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  I recommend you see...

  Forrest Gump

  by Sam

  
  Now you wouldn't believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was ever going somewhere, I was running!
  
  
  Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
  Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright-Penn, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field
  
  Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
  
  Running time: 142 minutes
  
  
  
  
  My review:
  
  Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him.
  
  
  Forrest Gump is without a doubt the most inspiring film that I have ever seen. It almost broke my heart because of what happens within it. It is a film that I think everybody loves in either the funny way, dramatic way or romantic way but I love it all three ways. I find it to be a story of hope, courage and pure adventure because Forrest sees life in all sorts of different ways because of the events that occur in his life. This is an inpriation to me aswell bercause of the different sorts of characters and how they combine together in their own little ways. I find it to be a very thought provoking film because of the measures each other character takes. It makes me feel good because all of the characters within the film are just adorable and loving. I really love adventurous stories and Forrests life was an awesome experiencing life that was very eventful. Now that is the life. I do think that Forrests life is something that everybody would probably wish for because of the beautiful moments in his life and yet some of very light downs in his life at the same time. I do have to say that this film can almost be a film for the entire family but without the war violence and the extremely emotional story but it would be a good family film because of the loving Forrest Gump character and his adventures in his life until he meets the ultimate gift later on which literally made me cry and made me feel great because that is a moment of how I would feel. Forrest Gump is one of my Five Perfect Films.
  
  Tom Hanks delivers in my personal opinion the best leading male performance of all time because I could see everything that Tom was meant to be in this film. This film along with The Green Mile, Tom Hanks is the most inspiring actor that has ever lived and is my favourite actor. Tom isnt only playing Forrest Gump but he IS Forrest Gump and its as simple as that. Tom showed that Forrest has a really big heart and a real open mind but is quite stubborn in his own way. Toms performance is really awesome too because Tom isnt like Forrest Gump at all in real life. He made Forrest like a real life person which is what not many talented actors actually accomplish in their careers. Tom made me feel great because he is really good at being able to cry in a film and because of that he made me cry because of his inspiring ways of portraying the character. Tom is really good at playing that romantic type too. After seeing him in Sleepless In Seattle, he is a really good romantic actor. I havent seen that yet but will see it very soon. Anyway, Tom has shown more emotion than he has ever done in any film he has ever been in before. That is one of the main reasons why I find Toms performance so great. He makes Forrest Gump a character that I would have liked to meet because he seems like a really sweet and warmhearted man. Robin Wright-Penns performance is really good as Jenny Curran. She is a really gorgeous woman but has a bad troubled childhood and also because of her complete drug addiction and prostitution. Because of this, it affects her life deeply but Forrest is there to help her when she comes to him. I could feel the love between Jenny and Forrest but also I could see what Jenny has over Forrest like the smarter mind. Gary Sinises performance is really good because he is an arrogant Lieutenant in the Army who loses his legs after being shot in the legs by Vietnamese soldiers. I do find Lieutenant Dan a really funny character aswell as a really emotional character because of the typical bitter and strict character involved. He brings a comedy side to the film when he is scenes with Forrest. Gary Sinise is really good at playing that sort of character with a bitter attitude as he did as George in Of Mice And Men remake. He deserved Oscar nomination aswell as Tom Hanks deserved his win very much. Mykelti Williamson brings comedy with Forrest is this film which is really great again. The comedy never stops and neither does the drama nor romance between any of the characters involved in the film. Mykelti was a typical Alabama man with a passion for shrimping. Sally Field is really supporting in this masterpiece as Mrs. Gump who is the mother of Forrest Gump. It is quite ironic with Sally Field and Tom Hanks because Field is only 10 years older than Hanks and she portrays his mother. He is like old enough in real life to be her younger brother. That was quite bizarre but was an outstanding connection between the two. She should have had an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She deserves the credit for the female acting in this film more than Robin Wright-Penn even though she was still really good. The Sixth Sense star Haley Joel Osment makes a mild appearance in this film too.
  
  Robert Zemeckis direction was absolutely superb. He didn?t just make a film that can tell the future of ones life but also one that can be seen and loved in different ways. It was a cool film aswell as an inspiring film. This is Zemeckis best work and always will be. The script was really awesome. I havent read the novel but it must be as good as the film surely. It is written in a different mixture of genres.
  
  This film is very similar to films like Rain Man, I Am Sam and Whats Eating Gilbert Grape? because of the character within it with a disability but all are different at the same time because they all have different problems in different situations in different places. But they all do have a meaning to what life can be like in different aspects.
  
  The chemistry between Forrest and Jenny is in Forrests mind love at first sight because he fell for her at the first moment he saw her. In Jennys mind, it was really like friendship to begin with but when she needed Forrest in her desperate times because of her drug addiction and prostitution, she slowly started to fall in love with him. They are still best friends aswell though. Forrest and Dans relationship was unknown at first because they didnt know each other very well but when something happens to Dan, they become almost like best friends and talk to each other about each others problems and help each other. I find it to be the best partnership within the film. Forrest and Bubba almost became best friends since they first met because they were with each other all the time in the Army. Dan sort of takes that place after Bubba dies in the Army.
  
  The art direction was really good in this film with a very casual scenery with a typical American style to it. The cinematography is a lot like that aswell with very cleverly used photography. The make-up is good on this film particularly in the war scenes. The music score was very soft with a lot of emotional music but with quite an upbeat tone to it. The sound effects were outstanding in the war scenes but also in the impactful and twisting scenes that occur in the film. Most of all the qualities, the visual effects are the best. They are mostly best on Lieutenant Dans missing legs even though Gary Sinise has legs in real life. Those visual effects with the missing legs look so realistic, it is untrue.
  
  This film won 6 Academy Awards: Best Leading Actor (Tom Hanks), Best Director (Robert Zemeckis), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Visual Effects and most importantly Best Picture 1994 by beating two films that are more famous than Forrest Gump. Those two films were Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption. It was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Gary Sinise) but lost to Martin Landau in Ed Wood, Best Cinematography but lost to Legends Of The Fall, Best Art Direction but lost to The Madness Of King George, Best Sound Mixing but lost to Speed, Best Sound Editing but lost to Speed, Best Make-Up but lost to Ed Wood and Best Music Score but lost to The Lion King. This won 3 Golden Globes including Best Director (Robert Zemeckis), Best Actor Drama (Tom Hanks) and Best Picture Drama. It was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Gary Sinise) but lost to Martin Landau in Ed Wood, Best Supporting Actress (Robin Wright-Penn) but lost to Dianne Wiest in Bullets Over Broadway, Best Screenplay but lost to Pulp Fiction and Best Music Score but lost to The Lion King.
  
  This is Robert Zemeckis finest work to date. I think it will always be my favourite film from him. It is my favourite film from the 1990s and favourite film of 1994 after that was a great year for film. It is Tom Hanks best film and it always will be. I love him in The Green Mile and Saving Private Ryan too. It is my favourite drama film, my favourite inspiring film and most importantly, its in my top 5 films of all time and one of My Five Perfect Films.

  SJMJ91

  Hey, you should really see this!
  
