‘You Don’t Mess with the Zohan’ Download and Reviews

December 28, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Comedy, Drama

“You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” Movie Details

You Don’t Mess with the Zohan tagline: Lather. Rinse. Save the world.
You Don't Mess with the Zohan - DVD Cover

You Don't Mess with the Zohan DVD Cover

Actors:
Ian Fisher
Herzl Tobey Commander aka Yaron
Danny A. Abeckaser Ze’ev
Omid Abtahi Shihab
Aesop Aquarian Rabbi
Sayed Badreya Hamdi
Mike Batayeh Fry cook
Tim Bearden Pants Store Owner
Robert Benny Autograph seeker #1
Shelley Berman
John Duerler Electronic Store customer
Ido Ezra Hassan
John Farley Tom
Eric Feliciano Israeli Fan
Les Gardonyi Pedestrian
Directors: Dennis Dugan
IMDB Rating: 5.7/10 out of 47,915 votes

“You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” Movie Review

“You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” Plot Summary

An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist. add synopsis

To this movie makers thank you.

To comment on this movie, there are two main sides: First one would be Adam Sandler, I have always liked his movies, for the light kind of comedy he presents, you watch and you laugh but you don’t expect to come out of the movie with a deeper message or something remotely philosophic to think about, I find that when Adam Sandler tries to go deep, his movies become quite depressing and nonsensical, ‘Click’ quickly comes to mind

The thing about the Zohan, is that I laughed a lot in some parts, but I find his affairs with the older ladies to be a bit repetitive and leaning towards downright BORING. Also the crude language and the oh-too-much ‘crotch’ view makes it quite impossible to let your kids watch the movie, which is a pity, because I find the hilarious fight scenes and the Zohan’s ’supernatural’ cool stunts would have been fun for kids to watch

Second point of view would be from an Arab point of view; I started watching this movie, preparing myself to get offended, and mind you I am a very broad minded person … However, I was pleasantly surprised, for the first time in my life I see a movie that does not picture Arabs as animal-like, heartless, brainless killing machines. They are just people, trying to make a living, even the avenging one has a reason, the Zohan stole his goat

Watching this movie, I tried to forget that I am an Arab, and I see that it is portraying – in a very silly and somehow inaccurate way – two opposing sides, and suggesting that they stop fighting, get over their differences to see that they are in fact similar

The movie makers get my personal ‘thank you’ for that, it is no different than watching a movie about the conflict between ‘black’ and ‘white’ people after the civil war, or about Americans and Japanese directly after WWII, there is no prejudices against Arabs here

For the very first time, someone has discovered that Arabs are human beings too. So THANK YOU.

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‘Letters from Iwo Jima’ Download and Reviews

November 6, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Drama, History, War

“Letters from Iwo Jima” Movie Details

Letters from Iwo Jima tagline: From the director of “Flags of our Fathers” comes the completion of the Iwo Jima saga
Letters from Iwo Jima - DVD Cover

Letters from Iwo Jima DVD Cover

Actors:
Ken Watanabe General Kuribayashi
Kazunari Ninomiya Saigo
Tsuyoshi Ihara Baron Nishi
Ryo Kase Shimizu
Shido Nakamura Lieutenant Ito
Hiroshi Watanabe Lieutenant Fujita
Takumi Bando Captain Tanida
Yuki Matsuzaki Nozaki
Takashi Yamaguchi Kashiwara
Eijiro Ozaki Lieutenant Okubo
Nae Hanako
Nobumasa Sakagami Admiral Ohsugi
Luke Eberl Sam
Sonny Saito Medic Endo
Steve Santa Sekiyoshi Kanda
Directors: Clint Eastwood
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 out of 51,400 votes

“Letters from Iwo Jima” Movie Review

“Letters from Iwo Jima” Plot Summary

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

A totally unforgettable movie experience.

This is quite simply one of the best movies i have ever seen. It left me speechless and in tears. A genuine masterpiece, beautifully shot, beautifully cast, wonderfully acted. There’s not much more I can say right now, but I urge you most strongly NOT to miss this movie. Eastwood’s direction is impeccable; he quietly and unerringly leads us through the developing crisis of the American assault on the island, and the desperate Japanese defence. There are so many fine performances here, so many unforgettable moments. A measure of the quality of Eastwood’s direction is that although the dialogue is almost entirely Japanese supported by English sub-titles, by the end of the film I had entirely ceased to be aware of that fact. This is a really wonderful film; please don’t miss it.

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