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War of the Worlds, a review by DJ Doena

Tom Cruise    ...    Ray Ferrier
Dakota Fanning   ...    Rachel Ferrier
Miranda Otto   ...    Mary Ann
Justin Chatwin   ...    Robbie
Tim Robbins   ...    Harlan Ogilvy
David Alan Basche   ...    Tim

Synopsis: There are some weird storms and some lightning hits the ground. Shortly after machines come out of the ground, machines that have been there since before the first houses were built there. And these machines, these tripods, destroy everything in their path and kill any human being. Ray, who has both his childs over for the weekend, does anything that's necessary to protect his family and the first thing on that list is: running like hell.

My Opinion: The story War of the Worlds is well known - especially how it ends. And I liked it that they didn't make a hero movie out of it. I think it was a great idea that Ray was neither hero nor anti-hero but just a regular guy who doesn't know what to do just like the rest of mankind. Dakota's character was a bit too annoying for my taste.
This was the first time I watched the DVD after I had seen the movie in the theatre and I enjoyed it again. But what someone else said is also true: If the Ferriers would have had a dog, the dog would have made it to Boston, too.


So that's it. I did watch WotW yesterday evening and as you can see in my signature strip I totally changed genre this morning.

(From The "What I watch when I don't watch TV shows" thread on December 14th, 2008)

Happily N'Ever After, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:Happily N'Ever After
Year: 2007
Director: Paul J. Bolger, Yvette Kaplan
Rating: PG
Length: 87 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
George Carlin
John di Maggio
Andy Dick
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Lisa Kaplan

Plot:
Once upon a time will n'ever be the same again. Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, and Jack from the Beanstalk are all about to live happily ever after when the balance between good and evil gets thrown out of whack. It's up to Cinderella - aka Ella (Sarah Michelle Gellar) - to save the day by taking on her power-hungry stepmother, Frieda (Sigourney Weaver). But this time, Ella will have to do it without her Prince Charming (Patrick Warburton) as she joins forces with an unlikely army of dwarves, fairies, and the Wizard's bumbling assistants, Mambo (Andy Dick) and Munk (Wallace Shawn). Your favorite fairy tales are turned upside down in this funny, fast-paced adventure that teaches the lesson that - no matter who you are - you have the power to affect how your story turns out!

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Interactive Games
Storyboard Comparisons
Closed Captioned


My daughter sat down to watch this with me but she lost interest and wandered off after about 15 minutes. It wasn't hard to see why as the dialogue was comprised almost entirely of inside jokes meant for the adult viewers, all of which was completely lost on a 4 year old. Still, I thought it was quite comical particularly the Rumpelstiltskin character. Fredia, voiced by Sigourney Weaver was masterfully done as well.

Better than I was expecting but a little too much geared towards an older audience.

KC

Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on July 24th, 2010)

"Due South" marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

Chinatown

Once again another episode I enjoyed quite a bit. I liked the fact that the female cop that has a thing for Fraser have a bit of a bigger part in this episode. And I had to chuckle at the wolf being mad a Fraser as well.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on June 30th, 2009)