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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)

Should have stuck to the books!

Advantages: Wonderful plot for an amazing series
Disadvantages: Strayed too much from the books

...just do not exist with Harry Potter and Hermione. Even though the people who made this movie should have stuck more to the books, the movie it's self is magical and enthralling and it keeps your attention. It is very nice to see the magic come alive on the big screen, no matter how distorted the story line becomes! ...

DuqGirl12 15.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (DVD)

There is a Prisoner on the Loose

Advantages: great story and acting, excellent special effects
Disadvantages: Big chunks of the book missing again

Poor old Harry once again finds himself back at Privet Drive for the school holidays and getting annoyed with his Aunt and Uncle. Things go wrong for Harry when his Uncles sister arrives and starts calling his parents names and he looses control of his magic and she ends up being blown up like a balloon and floating out of the door. Harry decides he has had enough and leaves the house. He accidentally calls the night bus and finds himself being taken ...
...outside of school. Luckily for Harry he gets excused and soon discovers that he is in danger as Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and he is believed to be after Harry to kill him. Sirius was imprisoned when he was found to be a follower of Voldermort and the one who lead him to the Potters and got them killed. He is believed to be a very dangerous man and the whole wizard community is scared of him. Harry promises the Minister of Magic ...

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Review of Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (DVD)

harry potter 3 the prisoner of azkaban

Advantages: Great story, Can be rewatched
Disadvantages: None

...third of 7 dvds of harry potter it is based on harrys third year at hogwarts. and he faces new enemies and some new friends along the way to uncover the secrets that are going on in harrys world. At the start harry's aunt comes round and has a go at harry and he loses control and makes here blow up like a ballon. Then harry panics and runs away from his aunts and uncles house and when he sits down he sees a dog in a bush and it isnt just a dog but ...
...later on in the review. Harry is effected more by the dementores presence more than most as he has a horrible pass as when he was 1 his parents were killed. Harry finds out that sirius black is his godfather and that he betrayed his parents and he is the reason they are dead. In my opionion harry potter 3 is one of the best films ever and will be a great addition to anyones dvd collection. The main Cast Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson ...

kieranjc7 13.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (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)