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a horror movie be be shot and thing aren not go well . it about a masked killer . the director tell off the killer in front of the cast and crew . he go crazy and kill two people . he kill himself and the film be never finish . twelve year later a bunch of film student decide to try and finish it but there a curse . people who try and finish it be kill themselves . the student ignore that . guess what happen next . the plot be old hat but this isn not bad . for what it be ( a low budget slasher film ) . it well make with a young and fairly talented young cast . no one be great but no one be terrible either . it also avoid the obligatory ( and needless ) female nude scene . it move quickly and the gore be nice and bloody and the script doesn not insult your intelligence . also molly ringwald be in this have the time of her life play a bitchy fade actress . no great shake but not bad at all . i give it a 7 . | 1pos
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when i think of the cheesy guilty pleasure type movie and the first thing i think of be 80 slasher flick . really bad slasher flick . the formulaic type of film and where all a script need be 2 part blood and several part nudity to get make . flash forward to the late 90 or early 00s . the slasher flick have be revitalize with the success of 1996 scream . like in the 80 and these film be formulaic and mask a lack of inspiration by label themselves a hip and tongue in cheek parody of the original slasher flick . of this recent blend of hip parody neo slasher flick and the only one worth seeing be the low budget and direct to video cut . like most of the other new slasher flick and cut relies on the production of a slasher flick and in this case a fictional 1985 film hot blood and to make it commentary on the genre . hot blood never finish production and because of killing by someone wear the mask of the film killer and scarman and a bald figure with it mouth stitch close and dark and pupil less eye . now and 12 year later and a group of film student and whose professor be involve in the production and have decide to go into the vault and tap the original surviving actress and and finish the film . but every time the film be screen or a scene be shot and scarman return and someone dy . to quote the tagline and will they finish the film before it finish them . this all sound really bad and and to a degree it be ( really and be there such a thing a a good slasher flick . ) . there be no character development ( the new director be reveal to be the daughter of hot blood original director and whose life be apparently ruin after the production be cancel while this would have be a perfect detail to be work into the plot and yet it never mention again ) and and like in all other slasher flick and there be just too many body to care about . the actor aren not great and even by direct to video standard and but most be have fun with their character ( and for those who aren not and it inadvertent character acting and since none of their character in the film want to work on hot blood ) and particularly whoever be lucky enough to play scarman . cut climax have no big who dunnit unmasking of the killer like in the scream film . it doesn not have the gimmick killing of the urban legend film . what it do have be an original and interesting concept that be dilute by a this way we can write a sequel if it sell well end . but that par for the course . by any sensible viewing standard and this be a horrible movie that should be avoid and but this quality be what make it true to it root in the slasher genre and and this be what make it more enjoyable than any of the other neo slasher flick . | 1pos
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twelve year ago and production stop on the slasher flick hot blood since almost everyone on the set start die . now and a couple of film student have decide to finish the film and despite the fact that there a rumor that the film be curse . well and theyre about to find out that some curse be real . when scream be release and every country seem to want to cash in on it success and even australia . the concept and which today have be do to death ( a slasher film within a slasher film ) be at the time relatively cool and original . this movie be release right before urban legend represent final cut and scream 3 ( well not in the u but in australia ) so it felt like the first movie with this concept . when urban legends 2 be release and most of u have all ready grown sick of the concept and since the movie wasn not even good and the movie flop disastrously . now and cut be not the best slasher flick ever and and nor do it try to be . it know that it a rip off and and they even cast a girl who look like a blonde version of neve campbell in the starring role . but instead of try to add some new and original twist to the story and they have decide to rip off some 80 slasher flick like nightmare on elm street as well and surprisingly enough and this actually work . the killer be very creepy and that mask be just killer . and instead of try to scare the audience to death and they have create a very good and creepy atmosphere which keep u in suspense through most of the movie . there be a couple of plot hole in the movie though that i wasn not able to fully ignore and the end be the big plot hole in the movie . spoiler ahead while i mean and they burn the only copy of the movie so where the hell do they find the print that they show in the final scene . it make no sense i tell you . end of spoiler . all in all and cut be a pretty creepy slasher flick with a silly story but i consider this to be one of the good scream rip offs that never make it big . i be surprise that this one never get a sequel and but i guess it simply come out too late . suspenseful australian slasher flick with very few scare . cut be still a pretty neat slasher movie and i will have to recommend this one even though i consider the story to be quite silly since it completely ludicrous . | 1pos
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for a slasher flick and this movie be actually good than a lot in the genre . yes it be predictable resident nut job go on kill spree and people die and yada yada yada . however there be some good positive in this film . first off and i really like the mask the nut job wore . it be definitely creepy to say the least and possibly unique ( although i haven not watch every single slasher film ever make ) also and the genesis of the bad due be something i haven not see before and and he way he finally meet his end be a novel concept and as far a i know . i also really like the weapon of choice employ by mr sicko and for most of the murder . the murder themselves be not as graphic a most in the genre and but thata small concern . the movie do not take itself seriously and which be something most slasher suffer from . oddly enough and while watch the movie and i be remind of the early friday the 13th film and which do take themselves seriously . there be a few concern about this movie . in several scene and the killer suddenly bear a strong resemblance to one of our horror icon . by this and i mean his movement and his reaction upon be shoot and and also the way he walk . of big concern and however be a scene very close to the end and where mr crazy bear a more than strike resemblance ( actually a complete rip off ) of another famous horror titan . and in the very last scene and we have our scumbag and once again and look exactly like the 1st horror icon i mention . in fact that last scene be almost a complete rip off from another icon in the slasher genre . these scene be weak and unoriginal ( obviously ) . by the way and the movie be set in australia and so if youre a sucker for a chick with an aussie accent ( like me ) you will be in heaven . if you not and than it just might grate on you . one other great thing about this movie representbeautiful kylie minogoue ( just do not get too attached to her ) there be one non aussie accent and courtesy of molly ringwald . overall and there be more reason to watch than not . i enjoy it and have some fun . so and i have to give cut positive and which may seem too high to some people . | 1pos
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this be surprisingly above average slasher and that enjoyable and well make and with some decent gore . all the character be decent and and the story be quite fun and plus molly ringwald play the annoy bitch extremely well . i buy this at a pawn shop for a 1 $ and and it be surprisingly worth it and and the special effect be pretty damn good for the budget and plus i love the mask the killer wear a it be actually somewhat creepy . the finale be really cool and a i love how they defeat the killer and and the end while predictable be very amusing a well and plus all the character except for ringwald be surprisingly pretty likable . it decently make and write and and i think it be quite creative and original at time as well and plus some of the death scene be very impressive . this killer do not mess around and and i love it and and slasher fan ( like myself ) should really enjoy this film and plus the opening be really wicked too and with them film the movie . this be a surprisingly above average slasher and that enjoyable and and well make and with some decent gore and and i say it well worth the watch . the direction be good . kimble rendall do a good . job here with solid camera work and use a creepy setting and good angle and keep the film at a fast moving pace . the acting be solid . molly ringwald play the bitch extremely well and and i have trouble feel sorry for her and after all she be suppose to be the heroine and she turn out well towards the end and but not by much and i be surprise she decide to do this film and nonetheless she do an excellent job . frank robert be fantastic a the killer and he be menace and creepy and have one hell of a mask and and this guy do not mess around and he be fantastic . kylie minogue play a bitch very well in her small role . jessica napier be cute and do fine a the other heroine . rest of the cast be fine . overall well worth the watch . out of 5 . | 1pos
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this be not a bad movie . it follow the new convention of modern horror and that be the movie within a movie and the well known actress run for her life in the first scene . this movie take the old convention of a psycho killer on he loose and and manage to do something new and and interest with it . it be also always nice to see molly ringwald back for the attack . so this might be an example of what the genre have become . cut hit all the mark and and be actually scary in some part . i like it i give it an eight . | 1pos
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cut be a full tilt spoof of the slasher genre and in the main it achieve what it set out to do . most of the standard slasher cliche be there while the old creepy house and the wood and the anonymous indestructible serial killer and bucket of gore and and of course the couple interrupt by the killer while theyre have sex ( that hardly a spoiler ) . the set up be simplicity itself represent film school nerd set out to complete an unfinished slasher masterpiece and unfinished because of the murder of a couple of the cast . this also neatly okay and messily disposes of kylie minogue in the first reel . they be join by one of the survivor of the original film and play by molly ringwald who absolutely steal the film because she get all the best line . the rest of the cast fit their role well and especially the lovely jessica napier and who play it straight while the mayhem and gore erupt around her . there be plenty of red herring and fake suspenseful moment and and there be very little time to try to work out who the killer be because the film move at such a fast pace . it also have an appropriate low budget look and include some clumsy edit which be probably deliberate . good soundtrack and too . if there be a difficulty with this film it be decide whether it be a send up of or a homage to the slasher genre . probably a bit of both . | 1pos
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it isn not the bad film ever make and the actor aren not apalling and the script and director be not completely inept . it isn not the best film ever make and the actor aren not excellent and the script and director be not completely brilliant . it fall somewhere in the middle . a fun somewhere . an enjoyable and well construct somewhere . no need to say do not take it seriously or so bad it good or it wasn not scary . none of these comment be relevant . cut have atmosphere . it that atmosphere which be actually very unique and and the one really original aspect of the movie and which personally be what make the film and for me . | 1pos
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what make midnight cowboy into a successful movie be the way in which joe buck become bond to ratso rizzo through a series of hardship that affect them both . there really aren not many glimpse of hope in this film for either character and but the hard reality that beset them both give the film it own type of optimism that these men can at least find humanity within each other . this film feature jon voight fine performance and probably dustin hoffman as well . the rest of the cast be make up of unknown and though it be round out by a fine series of character actor and include the cowpoke on the bus at the start of the film . also and for those interested and andy warhol apprentice paul morrissey show up briefly during the party scene . if you haven not see this movie and it be essential . check it out . | 1pos
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acidic and unremitting and and beautiful and john schlesinger masterpiece be no less effective today than 35 year ago and when american life be even more disorienting . the film probably could not have be make at any other time in history and because so many upheaval be take place in the late 1960s represent final dissolution of the great american west and the intensification of war in vietnam and and the clash of social ideal that be bewilder in variety . midnight cowboy be widely know a the only academy award win film to garner an x rating and but there be much more behind it fame while it also exceed the norm a a work of art . while this film ( from the novel by james leo herlihy ) have much to say about the erosion of american life and it transcend 60 politics by look into the hidden bond of friendship and deal with theme familiar to man in all era . the two main character and in fact and be standard antihero men who have nothing grand to offer but plenty to vent about our world . the initial focus of midnight cowboy be on 28 year old joe buck and a physically impose texas native play by jon voight . in the opening scene and we follow joe bus trip to new york city and where he plan on use one of his few genuine talent the ability to pleasure woman and earn his fortune a a hustler . we learn upon his arrival that joe be laughably naïve in the sex trade . garb in cowboy dud and proclaim himself a one hell of a stud and the young texan flounder through his early trick before partner with enrico ratso rizzo ( dustin hoffman ) and a sickly con man and petty thief from the bronx . ratso and who be short and thin and and with a limp and prof of little monetary help to joe . they quickly run out of cash and a life grows severe in the winter month and joe and ratso shiver in a condemned manhattan apartment building with hardly a dollar or square meal to their name . it be over this period that a strong friendship develop between them and the two men rely on each other to battle tremendous odds . throughout the film and joe hearkens back to early year in texas and include life with his grandmother sally ( ruth white ) and who serve a guardian while his harried relationship with crazy annie ( jennifer salt ) and a notorious local girl while and a traumatic event in which joe and annie be assault by town folk who want to break up the love affair . very much of it time and midnight cowboy string together a wild array of flashback and dream sequence and and psychedelic imagery that shed light on the main character while also distort their background . for every moment of understand we gain from joe and ratso and more question about their life be generate . both men be no doubt in tatter while they have no clear sense of direction until ratso fall into the throe of illness and joe finally sense a purpose for be alive . this revelation push midnight cowboy to it conclusion and a rather hopeful one in a very grim story . while joe and ratso badly need some luck and the direction of john schlesinger be clearly outline and use the gritty atmosphere of waldo salt screenplay in allow voight and hoffman to thrive . their interaction look extremely natural and the support cast and which feature sylvia mile and brenda vaccaro and and member of the andy warhol clique and offer itself a an essential part of the storyline . the flashback sequence involve voight and ruth white and and jennifer salt be particularly impressive in deal with the heartbreak of time lose . any young person wonder about the psychedelic era be advise to watch this film and thanks to the excellent cinematography of adam holender ( the boy who could fly and smoke ) and edit by hugh robertson ( shaft ) . the visuals of midnight cowboy work with it soundtrack ( assemble by john barry ) a a cohesive unit and sometimes foreseeing music video of the past two decade . the lead song everybody talk be sing by nilsson and which be actually use a a temporary track during the edit phase . the memorable harmonica theme be play by jean toot thielemans . midnight cowboy have be release in a two disc collector edition by mgm or ua and which contain expand feature and commentary . also available be a 1998 dvd release ( use for this review ) and which offer dual widescreen and standard format with 5 . 1 dolby digital sound enhancement while three language subtitle and close caption while french wouldubbing while a theatrical re release trailer ( not the original a advertised ) while and an eight page production booklet . both dvd edition contain a 25th anniversary restore version of the film and show it original brilliance . well deserve of it three oscar ( best picture and schlesinger and waldo salt ) and additional nomination ( voight and hoffman and sylvia mile and hugh robertson ) and midnight cowboy will be sure to hold it place on the list of immortal classic . ½ out of 4 . | 1pos
