Hollywood Movie Review Series:

*Movies are in no particular order. Please use Crtl F on your keyboard to find a particular movie. Movies that got a wide release in the year after their first screening are listed in the next year. For example, 300 (2006) is listed in 2007 because it only got a wide release in 2007.

*Don't worry about spoilers. You can read the review of any movie without being afraid of spoilers and enjoy the movie if you watch it. I intentionally made sure not to ruin a movie by revealing a hidden plot or hidden climax scene. I simply pass or fail each scene and comment on them.

Disney's The Kid, 2000: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Audrey Wells

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A PR guy wants to focus on his work instead of his family.

Story: Character, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Bruce Willis’ acting. Not the right actor for the role.

Comments:

Fail of plane intro.

Fail of plane scene.

Fail of office scene.

Good dad/father scene. You can hear the pain in the father’s voice. Well done.

Fail of airport scene.

Fail of office/baseball executive scene.

Good child scenes throughout.

Bruce Willis' acting is so bad. Wow.

Fail of psychiatrist scene.

The boy is so cute, chubby and lovable. Good boy scenes throughout.

Fail of parking lot scene.

Fail of fancy gala scene.

Fail of older Willis talk scene.

Fail of school yard fight scene.

Decent realization climax scene, but not enough to pass.

You know, aside from the gala scene, I don't think there was a single visible minority actor/actress in this movie. Well done Hollywood.

Decent ending, but I expected a bit more.

Keeping the Faith, 2000: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Stuart Blumberg

Director: Edward Norton

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Two guys want a better life.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good childhood scenes throughout.

Ah…a boy who the priests didn’t abuse. I guess a few getaway from the pedophile predators of the Catholic Church, all unofficially sanctioned by the Vatican. I hope that 99% of Catholic officials burn in hell. It would be fun watching that as a comedy movie.

Rabbi cards. Wow.

Excellent circumcision scene.

Good narration throughout.

Good preaching scenes throughout.

Good ambitious idea.

Good basketball scene.

Good girl scenes throughout.

Would have liked to see the mother/date setups.

Decent cab scene.

Good rabbi official criticism scene.

Good date scene.

Fail of sex scene.

Good stretch scene.

Decent music scene.

Good date scenes throughout.

Fail of fight scene.

Good drunk scene.

Fail of confession scene.

Fail of hospital scene.

Good preach scene.

Fail of apartment building scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Screwed, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski

Director: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski

Dialogue: Fail

Fail of all dialogue.

Plot: A rich old woman wants to fire her chauffer.

Story: Ambition, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of all acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of all scenes. Oh dear.

Powerfully stupid, even for a 2000 movie.

Complete fail of writing, acting, directing.

Laminate the menus. Jokes.

Good non-attack dog scene.

Decent climax scene.

Decent ending.

Autumn in New York, 2000: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Allison Burnett

Director: Joan Chen

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A chef doesn't want to commit to a woman.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Wynona Rider.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Good chef scenes throughout.

Fail of restaurant scene.

Decent park scene.

An older man screwing a younger woman. Well done liberal Hollywood.

Good phone conversation scene.

Fail of house scene.

Ah...the plight of beautiful rich White people. Cry me a river.

Decent date scenes throughout.

Good bar scene.

Good cinematography throughout.

Good house party scene.

Decent limo talk scene.

Movie is too flat and boring.

Good lobby scene.

Good hospital scenes throughout.

A bit heavy on sappy music content, but…

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

This movie shouldn't have cost $65 million to make.

Whatever It Takes, 2000: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Mark Schwahn

Director: David Raynr

Dialogue: Pass

"Look man, chicks dig assholes." Good line and delivery. Shame it's true.

"Do you want to kiss me?" "If I have to." Good line, excellent delivery.

Plot: A girl doesn't want to go out with a guy.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

A boy practicing an accordion at home. Oh dear god.

The coach beams the student. Jokes.

Leaning on the giant penis. Would have been better if he was stroking it nonchalantly.

Good desperate men scene.

Good prom scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Hanging Up, 2000: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Delia Ephron, Nora Ephron

Director: Diane Keaton

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Daughters want to deal with their aging father.

Story: Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Meg Ryan.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Good hospital scenes throughout.

Good office scene.

Fail of parking garage scene.

Fail of flashback scene.

Good kid laugh scene.

Decent dog scene.

Decent father bed scene.

Decent mother scene.

A dog on pharmaceutical pills. How sad.

Good dog scenes.

Decent Halloween scene.

Fail of women conference scene.

Fail of argument scene.

Fail of anti-climax scene.

Good ending.

Frequency, 2000: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Toby Emmerich

Director: Gregory Hoblit

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Someone wants to kill nurses.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Good family scene.

Good radio scenes throughout.

Decent flashback scenes throughout.

And the plot thickens.

Decent fire scenes throughout.

Good escape flashback scene. Well done.

Good radio scenes throughout.

Good slow motion scenes throughout.

Good arrest scene.

Excellent pre-climax scenes.

Excellent climax scene.

Excellent ending.

The Contender, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Rod Lurie

Director: Rod Lurie

Dialogue: Fail

Dry boring dialogue.

Plot: A sitting president wants to select a vice-president.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Why no background music?

Fail of almost all scenes. Boring and flat. Stick to House of Cards.

Garbage political philosophy dialogue.

One of the most boring movies.

I've never seen politics come down so hard on a woman.

It wasn't even this bad for Hilary Clinton's 2016 run.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Proof of Life, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Tony Gilroy

Director: Taylor Hackford

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Terrorists want to kidnap a group of people.

Story: Character, Survival

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of all acting, except by Meg Ryan.

