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Dumb and Dumber, a review by samuelrichardscott

Dumb and Dumber (1994) R2 United Kingdom

Overview:
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are too lame to live--and too dense to die--as a pair of deliriously dim-witted pals on a cross-country road trip to return a briefcase full of cash to its rightful owner. Along the way they'll confound cops, kidnappers and anyone and everyone who had the misfortune of crossing their paths in this comic caper for every idiot in the family!

My Thoughts:
When it comes to Jim Carrey movies, I am neither a lover nor a hater. He is a good enough comic actor who has been in some above average funny movies like The Mask and Ace Ventura, both of which make use of his 'rubber face crazy' humour and of course the slightly less crazy but equally as fun movies Liar Liar and Yes Man. However for me, it's his offbeat films I really enjoy with my two favourites being the phenomenal Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the criminally underrated The Cable Guy. Unfortunately, for me at least, Dumb and Dumber is an overrated movie that tries too hard and ultimately fails. Despite a reasonably half decent 'plot' for a comedy, the laughs come far to slowly (and I'm a fan of the Farrelly Brothers) and I laughed once during the entire movie (when Lauren Holly gets taken out by a snowball from about 2 feet away). I know I'll get some flack for this one but I've never seen the charm. Skip it. 1.5/5

(From Never Ending Movie Marathon (short reviews) on June 21st, 2010)

Insidious: Chapter 2, a review by addicted2dvd

Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013/United States) Trailer |IMDb |Wikipedia | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United States) Director: James Wan Writing: Leigh Whannell (Original Characters By), James Wan (Story By), Leigh Whannell (Story By), Leigh Whannell (Screenwriter) Length: 106 min. Video: Widescreen 2.39:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Patrick Wilson (1973) as Josh Lambert
Rose Byrne as Renai Lambert
Barbara Hershey as Lorraine Lambert
Lin Shaye (1944) as Elise Rainier
Ty Simpkins as Dalton Lambert

Plot:
How deep into the darkness will you go to discover the truth? The terrifying sequel to Insidious follows the haunted Lambert family as they seek to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. They must rely on familiar allies to exile the demons that follow them and unearth the secret before the evil continues its deadly rampage. Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne and Barbara Hershey reprise their roles in the film directed by James Wan (Insidious, The Conjuring).

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Digital Copy

A good continuation of the first film. It filled in some of the wholes that was in the first which is always appreciated. Other than that I felt much the same as the first. So for a decent franchise. But not what I would call a favorite.



(From Horror/Halloween Marathon 2023 on October 3rd, 2023)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Worf is missing in action after his ship was destroyed near the Badlands. The Defiant searches for him but has to abort when the Jem'Hadar are closing in on her. Ezri takes matters into her own hand and continues the search in a runabout. Meanwhile Benjamin proposes to Kasidy and she accepts. And on Cardassia the Founder gets more and more ill due to the plague that has infected the Great Link a few months ago. And Dukat reappears and asks Damar for a favour.

My Opinion: Now the story is marching toward the end and these ten episodes form one continuous arc. There are now multiple parallel storylines and some of them are more interesting than others.
Even though it puts Ezri in the center agin, I mostly enjoyed this episode. It was a good start to this conclusion of the series.

Synopsis: Sisko takes the warning of the Prophets seriously and isn't sure anymore that he really should marry Kasidy. He beasically un-proposes to her and she doesn't take it lightly. Worf and Ezri - who had crashed on a planet and were captured by the Breen - are on a Breen ship and are being brought to an unknown destination. And Dukat - now surgically altered to look like a Bajoran - meets with Kai Winn who got a vision from the Prophets in which they instructed her to work with him (although she doesn't know who he really is).

My Opinion: These Prophets and their prophecy. They are a bit of a PITA. But I am glad that Ben made up his own mind and married Kasidy. They are a nice couple and they deserved it. I didn't care much about Worf's and Ezri's argument though. But it didn't bother me either. What did bother me was the Winn/Dukat storyline. Dukat was a brilliant villain character before they made up this religious storyline. I guess it's a bit like with The Lord of the Rings. In order to watch the great battles and the interesting characters around Aragorn you have to endure Frodo's march to Mount Doom.

Synopsis: The Dominion and the Breen have signed a treaty that makes the latter part of the Dominion. Ezri and Worf are now prisoners on Cardassia. Damar becomes more and more uneasy and when Weyoun sacrifices half a million cardassian soldiers in a pointless battle he finally comes around and decides to do something about it. Meanwhile Kai Winn learns that the vision was not sent by the Prophets but by the Pah-Wraiths but when she seeks forgiveness the Prophets don't answer her.

My Opinion: I really liked it that Worf and Ezri talked things out. They couldn't behave awkwardly around each other forever. And I liked it how Worf snapped Weyoun 7's neck and how Damar enjoyed seeing this even though he knew that there would be a Weyoun 8. And I loved it when Martok and Sisko dicussed marriage and Martok compared it to wars and battles. He's a typical Klingon.

Synopsis: Ezri and Worf are back on DS9 and they bring the news about the Breen with them. But they didn't have to. The Breen have just launched an orbital attack on the Starfleet Headquarters in San Francisco. And now they try to re-take the Chin'toka system. A combined fleet tries to prevent that but it ends in disaster. Meanwhile Winn and Dukat (still disguised as Anjohl Tennan) study the old books about the Pah-Wraiths in order to find a way to release them in order to bring restauration to Bajor.

My Opinion: Damar's troops destroyed the cloning facilities of the Dominion. It seems that Weyoun is going to be OOP. What I liked about this episode was that they didn't show only fighting and war but also that all these people still have a private life, that life goes on despite the war. And I loved that huge "The Alamo" model of Miles's. Too bad they had to give up the Defiant. She was a fine ship.

(From Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon on March 6th, 2009)