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What we'd be willing to pay if we could go back in time in a DeLorean to when we were watching the movie for the first time. Or, in other words, what we think you should pay... assuming your opinion is identical to ours.
The Cinematic Critics
What People have Said About The Cinematic Experience:
"Jason ran in the earlier movies, but then once he was killed and came back to life in #5, I think that's when he became more zombie like. I'm not 100% on that, but pretty certain."
-Rob and Mel
(Friday the 13th)
"Stop saying panties! Stop saying panties!"
-Laura
(The Unborn)
" Cameron is absolutely right. Despite the fact that I hate Jason Statham, this movie is SHIT!"
-abok6
(Crank)
" What a horrible review. These guys must have ADD."
~BoondockinBoston
(Let the Right One In)
"No way that capsule would stay closed for 50 years; kids would have pillaged it by '71 or sooner. "
-TidusSloan71
(Knowing)
" Funniest previously on ever!
I love you guys."
-HDLV199990
(Race to Witch Mountain)
"It was alot better than that. you cant really enjoy this kind of film that does not make it a bad one. Go watch iron man instead."
-GamerGuy1991
(Rachel Getting Married)
-Rob and Mel
(Friday the 13th)
"Stop saying panties! Stop saying panties!"
-Laura
(The Unborn)
" Cameron is absolutely right. Despite the fact that I hate Jason Statham, this movie is SHIT!"
-abok6
(Crank)
" What a horrible review. These guys must have ADD."
~BoondockinBoston
(Let the Right One In)
"No way that capsule would stay closed for 50 years; kids would have pillaged it by '71 or sooner. "
-TidusSloan71
(Knowing)
" Funniest previously on ever!
I love you guys."
-HDLV199990
(Race to Witch Mountain)
"It was alot better than that. you cant really enjoy this kind of film that does not make it a bad one. Go watch iron man instead."
-GamerGuy1991
(Rachel Getting Married)
The Cinematic Rating System
What we'd be willing to pay if we could go back in time in a DeLorean to when we were watching the movie for the first time. Or, in other words, what we think you should pay... assuming your opinion is identical to ours.
The Cinematic Staff
Jon Madsen, Editor
Jon earned a degree in broadcast journalism at BYU. He currently spends his time producing podcasts, editing this program, and auditioning for TV game shows.
Laura Durham, Graphics Contributor and Marketing Consultant
Laura earned a degree in art history at BYU. Now she works for the government.
Jon earned a degree in broadcast journalism at BYU. He currently spends his time producing podcasts, editing this program, and auditioning for TV game shows.
Laura Durham, Graphics Contributor and Marketing Consultant
Laura earned a degree in art history at BYU. Now she works for the government.
We Watched
- 10 Things I hate About You (1999) (1)
- 10 to Midnight (1983) (1)
- 10th and Wolf (2006) (1)
- 12 Monkeys (1995) (1)
- 17 Again (1)
- 2 Days in the Valley (1996) (1)
- 2008 Oscar pics Special (1)
- 3 Ninjas (1992) (1)
- 3 Ninjas: Kick Back (1994) (1)
- 3:10 to Yuma (2007) (1)
- 6th Day (2000) (1)
- 7 Pounds (Se7en Pounds) (1)
- 8 Mile (2002) (1)
- 9/11 (2002) (1)
- Adventureland (1)
- Angels and Demons (1)
- Appaloosa (1)
- Australia (1)
- Bedtime Stories (1)
- Body of Lies (1)
- Bohemibot (1)
- Bolt (1)
- Bride Wars (1)
- Burbs (1989) (1)
- Burn After Reading (1)
- Changeling (1)
- Confessions of a Shopaholic (1)
- Coraline (1)
- Crank (1)
- Crank: High Voltage (1)
- Dark Knight (1)
- Death Race (1)
- Defiance (1)
- Doubt (1)
- Drag Me To Hell (1)
- Eagle Eye (1)
- Fast and Furious (1)
- Fast and the Furious 2 (2003) (1)
- Fired Up (1)
- Four Christmases (1)
- Friday the 13th (1)
- Ghost Town (1)
- Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (1)
- Gran Torino (1)
- Happening (1)
- He's Just Not That Into You (1)
- High School Musical (1)
- House Bunny (1)
- How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (1)
- I Love You (1)
- independant shorts (1)
- Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (1)
- Inkheart (1)
- James Bond: Quantum of Solace (1)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1)
- Knowing (1)
- Lakeview Terrace (1)
- Land of the Lost (1)
- Let the Right One In (1)
- Madagascar 2 (1)
- Mama Mia (1)
- Man (1)
- Man on Wire (1)
- Marley and Me (1)
- Max Payne (1)
- Monsters vs Aliens (1)
- My Bloody Valentine (1)
- My Life in Ruins (1)
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (1)
- Observe and Report (1)
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop (1)
- Pride and Glory (1)
- Punisher: Warzone (1)
- Push (1)
- Quarantine (1)
- Race to Witch Mountain (1)
- Rachel Getting Married (1)
- Revolutionary Road (1)
- RocknRolla (1)
- Role Models (1)
- Saw 5 (1)
- Slumdog Millionaire (1)
- Spoiler (1)
- Star Trek (1)
- State of Play (1)
- Strangers (1)
- Sunshine Cleaning (1)
- Taken (1)
- Tale of Despereaux (1)
- Terminator: Salvation (1)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1)
- The Golden Compass (1)
- The Hangover (1)
- The Haunting in Connecticut (1)
- The Hollow Tree (1)
- The International (1)
- The Last House on the Left (1)