Comments:

Strong intro. Shame it went downhill from there. But it's a 2000 movie, so...

Complete fail of characters and storytelling. Holy f*ck.

Complete fail of writing, directing, acting.

Civilians with no experience handling ransom demands. Really?

Fail of all rescue scenes throughout.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Terrible movie. Should have been direct to video/streaming.

Not one of the worst movies of all time, but pretty close.

Red Planet, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Chuck Pfarrer, Jonathan Lemkin

Director: Antony Hoffman

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Humans want a new home planet.

Story: Survival

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Always nice to see that all the characters are White, except light skinned Benjamin Bratt.

Boring ship scenes throughout.

Everyone in the audience can guess what’s going to happen with the robot.

Fail of bathroom scene.

The best ship that humans can build and it can't handle solar flares. Really? Lazy writing.

Fail of fire scene. Terrible directing.

Weak planet survival scenes throughout.

Fail of fight scene.

As expected…the robot.

Fail of planet solution. Too stupid.

Fail of sacrifice scene.

Fail of all scenes and characters.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

$80 million production budget. Warner Bros. Pictures has money to burn.

Love & Basketball, 2000: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A female basketball player wants to be the best.

Story: Ambition, Relationships, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Good relationship conflict scenes. Solid writing.

Good double standards issue scenes.

Good parent issue scenes throughout.

Excellent kitchen talk scene.

Good climax scene.

Excellent ending.

Solid love story movie.

Romeo Must Die, 2000: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Eric Bernt, John Jarrell

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak

Dialogue: Fail

Garbage dialogue.

Plot: Rival gangs want to destroy each other.

Story: Ambition, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Fail of Aaliyah’s acting.

Comments:

Good intro.

Weak fighting cinematography all round. A few good ones, but it's a 2000 movie, so…

In a better world, gangs would wipe each other out and let us get on with our lives. Shame.

Good prison breakout scene.

Good racial dynamics scenes throughout.

Terrible music content. Geez.

Decent climax scene.

Good ending.

Barely passable.

The Next Best Thing, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Tom Ropelewski

Director: John Schlesinger

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue.

Plot: A man wants to leave his girlfriend.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of Madonna’s acting.

Fail of Rupert Everett’s acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of call scene.

Michael Vartan from Alias. Wow. Nice to see you again.

Fail of fight scene.

Madonna’s acting really kills this movie.

Fail of friend scenes throughout.

Fail of studio scene.

Fail of funeral scene.

Fail of music content.

Fail of party scenes throughout.

Fail of tone of movie.

Fail of all scenes throughout. Terrible writing, acting, directing.

Becoming Donald Trump. Jokes.

Fail of airport scene.

Fail of girls talk scene.

Fail of family scenes throughout.

Fail of restaurant scene.

Yes, some men are just better fathers. Get over it.

Fail of grocery store scene.

Fail of pre-climax scenes.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Fail of writing, directing, acting, cinematography.

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn’t have made $1.00. The fact that if made under $25 million proves that God DOES exist.

Here on Earth, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Michael Seitzman

Director: Mark Piznarski

Dialogue: Pass

Terrible dialogue. Oh dear god.

Plot: Guys want to beat up other guys.

Story: Character, Relationships, Family

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of Josh Hartnett’s acting.

Fail of Chris Klein’s acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of dean office scene.

Leelee Sobieski. Wow. What a blast from the past. Nice to see you.

Fail of car chase scene.

Fail of court scene.

Fail of solution scenes throughout. Nonsensical.

Annette O'Toole (Martha Kent from Smallville). Wow. So many actors/actresses from the past. Almost expected to see Mayim Bialik (Blossom) and Tony Danza.

Ah…the ungrateful brat. Lovely.

Decent fight scene.

Eye candy for the ladies. Lovely. The heart wants what it wants. Tough, but it happens.

Fail of relationship scenes throughout.

Fail of music content.

Good cow talk scene.

Fail of fair scene.

Fail of real plot. Too late to introduce.

Good guy talk scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Not one of the worst movies of all time, but pretty close.

Gossip, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Gregory Poirier, Theresa Rebeck

Director: Davis Guggenheim

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue throughout.

Plot: A guy wants to rape a drunk woman.

Story: Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good lecture scene.

Fail of music content.

Lena Headey (Ciceri Lannister from Game of Thrones)? Wow. Nice to see you. Shame the acting sucked.

Fail of lecture scene.

Decent bar scene.

Joshua Jackson from Dawson’s Creek. Wow. Nice to see you again.

Fail of room scene.

Fail of solution.

Fail of confrontation scene.

Fail of room scene.

At least she’s now starting to get a clue.

Fail of investigative scenes throughout.

Fail of fight scene.

Fail of writing and directing.

Fail of room confrontation scene.

Oh my god, Edward James Olmos (Commander of Battlestar Galactica). Wow.

Good climax scene. I didn't see that coming. But not enough to pass.

Fail of ending.

I Dreamed of Africa, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Paula Milne, Susan Shiliday

Director: Hugh Hudson

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue.

Plot: A woman wants a better life for her family.

Story: Family, Purpose, Relationship, Ethics.

Characters: Fail.

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of all acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Oh dear, that's a lot of purple eye shadow Mrs. Bassinger.

Fail of road scene.

Last rights while she's still alive? That's not cool.

She's in an Italian hospital. And Italy has a public-private healthcare system. If you have the money you get the best care. And she has the money. But if you get hurt in Canada or the UK, you get substandard public health care. Don’t believe me? See for yourself.

