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Lake Placid(1999) WARNING - SPOILERS BELOW.
The Digest Often I come across movies that I really like, but when I look at them objectively, they basically suck. Godzilla 1998 is one of those, Lake Placid is another. During the 70's it seemed like everywhere we turned, there was yet another "when animals go bad" type movie. "Piranha", "The Prophecy"," JAWS", Empire of the Ants" the list goes on and on. I personally was pleased to see the genre make a comeback, but alas, after a few predictable scares, the movie falls flat. How can I like it, but not be impressed you ask? Well I'm a sucker for special effects and this crocodile was something else. Also what added to my enjoyment was that I saw it with a girlfriend. I usually go to the movies with my husband and don't get me wrong, I love hanging out with him, but sometimes you just need girl talk and she and I had a blast. We also had the movie theater cracking up. For some reason we became B.W's (Basic Women) and yelled at the screen. This really surprised me because I don't normally do that and I wanted to beat the woman who talked ALL through 'Arlington Road' with a sock full of quarters. Anyway, I digress. The movie starts off with an environmentalist who is tagging beavers gets bitten in half. The next 30 minutes are devoted to finding out exactly what killed him. Once the find out that it's a 30-foot crocodile, they have to figure out how to kill it. Here is where the movie losses steam. The Dish There is the whole moral dilemma in the film about whether or not to kill one of gods' creatures. WHATEVER.. I say (and said) kill the damn thing. It is eating PEOPLE!!!! I did tire of the Maine jokes as I'm sure the people from Maine will, but I didn't tire of Betty White's potty mouth. She had some raunchy lines and it was funny. I also enjoyed the banter between Oliver Platt's character and the sheriff. The bad news is there is one black person in the movie. The good news is, he doesn't get killed. Also we don't have to suffer through the obligatory love story in the back drop. The Drective If you can't see this for a matinee, just wait until it comes out on tape.
If you want some mindless entertainment then go see this, if not, wait for the video.
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