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'The Holiday' DVD
Advantages: Jack Black, very good scenes showing the chemistry between characters, excellent soundtrack
Disadvantages: Cameron Diaz can be quite irritating but not enough to put me off
...though I admit that often the character played by Cameron Diaz was irritating - she plays a very high-maintenance workaholic who seems to fail at relationships. The story is about both Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz's struggles with love and results in them agreeing to participate in a home exchange in order to escape their current lives. The film also has an excellent music score primarily by Hans Zimmer, also featuring the likes of Imogen Heap and ...
...Alfred are also crucial to the film and help evoke emotion in the viewer. Overall, well worth watching - I watched it two days in a row and have already downloaded most of the soundtrack! I had already seen it about a year previously when it first came out but enjoyed it much more this time around. Also, as it is older it is much cheaper to buy now. ...
 mairig1 24.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Holiday (DVD)
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A Case of the Blues
Advantages: Likeable performances and a lyrical style.
Disadvantages: It doesn't really go anywhere.
...a road-trip as its motif. My opening synopsis tells you pretty much everything that happens in the movie. In some respects it feels like a series of novellas linked by a single character. But as with most of these types of films, it's the journey that counts and not the destination. And the continent crossing is just a metaphor for the central character's voyage of self-discovery. However, it seems odd that Elizabeth doesn't change as a result of ...
...the act of observing others failed relationships simply gives form to what she already knows. It makes for a melancholic tone and gives a rather dreamy aspect to the nebulous narrative.
It's interesting that every person she meets is a romantic; someone who believes in true love but has had their illusions shattered or their heart broken. But it isn't that surprising considering that most players in Wong's films are in emotional limbo. Elizabeth ...
 afy9mab 04.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of My Blueberry Nights (DVD)
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My name is Jude Law
Advantages: Entertaining, fun to watch, great acting, smart adaptation
Disadvantages: Always compared to previous version or play
I watched this movie on the plane and it was a really entertaining piece of cinematography. The first good sign for me was that movie lasts under 90 mins. This is my rule of thumb for a good movie. If director is not able to tell me the story within an hour and half or he is too sentimental to all the shots they made and is hesitant to cut some it is most likely I would feel a bit uncomfortable. I know it is very amateurish rule of thumb but it works ...
...a remake of the movie from 1972 where main roles were played by Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. Jude Law got an idea to reinvent it and the team around remake did it in a brilliant way. I cannot compare it to the original as I didn't watch it but, according to what I've read, it seems that they escaped common traps and made a sleek, modern movie with universal and eternal themes coming to fore.
Every remake draws people into discussions which ...
 JohnCheese 15.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Sleuth (DVD)
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triple gangster action!
Advantages: 3 DVD's for the less than the price of 1! fantastic action packed films
Disadvantages: the box is cardboard, would have been better in plastic but not really a major issue
...boyfriends birthday as he loves Green Street and thought the other two films would probably be to his taste too!
I bought the boxset in tesco of all places for just £6 which is an absolute bargain for 3 great DVD's.
GREEN STREET
I didnt think I would enjoy this film as it is about football (yawn!) but thought I'd give it a go anyway as it was his birthday! I was surprised to find that I really enjoyed the film and you dont need to be a football ...
...storyline. Green Street is about two rival London firms in a bitter battle that ends in tragedy. The main character Matt Buckner, is played by Elijah Wood which when I read thought would be an unlikely choice for a film like this, however he displayed some fantastic acting and I was extremely impressed with his performance. The film has plenty of action and is in parts violent. Also starring in this film- Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani, Marc Warren ...
kezziefaerie 02.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Green Street/I.D./Love, Honour And Obey (DVD)
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Couldn't Put Humpty Together Again
Advantages: A great cast.
Disadvantages: Poorly written, subject to heavy handed metaphors and an overpowering score
...one for trying my patience. All the elements are here; a heavyweight cast, a universal story with contemporary parallels, an ominous score… But Zaillian goes completely over-the-top, smothering the film in clumsy visual metaphors (you know three people are going to die because he zooms in on three crosses at the side of the road). He signposts everything – characters play constantly with guns or gaze at each other in a meaningful way. He’s too fond ...
...air conditioning and it becomes all about damage control. You never see how the honest politician becomes slippery snake-oil salesman. It damages the dramatic impetus of the film, making the otherwise reasonable two-hour running time drag interminably, so every revelation and twist feels like hard work. Zaillian’s screenplay makes the fatal error of focussing on Jack Burden rather than Willie Stark’s fall from grace. Sadly this makes for a far less ...
 afy9mab 30.04.2007 · Read full review
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Review of All The King's Men (DVD)
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