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although i love this movie and i can barely watch it and it be so real . so and i put it on tonight and hid behind my bank of computer . i remember it vividly and but just want to see if i could find something i hadn not see before . i do not represent that because it so real to me . another user write the age of the commentator should be show with their summary . i be all for that . it absolutely obvious that most of these people who have make comment about midnight cowboy may not have be bear when it be release . they be mention other movie jon voight and dustin hoffman have appear in and at a late time . i will be just a ruinously frank represent i be 82 year old . if youre familiar with some of my other comment and you will be aware that i be a professional female impersonator for 60 of those year and and also have appear in film you would never recognize me and even if you be familiar with my night club persona . do you think i know a lot about the character in this film . you bet i do . and be not the least bit ashamed . if you haven not run into some of them and it your loss but and there a huge chance you have and but just do not know it . so many mom and dad and son and daughter could surprise you . it should be no secret many actor or actress have emerge from the background of midnight cowboy . who be to judge . i can name several and current big time star who be raise on the seedy street of many city and and weren not the least bit damage by their time spend there . i make no judgment and because these be human and just a we all be love and courage and kindness and compassion and intelligence and humility represent you name the attribute and they be all there and no matter what the package look like . the trivia about hoffman actually beg on the street to prove he could do the role of ratzo be a gem he can be see drive his auto all around los angeles how do you think he get his input . i can also name lot of male star who have stand on the street and cruise the bar for money . although the nightclub i last work in for 26 year be world famous and legit and i can also name some huge star that have to be constantly chase out our back street and look to make a pick up . this should be no surprise today and although it definitely action in hollywood and other city and large and small . wake up and smell the rose . they smell no less sweet because they be of a different hue . some of the user think joe buck have be molest by his grandma . although i saw him in her bed with a boyfriend and i do not find any incidence of that . believe it or not and kid haven not always have their own room because that be a must today should tell you something kinda kinky may be go on in the master bedroom . whose business . hoffman may have beg for change on the street and but some of the user point out that jon voight be not a major star for the filming of midnight cowboy his actual salary would surprise you . i think he be rob . no one can doubt the clarity he put into his role and nor that it make him a star for such great work a deliverance . he define a potent man who have conquer his devil and be the good for it represent few people comment he have be sodomize in this movie . the end of the 60 may have be one of the first film to be so open and but society have always be hip . i also do not find any homosexuality between ratzo and joe they be clearly opposite and unappealing to one another . they find a much purely high relationship true friendship . if you do not understand that at the end of the movie and then you have waste your time . joe bewilderment and but unashamed devotion be apparent . yes and voight deserve an oscar for this role one that john wayne could never pull off and and he be a handsome in his youth . hoffman be hoffman you expect firework . he give them superbly . wayne get his oscar . every character in this film be beautifully define if you do not think they be still around and you be mistake . the party . attend some of the raf young people attend . if you can get in . look at the line of people try to get into the hot club you will see every outrageous personality . brenda viccaro be the epitome of society sleek woman who have to get down to the nitty gritty at time . if you be shock by her brilliant acting and think this isn not real and look at today lady who live on the brink of disrepute . and be admire for it . the brutality joe display in rob the old guy and unfortunately and be also a part of life . you do not have to condone it and but it not too much different than any violence . joe pointedly name his purpose in that situation and i would have hand over the money quicker than he ask for it . that one of the scene that make this movie a break through and one which i do not watch . i get heartbroken for both . john schlesinger certainly must have be familiar with this sordidness to direct this chillingly beautiful eye opener waldo salt do not write from clairvoyance . anyone who have any part of get it to the screen must have realize they be make history and and should be proud for the honesty of it . perhaps only in america can we close our eye to unpleasant situation and while other movie maker make no compunction in present it to the public . not look doesn not mean it isn not there give me the truth every time . bravo . to all . | 1pos
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jon voight play a man name joe . joe be shake up by a haunting childhood . he have a strong fear and hatred of religion due to his traumatic baptism . he quit his job a a dishwasher and go out to become a hustler for wealthy people . he meet a misfit name ratso ( dustin hoffman ) and the two for a relationship . they go out and work together in help each other out . they become thief . the two grow remarkably close and soon can not live without each other . however and there be something very important that ratso hasn not tell joe and and it could destroy any hope they have of survive the city together . this be one of the great film ever make . it be a heartbreaking and shatter portrait of too very lonely men who have nothing to lose but each other . their story be devastate to watch and but be ultimately important for people to see . it one of those film where the character be pretty much just like the seemingly crazy people you sometimes find on the street . the difference be that this film be from their perspective . their life be show to u and it devastate to see the pedestrian in this film treat them like dirt and especially if we at one time be one of those people . however and the film doesn not try to guilt trip you . instead and it show you the rough side of the lifestyle of hustle . it be not a pleasant and easygoing lifestyle like many hollywood film portray it such a milk money and pretty woman . the lifestyle of be a male hustler be a dirty and gritty and and ugly life and it sad that people have degrade themselves like the character of joe in this film do . what startle me the most about this film be that it come out in 1969 and and it have stand the test of time perfectly . today audience will still find great meaning in this film and will still love it and cherish it just as much a critic and audience do everywhere in 1969. the film be rat x and but what i notice about this film be that the sexuality be portray in a much more honest and realistic and and effective way . anybody who have have sex before will know how humorous and awkward and and scary a hell it can be and this film doesn not shy away from any of that . the sex in this film may not be as graphic a in once be think to be . movie that be x rat such a midnight cowboy and a clockwork orange and greeting and last tango in paris and and fritz the cat all seem remarkably tame compare to the shock thing that people can get away with an r rating today . the sex scene in midnight cowboy will seem quite strong but they certainly aren not sexy . they be not graphic and but they be realistic and and that what people should keep in mind when they view this film . the course language that be use in the film and particularly the word fag be use effectively and be not gratuitous . the violence be very shocking to watch even today and but again it be necessary to the plot to depict the world of a hustler . i be really glad to see that midnight cowboy be not date and be still just as affect a it be in 1969 and if not more . i can not recommend this classic enough and i do hope that it continue to find an audience because it really be a very special and unforgettable experience that will not soon be forget . pro represent jon voight and dustin hoffman be both harrow and amaze to watch . they have never play role like this before or since and they be completely different from usual . you will forget who be play them within minute . beautiful score not at all date or campy like many film of that decade come off a today fantastic and fast editing jobcons represent for mature audience only the opening scene be well do and but they could be just a little strong . | 1pos
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i be go through a list of oscar winner and be surprise to see that this film beat butch cassidy and the sundance kid for best picture in 1969. after actually see it and however and i be not surprise anymore . it be way ahead of it time in regard to it style and cinematography and and use of flashback to help develop joe buck character . the most amazing thing to me be the depth of joe buck character in such a short movie . i think voight capture the naivete and the viciousness when provoke . the two scene that really catch me be after he get the blowjob in the theater and when the old man solicit him . i think when he look in the mirror he try to see if it really him that have do or be about to do something terrible . i think it be a brilliant decision by hoffman to take this role . otherwise he may have be typecast after the graduate . anyway and this consider an all time great for a reason . | 1pos
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jon voight be brilliant in midnight cowboy and but hoffman performance and though reminiscent of his late turn in rainman and be the kind of performance that keep me watch movie . a a portrayal of a new york character and only daniel day lewis portrayal of bill butcher in gang of new york come to mind a comparable and and day doesn not give his character the emotional depth that hoffman give ratso . it typical of hoffman way of act that the actor we tend to identify most with midnight cowboy be voight . i think hoffman be one of the 4 or 5 best actor in the history of film at play off the people around him in such a way that he raise their performance far above their normal level . voight buck be so naive that he would float out of the film altogether and except that ratso pull him down pull him down and but also teach him and a lot about how to survive and and more importantly and how to live . midnight cowboy be a movie about escape that turn into a movie about find yourself . i think that and a gritty a movie a it be and it have a very beautiful message and that no matter how much a loser you might be ( ratso clearly defines loser ) and if you can find a way to be true to yourself and you be in possession of the secret of life and and you might even be able to share that insight with someone else . i can not help but compare midnight cowboy to klute and from a few year later and which i think be more like a movie about find yourself that turn into a movie about escape . | 1pos
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i do not at all think of it this way and but my friend say the first thing he think when he hear the title midnight cowboy be a gay porno . at that point and all i have know of it be the reference make to it in that seinfeld episode with jerry try to get kramer to florida on that bus and kramer all sick and with a nosebleed . the movie be great and and surprisingly upbeat and not all pissy pretentious pessimistic like some movie i can not even remember because theyre all crap . the plot basically consist of a naive young cowboy joe buck go to new york try to be a hustler ( a male prostitute and basically ) and think it will be easy picking and only to hit the brick wall hard when a woman end up hustle him and charge him for their sexual encounter . then he meet enrico salvatore rizzo and call ratso by everyone and the cute gay guy who make fun of him all the time . you think of him a a scoundrel and but a lovable one ( like han solo or lando calrissian ) and surprisingly he and joe become friend and and the movie be so sweet and heartwarming watch them be friendly and such and such . rizzo reveal himself to actually be a sad and pitiable man who very sick and and very depressed and self conscious and hat be call ratso and want to go to florida and where he think life will be much good and all his problem resolve and and he will learn to be a cook and be famous there . it heartwarming watch joe do all that he do to get them both down to florida and along with many hilarious moment ( like ratso try to steal food at that hippie party and and get catch by the woman who say gee and well and you know and it free . you do not have to steal it . and he say well if it free then i ain not stealin it and and that classic moment completely unscripted and unscheduled where hoffman almost get hit by that taxi and and scream hey and i be walkin here . i be walkin here . ) and and the acting be so believable and you would never believe joe buck would grow up to be the distinguish and respect actor jon voight and and ratso rizzo would grow up to be the legendary and beloved dustin hoffman . it not the first time they have work together in lead role and but the chemistry be so thick and intense . then there the sad part that i believe be quite an overstatement to call it depress . ratso rizzo be fall apart all throughout the movie and can barely walk and barely eat and cough a lot and be sick and and reach a head point on the bus on it way to florida . he hurt badly and and only mile away from miami and he finally die on the bus . the bus driver reassure everyone that nothing wrong and and continue on . sad and but not in the kind of way that would make you go home and cry and mope around miserably a though you have just lose your dog of 13 year . all in all and great movie . and the soundtrack pretty much consist just of everybody talk play all throughout the movie at appropriate time . an odd move and but a great one and a the song be good and fit in with the tone of the movie perfectly . go see it and it great and go buy it . | 1pos
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first i would like to say how great this . it be astound and sometimes shock . and to say the least i be 11 year old and this be my favorite movie and i can definitely stand a boring film and but this be anything but boring . it be like a trip through humanity . it stark realism show through this monumental masterpiece . it be a heart wrench tale of two down and outers ( voight and hoffman ) who build a mutual friendship . joe buck ( voight ) a naive texan stud come to new york to make it rich by entertain woman . soon he meet rico ratso rizzo ( hoffman ) and who be a poor man barely be able to pay rent . ratso become joe amanager but soon both men can not find joe a job which result in steal food . a they try and survive on the street of new york we realize how tough it be . they can not get joe a girl until they meet a lady at a party . joe make some money and soon joe take ratso on a ratso dream spot and florida . the final five minute be heart break yet some of the great moment in the film . from midnight cowboy we get a stark and sometimes disturbing urban view on life . | 1pos
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i love midnight cowboy and have it in my video collection a it be a favorite of mine . what be interest to me be how when midnight cowboy come out in 1969 and it be so shocking to viewer that it be rat x. of course and at that time x meant maturity . since i be only two year old at the time of the movie release and it be hard for me to imagine just how shocked viewer be back then . however and when i try to take into account that many of the topic cover in the film and which include prostitution ( the title itself be slang for a male prostitute ) while homosexuality while loneliness while physical ( and to some extent emotional a well ) abuse and drug be hard for many people to talk about to this day and i can begin to get a sense of what viewer of this movie think back on it release . it be worth note that in the 1970 and midnight cowboy be downgrade to an r rating and even though it be still rat r and some of the scene could almost be rat pg 13 by today standard . i want to briefly give a synopsis of the plot although it be probably know to almost anyone who have hear of the movie . jon voight play a young man name joe buck from texas who decide that he can make it big a a male hustler in new york city escort rich woman . he emulate cowboy actor like roy rogers by wear a cowboy outfit thinking that that will impress woman . after be reject by all the woman he have come across and he meet a sleazy con man name enrico ratso rizzo who be play by dustin hoffman . ratso convinces joe that he can make all kind of money if he have a manager . once again and joe be con and before long be homeless . however and joe come across ratso and be invite to stay in a dilapidated apartment . without give away much more of the plot and i want to say that the remainder of the movie deal with joe and ratso a they try to help one another in an attempt to fulfill their dream . i. e. joe make it a a gigolo and ratso go down to florida where he think he can regain his health . i want to make some comment about the movie itself . first of all and the acting be excellent and especially the lead . although the movie be really very sad from the beginning to the end and there be some classic scene . in fact and there be some scene that while they be not intend to be funny and i find them amuse . for example and there be the classic scene where dustin hoffman and jon voight be walk down a city street and a cab practically run them over . dustin hoffman bang on the cab and say hey and i be walkin here . i be walkin here . i get a kick out of that scene because it be so typical of new york city where so many people be in a hurry . another scene that come to mind be the scene where ratso ( dustin hoffman ) send joe ( jon voight ) to a guy name odaniel . what be amuse be that at first and we think odaniel be there to recruit gigolo and can see why joe be get so excite but then we begin to realize that odaniel be nothing but a religious nut . in addition to the two scene i mention and i love the scene where ratso and joe be argue in their apartment when ratso say to joe that his cowboy outfit only attract homosexual and joe say in self defense john wayne . you gon na tell me he a fag . what i like be the delivery in that scene . i would say that even though midnight cowboy be set in the late 60 and much of it ring true today . that because although the area around 42nd street in new york have be clean up in the form of disneyfication in the last several year and homelessness be still just a prevalent there now a it be 40 year ago . also and many people have unrealistic dream of how they be go to strike it big only to have their dream smash a be the case with the jon voight character . one thing that impress me about jon voight character be how he be a survivor and i felt that at the end of the movie and he have mature a great deal and that ratso ( dustin hoffman character ) be a good influence on him . in conclusion and i want to say that i suggest that when watch this movie and one should watch it at least a couple of time because there be so many thing that go on . for example and there be a bunch of flashback and dream sequence that make more sense to me after a couple of viewing . also and what i find interesting be that there be a lot in this movie that be leave to interpretation such a what really happen with joe buck ( jon voight character ) and the people who be in his life in texas . even the end and while i do not want to give it away for those who have not see the movie and be rather open end . | 1pos
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the soprano be arguably the great show in dramatic television history . it hard to think of another series that boast so much intelligence and sublime writing or first rate performance . across it epic scope it produce fresh and iconic character and a constant level of high quality . center around the life of one tony soprano and a man who live in two family . one be the conventional wife and two kid nuclear family the other a huge new jersey mafia group and of which he be the bos of both . play by james gandolfini and of true romance and the mexican fame and tony be a fascinating and scary but also likable guy . full praise must be give to gandolfini for make a womanising and horrifically aggressive brute a genuinely identifiable and perfect lead man . contemporay american drama have never have such an arresting and iconic figure a tony . the cast of hundred never boast a flat performance and such stand out character like paulie walnut and ralph cifaretto will stick in your memory for ever . the true genius of this tale however and be the creator and writer bravery and revolutionary take on a conventional drama series . twenty minute long dream sequence and powerful and original use of symbolism and metaphorical imagery and truly shock scene of violence . yet all this style be meet by truly touch theme of love and honour and respect for family . the series never become cold hearted or gratuitous . with tv now competitive and often poor the sopranos stand tall above the rest a america most original and compelling drama . forget family redifined . this be television redifined . | 1pos
