Matinee

Rating:
Summary: Matinee is better than "Lobsterman from Mars"
Review: This movie has the same concept of spoofing most of our favorite bug movies. It also has an underlying script, which changes this movie from a "Lobsterman From Mars (1990), ASIN: B0000065S5 to more of an "A Christmas Story (1983)" B00000JKNP feel. You could have been there in the 60's. And footage is shown from the real films that it is spoofing. And once again the MANT (man-ant) has his appendages where they don't belong.

Rating:
Summary: Matinee is better than "Lobsterman from Mars"
Review: This movie has the same concept of spoofing most of our favorite bug movies. It also has an underlying script, which changes this movie from a "Lobsterman From Mars (1990), ASIN: B0000065S5 to more of an "A Christmas Story (1983)" B00000JKNP feel. You could have been there in the 60's. And footage is shown from the real films that it is spoofing. And once again the MANT (man-ant) has his appendages where they don't belong.

Rating:
Summary: A real treat
Review: This movie really surprised me. It gets generally good reviews, but so do a lot of films these days that I don't think much of. So I wasn't expecting too much, not wanting to be disappointed again. Man, what a shock! ...Or should I say, Mant, what a shock!

What's best about Matinee is that it is pure unadulterated fun. Yes, the teen romances seem to drag at the beginning, but the storyline about the Cuban missile crisis, and your curiosity about just exactly what this John Goodman character is up to, have already established an underlying tension that sticks with you and holds your attention.

Your patience is rewarded, because when the long balyhooed Key West preview of "Mant" finally begins, this movie ROCKS! Yes, a lot of what happens in this flick is not exactly like things were in the early '60s, but who cares? Personally, I noticed several errors in dialog -- expressions being used that did not exist in 1962, but again, who cares! This comedy is fun, fun, fun and just keeps going and going, right up to the end of the world! (on screen, at least)

By the way, much is made of "Mant," the movie within this movie, and rightfully so. It is almost as riveting as the main movie, which of course is "Matinee." Getting confused? -- look closely near the end and you will see a movie within a movie within a movie!!! This all gets very complicated, in a way, and there are several side stories going on too, but it all moves so fast and blends so well, you really don't mind, because no one in the movie knows what's going on either! It's just total chaotic entertainment.

I haven't enjoyed a movie this much in a long time. I like it so much, I bought a second copy as a backup. It's not Citizen Kane, but it's a ton of fun, and also rather charming in its own way, so it gets a rare five stars from me.

Rating:
Summary: The Mant man
Review: This movie was pretty cool I think that it was good and there was no violence in it. I liked it when they showed it when the man who gets bit by a ant and turns into a Mant and grows to become a very ugly monster and it starts to climb buildings i give this movie a thumbs up.