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The holiday season is al
ways a great time to go to the
movies because there are usu
ally so many good ones com
ing out. Many movie produc
ers hold their best releases un
til the holidays just to make the
impact. And when’s a better
time to go to the movies than
when you’re on vacation?
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Never Dies
The 18th James Bond
(007) movie came out right be
fore Christmas.
Tomorrow Never Dies
had James Bond trying to pre
vent a wrongly instigated war
between Britain and China by a
power-corrupted media shark.
It was full of the typical 007 gad
gets and secret agent devices
but in my opinion it was not up
to the full standard of the past
17 Bond films. It didn’t have
the excitement level or intricate
plot of the other movies either.
It was good don’t get me wrong,
but just not as good as say,
Goldeneye (which was Pierce
Brosnan’s first Bond film) or
some of the original Sean
Connery movies (which were
the best ones of all)!
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IrecDers
Starship Troopers was
another supposed to be block
buster for the holiday season.
Basically, it was a high-effect
sci-fi movie by the makers of
Robocop in which the people
of the Earth in the future are try
ing the move out to different
planets. They encounter gigan
tic alien insects with very bad
attitudes. Now, the special ef
fects in this
movie were
very good, em
ploying the CGI
type computer
imaging seen in
Jurassic Park
and the re
done Star Wars
trilogy. But the
plot was +defi-
nitely lacking in
many respects.
For one, the
movie was pre
dictable and af
ter a while it
also got a little
boring. You
can only see
people torn
apart by killer
bugs so many
times before
you get tired of
it. Plus there
were points of the movie that
made you want to say “Duh!
Why is this happening?” (like
why they are still using machine
gun-type weapons so far into
the future?) So unless you are
a true die-hard science fiction
fan, or are just watching it for
the special effects, you may not
enjoy this movie as much as you
thought.
Anastasia
Anastasia was a new ani
mated feature brought out right
before Thanksgiving. Now this
movie was good. Made in the
same style as The Land Before
Time and An American Tale, the
basic point of this movie was
an orphan girl trying to find her
fiunily meets up with a con art
ist who tries to pass her off as a
long lost princess to collect on
a fortune. What he doesn’t
know is that she really is the
princess. This movie was light
hearted, and had almost a
Disney feel to it. The songs
were well written, and the ani
mation was superb. 1 really liked
this movie. At the same time to
bite in to profits made from this
movie, Disney held a re-release
of The Little Mermaid. Now I
know just about all of you have
seen this movie, but it’s still one
of Disney’s best. It definitely
hurt Anastasia’s success, but
not enough to have a major im
pact.
Titaric
Titanic was a major hit in
theaters this month. Aside from
being a little long (3+ hours), it
was a great movie. Of course.
you knew
the ending
(how could
you not),
but the en
tire plot of
the movie
before it
ended was
incredible.
Basically it
was about
two people
who fall in
love during
the Titanic’s
famous voy
age. The
only problem
was that
they were of
two different
social
classes.
One a high
class socialite, the other of a
lower class who was shunned
by the higher. But through all
obstacles and problems
brought on by their differences,
they still managed to fall in love.
It was well written and well
acted. Kate Winslet and
Leonardo Di Caprio worked well
together, and I think it‘s a movie
that anyone can enjoy.
Scream 2
Scream! was an awaited
release also. Utilizing the
movie-within- a- movie plot,
and bringing a number of the
cast members back-as well as a
few new ones (since most of the
original ones died in the first
movie), it once again took up
its role as a surprise popping,
on the edge of your seat, slice
‘em and dice‘em movie. Some
people thought that it was bet
ter than the original. Person
ally, I won’t say better, but I will
say at least as good.
Heme Aiere 3
Please-don’t even get me
started on how terrible this
movie was. God forbid some
one writes a new plot! Same
thing, though, some disgust
ingly cute little kid is at home
along and defends his house
from thieves using a variety of
makeshift, around the home
type booby traps. Whoopee-
the only thing that could have
made this worse would be if
Macauly Culkin had done it.
Then 1 probably would have slit
my wrists right there in the the
ater. Our only hope is that this
will be the death of the series.
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Flutter was also re
leased as a new version of the
black and white Disney classic.
Starring Robin Williams (who is
true to his usual standards of
hilarity), and about a ton of ani
mated green glop, it was one of
the best of the season. Playing
the Absent Minded professor,
Robin Williams invented a new
type of substance with remark
able elastic and rubber-like
qualities. The movie then pro
ceeds to show all the hilarity
that follows when Flutter takes
off. With great special effects
and a good supporting cast, it
was one of the holiday season’s
top releases.
Anyway, that all from me
for now. More next time from
the world of Hollywood. I’m
outta here!
by Mike Romano