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what can you possibly say about a show of this magnitude . the soprano have literally redefine television a we know it . it have break all rule and and set new standard for television excellence . everything be flawless and the writing and directing and and for me and most of all and the acting . watch this show you will find yourself realize that these character be not real . the act trick you into think there be a real tony soprano and or any character . this show be also very versatile . some people do not watch the show because it violent and it not all about the violence and it about business and family and and many deep thing that all depend on what you and a a fan see . for me and i do not like when people refer to the show and a show about the mafia . for me and it a show about family . a family who and through generation and happen to be apart of the mob . overall this be a masterpiece of a show . this be what television should be . right here . complex character from stun act and magnificent story line from brilliant writing and and what do you get when you mix these ingredient together . a show that define excellence and and dare to be different . | 1pos
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the soprano ( 1999 2007 ) number 1 television show of all time everyone think this would be a stupid thing that wouldn not go past a pilot episode . the soprano have become a cultural phenomenon and universally agree a one of the great television show of all time . james gandolfini play the enigmatic new jersey crime bos and tony soprano and accompany by a stellar cast . edie falco be superb a the worrying and love upper middle class mother while tony sirico be tremendous a a superstitious and grey consiglieri who be often very funny . while the show have often be criticise for the negative stereotype of italian american a mafioso and and to an extent this be undeniable and i can see so many positive from the show . the portrayal of strong family value and friendship and love and compassion while could this be present in a coarse television show about gangster . yes . furthermore and other burning issue be discuss such a terrorism and social inequality and injustice and homosexuality and drug etc . this be no shallow and dull show about tough guy and violence . it have so much more . many of the issue we see on the show be very real . the writing which have be pretty much great have infuse so successfully current issue and manage to imbred them within the character life and which make the whole thing more interesting . credit must go to david chase who have create an excellent television treasure and to james gandolfini and for envision and television most complex and enigmatic character . simply exceptional . positive . | 1pos
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greeting from this portuguese guy positive . i believe the soprano be one of the best production ever and it have reality and fiction mix in such a way and that it hard to see the difference . it have the same quality a godfather . james gandolfini fit at the paper a a glove . i would love the soprano would never finish at all . it perfect . it should be a subject in school positive . i saw soprano when i be a kid and but i be too young to stay wake until the episode end and so now i buy the all episode in dvd format and i be watch all episode at home before and after dinner and i be get addict and like i do with prison break . in my opinion prison break and the soprano be the best ever series make for television . the argument of both be splendid and the actor be perfect . congratulation for such a work . sorry about my english . thanks for reading . | 1pos
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when we start watch this series on cable and i have no idea how addictive it would be . even when you hate a character and you hold back because they be so beautifully developed and you can almost understand why they react to frustration and fear and greed or temptation the way they do . it almost a if the viewer be experience one of christopher learn curve . i can not understand why adriana would put up with christopher abuse of her and verbally and physically and emotionally and but i just have to read the newspaper to see how many woman can and do tolerate such behavior . carmella have a dream house and endless supply of expensive thing and but i be sure she would give it up for a loving and faithful husband or maybe not . that why i watch . it doesn not matter how many time you watch an episode and you can find something you miss the first five time . we even watch episode out of sequence ( watch season 1 on late night with commercial but all the language and a and e with language censor and rerun on the movie network ) whenever theyre on and be there . we have be totally spoil now . i also love the malaprop . an albacore around my neck be my favorite of johnny boy . when these jewel have enter our family vocabulary and it be a sign that i should get a life . i will when the series end and and i have collect all the dvd and and put the collection in my will . | 1pos
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a a guy who have see all the season and i can say that jg constantly surprise me . i mean and after you saw him shift from laughter to paranoia instantly throughout the season and after every little gesture of his make u believe he be a gangster and u thought to yourself represent ok he be a good actor and he can get into a gangster skin . but after see him open his eye and struggle for his life and i mean i could almost feel the pain he make u believe he be go through . i be so touch by his performance that i immediately think at robert de niro and marlon brando and al pacino . these guy be definitely the best of their generation and even more . but nowadays they be either old or dead ( brando ) and it ok that they make less movie and their performance be light than they use to be . i can not wait to see gandolfini in other movie where he deliver a totally different role . can u recommend me some of his old movie where he give a memorable performance . | 1pos
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wow . i love the whole series and and be shock at comment by people who think it end badly . perhaps it waffle a bit in season 4 and 5 and while remain good than anything else on television . but 6 and particularly 6b be beautiful permutation on the theme develop in the more muscular first three season . 6b start with such a sombre mood and janice always keen insight into the family angst that doom fill line about know tony penchant for sit and star . anyone who miss the implication of that for the rest of the series do not know tony . melfi discomfort over the psychiatric study and it reference to the sociopath self delude sentimentality for pet and animal go back to the first episode of the series and say and with tony panic attack over the duck leave his pool and resonate with phil wave bye bye line to his grandchild before the coup de grace of the final episode ( not to get into chase dark humour ) . i could go on and on and but i will just add that i think the final show start with the opening strain of vanilla fudge to supply the ironic foreshadow ( you keep me hangin on ) to the terminal moment where tony fade back into complacency with his family in tow or blast apart like aj suv or phil head be and utterly and utterly perfect . the best tv ever . pretty good in a die medium pathologically supply the jack off fantasy aj derides ( and then into which he promptly subside ) . a tip of the pork pie to mr. chase . | 1pos
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there be so many reason a to why i rate the soprano so highly and one of it big triumph be the cast and character building . each character unfold more and more each series . also each series have an array of different mall time character as well a the main . a good example of a character ( who be only in three episode ) who you can feel for be david the compulsive gambler play brilliantly by robert patrick . every little detail build the perfect tv series . the show revolve round mob bos tony soprano ( james gandolfini ) who attempt to balance his life of crime with his role a father of two . the show be not afraid to be bold and powerful with it dialogue and imagery and this be what make it so believable . whilst tony run thing with capos paulie ( tony sirico ) and silvio ( steve van zant ) his nephew christopher ( michael imperioli ) look for a promotion . every episode also feature tony other family in some way which include his child and wife carmela soprano ( edie falco ) . on top of these problem be his uncle junior soprano ( dominic chianese ) be try to get what he can out of tony business despite be under house arrest . all the acting be powerful and character complex and but the two who stand out the most be while james gandolfini who be tony soprano . also michael imperioli who play christopher and represent the young ( 20 30 ) generation in crime . if david chase have not create this masterpiece modern tv drama of such caliber may not have exist and such a the wire and dexter . so the soprano be definitely the godfather and goodfellas and pulp fiction of tv . | 1pos
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the gangster genre be now a worn subject one that be too often subject to parody . in retrospect the series be a culmination of previous clichés that have be utilize in it genre and thankfully the writer have advance upon this flaw by create a realism which have be apply to it . the soprano be an epic crime saga that illustrate it content with psychological depth that be characterize with subtle nuance and humor and unvarnished violence . the key protagonist tony soprano be perceive a a perilous general bereft of fear and moral value by his crew and however and tony be of two persona one which be bestial while the other be conflict with guilt and resent . with out any inhibition or contradiction i still adamantly believe that the soprano have the fine ensemble cast of recent memory . all thing consider i could make an elaborate statement on the series and but i would not . if ever there be a visual dictionary in global consumerism search for these definition vital and ambiguous and unrelenting and epic and uncompromising and the soprano shatter visage will be smile right back at you . | 1pos
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not only do the storyline in the sopranos engage audience from all over and but i think ( for me at least ) what bring the viewer back be the acting . ( not even you and gary and can dispute that claim ) jam gandolfini and who play the lead man and tony soprano and have become ( in this viewer opinion ) one of the hollywood elites as far a act in a television series go . i wouldn not go ahead and compare him with robert deniro or al pacino and or at least and not just yet . he and however and do do a hell of a job play the part of tony soprano . in the year since 1999 and gandolfini have rise so much so a an actor ( mainly thank to his role in the soprano ) that today he be consider to be among the best in the business . and it not just him . the sopranos field a great support cast include that of lorraine bracco and edie falco and michael imperioli and dominic chianese and and the late nancy marchand who play tony dreadful mother . at this point in the show existence and it be consider a cult classic and rightfully so . the first two season be extraordinary . violent and quite gruesome in a pretty frequent manner and but without a doubt and extraordinarily do . the third season be great and but do not quite live up to the hype of season 1 and 2. season 4 and which wrap up right before new year and be the weak season yet ( or at least and in my opinion it be ) . despite a dry spell and i still find it ( season 4 of the soprano ) to be more entertaining than most of it competition and that say a lot because lately i have be notice a trend in good new television show . example of this represent six foot under and the shield and curb your enthusiasm and and oz ( which be not technically a new show but end with an unforgettable final season this year ) . to get back to my point though and to consider a show well than all the competition during a particularly bad year and no less and be quite an accomplishment on the part of the writer . the sopranos rank above and beyond all other television show in it era and it writer deserve a lot of credit . to close and i would like to say and the soprano be the real deal folk . for the average mature viewer ( 17 and above ) who enjoy drama and doesn not mind a mixing of a little violence and profanity and you might want to check out the soprano if you get the chance . trust me in that it will be well worth the time . | 1pos
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the godfather and citizen kane and star war and goodfellas none of the above compare to the complex brilliance of the soprano . each and every character have layer upon layer of absolute verity and completely and utterly three dimensional . we care about tony soprano wholeheartedly and despite the fact that in the simple model of good vs. evil and he be evil . soprano be the most provocative and intricate and and fascinate protagonist ever create to this point in history . if youre in the mood to be overtly challenge a a viewer and and to be forever alter on your feeling toward entertainment and watch the soprano . i defy anybody to sit down and watch the very first episode of season 1 and and not want to continue with the series . each season be completely brilliant in it own way . dvd be essential to anybody collection of out 4 . | 1pos
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i believe that the soprano be an awesome show because of all the support character in it . i have buy every video so far and be wait for the rest to be release . in all 42 episode so far and the best one be definitely episode # 3 and denial and anger and acceptance . this episode deal with my most favorite character of all time in the soprano . his name be brendan filone . he be kill for hijack the wrong truck and accidentally kill a truck driver . brendan be awesome because he be actually one of the few character who actually stand against tony and his gang . in the end and he end up get shoot through the eye while take a bath and and that my most favorite scene ever in the history of the soprano . brendan filone be # 1 for me . and my # 2 most favorite character ever be matthew bevilaqua and who be kill after attempt to murder christopher moltisanti . tony and pussy shoot him in hucklebarney park after they catch and torture him . my # 3 most favorite character be sean gismonte and who be kill right after shoot christopher . and finally and my # 4 most favorite character be chucky signore and one of uncle junior henchman . he be kill on a boat by tony . all the awesome character be dead . that the only bad thing about the soprano . all the cool guy always get kill . you know what would be great to change about the soprano . they should have a whole episode where they show all the dead support character in hell and they be all try to torture chris and tony and uncle junior and silvio and and paulie and because they need to get their revenge . brendan filone shall strike back . 1 . | 1pos
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it probably isn not fair that i have get to see the majority of all the interesting review on the soprano and then get to add what people have forget and but oh well . from a standpoint of act and how could any actor fail with these character . each one mesmerizing and intense in their pursuit of life . tony soprano while a mob capo and suffer from mental illness and still see his life in front of him and know what have to be do to survive . each of his men and you see their life virtually from the inside like the true form of voyerism . it definitely bring out a sort nosey side in each and every viewer and and i include myself in this . while some above do not care for bracco and i have to say this be the fresh role she have have in year since good fella . she be the side of tony that make him listen to reason and that make him decent and that offer him respite when deal with his human emotion that he have fail to feel for so long and if ever . she be simply put and his savior . ( not speak in religious tone ) but the knockout performance here be without doubt and edie falco . to see her prison guard role in the other acclaim hbo series and oz and then see her a livia be the ultimate compliment for any actor or actress . she have transcend the boundries of a recognizable actress and something only actresses like merle streep can get away with . a sort of chameleon quality to transcend role . but a i have mention before and with a character a strong a these and how can any actor fail . livia strength be in her daily affirmation of faith in herself . she be a survivor and a she hop her husband and family will be survivor . she be prepared for the bad because she know the hazard of her husband business and yet know the lifestyle she have be more then most woman from jersey . she be wise if not wise and more street savvy then tony himself . all in all and the big crime from the soprano family be that we the viewer have to wait until january 2000 to see the next season . this in my opinion be the bad thing about the hbo series . it be what bring the larry sanders show and sex and the city and dream on and and others back down to earth in popularity and eventually kill them . too much space in between season and very sporadic . until then and i will watch the rerun with the hope that this gap in programming be fill . | 1pos
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i have only watch the first series on dvd and but would summarise the soprano a a shakespearean plot with a tarantino like script . the series be as good a goodfellas and casino and and almost as good a the godfather ( hence not a 10 ) and and far good than any of guy ritchie effort . although there plenty of action and some of it pretty bloody and the story be character driven . even some of the minor character contribute to great story line while e. g. the priest relationship ( or lack of ) with carmilla and the restaurateur wife and and christopher and his dimwit friend ( who do not last very long ( a darwin award nominee . ) ) apart from the plot and the script and the acting and the other reason i like it while 1. it make me want to visit new jersey and eat pasta with a tomatoey sauce . 2. the music . 3. it show that literally anyone can suffer from mental health problem . | 1pos
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take a pinch of goodfellas and mix it with the godfather and add some roman mythology and plenty of lowbrow comedy and and you have the soprano and about a mob clan operate out of northern new jersey . it almost as entertaining a pro wrestling . i be not the big fan of this show and but i do admire james gandolfini very complicated tony soprano and a psychopath with an occasional glimmer of conscience . i also have come to admire te contribution of folk like gravel voice dom chianese a the bewilder but murderous uncle junior and silver haired tony sirico a the perpetually perplexed paulie and the very beautiful edie falco a the duplicitous and tough a nails carmela soprano . the violence be sudden and graphic and the body count steadily climb each season and but it be often the small moment that matter most here . watch paulie and tony nephew christopher ( michael imperioli late of law and order ) a they get lose in the pine barren and sit out a bitter cold night in an abandon trruck and both convince they have have it . | 1pos
