‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Download and Reviews

December 28, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Animation, Comedy, Crime

“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” Movie Details

Who Framed Roger Rabbit tagline: It’s the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble.
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit DVD Cover

Actors:
Bob Hoskins Eddie Valiant
Christopher Lloyd Baron von Rotton a.k.a. “Judge Doom”
Joanna Cassidy Dolores
Charles Fleischer Roger Rabbit/Benny The Cab/Greasy/Psycho
Stubby Kaye Marvin Acme
Alan Tilvern R.K. Maroon
Richard LeParmentier Lt. Santino
Lou Hirsch Baby Herman
Betsy Brantley Jessica”s Performance Model
Joel Silver Raoul (Director)
Paul Springer Augie
Richard Ridings Angelo
Edwin Craig Arthritic Cowboy
Lindsay Holiday Soldier
Mike Edmonds Stretch
Directors: Robert Zemeckis
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 out of 49,678 votes

“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” Movie Review

“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” Plot Summary

A toon hating detective is a cartoon rabbit’s only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder.

A unique movie experience

‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ is a wonder in the art of making films. Because it mixes live-action and cartoons, it was a challenge to be made. But that’s exactly what makes it so distinguish and unique, especially considering that the idea works out so well. It’s a different and original movie experience, a real winner.

Yet, the film is more than a combination of live-action and cartoons. It has a dark atmosphere with lots of suspense, almost like a thriller. Classic humor isn’t forgotten either, with numerous funny lines and hysterical gags, as well as humorous characters. The joke about В«uncle ThumperВ» is one of the funniest, but there are many others. There’s also a hilarious piano acting with Donald Duck and Daffy Duck, which they play the same piano song as in Tom & Jerry’s short ‘The Cat Concerto’ and have their hilariously silly battle. In fact, the soundtrack of the movie is excellent, including Jessica Rabbit’s song ‘Why don’t you do right?’ and a suspense music very similar to one from the original ‘Back to the Future’.

Other movies that successfully mix live-action and cartoons are ‘Mary Poppins’, ‘Pete’s Dragon’ and ‘Bedknobs and Broomsticks’. Like ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’, those three movies combine this ‘marriage’ very well. On the other hand, other movies such as ‘Space Jam’ tried this idea but without the same success.

I believe that this movie was made in a unique moment of inspiration. The sceneries are great, the designs, the cartoons, the backgrounds, the details, the animation, the special effects, the artwork… everything was carefully made and I very much welcome that. This is one of the greatest live-action films from Disney.

Great actors make the difference too. Bob Hoskins is English but speaks with an excellent American accent, not to mention that he does the amazing thing of acting against the air. Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer, Alan Tilvern, Stubby Kaye, Cristopher Lloyd and Kathleen Turner are awesome too. Kathleen Turner is the voice of Jessica Rabbit, with that sexy and sensual voice. And… guess what! Even the singer Frank Sinatra has a minor role in this film as the hilarious but useless Singing Sword. Even without looking at the credits, who wouldn’t recognize that great voice? Frank Sinatra’s voice is just as recognizable as Nat King Cole’s or Sterling Holloway’s.

As for the characters, the weasels are a perfect example of chronical stupidity. They’re humorous because they’re always laughing, even though they know what happens to someone who can’t stop laughing.

Marvin Acme is В«the king of the jokesВ», always humorous and cheerful and at his funniest with his mythical hand-buzzer. Angelo is an idiot, drunk and greedy guy, but funny at the same time. Dolores is a great character. R. K. Maroon is an interesting character with half a dark side and half a good side. Judge Doom is a great villain, humorous, mysterious and somewhat sinister. Roger Rabbit is hilarious and very jolly – that’s his only purpose as a cartoon, like he says himself. Jessica Rabbit is a very sexy cartoon, one of the most beautiful and sexiest ever – she’s not bad, she’s just drawn that way. Benny the Cab is funny. Baby Herman is a bit annoying – he might look innocent at first, but he is extremely rude and he loves to woo women. Eddie Valiant is another great character – grumpy, serious and funny sometimes. And he looks very much like my godfather in appearance.

The movie takes place in Hollywood, 1947. It does recreate the 40’s very well. That influence is notorious in many ways, including the cars used.

Before finishing, let me say that I like rabbits very much. They’re adorable and very cute animals, although in the cartoons they aren’t as cute – but they’re usually funny in cartoons.

This should definitely be on Top 250.

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‘The Pianist’ Download and Reviews

October 28, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Biography, Drama, War

“The Pianist” Movie Details

The Pianist tagline: Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
The Pianist - DVD Cover

The Pianist DVD Cover

Actors:
  • Roddy Skeaping
  • Adrien Brody Wladyslaw Szpilman
    Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
    Frank Finlay Father
    Maureen Lipman Mother
    Emilia Fox Dorota
    Ed Stoppard Henryk
    Julia Rayner Regina
    Jessica Kate Meyer Halina
    Michal Zebrowski Jurek
    Wanja Mues SS Slapping Father
    Richard Ridings Mr. Lipa
    Nomi Sharron Feather Woman
    Anthony Milner Man Waiting to Cross
    Lucy Skeaping Street Musician
    Street Musician
    Directors: Roman Polanski IMDB Rating: 8.5/10 out of 122,356 votes

    “The Pianist” Movie Review

    “The Pianist” Plot Summary

    A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

    The best war movie ever,Best movie on Holocaust..Heartbreaking and Shocking..