  I love this film to bits. It is a film that made me cry and not many films do that. It was the pure beauty of it not only because of the drama that occurs. Forrest Gump truly is a loving masterpiece that I think could be worth a family film.
  
  This is Robert Zemeckis finest work to date. I think it will always be my favourite film from him. It is my favourite film from the 1990s and favourite film of 1994 after that was a great year for film. It is Tom Hanks best film and it always will be. I love him in The Green Mile and Saving Private Ryan too. It is my favourite drama film, my favourite inspiring film and most importantly, its in my top 5 films of all time and one of My Five Perfect Films.

  posted 16 hours ago
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  I recommend you see...

  Max Payne

  by Sam

  
  I don't believe in Heaven. I believe in Pain. I believe in Fear. I believe in Death.
  
  
  Directed by: John Moore
  Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris O'Donnell, Donal Logue
  
  Genre: Action/Crime/Sci Fi/Thriller
  
  Running time: 100 minutes
  
  
  
  
  My review:
  
  Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.
  
  
  Max Payne is a film that I was predicting to be a bit crap but I wanted to watch it to see what it was like. When I did see it, it didnt surprise nor disappoint me. Also, a good friend of mine told me about it aswell about how bad it was. So, I took her review into consideration when I saw it. I did think that the story of Max Payne in this film didnt really feel like a story in the game. To me, I find the film a bad example of a great game like Max Payne. It is like a rip off of it. I love the Max Payne game but was deeply disappointed with this one. I used to play the game a lot when I was a kid. To be perfectly honest, I wouldnt call this film good and I wouldnt call it awful neither. I was hoping that it was going to be a complete action packed thrill ride but I dont think it was really. The action was really good but wasnt a thrilling film at all really. I find it to be a film that has all bad qualities apart from sound and visual effects.
  
  Mark Wahlberg delivers a really bad performance as Max Payne. I do think that he had that body and facial type for the character but didnt really seem that acting type for the character. I find his performance as Max Payne like Nicolas Cages performance as Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider. I didnt feel any emotional drama for Max at all. I feel that Max Payne was a different character with Mark Wahlberg when comparing the game to the film. It felt like Max Payne was reborn but into a different person but with the same name. I think that Wahlberg will earn a Razzie nomination or even a win for Worst Actor. For a moment, I thought to myself, if Mark Wahlberg was British and was charming with women he would have been a good James Bond but after watching Max Payne, I guess I was totally wrong. The rest of the cast including Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris O'Donnell and Donal Logue were all absolutely appauling too.
  
  I thought the direction was absolutely dreadful too because it seemed to me like the director didnt have a clue what he was doing. I thought to myself after hoping that it would be as original as the game was: Has the director ever seen, played or even heard of the Max Payne game before?. I would consider John Moore for Worst Director Razzie award too. The script was pretty dreadful aswell which didn?t really connect with what the game is like.
  
  This film in my opinion tries to take the reputation of visual effects from Sin City because of the dark colours and yet really colourful colours used in the film too but it failed miserably. The Max Payne character is like a real assassin or a bad cop so to speak but I dont think he felt like a cop at all. This was a lot like a science fiction film because of obviously the bird thing and also because of the stupid blue solution used too.
  
  I couldnt feel any chemistry between any of the characters at all within the film. All I could feell was that Max Payne was getting revenge for his film. I couldnt really feel anything for Max and his involvement with the characters at all.
  
  The setting was really good I have to say with a Sin City or Sweeney Todd like dark colours. The same with the cinematography and costume design. The sound effects were awesome but were a bit booming at times which were a bit over the top. The visual effects were good aswell. This film rips-off a lot of Sin City in my opinion and probably in most peoples opinion.
  
  This film will earn a Razzie nomination for Worst Actor (Mark Wahlberg), Worst Supporting Actress (Mila Kunis), Worst Director (John Moore) and Worst Screenplay but not Worst Picture though.
  
  This is my least favourite Mark Wahlberg film and is one of most disappointing films of 2008 so far. It isnt on list of one of best and one of worst neither. It was a bad film really that could have been better like any film can be. I dont think there will be a sequel to Max Payne and if there will be one, that will be even worse.

  SJMJ91

  This isn't a recommendation.
  
  It rips off Sin City alot. It has terrible acting, directing and writing involved but had good sound and visual effects.
  
  This is my least favourite Mark Wahlberg film and is one of most disappointing films of 2008 so far. It isnt on list of one of best and one of worst neither. It was a bad film really that could have been better like any film can be. I dont think there will be a sequel to Max Payne and if there will be one, that will be even worse.

  posted 2 days ago
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  I recommend you see...

  Burn After Reading

  by Sam

  
  Osbourne Cox? I thought you might be worried... about the security... of your shit.
  
  
  Directed by: Joel And Ethan Coen
  Starring: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt
  
  Genre: Comedy/Crime
  
  Running time: 96 minutes
  
  
  
  
  My review:
  
  A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to sell it.
  
  
  I find Burn After Reading absolutely hilarious. All of the characters involved are just brilliant. It is a film that is like really original of the genre comedy but in a really dark way which is obviously called a black comedy. Other ones like Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Trainspotting, Fargo and Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb. I find it to be the black comedy of the year so far and is a contender of a few Oscar nominations next February. This film really made me laugh not really because of what the characters were like but what was said by the characters said. Mostly John Malkovich made me laugh because he kept saying "f***, f***, f***, f***" all the time which is obviously rude but is bloody hilarious. I was quite nervous about watching this film at first because my sister watched this film and said it was crap. But I didnt listen to her because she hated WALL-E too saying that was worst even than Cars and I loved WALL-E to bits. So, when I watched Burn After Reading, I told her that it wasnt crap at all and deserves a lot of credit. But the one thing that did disappoint me a bit with this one was that I dont think that it was as well adapted as I had hoped because it was quite confusing and quite complex too.
  
  George Clooneys performance was quite good because Harry is a complete slimeball because of his having an affair with a married Katie Cox. That is what is so good about Clooney at times because he is like an irresistable man in his films by playing a charming and irrestable character. He did make me laugh in some ways because of how much of an arsehole he is and the awkward position he gets himself into when he accidentally does something. Also, the situation where he is seeing two women by cheating on both of them with the other. Basically, two-timing them both. Frances McDormand makes me laugh as an actress not just as some of the characters she portrays. Her performance is really quite bizarre really because she wants to be in a relationship with a man and "get laid". She mostly makes me laugh by the desperate measures she takes by sleeping with any man. Frances does have those sorts of looks to look like a middle aged woman who is wanting a relationship. John Malkovich delivers in my opinion the best performance of the whole film and also one of the best performances of the year. He makes me laugh so much because he swears so much and says some things that he shouldnt really be saying to the people he is talking to. He is a bit of a slimeball aswell as Harry. I am predicting Malkovich for an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor but not a win. Winner for me will obviously be the late Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight. Tilda Swinton is really good as Katie Cox because Katie is like a cold character which is like her character Karen Crowder in her recent Oscar winning performance in Michael Clayton. Brad Pitt was in my opinion totally miscast for this film because I dont think he quite got into the character that much but he did have the arrogance look for the character.
  
