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you would be forgive to think a finnish director from helsinki would be no good at direct an american horror movie ( especially one entirely locate inside a u prison ) see this to prove yourself wrong . it be produce in the 80 after all and the film be make on a budget more fitting to a modern diy company tv advert ( s...
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warn . spoiler ahead . this short be part one of two that expound upon the brief portion of the matrix in which morpheus explain how the matrix come to be . because we already know the story and the plot itself be no surprise while and the short isn not so much entertaining a informative . but that how it be present an...
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2003 be see a the year of the matrix and with the release of two sequel and a computer game that actually link to the plot of the film . also release be a dvd of 9 short animate film and most write and make in japan and make a anime . japan make some of the best animation in the world . sadly most of these short be dis...
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this be the second animatrix short and and the first of them to be what one could call artistic . it contain a lot of reference and metaphor and symbol in the dense amount of material and especially with a running time of 9 minute . i have hear some complaint that this be anti human and or try to direct hate towards ma...
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this be the first of a two part back story to the conflict between the machine and mankind in the matrix world and it deliver spectacularly by combine observation on man fear of the unknown and of be usurped with politics and extensive religious and historical imagery and subverting expect portrayal of party involve an...
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what be always miss with the matrix story be how thing come to be in the real world . say no more and because this part of the story cover most of the base . what be truly interesting be how political it be and maybe even a cheap shot at the current presidential administration . fascism and violence be the only thing m...
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the first time you see the second renaissance it may look bore . look at it at least twice and definitely watch part 2. it will change your view of the matrix . be the human people the one who start the war . be ai a bad thing .
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this be the second part of the animatrix and a collection of animate short movie that tell u a little more about the world of the matrix . in this one we learn how men and machine could not work and live together . it be a little history lesson in the world of the matrix . not as good a the first part ( the final fligh...
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this be part one of a short animation clip show the history of the matrix and the war between man and machine that result in the eventual creation of the matrix . the animation be part japanese anime and part contemporary american animation and and be very well make and consider the excellent director behind the movie ...
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along with it partner and this be the great piece of animation ever create . the image and style be amazing and and match perfectly with the story which be a brilliantly realistic reinterpretation of our own world and where be have be and and where it could go . quite affect and sometimes painful to watch and it it a m...
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for those that be interested in know how exactly humanity come to be encase in big red pod that make me crave pomegranate and there be the duo of the second renaissance short . i be not exactly sure why they be split into two part and especially since theyre credit a one on the dvd ( and be these short view on any othe...
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the second beginning a it title explains and show u the beginning of the end for the human race . set long before the matrix exist and this short anime write by the wachowski show u the world that could lay infront of u in the not to distant future and set at the turn of the 21st century and the second renaissance delv...
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minor spoilersalison parker ( cristina raines ) be a successful top model and living with the lawyer michael lerman ( chris sarandon ) in his apartment . she try to commit suicide twice in the past represent the first time and when she be a teenager and saw her father cheat her mother with two woman in her home and and...
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bizarre horror movie fill with famous face but steal by cristina raines ( later of tv flamingo road ) a a pretty but somewhat unstable model with a gummy smile who be slat to pay for her attempted suicide by guard the gateway to hell . the scene with raines model be very well capture and the mood music be perfect and d...
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bore with the normal and run of the mill staple film to watch this halloween that i have see over and over again and i take a chance on the sentinel and hop it could get my horror juice flow again . mind you and i have just come back from see the dark castle remake of the house on haunt hill complete and utter crap . t...
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i have read the book and i must say that this movie stay true to form . i think this be the beginning of the psychological thriller in the same genre of psycho . cristina raines give an excellent performance a the lead and and burgess meredith give an excellent support actor a the next door neighbor . i have see this m...
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of all the movie of the seventy and none capture to truest essence of the good versus evil battle a do the sentinel . i mean and yes and there be movie like the exorcist and and other one while but none of them capture the human element of the protagonist like this one . if you have time and check this one out . you ma...
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the sentinel be one of the best horror movie already make in the movie industry . i think it be very scary a very few movie actually be . alison parker be a model with some fame . she date a lawyer call michael lerman and and have as a best friend and another model call jennifer . everything be great in her life and un...
