October Sky (Special Edition)

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Coalwood, West Virginia, 1957. Working in the coal mines is an inescapable way of life in this small town. When high schooler Homer Hickam, Jr. (Jake Gyllenhaal) sees the Sputnik satellite in the night sky, he dares to break free of the mines and reach for the stars. With the support of his teacher (Laura Dern) and three friends, Homer sets out on an inspiring quest to build his own rocket. Overcoming a poor education, a tough father (Chris Cooper) and a series of misfires, Homer turns his dreams into reality in this incredible true story of hope, determination and triumph. You ll laugh with it, cry with it, and go away absolutely loving it, says Robert Butler (Knight Ridder News Service) of the critically acclaimed October Sky.

BONUS MATERIALS:
Aiming High: The Story of the Rocket Boys
Feature Commentary with Homer Hickam
Spotlight on Location
Production Notes
Theatrical Trailer

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Runing Time 108 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

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Based on the memoir Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam Jr., October Sky emerged as one of the most delightful sleepers of 1999--a small miracle of good ol' fashioned movie-making in the cynical, often numbingly trendy Hollywood of the late 20th century. Hickam's true story begins in 1957 with Russia's historic launch of the Sputnik satellite, and while Homer (played with smart idealism by Jake Gyllenhaal) sees Sputnik as his cue to pursue a fascination with rocketry, his father (Chris Cooper) epitomizes the admirable yet sternly stubborn working-man's ethic of the West Virginia coal miner, casting fear and disdain on Homer's pursuit of science while urging his "errant" son to carry on the family business--a spirit-killing profession that Homer has no intention of joining.

As directed by Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer), this wonderful movie is occasionally guilty of overstating its case and sacrificing subtlety for predictable melodrama. But more often the film's tone is just right, and the spirit of adventure and invention is infectiously conveyed through Gyllenhaal and his well-cast fellow rocketeers, whose many failures gradually lead to triumph on their makeshift backwoods launching pad. Capturing time and place with impeccable detail and superbly developed characters (including Laura Dern as an inspiring schoolteacher), October Sky is a family film for the ages, encouraging the highest potential of the human spirit while giving viewers a clear view of a bygone era when "the final frontier" beckoned to the explorer in all of us. --Jeff Shannon

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greenskeeper.......2007-08-23

Great movie that the whole family can watch. I read the book, Rocket Boys, which is a great read. The whole story gives inspiration to me and my children to go out and blast off rockets! Well worth the price.

Perfect Family Movie!.......2007-08-23

This movie you can watch over and over perfect for families or anyone with dreams.

October Sky Special Edition.......2007-08-04

I ordered this movie because my son was in it. Plus, I had to write a paper on it with my pschology major. Exellent condition. Like New. Thanks

What a great movie.......2007-07-30

I watched part of this film in a motel waiting for a meeting and was so intrigued I ran home and ordered it from Amazon immediately. I was glad I did. It is a wonderful story, all the more fascinating knowing it is a true story. A group of "hillbillies" from West Virginia coal country prove that Geek isn't a bad thing! and the story between the son and father was a timeless one, although the book that the movie was based on, "Rocket Boys" , by Homer Hickham, handled that much better. Buy the book as well as the movie!

One of the Best!.......2007-06-21

Excellent feel good story about a group of boys who overcome their circumstances to achieve their dreams in a small coal mining town. It is entertaining, there are funny scenes, there is conflict between characters, there is motivation, determination! It is a true story from a book by the star character, Homer Hicham.

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SHe Wore a Yellow Ribbon
My Dad Love's the movie
SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
John Wayne at his sentimental best
MY FAVORITE JOHN WAYNE FILM

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Starring: John Wayne , Joanne Dru , John Agar , Ben Johnson , and Harry Carey Jr.
Director: John Ford
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
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ASIN: B000O599NK
Release Date: 2007-05-22

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The second installment of John Ford's famous cavalry trilogy (which also includes Fort Apache and Rio Grande), this meditative Western continues the director's fascination with history's obliteration of the past. It features one of John Wayne's more sensitive performances as Capt. Nathan Brittles, a stern yet sentimental war horse who has difficulty preparing for his impending military retirement. All things considered, he refuses to leave before fulfilling his obligation to the local Indian tribe. It's a film about honor and duty as well as loneliness and mortality. And Oscar-winner Winton C. Hoch beautifully photographs it in Remington-like Technicolor tones (you've never seen such stunning cloud-covered skies). The combination of melancholy and farce (Victor McLaglen makes a perfect court jester) evokes comparisons to Shakespeare. Best of all, the scene in which Wayne fights back tears when receiving a gold watch from his troops is unforgettably bittersweet. If you view the whole trilogy, it actually makes sense to save this for last. --Bill Desowitz

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A masterpiece of mood and heroics, this second film in director John Ford's renowned cavalry trilogy (Fort Apache and Rio Grande are the others) features one of John Wayne's most moving performances as a cavalry officer in his final week of service on the frontier. Under makeup aging him some 20 years, he inhabits the role of a wily veteran who knows the sting of war and vows to make his last mission one of peace. The ritual of outpost life, the sweep of battle, the advance of the patrol beneath ominous skies: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, an Academy Award winner* for its color cinematography, paints a memorable portrait of the honor, duty and courage in the finest tradition of the cavalry. And of Ford filmmaking.

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SHe Wore a Yellow Ribbon.......2007-08-24

This is a John Wayne classic and easily one of his best westerns and more especially one of his best movies period. The restoration on this DVD is absolutely fantastic. I couldn't find a blemish anywhere. Any real John Wayne collection CANNOT be complete without this DVD version of the film.

My Dad Love's the movie.......2007-07-26

I ordered this movie for my Dad and he has already watched it 5 times.

SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON.......2007-07-13

IF YOU LIKE JOHN WAYNE, YOU'LL LIKE THIS MOVIE. IT'S ONE OF HIS EARLIEST COLOR MOVIE AND DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD. JOHN WAYNE PLAYS A CAVALRY CAPTAIN ABOUT TO RETIRE. YES, HE FIGHTS INDIANS AND GUN RUNNERS, BUT THE FILM IS WELL MADE AND I REALLY LIKE IT. IT LOOKS AS IF A GREAT DEAL IS FILMED IN MONUMENT VALLEY ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION IN ARIZONA.

John Wayne at his sentimental best.......2007-07-13

This is one of my favorite John Wayne movies. It precedes The Quiet Man by 3 years. The last time I watched it commercial free thanks to Netflix, it was interesting to count all the actors and actresses in both pictures. Familiar faces on screen is true of many of John Wayne's movies and is just one many reasons why they are just about all fun to watch.

