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.

Trapped, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Greg Iles

Director: Luis Mandoki

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Kidnappers want to kidnap and ransom a rich child.

Story: Ambition, Family

Characters: Pass

Excellent Joe Hickey character.

Good Marvin character.

Acting: Fail

Fail of Kevin Bacon’s acting. Not the right actor for the role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of music content.

Movie doesn't work because of father/female captor relation.

Fail of almost all scenes. Should be redone by a better writer and director.

Ah...the gentle giant with the kidnapped victim. Kudos.

The characters work…but not in the way the writer envisioned.

Fail of all father scenes throughout.

Good child scenes, but not enough to pass

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

K-19: The Widowmaker, 2002: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Christopher Kyle

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Dialogue: Pass

"It's not the men's fault. It's your fault, the officers. You have failed to set high standards…to correct their deficiencies." Good line, fail in delivery.

"The core is heating up. The mission is over." "I'll tell you when the mission is over." Decent line, good delivery.

Plot: Russian govt wants to place a nuclear submarine in the USA.

Story: Ethics, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Fail

Fail of Harrison Ford, Peter Sarsgaard and Liam Neeson’s acting. Wrong actors for the roles. Next time, get real Russians.

Decent acting by Ravil Isyanov.

Comments:

Good sub drill intro.

Decent military brass scene.

Fail of inspection scene.

Decent speech scene.

Decent dock problem scenes throughout.

Fail of drinking scene.

The poor acting is killing this movie.

Good emergency drill scenes throughout. Good writing.

Good ice breakthrough/missile test scene.

Good outdoor recreation scene.

Good reactor problem plot. Fail of music content though.

Chemical suits instead of nuclear. Really? Amazingly, it's based on a true story, so…

Excellent mooning scene.

Decent climax scene.

Excellent ending. Wow.

With better actors, this movie could be as good as The Hunt for the Red October. Should be redone in the future.

I passed this movie only on the strength of the writing.

Antwone Fisher, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Antwone Fisher

Director: Denzel Washington

Dialogue: Fail

Complete fail of all dialogue.

"She said the word n*gger so often...called us n*ggers so often that we could tell who she was talking to by the way she said the word n*gger." Good line, fail in delivery.

Plot: US Navy wants to get rid of a sailor.

Story: Character, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of locker room scene.

Fail of pysc office scenes throughout. Boring.

Fail of past memory scenes throughout. Fail of directing more than the writing. Fail of cinematography.

Can't control his anger. Understandable from his past, but doesn't work.

Fail of girl scenes throughout.

Fail of party scene.

This movie could have worked with a better actor as Antwone.

Fail of music content throughout.

Should be redone as a separate fictional movie, but same character background.

Decent climax scene, but not enough to pass.

Excellent ending.

Formula 51/The 51st State, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Stel Pavlou

Director: Ronny Yu

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue throughout.

Plot: A drug kingpin wants to kill a chemist.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters. Oh dear god.

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro. You wish. Try that with police and they’ll just kill you…all in front of the cameras. They don’t care.

A Black chemist in a 2001/2002 movie. That's fabulous.

Fail of phone scene.

Fail of warehouse guys scene.

Fail of plane scene.

Fail of car scene.

Fail of bathroom scene.

Fail of airport scene.

Terrible comedy scenes throughout.

Fail of living room business deal scene.

Fail of car chase scene.

Complete fail of writing, directing, acting.

Fail of torture scene.

"Are you still shooting people for a living?" Jokes.

Fail of pharmacy scene.

Fail of lab scene.

Fail of club scene.

Fail of roof scene, except for the cock-gun scene.

Fail of house 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 $15 million proves that God DOES exist.

Changing Lanes, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Chap Taylor, Michael Tolkin

Director: Roger Michell

Dialogue: Fail

Fail of all dialogue.

Plot: A woman wants to sue a law firm for misappropriating funds.

Story: Ambition, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Music is way too melodramatic and doesn't fit with the actions.

Weird cinematography shots.

The plot and characters are too unbelievable.

Fail of all scenes. Complete fail of writing and directing.

Terrible bouts of philosophy lesson 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 $100 million proves that God does NOT exist.

Blood Work, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Brian Helgeland

Director: Clint Eastwood

Dialogue: Fail

Complete fail of dialogue throughout. Feels too forced. Fail of writing.

Plot: Someone wants to kill people.

Story: Ethics

Characters: Fail

Terrible supporting characters. Main one is okay, but overall still a failure.

Fail of idiot detective.

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of chase scene.

Boring hospital scene.

Fail of police office scenes throughout. Boring.

Everything seems forced, including the plot.

Fail of investigative scenes throughout.

Hey, the guy from Suits (Rick Hoffman).

Fail of warehouse scene.

Fail of outside police scene.

A shotgun and handgun can't stop a guy in a car. Really?

Decent boat scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

The Four Feathers, 2002: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Michael Schiffer, Hossein Amini

Director: Shekhar Kapur

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: British govt wants to ship soldiers off to war.

Story: Ethics, Relationships, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Odd intro music. But it works.

Decent ballroom scene.

Always nice to see brainwashed soldiers serving their country.

Good talk scene.

Good church scene.

Good gun scene. I can see that the director really wanted to tell a story.

Good ironic twist of both being in different parts of the world.

Good desert scene.

Good cave scene.

Good music content throughout.

Heath Ledger looks like Jesus in his new disguise. Could have fooled me.

Good other cave scene.

Good battle scene.

Good meeting up again scene.

Good jail friend scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Not one of the best movies of all time, but solid writing, directing and acting. This movie should have made more money. The fact that it didn’t proves that God does NOT exist.

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, 2002: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Mark Andrus

Director: Callie Khouri

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A mother doesn't want to talk to her daughters.

Story: Family, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro. That’s one way to get a disease.

Fail of interview scene.

Excellent phone scene. Jokes.

Ah…the sad life of rich White people.

Decent apartment scene.

Decent bar scene.

Decent old woman talk scene

Fail of past childhood/young adult scenes throughout.

A movie to remember why men should never marry liberal women.

Excellent road scene. Best scene in the movie.

Good past adult scenes throughout.

Decent father/daughter scene.

Sad mother overwhelmed scene.

Good rain beating scene.

Decent climax scene.

Decent ending.

The movie picked up in the last 2/3.

