Die Another Day 2002 by AverageMansReviews

Die Another Day 2002 by AverageMansReviews

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007 is imprisoned and tortured for information: briefly; James Bond 007/other character [Pierce Brosnan:] after a long time he is traded back to the UK in a trade deal with North Korea, he is now disavowed 00 Agent, which means he can now go and track down the traded individual and terminate their life, on this personal mission, he meets Jinks/other name [Halley Berry:] to begin with it is unknown what she knows, but she is going to be a very interesting person to work with

Generally speaking: art; it has to be said the opening sequence coinciding with the soundtrack with this James Bond sung by Madonna entitled "Die Another Day" is god awful and I mean the whole lot of it; it just screams out tacky and a hot steaming pile of garbage [Madonna has a role in this project as well as Verity: as a simply put a fencing instructor.] The storyline/script is; well it is difficult to say really, because the storyline/script as a isolated aspect may be something safe and reliable and consequently goodand in conjunction with possibly excellent character developments as we get to see Bond go outside of his usual character boundaries as they 007 Agent in theory; because in reality; it is a completely different story; from the aspect of the framework and pacing of this 133 minutes film, the character developments and by and large performances; don't actually help to bring this storyline/script to live in the slightest; but then again I have to see things as they are; not as I want them to be or in this case what they could have been and with that being said; yet again that entire lot of those aspects I have just mentioned; makes this film in a nutshell such a chore to get through.

Action and art; on both counts the biggest asset to this project by some distance is any kind of action sequence with a machine or a vehicle involved they could be anything from any thing coming out of the air or a chasing sequence in two vehicles in these icy surroundings and anything else in the middle or literally anything else; they look good.

Character developments, performances and comedy; the character developments are; well on both counts because in one way or another be it the character developments; being really straightforward, even with this big reveal type of angle when it comes around I am just so switched off by this point that I couldn't care less, then vast majority of these performances range from poor to going through the motions and the best following their character model/outlay, basically there are only three good character developments and performances and all of these characters work for MI6 in the form of M [Judi Dench:] she is the head of MI6, Q [John Cleese:] he is quartermaster and armourer, basically modern language that tech guy for MI6 and finally we have Miss Moneypenny [Samantha Bond:] she is M's secretary, she really likes Bond and for a good bit of comedy towards the end of the film she tries Q's tech, but for the rest of the film and indeed for the rest of the cast the chemistry may as well be announced dead on arrival, everyone else seems to be going through the motions but there is actual nothing there and for a film that goes on for as I have already indicated 133 minutes this can be quite painful watching.

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed; to be brutally honest I have always found not only this film to be insufferably boring, but Brosnan as James Bond as on current listing of authentic Bond's to be the worst in history; but having said that if my memory is correct, I think I only like one of his titles as 007: GoldenEye 1995 as on a little bit of research it has a very strong cast built around him; such as Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp: she is a masochistic henchwoman that tries to kill Bond that never gets to finish her orgasm and yes she is a pilot to. But back to this film; it does have some awards accredited to its name; 6 Winners: Positives: which include but not limited to Image Awards (NAACP) 2003 mage Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Halle Berry and 36 Nominees which also include but not limited to Golden Globes, USA 2003 Golden Globe Best Original Song - Motion Picture Madonna (music/lyrics) Mirwais Ahmadzaï (music) Song: "Die Another Day" and Negatives: which also include but not limited to Razzie Awards 2003 Winners Razzie Award Worst Supporting Actress Madonna and Nominee which also includes but not limited to The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 2002 Stinker Award Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or its End Credits Madonna

Runaway Jury 2003 by AverageMansReviews

Runaway Jury 2003 by AverageMansReviews

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The People vs. The Gun Industry: briefly; after this tragic yet shooting situation Wendell Rohr [Dustin Hoffman:] he is a prosecutor for his client against these gun manufacturers, but they have their own ace in the hole in the form of Rankin Fitch [Gene Hackman:] he is like the US TV program Bull 2016-2022: 6 Seasons: 125 Episodes; where both this film and TV program you some kind of trial science; there is one massive difference; this TV program tries to do things for good and this film doesn't depending on your perspective; plus Rohr and his team gather their information slightly by more frowned upon methods anyway, so he is here to assist their attorney but there is an anomaly in the form of Nick Easter [John Cusack:] he works in a shop and he doesn't want to be on the jury, because he has a gaming event to get to, but on irritating the judge on stating this; he is selected to be on the jury.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is good, but the framework and pacing of this 127 minutes film is slow and steady