Too bad they no longer make em like this!

MY FAVORITE JOHN WAYNE FILM.......2007-07-04

Although Red River, The Searchers, and possibly True Grit and The Shootist might arguably contain better acting performances from the Duke, this film is my favorite. Everything works in this film, and works well. John Ford loved the U.S. Cavalry, as can be clearly seen in the trilogy, and also in the Civil War film, The Horse Soldiers. While I love all the aforementioned films, this one is the one where everything worked perfectly. The contrast of Wayne's seasoned Capt. Brittles with the two younger officers, the lonely life Brittles lives with no wife or family vs. the younger men competing for the hand of lovely Joanne Dru, the comedy relief provided by the incomparable Victor McLaglen, the savvy wisdom of(former confederate captain) Sgt. Tyree, nothing is missing. This was John Ford's stock company at it's best, with perhaps only The Searchers to compare. The passing years only make me love this film more. everyone was at the absolute top of their game for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. See it soon!!!

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Superhero comicbook readers hit a movie
DISNEY PUTS A SPIN ON THE HIGH SCHOOL COMEDY
"What do you want me to do? I'm not Wonder Woman, y'know!"---Lynda Carter
"I can't do anything more to help you. I'm not Wonder Woman, you know."
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Sky High (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Michael Angarano , Kurt Russell , Kelly Preston , Danielle Panabaker , and Christopher Wynne
Director: Mike Mitchell (VI)
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
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ASIN: B000BJ7BCK
Release Date: 2005-11-29

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A super adventure of heroic proportions, this crowd-pleasing hit from Walt Disney Pictures stars Hollywood favorites Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston! The son of legendary heroes Commander (Russell) and Jetstream (Preston), young Will Stronghold carries huge expectations as he enters a high-tech high school known for molding the heroes of tomorrow. With no apparent superpowers of his own, however, Will seems destined to grow up a mere sidekick. But as he discovers his true strengths, he'll also learn that it takes loyalty and teamwork to truly become a hero!

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Superhero comicbook readers hit a movie.......2007-06-11

I grew up on the Silver Age Comics (60s) of the heroes with high ideals and teams. My favorite group was the Legion of Superheroes. This movie reminded me so much of the Legion. It is a great clean movie that mom and dad can sit down and watch with the kids without embarrassment! No cursing, no nudity, no blood.....and a great story. Wow!! How long has it been since you could put all four of those ideas into one movie? Gather the family for some feel-good movie viewing.

DISNEY PUTS A SPIN ON THE HIGH SCHOOL COMEDY.......2007-05-13

It's good to see Kurt Russell back in a Disney movie again. The story centers around a Super Hero Mom and Dad who send their son off to a special secret Super Hero school in the sky. The usual "high school" high jinks occur in this family friendly comedy with some new interesting twist. Lynda Carter has a small amusing role at "Sky High".

"What do you want me to do? I'm not Wonder Woman, y'know!"---Lynda Carter .......2007-05-07

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Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano) is the son of the world's two most famous superheroes, The Commander aka Steve Stronghold (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream aka Josie Stronghold (Kelly Preston). In a world where superheroes are an everyday part of life, their children attend Sky High, a private secondary school built on an anti-gravity platform far above the surface of the Earth, accessible only by a flying school bus piloted/diiven by Kevin Heffernan (THE KING OF QUEENS) and run by Principal Powers (Lynda Carter of WONDER WOMAN).

As part of the first day Freshman rituals, the new students are expected to demonstrate their super powers in front of the rest of the class. Graded by Coach Boomer, the retired superhero Sonic Boom, students are either classified as Heroes or Sidekicks; it is the Sidekicks who become the pariahs in the pecking order due to their weak or offbeat, or impractical powers (one boy glows bright yellow, one girl can shapeshift only into a guinea pig, Will's best friend, Layla (Danielle Panabaker) refuses to demonstrate her powers for ethical reasons, and Will shows no sign of super powers at all).

Fortunately for Will, the prettiest and most popular girl in school, Gwen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), takes a shine to him. A Technopath, she can build anything out of anything, and helps him in Chemistry Class and with such projects as his ray gun. Will is soon smitten with her. Because of this "in" with the In Crowd, Will's confidence soars, and he soon begins to develop Super Strength and the ability to fly. Transferred from the Sidekick classes to the Hero classes, Will starts ignoring his friends, particularly the secretly-in-love-with-him Layla, who is heartbroken.

To needle Will, she begins hanging out with Warren Peace, the son of a mixed marriage (Mom's a Superhero, Dad's a Supervillain put in jail by Will's parents); Warren himself is a dour Gothic kid who can shoot fireballs from the palms of his hands.

Holy Pep Rally! It soon turns out that Gwen is not quite so nice as she seems. The Prom becomes a revenge fest, in which Will and Warren, backed by the Sidekicks, on one side, and Gwen (aka Major Pain) engage in a titanic battle between Good and Evil. The ending is a foregone conclusion in a movie like this, but let's face it, he couldn't have done it without them.

Looking at it coldly, SKY HIGH should have been a bomb, but it isn't, successfully blending the usual acne-angst elements of a Teen Movie (including the obligatory housewrecking party), with one-off Comic Book Characters. The result is light and entertaining, and rarely misses a beat.

Kurt Russell is wonderfully goofy as Dad Stronghold, both battling evil and sneaking Will down into the Secret Sanctum for a game of pinball---"Don't tell your mother, she's still mad at me for dropping that battleship on her foot" kind of dialogue is his stock-in-trade; as Mom, Kelly Preston gets just not enough time in her skintight Jetstream outfit to be truly satisfying on camera in her smallish role; Angarano is just teenage dorky enough as Will, but not so dorky that his transformation is unbelievable; Mary Elizabeth Winstead is just the sweetest thing in a skirt until she isn't anymore.

Danielle Pannabaker is the great surprise in SKY HIGH. Alternately shy and retiring, and calm and full of certitude, she imbues Layla with a kind of dignity none of the other characters have. When she finally uses her powers, they are entirely in character for her and yet unusual, a true expression of Female Power at its best.

A THREE-AND-A-HALF-STAR effort, SKY HIGH is good family fun fare.

