Casino Royale [Blu-ray]

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The most successful invigoration of a cinematic franchise since Batman Begins, Casino Royale offers a new Bond identity. Based on the Ian Fleming novel that introduced Agent 007 into a Cold War world, Casino Royale is the most brutal and viscerally exciting James Bond film since Sean Connery left Her Majesty's Secret Service. Meet the new Bond; not the same as the old Bond. Daniel Craig gives a galvanizing performance as the freshly minted double-0 agent. Suave, yes, but also a "blunt instrument," reckless, and possessed with an ego that compromises his judgment during his first mission to root out the mastermind behind an operation that funds international terrorists. In classic Bond film tradition, his global itinerary takes him to far-flung locales, including Uganda, Madagascar, the Bahamas (that's more like it), and Montenegro, where he is pitted against his nemesis in a poker game, with hundreds of millions in the pot. The stakes get even higher when Bond lets down his "armor" and falls in love with Vesper (Eva Green), the ravishing banker's representative fronting him the money.

For longtime fans of the franchise, Casino Royale offers some retro kicks. Bond wins his iconic Astin-Martin at the gaming table, and when a bartender asks if he wants his martini "shaken or stirred," he disdainfully replies, "Do I look like I give a damn?" There's no Moneypenny or "Q," but Dame Judi Dench is back as the exasperated M, who one senses, admires Bond's "bloody cheek." A Bond film is only as good as its villain, and Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre, who weeps blood, is a sinister dandy. From its punishing violence and virtuoso action sequences to its romance, Casino Royale is a Bond film that, in the words of one character, makes you feel it, particularly during an excruciating torture sequence. Double-0s, Bond observes early on, "have a short life expectancy." But with Craig, there is new life in the old franchise yet, as well as genuine anticipation for the next one when, at last, the signature James Bond theme kicks in following the best last line ever in any Bond film. To quote Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin, now I know what I've been faking all these years. --Donald Liebenson

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Casino Royale introduces James BOond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to "00" status. "M" (Judi Dench), head of the British Secret Service, sends the newly-promoted 007 on his first mission that takes him to Madagascar, the Bahamas and eventually leads him to Montenegro to face Le Chiffre, a ruthless financier under threat from his terrorist clientele, who is attempting to restore his funds in a high-stakes poker game at the Casino Royale. "M" places Bond under the watchful eye of the Treasury official Vesper Lynd. At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together. Le Chiffre's cunning and cruelty come to bear on them both in a way Bond could never imagine, and he learns his most important lesson: Trust no one.

Customer Reviews:

This isn't my idea of Bond.......2007-09-12

When I got this blu-ray disk I had very high expectations. It delivered when it comes to special effects and the outstanding clarity that blu-ray delivers.

However, I was sorely disappointed by the new "Bond". Instead of the incredible charm displayed by previous Bond characters, this guy seems to be more of a cold-hearted killer. I found it hard to care much about what came of him. In my opinion, this is the worst Bond movie I have ever seen.

Perhaps I would have liked it better if the movie had been titled something like "Agent X" since that way I wouldn't have been trying to imagine this guy as being in the same role as the classics starring Sean Connery or Roger Moore.

In a nutshell, I found this to be heartless and generally lacking in class.

Great.......2007-09-10

Great picture quality, and a good movie to boot. The movie has a bit of a dark cast, so still not the optimal test disc for a new system, but still quite good. People say "wow" when they see it.

Bond on bluray!.......2007-09-07

Casino Royale is definitely one of the better Bond films. Part of the wow affect comes from it's awesome bluray video quality. A solid choice for all you Bond fans out there.

Blu-ray is the way to watch this great film!.......2007-08-12

I first watched the 2006 release Casino Royale in the theater. I was very impressed. The movie was unlike any Bond film I had seen before. In fact, the movie is gritty in a way that resembles the very well made Bourne movies. I recently watched the movie again, and found that it was even more enjoyable the second time around. The changes, in my opinion are for the better. I was a fan of Pierce Brosnan in the role of James Bond. I thought that he had been the best Bond since Sean Connery. I thought Roger Moore was okay, while timothy Dalton did nothing for me. Craig made for a very compelling and very human Bond.

The visuals in this film are stunning. The usual opening scenes are - true to form - pretty spectacular. Bond shows little mercy when it comes to resorting to violence. He also gets hurt and bleeds on numerous occasions. He seems ill at ease in a tuxedo, but seems to adapt to the role. The primary setting for the movie is an incredibly picturesque Venice. The film features really stunning scenes with some excellent stunt work. The Blu-ray version is without a dount the version to watch. Clocking in at 144 minutes, the movie seems to fly by with its fast paced story. The only downside to the film is that the villain came across as pretty tame for the most part. There probably could have been a bit more done to make him really evil and dislikable.

