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September Dawn, a review by Eric

September Dawn



Summary:My Thoughts: This is truly a wonderful movie.  Because it tells the massacre of 120 people one would expect it to be done in Hollywood's way with lots of blood and "show off" special effects but the director in this case did a beautiful job at being moderate and making it look realistic.  Every battle of killing scene was done in a way that made it look like that's it would have happened.  Jon Voight's performance is extremly good and he makes is character truly credible.  Filmography is also beautiful and the massacre scene it just unbelievable with a mix of normal speed ans slow motion, some parts of it with no sounds but music, others with full sounds.  The music in that scene is also very beautiful and plays a huge part in making that scene beautiful.  Anyone who liked movies like "The Last of the Mohicans" (Although this is much less violent) or "Open Range" will really enjoy "September Dawn".  I defenitely recommend it.

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(From Eric's DVD watching. on May 30th, 2008)

The Imitation Game, a review by Antares

The Imitation Game (2014) 74/100 - When they put up on the screen, "based upon a true story", you know that the truth will only be hinted at. And that's the main problem with this film, as the entertainment quotient must be factored into the equation. Sadly, that quotient is the main factor in the screenplay and segments of the film were overly simplistic. I didn't expect it to be anymore or less than what I watched. Some good acting, brief moments of great dialog, but more of a CliffsNotes version of the actual story. If this film had been made back in the 70's, it would have been a whole lot more cerebral and for my money, more interesting and entertaining.

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on April 11th, 2015)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Midori no hibi (2004/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia (United States) Length: 325 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Plot:
Seji "Mad Dog" Sawamura is the ultimate high-school punk. With his super-strong, invincible right hand, he can punch through cenemt walls and lay waste to entire street gangs. But street cred comes with a high price - every girl in the school is absolutely terrified of him! Just when he thinks he is doomed to fly solo forever, Seji's right hand becomes an actual girl! Midori Kasugano wished she could be by Seiji's side...but ended up somehow attached to his wrist. Seiji's fighting days may be over, but his girl-trouble days are about to begin!!


Midori no hibi
1.01 Migite no koibito (2004-04-03)
Writer: Kazurou Inoue (Original Material By), Hachi Yota (Screenwriter)
Director: Tsuneo Kobayashi
Cast: Japanese Cast), Mai Nakahara (Midori Kasugano (voice)), Kishou Taniyama (Seiji Sawamura (voice)), Reiko Takagi (Takako Ayase (voice)), Hirofumi Nojima (Osamu Miyahara (voice)), Sayaka Ohara (Haruka Kasugano (voice)), Makiko Omoto (Makie (voice)), Yukari Tamura (Shiori Tsukishima (voice)), Yuji Ueda (Shuichi Takamizawa (voice)), Toshihide Tsuchiya (Butler (voice)), Takahiro Yashimizu (Tsuyoshi Nishida (voice)), Yuji Kishi (Leader (voice)), Kaori Shinizu (Yoko (voice)), Kumi Sakuma (Yuka (voice)), English Cast), Kether Fernandez (Midori Kasugano (voice)), Drew Aaron (Seiji Sawamura (voice)), Mollie Weaver (Takako Ayase (voice)), Sean Elias-Reyes (Osamu Miyahara (voice)), Amy Palant (Makie (voice)), Joshua Popenoe (Shuichi Takamizawa (voice)), Vibe Jones (Yoko (voice)), Bella Hudson (Yuka (voice))

Always fun to watch. Midori is just so kawaii (cute). I also own the manga series.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 9th, 2012)