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Third Best 'A Christmas Carol' film

Advantages: Looks very Christmassy, Well Directed
Disadvantages: The people look creepy

...for those who live in a hole or have dementia, A Christmas Carol is the story of Ebonezer Scrooge (Jim Carey) and is passage by fire from twisted, grumpy, old miser who hates Christmas to the very opposite (except he stays old). After the death of Scrooge's business partner, Scrooge has got even more miserable and spiteful than ever and everyone fears and avoids him. Even his sole employee, Bob Cratchet (Gary Oldman) lives in misery, not allowed ...
...this film is so fantastic a telling, this would merely enhance the tediousness of an overly told story but the computer generated recreation and the direction of this film make it wonderful to watch. It’s directed by Robert Zemeckis, the man responsible for The Polar Express and Beowulf . He uses the same sort of 3-D capturing here that he used in those films. Basically this is a technique were he captures the movements etc. of real actors and ...

Phelthew 10.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of A Christmas Carol (DVD)

Stop the Sequels!!!.

Advantages: You don't always have to wear 3-D glasses.
Disadvantages: The Acting. It's Not 3-D.

Spy Kids 3-D Plot. At the start of the movie, Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) the trilogy's junior James Bond comes out of retirement (Although we have no explanation why he retired in the first place), to rescue the mind of his sister Carmen Cortez (Alexa Vega), who has become trapped inside a virtual reality video game. Sylvester Stallone, stars as the main villain, "The Toymaker", who designed the video game to capture the minds of every ...
...why.) Once Juni get's inside the game, it's a world of computer scenery, special effects and made up creatures. He meets a bunch of beta testers who have been allowed into the game, and sets out on his quest to reach level 4, where is sister is being held. My Opinion. First of all, becuase this is a 3-D movie and you have to where old fashioned blue/red cardboard glasses I will tell you my opinion on this. Basically they are terrible, ...

Leigh36295 18.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Spy Kids 3-D - Game Over (DVD And Glasses) (DVD)

Good Old Papa Bear!

Advantages: Fun for children and one for the family.
Disadvantages: No good comparing this to the original Jungle Book.

...is his favourite DVD at the moment (I personally prefer Lion King). Whilst searching for a suitable DVD to keep him occupied at our local Woolworths we came across this one. I decided to give it a go as I want to get as many disney films as possible and felt that this would at least add to the collection. Now I'm glad I did. Every time my son wants to watch this film he says 'Baloo mam'. I don't mind because I find that this is a good entertainer, ...
...it's not as good as the original Jungle Book, but can you honestly compare any other disney movie being better second time around? I.e is Lion King 2 in any way as good as the original Lion King (I think not). And ok the film only lasts for about 69 minutes, but for me an hour is plenty for my little one, he can now watch the whole movie without me having to worry about turning it off half way through, and he never gets bored of this one. Jungle ...

moneymad1 27.08.2005 · Read full review
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Review of The Jungle Book 2 (DVD)

Good fun!

Advantages: Dialogue, cracking pace, excellent animation
Disadvantages: May not be suitable for children who are old enough to understand innuendo

...for adults as well and Ice Age 3 certainly delivered on that front. I've seen Ice Age2 on TV but not the first film and never in the cinema. On top of that this was a 3D show. The story essentially follows Manny, the mammoth, his heavily pregnant wife, Ellie and Diego, the sabre toothed tiger as they venture under the ice to a land where dinosaurs are not extinct. They do this to try and rescue Sid, who feeling unloved due to the impending arrival ...
...subsequently been carried off with his 'children' by their real mother. In dinosaur world they meet Buck, the weasel with the Sylvester Stallone eyepatch and knife, the British accent (Simon Pegg voices him) and the literary connections to Captain Ahab of Moby Dick (both have been left injured by 'the great white beast', both are unnaturally obsessed and slightly unhinged by it). As a sideline, Scratt is still seeking his acorn but this time there ...

mouche202 29.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ice Age 3 - Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (DVD)

"I thought you guys were extinct?"

Advantages: amazing picture quality, good fun for all the family!
Disadvantages: Cant think of any.

I bought my wife Ice Age 3 for Christmas. She asked for it. Can't say its my type of film, but being a loving husband I sat down and watched it with her anyway. The first thing that struck me, being a blu ray, is the amazing quality. Animated films and comic-esque outings (like the Simpsons) always take full advantage of the High Definition nature of blu ray and make a movie a pleasure for the eye to behold. Ice Age 3 is quite possibly the best example ...
...were apparently living below the ice and meeting a swash buckling weasel who helps save the day. All the while, we get to watch the fun adventures of the little chap chasing his acorn, that have been present in the past films. This time, there's a love interest!! Its quite a good watch and plenty of fun for all the family. The usual deleted scenes and such are present, I can't say I watched them though, sorry, but its not my cup-of-tea, as I said. ...

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Review of Ice Age 3 - Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (Blu-ray)