Overall this is a strong 4 star movie that is well-worth the price of the movie.

Great Movie.......2007-08-07

This is how you keep a movie franchise going. Great story, great acting and a fast paced movie that almost never slows down(except when James is with the ladies!!)

I have watched it several times now and the more I watch the more I like.

The Bourne Identity (Widescreen Extended Edition)

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Bourne again?
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The Bourne Identity (Widescreen Extended Edition)
Starring: Matt Damon , Franka Potente , Chris Cooper , Clive Owen , and Brian Cox
Director: Doug Liman
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ASIN: B00023B1LC
Release Date: 2004-07-13

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Freely adapted from Robert Ludlum's 1980 bestseller, The Bourne Identity starts fast and never slows down. The twisting plot revs up in Zurich, where amnesiac CIA assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), with no memory of his name, profession, or recent activities, recruits a penniless German traveler (Run Lola Run's Franka Potente) to assist in solving the puzzle of his missing identity. While his CIA superior (Chris Cooper) dispatches assassins to kill Bourne and thus cover up his failed mission, Bourne exercises his lethal training to leave a trail of bodies from Switzerland to Paris. Director Doug Liman (Go) infuses Ludlum's intricate plotting with a maverick's eye for character detail, matching breathtaking action with the humorous, thrill-seeking chemistry of Damon and Potente. Previously made as a 1988 TV movie starring Richard Chamberlain, The Bourne Identity benefits from the sharp talent of rising stars, offering intelligent, crowd-pleasing excitement from start to finish. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Bourne again?.......2007-09-11

He comes to on a fishing boat with bullets in his back and no idea how he got there, who shot him, or why. Oh, and he's got a bank account number on his body.

When he goes to the bank, the safe deposit box is full of money and at least half a dozen passports with different identities. So, which one is his? In some ways, he has a chance to start a new life--but the old one really isn't leaving him behind.

People are chasing him--with guns. More important than that, how does he know just how to evade them?

"Bourne" is a riveting story about a man who's in a terrible position and unable to really know who is friend or foe. This film has one of the best car chase scenes I have ever encountered--with a Mini Cooper, no less! The book was good, the film almost better.

The Good & Bad Of ''The Bourne Identity'.......2007-09-09

This is a solid suspense-spy film with an agent-on-the-run scenario. People who like a paranoid theme, where everyone is after you (I plead guilty) will love this.

The amount of violence in here was just about right, not too much and not too little. I also enjoyed the Paris scenery, both the street-level shots and the aerial photography. Ovrall, the cinematography is very good in this film. It's an involving story that once you're hooked, you stay that way. The two hours go by pretty quickly.

On the negative side, I get tired of American filmmakers trashing their own government all the time, in here its them trying to kill one of their own agents. I hear the third movie is really bad in that regard. I'm sorry to hear that as I liked the sequel ("The Bourne Supremacy") even better, although part of the reason was that I was now familiar with the main characters after watching this film. Anyway, I highly recommend the first two Bourne movies for fans of suspense, crime, intrigue, good locales, etc.

The Bourne Identity.......2007-09-08

Although I am not that much in action movies, I really enjoyed this one, maybe because of Matt Damon who is such a good actor. Also this was the first one so the story hadn't been worn out yet. I just saw #2 and #3 and it really repeats. It reminds me of the TV program "The Fugitive". But all in all, I give it thumbs up.

Bourne is better than Bond.......2007-09-08

The All American spy -- Jason Bourne stands toe to toe with the best of Britain! this is a great series!

great movie!.......2007-09-03

It is a very good dvd set! Love the quality of the picture and the sound! And of course Matt Damon is always so nice to look at. haha...

Casino Royale (2-Disc Widescreen Edition)

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a new bond
"Quite the body count you are stacking up"
No a Cartoon but a good thriller
Daniel Craig made a believer out of me!
Sean, move over

Casino Royale (2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Daniel Craig , Eva Green , Mads Mikkelsen , Judi Dench , and Jeffrey Wright
Director: Martin Campbell
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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Release Date: 2007-03-13

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Stills from Casino Royale (click for larger image)

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Casino Royale introduces James Bond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to "00" status. "M" (Judi Dench), head of the British Secret Service, sends the newly-promoted 007 on his first mission that takes him to Madagascar, the Bahamas and eventually leads him to Montenegro to face Le Chiffre, a ruthless financier under threat from his terrorist clientele, who is attempting to restore his funds in a high-stakes poker game at the Casino Royale. "M" places Bond under the watchful eye of the Treasury official Vesper Lynd. At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together. Le Chiffre's cunning and cruelty come to bear on them both in a way Bond could never imagine, and he learns his most important lesson: Trust no one.

