Review ESPN Films 30 for 30: The Two Escobars

ESPN Films 30 for 30: The Two Escobars Best Review

Managed to catch the second half of this documentary on TV and upon finishing it, I made sure to catch it on the next airing so I could see the whole thing. I was a big fan of the Columbian soccer team and knew almost nothing about their background. I knew Escobar (the footballer) who scored the own-goal in the US World Cup was murdered when he returned to Columbia but that was the extent of my knowledge.

I HIGHLY recommend this documentary to soccer fans as well as anyone interested in Pablo Escobar and the many roles he played in Columbia.

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ESPN Films 30 for 30: The Two Escobars Overview

While rival drug cartels warred in the streets and the country's murder rate climbed to highest in the world, the Colombian national soccer team set out to blaze a new image for their country. What followed was a mysteriously rapid rise to glory, as the team catapulted out of decades of obscurity to become one of the best teams in the world. Central to this success were two men named Escobar: Andrés, the inspirational captain of the National Team, and Pablo, the infamous drug baron who pioneered the phenomenon known in the underworld as "Narco-soccer." A favorite to win the 1994 World Cup, the Columbians never made it out of the first round. In the 35th minute of the team's game against the United States, Andres scored an own goal, costing his team a shot at the title and his nation's chance to transform its image on the international stage. Less than ten days later, he was shot 12 times, gunned down outside a bar in a suburb of Medellin.

An official selection at the Tribeca and Los Angeles Film Festivals, and an official selection at Cannes' Cinema de la Plage, award-winning directors Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist examine the mysterious events surrounding Andres' tragic death with this intense thriller about the intersection of crime and sport.

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Great movie/documentary, Don't buy this version through Amazon - scrim - Weston, MA, US
I saw the Movie when it came out, and I thought it was great. I was very disappointed to order it through Amazon and receive a DVD-case, a CD with movie logo printed on it. The disk was blank, and ready to be formatted. There was information on the shrink-wrapping saying that it might not play on some computers. Being a blank CD it didn't play any device (DVD, computer). It was a waste of my time to buy a cheaper burn as you go DVD from Amazon. I will buy the movie in another fashion (possibly through a reseller on Amazon) , but I will never purchase a movie from Amazon in this fashion again. Read the fine print, and don't buy it this manner.



Colombia's reality. - Hector -
A real story about Colombia's time in the 80's that unfortunately spreads and never ends...






One of the best soccer documentaries ever! - BCC -
Having been to the World Cup in 1994, it was great to see the behind the scenes story of the Colombian National team and the death of Andres Escobar. The interviews with the key figures were amazing!

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Review Carnivale: The Complete First Season

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Sometimes you see something pass you buy and its just a mirage. Other times you see something and its a miracle in the works. The only thing with miracles is that sometimes, when you close enough, you notice they have a price. and the miracles in this show seem to have a really steep one.

Carnivale begins in the middle of the Dust Bowl, with an old home about to be torn down. A son sits with his mother and says he can ease her pain but, strangely, she calls him the spawn of the Devil and says she'd rather die. She does, too, and after the son sees her buried he also sees something that he can't quite make out - in some ways it seems like an opprotunity and in others it seems like another way to find his time wasted. Regardless, he knows he has nothing to lose and gears up for what becomes a weird and wild ride through the middle of the nothing, encountering blackened miracles and false prophets on his way to something more.
Its really an interesting story.

As far as everything goes, the story does develop slowly and, sometimes, you feel as though you are bbeing left out of something. There are other times when that same piece comes back and brings you into the fold, noting exactly why something happened and exactly how it fits in. The thing that keeps this from hurting the story is good acting and little oddities that seem to plague this place, from a girl who tells fortunes through the voice of a mother only she can hear to even strange variations of odd.
That's what drew me in - the places they stop, the ways things move; everything revolves and evolves until it it becomes the thing you want and more.

for the cost of the product, you really have nothing to lose. You also have another season to go through as well and, when the two meet, all sorts of visions seem to mnaifest. A lot of other people have better comments on this but I can only give you want I think and I think this was done well. From the clothing and the set-up of the time to the people that are utilized and the weird things that seem to be happening, everything works in your favor. The question shouldn't be why you shouuld pass it up; it should be why you would want to.