Action; the action sequences are fit for purpose, so with that being said they are solidly good

Character developments, performances and voice performances; the character developments are likewise something good versions of what they are meant to be, but let's be completely honest with one another as this is a courtroom drama/backdrop it essentially relies on dialogue exchanges which obviously deal with everything or the vast majority of everything with a very serious tone, which is absolutely necessary for this subject matter, yes there may be some small bits of comedy in here now and again, but it is very much a cast of performance and just to finish off the voice performers is good as well  because I didn't realise it wasn't Hackman speaking all the time.]

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; after everything is said and done, I have come to the conclusion that this mark is the right outcome for this film, don't get me wrong I like basically courtroom dramas, but as I have already alluded to at this point in 2003 or be it 2026 when this content was first created or/and beyond; talking about the American Second Amendment rights; is like a sign of madness; talking about something, fully knowing that you can talk about it as much as you like; but until there is actual drastic changes to the Second Amendment; these kind of things are going to happen time after time after time and so on. This movie does have some awards accredited to its name such as 1 Winner Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra 2004 Film Award Best Character Actor Voice Sergio Fiorentini For the dubbing of Gene Hackman and 3 Nominees which includes but not limited to Golden Trailer Awards Golden Trailer Best Drama

 

The End of Oak Street 2026 by AverageMansReviews

The End of Oak Street 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Related content: Jurassic Park 1993 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2023/09/jurassic-park-1993-by-averagemansreviews.html

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/animal cruelty/animal waste/animal biting/animal feeding/shooting/stabbing/impaling/transformation/environmental/rainbow community element/vehicle hit/vehicle crash/medical

1982 back to the time of the dinosaurs and back again: briefly; the entirety of this community somehow gets transported back to the times of the dinosaurs; including this family known as the Platt's; this husband-and-wife Greg and Denise [Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway:] this husband-and-wife are going through an extremely difficult times in their marriage; she is talking about divorce and they have two children as well.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is wafer thin, on top of that it makes no sense; in fact in a nutshell they want to use it as a... after-the-fact of two years they still don't know what happened to create this anomaly, Denise changes things and everything turns out perfectly well for her [which I will discuss this more later, because it really stuck out like a sore thumb.] The framework and pacing what is it with these characters faces for an example really close up to the camera? If it is to do what I think it is designed to do... which is create some kind of suspense or a serious implications; it ethically fails, as it comes off as weird, the pacing of the 99 minutes film is broadly speaking okay, but then again it does feel like it is rushing to get to the end of the film to explain what actually happened... but as I have already indicated, we don't get a satisfying conclusion.

Art, action and comedy; the prehistoric component to this project is the biggest asset to this project by an unlimited amount, as they really went to town to create these prehistoric locations and dinosaurs; the detail on these dinosaurs is excellent and what we know about them as their nature is also well is shown in this project as well, the action for this genre of the Human race vs. Dinosaurs; well it is good, there just isn't much if at all that stand out, like for an example how did this family not hear this Tyrannosaurus not coming up behind them? Then we move on to the comedy; this film does their interpretation of a dinosaur dump; made legendary by Jurassic Park 1993... but later on we have some authentic and genuine comedy as we have our husband-and-wife coming across some Apatosaurus [longnecked dinosaurs] having some fun of an adult nature.