"I can't do anything more to help you. I'm not Wonder Woman, you know.".......2007-05-07

The 2005 superhero family fantasy "Sky High" is about a boy named Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano) whose parents, Steve & Josie Stronghold (Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston respectively), are famous superheroes named "The Commander" and "Jetstream". Steve ("The Commander") has super-strength and Josie ("Jetstream") can fly. Naturally, Steve & Josie believe that their son Will will grow up to be a superhero, so they enroll him in the exclusive superhero high school called "Sky High", so named because it floats several thousand feet in the air thanks to an anti-gravity device. When new students (freshmen) arrive at Sky High, they are separated into one of two groups: heroes or sidekicks. A hero has a real superpower, whereas a sidekick may have a power, but not something powerful. The man responsible for determining which kids are heroes and which are sidekicks is Coach Boomer (Bruce Campbell, who may be remembered for portraying Elvis Presley in the 2002 film "Bubba Ho-tep", as well as his roles in the various "Evil Dead" films). Upon arrival, the new freshmen are met by Sky High's principal, Principal Powers (Lynda Carter, best known for portraying Wonder Woman in the 1970's TV series of the same name), before being tested by Coach Boomer. The determination of whether a child is a hero or a sidekick determines not only what classes they attend, but also their social status: sidekicks are generally not socially accepted by the heroes. Hence, when Will cannot initially demonstrate any superhero powers, he is designated as a sidekick along with most of the new students who rode to Sky High with him in the flying school bus driven by Ron Wilson (Kevin Heffernan). Of course, Steve & Josie aren't particularly happy that their son may only be a sidekick, but Will may only be a late bloomer, as he demonstrates when he gets into a fight with another student, the flame-throwing Warren Peace (Steven Strait), in the school's cafeteria. Once it becomes apparent that Will is a hero and not a sidekick, he's moved from the sidekick classes to the hero classes where he gets to spend time with the beautiful senior named Gwen Grayson (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), who may be more than she appears. Will tries to continue to be friends with his former fellow-sidekicks, including his very dear friend Layla Williams (Danielle Panabaker), but Gwen and her friends want to separate Will from them. As the film progresses, the stage is set for a climatic ending.

With good special effects, good acting, an interesting story and good direction (under Mike Mitchell), the family-friendly "Sky High" is a very entertaining film for young & old alike. Those familiar with the Harry Potter stories written by J.K. Rowling may find some similarities between Sky High high school where students are separated and Hogwartz with its separation of students into four houses. However, whereas Hogwartz separates children based upon personality traits, Sky High separates students based upon abilities. Overall, I rate "Sky High" with a well-deserved 4 out of 5 stars and highly recommend it.

Family fun.......2007-04-26

This is a fun family movie. It's great on rainy days or in the car on the road. Everyone loves this movie.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Two-Disc Ultimate Edition)

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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)
The greatest horror flick of all time
SHOCKING(ly bad? awww...)
Grandpa, quit sucking on my finger......
Better than I expected.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Two-Disc Ultimate Edition)
Starring: Marilyn Burns , Allen Danziger , Paul A. Partain , William Vail , and Teri McMinn
Director: Tobe Hooper
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ASIN: B000FS9FE4
Release Date: 2006-09-26

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ONE OF THE SCARIEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME Even More Terrifying 30 Years Later!
- Entertainment Weekly

The Ultimate Two-Disc Edition Of The Original Classic Now Remastered in High-Definition And Loaded With All-New Extras.

It has been called grisly, sick, and perverse as well as raw, unshakeable, and the movie that redefined horror. It was attacked by churches, banned by governments, and acclaimed by only the bravest of critics. It stunned audiences worldwide and set a new standard in movie terror forever. In 1974, writer-producer-director Tobe Hooper unleashed this dark, visionary tale about a group of five young friends who face a nightmare of torment at the hands of a depraved Texas clan. Today it remains unequaled as a landmark of outlaw filmmaking and unparalleled in its impact as perhaps the most frightening motion picture ever made.

Dark Sky Films presents this masterpiece like you ve never seen or heard it before, newly transferred in High Definition from the 16mm camera originals, remixed in 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo Surround, and featuring never-before-seen Bonus Materials produced exclusively for this definitive collection.

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Running Time: 84 minutes

Format: DVD MOVIE

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This sensational, extremely influential, 1974 low-budget horror movie directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist, Lifeforce, Salem's Lot), may be notorious for its title, but it's also a damn fine piece of moviemaking. And it's blood-curdling scary, too. Loosely based on the true crimes of Ed Gein (also a partial inspiration for Psycho), the original Jeffrey Dahmer, Texas Chainsaw Massacre follows a group of teenagers who pick up a hitchhiker and wind up in a backwoods horror chamber where they're held captive, tortured, chopped up, and impaled on meat hooks by a demented cannibalistic family, including a character known as Leatherface who maniacally wields one helluva chainsaw. The movie's powerful sense of dread is heightened by its grainy, semi-documentary style--but it also has a wicked sense of humor (and not that camp, self-referential variety that became so tiresome in subsequent horror films of the '70s, '80s, and '90s). OK, in case you couldn't tell, it's "not for everyone." But as a landmark in the development of the horror/slasher genre, it ranks with Psycho, Halloween, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. --Jim Emerson

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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974).......2007-08-26

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, clearly what is to be the slasher film that started them all, is definitely one the scariest movies in all horror/serial killer slasher films ever to be made, and went on to set the grounds for future slasher films that were eventually to come (i.e. HALLOWEEN, FRIDAY THE 13TH, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, etc.)

Bickering siblings, SALLY HARDESTY (played by Marilyn Burns) and wheelchair-bound FRANKLIN HARDESTY (played by Paul A. Partain), visit their grandfather's in a cemetery in rural Texas with their companions JERRY (played byAllen Danziger), KIRK (played by William Vail) and PAM (played by Teri McMinn) after hearing that the graveyard has been vandalized and corpses have been constructed into figures. While driving to the Hardesty's now deserted former house, they encounter a heat-struck, possibly crazy hitchhiker. However, after he torments them and threatens Franklin with violence, they kick him out of the van.

Running low on gas, the group pulls over at a gas station/barbaque, where the owner says that they won't have any fuel until the next morning. Upon learning where the teens are going, the owner advises them against going there. The group finally arrives at the Hardesty farm. Following Franklin's directions to a childhood swimming hole, Kirk and Pam set off to find it while the others stay at the old house. Finding the swimming hole dried up, Kirk and Pam hear the sound of a gas-powered generator which attracts them to a farmhouse nearby. While there they encounter a junkyard of vehicles and finally discover the house. Kirk investigates and is eventually attacked by LEATHERFACE (played by Gunnar Hansen) with a sledgehammer while Pam is outside. Pam then enters searching for Kirk, but also falls prey to Leatherface, and is hung onto a meathook.