Customer Reviews:

a new bond.......2007-09-15

the latest in the bond series. this one is about the beginnings of 007. i didn't think Craig would be a good bond, but i was totally wrong. it's certainly the best bond since goldeneye. the story was great, the action was great...i hope to see craig in more bond films! the special features were nice too as they talk about the history of bond

"Quite the body count you are stacking up".......2007-09-15

If you are going to introduce a new Bond, what better way to do it than go back to the beginning? This is exactly what Martin Cambell did in Daniel's Craig first movie as the beloved 007. We find a Bond at the start of his career, having recently attained the 00 status, and showing a personality that differs from what we are used to seeing from this character. I am not going to lie to you, Sean Connery still is, and probably will always be, my favorite Bond, but Craig comes pretty close to the Master. And he is undoubtedly better than the last couple of actors that attempted the feat of portraying one of the most charismatic secret agents ever.

This time around, the plot takes us from Madagascar to the Bahamas. In the process we find bankers stealing money from Freedom Fighters, bomb-makers with clear and important targets in mind, a fair amount of poker playing, and of course, attractive women. The most interesting aspect of the movie is the differences in Bond's personality compared to the other movies. Here we can see how his attitude towards women changed and the reasons behind this. Also, there are many details that if you have watched the previous Bond productions you will not see in this one. Even though one of these shows up towards the end, you will miss several Bond traits that are always present. It is fun to go through the movie spotting these absences.

The action scenes are exciting and even though they are unrealistic, as is usually the case with Bond movies, this aspect was toned down from the latest efforts. The high speed chase on foot in Madagascar is remarkable and very well filmed, and even though it runs for a fair amount of time, we do not get bored in the least. As I already mentioned, there is also quite a bit of poker playing. This is only natural, seeing the popularity this game has gained lately. The good news is that they managed to keep these scenes interesting and they fit well with the rest of the plot.

Just when I was ready to accept that there will never be a James Bond that will make me want to see these movies again, I was pleasantly surprised by Craig. I am looking forward to his next effort and hope that we get many more at this level.

No a Cartoon but a good thriller.......2007-09-13

Casino gets back to the original roots of a Bond with a nearly psychotic rage who kills without compunction. It also explains more of how he becomes the detached spy and shuns real personal ties. The stunts are traditional stuntmen based ones, not computer graphic generated ones so it adds to the realism. There are enough cartoonish movies so it's good to see a real old fashioned thriller.

Daniel Craig made a believer out of me!.......2007-09-11

I must first say that I was "extremely reluctant" to accept Daniel Craig into my heart as the infamous, sexy and dangerous 007. I was very upset when they decided that Pierce Brosnan would not be back. A little history....I was a BIG Sean Connery fan, and could not stand Roger Moore or the other Bonds until Brosnan. He had most of the qualities that I feel Sean Connery has......he is suave, charming, handsome and a little mysterious/dangerous...and James Bond use to be Remindton Steele. So, needless to say I didn't want another 007, just when I got use to this one. So imagine my attitude when I went to see this movie.......Daniel Craig was going to be critiqued harshly. Now with all that in mind, I must say I was pleasantly pleased. Although Daniel Craig's was 007, his spin on the character was completely different. And although he was not as suave as Sean Connery, he is just as romantic (Vesper love story crucial to the story), more so because he only tried to get with two women, versus a ton (each critical to the story). And more than anything, he was more believable than past Bonds. He would bleed, he got hurt, he was sensitive and completely human.

This movie was great....the plot is well written, you love to hate the bad guy, you feel sorry for the hero, and I found myself beginning to embrace him as 007. I no longer view 007 as a "single" person, while for some reason in the past it seemed like writers wanted us to think of Connery, Moore, and Brosnan, as the same person. But now, I have come to see the title of 007 as a classification, similar to the position of Inspector and Detective. And I really found myself appreciating the fact that this Bond was so human. Casino Royale is worth watching, and I would love to see Craig in the role again, in the near future.

Sean, move over.......2007-09-10

I have been a James Bond fan for a long time. Though the original Sean Connery movies were before my time, and I was a kid when Roger Moore was making them, I have still enjoyed them. I always thought Sean would be the best. (I generally rated Sean as the best and Roger the worst with all others sorted variously in between.)

However, this is without a doubt the best bond and bond movie ever. I think this is the way the character was meant to be portrayed. I hope that this is the beginning of restarting the bond franchise. I would love to see more bond stories with this type of protrayal.

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mat is air-bourne
Great movie
Great movie even greater on HD-DVD
Great PQ, and great movie....recommended
Be Ready for Phenominal Sound!

