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“Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960’s Volume 2″ is kind of like that sizable “sampler” tin of chocolates your family gets for Christmas every once in a while. There’s a lot of variety, plenty for everybody, and the contents range from extraordinary to gag-inducing.

This position, like the previous volume, collects a wide variety of cartoon series from the 1960’s, and attempts to prove them as closely to their fresh TV presentation as possible. It’s a stout conception on Warner’s section, as it brings together material that may not warrant a complete box-set release by itself (or hasn’t yet) in an affordable and delicious plot.

The bulk of the material included here is of the Hanna-Barbera variety, and it’s engrossing to compare earlier, better material like “Fleet Scheme McGraw” to later efforts like “Atom Ant” and “Wally Gator”. Towards the slay of the 1960’s, Hanna-Barbera had been cloning their “amusing animal” formula so often that it grew even more worn with every modern attempt. H-B eventually began focusing on “action” cartoons, and unfortunately the examples of these included on this residence are among the weakest.

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The collection opens with an episode from “The Speedily Contrivance McGraw Note”, nicely restored with its modern opening theme song and supporting segments, “Snooper and Blabber” and “Augie Doggie”. The animation on this indicate is shrimp and low-budget, but the writing and humor contain up extremely well, thanks in spacious portion to writer Michael Maltese. Speedy Procedure is a Wild West hero who honest happens to be a horse, Snooper and Blabber are a cat and mouse detective team, and Augie Doggie is a brainy sitcom-style kid living with his fater, Doggie Daddy. This episode, along with a second episode focusing on Hasty Draw’s noted alter-ego, “El Kabong”, really makes me wish Warner had released the Swiftly Blueprint expose as a standalone series collection.

Next up is a prove that should be avoided at all costs. Though an intelligent curio, there is absolutely no entertainment value in “The Spot Kidettes”, a note about a group of annoyingly cute space-age kids in a Jetsons-esque setting who are being stalked by a situation pirate named Captain Skyhook. Its supporting segment, “Young Samson”, is even worse, about a teenage boy named Samson and his dog, Goliath, who can transform into a superhero and a lion, respectively. How does a dog turn into a lion? That is a mystery I do not want to relate…because to do it, I would have to view more episodes! This exhibit sucks, and is largely unheard of for VERY generous reason.

“The Bugs Bunny Point To” is a nice surprise, including the new “This Is It” title sequence and some long-lost bridging footage. Mac and Tosh, the Goofy Gophers, are the hosts, but extinguish their incessant polite inequity forces Bugs himself to introduce the cartoons to preserve the display going. There is some footage missing, but everything is in color and presented as it would have aired in Saturday Morning reruns. All three cartoons (minus titles and credits, as they originally aired) behold fine: “Vast House Bunny’ and “Canned Feud” are the restored “Golden Collection” versions, “Home Tweet Home” is not, but it’s a better transfer than I’ve seen before.

“The Porky Pig Reveal” compiles three more Warner Bros. classics with the novel opening, closing and several bumper segments from that TV package. An inspiring “skit” that probably originated on the “Bugs Bunny Demonstrate” has Bugs Bunny playing piano on stage, in animation re-traced from “Rhapsody Rabbit”, to introduce the musical short “Baton Bunny”. The other two shorts included are “Scaredy Cat” and “Feather Dusted”, and all but the third are restored. “Feather Dusted” is at least uncut and is a perfectly acceptable copy.

Next, we acquire another “lost love” from Hanna-Barbera, entitled “The Adventures of Gulliver”. A young man named Gulliver and his father go on a sea voyage with a cherish blueprint to a lost island, a creepy stowaway thug knocks them out, steals the blueprint, and Gulliver wakes up shipwrecked with his dog on the island of Lilliput. What follows is tiny more than a loosely updated knockoff of the ancient Jonathan Swift sage “Gulliver’s Travels”. It will probably be of interest only to those who assume seeing it as kids. No flaws in terms of print quality, relate or sound here.

