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i can not remember many film where a bumbling idiot of a hero be so funny throughout . leslie cheung be such the antithesis of a hero that he too dense to be seduce by a gorgeous vampire . i have the good luck to see it on a big screen and and to find a video to watch again and again . positive . | 1pos
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master director ching siu tung perhaps most popular achievement be this series and a chinese ghost story 1 3. chinese ghost story star leslie cheung in some distant past in china a a tax collector who be force to spend a night during his collect trip in a mysterious castle in which some strange old warrior fight and meet him . beautiful actress joey wang or wong be the ghost who live in that castle and be under a domination of one powerful demon and a wood devil who collect human soul for herself or itself with the help of her beautiful ghost . leslie and joey fall in love and and even though ghost be not allow to live with human and they decide to break that rule and live happily together for the rest of their life . this be not what the wood devil think and our protagonist have to fight for their life and their happiness . this film be no less full of magic than other film by ching siu tung . his masterpiece include duel to the death ( 1983 ) and the swordsman series and which all have incredible visuals and kinetic power in their action scene . ghost story be full of brilliant lightning and dark atmosphere and which be lighten by the strong presence of the beautiful and good willing ghost . the effect be simply breath taking and would work at their great power in the big screen . the camera be move and twist all the time and it add to the fairy tale atmosphere this film have . there plenty of wirefu stunt and too and and even though some think they be and look gratuitous or stupid when use in film and i can not agree and think they give motion picture the kind of magic and freedom and creativeness any other tool could not give . when people fly in these film and it mean the film be not just about our world and and they usually depict thing large than life with the power of this large than life art form . the story about the power of love be pretty touch and warm and but the problem be ( again ) that the character be little too shallow and act unexplainably occasionally . leslie and joey should have be write with great care and their character should be even more warm and deep and genuine in order to give the story a great power and thus make the film even more noteworthy and important achievement . also and the message about love and power of it be underlined little too much at one point and it should have be leave just to the viewer mind to be interpret and find . another negative point about the dialogue be that it too plenty and people talk in this film without a reason . that be very irritating and sadly show the flaw many scriptwriter tend to do when they write their movie . people just talk and talk and it all there just to make everything a easy to understand a possible and so the film be not too challenge or believable a it have this gratuitous element . just think about the film of the japanese film maker takeshi kitano while his film have very little dialogue and all there be be all the necessary a he tell his thing by other tool of cinema and never talk and or make other character talk too much in his movie . this be just the talent the writer should have in order to write great script . otherwise and chinese ghost story be very beautiful and visually breath take piece of eastern cinema and and also the song that be play in the film be very beautiful and hopefully earn some award in the hong kong film award back then . i give chinese ghost story positive and without the flaw mention above and this would without a doubt be almost perfect masterpiece of the fantasy genre . | 1pos
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it sort of crazy and but i tap from tcm both and this german version of mgm anna christie and and the english one . but i get to see this one first and co i would hear that many people think it be well than the english version . without have see the other one and i can not compare them and but anyway this be an excellent early talkie and with a straight from the heart performance by garbo . she look very beautiful in this film and her face shine throughout and especially when cameraman william daniel and get those gorgeous close ups of her . the atmosphere of the film seem different from the regular mgm stuff make on that era and it look very similar to french or german expressionistic film from the thirty and well it be direct by a great french director and monsieur jacques feyder and who have direct garbo in 1929 in the kiss . theo shall be excellent and give an absolutelly believable performance a anna sweetheart and the hard boiled and tough and sailor and who just a kid in man body . also hans junkermann give a very fine performance and a anna alcoholic father and salka viertel too and a a good hearted old cheap floozie . in all quite an experience and because it the only film be you can listen to garbo speak in a foreign language . cos all the other film she do in either sweden or germany and be during the silent era . serious flick . | 1pos
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this version of anna christie be in german . greta garbo again play anna christie and but all of the other character have different actor from the english version . both be film back to back because garbo have such a follow in germany . garbo herself supposedly favor her anna christie in this version over the english version . it a good tale and a must see for garbo fan . | 1pos
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film by mgm on the same set a the english version and but in german and garbo second portrayal of anna christie benefit from practice and her apparent ease with german dialog . garbo appear more relaxed and natural under jacques feyder direction than under clarence brown and and her silent movie mannerism have all but disappear and which make her transition to sound complete . the strength she bring to the character remain here and although it have be soften and and garbo reveals more of anna vulnerability . the entire cast and with the exception of garbo and be different from the previous version of the film and and garbo benefit from not have to compete with marie dressler and who steal every scene she be in during the english language version . in feyder film and garbo hold the center of attention throughout and although the three support player and particularly the father and give excellent performance . feyder direction be more assured than clarence brown and and his use of the camera and edit technique do not seem a constrain by the new sound process a do those of brown . the film move with more fluidity than the english language adaptation and and the static nature of the first film have be replace with a flow that maintain viewer interest . even william daniel cinematography seem improve over his filming of the brown version . he capture garbo luminescence and the atmospherics of the dock with style . also and the screenplay adaptation for the european audience make anna profession quite clear from the start and and the explicitness clarifies for viewer who be unfamiliar with the play a to what be only imply in the brown filming . however and the film be make before the production code be introduce and which make the censorship puzzling . garbo oscar nomination for anna christie be always somewhat mystifying and and i suspect that the nod be give more in recognition of her relatively smooth transition to sound film than for her performance . however and some of the academy voter may have see the german language version of the film and and they realize and a will contemporary viewer and that her anna christie under feyder direction be definitely oscar worthy . | 1pos
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after garbo introduction to sound in clarence brown anna christie and jacques feyder make a german version of the movie where all of the cast and except for garbo and be different . while the american version be still more available in the usa and most of the american viewer have primarily see this version and the germna anna christie be more likely to be view in europe . a i have see both film and i feel the right to compare the two closely knit production . be jacques feyder film different . be it good than clarence brown . in this analysis and i would like to focus first on what the both movie have in common . they have identical set and very similar script and the same chronologically present scene . here and you also find the story of the young woman who come back to her father after year of absence and be try to start a new life . here and you also have the humorous and though a bit short and sequence in the amusement park . however and when emphasize garbo herself and i address the first difference . she do not appear to cause such a curiosity while talk . the viewer concentrate more on her act than on the way she speak and which occur and most probably and to 1931 viewer . garbo be very good in american film and she be also very good here . yet and to me and she seem even more genuine in the german version . it be noticeable that garbo do not focus on the way she say the word that much ( the effort that be artificially create by the sensation represent garbo talk . ) . her german be not very well pronounce while yet no one care represent everything be perfectly understood . therefore and i can easily say the same i do in my american version comment represent skaal greta garbo . yet and the film differs in one very important issue represent the rest of the cast . here come the question represent which portrayal seem more captivating and which one be well for sure . the difference be fill with variety . salka viertel ( or salka steuerman ) and garbo lifelong friend and do not do the equally great job a marie dressler in the role of marthy owen . she be not bad and she be different and sometimes overacts ( from today perspective ) but be no longer that genuine in the role a marie dressler who still amuse u and whose moment have absolutely stand a test of time . some people even claim that dressler be good than garbo in the film and that opinion and though appear to be questionable of course and carry some truth . theo shall be more sympathetic a matt than charles bickford but when apply to him and this be not the matter of performance so much a the mater of look . who shin in the german anna christie and who be really worth great attention be hans junkermann in the role of chris christopherson and anna father . george f. marion v han junkermann be like a day v night difference . junkermann portray a real alcohol addict and a man with hope and with fear and who overdo the care of his daughter . the scene of anna first meeting with her father be truly magnificent and the opening moment of chris conversation with marthy be memorable particularly thanks to his facial expression and a flawless performance . junkermann be the chris whom you like and who you sometimes laugh at and whom you sympathize with and who leave a picture of a calm alcoholic sailor in your mind . great . if you have see the american anna christie and have a chance to get the german version and i would highly recommend to you this movie because it a slightly different look at the story and a nice and accurate way to compare and a fine enrichment to clarence brown movie and and foremost and a wonderful chance to discover a marvel of performance represent han junkermann . skaal or prost and han junkermann . | 1pos
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anna christie ( 1931 ) on it own term and this version of garbo anna christie and shot a year later in german with a whole new cast and be just tone down and refined enough to work good than the english version ( both be american mgm production ) . garbo be if anything more commanding ( or more beautiful a a screen presence ) and her acting be more restrained . and she seem frankly more at ease and probably for a lot of reason and but we can speculate that she be no longer make her first talk picture and so have adjust quickly . without compare always one film to the other and this anna christie be still the same oneill play with too many word . his theme of a woman want love without lose her independence be here and but it come off a oddly old fashion anyway . there be some scene miss the coney island section be shorten and isn not a good but overall it a direct echo of the first film . the director and jacques feyder ( belgian french ) and be simply redo what be do already and which i assume must be a frustrating experience . it interest to see both film in succession because they be block out exactly the same way ( not only the set and but the shot and be all the same ) . there be an occasional scene lift from the early film some of the storm and understandably and but also a brief scene where marie dressler ( from the english language version ) be walk with her friend on a plank over a canal and drunk a can be . but they be just silhouette and and when the next scene show their face and we see the german actor take their part . there be no replace dressler and for sure and but for me the german father be more believable and honest in his performance . clearly the theme immigration and wayward father and daughter turn to prostitution and and the trouble of find true love have strong current back then and especially with european thread ( garbo and appropriately and play a swedish young woman ) . | 1pos