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Release Date: 2007-07-24

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mat is air-bourne.......2007-09-16

The Bourne Identity is one of the best spy characters ever. Bourne isnt dramtic but silent and to the point. Like a professional assasin would be portrayed in the movies, and it works. Haunted by the past with amnesia he struggles around the world fleeing an unknown and deadly enemy. The action a la car chases, and well choreagraphed fight scenes supplement the plot about a monkey ranch in the well laid plans of an illegal cia dept. that employs death to protect national security, a dept. which Bourne was a part of, now a liability. Can stand alone without the sequels.

Great movie.......2007-09-02

This movie was already great but in HD DVD it looks 10 times better i recommend people to buy it

Great movie even greater on HD-DVD.......2007-08-26

I am a big fan of the Bourne movies. Seeing them in HD makes them even more enjoyable to watch. If you are Bourne fan you really need to check these movies out on HD-DVD. Can't wait for Ultimatum to come on HD-DVD.

Great PQ, and great movie....recommended.......2007-08-01

If you love the Bourne series you definitely need to pick this up in HD. PQ is great, and if you dont have Bourne Supremacy either you might as well get that too since they are both great movies.
With Bourne Ultimatum coming out in a few days it helped refresh my mind....

Be Ready for Phenominal Sound!.......2007-07-23

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The Best Movie Ever
It's about time!
Every little girl should see these movies!
Magical journey into the Past
A Must For The DVD Library

Anne of Green Gables Trilogy Box Set
Starring: Kevin Sullivan , Megan Follows , and Richard Farnsworth
Manufacturer: Sullivan Entertainment
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Release Date: 2005-01-23

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The award-winning "Anne of Green Gables" collection is now available in a DVD Box Set. Packaged in an attractive navy-blue box, it has never been easier to share the magic of Anne with those that you love. More than 10 hours of high-quality entertainment, brimming with lots of new bonus features never seen before!

Includes the three Anne films:
- Anne of Green Gables
- Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
- Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

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The Best Movie Ever.......2007-09-09

This is the most beautiful movie. It is so moving and profound. Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe are such amazing characters as well as the others.A true classic!

It's about time!.......2007-09-07

I was SO happy to see this on DVD!!!! I've not watched it for years because I no longer have a VCR that works well. It's like I remembered and I'm in love with it all over again! The extras are GREAT!!!! The package came VERY quickly and in excellent condition! Thanks again for another great buying experience, Amazon!!!

Every little girl should see these movies!.......2007-09-05

I have loved this story my whole life! My mom read me the books when I was younger and then taped the trilogy on the PBS specail when I was younger. I loved it so much and I have since lost the recordings so I purchesed them on DVD. I'm letting a friend of mines daughter who is 9 borrow them right now. She is the same age I was the first time I watched them.

Magical journey into the Past.......2007-08-27

There is nothing not to like about this trilogy. The characters are charming and so dimensional that it's like being there. I vascillated between laughter and tears and the only part of the film that I didn't like was the fact that I wanted it to go on forever and of course, like all good stories, it had to end eventually. I have lent out the DVDs to several friends and they all had the same reaction that I did. I highly recommend this trilogy to people of all ages for a magical journey into the past.

A Must For The DVD Library.......2007-08-17

This is a classic. My husband hates movies like this one, however, he fell in love with Anne with an "E". This is a treasure that will be kept and enjoyed in our DVD Library.

Married with Children - The Complete Seventh Season

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It's still a good season
Four Touchdowns in One Game.................................................................
True Fan... Again
awsome!!!!
"Unlucky Number 7"

Married with Children - The Complete Seventh Season
Director: Brian Levant , Mark K. Samuels , Richard Cottrell , Arlando Smith , and Katherine Green
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Release Date: 2007-09-18

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Married With Children was nominated for seven Golden Globes® and seven Emmy Awards® over the course of its run, including best actor and best actress nominations for Ed O'Neill and Katey Sagal. Married With Children continues to reign as one of the most shocking TV comedies ever produced and the seventh season continues the tradition. The Bundy family - led by ever-scheming Al (O'Neil), lazy housewife Peg (Sagal), promiscuous yet naive daughter Kelly (Applegate), and sexually frustrated son Bud (Faustino) -- lives their lives in complete disarray. This season, there's a new man in the house when Peggy's relatives leave their young son with the Bundys. Al takes a job as a topless bartender to help with bills, Kelly buys a motorcycle, Bud starts his own fraternity to meet girls, and Peggy spends so much that Al can't retire.

Customer Reviews:

It's still a good season.......2007-09-10

I am subtracting 1 star because -as mentioned before- Seven absolutely sucks.
The rest of the episodes are still great though. I love the one about the Senior Olympics and the regular cast is still as funny as ever.

