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Gone Girl, a review by addicted2dvd

Gone Girl (2014/United States) Trailer |IMDb |Wikipedia | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (United States) Director: David Fincher Writing: Gillian Flynn (Original Material By), Gillian Flynn (Screenwriter) Length: 149 min. Video: Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 7.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Czech: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Polish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Turkish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: Czech, English, French, Polish, Portuguese, Slovakian, Spanish, Turkish

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Stars:
Ben Affleck as Nick Dunne
Rosamund Pike as Amy Dunne
Neil Patrick Harris as Desi Collings
Tyler Perry as Tanner Bolt
Carrie Coon as Margo Dunne

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Digital Copy
• 'Amazing Amy Tattle Tale' Book

I must say I definitely enjoyed this one. It has a very good story with lots of twists and turns.One you definitely have to give all your attention to while watching... but that is not hard as it easily keeps your interest. The entire cast did a fine job... as I was easily able to care about all the characters. I definitely recommend this one if you haven't seen it yet.


(From What Movies I Been Watching on August 17th, 2015)

Zack and Miri Make a Porno , a review by Dragonfire

Zack and Miri Make a Porno



Get ready for the wild comedy that goes where no movie has dared go before! Seth Rogen (Pineapple Express) and Elizabeth Banks (Role Models) star as two cash-strapped roommates who try to get out of debt by making an adult film. Once the cameras start rolling, things quickly get complicated...and hilarious! Writer/Director Kevin Smith is at his funniest, backed by a motley cast, including Craig Robinson ("The Office"), Jason Mewes (Clerks films), Justin Long (Live Free or Die Hard), and Brandon Routh (Superman Returns). Critics promise, "If you liked The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Superbad, you'll love Zack and Miri" (Shawn Edwards, Fox-TV).

My Thoughts

This is another one that won't appeal to some people because of the subject.  This isn't an actual porn movie..it is just a movie about some people who decide to make a porn.  There aren't a lot of sex scenes, though one of them is a bit more explicit.  It makes sense for that sort of scene, along with nudity, to be in the movie given what the plot is.  One other sex scene that is more important ends up without any nudity, which does seem slightly odd given that the characters are supposed to be making a porn movie to make money.  I don't know a lot about porn, but nudity seems to be a bit selling point.  Anyway, the sexual content isn't really that extreme and there is less nudity and fewer sex scenes than I expected considering what is going on.

There are a lot of funny moments throughout the movie.  Some of the humor is sexual in nature and other stuff is more crude or even gross.  The humor works well for the most part, though a few things were probably intended to be funny that weren't.  There is one really, really gross moment at one point that I could have done without seeing, though it is sort of funny in a very twisted way.  A lot of the humor is silly, which might disappoint some people.

The plot is fairly simple and straight forward.  A lot of people have money problems, especially lately in this country, so I think it makes sense that Zack and Miri would be willing to go to extreme measures in an attempt to pay their bills.  Time is taken to set up the problem and show how bad it is once their water and electric are turned off.  Miri does need to be convinced, but it isn't long before they start planning to make their movie.  Just about everything that happens is predictable, though there are a few minor surprises.  Even though the plot isn't that complicated, it is still interesting and entertaining.

The characters are nice enough, though they do have some issues.  Seth Rogen is fine as Zack, though the character does seem to be a lot like other characters he's played.  Miri is nice and likable and she does seem to be a bit more responsible than Zack.  Elizabeth Banks does well with the part. Stacy, Lester, Bubbles, and Barry are people hired to act in the movie and they all add something to it.  There isn't a lot of development for them, but they are interesting characters.

The two disc DVD has all sorts of extras.  There are at least an hour of deleted scenes - I lost track when watching them.  Some are slightly different versions of the ones in the movie.  Some of them didn't add a lot to the movie, so I can see why they were cut.  I do think the parts having Zack fight with the car door are really funny though.  The featurette on the making of the movie is really well done and interesting.  It is one of the more detailed making of featurettes that I've seen.  The webisodes are also entertaining and worth watching.  The extras are really interesting and entertaining and worth watching.

I really enjoyed this one overall.  Yes it is raunchy and crude at times, but it works as an entertaining movie.  I liked this one more than Knocked Up.  I'm getting a bit tired of Apatow's movies.  While they are some similarities in this one, something about it makes it better overall I think.



I did get a review posted on Epinions if anyone wants to take a look.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

(From Dragonfire88's Alphabet Marathon on August 1st, 2010)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Starfleet has developed a plan to expose Chancellor Gowron as a changeling. For this Sisko has to borrow Dukat's Bird of Prey and fly deep into the klingon territory. There O'Brien, Odo and he poses as Klingons - or at least Worf tries to teach them how to do that. And of course it's not that easy for a random klingon warrior to get close to his ruler.

My Opinion: It was great to see Brooks, Auberjonois and Meaney in klingon masks and costume, especially Brooks. And it was funny to see how they tred to behave like Klingons. But I have to admit I think it was a dangerous choice to take Odo, given his current state of mind. Even if it wasn't voiced in the episode the reason was obviously to challenge Odo, to show him that he can do his job even as a "solid" but he could as well blown it. But in the end it worked out ok and I liked the twist that it wasn't Gowron at all.

Synopsis: Sisko leads an expidition to a planet in the GQ where they want to determine whether it's suitable for a mining operation. But then a Jem'Hadar warship crashes on that planet - there are no survivors. But while they are inspecting the wreckage yet another Dominion ship arrives and in the following fight Sisko's people get trapped in the wreck. Surprisingly the Vorta offers safe conduct if they'd leave the ship. But now Sisko has become curious about what's so important about a crashed ship (and of course he doesn't trust her to keep her word).

My Opinion: OK, I was tired, but I dozed off during the episode, what does that tell you?

Synopsis: Grillka, Quark's klingon ex-wife, comes to the station because the war had some heavy impacts on her financial situation. And while Quark is happy to see her again, he's not the only one who finds her fascinating. Worf tries to impress her but doesn't succeed due to his dishonoured status within the empire. In the end he agrees to help Quark courting her.

My Opinion: The beginning of a beautiful romance. No, not Quark and Grillka, but Dax and Worf. "par'Mach" is klingon for "love", just a lot tougher than its human counterpart. It was great to see Quark courting Grillka and fighting his challenger while Worf and Dax were secretly helping him to survive. And of course the best part was where the two pairs came into the infirmary at the end of the episode.


Synopsis: Bashir and Jake (who's writing an article about Bashir) return from a medical conference when they receive an emergency call. They change course and land on a planet where a Federation force tries to hold the line against klingon ground troops. And while Dr. Bashir works in the clinic Jakes tries to help and not to stand in someone's way. But he also has to learn about the horrors of war.

My Opinion: I thought this was a really good episode. Once again DS9 has shown Humans much more human and not as perfect as they had been portrayed in TNG. I liked the idea of hearing Jakes notes as voiceover, to hear what he was feeling right now when he meet all these different kind of people. And that he didn't consider himself a hero just because he saved the day by accident even though everyone else does - that was great.

(From Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon on January 24th, 2009)