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In the body, name the release date if it isn't open to the public yet, main actors and then your synopsis. Pics are a welcome addition, just be courtious of size, resize them when they alter the forum layout, or I'll end up doing it for you, and I hate doing that. :cry:[/color:43764bd328]

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Release Date: July 30th, 2004 (wide).

Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Ethan Embry, Steve Braun

Let me just start off by saying if your going into this movie expecting anything more than a stoner movie, don't go. I walked into the theater at midnight for the late show, sat back prepared for some serious laughing, prepped from the movie trailers I posted on here, and I have to say I wasn't let down.

From the start John Cho and Kal Penn deliver an excellent portrayal of todays stoneresque odd couple, and carry it out until the glorious end. The sub charicters are predictable, yet laughable and some of the scenes are recycled from previous comedys ( raccoon in the car ) but all in all you just don't care, the lure of the white castle burgers pulls you in, shameless plug after shameless plug. By mid-movie you want a burger, and you want one now, more over, you want to see harold and kumar get one too.

Walking out of the movie, myself and 2 friends agreed we all had 'The Crave' and hit up our local White Castle for 26 burgers, 3 fries and 3 pops with out even a second thought to the fact we had been brainwashed for 2 hours to believe we wanted it. For me it was the very same commercial that pulls Harold and Kumar into thier trip, my bet, it will be the same for you as well.

If your lookin for some easy laughs with out the waste of plot, check out this flick, I'll give it 3 out of 5.[/color:1274ce63a0]

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Release Date: August 13th, 2004 (wide).

Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon

Your quinticential big movie monster Vrs big movie monster movie. It is exactly what it is, and it delivers nicely. I left wanting more, as if the conclusion wasn't enough for me. I don't know, I was undecided on this movie over all. I enjoyed it, there was just something about it that I didn't like and I have yet to nail it down. The movie had all the things you would expect, the creepyness of the Aliens, the badass preditor, the meddling humans that never do what any sane person would do, and thats stay out of the way of a 7 foot tall angry alien with dreds and a spear.

The story develops rather quickly and you can tell its there just so you can get into the location, other than that - story is wasted on this movie. simply put, the preditors come back once every 100 years to put thier young preditors through a right of passage so to speak by waking up the aliens and then killing them in a hunt contained in a pyramid built by the first civilizations. Basicly it would have gone as planned but humans evolved, technology enabled us to find the hunting grounds and the movie ensues.

If you are lookin for a rockem sockem all out ass kickin movie, I guess this is your choice.

I give it ** 2 out of 5 stars[/color:2a2b4c61a6]

Movie: Ninja-Terminator
Release date: Some time in the early 80's. who cares.
Genre: Action/kungfu

This film is so bad its funny, ninja's teleporting, and killing opponents in truely aful ways. The funniest part is when a ninja uses his ninja magic too self destruct but the dummie instead of blowing apart, flys off into the sky like a rocket.

Its so bad its good.

Title: City Of God.

2003

Genre: Gangster Movie

This is a brazillan film with subtitles, but don't let you put this off i would have too give it 5 stars, after watching this masterpeice i really wanted too buy a gun. The story follow a young man and some other kids in the slums of rio called the city of god. It starts in childhood and follows them as they grow older and take on occupations such as delivery boy or drug lord (yeh you get the idea) the film pretty much takes a steady pace until a local sharp shooter ex-solder called knockout ned. Has his family is gunned down in a act of pointless violence by one gang. Then he teams up with another street gang too carry out vengance upon the killers which starts a huge gang war. This movie sounds simple or stupid but it is so much deeper than i can describe it, think scarface mixed with goodfellas set in brazils slums where the cops are scared too tread.

