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"Movies are movies Howard, not life,"

Advantages: Some wonderfully filming
Disadvantages: Too long, some poor character portrayals

THE AVIATOR DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE 2008 DVD FORMAT FILM FACTS Rating: 15 Format: Colour Director: Martin Scorsese Producers Leonardo DiCaprio, Charles Evans Jr., Graham King, Sandy Climan, Michael Mann Screenplay/Writing Credits: John Logan Cinematographer Robert Richardson Release Date: December 17, 2004 Movie Length: 170 Minutes DVD DETAILS Format: PAL Region: Region 2 Number of discs: 1 Classification: ...
...- Ludlow THE FILM When 'The Aviator', directed by Martin Scorsese, was fist released in 2004 I quite fancied watching it but just never got round to doing so. While ordering some books from Amazon I looked up the DVD and as it was only £1, I added it to my order. In retrospect - I'm glad that it was only £1!! The story follows around twenty tears in the life of the infamous, eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes from his making of his epic ...

oldchem 17.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Aviator (DVD)

CASINO is the Best Gangster film ever made

Advantages: Makes you glad YOU didn't live there then!
Disadvantages: nothing really

Bought this on video (but now have it on DVD) when it first came out (in the early 90's) because I have always thought Scorcese is a great director and de Niro a marvellous actor and ever since I periodically watch it. In my opinion this is the BEST gangster film ever made and it's based on the truth. There again, Scorcese is the BEST Director of this film genre. 'GOODFELLAS' is another great film directed by him, based also on a true story - actually ...
...in the last part of this film was taking place, so it is true! Robert de Niro & Joe Pesci are ideally paired and the film comes alive with their dialogue, particularly when they remember 'back home, years ago'. Scorcese's use of contemporary music is outstanding particularly when the action is suspended as a 'still' and appropriate music is played - just mesmerising. Sharon Stone is also excellent as the glamorous hooker who reluctantly.marries ...

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Review of Casino (DVD)

Watch before you make up your mind

Advantages: Poses very interesting questions
Disadvantages: Harry Dean Stanton is underused as Saul

Watching The Last Temptation of Christ again after about ten years it is easy to see why it got the puritans pants in a twist. It also asks questions that no one has asked (specifically not on-screen) before. It poses ideas and gives a new slant on the New Testament – who was the man Jesus and was he just a man like you and I? Best to go into the film with an open mind rather than lambasting it straight away. Director Scorsese has chosen a great ...
...able to emote the feelings of great responsibility and desperation. Standout performances by Harry Dean Stanton as Saul give great lasting roles. This film is a long way from the Cecille B DeMille films of the 40s and 50s which offer a sanitised view of Christs life, nor is it like Zeffereli's Jesus Of Nazereth. It is a faithful recreation of the times even Peter Gabriels soundtrack uses authentic musical instruments (apart from one sequence where ...

adambrown43 21.01.2004 · Read full review
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Review of The Last Temptation Of Christ (DVD)

One of the most beautifully brutal films of all time.

Advantages: Acting is amazing, especially De Niro and the whole thing looks gorgeous.
Disadvantages: Some may be put off by the violence or the lack of a character to root for.

This film is hailed as a modern classic and rightly so. It's an unashamedly brutal no-holds-barred study of a vicious foul-tempered, arrogant man. Yet through Scorsese and De Niro's masterful balance we see just a truly lost individual. There is no attempt at making LaMotta likeable or even apologetic for his actions. Just pitifully human. De Niro is exceptionally good and the film was clearly a labour of love for the actor. Giving the opportunity ...
...entire film with a fearless, risk taking performance. Be it the professional standard he reached as a boxer himself in training to the mass of weight he piled on for the latter scenes. De Niro at this stage in his career certainly never took the easy way out and the film benefits from having one of cinema's greatest actors at the top of his game. This is not to say that the film is all DeNiro, Cathy Moriarty is beautifully restrained as LaMotta's ...

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Review of Raging Bull (DVD)

Casino, Bold, Ambitious, Gangster Flick

Advantages: Entertaining, Good Performances, Based on True Story
Disadvantages: Excessive Violence and Bad Language

...his role as Las Vegas Casino boss Sam Rothstein largely because he is not playing a gangster in the real sense. This film is about the problems he faces with having associations with the mafia, primarily the psychopathic Joe Pesci who is in Las Vegas to steal as much as to gamble. He also has a tempestuous relationship with his wife, Sharon Stone, who gives an outstanding performance as a streetsmart former hooker with a passion for the Casinos who ...
...(178 mins) but moves at a fantastic pace with excellent dialogue, music, story and editing. The characters are also very good with each of the leads giving much dimension to their roles. Be warned though..this film has alot of violent and gruesome scenes of torture and execution and a lot of swearing. This edition is 2 disc with a documentary on the making of and the true story. ...

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Review of Casino (Special Edition) (DVD)