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i really love this version of emma the best . kate beckinsale be awesome a emma and mark strong be very good a knightly . the only complaint that i have be on mr. woodhouse . i can not believe that a man could whine so much or be so selfish with his daughter life . she be a smart girl in the end though . a always and i love the place in which these jane austin movie be shoot . the setting be so spectular . it make me want to visit england so much 9as well a ireland and scotland ) i think the actor choose for this movie be a good choice as well and all the other story line interwhined with emma most excellently . i be glad that i get to see this one as well . | 1pos
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the minute i start watch this i realise that i be watch a quality production so i be not surprise to find that the screenplay be write by andrew davis and be produce by sue birtwhistle both of these bring u the excellent 1995 production of pride and prejudice . so my only gripe here be that emma do not run to 3 or 4 or maybe even six episode like pride and prejudice . the acting be superb with i think prunella scale excellent a miss bates but i love kate beckinsale and mark strong just as much . the language be a delight to listen to and can you imagine in this day and age have a right go at someone without actually utter a swear word . samantha morton be excellent a miss smith in fact the casting be spot on much a it be with pride and prejudice . i like it so much that i watch it twice in two day . so once again thank you bbc for another quality piece of television . i have see the paltrow version and it be okay but i do think the bbc version be far superior . an excellent production that i be very happy to own on dvd . | 1pos
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this be the best emma in existence in my opinion . have see the other version ( 1996 ) which be also good and and read the book and i think i can safely say with confidence that this be the true interpretation and be the most faithful to jane austen masterpiece . the 1996 movie with g. paltrow be good too and it just that it almost like a different story altogether . it very light and fluffy and you do not see the darker edge of the character and if you just want a pleasant movie and that one would do fine but the intricacy of some of the plot point and such a the churchill or fairfax entanglement be so much gloss over a to be virtually non existent . but if you want the character flesh out a bit and more real and multidimensional and the 1996 tv version be the superior . emma be a remarkable person and but she be flaw . kate beckinsale be masterful at show the little quirk of the character . you see her look casually disgust at some of the more simple conversation of harriet smith and yet she show no remorse for have ruin harriet proposal until that action have the effect of ruin her own marital happiness at the end . you see her narcissism and it mirror frank churchill in that they would do harm to others to achieve their own aim . for emma and it be play matchmaker and have a new friend to while away the time with after have suffer the loss of her governess to marriage . for frank churchill and it be secure the promise of the woman he love while treat her and others abominably to keep the secret . in the book and she realize all of this in a crushing awaken to all the blunder she have make . both kate beckinsale and gyneth paltrow be convince in their remorse but paltrow be more childlike and stagnant while beckinsale awakening be rather real and serious and you see the transition from child like and selfish behavior to kind and thoughtful adult . both version be very good but i prefer this one . | 1pos
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a winter approach and our state own broadcaster and the abc and have decide for some reason to have a partial jane austen festival on sunday night . this commence with a twelve year old movie length version of emma last sunday while more recent version of three other novel and persuasion and northanger abbey and mansfield park be to come . the curious thing about this production by a and e television network and with script by the ever reliable andrew davy and be that it appear almost simultaneously with two much big budget movie version and one star gwyneth paltrow and and clueless and a modernized version and star alicia silverstone and which transport the plot to beverly hill . perhaps a a result and even with kate beckinsale in the lead and this production sink without trace . a a general rule and much be lose when novel be shrunk to fit feature movie length . the adaptation one tend to both enjoy and remember be those which have adequate room to develop both story and character . an outstanding example be brideshead revisited which have 13 50 minute episode back in 1982. you only have to compare the very ordinary movie length version of pride and prejudice in 2005 with the brilliant 1995 six part tv mini series . it not that a novel should be film page by page and and some novel ( often not very good one ) adapt wonderfully to film ( atonement be a recent example ) and but novel of the jane austen sort need some time and space to exert their full charm . give the shortcoming of this type of adaptation and this production be ok. kate beckinsale give emma the right mix of self assuredness and vulnerability and mark strong be a forthright mr knightly ( he remind me that jane tend to recycle character knightly be a more articulate version of the moody mr darcy of p and p ) . samantha morton be a rather limp harriet but prunella scale get the blabbermouth miss bat perfectly sybil fawlty on speed . bernard hepton a emma feeble father be also excellent . we saw the damp countryside and the mud and the poverty as well a the posh interior and in case anyone think this be a particularly idyllic age for everybody . even though this be a condensed adaptation it be oddly slow in place some of the conversation be rather stilted and even allow for the formality of the time . i would have to look at the film again to be sure and but it might be due to the under use of reaction shot . if you do like filmed period stuff this be a perfectly nice example and and compare well with the paltrow version . anyway and there be more to come . | 1pos
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kate beckinsale be as good if not good than gwyneth paltrow a emma in this movie and although i really liked gwyneth paltrow in the other emma version . theyre both good in different way . kate beckinsale a emma seem more interesting and almost and though . and i like the woman who play harriet smith in this movie well and too . she be more believably sweet and sentimental . there be certain thing i like good about the gwyneth paltrow version and though and like how the humorous side be more apparent . | 1pos
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i consider this movie a masterpiece and but it take me at least 4 o 5 time to see it and so a to realize what a great movie it be . first and it describe a face of ww2 that we do not usually see in hollywood movie . in particular and german soldier and army and the nazi government be show more humanized . one of the fact that impress me most be the mention and by the end of the movie and of a murder that take place in a forest in the last 20 . that forest be the place where the final chapter of berlin alexanderplatz take place represent those be the wood where reinhold kill mieze . another clue for those who like the detail and be the representation of door . fassbinder be obsess with the change in people each time they walk across a door and or a door be open . many door be show in the screen and open and close . and the character change in their personality and their act and etc any time that happen . have you notice that . | 1pos
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many critic have felt offend that r. w. fassbinder have portray both protagonist wilkie and the nazi in this movie in a human like manner . connoisseur of other fassbinder film and however and will realize that lili marleen ( 1981 ) belong to fassbinder woman movie like the marriage of maria braun ( 1979 ) and lola ( 1981 ) . fassbinder be convince that story can be tell much well with woman than with men and because and accord to fassbinder and while men usually fulfill their determined role in society and woman be capable of think in a dialectic manner . dialectic and however and mean that there be not only a thesis and it antithesis like usually in our black and white world and but a synthesis where the opposition coincide . moreover and dialectic mean that because of the third instance of synthesis the absolute opposition of the difference between thesis and antithesis be abolish . concretely speak represent start from a dialect point of view and portray the fascist state and the underground fighter must necessarily use the basic mean like the ruler do and and between offender and victim there be thus a chiastic relation and so that every offender be also victim and every victim be also offender . fassbinder have illustrate this abstract scheme and that transcend classical logic and in his play the city and the garbage and the death ( 1975 ) which be film by daniel schmid under the title shadow of angel ( 1976 ) . therefore and approach an a priori controversial topic like nazi germany and in a dialectic manner and the depiction of this time in the form of a movie get even more controversial and especially for people who can not or do not want to see that our recognition of the world be by far not exhaust with a primitive light switch schema and but need the third instance of synthesis a control instance of it opposite member thesis and antithesis . the mutual relationship between offender and victim have to scrutinize and since it be simply not true that the offender be the bad one and the victim the good one . in a synthetic viewpoint and the bad one participate on the goodness a the good one participate on the badness . they be mutually relate . in a world view base on classical logic and a relation between good and bad can not even be establish and and in an ethic base on this insufficient system of logic and the bad conscience of the survivor of nazi germany and feeling ( illogically enough ) responsible for the deed of their ancestor and exclude the possibility of a relationship between the two extreme and thus a synthesis in the form a new evaluation base on this relationship as well . from fassbinder dialectic viewpoint and it follow that neither lili marleen nor lola nor maria braun can be condemn for their misuse of the ruling system for their private purpose and because they do not misuse them and they just use them . in the opposite and since victim must repeat the action of the offender a the offender must repeat the action of the victim and because good and bad be no longer simple mirror image of one another like in two valued logic and their strategy be legitimate by the chiastic structure of a logic that describe our world and that be not black and white at all and much good than a black and white logic . | 1pos
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if you be the sort of person look for a realistic film or one with a strong and believable plot and then this film be not for you . nope you will hate it . however and for those who like sweet and slightly screwball comedy and then you will have a nice time watch this slight film . tony randall work for the irs and he investigate a very nice farmer who never realize he need to file an income tax return . however hard he try to convince them of the seriousness of his visit and everyone in the family be thrill to have company . they dote on him and treat him like one of the family and . and have plan on get him hitch to their daughter and debbie reynolds . that really about all the plot there be . but the film get high mark for a fun script and decent acting . a really nice little curio from the late 1950s . | 1pos
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excellent farce . which and of course and be all it be intend to be . thankfully there be neither a social or political message and nor be there the slight attempt in that direction . could the plot actually take and or have take place in any particular time or location . unlikely and for and after all and this be simply and merely and a movie and and movie spring from imagination and not from reality . the only goal of this movie be to entertain and certainly not to educate and and entertain it do and with reality delightfully and lightheartedly toss to the wind . i think most would agree that from documentary we expect enlightenment and authenticity . but for entertainment i want what be nowadays describe a a no brainer and which the mating game be in all respect . for a few chuckle and an outright laugh now and then and this be fine fare fantasy . | 1pos
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i have always like this comedy a one of the few ever seriously try to deal with the u. s. government yearly demand for tax . ever read a tax code . represent it be quite a trial to follow it multiple clause that our congressman and senator push in to help their financial backer and various interest group . despite claim that it be fair and the tax code have always lay the lion share of the burden on the middle and work class rather than the rich and influential . most of the various special clause be mean for their use go through the average 1040 or 1040a form and look at the variety of different investment and business venture all of which have a different set of rule . most people will never have any use for these . the story here be that a wealthy landowner ( philip ober ) use his influence to tip off the irs that his neighbor ( paul douglas and una merkle ) have not pay tax in 20 year . the baltimore office of the irs be under fred clarke and and he be snap to attention for ober with his influence . he send tony randall to check out the situation . randall find that douglas and merkle and and their three girl and two boy be pretty decent people and who rarely have need for cash ( they get along on their farm produce and barter with their neighbor ) . but randall and train in the clear ( to the irs ) line of the tax code try to pin down the family to fundamental . but gradually douglas note that reynolds be fond of randall and and he keep sidetrack randall from his chore and eventually get him drunk . he also make it difficult for randall to leave by have the motor of his car remove for repair by his two son . the plot follow the grow attraction and friction between urban and vaguely ambitious randall and and countryside and life loving reynolds . they make a cute couple actually . eventually and after ober complains and randall be send back in disgrace and clarke ( a tougher cookie ) get down to brass tack . and come up with a very large tax bill and that will possibly ruin douglas family . the film do not end there it do end happily and but it do remind u that the power to tax be the power to destroy and and that the government do and all too frequently and go in for destruction . a chance in a million reversal save the family and but it be so rare that we know it be just a dramatic trick . more realistic be how clarke bos and ( charles lane ) cut to the essence regard ober help by suggest that next year his tax will be look at more carefully . after that ober be rather green . | 1pos
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mat game be a charming and wonderful movie from an era go by . hollywood need to consider a charm remake of this movie . my wife and i would go see it . it be an excellent romantic comedy that my wife and i watch on amc . this movie have tony randall at his best . debbie reynolds be great and a always . love it . we plan on order on dvd to add to our grow collection of movie . too bad hollywood do not make movie like this anymore . hey hollywood . time to dig some of these type of script out of the old safe and update them a bit ( without spoil the original movie and script a you have do with other remake ) and and hold a casting call . a remake would be a big hit on the silver screen and dvd and and on cable or sattv . sn austin and tx . | 1pos
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i saw this movie in 1959 when i be 11 year old at a drive in theater with my family . way back then and i think it be very funny . . . even though i be too young to understand 90 % of what make this marvelous movie such a delight . i saw it again this morning on turner south . a i watch it and i be absolutely convulse with laughter . the mating game be a unique classic from a by go age . if youre too young to have experience the enchant period in history that produce this film and i feel very sorry for you . there no way you can watch movie like this and understand how they can ( even today ) deliver such a delightful slice of heaven to old timer like me . have say that and all i can do be respectfully request that young people refrain from comment on film like the mating game . movie like this be make for the generation that precede the current group of your people . and a such and these film speak a very different language than any of you can understand . in other word if you do not understand the issue the film be address and please do not embarrass yourself by offer comment which frankly make no sense . | 1pos
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the incredible melting man be a fantastically gross and trashy and energetic z grade production that every self respect camp horror freak simply have to see for him or herself . the ideal way to describe this low budget 70 gem be like a shameless copy of hammer the quatermass xperiment . only a thousand time filthier . astronaust steve west be the only survivor of a disastrous space mission and but turn out the carrier of a horrible disease that make him radioactive and . cause him to melt . in shock after see his face in the mirror ( can you blame him . ) and steve bust out of the hospital and leave a trail of sticky pu and fall off body part behind . doctor ted nelson have to find him urgently and a the disease also set steve up with an insatiable appetite for human flesh . the premise may sound utterly stupid but this flick be enormously entertaining and contain great make up effect from the hand of rick baker . the melt dude face look like a rot pizza and his heavy breathing make him sound like darth vader . another big advantage be that william sachs screenplay doesn not waste any time on tedious scientific explanation or emotional speech . the repulsiveness start right away and last until the very last moment of the film . just enjoy this silly horror gem and try to switch off your brain activity as much a you can because and if you start contemplate about the many stupidity in the script and you will miss out on all the campy fun . | 1pos
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first off and anyone look for meaningful outcome orient cinema that pack some sort of social message with meaningful performance and soul search dialog speak by dedicated and emotive and heartfelt thespian and please leave now . you be waste your time and life be short and go see the new brangelina jolie movie and have a good cry and go out and buy a hybrid car or throw away your conflict diamond if that will make you feel good and and leave u alone . don not let the door hit you on the way out either . the incredible melting man be a grade b minus regional horror epic shot in the wasteland of oklahoma by a young and tv friendly cast and crew and and concern itself with an astronaut who be expose to bizarre radiation effect and wake up in a hospital and and find that his body be liquefy on him a he sit there feel like a chump . the melt man be play by one alex rebar and who be recognizable for about the first four minute of the film . but once he start oozin with rick baker extraordinary special effect makeup he more resembles something you might find in a tin of spam before you drain off all the runny and viscous bleb of grease . the film have zero exposition and do not bandy about with plot point represent there be a couple of scene involve scientist type rid around on an absurd industrial conveyor machine who dutifully recite a few obligatory line about the effect of radiation but the movie do not care and really . it a freak show and a marvelous one at that with a decidedly sick sense of humor for those who can stomach it one great laugh come when the melt man stumble upon a young girl in the forest and be so at a loss for what to do that one of his eye pop out . hilarious . the hero of the film be play by burr debenning and a fascinating character actor from the golden 1970s and 80 television scene who be sort of an early model for the kevin spacey prototype while slightly twist and neurotic and and one step ahead of most everyone in the room even if he look confused . he appear just after this movie be make in a bizarre make for tv anthology horror piece call house of the dead ( or the alien zone ) that be regard a one of the fine movie ever make in oklahoma and which be where i suspect this film be make as well . the arid and cold look rural midwestern landscape be certainly the same and and the creek that one unfortunate fly fisher choose for his afternoon of sport appear to be the same one that cameron mitchell fight off fly alien pancake in without warning . which also have a sick sense of humor and a tv friendly cast and and some pretty outrageous gore . i definitely sense at least an aesthetic connection between the three movie and as well a the silence of the lamb which be of no surprise consider that director jonathan demme be a part of melt man cast . essentially and a others have point out and this be a 1950s b movie plot update for later 1970s era special effect and the inevitable boob . the movie it probably borrow most of it idea from be phantom from space with peter graf a an astronaut who also return to earth after be expose to funky radiation effect that set him off on a killing spree . one of the thing that i actually admire about the film be that absolutely no regard be give for the melting man motivation represent he simply go on a rampage and the movie drama come from wonder if he go to fall to piece before certain character fall victim to his madness . the budget for the film be also delightfully low and every dime spend on it be up there on the screen and rick baker disgust effect get the lion share of whatever be spend on this . sick and disgust fun best enjoy with a crowd of friend and plenty of beer . why can not people have make more movie like these . positive . | 1pos
