‘Ronin’ Download and Reviews
“Ronin” Movie Details
Ronin tagline: Your ally could become your enemy
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“Ronin” Movie Review
“Ronin” Plot Summary
A freelancing former US intelligence agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by both the Irish and the Russians.
Successful, Machine-Processed Action Movie.
I’m going to give it a 6 partly because it was shot in Paris, Nice, and Arles. It gives you a tourist’s eye view of France in the winter, including a chilly, overcast Riviera and Van Gogh’s Yellow House, morphed into what looks like an overpriced cafe
Other than that, this is an action movie stripped down to the bare bones. The characters are as rudimentary as the plot. A handful of unemployed professionals are hired by Natascha McIlhone (representing the Irish) to ambush a convoy of cars transporting a curious-looking case, the contents of which have been sold to the Russians. I think I’ve got that right. If I haven’t, it doesn’t matter. The conspicuously aluminum case is an operational definition of a MacGuffin. What’s in it? Who knows and who cares? The whole movie is built around its action sequences and they are plentiful. There is a meeting between the professionals and the French gangsters who are to supply them with equipment for the heist. It turns into a shoot out. The convoy is intercepted and it turns into a car chase. It ends in a shoot out, during which one of the professionals, Gregor, turns into a cockroach. There’s another car chase through tunnels and whatnot that destroys so many vehicles it surely would have cleared even the Parisian streets of traffic. The end involves a couple of murders. Even Katarina Witt gets it, which is a dirty trick
Novelties? Not too many. Well, I suppose that in the course of these pursuits and battles, it’s a novelty to see innocent bystanders get plowed down or shot up or blown up. The zipping cars smash through the usual food stands and push carts but I don’t remember their ever doing it on such narrow streets
There isn’t any noticeable development of character. That is, nobody changes in any fundamental way. Michael Lonsdale, as a rich old man, and Stellan Skarsgard, as Gregor the dung beetle, give the best performances. Rober DeNiro, a fine actor, seems out of place in all this European company. Natascha McIlhone has a somber, angular, and sexy face but I wouldn’t trust her as far as I could throw her, which isn’t very far. I like Jean Reno best of all. Regard that face, that voice! The guy looks like he’s coming down from a week-long bout with the bottle. There aren’t that many international movie stars at whom I can look without saying to myself, ‘I wish I were that handsome.’ Aside from bullets and baggage, what is the movie about? It seems to be about itself. There’s nothing much behind what you see. It’s like buying ‘roast beef’ at a modern deli. Roast beef, my foot. It’s machine-processed beef, scraped right down to the bone, then pureed and solidified and seasoned so that it looks a little — just a little — like what it purports to be. There’s some phony philosophy from Michael Lonsdale’s sage, who tells DeNiro the story of the forty-seven ronin — who planned and waited for years for an opportunity to avenge their betrayed master — but it has nothing to do with the movie. Lonsdale’s thoughtfully delivered lesson might as well have been the Gilgamesh epic, or Huckleberry Finn, for that matter. It’s an attempt to coat the plot with some portentous uber-meaning, but that just makes it the same processed stuff under a thin, negligible shell of pastry, like Beef Wellington
I’ve made this sound like a pretty crummy movie but it’s not, if you like action movies. The director knows exactly what he’s doing. The editing is superb, as it has to be to make this genre piece a success. The shootouts, collisions, and deaths are in real time, not slow motion. It may not be pregnant with meaning but it’s diverting, exciting, and not insulting to the viewer who’s willing to shrug and say, ‘For an action movie, this one isn’t too bad.’
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‘Mamma Mia!’ Download and Reviews
“Mamma Mia!” Movie Details
Mamma Mia! tagline: Take a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget
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| IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 out of 42,200 votes |
“Mamma Mia!” Movie Review
“Mamma Mia” Plot Summary
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular ’70s group ABBA.
Mamma Mia, Meryl!!!