Four Touchdowns in One Game........................................................................2007-09-10

I love Al like a brother. He is so real! Saddled with a dysfunctional family, he continues with what little pleasures that life has for him. He's an inspiration for all the unappreciated men who toil each day at crummy jobs. All I can say is "Whoa Bundy."

True Fan... Again.......2007-09-07

Looks like I found some other true MWC fans! I am looking forward to getting my Season 7 DVD set along with Seasons 8, 9, 10, and 11... OK, we've established that Seven's character was not a great idea, but who cares... There were too many laughs, even with him there. However, the show when it was Seven's birthday is Classic MWC... I love a good Bundy brawl.

The show evolved. The characters changed. Bud and Kelly got older. This is all good. If everything had stayed the same, they would not have been around for 11 Seasons! We would have gotten bored and moved on... We (the true fans) kept watching because the cast became more outrageous and gave us even more to laugh at.

Al's life continued to get more and more pathetic. Kelly's brain continued getting smaller and smaller (cudos to her for playing that role so well)! Bud tries harder and harder to get a date. And Peggy... well Peggy does nothing... And she is really got at it! MWC is a show to make you laugh. If you try to analize it, you will not be able to enjoy it...

awsome!!!!.......2007-09-02

I do not like the little kid Seven, However much like the other seasons this one is pure gold. I dont care for the opinions of people who say the later seasons aren't great just because they're different than earlier episodes. Thats actually what makes it better, there isnt too much stale repetition. This season is gold, like the episodes Frat chance, tra something spells tramp,Al on the rocks, and Christmas. So enjoy gut-wrenching laughter with the bundys again and again, and dont listen to idiots who bad mouth the show. Let Al the King Bundy live on forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Unlucky Number 7".......2007-08-27

You've gotta admit, that kid Seven ruined a perfect show. Luckily, he didn't last. I still give this season 5 stars, simply because the rest of the cast were very funny. Looking forward to season 8, (no Seven!!) < that lil' turd!

The Dreamers (Original Uncut NC-17 Version)

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I'll say this: it is pretty.
Beautiful.
The Dreamers or The Kinky?
Eva Green
an extraordinary film although not for everyone

The Dreamers (Original Uncut NC-17 Version)
Starring: Michael Pitt (II) , Eva Green , Louis Garrel , Anna Chancellor , and Robin Renucci
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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Release Date: 2004-07-13

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A love letter to movies (and the French new wave of the 1960s in particular), Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers starts with a 1968 riot outside of a Parisian movie palace then burrows into an insular love triangle. Matthew (Michael Pitt, Hedwig and the Angry Inch), an expatriate American student, bonds with a twin brother and sister, Isabelle (Eva Green) and Theo (Louis Garrel), over their mutual love of film--they not only quote lines of dialogue, they act out small bits and challenge each other to name the cinematic source. Matthew suspects the twins of incest, but that doesn't stop him from falling into his own intimacies with Isabelle. As the threesome becomes threatened, Paris succumbs to student riots. The Dreamers aspires to be kinky, but the results are more decorative than decadent; nonetheless, the movie's lively energy recalls the careless and vital exuberance of Godard and Truffaut. --Bret Fetzer

Description

From Academy Award®-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci (The Last Emperor, 1987), comes an erotic tale of three young film lovers brought together by their passion for movies -- and each other. When Isabelle and Theo (Eva Green, Louis Garrel) invite Matthew (Michael Pitt) to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and anything is possible. Featuring an engaging, seductive cast, The Dreamers is a ?spellbinding, provocative feast!" (Ebert & Roeper)

Customer Reviews:

I'll say this: it is pretty........2007-09-13

This is a very pretty film. Paris is as rich and gorgeous as ever, and the main trio of actors are beautiful (and you get to see plenty of them!) But the film suffers from a seeming need to make the characters "quirky" that winds up coming across as some cross between pretentious and weird. We got the film because it was supposed to be erotic, but...um?

I guess the bottom line is, I just didn't believe in these characters or their relationship -- it felt contrived, calculated for effect (the "shocking" relationship between the siblings, etc. And hasn't the "American falls in with decadent Europeans" thing been done to death by now?)

I'm sure if you're a fan of one or more of the actors, that's probably enough to carry you through. As I said, they are pretty, but that wasn't enough for me.

Beautiful........2007-08-24

This movie is utterly beautiful. Its beyond words as to how amazing this film actually is. Utterly disturbing yet it puts you into some sort of artsy trance. *full frontal from Michael Pitt* You so cannot go wrong with this film!!! XoXoX

The Dreamers or The Kinky?.......2007-08-24

I loved this movie! It is so packed with forbidden eroticism that it goes beyond taboo! But, it is not a bad kind of taboo.

