Futurama the Movie - Bender's Big Score

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I'm walking on Sunshine!! The Future is it now!.......2007-08-31

Yes! The Year 3000 is back!! This is all-new material, NOT RECYCLED or from 4 seasons offered in volumes 1-4 or Monster Fun. All new from the Simpson's creator Matt Groening and the Futurama team.

It's here the first of the 4 "NEW" FUTURAMA direct-to-DVD videos, 3 of which will be released throughout 2008. Following "BENDER'S BIG SCORE" will be, "INTO THE WILD GREEN YONDER" then, "BENDER'S GAME" and THE BEAST WITH A BILLION BACKS." The features will be cut into an episode format to air eventually on Comedy Central, not Cartoon Network.

Each of these feature the brilliant original voice talent, from the short-lived fox series: John Di Maggio (as Bender and others), Dave Herman (as the Honorable Mayor C. Randall Poopenmayer and more ) Katey Sagal (Leela), Phil LaMarr (Hermes), Lauren Tom (Amy Wong), Billy West (Fry, Zoidberg, Farnsworth, an other Futurama, but known as Stimpy and from the Howard Stern Show, West does the best LARRY FINE in the business), old school veterans like Frank Welker (here for Nibbler but he's the original Fred Jones, if you saw Saturday morning, you can bet he was in it) and Maurice LaMarche (as Morbo, but LaMarche was on the original Transformers, amoung other projects) and Tress a.k.a. "Skinner's Mom" MacNeille (most recently played the "Spider-Pig" in Simpson's Movie). This time around Sarah Silverman is a guest along with others, like Star War's Mark Hamill.

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The Scepter Caper
Crime Drama
Delightful Heist movie starring De Niro and Norton
The Score: Smart With Heart
The youth against the experience!

The Score
Starring: Angela Bassett , Marlon Brando , Mark Camacho , Christina Colburn , and Claude Despins
Director: Oz, Frank
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ASIN: B00003CY5J
Release Date: 2001-12-11

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Robert De Niro plays a weary thief tempted by wily old associate Marlon Brando into, yes, one last job, a plan to rob a priceless scepter from Montreal's Customs House. Director Frank Oz's heist thriller partners De Niro with hotshot upstart Edward Norton, and you'd have to be determinedly grumpy not to get half a kick out of Brando, DeNiro, and Norton--more than holding his own--coolly bouncing off one another in a Method paradise. Brando may be enormous and breathing heavily with every move, but his technique is as agile as it ever was; he still seems spontaneously clever. Oz doesn't have the most crackling visual style in the world, as the film is far too smooth for tension, and keeps tapping Howard Shore's music score to do most of the work in that department; the divine Angela Bassett is once again totally wasted in a 10-minute throwaway role as De Niro's girlfriend. The Score isn't anything new, and there isn't a single surprise, but if you're into this sort of thing you do respond to its polished familiarity. --Steve Wiecking

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The Scepter Caper.......2007-09-04

The score is about stealing a scepter. Robert DeNiro, Ed Norton, and Marlon Brando scheme and plan to steal a King's scepter in the Montreal Custom House. Norton has a janitorial job there to help them get inside. Between wondering how to make the job work and wondering who they can trust there is a fair amount of suspense. Fans of movies like "The Italian Job" and "Foolproof" should enjoy it. Very good acting in this movie and you will appreciate Norton's ability especially as once again he shows another personality as he did in "Primal Fear". DeNiro and Brando are excellent as always. I highly recommend this crime caper movie.

Crime Drama.......2007-08-24

The ending was the best part of this movie. I found parts of it dragged out but the story is solid.

Corey Cotta, Author of All of Yesterdays Tomorrows.

Delightful Heist movie starring De Niro and Norton.......2007-08-11

The Score is a perfect heist movie, because it brings in a lot of character development along with some good, human drama. Robert De Niro stars as a man who is good at taking scores. He is not just good at his craft, he is the best around. Robert plays this character with perfection as a man who is meticulous, methodical and all business. He never takes a big risk until one happens to present itself from his friend. Soon there are multiple snags and setbacks that would scare off most amateurs, but again this man is the master of what he does, and that includes some mind games.

