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Spellbound, a review by Dragonfire

Spellbound

A dedicated psychiatrist (Ingrid Bergman) falls for a man (Gregory Peck) who may or may not be a cold-blooded murderer.

My Thoughts

I enjoyed this movie overall.  Some scenes do move slower and there it almost seems at times if the psycho babble stuff is tossed in more often to make the movie longer, but I still think it is entertaining overall.  The characters are interesting for the most part and I was interested in finding out the truth about Peck's character.  I did think that the relationship between Constance and Dr. Edwards progressed faster than was believable, but I still enjoyed the movie. 

The dream sequence is interesting and a bit..bizarre...which works.  I do wonder what the sequence would have been like if Selznick hadn't cut much of it. 

The extras on my version of the DVD are interesting.  There is one about Dali and the dream sequence and it also covers the fact that Selznick cut a lot of the scene.  A few little memos from Selznick are shown.  Another one talks about psychoanalysis and how it was used in the movie.  There is also one about an actress.  I can't remember her name at the moment, but she talks about being discovered.  The extras were interesting.

Overall I really enjoyed this movie.



I did get a review posted on Epinions.

Spellbound

(From Alfred Hitchcock Marathon on September 2nd, 2009)

Just Visiting, a review by Tom

Just Visiting (2001/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia (United States) Director: Jean-Marie Gaubert Writing: Jean-Marie Poiré (Original Material By), Christian Clavier (Original Material By), Christian Clavier (Screenwriter), Jean-Marie Poiré (Screenwriter), John Hughes (Screenwriter) Length: 88 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English, French

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Stars:
Jean Reno as Thibault
Christina Applegate as Rosalind/Julia
Christian Clavier as Andre
Matthew Ross as Hunter
Tara Reid as Angelique

Plot:
Just Visiting is one very funny fish-out-of-water comedy the whole family will enjoy. It's 12th century France and the Count Thibault of Malfete (Jean Reno, 'Mission: Impossible') finds his beautiful bride-to-be (Christina Applegate, TV's 'Jesse') done in by malevolent magic. So he and his loyal servant André (Christian Clavier, 'Les Visiteurs') request the help of a local wizard to right the wrong and bring his beloved back. But the wizardry goes awry and the pair is transported to 21st century Chicago where they meet Thibault's descendant Julia (Applegate) and her scheming fiancé. With their timeless values of courage, they wreak hilarious havoc as they foil diabolical plots in modern-day Chicago and try to find their way back home.

Extras:

• Closed Captioned
• Featurettes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

This is a US remake of the French movie 'Les Visiteur'. It is more of a screwball comedy than the original movie.
Sadly, Jean Reno's character comes across more as a joke than as the excellently played knight of the original movie.

This movie is a yet another in a long line of Hollywood having to remake a movie for the American audience.
The German habit of dubbing movies is often critized by some citing that other European countries like the Netherlands and Scandinavian countries do not have the need to do it, why then Germany? Are the German people too lazy to read subtitles? (It is just that the dubbing industry in Germany has become too big and the people are acustomed to have the movie dubbed).
But on the other hand, when I look at the US: What do they do? Do they dub? Do they subtitling? No, they remake the whole movie instead

On a side note: Jean Remo looked a little like a colleague of mine in this movie

Rating:

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on January 16th, 2008)

Tom's TV Finales marathon, a review by Tom

Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy: Season Two (2006/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia FUNimation Productions (United States) Length: 600 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Plot:
The song may say "Thank heaven for little girls" - but who is college student Keiichi Morisato supposed to thank when three honest to goodness living Goddesses move in and take over his life? And should he really be all that grateful?

After all, in most mythologies, close relationships between mortals and immortals usually lead to mortifying complications, so we're already talking about an extremely mixed blessing! And when a FOURTH Goddess suddenly appears, that blessing becomes more like a curse! They may just be trying to help, but sometimes it seems that Belldandy, Skuld, Urd and Peorth might be less concerned with Keiichi's safety than they are with establishing a pecking order and ownership rights!

The delicate celestial balance that exists between human and goddess is thrown into complete and utter chaos in Ah! My Goddess 2 - The Complete Collection!


Ah! My Goddess
Season 2.24 Ah! The Song of Love That Shakes the Heart!
Writer: Kosuke Fujishima (Original Material By), Akira Watanabe (Screenwriter)
Director: Hiroaki Goda
Cast: Eileen Stevens (Belldandy), Drew Aaron (Keiichi Morisato), Vibe Jones (Urd), Annice Moriarty (Skuld), Juliet Cesario (Peorth), Veronica Taylor (Chihiro Fujimi), , Kikuko Inoue (Belldandy), Masami Kikuchi (Keiichi Morisato), Yumi Toma (Urd), Aya Hisakawa (Skuld), Rei Sakuma (Peorth), Yuka Imai (Chihiro Fujimi)

I decided to watch this episode as finale, even though it is a bonus episode produced for the DVD release coming after the finale. It is a nice episode provided some emotional closure.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Finales marathon on November 27th, 2012)