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Carnivale: The Complete First Season Overview

1934. The Dustbowl. The last great age of magic. In a time of titanic sandstorms, vile plagues, drought and pistilence - signs of God's fury and harbingers of the Apocalypse - the final conflict between good and evil is about to begin. The battle will take place in the Heartland of an empire called America. And when it is over, man will forever trade away wonder for reason. See the conflict of good vs. evil played out against a pair of vivid and unusual backdrops: a traveling carnival working the American Dustbowl circuit, and an evangelical ministry in California.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:3 Audio Commentaries with Creator Daniel Knauf, Executive Producer Howard Klein and Directors Rodrigo Garcia and Jeremy Podeswa
Featurette:"Making of Carnivale" Featurette detailing how set and costume designers collaborated to achieve the look of the Dustbowl in the 1930s

Carnivale: The Complete First Season Specifications

Carnivàle doesn't waste any time making its--wildly ambitious--aims clear. As carnival manager Samson (Michael J. Anderson, Twin Peaks' diminutive backwards-talker) notes in pilot episode "Milfay," directed by Rodrigo García (son of Gabriel García Marquez), "To each generation [is] born a creature of light and a creature of darkness." With that the story begins. The year is 1934, the setting the Oklahoma dustbowl. In short order, Ben Hawkins (In the Bedroom's Nick Stahl) loses his mother and his home. He's poor, he's alone--he needs a job. So he joins Samson's carnival, en route to the West. Hawkins, naturally, is the good guy. Waiting for him in California is the not so good Brother Justin Crowe (Clancy Brown, The Shawshank Redemption), a fire and brimstone preacher with supernatural powers and a fiercely loyal sister (Amy Madigan). Hawkins, as it turns out, has similar powers....

Created by Daniel Knauf (Wolf Lake), Carnivàle feels like David Lynch (weird, slow, occasionally kinky), plays like American Gothic (Shaun Cassidy's cult series about a good kid and an evil sheriff), and looks like John Ford's Grapes of Wrath. It features one of television's most colorful casts of characters. They include Sophie (Clea DuVall), who reads fortunes--with her comatose mother's assistance, the vaguely sinister Lodz (Patrick Bauchau), blind absinthe-drinker and mentalist (he can see both the future and the past), and Ruthie (Adrienne Barbeau), snake charmer, strongman's mother, and all-around maternal figure. By the final episode of the season ("The Day That Was the Day"), also directed by García, one of these characters will be dead. Carnivàle won five richly deserved technical Emmys for its first year, including awards for cinematography and art direction. Like HBO's edgy Deadwood, it's period drama for people who don't normally like period drama. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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I loved the series while it was on TV. I have enjoyed watching it again.






We're not in Kansas anymore... - Les - Virginia
It was clear after watching only one episode of Season One that we were in for a different sort of series. It is actually set in 1934 in the middle of America which does include Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and others - during the difficult times of the depression. However, the story line is rich with a mix of good, evil, magic, visions, intrigue, and mystery that are delivered in such a way as to make the abnormal seem normal. After watching an episode you are left wondering what things occurred in the episode that might be clues to the past or future events. It is definitely not your normal series. HBO does it again - gives us something original. I've only watched 3 episodes, yet I imagine the story will hold up for at least this first season. I'm hopeful it will be just as inventive in Season Two.



A Masterwork of Story Arc Episodic Television - Flash - Cleveland, OH USA
There are a small number of TV shows I've seen that have approached true greatness. Two of them, Carnivale and Firefly unfortunately didn't get the chance to fulfill their entire vision. The one show that did, The Wire, did have a full five seasons to tell the entire story. Another show, Lost, although very good, didn't quite measure up to greatness in the end.

I just finished watching both seasons of Carnivale and I can definitely say that the experience was like reading a deep, involved, mysterious novel where the story enfolds at a perfect pace and builds to a satisfying end place. The development of characters is one of the highlights of this show. The characters appear genuine despite the supernatural elements, they are numerous enough and fully developed over the series to keep you interested in all of them, and their interactions are complex and critical to the story. The look and feel of this show is also genuine for the time period with dust storms, dirty fingernails and carnival creepies. Underlying this is a story of epic proportions; the historic battle of good and evil, supernatural powers and mystical beings (avatars). Put it all together and this is one excellent show.

Despite the fact that this series was cut short (it was planned for six seasons), the conclusion is still meaningful and satisfying. Yes. It leaves you wanting more because by the end of season 2, you get it. You understand how awesome this show really is. Oh what could have been!! Why is it that the TV Exec's don't have the patience to let greatness blossom? Let the visionaries (in this case the show's creator, Daniel Knauf) tell the whole story they want to tell.

