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Get on TV: Video Reviews for Where The Wild Things Are, Law Abiding Citizen, Paranormal Activity

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  • jlichman
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      jlichman  

    • NO MORE WEBCAMS.

      The time for submissions is over. As of this moment, no other webcam reviews for Paranormal Activity, Where The Wild Things Are or Law Abiding Citizen will be considered for The Rotten Tomatoes Show.

      Thanks and see you kids later.
      -John

    • 3 years ago
  • Joey_Vee
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      Joey_Vee  

    • This is a conversation that happened last week between my Mexican friend and his blonde girlfriend after seeing the trailer for 'Where The Wild Things Are'.

      BLONDE:Oh my God! 'Where The Wild Things Are'! I'm so excited! Promise me you won't see it with Joey. You have to see it with me.
      MEXICAN: I promise babe. Why are you so excited?
      BLONDE: Spike Jonze directed it! He is awesome!
      MEXICAN: Really? You like Spike Jonze? What is your favorite movie?
      BLONDE: '25th Hour' was really good. I also loved 'Inside Man'.
      MEXICAN:Um..yeeeah. I don't think you're thinking of the right guy.

    • 3 years ago
  • msameck
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      msameck  

    • My "Law Abiding Citizen" Review. (Brought to you by www.fanboyplanet.com, where you can read my written review, too.) The movie is silly, yes, but most of it is also entertaining. Except the ending, leave after the robot-drone attack. I'm just saying...

      Stay tuned after the review for more random observations about the movie.

      We'll probably break 100 this week. W00t!

    • 3 years ago
  • Dylanc
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      Dylanc  

    • Paranormal Activity Review.

      So my Isotope Chem homework AND this review were both due by midnight... looks like both are gonna be late.
      My bad =/

      Do you also take 10% my score off for each late day?

      much love,
      - dylan

    • 3 years ago
  • socialnerdia
  • Moviejunkie
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      Moviejunkie  

    • Where the Wild Things Are:
      Pretty good movie i give it a B.

      Sry for being a couple mins over 12, cuz the upload speed was really slow.

    • 3 years ago
  • Jackaraia
  • Sweet_Charles
  • summer_rose
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  • queermo
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      queermo  

    • Spike Jonze and Maurice Sendak aren't going to tell your kid to behave, so get used to it.

      Bonus fact: Maurice Sendak told Max Records, who plays Max, that if anyone told him they didn't like the film, he could tell them "Go to hell."

    • 3 years ago
  • Josh_Aquino
  • Frederick_G_Handsome
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      Frederick_G_Handsome  

    • 2009 has thus far been a crackerjack year for 300 star Gerard Butler. With The Ugly Truth and Gamer already under his belt this year alone, along comes Law Abiding Citizen, and I'm sure the fanboys will agree that this is the film that Gamer shoulda been.

    • 3 years ago
  • Frederick_G_Handsome
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  • mattTheblake
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      mattTheblake  

    • Where The Wild Things Are

      Overall Good movie,

      Could have used less hand-held camera.

      Better for adults than for children.

      Annoying Viral Marketing was everywhere.

      Also: OMG, Giant Wooden Death Star!

      Another Note: I meant to refer to Freud Dream Theory... and not so much any other sketchy Freud references.

    • 3 years ago
  • Nettle
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      Nettle  

    • Man out of 81 responses, only three people are regulars to the site that I can see. Everyone else seems to be here for the chance to get on TV. Nice.

    • 3 years ago
  • SirDahm
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  • jlichman
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      jlichman  
    • Nettle:

      and i dare you to keep submitting reviews.

      and you review too, nettle.

      more reviews. more plant-love-making.

      more.

    • 3 years ago
  • Nettle
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      Nettle  
    • Nettle:

      @John of Lichman: Eh, if I ever get around to seeing movies on opening weekend, I'll let ya know what I think.

      @Man of Panda: I was just pointing out that most people here are only here for the movie reviews. Very very few are actually into the community.

    • 3 years ago
  • msameck
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      msameck  
    • Nettle:

      In my defense, I lurk. It's just usually what I do.

      And I'm also here for the money. (Hey, I've got a kid to feed! Just look at my review of "Orphan".) Oh, and the plant sex. I like that now, too.

    • 3 years ago
  • SirDahm
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      SirDahm  

    • The Art Student review of my favorite movie of this year so far, Where the Wild Things Are

      Story: 10/10
      Cinematography: 10/10
      Music: 9/10
      Atmosphere: 10/10
      Acting: 10/10
      Total Score: 9.5/10

    • 3 years ago
  • nhall6
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      nhall6  
    • SirDahm:

      the overall would actually be 9.8 but that's why you're an art student :p

      where'd your british accent go half-way through?