Character developments and performances; now minus the storyline/script this is where this title loses so many marks... and yet again I am seeing another case of the virtual signalling hot steamy pile of garbage in one way or another; why is it in one way or another we bear witness to males being emasculated, be it heading for divorce or verbally or bullied [from a male, because he broke his little brother's arm doing something stupid such as putting something like what in the front spokes of his bike whilst riding] or/and a lesbian attraction between the two young girls, which leaves the brother/young boy out in the cold, because he likes her to [with the extra bonus of the can't pick up the situation between his sister and this girl; so when highlights again that male's are stupid] and just for the record; as a single component I don't care about the lesbian character developments, but as they contributing element, change your mind on this individual and like I said earlier everything turns out perfectly for one person; frankly this all sucks really, consequently all of these performances are generic and a paint by numbers version of what they were going for here, with no authentic chemistry so any major emotions feel/look like an empty gesture, with emotions volume turned up high.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; apparently as I went to the cinema to see this film with the person I watch some others contend with; they laughed at the face I was pulling [as I just couldn't believe what I just saw] and it should be noted that they enjoyed the film, but for me even though I have just seen it... I have to ask what the hell is this? There is an extra piece in the form of a dedication

 

The Odyssey 2026 by AverageMansReviews

The Odyssey 2026 by AverageMansReviews

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A Bourne, a Bat, a Cat a Punisher, a Ground sloth a Raiden, a Spider and his wife: briefly; this is about the journey of Odysseus [Matt Damon:] he is King Ithaca/the leader of his army of being victorious and now wants to get home to his Queen of Ithaca Penelope [Aaron Hathaway:] she is a strong will Queen of Ithaca, they have a son by the name of Telemachus [Tom Holland:] a headstrong off-spring and means well, but is still a bit young in the ways of how things are done, but he will learn; they just may have a very long wait to see each other again though.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is okay if that is the way they wanted to go with it, but the exposition character developments, coinciding with the framework and the pacing of this 172 minutes film best described for its vast majority [minus roughly the last 30 minutes] as diabolical; I mean what were they thinking? What with these exposition character developments of previous events being a consistent theme/including ongoing/present events and on top of that after going down a rabbit hole to then be basically be picked up and then dropped off in a different section of the storyline and possibly from time to time repeat the cycle or develop that section further and then go somewhere else and so on and so forth for at least roughly 134 minutes is insufferable.

There is absolutely no consistency, or gusto or enthusiasm for as I have already indicated a large amount of this film; so you can't just sit down and watch this film you have to go through the agonising thing of; where are we now? Who are we with? And etc? And for the pacing... What pacing? But can be brutally honest what chance has it got of any form of pacing is it has to get picked up and put down again until the closing section of this movie...

What they should have done is... use a chapter by chapter divider in this movie and by doing so in theory they could have given this film is supremely better structure and consequently enthusiastic pacing; you see by using this method/outlay it would have limited the moving around and at the beginning and at the end of every chapter they could have gone to a different location within the storyline and focus on that until the end of the chapter and then repeat the method until the method/storylines are coinciding one another in the final section, I mean they should still use the chapter method from beginning to end; let's just say the final chapter would be a big final chapter.

Art and action; now we come to the strongest assets to this project by some distance actually a lot of distance like a trip around the world distance; the visual aspects of this project are everything that you have been preconditioned by the trailers to expect as they are of the most high qualities be it the detail on the Trojan horse and how they moved it in, to the Cyclops and its unique take on how they Cyclops should look like and its subsequent action sequence and/or the Laestrygonians [basically giant silver knights;] which there is a drop of comedy here as someone from Odysseus' army attacks one of the young to begin this conflict which really wasn't a smart move and we have this sequence in the underworld as well which is another sequence from an artistic perspective of a high the highest calibre and a little while later obviously the action sequence as well.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Character developments, performances and voice performances; on one hand because of everything I have already referenced as it relates to the exposition character developments, framework and pacing; I would say the character developments are at best functional[ I mean as best as it gets is where; without giving too much away is Odysseus is carrying something around with him]  and at worst what was the point, but on the other hand if you want me to be completely honest; I felt absolutely nothing for these characters, if you can work out starting line of this content; those are the positive performances at they really have to work hard to create any form chemistry/cohesiveness to navigate this framework and pacing, the rest are either solid or functional or yet again what was the point? And the voice performance is good.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; yes this film may look nice, but it is hard work and becomes more and more like a chore to watch and not forgetting there are some in cast that what was the point of them being there other than virtual signalling garbage, quite frankly this film is very lucky to have the visual images it has at its disposal mixed with some performers that literally hold this film together and as the person that I watch some of this content said; I am paraphrasing that; they could easily make this into a two-hour film and the last half an hour or so is really good fun. This film also has some awards accredited to its name; like 2 Winners Heartland Film 2026 Truly Moving Picture Award Truly Moving Picture Award Christopher Nolan (director) and Astra Midseason Movie Awards 2026 Astra Midseason Award Most Anticipated Film