There’s no better way to describe the HORRENDOUS experience that’s to watch Mamma Mia: Hitler must be looking up, saying to the pseudo-director Phyllida Lloyd ‘You monster, what have you done?’Everything about the movie is wrong. Just Wrong! Even its success, which is unexplainable. I can understand when those crappy parody movies, like Epic Movie, make their minimal share of money and turn profit just because they’re cheap (of course they are!). But when something like Mamma Mia makes 450 million dollars worldwide, you think ‘what the hell is wrong with the world?’And to think we have Meryl Streep, one of the greatest alive actresses of the world, in it? What was she thinking? ‘I need the money’, she could say. Well then, sell one of your grandchildren, even that would be less embarrassing. It’s not that Meryl is good in a disastrous piece of, err, ‘movie’. She’s also disastrous! When she sings, even though she’s got the vocals, it’s ridiculous. Worse than her only Pierce Brosnan. He used to be James Bond. Now he’s singing Abba in a purple spandex during the credits of the worst movie ever. Really? And when I mention Abba, not that I have anything against the band and their music. Though it doesn’t help them when actors started singing (badly), dancing (worse) and the extras join then (They pop out of nowhere! Frequently!) to present one terrible musical sequences after the other. You wanna cry when the music starts. And I love musicals! But this is the first in the genre where you PRAY for actual silence
I could keep going. The list goes on forever. You could write a Stephen King novel with the complete list of mistakes in this movie
To sum up: go watch it! Really! You’ve got to witness to understand!! And since it’s already a huge success, who cares if it makes a few more dollars from you? And it’s not liking you’re selling your soul to the devil. Meryl did that before. For the whole mankind. And now the world must end, because we’ve committed the ultimate evil and we must be destroyed.
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‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’ Download and Reviews
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Movie Details
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest tagline:
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| IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 out of 141,531 votes |
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Movie Review
“P.O.T.C. 2″ Plot Summary
Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones’ service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well. add synopsis
Viva Pirates!
Well, first of all, when I read the review for the movie in my hometown paper, I was a little scared that Pirates might be a let down. The trailer and the movie clips, it seemed, didn’t really let on that there was much of a story line — that it just kind of goes on and on and on, like the Matrix 2, with no storyline — just fighting. Plus, most people do agree: sequels are hardly ever as good as the originals. And in this case, it’s true… Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest isn’t the original. But, its an awesome movie in its own right! There are a few surprises in this movie. A few characters come back from the first that you wouldn’t expect to see in the second. but… um! that’s all I’m saying. This movie is definitely a lot more violent and gory than the first one. Don’t bring the little kids to it. But, trust me — this is not a Matrix-type movie… There is an actual storyline. And a good one at that. Capt. Jack Sparrow is back as well as Elizabeth and Will, who are forced to find him and obtain his compass, or else they will face the gallows. Well, actually, Will has to find him. Elizabeth escapes, and yes… as you’ve seen in the trailers, she does dress up like a man for this movie. Making it all the more comical. (you’ll see what I mean).
The comedy was superb in this movie. Of course, it wasn’t as good as the first, but you can’t expect it to be. Yes, there were a few instances were they could’ve shortened the fighting scenes, but it was very well shot and scripted
I wish they would’ve changed a few things about the movie, but you can’t have everything. And don’t expect everything to be resolved at the end. No! There’s a cliff-hanger ending that leaves you wanting the watch the next one the moment the credits start rolling
If you like the first movie, you’ll like the second… And that’s all I’m saying
Jack Sparrow: ‘Why is the rum *always* gone?’ (he stands up and staggers) ‘Oh… That’s why.’
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‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’ Download and Reviews
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” Movie Details
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End tagline: At the End of the World, the Adventure Begins
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| IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 out of 124,387 votes |
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” Movie Review
“P.O.T.C. 3″ Plot Summary
Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.
At World’s End
The more I think about this movie, the more I like it. This is strange, considering my low expectations. The first film was fun, and I was very happy to see swashbuckling returning to movies, but I never really bought into the script. I wasn’t convinced that pirates were some sort of blood-bound ‘race’, and I was powerfully confused by the distance between and physical relationships of various locations. But, still good fun. The second film just kind of made me mad; I loved the ending, but it was just one example of how much it was a standard sequel: every single quirk of the first film was referenced, every single character had to return, and it HAD to be structured – nay, plotted – like Empire Strikes Back. This included re-introducing the Han Solo-Leia love story where the female lead wants the anti-hero, just to appease all the screaming Johnny Depp fans. It begged to be liked, but aside from a great score, great effects, and some very funny moments, it just came off as trite
And then we get At World’s End, which has everything you could possibly want in a pirate fantasy film: Legendary ships riddling each other with cannon fire in a whirlpool, screaming buccaneers swinging from one ship to the next, sword-fights on crow’s nests, and all that in about fifteen minutes. The rest is an admittedly convoluted story that is much more clearly plotted than the second film, while still taking breaks for letting us spend time with characters we weren’t so sure about last time, but are once again fond of. Maybe it’s Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa, or the overall simplicity of the plot, but it just worked, and I had a great time
I was legitimately surprised and concerned at what the plot did with our heroes and villains, and was very satisfied with everyone’s status in the end. I guess I wouldn’t mind seeing another Pirates movie now, but I kind of think everything that needs to be done is in this film
I can’t wrap up without mentioning the very nice abstract stuff Verbinksi and co. did with the journey to Davey Jones’ Locker. It takes guts to do really surreal stuff with a $300 million Happy Meal blockbuster, but they really did some new, interesting things with their bottomless bag of tricks
A- Curse of the Black Pearl: B+ Dead Man’s Chest: B
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‘Angels & Demons’ Download and Reviews
“Angels & Demons” Movie Details
Angels & Demons tagline: The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return.
