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This is a great movie. When two people from different backgrounds and social status think that they have nothing to offer each other and in the end they what each other needs it a testament to what the heart knows. Sometimes we wonder why one man is with a woman or vise versa and the outward appearances say one thing t...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.508178	0.448909	0.512632	0.530966	0.50891	0.491822	0.551091	0.487368	0.469034	0.49109
I love this film. There is something for everyone. It if funny, saddening, passionate and dramatic. The mixture of two completely different cultures creates a whole new world that the viewer cannot help but want to be a part of. I must admit that I am slightly biased, as Colin Firth is my favourite actor and so nothing...	1pos	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.477432	0.49408	0.485661	0.460774	0.487734	0.522568	0.50592	0.514339	0.539226	0.512266
Personally, I think the movie is pretty good. It almost rates an 8. I liked the ethnography aspect as well as the gorgeous photography. Colin Firth's character isn't the most likable but he does a better than decent job with the role. The heroine, played by the beautiful Nia Long, is a familiar film heroine in that she...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.484502	0.488954	0.573201	0.559049	0.455199	0.515498	0.511046	0.426799	0.440951	0.544801
I've seen this movie twice already and am very impressed with it.<br /><br />The conversations between Nimi and her mother plus Nimi and Matthew are very touching. The Nigerian community is shown very truthfully and as colourfully as it usually is.<br /><br />Although certain things could have done with a bit more expl...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.492981	0.479747	0.574156	0.566978	0.499806	0.507019	0.520253	0.425844	0.433022	0.500194
Duck_of_Death needs to watch this film again, as his major criticism is completely baseless. The film never once forgot about the time delay, and it was mentioned explicitly in a couple of places. The crew were never shown having conversations with mission control that didn't obey the time delay rules.<br /><br />One t...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	0.480966	0.506561	0.48499	0.499527	0.548915	0.519034	0.493439	0.51501	0.500473	0.451085
I'd first heard of this show in 2005, first online and then by viewing (and of course, buying)the typically gorgeous, BBC tie-in book. Then I got the DVD; it did not disappoint! I'd been hoping for years someone would make a science fiction program with the emphasis on the thrill of discovery rather than aliens, laser ...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.505554	0.499934	0.539226	0.502411	0.548432	0.494446	0.500066	0.460774	0.497589	0.451568
1 let's suspend belief for a moment and let's stop pretending we could, might or ought know "how it is" or "ought to be" there in space. Human knowledge in that area is probably primitive as say middle ages maps are compared to today's satellite maps, so we really have no clue. 2 considering this is "just" a BBC TV doc...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	0.565059	0.486819	0.470007	0.514827	0.498985	0.434941	0.513181	0.529993	0.485173	0.501015
i strongly recommend it to anybody who likes good plots, good actors (even if not well known)(often, it's just better that way), science and/or science fiction presented in an intelligent way on the (small) screen, good special effects even if they did not have billions of dollars to produce it... <br /><br />much bett...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	0.521715	0.479504	0.486393	0.508544	0.465388	0.478285	0.520496	0.513607	0.491456	0.534612
My main criticism is quite simply that it isn't long enough or detailed enough. I would have loved to see more of everything: the building of the vessel, the engineering, the training, the first lift to orbit, preparations for departure, Venus Orbital Injection, everything. I would have liked to see more of the first l...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	0.509215	0.515864	0.478285	0.463201	0.508056	0.490785	0.484136	0.521715	0.536799	0.491944
Every time the supposed explorers and we , the audience, is primed to set its first sights one of the wonderous new worlds, for some ungodly reason, the filmmakers decided to distract with an "emergency" or some false alarm or some bit of artificial dramatic suspense. <br /><br />So instead of calmly enjoying the surfa...	1pos	dpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	0.489931	0.482917	0.462473	0.519156	0.49765	0.510069	0.517083	0.537527	0.480844	0.50235
Watching this PPV, I had high expectations for it, since Smackdown is the best show in WWE, this is a very good PPV as it is the last one before Wrestlemania.<br /><br />FIRST MATCH-HARDY BOYS & CHRIS BENOIT VS. MVP & MNM W/ MELINA IN A 6 MAN TAG TEAM MATCH Good way to start the match. It started a bit slow at the star...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.517327	0.547222	0.419648	0.559771	0.509337	0.482673	0.452778	0.580352	0.440229	0.490663
I saw this very emotionally painful portrayal and it was fascinating. The conflict between the public and private faces of Williams and the pressure he was under is illuminated in a way that even those who knew something about him would be surprised. The cast acted superbly, but Michael Sheen was outstanding. I only re...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.523055	0.540681	0.449876	0.448426	0.399812	0.476945	0.459319	0.550124	0.551574	0.600188
