Epinions Recent Reviews for Gant

Creed's Third Album Lives Up to Its Multiplatinum Predecessors

Fri, 28 Dec 2001 05:12:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - I've been a Creed fan ever since the My Own Prison days and when Human Clay was released I saw their grunge style revived. To some degree we can see those old Creed flares throughout Weathered as well, but Creed has brought their...

The Final Chapter of Jay and Silent Bob

Sun, 26 Aug 2001 04:28:20 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - Since the advent of Smith's filmmaking career with his breakthrough indie film Clerks, Kevin Smith has made quite a name for himself with his Jersey flicks. Using sharp dialogue and controversial themes to deliver supremely hilarious movies time...

What Are You Selling?

Thu, 23 Aug 2001 22:59:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - Sitting here, preparing to write this opinion, I found myself initially at a loss of words. I have know what I wanted to say for a long time, but when push came to shove I was completely void of any ideas on where to start. And then, the ideas came...

'Tis What Remains Unsaid

Sun, 22 Jul 2001 04:37:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - First of all, let me get this out of the way. As one Epinions member so directly pointed out in a comment on my Top 10 British Films opinion, "We have found an Anthony Hopkins fan." You have indeed, and although it may seem that I have been paid off by...

Overrated 70s Flick

Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:33:13 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - I love Martin Scorcese, I thought "GoodFellas" and "Casino" were great movies, and Scorcese has a good feel for the screen. Naturally, I was eager to see his first installment in his underworld trilogy. The movie wasn't horrible, but it wasn't good...

Not Your Typical Thriller

Thu, 31 May 2001 23:23:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - "Memento" is original, it is one-of-a-kind, and I daresay that this movie is unprecedented. Never before have I seen this sort of story woven in quite so a compelling and suspenseful fashion. Basically, the tale is told from end to beginning and the...

Fight Club: A Disturbing Masterpiece

Wed, 23 May 2001 20:50:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - David Fincher will one day be a great director. In my opinion, he is now, but is not recognized by the masses when he should be. His vision is disturbing, dark, satirical, and brilliant.

Onto "Fight Club". This movie has been misunderstood...

William Thatcher: Standard Rags to Riches

Tue, 22 May 2001 17:35:05 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - Well, the advent of summer is upon us, and that means one thing: an onslaught of pretentious and stupid films aimed at the horde of summer moviegoers. "A Knight's Tale" falls right in with this set of unbearable film. In Hollywood, there is...

Few Redeeming Moments: Dafoe's Show

Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:25:16 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - "Shadow of the Vampire" longs to be a horrifying vampiric thriller but falls very short of its mark. Granted, Willem Dafoe's Academy Award nominated performance was incredible and fun to watch, yet this one actor cannot carry the film.

The...

Strange Things Happen All the Time

Tue, 27 Mar 2001 17:26:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - Magnolia is a marathon film that if you don't see every minute of it the moral and message will be lost on you. If you do, however, see every minute, Magnolia is a powerful and though provoking piece of film that centers around the phenomenon of chance...

Gladiator: Terrific and Lacking at the Same Time

Mon, 26 Feb 2001 16:29:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - I'm not going to lie, "Gladiator" is one of the most fun movies to watch, and many aspects of the film are tremendous, especially when you're talking about the technical effects involved. However, despite its technical mastery, "Gladiator" is a film...

They Fought Like Warrior Poets

Fri, 23 Feb 2001 16:29:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - One would not have expected such a great story from an actor such as Mel Gibson. He is so often involved in those blockbuster crowd pleasers like "Lethal Weapon", "Tequila Sunrise", and all his others. But Gibson weaves an intriguing tale of William...

The Last of the Mohicans: Frontier Mastery

Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:23:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - In 1992 Michael Mann directed the adaptation of "The Last of the Mohicans", James Fenimore Cooper's novel that was a part of his "Leatherstocking Tales". The result was a film by the same name as the book, and a spectacular film it was.

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A Brilliant and Terrifying Psychological Thriller

Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:22:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - At times it seems that there aren't words to describe "The Silence of the Lambs", it truly is an endurance trial of the mind. The film is dark and psychologically disturbing throughout while also dealing with issues of sexism and strength. Demme's...

The Return of Hannibal Lecter

Tue, 20 Feb 2001 16:25:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - "Hannibal" is not a good movie and it is not a bad one either. Rather it is a film that falls in the category of so many that fail to truly please or dismay.

The film takes place 10 years after Clarice Starling ended the Buffalo Bill...

The Return to Good Music

Thu, 1 Feb 2001 15:58:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - At times there aren't words enough to describe how phenomenal this album is, Ben Harper's "Fight for your Mind" is truly a monument in modern music. He has stayed with the folk sound that was so popular in the 70s with Bob Dylan and James Taylor. This...

Fincher's Visionary Thriller

Thu, 1 Feb 2001 15:54:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - Seven, in my opinion, is the only serial killer film that rivals the great "The Silence of the Lambs" that won the Best Picture Oscar in 1992. David Fincher instills his grisly and dismal vision making Seven a truly magnificent piece of suspense.
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A Monument in Film

Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:30:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - American Beauty is easily one of the most thought provoking and powerful films that I have seen in my entire life. I love absolutely everything about it, the theme, slick cinematography, the acting, the characterization, etc., etc. In my mind it is a...

Drink From Me and Live Forever

Thu, 25 Jan 2001 16:22:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - "Interview with the Vampire" is based on the best-selling book by Anne Rice, and while all of the book couldn't possibly be translated into film, "Interview..." never ceases to entertain. Great acting from unexpected actors highlights the film to a...

Dogma: Kevin Smith Tells Us of Faith

Wed, 24 Jan 2001 16:18:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - Dogma is Kevin Smith's latest addition to his small but quality repetoire of films, and in my opinion it is his best to date. Smith (who won an Independent Film Award for Best Director for Clerks) has an uncanny ability to craft dialogue in a way that...

Meet Joe Black: Death takes a Vacation

Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:14:55 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - Martin Brest's three hour long drama has its tremendous moments as well as its downright silly ones.

Brad Pitt plays Death, a businesslike yet curious specter who feels the need to experience humanity for a while. Bill Parrish, played by...

Hollow Attempt at Horror: Tim Burton Style

Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:20:37 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - Sleepy Hollow is a film that perverts the classic novel by Washington Irving. It is a feeble attempt at truly chilling storytelling, and above all, it is a film that uses gratuitous violence that makes the film seem hokey and unrealistic.

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Visually Captivating and Engrossing Film

Tue, 9 Jan 2001 19:24:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - Legend, this is by no means a good movie in the general sense of the word. More than anything it can be described as a cult film. I happen to love this movie, I was raised on this movie, I had nightmares about it as a child, it's a piece of me by...

Powerful Debut for CREED

Sat, 6 Jan 2001 23:21:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - "My Own Prison" is Creed's first album that was released three years ago, and just recently in 2000 the RCIA certified it as 5x platinum (5 million copies sold). MOP set the bar for Creed, this is a phenomenal recording that was responsible...

The Patriot is a Film of Cliches

Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:26:49 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - If one movie in 2000 had a great chance to be remembered in movie history, to win the Best Picture Oscar, and have a truckload of honors thrown at it, it was "The Patriot". Sadly, the movie squandered its possibilities by drawing too much from...