Drama > N Drama > Oscar

Advantages: Anne Barncroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katherine Ross, Funny, Timeless
Disadvantages: I haven't found any.

The Graduate was made in 1967, the same year I was born, so I consider it is of particularly fine vintage. I had watched this film a number of times in the past, but noticed that it had not been on recently. When I saw it for sale on Amazon for only £4.99 I decided that this was just too good to be true and snapped it up. There was a lot of old classic movies being sold on Amazon at Christmas, and I bought up quite a few of them. Reviewing something ...
...ability to do so. The Graduate is more an experience than a film, without seeking to sound too pretentious. The film is 40 years old this year, and many films of this vintage can appear a little grainy, and suffer from the high expectations that we now have with regards to post production, continuity and special effects. The graduate is not a special effects films, but you find that it affects you in a very special way. You are immediately struck ... Read review

Advantages: Classic, influential, timeless story of seduction and falling in love
Disadvantages: Not a damn thing!

...****************************************************************** INTRODUCTION: THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE ****************************************************************** I first saw THE GRADUATE when I was in high school, and would you believe me when I said that I didn't care for it? Both of my parents had persuaded me to sit down and watch it, and for some reason or another it just didn't grab me. I had seen plenty of classic films like THE APARTMENT ...
...first viewing, I don't think the reasons were that the film was too mature and adult, or that it was dated (as there are elements which make it ingrained in the late 1960s), though I believe it was because I couldn't relate to it. Watching it several times since then, it slowly and surely began to click for me, and now it is one of my all time favorite films. Yes, indeed, THE GRADUATE was one of those films that slowly grew on me, and it's no big ... Read review

Advantages: Uncompromising, Enthralling, Great performances
Disadvantages: Uncomfortable viewing at times

...from her. She in turn promptly goes to buy it back, thus indirectly feeding and maintaining his addiction. Requiem For A Dream is a terrific and traumatic vision that perceptively captures the subconscious minds of people whose dreams are eating away at them. Please note - published elsewhere ... Read review

Advantages: good commetary
Disadvantages: poor choice of subject

I don't think Hollywood should be making any movies about 9/11. Not this, not United 93. They would have been better served donating the money raised to finance this film to the families of those who lost people in the twin towers. I am amazed they only got 1 big Hollywood name to try and hang this whole film on. yes, Nicolas Cage sells tickets but not all on his own. there should have been at least a few other names. And don't try telling me Maggie ...
...or what else she's been in. This film really can only be watched in the DVD format with the commentary of the men who were there and the rescuers (which is included along with Oliver Stone's commentary. You will learn some interesting things you may not have previously known but this story was NEVER strong enough to be a movie. TV featurette maybe, movie, no way. Sorry. ... Read review

Advantages: great story
Disadvantages: none really

...movie! This a review of the DVD version. Take the wonderful Sir Anthony Hopkins who is a fellow Welshman & we share the same birthday! Have him playing Burt Munro, a man who wants to ride his 1920's Indian Motorcycle faster than 200 mph ot the Bonneville Saltflats. He isn't a young man, in his 70's and his bike is rebuilt and held together with anything he can find. This is the story of his trip to America and across the country in his quest to ride ...
...him like everyone else at the Salt Flats. This is a true story but I would have liked to have known how many things in the film really are true (like the policeman letting him off after speeding in Nevada). My only real gripe with the movie is the accent of the taxi driver who takes Burt to Hollywood, his accent comes and goes which annoyed me a little bit. Watch it with an open mind and be enthralled. ... Read review