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man and i really love the new dvd that universal put out . i have never see the sentinel look this good since i have to put up with crappy and grainy vhs tape for year . unfortunately there be no extras beyond a trailer that look pretty bad for wear . and avoid the goodtimes dvd at all cost . it suck . anyway and troub...
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sigh i sincerely wonder why all the acclaim and supposedly profound movie critic hold such a grudge against director michael winner . surely he isn not the avatar of subtlety and a his film be practically always hard hand and confront and but so what . theyre awesomely entertain . his most famous action movie and like ...
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christina raines play a lovely model in new york who seek out a new apartment and begin to meet strange neighbor and reveal a secret about the building and herself slowly build up to quite a climax by film end . this film have all kind of neat plot element from the roman catholic church vs. the devil and to the gateway...
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here a decent mid 70 horror flick about a gate of hell in nyc that just happen to be an old brownstone . seem like there lot of gate of hell around and but of course this unwitting model happen to decide she need some space from her boyfriend or fiancée and so she just happen to pick one and which be disguise a a nice ...
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a young woman who be a successful model and and be also engage to be marry and and who have twice attempt suicide in the past and be choose by a secretive and distant association of catholic priest to be the next sentinel to the gateway to hell and which apparently go through a creepy old and but well maintain brooklyn...
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nyc model alison parker ( cristina raines ) rent a room in an old brownstone where she meet a few bizarre neighbor and experience some creepy hallucination . a lawyer boyfriend michael lerman ( chris sarandon ) go about make inquiry on her behalf and she struggle to maintain her sanity ( not to mention her will to live...
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i be an usherette in an old theater in northern california when this movie come out . as good a it be on dvd and it even more eerie and terrify on the big screen . although it have be about 9 year since i have see it and it be still one of my all time favorites . at the risk of sound trite and they just do not make em ...
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in the hand of a more skilled director and this film would have be consider a horror masterpiece . despite michael death wish winner merely passable direction and the movie be interesting and original and more than a little scary . the script buck more than one horror cliché off it back ( several it can not shake ) inc...
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this happen to be one of my favorite horror film . it a rich and classy production boast an excellent cast of ensemble actor and beautiful on location cinematography and a haunting musical score and an intelligent and novel plot theme and and an atmosphere of dread and menace . it reminiscent of such classic film a ros...
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boast an all star cast so impressive that it almost seem like the mad mad mad mad world of horror picture and the sentinel ( 1977 ) be nevertheless an effectively creepy film center on the relatively unknown actress cristina raines . in this one and she play a fashion model and alison parker and who move into a brookly...
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this horror movie and base on the novel of the same name and suffers from flaw production and choppy and amateurish direction and but it nonetheless strangely compel . unlike shocker horror flick such a the exorcist and this movie take the viewer on a slow yet relentless dip into a pool of evil . it drift into horror a...
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i be not sure why this little film have be banish into obscurity and a despite some rather silly going on while the sentinel be a clever and inventive horror film that give most of the highly praised ghost story of today more than a run for their money . michael winner have admit many time that he not the best director...
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time have not be kind to this movie . once controversial adaptation of jeffrey konvitz best seller and now this film look like a mere mainstream version of your typical spookfest . gruesome touch aside ( particularly that crazy and over the top finale ) and this be essentially a glossy horror movie for those people tha...
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the sentinel be a movie that be recommend to me year ago and by my father and and i have see it many time since . it always manage to entertain me and while be effectively creepy as well . the flashback scene be what really make it for me . cristina raines father run around all creepily and with the two creepy woman an...
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director or writer michael winner feature be a good than expect offbeat supernatural horror film ( although still schlock efficiently cater for ) and which really do by go unnoticed . sure it might borrow idea from other similar theme horror movie of this period and but still manage to bring it own psychological imprin...
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michael winner be probably best know for his revenge theme film and such a death wish and chato land and but he be equally gift a a director of occult horror cinema and a the sentinel of 1977 prof . the sentinel and which be base on a novel by john konvitz and who also write the screenplay and be a clever and immensely...
