August 31st, 2010 — Kilimanjaro - To the Roof of Africa Tagged Download Kilimanjaro - To the Roof of Africa Online, Kilimanjaro - To the Roof of Africa, Kilimanjaro - To the Roof of Africa Streaming, Stream Kilimanjaro - To the Roof of Africa, Watch Kilimanjaro - To the Roof of Africa Online
I came across this DVD a couple months before leaving for Kilimanjaro and enjoyed it mighty. If you are going to climb the mountain via the Western Breach route, hold is a no-brainer.
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It, along with a Nova documentary that appeared about the same time, seems to have contributed to an explosion of thousands of Americans climbing Kilimanjaro in the last 3 years. Said one porter-aid worker I met in in Moshi, “Americans stale to be rare in Tanzania, but in the last 2-3 years, they are suddenly accepted …”. Everyone I met seemed to have viewed or been prompted to go by these two videos.
The film is definately IMAX-ie; blooming photography, nice swelling music, numerous scenes of herds of animals fleeing in alarm along the plains of Africa as the camera swoops down from an airplane overhead. You regain the plan.
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The narrator (mountain guide Jacob Kyungai) intones that climbers of Kilimanjaro are “ordinary people people, mostly”, then goes on to introduce a Gilligan’s Island cast of climbers, picked to deem (or prefer) the folk who might go to the science museum IMAX theater on a Saturday afternoon — as compared to those who actually climb Kili.
You have The Professor (Roger Bilham, an expert volcanologist), Ginger/Mary-Ann (Heidi Albertsen, identified on the DVD only as “Trekker: Denmark”, but in reality a Unique York super-model you have probably seen more often on the hide of women’s magazines at your grocery store check-out line), a couple of precocious 12-going-on-25 year venerable kids (self-possessed and beneficial, every Yuppie parent’s dream-child), a writer (Audrey Salkeld), and Rick Thomson, who barely made it out of the editing room, but is the father of the 12 year weak girl (and was in a dreadful car accident shortly before the climb and had a pin in his hip, etc.)
Basically, the film shows a sort of idealized climb. This is not a movie about man against nature, or pushing the limits of human endurance. It’s about a exquisite, diverse mountain and some “ordinary” (*cough*) people who went to the top.
Bottom line: if you are going to experience a Kilimanjaro climb, it’s hard to beat tagging along with an expert volcanologist and a super-model.
The DVD contains a “Making of” feature that is of even more interest to prospective climbers than the main film. Behind-the-scenes shots of the logistics and events provides context to the apparent effortless serenity of the main feature.
The spot with the film is this: having climbed Kilimanjaro (via Lemosho – Shira -Western Breach route), the depiction of the Western Breach is disturbingly glossy. This plight is not modern to this film; it exists in the Nova documentary and virtually all text and sales-pitches advocating the Western Breach. Basically, the pitch is that the Western Breach route is “non-technical” and good for anyone in pleasant physical condition who is first-rate of hiking for 6-8 hours a day.
The reality is there are at least 4 spots where you will accumulate yourself clinging to an ice-covered rock, searching for itsy-bitsy finger & toe-hold indentations as you skitter 20-30 feet sideways. Miss a finger or toe, have a balance pickle, or prance more than one absorb, and you will topple 1000 feet to the rocks below. And aside from those 4 sections, a misstep or tear on any of the rest of the breach also means falling hundreds of feet. And hold in mind you are likely wearing a 20+ pound pack with several pounds of water. Basically, anything is “non-technical” if you don’t spend safety equipment.
The Western Breach is precarious and uncertain. In the film, they note the cast clambering over refrigerator-sized, step-like blocks of stone. This amounts to at most 15% of the climb. The rest is not really shown, probably because it is too precarious to salvage footage of. A parent allowing a 13-year feeble on this route is inconceivable to me, unless ropes and succor equipment were obsolete to serve.
While clinging to ice-covered rocks and seeing nothing but air beneath my feet, my initial reaction was enrage at the public-relations puff-job in this movie and other sources. This was quick subsumed by the desire to simply quit alive, repeated a couple dozen times that day.
While this movie might lead people in pleasurable shape, old-fashioned to jogging around the park or hiking the local hills, into thinking it’s no grand deal to climb Kilimanjaro via WB (“hey, a couple 13 year olds did it”), the reality is inexplicably different than the PR. You have been warned.
By the arrangement, if you read the companion book to this film, there is a stamp at the slay that mentions that a few months after filming, the cast and crew was reassembled and climbed Kilimanjaro AGAIN (a 2nd time) to net more shots.
Having seen this film after climbing Kili I found it brought relieve mammoth memories and I would recommend it for those having climbed and planning to climb. Potential climbers should not ask trekking tips but will catch a sense of the mountain. I deem that the more indispensable reviews of this film are unfair. The implication that anyone could summit given 6 weeks and a staff of 150 is apt, but planned properly most normal people can as well. It should also be notorious that film maker -David Breashears- has reached the summit of Everest at least 4 times so how ‘clean’ the climbers survey needs to be kept in context. Kili is not a technical climb, in fact it’s a relatively simple hike, whose challenge stems from each individuals reaction to the altitude. That accessibility makes Kili everyman’s mountain. From age 12 to 72, if you have the bug to summit and impressive peak, are reasonably fit, and plucky enough move to the other side of the world, then Kili is the perfect adventure for you and this film should only benefit to whet your appetite.
