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` castle of blood ( aka ` castle of terror ) be a well craft and surprisingly spooky entry from italian director anthony dawson . exquisite black and white cinematography and flawless dubbing and superb casting and fairly logical scripting and deliberate pacing and a surprise ( though totally appropriate ) end set this one apart . only the film sometimes hokey music and the rather abrupt ` love at first sight between elizabeth ( barbara steele ) and alan ( george rivière ) mar an otherwise surprisingly entertaining movie . while visit england and edgar allan poe sits in a pub and tell one of his ghostly story to count blackwood . recognize the great writer and alan and a young news reporter and request an interview with poe . during the course of the conversation and poe reveals that all of his story be true . incredulous and alan express his skepticism about life after death . count blackwood offer to bet alan 100 pound that he can not survive this night in blackwood castle and a night follow halloween when the dead walk . alan can not afford the bet and so he bet his life for a 10 pound wager . unlike mario bava overpraise ` black sunday and ( aka ` the mask of satan ) and ` castle of blood be fairly restrain and make the few moment of violence even more dreadful and especially surprising from a director usually associate with those terrible italian space movie from the 60 . it a pity the only version of this film i have find be badly deteriorate ( and record ) pan and scan version . even so and it be well worth see and and cry out for a modern remake and perhaps with christina ricci or jennifer love hewitt in the role of elizabeth . watch it and enjoy a film that compare well with robert wise ` the haunting . | 1pos
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i saw this film when i be 10 or 11 year old and alone in my parent basement on a saturday night . it be be show on chiller theatre and a regular fright feature that i watch religiously a a young un . now and i have see many old horror film thanks to chiller theatre and but none ever stick with me like danse macabre and a. k. a. castle of blood . i be 51 now and and only last year be i fortunate enough to locate a relatively recent and quality dvd edition of this wonderfully shudder induce supernatural classic and have think i would never manage to see it again . i have already watch it four more time and and can not seem to get tire of it . they just do not make spook film like this one anymore . haunt catacomb and mist enshroud graveyard just do not work as well in color a they do in black and white back in the day . anyway and this one have edgar allen poe and barbara steele and deliciously shadowy and cobweb wrap haunt castle set and restless spirit re enact their death . and a wickedly ironic end . imo and this one right up there with robert wise the haunting and the innocent ( with deborah kerr ) and and the more recent the others . | 1pos
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film dominate by raven haired barbara steele and it be see when i be seven or eight and create permanent image of pallid vampiric men and woman stalk a castle and seek blood . steele be an icon of horror film and an otherworldly beauty and and the view of the walk dead pre date romero night of the living dead shamblers and unify them in my mind . i do not see the connection between this film and the haunting and which be clever but ambiguous about the force present . la danza macabre be a b movie without pretention and dare you to fall in love with barbara steele and suffer the consequence . there no such draw to haunt overwrought claire bloom . the comparison to the haunting be superficial . and no and this movie do not need to be remake . not only be it a product of the sixty and but the large percentage of talentless cretin in hollywood can not fathom macabre formula for terror . that formula be base on one override factor represent good writing . low grade classic like castle and corman poe film with r. matheson and tourneur out of the past share a commonality of strong writing . it simple . get a real writer like richard matheson or steve mcquarrie and let them put a plot into today cinematic mess . besides that and let hollywood attempt some original material for a change and and stop exploit the obviously superior product of the past . | 1pos
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hardcastle and mccormick be an excellent tv show . yes and it be predictable much like the duke of hazzard and hunter and the a team and etc etc etc . this show be just good clean television . the relationship between hardcastle and mccormick be quite amuse . they often take jab at each other several time an episode and which add a great deal of humor to the show . it contain several car chase in almost every episode and but and who doesn not enjoy a good car chase . especially with the coyote . i only wish they make clean television like this today i highly recommend this . | 1pos
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i take a chance on hardcastle and mccormick by purchase the first season worth ( canadian release ) from amazon . when i get it and i start with the pilot and and i be instantly hook after that . i rat it 5 star on amazon and and i be rating it 10 star here . it be just that good . what i like about it be the opening and closing theme and and of course stephen j. cannell logo at the end of each episode and but most of all and the relationship between the judge and mark a they work together to crack each case . i be so hooked that i also purchase the second season a a companion and and i enjoy it equally . if you do not have this excellent series on disc and i believe that you should purchase it and put it in your collection . | 1pos
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wonderful family drama or comedy star macclaine and garr that entertain and warm the heart every time i see it . strongly recommend for all age from 9 year old to granny . lovely period piece capture 1962. the story encompass the struggle garr and her two child and aunt zena ( macclaine ) try to make end meet without a man a head of the household . the family head west to take the inheritance of a long forgotten relative that have leave garr a run down and ramshackle road side cafe right out of the late 1940 . the tenacious garr and a the sweet but determine mom and get the whole family into the restoration and opening of the cafe . but wait . aunt zena be an old circus performer with card trick and magic powder and a jester sense of humor . she love to get the kid and her into silly and sometimes dangerous game . what happen next be a delightful combination of miracle at lord throw together with the cuban missile crisis ( with authentic tv news from the real event ) and a ghost prank that get totally out of hand . this film entertain and philosophizes and question religiosity and give an unnerving glimpse of the frighten scare of october 1962 cuban missile crisis . in the end one be leave with the wonder of faith and family and rediscover love . oh and and the music from the era of the early 60 be just great . recommend strongly a a feel good film 10 out 10 . | 1pos
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shirley maclaine in another tailor make role . a the aunt to a single mom in a 1962 work class chicago neighborhood and the veteran character actress get another work out a a gutsy woman who would not let any set back defeat her spirit of success . the child and a pre teen boy and girl and be draw to their spirited aunt zoe and although the many magic trick and practical joke learn from her and and apply at all the wrong opportunity eventually get them expel from school . the plot be cleverly envelop in the cuban missile crisis and with all of the social implication . men build bomb shelter and people watch news program on what seem to be the only tv set and at a diner and and a general mist of uneasiness and fear in the air . when a harmless miracle be blow out of proportion and the climactic conclusion nonetheless make the viewer feel good . yes and virginia and the sun will come up tomorrow . clearly a small budget production and this be still a sweet little film and fill with the magic that sunday matinee be make of . with a few choice oldie thrown into an effective sound track and the whole family be sure to enjoy this one . | 1pos
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a toothsome little potboiler whose 65 minute length doesn not seem a second too short and my name be julia ross harks back to an english tradition of thing not be what they seem hitchcock the lady vanishes be one example . out of work julia ross ( nina foch ) find a dream job at a new employment agency in london and whose sinister representative seem very anxious to ascertain if she have live relative or a boyfriend . after report to duty and she wake up ( have be drug ) in a vast manderley like pile on the cornish coast and supposedly a the barmy in the crumpet wife of george macready and who display an alarming interest in knife and ice pick . his doting and enable mum be the irresistible dame may whitty ( this time a model of bustle efficiency on the other side of good v evil than she occupy in the lady vanishes ) . the nightmare vision of this tale unfold claustrophobically while we know what go on but be powerless to tell poor julia . this movie and curiously and be regularly accord a place of honor a one of the early ( and very few british ) film noirs . i think it closer to the gothic old dark house tradition than the american one of wet cobblestone and urban corruption while it do and however and evince a more modern and psychoanalytic cast of mind . whatever you call it and it remain a sharply satisfying thriller . | 1pos
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second feature concern a young woman in london desperate for a job and happy to accept live in secretarial position with an elderly woman and her son . thriller about people be hold in a house against their will always make me a little uneasy i end up feel like a prisoner too but this rather classy b film be neither lurid nor claustrophobic . it far fetch and unlikely and but not uninteresting and and our heroine ( nina foch ) be quick on her foot . rehash this in 1986 ( a dead of winter ) prove not to be wise and a the plot element be not of the modern day . julia ross be extremely compact ( too short at 65 minute . ) but it stay the course nicely until a too rush climax and which feel a little sloppy . from . | 1pos
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have watch this film strictly on the strength of reviewer rating i be most pleasantly surprise . although clearly low budget and it bear the sign of clever ingenuity . for example and when julia wake in the strange house and look out the window i find myself think that her sense of isolation would be enhance with an exterior shot focus on her face and then move backwards to include the house and it isolated location . and lo and behold . the next scene be exactly that last shot of the house stand lonely on the cliff at the water edge . there be other example of how a clever director can elevate his film to the level of a very enjoyable thriller . savvy viewer will surely spot them but should rest assure they will not be disappoint . a to the performance and george macready be his usual creepy self and barely maintain his composure while suggest a capacity for unadulterated violence . nina foch be surprisingly good a the no nonsense work girl who not about to submit without a fight . but dame may witty and oh boy and she even have me doubt my own eye and believe she could get away with her evil scheme . this a real diamond in the rough and not to be miss . | 1pos
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nina foch delivers a surprisingly strong performance a the title character in this fun little gothic nail biter . she accept a position a secretary to a london society dowager ( play imperiously by dame may witty ) and her creepy son ( the effete and bothersome george macready ) . before she know it and she awaken to find herself in a seaside manor she never see before and where witty and macready be call her marian and try to convince the servant and the nearby townspeople that she macready mad wife . of course this pair can only be plan dastardly deed and and even though we know julia have to eventually escape her trap and director joseph lewis build real suspense in answer the question of just how she will manage it . my name be julia ross have nothing stylistically to set it apart from any number of film that come out at the same time period and but i be surprise by how well it hold together despite it shoe string budget and b movie pedigree . there be quite a few moment that just may have you on the edge of your seat and and i find myself really root for julia a she catch on to the scheme underfoot and begin to outsmart her captor . in any other gothic thriller and the heroine would have swoon and scream and dither and wait for her hero to come and save her . so i can not tell you how refresh it be to have the heroine in this film use her brain and figure out how to save herself . well do . grade represent b plus . | 1pos
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julia ross ( nina foch ) agree to take a position a a secretary with the rich hughes family to get over her boyfriend leave her . almost immediately she be drug and ship off to the family estate in cornwall . when she awaken they keep tell her she marion hughes and have be mentally ill and keep her lock up . but why . you will probably guess why but would not mind because this one be fun . along with the narrow margin and face behind the mask this be one of the best b picture ever make . ( b picture be low budget picture make quickly with low budget and no major star ) . it just as long a it need to be ( only 65 minute ) and be well direct and fast paced and excite . it only stumble at the end which i find a bit too implausible to buy . foch ( a good actress ) be just ok in the lead but dame may witty be great and george macready be excellent ( and frighten ) a the villain . well worth catch . a perfect example of how you can make a great movie on a small budget . | 1pos
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for those who think of dame may witty a the kindly and slightly batty and old lady from hitchcock the lady vanishes and this movie require an adjustment . here and she anything but kindly or batty . instead and her son and george macready be the loony one . just do not give him a knife and otherwise his eye light up and no furniture cushion in the house be safe . now we know what he have in mind for the trapped nina foch if he can just get out from under mother domineering hand . really tight little woman in danger film that keep the suspense on high throughout . the script never stray from foch dilemma . she hold prisoner in a big old gothic house on the edge of an angry sea . theyre go to kill her and but why . her predicament make no sense . the tension mount a she try one escape ploy after another and but even stranger seem against her . we begin to feel her helplessness and mount paranoia a the world turn away from her . director joseph h. lewis take a big step toward cult status with this film and understandably so . then too and watch foch run subtly through a gamut of emotion without once go over the top . witty too shine a a really intimidating matriarch who know what she want and how to get it if she can just keep her wacko son in line . my one reservation be the climax which seem too contrive consider the timing of the event . nonetheless and it a good and nerve wrack way to spend a little over an hour and courtesy columbia studio . | 1pos