  The Coens did another good job in this film. They made it a very original film with a big meaning. It is the Coens funniest film since The Big Lebowski. I did really like how they both pulled off a masterpiece No Country For Old Men and they pulled off another awesome follow-up but not a masterpiece. This film was well written by the Coen Brothers because it was really original and really quite masterful which is what the Coens are really like. But No Country For Old Men wasnt really an original story, it was more of a really hard thinking adapting story. Cleverly written scenes especially involving Osbourne Cox.
  
  This film was similar mostly to Fargo because of the black comedy humour used not because of the violence between the two films. But they are both different stories which is like all the Coen films are like. It was different aswell because of the much brighter story. The level of brightness with the story is like The Big Lebowski because of the hilarious comedy in that film but funnier comedy though. This film shows in my opinion that the Coens can recreate black comedies after doing a tense action thriller like No Country For Old Men.
  
  The chemistry between Harry and Katie was obviously love but I was more focused on George Clooneys with Tilda Swinton because I can remember when Tilda Swinton won her Academy Award and said her speech and she said about George Clooney being a total b****** in front of everybody. So that is where I didn?t really like Harry and Katies relationship. I did like the chemistry between Linda and Harry because they are both middle aged people who are both sort of mixed up in their own way which is a way of how characters can join together and form a relationship that changes their personality slightly. I find Lindas relationship with Chad to be like mother and son because she treats him like a little kid even though he does behave like one at times. Also, because of how he appears aswell. I know that they are Chads work clothes but they seem a bit dorky so it might seem a bit like Linda can treat him like a little baby. She sort of uses him to get to people. For example, that call that they both made to Osbourne Cox. That was what she treats him like at times. I liked Katies relationship with Osbourne because it is a really argumentative, disagreeable and bitter relationship which brings even more comedy into the film which is really great. Also, I could tell how unhappy both of them were with each other which is why Katie had the affair with Harry in the first place.
  
  The costumes were really good because they were so original and were just ordinary and casual which is what every day people wear. I liked the cinematography used in this film too.
  
  This film will earn I can guarentee maybe only one Oscar nomination and that will be Best Supporting Actor for John Malkovich but wont win because Heath Ledger will win for The Dark Knight or maybe Best Original Screenplay.
  
  This is my least favourite Coen Brothers film even though I really enjoyed it. Like films like Fargo, The Big Lebowski and especially No Country For Old Men more. This is my favourite George Clooney of the films I have seen so far from him even though I dont really like him at all. Frances McDormand didnt dissapoint me but she is better in her Oscar winning performance in Fargo than in Burn After Reading. Burn After Reading is a film that should be considered as one of the must-see films of 2008.

  SJMJ91

  Hey, you should really see this!
  
  Really good film but this is my least favourite Coen Brothers film even though I really enjoyed it. Like films like Fargo, The Big Lebowski and especially No Country For Old Men more. This is my favourite George Clooney of the films I have seen so far from him even though I dont really like him at all. Frances McDormand didnt dissapoint me but she is better in her Oscar winning performance in Fargo than in Burn After Reading. Burn After Reading is a film that should be considered as one of the must-see films of 2008.

  posted 3 days ago
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  I recommend you see...

  Fierce Creatures

  by Sam

  
  Oh, great... terrific! He decides to keep the zoo open, so you kill him! Brilliant! Well done! Thank you so much, especially for shooting him right between the eyes, so that it doesn't look like an accident. Because the people at Octopus will know that he was coming here to close us down, so there's our motive for murdering him. Stunning! Well, Mr. Brain of Britain, what are we going to tell the police, who are, of course, already on their way here? Another example of the thoroughness of your plan! Go on, I'm all ears.
  
  
  Directed by: Fred Schepisi and Robert Young
  Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Ronnie Corbett
  
  Genre: Comedy
  
  Running time: 93 minutes
  
  
  
  
  My review:
  
  The executive of a homely little English zoo is desperate to keep all the cuddly animals sae when he realises that the owner wants to replace them with fierce creatures.
  
  
  Fierce Creatures is a really funny film featuring the same cast as A Fish Called Wanda. This film isnt a sequel of that because of the completely different story and characters within it. It was a funny film but wasnt as clever as A Fish Called Wanda. It still has that typical clumsy slapstick comedy involved in the film. It was the original comedy style that made me laugh so much. But the things that were a little disappointing was I dont think the characters were as clever as A Fish Called Wanda. The story seems a bit like a family type. I honestly think that not many people like it is because of the weaker story and not as funny story and trys to rip-off a great film like A Fish Called Wanda.
  
  John Cleese was hilarious again. He looks a lot older now than he does in A Fish Called Wanda. I know there is a 9 year different between the two films but the rest of the cast apart from Cleese don?t look any different as far as looks of age is concerned. Jamie Lee Curtis is once again as hot as anything. She is obviously a different character but she does have that hot irresistable character to it which is where it is quite similar. Jamies hair is really long brown hair in Fierce Creatures but really short brown in A Fish Called Wanda. Kevin Kline is really hilarious again as both Vince and Rod McCain. It is clever because obviously they are both same actor but both look like Kevin Kline even though I know it is. I do think that both characters do seem a bit different from Kevin Kline in a slight way. Michael Palin has a mild appearance in this film which did slightly disappoint me but he was still funny though. Ronnie Corbett is pretty damn funny in it too.
  
  The direction was fair enough from Fred Schepisi and Robert Young in this film. The script was original again what comedies are like really. There were some flaws involved but I did adore the screenplay in A Fish Called Wanda.There were some very long extended scenes involved but that didnt really effect the film because it adapted together really well which really impressed me.
  
  This film was similar to A Fish Called Wanda in a lot of ways particularly cast, type of story but different story on another side because about a zoo in Fierce Creatures but about lawyers, fish, crime and seduction in A Fish Called Wanda. It is similar also because they are both really original with not just the script but also the characters too.
  
  The chemistry between Rollo Lee and Willa Weston is just like Archie Leach and Wanda Gershwitz because of the slow falling in love technique that is used between them but Wanda uses Archie in A Fish Called Wanda. There is a scene where Rollo reminds Willa of the Wanda name that is used in A Fish Called Wanda which was really clever and absolutely awesome. The relationship between Rollo and Vince McCain was really funny because it was like Archie and Ottos in the film before. It is like Rollo is like an enemy to Vince for Willas heart like Archie is to Otto for Wandas heart. I loved the chemistry between Rod McCain and Vince McCain because they are both the same person in real life but are both typical Kevin Kline characters that are both like humourous psychopaths which is what Kline is really good at just like Kline did in his Oscar winning performance in A Fish Called Wanda.
  
  The setting is awesome. I think it was used a real zoo used where it was filmed. If it wasnt, it was awesome setting anyway. It has a beautiful setting that makes this one a bit of a family film. The make-up was really good on Kevin Kline for Rod because it obviously does look like Kline because it is him but it is that sort of make-up that is used on a character which tries to make it not look like the actor that character is portrayed by.
  
  I do have to say that this film was hilarious but I did like A Fish Called Wanda way more though. The acting was awesome again but not as good as A Fish Called Wanda. That beats Fierce Creatures in every single way. It is on the list of one of the best films of 1997. It is an underrated film that should be considered by more people about it being a loving comedy.