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Release Date: February 20th, 2004 (wide)

Starring: Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Michelle Trachtenberg, Travis Wester, Jessica Boehrs

THE MOST under-rated comedies in a long time. The public always wants to see a raunchy comedy, yet when one delivers on this scale, they called it \"to raunchy\" This has to be the most realistic portrayal of a quality road trip with friends, right down to all the little things that go wrong though out the movie. I found myself ROLLING with laughter at many times, and the DVD is packed with tons of special features. ( not to mention an index of all nude scenes ). The basis is this guy Scotty falls for his penpal after finding out she is a woman and heads off to europe with is friend cooper. Fate brings them together with a few other friends vacationing in Europe and the insanity ensues. Scotty and his friends trek across the entire continent of europe until the come to the climax in Rome.

I would highly suggest this DVD to anyone lookin to laugh thier ass off.

***** 5 out of 5 as far as comedies go.

[size=24:927f85b52a][color=red]SCOTTY DOESN'T KNOW![/color:927f85b52a][/size:927f85b52a][/color]

Last weekend I first watched the old bourne identity TV miniseries (1988) as one big film/movie:

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Although it was a bit old it is most like Robert Ludlums book.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553260111/002-1852687-4423252?v=glance

Then I watched the bourne identity (2002):
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258463/

Because I first saw the mini series some of the thriller effect was gone.
But still it was different from both the book and the miniseries.
If you seen the original work, like me I would rate it as 3 out of 5.
For people who haven't it will probably be 3.5 out of 5 stars.

And as a finally I watched the bourne supremacy.
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See purges review at the top of this thread.
Sequels generally tend to be a bit of a let down, but not The Bourne Supremacy. I agree with with purges comments, especially the european touch (the car chases, french people speaking french, russians speaking russian) the girl speaking broken english gives these movies something extra. I admit to having downloaded this movie because it doesn't come out here for another 4 days. Sadly it had french subtitles so I coudn't understand all of the french / russian scenes.

:arrow:
But if you are reading this and work for the MPAA etc.
I surely will watch this movie in the bios.
I usually download because:
a) I hate dutch subtitles.
b) It takes too long for a movie to appear here (should be no more than 12 hours).
c) they are usually not worth the money.
As for the shaky camera it didn't bother me at all.

I agree with the rating: 4 out of 5, but it all depends if you read the books or not.

As a side note:
For me a 5 out of 5 star movie needs to be a classic, something that plays psycological tricks with your mind. Your fantasy will continue were the movie left off, like good books do..


** Edit ** URL was messing up layout - made image of \"the Bourne Identity a link to the URL. ~p~

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Release Date: September 24th, 2004 (wide).

Starring: Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise, Alfre Woodard, Anthony Edwards

This was a very entertaining and somewhat unique movie. With out giving anything away, the premise has been done before, but not exactly like the forgotten does it. There were a few times in the movie when I damn near jumped out of my chair, and other times it was pretty slow. Julianne moore plays a good part, but anthony edwards is way under used, same with gary sinise. Both actors could have brought much to the table, instead they were limited to simple plot development. In the end once the story comes together, I was left wanting. You get the feeling where this movie is going a little over half the way through and unfortunatly, it doesnt deviate from that path much through to the ending. I felt there were a lot of holes in the plot and with tons of potential in this story, I felt let down.

I give this *** 3 out of 5 stars.[/color:e9434ce65e]

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Release Date: October 1st, 2004 (wide).

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Billy Burke, Jay Hernandez


Most people think this movie is a \"Backdraft 2\", but they sell it short in so many ways. I know a few fire fighters, and this is the most realistic portrayal as a fire fighter as he is in real life that I have seen in a movie to date. They really build on the charicters and you become attached to them as they are to each other. Through loss and through gain you begin to feel as they feel, all the way through the conclusion of the film. I have always admired the bravery of fire fighters, and the brave men and women of 9/11 cemented that feeling of admiration. This film really pulls on the heart strings and isn't one to be taken as lightly as another \"Backdraft 2\".

I really enjoyed this flick, and suggest it to anyone who ever had dreams of riding in that big red engine as a kid.

**** 4 out of 5 stars.[/color:4ff96253df]

[color=green:8a417a11ab]Reviews forthcoming later today 12/1/04:

The Grudge
Saw
The Incredibles
Finding Neverland[/color:8a417a11ab]