The story centers around a young American film student studying in France. He doesn't have many friends, until one day he meets a beautiful girl at a rally and her off-standish brother. The siblings take the young American under their wing and eventually he moves in with them. It is during this time that he sees how "different" the siblings are.

During a late night bathroom run, he catches a glimpse of the brother and sister lying in the same bed nude. If you are schocked by this first erotic scene then you should definitley not watch the rest of the movie because it definitley doesn't get any milder. Although the plot is less than developed, the viewer is completely sucked in to the lives of the three major characters.

Though the siblings are weird and do things that normal brothers and sisters would never DREAM of doing, there is something extremeley natural and normal about it. As if seeing each other nude and during sexual acts is as normal as sharing a meal at the family dinner table. They portray the classic taboo of incest in a classy manner, if that is even possible.

I find myself unable to articulate just how good I thought this movie was. It shocked me from beginning to end, with behavior that I would normally find disgusting, but somehow found endearing in this movie. You just have to watch this movie for yourself!

Eva Green.......2007-08-14

The only reason to get this movie is for Eva Green. This woman has a body out of this world. She is the only reason I recommend this movie.

an extraordinary film although not for everyone.......2007-07-23

this is by far one of my favorite movies ever. i, however, tend to like movies that are very matter of fact as many french movies are, and movies that deal with sex and sexual issues. the very direct addressing of adolescent sexual awakening and confusion might be too much for people with with sex issue hang ups. but for people who are comfortable with very honest story telling this movie is a triumph.

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Anne of Green Gables
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beautiful, intelligent and delightfully entertaining.......

Anne of Green Gables
Starring: Megan Follows , Colleen Dewhurst , Richard Farnsworth , Patricia Hamilton , and Marilyn Lightstone
Director: Kevin Sullivan
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ASIN: B00005YNTR
Release Date: 2001-11-13

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This gorgeous adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's story is well worth watching with the whole family. Produced for Canadian television, it's one of those rare productions that actually sticks to the book and even enhances it through first-rate performances and an excellent script. Set on bucolic Prince Edward Island in the late 19th century, Anne of Green Gables is the story of Anne Shirley, an imaginative and headstrong orphan. When brother and sister Marilla and Mathew Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan boy to help Matthew work the farm, they are astonished when Anne arrives at the train station by mistake. "What use is she to us?" grumbles the gruff Marilla. "We might be of some use to her," answers Matthew, who has taken an instant liking to the talkative Anne. As Anne grows up, her adventures are both hilarious and moving. It's a delight to watch as she forms a friendship with the beautiful Diana and her admirer--the dashing Gilbert Blythe--then dyes her hair green, cracks a slate over Gilbert's head when he calls her "Carrots," and finds a sympathetic teacher who encourages her to attend college.

Richard Farnsworth is perfect as the shy and gentle bachelor Matthew, who confides to Anne that he never went courting because "I would have had to say something." Colleen Dewhurst delivers a nuanced and powerful performance as Marilla, a seemingly cold-hearted spinster whose no-nonsense exterior conceals a warm heart. And as Anne, Megan Follows strikes the perfect note, maturing from freckle-faced orphan to elegant and poised young woman. --Elisabeth Keating

Customer Reviews:

uplifting entertainment.......2007-09-08

Solid story that teaches many important lessons. It's not just a movie for young girls. Richard Farnsworth was one of the best!

A great experience.......2007-09-05

I love Anne of Green Gables and I ordered it off of Amazon with no problems. It arrived in the mail a week later. Perfect!

Anne of Green Gables.......2007-09-02

Again I bought this DVD for my wife. I had given her Anne of Green Gables The Sequel several years ago and she had tried to find the original story of Anne of Green Gables but could not find it in local stores where we live. She loved it so much that after watching it she watched the sequel again and has now ordered the Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables. It is nice to know there are still some nice, clean movies out there that have a good story and can entertain you without listening to vulgar language and watching violence.

oh, lordy..........2007-08-27

This simpering little twit plodding her way through this series should be used as forced-viewing punishment for people who take organized sports too seriously. I suffered through an hour of this with my wife and I wished she's fall down a well and not come out. Or fall off a horse-drawn carriage that's going at full speed. Or, well, you get the idea.

beautiful, intelligent and delightfully entertaining..............2007-08-26

This great 1985 production gloriously brings the characters from the "Anne" series, written by Canadian writer Lucy Maude Montgomery, to life. I remember well watching (and reading) this story as a small child. It was magical, then, and it remains so more than twenty years later. Anne (Megan Follows) is a lively and strong-willed orphan adopted by Marilla (Colleen Dewhurst) and Matthew (Richard Farnsworth) Cuthbert, siblings in need of a helper on their farm. Originally, they had expected to adopt a boy, but fate has other plans for them. Anne proves to be just what they needed. She brings them her youth, indomitable spirit and flare for getting into mischief. Along the way, Anne meets and befriends neighbor and classmate Diana Berry (Schuyler Grant) and butts heads with "would be" suitor Gilbert Blythe (Jonathan Crombie). Anne's slew of adventures and misadventures are a lot of fun to watch (especially an instance where she attempts to die her red hair auburn--turning it green instead!).

