MJB784
Hey, my name is Michael, I was born on July 10, 1984 and I have been a big movie fan all my life!
WHAT MAKES A MOVIE GREAT?: Every scene needs to be looked at in two different ways. One way is what the scene is about and the other way is how the scene is filmed. I think a great movie is when the story has a lot to say and the film making is realistic.
WHAT MAKES A MOVIE MY FAVORITE: When I feel it's perfect on all levels of filmmaking.
REASONS WHY IT MATTERS WHAT YOU SEE:
1. Nobody knew what a movie was when they first saw a movie and they enjoyed it because it was filled with images they've never seen before. Then over the years, they lost the memories and didn't gain much knowledge since they started judging movies over what year it came out or what the genre is and all of the above have good movies and bad movies. So keep the memories from when you first saw a movie and gain the knowledge at the same time. That way it's a win-win situation.
2. You will never get your time back no matter what movie you see.
3. There's thousands of movies made and you won't see every one.
4. The winning team, in terms of movies, are not the majority. It's the one that paid the most attention.
I watch movies from nearly every genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film-Noir, Foreign Films, Gangster, Horror, Martial Arts, Musical, Natural Disaster, Romance, Samurai, Science Fiction, Silent Movies, Sports, Spy Movies, Superhero movies, Suspense, War, Western
I ENJOYED EVERY MOVIE FROM THE FOLLOWING SERIES':
All three BATMAN/DARK KNIGHT's
All three GODFATHER's
All four LETHAL WEAPON's
All three LORD OF THE RINGS
All six MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE's
All five RAMBO's
All three THREE COLORS TRILOGY
All four TOY STORY's
Films I've changed my mind on:
Absolute Power (was: 5/10 now: 8/10), Adam's Rib (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), After Life (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), All of Me (was: 8/10 now: 9/10), Amarcord (was: 9/10 now: 6/10), American Graffiti (was: 9/10 now: 5/10), The Animal (was: 7/10 now: 3/10), Annie Hall (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Apartment (was: 9/10 now: 5/10), Apocalypse Now (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Arsenic and Old Lace (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Bananas (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Bank Dick (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Barbarella (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), Batman Forever (was: 6/10 now: 7/10), Beguiled (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), The Birds (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Black Swan (was: 8/10 now: 9/10), Blade (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Blood Work (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), Bringing Up Baby (was: 9/10 now: 10/10), Broadway Danny Rose (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Bronco Billy (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), Buck Privates Come Home (was: 7/10 now: 9/10), Cape Fear (1991) (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), Chain Reaction (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Changeling (was: 8/10 now: 9/10), Cheetah (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Child's Play 2 (was: 5/10 now: 6/10), Cobb (was: 6/10 now: 8/10), Coconuts (was: 6/10 now: 5/10), Conan the Barbarian (1982) (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Coogan's Bluff (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Crimes and Misdemeanors (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Deep Red (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), Deliverance (was: 8/10 now: 5/10), Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (was: 5/10 now: 7/10), Die Another Day (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), Die Hard (was: 5/10 now: 8/10), Dinosaur (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), Dirty Dozen (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Doc Hollywood (was: 6/10 now: 7/10), Down to Earth (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Dr. No (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Dumb and Dumber (was: 6/10 now: 7/10), East of Eden (was: 9/10 now: 6/10), Edge of Darkness (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), Eiger Sanction (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), El Mariachi (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), The Enforcer (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Escape From Alcatraz (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Exorcist (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Fantasia (was: 9/10 now: 6/10), Fast and the Furious (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), F For Fake (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), Firefox (was: 4/10 now: 5/10), Fistful of Dollars (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), Flags of Our Fathers (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), For a Few Dollars More (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Forbidden Games (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Forbidden Planet (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Freaks (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), French Connection (was: 9/10 now: 5/10), Friends With Money (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Fun