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Review Flowers for Algernon

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The movie I am reviewing is called Flowers for Algernon based on the book by Daniel Keyes. Flowers for Algernon is a story about Charlie Gordon, whose life takes a joyous to tragic arc as he grows in intelligence and adjusts to life around him. Algernon was a mouse that had gone through the same operation as Charlie, an experimental surgery that greatly raises their intelligence. The movie follows Charlie as he goes from being mentally challenged to a genius back to being mentally challenged. As the movie proceeds, it makes the audience ponder what makes us the way we are. I think it is a pretty good movie overall.

The special effects and clothing were badly chosen, but then again it was made ten years ago. Algernon looks electronic in some scenes and Charlie's hair looked like a bush. I wouldn't have imagined Miss Kinnian being played by Kelli Williams, but she plays the part well. Matthew Modine gives a performance that endears the viewer to the character. The basic plot was the same in both the short story and the movie. There were a few differences. In the short story Charlie works at a plastic box company and in the movie he works at the bakery. They both show how unfairly mentally challenged people are treated.

The idea of having a man gain and loose intelligence in a slightly romantic way is both sad and awe-inspiring. It is a great representation of the book and is a huge improvement to the previous movie Charly (1968). It was very entertaining and certainly worth watching!

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Flowers for Algernon Overview

This is the touching story of a gentle, mentally-handicapped man who faces the chance of a lifetime and the hard changes that come with it. After undergoing experimental brain surgery to increase his intelligence, Charlie (Matthew Modine, Have Dreams, Will Travel; TV's Weeds) is emboldened with his newfound genius, but finds himself questioning the value of his intellect and struggling to accept his former self. He confides in Algernon, a lab mouse who has had the same procedure, and his teacher, Alice (Kelli Williams, TV's The Practice), who he begins to fall for. Adapted from Daniel Keyes' timeless novel, Flowers for Algernon is an acclaimed drama of self-discovery, the unbreakable bonds we form with those who understand us, and the capacity we hold to change.

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Old School is good at School - Jason A. Carson - Taizhong, Taiwan
Old school movie, but the kids read the book at school and loved seeing the characters in the movie.



90 minutes I'll never get back - David Pederson - Oconomowoc, WI USA
I will admit to being a little leery when a favorite story of mine gets adapted to the screen (be it a movie or TV), and "Flowers for Algernon" is on my top five list of best short stories of all time (the novel is another matter entirely). While I understand that no story survives this transition completely intact or unaltered, this movie should be used as a case study of what not to do when making an adaptation: everything that made the original such a heart-breaking record of Charlie Gordon's rise and fall has been gutted from this script. Charlie is barely sympathetic in this rendition, and Matthew Modine's lackluster performance is just the rancid icing on the tasteless cake. Avoid this one at all costs.



eighth grade pick - Mrs. B -
I am an eighth grade Language Arts teacher, and my class reads "Flowers for Algernon" each year. Our school has a copy of the old video "Charly," but I really don't like it, especially since I have to watch it three times in a day. I took a chance on this new one, never having seen it before showing it in class. It is much more enjoyable. First of all, it is a more modern style of videography (no split screens or long montages). It also has no drug referrences. It does have implicit sexual activity, but it is not violent, like in the old version. My kids all enjoyed this movie. They laughed at different parts, and it was easy for them to identify the characters after having read the short story. I do recommend this video to anyone who enjoyed the story.

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Review Antz

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If you could go back to 1998 (something that I would give serious consideration to by the way), you would find that the computer generated animated feature film was in its infancy. All that existed prior was Pixar's Toy Story. Suddenly the powers-that-be had insects on their collective minds as the subject for best exploiting the new medium.

In fact a very strong argument could be made that it was these bug flicks of 1998 that firmly cemented a rivalry between DreamWorks and Pixar that is still going strong today some 12-years later.

Interestingly, while Disney/ Pixar's A Bug's Life followed the more traditional path of basically turning a classic family-oriented 2D feature into the 3D domain, Antz actually comes off as an animated incarnation of a classic Woody Allen picture, complete with all of the adult gags that make his work so endearing. Picture the insecurities, the esteem issues, the "what is the meaning of life" angles that make summarize the Woody Allen experience but coupled to a solid children's medium (complete with the nice clean character designs and a well-constructed user-friendly plot).

The story tells of one Z-4195 (Z for short), a neurotic worker ant amidst a family of 5-million strong.