A lot of my childhood was spent lying in front of the wireless listening to Round the Horne or Hancock's Half Hour or watching Carry On films. Probably the most famous line in comedy "Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it infamy!" still makes me laugh.<br /><br />This is a rare insight into the man behind the comic figure...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.503906	0.48377	0.494171	0.507202	0.513485	0.496094	0.51623	0.505829	0.492798	0.486515
I watched fantabulosa! because over the last few years Michael Sheen has become one of my favourite actors, and if you haven't seen him in anything before firstly shame on you, and secondly get your hands on a copy of either Heartlands or Dirty Filthy Love. This production did not disappoint - Michael Sheen transformed...	1pos	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.485539	0.486697	0.469034	0.49411	0.467332	0.514461	0.513303	0.530966	0.50589	0.532668
This is a "docu-drama" of (mostly) the later years of KW's life, with nearly all the parts played by actors (but spot which TV quartermaster plays himself!). It was made for the BBC4 arts channel but my guess is there will be syndication and DVD releases soon. KW is ably played by the excellent Michael Sheen, here repe...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.493958	0.560493	0.580352	0.581303	0.491517	0.506042	0.439507	0.419648	0.418697	0.508483
Michael Sheen shines like the afternoon sun in this brilliant portrayal of a comic genius. If you are familiar with Kenneth Williams' mannerisms and Diaries then this drama captures the essence of them perfectly. When i read about Kenneth hoovering in his swimming trunks i laughed and then it was brought to life on the...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.526951	0.472683	0.490541	0.458834	0.452778	0.473049	0.527317	0.509459	0.541166	0.547222
A wonderful little production. <br /><br />The filming technique is very unassuming- very old-time-BBC fashion and gives a comforting, and sometimes discomforting, sense of realism to the entire piece. <br /><br />The actors are extremely well chosen- Michael Sheen not only "has got all the polari" but he has all the v...	1pos	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	0.46393	0.475727	0.463444	0.495636	0.520496	0.53607	0.524273	0.536556	0.504364	0.479504
All in all, Big Bad John was a hilarious, and touching movie. If you want romance, tragedy, and humor, this movie's got it. If you're a fan of the song (like I am) you pretty much know how it ends. But if you don't, or do and want to watch it anyway, I strongly recommend this movie. Jack Elam and Jimmy Dean are a hilar...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.512815	0.494629	0.492798	0.592195	0.516352	0.487185	0.505371	0.507202	0.407805	0.483648
This blaxploitation classic about a kung fu mama who travels to Hong Kong to avenge her brother's death offers everything you learned to expect from the genre. Playmate Jeannie Bell (with a giant afro) really kicks ass and usually loses her clothes very quickly. If you don't take it all too seriously, the movie is grea...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.53777	0.469763	0.542136	0.517815	0.432543	0.46223	0.530237	0.457864	0.482185	0.567457
Feisty Dianna Jackson (a winningly spunky performance by gorgeous former "Playboy" Playmate Jeanne Bell) goes to Hong Kong to take out the evil heroin ring that murdered her brother. Dianna's assisted by friendly karate master Joe (amiable Chiquito), faces opposition from undercover narcotics agent Elaine (lovely, buxo...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	0.507263	0.474266	0.463444	0.511717	0.467575	0.492737	0.525734	0.536556	0.488283	0.532425
This film was hilarious. It provided a somewhat comical view of the British club scene, which, if you really look at it, is a funny thing. The characters in this flick were so realistic to those of us who watched here at my place that it was like watching a movie about ourselves.<br /><br />There were a few pivotal sce...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	0.457621	0.450843	0.556641	0.499027	0.506927	0.542379	0.549157	0.443359	0.500973	0.493073
Every time I watch this film, it just really makes me wanna go out and have a good night! My mate uses "the weekend has landed" speech to psyche himself up before going out! and so do I...sometimes. <br /><br />This film is a great debut for the writer/director - well done mate!<br /><br />The acting is great, all the ...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	0.481576	0.513546	0.468304	0.482063	0.545528	0.518424	0.486454	0.531696	0.517937	0.454472
I have a completely biased point of view mainly because I live and enjoy the club culture lifestyle. Being a DJ and frequent club goer I see the honesty within this movie and I love it. If you don't know the club/rave culture then it will be a great foray into that culture for anyone that doesn't know it first hand. Th...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.463687	0.461259	0.526465	0.509215	0.539954	0.536313	0.538741	0.473535	0.490785	0.460046
I absolutely love this film. Everything about it. It almost felt like watching me and my friends on screen. The way this movie was filmed was a pure masterpiece, very original and creative. I related to these characters and even had the same thoughts as some. I'm really glad I ran across this movie. If only there were ...	1pos	dpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	0.48182	0.484441	0.414425	0.562657	0.453262	0.51818	0.515559	0.585575	0.437343	0.546738
Cardiff, Wales. A bunch of 5 mates are deeply bored in this town. There's Jip who works in a clothes shop. Coop, an easy-going DJ. Nina, inseparable from her best friend Lulu and Moff. The week is hell for them and they only wait for one thing: the week-end. At this time, they got out to a nightclub and to the sound of...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.500164	0.488466	0.569374	0.516108	0.492432	0.499836	0.511534	0.430626	0.483892	0.507568
