Posts Tagged ‘OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT’

Grave Of The Fireflies

February 27, 2010 - 6:01 am No Comments

I was introduced to the amazing Studio Ghibli Spirited Away, and since then have come to expect high quality of any of his movies. I was not disappointed by Grave of the Fireflies. That is the harsh effects of war on the innocent and the ignorant, the film is completely sweet and utterly heartbreaking.

Located in what I consider to be World War II Japan, which follows the (bad) luck of a young boy and his sister soon after the destruction of his village. In mourning and suddenly responsible, the child strives to preserve the middle of the innocence of his sister, the trauma of conflict. Unable to cope Grave Of The Fireflies with the brutal intrusion of the world grew gradually retreat to an idyllic childhood, where the struggle for life is a game.

Perfectly capture the innocence and joy of childhood, the filmmakers move us even further by placing children in a harsh and unfriendly world, and the final tragedy manages to be both emotionally shocking and sadly inevitable - firefly burning bright, but briefly. A film that made us laugh out loud one minute and crying through her throat tightened as follows.

Beautiful, terrible, remarkable. But be careful, you’ll want to leave it a while before we see it again.

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Appleseed

February 20, 2010 - 4:50 am No Comments

excellent movie! I really enjoyed this and was anxious to have been a fan of the way the original Appleseed eggs back (allthough i recently rewatched the old things and found it quite dated: () The action is incredible and the use of CG works well in most places. I say in most of the places I found that was used in some scenes too obvious and I felt I was watching a computer game, which to me is what I’m looking for.

However, the story is interesting and detailed, if a little faster pace. Well worth watching if you like anime action! Suggestion: I enjoyed this more with the original Japanese audio and English subtitles

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Fahrenheit 9/11

February 13, 2010 - 5:05 am No Comments

Before I watched this movie was not? Ta George Bush fan and I was surprised when he was reelected. However, I do not? I know how many of the issues raised in this documentary was made. I don? I know what balanced reporting was.

I don? I have the time to check each claim. After watching this documentary, I have to keep reminding myself that there are two sides to every story and so it must keep an open mind. Problem is keeping an open mind, this film was so convincing, that was so powerful and were ready for anything, except to hint and felt really surprised.

Astonished that Bush never should have been re-elected by anyone who watched this movie. I can only imagine that much of it has proven to be garbage.

To tell the truth, I? M praying that most of what has proven to be garbage otherwise, this is a testimony damming on the rules governing the developed world, a regime that no one seems to be doing much in change. As for the characterization of this as a movie, you have to say its very well done, no matter how you look. Yes? S of garbage, a work of fiction, then I just saw a very compelling shocker, with all the excitement of a good horror, even in hours, “continues the bad” for a sequel.

Yes? S all true, if I just saw, nonfiction, documentary based on reality? Then … then? I do not want to think about the consequences that go far beyond where 4 or 5 star award for the ability to see.

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This Is England

February 10, 2010 - 12:56 pm No Comments

Amazing performance of the young man and a great soundtrack and a reasonable build up in the story are disappointed with the final outcome when the story falls into the psychology of cod, Meadows has some strong scenes and the juxtaposition of soft piano music counterpoint some rant characters as a way to show the discomfort felt by some listeners that works well once, but then comes back to diminshed effect. I think he wants Meadows is a British Boyz N the Hood or La Haine, but it just arrived. Nottinghamshire / Derbyshire areas remain the BNP’s presence strong and I see this film turn many away.

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A Double Tour

February 9, 2010 - 6:41 am No Comments

A real find it - has been recently re-released under the retrospective of Jean-Paul Belmondo. It is a signal to the works of Claude Chabrol - at first looked like a Billy Wilder located amidst beautiful in France with a Gallic cast irregular, but quickly moves into the world of the New Wave Truffautesque.

View the status - and see how it acts as a central point that the action revolves around it, the silhouette looks wonderful staircase, the dialogue follows that bursts of fire and carefully the action sequences and the precise formulation of each shot. Hitchcock is not the end that could be expected - but enough here to provide a very positive fun with a glass of cold Chablis in these hot summer nights - highly recommended.

