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Gymkata, a review by Jimmy

Title : Gymkata (1985)

Overview
Race through swamps. Climb a burning rope. Dangle above raging rapids. Brave fierce hand-to-hand smackdowns. And always be wary of the hurled spears and plunging blades of attacking ninjas. Survive the unsurvivable: It's part of The Game.

My Impression
Remember 1985? It was the year when Women Against Pornography claimed that the Huggies Diapers publicity were pornographic ( ), it was the year of the first Wrestlemania, it was the year the Parents Music Resource Center was formed (you know the crazy group who think that Judas Priest, Twisted Sisters and AC/DC were Satan himself), it was the year of Live Aid, it was the year of the New Coke disaster, it was the year the first Blockbuster Video had opened and it was the year were the First Early Warning Earth Station was placed in Parmistan for the U.S. Star Wars Defense Program. I think that we can all agree that the eighties decade was a weird one. The music was bizarre, the clothes were ugly and the north american cinema was mostly a propaganda instrument. But it was the decade of Reagan so there are no surprise there.

The link is there : this film is a no brainer entertaintment like all the Chuck Norris or Sylvester Stallone ones made in those years. So don't expect a challenging script here 

I like this one even if : the acting is bad (Kurt Thomas the hero isn't an actor but a gymnast), the story is really stupid, the game is really lame (really no one win it in 900 years  ), the fighting scenes aren't that great (even for an art martials movie) and you can hear the screams "USA, USA We are the best" in your head. But how you can not like the fact that some random gymnastic devices appear to help the fight (why do you think the title starts with the letters "gym"), the fact that Buck Kartalian is the Kan (even if he really overact), the karate fighting sound effect (close your eyes and you will think that you are watching a Bud Spencer's movie),...

I recommand it. Not because it's a masterpiece, but because it just make no sense to not laugh at it.

Rating :

(From My Alphabet Marathon Review on November 9th, 2008)

You've Got Mail, a review by DJ Doena

January, 1st


Director: Nora Ephron

Tom Hanks    ...    Joe Fox
Meg Ryan   ...    Kathleen Kelly
Greg Kinnear   ...    Frank Navasky
Parker Posey   ...    Patricia Eden
Jean Stapleton   ...    Birdie Conrad
Steve Zahn   ...    George Pappas

Synopsis: Joe Fox is one of the owners of the "Fox Books Superstore" chain and he sells cheap books. And now he wants to open a new store in New York. Kathleen Kelly owns the children book store "Shop Around the Corner" in close proximity to the new superstore. When they are Kathleen Kelly and Joe Fox they can't stand each other. When they are Shopgirl and NY152 they are close online friends. The question is what happens when these world collide.

My Opinion: I like this movie, it's a sweet little romance where Meg Ryan plays the role she always plays and Tom Hanks shows his romantic side once more. I have to say I like it even better than its "predecessor" Sleepless in Seattle. That is a nice movie, too, but when I have the choice between these two, I choose this one. And even though I don't really like The Godfather I like the running gag references to it.

(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2010 on January 24th, 2010)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

4. I Fall to Pieces
Original Air Date: 10/26/1999
Angel aids a woman being stalked by a deranged surgeon who the unnatural ability to track the woman's every move with the aid of detachable body parts.

Guest Stars:
Elisabeth Rohm
Tushka Bergen
Andy Umberger
Carlos Carrasco

My Thoughts:
This is a good episode. Has an interesting storyline. And the effects were pretty cool as well. Seeing hands movie by themselves and an eyeball floating in the air. Of course Cordelia gets excited over the first money coming into the company. and Doyle still having the hots of Cordelia but can't bring himself to tell her.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on February 24th, 2010)