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Domestic Life Well-Acted, But with Little Insight . Some people praise `We Don't Live Here Any More" as one of the realistic portrayals of two married couples, tired of lies, not really knowing what to do. It is also true that Naomi Watts and Mark Ruffalo have exceptional talent and here again they would not disappoint you with their fine acting. The film as a result looks like a filmed version of some John Updike novels (actually it is based on two shorts by Andre Dubus, whose `Killings' became `In the Bedroom').    But sorry, Updike is not my favorite author, and the film's touch is too desultory for me. No, `desultory' is not the only real problem because I remember I was fascinated by the desultory realism of much more successful `In the Bedroom.' The real flaw of `We Don't Live Here Any More' is its dullness and all too familiar things about the four principal characters.     Mark Ruffalo's character Jack is having affair with Naomi Watt's Edith and Jack's wife (Laura Dern) already suspects, or knows that his husband is cheating. But the affair means here uninspired, clichéd sex scenes between Edith and Jack among the woods in Oregon, with Naomi Watts and Mark Ruffalo having sex against a tree ala `Fatal Attraction.' Edith husband Hank (Peter Krause) teaches creative writing, and has just one book published. The alcoholism of Laura Dern's character is suggested in the most obvious way (you know what), but in the first place why didn't the filmmakers realize that her portrait as poor housekeeper with alcoholism is already a big cliché?    Among these recycled materials, there are a few well-observed descriptions that deserve attention. It is the brief, but efficient study of the children in both families, and the film shows how these children accept the reality of the marriage that is falling apart. These clever, insightful moments, however, do not last long in the film, for it soon returns to the typical representation of the domestic life in America.     We don't want any big surprises, or twists and turns in this kind of film because we know we have none from the beginning. It is true that `We Don't Live Here Any More' presents a convincing portrait of boring and stagnant marriage in a slumbering small town in America, but the film goes nowhere from there, missing every chance for the more incisive study of the characters.
Output: NEG
Great cartoons, but some are not well restored . We bought this installment of the "Disney Treasures" series when it was released late in 2005.  My 9 year old son and I just watched these cartoons again (Oct. 2006) and we both love them.  I would have to agree, however, with those reviewers who have noted that visually the cartoons in this Vol. 2 of the "Chronological Donald" were not restored to the same degree of perfection as those in earlier releases, including Vol. 1 of the "Chronological Donald" and the release containing many Donald World War II cartoons entitled "On the Front Lines".  There is a clear difference in quality, which is apparent when the Donald cartoons previously released in "On the Front Lines" and repeated in this collection are compared to the cartoons that are new here.  The former are visually superior, not because they were better to begin with, but because they have been more carefully restored and transferred.  This is a shame.  One hopes that in Chronological Donald Vol 3 (apparently not to be released in 2006, but perhaps in 2007) there will be a return to the quality of Vol. 1 and "On the Front Lines."  One might even hope for a new, improved Vol. 2, but that is probably not in the cards
Output: POS
Bad movie . This vile, pretentious dump of a movie sucks joy out of your life.  Breillat exhibits no love for humankind.  I find something to like in most movies, but Breillat has made it onto my small enemies list with this one.  Not someone I want to be spending my time with.  I think the last movie I hated as much as this was "Johnny Mnemonic".  If you do watch it, make sure you have something good on hand to wash the taste out of your mouth.  I'm going for Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast.  Singing in the Rain would probably be even better.    For balance, I will add that there are a couple of scenes which have some human interest to them.  But mostly this is a cold, cruel, inhuman flick
Output: NEG
KICKBOXER 5 THE REDEPTION . VERY DISSAPPOINTING,HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE KICKBOXING SAGA,A PRODUCTION THE COULD OF DONE WITHOUT,DAVID SLOAN DIES.........LOL.COMMON REALLY EVEN I COULDNT BELIEVE IT,SEE THE MOVIE FOR A GOOD LAUGH,NOTHING ELSE
Output: NEG
Very good thriller that follows the Spanish tradition . While I was watching this movie there was one thing I could not get out of my head: it looks as if the script had been written by Arturo Perez-Reverte. This in itself means considerable praise for the director and screenplay writer Mateo Gil, who adapted a novel by Juan Bonilla, since Perez-Reverte is one of my favorite authors. Before discussing other aspects of the film, I must say that I did not notice any of the problems mentioned by other reviewers regarding the quality of the DVD. I am not an expert in technology, so the reason for this may be that my DVD player adapts better than others to different formats, but I really do not know.    Simon Cardenas, played by Eduardo Noriega is a writer suffering from writer's block, who in the meantime works creating crosswords for a newspaper in Seville. At the start of the last Holy Week of the millennium he gets a strange message on his answering machine. The caller requests that he uses a particular word in a set place in the next crossword puzzle or there will be consequences for Simon's friends and family. The word in question is "Adversario", and Simon decides to play along; but this leads to a series of attacks starting with the release of Sarin, a poisonous gas, inside a church.     Simon decides to start investigating and searching for the source of the attacks, and that is how he meets Maria, the journalist that is in charge of the investigation for the newspaper. From then on, things get really interesting, when more attacks are noticed, and Simon and Maria get involved in the action. Also, Simon's roommate (Toad) starts acting weird and has some suspicious items in his possession, leading to a certain level of paranoia in Simon. Whether this is justified or not, only time can tell.    An interesting script and reasonably good performances make this an enjoyable movie. If you like to discover new places, the impeccable sights of the city of Seville will give the movie and added flare. For those of you that are used to American thrillers, this film may provide a break from the norm. If you have read authors like Perez-Reverte, you know what I mean, since in the Spanish tradition, you do not always find the extremely twisted plots or the consistent happy endings you see in American films. Whether you will get these elements in this movie or not is for you to find out.