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my name be julia ross be a mesmerizing 1945 b thriller from joseph h. lewis and arguably one of the very fine director of hollywood noir film . this 65 minute gothic oddity from columbia picture come after lewis lengthy apprenticeship a the helmer of a string of poverty row western and east side kid comedy and horror melodrama ( include the incredibly bizarre bela lugosi shocker the invisible ghost ) and standard studio b product ( secret of a co ed and bomb over burma and the falcon in san francisco and etc ) all of which set the stage rather nicely for what be to come from the enormously talented and inventive mr. lewis . my name be julia ross ( as well a so dark the night from the following year ) introduce a director who have master the rare and delicate art tell a dark and probe tale swiftly and efficiently on the most modest of budget . later lewis production like gun crazy ( 1949 ) and the big combo ( 1955 ) and despite the expand scope of their narrative structure and continue to rely upon deft and lucid camera work and effective low key lighting . and very modest resource . my name be julia ross probably owe more to the tradition of british mystery ( it set in a studio bound england ) than it do to conventional film noir attitude and trapping . a young woman ( nina foch ) agree to take a position in the home of an elderly woman ( dame mae witty ) . two day after her arrival she awaken from a deep sleep in a completely strange house and and mysteriously enough and with a brand new identity that of the old woman daughter in law . tell that she be the victim of a nervous breakdown and she struggle to grasp the utter and seemingly hopeless nature of her predicament . but before long she begin to piece together the strange and trouble truth behind this dark mystery and that her husband ( the always menace george macready ) most probably murder his real wife and that she be dupe into participate in a harrowing and sinister scheme . much of what distinguish this otherwise modest tale be the indelible touch that lewis bring to the production and mark it a the first of his truly serious endeavor a a film director . | 1pos
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greatly enjoy this 1945 mystery thriller film about a young woman and nina foch and ( julia ross ) who be out of work and have fall behind in her rent and be desperate to find work . julia read an ad in the local london newspaper look for a secretary and rush out to try and obtain this position . julia obtain the position and be hire by a mrs. hughes and ( dame may witty ) who require that she live with her employer in her home and want her to have no involvement with men friend and julia tell them she have no family and be free to devote her entire time to this job . george macready and ( ralph hughes ) be the son of mrs. hughes and have some very strange desire for play around with knife . this be a low budget film and most of the scene be close ups in order to avoid the expense of a background and cost for scenery . this strange family all live in a huge mansion off the cornwall coast of england and there be secret door and plenty of suspense . | 1pos
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this be a typical grade b movie in 1940s hollywood and yet it succeed way beyond it expectation . why . it have a wonderful plot and back up by nina foch and george macready and dame may witty and a a female villain and of all people . when a young lady answer an advertisement for a secretary and she certainly get more than she bargain for . the only talents her employer be seek be those which will lead to her demise . seem that witty and macready want to pass her off a their daughter in law and wife and respectively . macready kill his real wife and want to do foch in as well so that a body can be claim . the film deal with how foch try to get town people to believe her and how she be thwart in practically everything she do . why do not people believe her . | 1pos
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nina foch insists that my name be julia ross in this 1945 film noir also star dame may witty and george macready . it short and and because it be and the film suffers . it could have stand to have be a good fifteen minute to a half hour longer . when i be grow up and foch be a fixture on television and play a neurotic woman and the wife with the cheating husband and the nervous wreck . she become one of the great acting teacher in los angeles . here and she a pretty young ingenue play the title role . julia answer an ad for a secretary and be hire immediately by mrs. hughes and her son ralph . little do she know though we learn immediately that the employment agent be a front and set up to get just the right woman for this assignment and a woman with no family and no boyfriend . it a live in situation while once julia get to the house and she drug and and when she wake up and she tell she mrs. hughes and not allow to leave . the acting be very good . low budget but still entertain some thing and particularly at the end and happen way too quickly and which be why i say the movie be too short . nevertheless and i recommend it . | 1pos
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joseph h. lewis be one of the fine director of film noir . this be surely his best . it doesn not have some of the standard feature of what we now call film noir . though american make and it be set entirely in england . it lack gangster . it lack a femme fatale . it do not lack crime . the title character answer an ad . she be overjoy that she will be make some money a a secretary . instead and she wake up day later a the pawn in a frightening plot . only a very strong person could survive such a terrifyingly unsettling ordeal . and nina foch give the sense of a strong woman a julia . part of the excitement come from cast against type represent ms. foch have an elegant manner . she be no screaming and cower victim . she be actually a bit icy and patrician and albeit impecunious . this make her character plight all the more believable . surely the single most fascinating element be the casting of dame may witty . she be ( and be ) probably most famous for the charming title character in the lady vanishes . she have a sweet manner and a harmless and slightly dither manner . but here she be far from a heroine . george macready be excellent a her extremely troubled son . the whole cast and in fact and be superb . it seem that this famous and brilliant movie be make almost by accident . undoubtedly the director know exactly what he be do . but he do it on a low budget . that be the thrill and charm of film noir and the real film noir represent it be small and convincingly lowlife and and and in this case and unforgettable . | 1pos
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a lovely little b picture with all the usual joe lewis touch . people rip up pillow and aura of lurk fear . also and ala and an end that come out of nowhere and because and apparently and the auteur have lose interest in the movie and or perhaps because a a b picture it have to fit into a slot . | 1pos
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what if marylin monroe and albert einstein and joe dimaggio and senator mccarthy be to come together in a mind bend evening of relativity . this delightful roman à clef never use the actual name of the character it so thinly veil and scathingly expose not only for the individual they must have be and but also for what they come to represent over time . if you be confuse by allegory and or if you like your movie serve up predigested and mushy and you would not like this film . it be a demand opus that reward on many level the viewer with the intelligence to appreciate it . drop and for the time be and the rigorous avoidance of use the real name of the character and we see einstein and about to deliver a pacifist speech to a united nation hell bent for nuke and be visit by marylin monroe and after film the notorious seven year itch scene that some say lead to the end of her marriage with joe dimaggio . they have a lovely interplay in which einstein stumble with suitable professorial clumsiness around the innocence of perhaps the great sex symbol of modern time . enter senator mccarthy who think einstein be a red . he be determine to extract einstein assurance that he will support the activity of the house unamerican activity committee while deliver the ultimate weapon in the name of peace . add joe and a surprisingly fragile and vulnerable person perhaps not perfectly cast a gary busey and who hat marylin exhibitionism and believe einstein have become her lover and even though marylin only want to show einstein that she understand the special theory of relativity . but there more . just like each of u and these character have their deepest fear and which they reveal one by one in haunt flashback . it be these weakness and ultimately and that lend humanity to figure we can not help but see almost exclusively in the abstract today . finally and we see the shock terror of einstein vision and and the statement of the movie become clear . it be a powerful and memorable moment . insignificance be one of my top five movie of all time . it be utterly amazing . | 1pos
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nicolas roeg project be variable to say the least and but be never less than interesting . insignificance be obviously and first and foremost and an adapted stageplay represent it wordy and pretty much room bound . but and it pay to view this film more than once represent the underlying theme be not overtly present and and what more and it take a while to adjust to the juxtaposition and role reversal of the four protagonist represent einstein and mccarthy and munroe and and dimaggio . einstein be wrack by guilt over hiroshima yet fancy the simplicity of a sexual liaison with munro while munro be sick of be see a a bimbo and craves intellectual credence while senator mccarthy be at the height of his witch hunt power but be an impotent sleazebag while dimaggio be insecure about his celebrity and self obsess and and prone to violence . each of them contain the seed of their own destruction . each character have a troubled and abuse or abusive past and a questionable future . gradually and we see that obsession itself be the central theme . america obsession with it postwar cultural icon and more while the obsession of the protagonist for something none can have represent peace of mind and or or happiness . compare with the theory of relativity and a propose unified field theory and and indeed and the cosmos itself and all the aspiration and interaction of roeg protagonist seem insignificant . yet these aspect of the physical universe ( it all quantum and trust me . ) affect u when they be apply to the development of the mean to destroy u . monroe mention of the principle behind the neutron bomb ( without name it a such ) be not an anachronism per se and but can only be understand by a contemporary audience . indeed and all the reference within the script be only accessible to a knowledgeable viewer represent one au fait with 50 occurrence or personality cult and how they affect u in the 21st century . this film and it screenplay be either very and very clever and or extremely opaque and pretentious . ultimately and however and probably insignificant . live long and prosper positive . . | 1pos
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i have always be a great admirer of nicolas roeg and walkabout be one of my favorite film . this be a film version of roegs stage play and while most of the film take place in a hotel room it still have some of roegs cinematic flare . very unique story be about a famous actress ( theresa russell ) who after a hard night work on a film in 1954 go to a hotel to visit a famous professor ( michael emil ) and together in his hotel room they talk . after awhile she want to go to bed with him but a they start to get undressed her husband be bang on the door . her husband be a famous ex baseball player ( gary busey ) and he want to know what be go on . the three of them in the hotel room talk about what be go on and what the future hold for them . meanwhile and a famous senator ( tony curtis ) be threaten to take away the professor paper if he doesn not testify at a hearing . theresa russell be just excellent and while she not try exactly to impersonate marilyn monroe she do a wonderful job of exude the phobia and nuance that monroe be very well know for . one thing the film do be show her a not only a woman on the verge of a mental breakdown but show her a a physical wreck as well . she talk of be unable to have child and at one point in the film she suffer a miscarriage . you can make an excellent case that this be russell best performance and i probably wouldn not argue . the film do an interesting thing in show many flashback a the character continue to talk about one thing and in the flashback we see one of many reason for their action . busey also give a good solid performance and it remind me of what a strong persona he give off on screen . emil a the professor be a character that have many more thing on his mind then we originally think . the last scene in this film be a demonstration of his darker side . one of the highlight of the film for me be the little conversation he have with the elevator man ( will sampson of cuckoo nest ) and they discuss what cherokee indian think about at all time . but of course the famous scene in this film be where russell demonstrate to emil how she do understand the theory of relativity and use toy to show this . the professor be delight by her demonstration and so be we . russell and roeg be marry in real life and they do admirable work when they be in collaboration and this be probably their best film together . good performance and a very interesting job of direct make this a challenging and visually think provoke film . | 1pos
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yes and it flaw especially if youre into hollywood film that demand a lot of effect and a purely entertaining or fantasy story or plot and and you can not actually think for yourself . roeg film be for the intelligent film goer and and insignificance be a perfect example . the characterization be brilliant and the story be excellent and but and like all nic roeg film it have you think on every level about aspect of reality that would never have dawn on you before . his film always make you think and and personally and i like that in a film . so do not expect to come away from watch this film and feel all happy happy and because it likely you will be disappoint . but i think it excellent . | 1pos
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if you have any sort of appreciation for character and dialogue and and any sense of american cultural history and you will find a lot of very absorb material in this film . it probably be originally a play and and that why it dialogue heavy and but i can not stress enough how these icon that we only have a shallow understand of be make into truly complex and wonderful character . this film be well than any college course for tell you how to create a character drive story . | 1pos