  SJMJ91

  Very underrated indeed. Love the return from the same cast of in my opinion the funniest film of all time - A Fish Called Wanda.
  
  This one has alot of good sides to it but has lack of plot in a way but with just hilarious comedy and often slapstick used within it. John Cleese returns just as funny again as A Fish Called Wanda but it is an awesome return though. Kevin Kline returns hilarious too and so does the gorgeous Jamie Lee Curtis. Michael Palin makes a really mild involvement this time which slightly disappointed me.
  
  This is still a comedy that should be taken into consideration as a loving comedy.

  posted 3 days ago
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  I recommend you see...

  The Gold Rush

  by Sam

  
  In that raging nowhere was a lone cabin, and another lone man, Black Larson, an unmitigated, predatory scoundrel.
  
  
  Directed by: Charles Chaplin
  Starring: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Georgia Hale, Henry Bergman
  
  Genre: Adventure/Comedy/Family/Romance/Western
  
  Running time: 69 minutes
  
  
  
  
  My review:
  
  Prospector - Chaplin - travels to Alaska looking for gold, and also finds the love of his live, Georgina. This is, naturally, interspersed with the usual Chaplin moments.
  
  
  I loved this film to bits because it is a family pleasure even though it is silent. That is in the original version. On the other hand on the reiss that was released in 1942. Chaplin narrated the film and spoke for the characters even though Chaplin was in it 17 years before he narrated it. That doesn't make it better. It just adds a bit more understanding of what is going on and also a different point of view of how you can feel about it. This film really inspired me because of the really adventurous journey. Despite of how scary it can be it can be the trip of a lifetime and can be really exciting. When I watched the 1992 biography film about the life of Charlie Chaplin, there was a scene about Chaplin's early work and Chaplin (Robert Downey Jr. in film) was watching his work on The Gold Rush but that starred the real Charles Chaplin. That is another reason why I love The Gold Rush. I find it a heartwarming experience that not many people would choose to watch because it is silent and is in the 1920s.
  
  Charles Chaplin's performance is awesome as the Tramp character again. Chaplin always appears the same when he is in films as the Tramp but has different personalities for each film. Chaplin is hilarious again which is who Chaplin really was in the past.
  
  This is a direction from Charles Chaplin that was absolutely great and realistic because of the way it is filmed and also of when it was released aswell. I personally think that this is Chaplin's most hard-working project that he ever did because of the filming characteristics that it has.
  
  This is similar to all of Chaplin's films because of Tramp character and the style of comedy involved. However, it is quite different because Chaplin's Tramp is different in every film he has been involved in. I think that this was the first ultimate family film until others like The Wizard Of Oz, It's A Wonderful Life and Great Expectations straight after it.
  
  The chemistry between Tramp and Georgia is obviously love but almost like love at first sight. It is like the factory worker's relationship in a slight way to the young girl in Modern Times who was Chaplin's third wife.
  
  The upbeat music was very delightful and heartwarming which is very typical Charlie Chaplin.
  
  This film was nominated for 2 Academy Awards: Best Sound, Recording but lost to Yankee Doodle Dandy and best Music, Scoring Of A Dramatic Or Comedy Picture but lost to Now, Voyager.
  
  This is my favourite film of the 1920s of the ones I have seen so far. It is one of my new favourite family films. But The Gold Rush isn't my favourite Chaplin film. Modern Times takes that place at the moment and the place of the greatest silent film of all time.

  SJMJ91

  Hey, you should really see this!
  
  Chaplin's second best work after Modern Times. An absolutely class film for the family to watch which should be considered and should be considered for anyone. It is a masterpiece!
  
  Anyone who is a fan of Chaplin, this is a must-see film!

  posted 3 days ago
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  I recommend you see...

  Fight Club

  by Sam

  
  The first rule of Fight Club is - you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is - you DO NOT talk about Fight Club. Third rule of Fight Club, someone yells Stop!, goes limp, taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule, only two guys to a fight. Fifth rule, one fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule, no shirt, no shoes. Seventh rule, fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule, if this is your first night at Fight Club, you have to fight.
  
  
  Directed by: David Fincher
  Starring: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
  
  Genre: Action/Drama/Thriller
  
  Running time: 139 minutes
  
  
  
  
  My review:
  
  Fight Club is a total masterful work of art from David Fincher. Fight Club is a film that is just complete kick ass all the way through it. It is one of those films that is very violent even before you watch it because the two words in the title are ways of violence. Fight Club is a new cinematic experience that truly reveals human behaviour not only because of the fighting in Fight Club but also because of the psychological side of humans. It is a film that some people wouldn't like because of the violence but would because of really cool characters and actors involved. I find Fight Club was underestimated at first because it came out but now it is a cult masterpiece with a lot of meaning to it. It is a little overrated but can't help but adore it to bits as I do.
  
  Brad Pitt is awesome in this film as Tyler Durden. He makes me laugh in this film because Tyler can be a total arsehole and a slimy arrogant character but in a humurous way. Tyler is described just the same as Brad Pitt as far as appearances is concerned. He was a very hard leader at Fight Club. Tyler is a very manipulating character because of what he does to the narrator in this film and what he usually likes to do. Edward Norton is really good too. I think he was chosen to be in this film because his character is slightly similar to his character in American History X. Edward told a story in that film as he does in Fight Club in which he is really good at. I find Marla Singer a typical Helena Bonham Carter character because she is a very unusual and mysterious character and also because of Marla's appearance. She is like a really heavy smoker and a mixed up slag. It is really unusual when she attends the testicular cancer obviously because she is a woman. Marla is a sort of character that Helena hasn't ever portrayed before but now feels like she should portray characters like Marla now. Marla's bizzareness is sort of like Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street.
  
  The direction from David Fincher was simply outstanding. I liked it more than Se7en. I loved the instant camera angles that Fincher has in this film particularly the fight scenes. The script was very original which is what most cult films are like as far as screenplay is concerned. It was written to catch the audience's attention and to keep their eyes on it because it is so breathtaking.
  
  As I said, I find Marla Singer quite similar to Mrs. Lovett. Tyler Durden is in my opinion a tie with Jules Winnfield as the coolest charact in cinema history. This is where Fight Club is quite similar to Pulp Fiction.
  
  The chemistry between narrator and Tyler Durden was very manipulating because Tyler was always pushing him into doing awkward and bad things. I really loved narrator's with Marla because they both always have a change of heart with each other. It was quite tense at times because of the relationship between the two.
  
  The sound effects were fantastic because it was so realistic especially with the Fight Club scenes and the fights. The setting was outstanding. It seems like it was set around the 1990s at least. The settings were especially good in the Fight Club cellar and also Tyler's house. It was really poor and crammy but it was really well designed. The make-up impressed me too with the blood that appeared on the men after they were fighting. That was realistic aswell.
  
  This film was nominated for one Academy Award: Best Sound Editing but lost to The Matrix. It should have earned or should have been close to Best Leading Actor (Brad Pitt), Best Director (David Fincher), Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Mixing and maybe even Best Picture 1999.
  