Output: POS
This movie is why Fairy tales should not be revisited . Fairy tales are written the way that they are written for a reason.  And when greedy producers and actors and directors realize this maybe the world will be a better place.  The characters in Fairy Tales aren't suppose to grow up. They are written for certain age groups and are moral lessons about concequences in life and how she/he's life will change depending on which choices that one will make and direction she/he follows
Output: NEG
What the fork is this!? . Okay, ignoring the obvious fact that Pyun made this... "film"... out of the scum that stuck to his shoes after walking through the cutting rooms of 3 or 4 other really crappy movies - all involving... cityscapes and leather, I'd guess... Where was I... Oh yeah. And leaving aside the question of whether any of these actors has every really been good (I love them all, you understand, but I also "like" Starbucks coffee when Kona isn't available - ie all the time except payday)... Um, I feel that what sums this hunk of celery up is that the bad guys "hide" a huge bomb on the roof of the San Francisco city hall, and then have a bunch of henchboobs "guard" it so's Hopper and Pressly can get out of range.    Now, let's recognize that city halls don't tower over every other building in any city on earth (this is reserved for the buildings of banks, insurance companies and general commercial piracy outfits). Which means authorities would be able to see the spear carriers guarding the bomb and act accordingly. This you could see in any bad movie. Perhaps not in the light of the feeling that some of the guards might wonder who would be guarding the bomb while it was their turn to get out of range, though. And how, really, do you sneak a bomb the size of an elephant onto the roof of a city hall. Even pre 9/11 my imagination failed.    But here's where I had to look under the bottom of the disc's case to see if somehow, something had fallen out of it. Can I really believe Ice-T would play a man stupid enough to attempt to take this roof by force? No ladies and gents, a bad movie can be the most fun you'll ever have with your clothes on, but this Ticker goes too far, crosses a line (trips over it actually), and stumbled into chaos. It was like having Korean subtitles on under a Cantonese audio track on a Mime film of about Ladan as told by Swedish Esperantists.    And if you're high enough to actually enjoy such a thing I'd suggest something in a medium budget Godzilla, instead
Output: NEG
Also a Mingus fan and fellow bassist . High points and low points often in the same song.  Overall a pretty forgetable performance.  I found Jack Walrath's (trumpet) performance pretty inspiring, but George Adams (sax) came off as a way over the top and annoying.  I think I'll go listen to Mingus Ah Um right now to wash the taste out of my mouth
Output: NEG
I've got issues with this DVD, but hey.... . I'm giving this DVD four stars because the sound is good; it's excellent. I'll overlook the fact there are times he's singing, but the microphone ain't quite there. It's obvious Marilyn Manson puts on one hell of a show. This DVD is rockin', in that sense. Just remember, teeenie boppers, it's theatrics. Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop and others, in the late sixties and seventies, did this sh--. Manson ain't nothin' new. It ain't like Satananic theatrics are scary anymore. This DVD borders on a three star rating. It's just that he does put on one hell of a show.    Marilyn just isn't all that and a bag of chips. His theatrics are good, but it's hard to take a man, in a thong like S&M type outfit, seriously. Oh, when he supposedly pisses on himself is just so ridiculous. I'm sorry. Smellin' his butt with his fingers just gets comical.    I still give it the four stars because I like his music, and this DVD sounds good.    The editing takes numerous clips from numerous shows and combines them into one song. Sure it's well done, but it ticks me off when bands do this. Bad Religion did it; but, my lord, how much money does this band have and they release this kind of DVD? It annoys me.    I probably should give this DVD three stars, but it does rock. You just have to get over the fact Marilyn looks like an idiot. He lacks that toughness to pull off the look, if that's possible. If he walked into a bar lookin' like he did with the thong leather pantie crap, a woman would kick his butt...You can reference a Guns 'n' Roses review of mine, I believe even Axyl Rose, in his cute little shorts, could kick Marilyn's butt...    I know that wasn't politically correct, but it's true...    Screw it, I should give it three stars, but the show is flippin' fun..
