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Mondo Cane 2, a review by Jimmy

Title : Mondo Cane 2 (1964)

Overview
Two years after their international smash MONDO CANE became the most controversial documentary of its time, Directors Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi again ignited a firestorm of outrage and acclaim as they travelled the globe to film an all-new exploration of primitives, penitents and perversions in a world gone mad.

My Impression
This second part isn't as good as the original one for many reasons. The footage use for it is the one that was not good enough for the first, the footage is almost all about the occidental world, some of them is clearly staged and the ensemble is an image patching without a logic narrative. Not that it is bad, but this film is a weak follow up to the original. By exemple a musical number where 6 peoples are slap on stage while a pianist plays is clearly fake or, the most iconical image of the film, a monk who imolate himself on fire for protesting is fake too (the event is real, but it was not filmed for this movie as reveal by the director in the documentary who is included in the boxset). I like some scene like the photoshoot for the pulp fiction novel cover or the shooting target practice by the Mexican police or, my favourite, a park at London (I think) where all kind of crazy peoples make nonsense speech and nobody seems interested (does this place exist really? Look like a good place to get a free laugh).
 
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(From Shockumentary/Mondo Week Marathon on February 4th, 2009)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, a review by Tom

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Paramount Home Entertainment (Germany) Director: Leonard Nimoy Writing: Gene Roddenberry (Original Material By), Leonard Nimoy (Story By), Harve Bennett (Story By), Steve Meerson (Screenwriter), Peter Krikes (Screenwriter), Harve Bennett (Screenwriter), Nicholas Meyer (Screenwriter) Length: 117 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish

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Stars:
William Shatner as Kirk
Leonard Nimoy as Spock
DeForest Kelley as McCoy
James Doohan as Scotty
George Takei as Sulu

Plot:
To save Earth from a destructive space probe, Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to 20th century Earth to recover two humpback whales, who are the only Earth beings who can respond to it.

Awards:
Won:

ASCAP Awards (1987)		Top Box Office Films (Leonard Rosenman)
Saturn (1986)		Best Costumes (Robert Fletcher)

Nominated:

Academy Award (1986)		Best Cinematography (Don Peterman)
Academy Award (1986)		Best Music, Original Score (Leonard Rosenman)
Academy Award (1986)		Best Sound (Terry Porter, David J. Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, Gene Cantamessa)
Academy Award (1986)		Best Sound Effects Editing (Mark Mangini)
American Society of Cinematographers Awards (1987)		Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases (Don Peterman)
Hugo Award (1987)		Dramatic Presentation
Saturn (1986)		Best Actor (Leonard Nimoy)
Saturn (1986)		Best Actor (William Shatner)
Saturn (1986)		Best Director (Leonard Nimoy)
Saturn (1986)		Best Makeup (Wes Dawn, Jeff Dawn, James L. McCoy)
Saturn (1986)		Best Science Fiction Film
Saturn (1986)		Best Special Effects (Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri)
Saturn (1986)		Best Supporting Actor (James Doohan)
Saturn (1986)		Best Supporting Actor (Walter Koenig)
Saturn (1986)		Best Supporting Actress (Catherine Hicks)
Saturn (1986)		Best Writing (Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Harve Bennett, Nicholas Meyer)
Young Artist Awards (1988)		Best Family Motion Picture – Drama

Extras:

• Commentary
• Featurettes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

One of the best Star Trek movies further supporting that the Star Trek movies with even numbers are the better ones (that is, until Star Trek: Nemesis came along). Only the premise of having to get whales from the 20th century to the 23rd century I find ridiculous.

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(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on January 5th, 2008)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Die Camper: Die komplette Serie (1997/Germany) IMDb | Wikipedia Turbine Medien, AL!VE (Germany) Length: 2753 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Die Camper
Staffel 1.01 Der Grillabend
WriterDirector: Stefan Lukschy
Cast


(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on November 10th, 2012)