It takes a lot for a movie to reach the already numb particles of my brain which have not already been tapped out due to the overcharge and redoredoredocopycopycopy world of movies. But this movie has made it onto my 'Magic Movies' list. To become a 'magic movie', it must leave every string of my being quivering in tha...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	0.480357	0.518912	0.475971	0.514583	0.435902	0.519643	0.481088	0.524029	0.485417	0.564098
If you "been there" and "done that" you will absolutely love this film. I have and by "there" I mean underground clubs and house parties where there is far more rare to find people just being drunk than it is to find people high to their ears on extacy, speed or LSD. <br /><br />By "that" I mean dancing and sweating li...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.499883	0.505798	0.470372	0.463687	0.471588	0.500117	0.494202	0.529628	0.536313	0.528412
I remember a time when the only thing that did exist where clubs, drugs pubs and parties. This movie came out a couple of years after i started going clubbing. If i had never discovered the ravier side of things this movie may not have made sense to me. That night when i watched it for the 1st time, with some mates, i ...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.508178	0.449393	0.511168	0.507232	0.498215	0.491822	0.550607	0.488832	0.492768	0.501785
As I sit here, I find myself laughing at certain moments in this film. Go and see this film.<br /><br />If you've ever been clubbing, go and see this film.<br /><br />If you've ever wanted to go clubbing, go and see this film.<br /><br />My bet is that the film was borne from an idea whilst out clubbing and this is the...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.539711	0.508971	0.484624	0.481698	0.49617	0.460289	0.491029	0.515376	0.518302	0.50383
Human Traffic is a view into an average weekend for a group of friends, it is a fly-on-the-wall view into their lives (and minds) which will show you how this group of friends relate to each other. There are many moments in that every one can relate to, Like being out of you skull at parties and talking complete rubbis...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	0.487551	0.495911	0.504089	0.479382	0.518302	0.512449	0.504089	0.495911	0.520618	0.481698
This film brought back a lot of good memories and really works to give a good buzz. There was no pc message and the film is all about having a good time, which is all there really is to it when people go out clubbing.	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.479382	0.428712	0.500038	0.511839	0.532668	0.520618	0.571288	0.499962	0.488161	0.467332
A highly original film using a myriad of genres and film techniques to stunning and powerful effect. All people involved gave only their very best and it shows on screen. A committed film with a committed cast and crew. Simply Brilliant. Just go and see it NOW!	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.489504	0.521106	0.489626	0.499329	0.478041	0.510496	0.478894	0.510374	0.500671	0.521959
I went in expecting not much from Human Traffic and came out really pleased! The film is well made and acted and very stylishly shot. It has so much going for it - it's a film I really recommend, especially to those who liked Trainspotting (or for those who like to argue the debate in the drugs and the media sector). T...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	0.481088	0.540681	0.51818	0.458106	0.493531	0.518912	0.459319	0.48182	0.541894	0.506469
This is one of the very best films i've seen in ages... it's right up there with the likes of trainspotting and pulp fiction. It just epitomises teenage culture today. The soundtrack is absolutely amazing... overseen by Pete Tong. It's a must see!	1pos	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	0.480479	0.507415	0.50473	0.495758	0.556882	0.519521	0.492585	0.49527	0.504242	0.443118
Great movie in a Trainspotting style... Being billed as the Welsh Trainspotting, but then so was Twin Town, although this is streets ahead.<br /><br />Takes in a weekend in the life of Cardiff Clubbers, good debut movie from Kerrigan and some great performances in the cast.<br /><br />Go see ! then go clubbing	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.522811	0.523055	0.497742	0.499991	0.488283	0.477189	0.476945	0.502258	0.500009	0.511717
If you've ever had a mad week-end out with your mates then you'll appreciate this film. Excellent fun and a laugh a minute.	1pos	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.472805	0.502365	0.501129	0.522568	0.499306	0.527195	0.497635	0.498871	0.477432	0.500694
Human Traffic is without a doubt the most original and compelling film that I have seen for a long time. It documents 2 days in the lives of a group of young people, bored with their everyday existence and dead end jobs and taking ecstasy at raves on the weekend. It is hilariously funny and extremely poignant, and at t...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	0.465145	0.475605	0.520496	0.462716	0.489015	0.534855	0.524395	0.479504	0.537284	0.510985
the film itself is absolutely brilliant, its that buzz, that rush that makes you just want to go out, blow your wages and loose yourself. It's what the weekend is all about, its our sanitation where we can come together as one and be ourselves without a care in the world. The film is layered in depth and the dialogue i...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.465873	0.484685	0.505462	0.511961	0.470615	0.534127	0.515315	0.494538	0.488039	0.529385