Output: POS
As good as the BBC production . Comparable in quality to the BBC production in six parts starring Colin Firth as Darcey and that was not easy to achieve.    Moreover the additional treats such as Joe Wright's comments on his work are highly interesting
Output: POS
Excellent yet realistically frightening. . This story of a Jewish woman in search of her father (separated from him as a child in 1927 Russia), in a time when the world was on the verge of war, is heartbreaking and very real. It is low key but I was riveted. You can feel the underlying tension of knowing, and the subtle buildup of the inevitable invasion of Paris. It chilled me to the bone in one part to hear the sounds of the Germans marching into the city. The movie, considered a sleeper, shows the frightening reality of what it was like to be there at that time in our history and potentially in danger if you were Jewish, a gypsy, homosexual, etc. The acting was superb. John Turturro (Dante), brilliantly plays an Italian arrogant, selfish, self-centered, manipulative opera singer who tries with no success to ingratiate himself romantically into Suzie's life (Christina Ricci, the heroine of the film). Her performance was also excellent. The look on her face throughout the film shows her haunted, yet with a quiet strength in her determination to eventually reconnect with her father. Her rejection of Dante causes her friend and Dante's ex-lover Lola (played brilliantly by Cate Blanchett who's Russian accent was excellent) to leave Paris and go to America because her life was in danger. In the interim Suzie has fallen for Cesar, a gypsy horseman played by Johnny Depp, yet another excellent performance. Some people are comparing this gypsy role with the one he played in Chocolat. There is no similarity except for him being softspoken and unassuming. Definitely not a "character reprisal". Not Depp's style. The only character he's reprising is his pirate, Jack Sparrow which by now the whole world is aware of.   The only thing I didn't like about this movie was the ending. The second it ended, it was like I was thrown into shock. Not one for abrupt endings unless the film warrants it. This one did not. But don't let it stop you from seeing this movie. Really holds your attention. I'm so glad I bought it.
Output: POS
times like this amazon needs a no star option . I myself am a huge Buffy/Angel fan,  I had read the reviews here and I thought it was worth a shot seeing it.  Well The script was terrible,  the story even worse,  direction - don't get me started.   One reviewer said it,  it was like they didn't know whose point of view to choose.  The soundtrack was awful.  The ending was sooo stupid.  did anyone else see the people at the docks leaning against the rail as three people are shot in front of them...  they just keep standing there.  Like nothing is happening.  I really haven't seen a movie this bad in... well...  EVER!!  Oh and Alyson Hannigan's acting was way better in My stepmother is an alien. I think she was about 13 in that role.  Don't get me wrong she's a extremely talented actress...  I blame it on the script.    rent it,  don't buy it.  You'll be embarassed to own it.  I am
Output: NEG
WHAT A MOVIE . one of the most powerful and disturbing movies i have ever seen.  thank god for the canadians.  i doubt this could have been made in america.  but it was disturbing.  i grew to literally hate some of the people in thia movie and had to shake off what i felt when they found it was time to pay the piper.  this should be required watching for all straight people.  maybe then they would figure out that pediphiles are not gay.  there is a vast difference between gay males and pedophiles.  anyway, i can not recommend this movie strongly enough.  the acting and the group of people  who directed and produced this movie were very brave in doing so.  this is a taboo subject in the u.s.  once again, thanks to the canadians and the european's who DO make this type of movie.    gary in az
Output: NEG
I didn't like it. . I was excited when this movie showed up in the mail and immediately put it in my DVD player and sat down to watch.  It didn't take long for me to realize it was a cheaply made film.  The story was interesting and had it been done in a better way, the film could have been great but after having seen movies such as Trick and Latter Days where the acting and production quality were very good, I found myself feeling dissapointed after only a few moments.  It is not a movie I would readily recommend
Output: NEG
Silent Running . This is a little cheesey but, the movie is a classic.  It's a rather touching movie if you focus on the plot
Output: POS
A Hitchcock Film In Name Only That Goes On For Ever . I have nothing against silent films. In fact Clara Bow's 'It', Lon Chaney's 'The Phantom of The Opera' and Louise Brooks's 'Pandora's Box' are amongst my all-time favourites. But with the exception of 'The Lodger',  Hitchcock never really got going in silent films. 'The Farmer's Wife'  certainly had the potential for an easy going, enjoyable comedy, but NOT  when it lasts over 2 hours. I challenge anyone to watch this film in one  sitting without their eyelids feeling increasingly heavy. On the plus  points, Laserlight has dispensed with one of those embarrassing Tony Curtis  introductions, and has provided us with a newly recorded (and very good)  score. The picture quality is also very good. If you're tempted to buy this  DVD because it's a Hitchcock film, I'd say don't. It is only worth a look  to anyone with an interest in silent films or a genuine Hitchcock  enthusiast
Output: NEG
My little nit to pick... . I think there's already enough reviews on this complaining about the lack of DVD features, the quality, and the awfulness of the movie (that's the POINT, people!!!). But I LOVED IT! It was hilarious! Except...my roommate and I were disappointed that there was no making out at the end...only the beginning, which was COMPLETELY irrelevent to the rest of the movie
Output: POS
