Bifrostedflake

Since it's been 7 years since the film came out, I thought I would give Jersey Girl a chance because I'd never actually seen it. I was pleasantly surprised.

By far, it's not an original plot, a father struggles with parenthood and his life completely changing over night. That being said, however, the characters are likable and it's full of warmth.

Ben Affleck brings a good performance and some very emotional scenes, Liv Tyler's character could have been fleshed out a little more, George Carlin is wonderfully grumpy, wise and loving throughout.

I think the film suffered greatly at it's time of release due to the whole Ben Affleck/Jennifer Lopez break up and the executive meddling which caused Gigi to be such a huge flop.

At it's heart, Jersey Girl, is a heart warming, comedy-drama, with a good cast, it falls into clichés at times, but it's very enjoyable. If you haven't seen it and the genre is something you might typically enjoy, then give it a try.

Amores Perros is a film which I did not enjoy, it's not a bad film but it's just not enjoyable.

Three stories are connected by both one event and the use of dogs. The actors are quite good, the film is shot well but it drags, especially in the middle portion of the film which is unfortunate as the characters from the middle story are the most likable.

The violent backdrop of dogfighting is extremely hard to watch for dog and animal lovers, some of the scenes are just too close to the bone. In my opinion I think that it departed from drama and art and crossed the line into senseless and horrific violence.

The actual mixing of the stories was very jarred which seemed to weaken the film and there seemed to be too many plot points unresolved by the end of the film.

I scored the film 5 out of 10, due to it's problems with pacing, plot and un-likable characters. I wouldn't recommend this film to any animal lovers but those who liked the film 'Crash' might enjoy it.

Personally speaking I love Ghoul School, it's not as good as Reluctant Werewolf or Boo Brothers (my personal favourite) but I enjoy it a lot more than Scooby Doo goes Hollywood. I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid I only stopped watching it so I could prevent the video from completely wearing out.

I'm not really a fan of the newer movies like witches ghost or zombie island, it's not that I think their bad I just prefer the cell animation that I watched when I was growing up.

Any kid who loves Scooby Doo will probably enjoy watching this film, there are some cheesy puns in it but I don't think that will bother them.