Ontarians tell their hallway medicine stories

Medical Disorder: Bad doctors who cross the border can hide their dirty secrets. We dug them up

The real challenge to Canada's health system is not wait times

Why Canada's 'best' health-care system just got ranked last — again

Canada's health care system is hopelessly sclerotic. We need to wake up

A man showing a woman the moon in the hospital. That's marriage material.

Fail of all scenes. Just a flat boring movie. Complete fail of writing.

Good bad dream reaction.

Another plot that revolved around a man? Well done Hollywood.

Ah…leading with the heart. Today you Google your future partner as a basic screening, and then let them slowly bring up those skeletons.

Ah…poachers (human scum). Just burn in hell already.

Did the producer and studio executives really expect this movie to make money?

Yes, it's a nice rural stone house. Kudos.

Daniel Craig. Wow.

People do scary things when in debt.

Of course the darkness is staring back at you. The darkness in your soul is always with you until you release it with love. There's your self-help lesson for today.

Fail of fantasy-like music content.

German shepherds. Yay for German shepherds.

Nice to see people valuing snakes. They have such a bad reputation almost everywhere in the world.

Excellent wildlife fight scene.

Fail of anti-climax scene.

Why does love cost us so much? Because that's the price for our human experience.

Mad cow disease. Yup, sounds about right.

Chasing away an elephant. Jokes.

A dog. Nope, a warthog. Jokes.

Nice to see the kid grow up but...too boring and flat.

Sad but good ending. But narration of the beauty is too difficult to believe.

Remember the Titans, 2000: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Gregory Allen Howard

Director: Boaz Yakin

Dialogue: Pass

"Now you thinkin? First you smile, then you think." Good line and delivery.

Plot: White people want to segregate the races.

Story: Ethics, Character

Characters: Pass

Excellent characters.

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Denzel Washington as usual.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Ah…the first years after segregation. Lots of teething problems.

Ah…the invasion of Negroes. God help us all (forgive the sarcasm).

Excellent gym coach scene.

Excellent outside bus scene.

Excellent coaching scenes throughout.

Excellent training scenes throughout.

Ah…White people pretending not to like soul music because they didn't create it. Well done.

Nice to see sports bringing difference races together. Sad that it took sports to do it.

Good locker room banter scenes throughout.

Excellent protests scenes throughout.

Enormous pressure for all the football players.

Excellent school scenes throughout.

Excellent gym speech scene.

Excellent male cheer scene.

Decent montage scene.

Excellent defense blitz scene. Very well done.

Excellent hospital scene. Powerful scene.

Good climax scene.

Excellent ending.

Powerful movie. I Strongly recommended that everyone watch it.

One of the best movies of all time.

Black and White, 2000: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: James Toback

Director: James Toback

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A group of people want a better life.

Story: Ambition, Character, Ethics, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Well…that was some intro in the park. Wow.

Rich slutty White women with Black guys. A tiny violin for tears of White racists.

A lot of Jewish-Hollywood/Music stereotypes in this movie.

Black turf wars. Sigh.

Studying culture, identity and race. Well done.

Elijah Wood. Nice to see you again.

Good class scene. Excellent questions.

Brooke Shields. Wow. What a blast from the past.

White people calling themselves n*ggers. It actually works in this movie. Well done.

Rejected at first, bring a White man to a recording studio and they're good. Jokes.

Excellent questions about race and identity. I would recommend everyone to watch this movie.

Not the best implementation of the plot/content, but still good content.

Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. A lot of star power in this movie.

Basketball plot reminds me of Blue Chips (1994).

The likes of Donald Trump. Jokes.

Fail of music content.

Joe Pantoliano. Nice to see you.

I understand why this movie didn't make much money. But the production budget was way too high for a 1999/2000 movie.

Do I walk feminine. A certain energy. Jokes.

Brett Ratner. Holy f*ck.

Mike Tyson. Geez.

Decent climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Not the best movie, but interesting to watch. Everyone should watch this movie.

The Cider House Rules, 2000: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: John Irving

Director: Lasse Hallstrom

Dialogue: Pass

"You even know what your business is Homer?" Good line and delivery.

Plot: Families don't want an orphaned baby.

Story: Family, Ambition, Relationships, Purpose

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Tobey Maguire’s acting. Wrong actor for the role.

Comments:

Fail of narrated intro.

Hey the kid from Malcolm in the Middle (Erik Per Sullivan). Nice to see you.

Good snowball fight scene.

Decent movie scene.

Ah…the life of orphans and the people that don’t want them. Tough to handle emotionally…for a normal person.

Tobey Maguire’s acting really kills this movie.

Fail of burial scene.

Flat scenes throughout. Fail of writing.

Without star power, this movie would never have been made.

Fail of new life scenes throughout. Boring and flat.

Fail of board talk scene.

Fail of relationship scenes throughout.

Good climax scene, but not enough to pass.

Good ending.

Snow Falling on Cedars, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Ron Bass, Scott Hicks

Director: Scott Hicks

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Parents want their children to marry in their own ethnicity.

Story: Equality, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of all court scenes.

Excellent childhood cave scene.

Cinematography works for some scenes but fails for others.

Interesting take for a love story, but doesn't work.

Oddly enough, the music at 1hour 15 minutes sounds like the music from Lord of the Rings music but without the melody.

But excellent music content in general. This is the composer you want for your blockbuster movie.

An all White jury. Yah, we have that in Canada in Aboriginal trials. And it doesn't end well for Aboriginals

Experts, Indigenous advocates renew call for more diversity on juries

Court case highlights concerns about Indigenous representation on juries

Canada: indigenous groups urge reform after shock of white farmer's acquittal

Ottawa tried to make juries more diverse. Critics say its changes had the opposite effect

Decent climax scene, but not enough to pass.

