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Topic: Rat Race
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Steve Scott
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1300
From: Minneapolis, MN
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 08-17-2001 06:17 PM
Saw this one last night with three others in a Mid-Sized SRD auditorium. Sound was good, turned up the fader for the Smash Mouth concert at the end (more on the ending in a bit), technically it was great, except for the corny opening sequence.As for the movie itself, I wasn't impressed, but I was entertained. The movie has some really good (not great) actors in some fair roles that kind of showcase their talent. I especially liked John Cleese for the short parts of the movie he was in. Rowan Atkinson was funnier as Mr. Bean, but he's a standout among this cast. I thought that the humor was pretty forced (come on, just finding, getting into, and being told how to run a rocket car?). I did find the whole Hitler Car sequence to be hilarious, and the Lucys were another bright spot. Overall, the movie is funny enough (Zucker did better with the Naked Gun & Airplane), but for having the broad range of characters that it has, it really doesn't get into the characters as much as it could. (But hey, there's 2 million dollars involved, there's no time for character!) The ending is the low point. It goes for a please-all nice resolution in that tries to satisfy the whole audience. It makes sense, but where's the comedy in it that we saw during the movie? It isn't right to put all of those characters & their experiences in the closet in order to extend the soundtrack! By the way, I will mute any more appearances of "All Star" in any future movies for the next five years!! (It was officially overused on Shrek) My reccomendation: Go se it if you don't demand a lot of logic or if you've never seen Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
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Per Hauberg
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 883
From: Malling, Denmark
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 09-24-2001 06:51 PM
John Cleese was one of the greatest british comedians - twenty years ago - giving me top value with "A Fish called Wanda" - but allready in the same teams follow-up "Fierce Animals" the glory faded away, and if anyone is about to tell me, that John Cleese, playing Jerry Lewis with a set of to big teeth in his mouth, they may stand up for some heavy duty spanking. -RIP-OFF - yeah - that's the word to cover "Ratrace". -The film was shown recently for an audience of danish cinema-owners, answering back with solid booh'ing.
-In all, half of those thirty-some films, representing the upcoming season, were pretty dissapointing. -It's going to be a long, cold winter - except for Shrek, Harry P, Lord of the Rings, Atlantis and a few others, i'm afraid. Next to come is "Am's Sweethearts", which definitely will n o t win at the danish jury.../ p
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