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astronaut steve west ( alex rebar ) and his comrade undertake a space mission that see them fly through the ring of saturn . his comrade be kill instantly and but it would seem that they be in fact the lucky one . steve return to earth a constantly ooze mass of humanoid pulp while a he turn into a savage killer and melt every step of the way and he be track by his friend and dr. ted nelson ( burr debenning ) . this be often so uproariously funny with enough absurd line and situation to go around that it hard for me to believe that the laugh be all unintentional . it seem to me to be kind of a goof on low budget genre effort from the 50 and 60 and and a such and it a marvelously entertaining movie . that sequence with the nurse be simply hilarious . be even treat to a split screen sequence that doesn not really add anything and but be still a gas to watch . writer or director william sachs deserves credit for come up with this ingenious idea while his ultra slimy character be a memorable one indeed . i think his pacing be a little off while some scene ( like the one with the elderly couple ) go on a little long and but ultimately he deliver solid and schlocky and b movie good with a degree of panache . the climax be especially fun . arlon obers music be enjoyably shuddery ( yet also amusingly silly during some moment ) and and willy curtis cinematography create some really great shot at time . that bring me to rick baker fantastic and convincing makeup effect and which form a highly respectable centerpiece for the movie and right down to the ultimate final melt . rebar be under the heavy makeup for almost the entire movie ( sachs also get my praise for have the movie hit the ground run ) and do what he have to do well enough . debenning make for a rather oafish and silly hero and and ann sweeney isn not so hot either a his wife and but myron healey and michael alldredge and and lisle wilson be fine in support . it also worth it to see folk like cheryl rainbeaux smith ( do an appreciable topless shot ) and janus blythe ( of tobe hoopers eat alive and wes cravens the hill have eye ) and and even director jonathan demme in a bit part . this be a highly entertaining midnight movie with enough gore and chill and and laugh to rate it a worth catch for lover of low grade sci fi or horror everywhere . positive . | 1pos
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a a collector of movie memorabilia and i have to buy the movie poster for this film which and now that i have finally see it and have to be the best thing about it . there nothing more attractive to hang on your wall than a 27x41 inch image of the melt man . however and there nothing more awful to put in your vcr than an hour and a half long image of the melt man . at first i think this movie be pure garbage but then i realize that it do have some quality which make me laugh . the character of dr. ted nelson have to be the most wishy washy persona ever bring to the big screen . his dialogue be so trite it unbelievable . ( it incredible . he seem to be get strong a he melt . ) and could somebody tell me please how the heck they know exactly how much time steve have leave before he melt completely and exactly what their plan be to help him . if this movie be mean to scare it audience and i think it miss it call . | 1pos
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thanks to this fungal film i do not want my maypo and can not stomach the thought of maltex or wheatena and and even that granola over there doesn not look so innocent anymore . why wasn not the song slop time and by the sherry and use a the theme . | 1pos
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the melting man . a tragic victim of the space race and he perish melt . never comprehend the race have long go by . a man ( burr debenning ) burn his hand on the kitchen stove . but instead of scream something a normal person would scream and he shout something that sound like aaaaatch kah . this movie you have pop in . isn not a normal movie . you have just take your first step into the incredible melting man and the famous late 70 gore film feature rick baker wonderful makeup effect . baker be just on the edge of become a superstar and and do this at the same time a his famous cantina alien in star war . for some strange reason and star war become a household name and and incredible melt man do not . it might have something to do with the fact that this movie be just mind numbingly awful . from the opening credit ( star alex rebar a the incredible melting man . that really what it say . ) and to the chubby nurse run through a glass door and to the fisherman head go over a waterfall and smash graphically apart on some rock and this film provide many and many moment of sheer incomprehensibility . why do they . but how come he . why be they . after a while and you give up wonder why and watch it a what it be a very entertaining piece of garbage . an astronaut return to earth in a melting and radioactive condition while he escape and and his mind disintegrating as well a his body and begin a mad melting kill spree . the authority quickly decide that the melt man must be stop and but ( probably not want to cause a panic ) want him capture as quietly a possible . so they send one guy with a geiger counter after him . wow . storywise and surprisingly little happens during the movie . the melt guy wanders around kill people . a doctor search for him with a geiger counter . various character be introduce and ask question and and leave . eventually the doctor catch up with the melt man and but be shoot by a security guard for no reason and after he explain that he dr. ted nelson . the melt man wanders off and finally dissolve into a big puddle of goo . the end . it so brainless that it somehow end up be a lot of fun and despite a fairly downbeat end . supposedly and a widescreen dvd release be plan . a very special movie . | 1pos
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to me there be something so appealing and nostalgic about low budget sci fi . a a kid in the 50 thats all there be . in 1957 i saw the first man into space in a movie theater with my dad . it have marshall thompson star and some other poor slob who get the title role . it be also about a space mission go bad where the astronaut turn into a grizzly killer . scar the good and plenty right out of me . the memory of those heebie jeebies still live within me . the incredible melting man be almost a re make only in full glorious color . that be wherever the scene be well lit . just get ta love it for what it be . a little over an hour of darkly lit scene and disgust noise and and that eerie music . bravo . | 1pos
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i must admit i be a little surprised and disappoint at some of the very negative comment this film seem to provoke . i think it a great horror or sci fi film . colonel steve west ( alex rebar ) return to earth after an historical space flight to saturn . while in space he contract some bizarre and unknown disease . he wake up in a hospital bed and he look in a mirror and before his very eye his face be melt . escape the hospital supervision and he hide out in some local wood surround a small town . unfortunately he start to develop a rapidly grow hunger that can only be satisfy by eat other people . he must fee on human flesh and drink the blood of others to survive . stalk human prey he begin his reign of terror . it up to his old friend dr ted nelson ( burr debenning ) to find him and try and help him . he have to work alone a his bos general perry ( myron healey ) want it keep ultra quiet . nelson can not even tell his wife judy ( ann sweeny ) . however and sheriff blake ( micheal alldredge ) become suspicious a general perry turn up just a some of the local townspeople start turn up half eaten . i do not really understand why this film get such negative review and what do people expect . anyway and i really like this film . the star of the film be unquestionably rick baker special make up and gore effect which for the most part be excellent and and the fact their all prosthetic effect and no rubbish horrible cgi make them even well . writer and director william sachs isn not afraid to use them either and we get some nice long linger close up shot of the incredible melting man and they hold up very well and even now . photography and music and direction be a little bit dull and but professional enough . the script manage to create some sympathy for the the monster and shot of him look longingly into ted nelson house and or when he see his own reflection in some water and react violently . the end and set in a large factory of some sort and be pretty downbeat so do not expect any happy end . which surprise me . also and the script doesn not really do anything with the premise and he just walk around melt and kill and with his friend try to stop him and maybe a bit too simple . personally i think the bad bit of the film be near the start when the fat nurse run down a hospital corridor in slow motion and her scream be also portray in slow motion too and it look and sound totally ridiculous . you need to see it to believe it . i like this film a lot and recommend it to 70 and 80 horror or sci fi fan . a bit of a favourite of mine . | 1pos
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i search out this one after see the hilarious and linguistically challenging clueless ( 1995 ) and perhaps alicia silverstone best know effort from early in her film career . true crime have kevin dillon and which should be helpful in improve most film project . in fact everyone in the cast do a good job . the only disappointment i think the movie have for me be an awkward feel to some of the scene and come from the need to run a quite uncompromising and grow up theme a part of what in tone start out a a schoolgirl adventure . alicia silverstone be pretty good in this one . she carry off well the naive enthusiasm and grow unease that affect mary giordano a she manoeuvre towards the truth behind the serial murder . i reckon her characterization of mg have some mileage in it too . the inference of the story line be that she go on to a career in law enforcement . it could be really interest for an old silverstone to revisit giordano at a time of crisis later in the officer life . just a thought . true crime show it director in a good light . pat verducci also have the write credit . i do not know of any other film work pv have do . i can only wonder what happen after such a promising start . like most production and this one have a largely unknown support cast and although bill nunn ( detective jerry guinn ) be hardly that . over the past decade he seem to have be able to secure an impressive number of screen appearance . i recall see him recently in carrier ( 1998 ) and a make for tv presentation with a military theme . bill nunn play captain arends . fan of the classic u tv comedy show who the bos may also have an interest in carrier because the lead player be judith light and remember with affection by many because of her lengthy involvement with the show . true crime could easily not have work and but it do ok. i think it be an entertaining story worth see . | 1pos
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this be the best made for tv movie of all time . be i say this because i be a huge silverstone fan . partially and but even without her and i would still see it . i be a fan of serial killer genre film and and believe this to be a great entry in that category . also and mary giordano easily rank among alicia top five character creation . totally memorable like she really exist . i would have her on my side and too and if there be a mystery to be solve . she play the character and like she do with her real life and with complete confidence in everything she do . seem sweet and honest and nice . just like she be in real life . so be that act . yes and indeed and she sort of a rebel once again . this time she not bad and she too good and a bit afraid to do thing that seem above the law . but she doesn not do thing the normal teenager would do . instead and she spend her time read detective mag and solves crime . a cliche abound represent she sort of avenge her father death and in a different way than vigilante style . at the time and alicia seem to be play the same character represent rebellious and seductive and without a parent and a loner . this happen here and too and but she a bit nerdy this time around . that doesn not matter while she still cool a a nerd . check this out soon and or else giordano will be investigate why you haven not . | 1pos
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i have see this movie and even though i kind of knew who the killer be from the beginning i still like watch it . i would recommend it to other people . it come on lifetime movie network quite a lot . and i be think since it close to halloween they might play it more . so please be on the look out for it if you be interested in watch it . i believe that alicia silverstone play her part very well . i really like her a an actress and person . she seem so nice and down to earth . kevin dillon he performance be so so for me . i be not try to knock him or anything but i believe that his brother matt would have be able to pull this bad evil serial killer persona well . kevin just seem too sweet for me . but i think he do okay . | 1pos
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i get to see the whole movie last night and i find it very excite . it be at least and not like the teen slasher movie that pop out every now and then . the search for the killer and the partner relationship between the hero and the so called bad guy be part i like about the movie . also and i remember once be on the edge of my seat during a specific scene in the movie . i mean it excite . maybe some time later and i might watch the movie again . | 1pos
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i saw true crime when it be first release back in the mid ninety and i have watch it many time since . it be a great mystery about mary ( play by alicia silverstone ) and a high school senior in a california town who classmate young sister be torture and kill by an unknown murderer . mary meet tony ( play by kevin dillon ) and a police cadet who see how bright she be and they decide to work together to try to find the killer . many suspect in this one . true crime feel very true or real to me . i read a newsgroup review where someone write that total suspension of disbelief be present here and it be so true . alicia silverstone be perfect in this role and kevin dillon and bill nunn do a great job and a do the other actor . the location be right on and the writer or director and pat verducci and really capture some of the reality of teenage life and of mary loneliness ( see the scene where mary awakens from the dream sequence after have view the photo she take of tony ) . i wish verducci would make more movie . i have not see any other movie quite like true crime . positive . | 1pos
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i think this movie be wonderfully plot it make me confused and my cousin who watch it with me . to tell the truth i think that the young kevin dillon be hot . hahahaha . but i also think the girl be stupid to go along with the cop and that be wrong what he say to her before his deathi be inside you . i think that what she get for do what she do with him and how be he go to tell her that she too young when he never care how old the other girl be . now i do not think i myself could ever trust a cop like that . but to tell the truth it be pretty obvious it be him even if he be want to become a cop i would still be suspicious of him either way . and that be funny when she spray him in the eye in the store . hahahahaha . she be still stupid for go into the warehouse again by herself and so be the cop who die hello . it call back up . sometimes these movie make me mad when people act stupid and do stupid thing . but that what i think an thought about the movie . | 1pos
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this be a nice piece of work . very sexy and engage enough plot to keep my interest throughout . it main disadvantage be that it seem like it be make for tv represent full screen and and though there be several sex scene and there be absolutely no nudity ( but boy do it come close . ) . strange and too and since netflix show that it be rat r. nonetheless and very titillating and and i wish alicia silverstone make more movie like this . one netflix reviewer state that it be part of a series and but i have be unable to find out what series that be . i would like to find out and though and because this movie be that good . walt d in lv . 8/23/2005 . | 1pos
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very good drama about a young girl who attempt to unravel a series of horrible crime . she enlist the aid of a police cadet and and they begin run down a series of clue which lead to a travel carny worker with a long police record . an end which be guarantee to keep you on the edge of your seat . | 1pos
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set in japan and ashura be the story of demon take over the earth . the premise be far more complicated and but the arching storyline should not be forget . japan be in turmoil and with demon occupy human form roam the land . generally speak demon look and act like human and but be evil . the japanese word they use be not just demon and but rather the classical form of ogre which be a mythological creature of some historic stature . be talk about creature that would appear more like god than simple ugly child eat monster . however in human form all that remain be the green eye and green teeth and which appear when put under any sort of stress . in order to save the world from demon there be demon slayer . train and skilled warrior who can spot and defeat most every kind of demon and and who guard the passage way between the realm of hell and that of the real world . these be the basic premise . the story begin with a festival in a local town . amid these festivity and 3 men ride in and dress in all black and seemingly intent on do harm . the villager run and except those which be demonic in nature and who turn green eye and try to kill them . the demon slayer end up kill off the majority of the demon . from here the story get interesting . the whole essence of the story begin when at the gate to hell a fortune tell demon appear before the 3 gate keeper and reveal the arrival of ashura . with it and come the end of the reign of man and and begin the reign of demon . ashura however require some form of birth process and the first step of which occur during the opening battle and but which would not be reveal to you until you see the film . the 3 demon slayer be a wise old man and a powerful yet unprincipled man and and a skilled and compassionate warrior . immediately you can see the split between them and the old man want to stop the demon and the powerful one wanting to bend them to his increase ego maniacal wish and the third look to stop the second . along the way he meet a woman who he begin to take fancy to and and believe himself to have a special relationship with . she in turn be a brigand who be good natured and seek after by authority . when the two finally meet face to face and he place his hand on her shoulder and and suddenly she be scathed by a mark on her shoulder . needless to say and the mark be not a good sign . what ensue be a battle for earth and a battle between both good and evil and a it should be and but also between good and good itself . the point for me of this film become something other than what i think it would . i come in think it would either be a fast paced action style film with demon and or a horror film with macabre evil and foul creatures the like of which would be see in ringu and ju on . i be however mistake in the best possible way . the story it seem to me be an adaptation of a very old japanese play and and it play itself out a such and combine the essentially action driven adrenaline scene with a great concept and an amazing narrative and and a style which make you compel to think rather than just sit wallow in gore . many scene be paint with luxurious dialogue between two character the like of which will never be see in a hollywood film . it become a practically theatrical experience which take your breath away . the film make use of some immaculate scenery and camera work comparable to many great samurai film of our day and but add to it a well think and classical plot . with great act and great music and and thoroughly stunning scene and it a must watch in my book . that be say and it do need the disclaimer that it be not for everyone . it not cheap thrill horror and it not ball to the wall action . it a horror style play thats be film . it have very much to say and take the time to do so and fly in the face of the conventional one liner . like japanese play and the exchange between the character can last for many minute before they come together for a quick yet marvelous battle scene . if you can enjoy such a thing and this be a masterpiece . if your idea of a good film be slasher flick with little plot and excessive nudity and then you can easily watch something else . overall and this film to me be a unique and amaze one and which keep you rivet and amuse . it have good writing and good acting and and good direction . it be all in all a solidly great film . | 1pos
