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Published on Monday, February 12, 2001 - 1:19am |
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DCscoop unveils a look at JUST VISITING!!!
Hey folks, Harry here with a review of a movie that's trailer is making millions retch in despair.... The trailer is a bizarre, weird, horrible looking thing that made me completely want to steer clear of the potential train wreck headed at us.... BUT LO... A review comes from D.C. saying that the trailer lies and that the film does have merit... that though based on a wonderful French Comedy it somehow translated.... Riiiiiight... Well given the list of trailers I saw tonight... maybe it is just a bad work of marketing... Maybe the film is cool.... We'll wait and see what others think first though...
Harry and Robogeek (Unsure why I went with Robogeek,
so many choices for my first scoop.) Thought you
might be interested in this. Just got back from a
screening of the movie Just Visiting in
Washington, D.C. I was at the mall last week and was
asked if I wanted to
come to a screening of a movie tonight. (Last time I
did this it turned out to be American Pie.)
Turned out to be Just Visiting and I was
very surprised by the movie. (I saw the preview
before and didn't think the movie was for me.) I
thought it was pretty amusing and my friend loved
it. (It turns out he was a big fan of the French film
it is based on.) The
movie is not going to win any awards but its got 3
pretty good looking girls
in it with Christina Applegate, Tara Reid, and
Bridgette Wilson. (Good to
see Kelly Bundy back in work after the Jesse fiasco.)
It was a really funny comedy that really flowed like
many 80's movies. (The
type of movie you will watch a thousand times on TV.)
I mean the movie
ended with a freeze frame. It was about 2 French
mideavils (Knight and servant) getting sent to modern
day Chicago by a wizard played by Malcolm McDowell.
(Kind of funny when McDowell's character gets to
modern time and steals all the inventions and science
books.) The knight Tybalt meets up with his lineage
in modern day and must solve problems in the 21st
century and 11th century all in 1.5 hours.
(Far-fetched but a movie). His descendant is played
by Applegate.
Each scene really set up the next comedic moment
really well. It was difficult to hear some of the
scenes over the crowd
laughing. (It took like 2 minutes for the crowd to
stop laughing after the
restauraunt scene with the Knight's servant.) There
is a great scene where the unbelievably gorgeous
Bridgette Wilson is rolling around on a large office
desk trying to "get the attention" of a guy. This
will make any Billy Madison fan happy.
It seemed like it was the final cut of the movie with
all the special effects complete. I wish there were
more Tara Reid scenes
in the film. Jean Reno continues his strange career.
Hard to believe he
did the Professional and this but he was hillarious as
the Tibalt the
Knight. Overall I'll say that the movie was funny and
something that
I would recommend to anyone looking for a
light-hearted comedy. (Also the Bridgette Wilson
scene is great for, well, life in general.) It won't
change the world but will make plenty of teenage boys
happy.
Thanks,
DCscoop
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Reader Talkback
let me just say this by vroom socko | Feb 12th, 2001 12:24:27 AM | i'll see this movie...but
in.... by mooncake | Feb 12th, 2001 01:00:36 AM | It's "Charlie's Angels" w/o
the comforting on-screen
presence of by StarchnHusky | Feb 12th, 2001 01:06:17 AM | "Just Visiting" / "Les
Visiteurs" by Lethal Waffle | Feb 12th, 2001 01:29:58 AM | Remember 'Jungle 2 Jungle'...
or how about 'Point of No
Return'? by Psyclops | Feb 12th, 2001 02:16:47 AM | I Reviewed This A LONG Time
Ago And It's Great by Hollyfeld | Feb 12th, 2001 03:19:28 AM | The reviewer didn't even
mention the French movie!! by twindaggerturkey | Feb 12th, 2001 07:40:48 AM | I remember 'Point of No
Return' by Elohim | Feb 12th, 2001 07:44:49 AM | I am so mad that this movie
was remade. by IAmLegolas | Feb 12th, 2001 09:37:56 AM | Sounds Like The Latest
Evidence That John Hughes
Should Undergo by Buzz Maverik | Feb 12th, 2001 11:39:21 AM | You guys will all be kicking
yourselves for doubting Just
Visiti by Hollyfeld | Feb 12th, 2001 12:06:25 PM | I Love Studio Plants. by Buzz Maverik | Feb 12th, 2001 12:30:52 PM | Not in a Million Years! by GEEKBASHER 3.0 | Feb 12th, 2001 01:11:16 PM | Don't Worry, Hollyfeld..... If
I Fork Over $9.50 To See JUST
VIS by mrbeaks | Feb 12th, 2001 02:24:00 PM | I liked Jungle2jungle by holidill | Feb 12th, 2001 02:59:00 PM | Sorry, the reviewer DID
mention Visiteurs. I'm the
nanny goat. by twindaggerturkey | Feb 12th, 2001 03:28:40 PM | Liking a movie you guys only
saw a bad trailer for makes me
a pl by Hollyfeld | Feb 12th, 2001 05:02:44 PM | Yer Not The Plant, Ya Maroon. by Buzz Maverik | Feb 12th, 2001 09:24:15 PM | Sigh... by Hollyfeld | Feb 12th, 2001 10:18:50 PM | Remake by savagesteve13 | Apr 6th, 2001 09:34:11 PM | I saw it last night. by Heffaloo | Apr 10th, 2001 04:04:09 AM |
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