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Wings
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"The All Movie Guide review must not be about the same version of Wings that I seen. Roders and Arlen are in love with the same woman but not Mary played by Clara Bow but rather Sylvia who is played by Jobyna Ralston and her role is very small comared to that of Clara Bow. The movie has it's slow moments and the drinking scenes in Paris are somewhat boring and unbelievable. Overall the movie is very good. The war scenes are the best feature of the movie. " [More]
La Roue
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"An excellent story line ruined by too much fleshing out of the plot. About 2 hours would have covered the story very well. The acting is typical of many silent movies i.e. overacting to show an emotion or action. The scences covering the druken brawls and the rescue work after the trains wreck are just two examples of why the movie is much longer than it should be to hold your interest. Maybe this is called being artistic! " [More]
Shoulder Arms
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"Charlie Chaplin has made some great movies,Modern Times, The Great dictator, Gold Rush but this is not one of them. It is a typical Chaplin movie and if you enjoy sight-gags without much of a plot then this is your cup of tea. It was daring at its' time of release, WWI was not quite finished at the time. The movie was reported to be very successful at that time. Poor by today's standards. " [More]
Communist Propaganda
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"Voted by some experts as one of the top ten silent movies but I wasn't in on the voting. The movie is pure communist propaganda. It does however give one a good idea of how communisn in Russia was carried out. It is a good picture of life among the farmers in Russia at that time(1930). Scenes of fallen fruit lasting 30-40 seconds may be art but it is not my idea of a good movie. The acting is similar to that found in United States movies made 10 to 20 years earlier. " [More]
Epic Western
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"Mark Deming's review sums up this movie very well except that it was a two fingered white man who led a group of indians that killed David Brandon and later became the richest land owner in Cheyenne country. Peter Jesson did try to kill Davy while they were exploring for a short cut through the mountains that Davy's father had shown him early in the movie. Of course Petter Jesson was hired by the two fingered white land owner to prevent finding a short cut around land that He owned. " [More]
Epic Western
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"Mark Deming's review sums up this movie very well except that it was a two fingered white man who led a group of indians that killed David Brandon and later became the richest land owner in Cheyenne country. Peter Jesson did try to kill Davy while they were exploring for a short cut through the mountains that Davy's father had shown him early in the movie. Of course Petter Jesson was hired by the two fingered white land owner to prevent finding a short cut around land that He owned. " [More]
Volver
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"Apparently Mark Deming, All Movie Guide and I viewed different versions of the film Volver. The version that I seen did not contain any ghosts but what appeared to be a ghost until all was cleared up about the "death" of Raimunda's mother in the last third of the movie. I thought the movie, the plot and the acting were very good. " [More]
Mr. Wu
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"A very well done movie for it's time. It is reported to have done very well at the box office when it was released. The version that I seen was not exactly like that reported by Hal Erickson. Basil did not see Mr. Wu planning to torture Basil's mother and sister. In fact, Mr. Wu did not plan to torture the women. Mr. Wu gives the mother a choice as to wether Basil or his sister should die. The mother does kill Mr. Wu saving Basil and his sister after a ghostly Nang Ping appears before her dying father and the dying father relents in his plan of revenge. The picture quality of the version that I seen was excellent. I don't know wether it had been a restored copy of the original. " [More]
The Departed
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"One of the best movies that I have seen recently. Very exciting, well acted and scripted. The only thing I found disapointing is that the wrong characters ended up as the departed. I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen by naming who I was routhing for to be the victors. An excellent cast and director. Definetly an Oscar Winner! Don't miss it! " [More]
Marie Antoinette
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"A very lavish production, great scenery, beautiful sets and costumes and yet very boring. It completely fails to contrast the the different way of living of the average Frenchmen and the nobility. After all, this is what brougnt about the French Revolution. Don'y waste your time on this one as I did hoping it would get better as the movie progressed! " [More]
Busher
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"A simple plot typical of the movies of that day. The acting in most parts is over acting typical of movies of that time. Charles Ray was at his peak in his acting career at that time but relgated to playing a simple country boy, a role in which he was generally cast. Interesting but not one of the better movies of that time.Keep in mind this is a very early silent movie! " [More]
Bummer
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"I sure wasted my money in buying this one. As a stage play it could have been sucessful. In a movie one expects more detailed sets and action then found in this DVD. The plot is good as is the acting but one is left with a empty feeling about the whole movie as it is presented on the DVD. I can't believe one would pay to see this at a theatre. " [More]