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Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a review by addicted2comics

Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Plot: The classic story of a creature in Whovile who plots to stop Christmas from coming, brought to life by none other than Jim Carrey.

My Thoughts: First let me start off by saying Jim Carrey is one of my favorite comedy actors ever. I like how the writers went into the Grinch's past, explained why he hated Christmas, and gave him a love life. It was hilarious at every turn in my opinion, but nothing really made me laugh out loud.I'll give this movie a 4 out of 5.

(From Addicted2comics(:P)'s Official Review Thread!!! on December 21st, 2009)

Four Lions, a review by Antares

Four Lions (2010) 74/100 - I would have probably enjoyed this a lot more had I the option of selecting English subtitles on the DVD, as I must have missed at least 30% of the dialog, because I couldn't understand what they were saying. Aren't there any deaf people in England? It's amazing how many British films on DVD, do not have this option. It's not just the accents that are hard to understand, it's also the propensity to have characters with exaggerated speech impediments that make understanding British dialog a task that's most frustrating without textual assistance. OK, rant over. I thought this was a very daring concept for a film, all fraught with potential land mines of political incorrectness, but the director skates the fine line between black comedy and classless social satire very adroitly. I actually don't think he pushed the envelope enough, and that's why I kind of felt unfulfilled after finishing the film. The early bits of slapstick at the Pakistani camp just felt like filler and after watching some of the outtakes, wished that those scenes would have been left in and the training camp stuff removed. Overall, the film is good for a few laughs, but I don't feel it's as good as I've been led to believe.

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on September 5th, 2012)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Marathon , a review by Critter

1.02
The Harvest

Plot: After escaping from Luke, Buffy goes in search of Jesse, with a little help from Giles and Willow, from her mystery friend, Angel, and from Xander, who braves the dank, dark sewers with her. The Master plots the Harvest, a ritual designed to imbue him with strength enough to open the Hellmouth, but Buffy defeats his minions in a showdown at The Bronze.

My Thoughts: This episode was a great way to wrap up the beginning of this series. It showed the scoobies working together for the first time and it was interesting to see how they are trying to cope with everything, especially for Xander and Willow as they have just entered a new world. It was also the first time we see Buffy having issues with her home life, as it may only be the second episode but she is already having slayer-related trouble at school, and also with her Mum. This balance is something that has always added to the show for me, how she not only has to deal with trying to save the world every second week but also with normal teenage issues as well.

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(From Buffy The Vampire Slayer Marathon on May 17th, 2010)