  This is my favourite film from Fincher so far. It is my favourite film from Brad Pitt and Edward Norton so far but it is my second favourite Helena Bonham Carter film after obviously Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. Fight Club is my favourite cult film and second favourite film of 1999 after The Green Mile. It is on the list of favourite films without a single doubt. Also, it has the greatest plot twist that I have ever seen and in my opinion, the biggest twist of all time. Masterpiece!!!!!

  SJMJ91

  Hey, you should really see this! My number 9 of all time!
  
  1. Sweeney Todd
  2. Forrest Gump
  3. The Dark Knight
  4. The Lord Of THe Rings: The Return of The King
  5. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
  6. The Pianist
  7. A Fish Called Wanda
  8. The Green Mile
  9. Fight Club
  10. Pulp Fiction
  
  This is my favourite film from Fincher so far. It is my favourite film from Brad Pitt and Edward Norton so far but it is my second favourite Helena Bonham Carter film after obviously Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. Fight Club is my favourite cult film and second favourite film of 1999 after The Green Mile. It is on the list of favourite films without a single doubt. Also, it has the greatest plot twist that I have ever seen and in my opinion, the biggest twist of all time. Masterpiece!!!!!

  posted 4 days ago
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  I recommend you see...

  Pee-wee's Big Adventure

  by Sam

  
  There's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shouldn't understand.
  
  
  Directed by: Tim Burton
  Starring: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen
  
  Genre: Adventure/Comedy/Family
  
  Running time: 90 minutes
  
  
  
  
  My review:
  
  Eccentric man-child Pee-Wee Herman embarks on the big adventure of his life across the US mainland, as he sets out to find his beloved bike, when it is stolen in broad daylight.
  
  
  Pee Wees Big Adventure is a good start to Tim Burtons films. This film is just really funny. It is a film that a lot of people hate because of its bright attracting characters that are really delightful but I do find that not really relevant. I thought it was quite funny because of the silly character that is Pee Wee Herman. I thought at first that I wouldnt like it because it was a film from Tim Burton with extremely bizarre and pathetic characters.
  
  Paul Reubens delivers a performance that is funny but is pretty crap really because of the stupid ridiculous character. I did laugh at some bits from him but it was mostly the way the film was handled and what the actors in the film were really like. It is quite a sad character really because he looks like a man but has the personality of a little child which isnt what Tim Burton is like. I do think that Paul Reubens would have been worth a Razzie nomination in this film. I think that all the acting from the whole cast was absolutely appauling.
  
  The direction from Tim Burton was quite good actually despite of how bad people say it is. It is said to be his worst film but I dont agree with that. However, it isnt anywhere near his best neither. The direction was very different compared to the other Burton films but it was what people got the impression of Tim when this film was released and also it is the first feature film that he had directed. The script was undescribable really because it was really lame at times but then in some scenes, it was quite interesting.
  
  This film isnt similar to any other Tim Burton film but it is mostly similar to Charlie And The Chocolate Factory because of the bright style and the very creative and colorful designs used within the film. I find that Pee Wees bike is like Willy Wonkas chocolate because they are like obsessions to the characters.
  
  The costumes were really good in this film. I thought they were very much like Charlie And The Chocolate Factory particularly on Pee Wee when comparing him to Willy Wonka.
  
  This film wasn?t nominated for any Academy Awards and for good reason really. It wasn?t really good enough for the top awards but it was for some awards like People Critics awards, Satellite Awards etc.
  
  This film was a decent start to Tim Burton films. But, I do feel that Beetlejuice is the ultimate start to great Burton films. This isnt Tims worst film. His worst ones are Mars Attacks! and Planet Of The Apes. Pee Wees Big Adventure isnt half as good as other Tim Burton films like Ed Wood, Corpse Bride, Batman Returns, Beetlejuice, Batman, Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, Sleepy Hollow, Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. Pee Wees Big Adventure is a decent Tim Burton film that does need to be remembered as a funny comedy.

  SJMJ91

  This is a decent Tim Burton that is quite good but quite bad aswell. It is slightly above average. Not Tim Burton's worst and nowhere near his best neither. His worst are Mars Attacks! and Planet Of The Apes. Still quite funny film but quite a bad performance from Paul Reubens because quite a bad character to watch. Not bad film.

  posted 5 days ago
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  I recommend you see...

  Magnolia

  by Sam

  
  The book says, "We might be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us."
  
  
  Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
  Starring: Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman
  
  Genre: Drama
  
  Running time: 188 minutes
  
  
  
  
  My review:
  
  An epic mosaic of several interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
  
  
  Magnolia is a film that I think some people have mixed feelings for. Some would like it because of strong characters and interesting storylines. For me, the storylines are good but feel a bit long. It was a 3 hour film. Also, I found it a complex film because of the different types of characters. I did like some scenes of the film particularly Tom Cruise. I thought Magnolia had a good powerful introduction and ending but ithad quite a dull middle part of the film. Just the good ending and beginning and the performances particularly from Tom Cruise and Julianne Moore.
  
  Julianne Moore isn't really a very good actress in my opinion but this is a performance from her that I was impressed with. She showed the emotion and heartbreak of Linda with her older husband's terminal illness. Tom Cruise's performance was absolutely fantastic. I find Frank T.J. Mackey a typical Tom Cruise character because Mackey is a slimy and sleazy character which is quite a bit like Tom in real life particularly as far as his ex-wife Nicole Kidman is concerned. Cruise deserved his Oscar nomination but not to win. Haley Joel Osment, Michael Clarke Duncan and Michael Caine are hard to beat in their films. I think the rest of the acting in the cast was good but not as good as Cruise and Moore.
  
  Paul Thomas Anderson's direction was good but I prefered There Will Be Blood that he recently did. The script was really well written especially of the cult style used in the film which in this case makes it similar to cult films like Pulp Fiction, Fight Club and Reservoir Dogs.
  
  I don't find the storylines nor the characters similar to any film I have seen. This is a whole new type of film for me.
  
  The relationship between Mackey and Linda is quite bitter because they are both completely different types of characters and are both related. Linda is Mackey's stepmother.
  
  The best type of quality is definately the music because it is like a kick-ass soundtrack with soft and heartfelt music which does connect with the cult theme.
  
  This film was nominated for 3 Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Tom Cruise) but lost to Michael Caine in The Cider House Rules, Best Original Screenplay but lost to American Beauty and Best Song ("Save Me") but lost to "You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan. This film won 1 one Golden Globe which was Best Supporting Actor (Tom Cruise) after beating the other four nominees that were nominated for the same Academy Award in same year. It was nominated for Best Song ("You'll Save Me") but lost agian to "You'll Be In My Heart" in Tarzan.
  
  This isn't my favourite Paul Thomas Anderson film. I like There Will Be Blood way more. This isn't my favourite Cruise film neither even though he is really awesome in it. I love Tom Cruise far more in Rain Man. It is the best performance that I think Julianne Moore has delivered thus far. It was very slow, long and confusing apart from that, it is a fairly descent film.

  SJMJ91

  This isn't my favourite Paul Thomas Anderson film. I like There Will Be Blood way more. This isn't my favourite Cruise film neither even though he is really awesome in it. I love Tom Cruise far more in Rain Man. It is the best performance that I think Julianne Moore has delivered thus far. It was very slow, long and confusing apart from that, it is a fairly descent film.

  posted 6 days ago
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  I recommend you see...

