Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Viewed: April 29th, 2005

Anyone in it: Not that I know of

Plot: Earth will be destroyed by aliens, who want to turn the area where Earth is into a highway.

Comments: Truth be told, it was a very poor movie. Watching past the first 15 minutes, it made me realize how much I want them to hurry up and get RED DWARF: THE MOVIE out to theatres. It felt as if it were a very poor fan film for Red Dwarf. It was terrible. It had high potential and then just let me down.

Grade: D-

Theatre or rental: Not even a rental, but I'll leave that up to you.

The Interpreter

Viewed: April 22, 2005

Anyone in it: Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman

Plot: An assassination attempt on an African big shot. Who foils the plans? Duh Duh Duh: The interpreter oh and a secret service agent, duh duh duh.

Comment: Besides the fact that by the end it was becoming a love interest, it was very good. For the first hour and a half, it kept a good level of viewing. I mean it stayed one way. I don't like sitting much, so I was moving around in my chair. It kept me in it, I'll give it that. This is one of those movies, where they show you who the person that is going to do the job is, but, they harness it and make you go other directions and make you not think about certain stuff until later when it is crucial. It was written very well. Now the last 45 minutes, was all set up. You knew, you knew, can't say it enough, you knew what was going to happen how it was going to end, but then it twists you into another story plot, well done, I would like to say, but then it goes back to Scott's plan, "I know what's going to happen, and it sucks, because if I say anything, people would hurt me." DUH! Don't say anything, sheesh. Kidding Scott. You did state that, not a direct quote, but a quote none the less.

Rating: 90 percent = B+, high B+ hooray for the extra plot.

Theatre or rent: This is a movie to view at the theatre. It's a question of how much money you have and are willing to spend. If not much, well, then I have to say, wait for it to come out at a rental store and pay however much it is to rent. I actually may buy it, but I have other movies I would want to own.

SAHARA

Who's in it: Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, and other guy.

Plot: Find a very old battle ship. That's it. Treasure hunt.

Comments: The timing on this movie was not good. It came out just months after National Treasure was out. This movie didn't have too many flaws for what it was seeking. It was just not timed correctly. If waited one more year, it may have done very well. It was first in box office, but it could have done much better.

Rating: B

Theatre or rent: Tough one to choose, people who liked National Treasure should or shouldn't see it. If you like adventure, it's not bad. If not, then wait six months to rent it.

Ladder 49

Viewed: 4.11.05 (Rental)
Anyone in it:

Comment: I was so disappointed with this flick. It was not all that good as everyone made it out to be. It could have been done a lot better than it had been.

Rating: C

Dodgeball

Viewed: 4.10.05 (Rental)
Abyone in it:

Comment: Awful. There were two spots that made me laugh. Two. The rest of the film was just torture.

Rating: D-

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

Viewed: I think in April '05
Anyone in it: Yes, what's her name is

Comment: The whole movie I felt like she was going to be making amends with her ex, or at least meet somebody. So, the attempt made to make this a buddy buddy film just didn't work with me. If they toned down the ex moments, the film would have been much better. This one seemed more appealing to watch than the first, but according to my chick flick fan girlfriend, it was ok but the first one was better. In comparison, this one has less comedy to it. I also didn't find the humor of her snorting as amusing as the audience took it. However, as far as chick flicks go, this one is pretty easy, due in part to the fact that there isn't any romantic elements and the goosh factor is minimal. It's not overly exciting, but it's tough to truly have any beef with it. I'm guessing one more may come and that will be all. One that will have a happy charming ending too I'll bet. It's ok, but your not missing much if you didn't see it.

Rating: C

FEVER PITCH

Viewed: April 8th.

Anyone in it: Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon

Plot: Girl meets guy, and what happens when you find out how much he loves the game of baseball and specifically, the RED SOX.

Comments: Surprisingly, this turned out to be a good movie. Jimmy Fallon really went indepth on what is to be a Red Sox fan in Boston. I thought this movie was about him, turned out to be about Drew Barrymore and her character looking for true love. Later on it finally mixed together to be about each other; which is better than being one sided, like the standees show at the cinemas. Come on, it's both of them and they have Drew Barrymore in the middle and Jimmy Fallon is not in the picture as much.

Grade: C+, unless a baseball fan, then B+

Theatre or rent: Baseball lovers see it at the theatre, not a sports person, rent it.