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new york and 1953. one hot night and four famous iconic figure will come together . the professor ( albert einstein ) have come to ny to give a speech and which he have and the senator ( joesph maccarthy ) on his back . later that night his get a surprise visitor while a famous actress ( marilyn monroe ) . who actually want to discuss the theory of relativity . soon her ball playing husband ( joe dimaggio ) turn up at the hotel room and beg to work thing out for their crumbling relationship . flashback of childhood and important event and perceive consequence of their action creep in to show how these individual cope with despair and a hidden fear wait to break out . now that one of a kind . adapt off a stage play by terry johnson ( who would also script the screenplay for the film ) and insignificance be an odd and quirky and seductive and downright curious fictional pop culture gimmick in the hand of director nicolas roeg . this inspired and cerebral experimental effort might be root in it stage play origin and because it do feel theatrical and most of the action occur in a hotel backdrop and one main suite . the cramp look only enhance the moody and smoky atmosphere of new york to great effect . however these limitation can not contain the fruitful and dare idea that roeg manages to randomly storm up visually and through the meaningful material . the way he reflect on the character ( who be suggestively famous figure and without the need of naming of them ) philosophical journey and interpretation of their notion be stimulate in a spiritual sense and with the memory gel into the present and vision show their fear of realisation and which depend on what youre seeing be either beautiful and or hauntingly implement . there plenty of food for thought and hint within the verbosely innovative ( if sometimes awkward ) script and with the main focus concern the present situation and but the flashback give u the personal make up ( sex and power and enlightenment and glory ) of what make them who they be and how much of a burden it can be in there already demand life . sure the story might not lead to anything by the end and and it can feel disjointed and but the dreamy vibe and intelligent arrangement iron out those fold and make sure it never turn giddy . peter hannan sensually fluid photography and stanley myers titillatingly ooze blue soundtrack fit in snugly with roeg stylistically subdue and establish style of direct . he make it look like he work with something big and large scale and but otherwise that not the case and a small little universe be create . the vintage costume and location of the period all come off fittingly enough . what make the film for me have to be the impressive act it boast from the main four . theresa russell perky and drop dead gorgeous appeal of the sexy pin up actress be a grow portrayal that definitely hold the film together along with an genuinely excellent and endear performance by michael emil a the professor . tony curtis marvellously play it up a witch hunt senator and gary busey be suitably good in the stoically gravel manner a the ballplayer . show up in minor and but amuse support role happen to be will sampson and patrick kilpatrick . a memorably striking and fresh and tour de force meditation piece of metaphysics link together by four different extreme . some might find it pretentiously estrange and too talky and but this one have me wrap up in it own little unique world to worry too much about it shortcoming . | 1pos
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it be not know whether marilyn monroe ever meet and speak with albert einstein ( and since the mysterious disappearance of her diary after her equally mysterious death and we may never know ) and but in their lifetime the opportunity be there . script by terry johnson from his own play and nicolas roeg insignificance imago an encounter in a new york hotel room one night in 1953 between the two icon plus joe dimaggio ( busey ) and and senator joseph mccarthy ( curtis ) but only on one level . on another level and it elevate or reduce these personality ( and what a lousy phrase that be ) to mere avatar ( the character be deliberately unnamed ) and at once great and lesser in status . the title insignificance be both apposite and deeply ironic while here and dimaggio net worth have be reduce to little more than a picture on a bubblegum card . monroe too be reduced to her constituent part of dress and hair and lipstick and wiggle and voice . by uncover their insecurity and reverse their role and the film bring into sharp focus receive notion of celebrity and explode the cult of personality . further the theme and there will be another explosion at the film climax represent hiroshima in a hotel suite and in which the actress be burn to a cinder in second while a literal deconstruction of fame . goodbye and norma jean . history inform the script and which in turn and shake history upside down . a roeg muse after watch johnson play for the first time and these character be mythic and not invent by any single person and not the public or the press and probably not even by the character themselves . a play by theresa russell and marilyn ( a closet intellectual in real life ) and lecture a childlike einstein ( the professor and play by emil ) on the theory of relativity use balloon and a flashlight and while get the professor to show off his leg and in conscious parody of her own role in the seven year itch and the movie the actress be see to be work on in the film opening . history record that monroe then husband and fade baseball star dimaggio ( play by busey a a tenderly psychotic simpleton ) and be unhappy about her iconic dress splay scene in the film and precipitate their break up . right on cue and we discover the jealous ballplayer in a bar and bemoan the fact that if and i want to see her underwear and i just walk down to the corner like all the other guy . in contrast to the professor and the ballplayer believe the universe be round a contention share by native american . but the big chief ( sampson and of one flew over the cuckoo nest fame ) who operate the roosevelt hotel elevator have be all but disenfranchise from his own culture represent i no longer cherokee i watch tv . meanwhile and the senator be investigate the professor and who be on the eve of deliver a pacifist speech to the united nation and but whom the senator suspect be a red . in fact and a he divulge to monroe and einstein be wrack with guilt over hiroshima and and what the white heat future hold . yet in a seemingly godless universe and all such worry and aspiration be render insignificant in the light of a high ( atomic ) power . roeg really be the perfect director to bring johnson stage play to the screen . throughout and torture childhood flashback and pessimistic flash forward ( ka boom . ) draw unexpected connection between time and place and circumstance and with the repeat visual motif of a wristwatch employ to mark time pass but perhaps also to suggest all time be one time while each moment co exist . a evince by his back catalogue and it something of a hobbyhorse for a director enchant with the notion of synchronicity see don not look now in particular . here and 1920 bleeds into 1945 and drip feed into the 1980s and a period in which another actor have take on his great role a the president of the united state . if all this sound rather heavy go ( quantum physic be surely involve ) and the execution be anything but and owe to johnson witty and zippy screenplay and roeg playful direction and open out an essentially stagey set up and the cast themselves and who be on stellar form . tony curtis especially leave denture mark in the wood panelling a the paranoid and impotent senator and who be see attempt congress with a monroe impersonator ( a real one and a oppose to russell ) and before be let down by his dwindle member . of course and curtis once co star with the real marilyn monroe in some like it hot and and whose embrace he memorably describe a like kiss hitler . a roeg comment and everything suddenly seem connect . when the film begin to take shape even the actor themselves seem part of this endless linking . it all go into the pot and to be boil down and serve up in new and fascinating way . | 1pos
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insignificance be a far from great film and from a stage play and direct by nic roeg . in the scheme of roeg film and this be above the level of most of his post don not look now work and which be characterise by judicious use of theresa russell a lead actress . she actually very good here and and far from the problem in other roeg film like bad timing and cold heaven . a the actress and who be marilyn monroe and russell be very effective and portray her a a thoroughly depressive and but likeable siren . she play well alongside michael emil a einstein and who be excellent to say the least . he look the part admirably and and while theresa russell doesn not look exactly like monroe and she certainly be attractive enough to make the part ring true . other player be adequate if not quite as arrest a emil and russell be . a pretty workable and intelligent script be direct well by roeg and but certainly not brilliantly and like walkabout or performance . a in other late roeg film and he tend to rely too much on vague and insubstantial flashback and that add very little to the film . in many way the film would have work well a a shorter ( say and 60 minute ) and more modest piece . still and a quite acceptable and passable film . at time quite excellent and but somewhat lacking overall . rating represent half or . | 1pos
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the woman in black be easily one of the creepy british ghost story ever make . a young solicitor and after arrive in a small town to handle a dead client estate and be haunt by a mysterious woman dress all in black . the film be load with extremely eerie atmosphere and the fright be calculate for and deliver the maximum effect possible . the action keep the viewer deeply involved and the finale be quite disturbing . the acting be excellent and the tension be almost unbearable at time . so if you want to see a truly creepy horror film give this one a look . i dare anyone to watch the woman in black alone at night with the light off . highly recommended . positive . | 1pos
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the woman in black ( 1989 ) be a tv adaptation of susan hill modern classic ghost story and publish only a few year earlier than the film be make . sadly and this film have not be release on dvd and and as far a i be aware it have be delete on vhs . it availability be in direct contrast to it popularity amongst those in the know about horror film . the story revolve around event in a seaside community in the early 20th century where a young solicitor be send by his firm to conclude the affair of a recently decease widow and who die on her isolated marshland estate . what he think would be a routine and probably tedious task turn into a nightmare a he discover that the old woman be haunt to her death and and that the ghost of her past be not content to rest . the story be tell in a subtle but concise way and never be self indulgent and flashy or over expositional . the obviously tight budget may have contribute to the no nonsense approach and but it just what the story need and and why it work so well . it what you do not see that scare . have say that and there be one particularly terrify scene that rely on the visual and and it work to perfection . i watch this film during the day and and it still give me nightmares nearly a week later . if you love be terrify and do what you must to get hold of and watch a copy of the woman in black . | 1pos
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this film have be scar me since the first day i saw it . my mum have watch it when it be on the telly back in 92. i remember be wake up in the middle of the night by her tearful ramblings a my dad help her up the stair . she be say something like don not let her get me or something like that . i ask what have make her so upset and she tell me that she would be watch the woman in black . so obviously i have to watch it and even though i be only eleven she let me . it scar the s out of me . i have be immune to horror film since watch this . | 1pos
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every once in a while in the wonderful world of horror and diamond be craft and and one become completely awestruck by it sheer brilliance . this be no less than a diamond . this be a film brimful of eeriness and chill anticipation and and dark atmosphere and and i think it safe to say and one of my favourite horror film of all time . and of course it contain probably the single most and flat out scary sequence in the whole of history of horror . every time i see the film and and it get up to the point where you know the inevitably will happen and i try to remember exactly when i will be frighten out of my wit and but it never fail to happen while i never get it right and and i find myself as terrorize a the first time i saw it . now and it must be say and to scare a jaded horror fan like that and that be nothing short of pure perfection . unlike the american and the brit know their subtlety and they take pride in the art of act and they do not need any special effect in order to convey atmosphere and they rely on the power of the potent story and and the creepiness ( in this case ) of suggestion and anticipation . every single element be impeccable and from the set piece and the acting and the story and to the menacing atmosphere . pauline moran surely could make the devil whimper and that for sure . a an end note and if you for some demented reason do not like this piece of insanity and then you honestly do not know what horror be all about and and frankly do not deserve to know it either . thank you . | 1pos
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i really miss the production of good old fashion spooky film . if ismail merchant and james ivory have be give the task of produce such a film it may have be this one and save for the lack of an internationally know and top drawer cast . this be one of those film that you watch alone on a dark evening with a pizza and some popcorn and and you do not even bother do the dish until morning because you just want to hide under the cover . bravo to director herbert wise and writer susan hill and nigel kneale and top production design by jon bunker and art direction by john ralph and an excellent cast for make me shudder and feel so isolated even though i be live in one of the most populated city in the world in the beginning of the 21st century . i give it a positive because with the production and budget constraint of television and they really pull of a great show . | 1pos
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i love ghost story in general and but i particularly love chilly and atmospheric and elegantly creepy british period style ghost story . this one qualifies on all count . a naive young lawyer ( solicitor in britspeak ) be send to a small village near the seaside to settle an elderly and deceased woman estate . it the 1920s and a time when many middle class brit go to the seaside on vacation for their health . well and guess what and there nothing healthy about the village of crythin gifford and the creepy site of the elderly woman hulking and brood victorian estate and which be locate on the fringe of a fog swathe salt marsh . when the lawyer save the life of a small girl ( none of the local will help the endanger tot you find out why later on in the film ) and he inadvertently incur the wrath of a malevolent spirit and the woman in black . she be no filmy and gauzy wraith and but a solid black silhouette of malice and evil . the viewer only see her a few time and but you feel her malevolent presence in every frame . a the camera creep up on the lawyer while he read through legal paper and you expect to see the woman in black at any moment . when the lawyer go out to the generator shed to turn on the electricity for the creepy old house and the camera snake in on him and you think she will pop up there and too . wait for the woman in black to show up be nail bitingly suspenseful . we have see many element of this story before ( the lock room that no one enter and the fog and the naive outsider who ignore the local warning ) but the director somehow manage to combine them all into a completely new seeming and compel ghost story . watch it with a buddy so you can have someone warm to grab onto while wait for the woman in black . . . | 1pos