As night approaches, Sally, Franklin and Jerry become restless waiting, so Jerry searches for Pam and Kirk. He also becomes one of Leatherface's victims. As night falls, Leatherface searches for more prey while Sally and Franklin search for the house. Their cries attract Leatherface, who bursts upon them and instantly attacks Franklin with a chainsaw, repeatedly driving it through his body. Sally flees through a forest, cutting herself graphically on branches before finding the house. She enters it, but leaves upon discovering that it belongs to Leatherface. With the maniac relentlessly pursuing her, Sally runs all the way back to the gas station. On arrival, Leatherface apparently disappears while she appeals to the gas station owner for help. Instead, he attacks her with a broom, throws a burlap sack over her and bundles her into his truck. This character, known only as the "Old Man," is now revealed to be Leatherface's father. He takes her straight back to the farmhouse, reaching the driveway at the same time as the hitchhiker, who is also apparently part of the family.

Sally is taken into the house and tied to a chair. When they remove the sack, she and the hitchhiker recognise each other, and he immediately taunts her. He and Leatherface then bring down the withered figure of "GRANDPA" (played by John Dugan) from the upstairs bedroom, slicing open Sally's finger so he can suck the blood from it, where she then passes out.

Dawn approaches, Sally flees the house, after a gruesome cannabalistic dinner with the three crazed men, and attempts to escape onto the highway. The knife-wielding hitchhiker and the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface give chase. Just as the hitchhiker reaches her and begins slashing at Sally, an eighteen wheeler truck suddenly appears and accidentally runs him down. The truck driver stops and gets out, only to be confronted by Sally being chased at close quarters by Leatherface. As the woman and the driver climb into the truck, the killer attacks the vehicle with the saw. Escaping through the other side of the cab, the driver throws a large wrench at Leatherface which catches him in the head, knocking him down and causing him to cut his right leg. The truck driver flees down the road. As Leatherface rises to his feet and limps after Sally despite his injury, a pickup truck arrives on the scene. Sally finds time to enter the back of the truck, leaving the film to finish with a shot of Leatherface in the middle of the road, wielding the saw above his head in frustration.

I've seen plenty of horrifying slasher films in my day, but none of them will ever be as horrifying and morbid as THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. This 2-disc Special Edition will not only give this outstanding film, but a bonus disc with "KILLER" special features to go along with it.

The greatest horror flick of all time.......2007-08-23

I know everyone says thay the exorcist is the greatest horror flick of all time, but this one is better. While maybe overall the exorcist was a better movie, nothing truly defines horror like this movie. The simple ease with which leatherface kills is simple and without emotion. Like a butcher cutting fat. The slow progress to constant horrific experiences is brutal. The near twenty minutes of a woman screaming and constantly brutalized is too much to take. I don't know if I can say I like this movie, or that I can recomend it. But I can say it is the best at being horror.

SHOCKING(ly bad? awww...).......2007-08-21

so i put two stars because if you are talking to horror fans about horror, you need to have seen this, it somehow "redefined horror", so i guess it has a sort of cachet as far as that goes. but honestly i can say the only reason you should watch this movie is so you can say you have seen it. there were parts i found intriguing, the hitchhiker scene, the opening with the "corpse-art" (genuinely horrifying), and a few things besides. but the acting is TERRIBLE!!!
it's one saving grace i felt was Marilyn Burns as Sally Hardesty - - the last part, as the truck drives away, and the way she is crazily laughing and crying, covered in blood, i thought was gorgeous and flawlessly done on her part. but the rest seemed to me to be middle-school-drama-class level acting, and the way the whole thing deteriorates toward the end leaves me to imagine tobe hooper and all the crew stoned out of their gourds and doing their damndest to finish filming with little regard to the movie they started out with.
i hate to say it, because the remake isn't that great, but the remake is better...
so to sum up: one star because this film did spawn a mess of sequels and pretty much the slasher genre, so i guess that makes it culturally important, and another star for marilyn burns.
but honestly, if you are going to buy it, buy the cheapest copy they have on here.
ps. no matter what they do, you can't make a worse movie than TCM2. i'd smear dog poo on my tv and watch it before i watched that piece of trash again. so maybe it gets a half a star for not being TCM2. but half a star isn't an option so i guess i'll stick with two.

Grandpa, quit sucking on my finger.............2007-08-13

Surprised I'm reviewing this? I'm not one to watch horror flicks. This was pure horror, not porror. This movie is indeed very suspenseful. It is about a twisted cannibalistic family that has nothing better to do than make barbeques out of human remains. The story begins when Sally, her wheelchair-bound brother (Franklin), and friends, Curt, Pam and Jerry set out to a cemetery to see if their grandpa's grave is still intact. It seems someone is graverobbing and taking corpses out of their cripts in this small Texas town. Grandpa's grave was okay, so the five young people went to see Sally and Franklin's dad's abandon house. You can almost guess the horror about to happen. We are introduced to an array of characters. There is a hitchiker that put new meaning to the word weird. Leatherface and his chainsaw getting the bodies ready for barbecuing. The cook slapping his sons into shape. I was never bored! This movie kept me in suspense and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Was I scared? NO! There were parts that even made me laugh---When demented family brought grandpa down to let him have a "little fun". This film definitely had me entertained. I actually enjoyed this film! I don't call myself a horror buff, but this flick is a definite buy for any movie goer.

Better than I expected........2007-07-31

You know how some people say the original is always better than the remake? I personally find the opposite to be true. No matter what movie genre, I find that most older movies lack the intensity and rawness of a lot of movies in the 21st century. So after I saw the remake version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (and having the life scared out of me), I decided to watch the original just to see what the big fuss was about. To my surprise, I ended up really liking it.

So what's this movie about? Basically, a group of kids are on a roadtrip when they come across a town of creepy people. Worse yet, these "creepy" people are murderers. Weapon of choice? Chainsaws.

Let's talk about the positives first. Although some may be sick of the whole "group of college trips on a roadtrip get chased by some psycho killer" storyline, I personally find it to be thrilling. You know something bad is going to happen, you just don't know when or how. I was on the edge of my seat during the entire last half of the movie. Second, as I said above, I generally find that older movies aren't all that great. I actually thought that this movie seemed more real than the remake. While the remake contained a lot of unlikeable characters (and I'm talking about the kids who were being chased by the killer), I had a lot of sympathy for the characters in the original. Some may find the chasing scene (I hope I'm not giving too much away) to be repetitive and too long but I felt like I was in the character's shoes and I truly felt fearful for her. There are quite a few scenes in this movie that had me shocked and disgusted with the knowledge that unlike a lot of other scary movies, the things that happened in this film could actually happen.

And now for the negatives. There's really only one thing that I didn't like about this movie. A good portion of the beginning of the movie had me yawning a bit. I was very close to turning off my TV and writing off this movie as being bad but thankfully I stuck around to watch the rest.

