to follow traditions, makes a big mistake, and then spends the rest of the movie trying to reverse things. I liked the film. Hadn't seen Ice Cube act before. I thought he was excellent.
My only disappointment has to do with the main reason I went to see the film, i.e., Anthony Anderson. I really liked his work in previous movies, but in this one his role was repetitious and boring. After the first two times we saw him, everything else was more of the same. Lugging that ATM machine around and up and down and in and out. Way too much. Poor writing.
xXx (2002)
A new James Bond - extreme to the maxxx
The original James Bond specialty of high action attacks and escapes is back. I found myself (age 65+) clenching my fists during the high action scenes. They got to me. The only one that was overdone was the second "test" in Colombia. The outcome of these "action" scenes was predictable but they were really well done. (You always knew that JB would succeed.) Lots of funny throw-away lines, just like the vintage JB films.