Basic was horrible. I have Spun sitting here but haven't seen it yet.. Howie
----- Original Message ----- From: "Heald, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 12:28 PM Subject: Tim's Movie Reviews > Wifey and I did movies last night. Figure I would throw out my opinions. > > Basic. > Wow. This movie was sooooo bad. I mean it really bordered on the absurd. > I really would have expected more of the cast. Umm John Travolta, Sammie > Jackson, Giovanni Ribisi, that kid from boiler room, usually one of my > favorite actors. They played the parts ok, I guess. However the story was > predictable, and the military uniforms, rank structure and regulations were > just all hosed up. There was a senior sergeant of some sort (they always > just called him sarge, which you don't do), only he was wearing Spec 4 (E-4, > lower enlisted) rank. > > Spun > Incredible. I wasn't really expecting much from this movie. My wife picked > it, and I didn't even look at it. It had a really amazing cast: Mickey > Rourke, an older meth chemist, Brittany Murphy, as his stripper girl friend, > John Leguizamo, one of my favorites, a really messed up dealer, Mena Suvari, > as his girlfriend, Chloe Hunter, hehehehe you have to see what happens to > her, Deborah Harry, the main characters butch lesbian neighbor that does > phone sex; incredible, Eric Roberts has a bit part, but does incredible, and > finally some guy I never heard of, Jason Schwartzman, guess he's from > Rushmore, and has some band called Phantom Planet that's starting to catch > on, but he plays, well this loser basically. > > If you liked Requiem for A Dream, this movie is for you. Painful, sad, > delirious. I loved it. > > Timothy Heald > Information Systems Specialist > Overseas Security Advisory Council > U.S. Department of State > 571.345.2235 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
