This could well be one of the best movies ever made. It is hillarious, yet warm, and carries a vital message.
Those who have given the film a bad rating for the fact it contains little dialogue in the beginning, no doubt do not have the mental capacity to understand the true beauty of this amazing film.
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What makes CS Lewis's Narnia "septet" so timeless is that the books work on 2 levels - straightforward 'fantasy' for children and a 'deeper' symbolic allegory of Christian faith.
This turned out fortunately for film-makers like Disney wanting to jump on the Tolkien/Rowling fantasy bandwagon. Children in the 1940s and 1950s didn't need more explicit biblical references putting in the books because British Christians then grew up like Muslims today - their faith was not an optional add on but an integral, 'living' aspect of their existence. They were familiar with what Lewis's allegories were without needing them spelled out. Today, in Britain's almost totally secular society, the fact that Lewis didn't lay the Christian theme on with a trowel means ... Read More:
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Having seen Frankie, like most people, on Mock the Week, I had this on pre-order ready for its release. I sat down to watch it, beer in hand, with my wife, expecting to be crying with laughter and dreading the moment it finished.
Oh dear.
Yes, it's good, and yes it's funny, but it's a long way short of what I was expecting. It was a long and disconnected set of gags that lacked any continuity, other than verbal attacks on the audience. And attacks they were, generally little more than abuse. He clearly gets riled by one heckle about spec-savers. Not good form.
I watched the second half waiting for it to finish.
I'm seeing him live on 17/12. I hope it's better than the DVD.
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This is a proper superhero movie . Downey plays a blinder as the bad guy turned good . What I liked about this film is it just lets you think you can catch your breath then it hits you with another action sequence . And its all action from start to finish . Bring on the sequel.........
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This is a unique combination of some fairly 'intellectual' and witty sayings with slapstick humour and it works brilliantly. Most comedies that are aired by the BBC are not usually repeatedly viewed as they are frankly not good enough but if they were viewed repeatedly then huge holes would appear in the plot.
I am not an expert on what makes a comedy work but these episodes contain a good story line, tension, brilliant timing, clever spatial arrangements, facial expressions, pauses and witty lines and the combination is hilarious.
It contains some allusions that would only have been picked up by a reasonably well educated audience in the 1970s e.g jokes about types of wine and the preparation of certain sorts of cuisine and references to historical ... Read More:
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If a film is rated '12', why would you deliberate whether to show it to an eight year-old? The classification surely outlines what is suitable.
It's amazing how many people buy their children '18' (or '12') rated video games (or films) and then complain about how unsuitable they are for youngsters. Saying that, my mum used to let me see Hammer and Universal Horrors as a child and I still turned out okay.
With regard to Del Toro's Hellboy 2, I loved it. I'm 42 and my inner eight year-old loved it too! Del Toro goes from strength to strength. This is a perfect melding of his Spanish language aesthetic with his Hollywood aesthetic. Roll-on Hellboy 3! Recommended!
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This film is great. It is a really good idea to start of as a cartoon then use real people in the real world.
I have watched it over and over and still love it and laugh and sing along.
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I'm not up to much when it comes to typing reviews so, please refer to "danbarrett563" (click on Most Helpful first) his review is spot on. If you like your true story war films, then this is one for your library, Simply Brilliant!
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I'm afraid I have to agree with the earlier reviewer who said there is a fault with the DVD.
I have a 4:3 television and set my DVD player to letterbox. The film does not play in the correct aspect ratio, losing some of the picture at either side. Considering that one of the selling points of the 50th anniversary edition is that you get the entire original picture this is really disappointing. In addition, the picture appears to be somewhat squashed together so that the characters in the film appear far thinner then they should.
Initially I thought it was my DVD player causing the problems but I have no trouble with any of my other disks. After doing some research online at several other DVD review sites it appears that this is a problem experienced by quite a few ... Read More:
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