Epinions Recent Reviews for brotherthor

How the West Was Dumb

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 02:01:39 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - As the "new" century dawns around 1901, the Old West is in its death throws. Not coincidentally, a graying bounty hunter, John McKay (Burt Reynolds) and an aging territorial marshall, Hutch (Bruce Dern) are tracking one of the last "gang of outlaws"...

Unfortunately, A Mediocre, Low Budget Showtime Film

Thu, 11 Nov 2004 04:01:05 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - A woman with an alcohol problem ('living in the bottle', in ghetto speak) names her son Sirr so that 'he will always have respect'. The name seems silly but somehow the film ignores the fact that the strange spelling of the name Sirr probably caused...

Trey Parker Needs a Therapist - He Has Finally Snapped

Fri, 29 Oct 2004 04:22:44 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - Trey Parker, one of the creators of the South Park series, has directed a bad puppet show written in a style that is worse than a typical South Park episode. (I say this as a person who enjoys aspects of South Park but has decided...

How Not To Raise a Young Buddhist Monk

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:20:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - A young monk grows and matures, apprenticed to an older Buddhist monk. Just as each season brings new hopes and challenges, a human faces lessons during all phases of life. In Spring, the young monk learns that the animals of nature deserve respect,...

Using the Success of Fahrenheit 9/11 to Make a Quick Buck

Mon, 25 Oct 2004 02:26:02 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - You'd think that Michael Moore was the envy of semi-famous people who don't have his fame or imagined wealth after viewing Fahrenhype 9/11. Ann Coulter rants and raves about people like 'Moore and Streisand who won't feel endangered if the world...

John Kerry: War Conduct Befitting a US Navy Officer

Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:32:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - Despite the smear tactics currently being aired by some disgruntled ax grinding old codgers calling themselves swift boat veterans for something-or-other, John Kerry and many other Swift boat crew members served honorably in the Viet Nam conflict -...

Karl Rove - The Devil on George W. Bush's Shoulder?

Fri, 22 Oct 2004 04:44:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - The premise of the film is that Karl Rove may be this generation's Senator McCarthy. Rove is to pro-war activities as Senator McCarthy was to communism, both real or imagined, in the early 1950's. By equating genuine questions by everyday citizens...

We've Seen This All Before!!!

Sat, 14 Aug 2004 04:27:13 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - Cowboy Frank Hopkins (Mortensen) has tremendous horse riding skills at the twilight of the USA official cowboy years (circa 1890). He seemingly has no direction in life except to aimlessly travel and perform with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for Eastern...

What a Waste of a Talented Cast!

Sat, 12 Jun 2004 05:53:47 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close, and Christopher Walken aren't enough to make up for a script with so many lapses in logic that no person could feel that this movie was worth paying to see. The two women seated behind me felt...

The Devil Takes Over Earth Computer Technology - Where is Bill Gates?

Fri, 4 Jun 2004 03:46:44 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - A messianic figure with an Italian sounding name (Mancusso) comes to Earth in a time period resembling our own. People are healed and there is suddenly peace in many areas where there had been war. Could this be the Christ figure, Jesus come back to...

Way Too Young Olsen Twins 'Sensual' Performance is More Perverted than Fun

Tue, 11 May 2004 04:38:00 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - The Van Helsing movie reel we were watching "broke" ten minutes before the ending of that film. I wasn't too upset because the plot had been sufficiently advanced and I had heard enough about the movie so that I knew how the movie was going to end...

Time Changer: Fundamentalist Christian Film Encourages Intolerance

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:53:11 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - To say that this movie overstates its case is putting it mildly. There could have been a sense of discovery in the Time Changer. Instead, the film takes itself too seriously and fails to portray an adventure in any sense of the words "fun" and stim...

BLACK MOBSTERS ARE BETTER THAN ITALIAN MOBSTERS - IN THIS FILM, AT LEAST

Sat, 6 Sep 2003 06:06:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - Eddie Murphy seems to have captured the spirit of Harlem during the era of the speak easies and gin joints. Great orchestra numbers and dance scenes. Prohibition opened up a lot of enterprise for enterprising criminals in the 1930's. The Italian mobste...

"Fooled Around and Fell in Love"

Sat, 19 Jul 2003 05:57:24 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - I was hoping for a film with more of a solid plot. If not a solid plot, at least more information/de...

Star Trek:Nemesis / Without Troi and Piccard, This Film Wouldn't Even Make Warp Speed

Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:06:24 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - This Star Trek generation was assembled in 1987 or 1988. They have traveled together for a long time...

Excuse Me, Dear, I Have A Few Words I Would Like to Learn Tonight...

Thu, 19 Jun 2003 03:57:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - The film The Sleeping Dictionary is set in Sarawak, 1936, which bordered Dutch Borneo, now a...

After Further Analysis, This Sequel was a Disappointment

Tue, 3 Jun 2003 05:39:13 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - The film Analyze That does not require a therapist to help the viewer understand its shallowness. Unlike the first film, Analyze This, there is no substantial plot to the sequel to the film Analyze This.

Analyze...

"Saint" Charlemagne? Tied to His Mother's Apron Strings?

Sun, 1 Jun 2003 12:48:28 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - Charlemagne - defender of the Christian faith (and especially the pope) - Charlemagne - Empire builder. Charlemagne, an emperor who forces his subjects as well as the peoples of the lands he conquers to become Christian. Charlemagne, King of the Franks...

Dead Poets Society Semi-Revisited

Wed, 21 May 2003 02:58:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - I was hoping with a plot as brilliant as The Dead Poet's Society. THIS movie, however, is not anything special one way or the other. The best part of The Emperor's Club is the scenery and the fact that the actors are not required to use...

When Traveling Salesmen Roamed the Earth-And People Liked It!

Thu, 15 May 2003 07:58:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - The subject of the film has a disclaimer on his website www.billporter.com. He is pleased with the story about his life as a salesman. The movie Door to Door tells us about his life as a salesman, but many of the incidents and customers portrayed...

Buy a Schick or Wahl nose, ear and personal hair groomer for less

Tue, 29 Apr 2003 16:42:19 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - The Sharper Image turbo groomer product or some variation of it has been on the market for at least 2 years. I have shipped 2 out of four of the turbo grooming products back to Sharper Image because they did not work after less than one week. The motors...

Beavis and Butthead's distant Mexican relatives "do" (huh-huh) Mexico

Sun, 27 Apr 2003 01:55:20 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - Donde esta el "Cornholio Magnifico"?

Tenoch and Julio, two teenage Mexican boys with no particular focus or meaning in their lives, take a road trip with an older married woman in her early thirties who is married to one of the teen's...

A Very Dysfunctional Inuit Clan

Sun, 9 Mar 2003 05:56:30 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - Fratricide, patricide, incest, rape, betrayal, deception, and murder - These are not terms commonly ascribed to Inuit culture. Yet these are all key elements of the film The Fast Runner. The screen writer seems to have a good imagination but...

Play On!!! I Hope the Pianist has a Long Run

Sun, 9 Mar 2003 00:36:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - Based on a true story, I would recommend this Holocaust film for young viewers and more sensitive film viewers who wish to learn about the Holocaust. The Pianist lacks the gore, the profanity, and the vulgar nudity of other Holocaust films.
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AS SLOW AS MOLASSES AND JUST AS GOOEY

Sun, 23 Feb 2003 04:05:25 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brotherthor - The film Gods and Generals is essentially an agonizingly boring and dull biography of the life of Stonewall Jackson during the Civil war. Jackson is shown as a preachy and annoying Bible-thumping/quoting evangelist who sees himself as the instrument of...