Enter Edward Norton, playing the part of the man on the "inside" of the big job. Norton is superb in his character play of a mentally handicapped janitor at the facility where everything is going to take place. He also brings out the youth and arrogance that his characters needs to be the opposite of the man Robert plays, and that sets the stage for some tense moments at the end of the film.

The humanity is the frustration of the person who is setting up the score, a man who knows his life is perhaps over if things do not go well. None other than the legendary Marlon Brando plays this character. De Niro's character also has a choice between a final take and a new life with a new love, a theme that is very similar to the one his character played in the 1995 Heist style film called "Heat" directed by Michael Mann.

The film has great action as well as breathtaking moments, whether it is high tech surveillance or the snatch and go itself, The Score plays out with some nice surprises till the very end. With an excellent cast and strong direction, it finishes out as a very tight, character driven film.

The Score: Smart With Heart.......2007-06-21

The Score is hugely entertaining. Set in Montreal, Canada, the environs are familiar yet slightly foreign. Robert De Niro's gentleman thief character Nick is likeable and believable. His day job is owner of the NYC jazz club.

In a memorable scene, Nicky offers rock solid middle class advice to would be hot shot Edward Norton's character by advising him never to take longshots or high risks. "Make a list of everything you want and take the next twenty years to get it." Sounds more like a stock broker than a master thief.

The Score's score is superb. Jazzy and atmospheric.

The actual theft and escape scene is creative and well orchestrated.

Great movie with a great twist.

The youth against the experience!.......2007-05-10

The score is film with a double reading. On one hand is an electrifying and chilling story of a specialist of first order and a very young newcomer (Edward Norton in an extraordinary performance as the young defiant). This double speech will intermingle in order to convey us one of the most breathtaking movies of this year.

You will realize how you can make close affinities with that old cult movie. "Cincinnati Kid" . This was, on the other hand, the last Op. of Marlon Brando, too.

Dream Theater - Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra

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Dt's Best Ever
Some five star songs, but a four star DVD
You'll watch this over and over again.
woof
Pleasant surprise

Dream Theater - Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra
Starring: Dream Theater
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ASIN: B000GIWS7E
Release Date: 2006-08-29

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The tenacious odyssey of Dream Theater culminates in one of their finest concerts ever on this magnificent Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour DVD. Just how good is this blazing prog-metal performance, recorded at New York City's radio City Music Hall on April 1, 2006? For starters, it's easy to believe the band's drummer and co-founder, Mike Portnoy, when he ends the nearly three-hour show by saying "this was one of the best nights of our career." Then consider that for one brief but shining moment in mid-September 2006, Score nudged Pink Floyd's Pulse out of the #1 spot on the bestselling music DVD charts, proving without a doubt that DT's loyal fan base was more than willing to elevate the band to an unprecedented level of critical and commercial success. It's a win-win scenario for everyone, because it's obvious, from this performance and the Octivarium CD that spawned it, that Score represents 20 years of bold perseverance, and the sheer power of combined talents against the fickle forces of a music industry that repeatedly tried, and failed, to compromise Dream Theater's unique creative vision.

For longtime fans, Score offers an abundance of material that's exclusive to this release, with minimal crossover from previous Dream Theater DVDs. "The Spirit Carries On" is a natural highlight, and James LaBrie's vocals are as pristine here as they are throughout the entire concert. But there can be little doubt that this gig will be best remembered for the flawless performances of the DT epics "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence," "Octivarium," and a jaw-dropping encore rendition of "Metropolis," all spectacularly accompanied by the Octivarium Orchestra under the baton of arranger and conductor Jamshied Sharifi. These massive arrangements have been beautifully mixed in 5.1 Dolby Digital or equally crisp PCM stereo, and each member of Dream Theater is given ample opportunity to demonstrate their virtuoso skills, including several transcendent solos by guitarist John Petrucci and keyboardist Jordan Rudess (the latter proving his mastery of the lap steel guitar, vintage Moog synthesizer and the curiously amazing Continuum Fingerboard). Of course, one must never underestimate the awesome bass foundation laid by John Myung, whose priceless contribution is sonically ever-present, if not always visually apparent. As directed by Portnoy, however, Score is totally focused on the music, gracefully and unobtrusively covering the concert from a variety of visually advantageous angles, and edited (by Chris Osterhus) to follow every beat, transition, and solo with breathtaking precision. All in all, Score is easily on par with Pulse, and arguably surpasses the Floyd DVD in terms of overall performance. It's a godsend for fans, and a perfect introduction for the band's ever-growing audience of new and converted fans. -- Jeff Shannon

