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Time Changer (2002)
Lack of Entertainment and Bad Acting Equal a Film to Avoid
To say that this movie overstates its case is putting it mildly. There could have been a sense of discovery in the Time Changer. Instead, the film takes itself too seriously and fails to portray an adventure in any sense of the words "fun" and stimulating.
The plot is predictable and the main characters are stereotypical Christian fundamentalists in the worst sense of that expression. A lot of self righteous dogma and smugness is presented. The morality of 1890's rigidly conservative middle America is presented as somehow normal and universal, which is sheerly a historical inaccuracy as well as fantasy.
There is not much sense of the joy of everyday living on Earth shown as a possibility for a 'truly' religious person. They have nothing much else to do but debunk science and wait for Jesus to arrive. Which is any minute. Umm, any minute now. Well, Jesus seems to have missed his cue and will come for a visit in His own good time, which could be one thousand years from now. The most ridiculous assertion of this movie is that "The End Times" are here. These "End Times" have supposedly been just around the corner since the early 1900's. Some folks are very impatient for the world to end, apparently.
The main characters regurgitate Rapture generalities over and over to each other. Jennifer O'Neill seems like a Stepford wife, robotic-like in agree ing with the Victorian era men who come from the 1890's to make sure she and others in modern times still believe in the 100% literal translation of the Bible. Who needs Biblical exegesis, Biblical commentaries and cultural sources to help clarify various portions of the Bible when Biblical scholarship was supposedly completed before the 1900's? That and other absurd ideas are pounded into the viewer and not in a very loving or hopeful manner.
If it was good enough for the Christian fundies of 1890, then, by crackie, why should we delve any further into scriptural matters? Who needs archaeology? Why should anyone grow spiritually, unless of course they promise to remain conservative and not become open minded or tolerant of the religious beliefs of others. The movie is sheer fundamentalist propaganda thinly disguised as entertainment. Avoid it.
Harlem Nights (1989)
Not all that bad - it spoofs itself on purpose
The over the top acting of Arsenio Hall was not so different from some of the acting of Lucille Ball. Face it, Harlem Nights was much more enjoyable to watch than any of the "Godfather" movies, all of which were too dark and took themselves too seriously. People actually were thinking of the Godfather movies as romantic! Watching those depressing Godfather movies many years later, I would gladly watch Harlem Nights, the sequel. Eddie Murphy was spoofing those movies.
Lifeforce (1985)
Scenes of Mathilda May naked are the only good parts of this movie.
Mathilda May was in her early twenties when she made the movie Lifeforce. Placing her in the role of a vampire was not a very good use of her acting talents. Her 'best' lines were "Use my body"(many males in the viewing audience already were thinking about this, no doubt) and "Come closer to me(or "be with me", I can't remember which).
Mathilda May is stunningly beautiful naked and I hope to have a close encounter of my own with her one day. Basically, the film Lifeforce was confusing and made little sense. I would say that the film Lifeforce was in a horror film genre with a bit of "Playboy After Dark" mixed in. Mathilda May is in her late thirties at the time of this writing(2003). I'm sure many of us hope that the years have been kind to her physical beauty. Naked Mathilda May in another film - bien sur. Mathilda in a mindless movie like Lifeforce - non. She deserves better.