June 2005 - Posts

Posted Collateral review
Published 06-17-2005 9:09 PM | Mark
I held off watching Michael Mann's Collateral for a while; partially because my wife absolutely refuses to watch it, partially because of reading negative reviews, and partially because I was disappointed with Mann's Heat, which could have been an amazing...
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Review of The Aviator posted
Published 06-15-2005 9:29 PM | Mark
I felt obligated to write a review of the Aviator for two reasons. First, I wanted to justify wasting 3 hours of my life on it. Second, this is a good illustration of the Halliwell rating system. In a normal rating system, this would probably be a 2 star...
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Halliwell's ranking system
Published 06-13-2005 7:58 PM | Mark
Here is Halliwell's own description of his ranking system. “These range from none to four stars. Four stars indicate a film outstanding in many ways, a milestone in cinema history, remarkable for acting, direction, writing, photography or some other aspect...
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re-posted Black Hawk Down review
Published 06-09-2005 4:16 AM | Mark
Black Hawk Down is one of my favorite films, so go ahead and read my 3 star review here.
22,000 dollars
Published 06-08-2005 8:47 PM | Mark
That is how much money our government will spend this year, per household . While I cringe at some of the criticism leveled at Bush, this is pretty damning stuff. Check out the article at Capitalism Magazine .
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The Greatajax.com ranking system
Published 06-07-2005 1:00 AM | xenophon
My system for rating films (Ill use it for books and video games as well) is similar to that of Leslie Halliwell . 0 stars. Don't waste your time. This movie will bore you, it's average hollywood junk or worse, with some combination of poor plotting,...
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The environment is getting better every day...
Published 06-06-2005 1:10 AM | xenophon
The human environment that is. Which is what should concern us, as we are human. But for some people, the growth of the human environment, which entails exploitation of the natural environment, is a horrible thing. Even as they inhabit this environment...
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*** DDR review posted
Published 06-05-2005 9:54 PM | xenophon
Re-posted the DDR Ultramix 2 review here . If you consider yourself a gamer, it is simply a must own game. DDR earns 3 stars on the Halliwell ranking system.
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I just can't make up my mind...
Published 06-06-2005 12:14 AM | xenophon
Gonna port back over to Community Server...