Really fun. A joyride of a film. Not the greatest acting ever but extremely well cast with humor and purpose and enough ups and down and goings wrong to make the whole thing excruciatingly interesting to watch.

I  truly enjoyed this film.  The action fights and chase scenes were great.  I loved how they used hand held camera's.  It really made the film more exciting to watch.  It was fun tracking the world from Turin to Tangiers to Waterloo Station in London.  I was on the edge of my seat most of the film.  The audience was packed and they continually cheered on Jason Bourne (Matt Damon). 

I was happy they didn't make this movie into a sappy love story.  Bourne Ultimatum is a clever, athletic, scary and exhilarating  film.  Jason Bourne is our American Version of James Bond.

Convoluted. Attractive people but the plot is just too much going on and you can easily get lost along the way.

Soooo good. Great story well acted. Beautifully done.

It's one of the best!

Yes it's great to look at and so what?

The problem I had with this movie is trying to decide what it's about.

I know the plot. A man ages backwards. So? What does he learn from the experience? What does he feel about it? Is he happy? Is he mad? What insight has he gained or lost? Dunno. BRAD PITT plays him in neutral. Even when he finally meets his real father who gave him away for looking so wrinkled as a baby he has nothing to say to the guy. Kick his butt, dude!

Remember the epic poem “HIAWATHA”?

Remember how Hiawatha paddles to her village and she paddles to his and they miss each other because there is an island in the stream and they paddling on opposite sides of the island. Each going to a certain death when they reach each other ones village. I think that was “Hiawatha.” Anyway the point is that was touching and very much like life itself because you felt the tragedy of lovers passing in different directions. This is a story of two lovers who get together on that island and have at it.

CATE BLANCHETT wishes she could dance line that. Who ever was the stunt butt in this movie was excellent. Cate is once again outstanding. She meets the old Benjamin when she is a little girl and then ages in his direction. They are a classic screen couple. She gives him intelligence and grace. He gives her youthfulness and sex appeal.

“Thus the youthful Hiawatha
Said within himself and pondered,

Much perplexed by various feelings,
Listless, longing, hoping, fearing,
Dreaming still of Minnehaha,
Of the lovely Laughing Water,
In the land of the Dacotahs.”

The same guy that wrote this wrote the screen play “FOREST GUMP.” It is more than a little bit Gumpy. Or Gumpified. Whistfully logic-less. Your tempted to ask “did you shoot it in reverse sequence?

But it is still an interesting and fascinating movie. The special effects are sensation and the lovers are well matched.

Still I left with a hollow feeling. Why is this story worth telling?

Everyone who has ever grown up different then the other kids knows the feeling of being an outcast. It is upsetting until you realize what a tremendous advantage it is. But we never see any of that.

But it is a good yarn well told and amazing to look at.

Not for me. It was too complicated.

Why would this guy care about Earth? It is dumb and gets no better.

Not to see!

Beautifully shot, combines tenderness, seduction, restraint and mystery to make for an enchanting if unfulled movie.

Long slow shots that build and often little use of dialogue.

You may have heard the plot before “There are three people in this relationship.” KIRERA KNIGHTLY negotiates her way through being the party on the out in a bad marriage that leads her into a desperately wrong affair. Of course we are immediately put to mind of Princess Diana. Yet different.

Good love story told discreetly with tons of passion. Not entirety satisfactory but it keeps it's promise to correctly portray it's century.

Restrained performance from Kiera Knightly gives us some real insight into the times a troubles.

Pulls you in and keeps you going .... good movie

Please stop making these movies!

What the hell is this mishmash? Conquistadors in space? This is a serious movie concerning death and life and oh my god what in the world did I just watch?

And how can you make a good conquistador movie without GILBERT ROLAND?

This travesty is in three parts. Three separate stories starring the same two actors, HUGH JACKMAN and RACHEL WIEST. Number one (although it's all number one) concerns a scientist seeking to cure brain cancer who coincidentally has a wife dieing of the same. So much for scientific objectivity. The answer of course is: just add bark from a tree! The tree ... you guessed it ... from the fountain of youth! It's somewhere in South America, you just take a left at Jonesville. Anyway this part is contrived, preposterous and unfortunately the best part of the movie.

Then we have the conquistador part. The queen is in trouble so she sends her favorite warrior/explorer to South America to find ... the fountain of youth! No wonder Spain had such a limited foreign policy in the 1600's. That part at least is colorful but weird. It contains an image I am still trying to get out of my head. Hugh sucks the sap from the tree as out it spews in all it's creamy whiteness. But when they cut to a close-up of Hugh, there is nothing around his mouth. That's because the audience would have laughed hysterically to see what would have appeared to be a face full of come! Anyway he then spews forth with a mouth full of flowers and ... well you get the picture.

