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Summary: The Movie Of The Decade, A Real Winner!
Review: I think the movie was a beautifully written script, with lots of tasteful humor. Claire Forlani played the well-to-do perfect doctor daughter of a very rich entrpeneur, who is portrayed by Anthony Hopkins. When a guy that Claire meets dies, death takes his place and with many twists and turns, ends up meeting again with Claire, and takes an interest in peanut butter. After trying to resist Joe's charm, Claire gives up and gives in to Joe's charming style. No more said for those who haven't seen it! I give it a fiver for the style, sophistcated way of script, and just because I am a softy when it comes to romantic comedys with Brad in it. Many people say that he can't act just because of some shaky starts and bad movie reviews from the past. I say this is the movie of the decade and will live forever, even with death!
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Summary: It makes me feel so deep inside!
Review: I just can't forget every word that had been said between Joe and Susan. Peanut butter is the most "passion" word for me, can you imagine that kind of feeling? And I still remember when Susan wanted Joe to choose either peanut butter or her,which one is his favourite, Thank God, Joe choose Susan. CUTE! I will put this film in my deepest heart forever and ever.
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Summary: Horrible
Review: It's very sad to read reviews written by teenagers. Do you really think this is a great movie?! Brad Pitt is one of the worst actors in the world. Even when he's acting with a great actor like Hopkins his performance is always ridicolous. But, of course, teenagers that think Pitt gorgeous don't think that way. That's why they spend their money buying movies like this one.
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Summary: What a range of acting by Brad Pitt!
Review: OK, the guy has played some weird roles in some rather bad movies -- but he's always played them well. This movie takes full advantage of Pitt's talent by having him play the nice guy, tough guy, intelligent, sensitive, compassionate and romantic. There are scenes where he is actually funny even though it's presented in a subtle way. I found myself laughing out loud several times and couldn't believe I was watching a movie about death! So now Brad is playing his best role ever in a great movie and the critics seemed to pan the movie anyway. Hopkins and Forlani are also excellent in their roles. Hopkins gives a wonderful performance as a loving father and powerful business man faced with death, but having to hide it from his family. Claire Forlani plays the part of his beautiful and intelligent daughter so well. She's constantly probing into Joe's situation to find out why he is living in her father's house meanwhile falling in love with this stranger and teaching Joe about love (something that is obviously new to him). The contrast between Pitt, the lawyer in the coffee shop and Pitt as Joe is fascinating. The guy in the coffee shop is opimistic, fun, lively and a great conversationalist. He smiles and laughs easily making Susan extremely attracted to him. Pitt as death (Joe) is quite different even though he looks the same. Joe is quiet, serious, mysterious, and somewhat clueless about people. As time goes on, Joe becomes more comfortable and Susan gets him to smile after his first kiss and he get a "week feeling" in his knees. The love scene is beautifully done and shows Susan undressing Joe. They get to the point where he can't get his shirt off all the way and he has this huge grin looking at Susan. I loved that part! There is a lot of conflict in this movie too. Many of the characters have personal issues to work out. It seems like a simple story but actually has several stories being told.
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Summary: What a surprise!
Review: The storyline seemed to indicate this is a suspense movie. It's actually a lot of things: family relationships and conflict, romance, drama, and some comedy. It's a really unusual subject so it makes you think about all the concepts it's presenting. I love a movie you can analyze and think about for days afterward. This is the kind of movie you can discuss with friends or relatives and compare notes on how each of you interpreted different scenes. The movie is beautifully done and roles wonderfully played by the actors. Brad Pitt is noteable is his performance portraying death. The interpretation is an unusual one where death is not used to having a body so he's stiff at first. Critics actually blasted Pitt for acting like a zombie or a robot. It was obviously part of the act portraying death. He also acted rather peculiar at the dinner table at first (smelling the food, and not knowing what to do with the plate of rolls). Later he attends a board meeting (uninvited) and makes the mistake of asking for cookies and tea and gets into a discussion about death and taxes while Drew is trying to conduct the meeting. It's all innocent on the part of death, but comes across as being funny. Death is like a child learning the ropes and making plenty of mistakes along the way. As the movie progressed, I wanted death to fall in love and get Susan away from Drew as the tension between Drew and Joe builds. The movie score is first rate. It's really emotional and full of feeling that's in the movie. Since getting the DVD, I've watched the movie several times checking parts I didn't quite get the first time. Seldom is so much packed into a single movie!
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Summary: A movie about personal experience, about art recreation.
