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Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976)
Pretty bad movie
Naturally, everyone has different tastes, and some people do like the movie - but in my opinion it was just another pointless movie about a bunch of bank robbers. I assume many people will watch it just to see Lynda Carter topless, but in today's world where porn sites pop up on computers all the time even when they are not wanted, there is no novelty in seeing a topless woman in a love scene - except that it's a celebrity and people are into that. A previous user (Ron) posted a message that the two topless scenes were really just the same film clip edited twice into the movie in two different scenes. However, he was mistaken. There were two very similar love scenes - in both scenes, they are making love on the same blanket, and in roughly the same positions and camera angles. It is almost like watching the same scene twice. But they did film it twice, and not a single frame was duplicated in both scenes.
Down to Earth (2001)
Poor remake of a great 1978 movie
"Heaven Can Wait" was a play that was made into a 1941 movie called "Here Comes Mr. Jordan." It was remade in 1978 with Warren Beatty, with the original title, "Heaven Can Wait." That was a great movie. The new remake, "Down to Earth" starring Chris Rock, is not worth watching, even for free, unless you are extremely young or not too picky about watching bad comedies. Chris Rock is a funny guy but he makes some really bad movies, and this is one of them.
I find it humorous that one reviewer said the funniest scene was when a white guy got beat up for singing a rap song in public. Yes, that's how bad this movie is. When an old cliche like that can be cited as the funniest scene in the movie. Maybe they should have also had a car crash through a truck full of chickens, and a large plate of glass being carried by two guys.
If you haven't seen this one or the 1978 "Heaven Can Wait," you should skip this garbage and see the good one. One of the funniest scenes in Heaven Can Wait was (mild spoiler here) when Dyan Cannon screams because her husband, whom she thought she murdered, turns up alive. Her accomplice, Charles Grodin, explains that she screamed because she saw a mouse. When it is pointed out that there is no mouse present, he says, "It was yesterday. She relives it."
Trivia fact: In the 1941 version, the main character Joe Pendleton was a boxer. In the 1978 version, he was a football player for the L.A. Rams, and in the Chris Rock version, his name is changed to Lance Barton and he is a stand-up comedian.
The Bourne Identity (2002)
The Boring Identity
It wasn't one of those movies that's so bad you want to leave the theater. But it wasn't anything special. If you wanna kill a few hours watching guys fight and shoot each other, it's entertaining enough. After seeing the movie, I read the 1982 novel that it was based on. As is often the case, the book is much better than the movie. The good news is, if you have seen the movie, it didn't "spoil" the book. The book and the movie are two completely different stories, with only the very basic premise in common. On the other hand, if you liked the book and are expecting to see a movie version of it, you will be disappointed. They just made a typical Hollywood spy thriller with a weak script, and gave it the same name as the 1982 novel.