On the DVD
"The Score So Far" is an outstanding documentary that fully chronicles Dream Theater's history from its earliest days (when Portnoy, Petrucci, and Myung met at Boston's Berklee College of Music) to the Radio City concert on April 1, 2006. Personnel changes are candidly addressed (as opposed to some bands, DT don't hide their past difficulties, and credit is always given when due), and the film serves as a tribute to the band's refusal to bow to commercial pressures. (It's no wonder Mike Portnoy feels a gratifying sense of vindication; after 20 years, he and his bandmates fully deserve it.) Also included is the amusing "Octivarium Animation" shown during the concert, and three live performances (from 1993, 2002 and 2005) that further illustrate Dream Theater's ability to refine and/or redefine its sound and image while keeping up with the times. --Jeff Shannon

Description

This DVD features the grand finale concert of the "20th Anniversary Tour", recorded live at Radio City Music Hall on April 1, 2006. Disc One is footage of the concert, and Disc 2 includes bonus features.

Track Listings:
The Root Of All Evil [Set 1]
I Walk Beside You [Set 1]
Another Won [Set 1]
Afterlife [Set 1]
Under A Glass Moon [Set 1]
Innovence Faded [Set 1]
Raise The Knife [Set 1]
The Spirit Carries On [Set 1]
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence: [Set 2]
I. Overture [Set 2]
II. About To Crash [Set 2]
III. War Inside My Head [Set 2]
IV. The Test That Stumped Them All [Set 2]
V. Goodnight Kiss [Set 2]
VI. Solitary Shell [Set 2]
VII. About To Crash (Reprise) [Set 2]
VIII. Losing Time/Grand Finale Vacant [Set 2]
The Answer Lies Within [Set 2]
Sacrificed Sons [Set 2]
Octavarium: [Set 2]
Intro [Set 2]
I. Someone Like Him [Set 2]
II. Medicate Me [Set 2]
III. Full Circle [Set 2]
IV. Intervals [Set 2]
V. Razor's Edge [Set 2]
Encore: Metropolis [Set 2]

Customer Reviews:

Dt's Best Ever.......2007-09-02

This concert recording establishes DT as, hands down, the best live R&R band playing today. Forget metal; this is a prog rock band who now knows what and who they are and will go where they choose to go from now on. Each member of this band is a non-pretentious icon in his own field of expertise; yet not afraid to be accused of self-indulgence for doing his best. They break a few molds in the hitherto stagnant rock music industry. We should all be thanking this band for that, as well as their excellence and originality in the performance industry.

Some five star songs, but a four star DVD.......2007-07-14

I love the idea of a concert with an orchestra, especially when the band is worthy of orchestral backing (take note, Metallica). Overall this was a great dvd, but i thought the song selection takes away from it a little (not a lot). I would have liked to hear more old stuff, but I guess I can't have my cake and eat it (never understood why I couldn't). Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence was great, as was Octavarium (I LOVE that continuum!), Metropolis, and the entire orchestral part of the show. i just thought there wasn't enough diversity in the first set.

My only other complaint is that the cameras in every Dream Theater DVD bounce around too much. Take note, mike portnoy- we wanna see musicians for more than half a second at a time. I realize it is hard to make a concert DVD perfect, but I am grateful to Dream Theater for putting so much material on DVD. More bands (see Symphony X) need to take note!!

You'll watch this over and over again. .......2007-06-27

This baby will never make it to my media storage unit. I've had it for about 3 weeks, and I've watched all the way through it about 6 times, and bits and pieces almost every night. I have no idea how it is that I missed this band over the years. I actually learned about them when this very same concert aired on PBS a couple of months ago. Now, they are at the top of my favorites heap.

DT's musicianship and band synergy is as good as it gets, and it is so obvious from this particular concert. Each member is the best at what they do, and together, they are greater than the sum of the parts.

