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Assassins of Youth, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Assassins of Youth
Year: 1937
Director: Elmer Clifton
Rating: NR
Length: 73 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Luana Walters
Arthur Gardner
Dorothy Short
Earl Dwire

Plot:
A high-school girl gets involved with a ring of teenage marijuana smokers, not realizing that she is being framed by greedy relatives out to prevent her from getting an inheritance, and starts down the road to ruin. A reporter poses as a soda jerk to infiltrate the gang of teen dope fiends and save the clean and wholesome youth of the town from the horrors of marijuana addiction.

Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
What do I think about this movie? I really not sure. I think I found it kinda boring as I struggled to keep my attention on the movie at times. But at the same time I had to laugh at some of the things they said in this movie. Now I personally never even tried any type of drugs... I don't smoke (anything) and I don't drink. But even I know better then to link marijuana to murder! But hey... I did learn something... the easiest way to get a woman's clothes off is give her some marijuana!  I swear some of the stuff they came out with is ridiculous... even to me! But at least it did seem like they tried to make a decent story. I think I have to give this one about a 2.5... I didn't really hate it... but it is not something I see myself watching often. No more then an average movie.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Multi-Themes on January 15th, 2010)

Schindler’s List, a review by Antares

Schindler's List





Year: 1993
Film Studio: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Genre: Drama
Length: 195 Min.

Director
Steven Spielberg (1946)

Writing
Thomas Keneally (1935)...Book
Steven Zaillian (1953)...Screenplay

Producer
Irving Glovin
Kathleen Kennedy (1953)
Branko Lustig (1932)
Gerald R. Molen (1935)
Robert Raymond
Lew Rywin (1945)
Steven Spielberg (1946)

Cinematographer
Janusz Kaminski (1959)

Music
John Williams (1932)...Composer

Stars
Liam Neeson (1952) as Oskar Schindler
Ben Kingsley (1943) as Itzhak Stern
Ralph Fiennes (1962) as Amon Goeth
Caroline Goodall (1959) as Emilie Schindler
Jonathan Sagall (1962) as Poldek Pfefferberg
Embeth Davidtz (1965) as Helen Hirsch
Malgoscha Gebel (1955) as Wiktoria Klonowska
Shmuel Levy as Wilek Chilowicz

Review
       Since this films release in 1993, it has been shrouded in a cloud of political correctness that has kept anyone from criticizing it from a purely cinematic viewpoint. When I first saw this film back in 1993 in a sold out movie theater, I was completely blown away by the scenes of brutality and the cold, callous disregard for human life that the Nazi's possessed. When it was played on television for the first time in an uncut form with no commercial interruptions, I watched it again and felt that it wasn't as disturbing the second time. After I purchased the DVD release, and viewed it for the third time, I realized that on the whole it was a slightly above average movie, not an exceptional one. Had I become de-sensitized to the violence by repeated viewings? No, the reason that it didn't move me quite as much was the fact that it had been made by a director who was unequal to the task of telling the story in any other way but by shocking, startling, and repulsing his audience.

       Steven Spielberg has never been renowned for making good dramatic films; he's essentially a blockbuster B movie maker for the masses, and a very successful one. But when you take away his ability to use special effects, he resorts to cheap cinematic devices to tell his stories. For example, when the train of women & children arrive at Auschwitz, we see them having their hair shorn, followed by their removal of clothing as they are about to be taken to the . They are lead into the chamber, the somber, yet searing music intensifies, and we see the fear in their eyes at what they're anticipating. Then the lights go out, they start to cry and scream, and then...and then..._{the water starts to flow from the showerheads}. Are you kidding me?!!! No director worth his weight in salt would dare use a director, but this a movie, not an historical transcript. It is told from the Jewish perspective and recounts only atrocities inflicted by the Nazi's upon Jewish people. At the end of the film a caption appears on screen stating, ShoahLodz Ghetto, episode #20 (Genocide) of the World at WarNuit et brouillardHolocaust dramatized the events without passing itself off as historical testament. Should you see Mein Kampf.


Ratings Criterion

(From Schindler’s List (1993) on February 10th, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

The Incredible Hulk: How the Legend Began (1977/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia (United States) Length: 193 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Plot:
The Incredible Hulk: Pilot Episode
Discover the origin of "The Incredible Hulk" with the TV series pilot that helped to inspire the "Hulk" phenomenon. While conducting a research project about superhuman strength, Dr. David Banner bombards his own system with gamma radiation, unexpectedly transforming himself into the powerful beast, "The Incredible Hulk."


The Incredible Hulk
1.01 Pilot (1977-11-04)
Writer: Kenneth Johnson (Writer)
Director: Kenneth Johnson
Cast: Bill Bixby (David Banner), Susan Sullivan (Elaina Marks), Jack Colvin (Jack McGee), Lou Ferrigno (The Hulk), Susan Batson (Mrs. Maier), Mario Gallo (Mr. Bram), Eric Server (Policeman), Charles Siebert (Ben), Terrence Locke (Young Man), June Whitley Taylor (Woman), George Brenlin (Man at Lake), Jake Mitchell (Jerry), William Larson (Minister), Olivia Barash (Girl at Lake), Eric Deon (B.J.)

This pilot TV movie is a good, but maybe sometimes overly drawn-out introduction to the series. Bill Bixby is a great Bruce Banner (here called David). And with Lou Ferrigno they found just the right person for Hulk. I had read that Arnold Schwarzenegger had auditioned for this role, but he was rejected because of his smaller height. Another one who got the role and filmed some scenes, but was replaced early on in the production was Richard Kiel (Jaws from the Bond movies).

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 3rd, 2012)