Epinions Recent Reviews for Nb41

Has the Era of the (Good) Romantic-Drama returned?

Sat, 2 Jun 2001 03:53:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - Too many movies are either romantic-comedy or Romantic-Angst. What about a good romance story with some healthy drama? What about a story with a dialogue that carries its own weight, and that sounds like something a hurt person would actually say? Well,...

Titanic, 1941

Sun, 27 May 2001 18:23:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - This movie is basically Titanic, with a love triangle instead of a doomed love, and with the same glorious CG and cinematography. The critics are all panning it, and I'll tell you why. They wanted Tora Tora Tora and got Titanic.

Now I'll tell...

Love to Hate?

Sun, 18 Mar 2001 04:50:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - I rented this movie, so all of you who thought I was going to bemoan spending $7 on it so long ago can rest assured--I wasn't quite that dumb.

The first ten minutes of the movie are really bad. In fact it's best if you like, read my review, or...

Can We Count On the Academy?

Sun, 18 Mar 2001 04:24:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - That's what I want to know. Are they going to wimp out and hand the Oscar to someone else? Or will the deserving Laura Linney get it?

You Can Count On Me is a slice-of-life movie, and it's one of those I like to watch because how people...

Could've been a lot better

Sun, 18 Mar 2001 04:09:06 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - My main gripe with this movie is one I have with many others: it could've been a lot better.

There are some films where a lighter touch and a little more subtlety will go a long way. War movies sometimes fall into this category, and I think...

More Sony, I Say

Wed, 7 Mar 2001 03:08:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - As one might tell from a quick perusal of my opinions list, I largely stick with Sony products, and I have a love-affair with their CD products. The same might be true of their DVD-ware, if the 570 is any indication.

I went for this DVD player...

Glorious

Wed, 7 Mar 2001 02:51:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - I know, you're thinking, "Did you JUST now get to seeing this movie?" Well the answer is no, I first saw it a looong time ago when it came out, but it was just on TV, which made me think to write an opinion on it, with the bright shiney Special Edition...

Unbeatable

Tue, 28 Nov 2000 17:51:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - M. Night Shaymalan is best-known, at this point, for The Sixth Sense, his stunning story about a boy who 'can see dead people' that starred Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment. It resulted in an Oscar-nod for Osment (but why not Willis too, I'm not sure)...

Mixed Bag

Sun, 12 Nov 2000 19:50:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - The UW has now been both graduate institution and post-bacc. institution for me. This is largely due to the fact that I was given a fellowship to come here as a grad student, then I decided I didn't want to persue research science anymore. I got myself a...

Best Discman, Bar None

Sun, 12 Nov 2000 07:42:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - [This is me, moving my opinion to the right product. Someone pointed out to me that the 171C was a different line, and low and behold, there was indeed a section for the E301 series. Hello, here's me, I'm stupid. Anyways, same review, so don't bother...

Argh. I paid money for this?

Sun, 12 Nov 2000 06:44:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - Okay, let me set something straight before I start going postal. I was, at one point, a molecular biologist. So the things I am about to be angry about are things that, well, I know a good deal about. This means I'm not really the most objective or...

Great Lil' Printer

Sun, 12 Nov 2000 06:27:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - In particular, this review is for the HP 935C. HP's printers and scanners are top notch, and despite my disheartening experiences with their ScanJet Pro software (see elsewhere), this printer has been a joy to work with.

My family are longtime...

HP, and yet not HP...

Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:57:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - I trust HP's products implicitly. Their printers, their CDRWs, their scanners are all bulletproof gear, guarunteed to last a lifetime of whatever it is you do. Well, I can't say all of that for this scanner, and that really saddens me. Allow me to...

JascSofware Paint Shop Pro 6: Underrated but Good

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 19:57:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - Jasc's Paint Shop Pro is probably one of the major underdogs on the market that in no way deserves to be. At least, from what I can tell it is. At a fraction of Photoshop's price (don't get me wrong, I love Photoshop), PSP delivers plenty of what...

Easier'n Pie

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 19:48:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - Adaptec wasn't kidding when they named this one Easy CD Creator. This review can apply to the 3.x versions too, which aren't drastically different from their 4.0 descendants. In fact while the beginning wizard interface has changed slightly (I did like...

Mammoth on my Mind

Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:08:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - My family has been going to Mammoth Lakes, California for summer camping since before I was actually a member, so for over 30 years I'd say. As a child we went close to once a year at one point, but as our lives got hectic the frequency of our visits...

Almost as good as an HP

Sat, 5 Aug 2000 19:45:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - Short version of the review: This is almost as good as an HP, but it's also cheaper.

Long version:

I bought one of these on the recommendation of a friend, and I have been nothing but satisfied with it. The scanning utility it...

Ugh.

Sat, 5 Aug 2000 19:28:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - My reivew is for the 1987 T-bird, but as I recall there aren't significant difference between the two models, or not ones significant enough to make a difference, anyways.

I'll be straight up--I don't like 90% of the Fords out there. I know...

Best Tarantino has to offer

Sat, 5 Aug 2000 19:19:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - This was the first Tarantino movie I ever saw, and I'll have to say not only is it my favorite of his, it's one of my favorites in general. It would work well as a play or a movie, with its minimalistic amount of action.

Ultimately, Reservoir...

My Only Piano

Sat, 5 Aug 2000 19:09:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - I'll be honest--I don't remember if my first (and, sadly, only) piano was this particular model, but I believe it was. I had to sell it when I moved to Seattle about a year ago, as I didn't play it much and moving it 2000 miles seemed a bit...

I want to have Frank Miller's Child

Sat, 5 Aug 2000 18:56:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - Seriously, I do. And I don't like kids.

I happened across Frank Miller's Sin City when I was in a store, hunting for X-Wing comic books. I glanced over, and saw a very cool graphic novel. It had a cover of a guy toting a pair of guns, and the...

Viva Las Vegas!

Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:14:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - I'm a sometime poker player, and as I got a little better I started taking trips to Vegas. Not to actually play poker (I'm a home player, I just can't get a grip on the casino-play), but more to revel in a city that has managed to survive and thrive on,...

Great Little CD Player

Wed, 2 Aug 2000 17:49:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - I bought this particular brand of CD player for my component system because I wanted something that had easy-to-get magazines (this magazine is the same one used in all of Pioneer's older 6-Changers for cars), and I didn't want to spend a lot. I got it...

X-actly what I wanted

Tue, 1 Aug 2000 18:01:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - I'll admit it. When I first saw the teaser-trailer for X-Men sometime back in December (I don't even remember what movie I was seeing, maybe it was End of Days), my initial thought was, "Argh." And then, at the end of the trailer, we get our...

Long Book, Great Book

Mon, 31 Jul 2000 15:53:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Nb41 - The Dragonbone Chair is the first novel in Tad Williams' Memory Sorrow and Thorn series, which consists of two other daunting doorstops, Stone of Farewell and To Green Angel Tower. I first bought this book as a junior in HS who needed more books to feed...