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August 30th, 2010 — Tae Guk Gi - The Brotherhood of War Tagged Download Tae Guk Gi - The Brotherhood of War Online, Stream Tae Guk Gi - The Brotherhood of War, Tae Guk Gi - The Brotherhood of War, Tae Guk Gi - The Brotherhood of War Streaming, Watch Tae Guk Gi - The Brotherhood of War Online
I plan this movie was very capable. It has its flaws (which I will rep into later), but overall, it’s a very well done portion of cinema. This film, along with many others is proof that Korean movies, and by extension Asian movies, have grown up and are ready to seriously compete with Hollywood for global influence, audience and market section. I am impressed with Tae Guk Gi’s attention to detail, special effects, cinematography and other high production standards.
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Now, enough people here give you a speedily synopsis of the narrative and adequate description of the region, so what I am going to do is answer to some of the comments that other reviewers have made. I consider my input might be salubrious be cause I am a Korean raised in North America and can understand both worlds and interpret things that were either misinterpreted or not clearly understood by non-Korean reviewers.
Some non-Korean reviewers have commented that it seemed like there was some over acting or acting “over the top” going on. Well, fill it or not, Koreans act like that in actual life. They are emotional by nature, scream at each other a lot, slap around their younger peers, etc. Jin Sok and Jin Tae’s mother collapsing after the yelp departs looks like something a Korean mother would do in that location. What some non-Koreans would deem as “overacting” I would, as someone from a Korean background, assume realistic and normal (give the obscene situations that the characters go through) . Anyone who thinks overacting is purposely going on in this movie needs to join the peace corp or something and gather exposed to other cultures in different parts of the world.
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One reviewer notion that Koreans fought unusually well given their supposed reputation at the time as awful soldiers. Well yes, South Korean soldiers did rush away and retreat from North Koreans early in the war. South Koreans were badly underequipped and poorly trained because the U.S. belief their priorities in 1949 were in rebuilding Japan, not halt communism in the Korean peninsula. It’s exciting to stamp that U.S. soldiers early in the war also broke and fled the field because they were plump and slothful occupation troops formally stationed in Japan. Jin Tae and Jin Sok were in the 1st ROK division commanded by the lustrous 29 year extinct general Paik Sun Yup. The 1st ROK division never broke or fled the field without orders. It reached Pyongyang before any U.S. units despite the fact that they didn’t have as many motor vehicles and was largely a foot mobile unit. Thus, the scenes were ROK troops are fighting without U.S. succor in the streets of Pyongyang are largely apt. Speaking of General Paik, if any of you want to read a Korean War history book that’s from a aesthetic Korean perspective, read Paik’s book entitled “From Pusan to Panmunjom.” It’s available on Amazon.
I understand that this movie has been compared quite a bit with Saving Private Ryan. I have to say that in the areas of intensity, dramatic power and overall sincerity, I own Tae Guk Gi supasses Saving Private Ryan. However, in terms of battlefield realism and special effects, I gain SPR surpasses TGG. To me, the battlefield effects are a notch below SPR, but a notch above John Woo combat movies like Windtalkers. I mean, molotov cocktails exploding like motar rounds when they should really flash and flame modestly, machine guns blaze without spent cartridges being expended, the tanks peer like an wrong nefarious between a Sherman and a Pershing, cannon rounds and grenades alike all seem to have the same size explosions, so on and so forth (btw, Jin Tae does not trudge through a hail of gun fire from a “mini-gun”. That Russian machine gun is not a gatling-type “mini-gun” it is infact a mature, single barrel Pulemet Maksima obrazets, vintage World War 1. The cylindrical sleeve is to benefit sustain that single barrel from overheating) . Having said that, the battle scenes are nonetheless highly captivating and better then 90% of all other war movies. However, due to those modest technical slips, I give the movie 4 and not 5 stars.
This 2004 Korean film is about two brothers caught up in the national tragedy of the Korean War. The older brother is mountainous and strong and shines shoes for a living with the hopes of becoming a shoemaker. His younger brother is 18 years traditional and the pride of the family because he is going to college. We first meet these brothers in a gratified time when their future looks luminous and the older brother is planning to gain married. But suddenly, war is upon them and the family is forced to cruise their home in Seoul. The two brothers are forcibly drafted and we soon glance them on the battlefield.
The older brother is sure to protect the younger one. He risks his life to go on uncertain missions because he knows that if he receives a medal, the younger brother will be able to net out of the army. The battles are unpleasant and trusty and better than any I have ever seen. I understand that the director accomplished this with a very minute budget and I have nothing but applause for him for this anguish. There’s a human side of every battle, and I felt loyal emotion watching them.