“The Wally Gator Prove” is a fondly-remembered 3-cartoon variety explain featuring “Wally Gator”, “Touche Turtle”, and “Lippy Lion and Hardy Har-Har”. Unfortunately, it was a hastily-produced and thoroughly lackluster series, aimed squarely at children. Wally Gator longs to scurry free in the Everglades, instead he’s stuck in a zoo with a nagging zookeeper named Mr. Twiddle. Touche Turtle is a slight do-gooder voiced by Bill “Droopy Dog” Thompson, who dresses like a French musketeer and tries to back people (in this case, Captain Ahab) along with his aptly named dog sidekick, Dum Dum. Lippy the Lion and his wretched, sad-sack hyena sidekick Hardy Har Har (brilliantly voiced by Mel Blanc) are easily the best of the bunch, but they, too, seem cookie-cutter and forced. If these cartoons have not old well content-wise, they have fared even worse physically. Originally mastered on cheap film, they leer muddy, scratchy and at times out of focus. For those nostalgia buffs longing to seek this stuff beautifully restored, you won’t glean it here!

A classic “Jetsons” episode entitled “Elroy’s Mob” rounds out the first disc. Young Elroy gets mixed up in a crime, and in typical 60’s sitcom fashion, hilarity ensues, followed by a overjoyed ending. It looks and sounds grand, probably the same version dilapidated for the novel series DVD station.

Disc Two begins with Hastily Device McGraw again, this time in the guise of “El Kabong”, a masked, Zorro-like alter-ego who fights villains by bashing them on the head with a guitar. Once again, this does not disappoint, with razor-sharp humor and charm that can be enjoyed by young and mature alike. Snooper, Blabber, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy once again enjoy the supporting segments, and are also worthwhile, “Augie” especially. As with the episode on Disc 1, everything from the opening and closing titles to the cartoon shorts in between inspect and sound enormous.

Following Snappy Plot, we again fall into the abyss of Hanna-Barbera’s decline with one of the strangest cartoon characters ever created: Peter Potamus. Peter is a pudgy, purple hippo who travels the world in a hot air balloon with his monkey pal, SoSo. In this episode, Peter gets caught in the middle of a fight between cowboys and Indians. The one highlight of this utilize in blandness is the yelp work of Daws Butler, Don Messick, and Mel Blanc, but since the endless stream of talk is all there is to it, it gets slow in a urge. When Peter (not to mention the audience!) has had enough, he dispatches his tormenters with his “Hippo Hurricane Holler”. Translation: he screams loud enough that it literally blows everyone away. Supporting segments include “Breezly and Sneezly”, a polar hold and a seal who have nothing better to do than annoy the soldiers at a military outpost in the Arctic, and “Yippie, Yappie and Yahooey”, three dogs who help as inept guards to a fussy Medieval king. It’s hard to imagine anyone getting exasperated about any of these goofball critters, and though they have their moments, they pale in comparison to earlier H-B efforts and will probably bore kids and adults alike. The show’s recent opening and closing are included, and are in attractive rough shape, but the cartoons themselves peer sparkling.

Once Peter and pals catch the blandness out of their systems, we salvage an episode of “The Road Runner Explain”. I was really looking forward to this, and was very disappointed with the results! The recent opening, closing, a rarely-seen titillating bumper segments are included, as are the title cards created exclusively for this iconic package of Warner classics. The bumper segments are not to be missed: director Robert McKimson created these after the departure of Chuck Jones from the Warner Bros. animation studio, and while low-budget, they are extremely humorous. Where the folks at Warner compiling this DVD collection went scandalous, though, is evident in the cartoons themselves. Whereas the “Bugs Bunny” and “Porky Pig” shows mixed the faded, worn-out TV bridging footage with nice, shapely copies of the valid cartoons, the “Road Runner Point To” gets a limited TOO “authentic”, using copies of the cartoons from the same feeble TV masters as the bridging animation. The results watch abominable, especially the opening short, “Zip N’ Assert”, which looks so awful that Chuck Jones is probably turning in his grave over it. The other two cartoons included, Sylvester and Tweety in “The Jet Cage” and Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote and Rapidly Gonzales’ race-off “The Wild Scramble”, discover unprejudiced as unpleasant, and there is absolutely no excuse for that. They are conventional, scratchy and blurred. Why would you drink faulty milk when you have a recent, unopened carton in the same fridge? Maybe I’ve been irascible by the astounding restorations Warner released on the “Looney Tunes Golden Collection” DVD series, but these cartoons glance worse than I’ve ever seen them, and including them in this manner is disgraceful.