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Orchestra Seats

February 2, 2010 - 12:31 pm No Comments

While the Orchestra seating is obviously of good character and aims to be fresh and feel good, I found that it is unfocused, poorly structured, medium-acted, and ultimately a bit boring. So much so that I feel like the best thing going for it was in French, and therefore an initial curiosity …

But nothing more. I’m rarely disappointed by many European films, as travelers usually have something to justify the interest, but that I feel may be a triumph of marketing over content. The central female character is obviously not to provide a focal point around which all the plots and characters weaving.

The idea is that each and every one is a lesson to return to the life they have lost the love. However, the key problem is that everything feels so obvious, and shows no credible Orchestra Seats jeopady to face, or real challenges to overcome.

The characters are sharp as stereotypes that operate at a level similar to sham, which seemed too anachronistic, which makes me care enough about any of them. And the central leadership, which is supposed to affect all these people for the better is so weak, and two-dimensional, that events are being navigated increasingly artificial and awkward.

I would go as far to say she is so inefficient and poorly developed and presented, which ends up being nothing more than a MacGuffin enough in this light, and the forgettable movie … In the end, I was not busy, and convinced that no one had experienced anything serious of any note. And that is the point of this film, I’d have to say this is not good.

Shame, really, the heart is there and the colors are vivid, just needs blood …

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Lost In La Mancha

January 30, 2010 - 5:02 am No Comments

Director Terry Gilliam is a visionary - not like his films, but few could deny that Brazil, Time Bandits, Twelve Monkeys and The Fisher King are your run-of-the-mill Hollywood fare. What makes this movie so sad and entertaining. It follows Gilliam when he finally does realize his dream to film Don Quixote, a project he has nurtured for years.

But as with all the best stories (fiction or nonfiction), things go wrong with the plan. So full of emotion - showing how difficult the art of filmmaking can be. You may never have considered the continuity of light, work with non-English speaking-actors, getting all the cast on set, at the same time - you will after watching this! If you do not know the whole story of the film, I will avoid talking about the difficulties and problems of Gilliam faces - just means you have to identify with man.

It may not sound the most exciting movie in history - but should be seen by everyone. Wonderful.

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The Host

January 29, 2010 - 7:03 am No Comments

The Japanese certainly have their own style of humor and quality and it shows in this peculiar horror. At first I was a bit stupid and not scary at all. As you have more in the film I found myself drawn into it.

Not for the fact that it is a good movie or a good story, but only because the characters are hilarious. Slapstick style as the Japanese, and the effects of low budget that is a funny movie.

This is a lab worker pooring chemicals down the sewer and years later, a mutation, something strange is roaming the Han River and drains. A sunny day when the thing jumps into the river and attacks by many of the students in the river, grab a stool Riverside store owners daughter.

Thinking he is dead and in desperation, he wants nothing more to find and kill the beast. When you receive a call on his cell phone and hears the voice of his daughters, he is not just losing his mind, or he could be alive. If so, when the river or a sewer system could be.

Trying to trace and possibly be on a goose chase, with some Japanese police after he, too, come in contact with the mutant and can be contagious, the odds are against you.

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Tarnation

January 6, 2010 - 2:38 pm No Comments

Tarnation This film certainly seems to divide people and after seeing what I can see why. I met him at various times fascinating, boring and uncomfortable and then finished it seemed to me, although I would not say that he enjoyed immensely, I could not get it out of my head.

I will not go into the content of the film, which has already been covered. What I recommend is the Commentry DVD. It seems that, like the rest of Tarnation, a little script, but it also made me hot Caouette so that the film did not.

His love of his grandparents is evident, as is their blatant acceptance that much of the material has been manipulated. He speaks calmly about the areas where it used images of his own son to represent himself as a child, the use of clips out of context and principles of the recreation of scenes.

It does not stop being an aspect Tarnation surely vain and indulgent in his life but made me realize that maybe it’s just a story as interesting as the area slightly beyond the mental illness of his mother. I think if you go into this movie not expecting a documentary but a reconstruction of someone’s life, using all available means as a representation rather than the solid truth, then it becomes a much more watchable film Tarnation and tasty.

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