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Infernal Affairs, a review by Antares

Infernal Affairs (2002) 95/100 - Sadly, I saw Scorsese's bloated version of this film first. Once again I have to ask...What was he thinking?!!! He fucked up his remake of Cape Fear and he certainly fucked up his version of this masterful crime film. From its opening moments, the film moves slickly through a very well written screenplay that had me captivated for its entirety. This is what a modern crime film should look like, not the endlessly bloody, absurd action crap that Hollywood keeps churning out. I think I've finally really reached the point where I don't give a rat's ass what comes out of Hollywood anymore, as I find myself enjoying well over 95% of the foreign films that I've watched over the last 10 years. Hong Kong films are a blank spot in my film watching history...I seriously need to correct that.

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on March 2nd, 2013)

Rope, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Rope: The Masterpiece Collection
Year: 1948
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Rating: PG
Length: 81 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Dick Hogan
His friendsJohn Dall
Farley Granger
Their housekeeperEdith Evanson

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes

My Thoughts:
This is another one I never seen before... but it is one I have heard of and been excited about checking out. This one has James Stewart in it... and I am becoming a fan of his work. And this one is no different! Such a great piece of work here! From the opening scene I could see this one would be a bit different... as it isn't actually about a mystery. Well maybe a bit of a mystery to the characters... but we, the viewers are let in on the answers from the very beginning. I thought for the most part everyone did a fantastic job. If there is anything at all that I didn't care for... it had to be the character of the housekeeper. I can't put my finger on it... but there was just something about her that bugged me. The storytelling was fantastic... and you can see a real difference in the way the movie was shot... but in a good way... I definitely enjoyed it. This one will rank up there with my favorite Hitchcock films.



(From Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection Reviews on December 27th, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Otto's Ottifanten (1997/Germany) IMDb | Wikipedia (Germany) Length: 370 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Ottifanten


Ottifanten are cartoon characters created by Otto Waalkes, a famous German comedian. This series is based on them and first aired in the nineties. I had watched some of the episodes when it first aired. I enjoyed them. The best humor comes from the baby, whose thoughts are voiced by Otto Waalkes himself.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 21st, 2012)