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Summary: Get's better every time
Review: I just watched this movie again and was swept away by the story, romance,cinematography and musical score. I watch many movies, few that I bother to watch again, but this is one that I have watched many times and each time I enjoy it more. If you have a heart you will love this movie. Martin Brest directed this wonderfully and I'm anxiously awaiting his next movie, Brad Pitt at his best romantic performance and Claire Florlani is captivating.
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Summary: Meet Joe Black
Review: We have watched this repeatedly! Only the reruns of 'The Wizard of Oz' and 'The Godfather' have been accorded this honor in our house. The haunting rendition of "Over the Rainbow" at the close of this movie stays playing in my head. Now I have ordered IZ CDs to keep that going on and on too!!
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Summary: You must watch this one...
Review: ..alone, in the dark, after 9pm at nite for the best possible viewing experience. I have cried at 3 movies in my life, and this is one of them. You will be surprised that you have found such a jewel when you watch this classic. GET IT! and SHARE IT! :)
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Summary: Outstanding Performence!
Review: This movie swept me off my feet about how even the most unexpected things can happen while you are waiting for something else.
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Summary: Peanut Butter
Review: WOW! and i mean WOW! This movie was just awesome, i loved every second of it. Pitt and Hopkins were tremendous. This movie definately goes by in a flash, i can't belive its three hours. I absolutely love it. I could sit down and watch it all the time. Pitts and Forlani's relationship kept me attentive and fascinated. I definately think its one of the best movies i've ever seen. It had me laughing, thinking, and even crying. And Pitts love for peanut butter was too hilarious.
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Summary: ...Still the Best Three Hours of My Life...
Review: Each time I watch Martin Brest's masterpiece, "Meet Joe Black," I am swept into a different world, and I'm truly happy. Compliments to Mr. Brest for making such a beautiful motion picture that manages to change my life, spiritually and emotionally, every single time I watch it. It becomes more and more profound and moving with each viewing. "Meet Joe Black" was criminally ignored at the 1999 Academy Awards. Hello? At the very least, the nominations should have been the following: Best Picture, Best Actor (for both Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt), Best Supporting Actress (Claire Forlani), Best Director (Martin Brest), Best Original Score (Thomas Newman), Best Cinematography, and Best Adapted Screenplay. I'm still happy "Shakespeare in Love" won Best Picture that year, because that, too, is one of my favorite films. Yet I am still angry "Meet Joe Black" was so ignored. It's the picture's fans that make its glory live on. Not even "Moulin Rouge" could take my top honors as my favorite film of all time from "Meet Joe Black." And, honestly, no picture in my life time ever will, and that is a guarantee. There is no better film out there. "Meet Joe Black" is a celebration of life and love, and the actors fill the characters with such an immense beauty that it is impossible not to love them. I am a film critic myself, and I don't know how some critics could sit through and praise long, boring movies, where "Meet Joe Black" is long, but is astonishing in every way. Is Brest perhaps a little self-indulgent? Perhaps. But I say no. All he did was to take a boring 80-minute flick from decades and decades ago and extend it into a sweeping, enganging, romantic epic about life...about the people we meet, the trials we go through, and the love we share that makes it worth the journey in the end. The dazzling cinematography shines through in the last act, a poignant series of goodbyes illuminated by breathtaking fireworks and Thomas Newman's lush and haunting score. "Meet Joe Black" will remain in my memory until the day I die, and the first time I ever watched it will be the best three hours of my life, for those three hours changed my life in a way nothing has ever before. I've been touched by "Meet Joe Black," as will you be.
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Summary: Meet Joe Who ?
Review: I have to admit I throughly enjoyed the first half hour of the film. The interaction between Pitt and Hopkins in the study was masterful. At this point I thought I stumbled apon a gem in the sea of melodramatic garbage. It turns out I was in for another disapointment. Does Martin Brest have to make susan cry constantly.