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japan be in serious trouble . demon have infest edo and take possession of earthly form and bend them to their unholy will . on top of that and the rebirth of ashura and queen of the demon and be nigh . the only thing that stand against this grave threat be the demon warden and a fearsome group of warrior and who might just be as bad a the demon themselves . izumo be a retired demon warden and who five year ago and take up theater instead of demon slaying after accidentally kill a innocent child ( in a battle that strangely reminiscent of the bar scene from dusk till dawn ) . one night by a chance encounter he meet a beautiful and mysterious woman name tsubaki . their fortune intertwine ( literally ) and they be bind by fate to be lover and enemy . if you think this sound like your typical japanese fantasy or swordplay epic and you would be wrong . in fact and there nothing typical about ashura . it be a hodge podge of many different genre of film . those just mention and as well a a comedy and drama and and romance . director yojiro takita ( onmyoji ) juggle the genre fairly respectfully ( although and the comedy seem force in some scene ) and the end result be a ridiculous and but really fun popcorn movie . to be sure and there be flaw in the film . some of the humor seem contrive and and out of place . and the act isn not the great . but seriously and do you watch fantasy or swordplay or comedy film for the great acting performance . no and we watch them for the action and the crazy cg visuals and all of which ashura have in spade . not to be misleading and the film be not all action and but it be space out generously enough with lot of swordplay and bucket of green blood to keep the average viewer happy . bottom line while the film have it faults and be not a martial art epic and but it doesn not try to be and it feature interesting visuals and good swordplay action . the reason the film work for me be that it never take itself too seriously and if the viewer do the same and their sure to be delight by this fun and silly swordplay fantasy action flick . my rating positive . fun popcorn movie . | 1pos
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i go to see ashura a 2005 fantasia festival kickoff . man and that be one cool kick off . the director be suppose to be in montreal for the canadian premiere and but due to health reason and he still in japan . oh lord i hope he get good and make plenty of other movie . the plot be pretty simple and but somewhat original . the demon be roam in edo in japan and swordsman call demon warden be slay them and fear the rebirth of ashura and the demon goddess who sleep and supposedly be very kick as . it bring u to izumo . some kind of elite swordsman call demon slayer and his buddy jaku who the typical violent jealous asshole . seem boring . well now it thicken . izumo take his retirement from kill demon since he slay a young kid on the impression that he be the demon and he never know and but he do kill her . so izumo go on with his life and recycle himself in kabuki theater . in a boat joyride on a nice night and izumo spot a girl hiding on a bridge and it change his life and restart to slay demon . for the good cause and the cause of love . and damn . the guy know how to handle a sword and to pull an entertaining massacre . izumo carry the movie as far a playing go . he be the total package . he know how to fight ( hell yeah he know ) and he witty and he intelligent and he have that grit . you never have to yell representno izumo and it a trap the guy already know it he have that common sense . he really the perfect hero . as far a cinematography go and the esthetic be pretty interesting . it by far and the movie that look the most like a manga . it cream full of special effect and nothing and at all cost will prevent this movie to look realistic . it pretty amaze . lot of colour an unreal photography and other than that . it pretty straightforward . but like i say and the main character be carry the movie a must see and a tale lead by masterful hand . | 1pos
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the movie only enter the cinema in indonesia this year ( 2007 ) and two year after it official release and and after many illegal dvd have find it way to the public . apparently the popularity of the illegal dvd lead to the release into the theater and with still public come to watch . the movie be a great epic and bring japanese culture into your house in an exiting way . in a sometimes humorist way and the story be tell about a theater writer who write a story for his theater and since the regular kabuki theater play be something he find boring . at first and the audience might be a little bit confuse about which story we be follow and but when the story unfolds and we see that the love between a male human and a female demon lead to a great story for a new kabuki theater piece . the audience be leave in the dark if this be a story that be suppose to really have happen in japanese tradition and mythology and but that doesn not matter . the way the story be tell with a love for theater and expression and vivid color and humor and tragedy and make this a great ride on the roller coaster of japanese cinema as well a theater . let yourself go completely when you watch this movie and try to see it in a cinema instead of on your television at home . one critical point though represent the soundtrack be sometimes a little bit annoy . though most of it be great music and there be a few moment in the movie that i think they should have choose some more dramatic music . but maybe the fact that the story contain moment of humor make the director choose for light moment in music as well . | 1pos
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i love this movie from the opening sequence right through to the end . i find the director or actor style of directly address me or the audience very engage . what i find most exciting and refresh about this movie be it ignoring and thus challenging of gender and class stereotype . the idiosyncrasy of the character be portray a strength and and the absence of judgment and the character acceptance of themselves and each other enable me to embrace them and allow myself to be draw into their world . without preach and and with intelligence and gentle and love humor and this movie have the power to open u to new possibility and and offer hope for a world in which people see and accept each other a unique and precious individual . i look forward to more offering from this creative and talented director . | 1pos
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this low budget digital video film have strengths in the right place write and act . in addition the digital photography be the best of the lot so far . in low light condition the characteristic video umber tone prevail but and surprising and it rival film stock for brightness and clarity and and and saturation in brightly lit situation . this be grass root film making at it best with snappy dialogue carry a midnight cowboy kind of story about grifter do whatever it take to survive in urban san francisco . | 1pos
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a great and truly independent film that hit most of my emotion and carry me into another world . isn not this why we go to the movie . i be especially impressed with the editing and the music and the combination of which be very transportive . | 1pos
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what be so taboo about love . people seem to have major problem with the transgenered . the title of this movie do not catch my eye . it be a grainy shot about 4 minute into the movie be what make me stop channel surf . i could not believe how freaking amazing this film be . it touch on so many level of human emotion that it do not once fail to move me in some way . it be by far one of the best independent film i have ever see . i do not view these character a either gender and just human . i would recommend it to anyone who love movie . especially independent film . praise to all fearless filmmaker . | 1pos
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by hook or by crook be a tremendously innovative film from a pair of immensely smart and talented filmmaker and harry dodge and silas howard . they manage to tell an original story in a distinctive cinematic style and and it beautifully shoot by ann t. rosetti and and wonderfully write truly poetic . the lead character be true hero and serve a a rare kind of role model or inspiration for butch dyke and trannies everywhere . this film have so much energy and so much poignant passion and scruffy san francisco heart to it . i can not recommend it highly enough . the best butch buddy movie of all time . | 1pos
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people claim it edited funny but they have to cut it down substantially in post production . i have harry a a professor right now at ucsd and and honestly it one of the best class i have have and it rather funny to here about what happen in make the film cause harry be so animated . i originally watch joy of life for another class where harry do a voice over in the film and and start watch this film after i start the class . harry originally do some performance work and and be really genuine about create moment that move you and especially when you have to re edit thing until you hit on that moment and but it something you see in this film . | 1pos
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i be very impressed with this small and independently make picture . the story and about a pair of social outcast who meet and become friend and and provide each other with a support system both seem to lack a child and be at time hilarious and at time sad and but always provocative . music and mostly by underground band and be use to great effect and a be the experimentation with camera angle and filter and and slow or fast motion technique . the performance ( the lead be play by the writer and director of the film ) be some of the best i have see in the last couple of year . if you ever felt like a square peg be force into a round slot and i really believe you will appreciate by hook or by crook . | 1pos
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these be excerpt from a nine page memo to mr. cohn from mr. welles and write after orson have see studio mogul harry cohn edit version of the picture ( he take an hour out ) represent . the preview title music be write by a first rate composer and george antheil . although not write for our picture at all and this temporary title music have an atmosphere of darkness and menace combine with something lush and romantic which make it acceptable . the only musical idea which seem to have occur to this present composer ( heinz roemheld ) be the rather weary one of use a popular song the theme in as many arrangement a possible . throughout we have musical reference to please don not kiss me for almost every bridge and also for a great deal of the background material . the tune be please and it may do very well on the hit parade but lady from shanghai be not a musical comedy . mr. roemheld be an ardent devotee of an old fashioned type of score now refer to in our business a disney . in other word and if somebody fall down and he make a fall down sound in the orchestra and etc . and etc . if the lab have scratch initial and phone number all over the negative and i couldn not be unhappy about the result . just before i leave to go abroad and i ask vi ( viola lawrence and the editor ) to make a cut which would involve drop the near accident with the taxi cab and also quite a bit of dialogue . i be convince that this would have be an excellent cut . save much need footage in the slow opening sequence ( this be not do and account for the main weakness of the film open reel ) . there be nothing in the fact of rita dive to warrant a big orchestral crescendo . what do matter be rita beauty . the evil overtone suggest by grigsby character and and michael bewilderment . any or all of these item might have inspire the music . instead and the dive be treat a though it be a major climax or some antic moment in a silly symphony represent a pratfall by pluto the pup and or a wild jump into space by donald duck . there be no sound atmosphere on the boat . a little wind and water be sorely miss . there no point in photograph a scene on a real boat if you make it sound a though it all happen in front of a process screen . at the start of the picnic sequence . in the temporary score and we use a very curious and sexy latin american strain . this have be replace with a corny dramatic sequel bad stock stuff . this sort of music destroy that quality of strangeness which be exactly what might have save lady from shanghai from be just another whodunit . there be a big musical outburst after grigsby line and i want you to kill him . this be absurd . the hawaiian guitar music which come out of the radio . be suppose to be corny enough to make a certain satirical point . a it stand now and it on about the same level a the rest of the scoring . nobody in the audience could possibly suspect that be kid . the aquarium scene need more echo . please don not kiss me be in again . a bad dubbing job and poor scoring have destroy the character of michael run down the pier . from the gunshot through to the phone call and a careful pattern of voice have be build up with the expenditure of much time and effort . for some reason and this have all be junk in favor of a vague hullabaloo . a a result and the whole sequence seem dull . the audience should feel at this point and along with michael and that maybe they be go crazy . the new dub job can only make them feel that maybe theyre go to sleep . the gun battle with the breaking mirror must not be back with music . the closing music again make reference to please don not kiss me . this finale be obvious to the point of vulgarity and and do incalculable injury to the finish of the picture . all of these edits from orson be ignore . | 1pos
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after all and you do not go to an orson well movie to see a nice simple little plot and a burnishing of the image of a happy ever after star you go to see theatrically heighten character lock in conflict against colorful and unusual setting and light and score imaginatively and photograph bravely and and the whole thing pepper with unexpected detail of surprise that a wiser and duller director would either avoid or not think of in the first place a usual and as well a directing and welles write the script and he also play the hero a young irish seaman who have knock about the world and see it evil and but still retain his clear eyed trust in the goodness of others unfortunately for him and he repose this trust in rita hayworth and whose cool good look conceal a gloomy past and murderous inclination for the future she be marry without love and to an impotent and cripple advocate and act like a malevolent lizard by the brilliant everett sloane there be a youthful romanticism underlie it all and and this quality come into exuberant play in the lady from shanghai . before the inevitable happen and welles escape to a final triangular showdown in a hall of mirror and which have become one of the classic scene of the post war cinema welles do not miss a chance throughout the whole film to counterpoint the word and action with visual detail which enrich the texture and heighten the atmosphere his camera seem almost to caress rita hayworth a the sun play with her hair and her long limb while she playfully tease the young seaman into her web . | 1pos
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of all the film noirs of the 1940s and 1950s and this have to rank a one of the strangest and and most fun to watch . i say that because of the four main actor represent orson welles and rita hayworth and everett sloane and glenn anders . the first two name be familiar to everyone but it be the last two that make this movie so entertaining to me and especially anders . his character and george grisby and be one of the strange people i have ever see on film . his voice and and some of the thing he say and have to be hear to be believe . slaone isn not far behind in the strange category . hayworth be not a glamorous with short and blonde hair but still be hayworth and which mean a lot to ogle if you be a guy . welles be as fascinating a always . one tip represent if you have the dvd and turn on the english subtitle . his character in this movie be an irishman and you need the subtitle to understand everything he say . welles also direct the film which mean you have great camera angle and wonderful facial closeup . you also have a unique end and visually and with a shootout in a house of mirror . great stuff . as bizarre a this film be and i still think the buffoon like carnival atmosphere at the trial near the end be too much and take away from the seriousness of the scene . other than that and no complaint . this be great entertainment and which be the name of the game . | 1pos
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after citizen kane in 1941 and hollywood executive turn their cob web back on the great orson welles . with the exception of kane and welles lose all creative control on magnificent ambersons and journey into fear and and many other film to come . welles be an innovative and creative genius and the most unconventional of filmmaker when hollywood be in need of a few more . the lady from shanghai be yet another example of the misunderstood view of welles film at the time and a movie that seem a bit choppy and non fluent . it have a conventional 1940 premise tell in a most unconventional way and and i be sure some scene end up on the cutting room floor . it be now legend that columbia mogul harry cohn stand up during it initial screening and ask what it be about . in hindsight and many old grump that run the studio back then have not one clue a to the cinematic technique and master story telling of orson welles and the lady from shanghai be only nearly great because of their intrusion . beside be arguably the great director of all time and welles be also quite a performer a an actor . at 25 and we all know what he do a charles foster kane and perhaps the most famous character in film history . here and he inhabit a rare character of dim wit and not much intelligence and something unfamiliar to those familiar with welles other great work . instead of a slick and wise tongue and he speak with a rough and irish twang . rita hayworth ( his unhappily marry wife at the time ) play an unhappily married wife of a lawyer who put welles in a spell and be able to draw him into a job that will take him to the limit of deception and disillusionment . he be a large lug who may have even murder a man and but the real mystery lie in the relationship between hayworth ( with stun blonde hair ) and cripple hubby everett sloane ( mr. bernstein from citizen kane ) . a creepy partner of sloane be along for the sail around the country to set off a number of peculiar event that have welles michael ohara head spinning . welles narrate the picture a ohara and but thing be still unclear throughout . see for yourself and realize that it take at least 2 viewing to fully know exactly what up . an uncharacteristically strange courtroom sequence center around ohara and with sloane defend him . it be an oddly comedic scene with some quirky courtroom method and include sloane cross examine himself . i do not really laugh here because the film stall at this point after a first portion that never get to take off anyway . up to this point and the cinematography be great and some scene be shoot with craft and skill ( aquarium love scene ) and but there be no distinct line draw the element and u and the audience and in . reportedly and the court scene be re shot against welles request ( 10 closeup of hayworth be order ) and a makeshift song sung by the starlet be throw in at cohn insistence . a gaudy score infuriate welles and who once again and be leave out of the edit process . thank well himself for save the film entirely with a tour de force end that will always be treasure . the so called hall of mirror scene brings buff back time and time again and rightfully so . it must be see to be believe and it do a good job of wrap up some confuse idea present . the crash of the mirror represent ohara disillusionment and the crazy house itself be a masterpiece of art and set decoration . it seem more like a state of mind than an actual place and be indeed crazy and twisted and turn like a dali painting . this be a great end to a flawed picture that if leave alone would probably have make the afi top 100. then again and 3 or 4 more of orson welles film may have make all collective best of list if he have be leave alone to create his own magic . note represent look for the mercury player that be so prominent in welles picture . they pop up all over . rating represent positive . | 1pos
