Ray & Beth's Movie Reviews

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Movie Title
Genre
Ray
Beth
Comments
Message in a Bottle Romance  
Deap End of the Ocean Drama  
Pi Sci-Fi/Indie   Ray:  This movie makes the Blair Witch Project look like an Epic.
I didn't make it through the whole movie.
The Matrix Action/Sci-fi   Ray:  Excellent effects and an intriging plot if you think you are part
of some grand experiment.
Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion Comedy Ray:  Come on Pheobe, you can do better than that.
The General's Daughter Drama Ray:  Would have been better if a bit less graphic.
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Comedy Beth:  Ewwwww.  Ray:  Dr. Evil's son was the best character.
American Beauty Drama This won Best Picture? There's a fine line between 'dark comedy' and 'disturbed'
American Pie Comedy Ray:  Come on Shari & Shane
Entrapment Thriller   Ray:  Excellent Sean Connery flick!
Notting Hill Romantic-Comedy Another Julia Roberts fairy tale
Runaway Bride Romantic-Comedy Beth:  Light-hearted amusement.
The Hudsucker Proxy Comedy   Ray:  You know, for the kids!
Good Will Hunting Drama Ray:  You could cut the dialog in half if you remove the 'F' word,
otherwise a good movie.
Double Jeopardy Thriller  
Tomorrow Never Dies Action   Ray:  Bond, Jim Bond
At First Sight Drama  
The Thin Red Line Action   Ray:  I just want my 3 hours back...
Big Daddy Comedy  
The Thomas Crowne Affair Thriller Ray:  A good storyline with a bit of a weak ending.
A Civil Action Drama  
Toy Story 2 Animated Comedy Nick & Ben:  Four thumbs up! 
Star Wars:  The Phantom Menace Sci-fi    
Meet the Parents Comedy Ray:  Been there!
Any Given Sunday Drama Ray:  A bit too much football if that's possible.
Keeping the Faith Romantic-Comedy A good Ben Stiller movie
Eyes Wide Shut Thriller   A freaky Tom Cruise movie that can be missed
The Green Mile Drama Would have been better without the fantasy aspect
The Sixth Sense Thriller A definite must see!
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo Comedy   Ray: I was amused, so shoot me.
Erin Brockovich Drama  
Mission Impossible 2 Action    
Varsity Blues Drama  
The Waterboy Comedy   Ray:  Adam Sandler's voice annoyed me.
Six Days Seven Nights Adventure Ray: Not very believeable
U-571 Action   Ray: Poor man's Hunt for Red October
Pay it forward Drama Excellent!
Autumn in New York Romance Ray: Very simple story with little character development
Shrek Animated Adventure Shrek could have been cast better than Mike Myers
Men of Honor Drama   The story of the first African American US Navy Diver
What Women Want Comedy Helen Hunt never looked so good
Sweet November Romance I laughed, I cried, I rented The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element Sci-fi   Good to cleanse the pallete after Sweet November
Someone Like You Romantic-Comedy Ashley Judd just looked good.
Miss Congeniality Action Sandra Bullock without makeup, Ouch!
Pearl Harbor Drama   Two disc movie: Skip the first disc.
Crimson Tide Action   A classic
Jurassic Park III Adventure   The weakest of the three movies, but still dinosaurs
The Wedding Planner Romantic-Comedy Predictable... but I laughed out loud a couple times
Picture Perfect Romantic-Comedy A romantic comedy with comedy (intentional or not)
Finding Forester Drama
Bridget Jones's Diary Romantic-Comedy Do the Brits really talk like that? And did Renee Zellweger put on some weight?
Rules of Engagement Thriller   The director sold out to the test screeners for the ending. He even admitted it in his commentary.
28 Days Comedy/Drama Is this a comedy or drama?
Mercury Rising Action This should have been marketed as Die Hard 4
Swordfish Action   Fell short technically - spoken as a computer geek
The Family Man Drama Beth came up with a better ending
Memento Drama Almost have to watch this one twice
Waterdance Drama Doug hit this one on the head - See below
High Fidelity Drama Watch "Say Anything" again - same cast, better movie
Frequency Drama Be careful what you wish for...
AntiTrust Thriller David vs Goliath (errr, I mean Bill Gates) - Only must see for computer dorks
American Pie 2 Comedy Maybe if I went to band camp...
Chocolat Romance
Unbreakable Thriller Excellent flick!
Mr. Holland's Opus Drama
Almost Famous Drama Different
The Perfect Storm Adventure Mediocre plot. Poor character development. Skip it.
12 Monkeys Thriller Had potential but fell flat at the end. Director was a bit full of himself.
A Bug's Life Animated Comedy Not Toy Story, but good family fun.
No Way Out Thriller Takes a few technical liberties, but good ending.