Excellent ending.

The Hurricane, 2000: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Armyan Bernstein, Dan Gordon

Director: Norman Jewison

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A racist cop wants to control a Black man's life.

Story: Equality, Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Excellent prison scenes throughout.

Nice to see Toronto there. Good money and exposure for the city.

A sign for the Toronto Public Library. Jokes.

Good childhood scenes throughout.

Good parallel story as well. Would have been nice if there was a real plot to it, but it's based on a true story, so...

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Magnolia, 2000: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Various people want a better life.

Story: Purpose, Ambition, Relationships, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of narrated intro.

Ah…the creative mind. Lovely, but not for a wide release movie.

"Respect the c*ck" Only Tom Cruise can deliver that line with power. Well done.

Fail of almost all scenes. Yes, the scenes are passionate, but there’s no real story.

This is a cookie cutter template movie. Should have been direct to video.

Complete fail of writing.

Good interview scene with music content.

Good climax scene, but not enough to pass.

Fail of ending.

Scream 3, 2000: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Ehren Kruger

Director: Wes Craven

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Someone wants to kill people.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Good intro.

Future journalists of America. Hilarious to watch in 2019. But she's correct for sensational clickbait news in the future.

Fail of all on-set Hollywood scenes throughout.

Fail of music content throughout.

Fail of window scene.

Fail of office death scene.

Fail of house scene.

Fail of investigation scenes throughout.

Decent phone scene.

Fail of panic scene.

Good set scene.

Fail of confrontation scene.

Good Black guy stabbing death scene. "Oh you motherf*cker." Jokes. Reminds me of the 1991 Steven Seagal movie Out for Justice when Seagal shoots a guy's leg off near the end. You have to watch it on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWvr8nc9mf0

Decent climax scene, but not enough to pass.

Fail of ending.

Thomas and the Magic Railroad, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Britt Allcroft

Director: Britt Allcroft

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A train wants to destroy another train.

Story: Ambition, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Sadly, Thomas the Train was part of my childhood.

Nice to see conditioning for children to like steam trains when it's coal that's powering them. I don’t think the climate change movement would approve.

Fail of music content. It's just too gay. And I would bet money that even gay people would admit that it sounds gay.

Boring train talking scenes throughout.

Fail of narration throughout.

Ah yes, the magic of the mountain and the gold dust. Sigh.

Fail of all conductor scenes throughout.

Fail of writing and directing.

Fail of most scenes.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Dracula 2000, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Joel Soisson

Director: Patrick Lussier

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Thieves want to rob a building.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro. Powerfully stupid.

Fail of jump in time.

Fail of office scene.

Christopher Plummer. Wow. So young.

Password decryption. I'm sure all the customers of the cryptocurrency exchange Quadriga keep praying for those words.

Ponzi Schemes, Private Yachts, and a Missing $250 Million in Crypto: The Strange Tale of Quadriga

Crypto exchange Quadriga was a fraud and founder was running Ponzi scheme, OSC report finds

Fail of safe scenes throughout.

Gerard Butler. Wow. So young.

And he just happened to inject himself at the right time. Oh dear.

Complete fail of writing, directing, acting.

Fail of plane scenes.

Good hallucination scenes throughout.

Hey, the guy from Firefly (Nathan Fillion).

Fail of confession scene.

Jeri Ryan from Star Trek Voyager. Wow. What a blast from the past movie. Shame almost all scenes are a complete failure.

Fail of all Dracula scenes throughout.

Fail of flashback scene.

Fail of all vampire hunting scenes throughout.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn’t have made $1.00. The fact that it made almost $50 million proves that God does NOT exist.

Highlander - Endgame (Producer's Cut), 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Joel Soisson

Director: Doug Aarniokoski

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue.

Plot: A man wants revenge for his family.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Too much overacting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of all past story scenes.

Donnie Yen. F*ck me. Nice to see you.

Fail of almost all scenes.

Fail of writing.

Fail of all immortal scenes, which is pretty much the entire movie.

Complete fail of writing, directing, acting, music content.

Fail of all fight scenes throughout.

Fail of graveyard scene.

Fail of sex scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Good ending.

The Cell, 2000: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Mark Protosevich

Director: Tarsem Singh

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to kill women.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Fail of Vince Vaughn’s actor. Not the right actor for the role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Interesting form of mental health. A version of the matrix.

18 months of therapy and they're surprised the dad wants a better option. Really?

Interesting solution.

Good killing scenes throughout.

Good stake out scene.

Good parking lot scene.

Good directing and cinematography. Decent writing.

Good music throughout.

Fail of all lead investigator scenes throughout due to the wrong actor being used.

Decent apartment scene.

Sends the signal to the other party. That's a quaint way of putting it.

Good to excellent murderer mind scenes throughout.

Fail of realization scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending. Should have been a bigger breakthrough with the boy.

The Ninth Gate, 2000: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: John Brownjohn, Roman Polanski, Enrique Urbizu

Director: Roman Polanski

Dialogue: Pass

"I see you were stimulated by my little talk Mr. Corso." "Did I snore? "It's nice of you to ask." Decent line, excellent delivery.

Plot: A man wants to conjure the devil.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Johnny Depp.

Excellent acting by Frank Langella.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Decent apartment scene.

Good collector building scene.

Decent house scene.

Fail of apartment scene.

Fail of two book guys scene.

Fail of scaffolding scene.

Fail of train scene.

Good house scene.

Fail of plane scene.

Decent old woman collector scene.

Good phone conversation scenes throughout.

This movie reminds me of the garbage book Umberto Eco's Foucault’s Pendulum.

Fail of night fight scene.