    • 3 years ago
  • StuArt_Gould
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      StuArt_Gould  
    • SirDahm:

      i love how you gave the story a 10/10 which you never explained because there is not definitive story, in fact thats what i HATED about this film the most, is that theres no "REAL" conflict (which you can argue because it's about max growing up, or coming of age) but for that to really shine through with good conviction and story telling, there have to be events that show it (Mainly through events that happen, and they dont) for that reason alone is why the story is by far the WORST part of this film. and i agree most everything else about this film is golden but damn it the story's not one of um. and the music should have got a 10 /10 . i gotta show love for the Yeah yeah yeahs.

    • 3 years ago
  • Paul_Kanter
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      Paul_Kanter  
    • SirDahm:

      The story is basically post-modern, or even just modern. It makes me think of James Joyce's Ulysses, where the main character travels around Dublin experiencing things without any real story. It's just a regular guy and is observations on life.
      So with art nowadays, the movie does say alot, and it doesn't have any story or it doesn't cheer up any of the sad characters, but then it doesn't have to because art doesn't have to do anything to be art.
      But some people like to see problems for characters solved for the sake of the characters themselves. Like the one that no one listened to, I felt for him so much and wanted him to be made king so that the wild things would pay more attention to him. That is the idea of story, that Carroll would be told, "Don't worry about CW so much or those owls. They're only owls." Max and him talk about the owls and how neither of them understand them, but its probably too complicated, or maybe it was in there subtly, that Carroll doesn't need to feel jealous about a couple of owls. That is what people mean by story.
      Its so subtle in this movie. But it's there. The story. I think people expect it to have more of a presence and not be so subtle.

    • 3 years ago
  • SirDahm
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      SirDahm  
    • SirDahm:

      Sorry for the late reply.

      @nhall6: I know, we aren't very good with money or statistics. I only use the accent because I have problems speaking sometimes, it's weird, but it helps, so usually after I get into a conversation it's easier to keep it going for me and easier for me to speak, so I basically forget to do it, my bad.

      @StuArt_Gould: Part of the reason for not explaining the story completely is so I don't completely ruin the entire movie for the people who haven't seen the movie yet, and also this was my first review so I didn't know how long the videos should be so I tried to quickly sum everything up, but I will explain now why I gave the story 10/10. First I should say that I believe film in general is objective, and everyone has their own view on the story and the connotation behind actions and results, so in that light I both respect and disagree with your view that there isn't a definitive story. In my view of the movie, the story is about Max learning he isn't the center of the universe, that other people have their own lives, and when he tries to make everyone do it his way instead of having a collaborative effort, or letting people branch out when they know a better way it all falls apart. I saw a lot of this in the mirroring of the Wild Things and some of the people we'd met in the first scenes (Especially KW resembles the aspects of Max's mother and Carol embodies Max, even up to the point that he matures). The entire story is a developmental stage for Max, instead of just having lots of fun with no consequences, we see from the first scene that this is a balance, and he starts to see that. I also liked how the movie left the aspect of the island and the adventure open-ended, not to say for sequels, but to question if it did happen, how long the adventure took place, or if it was all just Max sitting in a boat making voices for about an hour. I will agree with you though, looking back there wasn't any major conflict, there's instances that last a few minutes, like when Carol finds out he isn't a King, just a kid, but there's no definitive conflict like many films have made a standard. So maybe I should've given the story 8/10, but I still really enjoyed it, and I thought if it hadn't been what it was, the movie would've lacked. Lastly, I do really enjoy the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but I still think that the music was the weakest part of the movie. The soundtrack seemed at times like a separate entity instead of a part of the universe of the movie. Thank you for your comment, I really like to try and have a conversation about my reviews so I can get better in the future.

      @Paul_Kanter: Part of my review got cut off at the end, but I agree with you, I thought that Paul Dano's character should've been king at the end, but the movie was left pretty open ended, so he very well might've. I think the reason Carol didn't understand the owls is that he's the mirror of Max, and Max didn't understand them. I'm not saying that Max's mom talks to owls, but it would make more sense for a character that people basically see mirroring each other to share similarities like that and their destructive nature. The reason Carol is jealous of the owls is the same reason Max starts a snowball fight with his sister's friends, he wants attention, and he feels like they're taking her away from him. ("New Friends" vs "Stupid Friends") but I could be completely wrong, I just think that to understand both Max and Carol, we have to think of them as two halves, as crappy as that sounds, thinking back that's the only way I could really figure out their actions is by looking at what the other does. I think casual movie patrons expect the 3-point script, with a clear beginning middle and end. When a movie doesn't follow that mold exactly, say Memento, Dancer in the Dark, Desperate Living, etc, people are thrown and question if they really liked it, and that's what I really liked about this movie, it made you question if you truly liked it or not.

    • 3 years ago
  • Lauren_Hard
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  • SpikeStone
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      SpikeStone  

    • Law Abiding Citizen: Better than I thought it would be, but I thought it would be terrrrible, so I guess that isn't a huge compliment.