Next comes “Atom Ant”, another Hanna-Barbera series about a diminutive ant with spruce powers. The title character is a snooze, but the supporting segments, “Precious Pupp” and “Hillbilly Bears”, reveal more bewitching. “Precious” isn’t particularly laughable, but he is an ancestor of one of H-B’s most memorable and engaging creations, Muttley. Precious shares Muttley’s mumbling squawk and wheezy laugh, but instead of Muttley’s villainous master, Dastardly, Precious’ companion is a sweet miniature mature lady. The segment is not particularly clever or comical, but it’s a nice try. “Hillbilly Bears” is easily the best segment, and should have received top billing over Atom. It’s about a family of (what else? Hillbilly bears!) voiced by Henry Corden (Paw) Jean Vander Pyl (Maw, Flora) and Don Messick (Shag) . Corden’s mumbling, grumbling, almost unintelligible divulge for Paw is absolutely hilarious. Irreverent, politically unsuitable and violent (Paw has an itchy trigger finger to match his broad black-powder gun), it’s a miracle that a cartoon this silly managed to spring up out of the bland mire of this later H-B material. Skip Atom and Precious and gawk the Bears! In terms of physical quality, everything looks and sounds graceful here.

“The Tom and Jerry Present” is spicy only for some linking segments bewitching by Chuck Jones, which have not been seen in years. They’re not in very kindly shape, but they’re fun to leer for the first time. The rest of the explain is classic MGM cartoons: Tom and Jerry in “Salt Water Tabby”, Droopy in “Mutts About Racing” and Tom, Jerry and Exiguous Quacker in “Honest Ducky”. These are nothing current if you already fill the Tom and Jerry “Spotlight” sets and the “Tex Avery’s Droopy” DVD, the only inequity is that the MGM Lion openings and credits are replaced with made-for-TV title cards.

The region comes to a finish with “Magilla Gorilla”. Some fans of this series complained that the stand-alone series DVD region didn’t include the theme song, and it has been included here. Magilla Gorilla is fondly remembered, but really doesn’t have a whole lot going for him except a catchy theme song and a likeable personality. A bonus documentary fair noteworthy agrees with me. As with “Atom Ant”, the supporting segments are more absorbing, but not by distinguished. “Punkin Puss and Mushmouse” are a sort of talkative, Ozark hillbilly Tom and Jerry, and probably never caught on with audiences due to their derivative premise. There are only so many variations that can be done on the “cat vs. mouse” cartoon, and by the time these guys came along, they were one variation too many. “Ricochet Rabbit”, a segment sometimes seen on “Peter Potamus” as well, is a lot of fun. A rabbit sheriff named Ricochet (Don Messick) and his deputy, Droop-Along Coyote (Mel Blanc), try to maintain law and order in the Wild West. It’s got some wit to it, and the characters are instantly likeable, but the influence of earlier Western plots in “Huckleberry Hound” and “Fast Map McGraw” is painfully obvious.

In summary, this DVD is a fun plot to expend a indolent day off, and nostalgia hounds will derive a kick out of it. Unfortunately, it’s a mixed bag in terms of converse and image quality. It does offer a lot of material for not a lot of money, so it’s well worth checking out as long as you’re not expecting perfection. And doooon’t you forget it!

This is a chilly blast from the past (1960’s) that will be enjoyed by anyone who loves the feeble Hanna-Barbera cartoons. I unbiased wish it had a collector’s booklet or episode guide so you read more about the cartoons and summaries. I hope Warner will release more in this series.
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March 18th, 2010
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This film is very novel for fright master Lucia Fulci. One of few slasher films that the artist made, this masterpiece takes the viewer through a “who done it” rollarcoatser, Fulci style. As with all Fulci films, it will sustain you on the edge of your seat until the very slay, and then leave you a tiny confused. Of course, as Fulci’s trade notice, the film has expansive gore effects. Now uncut and in widescreen the film is even better.
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March 15th, 2010
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So many sequels, so small time. Should you utilize some of that time with this sequel to the favorite and humorous Bridget Jones’ Diary? If you have a taste for the light and frothy, certainly. If we were discussing the book, The Edge of Reason, I would say “no”— there are far better books, and better sequels, out there. But this is that rare case where the second book was rushed out to capitalize on the wild popularity of the first, and disappointing—– while this movie, not so rushed, is only casually based on and certainly better than the book.