Good book examination scene with good music content and cinematography. Best scene of the movie.

Fail of mansion scene.

Decent climax scene.

Fail of ending.

An odd movie but passable.

Passed with 3 writers. Kudos.

Supernova, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: David C. Wilson

Director: Walter Hill

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A ship wants to rescue people.

Story: Survival, Ambition

Characters: Fail

Terrible characters.

Acting: Fail

Terrible acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Dimensional jump. Another word for “warp drive” without the copyright ding.

Fail of dimensional jump special effects.

They can go to warp but have no shields. Really?

Fail of most scenes.

Complete fail of writing, directing, acting, music content.

Boring scenes throughout.

Fail of drug plot mechanism.

Fail of glowing object scenes throughout.

Fail of new guy scenes throughout.

How did this movie get a wide release?

9th dimensional matter. Oh dear.

Fail of mining scenes throughout.

Fail of fight scenes throughout.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Decent ending.

***Do not watch this movie. Should only be watched as a reference in how NOT to make a movie.

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn't have made $1.00. the fact that it made less than $15 million proves that God DOES exist.

$90 million production budget. Holy f*ck. MGM has money to burn.

Eye of the Beholder, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Stephan Elliott

Director: Stephan Elliott

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A woman wants to kill a man.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Ewan McGregor's acting. Not the right actor for the role.

Comments:

Good intro.

Dial up. Wow.

KD Lang. Wow.

Oh…the fat cats are so cute.

Fail of car scene.

Fail of music content.

Decent kill scene.

Fail of station scene.

Fail of train scene.

Fail of bar scene.

Interesting daughter plot, but could have been done with a better writer.

Fail of almost all scenes. Fail of writing, acting, directing.

Fail of room scene.

Fail of station scene.

Fail of investigative scenes throughout.

Jason Priestly. Wow. What a blast from the past.

Good room fight scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

The End of the Affair, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Neil Jordan

Director: Neil Jordan

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A woman wants to have an affair.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Ralph Fiennes.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Boring slow scenes throughout.

Hey, the police officer guy from V for Vendetta (Stephen Rea). Nice to see you.

I don't recall him asking her consent to grab her down there. That's a big no no for the MeToo movement.

Fail of most affair scenes.

Fail of music content throughout.

Ah…the love that could never be.

Fail of investigator scenes throughout.

Decent bench scene.

Fail of explosion scene.

Good church scene.

Odd tone to the movie. Fail of director.

Good climax scene, but not enough to pass.

Good ending.

The Little Vampire, 2000: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Karey Kirkpatrick, Larry Wilson

Director: Uli Edel

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to kill vampires.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good school fight scene.

A child vampire. Jokes.

Good ballroom scene.

Good vampire look. Kudos to the art director.

Good home scenes throughout.

Good vampire hunter scenes throughout.

Good family vampire scenes throughout.

Good night brother room scene.

Good over the top acting throughout.

Her demon lover. Jokes.

Good vampire day scene.

Good adult vampire night scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Should have made more money.

The In Crowd, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin

Director: Mary Lambert

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A psychiatric institute wants to release a patient.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Characters don't make sense.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good beach scene.

Always a pleasure to see beautiful white people having fun.

Fail of party scene.

Fail of campfire scene.

Boring scenes throughout.

Fail of night party scene.

Fail of club scene.

Fail of psychiatric scene.

Complete fail of writing.

Fail of music content throughout.

Decent sex scene.

Fail of boat scene. How very expected.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Return to Me, 2000: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake

Director: Bonnie Hunt

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to get over his trauma.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Fail of David Duchovny's acting. Not the right actor for the role.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Good ballroom scene.

Fail of accident scene.

Boring scenes throughout.

Fail of writing and directing.

Fail of most scenes.

Fail of dating scenes throughout.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Beautiful, 2000: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Jon Bernstein

Director: Sally Field

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A woman wants to destroy another woman's ambition.

Story: Ambition, Relationships, Character, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Hallie Eisenberg.

Comments:

Good intro.

Good door to door pitch scene.

A whistle for the stepdad. That's fabulous.

Decent modeling school scene.

Good lunch scene.

Good competition scenes throughout.

Decent diner scene.

Excellent talk show scene.

Decent senior home scenes throughout.

Excellent grocery scene.

Solid acting and characters.

Good court scene.

Good car scene.

Good child scenes throughout.

Good house scene.

Good jail scene.

Excellent elevator scene.

Good bathroom scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

This movie should have made more money. The fact that it didn't, proves that God does NOT exist.

Bless the Child, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Tom Rickman, Clifford Green, Ellen Green

Director: Chuck Russell

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A cult wants to kill special children.

Story: Ambition, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Jimmy Smits.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Good talk scene.

Fail of school scenes throughout.

Fail of investigation scenes throughout.

Fail of hospital scene.

Fail of church scene.

Fail of custody house scene.

6 years gone and she has no legal custody. What?

Fail of diner scene.

Fail of writing.

Fail of night chase scene.

Fail of hospital scene.

Fail of janitor guy scenes throughout.

Fail of cult house scene.

Fail of highway scene.

Fail of homeless scene.

Only the Catholic Church can save them. Uh…what? Sorry, but the Catholic Church is a cult of satanic pedophiles.

Pope's Exorcist Says the Devil is in the Vatican

Fail of most scenes.

Fail of ledge scene.

Fail of escape scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

$65 million production budget. Paramount Pictures has money to burn. Maybe the devil made them do it.

3 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Woman on Top, 2000: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Vera Blasi

Director: Fina Torres

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man wants to cheat on his wife.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of all acting.

Comments:

Fail of narrated intro.