Murder by Numbers, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Tony Gayton

Director: Barbet Schroeder

Dialogue: Pass

"The profile doesn't fit the profile." Good line and delivery.

Plot: Someone wants to kill people.

Story: Character, Ethics, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Fail of Michael Pitt’s acting.

Good acting by Sandra Bullock.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of guy talk scene.

Fail of investigative scenes throughout.

Fail of class scene.

Fail of sex scene.

Fail of most scenes.

Fail of flashback scenes throughout.

Good slap scene.

Fail of car talk scene.

Fail of police interview scenes throughout.

Revealing the actions as the case goes on. It can work, but not like this. Fail of writing and directing.

Decent climax scene, but not enough to pass.

Good ending.

Snow Dogs, 2002: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Jim Kouf, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg, Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin

Director: Brian Levant

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A mother wants to leave her last belongings to her son.

Story: Family, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Is the Filipino girl supposed to be Aboriginal? To be fair, at least it's not a White girl playing the role of an Aboriginal.

White people with dreads? I don’t believe that the politically-correct left would be too happy about that cultural appropriation. Just to be clear, the argument of cultural appropriation is nonsensical. No one owns culture.

A Polaroid camera? I'm doing this review in 2017. Wow. I had a Polaroid in my childhood.

Husky's in the kitchen. Jokes.

Thank god for White-European men in the North. They can save the Eskimos. Well done Hollywood with the White savior ideology.

The huskies are so cute and loving. Reminds me of my time in Aboriginal communities.

Biting a dog on the ear. Jokes.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Close, but not passable due to main characters. Fail of writing.

5 writers. Way too many cooks in the kitchen.

Barbershop, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Mark Brown, Don D. Scott, Marshall Todd

Director: Tim Story

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Various people want a better life.

Story: Ambition, Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro. Bumper comes off. Jokes.

Fail of basement scenes.

Fail of barbershop scene.

Oxygen machine. Jokes.

Fail of apartment woman/guy scene.

Fail of coffee shop scene.

Fail of barbershop scenes throughout

Fail of make-out scene.

Ocular proof. Jokes.

Fail of child room scene.

Fail of loan shark scene.

Phone booth in a barbershop. The younger generation will have no clue what that is.

Fail of motel scene.

Ah yes, the barber as the all encompassing wise man. Yah…no.

Fail of convenience store scene.

Fail of woman bat scene.

Fail of idiot scenes throughout.

Fail of speech scene.

Interesting conflicting points about Black history, but not enough to pass.

Fail of most scenes. Is this supposed to be a comedy? Oh dear. Fail of writing.

Fail of cop scene.

Fail of breakdown scene.

Good friend realization/change scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

3 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Brown Sugar, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Michael Elliot, Rick Famuyiwa

Director: Rick Famuyiwa

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Two people want a better life.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Good acting by Queen Latifah as always.

Comments:

Fail of freestyle intro.

Fail of boardroom scene.

A movie to defend the hip hop industry. Sure, but don’t forget all the sexism.

What We Forget When We Talk About Hip-Hop's Women Problem sexism

Men Must Speak Out Against Sexism and Misogyny in Hip Hop and Hollywood

Bakari Kitwana, author of The Hip-Hop Generation Sexism, sexual harassment

'Time's Up' on the Music Industry sexism, sexual harrasment

A ring already. Oh dear.

Fail of house talk scene.

Fail of women talk scene.

Fail of all talk scenes with old friends throughout.

Terrible Black and White duo. Someone call Eminem.

Fail of wedding scene.

Fail of car talk scene.

Fail of all husband/wife scenes throughout.

Fail of sparring scene.

Fail of house scene.

Fail of all scenes. Fail of writing. Almost as if Hollywood wants Black movies to fail.

Fail of sex scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Powerfully stupid movie. One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn’t have made $1.00. The fact that it made almost $30 million proves that God does NOT exist.

All About the Benjamins, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Ice Cube, Ronald Lang

Director: Kevin Bray

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to con people.

Story: Ambition, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Excellent intro.

The director could have given the grandma shooter scene more time, but still well done.

A Black bounty hunter. Jokes.

Fail of shop scene.

Fail of chase scene.

Fail of rooftop building scene.

Fail of shootout scene.

Fail of van talk scene.

Fail of house party scene.

Fail of big boss scene.

Fail of capture scenes throughout.

Fail of bathroom scene.

Fail of boat shop scene.

Stealing from a dead woman. Oh dear.

Fail of climax scene.

Tases him in the ass. Could have been done better, but…

Decent ending.

High Crimes, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Yuri Zeltser, Grace Cary Bickley

Director: Carl Franklin

Dialogue: Fail

Complete fail of all dialogue.

Plot: US govt wants to convict a marine for murder.

Story: Ethics, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Complete fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of Ashley Judd’s acting. Not the right actress for the role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of court scene.

Fail of bar scene.

Good break in scene.

Fail of take down scene.

Fail of music content throughout.

Fail of prison talk scene. She couldn’t do a background check?

Fail of past scenes throughout.

Weak investigative scenes throughout.

Fail of military court scene.

Fail of house break in scene.

Good Morgan freeman court scenes throughout.

Fail of Ashley Judd scenes throughout.

Good store scene.

Decent bar scene.

Good motel scene.

You didn’t think about surveillance? Really?

Fail of hotel/Major scene.

Fail of road scene.

Fail of elevator scene.

Fail of climax scene twist. Needed more backstory for it to work.

Fail of ending.

This movie should be redone with a better writer.

Hart's War, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Billy Ray, Terry George

Director: Gregory Hoblit

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Nazis want to capture and torture allied soldiers.

Story: Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting overall.

Comments:

Good intro.

Good torture scene.

Good transport scene.

Excellent cinematography throughout.

Good first talk with the General scene.

Fail of all scenes after. Too unbelievable, even if it did happen. Fail of writing.

Ah…the racism and a trial. Really? Beyond suspension of disbelief.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

$70 million production budget. MGM has money to burn.

The Rules of Attraction, 2002: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Roger Avary

Director: Roger Avary

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue throughout.

Plot: Various students want to have sex.

Story: Character, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Garbage characters.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro. A lot of sexual assault. Oh dear.

Fail of philosophical narration throughout.

Interesting perspective storytelling style. But did it have to be for students who just want to f*ck?