Review: I have watched Meet Joe Black three times and eventually bought the video tape. At first, nothing more but trying to catch up with the story, language, actors' move. It was the logic mind walking through the movie. The second time is sensational. Two days I got obsessed. Tears along with profound feelings poured out of rigid daily routine life. The greatness of the movie has to be adored because what else we can expect from an art work? It is not something a viewer appreciates in distance, like most good movies in mainstream. This one goes into mind, talking to the soul, to the very bottom of heart. Funny how, then I searched through the web to find piece by piece reviews about the actors and the movie. After read almost all the critics, the third time the movie is just as plain as what was criticized by the critics, lengthy, slow paced, Brad Pitt, language, ... So I am convinced that movie like Meet Joe Black is about personal experience, if it is viewed by eyes with trust, by minds free of fixed concepts. It's about art recreation, about you the viewer. I haven't seen a great movie like this for a long long time.
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Summary: Boring but descent
Review: This movie spends hours leading up to nothing. I kept watching because I thought something was going to happen but it ended on a weak note. Pitt's first caracter was animated, then he was reincarnated with death and was a boring and lifeless caracter. The movie has two settings, this dudes house and his work place. Most of the movie consists of the camera watching 1 or 2 characters while they stare at one another or some one else, kind of like a soap opera. Well I'll tell you what I would of done if death visited me, first I would of asked many questions, this guy just was like oh, your death, ok. Second I would of tried to kill HIM, could I kill death? An interesting proposition. A bettter movie consisting of Pitt unleashing death is "Kalifornia". Here he plays a serial killer with David Ducuvny [interestingly enough a profiler on the best tv show "the X-files"]trying to figure him and all serial killers out. Julliet Lewis play's Pitt's caracter's girlfriend. She is phenominal. Pitt conformes to his caracter so well its awesome. While watching Ducuvny I can't help but think of him as Fox Mulder, maybe I have seen to many X-files episodes.He's still good and if you like him you should see the movie "playing god", see the x-files movie too. By the way, Ebert I hear you, "Normal Life" was one of the best movies of the year. If you need a critic partner I'm here for you. Your reviews are always right on.
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Summary: You gotta see this one - the acting and music is amazing!
Review: Hopkins is perfect as a wealthy powerful businessman, and loving father. Claire Forlani is beautiful, sensuous, intelligent and fun. Brad Pitt is mysterious, terrifying, passionate, quirky, and funny. The movie is romantic and delightful, thought provoking and uplifting, sad but not sentimental, mysterious and suspensful, funny and full of celebration! Need I say more? You got to see this one!
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Summary: Movie - 5 Stars / Music - 5 Stars -- a 10 Star WINNER
Review: I loved the refreshing style of this movie! It seems to capture the elegance as well as the dialog and timing of the old movies . This movie is not like any other I've seen in years. I wish I had seen it on the big screen! It's got a great cast and is well written. Of course the score by Thomas Neuman is excellent too. (I liked it so well I bought the soundtrack on CD). Some people I know said they didn't want to see it because it has Brad Pitt in it. His past movie roles have been kind of weird characters, but this one is very different. He plays a "nice guy" laywer that Claire Forlani meets in a coffee shop. As Death, he plays the part of an extremely polite and well mannered, well spoken preppy type. He shows a naive, vulnerable, tender side that I don't recall Pitt ever playing before. The romantic scenes are fantastic and so tastefully done. The way he looks at Claire Forlani is incredible -- he truly looks like he's in love! After seeing this movie, anyone who still thinks Brad Pitt can't act, just doesn't know what acting is about.
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Summary: CLASSY creative movie with WONDERFUL music!
Review: Very sensitive and romantic movie (with some humorous moments). I reluctantly picked up this movie thinking it might be a sad story about dying, but was I surprised! It does have some sad parts but mostly it's an uplifting story about life and relationships. Death just wants to sample a slice of life so he needs a 3-day tour with billionaire William Parrish (Anthony Hopkins). He certainly decided to vacation in style! The photography in the movie is lush. The sets are richly decorated with lots of artwork and antiques. The makeup artists make the stars look gorgeous. Hopkins never looked better. Claire Forlani is stunningly beautiful and Brad Pitt looks awesome. The lines are thought provoking and timed perfectly. The acting is superb and well polished. Facial expressions and gestures say so much about the feeling of each scene. The movie is 3 hours long, but each scene is significant, continually building on the theme of the story. It would be difficult to edit any of it without losing an important aspect of the story. The music is really a wonderful blend of strings, woodwinds and brass that adds feeling to scenes that are already emotion filled. I loved watching the story the first time, but it seemed even better the second time. For anyone with an appreciation for sensitive and romantic movies, this is a must see movie experience.
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