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No power behind Elephant

Advantages: The last 15 minutes
Disadvantages: The rest of the flim

...the scene extras. Visually, Elephant offers quite a lot to those interested in cinematography. Unusual scenes, clever camera angles and arty shots. But for the average filmgoer, there is nothing of substance there. The final scenes with the shootings are good, but it's not worth sitting through the hour of footage beforehand, as it adds no depth or emotion to the people we see being killed. Overall I wouldn't buy this film. But if you know someone ...

JaynieMo 11.04.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Elephant (DVD)

Good Will Hunting is a superb Film

Advantages: Excellent story and cast that continue to impress all the way through
Disadvantages: for some the plot being based around mathematics may seem a bit odd

I absolutely loved this film the frist time I saw it and immediately went out and bought it on DVD and from that point on it has remained one of my all time favourite films. It has excellent performances from all the cast, which is fantastic in itself with, Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Minnie Driver and Ben Affleck as well as many others. I think the concept behind it is very original and the way the realtionships build and develop under what are ...
...so many memeorable scenes for me but the one set in the Harvard Bar is the best for me, also known to me as 'when he gets the girl'. I think it is obvious that I am a very big fan of this film and think it is a film that everybody should see. ...

Alfie6891 29.10.2009 · Read full review

Review of Good Will Hunting (DVD)

Finding forrester will give you answers you seek

Advantages: well acted,good storyline
Disadvantages: not quite as good as directors earlier good will hunting

Finding forrester is an intelligent and at times moving drama starring Sean connery as retired and reclusive writer William forrester and Rob Brown as student Jamal Wallace.The support cast is made up of f,murray abraham as a univeristy professor and Anna paquain as a fellow student.The film is directed by Gus van sant who had made the eariler oscar winning Good will hunting and more recently the remake of pschyo. The story starts of with Jamal ...
...world. Fmurray abraham gives finding forrester, a bite as the stern professor.He believes jamal is incapable of writing such good work and he sets out on a mission to bring Jamal down.He plays his character perfectley that the audince cat wait to see him fail and get his comuppance.Anna paquin in a short role is sweet and senstive as the girl who takes a shine to jamal. The film is very wattchable with a decent storyline and rare senstivity.However ...

harj123 03.01.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Finding Forrester (DVD)

Psycho ( 1998 )

Advantages: Probably enjoyable if you have not seen the original!! Bernard Hermmans original score!
Disadvantages: Copyist retread and less effective version of the Hitchcock classic!

...of the plot of ' Psycho ' as i guess nearly everyone knows it! So this is just a brief review of my thoughts of this film which i just recently saw for the first time. One undoubtedly has to compare Gus Van Sants version with Hitchcocks orignal and as such falls flat on it's face. Maybe this would have been a far better movie if wasn't so hell bent on copying the original shot for shot, which ultimately makes for a decidedly less interesting viewing ...
...and only lessens the visual impact, including the famous shower scene. Anne Heche fairs pretty well in place of Janet Leigh but is really no substitute. As i found almost every other actor to be in comparison. The exception on the other hand would be Viggo Mortenson as Sam Loomis replacing John Gavin, who i believe Hitchcock branded stiff. He was! He is far better characterised here by the lord of the rings man himself ......... much more animated ...

zeroid 01.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Psycho (DVD)

Last Days

Advantages: Blake playing the guitar and singing
Disadvantages: Pretty much all of the film

...across the film simply titled Last Days. After reading the short description given about the film i was already intrigued and thought it would be quite interesting to watch as it was a film based on Kurt Cobain's last days before he tragically ended his life. So more fool me i bought it. I started to watch the film...a guy walking through the woods muttering something or other. After a few minutes i was starting to doubt my original thoughts, that ...
...Personally i wouldn't recommend Last Days to anyone.I was very disappointed overall and really don't know why i continued to watch it to the end. So to anyone who reads this, this is all that happens so you don't have to watch it. Blake walking through woods. Comes to a river and takes a piss in it. The rest of the film just shows Blake in an old, worn down house constantly falling asleep, muttering and occasionally playing the guitar. While the ...

Aimee154 24.01.2009 · Read full review
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