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spectacular horror movie that will give you the chill once you get settle with it . the atmosphere be very creepy and stylish and the score be chill and but the best about the movie be it performances . it rare to get scar by performance and this movie solid acting play an important part in the scare factor . the story be very interesting and get your attention since the first minute . though the woman in black do not have much screen time and she make the necessary appearance to chill the audience in some brilliant scene . the dialog be very descriptive and make your imagination work and that when it become really scary . if you have the chance and watch this on theater it a totally different experience but as scary a this movie . this be one of the best ghost movie ever and it direct for people that want to get scar . | 1pos
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i saw this film on television year ago and but here several year after and i wake up in the morning and and still remember her face . this film be the most profoundly terrifying film i have see . | 1pos
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whilst i have love haunt house movie such a amityville and poltergeist and this make for tv adaption of susan hill book pack a huge punch on the horror of hollywood . with a brilliant cast ( many of which star in heartbeat and other tv drama ) and great acting and and fantastic setting ( which portray 1920 life convincingly ) and it have all the right ingredient to entice the viewer into what be a powerful ghost story . herbert wise do not need blood and violence and or gore to send chill down the spine of an audience . use your own imagination and the woman in black be a figure of fear and dread and and whose presence be never absent once she first appear . the main character arthur kidd and a solicitor and learn about his unseen spectre on his mission to settle the estate . the widow dy and arthur spends few night inside her dreary home in which he notice many oddity and which may haunt him for some day . some of the scene be very unsettling and claustrophobic and particularly the locked room which open itself and which turn the generator off and close arthur in darkness . the film become more harrow the more you put yourself in arthur shoe and and his effort to shake this ghost off . the writer put many chill addition into the story and an example be the tin soldier re appearance . one be eager to learn the meaning of it all . the fact we never really learn that much about the widow and leave more to the imagination and make it all the more unsettling . the widow for the most part and look vicious and intimidate . the scene after wind the generator send the chill down me and a woman who appear out of nowhere on isolated marshy land with a howling wind have be on such property myself i can appreciate how isolating this be . and the scene in the inn be perhaps the most horrible thing i have see and one i do not wish to watch in a hurry or show to elderly relative . i have often wake up at night think she be behind me in my sleep . the woman in black be a great tv movie and a lost gem . i agree to some extent the internet hype for this film have be totally overblown and can see why people be disappoint after spend the best of £50 on it and but i think the net have defeat hidden gem because it make film like these over expose . i think it still brilliant and fantastically acted and i consider it the great ghost story of the last century . | 1pos
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i be lucky enough to watch this without any pre view hype . i be surprise at the resilience of the ghost image in my mind the next day and and the day after that . i have watch it 3 4 time and and each time i appreciate it even more . the setting be gorgeous and the town at dusk have beautiful light effect and the marsh long shot and and the house itself be sufficiently grow with moss . the main hero be so likable and good natured and that he be easily sympathize with . to the person who complain that there wasn not enough park in this film and i would say that it because the whole fight against the ghost be be wag by just this one person . it be a fairly slow pace film and with an unusual amount of time be spend and pre and post ghost attack and on develop his character with family and work life . spoiler discussion or i especially like the turning point and when he come back to the main town and meet with the man help him and explain about see the ghost . he describe the woman in black and and then at the end of the conversation he say that he be go back and because after all and what harm have she do to him . the other man say and you can not go back . alone . and lend the hero his dog . the cute little dog offer a small respite of comic relief and with it bound through the house and even into the locked room . the many casual appearance of the ghost really freak me out . the woman show up in mid shot at the church and showing that it be not afraid of the church and and be also not shy or bound to the house . this be all in the very begin . another unbelievably memorable scene be with the kid outside of the church fence and watch the funeral . a the camera pan to the right and the woman be see in the background among the gravestone . the old man would not even look at it and but the kid be all yelling and taunt it . crreeepy . usually ghost be hide in shadow and haunt specific locale or people . a have be mention and the ghost malevolence and wrath be frighten and and i feel it attack and the end be perfect and fully justify . the end underline the fact that the hero make a major mistake by go back to the house . or perhaps he be mark no matter what and by save the gypsy girl . the guy who play the hotel manager be so believable and and really fill the role well . i have be spread the word to my friend about how much i enjoy this film and and it be reassure to see others feel the same . i can see how people do not quite see the same masterpiece and especially if they go into it with a lot of review hype . i think another person sum it up when they say that this movie settle the question of whether or not ghost could physically harm man . whew . i plan to watch it again tonight follow by the changeling and aaww yeah . any other film to recommend . thanks and . | 1pos
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i first saw this movie here in the u. k. in december 1989 when central tv broadcast it . i still have the video tape and although wear out ( over the year many friend and family member have borrow it and have also be chill by it . ) . anyway and i remember come home that night and grab a christmas tipple and switch the light out and watch what be advertise a a christmas ghost story . even now i remember certain scene that still send the hair on my neck stand on end . i have see some comment on the movie which say it not this and not that . i think those people get scar by friday 13th and the like and stalk and slash rammel and which be laughable . this be a traditional ghost story while there be no big budget action or special effect . no swearing and no blood and no gratuitous sex scene and no chainsaw or gun etc . so how refreshing . it atmospheric . if you like chill horror and well write and well act and with a genuinely scary atmosphere and this be the movie for you . i like the original horror while only last night i saw the original haunting and that be a superb movie . very atmospheric again and so be the woman in black . the end of the movie differs to the book and but still very good . i recommend it . try it . you will like it if you like traditional ghost story . so . turn off the light and turn up the fire and lock the door and grab a drink . and enjoy . positive . | 1pos
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well do ghost story that will give you the creep and some pretty fair scare along the way . the story unfold slowly and building atmosphere all the way until youre ready to see the woman in black . you would not forget her once you have see her . no gore and no knife and no hockey mask just a well constructed story that be best view at night with the light out . | 1pos
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i saw this on tv so long ago that i can not remember when it be and but it still stand out a one of the scary and most unnerving film i have ever see . there be a simultaneously subtle but intense dread induce by the woman in black lurking at the edge of the frame and not quite clearly visible and so that you feel ( like the solicitor hero ) and unsure whether it just imagination or not . it be also one of the few film which have really make me fearful to keep watching . production value be hang and good film be about a director ability to create atmosphere use film and actor and location or set and music and attention to detail and and . imagination . a real gem . | 1pos
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this film give me nightmares for month and i be 17. this be the scary movie ever make . that be no exaggeration . i saw this movie at school in english lesson and no one else be scar which amaze me . after read other review i be glad i be not the only person who find this so scary . | 1pos
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most horror movie be in fact horrible movie . they get to be same ol same ol . same ol pack every minute with some cheap thrill ( usually platter ) and nowadays they can pack every second with gaudy special effect . one of the goal of a really good horror flick be to suspend the sense of disbelief of the audience . for instance and i saw both of the recent mummy movie and nearly get dizzy view ridiculous special effect every second . it probably cost a million dollar per second to make those movie and my sense of disbelief be never suspend and it grow root . subtlety can be more terrifying . less be more . i first saw the woman in black on the a and e channel . after flip through the usual 987 channel of very bad television i stop to watch it . this movie almost have the feel of a masterpiece theater production . that be fine with me and i have always prefer british tv and movie anyway . most viewer would find this to be too slowly paced . but the slow pacing help give the story credibility . the special effect be few which lull the viewer into think that this film be set in the real world thus make u a bit more uneasy . the makeup and costume for the ghost be keep simple and believable . hollywood would have make her look like a she demon from hell with glow eye fang claw etc . hollywood would have do an overkill and turn this idea into a mediocrity . the woman only make about five appearance in the film . most of them be where she appear in the distance and even that create a good fright . if she appear too often and it could have cheapen the mood that get set . however this movie be so well make that through much of the film be lead into sense that she be there the whole time but not visible . the scene where she visit arthur kidd late at night and we see her just a little too close be a masterpiece in horror . this be just an extraordinary film that i think should rate a one the fine horror film ever make . i have a copy of the haunting and the changling and a zillion more . i haven not see anything that top the woman in black yet although i be still look . this movie be so well make that it give even the most hardened skeptic ( like me ) a moment where i almost have second thought about the non existence of ghost . i joke to people that i occasionally get brief fear that she could appear stand in the middle of the road or that i would see her star through my window and etc . maybe she could be in a crowd at the mall glaring at me with her look of hate . this be how a really great horror film should be . like a lafanu novel and the woman in black very slowly pull you in and wrap herself around your neck and before you realize it and she squeeze the life out of you and then it too late . close thing i have to a criticism be that this be make for the small screen . and it a terrible shame that this be out of print . i just pay over $ 40 for my second copy of this movie . it a major prize in my collection . now i be on a quest to find an even well horror movie that not only give the chill but also qualify a sound drama . | 1pos
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i give this film an positive with some reluctance a it hard to praise something that so haunt and terrify me for year . the sheer menace on the woman in black face be just pure horror and the accompany music just worsen the dread . i saw this when it be first on tv when i be 10 and it really do disturb me for year . i be fascinate by the fact that so many other user have say this too . so many movie review go on about how disturbing or terrify a film might be but you can believe all those who have post on this board and this really be incredibly powerful stuff . i mean i really like horror film and generally find them quite funny more often than not and but this really be menace and will probably disturb most people . i haven not see it since i be 10 and i be tempt to watch it again but fear i might have some sleepless night . i can not quite put my finger on what it be exactly and but i think it something to do with the fact that fear be the woman great weapon and that we and a viewer and be just as susceptible a we feel the fear so intensely . it remarkable that other viewer feeling be so unanimous . i have also see the stage play and which be an excellent production . but nothing can compare to this . | 1pos
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how much could the general hollywood director learn from this movie . all . when it come to actually scar people . this movie truly show that it be possible to really frighten and scare a viewer and and that monstrous monster and long knife never will be the best way of achieve this . all who love a real psychological thriller must see this movie . it be the best of it kind . | 1pos
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the first and only time i saw the woman in black be i think the only time to my knowledge it appear on tv back in 1989. it be christmas eve and my father and i be watch it in the living room shortly before we all go to a midnight service in the village church . i be quite young at the time but i be not sure who be more terrified walking through the church yard to the entrance of the church that night me or my father . there be many factor about this film that make it so creepy but i think 0ne of them be the fact that there not much in the way of a sound track that play in the background of nearly every hollywood movie and so every creak and thump and bang be more amplified in your head a there no distraction . another factor that make it different from other ghost story there no jump factor involve like thing bounce out the closet so it make it not necessarily what you see but what you hear and what you think be go on . this be a clever medium a nothing scar you more than your own mind run riot think whats around the corner or behind the door . a superb ghost story and i have never see anything that can match it and with all the dross thats repeat over and over on tv i cant believe the bbc have delete it after ( to my knowledge ) only one showing . | 1pos
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there be nothing remotely scary about modern horror which be an insult to the word horror . freddie v jason and the scream movie and cabin trash and and especially stephen king infantile attempt he recycle every story from the monkey paw to whatever and often in the same story at horror in both writing and on film ( except for kubrick version of the shin which actually be scary and unlike king book which be as frightening a my big toe the left one and which still have the nail . but the woman in black be that rare modern film that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end . this be the way it should be do while the director create tension and and the scary ghost ever actually see simply by have her suddenly turn up stand still somewhere or other with that incredible look on her face . then he bring it all to a ghastly disturb close . he learn his lesson from the master who know how to make horror val lewton ( original cat people ) and robert wise ( a val lewton disciple and director of the haunting and the body snatcher ) and jacques tournier ( another val lewton disciple who direct a truly horrify zombie film and not the gross rubbish raimi do ( gross isn not scary and folk and it just gross ) and and lewis allen ( the uninvited ) and and of course jack clayton turn on henry james the innocent and and the way the master of suspense and hitchcock and can still bring you to the edge of your seat even with a slow building and burning period piece like under capricorn . ten star . | 1pos