Swept up in the arms of a man. I don't think that today’s feminists would approve.

Motion sickness from sex. Really?

Fail of most scenes. Too stupid. Fail of writing.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Fail of kitchen scenes throughout.

Fail of guy talk scene.

Fail of bath scene.

Ah…the sad life of beautiful exotic women. Cry me a river.

Fail of writing and directing.

Fail of cooking show scenes throughout.

Lost the cooking magic. Jokes. Best scene of the movie.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

The Ladies Man, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Tim Meadows, Dennis McNicholas, Andrew Steele

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A radio station wants to fire a guy.

Story: Relationships, Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Oh my god, Hilary from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Karyn Parsons). Wow. What a blast from the past.

Fail of narrated back story.

Billy Dee Williams. Wow. 84 and still going strong.

Fail of bar scenes throughout.

A fish sandwich. Jokes.

Ah…cheating men and cheating women. Lovely. I'm sure feminists today would see this as a great movie.

Fail of sex scene.

Fail of suicide scene.

Decent Eugene Levy scene.

Victims of the Smiling Ass. Jokes.

Fail of office scene.

Excellent radio nun Bangkok scene. Best scene of the movie.

Ladies Man 2000 - "Missionary position"

Fail of almost all scenes.

Fail of initial Will Ferrell scene.

Fail of victim group scenes throughout.

Fail of house woman talk scene.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Complete fail of writing, directing, acting.

Should have been direct to video/streaming.

Decent flash mob scene.

Good clown scene.

Fail of boat fire scene.

Fail of room scene.

Fail of slutty White woman scene.

Decent climax scene.

Good ending.

3 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Price of Glory, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure.

Writer: Phil Berger

Director: Carlos Avila

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to live his dreams through his children.

Story: Ambition, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Jimmy Smits as usual.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good car ride scene.

Kids boxing. I didn't know this was big.

Child boxing before teenage development. How stupid.

Coaching your own child to beat people up. The conservative dream.

Good training scenes with father throughout.

Good wife-husband talk scenes throughout.

Good children friend talk scene.

Decent boxing scenes, but sport movies have to be about more than just the sport itself. And unfortunately, this movie doesn't have it.

Weak scenes throughout.

Boxing promoter character was too over the top.

Hey, the guy from Martial Law (Louis Mandylor). Nice to see you.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Obviously can't compare to Dangal (2016). But it had potential to pass.

My Dog Skip, 2000: PASS

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Gail Gilchriest

Director: Jay Russell

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Bullies want to bully child.

Story: Ambition, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Diane Lane.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Decent birthday party.

Good dog scenes throughout.

Decent store scene.

Decent cinema scene.

All the colored people in the back. Lovely.

Good show and tell scene.

Good music content throughout.

Good night scene.

Good graveyard scene.

Decent scenes throughout.

Good military vet transformation.

Good baseball scene.

Good lost dog scenes.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Solid movie.

Loser, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Amy Heckerling

Director: Amy Heckerling

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Young adults want a better life.

Story: Ambition, Character, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters. Too unbelievable.

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of father dad scene.

Ah…the American Pie cast. Lovely.

Decent multiple clips scene.

Decent lecture scene.

Fail of couple fight scene.

I don't think the MeToo movement would approve of this movie.

Fail of dorm scenes throughout.

What was the music clearance bill for this movie?

Fail of club scenes throughout.

Fail of 3 idiots scene.

Fail of sex scene.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Fail of almost every scene. Complete fail of writing.

Fail of trying new things scenes throughout.

Fail of fight scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Whipped, 2000: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Peter M. Cohen

Director: Peter M. Cohen

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Guys want to date the same woman.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

I don't think the MeToo movement would approve of this movie.

Fail of flashback diner scene.

Passed over the d*ck for the ass. Jokes.

A movie about slutty men and slutty women. Lovely.

Fail of park scene.

D*ck tease and the unteasable d*ck? That actually makes sense.

Fail of most scenes.

Nunchucks sex. Oh dear god.

Fail of realization and solution scene.

Fail of writing.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Where the Money Is, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: E. Max Frye, Topper Lilien, Carroll Cartwright

Director: Marek Kanievska

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man wants to escape from prison.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Flat characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of Linda Fiorentino's acting. Not the right actress for the role.

Fail of Paul Newman's acting. Not the right actor for the role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of homecare scene.

Good kitchen scene.

Fail of sex scene.

Boring scenes so far.

Fail of seduction scene.

Fail of forest scene.

Fail of bar scene.

Fail of cover-up scene.

Fail of writing, directing, music content.

Fail of most scenes.

Is this supposed to be a comedy?

Fail of heist prep scenes throughout.

Frankie Faison. Always in these small roles.

Fail of heist scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

$28 million production budget. USA Films has money to burn.

3 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

3 Strikes, 2000: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: DJ Pooh

Director: DJ Pooh

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Prisoners want to bully a guy.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of prison scenes throughout.

Fail of most scenes.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Fail of car shootout scene.

Fail of home scenes throughout.

Fail of news anchor scenes throughout.

Jerking off to women exercise shows? Meh, better than jerking off to women in the Sears catalogue. Not that I would know about that of course.

Fail of police scenes throughout.

Fail of most scenes. Complete fail of writing.

Good hotel concierge scene.

Fail of hotel scene.

Fail of hair salon scene.

Good big girl scene.

Decent climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Bounce, 2000: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Don Roos

Director: Don Roos

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: People want to get over trauma.

Story: Character, Family, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Ben Affleck.

Comments:

Good intro.

Good airport scenes.

Good home/office realization scene.

Good office ad scene.

Good award scene.

Good bathroom scene.

Fail of dog attack scene.