Overall, I give this movie 4 stars. If I could, I probably would have given it 4.5 stars but I don't think it's worthy of 5 stars simply because of the sort of dull first half of the film. However, I definitely recommend this movie to all.

The John Wayne Century Collection (Big Jake, Donovan's Reef, El Dorado, Hatari!, Hondo, In Harm's Way, Island in the Sky, McLintock!, Rio Lobo, The High and the Mighty, etc.)

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The John Wayne Century Collection (Big Jake, Donovan's Reef, El Dorado, Hatari!, Hondo, In Harm's Way, Island in the Sky, McLintock!, Rio Lobo, The High and the Mighty, etc.)
Starring: John Wayne
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ASIN: B000O179G8
Release Date: 2007-05-22

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DONOVAN'S REEF
Acclaimed director John Ford and screen legend John Wayne team up for what would be their final collaboration in this boisterous, rowdy South Seas escapade. The Duke, Lee Marvin and Jack Warden play World War II navy buddies who have made the French Polynesian island of Haleakaloha their post-war paradise. Local headquarters is Donovan's Reef, Wayne's rough-and-tumble watering hole where bragging, brawling, and full-blown misbehavior are the order of the day. But destined to create more turmoil than any barroom fisticuffs is the sudden arrival of Elizabeth Allen, a straight-laced Boston blue blood. She's hoping to locate her long-estranged father (Warden), affirm that he is "not of good moral character," and then assume control of the family's shipping dynasty back home in the States. Suave, debonair Cesar Romero and a sarong-clad Dorothy Lamour add to the laughs - and mayhem - in this tropical comedy treat.

IN HARM'S WAY
In Harm's Way, based on James Bassett's novel Harm's Way, has enough plot in it for four movies or a good miniseries (when it was shown on network television in prime time, it was broken into two very full nights). On the morning of December 7, 1941, a heavy cruiser, commanded by Captain Rockwell Torrey (John Wayne), and the destroyer Cassidy, under acting commander Lieutenant (jg) William McConnell (Thomas Tryon), are two of a handful of ships that escape the destruction of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Under Torrey's command, the tiny fleet of a dozen ships carries out its orders to seek out and engage the enemy fleet. But lack of fuel and a daring maneuver (but tragic miscalculation) by Torrey causes his ship to be seriously damaged. He's relieved of command and assigned to a desk job routing convoys in the shakeup following the attack, and his exec and oldest friend, Commander Paul Eddington (Kirk Douglas), is reassigned after a brawl, the result of his anger after identifying the body of his wife (Barbara Bouchet) who was killed during the attack while cavorting with an Marine Corps officer. Torrey's shore assignment leads him to reestablish contact on a very hostile level with his estranged son, Ensign Jere Torrey (Brandon de Wilde), his estranged son from a long-ended marriage, who is also serving at Pearl Harbor; he also establishes a romantic relationship with Lt. Maggie Haines (Patricia Neal), a navy nurse; he also befriends Commander Egan Powell (Burgess Meredith), a special-intelligence officer. Through his son's boasting during their bitter first meeting, Torrey learns of a top-secret offensive called Sky Hook — he figures out enough of it to impress Powell, and when Sky Hook gets bogged down by the indecisiveness of its commander, Vice Admiral Broderick (Dana Andrews), Powell convinces the commander of the Pacific Fleet (Adm. Chester Nimitz, unnamed here but played by Henry Fonda) that Torrey is the man to salvage the operation. Promoted to rear admiral, with Eddington — who'd been rotting away on a shore assignment, drunk most of the time — assigned as his chief of staff, Torrey gets Sky Hook rolling and finally finds his purpose in this war, gaining the belated admiration of his son in the process. Eddington is similarly motivated but is still haunted by the violent, ultimately self-destructive demons that blighted his marriage and his life — he is particularly attracted to a young nurse, Annalee Dohrn (Jill Haworth), not knowing that she is already involved romantically with Jere Torrey. Meanwhile, McConnell survives the sinking of his ship and is ordered to join Torrey's staff. Matters all come to a head when the Japanese begin a counter-offensive to Torrey's planned troop landing. And just at the time Torrey needs his men at their best, Eddington's violence and rage boil to the surface in a way that will destroy him and blight both men's lives. In a final attempt at redemption, Eddington provides Torrey with the information he needs to set up a battle that he has at least a chance of winning, pitting his small task group of destroyers and cruisers against the Japanese task force led by the Yamato, the largest battleship ever built.

HATARI!
Hatari! is Swahili for "danger"—and also the word for action, adventure and broad comedy in this two-fisted Howard Hawks effort. John Wayne stars as the head of a daring Tanganyka-based group which captures wild animals on behalf of the world's zoos. Hardy Kruger, Gérard Blain and Red Buttons are members of Wayne's men-only contingent, all of whom are reduced to jello when the curvaceous Elsa Martinelli enters the scene. In tried and true Howard Hawks fashion, Martinelli quickly becomes "one of the guys," though Wayne apparently can't say two words to her without sparking an argument. The second half of this amazingly long (159 minute) film concerns the care and maintenance of a baby elephant; the barely credible finale is devoted to a comic pachyderm stampede down an urban African street, ending literally at the foot of Martinelli's bed. The other scene worth mentioning involves comedy-relief Red Buttons' efforts to create a fireworks-powered animal trap. Not to be taken seriously for a minute, Hatari is attractively packaged and neatly tied up with a danceable-pranceable theme song by Henry Mancini.

RIO LOBO
After the Civil War, a Union Colonel goes to Rio Lobo to take revenge on two traitors.

BIG JAKE
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson and wound his son. He returns to his estranged family to help them in the search for Little Jake.

THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
Like Pontius Pilate, director John Ford asks "What is truth?" in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance—but unlike Pilate, Ford waits for an answer. The film opens in 1910, with distinguished and influential U.S. senator Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) and his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) returning to the dusty little frontier town where they met and married twenty-five years earlier. They have come back to attend the funeral of impoverished "nobody" Tom Doniphon (John Wayne). When a reporter asks why, Stoddard relates a film-long flashback. He recalls how, as a greenhorn lawyer, he had run afoul of notorious gunman Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin), who worked for a powerful cartel which had the territory in its clutches. Time and again, "pilgrim" Stoddard had his hide saved by the much-feared but essentially decent Doniphon. It wasn't that Doniphon was particularly fond of Stoddard; it was simply that Hallie was in love with Stoddard, and Doniphon was in love with Hallie and would do anything to assure her happiness, even if it meant giving her up to a greenhorn. When Liberty Valance challenged Stoddard to a showdown, everyone in town was certain that the greenhorn didn't stand a chance. Still, when the smoke cleared, Stoddard was still standing, and Liberty Valance lay dead. On the strength of his reputation as the man who shot Valance, Stoddard was railroaded into a political career, in the hope that he'd rid the territory of corruption. Stoddard balked at the notion of winning an election simply because he killed a man-until Doniphon, in strictest confidence, told Stoddard the truth: It was Doniphon, not Stoddard, who shot down Valance. Stoddard was about to reveal this to the world, but Doniphon told him not to. It was far more important in Doniphon's eyes that a decent, honest man like Stoddard become a major political figure; Stoddard represented the "new" civilized west, while Doniphon knew that he and the West he represented were already anachronisms. Thus Stoddard went on to a spectacular political career, bringing extensive reforms to the state, while Doniphon faded into the woodwork. His story finished, the aged Stoddard asks the reporter if he plans to print the truth. The reporter responds by tearing up his notes. "This is the West, sir, " the reporter explains quietly. "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." Dismissed as just another cowboy opus at the time of its release, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance has since taken its proper place as one of the great Western classics. It questions the role of myth in forging the legends of the West, while setting this theme in the elegiac atmosphere of the West itself, set off by the aging Stewart and Wayne.

THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER
Henry Hathaway directs the 1965 psychological Western The Sons of Katie Elder. Four sons reunite in their Texas hometown to attend their mother's funeral. John (John Wayne) is the gunfighter, Tom (Dean Martin) is the gambler, Matt (Earl Holliman) is the quiet one, and Bud (Michael Anderson Jr.) is the youngest. They soon learn that their father gambled away the family ranch, leading to his own murder. The brothers decide to find their father's killer and get back the ranch, even though they are discouraged to do so by local Sheriff Billy Wilson (Paul Fix). When the sheriff turns up dead, the Elder boys are blamed for the murder. Deputy Sheriff Ben Latta (Jeremy Slate) joins forces with the only witnesses of the murder: Morgan Hastings (James Gregory) and his son Dave (Dennis Hopper). A gunfight breaks out between the Hastings gang and the Elder gang. After his brother Matt is killed, John decides to settle the ranch dispute in a court of law with a judge (Sheldon Allman). However, Tom decides to take matters into his own hands by kidnapping Dave. After the final climactic gunfight, John and the wounded Bud retreat to a rooming house owned by Mary Gordon (Martha Hyer).

TRUE GRIT
In 1970, John Wayne won an Academy Award. for his larger-than-life performance as the drunken, uncouth and totally fearless one-eyed U.S. Marshall, Rooster Cogburn. The cantankerous Rooster is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced but enthusiastic Texas Ranger (Glen Campbell) joins the party. Laughter and tears punctuate the wild action in this extraordinary Western which features performances by Robert Duvall and Strother Martin.

THE SHOOTIST
About ten minutes into The Shootist, Doctor Hostetler (James Stewart) tells aging western gunfighter John Bernard Books (John Wayne) "You have a cancer." Knowing that his death will be painful and lingering, Books is determined to be shot in the line of "duty". In his remaining two months, Books settles scores with old enemies, including gambler Pulford (Hugh O'Brian) and Marshall Thibido (Harry Morgan) and reaches out to new friends (including feisty widow Lauren Bacall and her hero-worshipping son Ron Howard). In the end, is shot to death, but in so doing he is able to dissuade another from following his blood-stained example. Throughout the film, Book's imminent demise is compared with the decline of the west, as represented by the automobiles and streetcars that have begun to blight the main street of Wayne's home town. It is unknown if John Wayne was aware that he was dying of cancer when he agreed to film The Shootist; whatever the case, the film is a powerful valedictory to a remarkable man and a fabulous career.

EL DORADO
Legendary producer-director Howard Hawks teams with two equally legendary stars, John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, in this classic Western drama. Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the wild West, ruthless cattle barons and crooked "businessmen." The Duke gives an equally adept performance as the sheriff's old friend who knows his way around a gunfight. Filled with brawling action and humor, El Dorado delivers the goods. James Caan and Ed Asner co-star.

THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
When a commercial airliner developes engine problems on a trans- Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.

ISLAND IN THE SKY
A transport plane crash-lands in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.

HONDO
Based on the Louis L'Amour story "The Gift of Cochise," this sparkling western has Wayne as a half-Indian Cavalry scout who, with his feral dog companion, finds a young woman and her son living on a isolated ranch in unfriendly Apache country. A poetic and exciting script, outstanding performances, and breathtaking scenery make this an indisputable classic. Page's debut.

MCLINTOCK!
Wayne shows off his funny side in this 1963 western, a comedy inspired by The Taming of the Shrew. Starring as wealthy cattle baron G.W. McLintock, Wayne shows a real sense of comic timing in several scenes filled with slapstick humor. After his wife (Maureen O'Hara) and daughter leave him for the East, McLintock attempts to win them back. The dynamics between O'Hara and Wayne are the strong suit of this film, the actors having worked together previously on

THE QUIET MAN
As this is by no means a revisionist western, McLintock's chauvinistic attempts to "tame" his wife fit within the problematic ideology of the larger western genre. The ultimate example of this comes at the end of the film when McLintock settles his marital dispute by publicly "spanking" his wife in what is now a notorious cinematic moment.

Customer Reviews:

Century Collection.......2007-09-07

I couldn't be happier with a collection such as these that represent my favorite era in westerns and Wayne films.

John Wayne Century Collection.......2007-07-21

Most of the discs played well in both a computer drive or in one of 3 dvd players. However two of the discs would not completely play in any drive. My thanks to Amazon for promptly replacing the defective merchandise.
The movies themselves are of course: John Wayne. Nothing else to be said. The second set seems to be OK

Fabulous collection.......2007-07-13

This is a must-have collection for John Wayne fans. The movies are some of his best and many come with special features and interviews with actors and actresses that co-starred and worked with "The Duke." Great quality and very entertaining!

Great Value.......2007-06-14

This collection is an outstanding deal at $70. THis contains many of Wayne's most sought-after films at a bargain price.

This box set does NOT contain THE QUIET MAN.......2007-05-23

Contrary to Amazon's editorial description above, the John Wayne Century Collection contains 14 movies, but does NOT include THE QUIET MAN. Still, it is a good bargain and contains a new Special Edition release of TRUE GRIT.

