Rating: Summary: One injection from the no eye'ed Gimp please. Review: Truly an unappreciated work of art. It might sound trait, but I believe this movie deserves more recognition that it has received in the past. At least now with it's DVD release people can truly appreciate what Adrian Lyne has done. Tim Robins does a great job with his character, but the twisted story telling of one man's struggle on reality and demons in his head are what truly makes this a great film. The extras are great as well, giving a more in-depth view into the story as a whole.
Rating: Summary: Very Melancholy Experience Review: This movie should be viewed a couple of different times for one to really figure out what is going on. The second time I saw it, things made a lot more sense. This movie will break your heart if you get it... Definitely in my top 10.
Rating: Summary: On my top 10 all time movies Review: This is the deepest movie I have ever seen. If you don't think so, you missed it!
Rating: Summary: Alfred Hitchcock did it better. Review: Very confusing story with Tim Robbins as a Vietnam Veteren who is expereinceing nightmarish visions, as a result of his experience in Vietnam. Incoherent acting combined with non-existent script makes this movie as one big mess. Hitchcook's VERTIGO made some thrity years before did this kind of story much more effectively.
Rating: Summary: Excellent Movie Review: Jacob's Ladder has to be one of the best psychological thrillers I've seen. If you think about everything in the movie and remember it, the whole nitemare starts to make sense. Watch it twice... you'll see the whole picture.
Rating: Summary: You never really Know What's Real! Review: I've seen this film a couple of times, and over the years, it STILL haunts me. It's one of those movies that leaves you with a question of what was real and what wasn't. I really liked it for that. It was a very surreal,film. It gives one the feeling of suffering a fever and going thru delerious dreams. Only at the end of it, you still don't know if you ever woke up or not?! A very bizarre yet extremely unforgettable tale.
Rating: Summary: Amazing Amazing Film Review: What can I say that hasn't been said before? Have you noticed the more negative takes on this film include such observations as: "The film brought up more questions than it answered." or "The ending of the film negates the whole rest of the picture." Well these are the words of people who have no passion for the mysteries of life. Instead of trying to find their own answers, they want the film to tell them the answers. The trouble comes into paradise when you realise no two people can get the same answer. Also the ending of the film only negates the rest of the picture for people who beleive that because we all die, there is no point to life. My intent is to just get you thinking, if you are adventurous, and like to think for yourself, you owe yourself this particular experience. Not to be missed by anyone who knows that really, they don't know anything.
Rating: Summary: Ignore the Critics-This is a Classic Review: Despite the misguided ramblings of the professional critics about this film, it remains one of the most thought provoking and powerful statements committed to celluiod in this decade. Deftly alternating between thriller, drama and horror, it is both a terrifying condemnation of war and its aftermath and a poetic exploration of man's journey to death. As for the suggestion that it is nothing more than a rip off of the shorter and better(ha!)film Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Yeah, right! Anyone who has seen both will note that the similarity is in the manner of La Jetee and 12 Monkeys. In other words, very very very loosely based and much more fleshed out. And just like the critical reception of 12 Monkeys, it is becoming increasingly apparent that mainstream critics become enraged when THE MESSAGE of a film isn't spelled out for them in 12 foot high neon letters at the end. Filmmakers who assume a little intelligence and don't lay out the exposition neatly for the audience are slammed for being confusing or muddled. Enough speechifying-watch the damn movie!
Rating: Summary: Superb Supernatural Thriller Review: This movie makes others in the genre seem stupid and shallow (I am referring primarily to the recent Bruce Willis hit that I can't even remember the title of, it was so pale by comparison, but also to Whoopie Goldberg and "Ghost" and any and all recent movies that have paraded the same story-line). I suppose that the reason this one hit so close to home was the relationship of father and son, which is at the core of the film. It strikes me as very Shakespearian, approximate to Macduff's feeling for his slaughtered children in "Macbeth." There are no false notes in this film (something I always look for and am ready to pounce on). The direction and acting is sterling in every respect. Tim Robbins is highly believable in every frame and the film rings true in its representation of Purgatory. If our lives truly are distilled and presented to us as flash-card object lessons at the end of our sojourn, this work captures that notion brilliantly.
Rating: Summary: BEST MOVIE EVER MADE Review: THIS IS WERE IT IS AT. THE BEST MOVIE IN THE WORLD
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