Somewhere along the line, the older brother turns into a monster of aggression. Not only does he reveal exceptional bravery, he also shows exceptional cruelty.
This chronicle goes deep into the heart of Korean national identity. Both sides are equally cruel to ordinary villagers who are honest trying to survive. But one thing is sure and that is the bond between the brothers even though they eventually wind up in opposing armies. This is a serious film about brotherhood. And it is also a film about Korea. Actually, it helped me understand what is happening there today.
The film is 2 hours and 20 minutes long and it didn’t stride for one single moment. Something unusual is happening constantly, whether it is the relationship between the brothers, the different kinds of battles, or the scare in Seoul when the South Koreans are executing North Korean sympathizes and the brothers discover their family enthusiastic.
If you dislike watching war films, halt away from this one. This is surely one of the bloodiest I’ve ever seen. But if you are keen in history and in the impact war has on people, this film will abet you understand. It might haunt your nightmares, but it is certainly worthwhile. War film buffs especially should acquire a stamp not to miss it. Highly recommended.
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August 21st, 2010 — Band of Outsiders - Criterion Collection Tagged Band of Outsiders - Criterion Collection, Band of Outsiders - Criterion Collection Streaming, Download Band of Outsiders - Criterion Collection Online, Stream Band of Outsiders - Criterion Collection, Watch Band of Outsiders - Criterion Collection Online
If there are any films that offer a astonishing sense of esteem for the cinema, they are the films of Jean-Luc Godard. But, as he explains in a brief interview from 1964 that is included with this dazzling DVD, he was also against film; that is, against the conventions and rules that predominated French cinema. So he introduced unconventional methods of telling stories and making movies and decided to include elements that films typically left out. “Band of Outsiders” is a naughty, unconventional, mesmerizing chronicle of small-time gangsters and young savor state in 1960s Paris. Its source material runs the gamut from the pulp crime unique on which it is based to the American B-movies and film noir that inspired its witness. It’s Godard’s best cherish letter to Paris since “Breathless,” and also one of the last of his right Recent Wave films.
The narrative might be simple enough: Arthur and Franz enlist the back of the young, shapely Odile to stage a robbery. But if the fable is simple, everything else around it is not. Here we obtain allusions and homages to Arthur Rimbaud (the poet whom one of the characters is named after), Franz Kafka, film composer Michel Legrand, “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” T.S. Eliot, Shakespeare, American cartoons, Jack London, Charlie Chaplin, Andre Breton, Andre Malraux, and numerous others. That’s Godard doing his thing, and even if we miss those allusions, there’s so noteworthy more to be cherished: the well-known runt of silence, the running visit through the Louvre, the dance scene, the pretty closeups of Anna Karina, riding on the underground metro, the trio driving through the streets of Paris.
“Band of Outsiders” is mischievous, wondrous, hilarious, breezy, but at the same time melancholic, black in its undertones. Raoul Coutard’s photography gives it a stark leer, but its playfulness is its most alluring aspect, along with Godard’s wonderfully enthralling, inventive visual language. It might not be the finest example of the French Recent Wave, nor is it as perfect as a work of art as “Breathless” and “My Life to Live,” but in its flaunting of cinematic invention, its richness, and its embodiment of pure cinema, it’s in a class by itself and certainly a film that should be seen, if not owned, by lovers of cinema. Its most memorable moments will remain in your mind forever.
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Many Godard fans, myself included, have been waiting eagerly for this Criterion edition of “Band of Outsiders.” It’s a noteworthy digital transfer; the images and contrasts are crisp; the mono soundtrack is as certain as possible. The additional features are worth the note of the DVD alone, including a visual glossary that explains many of the film’s allusions and a brief interview in which Godard explains the philosophy slack the Fresh Wave. Criterion has really outdone itself with this disc, and that’s saying something.
I recommend that, even if you do not know French, you should ogle this film at least once with the subtitles off since they sometimes obscure the closeups that effect this film so memorable. When the camera is on Anna Karina’s face, own me when I say you don’t want anything to stand in its scheme.
‘Band of outsiders’ is Jean-Luc Cinema Godard’s most endearing film – a teen movie played by adults, a cherish anecdote, a heist movie, a serial, a slapstick comedy, an anthology of Modern Wave magic. As with previous films, Hollywood genre is made a complete nonsense, continually deflated by extended bits of business, my favourite being the attempt to beat the relate for racing down the Louvre’s corridors unbiased before the heist.
As with all early Godard, the joy of ‘Band’ is in the bouyant playfulness of his style – the high, long shots looking down on bustling activity; the long car-journeys through Paris streets; the intense close-ups on Anna Karina (Godard’s wife), eluding all meaning, or the sheer rapture in watching her running along pavements, or crossing a river; the messing around disused yards; the lengthy quotes and allusions that stall the action and give resonance to the amusing goings-on and the turmoil of the characters in them; the unwavering long takes with spirited trusty sound; the sportive homages to traditional Hollywood; the narrator’s bumptious intrusions, equating events with ‘bad B-movies’.
