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Summary: Random Hearts, actually a good movie
Review: Last night I rented Random Hearts and was waiting to be disapointed by the movie since I scaned some of the reviews in Amazon. To my pleasant surprise the movie actually was very entertaining and even though it is a long running film it seemed to go by quickly. I never had the feeling that the movie was wasting my time or that the plot was thin. I would recommend this movie to anyone.
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Summary: This movie was insulting...
Review: This is the classic case of a big budget movie, with no script. The acting, cinematography, production and initial premise were all superb; but the script was as empty as one could possibly imagine. I was insulted by the sub-plot ("Dutch A Cop on the Edge"), it was like they were trying to distact men from noticing how bad the rest of the plot was. Also, there was NO romantic chemistry between the two leads (it was like watching two robots kiss).
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Summary: Ford's Talents live on in Name Only
Review: A plane has crashed, and aboard this plan two people were sitting together, each married to two others. Were they lovers? If so, how serious were they? Can we intertwine a couple action sequences that have no relevance to the movie so the preview looks good?I don't know exactly at what point Harrison Ford decided his name was worth money, not good acting, but I am convinced after Six Days, Seven Nights and Random Hearts that not only is not exerting his talent as he used to, but also he cares less about how foolish the script is. I miss the old Indiana, or even the good intentioned Jack Ryan, anything but the stale, out-of-place performance the consumer recieved from Ford in Random Hearts. I had high hopes in the beginning, the noble and extreme officer who finds himself a widow and has to deal with the confusion and regret of an affair mingled amongst tragedy. Eventually developing into a moldy, mildly interesting at best, romance, Ford battles bad guys while holding on to questions he can't seem to answer. I'm very pleased with myself, because I almost paid $6.50 in theatres to see this movie, hoping for a glimpse of the great Ford. Instead, I saw his name, but he was nowhere present in the film (at least not how I remember him). Granted, this is a drama, a romance, a different type of character than the ones that made Ford famous. However, I simply think he should never have been cast in this movie, I got severly tired of seeing the only emotional face he could pull off, that cringed brow expression he wears non stop. I have no doubt, Ford is not the serious romantic actor he is now aspiring to be. (I know this is a one-faced focus on Ford's performance, ignoring all other actors/actresses, but I felt it was Ford's presence on the front of box that made this movie even sell at all, therefore he became the focus of this review)
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Summary: Good Story
Review: I saw this movie in October, thought it was okay but the secondary plot distractions disturbed me. Now on DVD you can concentrate on the main characters evolving relationship and the effect the accident and betrayal has on them, and I have to say the movie is so much better than I originally thought. Kristin Scott Thomas is excellent as always, she is one of the best contemporary actresses.Worth a try, it is a somber,slow but well acted movie.
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Summary: Is Ford in a Coma during this one?
Review: Man, for the most part, i've always enjoyed Fords movies. And I do still enjoy his stuff. But this one, my god, I couldn't take in enough coffee to stay awake for it. I was very bored during the whole movie. Harrison reminded me of a monotone Priest give a 90 minute sermon. I'd suggest watching Raiders of the lost ark, backwards before watching this.
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Summary: I'd rather poke my eye with a pencil than see it again...
Review: I love Harrison Ford. It doesn't matter what he does, the man is fabulous. My wife loves Harrison Ford. She'd dump me in a heartbeat for the guy. Watching this movie was on par with getting radiation treatment for cancer. I know. I've been there. Both experiences were slow, painful and nothing I would care to repeat. PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME, let alone your money, on this film.
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Summary: Worth a second look
Review: I saw this movie in October, and was frustrated and disappointed. Pollack seemed a better actor than director in this, and Harrison Ford's performance appeared unnecessarily flat. (I am not a fan of Scott Thomas - she is so one dimensional and delivers every line exactly the same way. Can't help but wonder what results might have been possible with different casting.) I watched the DVD of Random Hearts last night. This is not an easy movie, and the pacing is very deliberate but there is more depth to the Dutch character than I thought. Ford took a real chance playing a character who is so difficult to relate to, someone who is so confused, betrayed and depressed. But it is his character's inability to resolve this situation that makes him seem more real, rather than some stock character who recovers from a shock in ten pages or less. Kay Chandler seems almost too efficient in her ability to cope, a curiously non-endearing side of her. Some of her best scenes are in the cabin where she recognizes that she is a different woman (humor, tenderness) when she is with Dutch. He is the vulnerable character and she is the strong silent one - is it the gender reversal that we find disconcerting? Of course I love Ford as Indiana Jones, but give the guy a chance. Watch his eyes and listen to his voice and see if you understand how much of a struggle he is having. A good screen play could have made the acting effort more profitable. And I hate the jazz score - whose idea was that?
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Summary: HAUNTING ROMANCE
Review: Internal affairs cop Dutch Van den Broeck just lost his wife in a plane crash. Congresswoman Kay Chandler's husband died in the same accident. As it is revealed that their spouses were having an affair, they find their own ways of dealing with the tragedy: she wants to forget it and he is obsessed with knowing his wife's secrets.This was a very good movie and not predictable. Ford was excellent in this, I would say it is one of his best.
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Summary: DONT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS FILM
Review: I has seen like a 2000 films in my life, may be more, and never never has seen nothing like this, is the worst film I ever seen, look it only have 2 reviews, that is because no one want to waste his time writing for this film, I think the same, But I want to prevent you, DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY IN THIS FILM, the actor and the acting is VERY GOOD, and all the movie is GOOD, excpet the script, is so bring, and stupid, and BORING, AND BRONG, AND BORING, is too slow, and BAD, Please DONT BUY THIS MOVIE. You have two thousand movies better, Like Saving Private Ryan, Life is Beatifull, Jerry Maguire, As god As get, The Sixth Sense, and many more.
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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: My husband and I love Harrison Ford movies. So we thought this one would be great too, because we also enjoy Kristen Scott Thomas. This movie lasted about 2 hours and 15 minutes. I think you could have watched the first half hour of the movie and would have gotten as much out of it as watching the whole thing. I think the "plot" of this movie was "drug into the ground" way too long. I mean, I would be upset too if my spouse was having an affair, but what can he do, she's gone. You can't get revenge on someone who is no longer there. We were very dissappointed with this movie, after waiting so long for it to come out at the video stores.
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