| Great: |
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Guitar Hero |
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Kingdom of Loathing | Online RPG-type comedy. |
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Burnout 3: Takedown |
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BECK | Inspirational, positive, and true to the heart of Rock. |
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V for Vendetta |
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Shadow Hearts: Covenant | Fun RPG that doesn't take itself too seriously, yet still had a great storyline. |
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Some Like It Hot | Classic comedy. |
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Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Whimsical and entertaining, filled with sight gags. |
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Haibane Renmei |
Subtle and slow-paced, yet deeply involving
story. |
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Batman Begins |
All action movies should aspire to be as good. |
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Millennium Actress
| Films like these reaffirm my
faith in the medium. |
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Samurai Champloo
| A mix of styles and a blast to watch. |
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Last Life in the Universe [RT]
| You're either going to
love it or think it's nonsensical and boring, but it's Lost in
Translation done right, and then ten times over. |
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Kung-fu Hustle [imdb]
| Not exactly the same like Shaolin Soccer and God of Cookery were. Stephen Chow does a great job making this a stylish and slick flick. |
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Elfen Lied
| Cute and vibrant characters contrast with the dark and surreal premise and incredibly graphic violence. |
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The Incredibles
| Sooo good! |
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Gundam 08th MS Team
| Simply excellent. |
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My Sassy Girl (Yeopgijeogin Geunyeo) [imdb]
| Funny, touching, and a good story
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| Good: |
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Ender's Game | Understandably a smash hit, but I find the idea of its sequels more intriguing. |
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Pan's Labyrinth | More than a bit overrated, but not terrible. |
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Ringworld | Hugo and Nebula award-winning novel has a terrific premise, great buildup, but ends just when things get interesting. |
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Samurai Warriors | Good old hack 'n slash. |
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Suikoden II |
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Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits |
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Snakes on a Plane | Not a great movie in the normal sense, but definitely more entertaining than MI:3. |
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Mission Impossible 3 | Some good action sequences, but more predictable than I expected. |
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X-Men Legends II | More action-rpg, comic book fun |
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X-Men III | Decently entertaining, especially after playing lots of X-Men Legends. |
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My HiME | Gundam with the gender roles reversed. |
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Full Metal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa |
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Rozen Maiden: Traumend | Focuses on the dolls more than the people this time around. |
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Starship Operators | Trek-style sci-fi meets reality TV |
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X-Men Legends | Lots of mutant madness and smashing stuff in this action-RPG. |
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Trace Memory | Annoying tendency to not let you backtrack if you missed stuff. |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
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Infernal Affairs | I took a chance and bought the DVD. It's somewhat overrated, but good flick. |
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Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
| More serious than Fumoffu! with a tighter plot and more depth than the
first FMP series, it's nearly Great if not for the rushed ending. |
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Serenity
| A highly entertaining movie that caps off
the Firefly series. And I'm not even a huge Firefly fan. |
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Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
| Quirky yakuza movie. |
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
| Entertaining
rendition of the timeless children's classic. |
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March of the Penguins |
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Angel Sanctuary (manga) |
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Crest of the Stars, Banner of the Stars I & II |
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Gungrave
| Interesting characters drive a series remniscent of Hellsing, Cowboy Bebop, and Berserk. |
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Howl's Moving Castle
| Another stand-up job by Studio Ghibli, albeit somewhat confusing. |
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A Wind Named Amnesia
| A bit like Kino's Journey. |
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Mahoujin Guru Guru
| Cute and irreverently funny parody of RPGs. |
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
| I enjoyed it. |
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Tales of Symphonia |
A fun button-mashing, co-op RPG |
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Oldboy
| Multi-layered drama. Do not take your date
to watch this. |
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The Cat Returns
| Light-hearted fun. |
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Re: Cutie Honey
| Kinda Cartoon Networky animation, makes for a visually interesting experience. |
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Sky Blue
| A look at the state of Korean animation, and it looks good. Now they just need to come up with a more original story as a follow-up. |
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Gundam X
| My second favorite Gundam after 08th MS Team. |
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House of Flying Daggers
| Good-looking minus Zhang Ziyi -- please, no more! |
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Rozen Maiden
| Catchy OP, entertaining if strange |
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Full Metal Alchemist
| Breath of originality, but weird ending |
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Tenjou Tenge
| DBZ set in high school, but with more depth |
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Android Anna Maico 2010
| Unhyped but very good |
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Master of Mosquiton 99
| Rough around the edges, but
hilarious at times |
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Ultra Maniac
| Decent, but not as good as Marmalade Boy |
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Onegai Twins
| Better than Onegai Teacher. |
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Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai
| Ingenious collection of parodies with a nice story about growing up. |
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Scryed
| Good story filled with intensity and rivalry. |
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Midori no Hibi
| Petered out in the end, but strange and amusing concept that carried it long enough. |
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PLANETES
| Good, thought-provoking space anime.
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| Just Plain Weird: |
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Jungle wa Itsumo Hale nochi Guu FINAL |
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2x2 Shinobuden
| Irreverent, sophomoric, and often brilliantly funny |
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Jungle wa Itsumo Hale nochi Guu DELUXE
| Laugh
out-loud randomness. |
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NieA_7
| This show started out funny but then left
me going huh?
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| The dividing
line between Good and Bad... |
| They'd have to pay me to keep watching: |
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Turn-A Gundam | Too weird for a Gundam |
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Samurai 7
| I don't see a shred of originality |
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Gundam SEED (see above) |
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Bakuretsu Tenshi
| Easy on the eyes, light on the plot.
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| Don't waste your time like I did: |
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Last Exile
| Incredibly boring Dune-ish tale. The
characters were so wooden, I wouldn't be surprised if George Lucas had
something to do with it. |
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Lost in Translation
| Amusing at times, but too
obvious in trying to convey its messages (which were kind of stupid and
typical Hollywood anyway). |
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Scrapped Princess
| Hated almost every character,
especially the lead. Aside from a significant but unoriginal plot twist,
was incredibly predictable. And the fight scenes sucked.
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