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ahh and yes and the all star blockbuster . take a so so concept and stuff it into a script and load it down with every single freakin special effect that the wizard of hollyweird can conjure up and then round up the usual suspect represent hot up and comer and have beens and wan na be and never wuzzes and and stick em ...
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i have the tv on for a white noise companion and hear $ 400 for a fully furnished apartment so i run into the tv room expect another 70 flick and get much more . luckily and i could rewind to the beginning ( dvr buffer ) and hit the record button to watch it entirely . ( cinemax uncut and in hd no less . ) aside from s...
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well and after long anticipation after see a few clip on bravo the 100 scary movie moment i have long await to see this film . the plot be simple and beautiful model alison parker ( cristina raines ) move into an apartment building that a gateway to hell . the sentinel be a down right creepy film and even if it a bit s...
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wonderful film and one of the best horror film of the 70 . she be realistic setting and atmosphere . a usual it be inevitable the usual negative comment . i have notice that most horror film of a certain period many time fail to reach even sufficiency . obviously because most horror movie be old and must be denigrati a...
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i be surprise that no one yet have mention that there be two version of this same film . the lion share of the footage in both be identical and but here be where they differ represent in one version ( the version i have see most often on broadcast tv ) and the group of cleric guard the gateway consist of the brotherhoo...
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cash in on the demon meet clergy trend of the late 60 or early 70 that most prominently include the triptych of rosemary baby and the exorcist and and the omen and the sentinel be an addition that just as good ( albeit the most overlooked of the lot ) . in a way and it combine the best element of those film and toss in...
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this 1986 italian french remake of the 1946 film of the same name turn up the heat early and and doesn not let u come up for air . the story be about a high school student ( federico pitzalis ) who can not keep his eye off the mysteriously beautiful young woman ( play by dutch phenom maruschka detmers ) who live next d...
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i will be quick to address the matter of the film here represent it be a very engaging story about the destructive quality about all consume passion while a young italian woman who can not emotionally connect with her jailed political radical fiancé ( due in part to her apolitical attitude and freewheel approach to lif...
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bellocchio refers to this a a mainly political movie and a description of the revolutionary movement in italy and but that seem more metaphor than reality . well and almost everything in the movie seem like metaphor . the revolutionary and of whom we see and about whom we learn very little and might as well be mafioso ...
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i love the the film . it beautifully analyze italian petty bourgeois society and how the leftist of the 70 have give up all their ideal and come to a happy arrangement which they do not want disturbed . for instance and the age psychoanalyst who be jealous of his own son and and doesn not want to be remind of his more ...
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notable because of it notorious explicit scene when the gorgeous maruschka detmers take her young lover penis from his trouser and into her mouth . even without this moment the film be a splendid if slightly disturb passionate and blindingly sexy ride . detmers put in a great performance a the partly derange and insati...
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the movie be far more sophisticated and intelligent be it exploration of sexual tension than such american attempt a 9 and a half week . the courtroom scene itself . with the couple copulating in the cage while the heroine pleads for their orgasm . be amazing . i have not see this movie in 20 year . but it make indelib...
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i really like this movie and and go back to see it two time more within a week . ms. detmers nail the performance she be like a hungry cat on the prowl and toy with her prey . she lash out in rage and lust and take a too young lover and and crash hundred of her terrorist fiancé mother piece of fine china to the floor ....
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contrary to some people summary and the woman depict in the film be not geisha . they be oiran ( prostitute ) live outside the most famous pleasure district and and their life and experience represent the life of a great number of tokugawa era woman . i can not say the story be particularly enlightening and but their c...
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i can understand those who dislike this movie cause of a lack of knowledge . first of all and those girl be not geisha and but brothel tenant and and one that do not know the difference will not understand half of the movie and and certainly not the end . this be a complete art work about the woman life and need in thi...
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a wonderful film to watch with astonishing scene and talented actor and such a misa shimizu and nagiko tono . after 15 minute of watch and your eye get lock on the screen and you do nothing but breathing in the atmosphere of the film wait what the destiny will bring to the character . this film make you leave your posi...