This film has a brilliant soundtrack and superb acting from some pretty unknown faces. I especially like the welsh docklands bad boy characters in it who strut around like American rappers acting tough. The banter between Jip and Koop is brilliant they come across as being best mates almost as if it were true in real l...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	0.487734	0.423935	0.542136	0.464902	0.467089	0.512266	0.576065	0.457864	0.535098	0.532911
hello everyone, all i have to say is that Human Traffic and all of its characters are so real its funny. I live in Australia (melbourne) and I'm finally out of the clubbing and staying out all weekend lifestyle. This movie explains everything that is currently going on in the world. So exactly that i cant stop watching...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	0.502655	0.465388	0.520131	0.469885	0.545528	0.497345	0.534612	0.479869	0.530115	0.454472
The only way to truly understand and relate to the characters in this movie is to have experienced the situations your self. To a lot of people this movie is almost mock-biographical, a sort of snapshot of one weekend in our lives. (I have done about 85 percent of the things in this movie and witnessed the other 15 per...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	0.435421	0.610453	0.509459	0.494446	0.493622	0.564579	0.389547	0.490541	0.505554	0.506378
This film is too good for words. Its so unbelievably great and funny and true to life. You just know from watching this that the person who wrote this has DEFIANTLY felt the way that Jip and his friends do through the film. It was my life at one point and I would rely on coming home to watch Human Traffic ever night be...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.514095	0.490541	0.540924	0.560012	0.4436	0.485905	0.509459	0.459076	0.439988	0.5564
Well, I should say, "the only film related to club/dj/electronic music and raves...that ravers respect".<br /><br />Seriously now. It's a gloriously fun, fast paced and fairly accurate portrayal of the night of a raver. Albeit, its in a club, its in Wales and its somewhat dated. The film leaves out some of the sketchie...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.478041	0.509337	0.487978	0.505279	0.526586	0.521959	0.490663	0.512022	0.494721	0.473414
I just adore this film! I love all characters and I can watch it again<br /><br />and again...and I use to listen to the soundtrack again and again.<br /><br />Although I have seen it about two years after it was made and I<br /><br />have never been such youngster as Jip and company I can<br /><br />understand them an...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	0.533641	0.472562	0.545528	0.448426	0.503754	0.466359	0.527438	0.454472	0.551574	0.496246
Great movie! oh yeah! Full of energy, full of fun, presenting our generation, our alienation: a hymn to positive thinking despite this world we live in, a tale of a great party, a tale of a bunch of friends who desperately must do something in a week end and the only thing to do is The Club. But fun and extasy keep bor...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	0.5019	0.483648	0.474753	0.477676	0.555918	0.4981	0.516352	0.525247	0.522324	0.444082
Hitchcock made at least 11 films about the ordinary man, wrongly accused, on the run (sometimes really running, sometimes not) to prove his innocence in a situation beyond his control, the first one being "The 39 Steps", which really made him popular in Great Britain. It really is his signature theme.<br /><br />Others...	1pos	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	0.436862	0.48438	0.444565	0.496124	0.500492	0.563138	0.51562	0.555435	0.503876	0.499508
NO SPOILERS!!<br /><br />After Hitchcock's successful first American film, Rebecca based upon Daphne DuMarier's lush novel of gothic romance and intrigue, he returned to some of the more familiar themes of his early British period - mistaken identity and espionage. As the U.S. settled into World War II and the large sc...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.533397	0.510802	0.418222	0.497986	0.493744	0.466603	0.489198	0.581778	0.502014	0.506256
Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur is not one of his best-regarded films; made between two vastly more popular and critically praised pictures, Suspicion and Shadow Of a Doubt, it's generally regarded as a lesser effort. I agree that the later film is groundbreaking, drawing Hitchcock wholly into the American mainstream for t...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	0.488161	0.570331	0.533397	0.449634	0.517327	0.511839	0.429669	0.466603	0.550366	0.482673
You can't help but marvel at Hitchcock's early work. "Saboteur," for example, is so slick and quick that it's hard to believe he made this film over 60 years ago. There's some propaganda elements but they're woven into the mystery so well that the thing plays beautifully years later. You also get some previews of stuff...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	0.486575	0.457864	0.530115	0.470615	0.535584	0.513425	0.542136	0.469885	0.529385	0.464416
Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) is wrongfully accused on sabotaging a hanger making aircrafts for the war. He goes on the run, meets Patricia Martin (Priscilla Lane) along the way, and she joins him to find and bring the real criminals to justice.<br /><br />There are a lot of things wrong with this film. Robert Cummings ...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	0.499161	0.468547	0.552781	0.480966	0.567457	0.500839	0.531453	0.447219	0.519034	0.432543