Z is in therapy because he's an individual in a colony where conformity is not only desirable, but also mandatory for daily survival. One night, while at a bar, he dances with the incognito Princess Bala and immediately becomes obsessed with her.

After much scheming, he ends up presenting a plan to his soldier-class ant friend Weaver for a day. Things go terribly wrong, however, when the evil General Mandible declares war on a nearby termite colony and poor Z finds himself in the heat of battle.

Truth be told, Antz makes very valid use of the ideal that hindsight is often much clearer. Now that computer-generated features are no longer in their infancy, it's clear that Antz was actually grittier and more subtly mature than most of the animated films of recent years. The language is a little bit sharper (a few cusses), there are some intense visuals (a battle scene that looks as if it were transplanted directly from 1997's Starship Troopers, the dying decapitated head of one of Z's friends), and a little bit of nastiness that could make an adult squirm (a gondola ride through a rotting fish head, some bugs eating a chunk of feces and so on).

Make no mistake, these aren't deterrents to the "fun for all ages" aspect of the film so much as they are interesting little signs of the whole genre's evolution toward kid-friendliness. Many of these gags simply wouldn't fly today even in a DreamWorks picture, which, I typically consider to be the most adult of the current animation studios.

In all Antz is quite enjoyable on many levels and in my opinion, superior to the generally considered impeccable, A Bug's Life. There is enough cuteness and morality to keep the kiddies involved but the humor is such that adults may even enjoy it more than the youngsters. How often can that be said about an animated film, really?

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Antz Overview

Life is not a picnic for z a small worker ant with very big ideas. When z falls for the beautiful princess bala his odds of winning her over are one in a billion. To get noticed he switches places with soldier ant weaver. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/01/2007 Starring: Sharon Stone Jennifer Lopez Run time: 84 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Eric Darnell Tim Johnson

Antz Specifications

Woody Allen as a worker ant with an inferiority complex? Sylvester Stallone as an affable soldier ant who discovers that digging tunnels is cool? The animation playground we all knew so well is turning into a theme park full of in-jokes for grownups. Antz explores age-old topics (one person--err, insect--can make a difference, individuality and social responsibility must exist side by side, war is hell) with comic asides and Woody Allen's funniest quips this side of PG (adults will chuckle at the socialist slogans bandied about as he campaigns for workers' rights). Sharon Stone voices the rebellious princess with a fun-loving streak that doesn't quite overcome her royal bearing and court training, but she can learn. Gene Hackman is all teeth (ants have teeth?) and menacing grins as the Army general plotting insect-icide. This bug's-eye view of life on Earth gives Allen's neurotic nonconformist an epic adventure of microscopic proportions: a devastating war with a termite colony, an odyssey to the fabled land of plenty (a picnic ground), and a race to save his fellow workers from certain death. Other voices include Anne Bancroft as the Queen, Christopher Walken, Jennifer Lopez, Danny Glover, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, and John Mahoney. The computer animation isn't exactly realistic but feels as solid and contoured as puppet animation with the smoothness and slickness of traditional cel cartoons, and the character designs and animation offer a marvelous range of expressions. The PG rating includes a gritty battle sequence that may frighten youngsters. --Sean Axmaker

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Not a children's movie!!!! Should have been pg-13 minimum - O. Fischer - Atlanta, GA
It starts off with a stuttering monologue by Woody Allen's character in a psychiatrist's office -- it was boring & clichéd. Fast forward 10 minutes to Sylvester Stallone's character saying "what are you b*tchin about?" *gasp* goes me....what on earth? But fortunately my child had zero interest and wasn't watching. I'm kicking myself for not paying attention to the reviews by others that mentioned the cursing -- I just saw an animated PG flick and bought it :-(



Antz - Celia Leach - Brick, New Jersey
Very cute movie. as always there is a moral at the end. Good watching



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I purchased this for my grand daughter.I have a copy from when my other granddaughter was small and need a copy to send home with my youngest grand daughter .She asks to watch it alot.
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Review Riding Giants (Special Edition)

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This is a great artistic documentary on one aspect of surfing. I liked THE ENDLESS SUMMER better, though. For those of us who never have, and never will, surf, we expect to get some enjoyment out of a film that takes us there . . . that helps us feel what it might be like to be on the waves. Big wave surfing is more active and demanding than most other forms and the movie expresses well the hyperactive side of that. My only complaint is that the camera angles flash and dart so much that the viewer rarely gets the meditative feeling that must also come along with surfing, and that is as deeply addicting as the risk-taking side of the sport. Many action movies now dart and flash too much, and don't allow the viewer to get into the moment along with the player/actor. When I watch a surfing movie, I want to know what it feels like to ride those waves for a while . . . The camera mode doesn't let us go beyond passive observer here. ENDLESS SUMMER does a better job. That's the only reason for the missing star, because otherwise, the music, documentary, and film of the awesome waves were all spectacular!

