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I Know I'm Not Alone (2005)
stop talk listen now please believe
this is a wonderful documentary from the hand of the musician Michael Franti. this film shows what he finds in the occupied countries and cities of Baghdad and Gaza, it doesn't show the political aspects but the human costs of war. the movie is touching, moving and shocking. Michael Franti goes into dangerous areas, to show the people and listen to there stories. he talks to people who want to make a change, people who want to live in peace.
a wonderful aspect of the movie is that he shows both side's. in Baghdad he shows the people of Iraq but also the Americans. in Gaza he shows the Palestinians and the Israeli people. he doesn't judge anyone of them, he just want to understand the situation.
there is one meeting near the end of the movie between an Palestinian and Israeli soldier, that really moved me. they want to live side by side, but then the government needs to change. one of them says; "we need a government that isn't lead by religion. if religion is involved in politics it is giving trouble."
i can tell you a lot more about this film, but you have to see it for yourself. you will be surprised, you will be laughing, you will be shocked and you will be crying.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
why??
why, oh why do they make very bad remakes of classic movies. this one is so very bad made that i walked out of the cinema. it is not even worth watching on video. if you want to make a remake, than do it good!!!!
I AM A PROTOTYPE OF GOD, NOT MADE FOR MASS PRODUCTION?!
Chicago (2002)
terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible and terrible!!!!
Why chicago is in the top 250 all time is for me a question. This is a typical example of why musicals should not be made for the white screen, but just stay in the theater. Moulin rouge was okay to watch because there was a lot of happening. My advise for people who want to go and see Chicago in the cinema: DON'T. Just buy yourself a ticket for the theatre instead of the cinema.
Gijs
Mu Sa Do (2002)
how bad can it get?
you thought you saw terrible pictures? try this one it's so bad i didn't thought they would allow people to make these kind of white screen thrash. with this picture is the fast forward button even to slow. do yourself a favour and don't put this in your vcr or dvd player, don't rent it, and don't even think about buying it!!!
forget this movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chicago (2002)
terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible and terrible!!!!
Why chicago is in the top 250 all time is for me a question. This is a typical example of why musicals should not be made for the white screen, but just stay in the theater. Moulin rouge was okay to watch because there was a lot of happening. My advise for people who want to go and see Chicago in the cinema: DON'T. Just buy yourself a ticket for the theatre instead of the cinema.
Gijs
Swimfan (2002)
one of the worst movies of 2002!!!
this movie should be banned from the cinema's, cause it's a pollution for the screen. this movie can be told in 5 or 6 sentences; there is a boy who can swim very well and want to be a pro swimmer. he has a nice girlfriend, who stimulates him to go pro when there
are scouts from a university are coming to look at him swim. then there is another girl who is seducing him with succes. she is going to manipulate and blackmail him and she becomes best friends with his girlfriend. i think i told you enough that you can guess how this movie ends. it's even worse than domestic disturbance
greetings gijs :-(
The Transporter (2002)
nice first half, but after the break it's going down hill
I saw this film in a sneak preview, so i didn't konow what to expect. When i saw the name Luc Besson i thought by myself that this could be a nice movie, you remember films like taxi, yamakasi, wasabi or kiss of the dragon.
The story of the transporter is pretty simple; jason statham play's a guy who delivers packages for criminals. He has simple rules that shouldn't be broken, not by the criminals who give him the assignment or himself.
Then he brakes the rule himself, he opens a package. and in that package he finds a chinese girl. from that moment there after the criminals who are smuggling people in containers from asia to france.
this film has disappointed me a bit. When you know the luc besson movies, you expect something fast. this movie is fast but only in the first half after that it's turning into a soft story about trust and real love. So my conclusion is that if you like films from Luc Besson you shouldn't watch this, because it's a little disappointing. if you are a fan of Luc Besson you probably gone watch it any way.
I give this film a 6. greetings to all of you movie lover's
Insomnia (2002)
brilliant movie with a murder that is not the main chapter in the movie
this film is brilliant made. You can almost say that it's a sort of soap movie. Okay the story is simple; someone has killed a girl in a little town in Alaska. You know pretty soon who has done it, but in this film that is not important. What is important in this movie i hear you asking. Well that is the information the detective and the killer give each other. the detective (Al Pacino) has insomnia, because it doesn't turn dark in that place in alaska. So he is paranoia?
I really enjoyed this movie, and i can recommended to everyone who has enough of the simple thrillers and want something new.
greetings from gijs
I like to now your opinion about this movie so if you dare e-mail me at g_dijkman@hotmail.com
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
If you are a skater or you like this sport, you must see this movie
I saw this movie on the lowlands festival (23, 24, 25th of august) after a friend of mine said this is a very cool movie about the history of skating. I didn't now what to expect from this movie. Was it recorded by a couple of skaters who thought they could do a couple of cool tricks, or was it a documentary about skating.
So i went in, after waiting for about an hour, whit out any expectations.