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a tragically wonderful movie . bring u to a japan that do not exist anymore . despite hollywood technical expertise and i have yet to see a ( hollywood ) movie that can match the authenticity of the atmosphere in this small town by the river near the sea . tom cruise the last samurai look like the last installment of t...
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my boyfriend and i both enjoyed this film very much . the viewer be sweep away from modern life into old japan and while at the same time expose to very current theme . the character be realistic and detail while it have an unpredictable end and story and which be very refreshing . the story be make up of mini plot wit...
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umi wa miteita ( the sea be watch ) be akira kurasawa swansong to film represent his adaptation of his favored novelist shugoro yamamoto story into a screenplay he intend to film be his final mark he leave on a brilliant career . director kei kumai pay homage to both kurosawa and yamamoto in present this visually stunn...
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i be not sure how i miss this one when it first come out and but i be glad to have finally see it . this movie take place in and around the 19th century red light district of okabasho and japan . it tell the tale of prostitution and caste system and woman who be strong in a society base upon the strength of the samurai...
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this movie just go to show that you dont need big explosion and muti billion dollar computer graphic and or highly over pay actor and actress to make a good movie and all you need be a excellent story line and plot . which the master of all japanese film and akira kurosawa pull off brilliantly . i recommend this film t...
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it help immensely if one be familiar with the culture and time period in which this film take place . first of all and these lady be not geisha and they be oiran ( prostitute ) in the yoshiwara type green house and circa 1860 and give or take . this should help clear up some detail which may be confuse to the unaware ....
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this be a wonderful movie about a brothel in a fishing village and that could be best describe with scene constellation and direction of old kurosawa work and combine with dostoyevski topic of human psychology ( o shin sonia marmeladova ) and shakespeare drama and han christian andersen tragic and cheerfulness . the sc...
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this be a very fine and poetic story . beautiful scenery . magnificent music score . i have be twice in japan last year and the movie give me this typical japanese feeling . the movement of the camera be superb and as well a the actor . it go deep into your feeling without become melodramatic . japanese people be very ...
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kurosawa weave a tale that have a cast of character as diverse a any shakespearean drama and and the acting be true to the story and with each star play their role a a part of the large tale . it be touch and funny and intriguing in all part . the character development be near perfect and the cinematography be vivid an...
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the sea be watch have be make from an original akira kurosawa script and and it be indeed a lush and warm film . watch it will be a pleasure . kei kumai a director be certainly no equal to the old but everlasting master ( particularly the mass scene in the beginning of the film have some terrible acting ) and but the o...
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artistically speak and this be a beautiful movie the cinematography and music and costume be gorgeous . in fact and this movie be pretty than those direct by akira kurasawa himself . in this case and he only write the movie a it be make several year after his death . so and as far a the writing go and the dialog be wel...
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the sea be watch be an interesting film experience . first of all and the overall feel be intense and internalized and claustrophobic and and small . each frame seem to be a photograph of something inside and something very focused and not part of a big picture . it be obvious what we be to look at in each frame . the ...
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although lang version be more famous and borzage work be not devoid of interest and far from it representits celestial sequence be even well . the metaphor of the train ( perhaps borrow from the end of abel gance la roue ) be eventually more convincing than the up above heavenly world . borzage tenderness for his chara...
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there be indeed much to complain about this movie version of molnar mystical play farrell look good in his title role and but his line reading and frankly and stink . this also suffer and in large part and from this be credit a the first movie that make use of rear projection . the set look phony . there be two great s...
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love joan . great performance . what isn not she good in . i watch this film and then jane eyre right after . she just keep get well . my heart be race . great old movie drama . just what i want from a classic movie . facial expression be worth the whole film . i be glad i have it on video . don not know what more you ...
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joan fontaine star a the villain in this victorian era film . she convincingly play the married woman who have a lover on the side and also set her sight on a wealthy man and mile rushworth who be play by herbert marshall . mr. marshall be quite good a mile . miss fontaine act her part to perfection she be at the same ...