- The Proposal (1)
- The Reader (1)
- The Spirit (1)
- The Unborn (1)
- The Uninvited (1)
- The Wrestler (1)
- Transporter 3 (1)
- Tropic Thunder (1)
- Twilight (1)
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (1)
- Up (1)
- Valkyrie (1)
- W. (1)
- Watchmen (1)
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (1)
- Yes Man (1)
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno (1)
6 comments:
Cameron - they are making a He-Man movie. It's called Masters of the Universe and it's scheduled to come out in 2011. It's probably a little sad that I know this, but I don't care, I'm super excited for this movie. :)
If they're going with He-Man, let's do Thundercats, too! I agreed with John on this one, but I'm also a fantasy watcher/reader (sort of--I will never read all the Wheel of Time books, and won't go see all 30 movies when they make them, either), so I guess I'm willing to accept the fantastic. So, where do superhero movies fit in? Cameron, do you consider them fantasy, too? And have you guys done any reviews on the Lord of the Rings movies? I didn't see them on your list. I'm curious about what you'd say to those.
I like sci-fi, but I don't like sci-fi people or at least the sci-fi people who are completely unwilling to accept reality and name their cats after Harry Potter characters. Sci-fi exists for the same reason that movies exist - we crave, on some level, fantasy. We crave to escape our daily existence for a couple of hours and live outside of our senses. You only start running into trouble when you forget to return to reality...and also when you've had three cats named Dumbledore one, two and three.
And I liked this movie. I thought it had an interesting concept and a really smart, brassy young female lead which isn't always the case in movies marketed for kids. (Although current films seem to be improving on that.) I knew full well about the controversy surrounding this film and about the ban made on the film by the Catholic church. My father is an atheist and my mother is a Christian - I was raised under both sets of beliefs and am grateful for it. To me, the anger with which the author of these books lashes out towards people of faith is not much different than the anger often thrown at atheists by people of faith. Anger is anger. As a Christian mother raising a Christian child, I am constantly monitoring everything my child watches - just as my atheist father did for me. And just as my dad did for us, I don't allow my son to watch movies laden with violence, abuse towards women and children or a barrage of negative language. That said, I didn't find this film to be all that threatening. It won't be appropiate for him until he's quite a bit older, but not because the author of the film is an atheist. On a personal level, I hope my own child does question his own faith one day, because than he'll know it's really his. And honestly? I view "The Matrix" as being more
anti-God than any other film I've ever seen and that one was celebrated by just about everyone. I could sooner name dozens Hollywood writers and directors who don't believe in God, are pushing their own anti-moral, anti-faith agenda in everything that they do, before I could name an ample number of writers or directors who's goal it is to focus on faith based values in main stream media.
I wouldn't normally go into my personal beliefs on a film, but I felt like a dialogue of sorts had been started in your review. It's cool you don't like sci-fi, Cam. Just like it's cool that I don't much care for Westerns or country music. And for the record, "The Never Ending Story" and "Willow" are two of the greatest family movies ever made, "Labrinyth" made me question my love for David Bowie, they are once again making a He-Man movie (this one without Courtney Cox) and YES, where is that Thundercats movie already??? Hey -Ohooo!
Totally disappointed with this review! I loved this movie as much I loved the book! How can you say fantasy doesn't make sense because of science. Aren't most movies based around some kind of fantasy idea...and fantasy movies don't just throw random things in. If you pay attention to the story it will all make sense. I guess if Cameron ever reviews a fantasy movie again I'll just have to skip that one since it's obvious he has no love for them so how could he give one an honest review.
Dear Anonymous, did you not hear the list of exceptions to the general rule of "fantasies suck".
Here's a question: If you love fantasies so much, how can you give an honest review of one? You're biased the other direction.
I'm trying not to be a hater, but I honestly think if I saw a quality fantasy like Tom Cruises' LEGEND, my opinion would change.
I don't think you totally dislike fantasy films, Cam, I just think you dislike bad films. And that's a good thing. I have a general rule of not liking romantic comedies that have "Feeling Alright" by Joe Cocker in the trailer, but every so often I'm pleasantly surprised. It's a good rule - you just gotta stay away from what burned you in the past.
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