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Get Carter, a review by Eric

Tonight's the night, I'll be watching

Get Carter


I didn't watch it all last night because I was very tired and I couldn't really concentrate.  I went to bed and finished watching it today because I wanted to give it all the attention that (I thought) it deserves.

I know I'm not gonna make any new friends in the british community with my review but if it lacks the admiration that some of you show, it will at least be honnest.

First, I want to say it's a good movie, not a great movie but a good movie.  I remember when I watched the Sylvester Strap-Ons version that I was all confused because it starts with a guy showing up somewhere and who starts investigating something by being violent with people.  I found it completely stupid at the time (I would probably still) but I didn't know it was a remake, I didn't know it was from a apparently well known movie and book and that I was expected to already know the synopsis.

I was pleased with Caine's performance but then I always am.  I think he's one of the (if not the) best british actor.  The only time I've seen him in a bad performance was in Jaws 3 and I've always felt the movie was to blame for it.

The plot of the movie is interesting but not extraordinary either, typical for the genre in early 70's.  In all honesty, if Get Carter really is one of the best british thriller ever then I really hope I'll never have to watch the worst one.

I will soon be on my way to change my name, move into a new country and adopt a "low profile" life style and try never to be found by Najemikon.

(From Eric's DVD watching. on February 24th, 2008)

Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, a review by Tom

Title: Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
Year: 2003
Director: Sooraj R. Barjatya
Rating: FSK-0
Length: 197 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: German: Dolby Digital Stereo, Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Hrithik Roshan
Kareena Kapoor
Abhishek Bachchan
Johny Lever
Pankaj Kapur

Plot:
The Kapoor family want their eldest daughter, a girl named Sanjana, to get married to an American-Indian businessman named Prem. Prem is welcomed, and after a few misunderstandings, both Sanjana and Prem fall in love with each other. Then chaos descends upon the Kapoor family when they find out that the boy named Prem is a fake, and that the real Prem was delayed and is now reaching India. How will this news affect Sanjana, who has given her heart to the fake Prem?

Awards:

Filmfare Awards

2004

Nominated

Best Supporting Actor Award

Abhishek Bachchan

Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers

At times a very silly movie. The story is also nothing special. But there were enough fun scenes in it and also a few songs that I enjoyed, to make it a somewhat fun watch.
It was also the first time, that I liked a character potrayed by Kareena Kapoor throughout the movie. Hritik Roshan has again one of this hyper active character roles. Abhishek Bachchan seems to be typecast as the quiet, professionally successful, understanding, but turned down second love interest (he does it great though).

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 4th, 2009)

[Rerun Marathon] Spaced, a review by Tom

9/10

A great episode. Only the battle robot plot I found a little silly.

(From [Rerun Marathon] Spaced on December 17th, 2007)