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Night of the Living Dead (1968), a review by addicted2dvd

Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The plot (nuclear radiation awakens the dead) sounds silly, but more than one generation has had nightmares after seeing this landmark tale of flesh-craving corpses. While an endless army of rotting zombies prey on the living, a group of survivors desparately try to hold them off during one horrifying night. But no matter what they do, the dead just won't stay dead...

My Thoughts:
This is from a 3 movie DVD I have called Great Scary Movies it includes this one... House on Haunted Hill and The Terror. A true horror classic. One that I enjoy very much. But... and I may get flamed for this... but I for one prefer the remake to the original. Not because this one is a bad movie... I really do enjoy it a lot... but I just can not stand Barbara's character in this version! What a scared whining.... good for nothing character. I am so glad they fixed this only problem with the original... and made her a strong woman willing to fight for her life in the remake. I know this is a difference of when the films were made... but I always liked a strong female character in movies.

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Oldies but Goodies on March 29th, 2008)

West Side Story, a review by addicted2dvd

West Side Story (1961/United States) Wikipedia |IMDb |Trailer | Director: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise (1914) Writing: Arthur Laurents (Original Material By), Ernest Lehman (Writer), William Shakespeare (Original Material By) Length: 152 min. Video: Pan & Scan 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Mono, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Natalie Wood (1938) as Maria
Richard Beymer as Tony
Russ Tamblyn as Riff
Rita Moreno as Anita
George Chakiris as Bernardo
Simon Oakland as Lieutenant Schrank

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Closed Captioned

This morning my brother asked me if I wanted to watch West Side Story today. I said "want" is a bit strong of a word... but I will watch it with him. Then I realize it is a 2 and a half hour musical... Oh the torture! While I liked the storyline itself... there is just way to much singing and dancing in this one for my taste. I am sorry but I just can't feel that street gangs that go down the street singing and dancing as being tough guys to be afraid of. In this case I felt that the musical aspects really took away from the film. I would say this would have been an excellent film without the musical aspects. i did like Natalie Wood here... she was very beautiful. I realize this one the Academy Award for Best Picture... but this is one time I didn't care that much for the winner. I know that this probably won't be my most popular review here. That many people will disagree with me. I will say if musicals is your thing (they are definitely not mine)... you will most likely enjoy every minute of this one.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on February 15th, 2013)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Rick

The Deal
A bit intense I thought. Off character for the series in general. I did enjoy it though. Very much.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on July 27th, 2009)