I highly recommend this DVD.

woof.......2007-06-01

I thought I'd get this dvd as a way to remember their concerts. but you know, I find myself just enjoying the dvd about as much as the concert. we all know DT has technique, but add to that their individual musicianship and collective umph...

Pleasant surprise.......2007-05-13

Back in the early 90's I bought a Dream Theatre Cd "Images and Words" not knowing anything about it. It quickly became my favorite CD. Well, time passed and just recently I pulled out that CD and listened again and I thought "wow" these guys were really really good and started listening to it all over again. And then I thought, "I wonder if these guys did anything after that?" I searched Amazon and discovered that indeed these guys had been very active over the years. I decided to get there most recent CD "Octavarium" and was completely blown away by it. Then I decided to get this DVD. And I cannot say enough about how good it is. I thought prog rock had pretty much died and then I see this and realize that Dream Theatre has kept it alive and growing. 5 Big stars for this DVD and Dream Theatre in general.

Keeping Score: Revolutions in Music - Beethoven's Eroica

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A Great Exploration of Eroica
Heroic MTT
More heroic than I had realized

Keeping Score: Revolutions in Music - Beethoven's Eroica
Starring: Beethoven , Sfs , and Thomas
Manufacturer: San Francisco Sym
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ASIN: B000JBWWTC
Release Date: 2006-11-14

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A Great Exploration of Eroica.......2007-03-11

It is a shame that more DVDs of this quality are not produced. A movement by movement explanation of a pioneering work in classical music history. MTT does a fabulous job of providing his personal insights into the music with a terrific musical ensemble. This is the "Big Picture" tour of the work, the great facade of the building and not necessarily the intricacies of its architecture. A detailed exploration of the nearly molecular construction of the music is not undertaken (it would take quite a few DVDs for that) but the overall storyline is beautifully explained. Beethoven's music has a poignancy that can't be denied; a sharing of thoughts and emotions with his audience that leaves both better off for the experience. I hope there will be more pieces such as this about Beethoven's music in the future. I heartily recommend this to any fan of classical music.

Heroic MTT.......2007-02-28

I was at one the performances they filmed for this wonderful DVD. The SF Symphony is my favorite band (this from an ol' Deadhead!), and MTT is brilliant! I hope he never leaves.

We have all heard the Eroica a million times before. How could there be anything new to hear in it? The SF Symphony succeeds. An example, there is a moment in the variations of the fourth movement when the first chairs, violin and viola, share a few fleeting mesaures, and you realize why Alexander Barantschik and Geraldine Walther are first chairs. What they do seems spontaneous and absolutely magical. The performance is filled with such moments.

I recommend all of the DVDs in the "Keeping the Score" series. The performances are more than first rate, and MTT supplies an insightful and informative lecture in each instance. They would have done Lenny proud.

More heroic than I had realized.......2006-11-20

This dvd was given to me by friends who know I love to learn more and more about music.

It consists of a complete performance by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra of Beethoven's Third Symphony, "The Eroica,"

AND

Michael Tilson Tilson Thomas, conducting a movement by movement "tour" of Beethoven's Third. Tilson Thomas explains what was going on in Beethoven's life and provides various explanations of why the music is the way it is. Comments are added by some of the SFSO's musicians, including their approach to playing Beethoven.

I had long known of Beethoven's original intention of dedicating the symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte, whom Ludwig saw as "a leader come from the people." Later, of course, when Bonaparte crowned himself emperor, Beethoven literaly scratched out the dedication to Napoleon, and it has been hereafter know simply as the Eroica, or heroic symphony.

What I didn't know, which Micael Tilson Thomas explains, is that Beethoven was confronting the reality of his impending deafness, just at the time he was writing this symphony. He explains how the symphony includes Beethoven's anguish and (unfounded) shame at being a deaf musician. Yet he goes on to explain that Beethoven faces this demon, and the music tells us that he goes on with life. Thus Beethoven's Eroica is heroic in more ways than is commonly known.

Keeping Score: Revolutions in Music - Stravinsky's Rite of Spring

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An Enjoyable Music DVD
The work - and this DVD - stand alone
Great Presentation
Wonderful presentation on every front!

