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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6056

Yeah join the club Chump......they can't touch you for it

Your reviews are always fun to read Luc

Dusk to Dawn.......believe it or not but I'd never seen it before

......yes, really!

So I didn't know what to expect when I read the storyline of 2 criminal brothers and vampires.....it even crossed my mind it might be a comedy......but with Quentin Tarantino involved I should have known there'd be blood.....and lots of it!

It's one of those films that sound so far out there that I didn't think I'd like it.......but I did! Quentin Tarantino is excellent as the psychotic Richard Gecko with a twisted fixation with harming women. One minute he's quiet and the next he explodes in fury and it's up to his brother Seth (played by the oh so sexy George Clooney

) to try and keep him under control.

They kidnap a family and force them to drive to Mexico where they've arranged to meet up with some local hoods. Harvey Keitel is good as the preacher father who's become sceptical about God. When Seth tries to get him to talk about his dead wife you can see the preacher gritting his teeth in anger and practically spitting the words out.....good performance by Keitel

I loved the p***y speech at the Titty Twister strip joint (great name btw!) and I kept thinking how much the guy looked like the cop who'd pulled over the camper van earlier on.....till I realised it was the same actor (Cheech Marin) who actually plays 3 parts in the movie

Salma Hayek's snake dance routine is sexy and I can understand why men remember that scene

The fights with the vampires are awesome with great sfx and funny moments thrown in too. I loved when the guy's changing into a vampire and he's deserately trying to hide his hands and face

I've always said I don't like films with blood, guts and hacked off limbs but Tarantino's screenplay is so clever, funny and downright entertaining that I liked the film........

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 9307

Another great review.

......And you can't write good ones???? You just did

Okay I finally got to watch Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life and for a start what is with the huge title

I enjoyed seeing Angelina Jolie back in this role as she really does resemble the computer game character though I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss the shorts and tight top Croft is so famous for wearing but as Cat said the bikini on the jetski really was pretty good

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The action scenes were fast and furious and I did enjoy them even though some stretched reason far beyond what they should have like the scene where she cuts herself in order to lure some shark that just appeared fom nowhere and then gives it a thump like a slapstick cartoon in order to ride it to the surface. She then floated for ages on the water with that open wound...I just kept thinking to myself how come no other shark was trying his luck?..Maybe I watched too many Jaws movies lately? or perhaps the other shark warned others away

either way she gets picked up by a sub that comes up from underneath.
I also like Cat found Chris Barrie who I really enjoyed in the first film very much underused in this and I do think the film suffered
due to that.....the tech/computer guy I felt the same about too. I actually got the impression that their parts were much more elaborate but they were edited down in the final cut... however I did laugh at the two in the end getting their hair and face done by the local tribes women and being told they are been prepared for marriage

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The movie reminded me aswell very much of previous Indy movies too with the Pandora's Box being very like the Ark of the Covenant that crystal orb thing linking her to the tribe in Africa where she meets the wise leader had echoes of Temple of Doom and the indian tribe Indy meets and just basically the way she was traveling the globe. But for me this was part of the problem I had.... as it made it look almost like a Spy film too I think I would have preferred to see Lara search for a short time at the beginning for the location of the item and then the rest of the movie should really have just been her getting locked in some massive tunnel maze in order to retreive it. setting off and escaping traps while also evading the rival bad guys.

All in all I enjoyed it for what it was some mindless action while checking out Jolie in some skimpy or tight gear....but part of me was hoping for more...and I don't a nude Jolie

I'm referring to the script... however you can't always get what you want all the time!