Hollywood Movie Reviews......... |
Hollywood Movie Reviews......... |
Reeth |
Jul 18 2007, 02:54 AM
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Dedicated Member Group: Members Posts: 2154 Joined: 22-May 06 Member No.: 6151 |
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 |
simplefable |
Jun 7 2009, 10:28 AM
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Dedicated Member Group: Members Posts: 8613 Joined: 3-August 07 From: ANDHRA PRADESH Member No.: 20340 |
Madhavi..thanks for your review on "Les Enfants du Paradis "..will look out for that.
It is as usual, very interesting to read your reviews.. Faraaj...now, you say it so beautifully.." America America " ...will be on my lookout too.. Since we are on french films, just wanted to say a few words about a couple of films...actually one is sequel to another, which touched me...very deep. Thanks to a real film buff who impressed on me that i should watch the films, i had an experience of a life time. The film am talking about is....." Jean De Florette" directed by Claude Berri. Since am not that well versed with credentials of directors and actors..i mostly rely on reviews. but this started as a favorite of mine, as it starred Gerard Depardieu...( Green Card, Bogus..) and he doesnt disappoint either. The film story is simple... It is about quest of Water....as old as life on this planet. Still this quest continues, as no one is able to satiate the insatiable human race. In rural france, an ex-service man returns with a lucrative idea of growing roses on his land..but he comes to know that there is no good water resource in his plot...where as the adjoining plot is endowed with a spring which is always flowing..So the man gets an idea to knock away the land of the adjoining owner. The owner happens to be a lady who is on death bed..and she bequeaths the land to his niece..and her husband.. Jean. Now, Jean is an amicable and simple person...who has his plans to cultivate the land to the maximum extent..and get rich. he has his own plans..which consists of his wife and daughter and music..and peace and love. The Ex-service man along with his uncle plug the water spring..and watch the neighbour sink...shrink..and get sick.. Nothing is on their conscience except the spring that is going to be theirs soon... the climax is one of the heart rending ones i have seen... Dont miss it. Now, the sequel .."Manon Des Sources"...is a beautiful sequel. We seldom see any sequel which can equal the first part in content and consistency. This one stands out that way...Watch this back to back with the first one...and i promise you will be glad and euphoric. After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Aldous Huxley "Waqt ne kiya...Kya haseen sitm...Tum rahe na tum..Hum rahe na hum.." geetadutt noorjehan shamshadbegum Anmol Fankaar |
mmuk2004 |
Jun 10 2009, 11:02 AM
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Dedicated Member Group: Members Posts: 3415 Joined: 25-September 04 Member No.: 907 |
Madhavi..thanks for your review on "Les Enfants du Paradis "..will look out for that. It is as usual, very interesting to read your reviews.. Faraaj...now, you say it so beautifully.." America America " ...will be on my lookout too.. Since we are on french films, just wanted to say a few words about a couple of films...actually one is sequel to another, which touched me...very deep. Thanks to a real film buff who impressed on me that i should watch the films, i had an experience of a life time. The film am talking about is....." Jean De Florette" directed by Claude Berri. Since am not that well versed with credentials of directors and actors..i mostly rely on reviews. but this started as a favorite of mine, as it starred Gerard Depardieu...( Green Card, Bogus..) and he doesnt disappoint either. The film story is simple... It is about quest of Water....as old as life on this planet. Still this quest continues, as no one is able to satiate the insatiable human race. In rural france, an ex-service man returns with a lucrative idea of growing roses on his land..but he comes to know that there is no good water resource in his plot...where as the adjoining plot is endowed with a spring which is always flowing..So the man gets an idea to knock away the land of the adjoining owner. The owner happens to be a lady who is on death bed..and she bequeaths the land to his niece..and her husband.. Jean. Now, Jean is an amicable and simple person...who has his plans to cultivate the land to the maximum extent..and get rich. he has his own plans..which consists of his wife and daughter and music..and peace and love. The Ex-service man along with his uncle plug the water spring..and watch the neighbour sink...shrink..and get sick.. Nothing is on their conscience except the spring that is going to be theirs soon... the climax is one of the heart rending ones i have seen... Dont miss it. Now, the sequel .."Manon Des Sources"...is a beautiful sequel. We seldom see any sequel which can equal the first part in content and consistency. This one stands out that way...Watch this back to back with the first one...and i promise you will be glad and euphoric. Thanks SF for the review. Apart from watching films in one's own list, it is fun to watch films recommended by people you know. This one was on my list of "to watch" films, now I have to push is forward... The storyline intrigues me...is the story purely character oriented (as in focussing on the suffering of the character, the overcoming of hardships etc) or does the story become an occasion for looking at larger philosophical issues? Btw, look out for some Auteuil's films too, he is good. He and Depardieu made a great comic pair in The Closet. Not a great movie but a lot of fun. This post has been edited by mmuk2004: Jun 10 2009, 11:05 AM "This isn't right, this isn't even wrong." Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958) "There are no facts, only interpretations." Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
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