Fail of talk scene.

Good phone scene.

Good office/building scene.

Good baseball/date/car scene.

Good restaurant scene.

Good relationship scenes throughout.

Good realization scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Solid movie. Solid writing and acting. Should have made more money.

Boys and Girls, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Andrew Lowery, Andrew Miller

Director: Robert Iscove

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Two people want a better relationship.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Freddie Prince, Jr.'s acting. Not the right actor for the role.

Fail of Claire Forlani's acting. Not the right actress for the role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of bench scene.

Fail of campus scene.

Fail of room scene.

Fail of club scene.

Fail of library scene.

Fail of most scenes because of garbage writing and acting.

Fail of all friend advice scenes throughout.

Fail of dance studio scene.

Fail of all date scenes throughout.

Decent club scene.

Fail of safe speech scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Terrible movie.

Girl Interrupted, 2000: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: James Mangold, Lisa Loomer, Anna Hamilton Phelan

Director: James Mangold

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A girl wants a better life.

Story: Character, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Wynona Ryder.

Good acting by Whoopi Goldberg as usual.

Good acting by Angelina Jolie.

Comments:

Good intro.

Good hospital scene.

Good therapist scene.

Good flashback scenes throughout.

Good intro psych scene.

Good cinematography throughout.

Underneath the bed. Jokes.

Good family scene.

Good sock puppet scene.

Good admin scene.

Good angry bath scene.

Good door scene.

Good writing, directing, acting.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Passed with 3 writers. Kudos.

Saving Grace, 2000: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Mark Crowdy, Craig Ferguson

Director: Nigel Cole

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A bank wants to foreclose on a woman's house.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of funeral scene.

Fail of meeting scene.

Fail of most scenes.

Gardening. Oh dear.

Good visit scene.

Fail of light scene.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Decent store scene.

Boring gardening scenes throughout.

Fail of two women talk scene.

Fail dealing scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Isn't She Great, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Paul Rudnick

Director: Andrew Bergman

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A woman wants a better life.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

A press agent. Oh dear.

Good river scene.

No picture if you die. Jokes.

Fail of game show scene.

Good acting but weak characters.

Hey, the woman from The West Wing (Stockard Channing).

Fail of park scene.

Fail of publishing scene.

Fail of house scene.

Fail of restaurant scene.

Fail of editing scenes throughout.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Held Up, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Jeff Eastin, Erik Fleming

Director: Steve Rash

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man wants to spend all his money on a car.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of car/baseball scene.

Fail of gas station scenes throughout.

A Black woman going with young cowboys and older White men. As if.

Fail of robbery scenes throughout. Too stupid.

Writing as if it's made up as it goes.

The giant cell phone. Jokes.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Is this supposed to be a comedy?

Fail of all scenes. Fail of writing.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Play it to the Bone, 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Ron Shelton

Director: Ron Shelton

Dialogue: Fail

"Okay, who had the waffles?" "We all did, how fucking tough is that?" Decent line and delivery.

Plot: A boxer wants to overdose.

Story: Ambition, Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Replacement players. Oh dear.

Antonio Banderas and Woody Harrelson. Wow.

Fail of call scene.

How do these stupid movies get a wide release? Star power.

Fail of car scenes throughout.

Fail of most scenes.

Fail of flashback scene.

Fail of woman confrontation scene.

Fail of boxing scenes.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

What Planet Are you From? 2000: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Michael Leeson, Garry Shandling, Ed Solomon, Peter Tolan

Director: Mike Nichols

Dialogue: Fail

"Buy a baby and shove it up your ass." Good line, fail in delivery.

Plot: Aliens want to rule the universe.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Good acting by John Goodman.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

If emotions are bred out, there can't be an ambition to rule.

That's a lot of extras.

Fail of speech scene.

Fail of plane scene.

Fail of airport scene.

Fail of office scene.

Good John Goodman scenes throughout, but not enough to carry the movie.

Fail of sex scene.

Fail of speech scene.

Fail of accident scene.

Decent home scene.

Staring at a beautiful woman. I don't think the MeToo movement would approve.

Fail of office scene.

Fail of date scene.

Fail of most scenes.

Fail of bathroom talk scene.

Fail of proposal scene.

Good friend talk scene.

Fail of wedding scene.

Fail of writing and directing.

Fail of sex scene.

Fail of investigative scene.

Decent bar scene.

Good bathroom scene.

Excellent home wife picture scene.

Fail of work scene.

Good pregnancy scene.

Fail of plane scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

4 Writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

$60 million production budget. Really? Sony Pictures Releasing has money to burn.

Urban Legends: Final Cut, 2000: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Paul Harris Boardman, Scott Derrickson

Director: John Ottman

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Someone wants to abduct and kill people.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Film school. People still go to film school? Oh yah, this is a 2000 film. Buy a camera, learn from trial and error and look up YouTube tutorials. There's millions of them.

Good security guard scenes throughout.

Decent office scene.

Film theory. Jokes.

Good bar scene.

Excellent abduction/room scene.

Good argument room scene.

Good accident scene.

Decent movie kill scene.

Fail of announcement scene.

Fail of talk scene.

Fail of outdoor kill scene.

Good mask studio scene.

Good tunnel kill scene.

Good sex scene.

Good attempted kill scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Passable movie.

The Legend of Bagger Vance, 2000: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Jeremy Leven

Director: Robert Redford

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A kid wants a better life.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Charlize Theron.

Excellent acting by J. Michael Moncrief.

Excellent acting by Matt Damon.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

A movie glorifying golf. Sigh.

Fail of narration and flashback scenes throughout.

Good home office scene.