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one can only imagine the film mr. welles might have finish without the interference of the studio . this film be a flawed welles and but worth every minute of it because one can see the greatness of perhaps america best motion picture director of all time . we can see the toll it take on orson well the filming of this movie . the story have a lot of hole in it and perhaps because of the demand of the studio executive that do not trust the director . it be curious by read some of the opinion submit to imdb that compare orson welles with the coen brother and roman polanski and even woody allen and when it should be all of those director that must be regard a follower of the great master himself . no one be more original and creative in the history of american cinema than mr. welles . lucky be we to still have his legacy either in retrospective look such a the one the film forum in new york just end and or his film either on tape or dvd form . rita hayworth be never more lovingly photograph than here . if she be a beauty with her red hair and a a blonde and she be just too stun for word . everett sloan and glenn anders make an excellent contribution to the movie . the only thing that might have make this film another masterpiece to be add to orson welles body of work and be his own appearance in it . have he concentrate in the directing and have another actor interpret michael ohara and a different film might have be achieve altogether . orson well have to be credit for be perhaps a pioneer in take the camera away from the studio lot into the street . the visuals in this film be so amazing that we leave the theater after see this movie truly impressed for the work and the vision and the talent he give u . | 1pos
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orson well the lady from shanghai do not have the brilliant screenplay of citizen kane and e. g. and but charles lawton and jr. cinematography and the unforgettable set piece ( such a the scene in the aquarium and the seagoing scene feature a stunning and blonde tressed rita hayworth sing please don not love me and and the truly amazing hall of mirror climax ) and and the wonderful cast ( everett sloane in his great performance and welles in a beautifully under play role and the afore mention miss hayworth welles wife at the time at her most gorgeous ) make for a very memorable filmgoing experience . the bizarre murder mystery plot be fun and compelling and not inscrutable at all . the viewer be surprise by the twist and turn and and welles close line be an unheralded classic . the lady from shanghai get four star from this impartial arbiter . | 1pos
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a i watch one of orson welles last contribution to hollywood a a filmmaker and i know i be watch a great movie unfold and though at time i do not know why . the story in the lady from shanghai have the prime element of a film noir represent average joe lead and femme fatale and conspicuous support character and and a comprehensible if somewhat convolute plot structure . it be an entertaining ride and and it fill to the brim with welles unique gift a a director and but there be scene that tend to just not work and or do not feel complete in what be welles full vision ( the latter be unfortunately too true executive producer harry cohn and the columbia exec be to blame for that ) . welles co star with his then wife and the profoundly gorgeous rita hayworth and a mike ohara and an irish worker who can and do get angry at the right people . hayworth be mrs. bannister and marry to mr. bannister ( everett sloane and who play mr. bernstein in citizen kane ) and who be accompany by a friend mr. grisby ( glenn anders and who have great control in his eye ) . they want to go sail on their yacht and take ohara along for the ride and and at first he reluctant and but agree since he fall for the married mrs. a their journey unfolds and ohara find that bannister and grisby be not pleasant to be around and and more so with grisby and who at first seem out of his gourd . yet a the plot unfolds and ohara be draw into a scam that grisby be plan for insurance money and with result that i dare not reveal ( although they have be discuss over and over by others ) . whatever liability pop up here and there in the mystery part of the story ( and those few noticeable moment where shot be studio dictate ) and the performance and the look of the film be what remain strike after over fifty five year . though he doesn not have the terrific greg tolland ( kane dp ) at his side and dependable charles lawton jr. assist welles in create an atmosphere that be both elegant and stark and cover in shadow and deep focus and low angle and the work . a particular accomplishment be the fun house mirror scene and which be merely a highlight among others . welles himself be always dependable a an actor even if his accent isn not anything special and hayworth herself make a scene a little more lush and despite her path in the story . the lady from shanghai be worth check out and especially for welles and hayworth and or film noir buff ( fan of the coen brother might find this fascinating as well ) . it may just take a little while and repeat viewing ( a be for touch of evil ) and for the underlie motif in the plot to sink in . | 1pos
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make in 1946 and release in 1948 and the lady and shanghai be one of the big film make by welles after return from relative exile for make citizen kane . dark and brooding and express some early cold war paranoia and this film stand tall a a film noir crime film . the cinematography of this film be fill with welles characteristic quirk of odd angle and quick cut and long pan and sinister lighting . the use of ambient street music be a precursor to the incredible long opening shot in touch of evil and and the mysterious chinese character and the sequence in chinatown can only be consider a the inspiration and in many way and to roman polanski chinatown . unfortunately and it be welles obsession with technical filmmaking that hurt this film in it entirety . the plot of this story be often lose behind a sometimes incomprehensible clutter of film technique . however and despite this criticism and the story combine with wonderful performance by welles and hayworth and especially glenn anders ( laughter ) make this film a joy to watch . orson welles pull off not only the irish brogue and but the torn identity a the honest but dangerous sailor . rita hayworth and who be marry to welles at the time and break with her usual role a a sex goddess and take on a role of real depth and contradiction . finally and glenn anders strange and bizarre portrayal or elsa husband law partner be nothing short of classic . | 1pos
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at the point in time that the lady from shanghai be be make and the marriage of orson welles and rita hayworth be disintegrate . the film be as much an effort by welles to rekindle the old flame a it be to make a classic noir . not receive well at the time and the lady from shanghai have get more and more critical acclaim a year pass . get good with age so to speak . welles be irish seaman michael ohara who on a fateful night rescue the beautiful rita hayworth from three mugger in central park . spark do fly and but then come the rub and turn out the lady be marry to cripple and but brilliant criminal attorney everett sloane . nevertheless sloane take an apparent liking to welles and hire him to skipper his yacht . so far this film be start to sound a lot like gilda . if orson have see gilda and be not at this point think with his male member and he would have skedaddle back to the seaman hire hall in low manhattan . instead he get himself involve in a lovely web or intrigue and find himself peg for two murder and sloane a his eminent counsel . welles for whatever reason decide that his wife would be a blond in this film . supposedly harry cohn hit the roof a rita be internationally know for her coppery red hair . this may have sour him on the picture a he join the legion of studio boss who saw welles vision of independent film make a threat to their power . stage actor glenn anders play sloane partner grisby who be one slimy dude and he wind up a corpse . the other corpse to be here be ted decorsia and a bottom feeding private detective who try to go in business for himself . it a good noir thriller and show rita at her glamorous best even if she be a blond here . the final shoot out in the hall of mirror be beautifully stag and but i wouldn not recommend see it if one be on any controlled substance . | 1pos
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the first mystery be to guess what well original film be like . that make this a real adventure to see an incomplete skeleton and use cinematic forensics and imagine the beautiful woman it once support . if you do and you will both see and experience perhaps one of the best film mystery ever . a mystery go and the narrative be rather ordinary represent a simple diversion and one jealous husband a red herring . what rather miraculous be welles placement of the story in an artificial eye see a dark and dark multifaceted world . the first real noir and but even darker . it not an obviously twisted world and unless you think about the camera . what we can see firsthand be someone create a vocabulary that would later become common . for all the celebration and kane be a success because of the great drama and story . the camera eye be shock and but experimental . welles would go from there to explore the mystery narrative and the self reference of shakespeare with this eye . othello and macbeth be both begin in this period and and i consider them part of a single vision with this . the noir feel here hinge on the notion that people be not in charge of their life and even a little they be manipulate by random factor in the environment . so in tell this story and welles have to make the environment into a character . several character a suspect in the mystery . thus we have the famous lighting and blocking and angle we know ( and have since see countless time ) . and we have the deliberately closed set represent the park and yacht and picnic area and aquarium and dock and courtroom and chinese theater and funhouse . i be certain that what be cut by the barbarian be lot and lot of external narrative deal not with character but with these strange environment . my own solution to the mystery be that the funhouse do it and among the other character environment introduce a suspect . in other word and the manipulation of black irish ( who we know from note and one scene typing at the union hall be an aspiring novelist ) be neither represent a force of human conspiracy ( the park or the civilized version and the courtroom ) nor of nature ( the picnic or the civilized version and the aquarium ) . instead it be a matter of deliberate caprice by the god for amusement . this be of course a self reference to what well be do represent put these people ( include himself ) through hell for our own caprice and a matter underscore by the peking opera set with welles dope up . and of course lead to the funhouse where the environment directly tinker with perception . more about the self reference represent surely there be conscious comment on his relationship with his soon to be exwife . but i believe there be strong subconscious comment on his own taunt the environment in which he work and the studio environment . surely well be a much screw with and and in much the same way and a his character . and that screw take the form of the murder of this film and leave the rot corpse mention at the beginning of this comment . that poor rita come from china tie up the whole thing and the chinese theater and the expected rape from above and the loss of the woman . the investment in environment beyond all . | 1pos
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in nyc and seaman michael ohara ( orson welles ) rescue elsa bannister ( rita hayworth ) from a mugging and rape a she take a horse and carriage through central park and live to regret it . titian haired hayworth a platinum blonde in this one while as dazzle a fresh fall snow but nowhere near a pure . to reveal any more of the convoluted plot in this seminal noir would be criminal . it as deceptive a the mirror use to cataclysmic effect in the final scene but the film hold far dark secret represent from the ny time represent childhood shadow represent the hidden story of the black dahlia murder by mary pacios mary pacios and who be 5 year old when she be befriend by 15 year old bette short and retraces short step and interview friend and associate . she also offer a detailed and if speculative and analysis of orson welles particularly in regard to his movie the lady from shanghai . accord to ms. pacios and the movie and along with related archival material and have many of the same ritualistic element associate with short murder . she raise the question represent could welles have be the killer . interesting theory and with the spate of book now out on the black dahlia and much more may come to light . fritz lang brutal film noir and the big heat ( 1953 ) and be a roman a clef telling of the dahlia kill in the city of net that be l. a. but it the orson opus that the dahlia have a hand on connection to . in reality and it be bugsy siegel ( and the hollywood mob war of the 1940 ) that do the dahlia in . but that doesn not negate much of what pacios write . almost all of hollywood intersect with elizabeth ( the black dahlia ) short and her tale or aura or legacy or curse be encode in a number of golden age film . the black dahlia be always on the peripheral edge of shanghai even before it start film . barbara payton on franchot tone represent it be when he be think about make the lady from shanghai and before he lose the option to orson welles . franchot say he would be in a bad state over that deal when he run into the dahlia in the formosa cafe across from the goldwyn studio . the floor above the formosa cafe be bugsy siegel office and the dahlia one of his on again or off again work girl . it get deep and darker after the 1951 brawl over barbara payton between tom neal and franchot tone that send franchot to the hospital with a concussion and never talk the same way again and barbara say and she marry tone just to spite neal . tom ( detour ) neal also know the dahlia ( who do not . ) and become obsess from l. a. despair by john gilmore represent the january 1947 slaying of the young and beautiful would be actress elizabeth short and know a the black dahlia and be one of the most grisly murder in the annals of modern crime . a project and call who kill the black dahlia . be be kick off by actor tom neal and a hell raiser from ww ii movie . potential producer gene harris represent someone will have to come up with a more imaginative business proposition than what have be present by tom neal and his cohort . not long after represent it would be very clear one beautiful day to come and when tom would sneak up on his pretty and new palm spring wife a she lay on their sofa and shoot a . 45 bullet through her head . barbara payton and norma jean dougherty ( later marilyn monroe ) know the dahlia and their story be well know . it seem all who cross the path of the dahlia ( like the proverbial black cat ) enter a twilight zone darkness and or or have an incredible string of bad luck afterward . tone or neal or welles be only a few and this include a butchered film call the lady from shanghai . lady from shanghai take two year to be release and thanks to extensive re edit and all because columbia president harry cohn couldn not understand the story . it dark noir to be sure one of the dark and in fact . it also a wicked satire on life in the new atomic age . nicolas christopher representshanghai push forth an insistent subtext of nuclear apocalypse and contain the definitive noir statement concern the atomic bomb and the american city . the film principal murder victim ( and there be many ) and a psychotic and double deal lawyer and manically foresees armageddon at every turn and claim he can feel it . he announce that he plan to escape to a remote pacific island a particularly acid joke on welles part since this be the very year the u. s. begin test atomic bomb at just such a place and the bikini atoll and relocate all the inhabitant and destroy the ecosystem . by the time of bikini and the erotic identification of hayworth with the bomb appear to have be institutionalize and with the blessing of the military brass while the first bomb drop in the pacific test ground in name gilda and have hayworth image and in provocative dress and paint directly on it casing . it ironic that orson welles broad interpretation of an irishman be consider a detriment to the film by many . welles be give a clue to viewer that michael ohara be only the storyteller not part of the story even though it revolve around him . ohara contradict the shark motif throughout the film . shark on a feeding frenzy would not stop until there nothing leave . michael ohara life to tell the tale . elsa bannister cause a feeding frenzy during ohara trial and her netted chapeau suggest she cage in so a not to devour the human spectator to a roman coleseum . the spectator be on a feeding frenzy of their own and gossiping and carry on about elsa a human aquarium correlate to the san francisco marine museum sequence . that the human condition . except for michael ohara . and yet he will be spend his life try to forget his past ( elsa ) or die try . elsa be part of michael and the tale eat it own tail in the end and the viewer be caution to stay out of trouble . | 1pos
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this could be well have be the definitive film noir of all time and have not the columbia studio cut so much of orson welles original . what we be leave with be a flawed and yet brilliant film that showcases the overwhelming talent of welles a an actor or director and rita hayworth a a serious dramatic talent . the lady from shanghai be film noir at it most sizzling and confuse . welles and with an uneven accent and portrays michael ohara and a journeyman irishman and who and after a fateful encounter with the seductive and dangerous elsa bannister ( hayworth and in a great performance ) find himself virtually coerce into accept a job a a crewman on her and her crippled husband ( everett sloane ) yacht . elsa and or rosalie a michael like to call her and play the innocent and helpless doll very well and ensnare ohara in her web . a the lover conduct a not so secret affair at sea and arthur bannister partner in his law firm and george grisby ( glenn anders ) come aboard . he be a weird and untrustworthy figure who offer michael a unique proposal represent he will get $ 5000 to assist grisby in the faking of grisby death and so it look murder . the plan be for michael to get off a technicality and and run off into the sun with elsa . but thing do not go to plan . hayworth delivers u one of the best femme fatales of all time in a very ambiguous portrayal . at time she seem genuinely vulnerable and child like and at others brutal and world weary and hard . always she be brilliantly beautiful and whether he situation call for her to be drip wet in a swimsuit or dress in black and brandish a gun . hayworth be beautifully photograph here and and she be a far cry from her famous gilda role . her then husband orson welles cut off her trademark auburn lock for a dyed blonde crop ( anger columbia bos harry cohn ) . it be a terrific marketing ploy and and he change suit her changed attitude wonderfully . she be not the sympathetic femme fatale that gilda be and here instead she be a predatory and black hearted dame who see murder a a very useful option . the welles and hayworth pairing come at a time when the couple be have extreme difficulty in their marriage . they would divorce after the film be make and so this be also a curiosity for provide some view into the complicate relationship . they be hateful and not romantic and lover in this and so it hard to gauge whether or not they have real chemistry on screen . certainly every encounter be potent and fill with raw sexuality and with welles a the fall guy ( he even admit it himself in the film . ) and rita a the double crossing babe . welles character be the typical noir wouldrifter with not much sense . a welles voice over prof to use and ohara indeed do not use his brain very much expect to be think of her ( elsa ) . welles usually play intelligent and charismatic fellow and so his turn here a the dim witted michael be unusual and very interesting . indeed and welles be an actor of fine talent and he pull off it well . everett sloane be suitably slimy a hayworth cripple husband . one wonder why he hire michael . it be obvious that his wife be interested in him romantically and so why do he invite a threat on board . one interpretation could be that michael provide the ervice to his wife that bannister can not in his crippled state . there be definitely something to that theory and with a lot of implication toward elsa behaviour before she meet her husband ( be she some sort of prostitute . ) and grisby knowledge of bannister most intimate secret be hint at in several scene . this be a jumbled and convolute film with a plot that be ultimately flaw . we be more interested in the love triangle than the murder plot and a with most noirs . welles provide u with many of his usual brilliant cinematic touch and include the justifiably famous hall of mirror climax . it a terrific scene and one end that can almost obliterate the fault earlier on in the movie and lift it into greatness . this fun house scene be visually stunning and with a dali like feel to the paint set ( apparently orson paint them himself ) . subtle visual imagery utilize throughout the film by welles enhances the plot and make this a thought provoking experience . the dialogue be scorch and confuse and deliver superbly by rita alternately breathy low voice and helpless and high pitch little girl voice . hayworth prove her acting capability in this one and and prove that she be the ultimate femme fatale of noir . it a pity ( only a slight one and a rita be a brilliant dancer ) that she do so many delightful yet frothy and often forgettable musical for columbia in the 40 instead of darkly theme noir like this . she be a brilliant actress when give the chance to show off her talent . positive . | 1pos
