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Metro, a review by addicted2dvd

Metro
Mega-star Eddie Murphy (The Nutty Professor, Beverly Hills Cop series) teams with Michael Rapaport (Beautiful Girls) and Michael Wincott (The Crow) in this wildly entertaining, action-packed hit! Murphy plays Scott Roper, a fast-talking, wisecracking, on-the-edge hostage negotiator whose offbeat-but-winning style has made him San Francisco's top mediator! Roper will say...and do...absolutely anything to get his man. But when it comes to face to face with a psychotic killer who's playing a lethal game of cat and mouse, he's finally met his match! Don't miss the excitement as the always amusing Murphy packs Metro with outrageous action that has critics and audiences cheering!

My Thoughts:
This is another movie I have had in my collection for a very long time... but it seems I have only watched the one time. I wouldn't say this is the best Action-Comedy I ever seen... but it is definitely enjoyable. I liked most the characters... there was lots of fun scenes... but I think there could have been a bit more comedy in the mixture for this one.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 3/6 - 3/8 on March 6th, 2009)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, a review by Tom

Title: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Year: 1936
Director: Frank Capra
Rating: NR
Length: 115 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono, Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: Chinese, English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

Stars:
Gary Cooper
Jean Arthur
George Bancroft
Lionel Stander
Douglass Dumbrille

Plot:
When a small-town idealist (Gary Cooper) goes to New York to collect a $20 million inheritance, he finds romance with wisecracking journalist Jean Arthur, becomes the target of ruthless businessmen and relatives, and finally decides to give his fortune away because it's so much trouble. This milestone film is one of the most charming and best-loved romantic comedies ever made.

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Commentary
Featurettes
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers
Vintage Advertising

A classic comedy which did enjoy this time just as much, as when I first saw it. I like the fact, although Longfellow Deeds is potrayed as a little naive (as in not up with the city people), he is acutely aware, when he is made fun of and counters well.
The showdown of the movie takes in a court room, where is antagonists try to get him declared insane. Although this court room scene takes about 40 minutes, and never gets boring.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on January 6th, 2009)

My PILOT Marathon, a review by Rich

Game On

Big Wednesday:
The course of true love doesn’t run smooth, especially with Matthew, Martin and Mandy running their own courses.



Join Matthew (the agoraphobic, self obsessed, macho man); Martin (the wimpish, sex-starved underdog) and Mandy (the gorgeous blonde, who always seems to end up dating the wrong men), in this outrageously funny flat-share comedy that is anything but politically correct!

Pretty tacky, unoriginal mush served up for the masses.
The characters are ordinary, the acting atrocious, specifically in terms of their comedy timing, and the storyline of this pilot boring.
Designed for 14-16 years olds I expect, this has been vastly surpassed by more recent series.
 

(From My PILOT Marathon on September 28th, 2009)