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The Passion of the Christ, a review by Rich

The Passion of the Christ



From Academy Award®-Winning director Mel Gibson comes a profound story of courage and sacrifice depicting the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus Christ.
Featuring stunning cinematography and an inspired performance by Jim Caviezel, The Passion of the Christ is a triumphant and uncompromising filmmaking achievement.

Brutal, graphic, relentless and compelling. It is beautifully shot, but the level of violence is so extreme you become numbed by it, and I had a bad taste in my mouth after watching this. The Aramaic and Latin dialogue is not distracting if you are happy with subtitles, and the acting from the whole cast is top drawer. It is certainly moving in it's depiction of a man being tortured and killed in such an extreme nature, however Gibson perhaps lingers too much on this graphic display of suffering.
Not sure why there was such controversy over this film, perhaps the depiction of jews as evil antagonists, the Romans (aside from Pilate and his wife) as brutal drunkard sadists, or the 'historical accuracy'? The flashbacks of Jesus of Nazareths early life are far too infrequent reliefs from the violence, too short, and haphazard. When the cruxifixion finally takes place you are so used to the brutality that it has less shock appeal than I would have thought, and the ending could not come quick enough.
I am glad I have watched this, I can't say it was a pleasure, more of an experience.
 


**Monica Bellucci mini-marathon



(From Riches Random Reviews on August 25th, 2009)

Altered States, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Altered States
Year: 1980
Director: Ken Russell
Rating: R
Length: 103 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: English, French

Stars:
William Hurt
Blair Brown
Bob Balaban
Charles Haid
Thaao Penghlis

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers
Cast/Crew Bios
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I am embarrassed to say that I bought this movie back in April of 2003... and I am just now getting around to watching it. First thing coming to my mind is damn this is a weird movie! But did I like this movie? Well, I found it weird... but interesting. It definitely kept me entertained... but I swear there is stuff that happened in this movie I am still not sure I understood!



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs on January 7th, 2010)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: The Complete Fourth Season, a review by addicted2dvd

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: The Complete Fourth Season (1996/United States) LOIS LANE and CLARK KENT saved the best for last. In their final season, they finally get married. There are a few roadblocks along the highway to marital bliss: a worlds-at-war battle with Lord Nor; an adventure-packed encounter with the Wedding Destroyer, who believes folks are better dead than wed; and even wedding-night interruptus compliments of time-traveling H.G. Wells. But before or after the shoes and rice, all 22 fourth-season episodes zing with Lois & Clark's action/comedy blend. A multitude of baddies - ghosts, aliens, deranged scientists and bizarre criminal geniuses - power up the excitement. A multitude of guest stars - Drew Carey, Harry Anderson, Delta Burke and more - power up the laughs. Time to fly...and say goodbye! Episodes: 1. Lord of the Flys 2. Battleground Earth 3. Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding 4. Soul Mates 5. Brutal Youth 6. The People vs. Lois Lane 7. Dead Lois Walking 8. Bob and Carol and Lois and Clark 9. Ghosts 10. Stop the Presses 11. Twas the Night Before Mxymas 12. Lethal Weapon 13. Sex, Lies and Videotape 14. Meet John Doe 15. Lois and Clarks 16. AKA Superman 17. Faster Than a Speeding Vixen 18. Shadow of a Doubt 19. Voice from the Past 20. I've Got You Under My Skin 21. Toy Story 22. The Family Hour

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Stars:
Dean Cain as Clark Kent/Superman
Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane
Lane Smith as Perry White
Justin Whalin as Jimmy Olsen
Eddie Jones as Jonathan Kent
K Callan as Martha Kent

Extras:

• Featurettes
• Closed Captioned

Well... I did it! I watched all four seasons! Which is odd since when I started I didn't think I was going to watch much more then the pilot episode. This season I enjoyed just as much as the first two seasons. Season three was the only season to go down in my eyes. Mainly because of how hard they worked to keep Lois and Clark apart the entire season. This final season once again has a nice selection of guest stars... this time including Justine Bateman, David Doyle, Delta Burke, Jasmine Guy, Antonio Sabato, Jr., Drew Carey, Kathy Kinney, Howie Mandel, Tom Wilson, Nancy Dussault, Fred Willard, Tim Thomerson, Grant Shaud and Harry Anderson.

I am disappointed on how this season ended. It is fine for a season finale.... but disappointing as a series finale. As it set itself up for a fifth season. Of course they thought there would be a fifth season anyway. But still disappointing to see it end this way and not get any more episodes.




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on August 8th, 2011)