Bozzy’s World

[insert catchy pun of the movie's title]: from this point on, I will never ridicule Leo DiCaprio, ever again. He has been pardoned from my wrath of him being associated with a movie called “The Beach”. I had the priviledge to see his brilliant performance in “Gangs of New York” last weekend, and not even a week later, I get to see another. He could (and should) be nomimated for Best Actor twice at the Oscars. But let’s forget about him for a second and talk about The Man.

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Just got back from seeing this. It’s TONS better than Fellowship, but I don’t feel like saying anything about it right now. I don’t want to do anything right now. Check back later for an update to this entry.

UPDATE…9:11pm

Okay, I still don’t feel like writing a review. Just go see it. There’s quite some humor in it too…oh yeh, how the hell did they (the filmmakers) make John Rhyes-Davies so short? That guy looked tall in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and Sliders! lol

one more thing…not really a spoiler but you should see the movie first

UPDATE…12/21 9:34pm

Okay, so I typed up a mini review for popkornjunkie.com, so here it is:

I don’t want to say much, because quite simply, there’s so much hype about this film that nobody really cares what _I_ think, so I will just cut to the chase and say that I thoroughly enjoyed this film, I think it’s TONS better than Fellowship ever could be. I got bored watching Fellowship (yes, even in the theater), and that never happened with the Towers. The humor is better, the action is better, the photography and editing is just as great, and the movie gets 4 pops from me. If you remember, or check out the review on this site for the original, I only gave it 2.5 pops, because I wasn’t the only person who got bored…but far less people are getting bored this go ’round.
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I went to see this by accident, I originally drove down to Arundel Mills to see “Equilibrium”, but after trying for what seemed like an eternity (like 15-20 minutes) I found a parking spot, 15 minutes before showtime. So I get to the ticket line, and it’s a mile long. So I got back in my car and headed back towards Columbia…and went to see Analyze That, which wasn’t really that bad. Sure, the plot was totally meaningless and the humor was forced at times, but there are still plenty of hilarious scenes, so I can’t give this movie a bad review. It could have used without Joe Torre, and what about Lisa Kudrow? Her role was a joke. Give her more lines! But again, it was a blast to sit back and watch Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro act, they have such great chemistry. So if you wanna see a comedy, bypass that Rob Schnieder flick and see humor that doesn’t involve stupid physical comedy, see this movie.

Well I’m gonna go watch SNL and then fall asleep, I gotta wake up early tomorrow!

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This movie has been playing in my area for 30+ weeks so I think it’s about time I get around to seeing it! I enjoyed every minute of it, and no I understand how a movie can be in theaters longer than Lord of the Rings, Attack of the Clones, Titanic, and Harry Potter. Wow. There’s so many laugh-out-loud funny parts in this movie, I think I missed a few because I was laughing so hard! If you have put off seeing this movie like I did, then you absolutely must see this movie!

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Ever since I saw the trailer for this back in March, I knew I wanted to see it. As the release date was approaching and the marketing was picking up like crazy, I knew I was seeing this in the opening weekend. I know what you’re thinking: here’s another movie that James raves about and gives it 4 out of 4 pops…well you’re right again, kudos to you.

But don’t take my word for it. I went to see this with my parents, who are both in their 50s (dad is about to turn 60, damn thats young! :), and neither one of them like rap and probably like eminem even less, yet both came out raving about it and him. My mom said, “[Eminem's] face is really telegenic!”, and they both agreed that Kim Basinger (thats Bay-Singer) has the best supporting actress Oscar all but won, and they have never really raved about her either. I’d have to agree too, this movie and “Batman”, are probably her best…okay she was good in LA Confidential too.

What’s great about this movie, is that it really humanizes ghetto/inner city life, and it’s rather shocking to people who have lived in the ‘burbs their entire life (me), I have LOTS more respect for Marshall Mathers now, but I respected him a great deal before today. He’s a lyrical genius. Heck, drop the lyrical, he’s a genius. You shouldn’t have to like rap to understand that.

Marshall and Kim co-star with the always good Britney Murphey and Mekhi Phifer, but Evan Jones, Eugene Byrd, and Omar Benson Miller have started the trek to make names for themselves. Evan Jones almost steals the show from Marshall Mathers, but that’s pretty hard to do, especially when the movie is about Marshall’s life.

That’s another thing. People have knocked this movie saying that there’s no music in it, and that Mathers can’t act. Sure, it’s easy to play yourself in a movie, but if that’s not acting and requires no acting ability than I think everybody would be an actor. And to the turd on some DC radio show who said there’s no music in this movie, when the trailer has lots of music, I say this: What movie did you watch? There’s plenty of music! It’s not a musical, no, but it is LADEN with GREAT RAP SONGS. Guess somebody just wanted to knock Eminem without even seeing the movie. Sir, your kind disgusts me.

Recommendation: Even if you don’t like rap, and/or think Eminem is a no-talent ass clown, you got to give this movie some consideration. It features one of the best (if not THE best) Kim Basinger role EVER, great music, great rising action and tension that climax’ brillantly in the end, and introduces Hollywood to Marshall Mathers; I cannot wait til he stars in a movie not about rap or himself. He will shine again.

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