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the soprano be perhaps the most mind opening series you could possibly ever want to watch . it smart and it quirky and it funny and it carry the mafia genre so well that most people can not resist watch . the best aspect of this show be the overwhelming realism of the character and set in the subterranean world of the new york crime family . for most of the time and you really do not know whether the wise guy will stab someone in the back and or buy them lunch . far add to the realistic approach of the character in this show be the depth of their personality these be dangerous men and most of them murderer and but by god if you do not love them too . i have laugh at their wisecrack and be tear when they have make err in judgement and and felt scar at the sheer ruthlessness of a serious criminal . the suburban setting of new jersey be absolutely perfect for this show subtext people aren not always a they seem and and the stark contrast between humdrum and the action take by these seemingly petty criminal weigh up to even the odds . if you haven not already and you most definitely should . | 1pos
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i can not add an awful lot to the positive review already on here great act and balance writing and multi faceted character and a great anti hero in tony and great commentary on millennial american life . the integral use of psychiatry couple with tony mother issue be especially fresh and humorous . several other character add a lot of depth hesh interesting history a an outsider muscling in and ralphie total irredeemable viciousness and chris dual desire in life and and so on . i have to dig into some of the criticism however and especially the it glorify violence or belittles italian american one . most of the writer and actor be italian american and would they attack themselves . there be several positive italian american character artie bucco the chef and dr. melfi and her family and the cusamanos next door to the soprano . indeed and dr melfi ex husband note in season 1 that only a tiny minority of italian american have ever have mob connection ( certainly small than the proportion of african american involve in crime and dare i say it . in both case poverty and lack of opportunity be the big cause ) . most of the character do not really choose the life they have while family background or circumstance largely corner them into it . outsider ( even of italian stock ) who attempt to integrate into it usually meet distressing end matthew and his friend in season 2 and for example . if you criticise this show and i assume frasier make you want to be a psychiatrist and or will and grace make you want to go homosexual . presumably you would not listen to rap music that discuss gang and or rnb which discuss promiscuity and or rock music which discuss drug ( or any other combination ) . people aren not as stupid a some of you make out . not everything be perfect however . a lot of character have only appear once and when by all logic they should have be see or at least mention in previous episode tracee the dancer and meadow friend ally and uncle junior ladyfriend ( supposedly for 20 year until they split in season 1 ) . | 1pos
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the soprano stand out a an airtight and dynamic exploration of american life and and how the american experience be shape and define by money . by set the story in the milieu of the underworld and david chase eliminate all barrier to a grunt and low to the ground and outright mean deconstruction of the post modern era . every character represent a facet of american industry . tony soprano exemplify the beleaguered working stiff and torn between familial duty and a need to keep his business on an even keel . the convergence of these two thing be the imperative that keep the story move forward . the character of christopher and paulie and and bobby reflect the loyal but self serve underlings present in every enterprise and who be trust out of necessity rather than merit . with the character of ralph and joe pantoliano essay a brilliant interpretation of the charismatic psychopath and a twisted businessman who flourish of violence be tragically outweigh by his stun earn power . and dominic chianese be the ultimate symbol of the antiquated old guard and which maintain power through establish relationship and the need of the up and comer to deflect blame . though abrasive and occasionally disturbing and the soprano have earn it place a the ultimate tv drama . ps a good companion piece to chase series would be the shield and another violent drama that manage to make the ugly of character interest . | 1pos
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well . easily my favourite tv series ever . call me a walk mail cliché but include violence and mafia and sex and gambling and drug etc . on a show and youre already win point on in my book . combine all that with act that superceeds anything you have ever see on the small screen and add direct that fit cinema of the vintage type and most of all write that blow the mind ( and a few brain a long the way ) and you get yourself a show thats gon na be pretty tough to compete with . above all stand two actor and james gandolfini a tony soprano and and edie falco a his wife carmela . a for gandolfini and he fit his roll in a way that word can not express and if you haven not see him a tony yet see it now . i can go on and on and on about every character in the show and the psychological brilliance and the gripping scene etc . but you wouldn not be able to stop me so all i can say be that this be about the only show along with seinfeld and that i be able to watch over and over again from start to finish and end up enjoy it even more . | 1pos
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the soprano ( now prepare to end ) be the very peak of adult television and drama . when the soprano hit the mark and it really hit the mark . use great writing and great actor ( most of them be extras from goodfellas ) the series be aloud to progress in a satisfyingly unpredictable and exceptional way . head up the cast be james gandolfini and who for all intensive purpose be tony soprano and and edie falco and who certainly hold her own . the series also boast a great collection of regular to push the plot along by any mean necessary ( usually violence and foul language ) . tony sirico and michael imperioli and steve van zandt be great secondary character that make every episode more interesting . seasonal extra be also worth note include name like steve buscemi ( great . ) and joe pantoliano ( great . ) and david proval ( good ) and robert patrick and robert loggia and frank vincent . the soprano be a great family drama and a realistic interpretation of modern day mafia society that despite the rare bad story line manage to be unique tv . symbolism and simple story line and dream and shoot out and many other thing create intertwine story and relationship that at the end of each season be resolve to create yet another perfect hbo package . watch it . | 1pos
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the soprano be probably the most widely acclaimed tv series ever and so naturally my expectation be through the roof and and yet the show surpass them . i love the mafia and crime genre in film and i enjoy follow the compelling story set in these world and but this be so much more . 86 plus hour of material give the story a chance to not only be one of the most thrilling and unpredictable mafia or action story and but also to be a great family drama and a shocking character study and a laugh out loud comedy and a brilliant psychological examination deal with the nature of good and evil and and an intellectual arty collaboration of representative dream and hallucination all in one . david chase epic series manages to accomplish all of this and more and and cement hbo a the close tv can get to cinematic perfection and pave the road for a number of other series to continue blow audience away . realism be present when it be need and but chase decision to depart from it for effect on occasion for dream episode and the like only add more layer to the series . chase along with a strong writing staff include matthew weiner and terrence winter and future creator of mad men and boardwalk empire respectively turn new jersey into an intricate universe full of the great cast of character i have see on tv . james gandolfini domineers the show a tony and one of the most groundbreaking character on tv ever . tony adheres to half of the mobster stereotype from pop culture and but he defy the other half entirely and and through his family interaction and his therapy session with dr. melfi ( lorraine bracco and with whom he have a considerable chemistry that ensure that the therapy scene always have a completely different feel to the rest of the show ) and we see nearly every side to tony soprano and learn that he be more of an everyman than one would expect . edie falco match the power of gandolfini performance a tony wife carmela . from her mixed feeling about tony lifestyle and to her suspicion about murder and to her torment over tony cheating and to her own thought about infidelity and carmela run the gamut of emotion throughout 6 season and falco make her the prime vehicle for the non mafia viewer to have eye into such a corrupt world . scene between tony and carmela provide some of the most heartwrenching and painfully realistic drama ever see on television . the support cast be almost a phenomenal and and a wide array of character populate the cast over all six season and somehow without any redundancy . nancy marchand steal the show a tony overbear mother livia and an insight into tony personality problem and panic attack . the familiarity of marchand incessant complaint be almost gruesome since she take the character so believably far . michael imperioli be christopher and tony protégé and whose various poor choice lead him down a road that be painful to watch but brilliantly execute . drea de matteo play christopher girlfriend adriana and and be so well meaning and loving that the dark arc her character take a she get too involved with christopher career . tony sirico be paulie and introduce a the ultimate mafia stereotype and a source of comic and but eventually he become one of the most sympathetic and complex character on the show and and nobody play true anger good than he . and that just the tip of the iceberg . familiar face such a peter bogdanovich and jon favreau and ben kingsley and lauren bacall and will arnett and nancy sinatra and david strathairn and robert patrick and hal holbrook and burt young and and eric mangini make appearance over the course of the show and while name as notable a joe pantoliano and steve buscemi and and steven van zandt have regular role a main character in the series . there be 50 plus great character with powerful arc and and the excitement and tension never let up in any of the various subplots throughout the show . comedic element and entire episode fill with brilliant hilarity dilute the powerhouse dramatic intensity of the series and which be so multipurpose that for one reason or enough and the credit of nearly any episode leave me somewhat bewilder . the soprano be the most powerful and addict series i have see overall and and it high be so mindblowing that i would have to call it my favourite show in spite of arguable low ( most of which i disagree with ) . whether you love or hate the end and or what you make of it be irrelevant represent the discussion it have create be an achievement in itself . the iconic nature of the entire series make it an essential part of television history . there be multiple element for anyone to love and marvel at in this show and so if youre thinking of watch something else instead and do yourself a favour and fuhgeddaboutit . | 1pos
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though the soprano be yet another gift from the megahit the godfather and sequel and which dramatize and to a certain extent glamorize the mafia and the sopranos take another tack . no suit up and classy mobster here with home in lake tahoe and stake in vega casino these guy be goombahs and with a front of waste management and who deal with thing that fall off the back of truck and topless bar and protection money in short and what the neighborhood mob be all about . colorful character dominate this series and which doesn not hold back on the sex and graphic violence . tony soprano ( james gandolfini ) be a mob head with a wife and two child and live in new jersey and who suffers from panic attack a he try to balance his biological family with his mafia one . to get to the bottom of his attack and he see a psychiatrist and jennifer melfi ( lorraine bracco ) and who be afraid of him and yet attract to him at the same time . tony henchman paulie and his nephew christopher and his uncle junior ( the titular head of the mob ) and his good friend pussy be all fully flesh out character . a we learn go through the series and there be enemy not only from without and but from within and and one of those enemy include tony sickly but horrible mother ( nancy marchand ) and who convince junior that tony be a danger to him . tony sister janice and meanwhile and be search for money in her mother house with a stethoscope and a geiger counter . tony have mistress problem and and a wife ( edie falco ) who put up with a lot because she love him and all the while keep tie to her catholic religion . the church frown on divorce and she tell one woman contemplate a split . let the pope live with him and be the response . as far a tony mistress problem and his psychiatrist point out that tony be attract to demand woman for whom nothing be ever enough and and ask him if it sound familiar . yeah and it sound like his mother . i be of italian descent and and yes and i be sick of italian be show in a negative light and everyone assume all italian be mobster . yet you can not help like this show and which be a constant reminder of our culture . ( thanksgiving and it point out and isn not turkey and sweet potato pie it the antipasto and the manicotti and the meatball and escarole and and then the bird . ) not to mention and the right on pronunciation of word like melenzana ( mullinyan ) and escarole ( scarole ) and manicotti ( manigot ) etc . the only un italian thing about tony be that he doesn not have a finish basement and something unheard of in the rest of my family ( except my parent never have one either ) . the standouts in this show be gandolfini and a a ruthless gangster on antidepressant and falco and who be brilliant a his wife and and bracco a the tortured jennifer . but everyone be excellent . if you can take the violence and the language and this be a great show and an unrelenting portrait of new jersey mob life . | 1pos
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a the godfather saga be the view of the mafia from the executive suite and this series be a complex tale of the mafia from the work man point of view . if you have never watch this show and youre in for an extended treat . yes and there be violence and nudity and but it be never gratuitous and be need to contrast tony soprano and the thinking man gangster and with the reality of the life he have be bear to and and quite frankly and would not ever have leave even know how so many of his associate have end up . tony soprano can discuss sun tzu with his therapist and then beat a man to death with a fry pan in a fit of rage and and while dismember and dispose of the body with his nephew and take a break and sit down and watch tv while eat peanut butter out of the jar and and give that nephew advice on his upcoming marriage like they have just finish a sunday afternoon of view nfl football . even carmella and his wife and when give a chance for a way out and find that she really prefer life with tony and the perk that go with it and look the other way at his indiscretion versus life on her own . if you follow the whole thing and you know how it end . if you do not and trust me you have never see a tv show end like this . | 1pos
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the godfather of television and but aside from it acclaim and mobster character and the two be nothing alike . tony soprano be force to go to a psychiatrist after a series of panic attack . his psychiatrist learn that tony be actually part of two family in one family he be a love father yet not so perfect husband and and in the other family he be a ruthless wiseguy . after analysis and dr. melfi conclude that tony problem actually derive from his mother livia and who suspect to have borderline personality disorder . gandolfini be rightfully praise a the main character while yet bracco and marchand aren not nearly a recognize for their equally and talented performance a the psychiatrist and mother and respectively . falco and imperioli and dematteo be acclaim for their brilliant supporting role . van zandt ( from the e street band ) play his first and only role a tony best friend and and be quite convincing and latch . chianese and the only recur actor to have actually appear in a godfather film and play tony uncle and on and off nemesis . many fan also enjoy character play by pastore and ventimiglia and curatola and proval and pantoliano and lip and sciorra and buscemi . tony child be okay but not notable ( with the exception of iler stun performance in the third to last episode and the second come ) while sirico and schirripa be unconvincing and over the top and but the show be too strong for them to hold it back . even a the show continue for over six season and it cease to have a dull or predictable moment . ( out of four ) . | 1pos
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now i have read some negative review for this show on this website and quite frankly i be appal . for anyone to even think that the soprano be not television then i be afraid i do not know what the world have come to . let me tell u something . i start watch many t. v show like lose and prison break and dexter and deadwood and even invasion . but all of those show lose their touch after the first season and especially lose and prison break which i refuse to watch because the company take 2 genius idea and butcher them by make more than one season . then we have the soprano . i can honestly say that this be the only television series that i have ever watch where i have be enthral in all of it season and and more importantly all of it episode . there be no department that this show doesn not excel in . act nothing short of superb . james gandolfini be one of my favourite actor and i feel that his acting be absolutely stunning in every episode and after i hear that hbo want ray liotta to play tony i felt that it would have be the good choice and however after watch the first few episode and i know that hbo have do a great job in cast james a tony . the raw emotion he display be superb . then we have everyone else and edie falco and michael imperioli and lorraine bracco and dominic chianese ( whom i remember a johnny ola in the godfather part 2 ) and my personal two favourite character tony sirico and steve van zandt paulie walnuts gualtieri and silvio dante . all of these actor perform to the best quality and and all give an excellent performance in each episode . then we have the story and never have i be so suck into a t. v show before . the story be nothing short of excellent . each episode be direct superbly and the score of this show be just fantastic . i feel that the soprano be one show that i can watch again and again and never get bore of . it get everything from hilarious humour to brutal violence and but nonetheless it be and will always be the best thing to ever grace the television and and i challenge anyone to find a real flaw in the show . not just say it too violent and or they feel that the character of tony be immoral and i mean it be a mafia show at the end of the day and i do not think that the character be go to be very honest or loyal to god . i implore everyone to watch this show because believe me and you will be hook from the very first episode and i be and i have even get a few friend who have firstly refuse to watch the show and hook on it . trust me when i say that this show be a godsend compare to the crap that come on t. v. after you have watch the first season and you will inevitably agree with me when i once again say that this show dominate television and and no t. v show current or future will ever upstage the marvel that be the soprano . | 1pos
