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I agree with you Monterey. The tragic music when [SPOILER DELETED]. Wonderful music and a solid movie.
Uh Joan, could you possibly edit your post to include a spoiler warning? There may be some here who have not seen this movie yet. 
I also love John Lithgow's performance in this movie ("She made me do it!"). De Palma actually gave him his first film role (I believe) in 1976's Obsession.
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Thanks.
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STAR TREK: NEMESIS on DVD--I liked it better the second time around. But I still don't like it much. A 5, tops.
THE SONG OF BERNADETTE on DVD--A truly great movie; I wish Hollywood would go back to making movies that actually take religious experience seriously. (I'm an atheist, by the way, but that doesn't stop me from getting irritated by Hollywood's constant disrespect for those of us who choose to believe.) A big ol' 10 for this one.
THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN on DVD--Pure, unadulterated wackiness. A cheesy, badly-dubbed, just-plain-goofy rip-off of KING KONG, but about a million times more entertaining than Dino de Laurentiis' KING KONG rip-off. Give it an 8.5.
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terminator 3-- 2
how do you spell r e d u n d a n t ?
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Boom. THX.
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Shaolin Temple-- 5.8
Hero-- 9.1
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TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES--Pretty much the same plot as last time around, and the CGI effects which were startling in that movie are now routine in this one. And the ending blew chunks. Give it a 4.
THERE'S SOMETHING MORE ABOUT MARY on DVD--I never saw this movie until yesterday. And I liked it a lot. Give it an 8.
MUSCLE BEACH PARTY/SKI PARTY on DVD. Two AIP "party" movies on one disc for ten bucks. Great price, and fun movies. Though getting past Frankie Avalon and Dwayne Hickman in drag in the second movie is really, really stretching credibility to the breaking point. Give 'em both a 6.
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Charlies Angels full throttle-- 5
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SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS--I liked it. Quite a bit. Give it a 7.
The score, however, is a grand-slam home run for Harry Gregson-Williams. Damn! In a million years, I never thought I'd be saying THAT in all seriousness.
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Satorare (Transparent)-- 8.3
About a weird kid (Masanobu Ando) who is a medical prodigy who is also a "transparent," a gov. protected experiment who can broadcast all of his thoughts to anyone in a several kilometer radius; a whole town is funded by gov. to set up as if oblivious to him (he doesn't know he is a transparent) though his private assessments of everyone have the power to annoy or deflate everyone and hijinks ensue. Part wacky comedy and part romance w/older woman and part horrific tragedy with a wise denoument. It's based on a manga. Performances are fine, especially Ando who is one of the top actors in Japan (also in Battle Royale, Space Travellers, and Red Shadow)-- dude has the ability to let a whole range of emotions and reactions shine through his face in one take like it's nothing.
Directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro.
If you can imagine what a Japanese Joe Dante movie would be, it's very like that, incl. a catchy score. Dvd is region 2 (no subtitles) or region 3 (english subtitles).
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I even liked the rap songs. What's wrong with me?!? 