Keeping Score: Revolutions in Music - Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
Director: Joan Saffa , and David Kennard
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ASIN: B000JBWWTW
Release Date: 2006-11-14

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An Enjoyable Music DVD.......2007-09-01

Music DVDs can be disappointing to some -- there's not always that much to actually watch, and efforts to utilize the sound and presentation fomats of DVD often meet with only limited success. That said, if you have as the subject a piece like the Rite of Spring, there's more than the usual antics to watch.

This DVD comprises an hour-long video production originally aired on PBS showing some history of the piece, cursory analysis, and occasional contributions from orchestra members. In general, it works well, though there are some strange inconsistencies. For example, in the opening sentence the beginning of the Danse Sacrale is referred to as its "climax;" and while Firebird is discussed in some detail there is no mention of the next ballet Stravinsky scored (Petrushka). There is an illustration of Stravinsky's "borrowing" Rimsky-Korsakov's music for The Firebird, but no mention of how this bothered some of Rimsky's surviving family. Homophobes will be pleased to learn that there is no discussion at all of relations between Nijinsky, Diaghilev or any other persons mentioned in the program.

There are occasional danced sections, apparently utilizing the "Hodson/Archer" reconstruction of the original choreography -- it's debatable how closely this approximates the original choreography, particularly since the Ballet Russes were unable to do so a half-dozen years after the premiere.

Overall, though, it's an engaging documentary and I think would make an excellent introduction to the work. I rather liked the contributions from the individual orchestra members.

The rest of the disk is given over to a good performance of three sections of The Firebird and a great performance of The Rite of Spring. The documentary included a bit of the Ronde Infernale from Rimsky-Korsakov's Mlada that looked like it might have been from the same concert, but unfortunately that work is not included.

The Rite of Spring is the featured work here and the performance is indeed impressive. I haven't had a chance to listen in 5.1 format yet but the stereo sound is excellent. But what to do with the camera? One can't simply stay with a wide shot of the orchestra, or focus on the conductor. The solution employed here was to focus on the "featured instruments" in various passages. This makes for some tough choices and/or jarring edits, but considering the music inovolved it seems to work after all.

The concluding section is taken at a healthy clip as seems to have become fashionable (no complaints here). I occasionally see references to different "versions" of this work, but it doesn't have the clear revision history of Firebird or Petrushka. I see all the strange instruments of the "original" scoring: alto flute, E-flat trumpet, Wagner tubas etc. There is also a lot of holding the horns aloft; I went back to the score and indeed it is so marked. Another fun thing to look for in concert performance...

The work - and this DVD - stand alone.......2007-05-24

To my knowledge, this DVD is unique. Michael Tilson Thomas does an excellent job of dissecting this music for those of us who can't read a score. I've been listening to Le Sacre ever since I was sixteen (1972), and there are many, many things I've learned from watching and listening to this DVD. (Not the least of which is the fact that the famous upper register bassoon opening is, in fact, quoting a Russian peasant song.)

The audio mix is especially good for hearing the various orchestral textures in this piece. (I heard details I've never heard before.) Also helpful is the actual footage of the instrumentalists playing the pieces - and discussing their parts in the work.

One note, however: A DANCED PERFORMANCE OF LE SACRE IS NOT A PART OF THIS DVD. What you get is an orchestral performance. (Some footage of danced scenes are in Thomas' commentary, however.) This concert performance is excellent - but it is just not complete. I suppose it's too much to ask for both...

Great Presentation.......2007-04-18

This DVD is fantastic, especially if you are not familiar with the Rite of Spring. The DVD goes through some of the background of Russian ballet and Russian composers from the late Romantic period, then briefly discusses Rimsky-Korsakov (Stravinsky's teacher) and his ballet Mlada. This leads up to to Stravinsky and the Firebird, then covers the radical departure to Rite of Spring. Michael Tilson-Thomas does a superb job in breaking down the musical material and orchestration of the Rite, and there are interviews with some of the musicians from the SF orchestra who describe and demonstrate their parts, although this can sometimes be a bit redundant in conjunction with the narrative. What is also remarkable about the DVD is that the viewer gets to see the conductor from the front, as opposed to the back of the conductor in a concert hall situation. Michael Tilson-Thomas is a very expressive conductor, and his face demonstrates this as well as his baton. I recommend this DVD for music teachers, as I use it in my classrooms. It is a very fine presentation of one Western music history's greatest pieces!