Catering to the very rich during the Great Depression. If you believe in capitalism then you can't knock it.

A golf ball in a woman's breast. I don't think the MeToo movement would look too kindly on that.

Joel Gretsch from The 4400? Wow. Nice to see you.

Good protest room scene.

Good card room scene.

Sadness cells. Jokes.

Decent crowd room scene.

Fail of attempted sex scene.

Good initial Will Smith scene.

The directing and writing is weak, but the acting is solid.

Good podium scene.

Always nice to see happy black slaves. Conservatives must have loved this movie.

Fail of car scene.

Decent night scene.

Oh my god, Lane Smith from Lois & Clark. Odd that I should remember him even though I believe that most TV shows and movies are sh*t. Sadly, I watched a lot of TV when I was a kid. I don’t plan to make that mistake with my future children (who don’t yet exist in physical reality, but hopefully one day soon).

Good river shot scene.

Decent locker room scene.

Fail of bench scene.

Good boy golfer talk scene.

Good slow motion swing scene.

Good comeback scenes.

Fail of party scene.

Fail of hole in one scene.

A gator near him. Jokes.

Good locker room scene.

Good climax scene.

Fail of ending.

One of the few movies that passed on the strength of its acting.

I normally hate golf and people glorifying it, such as the 2004 movie Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius. But...the actors in this movie made it work. Very rare. Kudos to all the actors.

$80 million production budget. Holy f*ck. Dreamworks and 20th Century Fox have money to burn.

Snow Day, 2000: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Will McRobb, Chris Viscardi

Director: Chris Koch

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A snow plow wants to ruin kids’ fun.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Fail of news scene.

Always a pleasure to see Chevy Chase.

Good principal scene.

Fail of pool scene.

Fail of dinner scene.

Good room chain scene.

Fail of dad talk scene.

Good slow motion diner scene.

Good snow day reactions.

Good snow plow scenes throughout.

Oh my god, is that Daniel stern? Wait, my bad. It's Chris Elliot. Must be the Illuminati Hollywood cloning program.

Good parking garbage scene.

Fail of Chevy Chase scenes throughout. Disappointing.

Good birdie scene.

Good announcer scene. Falls asleep while skating? Jokes.

Good skating scenes.

On the front of the plow. Jokes.

Decent skidoo scene.

Good action figure talk scene.

Good handsome news guy scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Small Time Crooks, 2000: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Woody Allen

Director: Woody Allen

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man wants a better life.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of apartment scene.

Fail of rooftop scene.

Fail of restaurant scene.

Hit a water main. Oh dear.

Fail of all prep scenes.

Dumb like a horse or dog. Oh dear.

Fail of almost all scenes.

A baking empire. Oh dear.

Fail of media scene.

Fail of tone of movie.

Fail of writing, directing, acting.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Fail of party scene.

Huge grant? Oh dear.

Complete fail of all scenes.

Fail of lawyer scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn't have made $1.00. The fact that it made less than $30 million proves that God DOES exist.

Pay it Forward, 2000: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Leslie Dixon

Director: Mimi Leder

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to take a woman hostage.

Story: Ambition, Relationships, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of house scene.

Fail of weird guy scene.

Fail of initial school scene.

Good class scenes throughout.

Decent strip club scene.

Fail of house scene.

Fail of mother teacher scene.

Fail of journalist scenes throughout.

Fail of flashback scene.

Good garage scene.

Good house scenes throughout.

Good tone of movie.

Good mother son talk scene.

Decent search scene.

Fail of jail scene.

Fail of flashback scene.

Fail of bridge scene.

Good outside argument scene.

Excellent climax scene.

Good ending.

Weird but good movie.

The writer knew what they was doing even though it looked like they didn't. Kudos.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 2000: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman

Director: Ron Howard

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: The Grinch wants to ruin Christmas.

Story: Ambition, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of mountain scene.

Fail of street scene.

I wonder how long it took for the makeup for each actor.

Good scream scene.

Decent neighbor competition scene.

Fail of cave scene.

Good baby flashback scenes.

Rejection and bullying. Today that leads to mass shootings and your name on a list. Bullies beware, the yearbooks have first and last names.

Good street scene.

Good girl cave scene.

Good Grinch street scene.

Decent crash test scene.

Good chimney/house scenes throughout.

Good mayor Grinch room scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Hollow Man (Director's Cut), 2000: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Andrew W. Marlowe

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: US govt wants to make an invisibility drug.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Good call scene.

Good animal scene.

Good testing scene.

Good special effect scenes throughout.

Good restaurant scene.

Decent conference scene.

Good bed scene.

Good joke scene.

Good human test scene.

Good breast scene.

Good invisible scenes throughout.

Good outside of work scene.

Good woman bed scene.

Good other woman bed scene.

Good peeping scene.

Ego transformation a bit too sudden without back story scenes.

Good house kill scene.

Good climax scene.

Decent ending.

Rules of Engagement, 2000: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Stephen Gaghan

Director: William Friedkin

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: North Vietnamese want to kill American soldiers.

Story: Ethics

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Ah…the sacrifice of American soldiers in a garbage Deep State war. Sounds about right.

Good party scene.

Good forest talk scene.

Fail of ship scene.

Good protest scene.

Good rescue scene.

Good attack scene.

Decent retaliation attack scene. Could have used music content though.

Good bureaucracy scenes.

Cover-up in office scene a bit too unbelievable.

Decent flashback scene.

Good lunch scene.

Good prep scenes throughout.

Good Yemen scenes.

Decent house fight scene.

Good ambassador talk scene.

Good court scenes throughout.

Good flashback scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Could have used better music content for better tone.

Should have made more money, but I understand why it didn't.