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I know why this movie bombed!
A surprisingly enjoyable film
Sky High
Fun Super-Hero Spoof

Sky High [Blu-ray]
Starring: Bruce Campbell , Lynda Carter , Dave Foley , Cloris Leachman , and Kevin McDonald
Director: Mike Mitchell
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ASIN: B000J6I0VG
Release Date: 2006-11-21

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Experience the wonder of the film the New York Times calls "a clever hybrid of HARRY POTTER and THE INCREDIBLES" as Disney's SKY HIGH soars on Blu-ray's high definition disc. The fun and excitement reach new heights in this extraordinary format. The son of legendary crime fighters Commander and Jetstream, Will Stronghold has huge expectations as he enters a high-tech school known for molding the heroes of tomorrow. But with no apparent superpowers of his own, is Will destined to be a mere sidekick? Watch in eye-popping 1080p as Will discovers his true strengths, and experience the awesome power of 5.1 48 kHz, 16-bit uncompressed audio. Heroic adventure truly takes flight with Blu-ray™ High Definition!

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I know why this movie bombed!.......2007-08-28

Great dialog aside, it felt way too small! If you're going to do a SUPER hero show, have a Super hero setting with people doing Super heroic stuff in a Super realistic shot. This movie would've gotten great ratings if it was shown on the Disney channel because it looked soooo cheep! I bought it for the story and dialog. But I wish Disney afforded a "Pirates of the whatever" budget to it. I bet their where thinking in the "Flubber" style in this respect and that's a dang shame.

A surprisingly enjoyable film.......2007-03-26

At first glance, you'll probably write this off as a kid's movie. In one way, you are probably right, it is a kid's movie mainly in the fact that your kids will definetly enjoy it. However, you might find that you enjoy it as well.

The plot is a simple hero coming-of-age story. What makes it interesting is that our protagonist is a third generation "hero," but not only that, he's the son of the two most celebrated heroes. Add into the mix the fact that he has not shown any "hero" powers, and you got a nice combination for this action-family flick, as our protagonist heads into SKY HIGH, the superhero school.

Now, for the blu-ray transfer itself. While I'm not a videophile, I was pleased with the quality and look of this encoding. Disney apparently goes all out with their movies in regards to PQ, and it shows. It also has a scene showcase, which plays all the scenes where the Hi-def content really pops out at you.

There are a few extras, such as the "making of the film" like featurettes, and if I remember correctly, a commentary.

All and all, I recommend this film for your kids, and even for yourself, if you were ever into comic books and the like.

Sky High.......2007-03-19

This is a great movie for kids and adults. I always dread buying some of the more recent kids movies for my Niece and Nephew, but this one was a lot of fun to watch with them.

Fun Super-Hero Spoof.......2007-02-06

As a comic book fan I am fairly critical of movies based on the topic of super-heroes. This one was very fun to watch and poked fun of every super cliché you can think of. From giant robots to very thin disguises of the true identities of the heroes. If you are a comic book fan particularly of DC Comics you'll really get a lot of the more subtle jibes. Keep in mind that this is a film for all ages and in the classic Disney style. There is no crude humor and no scathing satire but it is still funny and great for the whole family.
As to the Blu-Ray Disc, it functioned with beautiful picture and sound quality as expected. There were a couple of glitches toward the end, but I was not 100% sure if it was the disc or my player. These things are common with a new technology.

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Eyes Wide Shut [HD DVD]
Starring: Tom Cruise , Nicole Kidman , Madison Eginton , Jackie Sawiris , and Sydney Pollack
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B000I2J0VK
Release Date: 2007-10-23

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Average yet one of my favorites...
Just Think, You Stupid Bunch of Circus Freaks!
A Stanley Kubrick Love Story
The misunderstood masterpiece
A worthy finale from the great director

Eyes Wide Shut
Starring: Tom Cruise , Nicole Kidman , Madison Eginton , Jackie Sawiris , and Sydney Pollack
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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ASIN: B00005ATQD
Release Date: 2001-06-12

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It was inevitable that Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut would be the most misunderstood film of 1999. Kubrick died four months prior to its release, and there was no end to speculation how much he would have tinkered with the picture, changed it, "fixed" it. We'll never know. But even without the haunting enigma of the director's death--and its eerie echo/anticipation in the scene when Dr. Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) visits the deathbed of one of his patients--Eyes Wide Shut would have perplexed and polarized viewers and reviewers. After all, virtually every movie of Kubrick's post-U.S. career had; only 1964's Dr. Strangelove opened to something approaching consensus. Quite apart from the author's tinkering, Kubrick's movies themselves always seemed to change--partly because they changed us, changed the world and the ways we experienced and understood it. And we may expect Eyes Wide Shut to do the same. Unlike Kubrick himself, it has time.

So consider, as we settle in to live with this long, advisedly slow, mesmerizing film, how challenging and ambiguous its narrative strategy is. The source is an Arthur Schnitzler novella titled Traumnovelle (or "Dream Story"), and it's a moot question how much of Eyes Wide Shut itself is dream, from the blue shadows frosting the Harfords' bedroom to the backstage replica of New York's Greenwich Village that Kubrick built in England. Its major movement is an imaginative night-journey (even the daylight parts of it) taken by a man reeling from his wife's teasing confession of fantasized infidelity, and toward the end there is a token gesture of the couple waking to reality and, perhaps, a new, chastened maturity. Yet on some level--visually, psychologically, logically--every scene shimmers with unreality. Is everything in the movie a dream? And if so, who is dreaming it at any given moment, and why?

Don't settle for easy answers. Kubrick's ultimate odyssey beckons. And now the dream is yours. --Richard T. Jameson

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Average yet one of my favorites..........2007-08-24

I find this movie very average. The acting is uninspiring and the plot is pathetic to say the least. It has the potential to be interesting, but it takes so many useless loops that in the end you don't care about the plot at all.

What makes me call this movie one of my favorites, besides the scenes of a half-nude Nicole Kidman and the steamy orgy scene, is how edgy this film is. It has a semi-porn movie feel to it, yet you know that you are watching A-list actors like Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The movie is raw and edgy and very appealing. If you want to buy this movie for a great viewing experience, simply pass on it. However, if you would like to watch something original and edgy for once, then this movie would be a great addition to your collection.

