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He ni zai yi qi (2002)
a must see for jr. high/high school band/orchestra students
>>*****Exceptional performances<<*****. must be far more rewarding to those who can understand the language but the subtitles were fine too. cinematography and story use of flash back and timing were superb. recommended by a coworker who'd seen it in theatre. Build up and mixing of the train station and symphony hall's performances were the best I've ever seen! truly a 10! (thank you andrew...you DO know your movies)
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
Good...not bad...and not great...murphy does it again! 7/10
Kids( 11, 9, 7 ) and I enjoyed this this afternoon and must agree with others that tghe critics have this all wrong. The special effects are top class and the CGI workers deserve kudos. Sure the plot was holywood boiler plate but it really surpassed Total Recall and Mr. Murphy was still able to project his exceptional talent and gift for dramatic comedy. Why didn't Warner Bros. plug this better? Why the release delay? Obviously putting it on DVD/VHS there was somebody with brains, sense, and guts to know it had quality. Bad rap and poor business judgement are it's only shortcomings. (7/10)
Driven (2001)
"Welcome to Sylvester's human race."
Astonishingly poor acting all around with a subtanceless plot, mediocre screenplay (sorry ss), and only a sprinkling of some cool computer graphics in the crash scenes, about three or four I can remember. Bottom line: skip it and the next time my ten year old recommends a movie we're going with what the six year old wants!
The Mummy (1999)
Yuk! Don't buy and rent something else if possible. Definitely beyond Dead!
OK, Ok, ok...so my five year old kind of enjoyed it. But that's about the mentality of where the script, plot, special effects, and acting performances are at. The DVD quality was even more disappointing. Coming off of Heat and Dark City, each with the highest quality video and sound I've seen and heard on a DVD (thanks to IMDb reviewers' comments), this DVD was close to very poor. Focus seems to be a problem. Many scenes loose clarity in background objects that blur and even with a calibrated high-resolution TV, colors were not crisp or fully displayed, remaining drab and subdued. Sure, it is a dark movie, but either the proper equipment wasn't used or more likely it was just slapped together quickly to catch the dollar wave and no technical improvements were made in the production of the disk. Even the dolby was poorly recorded. Couldn't tell it was 5.1 at all. It sounded like the recordings were never mixed and improved in making the DVD sound as it was comes almost solely from front left, right and center speakers with a faint buzz in the rear speakers barely audible in some action scenes. Beats me why this is rated so high. I'm being generous with the 5.
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1996)
Live for not matter what your misfortune, condition or plight, you are so fortunate to have been given the opportunity!
This is an absolute exceptional film taking you into the mind, life, struggle, joy, depression, love, and eventual (beyond the film) death of a completely developed person but physically fully incapacitated.
Think of where most of us may find ourselves in the coming 30 to 50 years and you may see yourself in Brian's place though he was strickened so much earlier in life.
Thank Jessica for doing a superb performance in documenting this person's life. Will never forget her remarks at the Academy Awards where she so humbly remarked (and I paraphrase) that it was indeed a gala where the dress you were wearing to it cost more than what it cost to make the film.
And thank you Brian!
Dances with Wolves (1990)
The best movie I've seen. Listen to the narrated DVD version!
The absolute best movie I've ever seen (not just because I'm a sixteenth Cherokee either!). After having watched in no less than ten times over the last eight years I final saw the DVD version and happened onto the narrated edition. Phenomenal. What great insight Kevin has into our history and most assuredly into himself. This is not only a picture of a man's struggle with chaning times, but also, much deeper, the coming forth of the best qualities of this exceptional actor, director, producer. Yeah and that's right...Waterworld and the Postman are very good too.