Rating: Summary: Good morning Charlie. Review: If you were a big fan of the Tv series then you will probobly hate this film. If you are going to compare this film with all the things that are wrong in America and thinks people who like it should burn in hell, then you are going to hate this film and are probobly a little unbalanced and need to be on valium. Fortnately I didn't see the Tv series so I didn't have that bias when I wacthed it. All of these Tv adaptaions are not very faithful to the series that preceeded them. except maybe the first Brady bunch movie. So when going to see it you have to consider that they are not going to be very faithful. Some are moreso than others I grant you. This movie draws alot on recent successes. The film is full of wirework similar to Matrix. It is loaded with action and martial arts action. Some of the girls have some pretty decent moves, other times they look a little shaky doing the MA stuff. The effects range from brilliant to poor and overall that is my biggest complaint. The movie swings from brilliance to ok all the way through. There are alot of dippy blonde moments throughout the film and this may put some people off. The Angels are not really strong female role models for the girls of today. They are in a fantasy world where dippy blonde girls can still kick your butt in a royal way. All that being said I did enjoy it alot. It is a fun action packed film that doesn't take itself or us too seriously. If you just want a laugh and some action, then it isn't that bad.
Rating: Summary: It's all about Lucy Review: Okay, ummm.....I've got this HUGE bias towards this movie for the sheer amount of screen time that Miss Liu manages to score, but I'll try to keep that out of this.Alright then..... PACKAGING: Quite nice actually - good shot of the trio on the cover, with eye-catching (but not gaudy) colouring. The casing is pretty sturdy and opaque (clear casing just seems flimsier to me ususally). EXTRAS: Wow - there's actually quite a few. I'm the type of person that likes to rifle through every inch of a DVD as soon as I finish watching it.....and this release has it in spades. Numerous different behind-the-scenes clips (including one about the Angels' wardrobe.....any excuse to see Lucy in that Japanese masseuse outfit again *swoon*), actor bios, a feature about McG himself (this movie is his first professional departure from music videoes), TWO music videoes....it took me nearly another hour just to get through all that. Quite impressive. FEATURE: Ahhh....the meat of the review. Well, McG said it best himself in his feature: "This movie isn't trying to be Othello." Not even close.....but I guess that's what I like best about it. The movie never takes itself too seriously, even taking the occassional dig at the original Charlie's Angels series - right down to the usage of the original make of speaker-phone that Charlie used to give the Angels their assignments. Of course, it doesn't skimp in other areas: the action is pretty intense too (martial arts aren't exactly Jackie Chan caliber, but Drew Barrymore gets a pretty cool scene), there's some decent laughs (I love when Lucy was trying to teach Cameron her patented Hair-Toss Thingy....."just throw....the GODDAMN....hair") and of course, the Angels themselves are certainly easy on the eyes - and are well aware of it, too. All in all - a worthy purchase. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to watch Lucy's first hair-toss scene....just ONE more time....
Rating: Summary: These angels don't crouch or hide Review: A rich computer genius - the inventor of a revolutionary new voice recognition technology - has been kidnapped, and somebody's responsible! Who can ya call! (cue the music). With nowhere else to turn, the genius's beautiful partner calls on the famed Charles Townshend Detective Agency, whose business end is managed by three beautiful, tough and resourceful ladies who once...well, we never find out what they once were, but they seemdd pretty much the same beautiful, tough and resourceful types they were when they left whatever they were doing and went to work for the mysterious Mr. Townshend. (Personally, I think he may be linked to the shadowy Blake Carrington, but that's just my theory). Although each of the three is beautiful, tough and resourceful (hey, where have I heard that before?), each of the three epitomize this differently - with Alex (Lucy Liu) being the most resourceful, Dylan (Drew Barrymore) as a tomboy who can fight off a quintet of baddies while tied to a chair (in a scene that riffs on a drugged and chair-bound Schwarzeneggar's telling his captors exactly how he'll escape from his cuffs and what he'll do when he's out in "True Lies") and Natalie (Caeron Diaz) who won't let an epic judo-death match get in the way of snagging a date. Director Joseph McGinty knows that TV franchises haven't been doing that well on the screen (anybody catch "Mod Squad"?) so he turns the film into a cross between an extended music video, a parody of action movies and a barb aimed at the idea of taking TV to the big screen. (The film opens on an airplane where 1st class passengers are forced to watch "TJ Hooker, the Movie"). McGinty's strategy works mostly on the power brought by the stars who know when to team up and when to grab the spotlight. With plenty of matrix-style fight scenes, every fight seems to bend the laws of gravity. The film also works on the strength of the co-stars - Bill Murray bringing his deadpan shtick to Bosley, but also Tom Green as Dylan's semi-psychotic boyfriend, Matt LeBlanc doing his firends routine as a low-wage actor in bad movies, but also Crispin Glover as the psychopathically silent android-like killer who enforces for the bad guys. Why the baddies - who seem perfectly able to fight their own battles - need Glover isn't something that will boggle the minds of viewers who willbe too busy enjoying the site of Kelly Lynch and Cameron Diaz duking it out while Diaz is on the phone with her boyfriend.