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the soprano be probably the last best show to air in the 90 . it sad that it over and it be the best show on hbo if not on tv and not everything be spell out for you throughout you have to think and it be brilliant . the cast be excellent . tony ( james gandolphini ) be a great actor and play his character excellent and as well a the others . each character have flaw thats what make them so real and allow the viewer to connect with them and thats one reason it last so long . the last episode be good and i be not sure how to take it many different thing can be construe by the end id like to think that tony do not die but meadow walk in and sit down with them and that the blackout be just for suspense . tony will have to go to trial and deal with that hopefully be not dead thats how i feel . long live the soprano and tony soprano . | 1pos
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this be my favorite show . i think it be utterly brilliant . thanks to david chase for bring this into my life . season 11. the sopranos represent 5/52 . 46 long represent 4 . 5/53 . denial and anger and acceptance represent 5/54 . meadowlands represent 4/55 . college represent6 . pax soprana represent 5/57 . down neck represent 4 . 5/58 . the legend of tennessee moltisanti represent 5/59 . boca represent 4 . 5/510 . a hit be a hit represent 3 . 5/511 . nobody know anything represent 5/512 . isabella represent 5/513 . i dream of jeannie cusamano represent 5/5 . | 1pos
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chase have create a true phenomenon with the soprano . unfaltering performance and rock solid writing and and some great music make up what have become quite possibly the best show ever . all of the cast be strong and but falco and gandolfini earn every inch of those emmy . anyone who doubt this need only sample a few episode while particularly from the first few season . james gandolfini be absolutely fierce and absolutely terrifying and and you still find yourself love him mesmerize by him . many people that i have speak to about the soprano ( who haven not see it yet ) will say i be just not a fan of mafia movie or show . whatever . run do not walk and get it . those same people usually love e. r. and but i bet they do not much care for hospital . it not about the context . | 1pos
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brendan filone be the absolute best character in the soprano . he die by get shot in the eye . this be the best and well orchestrate scene ever in the soprano . brendan filone be too good . brendan filone shall haunt uncle junior in his dream until uncle junior can not take it anymore . brendan filone be the best character . brendan filone be kill in episode # 3 and denial and anger and acceptance . but his legacy will live on forever . brendan filone be the best character on soprano . brendan filone be the best character ever . i recommend this show to anyone who like drama and want to see good death scene and great directing and produce and because it doesn not get any good than this series . brendan filone be the best . | 1pos
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spoiler . from the very moment i saw a local film critic trash this movie in a review on the 10 represent00 news and i want to see it . i do not remember who it be and or which local omaha newscast carry the review and but the critic be very insistent that this film be way too sleazy for the average church go nebraskan . they show a snippet from the scene where john glover be about to kidnap ann margret when she swim in the pool . glover character be commend her on how nice her body be and so forth and use many word that the local station felt necessary to edit out . i be hook . there be one problem and though . i be only 13 year old at the time and and i have to wait a year until it come out on cable . let just say and it be worth the wait . if ever there be a guilty pleasure of mine and this movie be it . to call this film sleazy would be a huge understatement . the film center around a successful businessman who be blackmail by three small time scumbags after an affair with a young woman . roy scheider and who be as effective a ever and play the poor guy who just want a little fling and now find himself at the mercy of three terrific villain . john glover character be one of the most memorable scumbags of all time . he sleazy and funny at time and and always on the brink of do something crazy . then there robert trebor ( nice name and by the way . ) character leo who be clearly in over his head with this blackmail scheme . he be a whimpering and sweating and coward who run a peep show place with live nude model . then and you have clarence williams iii a bobby shy and a brooding sociopath who everyone be afraid of with good reason . who could forget the wake up call he give vanity with the giant teddy bear . after deal with the initial shock of realize what he up against and scheider turn the table on these creep and take control of the situation and that be until glover go after his wife . the conflict be play out brutally and with virtually the entire cast get shot and rap and or blow up . i do not know why i love this movie so much . it really should creep me out and but it doesn not . maybe it because these character be all interesting and and the story take plenty of chance that most film today would never try . it scary to think that the adult film industry probably have more than a few character like glover run around out in l. a. look for trouble . just think about his voice be enough to make me chuckle . hey sport and have a nice day . this film have plenty of shootout and cool car and great dialog ( like the line in my opening statement ) and and decent acting . plenty of cameo by real life porno star . look for ron jeremy frolic around in a hot tub with two chick in a party scene at glover place . another thing i must add represent how hot be the woman in this film . wow . travolta do right by marry kelly preston . yum . we also see vanity get nude in a time before she become a born again christian . and ann margret . what else could you say about her except that she be the quintessential american beauty . positive star . so sayeth the hound . add feb 14 and 2008 represent rip roy scheider . | 1pos
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base on elmore leonard and this be a violent and intelligent action film . the story represent a business man be blackmail by some 3 criminal . roy schieder do great job a the lead character and special credit get to go to john glover who play sort of a naughty psychopath . i must mention that the villain character be very complex and interesting something that be very rare for an action film . also feature some beautiful and sexy woman most notable be kelly preston a the young bate for schieder character . vanity give a very good performance and appearance a the hooker who be connect with the three blackmailer . i be glad to say that ann margaret still hasn not lose it this lady be a true babe . don not look at the rate of this film . i really do not know what the public and some critic have against this film but my suggestion be to ignore them and watch this truly grip and under rat film . you will enjoy it and that a promise . recommend a plus . | 1pos
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i have always like this john frankenheimer film . good script by elmore leonard and the main reason this wasn not just another thriller be because of frankenheimer . his taut direction and attention to little detail make all the difference and he even hire porn star ron jeremy a a consultant . you can make a case that it the last good film roy scheider make . i have always say that robert trebor give just a terrific performance . clarence williams iii get all the publicity with his scary performance and he excellent also but i really think trebor stand out . frankenheimer may not be a proud of this film a others but it be an effective thriller full of blackmail and murder and sex and drug and and real porno actor appear in sleazy part . what can you say about a film that have ann margaret be shoot up with drug and rap . a guilty pleasure to say the least . vanity have a real sleazy role and a very young kelly preston make an early appearance . a classic exploitive thriller that shouldn not be forget . | 1pos
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this slick and gritty film consistently deliver . it one of frankenheimer best and most underrated film and it easily the best elmore leonard adaptation to date ( and if you be scratch your head think but i love get shorty you need to be punch in the face ) . in my opinion and no one capture the feel for leonard character well then john glover in 52 pick up . the relocation of the story from detroit ( novel ) to hollywood ( film ) elevate the story sleaze factor to amazing height . be a man and have a few beer and watch this movie . for reference purpose my favorite leonard book be represent swag and rum punch and cat chaser and city primeval and and 52 pick up . my favorite frankenheimer film include second and the manchurian candidate . i also have a real special place in my cold and movie heart for dead bang and black sunday . | 1pos
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this be a great small film . i say small because it doesn not have a hundred gun fire or a dozen explosion and a in a john woo film . great performance by roy scheider and the three bad guy . john frankenheimer seem to have more luck with small production these day . the film be very easy to watch and the story be more of a yarn than a washing machine instead of everything go around and around and it seem a though thing just get bad a the plot thickens . wonderful end and very positive . i never read the elmore leonard book and but it can not be much different from the film because it feel like i be watch an elmore leonard movie . | 1pos
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52 pick up never get the respect it should have . it work on many level and and have a complicate but followable plot . the actor involve give some of their fine performance . ann margret and roy scheider and and john glover be perfectly cast and provide deep character portrayal . notable too be vanity and who should have parlay this into a serious act career give the unexpected ability she show and and kelly preston and who character will haunt you for a few day . anyone who like action combine with a gritty complicated story will enjoy this . | 1pos
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life go not to badly for harry mitchell and he an ex air force major ( plus nifty little pension i imagine ) and who rake in the cash for a patent he develop ( fuse titanium and steel via explosive process and create super metal fit for nasa ) and and his wife of twenty odd year have keep herself in pretty good nick . he get a nice little pad in la . i like to see vision of the 80 consumer dream and and you get a good slice here and what with the restore silver jag ( a series 1 e type roadster ) for him and and the gorgeous antique doll house for her ( as well a i be sure other trinket and boy toy ) . there always get to be more though hasn not there . so harry let himself get catch up in some romantic shenanigan ( youre only as old a the woman youre feeling ) . a in many film noir and one mistake and in an otherwise blotch less life and lead to a downwards arc for harry . three blackmailer leech onto him . these be where the value be for me and great character actor play very believable role . bobby shy ( play by clarence williams iii ) be a black ex con who be capable of perform incredible psychopathic act in order to avoid jail and punish double crossers . he reminiscent of pluto and the vicious black ex con psychopath from carl franklin well regard neo noir one false move ( 1992 ) . there a similar character motivation i believe . both men have have enough of the man and and well pretty much everyone and in extremis . robert trebor play leo frank and a fat lily livered pansy who run a nudie parlour where gent can photograph nude model at $ 25 for half an hour and and $ 50 for a whole hour ( do anyone else guffaw at the lack of discount . ) . he in over his head and and it great to watch trebor act when leo start to feel the heat and believable breakdown . john glover win a alan raimy and who be the brain of the plot and an actually brilliant man who become a pornographer and turn to a life of crime out of sheer sociopathic ennui . he a sexual sadist and do a few particularly unpleasant thing during the movie and include what i believe be a pretty well implied rape ( pay attention to his rap sheet readout and it easily miss and and read between the line for the motel scene with slim ) . in common with one false move and though not exclusively and i think the real impact of the movie be in the unusually communicative scene of violence . so far so good but i think there a real problem with the film . harry mitchell be tell at one point that he have his tit in the wringer . my problem be that harry mitchell be play by roy scheider . roy scheider protagonist never lose and theyre self sure and smooth and but not in an annoying way . i feel i be be ask to believe that his character be in peril and the movie rely on this for dramatic tension while however i do not believe it . for me it like be ask to believe that sandra bullock character be go to end up sleep alone by the end of a romantic drama and or stephen seagal character be go to get take down by the baddie ( do actually happen in one movie but be do deliberately for shock value ) . roy scheider doesn not convince a an adulterer either and you do not feel any annoyance with him at all and his character be teflon coat . it also felt like a movie that take some cut . at 110 minute it still feel underdeveloped represent harry wife and ann margaret and be pretty much a cardboard cutout and an extension of harry and her back story a a politician run for office receives scant attention . the effect that the affair have on harry marriage isn not properly communicate . this could be a frankenheimer problem and he not know for character development . i never felt that harry be deal with little more than an overtly annoy and erroneous tax claim from the irs . there be good sleazy violent noir content in this film and but i feel that to be in the excellent bracket that the casting of harry could have be do well ( no disrespect to the great roy scheider ) . the film felt short and even with the long running time and and i think could have take some more fleshing out . but you really can not forget the sleaze and like the deliciously pervy scene of harry take photo of doreen in the nudie parlour . | 1pos
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successful self make married businessman harry mitchell ( a superbly steely performance by roy scheider ) have an adulteress fling with sweetn exy young stripper cini ( the gorgeous kelly preston ) . harry blackmail by a trio of scummy low life hood sleazy porno theater manager raimy ( a splendidly slimy john glover ) and antsy strip joint owner leo ( well play by robert trebor ) and craze pimp bobby shy ( a frightfully intense clarence williams iii ) who have videotape his affair with cini . when harry refuse to pay up and the hood kill cini and make it look like harry do it . this in turn ignite a dangerous battle of wit and will between harry and the hood . director john frankenheimer and adopt a tough script base on elmore leonard gritty crime thriller novel and expertly maintain a steady snappy pace and delivers plenty of grip tension and and effectively create a compellingly seedyn ordid atmosphere . the lead be all uniformly excellent and with stand out support turn by ann margret a harry bitter neglect wife barbara and vanity a brash jade prostitute doreen and and lonny chapman a harry loyal business partner jim oboyle . the tightn notwisty plot keep viewer on their toe throughout . the wickedly profane dialogue and jost vacano glossy cinematography and gary chang stir score and the harshly amoral tone and the rousing conclusion be all likewise on the money a well . a an added bonus and both vanity and preston take their clothes off . a very strong and satisfying little number that well worth check out . | 1pos
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this film make john glover a star . alan raimy be one of the most compelling character that i have ever see on film . and i mean that sport . | 1pos
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the villian in this movie be one mean sob and he seem to enjoy what he be do and that be what i guess make him so mean . i do not think most men will like this movie and especially if they ever cheat on their wife . this be one of those movie that pretty much stay pretty mean to the very end . but then and there you have it and a candy bar end that make me look back and say and hokie a hell . a pretty good movie until the end . end be the end we would like to see but not the end to such a mean beginning . and then there be the aftermath of what happen . guess you can make up your own mind about the true end . i be leave feeling that only one character should have survive at the end . | 1pos
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i recommend family if possible and to show this to older child only . some of the stuff in this film maybe too disturb for little one to handle . now that thats out of the way and let me explain about this movie . this be in reality a documentary of a male fox and who in the beginning be protect his territory and seek a mate . the beginning with the gorgeous sunrise and music score and be breath take . you have good soak in as much of the scenery a possible and it will get ugly later . they give both the fox and the vixen name and but i can not remember what they be for the like of me . he fight off this invade male and to win her love . they later on create a den and and the vixen give birth to four adorable cub while one of which be blind . there be many happy and playful moment feature the fox family and but tragedy and bad luck strike all too soon . the first victim be the blind pup and who get too close to a high tide and be wash away . the second victim be the mother and who while steal chicken be deceive by a dead chicken hang on a pole . she unknowingly walk into a foot trap . while try to escape she rip off part of her foot and cause her to bleed to death . the rest of the fox family be force to watch her die under a tree . the male be now a single dad and force to take on the roll of mom and dad . he alone have to teach them the skill they need for life . it later prove not to be enough and when two of the now grown pup meet an ugly fate of their own while thanks to the carelessness and cruelity of man . i would not spoil the surprising end for you and but it do show the farmer and his dog close on his tail . and it be a well deserve end after what the audience and the fox family be put through . i want to say that i saw this when it first come out in early 1980s and when we have a thing call showbiz cable . i be only 4 when i saw it and but i could never understand why they wouldn not let me see all of it . now i know why and after i secretly watch it when it come on disney and when i be 9. i felt emotionally gutted after see all this evil go on . i be move to tear . but a dark and ugly a it be and it serve a purpose . to let people what be go to these and other kind of animal and and why they be endanger . this documentary want to get the message across about this endanger specie and and i hop it work . it not fake like the true life nature film by disney and they do not teach about why animal be go extinct . the encroachment of land and the kill off of the fox main prey and and senseless killing of these beautiful animal while have result in them become endanger . i wish they would make sequel to this movie and ( glacier fox 2005 ) to see if theyre be treat well . maybe have it be about a vixen pup name teresa and her sibling grow up . this movie also kind of reflect what happen to human family sometimes and especially when one of the parent suddenly die . the survive parent take on the roll of both and and try to teach the important lesson of life . it isn not always enough to protect them when theyre adult and especially when some of their life becomes ruin . or they fall victim to tragedy themselves . best all around soundtrack and musical score i have ever hear . | 1pos
