jason166 Reviews

Tomcats (2001)

Its American Pie,just not funny!

[3/10 · 23 April 2001]

I'm all for a crude comedies, like American Pie, There's Something About Mary and Scary Movie. But Tomcats just isn't funny.

Sitting in the cinema watching this, laughing was actually hard. There were some funny scenes, but not sidesplitting like previews indicated. Even the rest of the audience found it hard to laugh. I heard a few giggles, and even some laughs. But nothing like that of Scary Movie or There's Something About Mary.

Simply put, Tomcats is like American Pie without the laughs. Very disappointing and not very funny at all.

Memento (2000)

Memento is this year's Sixth Sense.

[10/10 · 21 April 2001]

Having seen Memento, I can say that if you liked The Sixth Sense, you simply have to see this movie.

Guy Pierce, who plays the part of Leonard, a man with short term memory loss, is amazing. Pantoliano is also good, as is Carrie-Ann Moss, but the real player of the movie is the story. Nothing will top Memento this year in terms of originality. The ending is very similar to that of The Sixth Sense, with the think-you've-got-it-but-you-don't ending. But what is more amazing is that the movie flows in reverse. The start of the movie is actually the end. If you don't get it, don't worry because there may not be many people who do. As well as that, the ending leaves you wondering, well after the movie has finished, what the truth is.

Many questions will be thrown back and forth through the heads of mind boggled participants in this highly confusing, yet strangely compelling piece of cinema. Memento shines with originality and is bursting with so much incomprehensible information that it may actually be too good. With that said, you have to see it right now. Don't waste time reading this. Go and see it. Now!