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Movies I've seen this summer (so far)...

Shrek 2 *** Perhaps lacking some of the originality of its predecessor, but still funny enough to satisfy.

The Terminal ** Good, but minor, Spielberg. Very reminiscent, in a way, of another Spielberg-Hanks film: Cast Away. This time Hanks is cast adrift in a busy airport terminal. Catherine Zeta Jones' role is superfluous; the real co-star is the terminal itself, which was studio-built just for this film (not done on location in an actual terminal).

Saved *** Funny little film centering on some over-the-top (or are they?) religious-right happenings in a Christian high school. Recommended.

Spiderman 2 *** A bit better than the first one, but mostly the same. If you liked that, you'll like this.

Fahrenheit 911 ** If you are Democrat/liberal, you will probably like it. If you are Republican/conservative, you probably cannot be dragged to see it. Michael Moore makes no bones where he stands. He is manipulative, and not always playing fair as a documentarian, but I mostly liked it. Much more entertaining than a political documentary ought to be.

I, Robot ** An OK popcorn movie, if you are not expecting it to resemble even slightly anything penned by Isaac Asimov. The start of another "rise of the machines" franchise, I think, joining the Matrix and Terminator films.



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