  Chaplin

  by Sam

  
  If you want to understand me, watch my movies.
  
  
  Directed by: Richard Attenborough
  Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Moira Kelly, Paul Rhys, Anthony Hopkins
  
  Genre: Biography/Drama
  
  Running time: 143 minutes
  
  
  
  
  My review:
  
  A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker Charles Chaplin.
  
  
  Chaplin is a film that is a lot like biorgaphy films because they are emotional films. It is a film about a man who became a legend in his days. This film was absolutely fantastic. It was really inspiring this film was because there were a lot of emotional years for Chaplin especially during WWII and also because of his personal life with women too. This film made me feel good because Charlie Chaplin is one of my favourite actors and I am really inspired by his work because he makes me laugh. This was a biography film I was so looking forward to because Chaplin and his films are eternal and will always live on. This film was really inspiring aswell because when Chaplin (Downey Jr.) is watching the films that he is directing, the film that he directed is the actual real life film with the real Charlie Chaplin in it. That is just amazing! That inspired me a lot! I find this film an extremely underrated biography film that should be watched by everyone. Not only because it is about the life of the late and great Charlie Chaplin but also the highly acclaimed performance from Robert Downey Jr. as Chaplin.
  
  Robert Downey Jr. delivers one of the best performances that I have ever seen. Downey Jr was almost like a clone of Chaplin because of every single way he was performing especially as the Tramp. Downey Jr. walked a lot like Chaplin did as the Tramp and he especially did the humorous stupid slapstick that Charlie used to do in this film. Downey Jr. almost did that perfectly. I think that was the reason why he earned his Oscar nomination not only the acting performance as far as words are concerned. I don?t think that Downey Jr. looks like Chaplin at all really but I think the reason why he was cast as Chaplin was because he has that loopy hyper style to his characters, he is quite a small man as Chaplin was and also Downey Jr. is an emotional actor aswell. I was deeply fascinated by Geraldine Chaplins performance as Hannah Chaplin because Geraldine Chaplins is Charlie Chaplins real life daughter. It must have been a great honour for Geraldine to portray her own grandmother with the story about her father. Her performance as Hannah Chaplin was absolutely superb and she should have earned Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Kevin Kline made me laugh a lot in this film as he does anyway particularly in his Oscar winning performance A Fish Called Wanda. Anthony Hopkins was good aswell. His character in this film was the only character in the film that is fictional.
  
  The direction from Richard Attenborough was awesome. I personally think that Attenborough is an expert of making biography movies especially after the success of the true life story of Mahatma Gandhi. That film is just called Gandhi. Attenborough won an Academy Award for Best Director for that film but I feel he should have been close for Chaplin. The script was good but I do personally think that it could have been better in some of the scenes.
  
  This film was very similar compared to biography films but the one biography film that I have seen and really like that I have seen is Gandhi because they are true stories about heroes and their slight downfalls and uprises within their lives. That is where I do find Mahatma Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin quite similar. The only difference is that Chaplin was an comedian, actor and director and Gandhi was a leader of followers of Asia to lead his people into freedom. That is another reason why I find Chaplin similar to Gandhi because it is directed by same person.
  
  The chemistry between Charlie and his mother Hannah was quite abbrupt really because she was a little mental and she couldnt look after Charlie and his brother. It is a damn shame though because Chaplin never really knew his mother. I really liked the partnership with Robert Downey Jr. and Geraldine Chaplin because Roberts performance was so outstanding and fascinated obviously because Geraldine is Charlie Chaplins real life daughter. Chaplin doesnt really have a relationship with one woman but has one with every woman. He was a real ladies man. He was married four times and was actually torn in his personal life. He sort of loses he reputation as he gets older. It?s a shame because he gets banished from America and lives in Switzerland for the rest of his life.
  
  The art direction was absolutely outstanding. It makes it sort of seem like an epic film because of the really flashy costumes, the make-up and everything else. It was really well designed for a film that is set in early 1900s up until 1977. The make-up is really good on Chaplin as the Tramp in this film. Robert Downey Jr doesnt really look like the real Charlie Chaplin but with the Tramp make-up on and the the moustache, shoes, the costumes and even the height and walking around and dancing characteristics Robert Downey Jr. does look like Charlie Chaplin there. The music was really good aswell because it is very emotional and is very hard to listen to.
  
  This film was nominated for 3 Academy Awards: Best Leading Actor (Robert Downey Jr.) but lost to Al Pacino in Scent Of A Woman, Best Art Direction but lost to Howards End and Best Original Score but lost to Aladdin. This film won 1 and was nominated for 3 BAFTA Awards. It won Best Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Costume Design but lost to Strictly Ballroom, Best Make-Up Artist but lost to The Last Of The Mohicans, Best Production Design but lost to Strictly Ballroom. This film was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards including Best Actor Drama (Robert Downey Jr.) but lost to Al Pacino in Scent Of A Woman, Best Supporting Actress (Geraldine Chaplin) but lost to Joan Plowright in Enchanted April. I am now pleased that Chaplin earned a highly ranked nomination for her performance as her own grandmother.
  
  The only thing that I did find quite disappointing for me was that I really wish it went into greater depth of his life. It did tell all of his life but didnt really go into enough great detail. I did love this film despite that. This film is probably Robert Downey Jrs most famous performance and is probably favourite performance from him. I do love Downey Jr. in Iron Man. This is my second favourite Richard Attenborough film after Gandhi. Amazing film that deserves to be remembered. This film is very underrated though.

  SJMJ91

  Hey, you should really see this!
  
  Masterpiece!! The only thing that I did find quite disappointing for me was that I really wish it went into greater depth of his life. It did tell all of his life but didnt really go into enough great detail. I did love this film despite that. This film is probably Robert Downey Jrs most famous performance and is probably favourite performance from him. I do love Downey Jr. in Iron Man. This is my second favourite Richard Attenborough film after Gandhi. Amazing film that deserves to be remembered. This film is very underrated though.
  
  
  Rated: 9/10

  posted 6 days ago
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  I recommend you see...

  Edward Scissorhands

  by Sam

  
  You see, before he came down here, it never snowed. And afterwards, it did. If he weren't up there now... I don't think it would be snowing. Sometimes you can still catch me dancing in it.
  
  
  Directed by: Tim Burton
  Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Alan Arkin, Vincent Price
  
  Genre: Comedy/Drama/Fantasy/Romance
  
  Running time: 105 minutes
  
  
  
  
  My review:
  
  An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful teenage girl.
  
  
  Edward Scissorhands is a film that has made me feel pleasure and inspiration within life. It is one of the wierdest Tim Burton films but it is weird enough for it to be real because Edward is like a really beautiful character to watch. It is a weird film with obviously fictional characteristics but with a heartbreaking meaning to the film. It is Tim Burtons most emotional film so far. It made me feel great because of the pure magic and of what Edward can actually do with himself especially when he lives all alone in a castle above a small town. It is just so magical when Edward is cutting things into shapes especially ice that turns into snow. Love the scene where he is cutting ice in the garden and while he is doing it Kim comes out and sort of relaxes in the snow. That is just like heaven. This film is an inspiration to me because it teaches me no matter what someone looks like it is more about their personality and who they really are. Despite of how romantic and dramatic this film is, this film is absolutely hilarious.
  
