‘Titanic’ Download and Reviews

December 7, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Drama, Romance

“Titanic” Movie Details

Titanic tagline: Nothing On Earth Could Come Between Them.
Titanic - DVD Cover

Titanic DVD Cover

Actors:
Leonardo DiCaprio Jack Dawson
Kate Winslet Rose DeWitt Bukater
Billy Zane Caledon “Cal” Hockley
Kathy Bates Molly Brown
Frances Fisher Ruth Dewitt Bukater
Gloria Stuart Old Rose
Bill Paxton Brock Lovett
Bernard Hill Captain Smith
David Warner Spicer Lovejoy
Victor Garber Thomas Andrews
Jonathan Hyde Bruce Ismay
Suzy Amis Lizzy Calvert
Lewis Abernathy Lewis Bodine
Nicholas Cascone Bobby Buell
Dr. Anatoly M. Sagalevitch Anatoly Milkailavich
Directors: James Cameron
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 out of 217,122 votes

“Titanic” Movie Review

“Titanic” Plot Summary

Fictional romantic tale of a rich girl and poor boy who meet on the ill-fated voyage of the ‘unsinkable’ ship.

The triumph of contemporary tripe

The tragedy of the doomed ship Titanic has inspired many books and movies. The battle between nature and technology always caught man’s imagination. The latest film concerning this tragedy in the Atlantic Ocean was written and directed by famous action movie filmmaker James Cameron. The story of ‘Titanic’ involves two fictional characters (Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) from different backgrounds (one is a hobo-artist, the other is an aristocrat) and how their love triumphs over societal barriers and the tragedy of a sinking ship that they happen to be on.

First of all, although using a historical name, this movie had little regard to history. The plot was built around two fictional lovers, French diamond, and treasure hunters. The deaths of over a thousand of people on the greatest luxury ship of its time became a mere background. Many historical facts were simply forgotten. Where was the radio operator that ignored the iceberg warnings? Why was there no mention of the ship that was only 5 miles away from the Titanic but did not come to the rescue because its captain failed to identify the distress signal? Omitting these facts is an insult to the tragedy. And what was the point of flavoring this historical disaster with fictional cheesy romance when the story is already as sad as it is.

The overall plot was rather shallow; rich equals greed and corruption, poverty equals compassion and heroism. It is very ironic to spend $200 million to make a movie about how money corrupts. There was absolutely no human side shown in anti-heroes. It seemed like Billy Zane was playing a part of the devil. Casting was also very poor. If DiCaprio was 2 inches shorter than Winslet, you could swear she was his baby-sitter. The length of the movie was unnecessarily stretched to over 3 hours. First hour and the half was wasted on establishing the relationships between the characters that were known to audience long before they went to theater and the dialogue that was used to do so made it even worse. Hearing corny pick up lines such as ‘I see you’ and ‘This is my side of the ship’ generated more pain than the screams of drowning people. Also, jokes were too abundant and rather lame.

‘Titanic’ did involve some moving scenes such as the part when the musicians were playing while the ship was sinking but they were no way near anything original. The best thing about this film were its special effects, and that is the only thing that truly deserved an award.

Although this film lacked artistical value in overall sense, the public could not resist a sentimental story starring Romeo (DiCaprio), and so the movie became a success. Now it is safe to say that the industry will be less hesitant to invest large amounts of money in a single motion picture, so it seems that ‘Titanic’ did achieve something after all.

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‘Back to the Future’ Download and Reviews

October 12, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Adventure, Comedy, Family

“Back to the Future” Movie Details

Back to the Future tagline: He’s the only kid ever to get into trouble before he was born. [UK]
Back to the Future - DVD Cover

Back to the Future DVD Cover

Actors:
Michael J. Fox Marty McFly
Christopher Lloyd Dr. Emmett Brown
Lea Thompson Lorraine Baines McFly
Crispin Glover George McFly
Thomas F. Wilson Biff Tannen
Claudia Wells Jennifer Parker
Marc McClure Dave McFly
Wendie Jo Sperber Linda McFly
George Di Cenzo Sam Baines
Frances Lee McCain Stella Baines
James Tolkan Mr. Strickland
J.J. Cohen Skinhead
Casey Siemaszko 3-D
Billy Zane Match
Harry Waters Jr. Marvin Berry
Directors: Robert Zemeckis
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10 out of 181,232 votes

“Back to the Future” Movie Review

“Back to the Future” Plot Summary

In 1985, Doc Brown invents time travel; in 1955, Marty McFly accidentally prevents his parents from meeting, putting his own existence at stake.

the best 80s film ever.

