Enduring Love DVD

Advantages: A truly accomplished film with performances to match
Disadvantages: The merciless tension can get to you

Joe is a science lecturer who hypothesises that love is a biological imperative and not an emotional response. His beliefs and his cosy, middle class lifestyle are thrown into turmoil when, on the day he is going to propose to his girlfriend, he witnesses a freak ballooning accident in which a man dies. This brings him into contact with Jed, another would-be rescuer, who becomes fixated on Joe and stalks him, claiming that they should be together. ...
...fragile mental state is further threatened by the unwanted attentions of the obsessive Jed. But is this obsession real, or is it all in Joe’s head? Having directed the fluffy “Notting Hill” a tense film with a foot in both the thriller and drama camps is the last thing you would expect Roger Michell to helm. But he has made an incredible job of it. The main feature of the film is a pervasive air of foreboding that exists even before the thrilling ... Read review

Advantages: great acting
Disadvantages: unsettling

Joe (Daniel Craig) is having a picnic with his girlfriend Claire (Samantha Morton) in the English countryside when a hot air balloon appears in the field behind them. There is a young boy trapped in the basket and his grandfather is trying unsuccessfully to help him. Three other bystanders see the balloon in trouble and run to help, grabbing the ropes to try and pull it back down onto the ground. Joe runs to the boy's aid and soon the four would-be ...
...until they have to let go in fear of being taken to their death. One man - a doctor - holds on. His body is later found in a field. Joe is wracked with guilt. He should have held on. They all should have. Everything he sees reminds him of the accident, even though his girlfriend tells him he did all he could to help. One of the other 'helpers', Jed (Rhys Ifans), contacts Joe, saying he needs to talk about the accident. He's very mysterious - asking ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent and thrilling film
Disadvantages: None

I normally have this theory about the relationship between books and films. You can make a good film out of an indifferent novel but you rarely make a great movie from a great novel. Why is this? Well, when a novel is very good it is difficult to do other than make a faithful rendition of it on film. As a result this type of film tends to disappoint because the film tells you nothing new. It was with some trepidation that I went to see “Enduring ...
...Ian McEwan’s masterpieces. The film starts with a ballooning accident – yes an accident involving a balloon, not one which expands! Joe, a serious-looking lecturer in London played by Daniel Craig and his girlfriend Claire (Samantha Morton) are having a picnic in an idyllic rural setting when a hot-air balloon appears on the scene. There is a young boy on board and his grandfather, on the ground, is trying to stop it from flying off and failing. ... Read review

Advantages: none really
Disadvantages: slow, badly handled story, rubbish acting

The trailer for this film depicted a hard hitting stalking sort of thriller if you like. Blatent false advertising!!!!! Daniel Craig plays the main character Joe, workng in a college in biology. His 'girlfriend' is played by Samantha Morton, Claire. They have a picnic, and see a young lad in trouble, trapped in a moving hot air balloon with someone desperately trying to keep it to ground. As the man is struggling, Craig and a few men who appear ...
...first it looks good, but a big gust of wind takes the balloon upwards, with the men. Craig then lets go and drops before it gets too high, and the men all follow but one. One stays clinging to the rope, and the others watch until ultimately he falls and dies. Checking to see he is dead, Craig goes to the field with his new 'friend' Rhys Ifans. He pushes Craig to pray at the dead mans landing place, and a brief tap on the shoulder sparks an infatuation. ... Read review

Advantages: great, fun movie, excellent C.G effects and loads of extras!!!!!
Disadvantages: a little tame on the gore and violence factor compared to the previous films!

...and Seek, Elektra and Robots and lasts about six and a half minutes in all. Trailers: Insert the disc and, after the annoying anti-piracy messages, you get trailers for Millennium/Harsh Realm, Man on Fire, The X-Files, The Clearing and Enduring Love. DVD-ROM: Stick the disc into a PC DVD drive and it'll get you into a setup to install something, which eventually gets you to the menu, the first three items of which are decent Flash presentations where hovering over the text bubbles blows them up to a readable size. Read the Complete 1st AVP Comic Book - Tear through all 27 pages of AVP's first comic book. • Making Of AVP Comics - Have a look at the stages involved in making a 10-page comic book. Includes an article written by Randy Stradley, author of Dark Horse's first Aliens vs. Predator miniseries (1989) and originally... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: An intensive workout that will definately burn the calories!
Disadvantages: Definately NOT for beginners

...This DVD came about because it was Nell McAndrews favourite fitness class that she attended and she loved it so much she asked the trainer to make a DVD. When you are doing this DVD you feel very much like you are training for the marines! It is set in an aircraft hanger with the trainer bellowing out instructions and a pumping soundrack. It is definately not your airy-fairy Rosemary Connely workout with pop music and aerobics outfits. By the end of the video the people in it, even Nell herself are visibly struggling and you can almost smell the sweat coming through the television screen!! If you love a really hard workout which gives you pain and tests your endurance then you will love this DVD. However, if its a bit of light stretching you're after this is definately NOT the right workout for you. I can honestly say... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: The most realistic movie I have seen for a long time
Disadvantages: None

...onto the balcony, where she can be seen by hundreds of neighbours. Its this image that sticks in your mind after the movie has reached its climax, and its this image I'll always remember when I think of the movie. Take My Eyes is so real, you can feel it, you can live it. If it were not for the fact that the culture and location was different you would submerge into the movie 100%. I really cannot stress the importance of this message. All those little rows and situations that we endure as part of a couple could with a twist of fate perhaps fall into the grounds this story shows and if it has one real message that's to look after the ones you love. The DVD is available for £7.99 from play.com or if your lucky you might get one from FOP stores like I did for £3. There were no special features on the DVD I purchased but the play version... Read review

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