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More than Louis Malle’s ‘Zazie dans le metro’, ‘Band’ is the ultimate Raymond Queneau film – Karina’s character is named after the heroine of Queneau’s roman a clef ‘Odile’, a book about the writer’s crash with the Surrealists, unbiased as ‘Band’ signals Godard’s outpacing the Novel Wave – with its deadpan marginal heroes, its elusive heroine who doesn’t want to be elusive; its romanticising Paris, especially its margins and its pull to the embankments; the attractions like circuses and funfairs intruding on the everyday. Godard finds a cinematic equivalent for Queneau’s account reveal – its flip melancholy; its casual intellectualism; its fade from messing about to the philosophical to slapstick to dreams to the tragic and help again; in the self-consciousness of the characters; in the memoir mix of whim, genre and destiny.
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August 15th, 2010 — The Big Country Tagged Download The Big Country Online, Stream The Big Country, The Big Country, The Big Country Streaming, Watch The Big Country Online
What we have here is a blood feud over water rights between two ranching families headed by Major Henry Terrill (Charles Bickford) and Rufus Hannassey (Burl Ives), with school teacher Julie Maragon (Jean Simmons) caught in the middle. Directed by William Wyler with dazzling cinematography by Franz Planer, we follow a chronicle which involves the engagement of Easterner James McKay (Gregory Peck) to Terrill’s beloved daughter Pat (Carroll Baker) . Frankly, what he sees in her continues to elude my thought. Some reviewers have dismissed this as a “B” movie but I do not. The quality of the acting (notably Ives’s which earned him an Academy Award for best supporting actor) is outstanding. Although in what I guess could be considered a minor role as Steve Leech, Terrill’s ramrod, Charlton Heston delivers a remarkably nuanced and controlled performance as does Chuck Connors as Buck Hannassey. This is considerable less a western than a glance of two patriarchs (Terrill and Hannassey) who play a zero sum game to accept control of access to water on which they and their herds obviously depend. But there is something else at work in this spacious but (for whatever reasons) under appreciated film. Julie Maragon is quite willing to allow both patriarchs access to the water. That is not the core issue: rather, it is the conflict between the inflated egos of two proud and stubborn men who dislike each other.
For me, one of the most memorable scenes occurs when, unprejudiced before dawn, McKay and Leech finally have it out. It is an awkward but inevitable and immensely effective fist fight, with grand of it filmed as if we were observing it at a distance. Of course, the fist fight achieves nothing other than demonstrating that McKay is more of a “man” than Leech once view. Before they launch throwing punches, McKay insists that no one know about their fight. Leech totally misunderstands McKay’s reasons. Another memorable sequence of events focuses on Terrill and Hannassey as they slowly and carefully work their plan through a canyon to their final confrontation. To bid, theirs is a zero sum game except that neither wins. In these and other scenes, Planer’s cinematography and Jerome Moross’ music rep blend effectively with the cast’s kindly performances under Wyler’s direction.
Why has The Vast Country been under appreciated, if not totally ignored among western films? I have no notion. I really don’t.
THE Mammoth COUNTRY, the rocky collaboration of co-producers William Wyler and Gregory Peck, is a tall, expensive deconstruction of the ‘classic’ western genre and values, placing an Eastern incandescent (Peck) in the midst of them, questioning their validity. The film’s sheer size ultimately defeats director Wyler’s goal, but what emerges is smooth a rip-roaring drama, with terrific performances by Oscar-winner Burl Ives, Chuck Connors, Charlton Heston, and Charles Bickford.
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Eastern ship captain James McKay (Peck) arrives in a GIANT-like Western town to marry Patricia Terrill (Carroll Baker), whose father (Bickford) is a major landowner in the dwelling. He immediately draws the ire of top hand Steve Leech (Heston) when he refuses to discard an Eastern-style hat (Leech obviously is Patricia’s jilted lover, as well, setting the stage for an eventual physical confrontation between the two men) . Patricia is magnificent, but shallow and mopish, unlike her more musty, sensitive friend, schoolteacher Julie Maragon (Jean Simmons), and one wonders what McKay saw in her to obtain him propose!
En route to the Terrill ranch, McKay and Patricia are intercepted by a wild, acrobatic gang of cowboys, led by Buck Hannassey (Connors), son of the Terrill’s mortal enemy and biggest rival, Rufus Hannassey (Ives) . After a long chase/trick riding demonstration (punctuated by one of the film’s many tremendous musical themes, by composer Jerome Moross), Patricia’s venomous reaction to Buck’s escapades leads to McKay’s being manhandled, roped, and roughed up, a bit. While McKay is forgiving, Col. Terrill (Bickford) uses the incident to invade the Hannassey ranch in force, and then stagger into town, pistol-whipping Hannassey men (Buck hides to protect himself) .
