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The Invisible Man, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: The Invisible Man: The Legacy Collection Year: 1933 Director: James Whale Rating: NR Length: 71 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Claude Rains
Gloria Stuart
William Harrigan
Henry Travers
Una O'Connor
Forrester Harvey

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery

My Thoughts:
Another very good classic movie. Thought the effects for this one were great for the time it was made. A true mad scientist film. The image quality of this one looked quite good for it's age... though there is still some specks here and there. This is the first time I watched this movies in the Legacy Collection set. And never seen any of the sequels... so still have those to look forward to.




Count:
Movie Count: 64
TV Ep. Count: 32
Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15)

(From Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2010 on October 18th, 2010)

Marmaduke, a review by Dragonfire

I wasn't really wanting to see this one, but my mom wanted to see it, so I went with her.  She enjoyed it more than I did.

Most of the movie deals with Marmaduke - a large Great Dane - adjusting after his owners move to California.  The dog park he spends time at is compared to high school and there are cliques of dogs.  He gets bullied by the dog leading the pedigree group and then he tries to act different to fit in more.  When he manages to do that, he turns his back on the dogs who accepted him from the beginning.  There are also issues with the family since Phil is so wrapped up in his new job that he basically ignores everyone. 

This is a movie with real people and real dogs.  Effects are used to make the animals look like they are talking.  The mouth movements sort of work, though they look off at times.  The animals talk to each other and Marmaduke even addresses the audience, but the human characters can't hear the animals talk.  I have seen the Marmaduke comic strip, but not that often, so really all I know is that it is about a large dog.  The plot for the movie is very simple and predictable.  A character attempting to fit in at a new place is nothing new, though it is slightly different to apply that to dogs. 

Most of the attempts at humor fail to be funny.  There fart jokes and some other gross humor that isn't funny.  A few silly moments with the dogs are slightly funny and that is about it.  Too often, Marmaduke will do something wrong and then Phil or Debbie will stand there and say his name is an exasperated way and that is supposed to be funny.  It isn't.  At all.  It gets really old, really quick.  Some of the dogs end up in danger and that bugs me.  I know it is just a movie, but I don't find animals in danger entertaining.  Also, Phil comes across as a huge jerk.  His way of dealing with Marmaduke is just to yell at him instead of actually trying to train him for the longest time.  He only puts the effort out for that when it impacts his job.  His treatment of Marmaduke really annoys me and I can't stand the character.

None of the characters are that interesting, though some of the dogs are cute.  The voices for the animals are fine, though Owen Wilson's voice really doesn't fit such a large dog. 

There is very little that is entertaining in this movie and I have no plans to watch it every again.



I did post a longer review at Epinions a few days ago.

Marmaduke

(From Marmaduke on June 26th, 2010)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

17. Underneath
Original Air Date: 4/14/2004
Angel takes Gunn and Spike with his on a mission to rescue Lindsay from the hell dimension created by the Senior Partners, totally unaware that Gunn has his own hidden agenda.

Guest Stars:
Christian Kane
Sarah Thompson
Adam Baldwin

My Thoughts:
And here I was thinking we saw the last of Lindsey. It is a good episode. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I liked how they did the hell dimension that the Senior Partners sent Lindsey to.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 24th, 2010)