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Although neither book nor movie quite live up to the first, fans of the first movie will be well entertained by the second. And I, for one, am immensely jubilant that at least one horribly painful scene in the book is not even hinted at in the movie: Mr. Darcy keeps most of his dignity intact.

Can you be pleased this movie without seeing the first Diary? Yes, you learn enough of the characters early that this movie can stand on its have. However, I would bet that if you even smile during this one, you will want to rent or acquire the first. You’ll laugh out loud.

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Some of them arrive with Hugh Grant, who seems to have lost the weight that Renee Zellweger gained. Too thin but peaceful devilishly heavenly, Hugh’s rakish character Daniel Cleaver hangs around to seize advantage of the misunderstandings between Bridget and Designate Darcy– even if he has to “hang around” Thailand to do it. Cad that he is, when Bridget really becomes a damsel in harm, he evaporates into thin air. That’s all true. We know there will be some rough times in between, but surely Impress Darcy, human rights lawyer, will arrive cantering in on a white horse to establish Bridget from Thai prison, honest? Not quite. But with a few laughable kinks, terminate enough.

I don’t inquire of Renee Zellweger to receive another Oscar nomination for this one. She is fun, she is attractive, and she is suitable, but this is not the script for it. I’ve heard the British objections to her inconsistent, not to say hokey, accent, and while they have some merit here, I do applaud her for bravely diving into Everygirl-dom, a shrimp overweight, a runt embarrassed and embarrassing, but with self-awareness enough to execute her a cult popular of all of us “Singletons”. She’s effervescent, and she’s resilient. Gotta fancy her.

If the movie was shot on plot, it largely lost the advantage of it in Thailand, but that is a mere quibble. A stronger criticism: the first movie’s soundtrack was marvelously energetic and witty— who could forget “It’s Raining Men”? This one, however, tries too hard: too many oldies which are favorites because they are very splendid songs, but which have been venerable in too many soundtracks. Even slightly modern arrangements don’t imbue them with the freshness the movie deserved. However, the costumer showed some wit in this episode, as well as underscoring some of the broader humor.

Not serious, not deep, not an exhaust for the intellect, “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” is appetizing and bubbly, and a darned advantageous time. B–

I don’t usually review films that I only saw by chance and then didn’t like, but I’m making an exception here, as “Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason” is a suitable inconvenience all round. I saw the first movie and found it mildly comic, so when this turned up I idea I’d give it a go, but I’m sorry I bothered.

Basically, the Bridget Jones in this film is a total idiot, who messes up everything in her life including her pride, her appreciate life, and her career. Not in a comical or endearing blueprint, though, which would assist sympathy. And not in a zany Lucille Ball-type draw either, that would pick up you laughing. No, honest in a totally slow and pointless scheme that makes you want to hit her. Every embarrassing faux-pas or misunderstanding the character stumbles through (and there are dozens) impartial makes you want to switch off and leave her to it. She messes up every single aspect of her relationship, her job, and her holiday by saying and doing the most brainless and unfathomable things, in ways that a exact person would never do. Or if they did, they wouldn’t have any friends…and certainly not Hugh Grant and Colin Firth fighting over them!

Rene Zellweger playes Bridget as a totally unloveable, monotonous and socially inept loser…I don’t mediate this is the actress’s fault, or even due to the new charcter in the Helen Fielding novels, but more due to the awful script and direction. Why does Bridget sail everwhere like a constipated duck, for example? Why does she laugh and roar at every boring blunder she makes, and honest slip on to the next stumbling point? Even when she’s lost the fancy of her life, it’s all summed up with a shrug and a rueful smile. Reach on, girl, try and get us care! I obvious didn’t!