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i first watch this film when i be a kid and be the only time in my life that i can remember put my hand over my face and eye in utter horror at one particular scene . i remember it again with a disscusion with my uni friend and promptly buy it on video with plenty of hesitation i might add ( to my surprise i only find it on the web in the state when it be make in england . ) when i watch it again my reaction and to my surprise be almost the same and of sheer horror and fear and never have my heart be beat so much too . this be in my opinon the scariest film ever make and hollywood film seem tame in comparison and a bit pony and trap ( crap ) and pardon the pun . what be amaze though be the power of this film and at uni when watch this with about twenty of my associate i have never hear so many scream and bloke as well . even the sight of the video bring the fear of god into me of that one particular scene and and leave me feel that i will never walk alone again in the dark . | 1pos
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a young solicitor in sent to a remote area to wrap up the estate of a recently decease client . when he arrive he find that he be make less than welcome by the local villager and that his deceased client be not like . to speed thing up he decide to move from the local inn and take up residence in her home and a house that be usually fogbound and approach only by a causeway that be block off by the sea most of the day . once there he see vision of a woman in black and be she real or imaginary and he be also subject to the blood curdle cry of a woamn and child apparently drown in the marsh and these event take their toll on him and he soon become quite terrify . atmospheric tv adaptation of a famous play by susan hill and that spend it first third build up it character and before move to the creepy country house and it poor colour contrast give away it tv root immediately and this really should have be in black and white and but still a a ghost story it have a couple of unsettling moment and still though after wait so long to see it i must say i be sadly just a little underwhelmed . | 1pos
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. on stage and tv or in a book and the woman in black be an outstanding ghost story . other reviewer have already say just about all there be to say about this film and but i thought i would add my belated little review too . the make for tv movie have a deliberately slow first act and which chronicle the main character arthur a he go about his business a a solicitor in 1920s london . i can understand why this might not appeal to all palate . nevertheless and for me and i love this british style of storytelling similar to any of the bbc ghost story for christmas adaptation of the great m. r. james work . in the second act and the ghost story kick in a arthur be send to the province by his bos and to tidy up the affair of a deceased client . the third act relentlessly build up to a spine tingle conclusion . a a londoner and i have see the play . i own the book and dvd r and have the unabridged audio book on my ipod and too . what be sure for me and the woman in black on any medium be a ghost story with few equal . it be about time that we have a legitimate region 2 dvd release . | 1pos
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. a i be when i saw this movie ) i will never watch this movie again and not because it be a bad movie and but because it scar me so much . a i say and i be 14 when my english teacher decide to show it to u while the reason for this be that we have read an extract from the book . all the girl in my class be terrify when the woman in black come through the window and float over kidd bed and although and just before that there be something that also frighten u and which be when kidd find the toy soldier underneath his pillow and and he hear a child voice say it for you . that scene still haunt me to this day and nearly 7 year after i saw the film . if you be easily scar and avoid this film . | 1pos
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this be a plain old spooky ghost story . i show it to some friend of mine in my movie club and and they be keep spellbound until the end . no blood or gore just good old fashion suspense . it start out right from the beginning and and build and build . the end be a real twist that catch me unawares . well direct and well act . it be also a period piece set in the 1920s which add to the atmosphere . i be so impressed i get the book by susan hill from amazon . the movie follow the book rather closely . it a shame it not readily available on dvd . my copy be vhs . this along with haunt be probably two of the best ghost story i have ever scene . which just go to show that a little creativity outdoes in your face gore any day . | 1pos
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a young solicitor from london and arthur kidd be send to a small coastal town of crythin gifford to oversee the estate of a recently pass away widow mr drablow . while attend her funeral and a mysterious lady dress in black catch his attention . supposedly drablow live a reclusive life and and local keep pretty quiet about her . after this he head to mrs drablow mansion that can only be reach on a causeway through the swamp during low tide . there he encounter the woman in black again in cemetery out back of the house and and thing begin to get creepy a terrify noise start come from the marsh . now can mrs drablow belonging and listen to her record dairy entry help kidd figure out this gloomy mystery that the local fear to talk about . often highly regarded amongst horror fan a be one of the most chilling ghost story ever and i can see their point . but only in dos do it draw upon tag . yes and from what you can gather i be leave a little under whelm and despite really like it . i be expect goose bump throughout the whole feature and but that probably it expect . mainly i have a similar reaction with the 1980 haunt house thriller the changeling . when you hear so many good thing and it sometimes hard not get catch up with it . anyhow what the british tv presentation of the woman in black effectively do be bring out a truly old fashion and slow burn spine tingle premise drive by it moody location and disquiet atmosphere and first rate performance . subtly blanket the psychologically gripping story ( adapt off susan hill novel of the same name ) and a the simple mystery authentically open up with a depressingly tragic tone and successfully characterise it protagonist . little seem to happen and and can feel draw out and but the fragile randomness of it catch you off guard . whenever the camera focus on the lady in black . who mostly appear a a background figure and it ultimately creepy . she might not appear all that much and but when she do . talk about unnerving . that also go for that downbeat conclusion . pauline moran and who play the woman in black and competently get u nervous by just her gaunt appearance and sudden positioning . a pale look and those minor mannerism just seem to haunt you . she a spirit you do not want to cross path with and yet alone let her see you . an accomplished performance by a marvelously moody adrian rawlins a the solicitor arthur kidd do hold it all together . in support be solid turn by bernard hepton and david daker and clare holman and david ryall . draw heavy on it lushly sombre rural town and foggy coastal location add more to the realistically eerie plight and the centre piece be everything unfolds in the forlorn and time worn victorian house that comprehensively suffocate the air with constant fear . director herbert wise carefully fabricate alarm imagery that slowly cover one secretive piece at a time in a smoothly pave out rhythm of well judge contrive . instead of go out to shock u and some scene contain a distressing intensity that would not let go . the sound effect be masterfully use and by surround and disorient the air . rachel portman harrow musical score know how to get under your skin during those eerie moment and then stay with you . this rarity make for television feat be a stimulate rich and unsettling supernatural spook fest . it might not share much new to the sub genre and but it competently stick to it strengths to deliver what count in this curse . | 1pos
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the woman in black be fantastic in all aspect . it scary and suspenseful and so realistic that you can actually see it happen in real life . i first saw this on the tv back in 1989 and and with all the light off and the volume turn up and it be probably the most creepy experience of my entire life . i manage to get hold of a copy and and now and i make sure to bring it out every halloween and show it too unsuspecting family member and who have no idea what theyre in for and and all i can do be laugh with glee . a for the film representit start out with a young lawyer name arthur kipps and who be assign by his firm to go to the market town of crythin gifford to settle the paper of a recently decease client mrs. alice drablow . this film start off a a reasonably solid and interesting ghost story . but then and arthur attend the funeral and and from that scene on and we do not feel safe . we be constantly on edge and bite our nail and and that go on for the next hour or so and until the final and thrill finale . a warning to all new viewer though represent do not watch this alone . | 1pos
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yes and a true classic . this be what british drama be all about and realism and the minimal use of special effect ( and over inflated budget ) . i last saw this drama when it be last screen on british terrestial tv in 1994. it truly should be view by everyone who like a scary plot and no big name but non the less great acting . sadly the copywrite be now own by someone unknown and a such this great drama be unlikely to be air anytime soon . i myself recently acquire the woman in black on vhs and so now once again i shall be able to enjoy this truly great british drama . you should try and enjoy it too . mark r. horobin . | 1pos
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the woman in black be a british make for tv movie which be first broadcast on the bbc on christmave eve of 89 and and again in 92. i believe it make a round on american tv on a and e. it be release on vhs in britain in the early 90 but go out of print . a u. s. company release it on dvd later and but that version also sell out . accord to the website of the author of the book and the right to the movie be now own by someone else and that it would not be release again and and that there be unofficial bootleg be sell on ebay . i first hear about this movie just recently on a message board and have to check it out . i find a copy on ebay for about 28 buck . it certain to be a counterfeit from a seller in the far east and even though the dvd say and make in canada and ha ha . but it a good copy and and you can not really fault the bootleg label for release stuff that be rare and out of print and and lose in legal dispute . i love the movie . it a period piece set in the 1920 and with all the very authentic and quaint british setting of that time . the woman in black be very atmospheric and dark . for the most part and the movie be very low key and but effective and scary . there be no self indulgent gore and violence or much at all in special effect and but the woman in black be still able to create absolutely chill moment . it a chill classic style ghost movie . the movie itself look like it could have be make in the 1930 except for the color . without all the flash of all the modern horror movie and i be afraid this film will always just be a lost gem . for me and it place itself a one of my all time favorite . | 1pos
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why be i so convinced there actually another film version of this novel out there somewhere . i saw the film again this year a i be teach the novel and find the change in the film annoy there be no appearance of the little boy in the novel and the end have be change . they kill him off in the film but the whole point be that he be haunt by the event at eel marsh house for many year but do remarry and eventually put the event behind him . mr. bentley be a far more sympathetic character in the novel and the scene in the film where kipps set fire to the office be plain daft and and the constant appearance of the toy soldier to signify the presence of the child be genuinely creepy but pointless kipps be haunt by the woman seek revenge and not the child . i be sure i have see a film which be well and closer to the novel and actually scary . have i just imagine this . | 1pos
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i recently stumble across this film on tnt five minute into it and while on vacation in florida . ( hey there have to be some down time in the hotel and right . ) i be initially surprised to see melissa joan hart in any feature length film on tnt . i mean drive me crazy isn not that old already and be it . but i stick with it and and be thoroughly surprised and entertain . melissa play her role a the psychotic jennifer excellently . the support cast ( nick and the ex con boyfriend while karen and her best friend while and her life control parent ) all add a great degree of believability . the twist at the end be a nice closure to this tale of the girl who always seem to be one step ahead of everybody . if you get a chance and check it out . | 1pos
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twist desire ( 1996 ) be a tv movie star melissa joan hart . melissa character and jennifer stanton and a seventeen year old seduce her current boyfriend nick ryan into murder her two parent . the movie be base on the 1990 murder of the parent of 14 year old jessica wiseman . jessica have her 17 year old boyfriend douglas christopher thomas shoot and kill her parent . thomas be execute in 2000. jessica be release from prison when she turn 21 year old . evidence now suggest that it be jessica who fire the fatal shot that kill her mother . jessica be know to now be reside somewhere in the state of virginia . | 1pos
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when i be flick through the tv guide and and come across twisted desire on the movie section and i read it description . three word catch my eye melissa joan hart . i find her role in sabrina represent the teenage witch absolutely vile and i hate those kind of program and so i be just think that it be go to be a boring old and love story star her . little do i know . it finally start on the television and i have my bucket ready in case i be to puke over it cheesiness or soppiness and you know what i mean . at first and you think she just a nice and ordinary girl who in love and but have mean parent . then when you find out she manipulate her boyfriend into kill her parent and so she could be with her true love and youre like whoa . you just do not expect this sort of role for that sort of actress . she play her role very well in my opinion and i never expect her to be able to act like such a bitch and and voilà and she do it perfectly . congrats to her and the movie be very good and i would definitely watch it again and recommend it to others . | 1pos
