Epinions Recent Reviews for daijo

Apache( a-patchy) Film

Fri, 22 Dec 2000 06:10:54 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - "Born Losers II". Tom and his real life wife star in this well-meaning/exploitative film. You at once feel Tom's desire to pass on the message of love and his complete inability to pull it off.

That the message comes through is...

I Am Spartacus.

Fri, 22 Dec 2000 04:28:54 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - The exotic music with the lush female vocals in a foreign tongue, the leather-clad super-warrior in exile...no Gabriel, this isn't an episode of Xena, Warrior Princess...or is it?

Hey, did anybody else notice that Mr. Phoenix's cleft palate...

I"m Buggy For This One.

Sun, 3 Dec 2000 02:13:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Finally, a movie that does justice to Heinlein. The effects have finally begun to catch up with imagination. A devoted fan, I was hesitant to see any more adaptations after The Puppet Masters and Stranger in a Strange Land. These two didn't require...

Skidrow

Sun, 3 Dec 2000 01:28:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - This movie starts off burning rubber, then does doughnuts, right before the wheels fall off. It does however crash and burn beautifully at the end. It was street legal, not slick......sorry I had a Hot Rod Magazine flashback.

Speaking of...

THE SICK SENSE

Sun, 3 Dec 2000 00:05:46 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - I see dead writing. Actually, a few ghost writers couldn't have hurt. Are Ford and Pfeiffer an acting team or a new merger? Is their star power that great or are they soon to be black holes? Any of these questions are more compelling than this movie.
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Hombrella

Sat, 2 Dec 2000 22:10:56 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - This western Cinderella is no ball. It starts out as a pumpkin and a pumpkin it remains. It predates New Age as an insomnia cure.

This is one of three "H" movies that Newman made in a row that tries for art house trendy and achieves...

My 2 Cents on Sixth Sense

Tue, 25 Apr 2000 11:16:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Why was Bruce Willis wearing Higgins' leftover hairpiece? Did Magnum P.I. throw it in with the Hawaiian shirts Willis always wears? And the kid was a natural for "SlingBlade:Episode One". Sample Dialogue: "I see dead people,...

Haley's Comic

Sun, 16 Apr 2000 21:12:53 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - It would be easy to dismiss this film except for the underlying warmth the creators had for the subject. Obviously a spoof of "Star Trek", it wasn't mean-hearted in the slightest.

In fact, this was more of a Trekkies ultimate fantasy...

2001: The Shining

Mon, 27 Mar 2000 04:31:21 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Well, the only thing missing was a dance number featuring an Andrew Lloyd Webb number on skateboards. They threw everything else in. Take one part "The Omen", two parts "2001", a dash of "The Exorcist", a dollop of...

Manson, Marilyn: Marilyn Hanson-Shock Bubble Gum Rock

Mon, 27 Mar 2000 03:33:12 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Ever since Mankind became aware of itself, Mankind has strived to make others aware as well. From Carmen Miranda's Fruit Bowler to Alice Cooper's "Tammy Faye" Eyeliner to the Prosthetic Evolution of Manson, one fact remains clear:

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Add suspense and chill

Tue, 22 Feb 2000 06:59:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Boy-oh-boy was this one ever close! It creeped me up, it got to the edge, and then Webstered the term "anti-climax". The road to movie Hell is paved with good concepts. Is there not a class that teaches "Endings-A Basic...

12 + Zorro Isn't Zero

Tue, 22 Feb 2000 05:59:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - "Clear!....We got a pulse." Wow, thanks E.R. dudes, I was so shocked by how this wasn't a stinker it was Lettermania. The previews said, "Ten-foot pole." My automaton said, "Warning! Warning! Danger! Danger!" My wife says,...

The Englishman who went up a hill..

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:24:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Nothing Hill. Naughty Hill. Nodding Hill. Unfortunately, they didn't fit. Much to my chagrin, I wound up enjoying this ..arrrgh.. I'll say it only once - romantic comedy. I don't know who sullied this genre for me, but that person deserves a proper...

We're not in Kansas anymore.

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 10:32:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Left hand green. Right foot blue. Flying cow red. Although the transition from big screen to small hurts this movie more than others, it's still a good show.

If you saw it at the theatre, it seemed like you were right there. Well, with my 19...

This one's a little ripe.

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 09:36:56 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - How would you like to be alone with the guy that compiled these films? I'd be afraid I'd wind up on the blooper reel. Not only out of fear of reprisal, but mainly that, I give it two shrunken heads up...way up.

Is there a soundtrack CD I can...

Monster Mish Mash

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 08:14:30 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Igor, dig up a new script. When Encino Man can be favorably compared to this monster, the existence of God is in question. The actors looked so natural. Let's say the eulogy and bury this stiff. Cremate it before it goes to video. Fire destroys all evil...

Brazil nuts are tuff to crack.

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 05:38:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Booo! Stinkola! Gag noises! Actually it was a great movie. I figured a dissenting view was needed, but I couldn't get my heart into it. So get ready for another float in the praise parade.

Gilliam who shares directing credits on most of the Python...

I build my house with straw...

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 04:25:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - The one movie that seemed so personal, I almost turned myself in as a "Peeping Tom". Albee a monkey's uncle if this isn't in every filmophile's top 10. This one even gets a great performance from George Segal. Equally fine is Sandy Dennis in an...

Crude Intent:Shun

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 03:27:01 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Actually the acting and production was quite good. Compare it to any Russ Meyers soft core flick and you will see the improvement. To reference it for the target market. It's like Tori Spelling's breast job - obvious, tacky, and poorly done. This was up...

Crude Intent:Shun

Fri, 11 Feb 2000 07:26:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Actually this is well acted and produced. See any Russ Meyers softcore film and see the vast improvement. To keep it in the younger target market's reference, it's like Tori Spelling's breast job - obvious and flawed. This one is up "Dawson's...

spy in the sky dreams

Wed, 9 Feb 2000 11:54:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Although I'm not a Chevy Chase fan, the script more than makes up for any shortcomings on his part. This is a nice little piece of work, with a good budget, and fine production values. Aykroyd (who co-wrote this) is best, as in Ghostbusters, as a...

Ben Hurl

Wed, 9 Feb 2000 11:15:55 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Arnie, a bit of advice, leave religion to Heston. While I'm at it, leave comedy period. Well, the most moving thing of Heston's performances was his hairpiece and the funniest lines Arnold delivers i.e. "I'fe hewrd." are his basic dialogue. A...

This Stu Not A Hash

Wed, 9 Feb 2000 09:42:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - Stuart Little. A "cute" mouse with "cute" adventures. I HATE "CUTE"! So how come I loved this movie so much? I'm still trying to figure it out.

Family adopts mouse as son. Believable.. for the World Weekly News. Every...

BAD MAX

Wed, 9 Feb 2000 08:52:58 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - PAYBACK. Perhaps REFUND is more appropriate. REWRITE more to the point.

This latest movie made one long for the dark irony of MAVERICK, the even pacing of MAN WITHOUT A FACE, the gritty realism of FOREVER YOUNG, the...well you get the point. One...

Mickey Black and Blue Eyes

Wed, 9 Feb 2000 07:07:40 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author daijo - As likeable a fellow as Hugh Grant is, he is hard pressed to stretch that appeal with the thin material he is given. The movie is made to showcase that lovable, stumbling, vulnerable character Mr. Grant invariably plays. Perhaps this reviewer has seen...