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The above illustration is the worst example, but I didn’t accept any of Bridgets other antics attractive or affecting in the slightest either. She’s somehow got a high profile TV reporters job, but she can’t even do it. Everyone makes jokes about her weight and she fair thinks it’s humorous. With a central and supporting cast of usually capable performers, it’s tragic how lame this film has turned out. There’s nothing apparent to earn you understand or care about any of the lead characters actions. And that means a demolish of 90 minutes in my book. Construct better employ of your time and give this one a miss.
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March 14th, 2010
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THREE winter Olympics, starting when she was probably twelve..

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of course, our feeble friends Betty Grable and Alice Faye..and
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quite a bit of ‘lost’ entertainment into 90 minutes. If you
are a ‘movie nut’ you will admire this…if you are not…go rent
Terminator II, please.

Darryl Zanuck, head of production at Fox, was noted for his editing skills. This DVD contains outtakes from many notorious Fox films, trimmed sometimes for censorship or even political reasons or maybe simply to sever the running time.

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March 13th, 2010
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As a fan of the first film I went in with a obvious heading, but I can only say that I’ve arrive out dissapointed. There were some memorable moments, both in action and dialogue, but overall the place itself impartial failed to pick me. Personally I feel if they had stuck a bit closer to their humorous book counterpart they could have made a movie worlds better.

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I recently rewatched the first one to refresh my memory on its anecdote in preparation for this second one. I’m joyful I did, because these two movies are indeed sequels. Well, the second is a sequel to the first…you know what I mean. Anyway…

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First of all, I really did this kind of animation. A bit more realistic than Bruce Timm’s Justice League style, but also more droll booky-looking. By that I mean the animation looks like something you’d eye in a average silly book THESE days. You could freeze-frame any scene in these Ultimate flms and it’d gawk like a amusing book frame. Which is suited.

Secondly, I admire the Ultimates assume on the characters. As I’m not a comical book reader, I could care less about continuity at this point, so for this series to “throw out” any established continuity is a favorable thing for recent viewers. My accepted character by far is Iron Man. Worship his teach and his animation. The support of CG is a kindly thing for his character. Especially when he dawns the War Machine suit, after Iron Man v6.2 is destroyed.

Thirdly, I fancy the level of violence. This is a very obsolete captivating film. There’s blood and people die. The battle scenes in this movie are quite profitable. Very dramatic and breath taking, if you will. And as you might have gathered from other reviews, this series takes a page from Tom Cruise’s “War of the Worlds”, and the 3-part pilot of Justice League, “Secret Origins”.

Also, as you may have guessed, there’s a hilarious gag reel included with this disc which basically features clips from the new movie, but with different order overs (with newly moving mouth movements) . But of course with Iron Man not having a visible mouth, they spend a long running gag through-out the gag reel that Tony Stark runs and promotes his BBQ Rib joint. You gotta glance it to enjoy it! Very droll stuff.

To enact, if you’re at all alive to in seeing the first couple of Ultimate Avenger silly books brought to life through these two absorbing features, I highly suggest you capture these up. If this was made into a long running weekly series, it’d surely give the kindly Justice League a race for its money.
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March 12th, 2010
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Okay, a four hour gangster movie is not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, especially when the pacing is absolutely glacial and DeNiro and Woods aren’t on-screen for about half that time because of a childhood flashback that’s longer than some stout movies. But, if you seize this movie on the terms director Sergio Leone sets, it’s a richly rewarding cinemeatic experience. I’ve heard the film described as “an opium dream of a gangster movie” and the pacing seems to interpret such a response. But it’s tiring, and richly detailed, and a small unusual at times, for very valid reasons that pay off in spades by the film’s emotionally gigantic (though slightly anti-climactic} finale.

Despite what can seem like turgidness on first viewing, this film is likely to stick to your ribs and merit declare screenings. DeNiro smolders throughout, while James Woods delivers a teriffic scenery-chewing performance. The record is friendship (and betrayal, of course) –or is it Romulus and Remus? Greek tragedy, perhaps? Godfather parts 1 and 2 rolled into one film? Yes, and more. And viewers familliar with Leone only through his spagetti westerns are in for a surprise: Leone is a world-class film-maker here, obedient of attractive beauty and cruelty, often within the same frame.

