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Stephen King's It, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Stephen King's It
Movie Count: 73
TV Ep Count: 25
Time Started: 2pm
Plot:My Thoughts:
This is one of the King miniseries I like a lot... but for some reason seldomly watch. The last time I watched this one... I tried to get my daughter to watch it with me... but she left part the way through. She claims she wasn't scared... that she had something else she wanted to do at the time... but I don't know.  One of the reasons I like this one is it has several stars I like in it. Especially John Ritter and Annette O'Toole.

(From Month-Long Horror/Halloween Marathon on October 25th, 2007)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a review by Tom

Title: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Year: 2008
Director: David Fincher
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 166 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.40
Audio: English: Dolby Digital TrueHD, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital Surround, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1, Thai: Dolby Digital 5.1, Turkish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Other, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Stars:
Brad Pitt
Cate Blanchett

Plot:
'I was born under unusual circumstances.' And so begins The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backward. Directed by David Fincher (Zodiac, Fight Club) and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett as the time-crossed soul mates Benjamin and Daisy, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is an epic, time-traveler's adventure into the joys of life, the sadness of death and a love that endures beyond time.

Awards:

Academy Award	2008	Nominated	Best Actor	Brad Pitt
Academy Award	2008	Won	Best Art Direction	Donald Graham Burt (Art Direction), Victor J. Zolfo (Set Decoration)
Academy Award	2008	Nominated	Best Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
Academy Award	2008	Nominated	Best Costume Design	Jacqueline West
Academy Award	2008	Nominated	Best Director	David Fincher
Academy Award	2008	Nominated	Best Film Editing	Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Academy Award	2008	Won	Best Makeup	Greg Cannom
Academy Award	2008	Nominated	Best Music, Original Score	Alexandre Desplat
Academy Award	2008	Nominated	Best Picture
Academy Award	2008	Nominated	Best Sound Mixing	David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
Academy Award	2008	Nominated	Best Supporting Actress	Taraji P. Henson
Academy Award	2008	Won	Best Visual Effects	Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
Academy Award	2008	Nominated	Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay	Eric Roth (Screenplay/Story), Robin Swicord (Story)
American Film Institute Awards	2008	Won	Movies of the Year
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Acting Ensemble
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Actor	Brad Pitt
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Actress	Cate Blanchett
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Composer	Alexandre Desplat
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Director	David Fincher
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Picture
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Supporting Actress	Taraji P. Henson
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Writer	Eric Roth
Golden Globe	2008	Nominated	Actor in a Leading Role - Drama	Brad Pitt
Golden Globe	2008	Nominated	Director	David Fincher
Golden Globe	2008	Nominated	Original Score	Alexandre Desplat
Golden Globe	2008	Nominated	Picture - Drama
Golden Globe	2008	Nominated	Screenplay	Eric Roth, Robin Swicord

Extras:
Commentary
Featurettes
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailers

Nice enough movie. Though it lacks a certain something. It is an interesting concept, but sadly the story just moves along at its leisurely pace without any highlight to speak of.
And I am not happy about the choice the main character made at the end. It felt like he was leaving Daisy to have live his "youth" without having the burden of a family. Of course his reasoning is, that she wouldn't have to live with a guy who gets younger and younger. But in the end, he was missing the years he could have easily helped raising their daughter, but was back in her life when she needed to take care of him in his "old" age.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on September 12th, 2009)

My PILOT Marathon, a review by Rich

Title: Fat Friends: Series One

Certificate:15
Year:2000


Plot:Series 1 of ITV1's BAFTA nominated comedy drama Fat Friends has finally arrived on DVD.

Meet Betty, Kelly, Lauren, Alan, Val, Jamie, Aysha and Joan. They are all shapes and sizes and come from all walks of life but there's something which unites them all - a constant struggle with their weight. Every week, the group meets up at 'Superslimmers' for the all-important weigh-in. Will it be euphoria at the loss of a couple of pounds - or desperation when the scales reveal that elusive target weight is slipping further away?

Written by Kay Mellor (Girls' Night, Playing the Field, Band of Gold) and starring Alison Steadman (Abigail's Party, Shirley Valentine), Gaynor Faye (Coronation Street), Josie Lawrence (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) and Janet Dibley (Eastenders).

1 Love Me Slender


My Review:
Family friendly comedy, focussing on the current fascination of dieting and fat clubs, with the obvious jokes associated with such.
Some good laugh out loud moments, but generally not enough to inspire immediate further viewing of the series nor anything but an average rating.
Interesting to see Ruth Jones and James Corden (writers and stars of Gavin & Stacey) in early roles. plus Alison Steadman who plays Gavins mum.
 



(From My PILOT Marathon on September 28th, 2009)