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fragile carne and just before his great period . although it be sometimes hesitantly direct and and mar by longueur and hotel du nord be full of the faded charm and beauty typical of french film of the late 1930s and as well a a relative lightness of touch unusual with this director . all of his great virtue be here represent the cramped interior break up by glide and complex and delicious camera movement while a melancholy deployment of light and shade while remarkable and wistful set by alexander trauner and which be so evocative that they and a the title suggest and take on a shaping personality of their own while the quietly mournful music of maurice jaubert while a seemingly casual plot about romance and tragedy and fatalism that cast a noose over it character while extraordinary performance by some of the great player of all time and in this case louis jouvet and arletty . in fact and the film big failing and and i find myself astonished ( a someone who usually and didactically and minimise it importance ) to admit it and be it script . it have plenty of wit and poignancy and but without the poetry and irony regular carne collaborator jacques prevert bring to their best film and it can not avoid slip into cliche ( even if it be only cliche in hindsight ) . ostensibly set in the boarding house and the film set up it open idea of community with two interconnect tale of doom love and and emotional and metaphysical and actual isolation the doom love scenario be the one that work least well . annabella be very beautiful and but not very good at do tragic and while aumont callowness and brilliantly appropriate though it may be and by it nature obtrudes any real and felt and romance . maybe it just me and but i find it hard to sympathise with a couple and so young and so attractive and who and after only a few month and be so racked with despair that they have to shoot each other . their high fly line be rather embarrass too . of course and this affair be not mean to be plausible they be symbolic of youth and hope and possibility be crush in france and or maybe france itself and despair and resign and wait for death . for symbol to be truly powerful and they must convince on a narrative level and which and i feel and they do not quite here . what save this plot be it connection with the story of m. edmond and a character link to the great tradition of french gangster . although we only learn it gradually and he be a killer in hiding and living off the prostitute play by arletty and have dobbed in his accomplice . in his previous role and the theatricality of his position be crucial he have one set of trait while in hiding he have assume their complete opposite . live a rather aimless life and he be profoundly shake by the lover pact and and become fatalistic and realise the folly of try to cheat death . in this way the admission that one be less a person than a collection of sign and and that death be an unavoidable reality the most powerful masculinity must succumb to edmond be like a romantic prototype of melville clinical killer . with one exception he give briefly into hope and a delusion which only strenghtens if that not too much of an unbearable irony his fatal resolve . all this could have be trite if it wasn not for the truly amazing performance of louis jouvet . i have study his theatrical work at college and but this be my first taste of his screen talent and and he reveal himself to be worthy of the great grant and mastroianni and clift and mason and mitchum and cotten give a quiet nobility to a role which be more of a conception ( he and needless to say and be allegorical too ) than an actual person . edmond begin the film a minor supporting character and but emerge a a tragic hero of some force . like all those major actor and jouvet brilliance lie in what he conceal . on a formal level and what amaze be carne grasp and ten year before it flourishing and of the technique of the great hollywood melodrama of sirk and ophuls and ray and minnelli . although his theatricality lack the fluidity and clear eyed beauty of sierck contemporary german melodrama ( check out the masterpiece zu neuen ufern and la habenera ) and carne style truly fit his theme that of entrapment and paralysis and resignation . the film principle motif be that of water the credit float and dissolve and the hotel stand by a waterway but instead of renoir open river of possibility and we have a canal and stagnant and manmade and go nowhere . the film begin a it end and and the setting never change and except for one brief interlude from which both escapee be doom to return . character can only escape through death their entrapment be emphasise by the narrow room they occupy and the wall and frame that hold them captive and the window that look out on an escape they can never achieve . any hope at the end and therefore and be profoundly and if romantically and compromise . | 1pos
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hotel du nord be the only carné movie from the 1936 1946 era which have dialog not write by jacques prévert and but by henri jeanson . janson be much more interested in the jouvet or arletty couple than in the pair of lover and annabella or aumont . the latter be rather bland and and their story recall oddly the edith piaf song les amants dun jour and except that the chanteuse tale be a tragic one . what fascinate today be this popular little world and the canal saint martin setting . this movie be dear to the french movie buff for another very special reason . the pimp jouvet tell his protégée raymonde he want a change of air ( atmosphère ) because she do not understand the meaning of the world atmosphère and the whore raymonde ( wonderful arletty ) think it an insult and she deliver this line and that be and undeniably and the most famous of the whole french cinéma representin french representatmosphère . atmosphère . est ce que jai une gueule datmosphère . translation attempt representatmosphere . atmosphere . have i get an atmosphere face . this be our french nobody perfect . | 1pos
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i suppose i always felt that hotel du nord be studio bound and the movement of people car and camera be just too effortlessly smooth and stagey to have be film on location . but no problem it still a much underrated lovely composition from marcel carne . the plot seem a bit choppy at time and a if they be make it up a they go along and but because it be unpredictable hold the attention to the bitter end . the money shot when the 2 lover be alone in their room be saddle with some rather stilted dialogue and but it all so lovely to fall into any inanity can be accept . be these 2 young people symbol of a cancerous hopelessness in pre war france or simply idiot . suicide pact be fairly common while if the suicidees be young and healthy with their life before them untrammelled would you think anything other than that they be just misguide fool . arletty play the part of prostitute well she keep that zipper on her dress busy throughout anyway . i have only see a few film with jouvet he be the most impressive invention a pimp in hdn my trouble be shallow represent every time i see his face i think of sonnie hale in evergreen . a remarkably atmospheric and well act and photograph film with so much happen it need a few viewing to get it all in place . annabella and aumont make an exceptionally beautiful couple while francois ( heurtebise ) perier in his 2nd film have a small amusing part a a gay man . all in all represent wonderful . | 1pos
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this be an excellent film and and be the sort of treasure that one can only catch through sporadic cinema showing and a it be unavailable on video or dvd . the way that the film begin with the two lover arrive and and end with them leave ( although quite a lot happen in between and and they do not stay in one place during this time ) and give you a sense of closure and and a feeling that all be right with the world . if you get a chance to see this film and then do . i can not wait to see it again and and wish that it could be put on general release . | 1pos
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i love this movie and jouvet and arletty and blier and carné . almost everything have already be say about the movie and but there be one detail i would like to shed some light onto represent no footage of the real and still stand and hôtel du nord ( be it still . i hear it be to be demolish . ) have be use for the movie the whole scene have be rebuild on set and the main reason be that they could not stop the traffic on the st martin canal for several week . | 1pos
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a true classic . beautifully film and act . reveals an area of paris which be alive and fill with comedy and tragedy . although the area of hotel du nord and the hotel itself still exist and it be not a gay ( in the original sense of the word ) and joyful a it once must have be . the film make one yearn for the past and which have be lose and with a sigh and bittersweetness . | 1pos
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hotel du nord be a gripping drama of guilt in which marcel carne portray an entertaining tale of ill fat love which also function a a revolt against the cruel world . the film be base entirely on a pair of hapless lover . pierre and renee be mistake when they believe that suicide would put an end to their misery . hotel du nord have it own inimitable charm a it inhabitant have become an essential part of the establishment . there be an element of togetherness a everyone flock to hotel du nord to eat and chat etc . marcel carne have remain true to the spirit of the film produce in 30 and 40 a hotel du nord have a certain kind of nostalgic feel . carne and while recreate the life of parisian road be able to create a sort of nostalgia for black and white give a unique genre of poetic realism to his oeuvre . hotel du nord can be term a a quintessence of cinematographic populism . the 14th july ball scene on the bank of saint martin canal remain a magnificent sequence . the film immense popularity can be judge from the fact that hotel du nord have be declare a a national monument . | 1pos
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before all and i would like to point out that i have not read the book and so there be no chance i would be disappoint in that aspect . the major flaw i spot be historical detail and with several car and train and clothes and etc . i think do not belong at that time . possible spoilerthe technical aspect of the film be ok and nothing to brag about . but the acting and i think and be terrific . i do not have no experience in acting and still i can not believe how people can consider this terrible . maybe they have only see two movie ( ever ) and and the other one must have be very good indeed . i specially liked jeremy iron and and really understand his character and someone who crawl up the social ladder with very hard work and then fight against those who would take his life work from him and only he get so involved in this fight and he doesn not realize reason be no long at his side and and he end up a beaten and disappointed man . iron make this so believable and i sympathize with the character despite his brutality . after jeremy iron and winona ryder be also wonderful a a romantic young woman and who be draw into the revolutionary ideal by her boyfriend ( banderas and he have an under developed part and i think ) and and glenn close be also very good . meryl streep have an average performance and it be not bad and just not up to the standard of the other actor . watch out for miguel guilherme and a fine portuguese actor and between so many star . in contrast to today movie and here only the interpretation and only people matter and but at the same time and it be not a pretensious film and too worried try to be intellectual . the best proof i really like it and i be write a review 7 year later . | 1pos
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the house of the spirit be a gripping tale of family intrigue and south american politics and super natural power . meryl streep and glenn close and jeremy iron bring isabel allende novel to life with all it passion and suspense . this and in my view and be one of the best film of the 1990s . jeremy iron a esteban trueba age and mellows very believably and while meryl streep in the role of clara maintain her gentle and love warmth throughout her relatively short life . winona ryder and antonio banderas make a handsome couple struggle for family acceptance in a racist culture . glenn close and a esteban sister and give a very moving performance . the countryside of portugal be a reasonable substitute for a non tropical latin american country . setting of clara home and esteban ranch be effective and the period u car add nicely to the post war atmosphere . | 1pos
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i always feel strange and guilty say it ( because i be a fairly well educate non teenager ) and but i actually sort of like the olsen twin and and i respect the movie they make and even though i have never really be their target audience . when in rome be a traditional mary kate and ashley movie and complete with the foreign travel and accent and motorbike and adult romance a a b storyline and fashion orientation and and even the gag reel over the credit . i enjoy myself . when in rome and the other olsen twin movie never pretend to be anything theyre not while most of the time and they only premiere on video and and they never claim to be the next citizen kane or even an affair to remember . my point be and people who watch this movie and expect it to be anything other than another olsen twin movie will be disappoint . that say and those who be fan of the olsen twin will really enjoy themselves . for those of u who have watch them since the first episode of full house and it really great to see them grow into more mature role . this movie provide important historical and geographical information and just like many of their other movie ( remember 10 down street from win london and the visit to the louvre from passport to paris . ) as well a provide good and clean fun that can be enjoy by the whole family . as long a i still feel like i be on my soapbox and and as long a i can make it relevant to the movie and let me take a moment to challenge those who reject the olsen twin represent in order to be a fan of the olsen twin and you do not have to be some pre teen valley girl from california . in fact and that not really the target audience . if it be and the mk and a fashion line of clothes and accessory would be run through gap or some store like that and not wal mart . when in rome and while it do feature high fashion and globe trotting and two girl from a valley in cali and isn not really about that . it more about inspire young girl who have initiative to let it take them place . if that mean set the movie in some glamorous foreign city with cute guy on motorbike and so be it . that call marketing you take an idea and sell it by make it appeal . at least theyre send a good message and even if the mean seem a little superficial . basically and do not knock the film until you have see it and and then do not knock it until you have try to understand what the olsen twin do represent they encourage young girl to be creative and intuitive and and driven young woman . this movie do that and i think and just like their others . kid enjoy . parent do the same . if you like the olsen twin and you would not be disappoint . | 1pos
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this movie be the best movie ever it have a lot of live action it just great everyone should watch it and the actor be great the location be rome italy thats the best place ever the actor be great mary kate olsen be such a great actress she play charlie and thats a great character and ashley olsen play leila and thats a great character to love when in rome love it . | 1pos
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if you haven not already see this movie of mary kate and ashley and then all i can say be represent what be you wait for . this be yet another terrific and wonderful movie by the fraternal twin that we all know and love so much . it fun and romantic and exciting and absolutely breath taking ( scenery wise ) . of course while a always and mary kate and ashley be the main scenery here anyway . would any true fan want it any other way . of course not . anyway while it a great movie in every sense of the word and so if you haven not already see it then you just have to now . i mean right now too . so what be you wait for . i promise that you would not be disappoint . sincerely and rick morris . | 1pos
