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The Fighter, a review by Dragonfire

The Fighter

I don't like boxing.  I never watch it and I know nothing about any boxers.  However, despite that, I decided I wanted to see The Fighter, a movie about real boxers Micky Ward and Dickie Eklund.  The movie is focused on a specific period of their lives.  Dickie's life is a mess, with him spending most of his time high even though he is supposed to be training Micky and working on his own comeback.  The entire family has issues and there are huge problems in the way the family interacts with each other.  The family has major issues.

A lot of Micky's training is shown, as well as some of his boxing matches.  Some of the fights are more brutal and a bit difficult to watch.  The movie isn't overly violent, though it probably is too violent for some people. 

The cast is wonderful, especially Christian Bale.  He lost a lot of weight for the part.  That does make him look more like a drug addict, but he's also a bit creepy looking.  Bale this thin just doesn't look good.  He looks so different from how I'm use to seeing him.  Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams are also really good in their parts.

I enjoyed The Fighter overall and do think it is well worth watching.

I did get a review posted on Epinions.

The Fighter


(From The Fighter on January 4th, 2011)

Clockstoppers, a review by Tom

Title: Clockstoppers
Year: 2002
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Rating: PG
Length: 94 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 3, French: Dolby Digital 3
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Jesse Bradford
French Stewart
Paula Garces
Michael Biehn
Robin Thomas

Plot:
Director Jonathan Frakes (, ) deftly mixes laughs with thrills in the sci-fi adventure film Clockstoppers. Zak Gibbs (Jesse Bradford, Hackers) is an ordinary teenager who suddenly obtains extraordinary powers when he stumbles upon a mysterious wristwatch-type device that can literally stop time in its tracks! To Zak, it's the pefect gadget to impress Francesca (Paula Greces, Dangerous Minds3rd Rock from the Sun) and his sinister boss (Michael Biehn, The TerminatorAwards:
Extras:
Closed Captioned
Featurettes
Music Videos
Scene Access
Trailers

For a Nickelodeon movie it is rather fun. For the most part the time-stopping is done well, although they break there own "rules" only to have a "see what funny things we can do when using hyper time". Especially the scene in the night club where there are helping their friend by moving him around. To do these dance sequences they would have to hold him in one position for minutes when considering their speed relatively to the rest. The whole routine should have taken them hours or even days to do. So not so much fun as they seemed to have doing it. Another scene which breaks their rules is the car chase scene where both parties are in hyper-time. Because of an accident, the good guys fall out of hyper-time. But why were also the bad guys suddenly back in normal time?
Other than that I had fun watching it.

Rating:

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on May 16th, 2010)

Sliders Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

17. THE EXODUS (Part 2)
Quinn and Maggie begin sliding to other worlds to scout for the perfect location while Wade and Arturo must contend with the egomaniac Colonel Rickman as they argue over who will be saved. Meanwhile, a serial killer has invaded the base and is systematically putting people into a coma.

My Thoughts:
The search for the new world continues. While I know it was needed,,, I have always had mixed feelings about the Rickman storyline. I just never cared for the character. I wouldn't say it is a storyline that gets boring. But it does get kinda old after the first time you view it. Seems weird but basically that multi-episode storyline don't have as much rewatch value as the rest of the series does.This is also the episode we say goodbye to Professor Arturo. But all that said... it is the end of a very good 2-parter episode.

My Rating:

18. SOLE SURVIVORS
Quinn is bitten by a zombie, infecting him with a flesh-eating, zombie-making virus.

My Thoughts:
Just by the description I am sure you know that I liked this episode! I thought they did the zombies pretty cool... and liked the effects they used for the dead (and eaten) corpse they found when they first slid onto this Earth. The glowing eyes were pretty cool as well.

My Rating:

19. THE BREEDER
On a world with a mandatory organ-donor program, Maggie is infected with a parasite that seeks out mates a-la-Species.

My Thoughts:
Oh... this is another really good episode. And this one makes 2 in a row that is somewhat horror related. You know I love that! Of course even as the plot says... this one is pretty much a rip-off of the movie Species. But I still enjoyed every minute of it. It really has been a great run of episodes here lately.

My Rating:

20. THE LAST OF EDEN
On a world plagued by earthquakes and populated by primitive people, Wade stumbles upon a vast, deserted underground city overrun by a race of nonhuman creatures.

My Thoughts:
This one is a little on the confusing side. Not the story... but the fact that this episode has Professor Arturo in it. I don't know if this set is in Air Date order or if they just goofed up. But it did take away from the flow a of the story a bit. It also wasn't quite as good as the resent episodes. But it is still good.

My Rating:

(From Sliders Marathon on November 19th, 2009)