Just Think, You Stupid Bunch of Circus Freaks!.......2007-08-08

Just think. The following will not contain any explanantion of this film whatsoever. It's a provocative message. I have my understanding of this film. If you don't have one then get your goddamn self off of this freaking page, and watch it, you cheap low-life. This is the most intellectually brilliant film of our time, besides, of course, THE SHINING which is the greatest movie ever made (I don't want to sound like a Nazi, but that isn't my opinion, its a damn fact), and some other films like Bergman fellini desica, TCM(1974) Martin(1977)... but anyway. Think about the lead actors. Think about the director, and who he is (an intellectual who doesn't beleive in god, as we all shouldn't and I certaintly don't). Think about the last words that kubrick wrote in the script. Who is the piano player, and who does he represent. Who is that damn dark figure in the nightclub bar behind where cruise meets the piano player!!!!!!!! Think about why Kubrick didn't make the orgy scene erotic like a porno, but actually boner-less(unless your a six year old or something). Think about that little picture that is behind cruise on the wall, while he finds out about the aids. Think about the title, for "god's" sake(get it, "god's"). Think about why throughout the movie, cruise and kidman are never sober, the're high, drunk, and are constantly drugged up? Is this what our society has become, a mental pleasure cruise, in which nobody can accept reality, and escapes through drugs(though I love them) and alcohol(that too). One girl even escapes by dying. Why do those kids beat on cruise(even while he wears that beautiful overcoat)!!!!!!!!!!!! What does the newspaper say? Why is Mozarts requiem playing(a funeral song) while nobody is clearly dying(or are they?) What is that blindfold. Why does he get a cappucino(no, that wasn't a joke, you should seriously try to understand that)!!!! What are the orgy scene lyrics saying(in English) obviously(unless your some illegal chink or somehing) And why the f69k is it Christmas?

A Stanley Kubrick Love Story.......2007-08-05

Through Stanley Kubrick's camera lens, the universe is a cold and frequently sinister place.

The man-made world of DR. STRANGELOVE marches to its wacky Armaggeddon even as its silly characters struggle valiantly to save it. The technology that got us into the outer space of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY betrays us and leaves us as nothing more than a well-fed, well-dressed specimen to the powers we find beyond our solar system. The government of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE is so bent on behavioral modification that it makes a hero of a rapist thug like Alex the Droog. The mask covering our historical and psychological sins is ripped away and leaves us as absorbed ghosts in the Overlook Hotel in THE SHINING. And the military of FULL METAL JACKET chews up our young men and spits them out as psycho-killers razing someone else's countryside.

So at the end of his life, Kubrick makes a love story. Talk about confounding everyone on the planet, including his fans.

Kubrick died just after finishing the cut that was released to theatres and much speculation has been placed on what he would've done before anyone saw it. There were enough wild rumors during production. Even now, I read a story that Kubrick was disappointed with the Hollywood power couple of Cruise and Kidman. (Although he's a very earnest actor, Cruise seems to struggle with depth, but I thought Kidman was a good choice...although she plays getting high on marijuana too silly and ridiculous--has she ever been high?).

But something worked for me with EYES WIDE SHUT.

And there's something new here that's never been seen in a Stanley Kubrick film before: optimism. Even as Cruise's love for his wife is assaulted by the haunting images of her making love to the officer in uniform, even as he recklessly follows paths to violate his vows and his faithfulness...something always stops him. He doesn't ravage the hooker, he doesn't indulge in the bizarre private orgy, etc.

Something always brings him home, safe and sound. Something you never saw in the Kubrick film before.

(When will they release a version without the computer-generated orgy attendees blocking our view?)

The misunderstood masterpiece.......2007-08-03

The only reason I can think of that this DVD deserves 3.5 stars is the MPAA's mandate for the inclusion of digital figures to cover up the sex sequences, which can be seen "unadulterated" in the Region 2 disc (but with different music, as the theatrical/Region 1 DVD's music was found to be offensive to Hindus, I believe).

But otherwise, this movie is absolutely phenomenal. Like the best of Bergman, like Welles' F for Fake, like Fellini's 8 1/2, this movie represents a story that is truly genre-less. How do you classify Eyes Wide Shut? At Kubrick's _worst_, his movies were some of the best out of their given genres. At his best, they are not only the best of the genre, but transcend it altogether (2001, Barry Lyndon, Dr. Stranglove...).

Other reviewers have already noted what is fantastic about this movie. The lightening is some of the best of Kubrick's career. It holds both Nicole Kidman's and Tom Cruise's best performances of their careers. Sydney Pollack is fantastic. And the centerpiece, the orgy sequence, is quintessential Kubrick.

I think that this movie will be reevaluated in the future, and people will finally understand it for what it is. Personally, I think that Eyes Wide Shut is effectively a period piece. It is a period piece about the 1990s and the era of civilization we now find ourselves in, with the sexual freedoms and faults (and diseases) we now have to deal with. How else do you explain the nondescript "New York City"? How else do you explain the persistent presence of a Christmas tree in _every damn scene_? It underscores the pervasive materialism at the heart of the 80s and 90s, which in turn underscores the kinds of sexuality and sexual inadequacies on display in this movie. It is a period piece about the 90s, it just happens to have been made in 90s as well.

With his final film, Kubrick managed to create a story that is free of any genre, free of baggage, free of any previous assumptions about what a film can do. It is not his best, but it might be his most fulfilling, and it sums up one of the most cynical, but also one of the greatest director's career with a tiny glimmer of modest - but realistic - hope.

A worthy finale from the great director.......2007-07-25

I am still shocked that many people out there who are avid movie buffs don't want to give this move the credit it certainly deserves. The movie has of course outstanding imagery with Kubrick's steady cam but also has great color and sound with shostakovich-.starts out slow and captures your attention very quickly Nicole looked amazing and her acting skills was on par with her best role, "Dead Calm"

Definitely check out this collector's edition with some fine interviews with Speilberg(overrated), cruise, kidman

S. Kubrick, you are truly missed.

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Superhero comicbook readers hit a movie
DISNEY PUTS A SPIN ON THE HIGH SCHOOL COMEDY
"What do you want me to do? I'm not Wonder Woman, y'know!"---Lynda Carter
"I can't do anything more to help you. I'm not Wonder Woman, you know."
Family fun

Sky High (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Michael Angarano , Kurt Russell , Kelly Preston , Danielle Panabaker , and Christopher Wynne
Director: Mike Mitchell (VI)
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ASIN: B000BJ7BCA
Release Date: 2005-11-29

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Superhero comicbook readers hit a movie.......2007-06-11

DISNEY PUTS A SPIN ON THE HIGH SCHOOL COMEDY.......2007-05-13

"What do you want me to do? I'm not Wonder Woman, y'know!"---Lynda Carter .......2007-05-07

"I can't do anything more to help you. I'm not Wonder Woman, you know.".......2007-05-07

Family fun.......2007-04-26

This is a fun family movie. It's great on rainy days or in the car on the road. Everyone loves this movie.

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Open Your Eyes
Okay, so I'm the one guy who didn't think it was all that and a bag of chips.
An Experience that will Stay With You For Some Time To Come...
loved it
Ridiculous ending, not worth watching!

Open Your Eyes
Starring: Carola Angulo (II) , Gérard Barray , Joserra Cadiñanos , Penélope Cruz , and Ion Gabella
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