    Roman Polanski is one of best directors ever to exist,the atmosphere he creates in his movies is so deep and influential. ‘Rosemary’s Baby’, ‘Repulsion’, ‘The Tenant’ and ‘Chinatown’ are all movies which have a great sense of mystery and dark addiction about them but when you mention ‘The Pianist’, it is his masterpiece

    Roman Polanski rejected offer to direct ‘Schindler’s List’.Though it was a great movie as well,but after ‘Pianist’ we came to know what he was really thinking

    The tale of Wladyslaw Szpilman is told in a flowing and natural way that creates an atmosphere no other War movie can

    The story moves like a storm and there isn’t a frame you can skip

    You cry, you feel pain and you start to feel as a part of miseries of people trapped in Warsaw Ghetto

    No other movie has been able to portray the Holocaust better than ‘The Pianist’.Even people who want to know what Holocaust was, should watch this mesmerizing experience

    Any review of this movie is incomplete without mentioning Adrian Brody

    The worries, the hideouts, the hunger and the misery of Szpilman is naturally depicted to you by his powerful performance which earned him a deserved Oscar

    The scenes when he is dragging A Can of food around the place he is hiding really brought me shivers to the feelings of a prisoner of war though I have my own experience of GULF WAR in 1990 to relate it with when I was just 10 years old

    The realistic atmosphere of the movie is not to be missed by anyone.’The Pianist’ is one of the best movies ever made and the best war movie ever and to consider that it is based on a true story of survival, makes it much more Powerful movie.

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    ‘The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc’ Download and Reviews

    October 8, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Biography, Drama, History

    “The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc” Movie Details

    The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc tagline:
    Joan of Arc - DVD Cover

    The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • David Bailie
  • Milla Jovovich Joan of Arc
    Dustin Hoffman The Conscience
    Faye Dunaway Yolande D’Aragon
    John Malkovich Charles VII
    TchГ©ky Karyo Dunois
    Vincent Cassel Gilles de Rais
    Pascal Greggory The Duke of AlenГ§on
    Richard Ridings La Hire
    Desmond Harrington Aulon
    Timothy West Pierre Cauchon
    Rab Affleck Comrade
    StГ©phane Algoud Look Out
    Edwin Apps Bishop
    English Judge
    Directors: Luc Besson IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 out of 22,700 votes

    “The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc” Movie Review

    “Joan of Arc” Plot Summary

    A young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors. add synopsis

    A fine film

    By no means a perfect film but you have to give it a lot of credit for trying to do something different with the material. I love the visual mystery of it all and the at times abstract images. For some reason it feels like there may have been a lot left out during the editing process, but a lot of these types of films have that feeling. Milla Jovovich hit a career high in The Messenger that she has never really lived up to since. What is brave about this film is that fact that it takes such a famous historical figure and does not try to deify her or make her a larger than life hero. She questions herself at every corner. She is confused half the time. Joan of arc in this film never seems to be sure of herself and is not above changing her mind at the last second like in the scene of the retracted confession. Granted, narratively this film can be a bit muddled, but as texture and atmosphere, it is hard to beat. Luc Besson has a sly wit that seems out of place here, for example the scene where an English guard asks ‘What is she doing’ cut to the French fighters ‘I don’t know!’ The score for the Messenger is very unique, with a combination of abstract synthesized sounds and large scale orchestra and choir reminiscent of a biblical epic. I must be honest in saying that I did not entirely like this film when I first saw it in the theater, but it stuck with me, so I went back for a repeat viewing and found I liked it a lot better than I thought. This is a very unique, although not entirely successful take on a very old story.

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    ‘The Brothers Grimm’ Download and Reviews

    August 8, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

    “The Brothers Grimm” Movie Details

    The Brothers Grimm tagline: Eliminating Evil Since 1812
    The Brothers Grimm - DVD Cover

    The Brothers Grimm DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Richard Ridings
  • Monica Bellucci Mirror Queen
    Petr Ratimec Young Will
    Barbora LukesovГЎ Mother Grimm
    Anna Rust Sister Grimm
    Jeremy Robson Young Jacob
    Matt Damon Wilhelm Grimm
    Heath Ledger Jacob Grimm
    Radim Kalvoda Gendarme
    Martin Hofmann Gendarme
    Josef Pepa Nos German War Veteran
    Harry Gilliam Stable Boy
    Miroslav TГЎborskГЅ Old Miller
    Roger Ashton-Griffiths Mayor
    Marika Sarah ProchГЎzkovГЎ Miller’s Daughter
    Mackenzie Crook Hidlick
    Bunst
    Directors: Terry Gilliam IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 out of 40,482 votes

    “The Brothers Grimm” Movie Review

    “The Brothers Grimm” Plot Summary

    Will and Jake Grimm are travelling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires genuine courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.

    Brothers Grimm awake your worst childhood nightmares.

    I am surprised to find that this movie is so utterly underrated here. I have grown up on those tales, and I must say, Terry Gilliam really portrayed the worst of all the stories ever scripted by the Grimm Brothers. The plot itself is quite uncomplicated: the two Grimm Brothers travel around the land, pretending to fight evil spirits and witches they make up. The people are relieved and pay well. However, after their trick is found out, the only way they can regain their freedom is by encountering and fighting a true witch in a haunted forest that makes me shudder even as I think of it right now (no kidding). And believe it or not, Monica Bellucci is simply horrifying as the evil queen nurturing herself on the dead bodies of little girls of the village

    The toad showing the directions is plainly hilarious

    The gingerbread man is a blood-thirsty alternative for Shrek’s pal

    I think that everyone complaining about Grimm Brothers should stop and think that this is a generally not very twisted version of what kids get to read or what is read to them at a very-very young age (at least here in Europe). I think Brothers Grimm is, apart from being a really intriguing and spectacular horror movie, a very well-made and intelligent satire on the Grimms’ ‘children bedtime’ stories. Brothers Grimm is one of its kind.

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