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poor ivy represent though to the manner born and she have the bad luck to marry a charming wastrel ( richard ney ) . a the movie be set in the 20 or 30 and when rigid victorian idea of class be start to fray at the edge and this uncertain status vexes her unduly . the gretorexes ( for so they be call ) do not know wher...
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an excellent period murder melodrama and with fontaine effectively play against her early naive wallflower type and in a role that reportedly olivia dehavilland turn down . that fine and because fontaine be wonderful . script by charles bennett and who have write for hitchcock in the thirty and also later pen the excel...
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warn represent contain a spoiler . corny plot and in many case terrible act . fontaine be great and but some others and particularly richard ney and ivy husband and be exceedingly wooden . ney lie in bed and dying of arsenical poisoning and with every hair in place . yet the movie be so juicy and so suspenseful . more ...
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do anyone happen to know where this film be shoot . the aviation scene on the cliff be beautiful . it appear to be england . however and ivy apartment build certainly look like the brill building and with it fascinating elevator . charles mendl be list a play sir charles gage . maybe i blink and but i never saw him . p...
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joan fontaine here be entirely convincing a an amoral beauty who be entirely incapable of feel love for anyone but herself . her husband ( richard ney ) have lose all his money through a combination of his foolhardiness and her extravagance and and they be reduce to live in a tiny room and with little or no prospect . ...
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have see the short a number of time at horror movie marathon and i believe it to be a humorous parody that slice to the main point of it reference . though the theme be crusty and stale to today viewer and it be by no mean a crumby waste of time . though be a student film give little rise to an excuse and the proof be ...
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be someone who list night of the living dead at number three in her top five favorite movie of all time and and at the same time love this student film parody and i feel i must defend this movie against the previously post scathing review . this short but sweet opus have always be a crowd pleaser at horror and science ...
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i just view this great good natured parody of night of the living dead and and i have to say it be so awful and so corny it be excellent . this movie incorporate all the antic and scenery shot that the original have include the cemetery and the supposable abandon house and the basement and the front lawn . what i espec...
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before view and please make sure you have see night of the living dead . this might well be the best 7 minute parody i have ever see . absurd and crappy pecial effect ( the rope and the rope . ) and and maneating slice of bread . what more do you need . ( do not watch this movie while eat bread . you might get scar . )...
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bread very sharply skewer the convention of horror movie in general and night of the living dead in specific and be constantly inventive . the production value be a little rough at time ( it a student film and after all ) and but it never lose sight of it goal to entertain . hey george romero like it enough to include ...
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by 1987 hong kong have give the world such film a sammo hung ` encounter of the spooky kind chow yun fat in john woo iconic ` a good tomorrow and ` zu warrior and the classic ` mr vampire . jackie chan be have international success on video and but it be with ` a chinese ghost story that hk cinema have it first real cr...
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i saw this movie first on the berlin film festival and and i have never see hong kong cinema before . i felt like sit in a roller coaster represent the action be so quick and and there wasn not one boring moment throughout the film . it have martial art and love and special effect and a fantastic plot . my favorite sce...
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i first saw this film when it be transmit around 1988 by the bbc when i be work on uk 2000ad . my pal steve parkhouse record it on vhs and send it to me . up till this point and i would really only see the shaw bros kung fu movie and with their harsh lighting ( so audience could see the move clearly ) and so it be a re...
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this movie be incredible . with great character and specially the old swordsman that can fly in the shape of fireball and jump across the tree and this film tell a classic story of battle between good and force of evil . the final showdown be specially breathtaking and the music score be kinda cool . very and very reco...
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this be the best chinese movie i have ever see and and and in my opinion and a lot good than hero or chrouching tiger and hidden dragon . the movie be a unique combination of several genre represent it a beautiful love story and action movie and comedy and horror at the same time . and the most amazing thing be that it...
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this movie be one of my favourite . it be a genre mixture with ingredient of the action or horror or romantic or comedygenre . some of the special effect may seem outdated compare to modern standard . this minor flaw be easily ignore . there be so much to discover in this story . the romantic relation between the two m...
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i saw this movie in my childhood . and after 10 year i do not remember anything about this movie but i find out it i also do not know how i be able to find out this movie . it my life . my all time favorite movie . my word will fall short of true mean what i have inside for this movie . i follow this movie . it a brill...
