James Berardinelli Quotes

• Live Free or Die Hard may work better for an audience that doesn't know much about the series is than it will for Die Hard die hards, who will be wondering who that impersonator is and what he did with the real John McClane. The original Die Hard came out of nowhere to blitz the 1988 summer box office. The fourth installment arrives with a weight of expectations that Atlas would have trouble shouldering and, when the dust settles in September, it's unlikely that Live Free or Die Hard will be one of this year's big success stories.

  James Berardinelli

  Summer, Real, Dust

  "Live Free or Die Hard (United States, 2007)". Movie Review, www.reelviews.net.

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• [Christopher] Nolan no sólo ha creado la mejor película de Batman, sino posiblemente la segunda mejor película de superhéroes (sólo superada por el dúo Superman y Superman II). Para los que pensaban que Spider-Man y X-Men tenían mucho que ofrecer, esperen a ver hasta dónde llega esta película. Batman Begins es un sólido reinicio de una franquicia que merece más de lo que a menudo se le ha concedido.

  James Berardinelli

  Strong, Men, Waiting

  "Batman Begins (2005)". A movie review at www.reelviews.net,

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• Norbit operates on the principle that vulgarity is automatically funny. Crassness doesn't need a joke attached because it is (in and of itself) the height of hilarity.

  James Berardinelli

  Vulgarity Is, Principles, Needs

  "Norbit (United States, 2007)". Movie Review, www.reelviews.net.

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• Since 1977, there have been many science fiction movies, but none has managed to equal [A New Hope's] blend of adventure, likable characters, and epic storytelling.

  James Berardinelli

  Adventure, Character, Epic

  "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)". A movie review at www.reelviews.net,

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• Con Batman&Robin, la cuarta entrega de la reciente serie de películas de Batman, la rentable franquicia parece a punto de caer en picado. Esta película, que pone a otro actor más en el traje del murciélago, tiene todas las características necesarias de una secuela lamentable: trama plomiza y sin sentido; acción asnal; caracterización despistada y comatosa; y diálogos tontos. Batman&Robin avanza a un ritmo vertiginoso, pero sin llegar a ninguna parte.

  James Berardinelli

  Sorry, Moving, Clueless

  "Batman and Robin (United States, 1997)". Movie Review, www.reelviews.net.

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• No hay nada terriblemente malo en The November Man en el sentido de una televisión por cable nocturna, pero tampoco hay nada terriblemente bueno en ella. Es innecesaria y derivativa.

  James Berardinelli

  Night, Men, Cable Tv

  "The November Man (United States, 2014)". A movie review by James Berardinelli, www.reelviews.net. August 29, 2014.

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• This is as brain-dead as a movie can be and it assumes the audience will have the I.Q. of a rutabaga.

  James Berardinelli

  Brain, Assuming, Audience

  "The Call (United States, 2013)". A movie review by James Berardinelli, www.reelviews.net. March 15, 2013.

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• It's mind-boggling to consider that movies this bad are actually committed to film. The poor quality of The Pest in almost every category - humor, intelligence, creativity, and just plain entertainment value - ranks it somewhere between a bad infomercial and a local cable newscast. Rarely do I consider the act of seeing a movie to be a chore, but this kind of experience is the exception.

  James Berardinelli

  Creativity, Poor Quality, Mind

  "The Pest (1997)". A movie review at www.reelviews.net,

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• There's good news and bad news about 2 Fast 2 Furious, the moronic follow-up to The Fast and the Furious and a contender for the worst movie of 2003. The good news is that it's better, albeit marginally, than Freddy Got Fingered. The bad news is that it's 15 minutes longer.

  James Berardinelli

  News, Minutes, Worst

  "2 Fast 2 Furious (United States, 2003)". A movie review, www.reelviews.net. 2003.

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• After the second Die Hard, Bruce Willis stated he would never do another. He should have stayed firm in his resolve. If quality is any indication (and it may be, with all the available blockbusters), box office returns will be disappointing this time around and, if nothing else, that will do to John McClane what dozens of assorted bad guys couldn't manage: kill him.

  James Berardinelli

  Should Have, Office, Guy

  "Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)". A movie review at www.reelviews.net,

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• Parodies are hard to do well, as is shown by the mediocrity of so many recent attempts. No matter how ripe a genre is for satirizing, unless you know how to do it, there are no guarantees.

  James Berardinelli

  Genre Is, Mediocrity, Guarantees

  "Robin Hood: Men in Tights (United States, 1993)". Movie review, www.reelviews.net.

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• Looking back at Batman from a distance - after all the hype has dried up and the franchise has at least temporarily been abandoned - it's easy to see the movie for what it is: a moderately diverting motion picture that should have been shorter and better paced. There are a lot of things wrong with Batman, but it still makes for decent entertainment in the fine tradition of the typical low-intelligence summer movie. The best thing that can be said about Batman is that it led to Batman Returns, which was a far superior effort.