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Thus begins McKay’s education of ‘The Plot of the West’, and his rebellion against it’s traditions. He refuses to creep a wild faded mustang in front of all the ranch hands and humiliate himself (the ‘initiation’ of the ranch), later breaking the stallion on his maintain. He navigates the enormous Terrill estate with a compass, then refuses to publicly fight the disbelieving Leech, who’d led a search party to obtain him (McKay later takes Leech on, before dawn, when there would be no audience, then questions what purpose the fistfight served…an act that forces Leech to judge how trivial and out-of-kilter his arrangement of life is) . He refuses to endorse the Terrill/Hannassey feud, but buys the ‘Big Muddy’, a water-rich property, owned by Julie, which both sides covet, offering the water to everyone (which costs him Patricia’s hand) .
McKay’s intellect and compassion reveals fair how petty and bigoted both Col. Terrill and Rufus Hannassey are, but like two aging bulls, the pair inevitably march towards a deadly showdown by the film’s climax, as futile and meaningless as McKay and Leech’s earlier brawl. A ‘Blood Feud’ must be settled in blood, even when celebrated sense proves it ridiculous.
Epic in scope, with the Wyler ’style’ clearly evident in pacing and characterization, THE Mammoth COUNTRY may have misfired as an ‘Anti-Western’, but is serene an piquant, engrossing production, and certainly deserves a position in any film fan’s collection.
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August 12th, 2010 — The Spanish Prisoner Tagged Download The Spanish Prisoner Online, Stream The Spanish Prisoner, The Spanish Prisoner, The Spanish Prisoner Streaming, Watch The Spanish Prisoner Online
The art of the confidence game, or con, for short…very few manage to bring it to the cover as well or a clever as David Mamet, and The Spanish Prisoner (1997) is, while not in my thought his best, but better than most, and certainly is a obliging note of Mamet’s writing and style for direction. Written and directed by Mamet (House of Games, Glengarry Glen Ross, Wag the Dog), the film stars Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Ben Gazzara, and Rebecca Pidgeon (who’s married to Mamet) .
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Scott plays Joseph Ross, an inventor who creates a top secret mathematical formula of sorts intended to allow for the manipulation of the stock market somehow, and has the potential to originate a lot, a whole lot, of money for the company he works for…dilemma is Ross is beginning to have doubts about receiving his attractive fraction, what he believes he’s entitled to, from the company that plans to expend the formula. As he tries to negotiate an equitable agreement with the company, he meets a well to do businessman by the name of Julian `Jimmy’ Dell (Martin) to which they become sterling, with Jimmy even offering to encourage Joseph by putting him in contact with a lawyer that deals with contract law and proprietary information. But nothing is what it seems in this film, as Joseph soon learns as he’s accused of theft of the formula, and even assassinate, as evidence begins appearing that certainly points the finger at him, becoming the perfect patsy. Will he be able to fully understand the intricacies of the con and learn who’s fervent before he captured by the police and/or FBI? I know, but you’ll honest have to eye to get out…
I really enjoyed this film, and all its’ intricate twists and turns. It’s difficult to talk about without giving anything away, but the fable is truly a fabulous mystery that will retain you guessing until the extinguish, even if you manage to narrate some of the elements for yourself. The crafting of the con within the chronicle is really capable, even though we gape so very miniature of the machinations and planning unhurried it, instead seeing only the raze results, as Scott’s character is drawn into a world of fabrication, deceit, and lies. My current role here was the character played by Steve Martin. I idea he did an obliging job presenting a charming and sophisticated character, playing the rare serious role. I do indulge in many of his comedic roles, but it’s always a treat to leer an actor successfully atomize out of his/her element and present they are more than what we survey on the surface. Scott was top-notch, although I felt his character was unprejudiced a bit too gullible at times, especially given the nature of his work. I’ve never really cared for him great as an actor as he reminds me too remarkable of that lame white guy from the 3rd season of MTV’s The Steady World (I mediate his name was Judd) . He was such a smarmy, wishy washy annoyance always following the majority, trying to expose an image of the opinion, evolved, sophisticated, yet oh-so-sensitive male in touch with his feminine side, ever careful never to appear politically unsuitable for anxiety of being offensive to the viewers on the other waste of the camera, spouting meaningless phrases that develop you want to punch him in the face like “I feel your afflict”, or “Why can’t we all objective bag along? ” but I digress…
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A couple of things about Mamet’s movies, sort of his signatures to me, is the direction by Mamet giving the film the feel of not so mighty watching a film but of watching a play on film unfold outside of a stage and also the often times curious dialogue spoken throughout by a number of lead characters. I mediate the latter element is what may build some viewers off, as it can sound very unrealistic and sometime contrived. I mean have you ever heard anyone say, “Grief is like interest paid in near on a debt that never comes due”? It sounds nice, but I know of no one in staunch life that talks like this, spouting curious and introspective statements off the cuff (you could derive a beating in my neighborhood for doing so) . I bellow the character played by Rebecca Pidgeon had the most noticeably weird lines, especially seeming out of her character. Maybe these looked valid on paper, but I feel it takes a really superb actor to pull them off on cover, and accomplish them sound natural. I like Rebecca Pidgeon, as she’s very sexy in a demure diagram and, I bear, a advantageous actress, but I felt she wasn’t able to pull off some of the lines she was given here, within the context of her character.