The strength of this wonderful film is in the engaging acting, warm direction from Kevin Sullivan and the luscious photography. You really feel like you have been transported to St. Edward Island in Canada, in the early 1900s. You'll laugh, you'll feel the pangs and poignance of Anne's trials and tribulations and you will absolutely lose yourself in the story.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Collector's Set (40 discs)

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Collector's Set ( 40 discs )
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Collector's Set (40 discs)
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar , Alyson Hannigan , Nicholas Brendon , Anthony Head , and James Marsters
Director: Joss Whedon
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Release Date: 2006-08-01

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From its charming and angst-ridden first season to the darker, apocalyptic final one, Buffy the Vampire Slayer succeeds on many levels, and in a fresher and more authentic way than the shows that came before or after it. How lucky, then, that with the release of its boxed set of seasons 1-7, you can have the estimable pleasure of watching a near-decade of Buffy in any order you choose. (And we have some ideas about how that should be done.)

First: rest assured that there's no shame in coming to Buffy late, even if you initially turned your nose up at the winsome Sarah Michelle Gellar kicking the hell out of vampires (in Buffy-lingo, vamps), demons, and other evil-doers. Perhaps you did so because, well, it looked sort of science-fiction-like with all that monster latex. Start with season 3 and see that Buffy offers something for everyone, and the sooner you succumb to it, the quicker you'll appreciate how textured and riveting a drama it is.

Why season 3? Because it offers you a winning cast of characters who have fallen from innocence: their hearts have been broken, their egos trampled in typically vicious high-school style, and as a result, they've begun to realize how fallible they are. As much as they try, there are always more monsters, or a bigger evil. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, the core crew remains something of a unit--there's the smart girl, Willow (Alyson Hannigan) who dreams of saving the day by downloading the plans to City Hall's sewer tunnels and mapping a route to safety. There are the ne'r do wells--the vampire Spike (James Marsters), who both clashes with and aspires to love Buffy; the tortured and torturing Angel (David Boreanz); the pretty, popular girl with an empty heart (Charisma Carpenter); and the teenage everyman, Xander (Nicholas Brendon).

Then there's Buffy herself, who in the course of seven seasons morphs from a sarcastic teenager in a minidress to a heroine whose tragic flaw is an abiding desire to be a "normal" girl. On a lesser note, with the boxed set you can watch the fashion transformation of Buffy from mall rat to Prada-wearing, kickboxing diva with enviable highlights. (There was the unfortunate bob of season 2, but it's a forgivable lapse.) At least the storyline merits the transformations: every time Buffy has to end a relationship she cuts her hair, shedding both the pain and her vulnerability.

In addition to the well-wrought teenage emotional landscape, Buffy deftly takes on more universal themes--power, politics, death, morality--as the series matures in seasons 4-6. And apart from a few missteps that haven't aged particularly well ("I Robot" in season 1 comes to mind), most episodes feel as harrowing and as richly drawn as they did at first viewing. That's about as much as you can ask for any form of entertainment: that it offer an escape from the viewer's workaday world and entry into one in which the heroine (ideally one with leather pants) overcomes demons far more troubling than one's own. --Megan Halverson

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*Seasons 1-7 on each disc

Bonus Disc: **Introduction by Joss Whedon **Back to the Hellmouth: A Conversation with Creators and Cast **Breaking Barriers: It's Not a Chick Fight Thing **Love Bites: Relationships in the Buffyverse **Evil Fiends **Buffy: An Unlikely Role Model **Buffy Cast and Crew: Favorite Episodes

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3 thumbs up.......2007-09-15

This is simply a deal not to be refused. A great quality show, packaged well enough for royalty at a reasonable price. In fact cheaper than if bought in the UK and that includes P+P!

So frickin' sweet!.......2007-09-12

This is one of the sweetest collections thus far! It has ALL seven seasons of Buffy (although I like to pretend season four doesn't exist)!!! This is the ultimate collection for any Buffy/ Angel/ Joss Whedon fan!!!

Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Collector's Set ( 40 discs ).......2007-09-06

This collection is one of the best I have ever come across. The episodes are all written brilliantly and its hard not to cry or laugh while watching. The characters are easy to relate to, and some of the issue the series cover are very important to this day. Also, people can learn many valuable lessons from Buffy, one of them is: Don't go to a frat party and take a drink thats already been made. I would recommend this series to anyone!