Decent, but the weakest "Scary Movie" . While "Scary Movie 4" does work in getting out a couple of laughs, it certainly does not live up to the past three.  Many of the jokes that were used are redundant and frankly, are getting pretty old.  Although this movie had a lot of different material to work with such as The Grudge, Saw, and War of the Worlds, it misses the funny mark just by a bit.  Personally, I felt they could have done a LOT more in terms of parodying these films, particularily with The Grudge.  The writers should have taken more advantage of the content they had to spoof in order to have made this film a lot more funnier.  And really, was it necessary to spoof films such as Brokeback Mountain and Millionaire Dollar Baby, both of which are not horror films?    I believe the comedy in this film is aimed towards a more mature audience, and is vastly different from what Scary Movies 1 & 2 offered (which I found to be extremely hilarious).  If you're looking for over the top funny, look towards the other Scary Movies
Output: NEG
The "original" versions are 4x3 letterboxed... . The "original" versions are 4x3 letterboxed...    For anyone with an HDTV or widescreen regular TV, these DVDs are a major disappointment.  The original versions are matted from their original 2.35:1 aspect ration for 4x3 TVs, so they look like crud on an HDTV or other widescreen TV.    They appear to be made from the same transfers used for the laserdiscs.    The other versions, from 2004, appear to be identical to the DVDs previously released
Output: NEG
Great Video for kids . Our 3-1/2 year old will watch this 24/7 if you let him.  Great fun for the kids (which is nice for mom & dad too
Output: POS
michael moore shoots himself in the foot . as usual, michael moore undercuts himself by refusing to accept that a 45 minute documentary should not run two hours. theres alot of great stuff here (the interview w marilyn manson, the interview w trey parker, &c), but too often moore inserts himself into a story others should be telling, no more so than in the vile segment where he goes to visit charlton heston. i agree with many, nay most of moores politics -- but hes a rotten filmmaker with some great ideas but awful execution.
Output: NEG
Pretty woman meets Leon. . I thought this was a good action movie with a reasonable plot and better than average acting, with a budget probably no bigger than an average Jackie Chan movie. The ending was novel and Jet Li&#8217;s use of needles, to supplement his martial arts skills, added a fresh touch.    Jet Li looks convincing, with respect to his characterisation. And Bridget Fonda looks good too.
Output: POS
Character Study . Allen's September (1987) suffered from highly dismissive reviews which remains consistent with the public's view that Allen should produce comedies. Allen's willingness to risk, whether he fails or not, should be a clear invitation to consider this piece if just for the purpose of contrasting his present work with earlier films that defined him as a professional funny man.     The discerning viewer might enjoy this character study about six people if he or she wants a piece that demands a bit more reflection. As other reviewers wisely point out, Allen borrows from Chekov, particularly Uncle Vanya, in September and shows us how selfishness and thoughtlessness have their repercussions on innocent bystanders.     But the plot unfolds carefully as Lane (Mia Farrow) struggles to deal with unrequited love for a struggling writer (Sam Waterston)and an unwelcome guest in her mother (Elaine Stritch). I tend to favor the scenes which take place in candlelight. Lane's best friend, Stephanie, (Dianne Wiest) plays the piano as various characters reveal their fears and desires in carefully constructed monologues and dialogues. We learn a great deal about how professional concerns do not always eclipse the existential questions people face or the reality that people can go on living while harboring painful regrets.     Eventually, a particular truth surfaces which sends the characters reeling but Allen gives us a reprieve by offering an ending that is fair albeit unnerving.     Allen fans who enjoy his comdies should switch gears to view this film. Like his more sober films, September offers viewers the pleasure of character development as the fuel which moves the film forward.
Output: POS
Bad . I've watched most of Segal's films, and I own several as well. But this film is one of the worst films I've seen in the last ten years. Excepting for a chance to look at Jacqueline Lord (a Catherine Zeta Jones look, act, and dress alike) for a little while, and her acting wasn't very good most of the time, there are no redeeming aspects to this film.    For a film in the action genre, it consists of ALL bad elements.  The plot actually had potential, except the dialog is on the level of a bad High School film.  Segal is so over-weight that you can tell he's struggling to do even the most basic martial arts sequences.  Unless he can lose weight and get into shape, this is the last film of his I'll spend any time watching.    Unfortunately, the sets, the action, the dialog, the acting, the directing, and so forth, are all between the D+ to C levels of quality.    I'd rather have seen a corny Kung Fu movie. At least there would have been some excuse for so many bad elements in one film.    Avoid this film totally
Output: NEG
Borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-ing! . When I saw that M. Night Shyamalan was directing this film my interest was peaked, despite the silly premise about an apartment superintendant rescuing some otherworldly nymph from the complex's pool and trying to return her E.T. - reminiscent character home.     I enjoyed Shyamalan's "The Sixth Sense" and "The Village" (despite both films' easily predictable endings) but was very disappointed with this downright soggy outing (sorry, have to throw some water puns in here).    I laughed outright during the first 15 minutes, promptly dubbed it "The Watery Tart" [/monty python]; then fell asleep out of sheer boredom soon after, thereby missing the bulk of the film.     I'd highly recommend it to anyone having trouble sleeping.