Patriot Games Action It's no Hunt for Red October
Citizen Kane Drama The best movie ever made??? Hmmmmm.
Tortilla Soup Romantic-Comedy Who eats like that?
Artificial Intelligence: AI Sci-fi Sure makes you think...
Lawrence of Arabia Epic Camels + Deserts = 227 minutes
Legally Blonde Drama A bit too ditsy at the end
Scary Movie Comedy How can Beth not like an 88 minute movie????
Stand and Deliver Drama Based on a true story. Would be nice to know what parts were true.
State and Main Comedy Screwball comedy for sure
Godfather Drama Should have given it a thumbs down for killing off Simonetta Stefanelli
Maze Romantic-Comedy Dr Fleischman from Northern Exposure turns artist
Ali Drama Does not capture the Champion of the World I remember
The Last Castle Action Good performance by Robert Redford
Sense and Sensibility Drama Not our cup of tea apparently
Return to Me Romantic-Comedy Jim Belushi puts the comedy in this romantic comedy
Serendipity Romance Hokie but enjoyable
Behind Enemy Lines Action Thumbs up or down, kind of a toss up....
Bandits Comedy/Action A clever ending saved this Bruce Willis bank robber movie
The Godfather, Part II Drama Better than the first!
Don't Say A Word Thriller No suspense, no action, poor plot...
The Godfather, Part III Drama Not as bad as people say...
Still Breathing Romance A bit off the beaten path but enjoyable
Saving Silverman Comedy If you liked American Pie or Road Trip, this is the movie for you!
The Siege Action A pre-9/11 movie about terrorists in NY. Story is fits together too well.
Kissing A Fool Romantic-Comedy David Schwimmer does ok, but too simple of plot, blah...
Thirteen Days Drama Cuban Missle Crisis: Much better if you lose Kevin Costner or his accent
A Beautiful Mind Drama Good but hard living up to expectations
Ocean's Eleven (1960) Action/Comedy Unbelievably easy heist with the rat pack singing
Ocean's Eleven (2001) Action/Adventure Unbelievably complicated heist but creative
Hart's War Drama The Great Escape + Men of Honor + A Few Good Men
Black Hawk Down Action/Adventure How any of them survived is beyond me...
The Royal Tenenbaums Comedy Some big names, but just not funny
A Walk to Remember Drama A simple minded script, boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, ...
John Q Drama What would you do for your kids?
Monsters Ball Drama Slow moving, but good story. Includes a couple gratuitous sex scenes
Good Advice Romantic Comedy Estelle Harris was funny. Similar to What Women Want
High Crimes Thriller Somewhat predictable story with Ashley Judd & Morgan Freeman
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Drama Five depressing semi-intertwined stories about different women's lives
Walking and Talking Drama As Benjamin would say -- This is boring
Monsters, Inc. Animated Comedy Mike Wazowski! Mike Wazowski! Mike Wazowski! Mike Wazowski!
Crossroads Drama Not bad for Brittney Spears
The Rookie Drama OK for a G-rated non-Pixar movie
40 Days and 40 Nights Comedy How is 40 days some kind of record? The bagel guy saved this from red-thumbs-down.
We Were Soldiers Drama Very little character development. Could have been better.
Van Wilder Comedy Very National Lampoon with a Chevy Chase look-alike.
Spy Game Action/Drama Pretty good Robert Redford, Brad Pitt movie about the CIA
Collateral Damage Action/Drama Not one of Arnold's better films
K-PAX Drama A mental patient claims to be from outer space - would you consider the possibility?
You Can Count on Me Drama So this is where Ferris Bueller ended up
October Sky Drama A mildly interesting true story about a kid rocket scientist
Three Days of the Condor Suspense/Drama Could have used three more days as in the book Six Days of the Condor
The Whole Nine Yards Comedy Kind of goofy, but some good Matthew Perry slap-stick
The Legend of Bagger Vance Drama Yes, Philippe, Morgan Freeman would have been a better Bagger Vance
Band of Brothers Drama An excellent HBO miniseries about WWII (10 hours)
Shallow Hal Romantic Comedy Would you date a 400lb Gwyneth Paltrow?
Spider-Man Action A simple telling of the Peter Parker story, with an obvious sequel in mind.
The Eagle has Landed Action/Drama A german officer's plot to assassinate Winston Churchill.
A River Runs through it Drama Needed more fishing.
Star Wars II Sci-Fi The best one yet! Not much of Jar-Jar Annoying.
Mr. Deeds Comedy Would have been better with another fight with Bob Barker
Men in Black II Comedy The last 5 seconds of the movie put our lives in perspective
K-19: The WidowMaker Drama Lead should have been Sean Connery. Duty, Honor, ...
Die Another Day Action Check out the cheesy para-surfing scene! Had some great parts.