Wonderful presentation on every front!.......2006-12-27

Michael Tilson Thomas does a fantastic job presenting the musical and social elements that went into this masterpiece of composition. The program is pithy enough for musicians, and accessible enough for music lovers. A very intelligent and entertaining piece of work; beautifully filmed and edited.

As a bonus, we get full performance versions of excerpts from "The Firebird" (beautifully played!) as well as the complete "Rite of Spring". The performance is very exciting; I am familiar with at least 4 other recordings of this piece, and sections here are taken faster than I've heard before-but never sound too fast. The energy and joy of the the conducting brings out the best of this incredible piece. This performance has become my favorite. Highly recommended.

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Fabulous
The Sound Of Rio
Great Music Fantastic Images

The Sound of Rio: Brasileirinho
Starring: Various Artists
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ASIN: B000IU37J8
Release Date: 2007-01-23

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The Sound of Rio: Brasileirinho is a 90-minute documentary film about choro, the first fenuinely Brazilian urban music. The film remembers its history but shows, above all, a colorful picture of Choro's vitality today.

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Fabulous.......2007-07-27

Great DVD. If you love Brazil, play guitar or just want to see great music and great musicians buy it. I noticed Ze Paulo Becker and Yamandu Costa because I am interested in guitar. worth seeing both. Just a really enjoyable film.

The Sound Of Rio.......2007-06-02

An absolute must for any classical guitarist, mandolin player, ethnomusicologist or anyone in need of a musical revival. Yamandu is at an almost spiritual level of one-ness with his seven string guitar. I wonder though why Jacob Do Bandolim is not mentioned, where his compositions feature strongly.

Great Music Fantastic Images.......2007-02-01

If you like latin music, you should get this!! I didn't know much about Choro but it's a very groovy sound. I love it! The film has beautiful images and shows a different side of Rio de Janeiro. And it all culminates in a concert at the end!!

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Better than expected. Entertaining script, fun.
A perfect story, an incomplete execution
Fun Movie
It's Just About the Stars.
Good Showcase for Chris

The Perfect Score (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Erika Christensen , Chris Evans , Bryan Greenberg (II) , Scarlett Johansson , and Darius Miles
Director: Brian Robbins
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Release Date: 2004-06-29

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A mutant hybrid of a heist movie and The Breakfast Club, The Perfect Score follows a clutch of kids who steal the answers to an upcoming SAT test: An aspiring architect (Chris Evans) who isn't quite achieving his dreams (or his parents' expectations); his middling pal (Bryan Greenburg) whose girlfriend is already in college; an overachiever (Erika Christensen, Traffic) who freezes under pressure; a basketball star (NBA player Darius Miles) whose grades don't match his game; a stoner (Leonardo Nam) who falls into the scheme by accident; and a rich punk girl (Scarlett Johansson) who wants to strike back at her neglectful father. The heist itself is nonsensical, but the interplay of personalities manages to keep the movie afloat. Still, only Nam and Johansson (who, after Ghost World, Lost in Translation, and Girl with a Pearl Earring, is becoming a true movie star) stand out of the bland pack. --Bret Fetzer

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Better than expected. Entertaining script, fun........2007-03-29

MTV films is very hit and miss as far as producing consistantly decent movies, but this is one of there better ones. 6 high school kids find themselve developing a plan to steal the answers for the SAT. Each person in the group is unique, from the smart kids to the "stoner" , but all believe they need the test answers to get what they want...except maybe the stoner who joined by accident, but turned out to be the needed "ghost". Yes, it's far fetched that they could steal the SAT scores...thier are multiple tests and keys, and unlike the movie protrays, they do give students many different test at each site, so the idea that getting one key for a site will give them all the correct answer is incorrect...but why tear the movie appart. Its funny, and the kids really do find out whats important in life. Wasn't what I expected, decent film, worth checking out.

