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Funny, funny, funny!
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Best of the Nightmare series!
By far the BEST of the sequels and one of Craven's best.The result, in my opinion, far exceeded any of the Nightmare sequels. In fact, I'd say it's among Wes Craven's best movies. Like the original, it's a horror film with a brain and real ideas. Not just another slasher-fest with Freddy cracking jokes and killing. "New Nightmare" is an intelligent, well-written and well-made film. The idea is that Freddy Krueger is an evil force that really exists and that after being killed off in the movies, he wants to move into the real world. One thing I love about this movie is how it blurs the line between films and reality. Wes Craven is one of the masters of brainy horror and he really manages to add depth to his films that you don't often see in the genre. This is why I regard Craven as one of the greatest horror directors of the last three decades. "New Nightmare" is one of his finest achievements and is absolutely essential for Craven fans.
Some fans of the Nightmare series give this movie flack because it strays so far from the established formula. However, that's exactly what I love about it. It doesn't just rehash the same old crap again. It gives us something new and original. Sure, Freddy doesn't have much screen time, there's not much gore and there's no dumb teenagers (a big plus), but that's not bad at all. "New Nightmare" sacrifices visceral thrills (which some horror fans can't accept) for ideas and innovation. This is a great horror movie from a great horror director.
Extremely Scary and Very CleverIt is reaching the 10 year maek of Nightmare On Elm Street, and Wes wants to make another/final Freddy movie, but as the stars playing them self, like this movie does. And it can get confusing at times, and slow but it's exciting when it gets going! So, Wes Craven is having these dreams and writes them dowen into a script and Heather is having dreams and what she dreams comes true and her son ( who is so annoying I wish he would have jumped off the top of that jungle gym!!! ) is acting like Freddy and Neither of them can sleep. And we never really see Freddy until the end but he is definitaly updated! Leather pants and long balck jacket and a metal glove and his burns are strange and his eyes are unreal. It is Robert Englung but you can't tell. And some of my favorite effects are when the kid is in the hospital and the baby sitter gets killed in pretty much the same fasion as Tins in the first movie, but less blood and then the kid escapes and runs across the freeway and that whole scene is very well put together! And then when Heather and her son are in Freddys dream world that too has been re-created. And they aren't as many kills and you don't see Freddy until the last 30-45 minutes but this movie plays with your mind and some people on here say how it's the worst, they say that because you have to think with this movie. It makes you think about it and what will happen next and one person on here says it's bad because there is no nudity, HORROR movies are supposed to scare you, not pleasure you with nakedness. If you want nudity go rent a porn stupid!!! This movie actually had class and sufistication. One of the best in the series!!!!


Pretty decent!
A worthy sequel.Recommended.
Better than the first!

Pretty decent!
A worthy sequel.Recommended.
Better than the first!