 

 

Inspector Clouseau 1968 by AverageMansReviews

Inspector Clouseau 1968 by AverageMansReviews

Previously instalment: A Shot in the Dark 1964/1965 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-shot-in-dark-19641965-by.html

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The British need the French detective: briefly; the British bring in Inspector Jacques Clouseau [Alan Arkin/other characters and performers:] he is a clumsy French detective that has been brought in, because of this serious crime and trying to prevent this potential even bigger crime

Generally speaking: the art in the opening credits is always pleasant to see and experience and this doesn't change in this instalment, the storyline/script is something safe and reliable, but the framework and pacing of this project feels really slow and stretched out to the point where two things happen; 1. This film feels much longer like 120 minutes easily, when in reality it is just 96 minutes long and 2. Predominately the comedy sometimes doesn't have a certain punch or snap or enthusiasm consequently that leaves our Inspector/Arkin carrying or/and making this film work as best as he can.

Comedy, action and art; well to start off when we have these two characters in this room [office] sharing this dialogue exchange and simultaneously slowly moving around this room; a piece of dialogue and move and repeat the cycle throughout this scene; is a mess for me, I mean I get it, I understand the concept and the partial elegance of this; but it is extremely dry which as I have already eluded to this really doesn't help the framework and pacing of this movie, but at least we get a type of James Bond 007 interpretation where our Inspector gets all of these gadgets, where he accidentally but with great purpose shoot somebody is meant to shoot kind of as in they were about to shoot him, so he got there first even though it was by accident or/and this slightly long, but with a massive difference of being enthusiastic; where our Inspector runs into this location wanting to defuse the bomb, but as always with the Inspector things don't always work out or go according to plan as they should do, the set designs, wardrobe and accessories are of very good quality.

Character developments and performances; to begin with broadly speaking; the character types and subsequently performances were/are solid versions of what they were going for here; I generally felt a little bit sorry Alan Arkin as Inspector Jacques Clouseau, he did a good job as the Inspector on both counts; be it character developments or/and performance... he just wasn't Peter Sellers and as Sellers had very clearly made this role is very own, to anyone good carrying the mantle [at this time Sellers was off filming another film; The Party 1968.]

This film receives: 3/10, this film is poor; don't get me wrong as you can read it does have good things about it, but I don't know what went wrong with this movie, but everything it ran off as I have already indicated just went so badly and what really made my mind up to assign this film this mark is I didn't fall asleep once... but twice, so after that including the fact that the person I watch some of this content with also struggled to stay awake and it really became a chore for me; it is really the only mark I could give after everything is said and done.

 

Minions & Monsters 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Minions & Monsters 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Related content: Average Extra of: Minions & Monsters | Official Trailer: My Reaction Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/06/average-extra-of-minions-monsters.html and Despicable Me 3 2017 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2017/06/despicable-me-3-2017-by.html

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Let's go to the cinema with the Minions: the Minions [the Director/one of the Writers/ Voiced by: Pierre Coffin:] such characters as James, Henry, Ed and others; this instalment is based around the cinema in just before 1926.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script, character developments, the framework and pacing of this 90 minute film; mostly in paint by numbers exercise really; at this point they are very much just throwing things at the wall and hoping something sticks; but then again for a little while we have basically and in a nutshell; some characters going one way whilst another selection of characters go another way to have a separate narrative than to rejoin roughly around or just before the closing section, which I have to be honest these separate narratives do very much to liven things up as they go between one and the other and so on and so forth; which gives this instalment some gusto and enthusiasm, which at this point carried on for the rest of this project until the end.