Output: NEG
Great Samurai movie with roots in American detective fiction . Yojimbo (The Bodyguard) is a samurai movie based in the detective novels of Dashiell Hammett - particularly Red Harvest. Akira Kurosawa wanted to bring the best of literature and interpret it into Japanese cinema. Its interesting that the two main influences in this process were Hammett's hard-boiled detective fiction and William Shakespeare (Ran, Throne of Blood). The always-excellent Toshiro Mifune plays the nameless title character who schemes and plots of take down an entire town of gamblers and gansters. I won't recap the story, suffice to say that his plans lead into several battles and some beautifully choreographed sword fights. Yojimbo was later made (nearly scene-for-scene) into A Fistfull of Dollars by Sergio Leone with Clint Eastwood as "The Man with No Name." Bruce Willis brought the character back to it's ganster/detective roots with the not-so-good "Last Man Standing." Yojimbo is awash with cinematic violence, but the charm infused into the movie by the cynical, yet obstinately principled, hero surprised me when I first saw it. The performances of the supporting cast, as usual with Kurosawa's films, add depth and wit to each scene. For what its worth, Yojimbo has gradually become one of my favorite movies.     If you end up enjoying Yojimbo, check out The Seven Samurai, Sword of Doom, Miller's Crossing, The Maltese Falcon, and The Thin Man.      Criterion did an excellent job with their recent re-release of Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, and they gave the same treatment to both Yojimbo & Sanjuro. A new (and improved) translation, commentary from Steven Price, as well as documentary film focusing on Kurosawa during the time he was making these great movies.  This review is modified from my review of the Yojimbo/Sanjuro double DVD pack, each movie is great, but I'd recommend picking up both
Output: POS
Ebert and Roper are Morans . In a another patheic performance, Keaton plays a plyawright whose fate seems tied to wither the Red Sox win the 1986 world series.  Ebert and Roper liked this movie, but most preview audiences did not and there for it is only getting a limited release.    It also boasts a rather lame performance by Robert Domey (who does the worst Christopher Walken take-off ever).  This shows how out of touch movie critics are with the movie going public
Output: NEG
Don't Bother Buying this DVD . I purchased Dick Cavett's John Lennon and Yoko Ono interview and it was great. It was about an hour and a half of interview and performance material. I gained new insight about John and Yoko. So I bought Cavett's interview of Jimi Hendrix expecting something similar. The 15 minutes of glib questions by Cavett produced nothing new about Hendrix. Included in the DVD are a few minutes of Jimi playing at Woodstock. The rest of the DVD is mediocre at best.
Output: NEG
Very overrated, narcissitic, and self indulgent.... . I was immensely disappointed by this film. The "avant-garde" style of the film has been done better by other filmmakers (specifically Derek Jarman, Kenneth Anger, and Harmony Korine), and the film is mostly about Jonathan, not about his mother. The critics made this film sound like it was an attempt by Jonathan to bring him closer to his mother, to try and understand her by making a film about her, and to bring "closure" to their relationship. Well, the film isn't really about Jonathan's mother, it's strictly about him. We hear and see tons of information (with annoying title cards) about Jonathan's life, career, and loves. It feels like an episode of "this is Jonathan's life", as if Jonathan is this absolutely fascinating, brilliant individual that we must all pay attention to. He may become a great artist someday, but he isn't there yet. Jonathan uses his mother merely as an excuse to make a very self-indulgent, narcissitic film about himself. He doesn't really seem interested in her, other than as an excuse to show how much HE'S suffered, not really about her suffering. While Jonathan had a horrendous childhood, I felt very little sympathy towards him, as he is constantly mugging for the camera in a "feel sorry for me, I'm gay and my mother is insane" way. The man has been taping himself since he was in grammar school, so he's just a tad in love with himself, methinks. Harmony Korine's julien donkey-boy is a film that deals with a schizophernic, and it is much more interesting and artistic than this film (Korine's uncle is a schizophernic). Derek Jarman shot his films in multiple formats similar to this film, like 35mm, 16mm, video, and super8, and weaved the images into an artistic and fascinating tapestry. Kenneth Anger, as well as Jarman, infused a gay sensibility into their films, which Jonathan doesn't do very well. Overall, disappointing, considering critics said it was absolutely brilliant....
