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The Counselor, a review by Silence_of_Lambs

Summary:
The Counselor (Michael Fassbender) but soon becomes entangled in a complex drug plot with a middle-man known as Westray (Brad Pitt). The plan ends up taking a horrible twist and he must protect himself and his soon to be bride as the truth of the drug business is uncovered and targets are eliminated.

My Thoughts:
A new film by Ridley Scott ... with an Allstar-Cast (Fassbender, Pitt, Bardem, Diaz, Cruz, ...) ... and even a Thriller, now how could this go wrong?

Don't know how, but it did. Being a film by Ridley Scott it did this with a certain grandesse though.
This film is like someone smashed a mirror, picked up the pieces and tried to re-assemble a mirror. Means: Even with all the shards being in the correct position the picture you will see will always be disturbed by the outline of the shards.
The film tries to tell its story with this fragments. The problem is: Many (important) fragments are missing, others are not placed in the correct position, some even seem to originate from another mirror.
Each fragment shows a beautifully photographed scene, they just don't add up to show a complete picture. And in this regard this movie is even worse than the original cut of "The Blade Runner" which at least had a Narrator to put the fragments into context.

An interesting concept, with some great acting, that sadly got messed up in the editing room.

My Rating: (out of possible 5)

(From Michael's random reviews on September 11th, 2014)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, a review by addicted2dvd

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Two-Disc Special Edition (2007/United Kingdom) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Warner Home Video Director: David Yates Writing: Michael Goldenberg (Screenwriter), J. K. Rowling [J.K. Rowling] (Original Material By) Length: 139 min. Rating: Rated PG-13 : Sequences of Fantasy Violence and Frightening Images Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Harry Melling as Dudley Dursley
Jason Boyd as Piers
Richard Macklin as Malcolm
Kathryn Hunter as Mrs. Arabella Figg
Miles Jupp as TV Weatherman

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Interactive Games
• Digital Copy

This one I enjoyed quite a bit. Not as much as I did the last one (Goblet of Fire)... but it is right up there with the rest of the series. I did find this one to be a little slower. But it was still enough to keep my interest through-out the entire film.  Definitely worth the time put in to watch it.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on August 4th, 2013)

The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

What's the show about?"Pilot"
Ted's life is about to change. His best friend has just proposed to his girlfriend and she has accepted. And Ted meets a beautiful woman at his favourite bar. She likes dogs, Scotch, can quote Ghostbusters and does not like olives. She's perfect - until he tells her on the first date: "I love you!".

My Opinion
To be perfectly honest, the show had to grow on me. I watched a few episodes on TV and wasn't that thrilled. I still bought the first season on a hunch and watched the first disc. While funny, still no ground-breaking experience for me. Then 4 days ago I gave it another shot. I began with the second disc of the first season and roughly one hour ago I finished with the first episode of the fifth season. And while I enjoyed it very much, I'd still rate Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory higher. HIMYM is one really long romantic comedy movie where you don't meet the female lead (so far) and I really like this kind of movie - if done well. And HIMYM is done well.

(From The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon on September 23rd, 2009)