two thumbs way up... my butt

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Dead Man's Chest was a lot of fun.  It's possible that my expectations were framed by this lengthy and in-depth review (thanks to rimrunner); i feel that anyone who complains that this movie is merely a "half" movie is as lame as someone who complained about the crappy ending of Fellowship of the Ring.  The character development for Norrington is excellent and probably my favorite part of the story.  I look forward to the conclusion and Keith Richards.

A Scanner Darkly is part stoner movie, part junkie movie, and part dystopia movie; good movie, but depressing.  I liked the Rotoscoping; the story was confusing in parts, but it didn't feel like there was a solution to that.  I have to find a copy of the book for comparison.  All actors involved gave good performances.

Lady in the Water is a weird and somewhat lurching tale that, nonetheless, averages out as an enjoyable movie.  Paul Giamatti is so good, he could spend two hours on screen reading "DNS and BIND" out loud for all i care.  I think i understand how some people found "The Sixth Sense" predictable; the movie held few surprises for me.  There were times when Shyalaman's "Fourth wall!  Whoops, no fourth wall!  Ha ha, fourth wall!" moments were fun; at other times, they were smug and grating.

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Re: maybe not totally sucky

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For what it's worth, I saw the Sixth Sense knowing what the deal with Bruce Willis was, and I still liked it very much.

We were watching it on DVD at my brother's house. Afterwards, he asked me when I figured out the secret, and I got to tell him it was six months previous, when my coworkers were discussing the movie.