The third part is the scene that got left on the cutting room floor from "2001, A SPACE ODYSSEY." It's Hugh dressed in white, his head shaved, floating in a bubble. Need I go on? Usually I don't reveal the story line in a review but I'm sparing you seeing this. It's science fiction dribble without the ray guns. I love Rachel and Hugh's okay but perhaps this one was better left as a tree that remained unplanted.

My lord there are so many movies in this movie. I saw a little “HARRY POTTER” and a dash of “LORD OF THE RINGS”, adding a slice of “NARNIA”, along with a huge helping of “STAR WARS”, topped off by “THE WIZARD OF OZ.”

Had heart and made you think!

This is the best comedy of the year … so far.

wildaboutmovies 06/04/2009

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Oh yeah!

It's so good! Really funny all the way through.

I guess every ten years RICHARD GEER stars in a good movie. And in this one he really delivers.

"THE HOAX" finds Richard playing to the actors strong suit ... a charlatan. He plays a man who tells one lie, then tells another and the lies begin snowballing; getting deeper and deeper into covering himself up until his fate is sealed. Based on the real life saga of author CLIFFORD IRVING who pretended to be in contact with the ultra reclusive HOWARD HUGHES. Clifford pulled a fast one by selling the rights to a Hughes autobiography committing multiple felonies and writers suicide.

The truth was the real Richard Irving just couldn't cut it as a novelist and yet the man was so intensely drawn toward the flame of fame that he burned himself up in it by becoming a professional fake. He got exposed when his mistress, the some times actress and Danish countess NINA VAN PALLANDT, revealed Clifford was shacked up with her at the time he claimed to be with Howard in Mexico. Plus Mister Hughes wasn't really thrilled when he heard the news he'd written a book.

Everyone knows that story but this movie turns the affair into a high spirited adventure. Movie holds your interest to the last with some good comic touches. And you get caught up in the whole schemer about the scam. Does get a little caught up in the  "CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND" or "A BEAUTIFUL MIND" with it's conspiracy type, CIA guys breaking down the door in the middle of the night. But not for long.

Great sets and costumes that make you feel the whole early 70's vibe. A lot of effort went into getting it right and they succeeded.

Excellent performances by the always wonderful ALFRED MOLINA. Also terrif are HOPE DAVIS, MARCIA GAY and JULIE DELPHI as Nina Van Pallandt. I had lunch with Miss Palandt in the late 70's and she truly was the kind of woman that could make a Bishop kick out a stain glass window. Interestingly the real life Nina was one of the women Richard acted with in "AMERICAN GIGOLO."

This is an adult movie and thank god for them. You don't have to remember 1971 but you will get the feel of the times.

Hostel 2 is basically Hostel 1 all over again only this time we get to see it from a girls perception.  To save you time just imagine Jay Hernandez as a girl and there you go.  Eli Roth missed with this one.

We loved this movie! The girl who plays the lead is really good. This is just the kind of film I needed. Not to gross or stupid.

The characters were really great!

I love ANNA FERRIS! She knocks it out of the park in this trifle.

At last a comedy I can get behind (insert your own joke here.)

You may recall the chesty lil’ blonde in "BEST FRIENDS" and "SCARY MOVIE" that she played to the hilt. As far as comedy is concerned, Anna can cut it! The audience I saw it with was evenly divided among males and females and everyone laughed.

The movie is a bit silly and would have been out of date ten years ago but things have come around. This is written by the same women who brought you "LEGALLY BLOND" and they have basically extended the formula.

A ditzy blond gets booted out of the Playboy Mansion and into the world of Sororities. Of course the nasty girls don't want her so she gets involved with the the campus geeks.

There are some great comedic contributions and this little whiff of nothing gets going and has fun along the way. "The eyes are the nipples of the soul" says den mother Ferris and the girls all play along and have a good time.

This is filled with smiles!

Big and noisey and loud but real fun time!

I took two boys in their teens who wanted to skip school to go early so I took them! Aren't I a bad lady!!!

Well they had a great time and so did I. Good acting and great special effects. I would say it's one of the best I've seen!

Don't get him mad .... whatever you do!

TO BE READ IN ZOMBIE LIKE MONOTONE:

I don't know why we needed a remake of a remake. The original "INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS" made in 1956 is a classic. The message of the flick an allegory. Communism wants to take over. It wants to everyone exactly the same. Turn us into unfeeling repilcants. And it's spreadking! Great B flick.

The second film was done in 1978 in San Fran with DONALD SUTHERLAND. It's more about paranoia, uniformity and drugs. Also a good film.

I'm not sure what the message is in this one. I kept hoping that with NICOLE KIDMAN playing the psychiatrist/hero that the 'invasion' was really about scientology. Scientolgist are the creeping menace.