The report presented here looks very sure and crisp, and the disc is two sided, with a wide hide version on one side, and beefy hide format on the other. I did feel the audio was a bit soft, but English subtitles are available. I did gain the subtitles didn’t always match exactly what was spoken, and I opinion that a diminutive unfamiliar. Not grand here with regards to special features other than a theatrical trailer and brief production notes on the insert inside the DVD.
Overall, I judge The Spanish Prisoner is a very wonderful, low-key mystery thriller that will withhold you on your toes until the ruin and does have replay value if only to better understand the layered complexities within the myth (I’ve seen it twice), but I peaceful feel a better Mamet film to peep is the first he wrote and directed in House of Games, with Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna.
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First, there is Mamet’s dialogue: punchy, pungent, at once surreal and downright earthy, a pidgin English that starts out sounding unfamiliar and contrived in the actor’s mouths and ends sounding as unbiased as breathing. Remember, this guy is also a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
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Then there’s Mamet’s plotting: we know there are going to be “terrible” people–masters of the Vast Con–conniving to assume Campbell Scott’s lucrartive “process” (one of the best MacGuffin’s since Hitchcock), but trying to resolve who’s in on it and who’s an innocent (? ) bystander is one of the ongoing scrumptious puzzles of the movie. Mamet slowly reveals the lawful colors of his characters like a master at stud poker. Eventually terrible Campbell realizes he’s been robbed, framed and screwed eight ways til Sunday (in a shiny interrogation scene where most of the pieces approach together), and as viewers, we feel as tightly trapped as he does.
Finally there are the perfomaces: Scott’s nicely understated playing of the niave but brainy techno-geek, Steve Martin’s deft characterization of the temperamental, mysterious millionare, and Rebecca Pigeon’s suspiciously winsome gal Friday. Many of Mamet’s faded “Chicago school” regulars explain up, though abominable Ricky Jay gets stuck mouthing a lot of platitudes–one of the few weakness of Mamet’s script.
Yes, maybe this film isn’t quite as bright as “House of Games,” Mamet’s previous exploration of the Sizable Con, but darn few movies are. The deus ex machina ending is less satisfying than “House”’s more character-driven conclusion, and I definite miss Joe Mantegna (no one spits out Mamet’s dialog with quite his authority) . Nonetheless, “Prisoner” stands up to multiple viewings without losing its appeal or mystery, and may in fact require more than one viewing in order to be truly appreciated for its labyrinthine plotting and underlying themes.
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August 5th, 2010 — The Simpsons - The Complete Ninth Season Tagged Download The Simpsons - The Complete Ninth Season Online, Stream The Simpsons - The Complete Ninth Season, The Simpsons - The Complete Ninth Season, The Simpsons - The Complete Ninth Season Streaming, Watch The Simpsons - The Complete Ninth Season Online
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There is a theory that the best seasons of the Simpsons are its single-digit seasons. While I feel that Seasons 10 and 11 are certainly agreeable, it is good IMO that Season 9 is the last season in which one could assume the Simpsons truly substantial.
As mountainous a writer as John Schwartzwelder had become over the seasons, Season 9 is where Ian Maxtone-Graham really shined through with not only three mountainous episodes but also having two of the three that should be in the discussion of the greatest Simpsons episodes of all time. Here are the episodes for your enjoyment.
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1. The City of Recent York vs. Homer Simpson – classic Simpsons episode written by Ian Maxtone-Graham where Homer goes to NY to recover his illegally parked car from the WTC. Definitely one of the expansive Simpsons episodes of all time. Also the introduction of Duffman OH YEAH!
2. The Well-known and the Pauper – the somewhat controversial episode where Indispensable Skinner ISN’T Essential Skinner but am impostor. Later parodied in Season 11.
3. Lisa’s Sax – a flashback episode centered around (you guessed it)
4. Treehouse of Dismay VIII – Homega Man – Homer discovers after a nuclear explosion that he is the last man in Sspringfield, Sail vs. Wing – Bart uses a Frink draw to morph into a man-fly, Easy Bake Coven – it’s easy to behold Patty and Selma as witches, but Marge too (check out the kill where Homer goes as Princess Kashmir on Halloween) .
5. The Cartridge Family – colossal John Schwartzwelder episode about the folly of allowing Homer Simpson his 2nd Amendment rights. Also, the folly of believing that soccer is an delightful sport to peer.
6. Bart Star – Bart goes for pee-wee football with Homer (looking stylish in his Tom Landry hat) as his inept but loving coach. BTW, You’re crop.
7. The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons – another mountainous episode centered around Apu and his Indian background which now focuses on his arranged marriage and Homer’s attempts to discontinuance it.
