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Innovative in its Filmmaking, but not its Story
on March 1, 2016
Posted by: VandyPrice
from Arkansas
Verified Purchase:Yes
Man on Wire is the Academy Award winning documentary from 2008 that preceded this dramatization of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on August 7, 1974. What made the documentary such a critical success and one of the more all-around entertaining documentaries ever made was largely due to two factors-1) Petit himself and 2) the heist-like nature required to pull the stunt off. Petit is a character who needs no exaggeration. To watch him describe his mentality and desires in the documentary was to paint so vivid a picture that re-enactments were never needed. There was also a surplus of photos and footage from around Petit and his accomplices planning and executing this rather risky gamble to fulfill one man's crazy dream that filled in the gaps when Petit wasn't acting out his recollections. So, the question is why would anyone want and more importantly why does anyone need another version of a story that has already been told in a magnificent (and no doubt more honest) way? The documentary was filled with drama and tension so why dramatize it further only to restrict it to a narrative structure that would likely end up making the distressing story rather passionless. There seems to be no definitive answer as to why this new interpretation was necessary within director Robert Zemeckis' film, but strangely it seems to make perfect sense given the man behind this particular vision. Zemeckis has always been a filmmaker who likes to push the envelope when it comes to technology and trying things other filmmakers wouldn't dare attempt (see Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, The Polar Express). In Petit's story the director has found an inherently dramatic, fun and literally breathtaking tale that perfectly accommodates the type of innovative filmmaking methods he likes to march out and test on his audiences. And so, while The Walk may not be a movie we all needed, that certainly doesn't make it one worth ignoring. In fact, it's rather invigorating once it gets going.
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
I would recommend this to a friend!
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2 out of 5
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Looks Great, but Movie Stinks
on March 1, 2016
Posted by: VandyPrice
from Arkansas
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Pan is utterly forgettable. There is no reason for this re-imagined and retooled version to exist beyond Warner Bros. attempting to get in on the current trend of turning classic fairy tales and more specifically, classic animated Disney films, into some kind of live-action confection. What doesn't work here though is the fact the Peter Pan story has been told so many times before and given we've all likely seen at least two iterations of J.M. Barrie's story (even the kids this movie is targeting will have seen Disney's 1953 adventure countless times) there is nowhere for this film to go that doesn't feel like it's either retreading familiar ground or desperately stretching. Unfortunately, the latter is what director Joe Wright's (Atonement, Hanna) new film does as it options to go back to the beginning and tell us the now obligatory origin story that basically covers all the stuff that happens before all the good stuff happens. The real issue here though is in the script from writer Jason Fuchs who contributed to the last Ice Age film and is the sole screenwriter on the upcoming Wonder Woman feature (not instilling a lot of faith there). There is a lot going on here which only creates more and more issues for the film as it goes on, but the source of each of these issues seems to stem from the main issue of the base story never truly recognizing itself. Each scene is strewn together with no connecting strands, no substance and thus nothing for the next scene to build upon. It's as if Fuchs was figuring out the story for himself as he went along and once he was done, never bothered to go back and write a second draft. Once upon a time I would have killed to see Wright take on huge, fantastical material such as this, but in his first big-budget studio effort the director has delivered what couldn't be a more underwhelming and, like I said in the beginning, forgettable experience.
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Childhood Classic Never Gets Old
on March 1, 2016
Posted by: VandyPrice
from Arkansas
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While the special effects may be dated, the clear heart that was always prevalent in the film is still very much alive. Robin Williams reminds us all of why so many people adored him and his huge heart while at the same time delivering a unique and thrilling story that is simultaneously haunting in many ways. Looks great on Blu-Ray and comes with a digital code to boot!
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
I would recommend this to a friend!
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4 out of 5
4
Childhood Favorite Looks Great on Blu-Ray
on March 1, 2016
Posted by: VandyPrice
from Arkansas
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Indian in the Cupboard was one of those films I watched on repeat as a child and to be able to catch a glimpse of the kind of magic it took to do such things in my now late twenties is a wonder to behold on Blu-Ray High Definition. The picture looks great and the story still holds up though I wish there were a few more special features.
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
I would recommend this to a friend!
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4 out of 5
4
Inventive Family Film Honoring Book Series
on March 1, 2016
Posted by: VandyPrice
from Arkansas
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As a child of the nineties, as someone who was in fourth and fifth grade at the dead center of the decade I was completely immersed in the Goosebumps books. I can easily recall going to Wal-Mart with my mom every month and constantly checking to see if the new book was on the shelves yet. I would devour these books to the point of ridiculousness and their popularity was such that at this point in time even my fourth grade teacher decided to read one of author R.L. Stine's works of adolescent horror to the class so as to appeal to those who weren't on board with Tuck Everlasting. While the books meant a great deal to me and I was a big fan of the Fox Kids Saturday morning line-up at the time I was unfortunately never able to get into their live-action adaptations of Stine's stories in the TV series that ran from 1995 to 1998. There was all the excitement in the world for such a series, but once it premiered there was never enough to keep me coming back-unlike the books. And so, how would a live-action movie version of such stories be any different? Given I was also twenty years removed from the source material, would I even care if a Goosebumps movie did honorable service to the literature or was it time to move on and accept that whatever it was that made these books so captivating to so many kids on the brink of their teenage years in the mid-nineties was just an elusive quality never to be contained on celluloid? It turns out, all the material needed was a dash of meta-comedy that allowed the story to not only incorporate several of Stine's most popular characters, but Stine himself. With this opportunity to tell a brand new story rather than simply rehashing one of Stine's more popular titles the film is given a fresh idea that combines the likes of something akin to Jumanji or Zathura with the perfect balance of slightly off-kilter comedy and scary scenarios with over-the-top monsters that made the books so engaging. In short, this new Goosebumps film exceeded all expectations by delivering a fun and charming horror flick for kids that will undoubtedly be brought out every year around Halloween for a long time to come.
