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Summary: Just plain terrible.
Review: My friend and I were stupid enough to actually rent this horrid thing. (Fortunately, we also rented 'Rules of Engagement' at the same time. At least one of the two was a good movie)
As we sat through two hours of wasted time, several things became painfully obvious to us both.
1)Jenifer Lopez cannot act. Her line delivery is wooden and stiff, if not a montotone.
2) "Hey, haven't we seen this before?!" Yes, we had. It's called The Silence of the Lambs, folks.
3) We could have made better special effects in our spare time. I don't know what sort of look the director was going for (of course I do- "Cheap!"), but every effect looks fake if not downright laughable.
4) This 'movie' to throw the term around loosely, tried, and failed, to use excessive violence in lieu of a plot. Didn't work.
5) Rogert Ebert must have been out of his mind when he reccomended this movie.
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Summary: Well......
Review: Well. The Cell. I've read several reviews about this movie and some I agree with and some I disagree with. Personally, I feel that The Cell is certainly visually stunning and emotionally evocative in parts. Unfortunately, I never want to see it again. I'm disgusted with the person who came up with this movie and yet I want to meet him and shake his and say "Heckuva movie, man!" This is because I've always felt that a great movie isn't loved by all: any such movie certainly fits the label, "sheer, utter pap." A good movie makes its viewers feel either one way or another with little or no gray area. A great movie creates a dichotomy of feeling in the viewer along the lines of "I absolutely hated it, but I can't wait to see it again!" or "I loved it, but I never want to see it again." That's called inner conflict. See this movie and see which way your conflict goes.
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Summary: A Better Ending Is Needed
Review: Even though movies are stories told with pictures, there are few movies that I can excuse having a bad story for having good visuals. "The Cell" is one of those movies."The Cell" stars Jennifer Lopez as a child psychologist named Catherine Deane who, when the movie begins, is attempting to communicate with the coma-stricken boy of a wealthy man. That's no so unusual. The unusual part is that she is trying to contact the boy by a direct mind link. Catherine works in a research institute that has developed a way to transfer someone's mind into another person's mind. They hope to use this technology as a way to heal mentally ill patients. As the story opens we also see Vincent D'Onofrio as a schizophrenic killer named Carl Stargher, who has some rather anti-social habits. How many people out there play the deranged pycho better than D'Onofrio? Not many. Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) is the FBI agent tasked with catching Stargher. Peter manages to discover who the killer is and surrounds him in his house. Carl undergoes a seriously traumatic episode and slips into a catatonic state. Peter knows a doctor who knows of a research project going on that, well you now the rest. This is how Catherine gets involved. She's tasked with entering Carl's mind to find the location of his latest victim before she's drowned in Carl's torture chamber. After this the story gets a little confusing; but, this is when the real visuals come out to play. As Catherine winds her way through the mind of a madman, we see what can only be described as disturbingly authentic recreations of somebody's version of a twisted mind. This is one of the few times when pictures do tell a thousand words. The story does breakdown into a typical Hollywood action flick with a ho-hum last minute rescue that is supposed to be the movie's climax. It is far from suspenseful as you know what's going to happen. Just once I'd like to see the rescuer get there too late. "The Cell" also wraps up a little too neatly on the Catherine-Carl side too. This movie would have been a little more fulfilling had they left some open ends to it. Give "The Cell" five stars for being willing to shock and unsettle the audience; but, subtract one for not being willing to leave them without a happy ending.
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Summary: I've had better times at the dentist
Review: There really isn't that much I can say about this movie, my mother always told me "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all". Me and the missus spent the evening in watching this pre-packaged modern art pap. After the first half hour we remained glued to the box in the vain attempt to derive some meaning out of the wasted time that was being consumed. It did not get any better or make anymore real sense, so don't make the mistake we did and watch it until the end. Come to think of it save your money altogether, don't buy or rent the film and get that extra large bag of Flumps you've been hankering for instead.
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Summary: It wasn't that great, but it was pretty.
Review: I think 2 stars might be a little too harsh, but 3 stars was just too close to 5. This was a relatively decent movie, although some of the acting wasn't all that wonderful. It had some really great effects, and was visually pleasing, however the tone of the movie was pretty dark. It almost reminds me of the movie, "Jacob's Ladder" if you've ever seen it.
There were some great parts (the horse scene!) but I would be leary of who I would recommend it to. The plot was ok too. I'd watch it again if it came on TV, but I wouldn't rent it again or buy it.
