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Silence of the lambs

Advantages: great story, good acting
Disadvantages: bit gorey, emtional issues

...because it is exciting and silence of the lambs is always exciting. I really enjoyed watching this way back when because it has an original storyline and excellent character portrayal from Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. The silence of the lambs focuses on Jodie Foster's character inteviewing Dr Hannibal Lector about Buffalo Bill, a man that is kidnapping and skinning women to make a skin suit for himself. He is clearly very deranged and odd and ...
...to people. It is not like the others which focus on Hannibal and his feasting on other people but the plot and story is still very disturbing and sickening yet I think that is what makes it so good because it disturbs us and keeps us watching. The director has thrown in many hooks to keep us so engrossed after all that is why we enjoy horror films. For me this is one of the most disturbing films, especially in the Hannibal Lector series because it ...

lilynettle 24.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Silence Of The Lambs (DVD)

Flight Plan - decent

Advantages: Jodie foster and sean bean, interesting story
Disadvantages: a few plot holes

After reading the incredibly mixed reviews for this movie, I decided to rewatch, and make my mind up about it, as I just hadnt decided what I thought, so I watched it for the first time in quite a while, and gave it my full attention. I have to say that I really quite liked it...yes there are some huge plot holes (if i took my child on a plane, believe me, most people would notice!) and some quite serious data protection issues (the guys on the plane ...
...their passenger?) but all in all, these were necessary in order for the story to run. Jodie foster plays Kyle Pratt, a woman who ha just lost her husband to suicide. She has to face the prospect of moving back to America from Berlin, with her 6 year old daughter, who is also traumatised by the loss of her father. On the plane, she discovers that her daughter is missing, and that no-one saw her board the plane with her, no documents etc. As the movie ...

kirstenc1985 07.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Flightplan (DVD)

Pannic Room

Advantages: Scary
Disadvantages: Lots of action on a small set

...dvds! Commentary. 'Shooting of Panic Room'. Visual effects feature. making of. Photo gallery. 4 extra scenes. Short film 'Habitrail'. Theatrical trailer. 'Creating The Previz'. On sound design. Safe Cracking School. Make up effects feature. Product Details (taken from :- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001AVZCQ/103-1657338-1684655?v=glance&n=130) Studio: Sony Pictures DVD Release Date: March 30, 2004 Run Time: 112 minutes Genre: Thriller Amazon.com ...

parkinson19 08.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Panic Room (Special Edition) (DVD)

Why it was good

Advantages: Gave the audience a good douse of fear
Disadvantages: Left a few questions unanswered (why there were sequels)

Silence of the Lambs (Ultimate Edition) is an update of the 1991 original murder thriller, in which you are brought into the life of a detective who has to question a convicted and imprisoned canibal, named Hanibal Lector. He is a intellectual genius, he uses his questions to get information about her through her actions and reactions, he keeps the audience on the edge of their seat. Anothony Hopkins was the best possible person to play lector, nobody ...
...did. This movie was followed by sequels and then a pequel, but none of them brought back the terror the audience felt after leaving the theater, it is most recongnized by the public from its line "Hello Clarice" which to many cause the hair on the back of their necks to rise. I personally thought that the movie was good, the ever so probing questions that Hanibal gave sometimes had me wondering what the root of it was for. I was amazed with his ...

nikecat 19.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Silence Of The Lambs (Ultimate Edition) (DVD)

Panic if your in the same room as this movie

Advantages: None, its staggeringly bad
Disadvantages: Too many plotholes and mistakes

...in the room outside the panic room door), a diabetic child using an antique hypo (she'd use a spring loaded one, these are designed for kids!) also she's a diabetic who doesn't carry chocolate and her mother doesn't either? I think not! The fact that the diabetic idea is introduced so LATE in the film, prior to that most of us would have thought they just keep checking her watch to see how long it takes the police to come, 911 put her on hold? Please, ...
...to be a builder of panic rooms, I think he's just an assistant, or even an assistant to an assistant as revealed by his constant lack of knowledge and mistakes. Why Meg didn't indicate to the police like they asked her is beyond me, the villains wouldn't have seen her make any sign, she had her back to them. Poor film, poorly planned and scripted. Foster and Whittaker should have avoided this. Director of film, be ashamed of this poor excuse for ...

atytyut2434 04.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Panic Room (DVD)