A perfect story, an incomplete execution.......2007-03-16

I remember when this film came out. I remember that because it was during the same time period where I had lots of school work to take care of. I was studying for my mid year exams and not that long ealier, I had taken the PSAT's. A movie this kind of plot, a bunch kids stealing test scores, definetly got my attention. At the time, there was also another comedy in theaters-Eurotrip. From the commercials, I thought the Perfect was going to laugh out loud funny and Eurotrip was just going to be some dumb retarded comedy. However I did miss both films when they were in theaters but I did catch'em when they were later on tv. Here is what's ironic-I found Eurotrip to be hilarious (and one of my favorite films today) and The Perfect score to be a complete waste of time. Obviousely this movie was really dissapointing.
Kyle is a role model student with good grades and hopes of being an architect. However, he finds himself having difficulty on SAT. His friend Matty is an underachiever who would like to do well on the SAT so he can go to the same college as his girlfriend. They both conclude that the SAT is kinda pointless (b/c it doesn't test you on how smart you are) and unfair (b/c its standing in their way) They enlist the help of Francessca whose father owns the building of where the SATs scores are located. Kyle also slips the plan to his crush Anna, a very intelligent student whose has some the best academic achievements in school but finds trouble with the SAT. Anna brings in Desmond, a start basketball player who needs a 900 or better to get into college. The last person to join the team is Roy a slacker and stoner. With their combined brain power, the can devise a perfect plan in order to achieve the perfect and thus create a happy and bright future.
A movie with a plot like this sounds funny. However, it ultimatley failed to deliver laughs. The only scene I laughed at was when Kyle's brother said what his score (it was something really LOW like 125). The movie does try to be funny but in the end, it really just tries to force the audience to laugh. I am gonna go watch Eurotrip now.

Fun Movie.......2006-11-05

It's a fun movie if you like teen flicks. It takes a shallow look at teen problems and the SAT but moves along and is well acted.

It's Just About the Stars........2006-09-14

The plot of THE PERFECT SCORE is easy enough: six very different high school students bond together to steal the answers to the SAT test the night before it is administered. The movie takes a little while to build up and tries to be a teen version of THE BREAKFAST CLUB meets MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. Unfortunately, the people who originally came to see this film (and the ones whom MTV marketed it to) weren't really coming to watch a movie; they were coming to see the people who were starring in the movie. The girls wanted to see Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg, and basketball player Darius Miles while the guys came to see Erika Christensen and Scarlett Johansson. Therefore, though the movie has an interesting set-up, it never really delivers and ends up being just another teen movie that most people will forget fifteen minutes after watching it. I enjoyed watching the movie, but outside of the people who star in it, there's nothing outstanding about it.

Good Showcase for Chris.......2006-08-02

The film is all about the SATs and I'm surprised that ETS allowed them to make it. Certainly it makes ETS look like a company with a bunch of nitwits running it, and in addition shows that they have lousy security and any bunch of six random idiot teens could break in and get all of the answers to any particular SAT exam. Was product placement so important to ETS that they let the filmmakers run down their whole organization in this way? This is not even to mention the gfeneralized, pervasive indictment of the whole SAT system that the Scarlett Johansson character, Francesca, spouts throughout the whole movie and which is, indeed, the movie's most interesting selling point. It's like the FAHRENHEIT 911 of standardized testing.

Otherwise it falls into a slavish imitation of THE BREAKFAST CLUB, with a bit of HARRY AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE thrown in, redeemed by the presence of the divine Chris Evans, who makes every movie he's in an overwhelming visual and sensory experience, as though Aldous Huxley had released some pleasure-inducing "soma" gas into the ventilation system of the theater you're watching him in. Is he a real person, or actually a god come to earth to provide nirvana to the millions? Here he plays "Kyle," sort of a switch up for Chris in a way, as the thoughtful would-be architect who can't get good enough SAT scores to get himself into Cornell. ("Cornell University," the guidance counselor adds, just in case we were thinking it was Cornell Community College Kyle was aiming for.)

Chris has played characters called Jake, Adam, Ben, Bryan AND Ryan, Seth, Bryce and Johnny Storm, but Kyle is one of his best parts yet. A row of perfection, like clay ducks in a shooting gallery, each identical, all of them ideal.