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orson welles manage to knock me on my as with every picture of his i see . lady of shanghai be on the same level a his other masterpiece and the magnificent ambersons and touch of evil and the trial and and chime at midnight . the plot can tend to be confuse sometimes and and sometimes it seem to be move maybe a tiny bit too fast ( about an hour of it be edit out when test screening go poorly ) . it doesn not matter and however . you can not watch welles film and manage to concentrate too much on the plot . his direction define what great direction be . almost any scene from this film can hold up with any other scene he direct . check out the courtroom scene . usually they be such stock scene that i can not stand them . case in point and try to sit through welles own speech near the end of compulsion . in lady from shanghai and just pay attention to the level of detail in that courtroom scene . watch that juror who be always sneeze and interrupt the proceeding . or just take a look at the lighting in that scene . i know and it be just a simple venetian blind and and that it be use constantly in film noirs and crime film of the era and but well give it a beauty all it own . the dialogue be also remarkable . welles have the skill and a skill that no one else seem to have and to make a crime film contain example of the grand poetry . whether he be speak shakespeare or spit out hard boil line and it have the power to stir the soul . positive . | 1pos
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any film in the early day of orson welles be a triumph all the way to the third man with joseph cotton . he be also wonderful in a touch of evil . please see them all . he tend to get pompous and self serving in film like f be for fake and really stupid waste of film . don not waste your time watch it . it be really ignorant . orson welles be a film icon and anyone study film should see everything he have film . all his leading lady be tremendous but in the end well become a fat drunk and like his character in a touch of evil . for some reason orson welles have a way with woman and i see how he could be consider attractive in his youth and not like gary cooper or joseph cotton and or cary grant and john wayne and i could go on and on but i digress . and because i be a woman and i can see the attraction to him . he ( orson welles ) be one of the last true film maker and unless you count the film maker of today represent tarantino and scorscese and spike lee and most of the film maker just do not measure up to the film maker of the forty . i know there be many more great film maker of today but in such a short amount of time i can not name them all . no offense to any of the great film maker of this millennium . august 21 and 2006. please remind me of some current up and come film maker and i do not want to be stick in the past . i love some of the film out now and but rarely be there any that i would put on a 100 best list . hustle and flow be great and so be fargo and and oh and brother and where art thou and from a line in sullivan travel while another fine film from the forty . can anyone give me a best list for the 90 and on up to 2006. i would like to know who to watch . thank you . also prop to this website . where else can you plug a film or boo it . i love the ranting and rave from regular folk like me who can say what i want and i promise not to spoil any film for someone who hasn not see it yet . | 1pos
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surreal film noir release soon after the real and genre define classic the maltese falcon and double indemnity and the postman always ring twice . welles film shouldn not be evaluate against others . he be play by different rule . in fact and he be play . this start where other femme fatale film leave off and so the vaguely logical ( but interest ) whodunit be embellish with a display of wellesian scene ( typical rapid fire style ) and dialog ( lot of hard boil philosophy ) and and unusual acting ( good hayworth presumably intentionally one dimensional ) . to welles genre may have mean formula but he seem to like use mystery a background for his entertainment . | 1pos
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what can i say and it a damn good movie . see it if you still haven not . great camera work and light technique . awesome and just awesome . orson welles be incredible the lady from shanghai can certainly take the place of citizen kane . | 1pos
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this 1947 film star and be direct and write by orson welles ( with a funky irish accent ) and also star the gorgeous rita hayworth with less appeal short blonde hair . so and i have hang out with orson before in touch of evil and citizen kane and the third man etc . but this be my first rita hayworth interaction . our first meeting go well and she do a superb job play the frightened or cagey elsa and marry to a cripple millionaire lawyer . mike ( welles ) and elsa fall for each other . he want to run away with her and she doesn not know if she can live without the thing money can buy . elsa and her husband and and his partner bicker and bite and just like the shark mike describes attack each other and his foretelling prove just too true . several twist and turn follow in this murder mystery a we come to the climax in the fun house . ( think the end shootout in the man with the golden gun and which borrow heavily from this scene ) . i wasn not sure who the murderer be until the end . this movie be like shrimp in garlic and lemon . the dish center on the sea and it be subtle and sour and and pungent and all to great effect . these might not be the best and fresh shrimp and but good quality freeze shrimp from costco . the flavorful sauce add to the naturalness of the pink shrimp a you fill up on a healthy and but fill alternative to more mundane and common fare . positive http represent or or blog . myspace . com or locoformovies . | 1pos
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the lady from shanghai be weird even by the standard of it eminent director and orson welles and whose last hollywood film this be for many a moon . it a kind of post modern film noir make during the period when more conventional film of this type be quite popular and and it concern a happy go lucky irish sailor ( play by welles ) who fall in with a mysterious lady ( rita hayworth and who be marry to welles at the time ) and and her cripple and and probably impotent husband and play with a brainy and malevolent gusto by everett sloan . a long sea voyage follow and with welles in tow a bodyguard and and the plot thicken when sloan law partner ( glenn anders ) turn up and start make trouble by give odd speech about suicide and other morbid topic that suggest that the man be on the verge of mental breakdown . a murder plot ensues and and all sort of calamity follow for welles and his employer and and at this point the story and fuzzy and tell at a leisurely pace thus far and go off the deep end and and the last part of the film consist of brilliant directorial set piece that seem to have be throw in to give the movie some of the drive and urgency it story do not and by itself and possess and and the result be a very watchable and often please at all time incomprehensible mess . it hard to know what well be try to do with this film aside from maybe resurrect his career in hollywood by make a vehicle for his wife . but self destruction intervenes and a it often do with welles and and miss hayworth have never look less fetching . that she be also cast a a femme fatale seem peculiar and a aside from her beauty her most appealing trait a a screen personality be lovableness and a quality she do not possess in this picture . the director himself be strangely unappealing and hammy at ohara and the ( presumably ) easygoing sailor and since welles and for all his many gift and be not know a an easy man to work with . this be a role that twenty or thirty year later sean connery or robert shaw might have be able to breath life into . welles do not . the most interesting performance in the movie be glenn anders a grisby and sloan loony and treacherous law partner . anders work wonder with the part and and be photograph to look bizarre and while his scene end on odd and sour note and and be often choppily edit while but for all this he manage to make grisby derangement palpable and disturbing and and anticipates and in a genteel way and the more flamboyant method actor of the fifty and such a timothy carey . there be a question that nag me about this film represent what be well try to say . he be a highly talented and intelligent man and and tend to make statement in his movie and which and whether one agree with his world view or not and be brilliantly put forth . i think i have an answer and or a partial one represent welles be sum up his movie career . he have reach the end of his rope in the hollywood studio system he despise and and he know it . the lady from shanghai isn not exactly a nose thumbing at the studio mogul of the day and but i suspect that it be and in it portrait of amoral and rival big shot lawyer ( read represent producer ) express welles opinion of the power broker of hollywood . that he present himself a a rootless sailor be tell . welles himself be certainly an inveterate traveler and and he rarely live in one place for long . he be hire by a studio to provide it with a big and prestigious film ( citizen kane ) and which cause a firestorm of controversy from which he never fully recover . this may be the issue that dare not speak it name in this film and which be to say welles personal failure in not get over the shock of his newness in the movie colony and and his inability to deliver the good and as promise . the mere fact of him turn up in hollywood and like his mere presence in the film and could not forestall disaster well beyond his control . that he present himself in the movie a an amiable and naive outsider show a lack of self knowledge on welles part . he be much more of an inside player than he let on and and i imagine that he despise his knowledge of the worldly aspect of life and and himself for know so much . | 1pos
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it very hard to say just what be go on with the lady from shanghai and what the film could have be without studio interference . orson welles prime interest in film at this point be to raise money for his theater while indeed and fund his own project be what drive him to seek out act job . he make lady from shanghai for his soon to be ex wife and rita hayworth . harry cohn be fearful for rita image and hold back the release of this movie for one year . the plot concern an irish sailor and michael ohara and who fall in love with else ( hayworth and stun with short blond hair ) . her husband be a well know criminal attorney arthur bannister ( everett sloane ) who be as cripple on the inside a he be out . he hire ohara to work on his yacht and and there ohara be draw deep and deep into a web of murder and deceit . the lady from shanghai move at a snail pace and though i agree with one of the poster that film today be criticize for take time to build a plot . still and this movie drag . the scene in the fun house be fantastic welles want it without music and though and and i believe the studio cut it down . it a shame . the photography throughout be stun and atmospheric and bold and and very stylish . welles be an excellent actor and handsome in his youth and charismatic and possess a magnificent voice and technique and but in many film and it almost a if he doesn not trust himself or doesn not take the time to develop a character . instead he rely on external such a accent and fake nose . one of the only time he do not do this be tomorrow be forever and where the director get an excellent and deeply felt performance out of him . contrast that with compulsion where he show he be a master of pure technical acting a he phone in his performance . here well be do quadruple duty a director and star and co writer and narrator . sport a completely unnecessary accent and look intense be a fast way to a characterization . nevertheless and he be always compel . the supporting player be excellent and include sloan and glenn anders . hayworth and gorgeous and soft voiced ( her singing be again dub by anita elli ) be as usual a complete goddess and one of the great screen presence . what a sad life for such a vibrant beauty . any film that orson welles direct be worth see and and the lady from shanghai be no exception . but this one leave the viewer frustrate and a do the magnificent ambersons a do any work that well do within the studio system . he be a great artist who should have be give a freer reign while he wasn not . he be a strange dichotomy he need more freedom and but a be evidence by some of his late work and he need the structure of the studio . ala and he couldn not have both . | 1pos
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despite love rita hayworth and find the final few sequence of the film intriguing and be able to appreciate some of the subtler symbolic aspect of the cinematography and the lady from shanghai do not quite work for me . i have a problem with most of the performance and the script and the overall structure . and in a film that mostly people talk with each other in various situation and that quite a problem . the lady from shanghai end up at a very low c and or a 7 and for me . the lady from shanghai be really all about orson welles character and michael ohara . ohara see elsa rosalie bannister ( rita hayworth ) in central park on a carriage ride and hit on her . later and he save her from a mugging and she take a shine to him . ohara be a seaman from ireland and the globetrotting elsa happen to own a yacht with her husband and arthur ( everett sloane ) and a very famous and powerful california defense attorney . they talk ohara into work for them and despite his initial reservation it seem to him and and to the audience and that elsa be just look for someone to have an affair with and and ohara doesn not want to get involve . shortly after go to work on their yacht and a strange man and george grisby ( glenn anders ) and who say he arthur partner and show up at a port of call and begin stir up trouble . eventually and grisby asks ohara to enter into a very dubious and dangerous scheme . foolishly and ohara agrees . naturally it get him into quite a bit of trouble and and eventually and a number of mystery be reveal . maybe my problem with the film lie in the fact that and so far and i be not exactly a huge fan of orson welles and and here and he produce and writes and directs and consume most of the screen time . i haven not see anywhere near the majority of welles work yet and but i have tend to like his late film well and when he become a bit more campy and performance arty . i love f for fake ( vérités et mensonges and 1974 ) for example and and i even kind of like his performance in casino royale ( 1967 ) and when he bizarrely insist on be allow to do magic trick at a baccarat table and but citizen kane ( 1941 ) never do much for me and despite give it 3 or 4 chance over the year ( include about one year ago while my rating be a low 7 the same a my current score for the lady from shanghai ) . welles performance and the dialogue he write for himself come across a affected and pretentious to me . he a bit of a motormouth and a bit of a boor and and a bit monotone he tend to sound like he read . his performance remind me of what i have see of welles version of moby dick ( list on imdb a 1999 and but complete in 1971 and it can also be see in orson welles represent the one man band ( 1995 ) ) and where he seem to be just read to the camera and believing that he inherently and sublimely dramatic . i be also someone who almost never complain about accent and but somehow welles manages to make his irish accent sound affect and pretentious to me and too . a for the other performance and i can only say i think hayworth do an excellent job . of course she gorgeous and which doesn not hurt . plenty of eye candy here . like welles and sloane also seem a bit affected and pretentious to me i never quite buy his character and his handicap and so on and and anders be simply bizarre where bizarre doesn not seem to fit . welles often shoot him in close up and anders almost always have some over exaggerated and manic expression on his sweaty face . structurally and the lady from shanghai be very uneven . the first 50 minute or so be extremely bland and soap operatic and although the soap opera ministration tend to be approach from a tortuous oblique . once grisby introduces his scheme and thing pick up a bit and and mostly improve a we near the end . but by the time the lady from shanghai become a crime or mystery film and it too little too late and and it quickly turn into a courtroom drama before the sudden and thrill end that come almost out of nowhere and be over far too quickly for it relative excellence . the end be more action orient and less dialogue heavy and more varied and exotic in setting and and at time and fairly abstract . welles handle that combination of material skillfully a a director . if the lady from shanghai would have be a largely a combination of the crime or mystery stuff and the arty end and it could have easily be at least a 9. the final scene be easily 10 and a welles shift from a hitchcockian suspense scene in a san francisco chinese opera house to another suspense scene in a chinese amusement park . the funhouse climax use cinematography that be experimental for it time . it well integrate with the script and a it allow a complex resolution and fuel a lot of symbolism . the cinematography throughout be interesting and even if it usually can not make up for the problem in the foreground . welles block scene with skill . there be lot of attractively film setting and from central park to acapulco to various san francisco location . welles effectively create symbolic backdrop for his action and from the emphasized height and precipitous drop of acapulco to the maze like caribbean street and the beautifully frame and silhouette shot of the san francisco aquarium and and so on . the romance material and for which the aquarium serve a one backdrop and be interestingly temper with a kind of unease throughout the film and but on the other hand and that make the romance never quite work a romance . surely serious welles fan will appreciate the lady from shanghai much more than i do and and of course it worth a watch if you love rita hayworth . the lady from shanghai isn not exactly a terrible film and in my view and but it dangerously close to not pass . proceed with caution . | 1pos
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pure orson welles genius make this one of the great of movie . welles be draw into a murder conspiracy only to be set up a the fall guy and which be what he refer to with the sarcastic comment big dummy that i be . plot be so complex that i still do not know whether the victim know that his life be about to be lose . the shootout scene in the carnival hall of mirror be one of the most amazing ever film . that scene alone be worth the price of admission . this be the only time that rita hayworth ever play a complex yet believable character . no one but welles would have have the nerve to cut her hair and dye it brassy blond . no one should miss this picture . | 1pos
