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Advantages: Interesting story, good acting
Disadvantages: Too darn long

...documentary about this film and the life of Howard Hughes just before Christmas and thought it looked like an interesting film, although Leonardo di Caprio seemed like an odd choice for the main character. The length of the film also put me off. Then one evening with absolutely nothing to watch on TV, I got it out. It would be hard to make a bad film about a man with a life like Howard Hughes', but even so, I was more impressed that I had expected ...
...with his own aeroplanes as the stars of the show. His sense of perfection led him to plough millions of dollars into the film and it was many years before the film was finally seen by the public. It was a huge success and solidified Hughes' career as a playboy film maker. He had a series of affairs, two of which with well-known actresses, Katherine Hepburn and Ava Gardner. At the same time, Hughes was battling with mental illness - obsessive compulsive ... Read review

Advantages: Spectacular and important film depicting the treatment of Jews during the war
Disadvantages: Long and slow moving which may deter some viewers

Shindler's List is a masterpiece of film making. I was a little reluctant to watch the film at first but was completely mesmerised by it's shear brilliance. The film is based on the real life German Shindler whose actions during the war lead to the sviour of countless Jews. Shindler emplyed Jewish workers during the war and in so doing kept them away from the concentration camps. Although his initial motives were business he slowly developed a bond ...
...the saviour of hundreds. The film is brutal, graphic and uncompromising in its depiction of the brutal and inhumane treatment of the Jews during the second world war. Spielberg does hold back in in showing terrible treatment the Jewish peopple had to endure during the war and it is a better film for it. The film is shot in black and white (with the occasional symbolic overtones of colour) but do not let this put you off as it adds to the bleak and ... Read review

Advantages: Happy Ending
Disadvantages: The story-line is nothing we haven't seen before.

Erin Brockovich is a trashy singgle mother who is not able to get a job because of her little experience. One day while driving she gets hit by another car and which is how she meet and convinced her lawyer to giver her a job. She uncovers evidence that implies that a local factory is poisoning the water supply and hiding it for the local residents. Erin then digges up enough evidence to kick the factorys fat behind and restore the local residents ...
...does not seem realistic that Erin manages to keep her job for as long as she did while dressing like she did and swearing at her boss which should realistically lead to her unemployment. Most of the Characters were well played out however it would have been more entertaining to see more girl fights with Erin and her colleges. Because lets be honest a movie about companies gone bad is not exactly the most entertaining concept we could think of. However ... Read review

Advantages: Its Excellent
Disadvantages: quite graphic

...The Concept Traffic is a really intelligent look at the world of drug trafficking and offers a broad scale of insight. We see the trafficking process from its beginning in Mexico where attempts at its deterrence are much beleaguered by corruption, through to America's infinitely more constitutional attempt at tackling the problem. We are also the given the chance to see the happy upper class lives of those responsible for the drugs distribution ...
...the street and its effect on individuals and their families. The film involves countless harrowing scenes of habitual drug use and lacks the glamour with which drugs are all too often associated with these days. The flagrant snorting of cocaine and disturbing scenes involving both the smoking and injecting of Heroine are intensely compelling and the audience is not patronised or guarded from the rawness of these acts in any way. This makes the film ... Read review

Advantages: Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones + the boy is a real good actor
Disadvantages: Maybe does not compliment the book

...television, I proceeded to rent the video and read the book. The storyline is brought out very well and is made clearer than it may be in the book. Brad Renfro, the lead role is an very good actor but some people may argue that he seemed "too hard" and therefore didn't reflect his character from the noevel. I didn't quite feel sorry or scared enough for him. However, to watch this before reading the book is a good way to get to grips with the story. ... Read review