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Riding Giants (Special Edition) Overview

From its early Hawaiian roots to its current status as a recreational lifestyle enjoyed worldwide, bigwave surfing is given the definitive exploration by acclaimed director Stacy Peralta (Dogtown and Z-Boys).

Riding Giants (Special Edition) Specifications

Riding Giants is more than another blissfulsurfing movie. It's an outstanding documentary about one era in American alternative lifestyles, when surfing was well-suited to a radical culture of social dropouts. Using an amazing array of amateur film clips, shot for the most part in Hawaii and California from the late 1950s and early '60s, director Stacy Peralta traces the rise of surfing's appeal to young men looking to test themselves in an unorthodox (and sexy) milieu--of "living life to the fullest," as former surfer-turned-screenwriter John Milius (Big Wednesday) puts it at one point. Lengthy chapters on the glories of Oahu's Makaha and the "superstition and dread" that accompanied the big-wave challenge of Waimea Bay are riveting and sometimes heroic, particularly told through the memories of surf legend Greg Noll. Great material, too, about the deadly wonders of surfing Mavericks, California, where the rocks will get one if the violent tides don't. --Tom Keogh




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Not a a Surfer? - Cuenta P. Banamex - Mexico
No problem, this blue ray can be watch by
everyone, tells us the story
about how big surfing starts,my girlfriend dosent even like
the water! and im not a hardcore surfer,but she love this Movie*Documentary
some footage was transform into a HIDEF so qaulity in some parts in not that great,
anyway....
youll enjoy every minute of it...
Regards all from Cabo...



Great wave action, and a whole lot more - Grant Kennedy -
The focus is on the three people who have had the biggest impact on big wave surfing. It explores the heroism, along with the fears and failures, that come with tackling something really huge and formidable. The director does an impressive job getting people to tell their story in a very personal way. The result is a series of stories about multi-faceted people rather than two-dimensional stereotypes. The movie includes historical photos, cool drawings, great music, and a few stories you can relate to if you've done any surfing. These guys have done things most of us will never get a chance to do, but so many of the stories told ring true and can be generalized to our collective human experience.

If you watch the special feature about The Making of Riding Giants, it gives an idea of how this came about organically through an interview for another project. It also gives insight into just how much time and labor is required to make a movie as interesting to watch as Riding Giants.



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Great! Loved the documentary format. Great commentary. Great surfing footage and lots of it. Wished it didn't end, but then I can always watch it again.

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Review Hancock (Single-Disc Unrated Edition)

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Hancock is a VERY different take on the super hero concept. Hancock is a mysterious and unhappy man with super powers. When he gets involved in apprehending criminals, he often causes more damage and problems than he solves.

A PR man, whose life he saves, takes Hancock under his wing to help him become a responsible hero, but there are more surprises on the way.

This is a thoughtful and very unique superhero film, and also in most respects very cool. It goes in directions you'll never expect, but not at the expense of leaving glaring plot holes. Will Smith gives his normal top notch performance, and the supporting cast is great.

Laughs, thrills, surprises, and an interesting story. What more do you want from a movie?

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Hancock (Single-Disc Unrated Edition) Overview

Academy Award® nominee Will Smith (Best Actor, The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006) stars in this action-packed comedy as Hancock, a sarcastic, hard-living and misunderstood superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public. When Hancock grudgingly agrees to an extreme makeover from idealistic publicist Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman, Juno), his life and reputation rise from the ashes and all seems right again--until he meets a woman (2003 Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron, Best Actress, Monster) with similar powers to his and the key to his secret past.