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for year we have be watch every horror film that come out and from the dull hollywood retread like saw 2 and to awful indie release that be completely unmatchable . we suffer through all of bad film in hope of find little gem like dark remains . we manage to catch a screening of this film at shriekfest 2005. the audience love it and i believe it end up win the award for the best film . while it may not have the budget or star power of studio film and it pack a serious punch in the creepy atmosphere and scare category . the acting and cinematography be top notch and but it the direction that make this film worth the view . the story and character develop at just the right pace to provide some fantastic scare . the editing and visual fx be also top notch . and while many horror film do not manage to use music to their benefit and the score for dark remain only add to it creepiness . i know the film have show at a bunch of festival and but none have be near me and so i can not wait to hear when it will finally be come out on dvd . trust me and even if youre sick of the current state of horror film and give this one a try . you would not regret it . | 1pos
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what good about it represent some inventive and genuinely creepy little effect that will get under the skin of even the most seasoned horror fan . doesn not rely on the hackneyed soundtrack stab for it gotcha moment . even if you have see everything and there still a few thing in this film that will make your jaw drop . what could have be good about it represent the acting be and at time and flat and unconvincing . it have a shot on video quality in some place ( though and it mostly achieve the atmosphere it be strive for ) and and the camera work be full of needless close ups of meaningless action . though the effect be genuinely creepy and i think they may have go to the well a few too many time with some of them . the end seem rushed and and gloss over what could have be more impactful moment . the viewer be leave to figure out a lot of thing for themselves and not a a challenge by the filmmaker and but because they just miss it . still and a good little indie horror film that be easily several step above the average . well worth the rental . | 1pos
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finally and an indie film that actually deliver some great scare . i see most horror film that come out . theatrical and straight to dvd and cable and etc . and most of them suck . a few be watchable . even few be actually good . dark remain be one of the good one . i catch a screening of this film at the south padre island film festival . the audience love it . and my wife and i love it . have no name actor and i assume the budget on this film be pretty low and but you wouldn not know it . the film look fantastic . the act totally work for the film . the story be good . and the scare be great . while most filmmaker focus solely on the scare and they often forget about story and character development and two thing that help to deliver the scare more efficiently . brian avenet bradley must know that character and story be important . he develop both to the point where you care about the character and you know the character and and be therefore more scared when they be in danger . watch horror film that cost anywhere from $ 80 million to $ 5000 to make and i find dark remains to be one of the gem out there . check this film out . | 1pos
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after all the crap that hollywood ( and the indie ) have churn out and we finally get a movie that deliver some scary moment . there be some clichéd moment and but i be not sure it possible nowadays to make an entirely original movie . there not much new here . it just do well . make sure and pay attention and a the subtle scare come quickly and often . this be not a movie to watch while youre eat pizza . there one very well write red herring in this movie and and unfortunately and one very poorly cast role . cheri christian just doesn not make an effective julie ( the wife or mother ) . for one thing and she totally unsympathetic . i know and i know . she just go through a traumatic experience . but the viewer never get to know her a she normally be and the relationship between her and her husband be rather discomforting ( in an unintentional way ) . i think that the director have mean for u to have some sympathy for her and but i never do . finally and a thumb up for the end and which be both disturb and satisfy . it could easily have be cheapen with a sound effect at the beginning of the end credit and but the director wisely resist . this be not a masterpiece by any mean and but it be a good and old fashion scary movie . something that rather rare nowadays . | 1pos
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follow their daughter brutal murder and julie and allen escape the city to find solace and grieve in a solitary cabin on a remote mountain . allen intention be good and he want his wife to get out of her depression by resume her photography . julie stumble across an ancient prison and see the perfect creepy and decay set for her photography . but when the photo be develop they be full of dead people and allen quickly discover the tragic history of suicide in their new mountain . dark remain be a pretty decent indie horror flick . it offer some genuine scare and plenty of tension . the acting be fairly good and the cinematography be great . positive . | 1pos
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this movie be very good . if you be one who like to watch horror movie and i recommend it . the acting be very good although i think that the actress play julie could have have more emotion behind her line . allan be very good and i think the cinematography be amaze . i be on the edge of my seat the entire time while my friend be freak out and scream . it be a complete success in my opinion and should have make it to the big screen . i give it two thumb up . i definitely would say that if you haven not already see it then go rent it . if you have see it and do not like it go and watch it again because there be part that be completely unreal . i also like how a lot of the movie be film around and on my school campus . | 1pos
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allen and julie move into a cabin in the mountain after their daughter be murder one night . no one know who kill the little girl but it why they move to the mountain . so the couple move into this cabin and it haunt by people who kill themselves there and no one in the nearby town want to talk about it . this movie have a lot of creepiness to it and it have a lot of part that make me jump . some of the part be predictable but once in a while there be a part i do not expect . it be a pretty good movie that wasn not the scary movie in the world but it be still scary enough to make it pretty good . i also like the end because it leave the viewer to decide how it end . it be also kind of a sad movie a well but a well do horror movie . | 1pos
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first and nobody can understand why this movie be rat so poorly . not only be this the first real horrific movie since a very long time for me who be pretty hard boil with a decade long experience of horror start with drive through dark ride ( ghost train ) a a child . second and the main actress cheri christian have a face that let you hope she will be the lead actress in major picture of the future . third and this woman be that tremendously beautiful that i suggest the director retire all those cameron diaz and eva mendezes and and how ever the name of these ephemeral bulb light be . mrs. christian be not a light and but a sun . however and dark remains be also of considerable metaphysical importance . they idea that photograph show creature of the intermediary reign between reality and imagination that be not visible with one own eye be not new . but i have never see in a movie before that those creature be visible on the photograph only for certain people and only to certain time . this mean that the photo be not just an iconic picture of reality ( by which reality turn into a sign ) and but become an alternative form of reality which can change a the real reality can . be a sign and the changing of the picture mean that it influence the photographed object and i. e. the sign behave like an object . now and in our usual world of perception and it be common that object change sign . f. ex . and if someone grow a bird and his photograph will show him with beard and not without and a it do before . but the opposite and the changing of object by sign would imply that the photo with beard be first and only then the beard grow on the man . this be and very simply express and the case that happen with the photo take by the main character in the prison and in this movie . this be new and and we must be thankful for everything new in horror movie which usually just repeat and reorder effect and feature that be already well know and mostly since the silent time . | 1pos
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i be not at all picky about horror movie and and i be willing to watch pretty much any of them . that doesn not mean that i be willing to re watch many of them and or that i would not have criticism for them . this movie be creepy and and be very well do . in fact and i think this movie would make an excellent double bill with session 9. i should specify and before i get to my comment and that i watch this alone . i start watch it before go to bed and and get about 15 minute in before i realize that it be too effective and so i save the rest of it for the morning . even while watch it in broad daylight and it be still creepy . however and i can not vouch for how effective it would be when watch in a large group . after the death of their daughter and a couple move to a remote cabin a a mean of try to come to term with this death . let me make note of this death this be one of the rare movie that doesn not shy away from the death of a child . this be much more important and a it both set the tone and as well a explains much of the acting that permeate the movie . the couple be not do well . the wife have distance herself from the relationship and and the husband be do what he can to try to bring her back . while some of the comment have complain about their act one specify that they act more like a father and daughter than husband and wife and and that legitimate . he try to give her more direction . it a role that men sometimes take on . there be a variety of scare in the film and and most be fairly non violent and though grotesque in some way . the story itself feels very straightforward for most of the film and and take an odd turn near the end . while the turn be not absurd and it be certainly not what you expect from the way thing have be progress . moody and atmospheric and and very well do for something that appear to have be shoot on video . | 1pos
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dark remain be a home run plain and simple . the film be full of creepy visuals and and scar that will make the most seasoned horror veteran jump straight out of there seat . the staircase scene in particular and these guy be good . although they weren not work on a huge budget everything look good and and the actor come through . dark remain do have one of those interpretive ending which may be a negative for some and but i guess it make you think . cheri christian and greg thompson be spot on a the grieve couple try to rebuild there life and however some side character like the sheriff do not convince me . they aren not all that important anyways . i give dark remain a perfect ten rating for be ten time scary than any recent studio ghost story or japanese remake . | 1pos
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well and this film be a difficult one really . to be straight with you and this film doesn not contain much of a riveting story and nore do it make u want to know how it will end . but i will tell you something now . never have i be a tense and jump up before in my life . this film sure do deliver the jump and thrill . to be fair and i do watch it at almost midnight so i be kinda sleepy anyway and so maybe that explain why i be jumpy . or maybe it because this film do deliver in that aspect . it basically about a couple who lose their child in a tragic event . they decide to move away and rent a cabin look thing in the mountain . all look peaceful and calm until they have their first visitor ( i think it it the sister of the main character and and she bring along her husband ) . during the night and the husband hear noise . check it out and and thats when thing start to go really really wrong . they do not stay for another day and tell the couple they should leave asap a something isn not right . to cut a long story short . eventually they find out what have happen in that house in the past few year and decide it need to be take care of . it not a hollywood blockbuster and nore do it have a huge budget and but please do not let that put you off . it creepy and tense and very very jumpy . just give it a try positive . | 1pos
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i just watch this movie and have to say and i be very impressed . it very creepy and have numerous moment that will make you jump out of seat . i have to smoke several emergency cigarette along the way to calm my nerve . if i have to criticise and i would say that perhaps if anything and there be too many jump moment . it get to the point where every single new scene climax with a jump and this gradually wear away the startling effect and because you kind of new what be come . although it contain virtually every cliché in the ghost genre and they be all do so well that it maintain the creepy and fear factor . it have element of the shining and the 6th sense and the changeling ( in particular and the soundtrack remind me of the changeling ) . i would highly recommend this to anyone look for a good old fashion scare . | 1pos
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this movie scar the crap out of me . i have to admit that i spend most of the film watch through my finger but what i saw be really scary . i scream out loud two or three time during the show . film make wise my favorite aspect be the sound and photography . the sound be particularly great and the setting be really creepy beautiful . i read somewhere that it some weird husband and wife team that make it . for some reason that make this even stranger for me . if you enjoy the jump and jitter of scary movie than this one be for you . very suspenseful and a great movie to rent with a bunch of friend who love to watch movie curl up on a sofa screaming like little girl . | 1pos
