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Bulworth (1998)
"Hilariously Crazy" isn't how I'd describe it.
Yes, I'll admit there are a few very funny parts in this movie, but the political statements Warren Beatty makes in this film is something worth experiencing. Speaking through Bulworth, Beatty tells politicians and everyone else what he thinks is wrong in the current system of American Government. At the beginning of the movie, Senator Bulworth is deeply disturbed about the state of his life. His wife cheats on him, he doesn't like lying all the time and Bulworth hires a hit-man to take care of his woes.
However, at the first stop on his campaign trail he is to give a speech in front of the African-American community. Bulworth steps up to the podium and has a change of heart. Since he knows his life is over, he starts speaking his mind more and more on television instead of reciting the same speech over and over again (kinda like Kerry did in the 2004 election.) Addressing issues like the absence of black leaders today and the kind of life black people are forced to live since the deterioration of the education system actually gives Bulworth a boost to his popularity. Afterwards Bulworth speaks about media and the extended reach that corporate control has on the government, the problem that Senators have paying media companies for TV time to have their political viewpoints expressed to the public, and the breakdown of racial harmony. In my opinion it is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Especially with the twist at the end.
Crossroads (2002)
Dan Aykroyd's Crossroad Into Superstardom
During the course of this "movie" Dan Aykroyd plays the most uncool character he has ever played... Britney Spears' father! He is double-plus uncool and there is absolutely nothing good about this movie at all! Unofficial score of 0.01/10!
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Somewhat Lacking
The third installment of the Lord of the Rings was a good movie, however, I had many problems with the character development and acting in the movie. Sean Astin and Elijah Wood, (the only two exceptions,) played the roles of Frodo and Samwise admirably. Even with some of the adaptations from Peter Jackson's interpretation of the books, the story is still intriguing. However, none of the other characters in the remaining part of the fellowship suffered no more than 3 seconds of any kind of acting at a time, as nearly all the dialogue from the book is erased. And at the ending sequence, when Frodo wakes up, the cheerful scenes drag on forever, when Peter Jackson could have saved it by cutting off half the slow motion and instead, showing the last parts of the book with the burning & enslavement of the shire, and the uprising that followed. All in all, it was a good movie. Cinematic, epic, and, above all, bloody.
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
A story of woe
I went to see Matrix: Revolutions, hoping that there would be some explanation as to why Neo was able to kill machines in the realy-real world. Unfortunately, Matrix: Revolutions has no answers, only many more questions. Why the Wachowski Brothers turned the third (and hopefully final) saga of the Matrix, into a emotionless, plot-lacking, ridiculous battle against the machines, that the humans could never hope to win, I will never know. After seeing the movie I have no doubts that the question we all ask ourselves at night will be:
What is the Matrix Revolutions?
Much like Morpheus I will only tell you the truth...
#$%! covered in tin foil.