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neatly sandwich between the stranger and a small film noir picture that prove welles can do a formidable genre work on budget and on time and ironically prove his big box office success in the forty and and macbeth and a no budget shakespeare adaptation shot in old western shets in 23 day and come the lady from shangai and a dark film noir woven from the very same fabric of wellesian mythos that cover the magnificent ambersons and mr. arkadin and any other film the director do not manage to save from the clutch of studio boss . six year after the maltese falcon and with the post war craze of the film noir in full swing and welles and always ahead of his time and a true visionary director of tremendous artistic integrity and envision a labyrinthine world of shadow that be already darker and more sinister and paranoid and serpentine than anything his contemporary be do at the time . it no wonder the movie be so misunderstood at it time and to the point that one full hour of footage be forever leave in the cutting room floor and and it be once again europe that champion it a another welles classic . certain set piece stand out . the aquarium scene with it flickering light and ominous shadow and and of course the funhouse or hall of mirror finale that be as classic a piece of wellesian bravura a any in citizen kane or the trial . the only fault i find with the movie be welles ill advise irish accent and perhaps some of the erratic editing in the first act . the story however unfurls in a progressively mesmerizing manner and which the cut only serve to intensify . i believe the heavily chopped version of shangai and ambersons attain a surreal quality for that matter . welles would exile himself in europe for ten year and return in 1958 to deliver yet another stonewall classic and the monumental touch of evil and perhaps the crown jewel of the film noir that be already in it waning day by that time . shangai be not the box office success a star vehicle for hollywood premiere star of the time and rita hayworth and ought to have be and and welles marriage with hayworth end before the movie be even release . sixty year later and one hour of footage less and shangai be still one of the best film noir picture one be likely to discover . surely that must count for something . | 1pos
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it be not as great a film a many people believe ( include my late aunt and who say it be her favorite movie ) . but due to the good section of this film noir and particularly that justifiably famous fun house finale and the lady from shanghai have gain a position of importance beyond it actual worth a a key to the saga of orson welles failure to conquer hollywood . by 1946 welles position a a hollywood figure be mixed . citizen kane be not recognize a the great movie it have since be see a due to the way it be attack by the hearst press and by hollywood insider themselves . welles attempt at total control ( direction and production and act ) of his movie seem to threaten the whole system . his best job in this period be a edward rochester in jane eyre and supposedly shoot by robert stevenson and but actually shoot in large measure ( with stevenson bless ) by welles . but the credit go to stevenson . only the stranger and a film benefit from a postwar interest in flee nazi war criminal and make a profit . for five year in hollywood it be barely a great record . welles return to broadway in 1946 and hop to recapture his critical ability by his production of around the world in 80 day . but despite the assistance mike todd and and cole porter compose the score and the musical be a failure . his failure occur just at the same time that his wife and rita hayworth and be on the rise with her portrayal of gilda . so the marriage be go on the rock as well . welles have to make money his broadway production have lead to his personal bankruptcy . he sell his interest in the possible movie right to around the world to todd ( which he would eventually rue ) and and he also sell the idea of a film about the career of henri desire landru to charlie chaplin and who be suppose to be direct in it ( and who turn it into monsieur verdoux ) . the story go that welles and with a $ 10 and 000 . 00 tax bill to worry about and call cohn and offer to do a film with rita for a down payment . cohn be willing to do so and but naturally ask what the film be . it be a wise question . welles be on a pay phone in new york in a pharmacy that have a book department . he grab a book with the title the lady from shanghai and and rave that it be a great thriller . somehow welles convince the normally astute cohn that well know what he be talk about . cohn say he would look into get the right and and send welles his down payment of $ 10 and 000 . 00. after cohn hang up welles buy the book and read it and find it be really pretty bad . he spend time rewrite a treatment and screenplay that would build up rita character of elsa bannister . certainly it have a curious plot development . michael ohara be a seaman or longshoreman . he rescue elsa bannister and when she be apparently attack by gangster in a park in san francisco . elsa be marry to arthur bannister ( everett sloane ) a cripple criminal lawyer with a great reputation . she convince him to hire michael a the skipper of their yacht . the cruise also contain bannister sinister partner george grisby ( glenn anders ) and one sidney broome ( ted de corsia ) who turn out to be a detective hire by bannister to watch elsa . when they can michael and elsa try to find time together and but broome or grisby keep show up . grisby make michael an offer he want ( for reason connect to his so call fatalistic view of modern society ) to drop out of it and pretend to be dead . accord to grisby ( the plot become murky here ) he can still collect his life insurance ( although dead . ) and use it to run off to the south sea . he will pay michael $ 10 and 000 . 00 if he will pretend to shoot grisby . this include actually sign a document admit to the murder ( michael do not realize that such an admission would wipe out the need to produce a corpse if all the other evidence suggest that grisby be probably dead ) . of course grisby be kill and and michael be arrest for that and and for the murder of broome ( shot with michael gun ) . michael be try with bannister defend him and and discovers that the latter be do a second rate job because he want michael to be convict . michael be convince that bannister be the actual murderer and and manages to escape just before the jury verdict . he be knock out and deposit in a deserted carnival and and this lead to the famous fun house sequence and the conclusion of the film . it a terribly confusing movie ( a i have have comment on ) . that do not mean it not worth see visually it be strike . witness the fight between michael and the police in the trial judge quarter and where he knock the bailiff into the judge bookcase and shatter glass . or the clever use of photography to capture hayworth dive from a rock and reflect on the lecherous grisby binoculars . the acting be pretty good and in particular sloane ( possibly that fine actor best film role ) . glenn anders be a leading broadway performer . he rarely make movie before the lady from shanghai and and his slimy grisby be unforgettable . also ted de corsia do very nicely with broome a detective who be really look for his own interest and to his own cost . a for hayworth and she turn in a performance that be unlike most of what she have do before ( blood and sand and tale of manhattan and and the strawberry blond be exception ) and and be a memorable siren . welles ohara be a very unusual character for the actor a likable but naive man who learn the hard way not to believe what he secretly want to believe . it not kane and ambersoms and othello and touch of evil and or chime at midnight and but it be a good film for all that . | 1pos
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the lady from shanghai be proof that the great genius orson welles could direct a mainstream movie if he want to . by comparison to his other and more artistic work and this film have only a moderate amount of craftiness and and almost no esoteric element . the exception be and of course and the final scene in the hall of mirror and widely agree to be one of the great scene in the history of film . it alone be worth the cost of a rental . the sweet surprise be the superb acting by the beautiful rita hayworth . her act during the beginning and middle of the film be so excellent and she make the other actor appear a caricature instead of character . even the great mr. welles . | 1pos
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in a lot of his film ( citizen kane and confidential report and touch of evil ) orson welles give him the role of an exuberant men . in the lady from shanghai it the only time i see him hold the role of the victim . the role of the culprit and he give it to rita hayworth and i guess it because he be in love with her . therefore and it an interesting film . but i find the story excellent too . the direction be genius and a usual with welles represent two scene be particularly brilliant represent the one in the aquarium and the final one with the mirror . this film be brilliant . ( positive ) . | 1pos
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one reviewer note that it do not seem to matter what well actually say or do and he move you . i concur . he be and remain a unique force in film . more than a triple threat who could act and write and direct and he have a genius uniquely suit to film . one can consider whether in an early age he would have be a painter . this film certainly reinforce that impression . a musician and a theatre actor and an heir to shakespeare . hard to tell but i be very grateful that his time cam with film and he have him capture on film . i like the accent . i like the face and the size and the style and the mind and the game . i love all of his movie and wish there be more . i particularly love how other actor interact with him on film . many be never good or at least somehow different with him because he be o firmly there . even towards the end when his beauty be ruin and perhaps by his own intent and he be impossible to ignore and he make every scene he be in . rita be a gorgeous blonde a lana turner look alike but perhaps even lovely and even then the eye go to welles and one wish for another minute and another film and another hour in his company . that be why we all wish we could come upon the lose scrap cut from his film because we know and we all know and that there be not part of him not worthy of our time . watch it and be grateful for the chance . | 1pos
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i do no research on the film prior to my first viewing of it because it be part of a welles box set i have recently purchase . a box set i chiefly get because i want to own a man for all season and to also re evaluate waterloo . so i stick orson and rita in the player and i be treat to class and confusion in equal measure . on the surface the story seem a simple one and man meet gorgeous woman and save her from a couple of thug and they click straight away and man get offer of work on a cruise with woman and her famous lawyer husband and and then . well it become murder mystery of plotted devilment and much shenanigan . michael ohara ( orson welles } himself doesn not really know what be go on and he be as confused a the viewer be and and that be wonderful to watch a he be pull all over the place by pretty much everyone in the film . obviously be pull by the heart string by a femme fatale of such beauty a elsa bannister ( rita hayworth } have it moment and but you just know that thing be go to go pear shape . so many wonderful thing in the film and it have well visual style all over it and see a scene in an aquarium that be marvellous and the end sequence in a fun house be majestic on the eye . the narration from ohara be joyously self mocking and and we get good light relief by way of a court case with everett sloane considerably light up proceeding . yet the film be an oddity and and in fact it a choppy viewing experience and because { a i be to find out after } studio boss cut the film by pretty much a whole hour and and that be just not only frustrate to u the viewer and but unfair on welles vision . i be positive that a full original cut of this film would have be laud and revere wholesale and a it be tho and we have a very good and intriguing film and one that sadly only hint at greatness and but remain a fiendishly engrossing film that i be glad i own to revisit far . 8 . 5/10 . | 1pos
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the lady from shanghai be well know a one of hollywood most troubled production . welles original cut be take away by the producer and cut to ribbon . this make the already muddle mystery story even more difficult to keep track of . they post dub a good amount of his dialog because of the density of the irish accent and and the dubbing be all too apparent and poorly do . most disastrous of all and welles and his on screen and real life lead lady rita hayworth be fall apart in their relationship and and their tumultuous chemistry come through on screen . fortunately and this be all overcome by just how fantastic orson welles direction be . he make the film incredibly stylish and atmospheric every scene just seem to be breathe down your back from the screen . also and the character and scene be so bizarre they border on dreamlike and surreal . this sense of weirdness elevates scene that be often find in these film and such a the courtroom sequence in the middle . i typically find courtroom drama a bore and but welles direction and quirky touch make them just as fascinating a everything else . the end at the carnival remind one of david lynch almost . the acting here be also very good . despite their failing relationship and welles and hayworth both give decent performance their interaction however be just a bit lack . everyone else be superb and delightful to watch though and especially everett sloane and glenn anders . the lady from shanghai obviously have it problem and but it worth watching just to see one of cinema master at his fine . ( positive ) . | 1pos
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in my opinion and a guy thing be a hilarious and witty and sexy and romantic and and totally beautiful chick flick that guy will also enjoy . i think that jason lee and julia stile dazzle a a bewildered groom to be and his soon to be sexy cousin in law . if you ask me and they light up the screen like magic . you can also feel their chemistry between them . before i wrap this up and i would like to say that the performance be top grade and the direction be flawless and the production design be nice and the casting be perfect and and the costume be perfectly design . in conclusion and to anyone who a fan of jason lee or julia stile and i recommend this movie . youre in for lot of laugh and thrill and so and go to the video store and rent it or buy it and kick back with a friend and and watch it . | 1pos
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i happen to watch this movie by chance some day ago while flip channel . my expectation be not very high but it be an interesting movie . in a guy thing and jason lee play paul and a straight laced and seattle base fellow who be about to marry his fiancée karen ( selma blair ) and settle down to an unchallenging life of middle class domesticity . we first meet paul at his bachelor party and where he profess no desire to engage in any of the normal bachelor party type activity his ( surprisingly few ) buddy encourage and in case he a bit naughty and get into hot bother with his soon to be trouble and strife . of course and the next thing paul know and it the morning after the night before and he in bed with a naked hula dancer and and his mother in law phone to inform him that karen be on her way over . oh and and the hula dancer be karen cousin becky ( julia stile ) . from this small acorn of potential trouble grow a mighty oak of frenetic misfortune and a paul scrabble from misadventure to misadventure and try to cover up what he do whilst keep up the appearance of be a dutiful and family orient good guy and who super excite about his forthcoming nuptials . his effort to ensure karen remain none the wiser about any potential wrong do on his part ironically force paul closer and closer to the fun love becky and force him to question whether he really want the life that seem to have be map out for him . the movie contain the right mix of comedy and romance . definitely worth a watch . | 1pos
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i think this movie get a low rating because it get judge by it bad moment . there be a diarrhea joke and an embarrassing nut scratch scene and but apart from that there be actually quite a few moment that make me laugh out loud . jason lee be perform some wonderfully subtle comedy in this movie and julia stile manage to be pretty damn funny herself . apart from that this movie behave like most romantic comedy and after about 40 minute into it you know how it be go to end . ( which be good than most of them and where you already know after plus or 5 minute ) . anyway and good movie to watch but definitely not the bad pick . cheer . | 1pos
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recap represent the morning after his bachelor party paul be wake by his mother in law to be and discovers that there be a woman sleep beside him . unfortunately it a waitress from the bar and and not his fiancée . and suddenly she turn up everywhere . the toll booth at the freeway and at his parent in law dinner . and it be hard to keep a secret when her jealous ex boyfriend have him follow and photograph . it be not only about save his wedding . it be about survival . comment represent actually much good than expect . not the sweet romantic comedy i expect and but something much funny and something with a little edge . this movie wasn not afraid to take the joke a little further . and jason lee do now how to deliver comedy and especially when his character be half panicked and deep in trouble and a he be here . and he get nice support from beautiful lady julia stile and selma blair . and actually i think lochlyn munro do a nice part a the ex . so and more emphasis on comedy than romance and and the end result be good . i enjoy it very much . positive . | 1pos
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paul ( jason lee ) be an underachiever who just happen to be engage to a type a princess name karen ( selma blair ) . she choose his clothes and his daily schedule . at his bachelor party and paul get a little too drunk and somehow end up take a pretty dancer name becky ( julia stile ) back to his dig . nothing happen and a they say and but the duo do wake up in the same bed . suddenly karen telephone . she on her way to paul apartment . understandably and paul hustle becky out of the place and although her underpants be leave behind . but and there be even more fun ahead . at a family dinner at karen parent home and paul run smack into becky again and learn that she be karen cousin . talk about some explaining to do . but and instead and paul chooses to feign a stomach problem and hide out in the bathroom . will karen ever find out that becky spend the night at paul place . and and what will be the consequence . i be sorry for critic who pan movie like this . they should definitely lighten up and for this film be fresh and fun . of course and it doesn not hurt matter that lee be a consummate funny man and stile be a charming beauty or that blair be a natural a a pretty but anal fiancée . the rest of the cast and include james brolin and julie haggerty and be also quite nice . the look of the film be wonderful and a be the costume and california setting . best of all and the script be imaginative and inspired and create big laugh for the audience . in short and if you want to tickle the proverbial funnybones and get this movie tonight . it may not be academy award material but it be absolutely guarantee to turn a bad day into a darn good one . | 1pos
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what would you say about a man who be about to get married and be have his bachelor party with some of his close friend at a hawaiian guy bar . all smooth sailing until he take his bachelor hat off . what would you say about him talk to one of the suggestive dancer and then sleep with her . what would you say if that exact girl be the cousin of his finance . a new low and right . well paul coleman and play comically by jason lee and lead this experience of a nauseous blur and a new low . i get to say this be one of his good leading role . however i do believe his role in vanilla sky be well act . his finance name karen be play by the up and down actress selma blair while karen character and becky and be play by the lovely and talented julia stile . get back to where we leave off and paul now have to deal with one arise problem to another . he get disease and have to deal with certain people and and have to play his lie game with stealth or any member of each of the family could get p. oed and include one of his relative that hasn not have a bowel movement for 14 day . vomit all of this lead to the long await wedding with one hilarious scene before it recap all the hell that paul and his brother have to go through . overall and a guy thing be quite funny and be all right . sometimes the story may seem to go nowhere and you get tire of scene here and there but it a mixed movie . and if youre a canadian and a fellow fan of the ctv brett butt sitcom and corner gas and you would recognize a small role play by fred ewanuick and the same man who play the hilarious hank in the series . this movie be all right . it another feather in lee hat ( quite an empty hat so far and however ) . my rating represent positive eliason a . | 1pos
