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Zorro is back - oh dear!

Advantages: Some entertaining moments
Disadvantages: Largely over the top and unbelievable

...witnessed a new type of the legend Zorro when Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins combined to give us a double generation of the masked hero in The Mask Of Zorro. Seven years later in 2005, the sequel was produced, again starring Antonio Banderas, entitled Legend of Zorro. The Plot Now married and with a child, Alejandro de la Vega and his wife Elena are trying to live a peaceful life devoid of any kind of adventure the hero Zorro is used to. ...
...de la Vega soon dons the mask and cape again. But this is one time too many for Elena, and she leaves him, to find herself soon dating Armand, a French Count. Convinced Armand is up to no good following an explosion in the desert, Alejandro de la Vega as Zorro fights to win back his love at the same time as protecting his beloved California as well as his troublesome little son Joaquin. The Cast and Performances Antonio Banderas once more is cast ...

pmcds 24.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Legend Of Zorro (DVD)

More like Cycle of The Rings, it feels as long!

Advantages: Yet more great special effects
Disadvantages: far too long & dull

To describe the plot in a nutshell this is the movie that separates the original group who started out with the ring, the meeting of The Ents (the last of a species of intelligent trees), defending Rohan and moving Frodo and the ring further towards Morder. We meet Elves, more bad things and nasty wizards as well as learning more about Gollum and a giant spider. The 1st 20 minutes of this film is huge tracts of flashbacks to the first movie in order ...
...I'm honest. Generally again, the pacing in this film is too much. It just lasts far too long. It's a bit annoying that Frodo & Sam go to a place in this film where they don't actually go in the book. If the director thought it was a good idea to adapt a book then why not stick to the story of the book? They stick to book one and they stick to book three but they start inventing things for book two? Who died and made him Tolkien? Of the 3 films this ...

atytyut2434 09.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers (DVD)

The Dark Knight - A Super-hero movie without a hero

Advantages: Heath Ledger, great special effects, some excellent scenes
Disadvantages: Batman

...enough to see yourself become the villain" The release of "The Dark Knight" was greeted with something approximating mass-hysteria by the film-watching public due to the tragic circumstances surrounding the movie. For those who happened to be on another planet at the time, Heath Ledger, who plays arch-villain "The Joker", tragically died of an apparent overdose of prescribed drugs just before release. Ledger automatically gained Kurt Cobain/James ...
...the greatest actor ever to draw breath. Co-stars and fans alike queued up to pay homage. His performance as The Joker was no longer merely acting, it was a "legacy", instantaneously elevating it into the echelons of "best villain ever status". Immediately all the press releases and film trailers focussed on The Joker rather than the supposed star, Batman. Maybe this would have been the case anyway, but the cynical mind may wonder. In short, the Ledger ...

stevek181 20.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Dark Knight (DVD)

A film to be watched over and over !!!

Advantages: its is just an excellant film ... what more can i say?
Disadvantages: it is in my opionion addictive

...in order to keep the pirates in line. Elizabeth follows her heart and really shows off the romance in the the film which only adds to the already fantastic qualities the film possesses. Geoffrey Rush "Captain Barbosa" Captain Barbosa is whats known as the bad guy of the film. He is led by greed and spite. Barbosa and his bunch of wicked mis-fit pirates are cursed from aztec gold that Barbosa led them to, now the crew and Barbosa are forced to ...
...barbosa steals the Black Pearl from Jack Sparrow and sets upon a quest to recover all of the aztec gold in order to lift the curse, yet as well all know it really never is that simple!!! THE FILM ... The film is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski and is 137mins long. It is rated 12 due to moderate horror and cation violence. This film is amazing, with its special effects leaving the viewers in amazment as to how well the ...

sammielou84 09.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Pirates Of The Caribbean - The Curse Of The Black Pearl (DVD)

Matric dvd box set review

Advantages: loads of bonus features
Disadvantages: none

This is the king of all box sets, its amazing. It has all of the matrix films plus loads of special features. Its not really for anyone who hasnt seen any matrix films yet but if your a fan its totally worth buying. Its great value for money as aswell as getting all the films you get 35 hours of special features. Overall its one of the best box sets I have ever come across and would recomend it to anyone. Its for anyone 15 years and older and inside ...

pianoboyrules 09.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Matrix - The Ultimate Matrix Collection (Box Set) (DVD)