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although i be in this movie play the part of sheriff hodges and it still manage to make me jump in several place and believe me i be not that easy . you might say that i be bias about the film and and and ok and i be and but i do not see the finished product until 12/27/2006 and be extremely pleased . i be not a horror film fan a such but love the old b movie and black and white sci fi film . this movie will make you think you know when something be go to happen and then it doesn not and then it do . it will keep you completely off balance . i would suggest watch the movie first then the director note and special feature . it be so well write and direct and film and i can tell you personally that it be a real joy to work with this cast and crew . i sincerely hope to be part of brian and laurence future project . | 1pos
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i read nothing but good thing about this movie and finally have a chance to watch it late last night and it be everything i expect it to be and more . this be the way a proper horror movie should be . i think the reason it be so scary be because it be so realistic . the spooky sound score be perfect for set a dark mood . i like the dramatic opening scene and enjoy how the rest of the movie play out . it be very easy to follow and understand unlike some movie which be way too complicate . the special effect be very good . i would love to see more horror movie like this one . this be easily one of my favorite . a realistic thunder and lightning storm would have set a nice atmosphere for this movie . other then that it have all the element a good horror movie need . i highly recommend this movie to anyone who can appreciate a good scary movie that pull no punch . i will be add it to my collection . the dvd have some interesting special feature . | 1pos
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ok and so i do not watch too many horror movie and the reason be film like dark remain . i catch this on ( a surprisingly feature fill ) dvd and it scar me silly . in fact the only extra i think the dvd be miss be a pair of new pant . however and the next day i be tell someone about it when i realise i would only really see about 10 % of it . the rest of the time i would be watch the pizza on my coffee table nervous that my girlfriend would catch me if i actually cover my eye . the few time i do brave watch the screen i jump so hard that i decide not to look up again . the film making be solid and the character situation be really compelling . the simplicity of the film be what really captured my jump button it merely a woodland and a cabin and a disused jail and a lot of darkness . most surprising to me be the fact that while this be clearly not a multi million dollar production and the make up effect really look like it be . also and it obvious this be a film make by someone with a great love of film making . the sound design and the music really make use of my surround system like many hollywood movie have never do . i notice on line that this film win the la shriekfest a really major achievement and and i guess that the festival have see the filmmaker clear talent and probably a great deal more of this movie than i manage to . turn up the sound and turn off the light and and and if you want to keep your girlfriend order a pizza . | 1pos
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this movie have a great message and a impressive cast and ellen burstyn and samantha mathis and jodelle ferland ( be 4 year old when she make this movie ) ellen burstyn and jodelle ferland have both be nominate for best actress in a tv drama at the up come emmy award in new york and peter masterson director have be nominate best director tv drama at the emmy award also . april 1 and 2001 and jodelle ferland win and best actress in a tv drama and at the young artist award and in studio city and ca . i can see why they have 3 nomination . mermaid be a true story and during the cridits they have the real family on the set and something you do not see often . you can find mermaid at all blockbuster video store . do watch it and you will be glad you do . | 1pos
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what be the odds of a mermaid helium balloon travel from yuba city and ca . ( on nov 8th and 1993 ) and land 4 day later and ( on nov. 12 ) in mermaid and prince edward island and canada . ( approx . 4000 mile ) . this be a great movie . it be base on a true story . this movie help not only child cope with loss and but old people a well . hope everyone will enjoy it . rhonda . | 1pos
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what a lovely heart warm television movie . the story tell of a little five year old girl who have lose her daddy and find it impossible to cope . her mother be also very distressed . only a miracle can alleviate their unhappiness . which all viewer hope will materialise . samantha mathis be brilliant a the little girl mum and a she be a the nanny in jack and sarah and worth watch if you like both samantha mathis and happy while year tear jerk movie . ellen burstyn be and a and always a delightful grandmother in this tender and magnificently act movie . jodelle ferland ( the little five year old ) be charm and a most convincing young actress . the film be base on a true story which make it so touch . mermaid be a tribute to the milk of human kindness which be clearly illustrate and clearly be still all around u in this difficult world we live in . mermaid give u all hope and by realise that there a lot of lovely people in the world with lot of love to give . james robson glasgow scotland u. k . | 1pos
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my family and i have view this movie often over the year . it be clean and wholesome and heartbreaking and heartwarming . show u the compassion between two family of two country thousand of mile apart and by the most uncanny of coincidence and it almost a if the hand of god have to be intervene . 5 yo jodelle micah ferland who play desi the heart stricken little girl and do a magnificent job of act her part and and for me she be the priam choice for the lead role . all in all and a positive . there be no downside to this sweet human story . child of all age will tearfully and then joyfully watch this and it will bring the view family together with smile and good feeling . | 1pos
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this be just a short comment but i stumble onto this movie by chance and i love it . the acting be great and the story be simple and touching and and the line and especially from the 4 yr old desi and be so cute and sad . seek it out . | 1pos
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what an inspiring movie and i laugh and cry and felt love . for a true story and it do give you hope and that miracle do happen . it have a great cast . ellen burstyn and samantha mathis and jodelle ferland ( she 4 or 5yrs . old ) what a actress . it on showtime . a must see movie . positive . equal . | 1pos
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and look how a true story and . with a little help of it friends . represent a welldone and touch script and a good directing and a surprising great act from a bunch of no name actor and especially from the 4 yr old jodelle ferland and become a must see movie . positive . | 1pos
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a warm and touching movie that have a fantasy like quality . ellen burstyn be and a always and superb . samantha mathis have give many great performance and but there be just something about this one will haunt your memory . most of all and you have get to see this amazing 5 yr. old and jodelle ferland . i be so captivated by her presence and i have to buy the movie so i could watch her again and again . she be a miracle of god creation . judging by the high imdb rating and i be not the only one who be mesmerize by this young actress . | 1pos
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the little girl desi be so adorable . i cant think of a more beautiful story then this one here . it will make you cry and laugh and and believe . know that this be base on a true story just make me gasp and it also make me realize that there be nice people out there . great cast and an overall great movie . | 1pos
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i do not know the real event when i sit down to watch this and just the fact that this be base upon a true story . after the death of the kid father and rhonda try to help her daughter desiree ( . i do not know anyone actually name their offspring that ) cope with the loss . this be really make for child and a be often the case with family flick ( with that say and go ahead and get everyone together for a viewing and though i would keep teenager out of it and unless youre sure theyre gon na buy the concept ) and but it doesn not downplay the sting that the death of a parent be and and it doesn not really talk down to anyone . the plot be sufficiently interesting and and move along well enough . act varies and with the excellent burstyn outshine most of her fellow cast and mathis follow that pretty well and and ferland and her peer ( with a few exception ) be the least convincing of the bunch ( and frankly and theyre irritate while then again and i be not really in the intended audience for this thing ) . the editing and cinematography be standard and and certainly not less than that . while humor be limit to a handful of amuse line or so and the tone be not an unpleasant one . there be an intense scene or two in this . i recommend this to fan of these type of movie . positive . | 1pos
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i just saw this movie on tv . i have lose my dad when i be young and this movie surely do touch me . i can feel the lost that the little girl desi felt . the feeling of want to see her father again . want to talk to him . or at least give the chance to say goodbye . and i be so touched with the letter that be write back to her . say that her father read her letter and and send it back to someone to reply her and buy her a present because there isn not a shop in heaven . it just let me feel that miracle do exist . | 1pos
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it be a great movie . i sow that some people think that this might not be base on a true story . no matter this . and the movie be great and and all u can think be not why a balloon with a mermaid on it end up fly in the mermaid town and so on and instead think that a little girl wish come true and and this mean that all our peaceful dream will come true if we trust in u and and do all in this world to make them true . the little girl ( desi in the movie ) and and her mom and be the best actor i have be see in a long time . good for they and for all actor and all for the director . if someone can tell them this and please tell them and a 25 year guy from romania say thank you for make this movie . | 1pos
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ok and this movie start out like a cheesy lifetime movie and doesn not get good till almost well through the movie . the script be full of cheese and fluff and cast be not well direct for the most part . for the first half of the movie the little girl grate on my nerve . i do not think this be one of her best acting job . the only reason i buy the movie be because it be on sale and have ellen burstyn in it . she terrific but this be also not one of her best acting gig . the story be base on true event and that help the movie . actually and i do not even like the movie at first and be get disgust when i saw still of the balloon travel and i mean . let it get where it suppose to go and be do with it . but all be forgive by the time it do reach it destination and the story come to a close . if this doesn not bring a tear to your eye and nothing will . it cheesy and predictable but also make you feel good about the world again . | 1pos
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this be the first jean renoir silent film i have watch and perhaps rightly so since it be generally regard to be his best and besides be also his first major work . overall and it be indeed a very assured and technically accomplish film which belie the fact that it be only renoir ’ s sophomore effort . for fan of the director and it be full of interesting hint at future renoir movie especially the diary of a chambermaid ( 1946 ) and the golden coach ( 1952 ) – in it depiction of a low class femme fatale madly desire by various aristocrat who disgrace themselves for her – but also the rule of the game ( 1939 ) – show a it do in one sequence how the rowdy servant behave when their master back be turn away from them – and french cancan ( 1955 ) – nana be see have a go at the scandalous dance at one point . personally and i would say that the film make for a respectable companion piece to g. w. pabst ’ s pandora ’ s box ( 1928 ) and josef von sternberg ’ s the blue angel ( 1930 ) and max ophuls ’ lola monte ( 1955 ) in it vivid recreation of the sordid life of a courtesan . have say all that and the film be a resounding critical and commercial failure at the time of it release – a “ mad undertake ” a renoir himself later refer to it in his memoir which and not only personally cost him a fortune ( he eventually ease the result financial burden by sell off some of his late father ’ s painting ) and but almost make him give up the cinema for good . stylistically and nana be quite different from renoir ’ s sound work and owe a particular debt to erich von stroheim ’ s foolish wife ( 1922 ) and a film renoir greatly admire – and and on a personal note and one which i really ought to revisit presto ( have own the kino dvd of it and the other von stroheim for 4 year now ) . anyway and nana be certainly not without it flaw represent a deliberate pace make itself felt during the overly generous 130 minute run time with some sequence ( the horse race around the mid point in particular ) go on too long . the overly mannered act style on display be also hard to take at time – particularly that of catherine hessling ’ s nana and raymond guerin catelain ’ s george hugon ( one of her various suitor ) …although and technically and they be be their character i. e. a bad actress ( who take to the courtesan lifestyle when she be boo off the stage ) and an immature weakling and respectively . however and like anna magnani in the golden coach and hessling ( renoir ’ s wife at the time and by the way ) be just not attractive enough to be very convincing a “ the epitome of elegance ” ( a another admirer describe her at one stage ) who be able to enslave every man she meet . other notable in the cast be “ dr . caligari ” himself and werner krauss ( a nana ’ s most fervent devotee and count muffat ) and jean angelo ( a an initially skeptical but eventually tragic suitor of nana ’ s ) and future distinguish film director claude autant lara ( bill a claude moore and also serve a art director here ) a muffat ’ s close friend but who be secretly enamor with the latter ’ s neglect wife . the print i watch – via lionsgate ’ s “ jean renoir 3 disc collector ’ s edition ” – be and for the most part and a lovingly restore and beautifully tint one which have be previously available only on french dvd . be base on a classic of french literature ( by emile zola and no less ) and it can not help but have be bring to the screen several time and the two most notable film version be dorothy arzner ’ s in 1934 ( with anna sten and lionel atwill and which i own on vhs ) and christian jaque ’ s in 1955 ( with martine carol and charles boyer and which i be not familiar with ) . | 1pos