Best TV Ever.......2007-08-26

I can't think of any show that is more relevant to more people than this show. Great for teens, adults, boys, girls, all cultures, sexual orientations, etc. Watching it all at once, one season after another, really makes its awsomeness all that more apparent. Genius writing and stellar cast. You can't go wrong. I just can't wait for Angel to come out and book off 4 weeks to watch all 5 seasons of that show - Oct 30th.

Get Past Season 1.......2007-08-25

First season, you'll be horrified that you spent this much. Gratefully, it's a short season and you will very much enjoy seasons 2-7. Those are ground-breaking TV and, in turn and sometimes at the same time, action-packed, funny, and very human, despite the fantastic setting. I own very few DVD's, but all 7 seasons of Buffy are among them.

If you have a daughter (and perhaps also a son--this is the female heroine he'll accept, if any--OK, maybe Zena for other reasons :)), series provides excellent role models for who we'd like our kids to be, although if they are young the monsters may be too scary. Too, I can't remember when the series became somewhat and, ultimately, sexually graphic, so--for both reasons--you'll want to watch it in advance of your kids. Which you won't be able to resist in any case, whether or not you decide it's OK for them!

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a strong and engaging sequel.....
Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel
Excellent family movie
not as good as the first

Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel
Starring: Megan Follows , Colleen Dewhurst , Wendy Hiller , Frank Converse , and Jonathan Crombie
Director: Kevin Sullivan
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ASIN: B00005Y7AN
Release Date: 2004-09-07

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This video is the sequel to the beloved children's book and video Anne of Green Gables. It continues the story of Anne Shirley, an imaginative and headstrong young orphan in 1890s Canada, whose hot temper matches her red hair. Anne of Green Gables told of Anne's adoption by an elderly brother and sister, Marilla (Colleen Dewhurst) and Matthew Cuthbert, and her childhood adventures in the idyllic village of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. Anne of Avonlea takes up the story soon after Matthew's death, when Anne has graduated from college. It follows her struggles and adventures as an aspiring writer and English teacher in a private school on the mainland. Girls seven and older, as well as adults, will enjoy this intelligent and beautifully made film, first shown on PBS. It's filled with themes parents can discuss with their daughters--including self-reliance, generosity, and perseverance. It also gives a realistic portrayal of the situation for women during this historical period, through characters that are multifaceted and human. Anne's struggle to find her voice as a writer, to handle difficult people maturely, to stay optimistic despite setbacks, and to nurture her students are both thought provoking and entertaining. Girls will also enjoy Anne's romantic travails, as she tries to decide between two suitors: her childhood friend Gilbert, and a rich, handsome, and mysterious widower. The film is beautifully filmed, and the costumes and settings portray an idyllic time and place. The cast is excellent. Megan Follows as the spirited Anne and Dewhurst as the gruff but tender Marilla give especially fine performances. --Elisabeth Keating

Customer Reviews:

GREAT MOVIE.......2007-09-10

Anne of Green Gables, The Sequel and The Continuing story is a trilogy that all families should have in their DVD library. The music alone brings you into the story of an orphan girl who touches the lives of many and without ever complaining where she has come from, she steams her way forward and accomplishes what she wills. It also has romance as well. It teaches one how not to stay bitter and how love conquers all. Producers and Directors of today should know that it doesn't take sex and foul language to produce such fine material to scope the imagination. :)

a strong and engaging sequel............2007-08-27

This is the continuing story of Anne of Green Gables (Megan Follows) and proves to be a very strong sequel to the original film. This time, Anne is a little older and has aspirations to become a teacher, as well as a writer. This takes her away from Avonlea, in St. Edwards Island, to teach at an all girls preparatory school. She encounters snobbery as well as a handsome and influential widowed father (Frank Converse) of one of her pupils, and must deal with a very crotchety and almost sinister headmistress (Marilyn Lightstone). A more grown-up Anne must martial her strength, as well as her patience, in some very trying situations. All the while, keeping close to her heart the dear family and friends she left behind.

Megan Follows is radiant, cast as the title character. She skillfully and sensitively portrays a more mature Anne with spunk and grace. The supporting cast is wonderful, here, too, which features the legendary Dame Wendy Hiller as the cold, unfeeling and domineering old grandmother of one of Anne's students. This is a great family that viewers, young and old, can enjoy together. This is truly a wonderful film.

Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel.......2007-08-06

DVD in great shape - Megan Follows makes this story worth viewing again and again.

Excellent family movie.......2007-07-14

Makes me want to move to Prince Edwards Island. A movie worth watching often. A movie with good family values.

not as good as the first.......2007-06-01

not nearly as good as the first, but still quality family entertainment.

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