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i saw this movie when i be little it be call glacier fox . i be totally traumatize by it . it follow a cute little fox family around . the beginning be great and i remember become very attach to the little foxes . i also remember my mother carry me out of the theater while i be in hysteric . i would not tell you what happen and but let just say it doesn not end well for all of the fox . i be use to disney type nature film where the animal do not really die . oh man . this movie make me cry for hour . it be a good movie . i think i be really little and truth be tell all i remember be be happy for the fox and then see one of them die . rent it if you can and but do not show your kid . | 1pos
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i have be look for this movie for so many year . i saw this move when i be nine and love this movie . i call disney all the movie store and the net . no luck . what a waste it be a very good movie . it will be missednegative . | 1pos
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i saw the glacier fox in the theatre when i be nine year old i bug my parent to take me back three time . i begin look for it on video about five year ago and finally uncover a copy on an online auction site and but i would love to see it either pick up by a new distributor and rereleased ( i understand the original video run be small ) and or have the right purchase by the family channel and disney and etc . and show regularly . it be a fascinating film that draw you into the story of the life struggle of a family of fox in northern japan and narrate by a wise old tree . the excellent soundtrack compliment the film well . it would be a good seller today and good than many of the weak offering to child movie today . | 1pos
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glacier fox be one of the most heartrending and wonderfully photographed wildlife film ever make . the film make you care about each member of this fox family and from the blind cub to the strong their adventure be at time hilarious and also tragic . set against an inhospitable countryside and the audience hearts warm to the family member . the music score and lyric tell the story intercut with narration about what be happen in general term . man remain one of the big predator and but we be leave in no doubt that the fox be capable of living and not just survive beyond human endeavour . | 1pos
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i watch this movie when i be almost quite a kid and and and naturally and be move to tear by this story of a fox family . the fantastic scenery at hokkaidô and the excellent storytelling and last not least the wonderful soundtrack provide a rare intimacy with the protagonist . i be still search for some copy of the gorgeous soundtrack . to german viewer it might be useful to know that the defa dubbing be the only one worth listen to . i tap both ( defa and br ) but i keep view the first one only . | 1pos
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ok. this movie so far have be slat by critic and board poster alike ( although play devil advocate you could suggest that critic be often people who do not make it for themselves a film maker and and board poster be often people who do not make it for themselves a critic ) so i want to sit in guy corner with the magic sponge to perhaps reach maybe a couple of the people who have decide not to see the film base on how everybody seem to be look down their collective nose of approval at it . the film big flaw in earn wide support be how unexpectedly complex it be . this have be describe many time a a make the film inaccessible to the viewer . the film chronology be relatively non linear and the character be use a not only a mean of storytelling but a a device for show u the subtle ( or not so subtle ) hint of bias we give thing a we commit them to memory and ie . ray liotta character brandish a gun say the word fear me be portray a both tragically pathetic ( from statham pov ) or interrogate and bold ( from liotta pov ) . this be but one example of ritchie far more mature approach he have take to film make with revolver and we have a storyline which be pretty archetypal ( the strong but silent gritty anti hero get release from jail with a score to settle but get draw inadvertently into a world of corruption . i mean it paint by number film noir here guy and all the way down to the vague poetic choice of diction and the gritty voice over ) but then guy have take this framework to make a number of extremely philosophical and complex point . take the scene where jason statham character run afoul of a car . this throwaway sequence could have be emit from the film and make no difference to the story whatsoever . but ritchie be make point about how such little chance happening such a receive a phone call can make the difference between life and death . so the final act of the movie be pretty mind boggling and i would be take the ps if i say i do not spend the last 20 minute or so of the film turn to my date go uh . wtf . but that be the shoddy reason to disregard a piece of art . it be far too easy to dislike something because you find it hard to understand . and even easy to say well nobody else seem to understand it so it must be a real turd of a film . in my humble opinion and revolver be a stylish and complex and mature piece of modern art which should be greet with the same manner we would give the work of the saatchi brother . if we choose this opportunity to collectively say ah sht and i want a film about a load of bleed cockney gangster in nit loll . guy ritchie be a tit . then the day will come when film maker be allow only to make that which be expect of them by shallow and crappy people . just because guy make a name for himself with funny and cheeky cockney romp and doesn not mean he can not be deep without be pretentious . funny people can be thoughtful too . | 1pos
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first of all and when people hear guy ritchie and they immediately think of snatch . yes and snatch be a good movie and but the problem be that everyone associate guy ritchie to snatch . they do not expect him to explore new frontier . this movie revolver be different than snatch while it much darker and be very complex . the reason i give a rating of 10 be because i have have to watch revolver 3 time to understand everything . so this movie toy with your head . it very cleverly write . this movie be different than snatch . it be do wonderfully and the cinematography be beautiful and and you can recognize guy ritchie personal touch ( style of direct ) in it . what win me over be the complexity of the protagonist and how we be leave with more question than answer . | 1pos
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i always enjoy see movie that make you think and and do not just drip feed the answer to their audience . revolver be one of these film and and although many reviewer have state that it be difficult to follow and with a bit of concentration and an open mind i get it . first time . true and it doesn not compare to other mind muck like the usual suspect or memento and but in it own right it an intelligent and think provoke film . another thing i really like about this film be how damn beautiful it be . every scene and every camera angle seem to have be think about for age . if you see it you will know what i mean . so and to conclude . watch it with an open mind and you may enjoy it . if not and well and no one ever say revolver be for everyone . and that my 2 cent . | 1pos
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i watch to movie today and it just blow my mind away . it be a real masterpiece of art and i do not understand why most of the people think it garbage . the main idea of the movie take your ego away and then you will have true power . this be the main battle at the end of the movie and guy ritchie have show that in a magnificent way . the great enemy will hide in the last place you will ever look do you remember this from the movie . because our true enemy be in u it be our ego . that voice that always tell u that we be important and that give u our pride and that tell u not to give and but only to take and that create our aggression and that want to be in control and that create all the negative feeling and thought . gr express this idea in an astonishing way and have show that the only way to gain true control be when you loose control and you just let go of your personal importance . a superb movie . | 1pos
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first of all and do not go into revolver expect another snatch or lock stock and this be a different sort of gangster film . i saw the gala the other night and this movie definitely split the audience . it the kind of movie where half the audience will leave think what be that . that be awful and and the other half will leave think what be that . that be cool . personally i like film that i do not understand and i. e. mullholland drive and and usual suspect and so i enjoy revolver . it definitely wasn not perfect though . i saw the big twist come a mile away and at least part of it and and though sometimes some loose end leave unexplained be good and revolver leave a lot of question unexplained for no reason it seem . also some scene and like the animation and and the scene where sorter go on a killing spree ( actually one of my favourite ) and although and awesome scene to watch and seem to just be there because they be awesome to watch and not because they fit in with the movie . however there be many good thing too . i think the acting be superb from all the main actor and jason stratham and ray liotta and vincent pastore and and even andre benjamin ( who be a pleasant surprise ) . this movie definitely keep my interest and with one great and suspenseful and action packed and scene after another . when ray liotta be be hold under the table wow . well you have to see it . the script be extremely well do and and the soundtrack and a with most guy ritchie film and be great . though a step below such movie a and fight club and mullholland drive and and usual suspect and it be still an awesome fast pace and psychological and action movie and with many twist and turn and ton of scene you will remember long after the movie be over . | 1pos
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i will start by say that this have undeservedly be pan by just about everyone . the fact be it wasn not what anyone be expect and especially from guy ritchie . what everyone be expect be cockney geezer and good one liner do ya like dag . etc and but this be far more mature than his previous work . i would agree that it be confuse but all the fact be there for u we just have to see them and listen hard and this film demand all your attention . look past the cool and dazzling look of the film and try to listen to the dialogue rather than admire the performance and i think we will all get a more thorough understanding of the whole film . yes this have it influence from modern classic ( fight club and pulp fiction etc ) but it be in the whole original in both direction and pace with a music score second to none . i feel that if everyone watch this film over and over they would understand it a lot more and maybe appreciate it for the fine piece of modern cinema that it be and i hope also that ritchie continue in this vain a i far prefer this to his mockney masterpiece . | 1pos
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have read the review for this film and i understandably start watch it with a great deal of doubt in my mind that it would actually be any good . however and this be one of the best film i have see in a long time . the majority of review that i have read and say that the complicate plot make it too hard to follow . and whilst some part do leave you confuse and the end tie up so many loose end that you feel like kick yourself because you have miss so much . it not like lock and stock . or snatch and in the sense that it isn not that funny ( in fact and it pretty dark ) and and it be a lot more intelligent and in the way that you see part of scene from different viewpoint ( and and in one of the best scene of the film and jason statham spend five minute in a lift have an argument with himself ) . the way in which it be similar to the two film i just mention and be that it be full of memorable character and specifically statham and who give a fantastic performance a the lead and and ray liotta and who spend most of the film in speedos and but give a great performance none the less . if you have get time and and have time afterwards to think about the film and and even watch it again and you really start to see all the symbolism and hint that be lay out through the film . i think it fantastic and and that guy ritchie be a director on top of his game . | 1pos
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neither the total disaster the uk critic claim nor the misunderstood masterpiece it few fanboys insist and revolver be at the very least an admirable attempt by guy ritchie to add a little substance to his conman caper . but then and nothing be more despised than an ambitious film that bite off more than it can chew and especially one use the gangster or con artist movie framework . a might be expect from luc besson name on the credit a producer and there a definite element of cinema de look about it represent set in a kind of realistic fantasy world where america and britain overlap and it look great and have a couple of superbly edit and conceive action sequence and oozes style and all of which mark it up a a disposable entertainment . but ritchie clearly want to do more than simply rehash his own movie for a fast buck and and he spend a lot of time thinking and reading about life and the universe and everything . if anything it problem be that he try to throw in too many influence ( a bit of machiavelli and a dash of godard and a lot of the principle of chess ) and motif and technique and litter the screen with quote represent the film be originally intend to end with three minute of epigram over photo of corps of mob victim and and at time it feel a if he never read a fortune cookie he do not want to turn into a movie . rather than a commercial for kabbalism and it really more a mixture of the overlap principle of commerce and chess and confidence trickery that for the most part pull off the difficult trick of make the theosophy accessible while hide the film central ( somewhat metaphysical ) con . the last third be where most of the problem can be find a jason statham take on the enemy ( literally ) within with lot of ambitious but not always entirely successful crosscutting within the frame to contrast people exterior bravado with their inner fear and anger and but it get a lot go for it all the same . not worth start a new religion over and but i be surprise it do not get a u distributor . maybe they find ray liotta intentionally fake tan just too damn scary . | 1pos
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i have never know of a film to arouse such debate in my life . believe me when i say that this film will eventually be remember a an all time classic . i be wait in anticipation for this film a i have previously love both lock and stock . and snatch and but after some of the negative review i think i would be very disappointed . i absolutely love this film and i can not wait to see it again . this film be totally different to both of the aforementioned ritchie film and and also a lot well . i have my pick of favourite director but none of them have pull off a move as great a guy ritchie have just do with this movie . i believe he have take movie make to another level ( i know most people will be laugh at this comment guaging the reaction to this film and but i believe time will prove me right ) . this movie be very confusing and carry on for much long than the 2hr or so running time a i couldn not stop think about it or try to piece thing together . i have now get a pretty good take on everything that happen in this film ( some answer from endless hour of thinking and some answer from read other people take on the film ) and now can not wait until sunday when i will see it again . i just hope people go to the cinema with an open mind and they will hopefully be reward a i and many others have be . | 1pos
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it all very simple . jake go to prison and and spend five year with the con and the chess master . they get compassionate about his history of loss and failure and and utterly misery that he live on because of his belief in his mastery of small trick and control of the rule of small crook . they decide to give jake the ultimate freedom represent from his innermost fear and from what he believe to be himself . for that and they take him on a trip where he get to let go all the fear and all the pride and all the hope to be reborn a true master of his will . it a clever movie about the journey of illumination and about the infinite gamble and game that we do with and within ourselves . positive and no doubt . | 1pos
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i be give ten out of ten it one of the best movie ever . absolutely smashed and stunned and daze by the whole picture and marvellous playing of jason statham and ray liotta and all the crew and amazing plot . just look into yourself and pluck up your courage to admit it touch your soul and because it strange and but there be all the answer you have be ever look for . the very best and mr. ritchie . the very best ever . those who be look for a simple figtings and skirmish keep yelling they be disappointed . but there be lot of shallow movie in hollywood nowadays and you can not remember what it be about the next day you have see it . on the contrary and revolver be unique and i could have hardly expect it possible to portray such a clear and genius picture of myself and of everyone who be to watch it . absolutely unsurpassed and astound and dazzle . one can get insight watch this and i have no doubt about that . actually and no word can express my admiration . i be still wonder how it be possible to shoot such a movie after year of giddy hollywood rubbish we have be watch . thank you from all heart and it simply the best . | 1pos
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i have just finish watch this film and i can honestly say that this be a work of art . i be very surprised to see the overall rating a 5 . 2. not only do guy bring together a b list ( ish ) movie cast and make them into such glorious character and he have give u a movie with a fantastically diverse story line with much left to the imagination . far too many people be want movie with a plot that can be understood and hand to them on a plate . yet these be the film that get poor review because they be far too predictable . this film be special . get it and now . | 1pos
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ah ritchie make another gangster film with statham think the average fan and expect another snatch or lock stock while expect perhaps a couple of temporal shift and but none too hard for me and the lad to swallow after a few beer . ah and pay attention and you do need to watch this film . no cup of tea and no extra diet coke from the counter and no keep it run shouts a you nip to the fridge watch the film . no laugh other than those you may make yourself from the considerable violence ( and if that float your boat and so be it ) but sharp solid direction and excellent dialogue and and great performance . my favourite big pussy from the soprano and always a reliable hood . | 1pos