Blood Work Suspense Interesting serial killer plot with an aging Clint Eastwood as detective
The Sum of all Fears Thriller Are you kidding me? Tom Clancy could not have written an ending like that!
Ransom Thriller Clever story line that fits together well
Monday Night Mayhem Drama Interesting to see what happened behind the scenes of the early MNF
The Wedding Singer Comedy Drew Barrymore kicks this one up a level as Julia Guila
Billy Madison Comedy Looks like I pushed too deep into Adam Sandler movies. Stick with Happy Gilmore or Big Daddy!
Kissing Jessica Stein Drama What was that all about?
Snow Dogs Family A good family flick with Cuba Gooding Jr.
The Country Bears Family The kids walked out on this one
Ice Age Animated Comedy Not Pixar quality but still a fun movie!

Guest Movie Reviews
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Movie Title
Genre
Rating
Reviewer
Comments
Startup.com documentary Matthew Wilding Is losing millions really this easy?
The Usual Suspects mystery/suspense Doug Hiratzka This one is even great if you've already seen it
The Abyss action/adventure Doug Hiratzka I had the misfortune of watching the "special edition" on DVD. Crap, that's almost three hours I'll never get back...
Shrek kids/family Philippe Limondin Highly recommended for the whole family. Animated fun.
15 Minutes action/adventure Doug Hiratzka 15 Minutes >= length of time this movie holds your attention
Swordfish action/adventure Doug Hiratzka Travolta as another bad guy that's hard to hate
Morgan's Ferry drama Doug Hiratzka ZZZzzzz... ZZZzzzz... ZZZzzz...
The Green Mile drama Doug Hiratzka
Bridget Jones's Diary comedy Doug Hiratzka Well, the soundtrack was okay
The Score action/adventure Doug Hiratzka
Toy Story kids/family Doug Hiratzka Way better than Shrek
Chocolat drama Doug Hiratzka
Matthew Wilding A primo date movie.
The Sound of Music musical Kathy It's the only movie I have seen over 50 times.
The Perfect Storm action/adventure Doug Hiratzka Better than I expected, but that's not saying much.
The Gift mystery/suspense Doug Hiratzka Dark. Very dark.
Finding Forrester drama Doug Hiratzka
Traffic drama Deb Franzenburg The first half of the movie jumped around way to much. Big name stars but not such a great flick.
Memento mystery/suspense Doug Hiratzka Unique, suspenseful. Be prepared to concentrate.
Pollock drama Doug Hiratzka Great performances by Ed Harris and Marcia Gay Harden
Waterdance drama Doug Hiratzka Ugh. Maybe the die-hard Helen Hunt fan will enjoy this, but otherwise, it's an experiment in boredom.
Almost Famous action/adventure Doug Hiratzka Enjoyable story, great soundtrack. And it's amazing what a month's worth of lessons with Peter Frampton does for one's guitar playing.
Angela's Ashes drama Doug Hiratzka I'm told you should skip the movie and read the book. Nonetheless, it's a well done movie and a moving story.
Devil's Advocate drama Doug Hiratzka Naaaah. Pacino plays a good devil, though.
Family Man comedy Doug Hiratzka Gotta love the scenes with Nicolas Cage and the daughter.
Deb Franzenburg A Cute movie. Damian thought Tea Leoni did good in the shower scene.
American Beauty drama Kathy Why we watched it until the end is beyond me.
Matthew Wilding A marvelous dark comedy. Bening is brilliant. IMDB's quotes are a trip: IMDB
Martha Wilding I have to agree with Matt on this one - and that doesn't happen very often.
Hearts in Atlantis drama Matthew Wilding Would have been better without the bizarre and irrelevant mystical aspect
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring other Matthew Wilding Of course you have to see it.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone other Matthew Wilding 2.5 hours. High-tech effects. Magic. NOT ONE SURPRISE!
Unbreakable other Matthew Wilding Excellent movie, but how many of these can Night make?
Deb Franzenburg Okay, Ray. I'll give it a thumbs up. Just not a green one.
The Interview action/adventure Matthew Wilding It's hard to know who to root for, but it's worth a watch
Qin Song ("In the Emperor's Shadow") drama Matthew Wilding
O Brother, Where Art Thou? action/adventure Matthew Wilding Truly the "Lawrence of Arabia" of heyseed movies.
In the Company of Men comedy Matthew Wilding What do you call the exact opposite of a chick flick?
Quiz Show drama Doug Hiratzka Ehhh, I never really liked quiz shows anyway.
High Fidelity comedy Doug Hiratzka A few great scenes. Quite a soundtrack.
Girl, Interrupted drama Doug Hiratzka Too bad it started with Winona's character talking about shoplifting...
State and Main comedy Matthew Wilding It's not a lie; it's a gift for fiction.
A Night at the Roxbury comedy Matthew Wilding Why's it funny on TV and not here?