Fail of frat house drug scene.

Fail of music content.

A lot of mini-stars in this movie.

Fail of side shot scene.

Fail of sick friend scenes.

Fail of blowjob scene.

I’m surprised this movie wasn’t called Young People F*cking.

Jerking off to the letters. Jokes.

Fail of hotel scene.

Is this supposed to be a comedy?

Lovely Eyes Wide Shut orgy scene.

Decent sex scene.

Decent suicide scene.

Fail of fake suicide scene.

Fail of fast montage scene.

Fail of diner scene.

Fail of truck scene.

Fail of frat house scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, 2002: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: John Stainton, Holly Goldberg Sloan

Director: John Stainton

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue.

Plot: US govt wants to recover satellite intelligence data.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Terrible characters.

Acting: Fail

Terrible acting all around.

Excellent acting by Magda Szubanski.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of crocodile scenes throughout.

Fail of Australian hunting show scenes throughout.

Fail of US govt scenes throughout. Oh dear god. Complete fail of writing, acting, directing.

Fail of woman farmer/hunter scenes throughout.

Fail of night capture scene.

Fail of day capture scene.

Powerfully stupid espionage conflict.

Shooting at dogs. That’s not cool.

Fail of briefing scene.

Fail of jeep scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

I hate when comedy writers don't know the line between comedy and stupidity.

One of the worst movies of all time. This movie shouldn’t have made $1.00. The fact that it made over $30 million proves that God does NOT exist.

Frida, 2002: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas

Director: Julie Taymor

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A Mexican woman wants a better life.

Story: Ambition, Family, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Selma Hayek.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good opera house scene.

Decent family scenes

Fail of accident scene.

Decent family scenes throughout.

Fail of party scene.

Decent relationship scene

Decent wedding scene.

Fail of weird claymation/animated picture scene. This would have worked better in a linear fashion.

Good hospital scene. Sad.

A cheater till the end.

Decent breakdown scene.

Fail of Trotsky scenes throughout.

I don’t think the MeToo movement would approve of the sex scene.

Decent success scenes.

Decent climax scene.

Decent ending.

This movie should be redone today with a better writer.

Passed with 4 writers. Barely.

Orange County, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Mike White

Director: Jake Kasdan

Dialogue: Fail

Complete fail of all dialogue.

Plot: A writer wants to get into a university writing program.

Story: Ambition, Family, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Horrible characters. Oh dear god.

Acting: Fail

Terrible acting from everyone except John Lithgow.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of most scenes.

Fail of house scenes throughout.

Fail of class scene.

Fail of brother scenes throughout.

Fail of girlfriend scenes throughout.

Carly Pope. Always a pleasure.

Fail of gym cheerleader scene.

Fail of most scenes. Fail of writing and directing.

Fail of sex scene.

Fail of party scene.

Hey, the guy from Life as a House (Kevin Kline).

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Dragonfly, 2002: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Brandon Camp, Mike Thompson, David Seltzer

Director: Tom Shadyac

Dialogue: Pass

"You think I'm losing my edge?" "Just the opposite. It's getting too sharp. You're starting to cut people around here." Good line, fail in delivery.

Plot: A man wants to deal with the death of his wife.

Story: Purpose

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Good hospital scenes throughout.

Good hospital talk scene.

Good bar scene.

Tough gift to get.

Good flashback scenes throughout.

Teach the Natives our values. Really? Looks like White hegemony to me.

Fail of dragonfly night scene.

Wow, that’s freaky. Did it have to be that freaky when he woke up?

Good boy explanation scenes throughout.

I’ll ignore the fact that most doctors are atheists and don’t believe this stuff.

Atheists explaining near death experiences. Yawn.

He can’t trust his own intuition and needs the advice of atheist doctors. What a joke. They’re too far gone. Let them go.

Good kitchen scene.

Good nun talk scene.

None of this makes sense because she’s an atheist.

Decent patient talk scene.

Good upstairs clothes scene.

The creepy music wasn’t needed.

Good search scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Doesn’t make sense, but it’s solid acting and decent writing so I’ll pass it.

The Mothman Prophecies, 2002: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Richard Hatem

Director: Mark Pellington

Dialogue: Pass

"What do you look like?" "It depends on who's looking." Decent line, excellent delivery.

Plot: Something wants to scare residents in a small town.

Story: Purpose

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Richard Gere

Comments:

Good intro.

Would be nice if the rebooted X-Files does something with this story. But then again the new series is garbage. And I’m a conspiracy theorist.

Good plot and solution.

Good analysis scenes throughout.

Good phone conversation scenes with entity throughout.

Good climax scene.

Decent ending.

Extreme Ops, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Michael Zaidan, Timothy Scott Bogart, Mark Mullin

Director: Christian Duguay

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A warlord wants to escape.

Story: Ambition, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail all main actors. Oh dear god.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of filming/accident scene.

Fail of music content.

Fail of rooftop scene.

Fail of concert scene.

Cramping and bleeding like a stuffed pig. Oh dear.

Fail of airport scene.

Fail of travel scenes.

Fail of helicopter scene.

Fail of all resort scenes. Powerfully stupid.

Fail of filming scenes throughout.

Fail of all scenes. Garbage characters. Fail of writing, directing, acting, music content.

Were the studio executives, producers and writer on crack cocaine when making this movie? Because it would explain a lot.

Fail of hot tub scene.

Fail of forced plot.

Fail of all henchman scenes throughout. Oh dear god.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Fail of helicopter/gun scene.

Fail of mountain scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

That was a painful movie to watch. And not in a good way.

***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 only $10 million proves that God DOES exist.

Bend it Like Beckham, 2002: PASS

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Paul Mayeda Berges, Guljit Bindra, Gurinder Chadha

Director: Gurinder Chadha

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Parents don't want their daughters to play soccer.

Story: Ambition, Family, Relationships, Ethics

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting all around.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Excellent home scenes throughout.

The skinhead boy. Jokes.

Fail of store scene.

Good soccer training scenes throughout.

Excellent father scenes throughout.

Fail of bench girls scene.

Hot young soccer girls coached by a man. And you wonder why sexual assault and pedophilia in sports exists.

Good White girl house scenes throughout.

Good cultural humor throughout.

Good competition scenes throughout.

Change the channel. Jokes.