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Summary: His mind is her prison:
Review: Jennifer lopez, (anaconda). vince vaughn, (psycho). and
Vincent D'onofrio (men in black). star in the cell. A Scifi/horror movie about a seril killer who drowns women and does a ritual with their bodies. jennifer lopez plays a therapest who travels inside his mind after he is attacked by a seizure that leaves him catatonic. She travels inside his mind to find his next victim before she dies. vince vaughn plays a detective who helps her and also travels inside the killer's mind. Vincent D'onofrio plays the crazed serial killer. This movie has great special effects. It's more scifish than a horror movie but it still is scary. (not slasher movie scary).
The DVD has great features and picture and sound. Buy this movie. It is good.
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Summary: DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP
Review: You've probably seen this kind of movie before; a person (Lopez in this case) can project herself into other people's minds. Dennis Quaid made an almost identical movie about 15 years ago. Some truly impressive imagery in the "dream" sequences make the rental fee worth while, but the rest of the movie was fast forward material. The actors playing the serial killer and the cop were both pretty good, but J. Lopez, even with a gratuitous and carefully calculated display of her backside, acted more as a vacum than anything else. Yes, she's beautiful, but that's not the same thing as being talented. Overall not bad, but don't expect too much.
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Summary: A MUCH NEEDED DEFENSE FOR A MALIGNED FILM!
Review: I am appalled at the short-term memory of all those who bash Jennifer Lopez's ability to act. Before she became the Queen of all Media, this diva had the acting chops to back it up. Witness her chemistry with Clooney in Soderbergh's fantastic "Out of Sight" or her femme fatale in Oliver Stone's overdone "U-Turn." Also, witness, "The Cell" a smart career move. There's no vamping, no overacting, no romance -- it's just a straight role and she does a more than adequate job. As for those, bashing the film's lack of reality and sense. It's a movie! Movies don't necessarily have to opreate on the same linear plane of causality that we require in our everyday lives -- infact, isn't that the entire point of a movie. The direction is visionary, in the sense that film is a visual medium, and the look is nothing but distinctive and awe-inspiring. Also, give the film some credit for actually attempting a pseudo-transcendental ending replete with atonement and forgiveness (albeit slighty S & M influenced) as opposed to the standard shoot 'em up. This film isn't opearting on the same plane as "Silence of the Lambs" or "Seven" and barring the fact these films have a common entity (serial killer) the comparisons end there. This is an art film with a large budget. It belongs in the warm company of David Lynch's "Lost Highway" and Cronenberg's "Crash" and "Existenz." Push yourself to look past sense and just surrender to the dream -- like one is supposed to do while watching a "fantasy" film. Oh -- and by the way -- structurally the film is a textbook example of screenplay structure (look in a screenwriting book and clock in the narrative events alongside the film's running time) -- you could teach a class by it. In short, lay off the film's back and give Jennifer Lopez the credit she deserves as an actor!
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Summary: A colorful and chilling thriller. On that catches the eye!
Review: This new thriller from Tarsem Singh, pits Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez) into taking the risk of entering a skitzo-frania maniac's mind who's new victim will be tortured if she doesn't figure it out in time. FBI Agent, Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) is on the case and is determined to find her in time. This film is dark, bright and bone-chilling at the same time. The awesome sets, costume, make-up and set design set a new standard for film. It is something like we've never seen before. The performances are very acceptable, and Jennifer Lopez has shown off one of her best performances yet. This film can also get to be really gruesome and groase if you're one who can't stand films like SEVEN and HANNIBAL. Yet, this one is different. It is full of suspense. I don't think it's meant to be scary, it's just very imaginative. A film like this really stands out among the many of the year. I'm surprised at how much gore the film really shows. But for some reason, it isn't groase-out like HANNIBAL. The film has a limit as to how realistic, and how much the audience will take. VINCE VAUGHN sort-of gives you the feeling that he is perhaps out of place in the film. Yet, it works. This movie is very shocking and almost too imaginative. "With all this film has to offer, it is very reccomendable. With the thrills, colorfulness, and suspenseful plotwork, topped off with worthy performances, THE CELL is a fun ride to take."
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Summary: (...)
Review: This is such (...), but watch it anyway for a truthful performance by terrific Tara Subkoff as the last victim. She's the only good thing about this bad, bad movie.
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