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Avatar, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:Avatar
Year: 2009
Director:
Rating: PG-13
Length: 162 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, French: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:


Plot:
RETURN TO PANDORA
A reluctant hero. An epic journey. A choice between the life he left behind and the incredible new world he's learned to call home. Return to James Cameron's AVATAR -- the greatest adventure of all time.

Extras:
Scene Access
Closed Captioned
THX


I finally decided to throw this in and see what all the hoopla was about.

What can I say?? I went into this movie determined to very critical of it so that I wouldn't be one of the masses throwing gobs of praise onto this movie..... when it was over... I loved it! So much for determination. 

This movie is going to be phenomenal on Bluray in High Def and it makes me want to expedite the purchase of my first Bluray player. Even in standard dvd format the effects, the colors, the visuals... all stunning.

Very good cast across the board, humans and blue people alike. Sigourney Weaver was a standout but for me the most intense, stellar performance went to Stephen Lang as Col. Quaritch. Hooyah! He was the embodiment of heartless evil and yet I was oddly sad to see him check out.

There was no shortage of statements and morals for Cameron to preach from his $2.8 billion dollar worldwide pulpit.... among them corporate greed, environmental exploitation, prejudice, unprovoked military sanctioning, and tainted foreign policy. It was really no surprise that despite it's enormous success, the film did in fact piss off a lot of people. The Earth Day release of the DVD/Bluray was a further poke in the eye of the pundits of the film and cemented the reverence of James Cameron that much more. Marketing genius!

As I have not yet watched The Hurt Locker, I am not yet equipped to weigh into the debate as to which film deserved Best Picture Oscar. I will say this, with a high level of confidence... if you think Avatar made a boatload of money, just wait until the sequel. It will be more highly anticipated than the second coming of Christ!  .... yes, I said it...

KC


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(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on October 16th, 2010)

The Heat, a review by Dragonfire

The Heat



I've been wanting to see this movie since I first heard about it because I really like Sandra Bullock.  I went to see the movie on opening day and I really like it.

Sarah is a very up tight, by the book FBI agent who closes more cases than the men in her field office.  She can be a little arrogant at times about her success at her job, which causes her co-workers to dislike her even more.  Her boss says she isn't right for a promotion because of that and he sends her to Boston to work on a case involving a drug lord to prove herself.  Sarah encounters Shannon, a detective on the Boston force, and things don't go well between them.  Shannon is the complete opposite of Sarah, and she is a bit hostile most of the time.  The women end up having to work together to catch the drug lord.

The movie is funny and entertaining overall and I think it is worth watching.  The story could be a little stronger, but that didn't bother me.  The humor works well.  Some of it does get a little vulgar or crude since it is an R rated comedy, but I don't think it is as bad as some of the other recent R rated comedies - including Bridesmaids.  A little of that stuff is ok at times, but it gets old when movie makers just relie on that for the humor.  Most of it isn't even funny.  Thankfully, the funniest stuff isn't in the trailers.  Some of it is a little silly or stupid, but it is funny and it works for the movie.  Bullock and McCarthy are great together and both are very funny.  They've shown in previous things that they aren't afraid to make themselves look silly for humor.  There is action at times and some violence.  Some of those things are a little graphic, but I don't think they are that extreme. 

The Heat is very entertaining overall and it deserves to be seen, especially for people who like Sandra Bullock or Melissa McCarthy.



I did post a longer review at Epinions.

The Heat


(From The Heat on June 30th, 2013)

Firefly Marathon, a review by Tom

09. Ariel
Writer: Jose Molina (Writer)
Director: Allan Kroeker
Cast: Nathan Fillion (Mal), Gina Torres (Zoe), Alan Tudyk (Wash), Morena Baccarin (Inara), Adam Baldwin (Jayne), Jewel Staite (Kaylee), Sean Maher (Simon), Summer Glau (River), Ron Glass (Shepherd Book), Blake Robbins (Agent McGinnis), Jeff Ricketts (Blue Glove Man #1), Dennis Cockrum (Blue Glove Man #2), Tom Virtue (Pompous Doctor), Roma Chugani (Receiving Doctor), Ira Steck (Young Intern), Michael Nagy (Particularly Dressed Man), Alex Connie (Patient), Cate Cohen (Crash Team Nurse)

The episode is okay. What I really like is the end where Mal has to deal with

Rating:

(From Firefly Marathon on February 28th, 2010)