Jbbarger

I recently saw this film and was less than impressed. I am an anime fan, but disliked this movie. Before you tear me up for 'not getting it', or 'only liking anime for the sex and violence', let me explain that neither of those points are true. Patlabor 2 did have incredible, albeit boring visuals to compliment its deep, albeit boring story. The main character constantly waxes philosophical about war, peace, and society, usually while looking at the city or riding in a car on a periodically lit street. This all combines to create an unspectacular, overlong, story with too much talking and too little doing. This would've been better as a monologue by the Captain, and not as an attempted action movie. In that same vein, GIANT ROBOTS that only once get used! Even the one and only battle scene is slow. If I wanted philosophies on War and Peace, I'd read Tolstoy. Let the giant mechs do what they do best, beat the crap outta other robots. This movie tried to do too much and disappointed at all. To explain my subject line: I believe that those who compliment this movie would've walked out if it had been presented as a live- action film. 5/10 only for the nice visuals and what little learning anyone can glean from the philosophical police captain.

Collateral Damage is one of the best movies I've seen in a long

time. This film offers enlightening commentary into the minds of

terrorists and their victims. By providing the full story on both

parties this movie gives poignant, impartial insight into the present

climate of global politics. But as this is an Ah-nuld movie, there is

plenty of whiz-bang action to go around. The quiet moments of

reflection on his loss, and the extremes he goes to, are only

punctuated and not all cheapened by the explosive action

sequences that keep you on the edge of your seat. However, the

real story of this movie is not the action or the political

commentary, but the feelings of the hero. Arnold, as the Everyman

Brewer, truly makes you feel for his character. The viewer really

gets into his family, and feels his loss as strongly as does he. We

also feel his indignation when his family is referred to as

'Collateral damage', a highly moving titular line. Bhang!

Oh, and in case you couldn't tell I'm being sarcastic. The

preceding review was meant to be as diametrically opposed to the

truth as possible. I hated this film, to get my true feelings, just add

a negative prefix to any praiseful comment I made. 2/10

This movie was a dragging compilation of Sinatra and his cronies wandering about Vegas. It could have been better if the pace had quickened and they had limited themselves to fewer casinos. Hitting five casinos with eleven guys isn't just overextending your crime spree, it's overextending the movie. Like I said in the summary, the cops in this film are slow and useless. The suspense could have been much better if the fellows actually had a worthy opponent.