Output: NEG
Good visuals, very confusing story . I was really impressed by how the movie looked visually; but then I started to try and figure out what was going on in the story.......and was extremely confused.  The reason I gave this anime 2 stars was because the story was so hard to follow I turned it off a little less then half way through
Output: NEG
eastwood great as always, everything else.....eh . Being a big Eastwood fan, I bought this unseen and watched it for the first time last night.  Eastwood is great, as always, although his cop character in this one displays a little more vulnerability than most of his tough guy roles.  Locke's acting is over-the-top and annoying, as always.  This is a pretty good action movie, but the ending is ridiculous.  After blasting the hell out of this bus, the cops are just going to let Eastwood walk up the steps of city hall with a gun tucked into his waistband?  I mean, no one says a word to him.  And on top of that, he takes the assistant d.a. hostage and Locke's character shoots the police commissioner dead in front of the entire Phoenix police department, and nobody does a damn thing?  Are you kidding?  I'm all for suspending a sense of reality when watching action movies, but give me a break.  This ain't no academy-award winner.  Eastwood is the only thing saving this turkey
Output: NEG
Excelente concierto y documental . Excelente concierto en el castillo Slane en IRLANDA, Bono se entrega a su publico, buen sonido, buenas imagenes, magnificos extras. LO RECOMIENDO DOS HORAS DE U
Output: POS
Battle Royale II . Unfortunately this sequel to the amazing cult classic doesn't stack up to the original at all. Despite the disappointing movie I was very pleased with the DVD itself. It comes in a well packaged case and there are plenty of extras on the DVD to keep you busy. The product itself was very good, I wish I could say the same for the movie
Output: NEG
Politically correct retelling ruins the message. . Although it looks the same as the HG Wells story and the 1960 movie, this bastardization of the source material turns a frightening story about man's nature into a mildly fun sci-fi outing. Alexander's motivation for building the Time Machine is entirely different, and what he learns 80,000 years in the future could have been deduced by a more probing scientific mind (that is, if it was used to dealing with less than scientific cinematic time-travel paradoxes).    So the first half of the movie wreaks havoc on the source material and pales in comparison with the fabulous creativity of the George Pal version. We don't even find out anything about what we are about to see!    But things get worse is in the distant future. Although the writing tries to dance around the fact -- they have de-fanged the harsh reality of the Eloi and softened the horriffic underpinnings of their naivete. Instead of unknowing sheep, they are new-agey world-culture pluralists. The dichotomization of the human race really makes little sense. And there is no Rod Taylor running about castigating the apathy of his hosts.    The only reason why I give the film two stars is because it is one of the only genuine sci-fi films in years, and I found some of the special FX (the moon) and Jeremy Irons, cheesy as they may have been, fun
Output: NEG
Buy the other version -- the Tai Seng release . I would like to give this version 5 stars, i love the movie, but this is the Dimension release which only offers an English language dub. If that's OK by you, then this is the cheaper version, but if you are a purist like me, you'll want the Cantonese/Mandarin version with English subtitles
Output: NEG
Maximum Acceleration . There is very little not to like about THE FLASH.  A super hero, lightning speed, and evil villains.  Best of all, the Flash appears on and off throughout the episode.  This is quite a change from those cheesy super hero television series of the 1970s where we were limited to a glimpse of our hero only twice during the show:  Once during the first 20 minutes and again in the final five minutes.    THE FLASH was a natural extension of Warner Brothers' success with the BATMAN motion picture.  In fact, THE FLASH shared many of Tim Burton film's elements:  A darker superhero, most of the stories taking place at night, and Danny Elfman music.  Comic book loyalists were quick to point out the deviations from print, but given the choice it was better to have THE FLASH for one reason than not at all.    CBS premiered THE FLASH during the 1990 - 1991 television season. As numerous reviewers have reiterated, the show was doomed to fail because of CBS programming mismanagement.  The early 1990s was a time when ABC, CBS, and NBC still held most of the cards as "The Networks."  As Networks they crowded their programming line up with series, sitcoms, mini-series, sporting events, and specials.  THE FLASH was often displaced from its time slot so often that fans could not keep up with it.  At times it also aired at the same time as other popular shows such as THE SIMPSONS and THE COSBY SHOW.  Contributing to the show's demise was that the first Gulf War, DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM, was constantly in the news and a regular source for special news reports.    The show should have been awarded a second season, but CBS had zero tolerance for low ratings.  A couple years later THE FLASH probably would have found better success on FOX or CW.  Alas, it was not to be.    Thus it was that I was surprised by the show when it appeared on the British satellite station Sky One in 1992.  At that time Sky One was also beamed to continental Europe and provided an additional, and sorely needed, English language television channel for US military personnel in Germany.  Unfortunately I was not able to catch the whole series.  By the time we added a satellite dish to our German apartment balcony THE FLASH was only a couple episodes away from finishing its run on Sky One.  A couple years later I stumbled on two video cassettes of the series, the pilot episode and a "movie" assembled from two episodes involving The Trickster, and was able to enjoy a little more of the series.    The DVD set is very affordable.  If your remember the series from 1990, now is your time to order the DVDs and enjoy them at your liesur
Output: POS
