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A Flash in the pan - I think not!

Advantages: Good fun
Disadvantages: Bad Acting

...And that film is Flash Gordon (1980) directed by Mike Hodges (who is probably best known for directing Get Carter - the original and better version with Michael Caine) and produced by Dino de Laurentiis (he has produced the likes of Manhunter, Hannibal, Red Dragon and Hannibal Rising to name a few). Why I should love this film so much is more deeply rooted by circumstance than anything else. I loved it before I even saw it in full. My parents are ...
...holidays which showed the original Flash Gordon series which tweaked my interest. So when I realised there was a film not only did I want to go and see it (only to be told no by my parents) but I also collected all the picture discs for my Viewmaster (you know the chunky red devices that allowed you to view pictures on paper discs with film in) from cereal packets that I could find. I collected stickers for my sticker album so I knew all the characters ...

Suzela 29.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Flash Gordon (DVD)

Buy a Fly Swat

Advantages: A reasonable score.
Disadvantages: Dreadful direction, writing and performances.

...of the new technology. The fly characters look like the ants from "A Bug's Life". They have rubbery skin textures, too few legs and spongy movements that suggest there are no underlying skeletal or muscular systems (yes, I know flies don't technically have them, but you know what I mean). Their eyes are over-large and glassy and there isn't enough movement in their faces, which reduces their expressiveness. Any hair they have moves as a solid mass, ...
...nice translucent wings, but you can't always see them. The humans are inexpressive and there is little differentiation between them. The quality of the backgrounds varies enormously. There are some beautiful skies and the water reflections are decent. There is one sequence with a shattering test tube in zero gravity that looks great. But some metallic surfaces are too shiny and others too dull. Overall there is a lack of different textures and the ...

afy9mab 10.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Fly Me To The Moon

The best of friends

Advantages: Cute, nice characters and involves lot of animals
Disadvantages: Some scenes may be upsetting for young children

...as so do many of the Disney films with this one being about a fox and a hound who become unlikely friends. This was the 24th Disney animated film and was released back in 1981. The story: This Disney classic follows the friendship of a fox named Tod and a hound named Copper and how they become friends sharing little adventures together and playing in the woods. However as they get older Copper's owner needs him to become the hunting dog that he ...
...Will their friendship survive? The cast: Quite a few voices as there are different voices for the young and adult Copper and Tod. The main characters are listed below - Young Tod - Keith Coogan Young Copper - Corey Feldman Adult Tod - Mickey Rooney Adult Copper - Kurt Russell Big Mama - Pearl Bailey Chief - Pat Buttram Hunter - Jack Albertson Widow Tweed - Jeanette Nolan Really quite a famous set of voices here with Mickey Rooney who also ...

frankiecesca 13.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Fox And The Hound (Animated) (DVD)

His life is fantastic, his neighbours...not so fantastic

Advantages: Full of hilarious witty humour, great old-fashioned animation
Disadvantages: Lots of things that are unsuitable for children, a little slow in places

...Little does he know that the farms he steals from are owned by the three meanest farmers around - Boggis, Bunce and Bean. And when the farmers find out a fox has been stealing from them, they decide to do anything it takes to get rid of the mangy fox and his family. Now Mr Fox has to fight to save, not only his own family, but the families of all the others animals nearby, whose lives he has endangered. ~ Cast ~ Mr Fox - George Clooney Mrs Fox ...
...don’t remember ever having read the book Fantastic Mr Fox which is written by Roald Dahl, but this looked like a great classic film that I had to see. The animation is slightly strange as it isn't modern and bright like most animation is today but it had an old-fashioned kind of feel to it. The way the characters moved and the general feel of the animation seemed old. This was the only thing that originally put me off seeing the film but it actually ...

frankiefromings13 19.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Fantastic Mr Fox

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)