Does it really need to be this dead? Does the flashback to childhood need to be almost and hour and a half long (don’t worry–it’s enchanting enough in its contain just to retain you from noticing)? Does the the chronology need to be so screwy? Does that darn phone need to ring so long? Absolutely.

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Fans of Woods, DeNiro, Leone, or gangster movies in general canot afford to pass this film up. The supporting cast, especially the young actors playing the gang members in thier childhood, is also consistently stellar. Best viewed on a chilly icy afternoon when you’ve got plenty of time. Opium not provided.

“Once Upon A Time In America” is director, Sergio Leone’s magnificent anecdote of organized crime and the destruction it unleashes into the lives of four life-long friends. Robert DeNiro headlines a cast of tall talent that includes Joe Pesci, Treat Williams and James Woods. When this film first premiered in 1984 it was 229 minutes. However, the subject matter was considered so violent and unsightly, and the spin so methodically dreary that nearly 40 minutes were excised for general exhibition, rendering the fable line practically incomprehensible. I am delighted to say that this current 2-disc position at last gives us the anecdote as it was originally intended, elephantine of robust characterizations, racy action sequences and filled with the sort of memorable moments that have reminded me why we all go to the movies - to be entertained (not overwhelmed with way-too-many, ultra-slick digital effects!) .

Warner Brothers 2 disc situation does have its drawbacks. First, the movie itself is spread over two discs and, there is no polite intention to say it, the interruption is obtrusive. The wreck happens good in the middle of a crucial scene. Interruption aside, the DVD is marred by noteworthy film grain and a bit of digital grit that execute most of the images digitally harsh instead of creamy serene. Many scenes offer powerful clarity and depth while others, mostly night time or sad scenes suffer from a loss of resplendent detail that disappears into a haze of undistinguished muddy blacks, browns and blues. Edge enhancement, pixelization, radiant and aliasing are expose throughout the transfer, sometimes distractingly so. The audio is remixed 5.1 and is strident and lacking in tonal bass.

Extras: Shapely powerful a retrospective and audio commentaries. Some toss away stuff. That’s it, that’s all!

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BOTTOM LINE: For its sheer mastery in the art of cinema sage telling, I recommend “Once Upon A Time In America”. The transfer leaves something to be desired but hey, it’s nice to have this American classic aid in the spotlight and, finally, in its chubby running time.
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Watch Men of Honor Movie Online

March 10th, 2010
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This is a unbelievable, heartwarming film, as well as an indictment of the US Navy at a positive time in history. The account is a cinematic, biographical sketch of Carl Brashear, the first African-American to become a diver for the US Navy. Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Robert De Niro both give Oscar calibre performances in this fascinating film.

The movie tells the tale of Carl Brashear, whose parents instilled in him a determination that would cause him never to give up his dream of becoming a diver in the US Navy. He stuck to his guns, despite the overt racism that he encountered when he joined the Navy. The racism that he encountered would build it harder for him to execute his life long dream.

Once he became a diver, Mr. Brashear upped the ante and strove to become a master diver. He struggled to do this against all odds, and unprejudiced when he was on the cusp of achieving his goal, a tragic accident befell him, derailing him temporarily from the path to his ultimate goal. What he then does to fulfill his dream is radical, yet inpirational.

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Cuba Gooding, Jr. gives a perfomance so exciting and valiant, that the viewer feels like giving him a twenty one gun salute at the waste of the film. Robert De Niro plays a racist master diver who is ultimately converted to the side of the angels, when he realizes that Carl Brashear is truly the best of the best. His performance is stellar.

The only spot with the movie is that most of the supporting roles pale in comparison to the two central ones played by Gooding and De Niro. Charlize Theron’s role, that of De Niro’s wife, is really superfluous to the chronicle. Aunjanue Ellis, who affectingly plays Gooding’s wife, has a more crucial, pivotal role than Ms. Theron, but remains a dusky figure in the backround. Hal Holbrook’s portrayal of a loony, racist Navy commander is rather one dimensional, more of a caricature than a character. Notwithstanding these slight shortcomings, this is a riveting film that should not be missed.