8. Lisa the Skeptic – Probably the first time on the Simpsons that someone from academia gave a voice-over (Steven Jay Gould) . A decent Lisa and Marge episode.
9. Realty Bites – The introduction of Gil, the lovable loser, and Cookie Kwan (stop away from the East Side) as well as Marge’s attempts to be a realtor with integrity. Another gigantic Lionel Hutz performance by the slow Phil Hartman.
10. Miracle on Evergreen Terrace – Average Christmas episode with Bart burning down the presents on accident and claiming burglars stole them. The best word to report this episode: craptacular!
11. All Singing, All Dancing – an above-average clip-show where the cast sings their dialogue.
12. Bart Carny – Another John Schwatzwelder script where carnies trick the Simpsons out of house and home.
13. The Joy of Sect – Springfield falls into the grip of a cult, except for Marge who manages to hurry and site the survival of the family. Plus another gawk of Flanders’ rumpus room.
14. Das Bus – “Lost” completely ripped off its spot from “Das Bus” (which ripped it off from Lord of the Flies) . Also a spacious B-story with Homer the burgeoning internet millionaire (“They got the internet on computers now”) .
15. The Last Temptation of Krust – So many vast comedic guest stars hold this episode where Krusty attempts to reinvent his comedy act into that of Lenny Bruce and George Carlin. But can you really turn a corporate shill into a “droll man of the people”?
16. Dumbbell Indemnity – Probably the first elephantine episode centered on Moe Syslack and his failed attempts to woo the opposite sex through money. MUST End MOE! WHEEEEEEE!
17. Lisa the Simpson – A truly vast Lisa episode of the quality of “Lisa the Vegetarian” two seasons earlier. Lisa believes she is succumbing to the dreaded Simpson gene that should cause the intelligent Lisa to turn tiresome and expressionless. Another tall Troy McClure in a documentary performance by the gradual Phil Hartman and a colossal performance by Dan Castellaneta as the various Simpsons adults in the tri-state.
18. This Microscopic Wiggy – Oh Ralph, that often misunderstood lad. When he is state up on a play-date with Bart, gawk as the sparks glide (Smells like hotdogs) .
19. Simpson Tide – Homer commanding a nuclear sub? (It’s pronounced “nukular”) . And all for joining the Naval Reserve. In an “unrelated” yarn, Bart tries to earn an earring.
20. The Difficulty with Trillions – A substantial episode by Ian Maxtone-Graham where Homer’s tax troubles cause him to become an IRS snitch, eventually facing Mr. Burns who “acquired” a trillion dollar bill.
21. Girly Edition – Lisa’s attempts at creating a serious kids news prove are thwarted by Bart’s neverending stream of bleeding heart human interest stories. Also the introduction of the Crazy Cat Lady.
22. Trash of the Titans – Yes, it has arrived the 200th Simpsons episode and what a gem written by Ian Maxtone-Graham. This episode had U2 (playing themselves, esp. Bono as his truly altruistic self) and Steve Martin as the incredibly competent sanitation commissioner Ray Patterson. Homer’s disappointment with the sanitation department causes him to race a sleazy but successful campaign against Ray Patterson. Again, an episode that deserves to be in the discussion of the greatest Simspons episodes ever. This episode won an Emmy and was dedicated to the tedious Linda McCartney.
23. King of the Hill – Another episode by John Schwartzwelder where Homer’s lack of energy causes him to work out until he sees the ultimate challenge, climbing the Murderhorn mountain. But what I will always remember are the sherpas.
24. Lost Our Lisa – A decent Homer-Lisa episode where Lisa tries to go by herself to the museum to behold the Egypt expose.
25. Natural Born Kissers – Over the years, Homer and Marge have found that it gets harder and harder to “Rock the Casbah”. That is unless they are caught in a uncertain and perilious place which becomes their aphrodisiac.
This season has a lot of immense episodes. Probably not the greatest Simpsons season of all, but definitely the last astronomical Simpsons season. Plus you find audio commentary on EVERY episode as well as those other extras that fans of the DVDs have approach to examine.
Don’t earn me unfavorable, there are several really righteous episodes in the Ninth Season. Even at its worst The Simpsons is better than most of the drivel that gets do on TV anyway.
My least well-liked episode on this status would have to be The Indispensable and the Pauper. After watching that episode I knew the inevitable downhill whisk for this series had begun.
In many places, it felt like the writers were trying too hard, or in some cases not trying hard enough, and they started with a few epic ideas that weren’t all that mammoth to originate with. In any case, the finely tuned situations, impeccable timing, spot-on delivery, and humor from the previous seasons is often lost. The series feels off-kilter in a number of ways.
There are a lot of cracks that open to display up in construction of these episodes. First, a lot of the writing is subpar. The animation also begins to suffer. And a lot of the dialogue seems forced, as if the actors no longer care as mighty about their product, they’re honest there for the paycheck.
Now, that being said, there are a number of genuine gems in this area, including: Realty Bites, Trash of the Titans, The City of Unusual York vs. Homer Simpson, and Bart Carny.