Keeping Score: Copland and the American Sound

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A Marvelous Video Essay In The Bernstein Tradition

Keeping Score: Copland and the American Sound
Starring: Copland , Sfs , and Thomas
Manufacturer: San Francisco Sym
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ASIN: B000JGG888
Release Date: 2006-12-12

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A Marvelous Video Essay In The Bernstein Tradition.......2007-01-05

This edition of "Keeping Score" is the only one I've seen, but in looking at the ratings of the other three available, I must rate this one tops, too! This makes for great viewing, not only for those familiar with Copland and his "American" sound, but for those willing to listen and learn and discover this terrific music. This state-of-the-art video presentation picks up where Leonard Bernstein's pioneering work in this field left off. In fact, Bernstein's spirit often lurks beneath the surface. If you have the other three installments of "Keeping Score", add this to your collection.

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arty but hot
Great movie....................

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Starring: Calvin Culver , Gerald Grant , Lynn Lowry , Carl Parker , and Claire Wilbur
Director: Radley Metzger
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ASIN: B000CCD1YS
Release Date: 2006-02-21

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In the Village of Leisure - in the Land of Play - Deep within the Erogenous Zone - live Jack and Elvira, a swinging married couple who have their sights set on seducing a pair of naive newlyweds. The sparks fly in this erotic classic, which also features the sublime original theatrical trailer.

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arty but hot.......2007-04-20

first off, as a totally hetero man, i only enjoyed 75% of this movie. everything involving the one guy trying to seduce the other guy i jumped thru. not that there is anything wrong with that. however, everything with the older wife trying to seduce the younger wife is hot hot and HOT, with great sexual tension. plus the scene with her and the telephone repairman is quite good also.

Great movie...........................2005-12-24

A very hot and sexy movie defintely a piece of art..

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Ultimate Kicking drills
A real Master
A great video for your martial arts training regime

Ultimate Kicking Drills
Starring: Various Artists
Manufacturer: Turtle Press
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ASIN: B00006394A
Release Date: 2002-02-10

Description

Want to kick higher, stronger, faster? Bored with the usual training routine? Then the Ultimate Kicking Drills DVD is for you. Follow along as master Sang H. Kim teaches you dozens of kicking drills, techniques, exercises & tips to put you on the road to measurable improvement. Drills include:

* Heavy Bag
* Fixed and Moving Target Drills
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* Partner Drills
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* Flexibility
* Speed, Power & Agility Running
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* Dozens of Informative Tips

On the Ultimate Kicking Drills DVD, you get over 100 drills, exercises and training methods that made the video a bestseller plus behind the scenes footage, sneak previews of other tapes, and a fully indexed format that allows you to jump to the exact set of drills you need in an instant.

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Very Helpful............2007-07-26

I recently bought this DVD and found it very helpful
I'd recommend this for anyone who wants to improve their kicks!

Great Training Ideas.......2007-07-25

I received this DVD as a gift and was not disappointed. Since the art I study does not incorporate a great deal of kicking, this DVD gave me many new ideas on how to work on improving my basic kicking skills. Using this DVD, in addition to the Complete Kicking DVD and Top 100 Scoring Techniques DVDs by Sang H. Kim really act as a great tutorial for kicking. I can't say enough about how great Sang H. Kim's products are and how nice his company is to work with.

Ultimate Kicking drills .......2007-07-22

Very good DvD, have already improved my kicks and exercises, noticed difference after 2 weeks. Recomended.

A real Master.......2005-09-23

Master Sang H. Kim is one of the very few real Masters of Tae Kwon Do. I've never met him, but have many of his books and DVDs. He shares all his knowledge, which is much, is articulate, thorough and provides his great wisdom without it being a commercial for his own greatness. I'm a Fourth Degree Black Belt and school owner and I continue to learn from Mr. Kim
Dayn La Ree, Waterbury, CT, USA

A great video for your martial arts training regime.......2005-09-21

This is a great video for most levels of studying martial artists. If you aren't practicing these drills in your class, practice them at home and you will shock the others in your class when you excel by throwing some great kicks.
Do not buy this video thinking that it will show real life applications if you get into a fight on the street.

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