This movie is really a nice piece of work about the beginning of skateboarding. It started with the zephyr team, who where a fine group of surfers. This is taking place in a not so nice area to live in. At a certain point the waves are not so good any more to surf on. So they try something else. skateboarding was a fact.
If you were a part of the zephyr team in that time, you where one of the cool guys/girls. Because a lot of people saw an escape from the place they were living in with the zephyr team. So they were trying all there new tricks now on a skateboard.
In no time skateboarding was popular again. There were a couple of competitions and one national competition. The zephyr team was taking part on several competition and also the national one. But what they were doing on there skateboards was unbelievable. But the jury didn't now how to judge them. So they put the whole skateboarding world on it's head.
Anyway i can tell you the rest of the film/documentary, but you must see this one with you're own eyes. Because then you can feel the vibe of this movie. This movie got a lot of style for me, so i rewarded it with a 8.
Greetings from gijs and the rest of Holland. See you.
Mean Machine (2001)
one of the best remake's ever
people who have seen snatch and lock stock and two smoking barrels must definitly see this movie. the star in this movie is vinnie jones aka danny meehan. he was one of the best soccer players ever until he manipulated a soccer game by buying a referee. he was arrested and started drinking. finally he got in a bar fight and was arrested. and now the story begins. while he is in jail he is asked to join a soccer team from the guards of this prison. one of the highest guards doesn't want this to happen. danny is manipulated to say no to the team of the guards. finally he says that he would like to train a team with the convicts.
one of his excuses is that it might be a good idea because than the guards can train against another team.
THE MEAN MACHINE is a remake of the movie 'the longest yard'. it is pretty rear that i find a remake of a movie better than the original. so if you haven't see this movie and you are a soccer fan or you don't like soccer this movie is a must see movie.
From Hell (2001)
very good film about Jack the ripper with a brilliant role from johnny depp
I hear you thinking;"Oh no, not another movie about Jack the Ripper." But this film gives you a good look of Jack and the mysterie around him. Because nobody can tell for sure that Jack has really lived his life with killing people. So any film about him is pure guessing about what happened.
After you've seen from hell, you can tell people a little bit more about jack, but on the other side you can tell people nothing new about jack. So why is this film then so good? Well first of all the atmosphere they've captured in this film is taking you right back into the past. beside that there is a scene in the film where you see Johnny depp taking drugs with sugar and absint, besides that there is also a lot of opium involved. but all with all it is a very good movie.
so if you haven't seen him this is absolute a must see film.
go and check it out. see ya Gijs
Snatch (2000)
finally a brilliant film from Hollywood
this is probably one of the best films of the last decade.
Snatch is new, refreshing and quick. Probably almost everyone who likes films that are a bit unique have seen this movie already. But still i would like to drop a few lines about this film.
the story is pretty simple; it's all about one stone, a 86-karat diamond and of course the diamond falls in the wrong hands again, and again, and again, etc. everyone want's too have the stone and of course there are fights about the stone. and how does it ends i hear you asking? well it ends.... and i'm not telling you how, just go and see the movie.
this film from Guy Ritchie is perfect. I hope these kind of films are the new trend for the hollywood films, because then there is hope. brad pitt has saved his career with this film, and after seeing the fight club he has become one of my favorite actors. if he keeps making films like snatch and the fight club. the same goes for Vinnie Jones. he just maked a film called the mean machine. it's a remake from the longest yard, and it is very rare that i find a remake of a movie better than the original. go and check it out.
greetings from Gijs and the rest of the Netherlands.
p.s. e-mail me what you think of the movies i wrote about.
Sexy Beast (2000)
perfect british film with some of the great dialogues ever!!!
this is a great example of the British cinema and how much further they are than Hollywood.
The story of Sexy Beast is a very simple story. Gary Dove is a former criminal and now lives in a nice villa in Spain. But then they get a call from Don Logan, and he asks Gary to come to London for one last big job. Gary doesn't want to do this job, but Don doesn't except this. because of old fights and betrayed honour, there begins a heavy battle between them, and ends in a final confrontation.
ok, that is the story. but i hear you think what makes this movie then so great? It's how the whole story fits together the great dialoques in the film. Actually it's the whole film, the suspense, the fear for Don Logan. It's also the surrounding in the film witch makes the film also a bit sticky, and for this picture it is perfect.
So go and see this movie and let me know what you think of it. Because it is one of my favorites. Greetings from Gijs and the rest of Holland. See you.
The Skulls (2000)
nice film, but they good have done more with it!
the skulls is a pretty original movie, but what my problem with this movie is that it is not worked out nicely. they could have done a lot more with it. it starts a little bit slowly, but that is not the problem. that comes in the end. when you're finally in the movie it goes suddenly to quick and ends..... that is not so good, and of course the perfect ending for a sequel. the skulls 2 i have seen it and is worse than the first part. take for instance the slogan on the cover " the most sexy thriller of the year". what do they mean with that, those couple of breasts shot from way to far? i hope not. this film is perfect to rent when you have seen everything in the video-store (including the adult movies, those stories are probably even better than this movie). so that is my review for the skulls 1 + 2. greetings from gijs