Military training films are becoming so favorite that they are becoming a genre unto themselves. Among the more prominent we have, “Officer and a Gentleman”, “Top Gun”, “GI Jane”, and now “Men of Honor”. The fact that this one happened to be fair doesn’t change the fact that the formula is the same. This film is probably most like “GI Jane” since it focuses on the desegregation angle.

The fable is actually quite inspirational and is probably the best human-interest account among those mentioned above. Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) is unquestionably a man of colossal courage and principle, and his strength of character shines through brightly in this film. Unfortunately, director George Tillman, Jr. has tunnel vision in presenting the characters and eschews character development of various characters other than Brashear in favor of showing Brashear in a constant area of adversity. Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro) is a central figure, and except for the initial scene, the fistfight and a couple of scenes with his wife, we don’t know remarkable about him. For instance, Brashear sees the scars on Sunday’s palms and we are to win that he worked a plow, but there is no follow-up on that point. Mr. Pappy (Hal Holbrook) gets only one short scene by which we can contemplate him. The rest of his mask time shows him pacing around and ranting. If a director is going to accomplish a human-interest epic, he needs to humanize the characters.

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Cuba Gooding Jr. gives an outstanding performance as Brashear. This is probably the best I’ve seen him. This is a role and a character that is far more complete than any portion he has played before, and he rises to the occasion. In “Jerry Maguire”, Rod Tidwell was a inviting, but one-dimensional character with the depth of a rain puddle. Brashear is grand more complex and grounded, and the issues he faces are life crises, making the share far more titillating. This is an first-rate recovery from Gooding’s last role in “Chill Factor”, a film so unpleasant that it was almost an act of professional suicide to engage the piece.

After a stint trying his hand as a comedian (”Analyze This”, “The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle”, “Meet The Parents”), Robert DeNiro is abet to his dramatic roots with an outstanding performance. DeNiro isn’t a unpleasant comedian, he is fair such a astronomical dramatic actor that it seems like he shouldn’t kill his time doing comedy. DeNiro endows Billy Sunday with a rock hard personality belying a tortured soul. It is a pleasure watching him work.

It seems every film I witness lately has Charlize Theron in it. I saw “The Chronicle of Bagger Vance”, “Men of Honor” and “The Yards” lawful in a row and I was beginning to wonder if she had a share in every film in 2000 (actually, she only did five) . This was a minor role for Theron, but she carried it off well and managed to quit with DeNiro step for step. David Keith, who co-starred with Richard Gere in “Officer and a Gentleman”, has a cameo here

The DVD has some engaging special features, including reflections by the staunch Carl Brashear and some deleted scenes.

I enjoyed this film despite the hackneyed spot and the one-dimensional presentation. I rated it a 7/10. I’m a sucker for underdog stories and I have a fondness for stories where strength of character is the central theme. This film is particularly strong in both areas and brings us two memorable acting performances that compensate for some of the director’s shortcomings.
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March 9th, 2010
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Kevin Costner directed, produced and starred in the 1990 western memoir “Dances with Wolves”, which was based upon the recent of the same name by author Michael Blake, who also wrote the film’s screenplay. Costner plays U.S. Army Lieutenant John G. Dunbar during and shortly after the U.S. Civil War. Following a victory with Union troops under his remark, he requests an assignment to the western frontier and is assigned to an isolated military outpost in the Dakota Territory. John waits patiently for other troops to near at the outpost, but they never do. With no means to communicate with his superiors, John bides his time by taking care of the outpost and himself, as well as writing in his journal. A nearby wolf begins to assume an interest in John. At first, he tries to hotfoot the wolf away, but eventually, the wolf becomes John’s unwitting companion. Later, John realizes that there is a nearby Native American Sioux tribe. Members of the tribe meet John, but since they do not have a current language to roar with one another, they are somewhat suspicious of him. Later, they invite John to visit their encampment where he sees a Caucasian woman (Mary McDonnell) living with them. She remembers a microscopic English is able to talk with him and tells him that her name is Stands With A Fist. Eventually, John learns how to bid Sioux and is adopted by the tribe after he helps them.