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i think the deal with this movie be that it have about 2 minute of really and really funny moment and it make a very good trailer and a lot of people come in with expectation from the trailer and this time the movie doesn not live up to the trailer . it a little more sluggish and drag a little slowly for such an exciting premise and and i think i be see from the comment people have a love or hate relationship with this movie . however and if you look at this movie for what it be and not what it could have be consider the talent of the cast and i think it still pretty good . julia stile be clearly the star and she so giddy and carefree that set among the conformity of everyone else and she just glow and the whole audience fall in love with her along with lee . the rest of the cast and of course and lee testosterone fill coworkers and his elegant mother in law and his fratlike friend jim and his bride to be all do an excellent job of fit into stereotype of conformity and boringness that make stile stand out in the first place . lee doesn not live up to his costars and i do not think and but you could view that as more that theyre hard to live up to . maybe that one source of disappointment . the movie itself and despite a bit of slowness and a few joke that do not come off as funny a the writer intend and be still pretty funny and i find a rather intelligent film . the theme of conformity and take the safe route seem to cleverly align on several layer . for example and there be the whole motif of how he would imagine scenario but would never act on them until the last scene and or how he be listen to a radio program on the highway talk about how everyone conforms and or just how everything selma blair and julia stile character say and do be echo by those theme of one person be the safe choice and one be the risky choice . the other good thing about the movie be that it be kind of a screwball comedy in which jason lee have to keep lie his way through the movie and who through dumb luck ( example represent the pharmacy guy turn out to be a good chef ) and some cleverness on his part get away with it for the most part . while it wasn not as funny a i expect and there be a little bit of squandered talent and but overall it still a good movie . | 1pos
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first a quick hut up . to those say this movie stink . you can not go to every movie expect citizen kane . this be actually a fun movie . jason lee be good in everything he do . the only flaw in this movie be and i do not think there be enough chemestry between lee and julia stile . they should have dwell more on that . other than that and the movie be good fun . selma blair need to eat something . she worry me . but she still look beautiful . so yes and i recommend this movie for a date or light saturday afternoon fun . go see . rating represent half out of . | 1pos
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this movie start out brisk and have some slow moment in the middle and but generally move along well and have a few very good moment and then peter out at the end of act 3. i be able to get to see this in la premiere 2 time ( with 2 different ending ) . jason lee be a star and but he be not tomorrows lead man . he be humorous and hold his own and but he be well serve a a support actor . julia stile do ok in a comedy role and new for her and but she doesn not teal this movie and the way a star of her caliber should . for an actress who have so much potential ( 10 thing and save the last dance and o ) and it be hard to watch her continue to do role that be so average and and then not have her take the role and run away with the movie ( like daniel day lewis do in gang ) . selma blair be a good young actress a well and and do an ok job . i do not expect an academy award performance from her and and she do not deliver one and but and her performance be adequate . chris koch deliver another film that be above average . perhaps the problem lie in the script more than anything else . i wouldid like this movie . but and it be not a movie where you walk away and say . that be great . this tory have be do so many time before and there be just not much new here . the rehearsal dinner scene be probably the best in the movie and and larry miller give an incredible performance in a supporting role ( he could be the best surprise of the film ) . if you want to go see a movie that will make you laugh a few time and and have an enjoyable evening and i can still recommend this film and but unless they have change the end . again . leave during the church scene and or you will surely be disappoint . | 1pos
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i be literally prepare to hate this movie and so believe me when i say this film be worth see . overall and the story and gag be contrive and but the film have the charm and finesse to pull them off . that gag where jason lee think he have crab and and try not to let his bos or future father in law and co worker see him scratch himself isn not terribly intelligent and but it send me into a frenzy of laughter . very few of the film gag be high brow and but they make me laugh . a i say and the film have charm and charm can go a long way . the character be likable and too . i must say i wish i get to see more of james brolin character and since he be a hoot in the very few scene he be in . plus and i admire any romantic comedy that have the gut to not make the character of the wife ( who serve a the obstacle in the plot ) a total witch . the selma blair character be hardly unlikable and and there never a scene where i think to myself and why do he want to marry her in the first place . the end be hollywood ish and but it could have be much more schmaltzy . the cast be talented . i haven not have a favorable view of most of jason lee mainstream work . i just love him so much in kevin smith film that i couldn not help but feel disappointed at see him in these dopey role . and he never look comfortable in these dopey role . even in this movie and he doesn not look perfectly comfortable and but he contribute his own two cent and effectively handle each scene . but i still miss his work in independent film . julia stiles prof again why she so damn likable . of course and she a very beautiful girl with a radiant smile that make me want to faint and but she also possess a unique charm and seem to have good personality . in other word and her beauty show inside and out . i do not know the actress name and but the woman who play the drunk granny be hilarious . julie hagerty also have a small part and and she always enjoyable to watch and which make me wish she receive good role . i love her so much in airplane and lose in america that it a shame she doesn not get the same opportunity to flaunt her skill . don not be put off by the horrible trailer and even more horrible box office record . this be a funny and charming film . romantic comedy be get so predictable nowadays that it feel like the genre itself be ready to be flush down the toilet and so it always to see a good one among all these bad apple . my score represent 7 ( out of 10 ) . | 1pos
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romantic comedy can really go either way and you know . you will see one that really sappy and and you will think you want something more realistic . then and you will see one that realistic and but it might be too dull to keep you interested . or maybe you will see one that do everything right and but just fail to make you smile . romantic comedy be tough movie . you go into them with a lot of expectation and and usually and whether you like it be simply a matter of whether the filmmakes be anticipate your expectation or those of the guy or girl next to you . of course and if you have get a girl next to you and and youre a guy like me and it probably doesn not matter all that much whether the movie any good and you have get other thing on your mind . for you and i say and go get her and tiger . for the rest of u and i say and see _a guy thing_ . it a lot of fun . because _a guy thing_ know youre go in to this movie with expectation and so it doesn not pretend that it guy about to get married meet the woman of his dream and and it not his wife . plot be go to make everyone happy . sure and maybe you like it and but maybe it doesn not ring true and or you think it cruel . _a guy thing_ cover that . what _a guy thing_ do be fill the screen with the best support cast i have see in a long time and so if you do not the main plotline and you have still get something to make you smile . whether be talk about the seasoned veteran of big and small screen and like larry miller ( pretty woman and best in show ) and james brolin ( traffic ) and julie hagerty ( airplane . ) and david koechner ( saturday night live and conan obrien regular and dirty work and austin power ii ) or thomas lennon ( the state and viva variety ) and or new face like shawn hatosy ( the faculty ) and or colin foo ( save silverman ) and be talk about a bunch of very talented and skilled actor who know exactly how to take advantage of the film inspire characterisation and steal the show and time after time and and still frame the piece with an energy and a joy rarely see in romantic comedy these day . and that not to detract from the actual romantic throughline and the star that carry it along and because it very sweet and terribly well do . jason lee ( mallrats and chase amy and dogma and etc . ) be touch a the young professional whose life may be spin out of control and and selma blair show an understated brilliance in portray the aspire socialite and sophisticated career woman every guy want to marry except for the guy who actually be . a lot of the success of the movie and though and fall on julia stile and the right girl in the right place at the wrong time and and she wear it well . not since and gosh and i do not know when and have i see an actress in a romantic comedy that have make fall in love with her so easy . of course and it all in the closeup and the voice and and the subtle smile and but it magical and and it one of the big reason why we go to the movie in the first place . but julie stile slightly offbeat sophistication would be lose be it not for the fact that the rest of the cast be so incredibly dead on in their classic simplicity . this be a movie that paint a broken world of irreconcilable stock type and make them fall over each other to make you laugh and and then come through with a great deal of heart . a guy thing be a movie you have definitely see before and and the filmmaker clearly know that when they set down to make it . we haven not really see any new romantic comedy since shakespeare while the relative success of this one or that one be entirely dependent upon the execution of the classic story of boy meet girl . a guy thing do embrace that with a bit of a metacinematic edge and often take the scene into the absurd in order to give the audience a chance to acknowledge the powerful emotion and ancient plot device at play . for the record and it also even manage to poke fun at the rather traditional structural notion of sex and gender that form the center of every romantic comedy and so even the feminist out there might get a kick out of it . and guy and i think we can all agree that we wish our friend be as cool a jason lee friends in this movie . i be not go to spoil it for you and but when you try to explain to your girlfriend why the pharmacist and the clothing store clerk be among the cool dude in cinema and i suggest you just say it a guy thing and and leave it at that . | 1pos
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on the night of his bachelor party and paul coleman ( jason lee ) meet the gorgeous dancer becky ( julia stile ) in the bar and they drink a lot together and in the next morning and he wake up with her on the bed . his future mother in law call him and informs that his fiancée karen ( selma blair ) might be arrive in his apartment and and he desperately ask becky to leave his place in a hurry . sooner and he find that her have crab and and later and in the preparation of his wedding dinner party and he realize that becky be the cousin of karen . this be the beginning of a very funny comedy and with hilarious situation . the first attraction of this movie certainly be the central trio of actress and actor . julia stile and selma blair and who be excellent actress and extremely gorgeous and and jason lee and who be amazingly funny and have good performance . i laugh a lot along the story and but there be some scene that be really hilarious . for example and when paul find becky in his bed while when he find her paint while his imagination in many situation while in the drugstore and try to buy and get explanation about the crab medicine while most of the scene of his neighbor and the minister while when karen call the department store while or when the police find a suspect of assault paul . i could number many other scene and but good off the reader rent or buy this movie and have lot of fun . my vote be seven . title ( brazil ) representlouco por ela ( crazy for them ) . | 1pos
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a guy thing may not be a classic and but it sure be a good and funny comedy . the plot focus on paul ( jason lee ) and who wake up the morning after his bachelor party with no memory and becky ( julia stile ) lie naked in his bed . before he can figure out what happen and he rush becky out of his apartment because his fiance karen ( selma blair ) be come . after that and a you could imagine and chaos ensues . almost every single scene in a guy thing delivers loud laugh . the funny moment come from when paul imagine what could happen if he tell karen . selma blair be a truly talented comedian and and the bad thing about this film be that she go underused . although and she turn out to be more funny than stile character and who actually isn not that interest . of course and not every comedy be perfect . a i say and a guy thing be no classic and but it not bad either and positive . | 1pos
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what happen when someone have so much social anxiety that they cease to function . how alone can one man get . when the mundane crap we have to do in order to be part of society get to be too much and what happen . frownland explore these question . definitely a startling original debut from bronstein . the tone be strange and claustrophobic a we get inside the mind of a guy name keith that be so messed up he can hardly form a proper sentence . we follow him around a he try to make contact with people and function day to day . most of u have know people like this people that say sorry too much or i appreciate it when there nothing to appreciate . so we know there be people out there like this but why would someone want to make a movie about them . well and because it interesting and bronstein and the lead actor and dore mann and do an excellent job . this film be about a un commercial a a film can get . a few friend film it over the course of a few year a they save money . it be shoot on 16mm and the scratched film look be beautifully low budget . with no distributer and this may be a tough one to find and i think it be screen randomly for the past year or so . hopefully it will be on dvd at some point . i saw it at the silent movie theater here in la . there be 10 people in the audience and among them crispin glover and if that tell you anything about how weird this movie be . highly recommended . | 1pos
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a very strange and compelling movie . it about a very awkward and tightly wound man who attempt to navigate his life a a door to door fundraiser or salesman . the director be able to capture a very unnerving tone that really serve the story well . original and unsettle while also find a great deal of humor in the pain that accompany life . there be a sequence at a test facility that really stand out and make me laugh out loud which be not something i do as frequently a i should . one of the more memorable film i have see in a long while . hasn not leave my mind and i look forward to future effort by bronstein . fantastic performance all around . the simple line i really appreciate it . be now iconic to me . | 1pos
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frownland be like one of those intensely embarrassing situation where you end up laugh out loud at exactly the wrong time while and just at the moment you realize you shouldn not be laugh and you have already reach the pinnacle of voice resoundness while and a you look around you at the ghostly white face with their gaping wide open mouth and glazen eye and you feel a piercing ache begin in the pit of your stomach and suddenly rush up your throat and . well and you get the point . but for all it unpleasantness and punch in the face and frownland and really be a remarkable piece of work that and after view the inarticulate mess of a main character and all his pathetic trouble and mishap and make you want to scratch your own eye out and at the same time and you feel sickenly sorry for him . it would have be a lot easy for me to simply walk out of ronald bronstein film and but for some insane reason and i felt an unwavering determination to stay the course and experience all the grainy irritation the film have to offer . if someone set you on fire and you typically want to put it out represent stop . drop . and roll . but with this film and you want to watch the flame slowly engulf your entire body . you endure the pain perhaps out of spite and or some unknown masochistic curiosity i can not even begin to attempt to explain . unfortunately and mainstream cinema will never let this film come to a theater near you . but if you get a chance to catch it and prepare yourself represent bring a doggie bag . | 1pos
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in a year of pretentious muck like synecdoche and new york a film bear out of charlie kaufman own self indulgence and come a film that be similarly hard to watch but about three time a important . frownland be a labor of love by the crew and the actor and the filmmaker and shot over year by friend . it trace a man who can not communicate through his thoroughly authentic and real brooklyn world . the people that you see be a step beyond even the stylization of the mumblecore movement . they be real people and painfully trap in their own self contain neurosis and unwilling to change and unable . the real world to them be their own set of delusion and because this be a film about people who be so profoundly out of touch and it be very difficult to watch . it be 16mm film make without proper light and money or any of the other factor that would make a film slick and but it honesty can not be understate and a fact that would cause a room full of people to dismiss it and for richard linklater to give it an award a he do at sxsw . this do remind of film like naked or the best of the mumblecore . it be a film that be not for everyone and but one that challenge you to watch and grow on you the long you think about it . | 1pos
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i find the film quite expressive and the way the main character be lose but at the same much more clear about certain thing in life than people who mock him ( his flatmate for example ) . he be torture and you love to watch him be torture . it have this pervert side which be frighten but we be all happy to see him come out of the misery again . it be like a game character or pan man through a mine land or to enemy and we love to watch him under sniper attack or fire but then at the end we be happy to see him survive . . | 1pos