Art, action and comedy; yes the computer animation has been nicely updated as you would come to expect; bright, colourful and engaging what with the Minions doing their usual shtick, including a robot by the name of Dort [voiced by Jesse Eisenberg:] he is a robot which on a little bit of research is meant to be a parody of the robot from the film title The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951: which I should have understood, because I have seen the film; just not under this name yet, but I digress; I think the reason why I didn't or it didn't hit with me, is because he was more interested in his girlfriend and her suffragette movement, so to begin with I thought he was a man dressed in a robot uniform as a crazy person; but then again he does have access to this great arsenal which you will see in the closing stages of this film, then we have another character; which I will discuss a little later roaring to stop this shark in his attack or much later on this character with many, upon many, upon many eyes gets poked in the eye one by one, but as I have just indicated there are so many eyes that this is a pointless and comical endeavour; so as you can read/hear; this instalment is in good nature.

Character developments and voice performances; on both counts they are for the vast majority solidly good versions/standards to what they were going for here, but at least we have Trey Parker voiced by: Goomi: a little green monster that first comes out of the book of spells, Parker's previous character in this universe was Balthazar Bratt [Despicable Me 3 2017]

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; I think after everything is said and done this is the right outcome, as I have already alluded to I think at this point with this universe they are just throwing things at the wall and making something stick, mixing with a tablespoon of lunacy, but until this universe stops making money in this case of just $85 million, as of this content being first created it has made roughly $474 million at the box office, so I think it is safe to say job done and a big success, give it some time and they will more than likely/will come out with another title somewhere in this universe, I should just cover my back by saying this is not a fact, but just my opinion nothing has been indicated again as of this content being first created and finally; there is some extra bits and pieces happening in the first lot of closing credits.

 

Duplicity 2009 by AverageMansReviews

Duplicity 2009 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/domestic double standards/references to drugs and yes there may be some censored adult language references in this content.

Avoid this film like the plague: briefly/summary; we have these two individuals that sometimes worked together on this job; they are trying to pull this con job Ray Koval/other characters and Claire Stenwick/other characters [Clive Owen and Julia Roberts:] they have an awkward relationship and arrangement.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script, exposition character developments, framework and pacing of this 125 minutes film is a hot steaming pile of manure; we have massive time jumps so instantly you can forget having any kind of momentum or cohesiveness on any level which I will be completely honest with you I can only last the first 40 minutes, before I was checking on how much of this film we had left to watch; I was doing a celebration with the knowledge that we were a roundabout the 50 minute mark towards the end, this film also does something really quite annoying; it does these small sometimes shrinking rectangle or squares or whatever to try and create an element mystery or/and sophistication and in my opinion it achieves none of it other than to wind me up, what is the point of asking me about the pacing? Because like to referenced earlier this film has no cohesiveness due to the fact that we are moving all over the place and it moves slow and steady anyway, I think it has more to do with the fact why settle down when we are just going to be lifted up and put somewhere else?

Action; Roberts' character at the time is trying to pass on this information without getting caught or found out

Character developments and performances; the vast majority of the cast are the standard character types for this type of project and their performances reflect those character types to a solid standard. But Roberts and Owens; be it the character developments or/and performances suck; I mean if you have been doing my content long enough; you should know by now; I have a strong disdain for double standards, so when you have Roberts' character sleeping with someone [Owens character way at the beginning to get the job done back then; that is seemingly okay] but when Owens' character does it; it is not okay, furthermore it is okay for Roberts' character to screw with Owens' character's head, but when Owens' character does it; it is not okay and on top of the exposition character developments, framework and pacing as I have already alluded to; this pairing is just insufferable, be it the framework and pacing or the exposition character developments or other I just don't care; they have 0 chemistry throughout this film.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; I completely lost interest in it and the person I watch some others contend with briefly fell asleep twice, this film is just a complete waste of time, as I have already shown insufferably boring and infuriating, it has little bits and pieces before the closing credits, yet somehow this film also has some awards accredited to its name such as a Winner ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2010 SCAP Award Top Box Office Films James Newton Howard Shared with: Confessions of a Shopaholic and 4 Nominees which include but not limited to Casting Society (CSA) 2009 Artios Award Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Drama Ellen Chenoweth