Overall, I’d say its level-headed worth purchasing, but as the quality of this series goes downhill starting here with the Ninth Season, let’s hope the $40 entry fee will also open to go down a diminutive, too. This is the first time I’ve bought a Simpsons DVD position that left a hint of a terrible taste in my mouth.
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I took my 4 year former, and four 7 year olds to inspect this movie, and it made an impact on all of us. This movie is fresh. It is not Disney-ish and while I’ve appreciation for Disney, this movie did not have the “cutesy” factor of a Disney movie. Spirit captured my children’s hearts and imaginations. This movie took the children through a corpulent spectrum of emotions. They were cheerful at Spirit’s courage, excited about his treatment, sunless when he was shadowy and Rain was injured, and again thrilled when he was finally free! Isn’t this what movies are for…to entertain our emotions? This movie beautifully depicted strength and courage. The animation was phenomenal and the music…Bryan Adams, what more can I say!!! My four year stale was deeply impacted by this movie. She says it changed her life. When she went to accept shots, she told me, “I will not yowl, I will be fearless like Spirit” and she didn’t shed a stride! I highly recommend this comely and current movie to anyone who wants to leer or have their children sight a movie that covers a stout spectrum of emotions and leaves you feeling uplifted!!
After watching this movie, I have got to say that this is truly a fresh theatrical experience. This is one of the many movies I have been wanting to ogle for a very long time, and I wasn’t dissapointed. The presentation of Spirit is something to have on to. The Vivid Win of Hans Zimmer, the Exceptional Songs of Bryan Adams and the Fine Narration from Matt Damon is very Dazzaling. I can’t say nothing poor about this movie because there really isn’t anything to say.
For a 15 year venerable guy, like me, I was very Gay to search for that Dreamworks also notion of the Adults, with the record being strong, as it is, but also giving us the normal humor that we interrogate from a kids film.
From the Opening Scene to the Final Jump, Spirit is a film that Everyone should go out and gaze, because it will bring people closer together. For positive Spirit will be getting an Award for the Favorable work that each individual did on this movie. I can’t wait to come by this on DVD!
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July 25th, 2010 — Defenders of the Earth - The Complete Series, Vol. 2 Tagged Defenders of the Earth - The Complete Series, Download Defenders of the Earth - The Complete Series, Stream Defenders of the Earth - The Complete Series, Vol. 2, Vol. 2 Online, Vol. 2 Streaming, Watch Defenders of the Earth - The Complete Series
BCI Eclipse’s Ink & Paint presents the action-packed conclusion to the quintessential `80s cartoon series, Defenders of the Earth. Volume 2’s snazzy purple slipcover houses four double-sided discs and one single-sided disc in three slim cases. Each case is lavishly decorated with one or two of the program’s junior stars: Rick, Jedda, LJ and Kshin. The recount on these DVD’s is at least as absorbing as the first half of the collection, if not more so. Here, you’ll salvage out how Mandrake came to adopt Kshin, examine Jedda become The Phantom, and learn essential life-lessons about responsibility, teamwork, top-notch citizenship, and the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. Episodes include: “The Gods Awake;” “The Ghost Walks Again;” “Flash Times Four;” “The Frozen Heart;” “Rick Gordon, One-Man Army;” “The Rites of Zesnan;” “Audie and Tweak;” “Return of the Sky Band;” “Dracula’s Potion;” “One of the Guys;” “100 Proof Highway;” “The Time Freezer;” “The Prince Makes His Move;” “The Prince Triumphant;” “The Prince Weds;” “The Prince’s Royal Hunt;” “The Prince Dethroned;” “Lothar’s Homecoming;” “Suspended Sabotage;” “Call of the Eternals;” “The Return of Doctor Dark;” “The Deadliest Battle;” “The Necklace of Oros;” “Torn Space;” “Ming Winter;” “The Golden Queen;” “The Gravity of Ming;” “Flesh and Blood;” “The Drowning World;” “The Adoption of Kshin;” “Street Smarts;” and “The Thunderlizards of Ming.” Volume Two also contains episode 1 of Filmation’s `Flash Gordon’–which was supposed to have been on Volume One, but wasn’t–as well as a “Bonus Movie,” which will be redundant if you maintain the previous Defenders status since it’s unbiased the first few episodes of the series edited together. Animation buffs will devour the spirited interviews with Bruce Malek, David Wise and Michael Swanigan…not to mention the unique model sheets, scripts, storyboards and trivia. You even salvage a full-color, meticulously detailed episode guide and two groovy 4×6-inch art cards! Call forth the power of ten tigers, and order both Defenders of the Earth volumes today!
Like my title suggests, Defenders of the earth is fair like I remembered it when I was younger. It’s a wintry belief, with obedient action, but alot of cheese though. My complaint was that Ming was the main villain and he comely remarkable wasn’t that colossal. Now they have his son who isn’t mighty better, but a change. Then you have the return of Villains from season 1 which adds to it. And the theme song collected rocks!
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