ONE FLEW OVER THE E.T.'S NEST?Kevin Spacey again showcases his phenomenal acting talent and is well backed up by Jeff Bridges. Spacey's role was almost custom-tailored to him -- eating unpeeled bananas, sitting in a tree, giving his shrink a hard time with quickness, wisdom and memorable quotes!
I personally liked the background score and the cinematography as well.
A word needs to be said of the theme. Although in hindsight a little trite with a somewhat predictable ending (to me), the dangling question of a psychiatric patient being an alien or just a human oddball was entertaining, and thought provoking.
It's not easy to make a film where the question of fantasy or reality is not decided. You present an evidently normal story, then release some supernatural malarkey and ask the audience to accept the paranormal occurrences as natural. K-Pax achieves this feat very cleverly I think.
A pensive, heartwarming drama although perhaps a touch too long. Recommended rental.
This movie is AMAZING!!!!!!
Great movie... and yes the end is good too...When I first saw it, it was only half way in, but the movie is still great. You learn about an alien named Prot. Well, he thinks hes alien. It's beleivable though. There's no denying the fact that he is strange.
The performances are wonderful, as said in many reviews. I don't want to tell you anything, but the ending is perfect.
The ending isn't quite the lame and crappy, "Make your own conclusions!" ending. It tells you what happens, but in a mysterious way.
The music and cinematagraphy is wonderful. I enjoyed seeing the house, the night time effects, and the lighting. The sun rising is used to a full extent, and its used to tell the k-pax dude when his time to leave is.
However, this movie in all fairness is quite above average. It is long, not too long, but long enough to make it worth seeing. 2 hours or so. Like one our and 45 minutes keep you there. I didn't want to leave.
The main thing about this movie is it is a sad movie. Its one of those movies where you don't break down crying, but get a tear or 2. Of happiness or rather emotional saddness, I did feel that I was on the verge of crying.
Overall--->5 Stars
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Very below par romantic comedy1. Boy A likes Girl B
2. Girl B likes Boy A
3. They break up near the end for some reason.
4. They get back together by the end of the film.
This formula has been so overused that when we hit #3 we already know they're going to get back together again, and its so predictable its almost a pain to sit through the next thirty minutes of film. "Kate and Leopold" is no exception.
The plot itself stinks to high heaven. A guy in New York living in an apartment discovers holes in the space time continuom. Huh? This allows him to go back in time to the 19th century and accidentally bring back a rich dignitary to the 20th century. The already predictable scenes of past meets present (see "The Jetsons Meet the Flintstons" for reference) ensue, and then the love story breaks out. The formula begins.
The formula kills the movie. Meg Ryan breaks up with Leopold at the end for no real discernable reason. I guess it was not wanting to be in a commercial...but is that really a good reason to break up with some one? Later she feels bad, but I seriously stopped caring once it was revealed how shallow her character was.
I guess if you like this genre, get this movie...otherwise, stay far far away
I Love Hugh Jackman!!!!!The big thing in this picture is Hugh Jackman, he's incredible as Duke Leopold. If Prince,or in his case Duke Charming ever existed, Jackman's read on Duke Leopold was right on the money.
The really wonderful thing about one of the messages in this movie is that good manners & a man who acts like a real gentleman are really quite sexy.
I liked the supporting cast, especially Natasha Lyonne as they dreamy eyed romantic secretary. The story, however, left a lot to be desired. Who cares, as long as Hugh Jackman is in almost every scene!!!!
A Modern Day Romeo and JulietIt makes you realize how different people from other centuries act compared to today's society. Kate and Leopold are inseparable and find meaning to their lives after finding each other. Leopold is graceful, polite and well dressed and enters a society that has become too laid back as far as dress and manners are concerned.
This is a very good romantic comedy. A must see for anyone!
It is definitely a movie that we needed in our time to take us back to a more simpler, slower time. Everything is so fast paced in today's society, that we do not have time or take time to really enjoy life to its fullest.
I wish they would do a sequel to this movie. It is definitely one that deserves to get a lot of praise for its costumes, acting and music. I have the soundtrack. The music is wonderful to listen to. It takes you back in time.


Sweet, funny, and silly, yes, but enjoyable
Pretty Woman
Pretty WomanTheir whirl-wind week turns into the romance of the century. Emotions run high as their passion and love build, with many twists and turns. Edward's attempts to build Julia's confidence in herself as a woman have you laughing and loving right along with him. Oh, Edward's secret little half smile!
I give Pretty Woman five stars. The movie is excellent. It makes you believe that fairytales can come true, that they really can happen to you. Pretty Woman will bring tears to your eyes, but will keep you laughing throughout.