    • 3 years ago
  • Beersnob
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      Beersnob  

    • My wife dragged me to see Law Abiding Citizen because she's a huge Gerard Butler fan. We aren't on speaking terms for the foreseeable future.

    • 3 years ago
  • Instant_Ash
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      Instant_Ash  

    • Where The Wild Things Are Review... apparently there is one in all of us.... I hope it isn't to dark in there little guy.

    • 3 years ago
  • kylebuchanan
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  • jwbeard
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      jwbeard  

    • This is our review of Where The Wild Things Are. It's probably the only review you'll get from three girls in Snuggies.

    • 3 years ago
  • StuArt_Gould
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      StuArt_Gould  
    • jwbeard:

      i didnt even watch the review but from the description alone makes me NOT wanna watch it ... it lost ALL credibility as soon as it said "Snuggies" :D

    • 3 years ago
  • lindsayharmony
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  • aelish
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      aelish  

    • I have laughed with Max and the gang, I have danced with Max and the gang, I have cried with Max and the gang... when reading the book of course. Where the Wild Things Are

    • 3 years ago
  • Paul_Kanter
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      Paul_Kanter  

    • Where the Wild Things Are, beyond the forest in your movie theater. (Read the book). Real forests are supercool and awesome, too. Iteration 5600.

    • 3 years ago
  • Jorge555
  • Rica_Z
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      Rica_Z  

    • I didn't mean to use my man voice so much. It just happened. I'm sorry my Jamie Fox and Gerard Butler impressions sound exactly the same.

    • 3 years ago
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  • Haunted_Flower
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      Haunted_Flower  

    • Haunted Flower reviews - Paranormal Activity: No where near as scary as I thought it would be from all the hype, but definitely worth 1 viewing. I even offer a deviation they could have used for the beginning to make the premise more believable, without giving away spoilers. :-)

    • 3 years ago
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  • keithjoforever
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      keithjoforever  

    • Where the Wild Things are may be a little unkind with its odd darkness, but Jonez' vision of the beloved children's book makes seeing it a joy.

    • 3 years ago
  • joat217
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      joat217  

    • Where the Wild Things Are, i love the sense of humor of the film not wacky, really simple. Its an uncanny kids film, but its still enjoyable. Also the identity of the "Wild things" is great, the all have faults but they all have a redeeming factor. Thanks for watching!

    • 3 years ago
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  • samiracle
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      samiracle  

    • A review of Where the Wild Things Are. Some hipsters and critics, otherwise known as jerks, may not like it. but if you can still feel emotion, you might like it.

    • 3 years ago
  • amberbamber
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      amberbamber  

    • I was just as happy leaving the theater after seeing Where the Wild Things are as I was when I first saw the trailer a year ago. It was great by my standards even though I had to see it with a bunch of hipster boys.

    • 3 years ago
  • thelogancorey
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  • bpdreview
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      bpdreview  

    • Here's my review of Where the Wild Things Are. My cat is a little camera shy as you will see at first.

      Current.com Username: bpdreview

      Website- Brian's Film Review Blog
      Address- bpdreview.blogspot.com

      twitter.com/bpdreview

      By the way, I'm blind in my right eye, so that's why I have a lazy eye.

    • 3 years ago
  • Paul_Kanter
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      Paul_Kanter  

    • Law-Abiding Citizen and The Island Where the Wild Things Live to be seen in theaters worldwide. That's like the entire planet Earth. Both movies are potent portraits of violence, society, powertool safety, and family.

    • 3 years ago
  • EvenStephen
  • Paul_Kanter
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      Paul_Kanter  

    • If only the Wild Things were Skateboarders, they would have been more fun and wild.
      PLEASE get Woody Allen to review Where the Wild Things Are. PLEASE. That would be So F$%^&ing AWESOME!!!!!! Think about wild imaginations: Dr. Suess, Maurice Sendak, Woody Allen, all Jews. I think Spike Jonzes is even Jewish. Charlie Kaufmann, too. James Gandolfini, not Jewish, but still awesome.

    • 3 years ago
  • Da7e
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      Da7e  

    • Review 2 of 3: Paranormal Activity. Probably too late to catch this one before the hype overtakes it.

    • 3 years ago
  • bananagans
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      bananagans  

    • Paranormal Activity: Or, How One Couple's Inability to Simply Close a Bedroom Door Ultimately Leads to Their Bloody Demise: A Cautionary Tale

    • 3 years ago
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  • Paul_Kanter
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      Paul_Kanter  

    • A Biblical Review of Law-Abiding Citizen. Five Moses', four Jesus and Mary of Nezereth's, and Four and a Half King David's.

    • 3 years ago
  • aisleseat
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      aisleseat  

    • I looked up the word "nonsense" in the dictionary, and it told me to see "Law Abiding Citizen." Anyone else notice how much Gerard Butler looks like Tom Green in this flick?

    • 3 years ago
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