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Maybe I'm too demanding, but I seldom walk out of a theater being truly satisfied with the film I had just watched. I left the theater last night after watching "Fracture" and I had a smile on my face, a big one.

This was a smart film; extremely satisfying and well worth the time and money. The plot was intelligent, suspenseful, intriguing and totally unpredictable. The film was well paced and even included a few humorous moments, which were very well placed. This casting was excellent and the acting was flawless. Anthony Hopkins shares a unique trait with a very select group of actors, such a Jack Nicholson. In most of their films, the viewer looks back and concludes that no one could have replaced them in their role. This film was certainly no exception. Ryan Gosling presented a convincing performance as the cocky young attorney who learns the lesson "Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before the fall". He's had many good performances so I wasn't at all surprised at his showing here. Hoblit showed remarkable directing ability, and I will certainly be looking forward to his future works.

Great thriller, don't miss it.

Decent jump flick, but hardly deserves the rating it's getting here First let me say, Samuel S Jackson is awesome in just about any film he's in, including this one. Secondly, this is a good film, for what it is, a jump scare, snake movie. It is far better than any other snake movie I've seen. However, i can hardly see it deserving the rating it is receiving here. I mean, 10's are perfect to nearly perfect films. How can anyone justify giving this movie the same 10 of 10 that one would give The Godfather, or Lord of the Rings. Of course, there will always be those who truly feel a film deserves a 10, and to each there own. But I believe the only reason this has a cumulative score of 8+, after 14,000 votes, is because the mainstream moviegoer won't ever go see a film about snakes, much less one with this title. If they don't go, they don't vote. This in turn leaves the voting to be done only by the fans of this type of film. Again, good film for what it is, but there is no way it deserves this rating.

Van Helsing is not a movie, but rather a conglomeration of special effects attempting to be held together by B rate acting and virtually no plot. Granted, while a few of the special effects are cheesy and unrealistic, most are quite impressive, as are the computer graphics. It is easy for the viewer to be drawn into the movie by any of the action scenes. However, while the special effects are convincing, the acting is equally unconvincing. Like a huge splash of ice water to the face, someone has to speak and we're brought right back into reality. While there, it doesn't take much to notice the weak, hole-riddled plot. If the viewer is looking for anything at all more than eye candy, he or she would be advised to pass it by.