With Dick and Jane (2005) (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Gangs of New York (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Giant (was: 9/10 now: 5/10), Godzilla (2014) (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Goldeneye (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), The Good Shepherd (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Good the Bad and the Ugly (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Grandma's Boy (1922) (was: 7/10 now: 8/10), Great Muppet Caper (was: 7/10 now: 8/10), Hang Em High (was: 6/10 now: 5/10), Heartbreak Ridge (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), Hellraiser (was: 7/10 now: 4/10), High Plains Drifter (was: 7/10 now: 8/10), Holiday (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Horton Hears a Who (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Husbands and Wives (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Inception (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), In Cold Blood (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), Insidious (was: 7/10 now: 8/10), Inspector Gadget (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), In the Navy (was: 6/10 now: 7/10), It Happened One Night (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), It's a Gift (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), Jack (was: 7/10 now: 4/10), Jackie Brown (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), Jezebel (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Jingle All the Way (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), King Kong (1933) (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Knowing (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), L.A. Confidential (was: 9/10 now: 10/10), Last Samurai (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Laura (was: 9/10 now: 6/10), Lethal Weapon 2 (was: 7/10 now: 8/10), Lifeboat (was: 8/10 now: 5/10), Life of David Gale (was: 7/10 now: 4/10), Little Mermaid (was: 7/10 now: 8/10), Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Lost Weekend (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Love and Death (was: 8/10 now: 9/10), M (was: 9/10 now: 7/10) Mad Max (was: 8/10 now: 5/10), Magnolia (was: 9/10 now: 10/10), Manhattan (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Manhattan Murder Mystery (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Matinee (was: 6/10 now: 7/10), Matrix Reloaded (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Mean Streets (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), Megamind (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Milky Way (1936) (was: 5/10 now: 7/10), Millions (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Mission (was: 9/10 now: 6/10), Mister Roberts (was: 9/10 now: 5/10), Monster House (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), My Fellow Americans (was: 6/10 now: 3/10), Naughty Nineties (was: 5/10 now: 7/10), Never Ending Story (was: 9/10 now: 6/10), Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (was: 6/10 now: 4/10), Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child (was: 4/10 now: 5/10), Night of the Hunter (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Night of the Living Dead (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), North by Northwest (was: 8/10 now: 9/10), Oh Heavenly Dog (was: 8/10 now: 5/10), Oliver and Company (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Once Upon a Time in America (was: 7/10 now: 9/10), One Hour Photo (was: 8/10 now: 9/10), Open Water (was: 8/10 now: 5/10), Our Hospitality (was: 9/10 now: 5/10), Passenger 57 (was: 7/10 now: 4/10), Patch Adams (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Peter Pan (1953) (was: 7/10 now: 9/10), Pi (was: 10/10 now: 9/10), Planet of the Apes (1968) (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Play It Again Sam (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), Play Misty For Me (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), Psycho (1960) (was: 9/10 now: 10/10), Pulp Fiction (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Purple Rose of Cairo (was: 9/10 now: 10/10), Radio Days (was: 8/10 now: 9/10), Raging Bull (was: 8/10 now 7/10), Rear Window (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Rebecca (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Rebel Without a Cause (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Road Warrior (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Rocky (was: 9/10 now: 5/10), Rocky Horror Picture Show (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Run Lola Run (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), Rushmore (was: 7/10 now: 9/10), Ruthless People (was: 6/10 now: 7/10), Saboteur (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Schindler's List (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), School of Rock (was: 7/10 now: 8/10), Seabiscuit (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), Serpico (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Seventh Seal (was: 9/10 now: 6/10), Shadow of a Doubt (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Shawshank Redemption (was: 7/10 now: 8/10), She's Out of My League (was: 8/10 now: 5/10), Sideways (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Sinbad: The Legend of the Seven Seas (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Singin in the Rain (was: 9/10 now: 10/10), Sleeper (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Spellbound (1946) (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Spirit of St Louis (was: 9/10 now: 5/10), Spy Kids (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), Spy Kids 2 (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Stardust Memories (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Stepmom (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Sunset Boulevard (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Survivors (was: 6/10 now: 3/10), Suspicion (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Suspiria (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Sweet and Lowdown (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), Swing Time (was: 5/10 now: 8/10), Tarzan (1999) (was: 8/10 now: 9/10), Terminator (was:9/10 now: 8/10), Thank You For Smoking (was: 8/10 now: 9/10), That Thing You Do (was: 8/10 now: 9/10), Them (was: 7/10 now: 6/10), 39 Steps (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Thunderball (was: 6/10 now: 5/10), Top Hat (was: 7/10 now: 8/10), Trading Places (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Treasure of the Sierra Madre (was: 9/10 now: 6/10), UHF (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Unbreakable (was: 8/10 now: 5/10), Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (was: 8/10 now: 9/10), What About Bob? (was: 7/10 now: 8/10), What Dreams May Come (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), When Harry Met Sally (was: 7/10 now: 8/10), Where Eagles Dare (was: 8/10 now: 6/10), Wild Bunch (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (was: 8/10 now: 7/10), Witness (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Wolfman (2010) (was: 9/10 now: 8/10), World Is Not Enough (was: 7/10 now: 5/10), Yankee Doodle Dandy (was: 9/10 now: 7/10), Zelig (was: 7/10 now: 5/10)
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Reviews
Cop Land (1997)
I'm not sure how the stories came together.
I found it uneven. I liked the performances, but didn't think the stories came together. I also don't know what some of the characters had to do with anything. Well made, but not as well written. The nephew faked suicide? How do you fake jumping off a bridge when others were there? Also, his Uncle wanted to kill him later by drowning him in a jacuzzi? The partner played by Ray Liotta didn't do anything to be his partner either. It felt like a Martin Scorsese movie since many of the actors worked together in a Scorsese movie. There was a flashback of Stallone's character diving after a car in the lake and they didn't explain its importance to the rest of the movie. I feel scenes were deleted.
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)
Another good Adam Sandler movie on Netflix.
I watched You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah. Sandler has a supporting role as a father of three whose daughter is having her bat mitzvah and her dreams and feelings about being an adult and remembering her hav Torah is being tested when her best friend is going out with her crush. She also doesn't want to invite her and finds ways to embarrass her and ruin her friend's Bat Mitzvah since she was invited before these issues occurred. This is more of a dramatic comedy with the comedy from Adam, of course. There is a Hebrew school teacher who is quite funny also, but most of this is about the daughter's pressure in life.
Hustle (2022)
Adam Sandler is the assistant coach.
I watched a good basketball movie yesterday on Netflix. It's about a basketball scout who recently was promoted to assistant coach and has found an extraordinary new player to join the Philadelphia 76ers. There are some secrets about the player and about how the assistant's boss won't let him play because of how rough he is. It's a dramatic comedy where the comedy is in the main character without being relevant to the story, but it was still funny stuff. Many real life basketball players appear as themselves. I don't remember most of them, but Shaq appears for commentary on television in one scene.
Murder Mystery (2019)
I recommend this.
Adam Sandler made another movie that I like. It's called Murder Mystery. Here it shows the sweet side of Adam Sandler where he isn't disgusting or overly angry. He costars with Jennifer Aniston as they play a married couple who are on vacation in Europe for their 15th wedding anniversary and are involved in espionage after a billionaire on a cruise ship is murdered. Sandler is a detective and Aniston a hairdresser. There were funny moments and good action scenes. The murder story was a little typical with standard framings, but entertaining still. I hope I enjoy the sequel. I'm surprised this was on Netflix the same year Uncut Gems was in theaters.
Leo (2023)
Leo was both funny and colorful.
Leo was a clever animated movie about a lizard named Leo voiced by Sandler who has been in the same tank at school with a Turtle for decades. He's going to turn 75 soon and feels he's going to die. He is taken home by a different student each week and reveals his secret that he talks. Soon, he discovers he has friends with the other classmates and tells them not to reveal the secret that he can talk. He also makes a friend out of the substitute teacher. Their original teacher is on leave for pregnancy. Of course, it's a little predictable, but the dialogue and slapstick is mostly funny and the animation is very descriptive in its designs and colors. It was also well paced.