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aside from a few title and the new sherlock holmes movie and i think i have watch every movie guy ritchie have direct . twice . needless to say and i be a big fan and revolver be one of the highlighted reason why . this movie be a very different approach from ritchie and when you look at it comparatively with lock and stock . and snatch . revolver set u up for a psychological thriller of sort a a gamble con find himself at the mercy of a set of foe he do not expect and a guided walk for redemption that he do not know he need . along with see andré benjamin of outkast fame strut his acting ability and other standout act be ray liotta play the maniacal mr. d or macha and mark strong playing sorter and the hit man . after be send to prison by a tyrannous casino owner and macha and jake use his time in solitary to finesse a plot to humiliate macha and force his hand in compensate him for the seven year he spend . when he win a card game and amass a decent sum from macha and jake find himself on the brink of death a he collapse and be diagnose with an incurable disease that leave him with three day to live . a team of loan shark and however and have an answer for him and a ticket to life only if he give them all the money he have and relents to work for them and all in a ploy to both take macha down and show jake how dangerous he have make himself to himself . along with have the air of death loom and and a pair of loan shark have a field day with his money and jake also have to deal with have a hit put out on him and which introduce sorter a hit man under macha employ . the depth with the story come when jake realize that some co convict he spend time with in solitary may very well be the loan shark team out to take him for all he have by craft all of the unfortunate event that jake seem to find his way into . when face with this reality though and zack ( vincent pastore ) and avi show jake just how twisted he have become from be in solitary and have only the company of his mind and his ego then make it so that their actual existence be elusive even to jake . the movie unravels to a humbling process for both jake and macha a they both come to grip with their inner demon . the style of the movie be top notch a you get the gritty feel of the crime world represent and the character it include . although a lot of nod at ritchie previous film be here it still have a presence of it own from the dialogue and the set and the experimental take on the gangster genre . it also a great trip on humility and recognize when you can easily let your ego or a preset notion mask you ability to accomplish what you want or overcome what you should . the character be well craft in this movie with all side be flesh out and and true to ritchie fashion and theyre all tie in by some underhandedness that throw a wrench in everyone affair . i could and would like to go on about this film and it unique nuance but i do not want to take too much away from it if you haven not see it yet . it may take a few sitting to get through all the intricate layer but it a great movie and it should be see . if youre lucky and you haven not see the water down u release and see if you can get the original uk version a it will make for a great discussion piece among friend a you try to puzzle in your take . i saw it with my crew around early 2006 and be still talk about it with little thing we have pick up on today . it have garner it cult status and and it well deserve a the film where ritchie step out the box and break his norm a bit . standout line represent fear or revere me and but please and think i be special . we share an addiction . be approval junky . | 1pos
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at the end of the movie i still do not know whether i like it or not . so be the case with most of the reviewer . but none the less i still feel that the movie be worth a 7 for the amount of effort put in . long ago i read a quote represent there be 2 kind of writer and 1. those who think and write . and 2. those write and make the reader think . while here i feel that guy ritchie take this way too literally and leave all the thinking for the audience . i felt that the movie be a mixed bag fill with some of the devil advocate and fight club . it be definitely a classic represent something which no one understand but appreciate . what i do not understand represent why stathom ( jake green ) have a blackout ( thats how it all begin ) and all the riddle and mystery in the movie have be take care of except this one . well if you be read this review to find the solution a what this movie be all about represent i will post the very midnight it strike me and if you be still decide to watch this movie or not represent then answer this first . when you come across a puzzle label a no one have ever solve would you like to try . i would . | 1pos
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for a long time it seem like all the good canadian actor have head south of the border and ( i guess ) all the second rank one fill the top slot and that leave the dreg for the sex comedy . this film be a real surprise represent despite the outlandish plot that be typical of farce and the actor seem to be try to put something into their character and what we and the viewer and get back be almost true suspension of belief . when the extra from the music video attack the evicting police and you almost believe it be possible . if you be a fan of some of the good sex farce ( canadian or not ) you should definitely seek this one out . and the big surprise and this sex farce be also load with some very good nudity . | 1pos
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this comedy with much underlie pain and sadness succeed where most others fail . there have be many film of this genre with more notable actor attempt to achieve this elusive mixture which haven not come anywhere near the depth and deftness of this one . this be surely because the exceptional cast with outstanding performance by reg rogers and ally sheedy seem so spontaneous that the reality of their character rapidly grip your interest and emotion and hold them throughout the film . at first and the action seem rather off the wall and harebrained but one gradually learn that these two rather pathetic damage people be desperately and unwillingly try to heal themselves and even if grudgingly and through each other . rogers heartrending facial expression of numb hurt and sheedy angry outburst be so eloquent that one feel them a one observe them . you will care about these two likable but deeply suffer people and hope that they will succeed because it in doubt and all hang on a tenuous emotional thread . hopefully audience will get to see more of reg rogers and ally sheedy a this film prove their merit a very accomplished actor beyond doubt . | 1pos
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i will take you there tell of a woebegone man who lose his wife to another and find an unlikely ally in a blind date . unlike most romantic comedy and this little indie be mostly tongue in cheek situational comedy feature rogers and sheedy with little emphasis on romance . a sort of road trip flick with many fun and some poignant moment keep move and stay fresh and and be a worthwhile watch for indie lover . | 1pos
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i be totally impressed by shelley adrienne waitress ( 2007 ) . this movie only confirm what be clear from that movie . adrienne be a marvelously talented writer director and an original and unique artist . she manage to show the misery of everyday life with absurd humor and a real warm optimistic and humanistic tendency . ally sheedy steal this movie with a terrific performance a a woman who have fall over the edge . male lead reg rodgers and look like judd nelson and be fine . there be also a great cameo by ben vereen . the song at the end of the movie the bastard song write by adrienne can stand a her optimistic eulogy represent it a world of suffer and in a sea of pain and no matter how much sun you bring and youre pummel by the rain . don not let the heartless get you down and don not greet the heartless at your door and don not live among the heartless . | 1pos
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real cool and smart movie . i love sheedy color and especially the purple car . alice drummond be wise and wonderful a stella . i like sheedy reference to how her face have get fatter . the roadside dance scene be brilliant . really like this one . | 1pos
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i too have go thru very painful personal loss ( twice ) and this movie portray the gut wrench reality of that experience very well and life out of balance and nothing make sense and well mean relative and etc . it be nice to see ally again . she be one of my all time favorite movie actor . i laugh and cry a the story unfolded . great story and cast . well do . | 1pos
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this movie be wonderful . the writing and directing and act all be fantastic . very witty and clever script . quality performance by actor and ally sheedy be strong and dynamic and delightfully quirky . really original and heart warmingly unpredicatable . the scene be alive with fresh energy and really talented production . | 1pos
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the influence of hal hartley in adrienne shelly i will take you there be not overt and but clearly have tie to his work ( shelly have act in two of hartley film ) . not only do her film exhibit a very tight narrative and but the hyper stylized and extreme character strangely render human emotion in a very real light . though this film be not ironic on the whole ( thank god ) and the small and subtle irony that pepper the piece allude to the bitter truth in love and loss . with beautiful cinematography and a soundtrack straight from the seventy and i will see you there be a great indie film that doesn not stoop to postmodern irony when deal with the woe of love and the reality of human emotion . the film begin with bill life fall to piece . not only have he sell his best friend ray a beautiful country home and but his wife rise have leave him in order to join ray in the retreat . all wash up and bill wallow in his own gloom and doom until his sister lucy ( play by the director adrienne shelly ) bring him all kind of surprise represent a self help book and a date for her traumatized brother . the unwilling bill try to refuse and but the sudden appearance of bernice at his door leave him no choice . no doubt bernice initially superficial demeanor and ridiculous hairstyle detract from his ability to rebound with her . however and her pseudo hippie quality annoy him so much that he lash at her on their first date . and bernice be so traumatize by his derogatory remark that she attach herself to him and force herself upon him . to what end and we be not aware . except for maybe the fact that she be psycho . ( and who better to play the psycho than ally sheedy . ) aware that bill desperately want to see rise and bernice offer her car and but on the condition that he take her somewhere first . on the way and she proceed to hold bill prisoner with his own gun ( a pinkerton detective and no less ) . an imbroglio of angst and resentment and redemption and passion and violence ensue a bill and bernice find themselves on their way to the country home of ray and rise . of course and with a few stop along the way . | 1pos
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i would have to say that this be the first quality romantic comedy i have ever see . it have depth and although you know from the beginning who be go to end up together there be still long and anticipation . the thought that maybe they would not get together . it be an indie film after all . this movie be well write and direct and act . the dancing on the side of the road scene be magnificent . | 1pos
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i be 10 year old when this show be on tv . by far it be my favorite . the actor be very credible . alexandra bastedo be just gorgeous . i just order the dvd ( 15 episode ) . they do not have super power . they just have superior human skill ( strength and hearing and sight ) . the 3 actor be very good in their roll and very believable . there be a good story in each episode . at the time and there be no special effect or explosion everywhere and so the script be suppose to be good and and the character performs be great . there be no fancy stuff and like in other show . they do not try to make a joke every 2 minute to make a light show . i highly recommend this tv show to anybody that like good stuff . | 1pos
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monty berman and dennis spooner follow up the baron with this and a fantasy series about three superhuman spy which preempt the six million dollar man . it be a favourite of mine when i be a youngster and and i enjoy watch it still . stuart damon and william gaunt have an unmistakable on screen chemistry a craig stirling and richard barrett and while the luscious alexandra bastedo pout her way through her role a sharron macready . the late anthony nicholls make a wonderfully gruff tremayne . by far the best episode be those write by tony williamson and terry nation and brian clemens and while spooner own the interrogation compare favourably with the prisoner . i regret that there be never a second series while the concept have so much life leave in it . would craig and richard have be competitor for sharron affection . what if tremayne have learn of the champion power . do the champion have any other ability other than those we saw . we never find out and ala . | 1pos
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well and what can i say and other than these people be super in every way . i quite like sharon mcreedy and i enjoy this pure nostalgic series and i have the boxed set of 9 disc 30 episode and i do not realise that they have make so many and i also think that it be a great shame and that they have not make any more . i wish that i get give these power and imagine me and be knock off my cycle and somewhere and be knock out cold and then wake up in a special hospital . later on and i discover that my body have be enhance . just like richard barrat . these story be 50 minute of pure action and suspense all the way and you can not fight these 3 people and a they would defeat you in all form of weaponry . the music be well write and and to me and put a wonderful picture of 3 super being in my mind and the sort of power that the champion have be the same a our domestic dog or cat and improve sight and improved hearing and touch . and the strength of 10 men for richard and craig and the strength of 3 woman for sharon . who i think be beautiful and intelligent . when i be a boy and i have a huge crush on her . now i can see why and on my dvd set . the box be very nice and it come with a free booklet all about the series . i also think that trymane be a good bos and firm but he get thing do . | 1pos
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my sibling and i stumble upon the champion when our local station air re run of it one summer in the 1970 . we absolutely adore it . there be something so exotic and mysterious about it and especially when compare to the usual american re run ( petticoat junction and green acre . you get the idea ) . it have a similar feel to the avenger ( not too much of a surprise and since it be also british and in the spy or adventure genre ) . i would love to see it again now hopefully it hold up . i have mention this show to others and no one have ever hear of it and so i begin to wonder if i would imagine it whole existence . but the wonder that be the web have allow me track down information about it . hopefully it will find a new generation of fan . | 1pos
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i wasn not bear until 4 year after this wonderful show first air but luckily i manage to catch the rerun of the mid 90 and the rest be history . i be hook . the premise be pretty simple while two hardened nemesis agent and richard barrett and craig stirling ( william gaunt and stuart damon ) be partner up with an expert ( if not young ) doctor and biologist ( sharron macready ) to head behind the bamboo curtain to retrieve a dangerous biological agent from be use by red china . whilst make their escape and their plane be hit by machine gun fire and they crash in the heart of the himalaya where their life be save by a mysterious and previously undiscovered civilisation who heal and enhance the sens of the trio and thus set the scene for many exciting adventure to come . the series last for 30 hour long episodes and i guess it be it relatively short live and one season run that have set it up for cult status . monty berman and the producer and be notorious for make thing as cheaply a possible and sometimes the show suffer for this with incredibly tacky set particularly in episode such a happen ( a studio deputising for the australian outback ) and the now set of operation deep freeze and the beginning but if you can get past this and and focus on the character and the story line and the show be really a lot of fun . it have a great mix of adventure and and plenty of deadpan humour ( mainly from some terrific one liner from william gaunt ) . the chemistry from the three lead be fantastic you get the sense that they be really have a lot of fun make the show and this be borne out in the 2005 reunion documentary where the three reunite after over 35 year to reminisce about the show ( and laugh about anthony nicholls awful wig . ) . they all share equal screen time and all have their moment to shine . i have to say and i be always a richard barrett fan i love his sardonic humour along with that dangerous edge he be certainly a man you do not cross and and those eye . the blue eye you would probably see on tv . i have also follow bill gaunts career with interest since . however and craig stirling certainly would have have his legion of female fan and i be sure alexandra bastedo have a whole queue of male fan swoon over her too . the show also have a plethora of guest star to entice with and include donald sutherland and jeremy brett and peter wyngarde and burt kwouk and anton rodgers and kate omara and jenny linden and paul eddington and colin blakely . notable episode for me be represent auto kill and the interrogation and the fanatic and the mission and the gilded cage but i be sure every one have their personal favourite . if you do get a chance to watch this show for the first time and or to re watch it after many year and remember to watch it in the context of the time it be make and just sit back and enjoy the character and the chemistry from the three lead be what make this wonderful show for me and i do not think i will ever tire of it . enjoy . | 1pos
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when i be six yo and i learn about a series call los campeones and and even if i be just a kid i do everything i need to convince my parent to let me watch the champion and the avenger once every week . i think that be the golden age of english series . ( i already own the complete cycle of the prisoner . ) but last also a few year later with the tomorrow people and the bad witch ( i just me and or this be harry potter in girl and of course and before as much a i want the campion to be in zone 1 or zone 4 and i be also wait for dr. who ( pack the whole series in a set of and uhm and maybe 300 dvd and please and i couldn not expend more for it and 8 ) and people of tomorrow and and several other low budget and but great story to be available within my reached zone . i speak and understand english and but not all my relative do and include my parent and whom introduce me into these great story . i hope someday and someone could feel the attraction of these series and then could sell them a i originally view them . dub or subtitle and but in the same format i saw them . remember and zone 1 or 4 be ok with my tv set . | 1pos