  Johnny Depp delivers an absolutely awesome performance as Edward Scissorhands. His performance is a performance which is very unlike Johnny really because Johnny hasnt really portrayed any soft, loving characters before. People love Johnny in this film for many reasons but one of the main ones is because he is only in his late 20s early 30s in this film and is quite good looking. Johnnys hair, costume and make-up totally suited him. As much as I simply adored his performance in this film, I do have to say I like Johnny more as Sweeney Todd and Jack Sparrow then Edward Scissorhands. Winona Ryders performance is good as Kim. Her acting is good when she is sort of bewildered and intimidated by Edward but I dont think it is very good when she starts to fall in love with Edward. Her words were for some reason quite weak but she did cry in a few scenes which looked real. I did like her more in this than Beetlejuice. Dianne Wiest was really good in this film too. She was a really good mother to Edward even though Edward is a grown man. She could have been better but she was still good though.
  
  Tim Burton directs this film ever so well because this is a story that he has thought of himself. It was really well filmed, written and directed by Tim Burton only from his imagination. Its like Tims very own story. I am really inspired that Tim chose to just use his head to make it instead of writing a novel of it and then making a film adaptation afterwards. As I said, it was really well written from a mans head without a novel to help. Also, it is a fantasy story which makes it quite a bit harder. For a film like this, I do honestly think that Burton deserved an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay or should have at least been close.
  
  This is typical Tim Burton because of the bizarreness of the story and the characters but it is quite different compared to some others because it is a very emotional and both heartwarming and heartbreaking aswell which is unlike Tim Burton. I think that is one of the reasons Sweeney Todd and Edward Scissorhands are my two favourite Tim Burton films: because they are both emotional stories. All of Johnny Depps characters in Tim Burton films are all different. A soft, kind unfinished invention, a crap moviemaker, a New York police officer turned scientist, a chocolatier, an engaged man, a serial killer barber and a hyper nutty man with a lust of cups of tea. The one character that I find sort of similar compared to other characters Johnny has portrayed in Tim Burtons films is probably Victor Van Dort.
  
  I would say that Edward Scissorhands is most similar to Beetlejuice because they are both stories that are inside Tim Burtons mind and also they are both the wierdest ones that Tim has done. It is like Tim has done films that combine two films together that are similar to each other. For example, Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands, Batman and Batman Returns, Ed Wood and Big Fish, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride, Planet Of The Apes and Mars Attacks!, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and the upcoming Alice In Wonderland and lastly Sleepy Hollow and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. Whoever is reading this, I hope you get what I mean. If you watch them all then you will see. But Edward Scissorhands is a film that hasnt been matched compared to its weirdness since when it was released.
  
  The chemistry between Edward and Kim is at first a shy and uncomfortable relationship because they dont know each other. Neither of them has ever seen the other like that before especially when they first meet and then after that. But she starts to fall in love with Edward because of how sweet he is and how comfortable he has made the family. Their relationship in a slight way reminds me a bit of Beast and Belles relationship in Beauty And The Beast apart from that Edward was never nasty to Kim whereas Beast was to Belle before they fell in love.
  
  The costume design was typical Tim Burton again on Edward Scissorhands. It was really dark and then he wore casual male clothes with a white shirt and grey trousers and even those suited him. Johnnys wig for Edward was very good aswell. It looked dead real and was a style that Tim Burton used and hasnt really used that sort of hair for one of his films since then. The only hair I can think of that is sort of similar is Johnny Depps hair in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. I thought that Johnny Depps make make-up as Edward was quite similar to Jack Nicholsons Joker make-up. It was mostly the white make-up more than anything else. It looked real especially with Edwards scars across his face.
  
  This film was nominated for one Academy Award: Best Make-Up but lost to Dick Tracy. This film was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Musical Comedy (Johnny Depp) but lost to Gérard Depardieu in Green Card.This won 1 BAFTA and was nominated for 3 other nominations: It won Best Production Design. However, it was nominated for Best Costume Design but lost to Cyrano De Bergerac, Best Special Visual Effects but lost to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Best Make Up Artist but lost to Cyrano De Bergerac.
  
  This is my second favourite Tim Burton film after Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. Five of Tim Burtons films are on my favourite films list. It is my third favourite Johnny Depp film after Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street and Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl. It is on the list for one of my most inspiring films. Edward Scissorhands is one of my favourite fantasy films and romantic films of all time. It is my favourite film of 1990. It is one of my top films of all time too. An unusual masterpiece from an unusual director Tim Burton which is great!! Always have loved this film and always will.

  SJMJ91

  Hey, you should really see this!
  
  This is my second favourite Tim Burton film after Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. Five of Tim Burtons films are on my favourite films list. It is my third favourite Johnny Depp film after Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street and Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl. It is on the list for one of my most inspiring films. Edward Scissorhands is one of my favourite fantasy films and romantic films of all time. It is my favourite film of 1990. It is one of my top films of all time too. An unusual masterpiece from an unusual director Tim Burton which is great!! Always have loved this film and always will.
  
  
  Rated: 10/10

  posted 7 days ago
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  I recommend you see...

  Big Fish

  by Sam

  
  There's a time when a man needs to fight and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny's lost, the ship has sailed and that only a fool will continue. The truth is I've always been a fool.
  
  
  Directed by: Tim Burton
  Starring: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter
  
  Genre: Adventure/Comedy/Drama/Fantasy
  
  Running time: 120 minutes
  
  
  
  
  My review:
  
  A story about a son trying to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths his father told him about himself.
  
  
  Big Fish was really knocked around at the start before it was released because it is a film from Tim Burton which is really bright and heartwarming which isnt really like him. Also because there wasnt any actors involved in this film who have been in a film with Tim Burton before apart from Helena Bonham Carter and Danny DeVito. I thought that at first but when I saw this film, I was totally blown away by how beautiful this film really is. I think the odds of the success of this film at first were against Tim because of how different this film is. But some people state that this film is his best film. People would choose either Big Fish, Sweeney Todd, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Beetlejuice or Ed Wood. This film made me feel really good because of its beautiful story and its inspiring characters within it. It also had a very cute meaning because it tought me what life really is about which is what a lot of films have tought me. It is a heartwarming fairy tale that is complex for a family film and is very creative and magical. This is inside Tim Burtons imagination just like Edward Scissorhands. I am unsure whether than fantasy place where Bloom went where he met that giant Karl and met a few other characters was in his imagination or really happening. That is why I have to say that this is Tim Burtons most complex film so far.
  