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if jean renoir first film whirlpool of fate first take u into the world of the countryside and the river and the life of the peasantry that he will continue to explore and it seem only fit that his second film deal for the most part with the wealthy and the privileged and the upper class and those who be try to claw their way upwards . put the character from the first two film together and you have the seed of his great grand illusion and rule of the game . this be beautifully film and with the restless camera make full use of the amazingly huge apartment and backstage area that dominate the film interior and and the act though frequently overwrought offer some great moment a well and particularly from werner krauss muffat . but the glamorous and sultry ms. hessling and who at first appear a if she might give louise brook a run for her money in vampishness and never go beyond a one note and selfish harlot portrayal . perhaps this be in part a problem with the script and which do seem to mostly go for high point and outrage emotion while not have read the novel i be not really clear on whether the choice be well make or not . still and the difference between nana suitor be well draw and and i particularly like the relationship between muffat and jean angelo vandeuvres the tragic understanding that each seem to have of his ultimate fate and their sympathy with each other and particularly in the scene at the bottom of the enormous staircase where vandeuvres warn muffat and and we wonder if violence will erupt this and other gleanings of the ridiculousness of the idle rich help give the film the depth it have . far from his great achievement and and for me probably just shy overall of whirlpool of fate and this be still well worth see for renoir fan or those interested in silent cinema generally . | 1pos
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i definitely recommend read the book prior to watch the film . this book win national book council award in 1978 and be a very gripping read ( pun not intend ) . it not too difficult to read for those out there that do not read often so do not be afraid . the book seem to capture the passion of the relationship more so than the movie and the movie will make more sense after read the book . have grow up in melbourne i could really relate to this book and movie . very few australian female writer be around the in the 70 therefore very little be document about the way of life for a woman in an urban city in australia during this era or class . it a precious piece of melbourne history . it a shame that it be document a some sort of 80 soft porn movie . it far from that and a the other reviewer have mention please do not read the dvd jacket and it do not represent what the movie be about at all . those that rent the movie base on this description will only be disappoint . just remember this movie be make in 1982 and so do not expect the hollywood over dramatization that they seem to incorporate these day . this be what i like about it . it also great see noni hazlehurst in this role and she be just fantastic a nora and it great watch her really acting and for if youre close to my age you will best remember her for her stint on playschool and good home and garden . who know she hide this talent . this movie will give you an entirely new impression of her . a classic australian story . | 1pos
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noni hazlehurst and colin friels and alice garner and chrissie amphlett and michael caton what more could you ask for . monkey grip base on the prize win novel of the same name explore nora ( hazlehurst and a single mother fall for a heroin addict jobe ( friels ) . a simple story be make truly extraordinary through the all round magnificent act ( in particular noni hazlehurst ) and nice use of the small budget . the only flaw be ( if you can pick it up ) be that the story be set in melbourne and although for budget reason and the film be mainly shoot in sydney and so a a result and in a few scene you see tram ( melbourne scene ) and then a carlton post office ( sydney scene ) . other than that and monkey grip be a must see ( excuse the clique and but it be ) at least for an award win performance from former play school and good home and garden presenter noni hazlehurst . positive . | 1pos
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nora be a single mother of two who still want to live the life of a young artist in the 1970s and as do her friend and a group of writer and singer and actor . the free love philosophy isn not quite out of the system and nora do not count on fall in love and particularly with a junkie . hazlehurst win her first of two afi award in the space of four year for her amazing portrayal of nora and who make sure she do the right thing by her child and but fall in love with junkie javo ( friels ) at the same time . garner who would later costar in film such a love and other catastrophe and strange planet be well cast a nora pre pubescent daughter and and caton ( perhaps in readiness for his role a host of the lifestyle program hot property in 2000 . ) appear a a bearded painter . early effort by director cameron be a winner while he go on to make the award win miniseries my brother jack among his late project . but it the stunning delivery by hazlehurst which bring to life the intelligent and search script and base on helen garner award win novel . | 1pos
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noni hazlehurst tour de force performance ( which win her an afi award ) be at least on par with her effort in fran three year later . colin friels be also good and and and for those who be interested and alice garner appear a noni child and and michael caton ( best know for the castle ) be a bearded painter . ( also interestingly and hazlehurst be currently the host of lifestyle program well home and garden and and caton be the host of property type program include hot property and hot auction and etc . ) this film reaffirm the popularly held belief that noni be arguably australia top female actor during the early to mid 1980s . rating represent 7 positive 0 . | 1pos
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a clever script from the late sebastian japrisot and smart performance from the two male lead alain delon and charles bronson ( or should it be the other way around ) result in an engaging and entertain thriller . add to the above the competent direction from veteran jean herman and a sparse but effective score by francois de roubaix and it become easy why this film have an odd timeless quality . this be a buddy buddy or bond story with two loner and both disillusion and world weary and returning and presumably from algiers . like the other colonial power of this time ( post ww ii lead into the 60 ) and france have struggle to keep up appearance overseas . lose algiers be a bitter blow . adieu lami ( the original title ) chronicle the action of our two ( anti ) hero a they struggle to make a go of it and after their discharge . one thing happen after another and and the viewer really have to pay attention and because japrisot be lean and economical with his script represent if it be there and then there must be a reason . suffice to say and these two men battle it out and physically and psychologically and one long weekend . their motivation be quite different and their goal be different their survival depend entirely on each other . that alain delon and charles bronson be outwardly so different the former and arguably a pretty boy and and the latter an ugly thug and add to the chemistry . that quest make for a great story and which in turn and make for a great film . l i forget there be woman in this film and and true to the japrisot method and they too be memorable and though not nearly as flesh out while to say much more would be to spoil one delight in discover their true nature . farewell and friend have be release in the uk while an anamorphic image and 16 . 9 enhance while in english only ( not even subtitle for the hard of hear ) while a running time of 110 minute while mono soundtrack but the de roubaix music have lot of punch . highly recommended . | 1pos
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farewell friend aka adieu lami or honour among thief isn not perfect but it be a neat and entertain thriller that see mismatch demobbed french algerian war veteran alain delon and charles bronson trap in the same basement vault and one to return stolen bond and the other to clean out the two million in wage sit there over the christmas weekend . naturally thing aren not quite that simple even after they open the vault and lead to some neat twist and turn . on the debit side and there a very bizarre striptease scene in a car park and bronson have a very irritating fonzie like catchphrase he use at the most inopportune moment and brigitte fossey and sport perhaps the most hideously misconceived hairstyle of the 60 ( it make her look like a bald woman whose wig be blow back off the top of her head by a high wind ) and be something of a liability her i will cook spaghetti . i will learn to make love well . i will read shakespeare . speech be hysterical in all the wrong way and it a shame about the horrible last line or shot and but otherwise this be a surprisingly entertaining and unpretentious number that worth check out if you can find a decent print . cinema club uk dvd only offer the english soundtrack and but since delon voice himself and the rest of the cast be fairly well dub that no great problem and especially since the widescreen transfer be pretty good quality . | 1pos
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this movie be definately one of my favourite movie in it kind . the interaction between respectable and morally uncorruptable character be an ode to chivalry and the honour code amongst thief and policeman . it treat theme like duty and guilt and word and manipulation and trust like few film have do and and unfortunately and none that i can recall since the death of the policial in the late seventy . the sequence be delicious and down to the essential and live nothing out and thus lead the spectator into a masterful plot right and wrong without accessory eye catching and spectacular scene that be often need in less specimen of the genre in order to keep the audience awake . no such scene be present or need . the argument be flowless and honest to the spectator and wich be an important asset in a genre in wich the the suspense be often achieve through the betrail of the audience . no and this be not miss marble . a note of congratulation for the music be in order a film to watch and savour every minute and not just to see . | 1pos
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utterly tactical and strange ( watch for the kinky moment of a drop dead gorgeous blonde acting a pull string doll for some rich folk ) and pointless but undoubtedly compelling late night feature . this unhinged french production be a stew of perplexedly unfocused idea and random plot illustration centre on it very charismatic star ( if somewhat anti hero ) alain delon and charles bronson . really they do not get to do all that much and especially during the confine and lengthy mid section where they hide themselves in a building during the christmas break to crack a safe with 10 and 000 possible combination . oh fun . but this be when the odd and if intriguing relationship be form between delon and bronson character . after a manipulative battle of will ( and childishly sly game against each other ) and the two come to an understanding that see them honour each other involvement and have a mutual respect . this would go on to play a further part in the twisty second half of the story with that undetectable curve ball . still their encounter early on suggest there more and but what we get be vague and this be magnify by that what just happen there . end that might just make you jump . yeeeeaaaaahhhhhhhhh . glad to get that out of the system . the pacing be terribly slow and but placidly measure for it and this seem purposely do to exhaust with it edgy and nervous underlining tension . watch a the same process be repeat over and over again and and you know something be not quite right and the scheme eventually come into play . now everything that do happen feel too spontaneous and but the climax payoff be haunt . the taut and complex script be probably a little too crafty for it own good and but there be some neat novelty ( coin and glass and liquid try not spill ) and visual symbolism . jean herman direction be efficiently sophisticated and low key and but get a tad artificial and infuse an unwelcoming icy atmosphere . the sound fx feature more a a potent note and than that of francois deroubaix funky score that mainly keep under wrap after it sizzle opening . top drawer delon ( who quite steely ) and bronson ( a jovial turn ) be solid and and work off each tremendously . bernard fresson chalk up the attitude a the inspector who know there more go on than what be be lead on . an attractive female cast feature able support by brigitte fossey and olga george picot . a cryptically directionless and but polish crime drama maintain by it two lead and some bizarre inclusion . | 1pos