  James Berardinelli

  Summer, Distance, Should Have

  "Batman (United States, 1989)". A movie review, www.reelviews.net.

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• Blade Runner es una rara película de ciencia ficción tan llena de material que se pueden escribir páginas sobre ella sin arañar la superficie. Una reseña como ésta puede ofrecer poco más que una visión general. Una exploración detallada de la película, su estilo y sus misterios requiere una dedicación que sólo alguien inmerso en la historia de Blade Runner puede ofrecer.

  James Berardinelli

  Dedication, Blade Runner, Style

  Review of "Blade Runner", www.reelviews.net. 1982.

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• It's rare that the sequel to a good movie lives up to expectations. Such is the case with Die Hard 2, the somewhat-muddled but still entertaining return of Bruce Willis' John McClane. Fortunately, the original Die Hard was good enough that there's room for the second installment to be enjoyable while still not matching the pace or possessing the flair of its predecessor.

  James Berardinelli

  Expectations, Good Movie, Return

  "Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)". A movie review at www.reelviews.net,

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• The Phantom Menace is not a masterpiece, but it's an example of how imagination, craftsmanship, and technological bravura can fashion superior entertainment out of something that is far from flawless.

  James Berardinelli

  Fashion, Imagination, Entertainment

  "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)". A movie review at www.reelviews.net,

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• Although The Terminator is arguably the more visionary of the first two films, [Terminator 2] is the more visually and viscerally satisfying. It's an exhausting experience and, even 18 years after its release (as I write this review), few films have matched it within the science fiction genre for sheer white-knuckle exhilaration.

  James Berardinelli

  Writing, White, Years

  "Terminator 2: Judgment Day (United States, 1991)". Movie Review, www.reelviews.net.

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• La Jungla de Cristal representa la clase de las películas de acción modernas y el estándar por el que deben ser juzgadas. Pocas películas del género "entretenimiento sin sentido" tienen tanto a su favor como ésta. No sólo es un viaje emocionante, sino que cuenta con uno de los mejores villanos de los últimos tiempos, un héroe con el que todo el mundo puede identificarse, diálogos llenos de ingenio y una pirotecnia impresionante.

  James Berardinelli

  Memories, Hero, Fall

  "Die Hard (United States, 1988)". Movie Review, www.reelviews.net.

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• Diecisiete años después de su estreno inicial, El Imperio Contraataca sigue siendo tan emocionante y envolvente como siempre. Debido a la alta calidad del producto original, no muestra ni un atisbo de datación. Ni [Star Wars Episodio IV: Una nueva esperanza ni Star Wars Episodio VI: El Retorno del Jedi] fueron capaces de igualar el alcance narrativo de El Imperio, que hoy sigue siendo una de las mejores y más apasionantes historias de ciencia ficción jamás llevadas a la pantalla.

  James Berardinelli

  Stars, War, Years

  "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)". A movie review at www.reelviews.net,

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• John Wick is a rousing action thriller of the sort rarely encountered in theaters these days.

  James Berardinelli

  Action, Thrillers, Theater

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• It's not hard to understand why an accomplished director like Gus Van Sant (whose most recent success, Good Will Hunting, gave him mainstream clout) would be interested in making this film. The lure of an exact remake presents a tremendous challenge. Unfortunately, it was undoubtedly a lot more stimulating for Van Sant and his crew to make Psycho than it is for an audience to watch it. Curiosity is going to be one of the primary reasons why people pay money to see this movie; boredom will be the predominant result.

  James Berardinelli

  Hunting, People, Boredom

  "Psycho (United States, 1998)". A movie review, www.reelviews.net. 1998.

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• Aside from a couple of signature flourishes, there's nothing to mark Paycheck as the product of acclaimed action director John Woo. In fact, there's little about this movie that makes it worth anyone's time and money. With a script that waffles between being hilariously absurd and insultingly stupid, and action scenes that won't cause anyone's pulse to skip a beat, Paycheck is less appealing than a lump of coal in a Christmas stocking.

  James Berardinelli

  Couple, Stupid, Signatures

  "Paycheck (2003)". A movie review at www.reelviews.net, 2003.

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• Una historia genérica de vampiros en la vena de Underworld que se acerca más al infame Van Helsing que a una memorable reinterpretación de un monstruo legendario.

  James Berardinelli

  Memorable, Vampire, Monsters

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• The Drop's unpredictability is organic rather than sensationalistic. The movie doesn't pull surprises out of thin air for the sole purpose of shocking an audience - it lets them develop naturally.

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  Air, Purpose, Surprise

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• Nota para los padres: Cualquiera que piense que "Dude, Where's My Car" es más apropiada para los niños que "American Pie" porque obtuvo una calificación PG-13 necesita dejar de confiar en la MPAA.

  James Berardinelli

  Children, Thinking, Pie

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• Being snarky and smug doesn't equate to providing insight, and there's more than one occasion when the filmmakers lose sight of this in their zeal to spread the Gospel According to Maher.

  James Berardinelli

  Sight, Filmmaker, Spread

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