Originally released at 183 minutes (three hours), the film may seem long; but the characters, memoir and cinematography preserve most viewers fully engaged. The extended director’s version is even longer at 236 minutes (four hours) . The famous Sioux characters are Kicking Bird (Graham Greene, whose career in film was boosted greatly by this film), Wind in His Hair (Rodney A. Grant), the elder Ten Bears (Floyd ‘Red Crow’ Westerman) and Gloomy Shawl (Tantoo Cardinal) . The film won seven Oscars including Best Represent, Best Director (Kevin Costner), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Music, Best Sound and Best Writing–Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Michael Blake) . Kevin Costner received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, Graham Greene was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Mary McDonnell was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

Overall, I rate “Dances with Wolves” with 5 out of 5 stars not only for being a very bright film, but also for its very determined portrayal of Native American life in the ancient western frontier. Some people may earn the film too long, some may be offended by the negative portrayal of U.S. Army soldiers and some may be offended by the negative portrayal of Pawnee tribespeople. Unfortuneately, none of Costner’s works following “Dances with Wolves” have been as suitable. Films that Costner only starred in such as “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” (1991), “A Perfect World” (1993) and “Wyatt Earp” (1994) were entertaining; but films that he both starred in and directed were box office disasters: “Waterworld” (1995) and “The Postman” (1997) . Perhaps his next directorial work (that he also stars in) will be better: “Launch Range”, slated for release in May, 2003.

No movie before or since has gotten to me the plan “Dances With Wolves” has (it would have been even better if some guy in the theater hadn’t blurted out the climax: “Hey, this is the section where…” UGH!) . Though not without its flaws (the plan of a white cavalry officer deserting to join a Sioux Indian tribe–and then actually succeeding–is a bit of a stretch in the historical context) the movie is so helpful that you don’t care! This is what movie magic is all about, the suspension of disbelief, and Costner is a master here. The photography is breathtaking, the acting outstanding, and the musical come by…well, I deem it speaks for itself (Smart!) .

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A truly great report, and when one considers this as Costner’s directorial debut…WOW! Is it any wonder everything he has made since, regardless of its quality, has seemed anti-climactic? If you appreciate myth tales that don’t build you to sleep, this is the one. Also, if you haven’t seen the Expanded Edition at 237 minutes you are truly missing out. I hope it is released on DVD soon.

If this movie doesn’t bring a straggle to your watch then you need your heart examined! Five stars.
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March 5th, 2010
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For the month or so as well as the past year or two, Hollywood has been releasing a string of disappointing or downright abominable Christmas movies (The Golden Compass, Gay Feet, Deck the Halls) . Thankfully, Fred Claus was a agreeable surprise.

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I agree with some of the reviews. This is not the funniest Christmas movie that I have seen. Then again, it does not really need to be. Vaughn is comical overall. He was funnier than he was in ‘The Break-Up’ (not hard to do) . It is generally a beneficial legend with a pleasing amount of gracious laughs along with a pleasurable, semi-touching record.

The other thing I do when I seek a Christmas movie is ask “Do I want to add this to my movie collection when it comes out on DVD? ” My reply is definitely yes.

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In summary, it is fairly honorable movie. It is worth seeing. You choose after that if it is edifying enough to add to the home Christmas movie collection.

I read many reviews from both Amazon and other print sources and the overwhelming reaction to Fred Claus was one of disappointment and worse. This won’t be the first nor last time I am delighted I looked into something for myself instead of trusting others. I don’t know if it is my have sordid, pathetic personal life history or what, but this movie touched me and I left the movie emotionally moved and struck by how something advertised as your typical holiday comedy fare (read: dull and infantile) could have delivered such a blow to my heart.

Vince Vaughn, who is the Bill Murray of his generation, delivers an endearing performance, Paul Giamatti is, as always, quick-witted, and the rest of the cast is very righteous. The dwelling is simple enough but the undercurrent of family relationships and how they can influence people throughout their life hit me hard. One last sure - the soundtrack is a astounding mix of seasonal favorites mature and unique with the bonus of a haunting Soundless Night by Sinead O’Connor (which honest sent me over the teary edge) and the Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World medley by the Hawaiian singer whose name I can neither remember nor spell.

Fred Claus will not effect you throw out It’s A Fantastic Life or even Rudolph the Reindeer, but it is heartwarming and deserves to be judged before dismissed as yet another warmed over holiday leftover.
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