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the movie that i be go to review be a little television movie make in 1996 and it star melissa joan hart and daniel baldwin . the main protagonist or antagonist jennifer stanton ( hart ) be a typical all american teenager who be feel the pressure of have such a control father ( baldwin ) . however and when she meet an ex con call nick ryan ( jeremy jordan never be kiss ) they instantly fall for each other and but jennifer have a different idea on where to take their relationship . she manipulate him to kill her parent and to protect their love but she just use him to get rid of her parent so she can be with brad ( david lascher future sabrina cast mate for hart ) . melissa joan hart actually really surprised me with her role a an evil manipulator and she carry the movie well by use her friend and nick so she can literally get away with murder . the rest of the support cast work well and they each hold their own when they have screen time . i also find it interest that this film be make and release the same year and hart and begin portray sabrina and the teenage witch and this show she can act in my genre of film and television . although the film have date somewhat it still stand out a some of her best work that involve drama or thriller and i be look forward to nine dead that come out in november because it show she can see a other people that be not call clarissa darling or sabrina spellmani recommend this film to anyone that be a fan of melissa joan hart or sabrina . you can watch this on the internet and so i suggest check it out . | 1pos
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although the story be fictional and it draw from the reality of not only the history of latin american country but all the third world . this be the true and pure and raw recent history of these country summarize concisely in this novel or film . the offbeat supranatural stuff and lighten up the intensity of historical event present in this movie . after all the supranatural stuff be a part of the culture in the third world . although be not critically acclaim ( probably because of the supranatural stuff ) and this be an excellent movie and with a great story and great acting . | 1pos
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i like the movie and first of all because it tell an interesting story and but the story a told in the movie felt like it be condense from a much long story . since the book be over 400 page and that make sense . it span a time period from the 1920s to the 1970s and in a fictional south american country and also a lot to fit into the time available . i think it would have be much well a a six hour mini series than it turn out a a 140 minute movie . even though it rush and the story doesn not skip so much that it get confuse . what be tell be tell fairly well . one fault be that clara supernatural power appear inconsistently while either they should have appear more evenly through the course of the movie and or they should have be leave out . two more fault ( which could be spoiler ) represent esteban eventual return to goodness happens somewhat too suddenly and and ferula curse seem to wear off and even though the tone of the story suggest that it should endure forever . the acting be excellent . glenn close and a the tormented spinster ferula and be outstanding . jeremy iron and a the brutal self make rich man and be also excellent . meryl streep and a the main character clara and be great and although she often even good than she be in this movie . there be many well perform small role too . the big fault be that the movie seem to lack a dialect coach while each actor seem to speak in a different sort of accent . | 1pos
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brilliant adaptation of the novel that make famous the relative of chilean president salvador allende kill . in the environment of a large estate that arise from the ruin and become a force to abuse and exploitation of outrage and a luxury estate for the benefit of the upstart esteban trueba and his undeserved family and the brilliant danish director bille august recreates and in micro and which at the time would be the process lead to the great infamy of his story to the harden chilean nation and and whose main character would augusto pinochet ( stephen similarity with it be inevitable represent recall and a an example and that image of the senator with dark glass that make him the wink to the general to begin make the palace ) . bille august attends an exceptional cast in the jeremy protrude iron and whose character change from arrogance and extreme cruelty and the hard lesson that life always bring u to almost force u to change . in esteban fully apply the law of resonance and with great wisdom and solomon describes in these word representthe thing that freckle be the same punishment that will serve you . unforgettable glenn close playing splint and the tainted sister of stephen and whose sin and drive by loneliness and spiritual and platonic love be the wife of his cruel snowy brother . meryl streep also brilliant and a woman whose name come to him like a glove clara . with telekinetic power and cognitive and mediumistic and this harden woman and loyal to his blunt and conservative husband and be an indicator of character and self control that we wish for ourselves and for all human being . every character be a portrait of virtuosity ( a blanca worthy rebel leader pedro segundo unhappy . ) or a portrait of humiliation and like stephen jr. and the bastard child of senator and who serve a an instrument for the return of the boomerang . the film move the bowel and we recreate some fact that should not ever be repeat and but that absurdly still happen ( colombia be a sad example ) and another reminder that and against all and life be wonderful because there be always people like isabel allende and immortalize just bille august . | 1pos
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could not understand why jeremy iron felt it necessary to exhibit a most disconcerting accent and speak through clench teeth and and from the back of his throat . in fact it rather spoil the film for me and and distract from what be probably a fine performance by him ( very irritate ) . no other actor or actress seem to have such a pronounced accent and whilst i have always rat jeremy iron a a fine actor and i would not class this film a be one of his best . the film however have whet my appetite and a have some of the other comment make re this film and which i have find very interesting and and intend to now read the book . | 1pos
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the photography of this bid budget production be surprisingly bad . color be muddy and brownish and the photography have very 80ish look to it . direction and editing be often quite uninspired and tv movie like and too . and at first the movie only seem to want to torture it viewer with lurid image of sex and violence . han zimmer score be also a typically simple and bland work of this overrate and untalented composer . but if you be willing to watch the movie far you be reward with a very move family story and a sort of european version of edna ferber family epos giant . while at first you wonder why clara marry this idiotic man and even his character get more depth and more background one can judge him by . clara deliver the movie spiritual lesson and a great and move statement set against the terrible happening in her country . her daughter and whose lover be a young antonio banderas at the beginning of his international career and understand that lesson and ultimately try to live by it . the way the plot be construct with the end mirror the beginning be great . the actor all do a great job and too . i be wonder who be the actress playing blanca . all the time and but of course and it be a really young winona ryder . all in all and this movie really make me want to read the book . | 1pos
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at first i do not do not like it that much and although i do . they do not include the third trueba generation and the love between blanca and pedro wanst well explain and some actor be too different from what i have imagine . later i realize that and have the movie be more loyal to the book and it would have be like five hour long and and would be kind of tedious . now i like it very much and because my favourite character be there a i portraited them . clara really look like an angel in live and and her introduction to the story at the beggining of the film be fantastic and loyal and short . glenn close be ferula . i picture her just like that and only not in mourn throughout the whole thing . esteban be find enough . i never really like his character and and and although i be interested in him and i hat him a lot and more specially when he hit clara . a in the book and the very last part be the most exciting one and and it have real history too there . the movie be really good and specially consider that it be a gringo film base upon a latin american book . it amazing how many famous star be there and do not you think so . | 1pos
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this movie be an incredible piece of work . it explore every nook and cranny of the human mind and focus on the character relationship with the people around them . stellar performance all around . this one have me weep for about half an hour straight . spend some real time with this one . | 1pos
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this be one of the few movie i watch twice in the theatre . i really love this movie for it atmosphere and it telling of the life of tragic hero esteban trueba . he make so many mistake but get a chance for redemption . isn not this a rather console think . when i watch it for the first time and i think that after the won election and the movie would be over i do not know the book . so boy be i wrong when the dramatic climax be still to come . i be literally sweep away by the sheer power of the last half hour of the film . many people here utterly dislike this movie . i can not understand that one single bit . maybe those who read the book first be as often with screen adaptation of novel simply disappoint that so many thing have remain untold and unseen and unexplained . but a a movie tell a touching story the story of a family and the rise and fall of a man and the deep compassion of a woman and the strength of love and the insanity of hate ( and conservatism ) this movie be simply splendid . furthermore and the soundtrack be incredibly good and the cast be wonderful as well especially winona ryder and jeremy iron . so definitely one of those film that cinema be invent for . | 1pos
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maybe it because i saw the movie before read the book and but i really love this movie . i have see it many many time and will be watch it many time more . it a compelling story and that interest from the beginning to the end . it have everything represent action and romance etc . | 1pos
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well and i say it all in the summary and i simpley adore the movie and the cast . i would give each actor an oscar . great and great movie . i be 25 now and i watch it 4 time in different period and i always think i would not cry and i always do and about 2 or 3 time . while ) meryl s. be absolutely brilliant and jeremy iron also . just brilliant . i wish the movie receive more award . i really do not know anybody who watch it and do not love it . also and glenn close be fantastic . the story be beautiful and sad at the same time . i love the fact that despite everything clara and esteban love each other so much and and how blanca be close to her parent . | 1pos
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perhaps the best isabel allende book and house of the spirit describe an alternative chilean history and this one full of magic and a mystic veil and plus some kind of omnipresent sadness . this movie gather a great cast and plus a great art direction and with a script that can not contain all this book quality . it unusual for a nearly unknown country like chile to get so well represent a it be by this movie and whose perhaps only sin be to aim too high and and because of that leave the illiterate public a little upset and mostly because they understand very little . | 1pos
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can such an ambient production have fail it primary goal and which be to correctly adapt allende novel . obviously yes . bille august manage to make a superficial and shallow film where basic element of south american mentality be present simply a side event and result in total incoherency . i can not believe there be a whole production team that could not understand the book . there be of course technical quality in this film and i think the actor do their best with what they have in their hand and but something be miss . and this something be the most important part . | 1pos
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i never heard of the book and nor care to read it and but the movie i will probably see many time . this film be unforgettable with perhaps the rich imagery i have ever see in a movie . it be a if i be look at painting many time and which i think be the idea . terrific movie and story and actor and and cinematography . full of profound emotion from every angle . although i be not particularly fond of romance movie and i love this and be deeply move by winona ryder plea to her father toward the end . mr. iron deserve an award for his performance and close be never good . | 1pos
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all this talk about this be a bad movie be nonsense . a a matter of fact this be the best movie i have ever see . it an excellent story and the actor in the movie be some of the best . i would not give criticism to any of the actor . that movie be the best and it will always stay that way . | 1pos
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i think it one of the great movie which be ever make and and i have see many . the book be well and but it still a very good movie . | 1pos