Rating: Summary: Charlie's Angels Kick Butt! Review: Charlie's Angels is the best movie ever! It's about three girls who go under cover to rescue an upcoming electronics corporation;Knox Technoligees.Soon they find Eric Know and the kid napper,but soon they figure out something unexpexted......I recomemend this movie people of all ages!
Rating: Summary: A Real Mess Review: As a screenwriter, I find a story to be the most important part of a film. Without it, a film fails, at least in terms of quality. Charlie's Angels is one of those films, that has everything imaginable, but a story. Charlie's Angels features three beautiful, intelligent, and charismatic women. Respectively, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu fail at these qualities. While half of what fills the screen is interesting in a music-video kind-of way, the other half made me scream, "What is this?!" I also had some other questions. Why does Sam Rockwell sing and dance? What's the deal with the impromptu race car chase? Why is Tom Green in this movie? And, if this is a comedy, why isn't it funny? Overall, Charlie's Angels is a mess and a bad movie, and not even bad in a good way. It makes me roll my eyes everytime I think that this movie made over $100 Million dollars at the box office, and I sigh in disappointment, "Have audiences really come down to this level?"
Rating: Summary: If you expected very little, you will be suprised Review: This movie is a contemporized parody of the 70s hit show - Charlies Angels. Fortunately, the writers of this movie made no attempt to take themselves seriously and have interjected a fair amount of humour while remaining somewhat true to the overtly sexist original theme. All three actresses (Diaz, Liu, Barrymore) put in good performances as characters with deliberately exaggerated personalities. Each of three actress are able to carry off the "Girl Power" theme successfully without being insulting or condescending to women. Casting Bill Murray as the understated, bumbling Boswell was also an excellent choice. Scriptwise, the writers have managed to stretch a 30 minute episode into a two hour movie - nothing spectacular. Instead of intricate plot, which would have been out of place, the writers rely on excellent special effects (very Matrix like) and well thought out photography and backgrounds to make the movie more interesting. The DVD itself is not a bad buy, with several making of documentaries as well as the music videos. For those of you that enjoy commentaries, this one is also quite good. Overall I had very low expectations and was pleasantly suprised (but not intellectually overwhelmed)
Rating: Summary: Perfect for perving!! Review: I have to say this movie is really good to watch if you are into girls fighting with special effects. Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz fans find this very interesting and also entertaining at the same time. It pays out usual male oriented fighting movies. This can be known as female-version of Jackie Chan movie.
Rating: Summary: THIS IS THE COOLIST MOVIE! Review: This is the best movie ever! Cameron Diaz is SO FUNNY! Drew Barrymore is BRILLIANT! Lucy Liu is...is...WOW! BUY THIS MOVIE! I have never seen the 1970 show in my life, but you don't have to to watch charlies angels! Good Morning, Angels!
Rating: Summary: L.O.V.E and F.R.I.E.N.D.S.H.I.P Review: There was a 29 year old woman named Lisa Michelle Purkey she had a husband named Scott and two kids named Shiann and Daniel they loved thier mom and dad very much and one night they went out and went to Scotts brother and his girl friends house. They went over there and asked them did they want to go forwilling with them and they said no so Lisa and Scott went on and got thier friends Mike and Shirley and they went with them and they went forwilling in North Carolina and they were in the mountains and Lisa and Shirley were in the back a sleep and the ground fell out from under them and they fell down 110 feet and they hit the ground and Scott got up and ran 13 miles to get help the amblance came and got Mike,Shirley and Lisa and well Scott called his mom back in Tennessee and said come and get me so she went and got him and the kids were at thier aunts and when she brought them home thier he said kids I was in a car wreck they said we know he said well your mom and Shirley didnt make it and they said realy he said ya and then everybody cried. (THE END)
Rating: Summary: Just Say Flop Review: Utter surprise is what I felt when I viewed this film. The storyline is best described as comicstrip meets slap stick. If you do not like slap stick comedy, this is not the movie for you. The photography is beautiful, the stunts are entertaining but everything else is a bust.
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