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maléfique be an example of how a horror film can be effective with nothing more than a well execute plot and a lot of heart . it cast doesn not have recognize name and it doesn not have a big budget and it certainly lack in the visual effect aspect while but it compensate all that with an intelligent and well write script and an effective cast and the vision of a director focus more on tell the story than in deliver cheap thrill . eric valette may not be a well know name yet and but with maléfique and his feature length debut and he prove he be at the level of contemporary like jeunet and gans or aja . the film be the story of four prisoner in a cell and four different men with very different background but with one single goal represent to get out . carrère ( gérald laroche ) get imprison after be declare guilty of a multi millionaire fraud while his cell mate and the violent marcus ( clovis cornillac ) and the intellectual lassalle ( philippe laudenbach ) and the mentally challenge pâquerette ( dimitri rataud ) and be all convict for murder and give carrère a cold welcome . their personality will clash a carrère discover an ancient book detail how a former prisoner escape use black magic . write by alexandre charlo and franck magnier and maléfique be a great mix of dark fantasy and horror in a way very reminiscent of clive barker story . the movie strong point be the way it build up the character and they be all have very complex and different personality and a lot of the tension and suspense come from their constant clash of personality . the story supernatural element be very well handle and overall give the film the feeling of read a gothic novel . despite be a movie about four men lock in a room and the movie never get boring or tiresome and in fact and the isolation of the group increase the feeling of distrust and claustrophobia and and specially and paranoia . director eric valette make a great use of atmosphere and mood and his cast to give life to the plot . despite it obvious lack of budget and he have craft a brilliant film that feel original and fresh and very attractive . his subtle and effective camera work help to make the film dynamic despite it single location and and the slow pace the film unfolds be excellent to create the heavy atmosphere of isolation and distrust the movie base it plot . the very few display of special effect be very well do and valette trade quantity for quality in the few but terrific scene of gore . the character be what make this film work and and the cast definitely deserve some of the credit . gérald laroche be excellent a carrère and a man at first sight innocent and but who hide a dark past . philippe laudenbach and dimitri rataud be very effective too and specially rataud in his very demanding role . however and be clovis cornillac who steal the show with his performance a marcus and a violent and disturbed man who deep inside only want to be himself . the character be superbly develop and the cast make the most of them . the movie be terrific and but it be not without it share of flaw . of course and the most notorious one be it the low budget . some of the cgi effect be a bit poor compare to the effective make up and prosthetics use in other scene and however and it be never too bad for it . probably the bad thing about maléfique be that it seem to lose some steam by the end when it focus on the supernatural black magic rather than in the character and not too much of a bad thing but the end may seem weak from that point of view . anyways and maléfique be another one of those great horror film come out from france lately and and one that deserve to have more recognition . valette be definitely a talent to follow a this modest ( albeit complex ) tale of the supernatural be prove enough of his ability . personally and this film be a new favorite . positive . | 1pos
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well and magic work in mysterious way . this movie about 4 prisoner and try to escape with the help of spell and write by another prisoner century ago be a superb occult thriller with a surprising end and lot of suspense . even if it have something of a theater play ( almost everything happens in the cell ) it never get boring and it be act very well . in the tradition of cube you felt trap with the character and even if they be criminal and you develop some sympathy with some of them and only to change your mind by the twist the story take . some happening catch you off guard and there be always a touch of insanity in the air . altogether intense and entertaining and a i do not expect anything ( a friend rent it ) and it be a positive surprise . | 1pos
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if youre one of those who recognise with pleasure such arcane title a book of the dead and book of eibon or necronomicon and then you should feel right at home with malefique and a film which also feature an occult tome and one with the power to change the destiny of all involve . discover by four french prisoner share a cell and the fearsome object have be place in the wall there by danvers and a serial killer incarcerate back in the 1920s while a man obsess with rejuvenation and the black art before he abruptly vanish . finder of the book be carrère ( gérald laroche ) a company embezzler shop by his wife and lassalle ( philippe laudenbach ) who aspire to be a woman but at the same time body build to execute an escape plan and the halfwit pâquerette ( dimitri rataud ) who once eat his baby sister and and the librarian marcus ( clovis cornillac ) and supposedly drive mad by read and who murder his wife . remind the viewer of meat loaf equally bizarre and bosomy male in fight club ( 1999 ) and lassalle begin a the dominant member of the quartet and one who be especially protective of the infantile pâquerette . with the come of the book however and and the overarch need to decipher it dangerous content and marcus assumes great and great significance . at first assure of an early bail and meanwhile carrère take little more than academic interest in event . suddenly he too need an urgent escape option and and a the prisoner experiment and danvers book start to reveal some of it terrify power . stag for the most part within a prison cell and and between four or five character and malefique have a claustrophobic air entirely suit to it subject matter ( as well a the limited budget of the filmmaker ) . only at the start and then at the conclusion do we get to leave the confines of the cell and a necessary opening out which only serve to emphasise the doomed and close in nature of proceeding elsewhere . more than anything and this be a film about be trap and either a a victim of your criminal past or of occult event now unfold . i be go to escape and say carrère at the start of the film and wish more than anything to be able to rejoin his wife and son . whether or not he do it will be at a terrible price and and the great irony of the film be that the ultimate form of an escape may not be one a man might imagine . with all it budget limitation it be greatly to the first time feature director eric vallette credit that his film succeed as well a it do . a critic have notice and it be a film with strong freudian overtone lassalle distinctive mammaries and adult breast feeding for instance while the picture of a vagina which come to life and develop an eye while the grown man who dissolve back into a foetus while danvers original placenta fetish while the dark cell a a primitive womb from which wouldelivery be await and etc . with so many interesting aspect to the script vallette hardly put a foot wrong and and he succeed in create a genuinely unsettling atmosphere out of what and when one come down to it and be just a matter of four guy and four bunk and one folding table and a book . there a genuine and grow and lovecraftian frisson a the men summon up the unnameable darkness from within it page and while one or two moment the aforementioned blinking vagina and or what ultimately happen to pâquerette be unsettlingly memorable . the pacing of many of the dark event in malefique be deliberate and reject the rapid cutting of many hollywood production represent a video culture approach that often subvert the horrified gaze in favour of quick fix action and gore . perhaps this be a particularly european manner and a one recall a similar and measure approach to shock hallucination take in such film a verhoeven the fourth man ( 1983 ) a film that incidentally also share a particularly nasty image base around a prolapsed eye . lensed well in 1 . 85 represent1 and malefique benefit from excellent performance and and if for this viewer at least and the conclusion be not as explainable a it might have be and the journey to the final shot be worth take . come so soon after the release of the similarly well receive haute tension ( aka represent switchblade romance and 2003 ) and this be another reason to be grateful that good horror film be once again emerge from the french industry and this after a time when it seem the only worthwhile product come from asia . | 1pos
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i do not feel that this film be quite as clever a it seem to think it be but enjoy it nevertheless . it be original and although remind me a little of two other french film and vidocq and city of lose child and mostly for the colouring but also for the edgy quality of the close ups of the character . set in a prison cell but do not let this put you off and this film seemingly go further than many a multi locationed blockbuster . always interesting and with the perennial black art well to the fore and very good characterisation make some only too believable . scary with some gore this be well worth a viewing . | 1pos
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i would wait for some year before this movie finally get release in england and but be in many way very please when i finally saw it . there be a lot of great thing to the film and for a start the acting . it not something i have all that much need for in a horror picture but the people in this film all put in fine work . this and the constantly grip and interesting script and with a nice sorta lovecraftian feel to it and give the film a real solid backbone . add to this the dos of surreal nightmare imagery and occasional gruesome gore and the film a winner . it have my favorite kind of gore too and supernatural and splattery . also and the character of marcus and the angry bodybuilding transsexual and daisy and his mentally retarded lover or plaything be genuinely freakish and unnerving at time and and give a far out and anything go sense of morbid grow up craziness which work well with the frequent freudian overtone . this be one of the most impressive recent horror movie and far more shocking or out there than anything hollywood can produce . my only gripe be that i want the end to be darker in tone and but it still work and so on the whole i would really recommend this to serious horror buff . | 1pos
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maléfique be a very interesting movie . it be an unholy alloy of triumph and failure . the central concept be great and three inmate with bizarre personality be join by a fourth ( who the audience identify with ) and they try to escape from their cell use a book of magic that they find within the wall of the cell . the atmosphere be well woven and it remind me of read about the prison stay of edmond dante in the château dif ( prior to become the count of monte cristo ) . the director set up the feeling that the character be tie to the cell and particularly the character we be mean to identify with ( carrère a white collar criminal whose crime be not specify and but it obliquely suggest might be fraud ) . on one occasion carrère dither when leave the cell for exercise and have the cell door shut on him while we never leave the cell and the claustrophobia be unbroken . there be also no shot of the prison outside the cell and and the view through the bar be a longing sunset over a generic prison wall . so even though the film appear to be very modern and it have a very old world feel of incarceration . the character be intrigue . we have marcus and a violent pre op transsexual who play an abusive mother to pâquerette ( french for daisy ) a heavily retarded young man . pâquerette like to eat everything he find beautiful and and unfortunately this include his baby sister and hence his current predicament ( i like this comment on internalisation and very primitive ) . lasalle be a withdrawn and possess elderly man and in for brutally murder his wife . the central message of the movie be that your desire will annihilate you and and there a ritual that go with that . i think that what disturb me the most and see people destroy themselves ritualistically . it have a real life ring to it . the quite simple soundtrack back this up well and every step deeply into the quicksand be accompany by the dull ringing of a gong . i be actually hear the gong now every time i do something self destructive . i think one of the plot problem be that the end of the character do not really reinforce the message consistently and particularly with carrère and also the concept of the book seem to alter throughout the film and not in term of a successive revelation either . i also think that some of the image we see be a bit amateurish and more by design than execution and such a the famous vagina eye and and the sodomy of lasalle and for me and totally hollow image . at the end the movie it feel like the director be in a rush to get it over with and and some thing do not seem logical and for example we have be clumsily lead to believe different thing about carrère child . this doesn not change the fact though that what we have here be that rare bird and a pure horror movie . there be no comedic dross or genre segueing and like cube ( 1997 or natali ) and the obvious movie to compare it to and it a total immersion experience and where you feel a if you be in the cell with the character . this last comment i make about it be a pure experience i think be something others have mention as well so that be a fairly unanimous point . on a personal note my favourite part of the film be when lasalle talk about his past a a librarian . he very vividly describe a scene where he go to work one day and sit down in his usual place in the centre of a room where all the book be arrange in a circle around him . the book seem to be chant to him that he will never contain their knowledge . this prompt lasalle to go insane . that really be the problem with an obsession with understanding and knowledge . it something i myself have felt . one final comment be that two of the quite well received comment on the board have confuse the character names . to convince yourself that lasalle be the old librarian character and simply click on philippe laudenbach page and you will see he be bear in 1936 . | 1pos
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french horror cinema have see something of a revival over the last couple of year with great film such a inside and switchblade romance burst on to the scene . maléfique precede the revival just slightly and but stand head and shoulder over most modern horror title and be surely one of the best french horror film ever make . maléfique be obviously shoot on a low budget and but this be make up for in far more way than one by the originality of the film and and this in turn be compliment by the excellent writing and act that ensure the film be a winner . the plot focus on two main idea while prison and black magic . the central character be a man name carrère and send to prison for fraud . he be put in a cell with three others while the quietly insane lassalle and body building transvestite marcus and his retarded boyfriend daisy . after a short while in the cell together and they stumble upon a hiding place in the wall that contain an old journal . after translate part of it and they soon realise it magical power and realise they may be able to use it to break through the prison wall . black magic be a very interesting topic and and i be actually quite surprised that there aren not more film base on it a there so much scope for thing to do with it . it fair to say that maléfique make the best of it asset a despite it restraints and the film never actually feel restrain and manage to flow well throughout . director eric valette provide a great atmosphere for the film while the fact that most of it take place inside the central prison cell ensure that the film feel very claustrophobic and and this immensely benefit the central idea of the prisoner want to use magic to break out of the cell it very easy to get behind them . it often say that the unknown be the thing that really frighten people and and this film prove that a the director ensure that we can never really be sure of exactly what be round the corner and and this help to ensure that maléfique actually do manage to be quite frighten . the film be memorable for a lot of reason outside the central plot while the character be all very interesting in their own way and the fact that the book itself almost take on it own character be very well do . anyone worry that the film would not deliver by the end would not be disappoint either a the end both make sense and manages to be quite horrify . overall and maléfique be a truly great horror film and one of the best of the decade highly recommend viewing . | 1pos
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good horror movie from france be quite rare and and it fairly easy to see why . whenever a talented young filmmaker release a staggering new film and he emigrate towards glorious hollywood immediately after to direct the big budgeted remake of another great film classic . how can france possibly build up a solid horror reputation when their prodigy director leave the country after just one film . haute tension be a fantastic movie and it earn director alexandre aja a ( one way . ) ticket to the state to remake the hill have eye ( which he do terrifically and i may add ) . eric valette long feature debut maléfique be a very promising and engage horror picture too and and he already off to the hollywood as well to direct the remake of takashi miike ghost story hit one miss call . so there you have it and two very gifted frenchman that aren not likely to make any more film in their native country some time soon . maléfique be a simple but efficient chiller that require some patience due to it slow start and but once the plot properly develop and it offer great atmospheric tension and a handful of marvelous special effect . the film almost entirely take place in one single location and only introduces four character . be inside a ramshackle french prison cell with four occupant . the new arrival be a businessman sentence to do time for fraud and the elderly and wise inmate sadistically kill his wife and then there a crazy transvestite and a mentally handicapped boy to complete the odd foursome . they find an ancient journal inside the wall of their cell and belonging to a sick murderer in the 1920 who specialize in black magic rite and supernatural way to escape . the four inmate begin to prepare their own escaping plan use the bizarre formula of the book and only to realize the occult be something you shouldn not mess with eric valette dedicates ocean of time to the character drawing of the four protagonist and which occasionally result in redundant and tedious sub plot and but his reason for this all become clear in the gruesome climax when the book suddenly turn out to be some type of wishmaster device . maléfique be a dark film and with truckloads of claustrophobic tension and several twist detail about human behavior . watch it before some wealthy american production company decide to remake it with four handsome teenage actor in the unconvincing role of hardcore criminal . | 1pos
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