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short synopsis this film open with soldier be release from the company of men . one of them pursue another with a weird scheme the other repeatedly refuse . later they both get trap in an office building in which they want to crack a safe during the christmas holiday . hostility turn into playful banter and then into a desperate fight for survival ( during the bantering they lose all drinkable liquid and so it be really serious ) . with exposed and well build and well oil torso they ram a hole into a wall and finally manage to escape only to find out that they have be betray and set up by woman . one get catch and the other remain free and be not give away by his companion . a last encounter and a last light for a cigarette and adieu lami and farewell and friend . i find it hard not to see closet homosexual in the two main character and play by classical he man superstars alain delon and charles bronson . they be obviously attract to each other and their treatment of woman be abominable and mark by contempt throughout . the whole story seem to have a strong symbolic undertow and a little like deliverance . it be also very stylish . the safe the two men want to crack be in a for the time ultra modern glass and aluminum tower . it be the seat of a publicity firm and so there be many fancy poster and wall covering around . the wardrobe be also very good . the ultra stylish citroen d ( maybe the most modern and elegant car of all time ) feature large in this movie perhaps a subtle kind of product placement . i can recommend this movie for the actor performances alone . delon and bronson be really share the top billing and in a manner that strike me a very fair and sporting . both do a considerable amount of acrobatics . i have never see bronson well than here and he really act and speak french throughout and with a heavy accent buy very passably indeed . and it be certainly the man himself we hear . ( so the french language version be highly recommend ) . the police inspector who pursue the two be play by on of my favorite franch character actor and bernard fresson who be gene hackman partner in french connection ii . he be the best brainy police inspector i know . also very good be former child actress brigitte fossey a the young ingénue who and a it turn out and be not so innocent a it first seem . anyone who expect the old in an out of classical heist movie might be disappoint with this film . for those with a little patience this will be a rewarding experience and full of novel and original idea and directorial quirk and although it my be a little too brutal and sadistic for it own sake . | 1pos
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this movie be definately one of my favorite movie in it kind . the interaction between respectable and morally strong character be an ode to chivalry and the honor code amongst thief and policeman . it treat theme like duty and guilt and word and manipulation and trust like few film have do and and unfortunately and none that i can recall since the death of the policial in the late seventy . the sequence be delicious and down to the essential and live nothing out and thus lead the spectator into a masterful plot right and wrong without accessory eye catching and spectacular scene that be often need in less specimen of the genre in order to keep the audience awake . no such scene be present or need . the argument be sand honest to the spectator while an important asset in a genre that too often achieve suspense through the deception of the audience . no and this be not miss marble . a note of congratulation for the music be in order a film to watch and savor every minute and not just to see . | 1pos
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i use to watch this show when i be a little girl . although i do not remember much about it and i must say that it be a pretty good show . also and i do not think i have see every episode . however and if you ask me and it be still a good show . i vaguely remember the theme song . everyone be ideally cast and the costume design be great . the performance be top grade and too . i just hope some network bring this series back one day so that i will be able to see every episode . before i wrap this up and i would like to say that i will always remember this show in my memory forever and even though i do not think i have see every episode . now and in conclusion and when and if this show be ever bring back on the air and i hope that you catch it one day before it go off the air for good . | 1pos
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magellan33 say represent you can only do so much when the two star of the show can only be see by one fellow cast member . i assume and then and that you never hear of topper . which and in addition to the two star who could only be see by one member of the cast and have a dog and ditto . this be the kind of program that have not gon na make it write allover it from the first episode it be like an arcade video game where you actually have to read the instruction to play while no one ( well and very few of u and apparently ) want to watch a comedy program that have a basic premise that actually require think to grasp . | 1pos
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unfortunately many consumer who write review for imdb equate low budget with not good . whatever else this movie might need and more budget really isn not part of it . big set and lot of special effect would have turn it into another lara croft movie . what we have here be a step or two good than that . the nearly unknown alexandra staden be captivate a the enigmatic modesty and and this be crucial for this movie to work . her wise little smile and know look be formidable and and you find yourself wish that the camera would not leaver her face . it make it workable that the bad guy nikolai and play by also little know ( in the u. s. at least ) nikolaj coaster waldau might take an unusually cerebral interest in her and something modesty can exploit . she be able to divert his rap her with just a shove and spit out stop waste my time . then storm off between his heavily arm yet suddenly diffident henchman . make a scene like that plausible doesn not happen by accident . probably the big problem i have with the rail thin staden playing modesty be it just isn not very believable for her to go hand to hand with an athletic and muscle look guy like coaster waldau and beat him . she just ain not a peta wilson or a pump up hilary swank type actress who can throw a convincing punch . coaster waldau let himself be overpower by staden look like he just roughhouse with his little sister . since this be not really an action film and this isn not a big flaw . i just hope they do good on that if and when they make sequel . | 1pos
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if you be already a fan of peter odonnell wonderful modesty blaise book from the sixty and you will really enjoy this movie . if you have ever see the 1966 modesty blaise film and forget it . that be camp . this be the real modesty blaise . the story and character be both true to the modesty that fan of the book know and love . it a long way from joe losey 1966 travesty and and it take our modesty quite seriously . alexandra staden be quite good and believable in the part and and yes and we do get to see her kick butt . chucklethis be likely meant to be the first movie of a series and a such it serve to introduce modesty and her childhood and her day with lob . since peter odonnell be the creative consultant on the movie and everything really ring true . even the story odonnell tell of how he conceive the character be just a he tell it . have read all the book and i enjoy the movie even more for that . now that miramax have keep their option on the property by have quentin tarrentino make this film and i do hope to see more of the modesty story asap . especially a the wonderful character of willie garvin make modesty character really come alive . to that end and i really hope the film do well in europe . i have no idea if miramax intend to ever distribute the dvd in the usa . i suspect it might not do that well in the usa in general distribution . i wonder how miramax decide where and how to distribute it films . in the story and modesty be in her early 20 and work at louche casino in tangier . the flashback sequence be artfully do and take modesty from about 9 year old and through her teen up to her current age in the movie about 21 22 and i would guess . i really do not think there a perfect actress for modesty . for many of u modesty fan and she much too powerful a presence in our imagination already . alexandra staden be credible . she be very slim and graceful and poise . she have lot of closeup . she have a great face one that stick in your mind well after the movie be over . accord to o donnell illustrator and romero and modesty have rather a fuller figure than staden and but i be willing to overlook that . if staden continue in the role and i think she will mature into it just a modesty grows more powerful and skilled a she get old . staden already conveys modesty humor and absolute assurance very well . go ahead and rent this movie and it not like anything else you have see and even though it be direct by scott spiegel and it be full of tarrentino touch and great camera move and lighting and well do action sequence . | 1pos
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although i buy the dvd when it first come out and and have watch it several time and i never write a review . i love it when i first saw it and i love it still . sadly and it seem it never make enough money to motivate anyone to do a follow up . i have to assume qt still control the right and but after kill bill if he do a film that be as true to the comic and book a my name be modesty and with another tough female lead and anyone not familiar with the character will see this a a let down . peter odonnell write his story to focus more on psychological suspense rather than action thriller . the tug of will between modesty and miklos be very true to the source material and be tense and suspenseful and fascinate to anyone who doesn not have to have gore and explosion . alexandra do a great job in play how odonnell character would have take control of the situation . i find this particularly ahead of the curve follow the sorely need reboots of batman and james bond . after 2 dismal early effort and although not nearly as well know to the public and this be really a reboot of the modesty character and and it be really sad that probably no more film about her will be make . | 1pos
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rent and watch this short ( < 90 minute ) work . it by far the best treatment modesty have receive on film and her creator and peter odonnell and agrees and participate a a creative consultant . the character and and we who love her and be handle with respect . spiegel direction be the best he do to date and and the casting be very well do . alexandra staden be almost physically perfect a a match to the original jim holdaway illustration of modesty . a terrific find by whoever cast her . raymond cruz a a young rafael garcia be also excellent . i hope that tarantino and co. will go on to make more in the series i be especially interested to see whom they would choose to be the incomparable willie garvin . | 1pos
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finally be there release a good modesty blaise movie and which not only tell a story and but actually tell the real story . i admit that it be a bad movie if you expect an action thriller and but if you stop in your track and remove all your expectation . then you will notice that it be a story that come very close to the original make by peter odonnell . you have a cover story just to tell about how modesty become the magnificent person which she be . it be not a movie to attract new fan and but a movie to tell the real tale . some thing could have be well and but when you can not forget the awful movie from 66 then be this a magnificent movie . so be you a fan then sit down relax and just enjoy that the real story be there with a cover story just to make modesty tell her story . | 1pos
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first off while i be a dedicated fan of modesty and and have be read the comic since i be a child and and i have find the early movie about our heroine unsatisfying and but where they fail and this one rock . well then and here we go represent m blaise be work for a casino and a gang of robber come along and she start gamble for her friend live . if the robber win one round and she will have to tell him about herself . if she win two time in a row and one of the staff member go free . ( sound stupid and yeah and well and i be not that good at explain either . ) while ) she tell him about grow up in a war zone and without parent or friend and about her help an old man in the refugee camp and how they escape and living by nature own rule . they hunt for food and and he teach her to read and fight . a they approach civilization they get catch up in a war and and a they be take for rebellion and they be be shoot at and the old man dy and which leave her to meet the city by herself . then she meet the man who casino she now work for and and there the story end . what be to follow be that there an awesome fight and the line be totally cool . alexandra staden be a terrific modesty blaise . just a modest and strong and graceful and intellectual a the comic one . feel awkward though and too hear modesty speak with a slightly break accent and but that not relevant since the comic book blaise can not speak out loud and but certainly must have a somewhat existing accent . ( not to mention that it weird everybody speak english in the balkan . ) the acting be really good and even the child who personify the young blaise must have a applaud . my favorite part must be where she rip up her dress to kick the stupid robber as . totally awesome . representd i can not wait until the real adventure begin in the next movie or s. watch it and you would not be disappoint . | 1pos
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there a great deal of material from the modesty blaise comic and novel that would be great in a movie . unfortunately and several attempt have be make and they have fall short of the great potential in the character . so and no and this isn not the modesty you know from the comic strip ( currently reprint in nice edition from titan book ) . this be modesty some 5 or 6 year prior to the first strip and and from what you can piece together from her back story and it accurate . miramax have the movie right to the character and with quentin tarantino act a advocate and technical adviser . early draft of the miramax project attempt to adapt one of the best novel and but always manage to leave out some crucial element . tarantino wasn not happy with any of them and and offer to remove his name from the project so they could proceed . to the studio credit and they want to keep him in the process and since they know he get the character and her world . with the movie right close to expiration and they decide to try a very different approach . the result be my name be modesty and a small direct to video movie that introduce the character . the movie do not introduce willie garvin or sir gerald . these character be important to blaise adventure throughout most of the publish story . what this movie accomplish be show the strength of the character by herself . she never lose her composure and and you never doubt that she in charge even unarm in a room full of gangster with gun . most of the movie take place within a casino and which undoubtedly save money on the production . it doesn not matter . the film do not come across a cheap . instead and it give a fairly comprehensive ( and believable ) back story for the character and demonstrate just how far she think ahead . should miramax adapt any of the comic story or novel now and they have lay out the character background nicely and would not have to spend much time on her origin . i realize the word direct to video do not inspire confidence and but this film be well worth a look . | 1pos
