Hollywood Movie Reviews......... |
Hollywood Movie Reviews......... |
Reeth |
Jul 18 2007, 02:54 AM
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Please review and express your feelings about the Hollywood movies old and new ,that you have watched,liked & would recommend to the other members ......
I start off with an all time favourite film of my entire family....i have lost count of the number of times i have watched this since the time..... The Ten Commandments (1956) It is one of the Greatest movies ever made in the history of World Cinema... The film covers the life of Moses from his discovery in a basket floating on the Nile as a baby by Bithiah, a childless young widow and daughter of the then-Pharaoh, Rameses I, to his eventual departure from Israel in the wake of God's judgment that he not be allowed to enter the Promised Land. In between, the film depicts the early adulthood of Moses as a beloved foster son of Pharaoh Seti I (successor of Rameses I and brother of Bithiah) and general of his armies, his romance with Throne Princess Nefertari and rivalry with the Pharaoh's own son, Prince RamesesII. Critics have argued that considerable liberties were taken with the Biblical story, affecting the film's claim to authenticity, but this has had little effect on its popularity..... Aside from winning the Academy Award for Best Effects, Special Effects, it was also nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color, Best Cinematography, Color, Best Costume Design, Color (Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins and Arnold Friberg), Best Film Editing, Best Picture and Best Sound, Recording Cecil B DeMille’s swan song is a movie for the ages. At 75 the legendary director was at the peak of his fame, his name a house-hold word and his voice recognized by millions. He probably knew The Ten Commandments would be his last film it almost killed him. He certainly knew it would be his most important. Shot in widescreen Technicolor, The Ten Commandments remains the standard by which Biblical epics -- and many epics in general -- are measured When Moses turns his staff into a snake and back again, the effect is seamless. His turning of the Nile into blood is an impressive camera trick, but his parting of the Red Sea is one of Hollywood's most famous stunts. It's worth sitting through the 220 minutes of movie for this alone.... MAIN CAST #Charlton Heston as Moses # Yul Brynner as Pharaoh Rameses II # Anne Baxter as Nefertari # Edward G. Robinson as Dathan # Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora # Debra Paget as Lilia # John Derek as Joshua # Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Pharaoh Seti I But the Ten Commandments isn’t about God alone.... It’s about a woman, Neferteri the beauty of Egypt, and whom she marries will become Pharoe and rule the Earth...she prefers Moses who races chariots and saves old women from being crushed under the monumental obilisk he is raising in honor of Neferteri’s father — and helped by the fact he’s played by manly-man Charlton Heston who looks great,She does not want Ramses, the delicious Yul Brenner who wants Neferteri because of the wealth and power that comes with her. Moses is banished and Neferteri is forced to marry Ramses instead. History might know about Moses and Ramses, but DeMille knew about scorned women..... It remains one of the five most successful films of all time.It is Cecil B. DeMille’s last and arguably greatest film.....Definitely worth watching.... The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind -William James |
mmuk2004 |
Mar 24 2008, 09:45 PM
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You are welcome Reeth. You choose some of the most wonderful films that one can go back to and watch again and again.
It is an epic movie literally. Historically, one can have issues with the movie, which are ofcourse part of the criticism of the book too, as it presents a rather romantic, southern version of the Civil war. Mitchell was a southern belle just like Scarlett O'Hara and her sympathies are quite obvious in that the scars on Scarlett's delicate hands receive more sympathy than the cruelties wrought on the slaves in the deep South, but she certainly brought the culture of the south alive along with a vivid picture of the devastation the war brought on the South and the Reconstruction. Selznick got the pulse of the book and translated it wonderfully in the movie. Amazing, that he realised the potential of the book (it was published in 1936), and agreed to pay a great deal of money to an absolute newcomer for the filming rights of this novel. Vivien Leigh had a troubled life and suffered from manic depression and was always a difficult person to work with, she made friends with Clark Gable and his wife Carole Lombard but there was a great deal of tension between her and Leslie Howard (who she is supposed be in love with throughout the movie!) Her romance with Laurence Olivier was in its initial stages during the filming of GWTW, and Olivier(who had won great renown on the British stage), had been offered the part of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights(1939) which made a Hollywood star out of him. He was also the lead for Selznick's Rebecca(1940). Leigh did not get the lead roles in either of the movies opposite him as she had wanted. Twelve years later, in 1951 she played the Southern belle again, this time an ageing one, winning great critical acclaim, in Elia Kazan's film version of Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire. Attached image(s) "This isn't right, this isn't even wrong." Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958) "There are no facts, only interpretations." Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
Faraaj73 |
Apr 13 2009, 05:55 PM
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Twelve years later, in 1951 she played the Southern belle again, this time an ageing one, winning great critical acclaim, in Elia Kazan's film version of Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire. Marlon Brando was the real winner in A Streetcar Named Desire, one of Tennessee William's best works - I like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof more. Actually the role was originally offered to Burt Lancaster. His unspoken regret for the rest of his life was turning it down. When he was at the peak of his career, he left mainstream cinema and moved into art films to prove he was as good an actor as Brando. Films from the art period include Il Gattopardo (one of the greatest films ever - it blows GWTW out of the water) and The Swimmer. Kind Regards Faraaj Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. - Victor Hugo There is only one better thing than music - live music. - Jacek Bukowski I hate music, especially when it's played. - Jimmy Durante No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. - W. H. Auden |
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