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Hancock turns the standard superhero movie inside-out: The title character (Will Smith) can fly, has superstrength, and is invulnerable, but he's also a sloppy, alcoholic jerk who causes millions of dollars in property damage whenever he bothers to fight crime. When he saves the life of a public-relations agent named Ray (Jason Bateman, Arrested Development), Ray decides to improve Hancock's image--starting by having Hancock surrender himself to the authorities and go to prison for his lawless behavior. The idea is that once he's in prison, the crime rate will go up, and people will start to realize Hancock might be of value after all. This is only the first act of Hancock--from there, the movie takes several clever turns that shouldn't be revealed. Hancock isn't a great movie (among other things, director Peter Berg overuses close-ups with a hand-held camera to a degree that may cause motion sickness), but it is an extremely entertaining one. The script, which holds together far better than most superhero movies, has a propulsive plot, good dialogue, some compassion for its characters, and even an actual idea or two. The spectacular action at least gestures towards obeying the laws of physics, which actually makes the special effects more vivid. The three leads (Smith, Bateman, and Charlize Theron as Ray's wife, Mary) deftly balance the movie's mixture of comedy, action, and drama. All in all, a smart subversive twist on a genre that all too often takes itself all too seriously. --Bret Fetzer

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the movie was a good super hero show, but with a twist towords the end



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Thanks, Amazon.



You Won't Believe A Man Could Fly - Paul D. - Long Island, NY
OK, Will Smith is a fine actor, and even makes Hancock into somewaht of a real, sympathetic character...but this movie is simply dreadful. A lame concept, with nowhere to go. Storywise, Hancock is yet another in the long series of now utterly boring tales of what it would be like if superpowered beings really did walk the earth; this concept started back in the 1980's with The Watchmen, Dark Knight, Concrete, Marshall Law and Miracle Man comics, the trend continued for a long time in comics and was followed up by such movies as the awful "Unbreakable", and the merely decent "The Incredibles". Filmmakingwise, this is simply an excuse for terrific computerized special effects, and a high concept easy for marketing, no more. For a while, I thought that "Hancock" might be at least a modern day, jazzed up version of "The Bishop's Wife", with it's wonderful love triangle dynamics between a man of the cloth (David Niven), and an Angel on Earth (Cary Grant), vying subtly, and not-so-subtly for the affections of Loretta Young. Not so. Once the set up of a diseffected, alcoholic loner, with a good heart, bad manners...and superpowers is established, the writers simply ran out of steam. Potentially somewhat intersting plotlines including Hancock spending time in jail (for unanswered lawsuits and damages), or the manipulation of public relations in the age of super mass media (which was handled quite well in the Jack Lemmon/Judy Holliday movie "It Should Happen To You" 1954) are given short shrift. Very much like "Unbreakable", there's no real payoff, and the backstory never developed in a proper manner, almost as if the creators couldn't be bothered with details. Oh, there's also a moronic bloodbath as a climax, and a truly silly, sappy, green Hollywood capper. The superhero effects make the once sterling effects from the 1978 "Superman" look truly prehistoric, but the charm, wit, excitement, and sense of wonder of that first major, big budget superhero blockbuster are utterly absent here. Even the unnecessary and useless "Underdog" live action movie might have been better than this. Hollywood has really forgotten how to make entertaining movies, even mindless ones!



awesome movie - C. Lamoreaux - Salt Lake City, UT
this is a great show. very entertaining and my package arrived in a timely manner.

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Best Business Movies

Movies entertain us. Movies captivate us. Movies appeal to us. But, most of all, movies inspire us. Rocky inspired us to fight for our dreams (and to take the stairs instead of the elevator). Glory inspired us to fight for what's right. The Diary of Anne Frank inspired us to fight for humanity. ET inspired us to believe beyond what we can see. And, Shawshank Redemption, of course, inspired us to escape from prison.

Then there are business movies. These movies may bore some of us (those of us who don't even like to work much less use it as a form of entertainment), but others find these the most inspiring of films. This article lists the best movies for people who believe that business is always a worthy production.

Boiler Room: A view into the underworld of sketchy brokerage forms, Boiler Room features a college student drop-out used to being on the brink of seediness. After running an illegal casino, he is hired by JT Marlin, a firm that creates a false demand by skyrocketing the price of shares for companies that don't exist.. The main character Seth, played by Giovanni Ribisi, is placed in the middle when the FBI uses his father, a judge, against him. Seth is then forced to work with the FBI to uncover the fallacy employing him.

The characters in the story aren't noble or moral - as their main goal is to scam people out of money - but, from a business perspective, they are good at wheeling and dealing. The monologues in the conference room and the scenes where they sell can surely inspire just about any businessman or women, particularly salespeople; it can inspire them not only to excel at their art, but to leave companies like JT Marlin for the fishes.