  Ewan McGregors performance as young Ed Bloom was really good. His acting was like Ed was confused with the fantasy world and the illusion he was involved in with himself. Albert Finneys performance was awesome! It was the best from the whole film. He really do anything wrong at all with his acting. He did look like a really adorable heartwarming actor to portray a character like that. He looks like Ewan McGregor aswell so thats another reason why. Albert was snubbed of an Oscar nomination. Personally, I think that when there are scenes with Ewan as Bloom and Albert as Bloom, they are obviously the same character but I do find for some reason them both to be portraying different sorts of characters. Billy Crudup was really good too as Will Bloom because he makes him act like more of a curious yet passionate character than I was expecting he was going to be. Jessica Lange was really good aswell as elder Sandra Bloom. Helena Bonham Carters second collaboration with partner Tim Burton was a far better one than their previous film together which was Planet Of The Apes. I find Jennys character a very mysterious character because she has always had a little crush on Ed Bloom ever since she was a little girl. Also, because of why she is so lonely, why she always has her cats with her and also why she lived in a random house in the woods. That is why I think Helena was really good for her character. I found the witch character quite a confusing character to calculate because I didnt really understand what was with her eye. I did think that maybe it could tell the future. The costume on Helena was really good which made her look similar to Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. But make-up on her for the witch was obviously very good but didnt look anything like Mrs. Lovett. Steve Buscemi was really good in this film as Norther Winslow. He makes me laugh all time which is why I think Steve Buscemi deserves to be a character like Norther Winslow because he was a humourous character to witness. Danny DeVito made me laugh aswell as he always does aswell as circus ringmaster Amos Calloway. I liked Alison Lohman as young Sandra Bloom and also Oscar winner Marion Cotillard as Will Blooms pregnant wife Josephine.
  
  Tim Burtons direction in Big Fish is in a lot of ways typical from Tim but in a different way it is a new way of direction from Tim Burton. Tim Burton has made this film his second most heartwarming film after Edward Scissorhands. Also, he made Big Fish his brighest (brightly coloured) film yet. As I said, I think the odds were against Tim with the success of this film because of how bright this film really is. There is a lot of bright colours involved especially when Bloom enters that land where there is bright lights, beautiful houses and really nice people. In a slight way at the same time, I find that like typical Tim Burton because it is like a setting and a film that a guy is in an extremely bizzare sort of illusion with himself and his life.
  
  It was like overrated because obviously its Tim Burton but can be underrated too because it is a Tim Burton film that not many people really appreciate because of its bright characters. The script was awesome aswell. This film is a novel but if it was without the fantasy world, the giant and the business with Bloom and the large fish then this would have been an excellent life story. It is a script that tries to revolutionise the meaning of life. But it does try and beat other previous classic films that try and show us what life really is about. Still a class script though.
  
  This film was obviously very different compared to other Tim Burton films like Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. But this is Tim Burtons most brightly coloured film with brightly hearted characters since Pee Wees Big Adventure which I have yet to see. At first, I didnt think I would like it. I was right the first time I saw it but when I did watch it for the second time, I thought why didnt I like it before?. Ed Blooms character is like a whole new type of character that is the first time to witness.
  
  The chemistry between Ed Bloom and Sandra is obviously real love. It was love at first sight when Bloom witnesses Sandra in the circus. I could feel the love between Finney as Ed and Lange as Sandra but I couldnt really between McGregor as Ed and Lohman as Sandra because it felt more like an obsession from Ed than instant love. Eds relationship with Jenny is friendship at first but Jenny has always had love feelings for Ed but Ed is obviously with his wife Sandra. The friendship between Ed Bloom and giant Karl was obviously a hard relationship because Karl is far bigger because hes a giant but Karl does try and teach Ed about himself.
  
  The art direction was superb which is half typical Burton but half non Burton which is really new. The costumes were sort of quite like period dramas like Pride And Prejudice, Atonement, Titanic and more. The music was awesome once again from Danny Elfman as he never seems to disappoint. It was very heartwarming and very emotional. The visual effects were really good on the large fish and also on the large giant Karl too. It really looked like a real person and the fish looked like a real fish of a rare type too.
  
  This film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for Danny Elfman but lost to The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King. It was robbed for Oscar nominations like Best Supporting Actor (Albert Finney) and Best Art Direction. It would have been nominated for Best Picture if it was nominated for an acting nomination, directing nomination and writing nomination. It was nominated for four Golden Globe nominations: Best Picture Musical/Comedy but lost to Lost In Translation, Best Supporting Actor (Albert Finney) but lost to Tim Robbins in Mystic River, Best Song (Man Of The Hour) but lost to Into The West in The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King and Best Original Score but lost to The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.
  
  This is my favourite Albert Finney film so far. I sort of liked Ewan McGregor in this film but I prefer his acting in Moulin Rouge!, Trainspotting the prequel Star Wars trilogy and The Island. I loved Helena Bonham Carter in this film too as Jenny but I prefer her in Sweeney Todd obviously. Danny DeVito and Steve Buscemi made me laugh in this film too and their performances were really good aswell. I did love this film from Tim Burton obviously but I prefer Burton films Sweeney Todd, Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow. Big Fish is a masterpiece and a masterpiece that should have been nominated for Best Picture. That is where I find this film like Sweeney Todd because they are both films that have been snubbed from the Best Picture Oscar nominations. They are the only two Tim Burton films that have ever been close. I dont think Tim Burton will ever make another brightly charactered film like this ever again. If he does then it cant be better than Big Fish because Big Fish is a masterpiece and is one of the best films of 2003. That is where it deserves its place in my favourite films list.

  SJMJ91

  Hey, you should really see this!
  
  I did love this film from Tim Burton obviously but I prefer Burton films Sweeney Todd, Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow. Big Fish is a masterpiece and a masterpiece that should have been nominated for Best Picture. That is where I find this film like Sweeney Todd because they are both films that have been snubbed from the Best Picture Oscar nominations. They are the only two Tim Burton films that have ever been close. I dont think Tim Burton will ever make another brightly charactered film like this ever again. If he does then it cant be better than Big Fish because Big Fish is a masterpiece and is one of the best films of 2003. That is where it deserves its place in my favourite films list.
  
  Top 5 Burton films:
  
  1. Sweeney Todd
  2. Edward Scissorhands
  3. Sleepy Hollow
  4. Big Fish
  5. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
  
  
  Rated: 10/10

  posted 8 days ago
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  I recommend you see...

  Superman

  by Sam

  
  It's kryptonite, Superman. Little souvenir from the old home town. I spared no expense to make you feel right at home.
  
  
  Directed by: Richard Donner
  Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando, Margot Kidder, Glenn Ford
  
  Genre: Action/Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy/Romance/Sci Fi
  
  Running time: 143 minutes
  
  
  
  
  My review:
  
  An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest super-hero.
  
  
  This was really thrilling. It is the first official superhero film and that is why it is called the classic superhero film. I did really like this film but I dont really like Superman/Clark Kents character because he isnt only a hero but he doesnt really have a personal slide in his personality like heroes like Batman and Spider-Man have. I dont think the name nor costume are catchy at all but I did like this film though.
  
  Christopher Reeve delivers a descent performance as Clark Kent/Superman. After seeing this and Superman Returns, I do think that Christopher Reeve is better than Brandon Routh as Superman. He was a really big man with a heroic style which was almost perfect for Superman. Gene Hackman certainly makes a better portrayal of Lex Luthor than Kevin Spacey does because Hackman is really good at playing that sort of character. Spacey is good as a villain aswell. I think that both of their villainous characters in the past ha