It would have been perfect casting for TOM and KATIE to play her ex-husband and former neighbor, the best friends who turn on her and become zombies trying to force her to join their church, I mean movement. Nicole! Drop all those pills and Freudian mumbo jumbo and be like us! They could even have had 93 year old KEVIN McCARTHY do a return apperance with a cameo as L. RON HUBBARD.

Her love interest in this one is the new James Bond, DANIEL CRAIG. I have to admit he is fearless in his choices of movie roles but I felt he was wasted in this confused effort. JEFFERY WRIGHT is also an excellent actor and he too is wasted playing the part of "the guy who explains what the hell is happening." My question was why didn't the bad seeds take over the phone companies? Or knock out the satellites? They don't seem to have a plan other then make everyone walk in step. The film fails to have a cogent POV. And worse yet it fails to scare the hell out of you.

The first film had a great set up. It took it’s time to let us get to know all the characters in the small town then watch them turn one by one. The second film was creepier then the first but it made you feel alone against the world. This film was originally completed in early 2006 had a screenplay tweak by the Wachowski brothers and new scenes shot by director JAMES McTEIGUE. Always a sign that the film is in trouble.

And what about Nicole? She is a terrific actress but you can't help but watch her and think about this 40 year old woman who is a marvel of cosmetic surgery and botox. But parts of her face no longer move. And when she runs her breasts don't jiggle. In the first part of the movie you see her in her tight little jammies to show us her breasts and then her butt. She is a beauty but as a viewer it takes you out of the scene. You are no longer involved with her character, only her looks.

Still the movie had a watch-ability. I would definitely rent it but not see it in a theater.

The Invisible was Directed by David S. Goyer who also directed Blade Trinity... need I say more.  Although David S. Goyer has written some great movies unfortunately he only directed this one.  The movie is a teenage version of Ghost except the kid isn't dead and the girl isn't his girlfriend like the trailer made it out to be.  This movie failed it's audience.

Soooo bad. What a joke. Who are these guys? Hate them. So gay.

The Jonas Brothers are like The Beatles ... minus the wit, charm, talent, controversy, individuality, spirit, inventiveness and iconic persona.

In other words...  they are nothing like The Beatles.

This is a Disney Boy band made to make money for the Disney Corporation. They are the lamest of the lame. They are the Osmonds without Marie. Bockman Turner without the Overdrive, Ryan Seacrest without "AMERICAN IDOL."

This "film" or promotional video as it should be labeled in moronic, redundant, insipid, vainglorious and frankly unwatchable.

It is strictly for their 13 year old female fans. Feel free to scream your heads off. At least then you can't hear the music.

I took my nine year old niece and even she felt it "was just okay."

We love the Jonas Brothers!!!!!

I brought 3 kids and they loved it! Hurrah!!!!!!

Visually stunning pic about an FBI team that somehow gets itself sent to Saudi Arabia to investigate an attack that killed a large group of Americans including a fellow member of the bureau.

Top notch action flick that is more "ALIEN" then "SILENCE OF THE LAMBS" in it's presentation of an FBI team. Going into Saudi-land they truly are in a different world. High marks for entertainment value although the last thirty minutes of the film turns into a shoot em dead video game ala JOHN FORD'S "STAGECOACH." Every window has a automatic weapon that is blasting at you.

JAMIE FOXX plays the head of the team and he adds humor particularly when he is paired with ASHRAF BARHOM, his Saudi counterpart. Ashraf does a nice job as the man who takes charge of the investigation from the Saudi end. Director PETER BERG gets it right with the rich look of this obviously expensively made flick. Action is top notched although a bit much.

JENNIFER GARNER is great to look at although she seams to play her part with her emotions on her sleeve. CHRIS COOPER is always reliably strong, although one is beginning to believe he missed his true calling in the field of law enforcement. JUSTIN BATEMAN is very funny and only occasionally seems a bit too much of a goofball to be credible bureau material. JEREMY PIVEN comes along from the State Department to play his patented scumbag. Nice wig Jeremy.

When you contrast this with a realistic film like the ANGELINA JOLIE pic "A MIGHTY HEART" that had many of the same elements it suffers badly in comparison. However the one picture did no box office while this one should kill. You  begin to get a sense of just how cowboys on the desert this piece of fiction is. Soooo ... if you prefer the ending of the JOHN WAYNE film "THE GREEN BERETS" to the ending of  "APOCALYPSE NOW" then you will enjoy this highly improbable abet well made film.

One final note: I have never seen a worse bunch of shooters then the Arabs in the end of this film. How can you be that bad with machine guns, rocket launchers and grenades at that range? Anyway hurrah for Hollywood where the good guys always manage to duck!