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300 (2006)
10/10
Visually Impressive, but nationalistic?
17 March 2007
I loved this movie 300, i found it visually impressive. At first i was confused to why the Persians and Spartans looked so exaggerated, i then realized that it was for artistic interpretation of characters, many need to remember that this is based off of a graphic novel so to give it an effect all the characters look comic bookish (example sin city) once I came to this conclusion i was very satisfied. I don't think the Persians were portrayed in the right light though i some what doubt that the Persians would brutalize women and children. In fact ancient Persia was the most tolerant and peaceful of all the empires at one time, a very civilized people. But what people forget is that that in this movie The Persians came to conquer Sparta and Greece, and the Spartans had always been militaristic and tough. Once again the Persians came to conquer, so naturally they defend their lands like any people even today would do despite the best intentions of the opponent. So really i feel this movie suffered only minor inaccuracies and even they were few. And another thing, the reason why the Persians may look so tall is because the Greeks were not very tall, and this film is coming from a Greek soldiers point of view, hence all the monstrous looks to some characters, to an ancient Greek I'm sure a six foot man would obviously appear to be a giant (Artisitic Interpretion).

My problem with this film is that the Spartans sound just like those over patriotic television commercials we see here in America "freedom isn't free" was the impression i got this film and i felt very disturbed of the possible intentions of this film, maybe it was just a coincidence.
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Sharks 3D (2004)
1/10
Blahhhh
23 June 2005
This film is really meant for kids i think. A talking turtle? That did not work for me, the voice acting was relatively bad.But some of the movie scenes make up for the bad voice acting. for instance with the schools of fish that was amazing because it felt like your were swimming with them. The director seemed like he wanted to focus on what would look cool in 3d, like the 5 minute fillers of sea lions just swimming. The writing was bad too. The turtles jokes were just plain stupid. I certainly did not feel what this film intended...to be enlightened about sharks. It was just plain and dull like any other 3-d and or IMAX movie. I think if IMAX is to become a big thing in the future it should make better movies.
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The Beyond (1981)
6/10
Smells Like The City Of the Living Dead
13 March 2005
Yea this movie was alright..it as too much like city of the living dead. There was plenty of gore. The voice overs got on my nerves. Th acting is okay..but not that great. The title could have been more catchy than "The Beyond". This film was very similar to another Lucio Fulci film "The City Of the Living Dead", but this film is more in depth than that one. Mostley due to that fact that the main character ends up in hell so you see what it is like down there.I do recommend buying this movie if you collect zombie films it is worth a buy.Overall i give this movie **1/2/****. I recommend this movie just to hardcore Lucio fulci fans and them only because they will be the one that will enjoy this film.
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Alien (1979)
10/10
Gothic Horror at its Best!
12 March 2005
I love this movie. It is very original, just the right amount of gore,the viewer doesn't really get a good look at the alien until the end. I love the classic chest popping scene..brilliant. Ridley Scott's original masterpiece. This film should be viewed by all it didn't scare me at all but its fun. Defiainatly Gothic horror, the dark cold moist atmosphere really is what makes this movie scary. I highly recommend this film to all. Blade Runner is another good film by Ridley Scott it also has the same atmosphere as this film. Very good movie! See this film!! Although if your not into these kind of movies stay away from it because it might scare you or just gross you out.
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Zombie (1979)
6/10
This Film is not that Great
12 March 2005
This movie is far too overrated to be considered the goriest film of all time. Personally I think Dead Alive is much more gorier(all though i haven't seen it). It is actually quite boring. Even The Zombie battle Finale was boring. The acting is mediocre not the best. Burial Ground Defintly Kicks this Italian Zombie Film in the nuts! This film is not all bad considering the budget that Lucio Fulci had to work in,the zombies are excellent!Much better looking than the zombies in Dawn Of The Dead( my favorite zombie film of all time). This is defiantly worth a watch or even a buy if you are into collecting zombie movies.I highly recommend this movie to everyone.
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6/10
Wasn't as bad as i heard or made out to be!
25 February 2005
Pretty funny and campy...Sure there is some nudity..but you know not a lot. Although that "12" year old(30 year old dwarf) was so obvious that he was not 12. Sppf Trying to make his voice all pre-pubescent. Some zombies looked bad others pretty good. The dubbing sucks-but that makes it funny. Overall a typical zombie flick not to good but not to great! I like that infamous scene it was good. This movie is no block buster or dawn of the dead but its alright. If your into these movies I highly recommend buying this i got it for fourteen bucks online.., definitely worth a buy if you collect zombie flicks.
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1/10
trash
17 October 2004
Well this movie is a disgusting piece of garbage. All throughout the movie I wanted to kill that preverted Dawrf. Joel M. Reeds brain must be glue because this film had no budget

and horribal special effects. I was offended by the torture scenes

because it was naked women being slapped around by some Dawrf(disturbing). The only cool part about this movie was the brain sucking scene....and

even that was really fake overall this movie is awful its depressing to think where this film might have taken Joel Reed. This film should only be viewed by people that like trash films like me....overall */****.
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