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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)

What if the stories you told came to life?

Advantages: Magical story, fun family entertainment
Disadvantages: Typical Sandler silly in places

...good at doing is telling bedtime stories with the help of a goggly eyed hamster and the children. But when their imaginative stories begin to come true, Skeeter sees an opportunity to get everything he's ever dreamed of. ~ Cast ~ Skeeter Bronson - Adam Sandler Jill - Keri Russell Mickey - Russell Brand Patrick - Jonathan Morgan Heit Bobbi - Laura Ann Kesling Kendall - Guy Pearce Barry Nottingham - Richard Griffiths Violet Nottingham - Teresa Palmer ...
...are attempting to steer the bedtime stories in a direction which will be beneficial to them by trying to add more grown up things into the stories such as sexy women, lots of money and revenge on those who deserve it. These parts are more comical and more appropriate for the adults in the audience which does make this a great film for the whole family. There is still a lingering of Sandler's stupid humour which pops up occasionally throughout the ...

frankiefromings13 12.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Bedtime Stories

if you could have whatever you wanted, what would you choose?

Advantages: funny
Disadvantages: mix match of genres

...stories he tells them at bedtime actually become reality! With this super-power in hand, he sets about manouvering his own destiny so that he can become manager of the hotel he works in, and have the life he's always dreamed of. IS IT ANY GOOD: If you hear there's a new film coming out starring Adam Sandler and Russell Brand, you wouldn't think it would be a family film would you? Well, Bedtime Stories fits (although rather awkardly) into that bracket. ...
...a light-hearted drama with plenty of comic moments that encourages creativity and ambition. It has a touch of fantasy to it, with some of the stories being set in the time of the knights and that sort of thing, and would probably appeal to young teens upwards. Plot-wise, it's an interesting story, with enough going on to keep you going for the hour and a half it lasts. It doesn't quite find its feet in terms of is it a comedy, a romance, a kids film ...

bruffyboy 03.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Bedtime Stories (DVD)

Don't 'walk away' from this one

Advantages: Zac Efron, catch songs, decent plot
Disadvantages: Predictable.

I had seen High School Musical 1 and 2, and didn’t think too much of them even when all of my friends seemed to be in love with the franchise. When the third instalment was released, I wasn’t really too bothered about going to see it, but lots of my friends wanted to go and see it and there was so much buzz generated about it, I thought that I would see if it actually did live up to all the hype. I didn’t expect too much from the film, basically ...
...that after starring in the High School Musical films, the main actors wont be taken seriously, but some of them actually show quite a wide range in this film, and develop into much more interesting people than just the jock or nerd that we saw in the first film, and partially the second film. Zac Efron was my favourite in the last two films, because he is quite nice to look at, at least something about the films my friends agree with me on, and he ...

fleurdelacour 27.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of High School Musical 3 - Senior Year (DVD)

Forget the Kids, I loved this!

Advantages: great story, good acting, good funny bits
Disadvantages: Russell Brand is in it!

...of Skeeter they make up bedtime stories. After the first night Skeeter finds that the story they made up did in fact come true for him and he lived it out during the day. Skeeter tries to use this to his advantage and help him move up in the hotel industry. Will Skeeter be able to use the children’s stories to get his dream job or will things not work out as he planned? I have only given a very brief plot outline to this film as I think that giving ...
...little predictable towards the end so I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who has not seen it. Now this film is really for children but I really did want to see it as it looked very fun. I have to say that both me and hubby found it was very entertaining and at times very funny. I thought that Adam Sandler did a great job in the role of Skeeter as his character was daft and this for me is what he does best. I think he had a great chemistry with both ...

sewbizzie 29.09.2009 · Read full review
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