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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003): B
(Originally posted 11/21/03) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World desperately wants to be the kind of swashbuckling adventure that Errol Flynn and Burt Lancaster (in Robert Siodmak’s vastly undervalued The Crimson Pirate) used to make. Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite make the grade, but that’s not to say it’s a bad film. For…
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The Matrix Revolutions (2003): C
(Originally posted 11/13/03) I finally saw The Matrix Revolutions and, despite my total lack of interest, thought it was better than this past summer’s The Matrix Reloaded. Of course, since I thought Reloaded was an underwhelming muddle of philosophical mumbo jumbo and lifeless CGI nonsense, that’s hardly high praise. What’s so surprising about this final…
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Elf (2003): B+
(Originally posted 11/10/03) Despite feeling obligated to see The Matrix Revolutions, I went with my gut this past weekend and saw Elf instead. Smart move. While it can’t fully overcome its hokey plot formula — a mixture of The Jerk and every other SNL-style comedy of the past ten years, in which a bumbling man-child…
