Movie
Review Page
As an avid movie watcher, and a one time film major, I have many opinions on the various films I see. Here is an ongoing list of ratings by me for movies I've seen this year. Ratings by me from previous years are available by selecting each link: films I saw in 1997 & 1998, films I saw in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2005.
Here is also a list of films that I have written lengthy reviews for.
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If, like me, you find an inherent weakness in star ratings (much less the thumbs up or down system, which is far too black and white), I have also written several full length reviews that can be found here. As a side comment, I chose a five star system, because the more common four star system lacks what I consider to be very important; a middle rating.
Real
(reel?) men see movies in a theater. A distant second best is on
a home digital projector. Unless you want to lose respect from me as a
movie lover, don't justify missing a quality film in a theater that you
want to see by saying that you will catch it on cable. That's one very
small step above watching a film while on an Airplane. (I never lost more
respect for President Bush then when I learned that all films that are
shown in the white house are edited for airplane viewing since he doesn't
like swearing or nudity in his films.)
I own a Sony MDP Laserdisc Player and 182 Laserdiscs. You can view my Laserdisc List here. My DVD list still has not reached that size.
After I watch a film, I like to read reviews from my favorite critics. My favorite critics aren't those that tell you whether or not you should see the film, and why, but instead those that analyze the film, and hopefully make me think about it on another level.
Roger
Ebert is the critic that I enjoy and respect the most. He is the only
film critic to win a pulitzer prize, and for good reason. While most 'reviews'
limit themselves to discussing the lead actor's previous works and who
he is currently dating in real life, Ebert dissects a film with as much
detail as any DVD commentary track. Even when I don't agree with his overall
opinion, he often will bring up new points that make me question what
I originally thought about the film.
You may also click here to view Roger Ebert's movie review page. I think I agree with Roger Ebert's opinion about 85% of the time, and that is very good. Even when I don't agree with his final analysis, I often agree with what he said about the film. Here is a review I wrote about Why I admire the writings of Roger Ebert so much.
Another great review page is ReelViews on films. James Berardinelli is probably the most successful internet critic. No papers run his work, but he did publish a recent book collecting his work.
I also want to mention Walter Chaw. I wish I had a link to his page. Unfortunately there is no page specifically for him, and instead I have to read his reviews on Film Freak Central through Rotten Tomatoes. I find his reviews to be of great psychological and analytical depth. He is very wordy (the opposite of Berardinelli), and I don't always agree with him, but he has clearly thought out his beliefs on a film so long that you feel there must be something to them.
Like most avid Laserdisc fans, I am annoyed by the recent victory of DVD over Laserdisc. It came so close to being a worthy successor to the Laserdisc format, but by making severe drawbacks in the hardware format (like MPEG-2 compression), DVD is only partially superior to Laserdiscs, when it could have been truly the next logical step. Is this how Beta owners felt when VHS won the race?
In fairness however, when I first wrote this in 1996 DVD's were poorly compressed, and the discs woefully bare of many of the extras that Laserdiscs had. Since about 2001, DVD's have greatly increased in quality and features, many of which are superior to what the average Laserdisc had. And the processing power in the players has increased so much so that the major artifacts that disturbed me so much have almost disappeared.
Click here to read detailed DVD Comments by me.
I'm very open to any E-mail comments. If your opinion varies from mine on a film, let me know. If you'd like me to review a film, request away. I've seen 'em all! I've also been know to answer questions for three different local video stores when people can't seem to find a particular movie or actor. Request away.
You
can leave me an E-mail at keithco@comcast.net
Click here to see my 
Movie
Ratings for films seen in 2005
Click
here to see my Movie Ratings for films seen
in 2004
Click here to see my Movie Ratings for films
seen in 2003
Click here to see my Movie Ratings for films
seen in 2002
Click here to see my Movie
Ratings for films seen in 2001
Click here to see my Movie Ratings for films
seen in 2000
Click here to see my Movie Ratings for films
seen in 1999
Click here to see a collection of Best
of / Worst of the Year Lists for 1998 and before
by me.
And Click here to see a collection of Best
of / Worst of the Year List for 1999.
And Click here to see my list of Greatest
Movies of the 90's Decade.
I have also been posting many
movie
reviews on Epinions. Click here to see my account.
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