© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-silentrascal Recent reviews written by member silentrascal en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_491950673540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - If there's anything that director Roland Emmerich does well, it's the destruction of the country or of the earth. He did it very well with alien invaders in Independence Day (1996), and did it slightly better with global forces of nature gone... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491950673540 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:06:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491950673540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482103430788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - Ok, right off the bat we can get a few obvious points out of the way when discussing a GI Joe movie: (1) It will NOT, by any means, be an Oscar-nominated film for: acting, direction, screenplay, or....well, let's face it.....anything. (2)... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482103430788 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:14:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482103430788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477329395332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - Even when they produce movies that seem to "miss" with certain critics or audiences, the collaboration of Disney/Pixar is still guaranteed to be a huge success. You can count me in the very large group of fans of the computer-animated films from Pixar... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477329395332 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:59:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477329395332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475252559492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - It is now 30 minutes since I walked out of the theater after having watched the eagerly-awaited Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and I almost don't know quite what to say. I was certainly a fan of the cartoon series and the toys when I was a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475252559492 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:20:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475252559492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473665736324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - One of the hazards that comes with trying to research a film you're interested in seeing by looking through the critics' reviews, is that basically it's a 50/50, hit-or-miss situation. How so? Well, say you're interested in seeing a particular film. You... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473665736324 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:44:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473665736324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469988052612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - I must start off by saying that I've been a fan of Star Trek for some time, but in NO WAY do I consider myself a "Trekkie", "Trekker", or whatever it is those die-hard fans want to be called. I own all of the movies on DVD, I always stop to watch... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469988052612 Mon, 11 May 2009 07:42:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469988052612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468761349764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - Last night, I went to my local $2 theater and caught this latest "father goes to save his kidnapped daughter" flick called "Taken". The previews made it look like it could be interesting. It showed lots of fighting and action and things of that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468761349764 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:51:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468761349764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_452658761348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - I'll start off by admitting a few things......(1) I was a "doubting Thomas" when I heard of the Bond recasting with some blonde guy I'd never heard of before, and (2) my doubts completely evaporated after watching Casino Royale. So... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~452658761348 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:50:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_452658761348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438192803460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - This past weekend (July 18-20, 2008) 7 family members (including myself) took a weekend to visit Williamsburg, VA and enjoy a free day in Busch Gardens Europe. Now, I'd known for some time that we'd need hotel reservations, so I'd quickly started looking... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438192803460 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:03:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438192803460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438096072324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - In a summer movie season in which we've gotten one very good comic book superhero movie after another, Iron Man & The Incredible Hulk......suddenly we get the ONE true comic book superhero movie that blows them and every other one that's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438096072324 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:17:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438096072324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434843782788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - Indiana Jones. You hear that name and what do you instinctively think of? The globe-trotting archaeologist in search of powerful artifacts that he needs to recover before the Nazis do (ala Raiders of the Lost Ark or The Last Crusade), or... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434843782788 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:48:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434843782788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434247405188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - As Marvel Comic book characters continue to make their way to the big screen, some have had to be introduced to it twice in order to give audiences and fans what they wanted. By 'some', I'm referring to the Hulk......first released by director Ang Lee in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434247405188 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:58:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434247405188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428517330564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - I'm the type of guy who enjoys comic book superhero movies as much as the next guy.....mind you, though I was never a comic book fanatic. So I'm well aware of such heroes as Batman, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Spider-Man, and so on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428517330564 Fri, 2 May 2008 08:45:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428517330564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_417993559684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - If Fool's Gold, a second big screen pairing Matthew McConnoughey and Kate Hudson hadn't been written a long time ago, I swear I'd have chalked up it's complete lack of originality and entertainment value to it being written by either some high... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~417993559684 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:06:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_417993559684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416006573700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - Probably like 95% of the people who saw the first snippets of footage of the new J.J. Abrams flick Cloverfield, I was grabbed with interest from the start. Come on, who wouldn't be interested in finding out more about the huge explosion seen in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416006573700 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:41:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416006573700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_411566444164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - I believe that I went in to I Am Legend in the best way: fresh and without having read the original novel. That way I wasn’t going in with preconceived ideas about how the story should play out and how it should end and how closely it stuck to the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~411566444164 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:28:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_411566444164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_402130767492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - Within the past hour, I finally had the chance to see one of my "gotta see" movies of the summer, Rush Hour 3, and I'm glad that I did, because I came away satisfied with the result. In this summer of "threequals", some were poor (Shrek 3),... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~402130767492 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:24:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_402130767492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_400625471108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - In 2002, we had The Bourne Identity, a slick, exciting, well-constructed thriller about an amnesiac assassin named Jason Bourne. In 2004, we were given its sequel, The Bourne Supremacy, in which Jason Bourne continues his search to find out... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~400625471108 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:02:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_400625471108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_388203908740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - I have to preface this review by stating that I AM a fan of the Disney-Pixar collaboration films, having enjoyed and consider classic such previous hits as Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Monsters, Inc, and so forth... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~388203908740 Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:35:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_388203908740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_385957793412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - Let's first get a few things clear when you're writing a review about a movie such as this: (1) It's based on a toy/cartoon series. (2) This is the summertime movie-going season. (3) Generally speaking, summer movies don't require Academy... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~385957793412 Wed, 4 Jul 2007 08:14:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_385957793412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_378886721156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - For me, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was one of this summer’s films I was most looking forward to. I enjoyed the first film for the fun, if unsubstantial, film that it was and after they’d gotten the introductory film out of the way I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~378886721156 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:09:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_378886721156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_378429869700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - &#147Spider-Man, Spider-Man&#133..what more else can they do with Spider-Man?&#148 Well, the answer to that would have to include tying up loose ends from the original film from a few years back, plus add some more from the comic book storyline, even... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~378429869700 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:47:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_378429869700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_376549117572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - Admittedly, I'd never heard of the original Rat Pack flick Ocean's Eleven until the big updated remake came down a few years back. With an all star cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Elliot Gould,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~376549117572 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:43:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_376549117572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_280947887748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - Ok, ok....I admit it. If asked for a show of hands as to whether or not Daniel Craig could possibly make for a good new James Bond, I'd have voted in the negative. Nevertheless, I was drawn to this newest James Bond film for 2 reasons:... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~280947887748 Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:01:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_280947887748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_239037484676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silentrascal - It’s hard to believe that it’s been 19 years since Superman flew on the big-screen……in what was arguably THE worst of the film series starring Christopher Reeve. But then again, maybe it’s not THAT hard to believe, since another comic book series has had... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~239037484676 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:24:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_239037484676?linkin_id=8003929