Once in a while a film comes along that has the power to change your mind about certain pre-conceived ideas. This is one such film. City of Joy never shys away from the power of its message and its graphic picture of life in a poor part of a large and spralling Indian city. Yes, at times it can be a little hard to swallow - the big American doctor (Patrick Swayze) waltzing onto the scene - but its not over sickly sweet and you come away feeling that you have been taught a valuable lesson. That life is for living, not for spectating and you must live each moment and treasure each experience; savour it. You never know when it can be taken from you.
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It's always hard summing up English films. I mean, how seriously can you take them these days? Their are few that stand out as being unique, unless you count the likes of 'The Full Monty', which few films had tried before.
Purely Belter, like most other British films, set's itself in the good down to earth reality of English life. It's always refreshing to watch a film that you can, in many ways, relate to in your own life, and this is something that only an English audience can absorb and take in. The plot is thin but simple in this film; a year in the life of two Newcastle lads who plan to raise money for a pair of season tickets at St James' Park, home of Newcastle FC.
Probably the most under-rated family movie of all time. If you want a fantasy film to watch...get this!!!
It does everything a Disney movie (Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Jungle Book, Fantasia) does and much, much more. Macaulay Culkin does his best performance!! Everything about this movie is perfect...the songs touch your heart...the story is enchanting...the acting is superb...the dialog makes you believe...the animation is better that anything Disney made at the time (and Disney is the standard)...and the atmosphere is indescribable! Also listen out for the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Stewart and Leonard Nimoy (yes, this is not Star Trek)!!!
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory is the best children's film I have ever seen, better even than the book. All Roald Dahl fans out there BUY IT NOW
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Two words for this filming of the ballet by Frederick Ashton of stories by Beatrix Potter: Clever...charming. If you have small kids who aren't yet spoiled by Computer Generated Overkill, I think they'll be entranced. And any grownups who still have a bit of innocence left I think will be, too.
The dancers from the Royal Ballet are all costumed as the characters. The female creatures all are plump and wear pastel gowns with the waist around the bust and white dust bonnets on their heads. The male creatures all are chubby and wear frock coats, knickers and knee socks. The dancers also wear full head masks to look like the squirrels and pigs and mice and ducks. I couldn't spot an eye port anywhere. The characters are all there (and spare me the ... Read More:
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Bought this as a cheapie Christmas present & value wise I think we've had our moneys worth already. Our 2 year old has started saying "Lurve that dawg", & I,ve had to explain who George Washington was to our 5 year old. Contains casual violence & wisecracks.
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Spider!
I loved this when i was a kid. I'm now going on 23, and i still love it. Something everyone can enjoy. Very simple premice, and extremley FUN.
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Watched this a few years back but couldn't get on with the animation style. It was bought as a present for my 4yo who loves it. On re-watching I didn't have the same animation prejudice simply because Tim Burton has made it more 'acceptable'. Shallow of me I know but there you go.
The Aunts are fantastic in the 'real-life' section although I couldn't get on with the boy. Pete Postlethwaite still gives me the creeps (although that's from the Sharpe TV series rather than this film).
In the animated section the bugs are all pretty good and the boy gets better.
The songs are OK but I didn't find them particularly catchy.
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