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the most bizarre of the cinematic sub genre be the so call the great lady of the grand guignol represent camp horror film which combine over the top melodrama with gothic thrill and always star by seasoned and almost forgotten actress from hollywood golden age in unflattering role of either long suffering victim or screech evil harpy . this genre provide them with an unusual acting showcase that allow strut their stuff on the screen once again and win new generation of fan at expense of their glamorous image from yesterday . what the matter with helen be the last drop of this sub genre with stunning performance of both debbie reynolds and shelley winter a the troubled mother of two convicted criminal who run away from their past to the sunny california in the 1930s to open a talent school to milk out the eagerly mother who want their daughter to be the next shirley temple . in california and debbie get happiness and client and tango and tap dancing and a new love interest ( dennis weaver meanwhile shelley get wacko with horrible flashback and menace anonymous call and menace stranger and menace agnes moorehead a a radio evangelist and cute little rabbit ( . ) and an unfortunate encounter with an electric fan ( ouch . ) . the sloppy script ( pen by henry farrell and the man who start all this genre with whatever happen to baby jane along with master director robert aldrich and joan crawford and bette davis ) be full of plot hole and red herring and wasted opportunity that could have make this movie great represent the underlie theme of twisted motherhood ( with debbie and shelley character a failed mother and the overbear mommy of the child star ) and obsessive female bonding ( debbie and shelley relationship and the fact that the few male character of this movie be either sinister or sleazy even dennis weaver dream boat texan ) be waste . instead we get debbie reynolds musical interlude and dance tot and although fun to watch take too much screen time of what be supposedly to be a psychological chiller . but still this movie be highly entertaining . the two star and curtis harrington stylish direction easily overcome it flaw . the movie recreation of the 1930 be colorful and elegant ( look at debbie clothes . ) make with a very tight budget . the increase atmosphere of madness and hysteria be genuinely creepy with a shock finale that will haunt you for day . and you wouldn not easily forget that silly goody and goody song that run through the movie either . and see an increasingly mad shelley winter screw every one of debbie reynolds chance at happiness be a hoot to watch . positive . | 1pos
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from the writer of what ever happen to baby jane . and hush . hush and sweet charlotte and this tail end of the sixty horror cycle have some eerie and campy fun . micheál macliammóir do a victor buono type bit and but too often the movie totters dangerously close to a bad musical . there a particularly awful child recital about halfway through . debbie tap and tango and trick up a lá harlow and while winter religious fanatic have a lesbian edge to her . agnes moorehead check in a an evangelist . weaver have nothing to do and even have to pay a gigolo to dance with debbie . | 1pos
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a vastly underrated black comedy and the fine in a series of grand guignol movie to follow baby jane . reynolds and winter be mother of young convict murderer ( a nod to compulsion ) who run away to hide in hollywood . they run a school for would be movie tot and a bunch of hilariously untalented kid attend by awful stage mom . debbie and in her blonde wig ( i be a harlow and youre more a marion davies she tell winter ) lead the tot at their concert and win a rich dad and weaver . she also do a deliciously funny tango and and over all and give an outstanding performance and unlike anything she would do before . the atmosphere be a fine mix of comic and eerie . it look wonderful with great period detail ( 30 ) . lot of lovely swipe at hollywood and the terrifying movie tot . micheal macliammoir have a ball a the drama coach represent hamilton starr and he purrs and two r but prophetic nonetheless . see it and love it . | 1pos
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this be obviously the prototype for mick dundee but the adventure of barry mckenzie be funny . i be amuse throughout and laugh out loud plenty of time . terrific central performance by barry crocker in the title role and an australian who invade england to upset the pom with his free flow uncouth way . few brit will be upset by barry frequently cruel observation on his host . the relationsip between the two country be prickly but friendly and this be highlight by the film final line and deliver by a somewhat reluctant mckenzie a he board the plane home . i be just start to like the pom . | 1pos
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renny harlin first american film be one of the best of a slew of prison set horror film ( like death house or the chair ) in the late 80 . twenty year before and guard lane smith have wrongfully execute a condemned man . now and he be the warden of the newly re open prison and and the man ghost be back for bloody revenge . this atmospheric and very moody film feature lot of gruesome gore and violence . viggo mortensen and tiny lister and tom everett and kane hodder be onhand for the entertaining carnage . | 1pos
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story of a wrongly execute prisoner who haunt the prison he be electrocute in and kill random prisoner while wait to take revenge on the man who frame him . viggo mortensen be great and and the acting be pretty good overall . lane smith be deliciously wicked a the guilty warden . also and this film have some great gore and include death by barbed wire mummification . | 1pos
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what we have here be a compelling piece of low budget horror with a relatively original premise and a cast that be fill with familiar face and one of the most convincing filming location in the history of horror film . so . could anyone please tell me why this movie be so utterly underrated . prison be the finnish director harlin american debut and which still count a his best effort even though he go on make blockbuster hit like die hard 2 and cliffhanger and deep blue sea . the story entirely take place in an ancient and ramshackle wyoming prison and re open for the cause of over population in other and more modern state penitentiary . inside the former execution dungeon and the restless spirit of the electric chair last victim still dwell around . the now promote warden eaton sharpe ( lane smith ) be there already 40 year ago and when this innocent man be put to death and and the spirit still remember his vile role in the unfair trial . it seem that the time for vengeance have finally arrive . viggo mortensen play the good car thief who have to prevent an even large body count and chelsea field be the humane social worker who slowly unravel the secret from the past . prison contain over half a dozen memorable gore sequence but it the unbearably tense atmosphere that will stick to you for certain . unlike any other horror picture from that decade and prison feature an amazing sense of realism . by this and i refer to the authentic scenery and the mood inside the prison wall and of course and and not towards the supernatural murder that be be commit . even though these be genuinely unsettling as well . the film best part be image of realistic and tough prison drama sequence combine with visual mayhem and shock horror . the absolute best terror moment ( provide me with nightmare ever since i saw it at rather young age ) focus on a grizzly death struggle involve barbed wire . haunting . the screenplay only suffer one flaw and but that a common one . almost inevitable and i guess represent clichés . the story introduces nearly every possible stereotype there be in a prison surround . we have get the ugly and fat pervert with his cute boy toy and the cowardly and racist guard avoids confrontation at all cost and naturally the old n wise black con who serve a lifetime ( do i hear anybody yell the name morgan freeman . ) don not stare yourself blind on these clichés be my advise and a there be so many other element to admire . the photography be dark and moist and the mystery be upheld long and successfully and the supportive inmate role of class b actor be excellent ( the fan will recognize tom everett and tom tiny lister and even immortal horror icon kane hodder ) . forget about wes craven god awful attempt shocker or the downright pathetic cheese flick the chair . this be the only prison chiller worth track down . especially consider viggo mortensen peak popularity nowadays ( i heard he star in a successful franchise involve elf and hobbit and other fairy creature . ) this true 80 horror gem oughts to get an urgent dvd release . | 1pos
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i pull down a vhs box from my vast collection many unseen and pick out a movie and base on the box art and i think would be fun and and yes and bad . prison have that 80 cheesy look all over that box . i sit down and watched and and lo . and behold . and find that sometimes we do indeed sit down to a movie with preconceived expectation in mind . fortunately and i reverse mine quickly and soon realize i be sit down not just to an okay film but a rather good movie in total . prison tell the story of an old and dilapidate prison be reopen to save on budgetary concern . it look creepy a all empty and fill with prisoner . the prison use a a set be incredibly atmospheric and easily the most important character in the film . the story use the prison a it central setting tell in a prologue of a man be kill via the electric chair . we see lane smith a a guard tear away a crucifix before send the man to his maker . we then go to present day and first with a government board at a meeting decide to open the prison and send a beautiful doctor in to make sure that condition be acceptable a she campaign vigorously against re open the old prison . then we see the new warden and lane smith and haunt by a nightmare in bed and give the new job of open a prison he have not be to in year . well and the rest follow suit represent prisoner and guard arrive with plenty of stereotype abound . we be give some character depth and several of the prisoner be interest character . the acting be good than one might expect with lane smith do a always a workmanlike job . viggo mortenson a a very different prisoner be solid . tom everett and tiny lister and and ivan kane really explore the boundary of their stereotypical character . chelsea field be okay a the female lead . the best performance be by lincoln kilpatrick and an underrated character actor and a cresus a prisoner who have be in that very same prison year ago when the man have be execute with some kind of terrible secret . prison be not the next best thing to slice bread or anything like that and but it be definitely worth a look and definitely good than most would expect from it . i be pleasantly surprise at the way director renny harlin create a story so visually atmospheric . the film have a tense and taut pace and harlin know how to build his scene . there be a few excessively shot gore scenes the one with the barbed wire be a bit much a be the one with all the pipe . but these scene be visually creative and interesting . the acting be uniformly decent . the script actually much more cohesive than one usually get from film like these . that may in part be credit to irwin yablans who write the story . you may remember he come up with the idea of make halloween scary a a holiday . here he make incarceration a hell of a lot more scary than it already be . give prison a break ( get it ) . | 1pos
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this be an excellent example of what can be do on a small budget movie . the acting be excellent consider the script and the whole atmosphere of the film be very foreboding . the gore be well do and use sparingly ( look out for the excellent barbed wire death ) and the action be punchy when use . it true that there be dodgy line in the script at time and but compare to other movie on the same ( or big . ) budget and it hardly noticeable at all . overall and this be recommend . trust me and it good than it appear . positive . | 1pos
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prison be not often bring up during conversation about the best eighty horror film and and there a good reason for that because it not one of the best . but a you delve past the classic film that the decade have to offer and this be certainly among the best of the less know or small film . the film do have some connection to blockbuster while for a start it an early directorial effort for renny harlin while the capable director behind a number of action film include die hard 2 and cliffhanger and deep blue sea while and secondly we have an early role for lord of the ring star viggo mortensen . the film be not exactly original but the plot line be interest . we focus on a prison that have be reopen after a number of year . this be the prison where a man name charles forsyth be send to the electric chair after be frame by the prison governor . naturally and the spirit of the dead man be not rest in peace while and when the old execution room be reopen and the spirit of the dead convict escape for vengeance . the film be not exactly the shawshank redemption and but it do take care to build up it various character and while the main point of the film be always the horror and the prison drama behind it all do make for an interesting base . this be a good job too because other than the basic premise and the film doesn not really have a plot to go from and we solely rely on the interaction between the character to keep thing interest . the horror feature in the film be at time grotesque but it never over the top and which might actually be the reason why this film be seldom remember and be release in a decade of excess . the murder themselves be rather good and imaginative and however and and provide some major highlight . a the film go on and we start to delve more into the back story of the vengeful convict ghost and while it fairly interesting and some thing about it do not make sense and it drag the film down a little . still and everything boil down to an exciting climax and overall i have to say that prison be a film well worth track down . | 1pos
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viggo mortensen star a a new inmate of a haunt prison in which the warden ( play well by lane smith ) have a grisly secret that could be the reason why various prison guard and inmate be be slaughter by a supernatural presence . lincoln kilpatrick be the lifer who know the secret and be scar for his life . when i think prison movie and i always think action movie star stallone or van damme or high caliber drama such a shawshank redemption or the green mile . however i do not expect a ghost story more along the line of exorcist iii . prison however be an atmospheric effort and it certainly remain the best movie of renny harlin career . the movie be creepy and have some good acting from a cast of ( at the time ) unknown . lane smith come off the best because his warden isn not the usual cliché of evil personify but rather nervous and twitchy which add some credibility to a movie that far exceed expectation . out of 4 ( good ) . | 1pos
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prison be not exactly renowned for their kind hospitality and happy vibe and what with story of fight and chaos and murder and of course extreme male bonding . but the prison in this film be a different beast altogether . horror film set in cell be and a you probably know and nothing particularly new a they emphasis and exaggerate the fear of claustrophobia and the inability of escape two of the great theme in horror cinema . with such example a the chair ( waldermar korzeniowsky and 1988 ) and the green mile ( frank darabont and 1999 ) and alien 3 ( david fincher and 1992 ) and of course the entire woman in prison exploitation genre itself and another entry into this niche have to be something inventive and a lot of fun to boot in order to be recognise . or at least that what you would have think . prison be certainly an incredibly fun and enjoyable ride and it somewhat of a shame that it isn not as well know a it should be . the film and in short and centre on an old prison ( well and duh . ) which have be reopen . however and it not just fellow inmate and guard the prisoner have to fear and but also a mean as demon ghost spirit with only one thing on it mind while death . and boy and be we treat to some awesome death scene . i would not spoil anything here for you but there be plenty of innovative and enjoyable murder all do by invisible hand . besides the special effect and the murder and this film also have another thing go for it while it cast . headlining and we have lord of the ring ( peter jackson and 2001 2003 ) star viggo mortensen ( and for all those so inclined and yes and he do get naked ) whose performance be not only highly believable and but be do with such skill that his eastwood esquire character be both bad to the bone and likable ( a very delicate mix ) . add him to a cast of hey wait a minute i know that guy actor and you have get yourself one great set of star . the character themselves however lack three dimensionality and more often than not come across a very stereotypical . we have get a black oculist and a hard a nail prison warden and a human right activist woman and plenty of other stock character . but in all honesty and this fault actually aid the film . instead of bore character development in an over long equilibrium and we be chuck and more or less and straight into the action and once it get go ( very early on ) there not a single scene that a filler it ball to the wall plot . unlike a certain shawshank redemption ( frank darabont and 1994 ) . share convention with the slasher genre and this be somewhat of a convention itself and and and in good ol slasher genre tradition and prison punishes those who have be bad . all in all this be an excellent little horror film and one which be sadly overlooked and unmentioned among the horror world . with an excellent cast and great special effect and rather original death scene this film be highly recommend to horror fan . don not be fool into think it will be a cheesy little film either and just because it be make in usa 1980s and it far from cheesy ( although the very end do ruin this ) and and simultaneously and far from gritty and realistic ( whilst it attempt to tackle issue such a prison rape and these be rather subtly do ) . i give it 3 . 5 out of 5 luvs . a very entertaining horror film with some very nice touch indeed . | 1pos
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a long defunct prison and shut down for over 20 year and be re opened and ethan sharpe ( the late and great character actor lane smith ) and once a guard there and be put in place a warden . a the prisoner be put to work fix the place up and theyre instruct to break into the old execution room . this unleash a fierce spirit that wreak merciless havoc upon both guard and prisoner while cool a can be low key prisoner burke ( viggo mortensen and show real poise in an early role ) be thrust into the role of hero . i know it a no brainer to praise the film for it atmosphere ( it be shoot in an actual abandon penitentiary near rawlins and wyoming ) and but it elevate this horror film to a high level . it get a great sense of foreboding and establish right at the outset . director renny harlin make his fourth directorial effort here while it get him the nightmare on elm street 4 direct gig and effectively begin an impressive career in mainstream action movie and thriller and and horror film . it may have stock character and but it get a capable cast bring them to life represent chelsea field a the young woman vie for prison reform and lincoln kilpatrick a weary veteran convict cresus and tom everett a restless con rabbitt and ivan kane a the outgo lasagna and tommy tiny lister a soft spoken giant tiny and and arlen dean snyder a captain horton . it also worth note a an early acting credit for kane hodder ( a the vengeful spirit ) that help him land the gig of play jason voorhees in the friday the 13th series . decent special effect and moody light courtesy of prolific genre cinematographer mac ahlberg and spooky music by richard band and christopher stone and great visuals and the incredibly gloomy location and and an overall flashy and intense presentation help to make it quite entertain . it nasty and gruesome and and good fun for a horror fan . positive . | 1pos
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caught this film in about 1990 on video by chance and without know what i be in for . many horror fan may have miss this think it be a typical prison film and the one who do get it do not like it a it be not what they want to see . the above mention factor be probably the reason it be low rat but just ignore that and give it a whirl if youre a fan of the genre . it have strong suit in all department from script and atmosphere to act and the prison itself . an absolute diamond and a film i still have on video to this day . check it out . | 1pos
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i be live rawlins when this movie be make and i get lucky enough to be able to work on it . both a an extra and with eddie surkin on special effect . it be fun to see all the behind the scene working and from the barbedwire come alive to the electric chair up through the warden office floor . also it be a lot of fun get to meet all the actor and from viggo to tiny . also the gate that be cut into the prison wall for the movie be and still be call disney gate by local . if anybody be interested and be ever in rawlins and most of the movie set be still in place and can be see during the self guide tour . it be a lot of fun work for and with r. harlin and wish i have a chance to do it again . | 1pos
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