Sweet, funny, and silly, yes, but enjoyable
Pretty Woman
Pretty WomanTheir whirl-wind week turns into the romance of the century. Emotions run high as their passion and love build, with many twists and turns. Edward's attempts to build Julia's confidence in herself as a woman have you laughing and loving right along with him. Oh, Edward's secret little half smile!
I give Pretty Woman five stars. The movie is excellent. It makes you believe that fairytales can come true, that they really can happen to you. Pretty Woman will bring tears to your eyes, but will keep you laughing throughout.


too much exposure....Having said that, I don't think that Jay and Silent Bob should have been made into the main characters. Or even have a movie named after them. It just made the movie seem really long and even I was having trouble sitting still through some parts of it. I think most people can only tolerate Jay and Silent Bob in small amounts, which is how they were presented in past.
See The others firstJay and Silent bob have always been beloved side characters in the first four kevin smith movies, and now they get a whole movie to themselves. filled with great jokes and a strew of celebrity guests, this is a wonderful movie. Kevin smith is a genious, and i cant wait for Jersey Girl
The best one so far

Interesting psychopath movieWith this movie, I discovered an actor that never really attracted me, maybe because of SOME of his more recent projects: Michael Rooker. I know, he played in "Replicant" with Jean-Claude Van Damme, but except for that, I was pretty impressed by his filmography. Mr.Rooker is far away from being a bad actor, really. And this film, along with other productions, proves it. It was his first film, and definitely a great role to start. Many actors started their path through glory with a bad guy role. But Henry is more than a simple bad guy...
The film, in 1986, had brought a strong wave of controversy. I have to admit that it's pretty violent (not SO much, but I can understand why it was censored in the 80's). I saw a 81 minute version, which is not the whole runtime, and sometimes it was obvious that some murders had been cut. But too bad, it's true to say that the sadism and brutality of the violence brings something really intense and somehow disgusting in the film, but even with the 81 minutes version I felt its effect completely. (SPOILERS) Many murders are atrocious to see because of the graphic aspect, others are gratuitous, and others are disgustingly brutal. The graphic aspect makes it a sometimes pretty gory film, like the guy that gets his head smashed with a TV, or the guy that is stabbed in the eye and then gets his head cut off. These murders bring a sense of strong disgust to the viewer. The gratuitous murders, like when Henry gives a gun to Otis and tells him to kill anyone to see how it feels to kill someone, are probably the ones that show how sick Henry (and Otis) are. The brutal ones, without pretending that they are not ALL brutal, are the worse to watch. If you've seen Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange", you'll understand. There is a very disturbing rape scene in "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer". But it's not only the rape that is SO disturbing, it's also the fact that they are filming everything, and Otis just can't stop watching it later. Those who found "Deliverance"'s rape scene shocking, don't see this, really, because "Deliverance"'s scene was very soft and had NOTHING brutal compared to "Henry"'s.
But, the most important point, the realism. The setting is very common. Henry, Otis and his sister live in a very small house, have very normal jobs, are not wearing some Versace clothes, and are simply looking like anybody you could meet on the street. There's a scene where Henry cleans the floor with a broom, you know, all these things you have to do in every day life, but that are never shown in movies. Movies usually show the extremes: either very rich people or poor people. But the middle-class environment is so well delivered. But we still have to understand that this is a low budget film, so even if they had wanted to make a richer environment, I doubt they could have done so. But believe me, it's a very good element of the film. The characters are also very affected (in a good way) by a near setting. The way the speak, their accent, vocabular, their jobs, their clothes, everything.
It appears that the character of Henry is an interpretation of the not THAT renowned killer Henry Lee Lucas. It's an interesting concept to make a movie about a killer that is not known as THE MOST DANGEROUS killer off all times. They could have made a movie about Charles Manson's life, but they decided to make it on someone a little less known's life. And that's good. It's like the film "Sweet and Lowdown", with Sean Penn, who plays the SECOND best guitarist of all times. It's good to see that they give second places a chance.