Tuesdays with Morrie drama Deb Franzenburg Good movie about life's lessons
Dolores Claiborne drama Deb Franzenburg Not a bad story line, but this movie was way to long for the content involved!
The Man Who Wasn't There other Matthew Wilding If the Cohen brothers plan to make a movie in each genre - this one's film noir - do they ultimately intend to make a lousy one?
Small-Time Crooks comedy Matthew Wilding Not Woody's funniest, although a few bits work
Mansfield Park drama Matthew Wilding Dull characters. For Jane Austen check out this or this.
Magnolia drama Matthew Wilding Excellent film. Not a conventional Hollywood ending.
Road Trip comedy Deb Franzenburg If you like sick humor this movie is for you! Sorry to admit I thought it was funny.
Saving Silverman comedy Damian Franzenburg This movie gave me a lot of good laughs
Deb Franzenburg Pretty lame
Men of Honor drama Deb Franzenburg Excellent flick!
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius animated comedy Nicholas This movie kicks alien buttocks!
Benjamin At least it's coming out the attic and not the basement!
Tape drama Matthew Wilding Not a fun movie, but watchable.
Requiem for a Dream action/adventure Matthew Wilding Is hope really so addictive? (WARNING: not a date movie)
Gosford Park drama Matthew Wilding An OK film, but I expected Altman doing Upstairs/Downstairs to be better.
Galaxy Quest comedy Matthew Wilding I laughed very hard several times.
The Straight Story drama Matthew Wilding An adult G-rated movie. Highly recommended.
Amelie drama Matthew Wilding Who'd have thunk it? A must-see French movie!
Anastasia kids/family Molly Franzenburg I was so scared I started crying. Mom and I had to leave after only 30 minutes.
What Women Want comedy Deb Franzenburg
Courage Under Fire action/adventure Deb & Damian Franzenburg Meg Ryan's part isn't what we thought it would be. She needed to work on her accent.
Erin Brockovich drama Deb & Damian Franzenburg
The Deep End drama Matthew Wilding An interesting movie
Flesh and Bone drama Matthew Wilding The acting is very good. Check it out.
The Royal Tenenbaums comedy Matthew Wilding Great actors, a wonderful comedic premise, and a top-250 IMDB rating. I wanted to like it, but it just is not funny.
The Contender drama Damian & Deb Franzenburg A movie that champions liberals as being full of integrity and conservatives as dishonest slease mongers.
Pinocchio kids/family Molly I didn't care for the whale so much otherwise I loved it!
A Fish Called Wanda comedy Deb Franzenburg
Anti-Trust mystery/suspense Matthew Wilding I guess I should have gone to Stanford.
Summer of Sam drama Matthew Wilding The story lines aren't all that compelling (except for the on-the-rocks marriage) but reconstructing that place and time is really interesting.
AI sci-fi Matthew Wilding A riveting fairy tale.
Return to Me comedy Matthew Wilding Duchovny is not very good here, but James Bulushi in his small part is hilarious
My Big Fat Greek Wedding comedy Matthew Wilding Ompah!
Ocean's 11 (2001) action/adventure Deb Franzenburg
The Rookie drama Deb Franzenburg Wasn't overly impressed
In the Bedroom drama Matthew Wilding Good acting. Spacek's character is scarier than Carrie
Leon action/adventure Matthew Wilding Yawn.
Bringing out the Dead drama Matthew Wilding It isn't real enough for me to relate or fantastic enough for me to be interested
The Last Castle drama Matthew Wilding Good performance by Robert Redford. Great performance by James Gandolfini
Run Lola Run drama Matthew Wilding Sliding Doors set to Kraftwerk.
Persuasion drama Matthew Wilding Virtue triumphs over 19th Century English marriage politics in a Jane Austin novel - again!
John Q drama Deb & Damian Franzenburg We were both pretty disappointed. Didn't find it very realistic. Especially, the cold, heartless hospital administrator.
The Shipping News drama Matthew Wilding Spacey is good, but not great.
The Way We Live Now drama Matthew Wilding Enron/WorldCom shenanigans in 1870s England
Interview with the Vampire horror Matthew Wilding Not my cup of blood apparently.
Pi sci-fi Matthew Wilding A cool drill scene keeps this movie from a red thumbs-down
Little Women drama Matthew Wilding Should have been set in England.
Spider-Man sci-fi Matthew Wilding Toby McGuire was very good as the understated, young webslinger
Rashomon sci-fi Matthew Wilding One of the best movies ever made??? Hmmmmm.
The Big Lebowski comedy Matthew Wilding A truly goofy movie. Yeah, well, that's just, like, my opinion, man.
Hot Millions comedy Matthew Wilding Suppress the nominal factor.
Catch me if you can action/adventure Deb Franzenburg Based on a true story. I thought this was a worthwhile flick.