The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
How ridiculous.
I saw Heartbreak Kid, which Jerry Seinfeld said was the greatest comedy in the history of cinema. He said no debate. He mentioned Heartbreak Kid, The Graduate, In Laws and A Night at the Opera. I found it mostly boring and it didn't feel like a comedy. I honestly don't feel like it was intending to be funny. It felt more dramatic except when the first bride had suntan lotion all over herself. Charles Grodin and writer Niel Simon did better comedies with Lonely Guy and Seems Like Old Times. A Night at the Opera has more laughs in one scene than all of Heartbreak Kid unless it's a musical number.
Nosferatu (2024)
I felt kind of split about Nosferatu.
The production design, lighting, makeup and special effects were very professional. The moments when Nosferatu was on camera were clearly the best and most effective scenes in the movie. The human characters were flat and certain aspects weren't explained. I don't know what the opening where another woman is possessed by the vampire had to do with the rest taking place years later. I would like to know how the vampire can possess and put a spell on someone miles away. The old man in the ship that turned evil and went to the institution where he ate a live pigeon's head wasn't explained. The two lovers weren't interesting either.
The Monkey (2025)
Not as scary or cohesive.
I saw The Monkey and didn't feel it was a big deal. I will say it was more impressive than Longlegs, but the script disappointed me. We don't know how the monkey was built and why or how it can never die even when torn apart. It wasn't scary and there were a few laughs, but not many. The dream sequences were cool, but there's no payoff. Why would anyone build or own this toy? The story doesn't explain why the monkey chooses who it feels like to die. No explanation of the opening scene; no recapping later since it goes to flashbacks and doesn't return to its first scene. A better story would've matched it's impressive kills.
Halloween (2007)
I found the remake better in repeat viewings.
While I liked it before, the repeat viewings are more engaging. The backstory of Michael Myers as a child answers more about the family and explains more of his time in the psychiatric ward. While I like the childhood scenes, I don't love them since the murdering of animals seems unnecessary and ugly without being scary. Also, the scenes in the ward are sometimes slow, but the rest of his childhood story is convincing. Even better are the later scenes when he's the traditional Michael Myers we know and the scenes are scarier and don't drag. The character story of Laurie Strode is stronger, too. While I still like the original, this is more intense and adds more story.
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
It feels like it should stay as a play.
I Ought to Be In Pictures was mostly boring. It's about a teenager who goes from New York to Hollywood for acting in the film business and also to be in touch with her dad that she hasn't seen since she was three years old because of a divorce. The relationships weren't anything memorable and there were a few laughs and it kind of ended how it began where not much was accomplished. I was hoping for better because the screenplay is by Neil Simon and the director is Herbert Ross who also directed Simon's The Sunshine Boys with Walter Matthau also in it. Ann-Margret plays Walter's girlfriend and while the performances did their best, the script isn't about much.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
The original had better pace and supporting characters.
I recommend the movie. The villains were well done, but the human characters aside from Wallace weren't given much to do or say and the climax seemed a little too fast and forced. I do like the story, surprises (aside from a few forced scenes in the last 10 or so minutes) and the comedy. If the climax was better written and the pacing was better with the brief human supporting characters (who should've had more to do), I would've like it more. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit had a better pace and climax and better written side characters, but both had enjoyable stories, main characters and laughs.
Nuclear Now (2022)
We need fire, but not as often.
Nuclear molecules were from Uranium and Atoms. They talk about that and how it was around in WW1 through submarines. It became more useful over the years and the Uranium is healthier to run other engines than coal. It's a lot of information though. They discuss the pros and cons of each country and certain gases and electricity are harming our world and burning more coal, yet coal is still important because of fire without arson fires. He says China is using too much coal sent to America. The irony is, firefighters won't have a job without out of control fires unless alarms go off without fires.