This film is just one of a kind. The charm and wit are so good it will have you wonder how they came up with such a concept, Michael J Fox is at his best as are the rest of the cast. Humour,comedy, science fiction, this film has it all. This film will remain timeless,I would urge anyone who loves films to add this one to their list now. The special effects are still great looking and look far better then most effects today, your heart will still be in your mouth when Marty races towards the clock tower in a bid to get struck by lightning, this is a film you will watch again and again and will always put a smile on your face.

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‘Back to the Future Part II’ Download and Reviews

August 10, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Adventure, Comedy

“Back to the Future Part II” Movie Details

Back to the Future Part II tagline: Getting back was only the beginning.
Back to the Future 2 - DVD Cover

Back to the Future Part II DVD Cover

Actors:
Marc McClure
George Di Cenzo
Joe Flaherty
Michael J. Fox Marty McFly/Marty McFly Jr/Marlene McFly
Christopher Lloyd Dr. Emmett Brown
Lea Thompson Lorraine Baines/McFly/Tannen
Thomas F. Wilson Biff Tannen/Griff Tannen
Elisabeth Shue Jennifer Parker/McFly
James Tolkan Mr. Strickland
Jeffrey Weissman George McFly
Casey Siemaszko 3-D
Billy Zane Match
J.J. Cohen Skinhead
Charles Fleischer Terry
E. Casanova Evans “Michael Jackson” Video Waiter
Jay Koch “Ronald Reagan” Video Waiter
Charles Gherardi “Ayatollah Khomeini” Video Waiter
Ricky Dean Logan Data
Directors: Robert Zemeckis
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 out of 79,243 votes

“Back to the Future Part II” Movie Review

“Back to the Future 2″ Plot Summary

After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985… without interfering with his first trip. add synopsis

The best sequel ever made

Continuing a movie as perfect as ‘Back To The Future’ must have been a really tough job. What made it even harder was that the writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale had to ignore an important character from part one. Because Crispin Glover asked for too much money, his character George McFly, Marty’s wacky Dad, hardly appears in the sequels, which constricted the storyline a lot beforehand.

Still, ‘Back To The Future II’ turned out to be a huge success, commercially and artistically. The movie is every bit as clever and delightful as part one. I think most viewers don’t realize how extremely complex this story is, because it’s so enjoyable to watch. Gale & Zemeckis wrote a screenplay that takes place in three different periods of time, changes storyline more than once, has characters interacting with themselves all the time, but never seems overdone or confusing. The most original trick the two Bobs pulled was to virtually return to part one and have the main character interfere with the original storyline. I don’t think that has ever been done before or since.

No, the movie isn’t flawless in a sense that everything can be explained logically. Bob Gale admitted himself that Marty and Doc shouldn’t be able to visit their future selves in the first place. There are a lot of impossible time travels in part two (you can read about them in detail here: http://mjyoung.net/time/back2.html). ‘Mistakes’ like that don’t take away any of the fun, though, and I still think that the ‘Back To The Future’ trilogy incorporates the logics of time traveling better than any other movie ever did.

Besides the perfect script the trilogy’s success is due to Zemeckis ever so beautiful direction and his eye for detail, and of course the great cast. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson and Lea Thompson, all shamelessly underrated actors, are once again brilliant. It’s a REAL pity that Crispin Glover didn’t return for the sequels, but as I’ve said before, Gale & Zemeckis did a great job writing their way around his memorable character. The only other actress that didn’t come back was Claudia Wells, who played Jennifer in part one and was appropriately replaced by Elisabeth Shue here.

Summing up, ‘Back To The Future II’ is a more than worthy follow-up to one of the best movies of all time. In fact, I think it’s the best sequel ever made, only rivaled by ‘Terminator 2: Judgement Day’. But that’s a different story…

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