standish77's reviews

This was an incredible movie experience! I just loved every moment. By far Kill Bill is the best movie of 2003 if not the past few years.

Although on the surface a very simple story...it was nevertheless thouroughly entertaining and enjoyable. To the point that you leave the cinema rooting for The Bride and her quest of vengeance.

For me, though what really made the film was Tarrantino's flair for detail...which really created a unique character. Aspects such as the array of sunglasses on the dashboard of the sherriff's car, the close-up of the mosquito sucking blood from The Bride and most effectively the solitary sound of the wooden water fountain during the final fight between The Bride and Oren Ishi.

The soundtrack as well really helps to add to the killer atmosphere. Roll on Kill Bill volume 2...I simply can't wait!

Stara Basn means "The Old Tale" in Polish. Indeed this is a mixture of Polish folklore and history brought to the big screen!

Set in the 9th Century...the movie depicts an exciting tale of love, betrayal, death...and action...plenty of it!

At 1 hr 45 mins long the pace is just right and never tires. The story itself is relatively easy to understand...even for a non Polish speaker like myself! This is mainly thanks to the gorgeous visuals...which really speak for themselves.

This movie has anything and is definetly highly recommended. Its the most polished, well crafted and enjoyable Polish film that I have seen in a long time!

One note of caution though: this film is highly graphic! You don't get the Hollywood clean cut treatment. So when heads roll, swords thrust into flesh and druids enact an orgy...you see EVERYTHING!!!

Still that's what it was like back then!!!

Just saw this film in Poland. For those of you who are not accustomed to Polish history...Zemsta is a film adaptation of a popular Polish folklore.

Gathering by the relatively large budget and big name cast (Roman Polanski!)...I was very surprised by such a poor finish. The acting (Polanski excluded) was very over the top and wooden and the music was just reworked pieces from the composer's last film!

Above all the quality of the actual picture was appalling. For instance there is an entire scene where the sound is inaudible and what on earth were those strange @ symbols that kept appearing at the bottom of the screen?

I will not be seeing it again...and I don't think I'm the only one!

I was looking forward to this one as I really enjoyed the first. What a disappointment! The film's main problem is its running time...at 2 hrs 40 mins it drags terribly.

I dont understand why people are saying there is more action in this one....I suppose there is...but that doesnt necessarilly mean it will be more fun...it isnt.

Kenneth Branagh is great fun...but his character just disappears at the end. Alan Rickman is brilliant as usual...but hardly used....and what with those slugs coming out of the mouth...pure nauseating.

Awful!

Bean, Kevin & Perry, UK TV creations that have made successful transitions onto the BIG screen. Now its Ali G's turn and I m afraid to say this is not one of them!

Ali has always been obscene but funny with it. This film was extremley sick and not funny at all. Scenes involving bestiality, gay sex and paedophilia should not be portrayed for entertainment's sake.

Ali G In Da House is rubbish and deserves making very little money.

1 out 10

Gees....what a disapointment. This movie was so dull and I mean DULL!! Way too long!! Not enough humour! Something was lacking. The acting is great...particularly by Sir Ian McKellan and Sean Astin. Plus you do get some amazing photography of my country of New Zealand. But does it really need to be a nauseating 3 hrs long?

Now known as Goodbye Mr Steadman, this brilliantly written Black comedy is a pure comical masterpiece. Lovingly shot, with incredible detail the film tells the story of History teacher Mr Steadman who returns from his summer vacation in the isolated Scottish Highlands to find that all his database records have been erased and that he is technically deceased. What then involves is Steadman's long road to recovery and the task in trapping the culprits behind the scam. Although very funny, the film is also very moving and incredibly dark (cue the frosted window scenes of the tramp and the hand rising from the Thames). The acting all round is top notch and the relationship between the two leads is both realistic and warming. A fantastic film, that rightly deserves a cinematic release!

All I can say about this movie is...wow! Its a fascinating retelling of the later years in George Adamson's incredible life. Richard Harris is a spitting image of the ageing Adamson and the supporting cast (particularly the late Ian Bannen) are excellent. There is nothing to fault with this film....an absolute classic! Its criminal why this film suffered a very limited release. Hopefully it will do a Shawshank Redemption and enjoy the praise it deserves, now its out on video.

I had read mixed reviews of this movie...so weren't expecting too much. What I got however exceeded all my expectations. Enemy at the gates is an entertaining edge of the seat adventure that never gets boring. Go to the cinema to enjoy yourself in an exciting action packed movie. However don't expect a history lesson. Despite its grand scale battles the movie is very inaccurate. Excluding the fact that annoyingly all the actors have either American or British accents there are many other goofs such as the fact that the Russian soldiers sing the Soviet anthem...when that had been written until AFTER the Second World War. You would think that with so much money spent on this movie the producers would have realized such a gaping error! The amateur script also lets down the experience a tad...with Jude Law limited to some really terrible lines which sound even worse with his very British accent. Nevertheless despite these cons there are enough pros in the movie to make this a damn fine flick! Ed Harris is superb as the Nazi sniper sent into kill Law, Rachel Weisz is stunning as the love interest, the music (although rejects from Apollo 13) is very moving and the action scenes are superbly recreated. All in all this is worth a price of a cinema ticket. Check it out!