Working Girl: Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and recipient of one for Best Song, Working Girl tells the tale of a likeable but unconfident secretary named Tess McGill, played by Melanie Griffith, working for Katharine Parker, a rude, condescending boss, played by Sigourney Weaver. When Katharine breaks her leg, Tess assumes her identity. Not only is she competent at Katharine's job, but she is better at it than her employer. A movie where it is beyond easy to root for the underdog, this film's marketing contained the tagline, "For anyone who's ever won. For anyone who's ever lost. And for everyone who's still in there trying." Really, who among us can't relate to that?

Jerry Maguire: Admit it, this movie had you at hello. One of Tom Cruise's last great films before aliens took control of his mind, Jerry Maguire features Tom as, well, Jerry Maguire, a sports agent with a conscience. After his firm dumps him ("who's coming with me?") he finds himself with one lone client, Rod Tidwell, played by a scene-stealing Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Many people found this movie appealing because of the romantic subplot (not to mention an adorable little boy), but from a business perspective, it was also wonderful, displaying both the greed of an industry and the heart of those aiming to make it right. "The Show Me the Money," phrase helped cement this moving into cinematic history as it is remembered as one of the greatest quotes of all time.

Glengarry Glen Ross: Based on the 1984 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play, Glengarry Glen Ross shows 48 hours in the lives of four real estate agents who are drowning in desperation. Filled with a cast of A Plus-listers, this movie stars Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin and Jonathan Pryce. Diving into the evils of greed and the acts people will perform when hopelessness ensues, this film depicts lies, bribes, threats, thievery, and a whole lot of cussing. The title is generated from two properties discussed in the movie, the Glengarry Highlands and the Glen Ross Farms. This movie not only shows how easily the tide of business can turn, but it also shows how easy the tide can spin out of control, drowning those who fall beneath it.

Wall Street: With a self explanatory title, this movie features Bud Fox, played by a young Charlie Sheen, as a go-getter hell bent on rising to the top. He plans to get there by associating himself with corporate big wig Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas.. Bud soon learns that the secret to Gordon's success is - say it with me Martha Stewart - insider trading. He first isn't really turned off by this, as he quickly grows rich and famous, but when Gordon decides to do a corporate raid on the company of Bud's father, mixed emotions surface. Bud decides, in the end, to use the values his hardworking, blue collar father taught him. Though he gets indicted, it also appears that Gordon is going down with him. However, the fate of Gordon, in the end, is left up to the imagination.

Some business movies are bad, some are good, and some hit the nail right on the head (Office Space, anyone?). As with any topic, business movies can be poor, wonderful, or somewhere in between. In the end, they are unique cinematic features, if for no other reason than to remind us that there is no business like show business. At least no business I know.

Jennifer Jordan is a senior editor for [http://turbocellcharge.com]. A professional business traveler, she aims to make business trips feel less like work. She also has a healthy collection of hotel shampoos….and a shower cap or two.

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Review Overboard

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I'm a huge fan of Goldie Hawn. I have watched Overboard twice since I received it. It's just as funny as I remembered it. I was so glad to see that Amazon.com had this DVD available for a great price. The process was easy from ordering to receipt. The price was competitive and the delivery was speedy. I will definitely use Amazon.com again.

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Overboard Overview

It's the craziest mix-up ever! Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell dazzle the screen in this buoyant and screwball comedy of memory-making and memory-faking. One of Hollywood's most dynamic screen pairs, Hawn and Russell make the most of every hilarious situation in this delightful riches-to-rags romance that's perfect entertainment for anyone who appreciates a great practical joke. Hawn is Joanna Stayton, the pampered wife of a pretentious, yacht-owning socialite. When their boat gets stuck for repairs, Joanna employs carpenter Dean Proffitt (Russell) to improve her closet space. But when Dean asks to be paid, he's blatantly turned down by the "nothing is ever good enough for me" Joanna.So when Joanna falls overboard and gets a bad case of amnesia, Dean takes advantage of the situation and, in a stroke of retributive genius, tells her that she's his wife and the mother of hisfour unruly children!