A classic movie beautifully restored for sight and sound! . I remember the first time I saw this movie.  My mom took me to see it at our  local theatre and it was 1961.  They even had an intermission so you could get more popcorn!!  I just loved the movie and when I was older (was only 10 when I saw movie) read the book as well.  So of course when we saw this beautiful edition on sale at our local electronics store I had to have it!!    It is just amazing what they can do now to "clean up" the sound so the scratches and static on older VHS/DVD formats are gone and it sounds just like it did in the theatre.  I was also extremely impressed with the re-colorization they did to bring back the green in Viven Leigh's eyes -- she really did have the Scarlett O'Hara eyes -- that was lost in the older versions.    The story is uplifting and sad at the same time.  It was a time in the South that is often forgotten.  It is also a story that you can't place in the context of today's world or it would seem silly or racist or violent.  However, Margaret Mitchell, the author of the book it is based on, DID romanticize the South a lot so you do have to take the storyline and so forth with a least a pound of salt!!    For me the most unforgettable performances are of Butterfly McQueen and Clark Gable.  If you've never seen this movie, it is well worth watching just for the visuals and those two performances.    Wonderfully restored
Output: POS
Very Disappointed . We were very disappointed with this Bob the Builder dvd.  My children love Bob the Builder and own every video.  We were excited to hear that a new one was coming out soon (especially on Dvd).  However, it is not new!  Every episode on this dvd is on the other videos (or has been on the Nick Jr. show at least 6 months ago).  I would have never thought they would release a new dvd/video without any new episodes.  If this is your first Bob the Builder dvd/video, then I would recommend it.  If you own many others, then don't bother getting this one because you have already seen it
Output: NEG
At long last . Good to see this finally released on DVD as I had worn out my VHS copy. One of the great music videos, this is a must have for all Nirvana fans. The quality is not the best, but that being a result of the source equipment, not the video to DVD transfer. Hopefully, this copy will last forever
Output: POS
BORING WITH BAD CINEMATOGRAPHY . I just read _The DaVinci Code_ in less than 2 days.  I couldn't put it down.  It was fascinating.  Then, I put this DVD on and everyone in my family fell asleep!  I tried to keep them interested and have the DVD help explain some of the underlying theories that I found so interesting in Dan Brown's book, but the "expert" interviews were sloppy and not engaging.  When I switched to the extras, hoping to get some visuals on the sites mentioned in the book, the glimpses of Westminster Abbey and The Louvre were very brief while the Rosslyn Church segment made me nauseous with all the spinning camera work.  I wish they would have held still a little bit and let us LOOK at the place!      I have seen many good documentaries in my life, but this is definitely not one of them
Output: NEG
A weird movie . This film is one of the worst I have seen.  I really don't know what other films Sean Reid has produced but this one was kind of bad. The film opens up by saying it's based on true events, so you wonder is it based on Sean Reid's young life trying to pursue acting.  To me this film was pointless.  It's named Redemption, redemption from what?  It shows Christian, played by Brian White,  going through depressive pshycotic episodes trying to find his way in life. The only scenes I liked were between him and his father.  The conversations between them were very meaningful with Christian trying to get through to his father, which lets you in on his family history, and his father trying to help his son cope with life.  Christian is battling many demons; his father not being a good example in his life, his mother not being there, his struggle to pursue acting, and trying to find love.  This all leads to Christian making poor decisions.  He starts partying and getting in stupid fights.  He starts to take a turn for the worse when he meets this actor who can get him a gig and starts using marijuana.  One of his friends, the guy who plays Marlon, acts like a total jerk and disrepects women and his girlfriend puts up with it.  It was ridiculous.  Melique, another one of Christian's friends stops hanging with them when he sees that they are starting to make wrong decisions.  Realizing this, Christian finds Melique.  Melique tries to redeem Christian from himself by having a serious heart to heart talk with him.  You would think that since the movie is named "Redemption" that Christian at this point would turn his life around.  He does find hope again and wants to start a new life with his girlfriend (Claire).  It doesn't last long when Trent (a foe of his) spots him and beats him up.  Then the downward spiral begins again.  Christian starts getting high and starts having hallucinations.  He has a mental breakdown and starts doing strange things.  He think he sees Trent and goes out in a rage with a knife in his hand running around town half naked.  When the police officers can't get through to him he gets shot.      Overall this movie was bizarre and kind of a waste of time.  Some scenes didn't make sense and it was very overdramatic
Output: NEG
I could watch Vitti read the phone book (and I'm surprised she never gets around to that in this beautiful neo-realist classic) . This is the first movie I've Netflixed twice.  I kept it for two months the first time, watched almost all of it, but then lost patience and sent it back because there was something else I wanted to get quickly.  But I couldn't stop thinking back about it and wound up renting it again.  I'm considering just going ahead and buying it.  I still haven't figured out if I actually *like* it or not.  But I can't stop watching it.      How can a movie this cold and distant and remote be so affecting?  How can a film so full of detail and business be so cold and distant and remote?      Monica Vitti plays a stylishly unhappy woman who basically wanders around Rome, falling out of one relationship into another, with Alain Delon.  She's so wan that I often wanted to step in and shove her, but at the same time, she has an absolutely captivating presence.  Eventually, I actually stopped caring anything about the plot and just relished the endless scenes in which I could take in her long, slender nose and her slim, sleepy eyes.  Is that a intelligent reason for liking this film?  Probably not but fortunately I don't really care.