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
I would recommend this to a friend!
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4 out of 5
4
Strong Cast Support Thin Premise
on February 19, 2016
Posted by: VandyPrice
from Arkansas
Verified Purchase:Yes
The premise is a little far fetched and is clearly only set up to make certain points about generational differences, but the cast and the charisma they carry makes this an enjoyable experience of the blending of the old and the new. De Niro is especially effective.
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Bad Boys I and II are featured in this special digitally enhanced collection. Former video director Michael Bay had his first big hit with the 1995 action comedy, which also returned producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson to the big-budget, high-violence movies that they successfully churned out in the '80s. Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are two Miami cops who watch as 100 million dollars in heroin, from the biggest drug bust of their careers, is stolen out of the basement of police headquarters. This puts them hot on the trail of French drug lord Fouchet (Tchéky Karyo), who leaves a trail of bodies in his wake and only one witness, Julie Mott (Téa Leoni), who quickly teams up with our heroes. In the 2003 sequel, Burnett and Lowrey have been assigned to head up a task force to investigate the illegal trafficking of ecstasy into the city. They discover that an underground gang war has been instigated by drug kingpin Johnny Tapia (Jordi Molla). In order to cut off the flow of the designer drug, they have to take down Tapia.
 
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4 out of 5
4
Full Tilt Action Comedy Fun
on February 6, 2016
Posted by: VandyPrice
from Arkansas
Verified Purchase:Yes
FInally! The Bad Boy films have arrived on Blu-Ray and it is glorious! Picture and sound look great on both features, with the second film really excelling in terms of visual splendor.
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
I would recommend this to a friend!
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How much terror is too much? Throw the ultimate horror marathon with this release featurng Saw, Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI, and Saw: The Final Chapter, and see how much Jigsaw you can take before your nerves are completely shot.
 
Customer Rating
2 out of 5
2
Modern Horror Franchise Starts Strong, Falls Short
on February 6, 2016
Posted by: VandyPrice
from Arkansas
Verified Purchase:Yes
I have no idea why i like these movies, but for some reason they are oddly intriguing-they are disgusting and show awful kinds of human torture-but it is so creative-or at least is until it gets to the fourth installment. With the fifth rebounding slightly before the series dips into total schlock most of these are decent follow-ups to the prior installment. Overall, most parts don't make sense or seem to add up, the story is convoluted and the revelations seem to have less shock value as the series goes on.
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
I would recommend this to a friend!
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3 out of 5
3
Surprisingly Solid Horror/Comedy
on February 6, 2016
Posted by: VandyPrice
from Arkansas
Verified Purchase:Yes
How do you make another zombie movie in a market saturated by the like truly stand out? Contemporary audiences are so accustomed to seeing people get their throats ripped out by the undead that they settle in for it every Sunday night. So, the questions remains: if you're set on making a movie featuring zombies, how do you make it feel fresh? Or necessary? Director Christopher Landon (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones) answers that question by combining the zombie genre with that of a raunchy teen comedy and allowing this interesting hybrid of styles to both acknowledge their debt to where they came from while at the same time pushing the boundaries as far as they can go so as to appease that "contemporary" part of the audience. The result of such experimenting? A really fun time. More over, a better time than you'd likely expect after just hearing that pitch. That Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse goes in such the opposite direction of what expectations were, it immediately becomes something of a treasure trove of a movie-making audience members wonder with anticipation about what we might come across next. There is something to be said about the type of film that initially seems to be nothing more than a rejected, cheap satirical comedy that stars David Koechner, but is slowly accepted over time for being judged not purely on it's credentials or the circumstances of the time in which it was made, but rather for the singular type of experience it's viewing brings. I'm not saying the same with will happen with this film as say Hocus Pocus, but the film in and of itself is way too enjoyable and way too appealing (especially to teen audiences) to fall by the wayside forever. At an hour and a half the film breezes by with an effortless ease that sets up it's (mostly) likable characters, presents us with it's conflict and then utilizes it's quirky premise to round things out in a satisfying and largely hilarious manner.
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
I would recommend this to a friend!
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4 out of 5
4
Superbly Tense, Great Performances All-Around
on February 6, 2016
Posted by: VandyPrice
from Arkansas
Verified Purchase:Yes
There is something exceptionally startling about director Denis Villeneuve's approach to his rather subtle character examinations. Neither Prisoners or Enemy did anything to necessarily expand our minds to the way we work as humans, but they called often dismissed thoughts and qualities to the surface. With his latest, Sicario, the director is once again examining the human condition under the most stringent of circumstances and once again he puts our nerves through the ringer. Having more than enjoyed both of Villeneuve's previous studio efforts (I've yet to see Incendies, but clearly need to) and anticipating his latest if not based on his previous work, but for the trio of stellar actors he recruited to execute this feature I walked away from Sicario with a stunned respect for how what was being said was in fact stated. Brutal beyond measure, unflinching to a fault and featuring an extremely serious tone balanced by a slight comedic performance from Josh Brolin, Vileneuve has crafted a film that is not wholly concerned with plot as much as it is the examination of the complexities of these people who are trapped in a world convoluted beyond their comprehension that only continues to go around in circles. Sicario is by no means a masterpiece of the genre as it does tend to lose some of it's steam in it's middle section, but it more than makes up for it with a chilling conclusion and a tension throughout that is something akin to unshakable.
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
My Best Buy number: 2220462910
I would recommend this to a friend!
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