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Real-life couple Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn star in this enjoyable 1987 comedy by Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman) about an imperious heiress (Hawn) who loses her memory after a boating accident and is identified as the wife of a handyman (Russell). Russell's character brings her "home" to his messy house and unruly kids, and the laughs follow as the aristocratic Hawn tries fitting in. Marshall delivers the comic goods, the leads are entertaining (Russell needs to do more comedy), and the supporting cast is made up of happily familiar faces, including Roddy McDowall, Edward Herrmann, and Marshall favorite Hector Elizondo in an unbilled bit. --Tom Keogh

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It's Ok. - Austin Somlo - Vincentown, NJ
Viewed: 3/06
Rate: 5

3/06: Overboard is a fairly average film while portraying egregious messages. The usual convention is that, in the end, Dean Proffitt, played by Kurt Russell, would have been arrested for kidnapping and other more serious offenses. So, I'll have to suspend my disbelief this time. The film is more of a drama than a comedy, and Overboard isn't too bad in its pacing as it flows nicely. There isn't anything wrong with acting, but there is a lot wrong with the poorly attempted gag jokes throughout the film. Cutting them out, Overboard would simply have been better. The movie wasn't that funny as I hoped it would be, but more or less, I enjoyed Overboard to a certain extent.



Love it! - Robyn Leadbetter - Lehigh Acres, Florida, US
They just don't make 'em like this one anymore! I'm very glad that I was able to find it on DVD. There's a great moral to the story and lots of slapstick fun all along the way!



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Overboard DVD - Connie W Wybrow -
Well it has been two weeks past the delivery date and I am still waiting for my order to arrive. I guess if it doesn't come I am out .00 and that is a pretty inevpensive lesson to learn!

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Review First Knight

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I was very pleased to see how much Christian culture was included in this film: Arthur (Sean Connery) prayed frequently, particularly in his period of loss when Gwen had been kidnapped, and there was the frequent prayerfulness even at the round table. There was the presence of respectable clergy, there were small churches and a great cathedral with a wonderful crucifix of Our Lord and other sacred statuary (The chapels were typically burned by the anti-christian elements though obviously not with the contempt of the story-writer, contempt so often in the heart of certain iconoclast, so called "artists" of our time). It stands as a Christian alternative, indeed, an "answer" to that anti-Christian work, The Mists of Avalon, which - though a well done production starring the lovely Julianna Margulies - in the end distorts or paganizes the Catholic devotion to Mary, and the novel itself serves an anti-Christian, sacrilege-the-sacred and life itself agenda. I know, TMOA was produced after FK, but the latter still stands out as a film "redeeming" Arthurian lore and Gwenivere as well. The battles had to be bloody to be genuine and the Bible is full of that, and so First Knight was First Class, edifying, even educational, entertainment!

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1995 had already seen the box-office success of sword-wielding heroes in Rob Roy and Braveheart when along came this glossy revision of the Arthurian legend, in which Lady Guinevere (Julia Ormond) is torn between her love for the noble King Arthur (Sean Connery) and the passionate knight Sir Lancelot (Richard Gere). As the story opens, Guinevere's lands are under attack by the evil knight Malagant (Ben Cross), and she must choose between marriage to Arthur and the security of Camelot, or encouraging the affections of Lancelot, who has heroically rescued her from a potentially lethal attack. Anyone looking for meticulous medieval authenticity won't find it here, but director Jerry Zucker (Ghost) keeps the action moving with exuberant spirit and glorious production values. Even if you don't completely believe Richard Gere as a somewhat too-contemporary Lancelot, the performances of Ormond and especially Connery are effortlessly appealing. --Jeff Shannon

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Very exciting and tense. - JOJO DANCER -
First off, I am no fan of Richard Gere. But, all of the actors performed great. Great plot, costumes, suspense and surprises make this a great movie. Sean Connery is at his very best.



First Knight - a Movie for my daughter - Patricia A. McGrath -
I purchased this movie for my handicapped daughter. She loves Richard Gere and has already watched this movie twice since she got it about 3 weeks ago. This movie is a slightly different version of the story of Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere. It has a lot of action scenes and a satisfying love story.



first knight - TB -
over all the dvd is good, would like to see more detail the product, example scratches, etc.



Richard Gere reprises his role in Breathless but in costume... - Jay Marriott -
still with the American accent! The bad guys, especially in the "black castle" rescue scenes, make one think of a sci-fi/ darthvader rehash. Too bad, because Sean Connery and Julia Ormond have a believable chemistry and they keep soldiering on,in spite of the script. They almost pull the film off.

In the end, the movie is so uneven that all the references to Camelot, Roundtable and Excaliber just made me think of other, better films on the subject. I suggest The Mists of Avalon, or Excaliber (with a young Helen Miren doing quite unlikely stuff, beautifully!) Both movies are more respectful of your imagination and intelligence than is First Knight.

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