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have heard of modesty blaise before and but never have read a novel or a comic strip and my wife and i like the film a lot . it deliver and in a captivating way and a good introduction to the character and her background . although it have some action flick element and it be much more an intimate play and excellently write . sadly and this be also and where a major drawback of the movie be reveal . an intimate play live on the capability of it actor and unfortunately only half of the cast deliver . while alexandra staden do an excellent job a modesty blaise and her counterpart nikolaj coaster waldau a the villain miklos do not . smile his way through the plot a if it be an extend toothpaste commercial and he fail to build up an atmosphere of anxiety that would have make the movie a masterpiece . the support cast be somehow similar and from some stereotyped gangster and slut to decent performance from fred pearson a professor lob and eugenia yuan a irina . | 1pos
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i have see this movie and i must say i be very impressed . there be not much movie i like and but i do like this one . you should see this movie by yourself and comment it and because this be one of my most favorite movie . i fancy to see this again . action fuse with a fantastic story . very impress . i like modesty character . actually she very mystic and mysterious ( i do like that^^ ) . the bad boy be pretty too . well and actually this whole movie be rare in amovieworld . i consider about the vote of this movie and i think this be should be a very popular movie . i guess wrong . it be me who be very impressed about this movie and and i hope i be not the only one who take only the cost to watch this one . see and vote . | 1pos
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the best modesty blaise movie i have see so far . it like a good pilot for a tv series . i even think it a little bit cult and like with a lite touch of quentin tarantino magic and or something . they have catch a great deal of modesty character and but i admit miss willy garwin a bit . even if i have read many comic and book by peter o wouldonnell i be not disappointed of this film and quite the opposite . positive surprise of this story about modesty and her childhood . i do not put my expectation so high and because of the bad movie from 1966. so i may have overrate this movie just a little . but if you like the comic and other story about modesty blaise and you should definitely see this one . can not wait for a follow up . | 1pos
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i enjoy this film . it be a joy to see a version so close to the vision of peter odonnell . a number of people have dislike the film and but it have to be see in context of the origin story that it be . the film use flashback to show the young modesty and the event that shape her into the woman that she become . before the network . before willie garvin . the pace be a trifle slow and and for my taste not enough tension be develop in the present day scene . however this be acceptable just to get such a faithful version . if you like modesty blaise and you will enjoy it even with it fault and if you just want an action flick with car chase forget it . it have the feeling of be the first of a franchise and but a i have never see it promote anywhere and i suspect there will be no more to follow . sadly . | 1pos
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shot on an impossible schedule and no budget to speak of and the movie turn out a lot good than you would expect and certainly much more true to the peter odonnell book and comic strip than the previous two film . you can read the strip currently in the reprint from titan book and or in comic revue monthly . it be one of the great adventure comic strip of all time . the movie isn not great and but unlike most low budget film it make the most of what it got and and it hold your interest . on the dvd extra and the interview with quentin tarentino and who be obviously stone and be a gas . some people have fault tarentino for associate his name with the film and but without him it would never have be make . he be a modesty blaise fan and and pick a good writer and director . all thing consider and worth 8 star . | 1pos
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this be the modesty that we do not know . it be hint at and summarize in the comic strip for the syndicate to sell to newspaper . lee and janet batchler be true modesty blaise fan who be give the dream job tell a prequel story of modesty that the fan never saw before . in their audio commentary and they admit that that they make change in her origin to make the story run smoother . the purist should also note that we really do not know if everything she tell miklos be true because she be stall for time . i do not rent or borrow the dvd like other reviewer do and i buy it . and i do not want a refund . i watch it three time and i do not sleep through it . great dialog and well drawn character that i care about ( even bad guy miklos ) just like in the novel and comic strip . i too can not wait for the next modesty ( and willie ) film and especially if this prequel be a sign of what to come . | 1pos
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recap represent it business a usual at louche casino in tanger . the casino be about to close and prepares for a big transaction the next day . the owner louche and some staff leave for the night and leave modesty in charge . suddenly a troop of armed gangster storm the casino and shoot wildly . unknown to modesty and they have already kill louche and and be now after the money hidden in the vault . but no one present and and still alive and at the casino know the code to open the vault . the vault itself be heavily booby trap with explosive so the assailant can not blow the door a plan . suddenly modesty find herself eye to eye with the gangster leader miklos in a game of roulette with their life in jeopardy . comment represent this be a review write with no connection what so ever with other publish medium about modesty blaise and a i have neither see nor read any of it . the first point i like to make be that this be slightly wrongfully classify . foremost i think this be a thriller with a battle of wit between modesty and miklos a the main plot . sure and there be some burst of action but they be not really an integral or important part of the story . a already mention the main plot and the main suspense fill scene and be the game between modesty and miklos . it an innovative and intriguing way of reveal the background of a character and and in do so much of the story take place outside the casino at a much early time . someone say that it be almost like a pilot for a tv series and and the feeling be that it might indeed be use a such . but and i felt it be a much good way to introduce a character than many other have do . i be in no way disappoint in the lack of action and instead i enjoy this game and the history much more than a simple action movie . i think the two main star and alexandra staden and nikolaj coaster waldau do very well . staden especially portrays modesty very well and and really carry this confident and talented character . positive . | 1pos
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while the main story be suppose to take place in morocco and this movie be shoot in foggy romania in 18 day on a very tight budget . however break their card may be and the actor and the crew play them with remarkable skill and commitment and so that in the end i find the result both touch and graceful . nikolaj coaster waldau provide a formidable performance a the bad guy . the script and direction provide some gem . whether you will like the movie or not and however and will probably depend on your take on alexandra staden in the title role . other reviewer have point out staden inadequacy a modesty blaise . they may have a point and but i find her interpretation delightful and very fitting . modesty manage to overcome terrible odds through discipline and innate talent and courage . staden appear to be do the same here . | 1pos
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the movie be a long awaited release and which where a bit disappointing because of the expectation i have set up . when look at it again i must say it be actually pretty ok. first of all be it very true to the original history ( of course not completely ) and be a such only make to keep the right for the movie . modesty history a a child be show and be very true to the original . the acting be perhaps not the best around and the plot be a bit thin and but when you compare it to the 1966 vitti movie be way well just because it be not try to be a musical . generally would i only recommend it to fan of modesty blaise or to someone who by catch it on the tv . | 1pos
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a a long time fan of peter odonnell great creation and i watch this film on dvd with no great hope of enjoyment while indeed i expect to be reach in disgust for the remote control within fifteen minute . but instead i thoroughly enjoy this production and and i especially enjoy and appreciate how the producer and director succeed in tell the modesty blaise back story . they manage to avoid the trap of make a ( bad ) film version of the book we be all so familiar with and choose instead to concentrate on a period in modesty life only allude to in the novel . a for the production value ( and i be no student of cinematography . ) represent yes and the film be film on a tight financial and time budget and maybe that show . but do it spoil the viewer enjoyment . in this case i think not . instead we be introduce to one of the world great literary heroine and give a taste of her capability . in regard to the casting represent because we in unfamiliar territory the only people who really matter be modesty and ( perhaps ) professor lob . for me they be totally credible . alexandra staden and describe by some a wooden and and too thin to be an action heroine and bring to the screen modesty poise and coolness while her technique ( when martial art be need ) but most importantly personify the integrity which be at the core of the modesty blaise canon . ok and so we all know this film be produce to stake miramax claim to the modesty blaise character and it be make quickly and cheaply and but . i for one can not wait to see the next production in this series by these producer as long a they keep to the core value and characterisation of the original story . | 1pos
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i have read modesty blaise for several year now and collect number of the strip . after the fiasco movie make many year ago base on the first book modesty blaise i be surprise the result get this good . what i get be a movie not base on action or violence . the director have focus on history and psychology . how be modesty create base on the own tale and what part in her life be affect by her non childhood . i think this thougths will give a great understanding to the next ( i hope ) film . i simply love the movie old fashioned style . however everything wasn not that good and the gamble wasn not that good . almost boring and unreal . the acting could have be improve too . i be not think the bad guy in this movie felt real and the only reason he be there be so modesty could have someone to tell her story for . also they could have expand the movie and show more about when she build up the network but i will guess thats for the next movie . and please forgive me for my bad english . | 1pos
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i be pleased to see that she have black hair . i have be a fan for about 30 year now and have be disgust at the two early attempt to film the story . i be pleased that the screenwriter update the period to include a computer and it do not spoil it at all . in fact i watch the film twice in one day and a sure sign that it be up to standard . this be what i do with book that i like as well . i think all the character be well depict and represent the early day of modesty blaise extremely well a evince in both book and comic strip . i would also have to disagree with a comment make by an early reviewer about baddie have to be ugly . have he actually read the book . i think this be a very good film and look forward to sequel with anticipation . | 1pos
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for a first film in a proposed series it achieve the right balance . it be do with style and class show modesty early day a a refugee and the start of her rise to power in the criminal world . i think it be a very honest or true portrayal of her character exactly a the writer peter odonnell intend . alexandra staden a modesty be stunningly beautiful and an excellent choice . she act very convincingly a the tough survivor with an exterior of cool or intelligent or innocence . and full mark to tarantino for choose an unknown actress for the role much more believeable to have a new face create the part . i be look forward to the next film . | 1pos
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this be a good movie and although people unfamiliar with the modesty blaise comic and book may find it a little slow and lack in action . for the modesty fan and the movie will be very enjoyable and particularly because it be very faithful in it presentation of the modesty blaise history . peter odonnell be list in the credit a creative consultant and the film maker must have actually pay attention to him a the plot follow quite closely the detail that have be present in the comic book over the year { although the event have be recast to modern day ) . the only thing that the true fan may find disappointing be that there be no willie garvin in the story . this lack of willie be again just be faithful to the modesty blaise chronology since the movie take place in the very early day of modesty career . alexandra staden make a very believable young modesty who actually look a lot like modesty be suppose to look . a welcome change from the travesty of the monica vitti portrayal of modesty . | 1pos
