Action & Adventure > 5 GBP to 10 GBP Action & Adventure > Bloom, Orlando

Certainly not the end of the world

Advantages: Captivating, intriquing storyline and unpredictable
Disadvantages: Some scenes were too long

...to go and see The Pirates of the Caribbean for it’s UK premier along with my twelve year old daughter and her friends, I was uncertain for two reasons. One, I had had a very late night the previous night and two, I had not seen Pirates of the Caribbean 2, Dead Man’s Chest. After settling myself down for the three hour stint and enduring the big feature previews, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the film held my attention well. Having omitted ...
...to the preceding sequence of events, but the assumptions I made during the movie helped fill in the gaps reasonably well and the film was not too hard to follow (I understand some people find the plot very confusing anyway and I confess, I didn't fully understand the story in it's entirety). The first thing that caught my attention was the magnificent set, CGI generated of course but the artistry and design skill of the film makers were tremendous ...

psteadma 13.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Pirates Of The Caribbean - At World's End (Blu-ray)

The extended version of the Fellowship of the Ring is brilliant.

Advantages: Not overly romatic and american
Disadvantages: Does not include enough of the book

In my opinion watching the extended version is well worth the extra money and time it takes. For any Tolkein lover this set of dvd's or the full box set is an amazing present. Unluckily the adventures in the old forest and the house of Tom Bombadil is not in this version. The film is considerably longer than the original fellowship dvd, so if you were dissapointed with what had been left out when you watched it in the cinema's, which the above proviso ...

tobyjack11 22.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring (Extended Version) (DVD)

Kingdom of Heaven - all shiny in blu-ray

Advantages: high quality and an awesome film
Disadvantages: far more expensive than the regular DVD

My first experience with Kindgom of Heaven was at my house on a normal DVD, now my eyes have been opened. At a friends house we watched this on Blu ray and it was phenominal. The film itself bears little to fault, it is a good story with a range of different characters some likeable others not so. It is fast paced with a lot of bloody action that unfolds as the christians fight to hold Jerusalem. Orlando Bloom's portrayel of Bailin the blacksmith, ...
...whom i am a great fan) is good and we are introduced to his character and the background strait away. His wife had killed herself over the sadness of their still born son, his brother an unlikable priest has her head removed from her body upon her burial. He later confronts the blacksmith about the affair in an unspeakable manner and recieves a well deserved red hot sword to the stomach. Bailin's father who is knight riding to Jerusalem to fight ...

salmonf1 08.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Kingdom Of Heaven (Director's Cut) (Blu-Ray)

The Best Family Action Movie Ever!!!!!

Advantages: Great Plot, Great Acting, Looks Great In HD
Disadvantages: Special Features Are In Standard Definition

Pirates of the Carribbean is a great movie and a fabulous movie in HD. Its a great action packed family movie for all ages. Whats the story about? The story starts as Governer Swan (Johnathon Pryce) and his daughter Elizabeth Swan (Keira Knightley) are traveling the seas. Upon traveling that encounter a survivor of a shipwreck, young William Turner (Orlando Bloom). Eight years later there is a ceremony for the promotion of Commodore Norrington ...
...she took it. So the pirates of the Black Pearl kidnap Elizabeth. With Elizabeth taken by the pirates William wants to rescue her and he asks Jack for help since he's firmiliar with the Black Pearl. So Jack and William gather a crew and begin their hunt for the Black Pearl to rescue Elizabeth. How was the movie? The movie was very enjoyable. The plotline was great, stories like this gets an audience more interested in pirate ages. Not a lot of movies ...

wass007 06.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Pirates Of The Caribbean - The Curse Of The Black Pearl (Blu-Ray)

Kingdom of Heaven

Advantages: Great CGI, Great Battles
Disadvantages: None

This is one of the first movies that i watched in this type of genre that really got me into the whole crusades thing, it shows how you can take an ordinary person, put him into an extraordinary situation, and he can do great things. This story starts off with one man,a simple blacksmith,who is so angry at himself for losing his wife and daughter,that is looking for some sort of hope,from anywhere that he can get it. When his father comes into the ...
...he sees this as his chance for absolution. Towards the end of the movie is probably the best part in my opinion, even after so much bloodshed has been undertaken to capture the city, he would rather give it up, peacefully, then see any more of his brothers in arms massacred to defend it. Throughout the movie, you will see a lot of the different Orders that were around back then, this movie really got me fascinated into all of them, what they must ...

lampshad3 27.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Kingdom Of Heaven (Director's Cut) (DVD)