Vertigo-27

ANYONE that has ever been to Myrtle Beach, SC can relate to this movie more than the average viewer. There is something in the air almost that generates youth and nostalgia through you while visiting and when you leave you are never quite the same. In the opening reel you see young teenagers cruising the boulevard and haunting by-passers on the beach that make one realize in a single instant while there (a place where we all connect) just how many people we pass by never getting to know.

This film touches greatly on rich characters... Franky the main character is deep and forlorn. We are directly put into someones shoes through her of how it must be to actually "live" in a place we all wish we could stay. Instead of being the "vacationers" as in most movies we get to see a residents point of view. An exceptional character is also the girl who seemingly befriends Franky, coming in to town shaking her up and confusing her just when she thought she wanted a little bit of change. This girl is a true character she symbolizes most people and how they are clueless to most depth of life.. she can be described as those shallow "fly-by-night" people that we have all encountered that you wish and think might stay but in the end they never do. Franky's romantic involvement with new-age hippi Heath is right-on target and pulls the story to its closure.

The main point of the story is very much what I described near the beginning. In the movie Franky never swims, even being asked 5 or 6 times. Near the end she simply states that it would be weird if she leaves because she will not have the ocean to swim in, as it has always been in her own backyard. This is the eye-opening truth in all of our lives... we take for granted what others see. And just like her old friendship with Nicola that seemed tired when the new girl arrived... Franky got a taste of not dealing with Nicola but soon realized that you can't easily say goodbye to something you will always remember.

This movie is highly under-rated (as are alot of non-blockbusters these days). It is great to see a movie filmed in the South at one of the best and most popular beaches in the world. "Shag" (Another great movie) was also filmed in Myrtle Beach, however it is taken from the "visitors" point of view and we don't get to see and feel what it is like to be trapped in somewhere so wonderful and still want out.

I think we are not stupid enough to confuse a movie with real life. If we didn't mind watching airplane crashes, terrorists, bombs, war, death and violence before all the tragedy that has currently happened then we should be able to take it now. Movies have been hacked (as this one and its best scenes tacked haplessly on at the end), re-arranged script, even canceled due to what they think the public can or can't handle after 9/11 or during the war... I would personally rather see a great movie than an obvious cop-out. For example "The Core" and "Phone Booth" are not getting enough advertisement because of everything that has happened.

"View from the Top" could have been good. It was just ok merging on not good. The funniest scene is when (always reliable) Christina Applegate goes bitch on Paltrow. Applegate is a very under-estimated actress, I can't wait to see her gain the success she has deserved for years. There should have been more funny moments than just the obvious airline jokes. The plot was extremely messed up, it felt like the movie went on and on trying to find more story line because it ran out of fuel. And Paltrow's boyfriend had no reason not to go with her to NY and that was totally unbelievable.

Mike Myers was also jarred a with blah role. He seemed forced and not let free to do what he wanted with his character. He was best in "54" (an Oscar snub of Best Supporting Actor if there ever has been one) and "So I Married An Ax Murderer". And what the hell is Stacey Dash doing thrown in a mute role like that after all the talk she got in "Clueless". WHY ARE PEOPLE BEING GIVEN THE MONEY TO MAKE THESE MOVIES FILLED WITH GREAT ACTORS AND A POSSIBLE GOOD SCRIPT ONLY TO TOTALLY SCREW IT UP?!?!

I was so eager to watch this movie because it seemed like it would be sweet and it seemed actually different because it was about flight attendants. There should have been alot more about the attendants being trained. A scene where the plane-simulator goes haywire would have been hilarious like throwing everyone around and no one knowing what to do. Also a pervert on one of the flights would have been funny... sex in the bathroom? What about a fat woman wanting more peanuts and going wild? My god I could come up with dumb-funny bits right off the top of my head!

Its ok producers.. scoop this one back up and fix it. We will let you... we're not scared to watch it again.

This movie fails and succeeds on equal levels, but not for the popular reasons you've heard. Madonna is very good. The rest of the cast was not. She gave a very realistic portrayal and has the charisma of an old movie star (she was a mix of Kathrine Hepburn and Marylin Monroe in "Whos That Girl" and its still shocking that it wasn't accepted as a good slap-stick comedy). Here she could have easily put Grace Kelly to shame, had she had a good director. This movie should have been remade but not by Guy Richie... he did not go into the sexual detail on the island that was needed and he hacked the cast out of the boat scenes and he wrote Madonna's character too harsh at the beginning. The ending is heartbreaking and fitting but it ends too fast and we dont feel that the characters are actually "in-love".

I would go so far as to say the best thing about this movie is Madonna. The sets and her performance are the only 2 real good things about it. She has never really been a bad actress, but she relies on proving herself too much rather than doing what she is best at, comedy. The scene with her inside the boat where she is drunk is played to perfection. If we look at her career as an actress as a whole we can see she has had more good performances than bad.... A League Of Their Own, Dick Tracy, Evita, Desperately Seeking Susan- all great!

Anyway "Swept Away" never even got pushed at the box office... the failure of this movie is Guy Richie's fault and he makes Madonna look bad only because no one actually got to see this film. It all has to do with crowd-mind and unfortunately everyone is under the impression that Madonna is not a good actress... but keep in mind thats what everyone thought about Monroe till it was already too late.