Being called a Paki. Ah...I remember those days in high school.

Excellent weird music throughout.

Decent club scenes.

Excellent Indian dance scenes throughout.

Excellent climax scene.

Good ending.

Passed with 3 writers. Well done.

Solid movie.

The Scorpion King, 2002: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Stephen Sommers, William Osborne, David Hayter

Director: Chuck Russell

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A warlord wants to rule the world.

Story: Ethics, Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of all battle fight scenes.

Hey, Kelly Hu from Martial Law. Nice to see you.

Fail of almost all scenes.

Fail of all characters.

Fail of assassination scene.

Fail of night fight scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

3 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Eight Legged Freaks, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Ellory Elkayem, Jesse Alexander

Director: Ellory Elkayem

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A company wants to buy a town.

Story: Family, Survival

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Poor cat.

Powerfully stupid movie.

Fail of all scenes.

Ostriches running. Jokes.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Complete fail of writing, dialogue, acting.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

This movie made $45 million. Really?

Should have been direct to video/streaming.

The Rookie, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Mike Rich

Director: John Lee Hancock

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to play baseball.

Story: Ambition, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Too cheesy, with cheesy music content.

What is this, a new revamped version of Field of Dreams?

Baseball is the most important thing. Really? Uh…no. Sports are actually the…least important things in the world, aside from Hollywood.

At least they were kind enough to throw in some visible minorities. That was nice of them.

Feeding children processed food at home and at the diner. Well done Hollywood, Big Ag, and Big Biotech.

3 kids and he still wants his childhood baseball dream. Really? What is this, Ayn Rand's bullsh*t self-interest egotistical philosophy?

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Birthday Girl, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Tom Butterworth, Jez Butterworth

Director: Jez Butterworth

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man wants to be with a woman.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Solution too unbelievable, even though it does happen.

Fail of car scene.

Fail of sex scene.

Weak house scenes throughout.

Fail of river scene.

Fail of writing and directing.

Fail of breakdown scene. Fail of everything after.

How did this movie get a wide release? Star power.

Is this supposed to be a comedy?

Fail of music content.

Fail of dialogue throughout.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

City By the Sea, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Ken Hixon

Director: Michael Caton-Jones

Dialogue: Fail

Dry boring dialogue.

"We don't have a son. I do. You don't have anything. This is my house." Good line and delivery.

Plot: A drug dealer wants to kill some customers.

Story: Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Complete fail of intro.

Fail of weird Indian mystic music content. But it James Franco, so…

How did this sh*tty artsy movie get a wide release? Star power. Should have been direct to video/streaming.

Fail of fight scene.

Decent to good investigative scenes throughout.

Fail of tone of movie. Fail of directing.

Eliza Dushka. Always a pleasure.

Good husband ex-wife scene.

Forced backstory for the cop. Doesn’t work.

Fail of restaurant scene.

Fail of grandson story.

Fail of precinct scenes throughout.

Fail of music content.

James Franco’s acting really killed this movie.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

This movie could have worked with a better director and writer. Should be redone.

Pinocchio, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami

Director: Roberto Benigni

Dialogue: Fail

Complete fail of dialogue.

Plot: A puppet wants a better life.

Story: Family, Ambition

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Complete fail of all scenes. Fail of writing.

Always nice to see that everyone is White in this fairytale universe. Well done Hollywood.

Fail of magical log entrance. Could have been much better.

How did this movie get a wide release with over 1000 theaters?

Only Italians could find an adult Pinocchio entertaining.

Fail of writing and directing.

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 over $40 million proves that God does NOT exist.

Abandon, 2002: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Stephen Gaghan

Director: Stephen Gaghan

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Police want to find a missing guy.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

As a straight man, I'm confident in my heterosexual masculinity to say that Benjamin Bratt is too good looking. Christ. His smile could melt frozen butter.

Her interview sounds too neutral and deadpan.

Good mirror lights shot.

Music content is a bit over the top but forgivable.

Flashbacks are interesting but a bit late in the game.

Good climax scene.

Yah, I felt that was coming in the end.

Decent ending.

Barely passable. But this movie shouldn't have cost $25 million to make. It should have cost $5 million. Someone didn’t take a pay cut.

Santa Claus 2, 2002: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Don Rhymer, Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio, Ed Decter, John J. Strauss

Director: Michael Lembeck

Dialogue: Fail

"Mr. Picardo I want you to look into my eyes. What do you see?" "It's dark and it's cold." Good line and delivery.

Plot: Elves want Santa to get married.

Story: Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Way too much overacting by child actors.

Lots of missed comedy moments. Fail of writing.

Fail of boy acting out scene.

Sadly the dialogue went downhill from there.

Terrible comet character.

Fail of climax scene.

My...how far we've come from the first Tim Allen Santa Clause movie.

Decent ending.

5 writers. Way too many cooks in the kitchen.

Enough, 2002: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Nicholas Kazan

Director: Michael Apted

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to beat his wife.

Story: Family, Survival

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro.

Good diner scenes throughout.

They really get into it quick. No wasted time. Kudos.

Excellent house scenes.

Decent cop scene.

Good escape attempt scene.

Good cop scene.

Fail of false cop scenes. He should have known better.

Good new life scenes throughout.

Good cop investigative scene.

Fail of driving scene. Too unbelievable.

Good lawyer scene.

Excellent offensive training scenes. None of this feminist victim sh*t. Empowered woman in action. I like it.

Ah…the mother protecting her abusive son. Yup, sounds about right.

Excellent pre-climax scene.

Excellent climax scene.

Good ending.

One of the few good movies by Jennifer Lopez.

I am Sam, 2002: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Kristine Johnson, Jessie Nelson

Director: Jessie Nelson

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Courts want to take a child away from a father with developmental disabilities.

Story: Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Fail of Michelle Pfeiffer’s acting. Not the right actress for the role.

Excellent acting by Sean Penn.

Excellent child acting by Dakota Fanning. She'll go far.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

A man with developmental disabilities is carrying a newborn baby on the street. Really? And taking the baby to work. Really?

Doesn't make sense that courts are trying to take the child away when she's older.

Excellent cinematography shots of heart to heart moments. But way too close on eyes in the court.

Decent climax scene.

Good ending.

Passed on the strength of directing, music content and Dakota Fannings’ acting.