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sinnui yauman and be without a doubt one of the best ghost story ever make into film . write by songling pu and direct by siu tung ching and a chinese ghost story have it all . ling choi sin play by leslie cheung be a young man down on his luck who go in search of a monastery for lodge and deep in the wood and a place ...
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first thing first and the female lead be too gorgeous to be miss . now actress wang zu xian and the one who play xiao qian in the movie and be 42 year old and well age . it always good to review these glorious time when see old school hongkong production like this . the movie be one of the most influential title make i...
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though i be not the big fan of wirework base martial art film and when a film go straight for fantasy rather than fight i get a lot more fun out of it and this film be one of the best in term of fantastical plotting and crazy fly shenanigan . ching siu tung have craft here an enchant treat with fine performance and muc...
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a masterpiece of comedy and a masterpiece of horror and a masterpiece of romance and if there be anything negative to say about a chinese ghost story and it might be that the special effect look date in comparison to modern technology . the film have a simple premise represent a poor debt collector have to stay in a se...
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ching siu tung and tsui hark a chinese ghost story and aside from be one of the great wuxia pian film ever make and be a beautiful and romantic love story as well a an impressively choreograph martial art film that should belong in every film lover collection . the sorely miss hong kong superstar leslie cheung play a t...
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there be 21 comment a i add mine to this list and there be barely a criticism . this be because this film be terrific entertainment and have a bit of everything in it . it be perhaps a little frightening for young child but my 15 year old son think it be fantastic in every way from the action and to the humour and even...
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once in a while and a film come along that raise the bar for every other film in it genre . a film of this caliber will influence many film follow it release for year to come . ` a chinese ghost story fall in this category . it be arguably one of the best horror film make during the 1980 while possibly one of the best ...
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for long time i haven not see such a good fantasy movie and magic fight here be even good than in lotr and even consider that it a 1987 movie and haven not computer special effect . this movie have good plot and good acting and interesting idea . recommend everybody to see it .
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can not believe a movie that can be make that good in 1987 and be virtually unknown in the west . not to repeat other review here . the score be very good and move . literally it mean dawn please never come when it come and the beautiful ghost and the lover will be apart forever . after 24 year and joel and leslie stil...
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chinese ghost story be one of the most amazing hong kong film i have ever see . it a brilliant mix of fantasy and comedy and romance and horror and martial art . the film have some wonderful visuals and amazing fight . i love especially the fight scene between wu ma and the tree demon tongue . truly original and refres...
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just read the original story which be write by pu in 18th century . strikingly and the movie despict the original spirit very well and though the plot be modify tremendously . the film language and the rhythm and the special effect be all from hollywood and but still there be a chinese core . it be amazing how hark tsu...
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a mix of comedy and romance and music ( . ) and action and horror . a knockout . this be one of the reason people rave about hong kong cinema . if youre look for something totally original and look no further . entertainment at it peak .
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there never a dull moment in this movie . wonderful visuals and good actor and and a classical story of the fight of good and evil . mostly very funny and sometimes even scary . a true classic and a movie everybody should see .
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if there be a movie to be call perfect then this be it . so bad it wasn not intend to be that way . but superb anyway . go find it somewhere . whatever you do . do not miss it .
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a chinese ghost story star the late and great leslie cheung a ling choi sin and a penniless tax collector who decide to spend the night at a deserted temple and where he meet and fall for a beautiful woman call tsing ( joey wang ) . when ling discovers that tsing be actually a ghost who have be force to seduce victim f...
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wasn not quite sure what to expect with this one and outside of the uniform positive review i have read . turn out and i could have never imagine this movie and because it very close to the bride with white hair in be operatic and deal with the fantastic . this walk a fine line between be a farce and a comedy and and j...
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this be a great movie . i like it where ning climb down to get his ink and and the skeleton chase him and but luckily he dodge them and open the window and and do not even notice them . xiao qian be very pretty too . and when he stick the needle up ma wu butt and it hysterical . and when he be say love be the great thi...
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