I really enjoy this film. It is a look back in time when this nation was truly at risk from nations who either attacked or delared war on us,i.e., the Japanese and Germans. Robert Cummings and Pricilla Lane were excellent in the lead roles. The supporting cast... Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter, Clem Bevins, and Norman Lloyd ...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.508117	0.489504	0.539226	0.534612	0.506439	0.491883	0.510496	0.460774	0.465388	0.493561
An entertaining first draft for "North By Northwest", "Saboteur" has some wonderful Hitchcockian moments (one of the best occurs at a table, when the hero is asked by a woman who hasn't yet seen that he's wearing handcuffs, to give her a plate; trying to do that, he also drops a knife to the floor, exposing himself eve...	1pos	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.499554	0.456167	0.452536	0.491456	0.444806	0.500446	0.543833	0.547464	0.508544	0.555194
Screenwriters Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison, and (of all people) Dorothy Parker enable director Alfred Hitchcock to expound on what may have been his favorite movie theme: innocent man, wrongly fingered for crime, takes it on the lam. Hitchcock, who some credit with originating the story, engineers a great deal of suspe...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	0.507476	0.517693	0.472683	0.422505	0.582254	0.492524	0.482307	0.527317	0.577495	0.417746
Ah, Hitchcock! It's hard to find a bad Hitchcock movie until he lost it after THE BIRDS (1963) and SABOTEUR proves the point. Having admired most of this director's work for many years, I had managed to skip this one, perhaps from lack of interest in Priscilla Lane and Robert Cummings as lead actors. I was of course fa...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.511778	0.458349	0.42919	0.499062	0.414425	0.488222	0.541651	0.57081	0.500938	0.585575
Cummings is falsely accused of sabotage and goes on the lam, looking for the real culprit. The familiar Hitchcock theme of a man wrongly accused of a crime is nicely played out in this entertaining fare that has elements of "The Thirty Nine Steps" and "North by Northwest," although it is not as good as either of those ...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	0.495209	0.480722	0.504883	0.4881	0.569374	0.504791	0.519278	0.495117	0.5119	0.430626
There are many familiar Hitchcock elements (of previous and later films) and this time they mix to a jolly, but hardly suspenseful piece of entertainment. You can tell that Dorothy Parker had a hand in the script, the most memorable scenes are the dialogues of hero Cummings with the blind man and his encounter with a r...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	0.545044	0.385837	0.477676	0.496384	0.519765	0.454956	0.614163	0.522324	0.503616	0.480235
I thoroughly enjoyed this film, which in many ways, as Hitchcock did on several occasions, was a first attempt at a plot which he re-shot later in his career. Possibly the most amazing thing about it, however, is how faceless the lead characters are. After watching, one remembers Murray Alper as the jovial truck driver...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.495514	0.524029	0.48621	0.466846	0.482551	0.504486	0.475971	0.51379	0.533154	0.517449
I consider Saboteur as Hitchcock's first "American" film, because the story takes place completely in U.S.<br /><br />There are brilliant scenes in this film. Statue of Liberty Scene, Barry Kane jumping into the water from the bridge, Water fall scene are amazing. Its not Hitchcock's fault that he didn't get the actors...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.491883	0.565059	0.480479	0.469763	0.497711	0.508117	0.434941	0.519521	0.530237	0.502289
Hitchcock once gave an interview where he said he like to direct screenplays that had an ordinary person minding their own business, who's accidentally caught up in an awful chain of events that they can't get out of until the dastardly plot that's behind their troubles is resolved. That way, the audience can feel more...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.515254	0.506347	0.477554	0.503784	0.506866	0.484746	0.493653	0.522446	0.496216	0.493134
This movie is a masterpiece of brilliant acting and timely patriotic sense of pride in America. The Nazi Saboteurs of the 40's are replaced by the Middle East Terrorists of today. The intent is the same, to terrorize, disrupt lives, destroy property, and kill Americans! We see a wrongly accused Barry (Bob Cummings) on ...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.466846	0.498352	0.546738	0.509398	0.449393	0.533154	0.501648	0.453262	0.490602	0.550607
I really loved seeing this movie. I think it's a brilliant, underrated Alfred Hitchcock movie. Everyone is familiar with the famous Statue of Liberty scene, but there's a really great movie before that. Robert Cummings is great in what I consider to be his greatest role, and the beautiful Priscilla Lane shows that she ...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	0.561696	0.510802	0.494995	0.467575	0.549399	0.438304	0.489198	0.505005	0.532425	0.450601
Overall, this is entertaining and odd film. Don't try to make sense of it. There are more holes in the story than a computer could keep up with, but Robert Cummings and a cast of minor characters are mostly fun to watch in this "Fugitive"-like story.<br /><br />Unlike the popular TV show and then 1993 movie, this fugit...	1pos	dpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.483892	0.46223	0.461017	0.558327	0.611382	0.516108	0.53777	0.538983	0.441673	0.388618
I am a massive Hitchcock fan, ever since seeing "Rear Window" on television. "Saboteur" is not Hitchcock's best for me though, it is very good but not a masterpiece. It does have its faults, some parts are rather slow moving and as a consequence of it being written off in a hurry the script felt rather incomplete. But ...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.507019	0.504913	0.525369	0.501678	0.490358	0.492981	0.495087	0.474631	0.498322	0.509642