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i be expect this to be the same kind of schlock a the previous modesty blaise movie and which be why i leave it unwatched for so long and but i be very pleasantly surprise . far from be a succession of silly gun battle and car or boat chase and it be an almost thoughtful analysis of how a pretty girl get to become as hard a nail and with nothing be overstate or over rationalize . it likely that the budgetary constraint actually help with that represent less time and effort be spend on find ever stupid way for stunt men to pretend to die and and more be dedicate to make the movie worth watch . hell and the big gun battle take place off screen and the scene where it be hear be all the good for that background noise and that add to the suspense who win . who die . alexandra staden might not be a drop dead gorgeous a monica vitti and but few be and and she certainly have every ounce of class and fire that need to make the character work and the shape of her face and her hair and and her tall and slender body could have be lift straight from the comic strip graphic . nikolaj coaster waldau be the perfect choice for a blaise bad guy and in that he make the character interesting and enjoyable to watch even likable ( and i doubt i would consider take on many brutal and psychopathic murderer a drinking buddy ) . i can not think of a single one of hollywood former waiter who could have pull the role off that well . fortunately and blaise baddie always die and in the end ( no spoiler there . ) that a really good thing and because all the girl who would have spend their time swoon over such a disgustingly handsome and interesting hunk can now pragmatically settle for u ordinary joes . | 1pos
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okay and truthfully and i saw the preview for this movie and think to myself and what be the producer think . hutton and jolie and and duchovny . how could the monotoned actor possibly compete with jolie natural power on the screen . but surprisingly and the two have the kind of chemistry that show intense caring without a kiss . even david humor match up to jolie spark and fire . a for hutton and he play the psycho very well and contrast with david calm delivery of life threaten situation . overall and i be very impressed with the writing and character development . i give it 8 star . | 1pos
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normally and i do not watch action movie because of the fact that they be usually all pretty similar . this movie do have many stereotypical action movie scene and but the character and the originality of the film premise make it much easy to watch . david duchovny bend his normal acting approach and which be great to see . angelina jolie and of course and be beautiful and do great acting . great cast all together . a must see for people bore with the same old action movie . | 1pos
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david duchovny play the lead role in this film . now a lot of people upon find that fact out wouldn not even bother watch it . very unfair to say the least . david make his name on the x file and be a decent actor . dr eugene sand ( duchovny ) be a drug addict doctor strike off for malpractice . by sheer accident he become a private doctor for criminal millionaire raymond blossom . however the fbi take an interest in use eugene to snare blossom . angelina jolie be cast in the support role of clare the gangster moll . she put in a solid performance . timothy hutton playing blossom be superb and immerse himself deeply into his character . duchovny himself isn not as bad a many people would think and in the end i would rate his performance his credible . his familiar monotonous tone and straight face be present but dosen not detract too much from the film . | 1pos
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i enjoy this movie . unlike like some of the pump up and steroid trash that be pass off a action movie and play god be simple and realistic and with character that be believable and action that be not over the top and enough twist and turn to keep you interested until the end . well direct and well act and a good story . | 1pos
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this film have a lot of raw potential . the script be sharp and the dialogue be ( usually ) excellent ( though it could stand to lose the cheezy voice over ) and the direction and cinematography be surprisingly quite good and though some of the experimentation just doesn not work . the main problem here be david duchovny . once a geek boy and always a geek boy while and the sad and simple fact be that he incapable of play anything but fox mulder . he posture and he try to be slick and he pose and he try to be macho . in the end he just try too hard . he overplay his character and he overspeaks his line and and he just outplay in all way by timothy hutton and angelina jolie and who be each in a class above him in term of act skill . timothy hutton be ( a always ) really good . there be a spotty moment or two where he over dramatize his role and but you could tell he be have fun with it . he look the part and and he become the character both physically and atmospherically . angelina jolie be also really good . she do not have much of a role while in fact and i though she could have use a much strong one . her character wasn not nearly develop enough and though she do remarkably well with what she have . and the chemistry between her and hutton be apparent ( gee and maybe that why uma leave him . while ) all in all and it be rough around the edge and but a solid effort by a good cast and great support role . if david duchovny hadn not rip his role to piece it would have be that much good . positive . | 1pos
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david duchovney create a role that he be to replicate somewhat in californication the troubled talent . and it be a role he play well . this thriller start off at a good speed and carry you through to the end . timothy hutton play a fine villain and angelina jolie pout . the story of a disgraced doctor find his way into a criminal world be well script . drug addiction and a desire for the sultry jolie mix a heady cocktail . unfortunately towards the end the story get a little weaker and the relationship between villain and the fbi be muddle and rush a if it be create only to develop the final scene . but and that aside and a movie worth see . | 1pos
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like i say it a hidden surprise . it well write well act and well cast . i like everything in this movie . look it hollywood all right but the bright side . angelina jolie be great in this and i be totally watching every movie with her in that i can get my hand on . well worth a look . | 1pos
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i would always want david duchovney to go into the movie business and and finally he do and and he make me proud . this movie live up to what i have hop for . duchovney play his character very well and manage to remain consistent with something new and instead of play the agent molder we be use to . therefore and i give him extra credit for his role and also because i could not see anyone else play that particular character . david be great and but nothing compare to the psychotic timothy hutton . a brilliant performance that you do not get tire of throughout the movie and because he never fail to surprise you . he have weakness and and strength and make the story all the more believable . i also very much enjoyed the narration and it add to the story a good deal and and have some very memorable quote that i still use to all the time . this movie also have a wounderfull score . i recomend this for anyone who like drama and and doesn not mind blood . | 1pos
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this movie really kick some as . i watch it over and over and it never get boring . angelina jolie really kick some as in the movie and you should see the movie and you would not be disappoint . and another reason you should see the movie be because the guy from the x file be in it and david duchovny . | 1pos
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with the mixed review this get i wasn not expect too much and and be pleasantly surprise . it a very entertaining small crime film with interesting character and excellent portrayal and write that breezy without be glib and and a good pace . it look good too and in a funky way . apparently people either like this movie or just hate it and and i be one who like it . | 1pos
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very smart and sometimes shocking and i just love it . it shove one more side of david brilliant talent . he impress me greatly . david be the best . the movie captivate your attention for every second . | 1pos
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a hit at the time but now well categorise a an australian cult film . the humour be broad and unsubtle and and in the final scene where a bbc studio fire be extinguish by urinate on it and crude . contains just about every cliche about the traditional australian pilgrimage to the old country and and every cliche about those rapacious and stick up and whinging and tory brit . would be acceptable to the british because of it strong cast of well know actor and and to australian of that generation and who can get the humour . american forget it . the language and joke be in the australian dialect of english and a such will be unintelligible . | 1pos
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i love this movie like no other . another time i will try to explain it virtue to the uninitiated and but for the moment let me quote a few of piece the remarkable dialogue and which and please remember and be all tongue in cheek . aussie and pom will understand and everyone else well . ( title song lyric ) he can sink a beer and he can pick a queer and in his late double breast bondi gear . ( another song lyric ) all pommy be bastard and bastard and or bad and and england be the ae hole of the universe . ( during a television interview on an arty program ) represent mr mackenzie what artist have impress you most since you have be in england . ( barry response ) flamin bull artist . ( while chat up a naive young pom girl ) represent mr mackenzie and i suppose you have horde of aboriginal servant back in australia . ( barry response ) abo . i have never see an abo in me life . mum do most of the solid yacca ( ie hard work ) round our place . this be just a taste of the hilarious farce of this bonser aussie flick . if you can get a copy of it and watch and enjoy . | 1pos
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this film and it sequel barry mckenzie hold his own and be the two great comedy to ever be produce . a great story a young aussie bloke travel to england to claim his inheritance and meet up with his mate and who be just a loveable and innocent a he be . it chock a block full of great and saying and where else could you find someone who need a drink so bad that he as dry a a dead dingo donger . great character and top acting and and it get great sheilas and more foster consumption then any other three film put together . top notch . and some of the funny song you will ever hear and and it full of great celebrity . definitely my two favourite film of all time and i watch them at least once a fortnight . | 1pos
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the adventure of barry mckenzie start life a a satirical comic strip in private eye and write by barry humphries and base on an idea by peter cook . mckenzie ( bazza to his friend ) be a lanky and loud and hat wear australian whose two main interest in life be sex ( despite never have have any ) and foster lager . in 1972 and he find his way to the big screen for the first of two outing . it must have be tempt for humphries to cast himself a bazza and but he wisely leave the job to barry crocker ( later to sing the theme to the television soap opera neighbour . ) . humphries instead play multiple role in true peter seller fashion and most notably bazza overbear aunt edna everage ( this be before she become a dame ) . you know this be not go to be the importance of be ernest when it censorship classification n. p. a. stand for no poofters allow . pom hat bazza be tell by a sydney solicitor that in order to inherit a share in his father will he must go to england to absorb british culture . with aunt edna in tow and he catch a quantas flight to hong kong and and then on to london . an over efficient custom officer make bazza pay import duty on everything he buy over there and include a suitcase full of tube of foster lager . a he put it represent when it come to fleece you and the pom have get the edge on the gyppos . a crafty taxi driver ( bernard spear ) maximise the fare by take bazza and edna first to stonehenge and then scotland . the street of london be filthy and and their hotel be a hovel run by a seedy landlord ( spike milligan ) who make bazza put pound note in the electricity meter every twenty minute . there be some good news for our hero though while he meet up with other aussie in earls court and and foster be on sale in british pub . what happen next be a series of comical escapade that take bazza from star in his own cigarette commercial and put curry down his pant in the belief it be some form of aphrodisiac and a bizarre encounter with dennis price a an upper class pervert who love be spank while wear a schoolboy uniform and a young conservative dance in rickmansworth to a charity rock concert where his song about chundering ( vomit ) almost make him an international star and and finally to the b. b. c. t. v. centre where he pull his pant down on a live talk show host by the think man crumpet herself and joan bakewell . a fire break out and and bazza friend come to the rescue down can of foster and they urinate on the flame en masse . this be a far cry from bruce beresford later work breaker morant and drive miss daisy . on release and it be savage by critic for be too vulgar . well and yes and it be and but it be also great non p. c. fun . bazza be a disgust creation and but his zest for life be unmistakable and you can not help but like the guy . his various euphemism for urinate ( point percy at the porcelain ) and vomit ( the technicolour yawn ) have pass into the english language without a lot of people know where they come from . other guest star include dick bentley ( a a detective who chase bazza everywhere ) and peter cook and julie covington ( later to star in rock folly ) and and even future art presenter russell davy . a sequel the wonderfully name barry mckenzie hold his own come out two year later . at it premiere and humphries take the opportunity to blast the critic who have savage the first film . good for him . what must have be of great concern to him and though and be the release of crocodile dundee in 1985. it also feature a lanky and hat wear aussie struggle to come to term with a foreign culture . and make tonne more money . the song on the end credit ( perform by snacka fitzgibbon ) be magnificent . you have a love a lyric that include the line represent if you want to send your sister in a frenzy and introduce her to barry mckenzie . time to end this review . i have to go the dunny to shake hand with the unemployed . | 1pos
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the story center around barry mckenzie who must go to england if he wish to claim his inheritance . be about the gross aussie shearer ever to set foot outside this great nation of ours there be something of a culture clash and much fun and game ensue . the song of barry mckenzie ( barry crocker ) be highlight . | 1pos
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