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- Review count7
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- First reviewJanuary 2, 2010
- Last reviewJanuary 16, 2011
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- Average rating4.4
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2010 Meets 1300's
PostedJanuary 16, 2011
Stryder
from Kansas Suburb of Kansas City
While the visual presentation is stunning from the scenes outside to the special effects the acting is very much of this world--canned 21st Century. Arguements over who will have to be "buying the drinks" later at the start of a large battle in a desert just doesn't make it. My wife, did like the movie and would give it 4 stars but I think that is because she like Nicolas Cage. So if you are into religiohorror films from the 1300 hundreds with modern lines, this is for you. Not me.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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5
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5
Blast from the Past
PostedJanuary 2, 2011
Stryder
from Kansas Suburb of Kansas City
No, not a blast from the past in the sense of the return of John Wayne's True Grit but in the sense of feeling you really are experiencing life in the old US west. The characters' speech is not modern US but takes one back in time like the dialogue in Ride wih the Devil. The acting is superior, the action and special effects grabbing (watch the headlong fall from the horse in the 4-on-one mounted fight which involves a moving object hitting an unmovable object), and the plot entangling. See it and rediscover the western film adventure but refreshingly from the perspective of that era rather than from this.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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5
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5
A Royal Challenge Well Met
PostedDecember 28, 2010
Stryder
from Kansas Suburb of Kansas City
The moving story not only of a man struggling with overcoming a stammer but also of a world leader whose nation is needing his voice in a time of great challenge. The acting is suburb, the photography artfull, and the story moving (many a tear in the audience). I would give it 6 stars if the rating allowed it, but then the film has at least that many on screen.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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5
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Pixar Scores Again
PostedJuly 6, 2010
Stryder
from Kansas Suburb of Kansas City
My wife and I attended feeling a bit out of place given the young families but quickly saw this was a mutligeneration movie. There is somethig there for all ages--and at work today that was reinforced as others our age and much younger shared their joy in this movie. See it!!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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A refreshing Holmes
PostedJanuary 2, 2010
Stryder
from Kansas Suburb of Kansas City
Having watched many Sherlock Holmes movies from way back in the black and white era, I was not sure I would like yet another version--but I did! Much more action and technology as one would expect for this era but still filled with the amazing reasoning powers of Holmes and the complex character interplay between Holmes and Watson. And inclusion of a love interest of Holmes and his former female advisary adds rather than detracts. The movie ending makes one eager for the next film.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Immersion in historical world
PostedJanuary 2, 2010
Stryder
from Kansas Suburb of Kansas City
A chance to immerse yourself in an earlier time--characters, cultures, and beautiful settings. Fascinating look at the early reign of the English queen more often thought of as a serious, old woman. Interesting characters whom you like to know better--but that leaves some things to your imagination. Crucial time for the English monarchy as it faced a changing political and industrial world. For me both an escape into another world on the one hand and a movie that inspired me to learn more about Queen Victoria and her world.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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A provactive hybrid
PostedJanuary 2, 2010
Stryder
from Kansas Suburb of Kansas City
Wow--shades of many themes and concepts delivered as an effective and provacative hybrid. More complex than the original Dune novel, shades of the story Death World, resonating with current social and environmental concerns and drawing on the cultural concepts of orginal peoples! All possible and effective because of the cutting egde technology. Even impressive in non-3D (my eyes don't allow 3-D perception). See it and think.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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