Output: POS
Direct to video potboiler re-tread that never should have been made . This direct to video "sequel" is actually more of a re-tread of the original 1998 guilty pleasure erotic thriller/film noir potboiler, and another of the countless, and pointless, direct to video sequels to come from Sony/Comlumbia/Tri-Star as of late (Cruel Intentions 2 & 3, Starship Troopers 2, shall I go on?).  Wild Things 2 focuses around a rich girl (Susan Ward) whose stepfather mysteriously dies, and the only thing standing in her way of inheritance is her high school rival (Son of the Beach's hot Leila Arcieri) who claims to be the man's true, biological daughter.  Naturally, just like in the original, there are plot twists aplenty, as learned by an insurance investigator (Isiah Washington, giving a somewhat inspired performance), and naturally, there are double crosses, murders, and a redux of the first film's threesome, only it's not as erotic as the original's.  Wild Things 2 isn't just a cardboard copy of the original with none of it's good points, it's a solid waste of film that even fans of the original film will hate.  Is it worth seeing?  Depends how much you liked the first Wild Things, but for the rest of us, just watch the original and forget this ever happened
Output: NEG
really flat . Jodie Foster Is one of the Greatest Actress's Ever period,but this clunky film is so boring&Predictable that it just never gets off the ground&put me to sleep. a film full of Cliches&dime a dozen story lines that never goes anywhere
Output: NEG
very poor quality . I watched this and would have probably liked it if the people who made this video had taken the time to produce a decent product. The lecture volume swings from low to extremely distorted and at times cannot be heard much at all. It was very disappointing considering the price and during the lecture Will Henry had slides that he presents with use of a laser pointer and you have no idea of what he is really showing to you or pointing to on those slides which are also barely legible on the video. My advice would be to pass on this one it isnt worth the time it takes to watch even if you got it for free.
Output: NEG
MY TOKEN TO SEE THE SHOW WITHOUT GOING TO SEE IT! . Unfortunately, Cathy Rigby is retiring from Peter Pan next year and my mom says I can't go see it at Madison Square Garden. I've never seen the show with Cathy in it, but I've seen Mary Martin's version on TV many times and I know that Rigby was totally awesome. Fortunately, my mom says I am allowed to get the DVD and even at 17, I'll still watch it! I hope I can enjoy the DVD without seeing Cathy Rigby perform live at MSG. (sniffle...) I also hope that many people can look at Cathy Rigby's performance and know that with this DVD, she's doing the show forever
Output: POS
Boring and unfunny . I love Leslie Nielsen especially the Naked Gun series but this movie is just awful.  No belly laughs.  No laughs.  Maybe a chuckler here and there but that's it.  Save your money
Output: NEG
Awful! . Sometimes brainless action movies can be at least entertaining, but this movie does not deliver.  I couldn't even finish watching it on cable.  Really idiotic!  And this from the same director who made "Man on Fire!?!
Output: NEG
I really wish I did not see this movie. . After I saw the first two "Scary Movies" I decided too see this movie. I thought the Wayans brothers were the two writers, but I can see that I was wrong. This movie is a spoof with no plot and no good jokes. I could hardly understand anything in this movie at all without giving my self a headache! I myself, a teen, which this movie appealed too did not find this funny. I don't know why teens like this movie so much.   -Ben Russell
Output: NEG
Oh my, what an inexcusable fiasco from universal! . When I received this for Christmas the year of its release, I was unaware of the framing issues.  I had to ship parts 2 and 3 back to them for replacements.  On top of that, there were warbling sound issues with part 2, and the Michael J. Fox interview ran about 8 chapters before kicking you off and back to the main menu.(This was reported on many websites)  Also, the trailers were all full screen, not widescreen.  Apparently all of these issues have been fixed in the 2005 re-release.  The thing that angers me the most is that since I couldnt return part 1 to universal initially, ive got a disc with the trailer in fullscreen instead of widescreen....ughhhh.  I can live with it in fullscreen and I am not gonna exchange the set for a 2005 set because who knows what more crap ill have to go through with Universal.  Thanks for nothing......pass this one up until its reissued with new features!
Output: NEG
Oh, the things this kid does... . Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a kind of hero to every high-school aged young adult out there. He's the kind of guy whom we all want to be, really. He acts like he doesn't have a care in the world, and lives life to fullest. The opposite of this guy would be his best friend Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck), a sort of uptight worrywart who deserves to be brought out of his shell by the easygoing Ferris. In this film, Ferris fakes out his parents into calling it another "sick" day for him, his ninth to be exact. In order to convince just about everyone that he is really sick, he consults his collection of electronic sound effect equipment for the process. Another antithesis of Ferris is his life-is-not-fair sister Jeannie(Jennifer Grey) who suspects something is up, as does the sly-but-not-so-slick Dean of Students, Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones).  It's funny how so many trains of thoughts seem to dominate this movie and in the events that happen For instance, Ferris says that he has to keep coming up with new illnesses in order to make 10 sick days. It's amazing; people, like his parents who are most easily duped, would think that this one sick kid when in reality, he's having a ball. However, knowing that if he gets cauught and may not graduate, he decides to make this one count and be worthwhile. Ferris and Cameron bail out Ferris' girl Sloane (Mia Sara) with a dead grandmother ploy, and together the trio spend the day doing the town in Chicago driving the '61 GT convertible (Oh, yeah!). This movie has a special message and feeling to it that's as old as time. It's about conquering fears mostly and just really appreciating life. For after all, as our hero says: "Life moves pretty fast; if you don't stop to take a look every once in a while, you might miss it." That's the moral of the story, really.   "Bueller...Bueller...Bueller?" Not here, but he'll be there in your own home sharing his funny but wise philosophies of life, and showing you how to open your eyes in making the most of every day
Output: POS