Bob Cummings is excellent in this, as this technically brilliant Hitchcock film really does not get the fame as some of his other films but is very watchable even today. Priscilla Lane proves in this one that she can hold her own with other blonde's that worked with Hitchcock later. She just did a handful of films afte...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.49585	0.470737	0.507476	0.519156	0.526221	0.50415	0.529263	0.492524	0.480844	0.473779
This is the second Hitchcock film to appear on the list and the second Hitchcock film I've seen in full, the first was Rope, which I really enjoyed. With Saboteur Hitchcock was more room to roam free, whereas Rope took place all in one room. I didn't enjoy this one as much as Rope but that's not saying this is a bad fi...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.461259	0.50296	0.455441	0.52342	0.516961	0.538741	0.49704	0.544559	0.47658	0.483039
A man is wrongfully accused of killing his friend in an aircraft plant fire, and must travel cross-country to avoid the police and discover the true sinister nature of the situation at hand. A plot line that was later used to fuel Hitchcock's classic North by Northwest, Saboteur benefits from some very good performance...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	0.509032	0.508117	0.457621	0.54819	0.410638	0.490968	0.491883	0.542379	0.45181	0.589362
Alfred Hitchcock's "Saboteur" (1942) (not to be confused with another Hitchcock film, "Sabotage" made in 1936 which has a completely different plot) is not the Master of Suspense greatest film. It dose not have the depth of "Vertigo" (1958) nor the brooding atmosphere of "Rebbeca" (1940) and it certainly dose not have ...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.492981	0.425367	0.515742	0.620622	0.461988	0.507019	0.574633	0.484258	0.379378	0.538012
Excellent Hitchcock thriller with Robert Cummings proving once again that he could really act up a storm.<br /><br />This time he is a defense plant worker caught up in a horrible plot when his best friend is killed at the plant.<br /><br />Priscilla Lane is the girl who suddenly becomes interested in Cummings as the p...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	0.520862	0.524029	0.535341	0.479504	0.443359	0.479138	0.475971	0.464659	0.520496	0.556641
The subject is banal, even in 1942. It is war propaganda. The fascists are among us and they are doing all they can to sabotage the war effort and to prepare their victory and their seizure of power then and their establishing an effective totalitarian state. But Hitchcock has to make it a real thriller. So he invents ...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	0.500032	0.509947	0.455199	0.510619	0.498154	0.499968	0.490053	0.544801	0.489381	0.501846
Barry Kane is an aircraft factory worker.Suddenly sabotage takes place at the factory and starts a fire.His best friend is killed.They accuse him of the deed but Kane knows it was a man named Fry who was there.He becomes a fugitive and goes to find this man named Fry.He's helped by a kind blind man.He lets his niece, t...	1pos	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	0.480844	0.440951	0.497498	0.48688	0.538741	0.519156	0.559049	0.502502	0.51312	0.461259
Saboteur is a 1942 film, partly aimed at getting American support for the war against Nazi Germany. Propaganda or not, it's great entertainment. The leading actors are Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane, although director Alfred Hitchcock wanted Gary Cooper, and Barbara Stanwyck in the roles, which would have given the...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.531939	0.523786	0.524151	0.535098	0.508422	0.468061	0.476214	0.475849	0.464902	0.491578
'Traffik', despite its title, is not really about drugs. In the best tradition of crusading British TV drama, 'Traffik' analyses and moralises about its ostensible subject, which is not some mythical scourge, but a matrix or process with identifiable social, economic and historical roots, causes and effects. There is s...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	0.506561	0.466603	0.472683	0.495636	0.503174	0.493439	0.533397	0.527317	0.504364	0.496826
It is hard to put the devastating beauty of Traffik to words, partly because I am still grasping to comprehend it myself, several hours after my second viewing. First, it must be said that Traffik contains some of the most incomparably and unforgettably haunting scenes I have seen in a film or television production. Th...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.474631	0.476945	0.530966	0.521471	0.500118	0.525369	0.523055	0.469034	0.478529	0.499882
beautifully constructed, "Traffik" tells the story of narcotics usage and commerce from multiple points of view. From a policeman view, from a politician view, from an addict view, from a smuggler's view, and from a farmer's view. In a carefully contructed storyline, one gets the impression on how everything is inter-r...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.488283	0.511595	0.487063	0.491578	0.463444	0.511717	0.488405	0.512937	0.508422	0.536556
"Traffik 1989" is an Emmy award winning six part miniseries out of the UK which was the inspiration for the Oscar winning "Traffic 2000". The five hour film breaks down the opium/heroine trade for the viewer from the handcasting of poppy seeds in an Afghanistan field to the "head rush" of a mainlining junkie in a flat ...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	0.519643	0.486088	0.51379	0.45641	0.493836	0.480357	0.513912	0.48621	0.54359	0.506164