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Summary: Death and Taxes
Review: I was encapsulated from the very beginning of the movie. I found it very clever and interesting. Brad Pitt has a very redeeming role in this as with Fight Club. The characters are very awesome...and very quaint at some points. You grow very attached to them in the 181 minutes the movie lasts. Anthony Hopkinds is amazing, playing a rich business man turning 65 years old in a few weeks from the beginning of the movie. Brad Pitt is unknown for most of the time he is in the movie...but his character "joe black" is so amazing, you are lost in his mysterious nature. THis is a love story and also a beautiful tale...glad that it was different then most of the movies I have seen recently. I am an avid movie watcher...LOL Anyway...watch this if you like a good story but if you don't like romance then don't...but if you like supernatural ways to find love then watch this!!
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Summary: One of Pitt's finest performances and excellent movie
Review: When I first saw Meet Joe Black, I was so amazed! This movie had meaning and a purpose.To me , this movie should have won an oscar for best film! Brad Pitt is a talented, handsome actor and this movie shows it! He portrayed Death and Joe Black so well! Claire and Anthony were also excellent in this movie. The story is very intriguing with an excellent plot , good script, and awesome actors.if you haven't seen this film YOU SHOULD! I'm in Middle school and I absolutely treasured this stunning work! Finally, an excellent movie with everything and hardly no foul language. Give these actors a round of applause!
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Summary: On my Top Ten List of 1998
Review: What probably caused this film to tank at the boxoffice and, thus, to get several top execs at Universal fired is its running time. At nearly three hours and with only one small action sequence, it's way beyond the patience level of some folks. In hindsight, it does seem strange that the nearly one hundred million dollar project would be approved in the first place, but I, for one, am happy that this corporate accident occurred. I like to savor things, so Meet Joe Black's unusual length was not a problem. Ironically, its a remake of a 1930s movie called Death Takes a Holiday, which runs less than ninety minutes. The plot revolves around billionaire William Parrish's unexpected encounter with Death. He is literally visited by The Grim Reaper, who has taken fleshly form, apparently because he wants to know what it feels like to be alive. Yet, though the subject matter is mainly about mortality, this is the most life-affirming Hollywood movie in ages. Death takes the form of a mysterious young man named Joe Black. One of the great casting coups in recent times was to cast Brad Pitt as Joe. The impossibly good-looking Mr. Pitt causes everyone's worst fear to become something serene and angelic - the exact opposite of what we imagine. It is then possible to see Death as a spirit that's just doing its job, rather than as some totally malignant force. Anthony Hopkins is wonderful, as always, as Bill Parrish. Again, the casting throws us a curve. He makes us believe that someone can climb to the top of the heap and still remain caring and loving and passionate. Who else but Hopkins could conjure up a lovable billionaire? Pitt and Hopkins play incredibly well together. Hopkins is renowned for bringing the best out in his coworkers, but in this case, I think Pitt is proving that, given material within his range, which is limited by his looks, he can be formidable. Hopkins can roar like a lion, while Pitt is more like a cobra, making his point with just a hiss. I said this was a romantic drama. Love comes in the form of Parrish's daughter, Dr. Susan Parrish. Joe and Susan become more than a bit attracted to each other Naturally, she has no idea he's not so human. Claire Forlani plays Susan, and she is a delight. She's a 90s woman to the core, and she hasn't much use for romance until Joe Black. Their love scenes are quite believable. She reminds me a bit of Gwenyth Paltrow, albeit not quite as beautiful. I expect to see much more of her. Marcia Gay Hardin sparkles as Allison, the older sister. Jeff Tamber is touching as her not so bright husband. And Jake Weber is over the top as Drew, the true villain of the movie. The photography is glorious, as is the music. This is a film mainly for older audiences. I can see why Hollywood's audience of choice - teenagers - was underwhelmed by it. It speaks of things that are not yet of interest to most of them.
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