Odd comedy moments when this should be a solid drama, but…

Serving Sara, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Jay Scherick, David Ronn

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man wants to serve a woman papers of divorce.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Fail of Ray character.

Acting: Pass

Fail of Terry Crowe’s acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Stupid comedy again. Sigh.

Oh dear god, the guy from The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (Bruce Campbell). Wow.

Flaming tire in a hotel. That's interesting.

A rolodex. Wow.

Excellent stepping in shit scene.

Hospital scene could have been better.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Couldn't someone teach these people how to pour wine in a wineglass?

Scenes come close, but not enough comedy to pass it.

The Truth About Charlie, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Jonathan Demme, Steve Schmidt, Peter Joshua, Jessica Bendinger

Director: Jonathan Demme

Dialogue: Fail

Fail of all dialogue.

Plot: Someone wants to kill a man.

Story: Survival

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of all acting.

Fail of Thandie Newton’s acting.

Fail of Tim Robbins’ acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of music content. Is this supposed to be a drama or comedy?

The music sets the tone for either.

Fail of cinematography throughout.

Is this by a beginner writer or what?

Fail of everything, writing, dialogue, directing, cinematography.

Fail of flashback scenes.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

One of the worst movies of all time. How did this movie get a wide release (just over 700 theatres)? Star power. This movie shouldn't have made $1.00. Thankfully it only made $7.1 million on a $60 million budget which proves that God DOES exist.

4 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

$60 million production budget. Universal Pictures has money to burn.

White Oleander, 2002: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Mary Agnes Donoghue

Director: Peter Kosminsky

Dialogue: Pass

"Looks don't interest me." "That's easy for you to say. You've never been ugly." Excellent line, fail in delivery.

Plot: Justice system wants to indict a woman for murder.

Story: Family, Character

Characters: Pass.

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Michelle Pfeiffer.

Good acting by Alison Lohman.

Good acting by Robin Wright.

Comments:

Good intro.

Good home scenes throughout.

Good mother/daughter scenes throughout.

Decent religious scenes throughout.

Good prison talk scenes throughout.

Good crazy guardian scenes throughout.

Good school scenes throughout.

Good tone of movie. Good directing.

Good relationship scenes throughout.

Wow, what a downward spiral for the character.

Good characters, acting, and writing.

Decent climax scene.

Good ending.

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

Rollerball, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Larry Ferguson, John Pogue

Director: John McTiernan

Dialogue: Fail

Fail of all dialogue. Some of the worst dialogue I've ever heard. Oh dear god.

Plot: A man wants a better life.

Story: Ambition, Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Fail of all characters.

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of all scenes. Oh dear god. Fail of writing.

Lying down on a skateboard is the new thing. Sigh.

Rollerball is a hybrid of American Gladiators, football and extreme biking. Sigh.

How did this garbage movie get a wide release? The star power was barely noticeable.

Fail of writing, dialogue, acting, music content.

Were the studio executives, producers and writer on crack cocaine when making this movie? Because it would explain a lot.

Label out. Oh dear god.

Fail of night vision scenes.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

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

At least a visible minority played a prominent role. That was nice of them.

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

$70 million production budget. MGM and Columbia Pictures have money to burn.

Empire, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Franc Reyes

Director: Franc Reyes

Dialogue: Fail

Garbage dialogue throughout.

Plot: A drug dealer wants to live the American dream.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Terrible characters.

Acting: Fail

Fail of all acting.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of music content.

Fail of cinematography throughout. Fail of directing.

Fail of fast forward scenes. Fail of writing.

Complete fail of everything, writing, directing, acting.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Fat Joe. Wow. I never knew he did acting. Perhaps no one should know.

Good narration 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 less than $20 million proves that God DOES exist.

Life or Something Like It, 2002: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: John Scott Shepherd, Dana Stevens

Director: Stephen Herek

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A newsroom wants a new face.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Decent news room scenes throughout.

Ah…cable journalism. Just die already. But eventually, senior citizens will stop watching, and then you and your sh*tty corporate sponsors are f*cked.

Her wig looks terrible.

Decent news scene.

So the camera man is the key to reporting. Really?

Sorry, but good in bed doesn't keep a relationship.

Decent office scene.

Fail of homeless psychic scenes throughout.

Hey, the guy from the Angel (Christian Kane). Nice to see you.

A psychic for new reporting. Weirder things have been done.

Fail of family talk scene.

Good baseball scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Decent movie.

Stuart Little 2, 2002: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Bruce Joel Rubin

Director: Rob Minkoff

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: People don't want to spend time with a pet mouse.

Story: Family, Character, Ambition

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of soccer scene.

Fail of plane scene.

Excellent mini-car scene.

Parent characters too corny.

The canary character works well.

Good real plot. Good writing.

Good falcon and Stuart scenes.

Good climax scene.

Excellent ending.

$120 million production budget. Holy f*ck. Sony Pictures Releasing has money to burn.

Juwanna Mann, 2002: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Bradley Allenstein

Director: Jesse Vaughan

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A basketball league wants to suspend a player for life.

Story: Ambition, Relationships, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro. Too cheesy. So it's one of those movies. Sigh.

Like I said before. It's almost as if Black lead movies are created to fail artistically and commercially.

Fail of basketball court antics. Is this supposed to be a comedy?

Black man with a Jewish agent. Just playing to the stereotypes.

Fail of party scene.

Good agent talk scene.

Decent arbitration scene. should have been expanded.

Good card game scene.

Fail of dress scene. had potential to be funny.

If this was a true story 2018 drama movie, it would have made big money. But it's just a nonsense comedy one. Sigh.

Fail of agent realization scene. Wasted comedy potential.

Good spa scene.

Good cop scene. Could have been better.

Excellent bathroom scene.

Good talk with girls scenes throughout.

Good realization scene.

Excellent climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Weak beginning but it picked up well. Good enough to pass. Kudos.

Resident Evil, 2002: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Paul W.S. Anderson

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Someone wants to steal a virus.

Story: Ambition, Survival

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Good intro. I'm sure that Google or Amazon could become the Umbrella company.

Excellent panic survival scenes throughout.

Fail of special forces entrance scene. The music killed it.

Excellent underground scenes throughout.

Good directing.

Excellent AI computer scenes throughout.

Excellent laser room scene.

Could have used a little less rock music throughout.