If you've not seen this then look out for it. It is available on DVD. It is a channel 4 (uk) production, possibly, in conjunction with German and danish TV. If you've seen the film it is basically the same plot. Several interleaved stories are connected through the drugs trade. The story jumps between the housewife (pl...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	0.500362	0.497772	0.54359	0.459561	0.516717	0.499638	0.502228	0.45641	0.540439	0.483283
I can only agree with many observers that Traffik is one of the most memorable dramas ever made for television. I saw Traffik when it was on TV, and I have just watched it again. I am particularly moved by the haunting original music of Tim Souster, and especially by the dolorous strains of Dmitri Shostakovich's Chambe...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.507598	0.505981	0.468304	0.532182	0.505432	0.492402	0.494019	0.531696	0.467818	0.494568
Four stories about the drug trade in Europe become intertwined over the course of this 6 part miniseries. In Germany a businessman is arrested on drug smuggling charges, and his wife attempts to save her family by continuing her husband's illegal trade. Meanwhile the British Home Secretary travels to Pakistan to negoti...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	0.489626	0.514461	0.50106	0.498543	0.496872	0.510374	0.485539	0.49894	0.501457	0.503128
I had been very curious to see the original six-hour miniseries that Steven Soderbergh's latest movie was based on, and now that I have, I am happy to say that one is not better than the other. They are both intelligent, involving and extremely entertaining. The only real advantage that the miniseries has over the movi...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.463444	0.516717	0.52829	0.525369	0.565059	0.536556	0.483283	0.47171	0.474631	0.434941
Traffik is a really well done 6 hour drama about drugs (circa 1987). It tells three stories, in parallel, about how opium is grown in North-East Pakistan, how drugs are smuggled from Pakistan into Europe, and finally, how people addicted to drugs spiral out of control. All three stories are told realistically and with ...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.503845	0.46952	0.470615	0.517571	0.530966	0.496155	0.53048	0.529385	0.482429	0.469034
I remember seeing this in the early 90's on UK TV and was hooked. The international scope of the production is breathtaking and watching how the characters develop through the five hours it runs for is magnificent. The scenes set in Pakistan and Afghanistan are of particular interest, and as a viewer you get a real sen...	1pos	dpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	0.47658	0.407333	0.441191	0.519643	0.475484	0.52342	0.592667	0.558809	0.480357	0.524516
The best thing one can say about the film "Traffic" is that it brought attention to the superior British mini-series "Traffik". As many people have noted, the current film suffers from truncating the story to accommodate the short attention span of cinemagoers and the turn-around time of the theater owners, who measure...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.520374	0.610453	0.514888	0.523786	0.464902	0.479626	0.389547	0.485112	0.476214	0.535098
Brilliant. Ranks along with Citizen Kane, The Matrix and Godfathers. Must see, at least for basset in her early days. Watch it.	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.52476	0.509276	0.530723	0.521106	0.483283	0.47524	0.490724	0.469277	0.478894	0.516717
I enjoyed this programme immensely. It is exceptionally well written, with finely judged performances and clever visuals.<br /><br />It is also very frank and honest, refreshing compared to the sanitised representation of drug use in films and television.<br /><br />Unmissable - one of the finest television shows of re...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	0.473901	0.473049	0.548432	0.460532	0.468791	0.526099	0.526951	0.451568	0.539468	0.531209
Contains spoilers I had it recorded a while ago when it was on PBS but never got a chance to watch it (probably due to prejudice about having to sit through 5-6 hrs of Masterpiece Theater, with its BBC made for TV production style (no music, settings all in one room, no outdoor scenes flat TV look...)) But after watchi...	1pos	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.484868	0.419648	0.469034	0.47098	0.484136	0.515132	0.580352	0.530966	0.52902	0.515864
What an awesome mini-series. The original TRAFFIK completely stole me away from anything else that was on. Far more engaging than the American remake, the original TRAFFIK boasts an amazing cast formed of lesser known actors to North American audiences. Juliette Binoche being the mainly recognizable actress who plays a...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	0.487978	0.568895	0.544559	0.496201	0.490968	0.512022	0.431105	0.455441	0.503799	0.509032
Compared to the acclaimed Hollywood remake, this film is less flashy but much stronger at providing an overall picture of the drug problem. The remake loses the most interesting of the three plot threads, that of a farmer whose meager livelihood depends on drugs as a paying cash crop and whose increased involvement wit...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	0.499695	0.528655	0.547464	0.453988	0.47792	0.500305	0.471345	0.452536	0.546012	0.52208
I haven't seen the more recent 'Traffic' which is based on this, but I'd bet on this one as the better creation. I know of no other movie that has so well portrayed the intricate tragedies of the drug trade and the 'war on drugs." I've watched this one at least four times and am enjoying it again as part of Masterpiece...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	drdpo	0.517571	0.418222	0.495026	0.463201	0.542621	0.482429	0.581778	0.504974	0.536799	0.457379
