Solo (DVD)

Goodbye Solo- A realistic film

Advantages: the way the relationships are handled.realistic performances.
Disadvantages: montonous and slow

Goodbye Solo from director Ramin Bahrani is the tale of an old guy(Williams) who hires taxi cabs and goes to the movies regularly.When Souleymane(a cab driver from Senegal) and Williams become friendly,Williams asks him to take him to a certain place on the 20th of that month and pays him 100$ in advance. Solo keeps wondering what this old man is trying to do,wonders where his families are and gradually become friends with him.William in turn leaves his home and wants to move to a motel.The night moves on when Williams has to accompany Solo and eventually has to stay over at Solo's place for one night. The next day he moves into a motel and the story moves forward as Solo and he becomes closer and closer with Solo trying to know about his past and his life. This is more like a family film with the director focussing on various ...

aadnan613 02.11.2009 · Read full review
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Going Solo

Advantages: Can't get into debt, lots of shops take it, from 11 with some banks,
Disadvantages: Woolies don't take it!

The Solo card is a debit card aimed at young people that works like a Switch except you can’t get overdrawn – in other words in debt. It’s a great idea and allows young people to shop through mail-order and on the internet without using their parents credit card. Though some adults also have it if they’re not too hot with money-management! The Solo card is accepted widely and most shops accept it, though it is not accepted as widely as Switch. Woolworth’s don’t take it which seems rather stupid considering many of their customers are young people. Though the Solo is accepted far more than the Visa Electron, which only a small minority of shops seem to take. Solo offers a cashback feature which you can use at all shops taking Solo. Most places won’t charge you, but smaller shops might. I was ...

Disillusioned 18.06.2001 · Read full review
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Flying Solo

Advantages: No worries about carrying cash
Disadvantages: Many well known stores don't accept them

Switch, Delta, Electron, Solo - they're all basically the same. I used to have a Switch card - accepted by virtually every shop or service - a debit card by any other name. I now have a Solo card, due to recent financial difficulties it was all I could get. This works in much the same way as a Switch card - it's a debit card which you hand over in place of cash for payment and saves time and hassle writing cheques. Funds are normally debited from your bank account within one to two working days and you can also get up to £50 cashback with it where that facility is available. It will not allow you to go overdrawn on your account unless you already have an overdarft facility - unusual with accounts offering a Solo card to begin with. BUT, and it's a big but, not all the expected shops - including large, well-known stores, accept ...

blurbubble 05.04.2001 · Read full review
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