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rumour have it that around the time that abba the multi award win swedish disco favourite star have reach it zenith and the band grow disillusion with sing in english and yearn to perform in their native tongue . soon after and problem begin to emerge in the onetime wed lock watertight partnership and recording become less and less frequent . the band dissolve and albeit unofficially and in 1982 and pop lose one of it most celebrated artist . although they have never admit that there any truth in those rumour and the fact remain that abba would never have be so successful have they only record in their native tongue . if you want to appeal to the large money make medium market in the entire world and then you must cater for english speaking audience . it amaze for me how such a small island that locate a stone throw away from the european continent could have create perhaps the most recognised and although not most widely speak and language in the world . everyone speak a little bit of english while whether it be simply hello or a common swear word you will find an english speaker almost everywhere . pedro galindo obviously do not agree and because trampa infernal be never subtitle for global consumption until it be release recently on budget dvd . that a real shame and because it actually a decent slasher movie that a lot good than many of it english speaking genre compatriot . the film launch in the somewhat unfamiliar territory of a pistol duel . two unidentified character be show sneak around a dilapidated complex search out one another for the inevitable final showdown . after some suspense and a couple of near miss and one of the pistoleer emerge victoriously . next we learn that they be only paintball gun and the two competitor be actually youngster from the local town . nacho and mauricio be fierce rival and mauricio be always try to prove himself to be good than his soft spoken opponent and but a of yet he hasn not succeed . later that night and whilst the victorious gunslinger celebrate his triumph with his girlfriend alejandra and his buddy charly and mauricio enters the bar and say that he have one last challenge for his glorious nemesis . he say that this will be the competition that will prove to the town once and for all who deserve the uttermost respect . nacho be at first reluctant because alejandra warn him of the peril of continual competitiveness and but he eventually succumb to the weight of peer pressure and agree while much to the distaste of his morally superior partner . they plan to head out to the remote region of filo de caballo and because recent press coverage have report that numerous people have be butcher by what local believe to be a vicious bear . mauricio propose that whoever murder the animal can be regard a the great and he also promise that it will be the last battle that he wag against his adversary . after visit the armoury to stock up on weapon and ignore the warning of the elderly store keeper and the group set out to the remoteness of the secluded woodland . hunter become hunt a they learn that the bear be actually a homicidal vietnam vet who be still unaware that the war have end and considers all human a his enemy . what start a a competitive adventure suddenly become a battle for survival a they be stalk and slaughter by the malevolent assassin . i pick up trampa whilst study in madrid from a mexican student who live in the dorm room next door to me . i remember that the copy i watch be faulty and the tape end about 10 minute before the final credit roll and which mean i never get to see the final scene . thankfully i come across the budget dvd recently on amazon and immediately add it to my collection . gallindo slasher be a surprisingly good effort that excel from it skillful direction and enthusiastic plot and which attempt to cover area not usually approach by slasher movie . it be in fact so good that it remind me on more than one occasion of the arnold schwarzenegger classic predator . this be especially evident in the scene that show the creepily mask assassin jogging through the forest and stalk the panic stricken troupe a they struggle to escape the maniac playground . despite gallindo obvious awareness of genre platitude ( the bogeyman even use a claw finger glove a la freddy kruegar ) while trampa also attempt to add something different to the standard template . whilst the majority of the runtime play by the concrete rule of the category and the final third herald a significant step in individuality a the maniac arm himself with a machine gun and entice the hero to his lair for the final showdown . from here on and the film rapidly swap genre and become almost an action film and which depend on your taste will either excite or disappoint you . the last slasher that try to crossbreed the two style be that shoddy eighty entry the majorette and which be not necessarily a good thing . a be the case with many latin film ( especially spanish flick by almodovar and amenabar ) and trampa have a subtle undercurrent of a moral to it story and which be convey successfully without be ram down the viewer throat . over indulge in the temptation of competitive masculinity and you may not always be the winner . it a sugar coat point and but it handle delicately enough not to detract from the fun of the feature . trampa may be cheesy and but it deserve to be see and recognise a one of the good late slasher . the killer look great in creepy army fatigue and white valentine style mask and the attempt at originality just about work . it may lack the gore that most sincere horror fan enjoy and but it have enough in term of suspense and creativity to warrant at least one viewing . | 1pos
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talk about a blast opening and trampa infernal have the cool opening credit ever . guide by musical tone that be perhaps slightly inspire by the legendary friday the 13th theme ( tsh tsh tsh ha ha ha ) and the name of the lead player appear on screen split up in giant syllable . promise intro of a totally obscure mexican slasher or backwoods survival thriller and it only become cooler with every minute that pass . two extremely competitive and testosterone overload paintball enemy challenge each other to the ultimate showdown in a sleazy bar . accord to a newspaper article and there a savage bear loose in the nearby wood and it already kill multiple of the hunter that try to catch it . the challenge include that whoever kill the bear will be declare the ultimate macho hero with the big set of ball . upon arrival and however and it quickly become obvious theyre not up against a bear but a bewildered and utterly maniacal war veteran with quite an arsenal of weapon in his hideout and numerous combat trick up his sleeve . after a whole decade of tame and derivative american slasher and this early 90 mexican effort look and feel very refresh and vivid . the formula be simplistic but efficient and the lead character be plausible enough and the building up towards the confrontation with the sadist killer be reasonably suspenseful . the maniac must have be a fan of freddy krueger and michael myers and a he also use a self make glove with sharp knife attach to it and a white mask to cover his face . the murder be pleasingly nasty and barbaric and which i be really hop for since the awesome aforementioned open sequence and and waste a whole lot of gratuitous blood . the forestry setting and particularly the camouflage booby trap be joyously spectacular . trampa internal be a mexican slasher or survival sleeper hit that come warmly recommend to the fan of the genre . | 1pos
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i search for this movie for year and apparently it ain not available here in the state so buy me a copy off ebay . four young hunter and three of their girlfriend venture into the wood search for a bear that apparently have kill several camper . what they find be an ex vietnam vet go crazy ( he kill some of his victim use a glove with long metal finger nail a la freddy krueger ) . as soon a the night fall and one of the girl go for a walk after a brief argument with her boyfriend and she get kill . after one of the group find her body and they all hide in their tent wait for daylight . once the sun come up and all of them try and make it out and but fall victim one by one . seven body and not a lot of gore and but a couple of good murder and especially the girl wouldeaths . the guy get kill in somewhat bloodless way ( blow up in car and shot to death and knife through head ) . overall and infernal trap be a nice slasher film from the late 80 . nothing new and just well acted and fast paced and some pretty lady . positive . | 1pos
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four macho roughn notumble guy and three sexy gal venture into a remote woodland area to hunt for a bear . the motley coed group run afoul of crazed vietnam veteran jesse ( an effectively creepy portrayal by alberto mejia baron ) and who not surprisingly doesn not take kindly to any stranger trespass on his terrain . director or co writer pedro galindo iii relate the gripping story at a steady pace and create a good deal of nerve rattle tension and and deliver a fair amount of graphic gore with the brutal murder set piece ( a nasty throat slicing and a hand be blow off with a shotgun rate a the definite gruesome splatter highlight ) . the capable cast all give solid performance and with especially praiseworthy work by pedro fernandez a the nice and humane nacho and edith gonzalez a the feisty alejandra and charly valentino a the amiable charly and and tono mauri a antagonistic jerk mauricio . good still and both yummy blonde marisol santacruz and lovely brunette adriana vega supply some tasty eye candy by wear skimpy bathing suit . antonio de anda slick and agile cinematography and the breathtaking sylvan scenery and pedro plascencia robust and shuddery and stir score and the well develop character and and the pleasingly tightn notrim 76 minute run time further enhance the overall sound quality of this bang up horror or action hybrid winner . | 1pos
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seven young people go to the forest look for a bear . soon they be all stalked and viciously murder by a crazy vietnam veteran . trampa infernal be a pretty entertaining mexican slasher that remind me a lot the zero boy . the film be fast paced and there be some good death scene like throat slash or axe in the neck . unfortunately there be not much gore and so fan of grand guignol will be disappoint . however if you be a fan of slasher movie give this rarity a look . mexican horror flick be quite obscure ( i have see only alucarda and don not panic ) and so this should be another reason to see this enjoyable slasher . my rating represent positive . highly recommended . | 1pos
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tintin be one of my favorite hero a a kid . i use to borrow the book from the school library every chance i get . my favorite one be the red sea shark so much action and humor . this documentary be a brilliant exposition of the background story of herge and his development of tintin . the film maker personal experience in interview herge and the story of his relationship with the artist who be the inspiration for the chan character be very move . a great documentary of a very talented and well loved artist . a great example of someone who have become internationally renown and and have bring joy of million of child ( and the young at heart ) all over the world . | 1pos
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imagine that i be about to miss this great cultural event on swedish tv last night and and it be only because my girlfriend insist on keep the tv on ( to make it easy for her to fall asleep . ) that i come across it ( yes i have see an advert for it previously but of course forget about it and look forward to an early night . ) . anyway this must surely be a rather unusual idea to base a film documentary on an interview make with sound only more than 30 year ago . but with animated and other documentary film material it add up to a really good and insightful portrait of one of the 20th century most appreciated literary artist george remy a. k. a hergé . i for sure will read my tintin album with a different eye after have see this film and which make it easy to connect the variation in style as well a content with the different period in hergé life ( and i can tell you that i will a. s. a. p get the few that i do not have ) . of course my perception of the album have change over the more than 25 year that i have already be read them and as have my view about what album be my favourite and but this add ( at least ) one more dimension to them . | 1pos
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tintin and i first of all struck me a a masterpiece documentary . the photography and the editing be truly breath taking ( almost anti dogma ) . we follow the life of tintin drawer hergé through an open hearted interview from 1971. the tintin series be draw on the background of the great ideological fight of the twentieth century . in the midst of these hergé have his own demon to fight with and and much of his drawing activity seem like an attempt to tame these and to escape into a world of perfection . even though there be spectacular photographic panorama of drawing from tintin album and also some reconstruction and reading of passage from the album and the story of hergé be tell entirely through interview and archive material and and never through reconstruction . hergé live the turbulent life of a true and suffering artist . but the fantastic world that come of his imagination will continue to amaze reader again and again . | 1pos
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if you a i have a very close and long relationship with the world of tintin . do yourself a favor and watch this beautiful documentary about hergé and his life create tintin . it so brilliant and a very cool production . the whole background story about hergé and the people and also very much the many different situation he be influence by and for good and bad be amazing . there be a very fine and obvious connection between the comic book and just this . i will for sure be in my basement dig up the tintin album again . also and the movie itself be very well tell and have a great ambient sound to it . i really do hope people will find this as intriguing a i do . | 1pos
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this be a brilliant documentary that follow the life of herge and his create tintin . it base around a series of interview conduct in 1971 and and cover every thing from his early life and nazi collaboration to the final moment of his life . brilliantly edit and very cinematic and fast pace enough to not get bore . this film will give you a new appreciation for the work of herge . the film maker make the film more than just another documentary . use the late state of the art technology and for a change put it to good use . recently more and more documentary have be make it to cinemas . but this one a to be amongst the best . | 1pos
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some thirty year ago and author numa sadoul publish a book length interview with the belgian comic book artist george remi ( good know a herge and the creator of tintin ) . this movie catch up with sadoul today a he recall the interview and while we listen to the cassette ( herge die in 1983 ) and see some old photo and footage of the man himself . some part of the interview be not publish in the book at the request of herge and and we now know these dealt with his separation from his wife and after he have an affair with one of his collaborator ( who year later would become his second wife ) . an interesting thing the movie do not address well be the shift in the tintin book from the early rightist and imperialist book ( tintin in the congo and tintin in the land of the soviet ) to fairly anti imperialist book just a few year later ( the blue lotus ) . on the whole and i come out of this movie know a few more thing about herge and see him a a bit more unlikable than when i come in to the theater . | 1pos
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tintin and i recently air a an episode of pbs p. o. v. series . it base on a tap interview of george remi a. k. a. herge and tintin creator and from 1971 in which in discusses his various experience publish his popular character and first in a catholic newspaper and then in his own series of comic book . awesome sweeping view of various comic page and surreal image of herge dream . i first encounter tintin in the page of child digest at my local elementary school library read the secret of the unicorn . my mom later get a subscription to cd and i read the entire red rackham treasure every month in 1978. i remember see some tintin comic book in a local book store after that but for some reason i do not get any probably because i be 12 and i think i be outgrow them . i do have break free and a book write and draw by j. daniel and publish in 1989 and six year after herge death . haven not read it yet . this film also cover the artist personal life a when he leave his first wife after his affair with a colorist in his employ ( whom he later marry ) . her name be fanny and she be interview here . if you love tintin and his creator and this film be definitely worth a look . update represent 9/4/07 i have now read break free . tintin and the captain be the only regular character that appear here and they be tailor to the anti capitalist view of mr. daniel with tintin portray a a rabble rouser with a chip on his shoulder who nevertheless care for the captain who he stay with . the captain here be just try to make end meet with a wife and daughter that he love dearly . they and other construction worker vow to strike after a fellow employee dy from a faulty equipment accident . the whole thing take place in england with work class cockney accent intact . not the kind of thing herge would approve of but an interesting read nonetheless . oh and yes and dog snowy only appear in the top left corner of the cover ( which have tintin run over the police . ) and the dedication page . | 1pos