I was disappointed with the recent (2000) American remake of this English mini-series. Though it followed the plot line very closely, it seemed to leave the heart and soul of the original out. Not to mention adding shallow preachy heavy-handed 'messages'... So my advice is to skip the modern remake and stick with the o...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.505096	0.416322	0.472318	0.455441	0.467818	0.494904	0.583678	0.527682	0.544559	0.532182
This is a wonderfully gritty drama, detailing the various sides of the international heroin drug-trade--From the hills of northern Pakistan, where the tacitly allowed cultivation of opium-poppies occurs on a vast scale; to the jetsetting "Euro-Trash" in Germany and England who arrange the importation of processed heroi...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.491212	0.482795	0.521837	0.560734	0.459804	0.508788	0.517205	0.478163	0.439266	0.540196
I've read innumerable reviews talking about the superiority of the mini-series. I certainly can't agree on such a blanket statement. If you analyze all of the aspects of a video/film production, there are numerable areas where the film is arguably vastly superior.<br /><br />Certainly, many of the comments are valid wi...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.478285	0.502823	0.494476	0.518059	0.516595	0.521715	0.497177	0.505524	0.481941	0.483405
I remember watching this when it was made and thinking it was brilliant at the time. Watching it for the second time nearly 20 years later, I still think Traffik is brilliant and much better than the US film that was based on this drama.<br /><br />It should also be watched by all our come today gone tomorrow politicia...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	0.472318	0.543348	0.478651	0.527317	0.455925	0.527682	0.456652	0.521349	0.472683	0.544075
Traffik is an excellent miniseries dealing with drug trafficking in Europe. This is the European produced PBS series on which the Oscar-nominated movie Traffic is based on. If you loved Traffic then Traffik is a must see.<br /><br />Overall I would highly recommend this miniseries to anyone that is interested in seeing...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	dpo	0.498444	0.467089	0.520862	0.521227	0.48121	0.501556	0.532911	0.479138	0.478773	0.51879
In a phrase, moral ambiguity. In the Soderbergh remake, there ARE good guys and bad guys. Benicio del Toro's character is clearly the good guy, morally clean and uncorruptable. His counterpart in the BBC original, Fazal the farmer turned dealer, is realistically flawed and conflicted over his fate. The two relentless c...	1pos	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.508483	0.531696	0.566978	0.527438	0.501633	0.491517	0.468304	0.433022	0.472562	0.498367
Starting on or around 1965 American movies took a turn for the shocking and the iconoclastic which was great for the times -- sort of the seeds that would pave the way for grittier, daring dramas. However, because the very decade that gave birth to these films was so ruled by its own convictions, most all of the films ...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	0.554712	0.453262	0.507171	0.459561	0.529872	0.445288	0.546738	0.492829	0.540439	0.470128
This film has not exactly remained fresh in the minds of film buffs, and it's a crying shame. Its witty screenplay adaptation should have netted Oscar nominations for the great screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond's adaptation, and Ingrid Bergman's flawless performance. It must have been an honor for Goldie Hawn at such a young...	1pos	dpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	0.496719	0.48182	0.612773	0.451085	0.562177	0.503281	0.51818	0.387227	0.548915	0.437823
Ingrid Bergman, playing dentist Walter Matthau's faithful receptionist who harbors a little crush on her boss, is absolutely wonderful in this film. She handles the witty repartee in the script with aplomb and steals a terrific scene where she and Goldie Hawn talk in a record booth (Ingrid's monologue is a front, but h...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.482551	0.588889	0.49707	0.566498	0.508666	0.517449	0.411111	0.50293	0.433502	0.491334
Cactus Flower is what I call a "pizza movie" -A personal favorite that never fails to satisfy. Perfect for an evening at home with a pizza. Knowing all the lines (and what lines!) by heart only enhances the enjoyment.<br /><br />Since so many others here have retold the plot, I'll simply add the correction that Bergman...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	dpo	dpo	dpo	0.497192	0.534127	0.496902	0.475484	0.477189	0.502808	0.465873	0.503098	0.524516	0.522811
Walter Matthau is wonderful as the "philandering" dentist Dr. Julian Winston whose frequent fibs to girlfriend Goldie provide textbook proof of the dangers of lying. Goldie Hawn's touching kook Toni Simmons certainly deserved to win her Oscar. Ingrid Bergman's work as the stiff-as-starch nurse Stephanie is also touchin...	1pos	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	dpo	drdpo	0.501823	0.477554	0.528412	0.483161	0.519643	0.498177	0.522446	0.471588	0.516839	0.480357
I discovered this late one night on Turner Classics. I kept saying to myself "I'll turn it off as soon as it stops being funny", but needless to say I watched the whole way through.<br /><br />I am a movie junkie but I had never even HEARD of this movie (or if I did in 1971, I forgot). It's worth watching just for the ...	1pos	dpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	drdpo	0.393735	0.503586	0.600657	0.51312	0.514949	0.606265	0.496414	0.399343	0.48688	0.485051

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