Good climax scene.

Decent ending.

Blade II, 2002: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: David S. Goyer.

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Dialogue: Pass

"You're human." "Barely, I'm a lawyer." Good line and delivery.

Plot: A creature wants to kill humans and vampires.

Story: Ambition, Survival, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Norman Reedus.

Comments:

Excellent intro.

Excellent chase scene.

Excellent special effects.

Excellent infiltration scene.

Excellent fight scene.

Excellent vampire house talk scene.

Excellent hunter talk scene.

Donnie Yen from Ip Man. Nice to see you again.

Good club scene.

Good club fight scene.

Good sewer scene.

Good manhole death scene.

Good facility scene.

Good climax scene.

Good ending.

Jason X, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Todd Farmer

Director: James Isaac

Dialogue: Fail

Complete fail of all dialogue. Oh dear god.

Plot: A man wants to kill people.

Story: Ambition, Survival

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Hey, the girl from Andromeda (Lexa Doig).

Escape scene doesn't make sense.

A blade through steel. Really?

Is that the other girl from Andromeda (Lisa Ryder)? F*ck me, it is.

Complete fail of almost all future scenes throughout.

Complete fail of writing and directing.

Fail of all kill scenes.

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

Were the studio executives, producers and writer on crack cocaine when making this movie? Because it would explain a lot.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Fail of battle scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of 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 $20 million at the box office proves that God DOES exist.

Halloween Resurrection, 2002: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: Larry Brand, Sean Hood

Director: Rick Rosenthal

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man wants to kill people.

Story: Ambition, Survival

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of flashback scene.

Just random easy killing. Yawn.

Fail of roof scene.

Decent lecture scene.

Fail of dorm scene.

Busta Rhymes and Tyra Banks. What the f*ck?

Hey, the guy from American Pie (Thomas Ian Nicholas).

Fail of video scene.

What time until the legs open. Jokes.

Good house kill scenes throughout, but not enough to pass.

Fail of all Busta Rhyme scenes throughout.

Fail of climax scene.

Good ending.

It had potential to pass.

Queen of the Damned, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Scott Abbott, Michael Petroni

Director: Michael Rymer

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A vampire wants a better life.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro. Too stupid.

Fail of narration throughout.

Fail of press conference scene.

Fail of night house scene.

Fail of dream scene.

Fail of flashback scenes throughout.

You must never take the last drop. Okay there.

Fail of club scene.

Fail of music content throughout.

Fail of alley scene.

At least they used a visible minority actress as queen.

Fail of club scene.

Fail of writing and directing.

Good forest scene.

Fail of fight scene.

Fail of Akasha scenes throughout.

Fail of climax scene. Powerfully stupid.

Decent ending.

The Emperor's Club, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Neil Tolkin

Director: Michael Hoffman

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man wants to teach boys.

Story: Ambition, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Boring class scenes throughout.

Ah…the glory of teaching. Yawn.

In theory, everyone can succeed equally. In reality, it's all about social class and connections.

Whisper phone number in your ear. Oh dear.

Fail of most scenes throughout. Fail of writing.

It's like a bad version of the Dead Poets Society movie.

Good climax scene, but not enough to pass.

Good ending.

The Banger Sisters, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Success

Writer: Bob Dolman

Director: Bob Dolman

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A bar wants to fire a woman.

Story: Ambition, Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Decent gas station scene.

Decent car scenes.

Good hair dresser scene.

Good lawn scene.

Good hotel scenes throughout.

Good intro meeting scene.

Good hotel flower scene.

Fail of driving scene.

Fail of DMV scene.

Decent pool scene.

Fail of tone of movie. Fail of directing.

Fail of sister scene.

Fail of lunch scene.

Fail of most house scenes throughout.

Is this supposed to be a comedy?

Fail of writing.

Fail of club scene.

Fail of hospital scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

I wanted to pass this movie, but the weak directing and writing wouldn’t let me.

Blue Crush, 2002: PASS

Commercial Failure

Writer: Lizzy Weiss, John Stockwell

Director: John Stockwell

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A surfer wants a better life.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Ah…the sad life of poor surfers. Cry me a river.

Is she wearing cornrolls? I don’t think that the progressive movement would approve of that cultural appropriation. Thank god there are liberals and progressives to correct the errors of our. Just to be clear, the argument of cultural appropriation is nonsensical. No one owns culture.

Good surfing cinematography throughout.

What was the music clearance bill for this movie?

Decent sister fight scene.

Good hotel scenes throughout.

Good highway scene.

Excellent fat guy surfing scene.

Good fight scene.

Good dating scenes throughout.

A man to justify your existence? I don’t think man-hating feminists today would approve.

Fail of bathroom scene.

Good night water talk scene.

Good climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Should have been direct to video/streaming, but still passable.

FeardotCom, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Josephine Coyle

Director: William Malone

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue.

Plot: Someone wants to kill people.

Story: Ambition, Survival, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of most acting.

Fail of Natascha McElhone's acting. Not the right actress for the role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

He was safe at the edges but jumped forward. What the hell?

An active train station. Really?

Hey, the guy from Blade (Stephen Dorff).

Fail of police office scene.

Good bathroom scene.

Police all gathering around cowering. What.

Fail of car scene.

Ah…dumb women believing in creepy old men.

Fail of investigative scenes throughout.

Fail of exam scene.

Complete fail of writing, directing, acting.

Fail of torture scene.

Fail of apartment scene.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Should have been direct to video/streaming.

Were the studio executives, producers and writer on crack cocaine when making this movie? Because it would explain a lot.

Hey, the guy from V for Vendetta (Stephen Rea). You keep popping up. Well done sir.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of 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 at the box office. The fact that it made less than $20 million proves that God DOES exist.

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Alan B. McElroy

Director: Wych Kaosayananda

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A woman wants to capture a child.

Story: Ambition, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro. Too stupid.

Hey, one of the James Bond girls (Talisa Soto).

Fail of bar scene.

A job for the info. What?

Fail of slow motion flashback scene.

Antonio Banderas and Lucy Lui. Wow.

Fail of night talk scene.

Fail of music content throughout. Terrible.

Fail of intelligence scene.

Hey, the guy from First Wave (Roger Cross). Nice to see you again.

Fail of hit team scene. Too stupid.

Fail of chase scene.

