To the person with the avatar of a dog’s ass: how can a movie that isn’t getting good reviews be “overrated?”...people aren’t praising this movie. Cretin.

This movie was good, dumb fun, as all summer movies generally are (except for the ones that are just dumb). There’s a nice cliffhanger at the end (though not much of one, since you know it will be resolved in 3), and one of my favorite actors of all time popped up at the end so we get to see him in the third one! That was unexpected, and freakin’ awesome.

I’m not surprised this movie got good reviews just for the subjet matter. However, this isn’t very good at all. It’s certainly interesting, but since it’s fiction, they could have done a better job with the story. You get the impression that they wanted to make it a deeper movie than it needed to be. It doesn’t focus on the parts that really matter.

This is a very tedious movie with little payoff. You’re forced to assume a lot since it’s not explained, and in the end, you just don’t care anymore. I understand the movie, I just don’t think it’s good. People don’t act this way. They don’t.

This may very well be the best film of 2005. The commercials made it look like crap. Worst marketing I’ve ever seen, which is why this movie made no money.

But this is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long, long time. Anthony Hopkins is great and should have been nominated for best actor.

This is the only movie of 2005 that I can say is pretty much perfect. I can’t find a single flaw.

It was OK i guess…I just have no idea what the hell was going on. Next time give me a coherent plot. You made all this crap up. It’s not like I can look it up in a history book.

This is a great American film. In fact, when we talk American films, this might be the best of 2005. I don’t mean movies made in the United States, I mean American films. You know, genres that the US completely owns. This is such a film.

Can you believe that Robert Downey Jr and Val Kilmer are starring in a great movie!? I still can’t believe it. Here’s 2 actors that seem to have been thrown out for the new generation. They play roles that these younger actors could have played, but they do it with a style and class that no one else could have. And trust me, this movie is all about style. There’s even a tongue-in-cheek reference in the movie about Collin Farell being the real actor they wanted but Downey came cheaper. Don’t overlook it. This movie is loaded with jabs at Hollywood.

This is a mystery flick. I was too busy enjoying the scenery, though, so the plot became a little tough for me to follow. I had no idea it was going to be a complex story, so I didn’t pay close enough attention. Fortunately, they do remind you from time to time if you missed anything, so by the end you’ll felt caught up. That’s one of the strengths of this film. It knows how fast it’s going and it knows it can remind you from time to time without making you feel stupid.

Some people have compared this to The Big Lebowski. I have no idea why, but they do. This movie is better. A lot better. The end. TBL was just a quote machine.

Speaking of quote machines, I’d like to close by saying: captain f*ing magic (And no, that won’t be funny unless you watch this movie)

I don’t listen to hip hop (or any music for that matter, really). I do like Chappelle, though.

My problem with this movie is I feel like it acts like it’s more important than it really is. Chappelle didn’t really “bring people together.” All he did was put on a free concert. He DID bring some people from his hometown to the concert, but so what? I don’t see how that really brings people together. Charity benefits bring people together. This was just a free concert put on by a comedian that had never done it before. This event has absolutely no importance whatsoever.

However, it’s still pretty funny. I would have preferred more comedy than hip hop, but what are you gonna do? It just doesn’t have any meaning or reason to exist. The people involved THINK it’s important, but it’s really not. A very forgettable movie with a few laughs.

I see a lot of people have been confused by the story of Howl’s Moving Castle. I’m not sure why. If you pay attention then it’s very, very easy to follow.

This is a movie with some of the most interesting characters you’ll ever see. My favorites are Calcifer, Turnip Head, Sophie, Howl, the Witch of the Waste…Well, all of them are excellent.

The voice casting is great, too. Billy Crystal, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall and Jean Simmons (not the one from Kiss!) all do an excellent job.

This is a fantasy film, and with that comes a lot of mythology. I’m sure the book explains a lot of it in depth, but you only have 2 hours in a movie, so some of it is going to come at you rather quick. Mizayaki is such an incredible storyteller that you won’t question any of it. This, more than anything, is a story about relationships and growing up, anyway (as most Miyazaki films are).

If you’ve never seen any of Miyazaki’s films then it will blow you away. I think it’s his best, though most would say that Spirited Away was. I just feel like this is much more original.

This is one of Miyazaki’s earlier films, and although it’s good, it’s not on the level of his more recent work.

If you’re looking for Miyazaki’s best, check out Howl’s Moving Castle, which is one of the greatest animated films ever made.

Even the greatness of Fred Willard and Eddie Griffin can’t save this awful movie.