Red One (2024)
The action scenes were cool, but this needed a rewrite.
It was visually a lot of fun to look at, but with too much going on, it was hard to follow. There were too many villains and the main character played by Chris Evans isn't entirely clear in terms of why he was such a jerk for so many years. He is already seen as the culprit who kidnapped Santa Claus when he wasn't and he says he is a bounty hunter for different organizations. How so? Also, the evil witch has an odd way of trapping everyone who is naughty by forcing everyone in snow globes. Does that include those of different religions? The snowman monsters were cool, but irrelevant and the scenes with Krampus and his world felt self contained and too familiar to LOTR.
Saturday Night (2024)
Mostly fun and entertaining, but no classic.
I enjoyed Saturday Night, but not as much as I hoped. It was a little repetitive that Lorne Michaels was having so many problems on the show. There were good laughs and convincing performances of all the main characters/actors we watched, but there could've been a little more to it then the final 2 hours or so before the show aired it's first episode. I would've liked to know where Lorne Michaels had the idea of Saturday Night Live and what he produced before. It was mostly entertaining with good laughs, but kind of claustrophobic being in a sound stage almost always with a few scenes outdoors.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
The original was better.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was very uneven. On the positive side, there were some laughs and good special effects. There was also a good opening of Lydia and how she returned to the same house in the original. The returning characters were entertaining, but the new characters seemed underwritten. The daughter of Lydia named Astrid doesn't want anything to do with her family and Lydia's husband isn't discussed much. There's also a subplot of her getting re-married to another guy which isn't a well written character either. Beetlejuice's purpose is for Lydia to find her daughter after a twist in the story that seemed interesting as an idea with a relationship involving Astrid, but the personalities of the boy and his parents aren't memorable either. The pacing meanders from good to blah and there's another subplot involving another woman after Beetlejuice. I will say the flashbacks of Beetlejuice and this new character is quite interesting and I wish there was more of them.
Jackpot! (2024)
Awkwafina is Jackie Chan and Chris Farley in one.
Jackpot was a crazy, fun movie with lots of energy and excitement. It doesn't all add up, but was entertaining. It was an action comedy about an actress who recently moved to Los Angeles in 2030 and there's a rule where if you win the lottery, various people are allowed to hunt you down and fight you for the money unless you leave the city or make it in 24 hours. An agent helps her since she's new in town and didn't know the rules. Although, we never saw her enter a lottery ticket in the first place. It was an exciting cross between a Jackie Chan movie and The Most Dangerous Game. Lottery was 3.6 billion.
Longlegs (2024)
Longlegs was as overrated as Talk to Me.
What was so good about this movie? Not much scary happened and there's no explanation of the character Nicolas Cage plays being dressed as a creepy old woman who murders various people who's birthday is on the thirteenth or in need of an accomplice. The twist of who the accomplice was didn't surprise me and the ending doesn't seem clear that the girl's parents aren't concerned about what's happening in their house or how out of breath Lee is when she arrives at the house. The nickname Longlegs doesn't seem explained and the story takes place from the 60s to the 90s, but with no need. I do like Cage's performance and look as a sort of older, more feminine Buffalo Bill, but we don't know much about him or why he was in Lee's house to leave a birthday card with a message on it. How did he/she get in and why didn't he/she harm Lee? There were some good visuals, but the script is disappointing.
Oppenheimer (2023)
It was good, but not as good as I hoped.
Downey Jr's character wasn't clear. The character was at first for and then against Oppenheimer's idea of an atomic bomb as well as discussing a hydraulic bomb. We don't really know what Albert Einstein had to do with it either. However, I really enjoyed the filmmaking when they showed us quantum physics from the sun and air molecules and particles since he was an expert scientist, but clumsy. I liked that the future tense scenes were in black and white and past tense scenes in color. The pacing was fine, but some of the writing was a little repetitive, not in terms of slowness. I was happy to see it, but not thrilled.
