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The Conversation, a review by AntaresThe Conversation (1974) 68/100 - Nothing drives me more crazy than when a director plays the audience for a bunch of suckers, and that's exactly what Francis Ford Coppola does with The Conversation. The film starts out rather dry, but still intriguing as we are given insight into the covert world of surveillance and eavesdropping. It is here where the film really shines. But halfway through, it kind of loses steam and only comes back to life at the very end. Now I can forgive a film that lags a bit if the payoff makes up for it. But the payoff here is a bit of manipulation by Coppola that defies the laws of science. (click to show/hide) What the color coding means... Teal = Masterpiece Dark Green = Classic or someday will be Lime Green = A good, entertaining film Orange = Average Red = Cinemuck Brown = The color of crap, which this film is (From Antares' Short Summations on August 16th, 2012) Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood, a review by RichDivine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood Classic chickflick examining a mother/daughter relationship, certainly a good book adaption and well acted. Maggie Smith and Ellen Burstyn steal the show as 2 elderly eccentric members of the sisterhood, and Ashley Judd is surprisingly accomplished in the role as the crazy younger Vivi. There are several funny parts, and extremely in-depth characterisations, but I found it dragging and overly sentimental for too many segments of the movie. Definately one for the ladies, but it is watchable for a fella - just! **Sandra Bullock mini-marathon (From Riches Random Reviews on August 19th, 2009) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season marathon, a review by DragonfireWhat He Beheld Sarah and John's true identities are discovered by a mysterious operative. Comartie's infiltration of the FBI has devastating consequences. My Thoughts I really enjoyed this episode and think it worked pretty well as a season finale. There were still doubts about Cameron and Derek that seem to have all sorts of potential for the second season. I like that the FBI agent has had to realize that there are some very strange things going on and I think it will be interesting to see how he continues to cope with that. I loved the birthday present Derek gave John. It was very touching and also opened up some possibilities for the second season as well that should be interesting. Overall I've really enjoyed this series and am glad I decided to pick up the DVD set. It is a really entertaining show that has added new things to John and Sarah's story while also remaining true to the source material of the first two movies. Now I want to start on the second season episodes right now. (From Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season marathon on January 28th, 2009) |