The characters are not so important, except for Otis and of course, Henry. Henry plays some kind of teacher (in mass murdering) to Otis, but he has more personality than that. He's a man full of contradictions, a man that has a very hard choice to make in the end of the movie, a man that has is full of nuances, but that still consists into a very dangerous serial killer. We have many hints of his past life, and it somehow justifies all of his horrible acts. Otis is different. He discovers a passion in murder and rape, but doesn't control himself, "exaggerates" too much. And Henry is aware of that. The character of Otis becomes slowly something totally different than what it was before. At first, he's a pretty normal man, with a minor violent behavior, but discovers suddenly a way to express his rage. To me, Otis seemed like a stupid junkie while Henry seemed like an experimented and cautious addict of killing people. Otis' sister, Becky,is important, but not for her evolution. She falls in love with Henry, who simply doesn't know how to react to somebody's feelings. Becky doesn't have a very important role, but her character becomes useful for one thing, and only one: love. And that's the point where Henry will be full of contradictions. And that's the most important thing, because it tops Henry's deranged mind. Henry is a nice character to analyze.
But, even with all that said, you'll never know how brilliant the ending is if you don't see it. So, overall, the urban yet middle-class setting makes this film very realistic, the complex characters make it twisted, the brutality makes it shocking and intense, and the music, directing and atmosphere are a huge contribution to this movie, that is, for sure, not the most interesting to watch, because you somehow stay pretty distant to the characters and atmosphere, but the whole thing has lots of qualities. Pretty enjoyable, and terrifying enough. "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" is a great movie. It's a different approach to a serial killer's life, way more original than movies such as "Strangeland", "Resurrection", and other thrillers that are not bad, but do not focus enough on the killer's mind...and in "Henry", they did not make that mistake.
I give it 7/10, but it's really close to an 8.
And, by the way, I just couldn't believe they made a sequel to this film. Really, this fact deceived me (though I haven't seen the second film), because the ending of the first one was perfect, and a sequel simply ruins all of its meaning.
For Fear Of Metal HairBrushes: The Best Reason To Live AloneSome will recount tales that they've heard within their childhood, noting how terrifying they were. They'll weave stories of monsters lurking within the shadows, of beasts going bump in the night, and of the weird things they've reflected on since they were children hiding neck deep beneath a garden of covers. Yes, many thing Lovecraftian, all with tentacles and teeth, preaching ordeals reaching well beyond the bizarre.
Others will tell of the things within nature that have made them afraid. They'll cite the fear they've been given that makes them stay out of the water or out of the jungle, that keeps them away from insects of sharks, and that makes them leery of the other manifestations that nature can bestow. They say that this is because of what they can do, knowing that these beasts are predators and are accordingly worth fearing.
A minority of people see something within that statement that others do not comprehend, however, noting how some portions of nature are darker than others. Some cannot be avoided simply by staying indoors and can blend in with the normality of terrain, walking the streets of our cities and living in the homes so close to our own. These are everyday terrors and not those that blindside those unfortunate enough to be frowned on by the stars themselves. No, these beast look like you or I do, only those beasts are something all-too-terrifyingly different.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is a story about just such a beast, living and making his way almost invisibly and existing just below the social radar. He earns money by doing small jobs, killing insects of all things, and he shares an abode with his not-so-bright roommate, Otis. He seems like a normal guy, too, with a quiet manner, a tendency to smoke Kools, and a smile that seems disarming. In "reality," however, that couldn't be farther from the truth. In his spare time, Henry likes to pick up hitchhikers, to assail prostitutes and waitresses, and to visit "Mom and Pop" stores with one purpose. He likes to kill people. And he likes to do so in more-than-realistically horrific ways.
While this movie is touted as barbaric by some and pointless by others, this is a reflection of the truth within our world. It shows a side we oftentimes want to forget, thinking that terror keeps to the shadows and can't move into our neighborhoods under our very noises. Through an array of well-done performances, this low-budget movie worms its way into a person and leave a chilling calling card. And while graphic and not intended for those not wanting some thick with blood and random violence, it is one of the more frightening things I've seen in some time. And that's especially true in its "uncut" showing that is now available.
Sickening, Digusting, TOTALLY EFFECTIVE!