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this be a excellent start to the film career of mickey rooney . his talent here show that a long career be ahead for him . the car and truck chase be excite for the 1937 era . this start of the andy hardy series be an american treasure in my book . spring byington performance be excellent a usual . please mr rooney or owner of the film right and take a chance and get this produce on dvd . i think it would be a winner . | 1pos
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a family affair take u back to a less complicated time in america . it sober to see how different everything be back then . it be a more innocent era in our country and we watch a functional family deal in thing together . the film also mark the beginning of the series feature the hardy family . the film and direct by george seitz and be base on a successful play . judge james hardy and and his wife emmily and be face a domestic crisis that must be deal with . married daughter joan come home after she have commit a social blunder and her husband hold her responsible . at the same time and another daughter and marion and bring home a beau and who be clear will clash with her father . the happy teen ager andy and seem to be the only one without a problem until his mother make him escort polly to the dance and something he be reluctant to do . needless to say and judge hardy will prove why he know best a he put a plan into action to get everyone together again . after all and he be a man that understand and not only the law and but how to deal with those outside force that threaten his standing in the community and what will make his family happy . lionel barrymore play judge hardy with conviction . he be the glue that hold everything together . spring byington be see a emily and the mother . mickey rooney have a small part in this film and but he be a always and fun to watch . cecilia parker and julie haydon appear a the daughter and marion and joan . sara hayden and margaret marquis be also feature in the film a aunt milly and polly and the girl that surprise andy with her beauty . a family affair be a good way to observe our past through the positive image paint of an american family . | 1pos
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jane austen emma be an extremely enjoyable story at the bad of time and this production of the story be the best i have ever see . kake beckinsale emma be irreproachable . gwyneth paltrow and ( with the help of a good screenplay and excellent cinematography ) be able to bring out the comedy effectively and she fail to make emma likeable . paltrow be not aid by the fact that her hairstyle be simply wrong for the part ( and i believe the era ) and she look positively ill in the empire line dress . kate beckinsale and on the other hand and manage the comedy effortlessly and be still able to show what mr knightly ( the most romantic of jane austen hero ) actually see in her . mark strong be a splendid mr knightly with the right mix of handsome look and an appropriate age and chivalry and compassion and gentlemanly behaviour . emma and mr knightly be support by a cast of good actor and the production a a whole be quite delightful . | 1pos
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this be a good adaptation of the book than the one with paltrow ( although i like that one and too ) . it isn not so much that beckinsale be well they be both very good but that the screenplay be well . davy be a master at adapt austen for filming and and the production value here be very good . it not quite as glossy a the hollywood treatment and but it close and and i think that the location and the costume actually work well . | 1pos
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kate beckinsale be excellent a the manipulative and yet irresistibly charm emma in this tv adaptation of jane austen´s novel . when i read that novel i be sometimes quite doubtful whether the protagonist really deserve to be consider the heroine of the story represent for honestly and she be so terribly self righteous and scheme that one be tempt to dislike her seriously . kate beckinsale´s interpretation and however and save emma from herself so to speak represent she be portray with all the innocence and generosity of her character in full view and and one can not help but give in and like ( not to say love ) her in spite of her less amiable quality . kate beckinsale be the main and but not the only and reason why this tv series be so delightful while raymond coulthard be perfect a mr. frank churchill and express this character´s personal magnetism to the full ( which be all the more conspicuous because of this role be not very well handle by ewan mcgregor in the 1996 screen adaptation of emma ) and and mark strong and samantha morton and bernard hepton and and olivia williams be all a they should be in their respective role . this production be and in short and a great achievement and one to view many time with increase pleasure . | 1pos
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of the spate of austen film from the 1990s and this be my favorite and more even than persuasion and which be the one that convert me to austeniana . before see this emma i have see two previous version and but in one emma seem all wrong and more like lady teazle and and in the other she seem half wrong and like a possible impostor and whereas here she seem just right and young and silly and stubborn . in general i think the attitude and the atmosphere of the production convey the charm of the novel exceedingly well while indeed it be one of the sweet and merry thing i have ever see and rather in the nature of a christmas treat . the script be unusually well form and and the adapter addition and like the shaft of light that reveal harriet to emma in church and be all in keep . mark strong a knightley be not what i would have expect and but i enjoy him very much represent he strongly bring out the plain spoken and practical side of the character and in contrast with emma affectation and and his choleric outburst against frank churchill be quite funny . bernard hepton make mr. woodhouse a figure of almost carrollian absurdity while samantha morton a emma protégé be exactly a soft and exactly as firm a she ought to be . and a in the same producer pride and prejudice and care be take that the eventual coupling of character can be believe uniquely in some case . for me this production be and remain a delight . | 1pos
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i have see this movie after watch paltrow version . i have find that one a very good one and and i think this would not be as good . but i be wrong represent british version be far good and enjoyable . i find jeremy northam more agreeable than mark strong and but i can say that strong catch much well austen knightley . anyway and both version be good and but anyone that love austen book and should watch this movie . i agree with caalling represent andrew davy change a few thing and but still remain faithful to the original . positive my 2 cent . | 1pos
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this have long be one of my favourite adaptation of an austen novel . although it be definitely not in the same category a the spectacular pride and prejudice and emma be a lush and relatively faithful tv version of austen novel especially consider it short length . the big change between the novel and the movie be a good one and a the unnecessary snobbishness that austen exhibit at the end of the story be remove here and replace with someone much more akin to emma character in the rest of the book . i think the character choose to portray the role be well pick . kate beckinsale walk the fine line between girlishness and the social snob with a grace completely lose in gwyneth paltrow 96 version . samantha morton wispy blonde lock suit her attitude and character a the simper that accompany her role in previous characterisation be replace with the harriet we know from the book . mister knightly role be carry out extremely well in my opinion while both the seriousness and the gentle compassion that the hero be paint with in the novel be present here in this much neglect and sumptuous film . | 1pos
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i have really enjoy this adaptation of emma . i have see it many time and be always look forward to see it again . though it only last 107 minute and most of the novel plot and sub plot be develop in a satisfactory way . all the character be well portray . most of the dialogue come directly from the novel with no silly joke add a in emma thompson sense and sensibility . a a foreigner and i particularly appreciate the perfect diction of the actor . the setting and costume be beautiful . i find this version quite on a par with the 1995 miniseries pride and prejudice but then the producer and screenwriter be the same . kate beckinsale do a really good job portray emma of whom jane austen say she would create a heroin no one but her would love . she be snobbish but have just enough youth and inexperience to be still likable . mark strong be also very good at portray mr knightley and not an easy part and i think and though he have not the charisma show by colin firth mr darcy in pride and prejudice . even the end scene ( the harvest festival ) which do not happen in the novel provide a fitting end except for when it show emma be cold and almost unpleasant with frank churchill whereas in the novel she be thoroughly reconcile with him and even tell him that she would have enjoy the duplicity and have she be in his situation . a strange departure from the faithfulness otherwise show throughout the film . i find the costume more beautiful and elaborate than in other adaptation from jane austen novel . | 1pos
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it have take me a while to watch this version a unfortunately i do not seem to be able to rent it in the video store and only the other version but i fell in love with it . i be always borderline with the other emma . gwenneth and toni collette and a they be not british naturally have to put on the accent and and well to me it doesn not seem natural . it seem put on . sorry but do not think toni and gwenneth do a brilliant job there . i could not warm to any of the character and but this version be more heart warm and more the type of person i imagine emma to be . it be definitely the version i will come back to from now on . i be disappoint that mr knightley be not well look and but he be convince . i also like jane fairfax well ( play by olivia williams ) . i never warm to her in the movie version and but she be well portray in this version . come to think of it and ( besides mr knightley ) all character be well play and and a lot less over the top . unfortunately both come out around same time and the paltrow version get more publicity . pity . i also love the new scene at the end . well do to kate beckingsale . therefore and if you be a jane austen fan and do not forget to watch this one . | 1pos
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kate beckinsale steal the show . bravo . too bad knightly inst as good look a jeremy northam . mark strong do a fabulous job . bernard hepton be perfect a emmas father . i love the end scene ( which be an addition to the novel but well write ) when the harvest be in and knightly dines with his worker and high society friend . emma must show that she accept this now . she be a changed woman . that be too much too quick and but ok. i will buy into it . samantha bond play emma ex governess and confidant . she be wonderful . just a i would have imagine her . i believe that when the uk do a jane austen it the best . american version of english literature be do for money and not for quality . see this one . | 1pos
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old jane mannered tale seem very popular these day . i have lose count of the number of version go around . probably the reason be that her rut be our rut even at this late date . this tv mini series give it a mannered telling suitable to the novel . headstrong and opinionated emma be a pretty modern girl when you think about it and even though the ambience of jane austen world may seem a tad artificial to u today . if you haven not seem emma and i will only say that self sufficient emma do get her comeuppance . it worth watch to find out how . the acting honour here go to the lady represent kate and prunella and lucy and samantha . they could almost have have a psychic connection to old jane . | 1pos
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until the 1990s there have never be a film base upon jane austen emma . then two come along in the same year and 1996. or and if you count 1995 clueless and which update austen plot to a modern american high school and three in two year . the main character be emma woodhouse and a young lady from a well to do family in regency england . she be and financially and considerably good off than most austen heroine such a elizabeth bennett or fanny price and and have no need to find herself a wealthy husband . instead and her main preoccupation seem to be find husband for her friend . she persuade her friend harriet to turn down a proposal of marriage from a young farmer and robert martin and believing that harriet should be set her sight on the ambitious clergyman mr elton . this scheme go disastrously wrong and however and a elton have no interest in harriet and but have fall in love with emma herself . the speed with which emma reject his proposal make one wonder just why she be so keen to match her friend with a man she regard ( with good reason ) a an unsuitable marriage partner for herself . this be a jane austen plot and emma turn out to be less of a committed spinster than she seem and and she too find herself fall in love and lead to further complication . today in 2008 kate beckinsale be a hollywood star and but in 1996 and despite be only a year younger and be not nearly as well know internationally a gwyneth paltrow . she be and however and just as convincing a austen well intentioned but often wrong head heroine . beckinsale seem to have a gift for classical role she make a delightful hero in kenneth branagh version of much ado about nothing and i sometimes find myself wish that hollywood could have find more suitable role for her rather than waste her in turkey like pearl harbor or underworld . i preferred jeremy northam to mark strong a emma love interest mr knightley and largely because he come closer to my own conception of the character a a gentlemanly and chivalrous old man and in some way more of a father figure to emma than a lover . ( his surname be probably mean to indicate his gentlemanly nature nineteenth century gentleman like to think of themselves a the modern equivalent of mediaeval knight with their elaborate code of chivalry ) . strong tends to downplay the question of the age difference ( he be 37 and she 21 ) and make knightley more of a passionate lover and less of a wise mentor than do northam . samantha morton ( another actress who would go on to big thing ) be perhaps closer to the harriet of the novel than be toni collette . this be the more small scale of the two version and be make for television rather than the cinema and and the set and costume seem less lavish and there be few big name among the cast . costume drama and however and be generally something that british television do well and and this version can certainly hold it own with the cinema version while both be entertain and well make version of austen novel . positive . | 1pos
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