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Quack along with the original Mighty Ducks movie.
Walt Disney's hit film The Mighty Ducks returns to the big screen when the director directs D2: The Mighty Ducks which has story to it. Although, it's kind of like the exact same story as the first; all except that the original team starts out in the beginning of the film and this Mighty Ducks film has new players to it. Now, the slapstick in the film is nothing you can laugh at. In fact, it's not even funny. It's boring and I didn't care about it as well. The laughs (which really don't have laughs) in this film are no different than what Macaulay Culkin would of used if there's another Home Alone sequel.
Poltergeist (1982)
The effects are undefeated!
Superb special effects has really gotten this decent horror movie to work. An everyday suburban family appear to have ghosts, who came from the T. V., turning their house into living hell. Later on in Poltergeist, the invaders suddenly put the family's little 4 year old, blond haired girl into the family's T. V. Then, the family gets experts who try to deal with poltergeists easily. Poltergeist is a well done horror movie with actors Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams making it work. Though the movie contains an ending sequence that doesn't make any sense. Poltergeist really isn't for kids just because it's rated PG. I mean it.
A League of Their Own (1992)
Jimmy realizes that he has a team.
Geena Davis stars as a baseball player and her sister thinks that she's a big shot just because Kitt isn't good. Meanwhile, a baseball scout (Jon Lovitz) makes both Kitt and Dotty (Lori Petty and Geena Davis) join a baseball team. Later on in the film, their coach Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) acts like a hot shot as well. This dramatic comedy is good to see with the family. Especially Tom Hanks' character, the way his actions are. Then, Jimmy cares not only about himself and he realizes to do the best he can with his team. You won't know if the team won the national championships in baseball or not.
True Lies (1994)
Violence.
Entertaining and perfectly violent James Cameron/Arnold Schwarzenegger production has Arnold play a CIA agent who teams up with actor Tom Arnold. Anyway, his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), who just thought her husband was a meek and stressed out computer salesman, is having an affair with an enemy of Arnold's. The movie never runs out of steam with so-so special effects (which were nominated at the Awards ceremony). Though, Cameron lacks some of the violence behind when he throws in some cheap jokes. Even a scene in which Arnold rides an airplane is fairly lame. Special Appearance by Charleton Heston.
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
The plane still boards.
Luckily, the creators didn't do anything to the Airplane sequel, which wasn't crummy, but needs improvement from their story and script. It's now about the same characters, all except Leslie Nielsen and Lloyd Bridges who boarded to Chicago now boards once again, so that they could go up in space. Pretty weird. Isn't it? The good thing about this film is that at least most of the characters or actions don't change, but they need funnier laughs adding to the script. Well, going on the plane the first time for the original Airplane film is better than appearing on the plane the second time for Airplane II: The Sequel.
The Great Outdoors (1988)
A silly movie.
John Candy and Dan Aykroyd team up just like they do in The Blues Brothers. They now team up in The Great Outdoors, that's really not that funny, but has funny actions in slapstick. When John Candy and his family plan to have a vacation in the big woods, they enter the great outdoors. After Candy and his family are there, his brother in law (Dan Aykroyd) and his family follow them so he could give Candy a million dollar check. When Aykroyd enters, he makes Candy act like Aykroyd is the Great Outdoors for problems speaking of the title. It's not that funny to laugh at, but it has its advantages.
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
Kids will like it.
Based on the cartoon TV series that used to be on Disney Afternoon. Now, it appears on the big screen and like always, it's nothing different. It always talks about money. When this movie starts off, Uncle Scrooge tries to find a secret lamp with his three nephews. As Scrooge finds it, trouble pops about and they lose the lamp. Although, the three nephews save it, but Uncle Scrooge doesn't know it. Then, a villain who transforms into stuff trues to get the lamp and vanish Scrooge and his nephews. The movie is kind of like another Raiders of the Lost Ark film from some adventurous stuff as well.