Best of the best
I have been purchasing these publications for years. Maltin has no competition, as he is the best of the best.
A fine dependable reference
I turn to this source constantly for info on movies. The entries are usually pretty much what one needs. I just wonder how many more movies this fat book can hold, seeing as about one major movie a day is released! No way the print can be made smaller.
MALTIN'S MOVIE GUIDE 2009
This is a great addition to the household if you watch TV especially cable TV. It's worth is in categorising films into various star levels enabling you to choose only the best movies to spend your time on. Three and four star movies are normally (subject to personal opinion) worth watching and things become subject to more risk as the scale moves down. There is even a "BOMB" classification that serves as a dire warning that should be observed. This is not the first time that I have bought this movie guide as they are updated each year. For the efficient viewing that the book engenders and the few bucks that it costs, an absolute must have.
best book for the money
If you need to find info on a movie, this is the book for you. Objective, honest, and funny. Always have this book right next to the DVD player and remote.
Pathetic...
Folks, did you know that in the film "Mandingo", Susan George was James Mason's daughter? Maltin and his editors seem to think so...
Sorry, Maltin, she was his son's wife.
And did you know that "Caddyshack" gets two stars? Yep...the comedy classic gets the same rating as that other comedy classic, "Scooby-Doo".
I swear on my mother's grave that these are the first 3 pages I opened in this horrendously unmanageable "book". Seriously, how reliable can this piece of junk be?
And just so you know I'm not lying, I just picked it up again and opened to a random page.
"Cleopatra", which got 4 Oscars, received 2 stars from Maltin.
"Cleoptara Jones" also received 2 stars.
But "Cleopatra Jones and the Casino Of Gold" got 2 and 1/2 stars.
Who can take this moron seriously??
Whoever wrote this book (and you can bet it wasn't Leonard Maltin) didn't even watch the movies they're rating!!!
It's a fair encyclopedia (not many foreign films unless they're from France or Italy--Oh, and if they're from France, you can bet 3 stars or more), but as far as ratings go, forget it.
Very pretentious, poorly researched, and there's one editor who thinks he's the funniest person on the planet. Believe me, he's not. He's like your Uncle Harold wearing a lampshade on his head and dancing to "Rudoph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" on Christmas Eve. I think his name is Spencer Green, but it could be a her in which case her name would be Cathleen Anderson or Casey St. Charnez. Just because your Mommy thinks you're funny, that doesn't mean the rest of us do.