It's like a bad Die Hard movie. Not that Die Hard movies were any good in the first place.

Fail of house scene.

Fail of phone scene.

Fail of interrogation scene.

Fail of wife scenes throughout.

Fail of transport scene.

Complete fail of most scenes.

Complete fail of writing and directing.

Fail of aquarium scene.

The terrible music content is killing this movie. Not that it could be saved in the first place.

Fail of flashback scenes throughout.

Fail of night attack scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

$70 million production budget. Warner Bros. Pictures has money to burn.

Impostor, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Caroline Case, Ehren Kruger, David Twohy

Director: Gary Fleder

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Aliens want to destroy the Earth.

Story: Ambition, Survival, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Vincent D'Onofrio's acting. Wrong actor for the role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Straight to the sex scene. Oh dear.

Fail of shuttle scene.

Fail of uniforms.

One's a doctor and one makes weapons. Of course that's not a contradiction.

Fail of attack scene.

Fail of interrogation scene.

Fail of escape scene. Too unbelievable.

Fail of agent talk scene.

Fail of investigative scenes throughout.

Fail of almost every scene.

Fail of writing, directing, acting, music content.

Fail of scenery throughout. Everything looks like props. Even though it is. The point is for it to not look like props. Please shoot at 24 FPS with an adequate depth of field. It’s not rocket science.

Fail of art director scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

3 writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Swim Fan, 2002: PASS

Potential Profit

Writer: Charles Bohl, Phillip Schneider

Director: John Polson

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: An obsessed woman wants to be with a guy.

Story: Relationships

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Good acting all around.

Good acting by Erika Christensen.

Comments:

Good intro.

No swimming, then thinking about it and dreaming about it. Jokes.

Hey, the girl from Roswell (Shiri Appleby).

Good locker scene.

Good girl car scene.

Good house scene.

Good diner scene.

Good swim sex scene.

Ah…the young hormones. And these are the people who are supposed to lead humanity on climate change? These are supposedly the brilliant unique thinkers in the minds of liberals and progressives. But when it comes to going against Wall Street, Big Tech and Big Ag and Big Phara, they’re subservient. Lovely.

Good party scene.

Good obsession scenes throughout.

Good coach scenes throughout.

Good talk scene.

Excellent library scene.

Good truck talk scene.

Good pool realization scene.

Good funeral scene.

Good house cousin scene.

Good truck scooter scene.

Excellent hospital scene with music. Kudos.

Good parking lot scene.

Good night cop car scene.

Good climax scene.

Decent ending.

Good writing, directing, acting, music, cinematography.

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

Slackers, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: David H. Steinberg

Director: Dewey Nicks

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Guys want to scam people.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Weak characters throughout.

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of lecture scene.

Fail of dean scene.

Fail of chill scene.

Fail of hallucination scene.

Fail of flashback scenes.

Fail of diner scene.

Fail of bathroom scene.

Fail of woman dorm scene.

Fail of married house scene.

Weak scam scenes throughout.

Fail of hospital scene.

Fail of homeless food scene.

Fail of outdoor music scene.

Fail of dorm scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Tuck Everlasting, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Jeffrey Lieber, James V. Hart

Director: Jay Russell

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Parents want to send a girl to boarding school.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

The woods are the hub of the wheel. Oh dear.

European norms of beauty. I don’t think the Metoo movement would approve.

Decent baseball scene.

Fail of father talk scene.

Fail of outdoor scene.

Fail of family talk scene.

Fail of capture scene.

Fail of most capture scenes.

Fail of cemetery scene.

Plot is too stupid.

Fail of searching scenes throughout.

The natural life. Lovely.

Fail of card scene.

Fail of campfire scene.

Fail of flashback scenes.

Fail of all scenes after capture.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Sorority Boys, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Joe Jarvis, Greg Coolidge

Director: Wallace Wolodarsky

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: Someone wants to steal money from a frat party.

Story: Ambition, Relationships, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Heather Matarazzo. Very well done.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Michael Rosenbaum from Smallville. Wow. Nice to see you again.

Ah…women who want to be sluts. Gotta love today’s version of feminism.

Hey, the guy from 7th Heaven (Barry Watson).

Fail of frat party scene.

A vibrating dildo. Jokes.

Fail of walk of shame scene. I don't think the MeToo movement would look too kindly on this movie. But then again, they were willing to defend a scummy governor.

Time's up for Time's Up: Group cleans house over role in Cuomo sex scandal

Fail of speech scene.

Fail of gala scene.

Good flashback scene.

Solution to real plot too stupid.

Good sharing scene. Breaks the cup. Jokes.

Fail of shower scene.

Myth of the male orgasm. What?

Fail of bathroom cleaning scene.

Good kitchen scene.

Fail of most scenes. Fail of writing.

Fail of date scene.

Fail of sharing scene.

Break the bong. Jokes.

Fail of walk of shame scene.

Fail of fight scene.

Fail of football scene.

Fail of car sidewalk scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Knockaround Guys, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Brian Koppelman, David Levien

Director: Brian Koppelman, David Levien

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A father wants to introduce his son to the mafia world.

Story: Ambition, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Fail

Fail of Barry Pepper's acting. Not the right actor for the role.

Fail of John Malkovich's acting. Not the right actor for the role.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail of interview scene.

Fail of squash court scene.

Fail of car scene.

Good convenience store scene.

Fail of office scene.

Fail of real plot.

Fail of airline scene.

Fail of bar scene.

Fail of most scenes. Fail of writing.

Complete fail of sheriff station scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Decent ending.

Undisputed, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Walter Hill, David Giler

Director: Walter Hill

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: US govt wants to move a prisoner to a new prison.

Story: Ambition

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Fail cage fighting scene.

Fail of interview scene.

Fail of black and white flashback scenes throughout.

Fail of board panel scene.

Boxing champions in jail. Oh dear.

Fail of initial talk scene.

Fail of most scenes. Complete fail of writing.

How did this movie get a wide release? Star power.

Fail of yard scene.

Fail of music content.

Justice and the law are separate issues. Yes and no.

Fail of admin scenes throughout.

Fail of all cage scenes throughout.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

The New Guy, 2002: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: David Kendall

Director: Ed Decter

Dialogue: Fail

Terrible dialogue.

Plot: A guy wants a better life.