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| IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 out of 47,272 votes |
“Angels & Demons” Movie Review
“Angels and Demons” Plot Summary
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.
Entertaining, smart and great acted.
This is one of that movies that created a previous expectation on how is it going to be, thanks to Dan Brown’s best seller that gave life to this piece… But don’t be fooled.
For all those people who say ‘hey, it’s missing this… in the book, blah, blah’ please stay in literature only and stop comparing the movies with the books, because it’s obvious that the screenwriters modified a lot the original material for turning it into a movie.
Directing, from Ron Howard, is magnificent, I dare to say, one of his finest works to the date. Music by Hans Zimmer is just perfect as always and photography goes with the flow along it.
But, one of the strongest forts of this movie is the acting. Mr. McGregor’s acting is impressing in this movie, and if I give the movie a nine that easily could have been a seven because of many script factor (nothing about comparing to the book, really) it is because of him. He is so inside the character that I had different feelings towards him during the movie all of them really deep. As always, McGregor’s acting turns a good movie into a great one.
Go watch this film… It’s worth it.
And stop comparing books to movies, please.
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‘Amistad’ Download and Reviews
“Amistad” Movie Details
Amistad tagline: A true story.
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“Amistad” Movie Review
“Amistad” Plot Summary
About a 1839 mutiny aboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the northeastern coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the free man who led the revolt. add synopsis
A beautiful film about the struggle to keep our most basic rightfreedom
This film is so moving, I’m having trouble coming up with the appropriate words to describe it. It goes without saying that Spielberg’s direction is nothing short of spectacular. I was thoroughly engrossed in the movie throughout. The realism of the scenes on the slave ship speak volumes. And the performances given by Matthew McConaughey and Anthony Hopkins were some of the best of their respective careers. And Djimon Hounsou (Cinque) touched me to the core depths of my heart. The conversation between him and his friend about the Bible was particularly poignant. But I could go on for pages and still not say enough about this film
VERDICT: An emotional and heart-wrenching film that has the power to move the most cynical of hearts. HIGHLY recommended to all.9.0 out of 10.0
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‘Good Will Hunting’ Download and Reviews
“Good Will Hunting” Movie Details
Good Will Hunting tagline: Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them.
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| IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 out of 138,604 votes |
“Good Will Hunting” Movie Review
“Good Will Hunting” Plot Summary
Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
Excellent!
‘Good Will Hunting’ ranks high on my list of all-time favorite films. Everything about the movie is top-notch, everything. The acting is brilliant. The actors do a splendid job of eliciting an emotional response from the viewer. Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver and Robin Williams all shine in their roles, and are an absolute joy to watch
The writing is wonderful. Writers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck put together a magnificent character-driven story about a young man (Damon) with a great intellect and immeasurable potential who must first battle his inner demons with the help of a court ordered psychiatrist (Williams) in order to realize his future
The direction is spot-on. Gus Van Sant does a phenomenal job in visualizing the script and bringing it to life. The cinematography is impressive; it really captures the city of Boston realistically. The soundtrack is terrific and is contextually appropriate to the film. Elliott Smith’s gentle melodies add an exquisite ambiance to the scenes in which they are featured. Other particularly memorable musical moments include the use of ‘Baker Street’ by Gerry Raferty and ‘Afternoon Delight’ sung humorously by Matt Damon during the movie, and again during the end credits by the original artists, the Starland Vocal Band
I strongly recommend this movie, and without hesitation I advise anyone who has not seen it to pick it up immediately. To those who have seen it before, watch it again! I give it 10 out of 10!
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