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Author Topic: Bruce Almighty Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 06-13-2003 07:17 PM                     AMC Hamilton, 6/8, 6:45 PM show. Hall #10, attendance ~60. Tom Shadyac is the perfect director for this kind of movie. When he's on board he lets the star do his thing. The audience does the rest and tells everybody to see it. Patch Adams was a bitchin' disco time -- it wouldn't have worked had anyone other than Shadyac directed it. Bruce Almighty is set up just like Patch Adams: Zany main character, a little sweetness on the inside, location for added flavor. Jennifer Aniston was good early but wimped out after halfway. Morgan Freeman was good all the way through. Recommended for this weekend and all others as well. Presentation: Image spot on with random negative dirt. Sound was excellent in SDDS Ah, the joy of seeing a movie at an AMC. The first note of the Universal theme did get clipped because of the way the booth spliced the attached trailer (The Hulk).  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-14-2003 07:56 PM                     Had to tech screen this the other night (opens next Thursday) as Buena Vista advised that 'somewhere' they believed there may be an Italian reel 5 in their batch of prints. So, I did and must say that I don't always enjoy Carey's films (Me, Myself and Irene being the worst I've seen of his) I really did enjoy this one. It's obviously at its funniest when he's trying out his powers and seeing what he can do. Tends to falter in the third act as he 'redeems' himself but does end up recovering well. Interesting note is that D.O.P. is Dean Semler, the Aussie who lensed Dances With Wolves and walked away with an Oscar for his effort. This one though (and it must be a director influence as Liar Liar had it too) looks like it is shot as a Seinfeld TV episode. In particular, any scene outside the apartment where Bruce is acting with the dog to get the dog to pee outside. The lighting is just unnatural and looks plain odd. For me, I'll give it 3 out of 4. You could do a lot worse...just open the newspaper and point at any other film in release.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 06-30-2003 02:38 PM                     Hehe http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3033576.stm  |  IP: Logged Greg Mueller Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1687 From: Port Gamble, WA Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-30-2003 02:43 PM                        My favorite part was when he found out he didn't get the job and started taking off on that old woman like she was from Titanic. Thought I would fall out of my chair  |  IP: Logged Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 06-30-2003 07:06 PM                        quote: Maybe I would have liked it better if I hadn't have missed the first two reels. I forgot I missed those. Hopefully, You were not the man running the film.... p.  |  IP: Logged Peter Berrett Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 602 From: Victoria, Australia Registered: Nov 2000 posted 06-30-2003 10:01 PM                        Just an average comedy film. It doesn't really cover any new territory and the jokes and plot are reasonably predictable. Still, its not boring. A useful film on a weekend if you have nothing better to do. Verdict: 6/10 stars cheers Peter  |  IP: Logged John Lasher Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Newark, DE Registered: Aug 2001 posted 06-30-2003 11:26 PM                        I believe someone wrote an instruction book a few years ago entitled "How To Make a Comedy Movie Starring Jim Carrey" This film follows it practically to the letter. But it's still funny. Very funny. Got more laughs out of it than some other "comedies" I've seen lately. ** 1/2 (Out of 4) Presentation: Regal People's Plaza 17 Picture: * (Platter scratches all the way through, focus porblems, dirt (very noticeable against white)) Sound: SR-D ***  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 07-17-2003 08:05 AM                     quote: My favorite part was when he found out he didn't get the job and started taking off on that old woman like she was from Titanic. Thought I would fall out of my chair Best use of a single F-word in a PG-13 movie ever!!  |  IP: Logged

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