Story: Relationships, Ambition, Character

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

At least the kid didn't use Blackface.

Fail of parking lots scene.

Fail of registration scene.

Fail of church scene.

Complete fail of almost all scenes. Complete fail of writing.

Fail of bathroom scene.

Fail of all jail scenes throughout.

Fail of new high school scene. Powerfully stupid.

Eliza Dushku. Always a pleasure.

Fail of fight scene.

I think that the masculine transformation is working. Perhaps someone should tell the MeToo movement and Gillette.

Gillette Makes Waves With Controversial New Ad Highlighting 'Toxic Masculinity'

Fail of house party scene.

Fail of family scenes throughout.

How loose is your goose. Jokes.

Fail of football scene.

Fail of dress changing scene.

Fail of CD store scene. The current generation doesn't even know what a CD is.

Fail of bully scene.

Fail of almost all scenes.

How did this movie get a wide release?

Should have been direct to video/streaming.

Fail of bar scene.

Fail of football scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Solaris, 2002: PASS

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Steven Soderbergh

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A company wants to bring a space ship home.

Story: Relationships, Character

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Natascha McElhone.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Decent talk scene.

Fail of initial ship scene.

Decent door scene.

So few people on a ship to collect data. Really?

Fail of interview scene.

Decent dream scene.

Good awake scene.

Good pod scene.

Good talk scene.

Good flashback scenes throughout.

An only-child. Yikes. Only-child kids are dangerous. Stay away. You've been warned.

Good talk scene.

Weird movie, but it works.

Good friend bed talk scene.

Good dead bed scene.

What a camera pan. Wow. Well done.

Decent Gordon realization scene.

Decent climax scene.

Good ending.

$47 million production budget. Really?

One Hour Photo, 2002: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Mark Romanek

Director: Mark Romanek

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: A man wants to be part of a stranger's family.

Story: Ambition, Family

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Robin Williams.

Comments:

Decent intro.

Hey, the guy from ER (Eriq La Salle).

Hey the guy from Alias (Michael Vartan).

Ah…the days of film processing. A dead art.

Good film processing scenes.

Fail of fight scene. doesn't work.

Good lonely guy house scenes throughout.

Good tone to movie. Good directing.

Parent just giving rolls. Jokes.

Good manager talk scenes throughout.

White men who unintentionally skipped over love. Sad.

Good hallucination scene.

Good photo realization scene.

Fail of dream scene.

Good police apartment scene.

Decent climax scene.

Good ending.

Solid movie.

Robin Williams' acting really helped pull it off.

John Q, 2002: FAIL

Potential Profit

Writer: James Kearns

Director: Nick Cassavetes

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A woman wants to beat slow traffic.

Story: Ambition, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Excellent house scene.

Fail of work scene.

Good baseball scene.

Good hospital scene.

Good hospital talk scene.

Ah…the bullsh*t of insurance.

Heart transplant is elective. Oh dear god.

Good struggling money scenes throughout.

Good solution scene. Desperate parents.

Unbelievable guy fight scene.

Fail of police scenes throughout.

Fail of hostage scenes. Too unbelievable.

Fail of writing.

Fail of public scene. Too unbelievable.

Fail of climax scene.

Good ending.

Denzel's acting is solid, but the characters and dialogue is terrible. I couldn't pass it.

In the Bedroom, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Success

Writer: Todd Field, Robert Festinger

Director: Todd Field

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: An ex-husband wants to get back with his wife.

Story: Relationships, Family

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Filling by hand. Wow. I had no idea.

Decent separated guy scene.

Decent kitchen scene.

Slow pace doesn't work in this movie.

Fail of parents of Frank scenes throughout.

Fail of attack scene.

Fail of tone of movie. Fail of directing.

The lives of the mother and father doesn't work. The movie started with the couple's love, not the parents.

Fail of court scenes.

Everything seems forced.

Fail of most scenes. Fail of writing.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Frailty, 2002: FAIL

Commercial Failure

Writer: Brent Hanley

Director: Bill Paxton

Dialogue: Fail

Plot: A man wants to kill people.

Story: Ambition, Ethics

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Comments:

Decent intro.

Fail of childhood scenes.

Goddamn crazy White religious people.

Fail of angel scene.

37 minutes in, I wonder if this will play out as I think.

Fail of most scenes. Fail of writing.

Yah…as I thought.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

Hollywood Ending, 2002: FAIL

Epic Commercial Failure

Writer: Woody Allen

Director: Woody Allen

Dialogue: Fail

"You know I would kill for this job. But the people I want to kill are offering me the job." Excellent line and delivery.

Plot: A studio wants to get a director for a movie.

Story: Ambition, Relationships

Characters: Fail

Acting: Pass

Good acting by Woody Allen as usual.

Good acting by Debra Messing.

Comments:

Fail of intro.

Shooting a deodorant commercial. Jokes.

Fail of house talk scene.

Screwing Debra Messing. Ah…good ol’ Woody.

She mentions Harvey Weinstein. Jokes.

Fail of agent scene.

Decent talk scene.

Decent negotiation scene.

Fail of house scene.

Decent restaurant scene.

Foreign cinematographer. Jokes.

Fail of selection of various director heads scene.

Fail of casting scene.

Fail of restaurant scene.

Decent airport scene.

Fail of journalist scene.

Fail of new problem. Too stupid.

Fail of most set scenes. Fail of writing.

Fail of potential sex scene.

Fail of almost all ex-wife scenes throughout.

Fail of bed talk scene.

Fail of talk scene.

Fail of climax scene.

Fail of ending.

The Pianist, 2002: PASS

Commercial Success

Writer: Ronald Harwood

Director: Roman Polanski

Dialogue: Pass

Plot: Nazis want to take over Poland.

Story: Survival

Characters: Pass

Acting: Pass

Excellent acting by Adrien Brody.

Comments:

Excellent intro.

Good confused house scene.

Good sidewalk scene.

Sick of cooking potatoes. Indeed.

Good exodus of Jews scenes throughout. That's a lot of extras.

Good forced dance scene.

Fail of conspiracy scene.

Fail of dinner scene.

Good ghetto scenes throughout.

Decent train scene.

Good forced labor scenes throughout.

Fail of potential window scene.

Excellent walk down street crying scene. Powerful scene. Excellent shot of charred buildings.

Decent climax scene.

Fail of ending.