DVD Collectors Online

Cool Hand Luke, a review by GSyren

Title	Cool Hand Luke
Year	1967
Director	Stuart Rosenberg
Stars	Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J. D. Cannon, Lou Antonio, Robert Drivas
Overview
My thoughts	This is an excellent film. It has a great script. It has lots of excellent actors, many of whom has gone on to become famous later. So why did this film leave me indifferent? I really don't know. Maybe it was the downbeat ending. But I have seen many film noir with downbeat endings and liked them, so that doesn't make any sense. Maybe it was because I couldn't relate to the main character? Maybe it was just that I was in the wrong mode? I just don't know. Maybe the famous quote "What we have here is failure to communicate" applies to me? This should really be a 4 star film, but for me it was just a weak 3 stars. But don't let that put you off. By all accounts, this is an excellent film.
Rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on April 2nd, 2013)

Inspector Gadget , a review by Dragonfire

Inspector Gadget



Wowser! Disney's 'Inspector Gadget' turbocharges to life in a wild and quriky adventure comedy with a thousand moving parts!

During a daring rescue attempt, John Brown (Matthew Broderick), a naive and clueless security guard, experiences the wrath of the evil Dr. Claw (Rupert Everett) and is left clinging to life. Jumping at the chance to put her robotics expertise to the test, the brilliant Dr. Brenda Bradford (Joely Fisher) transforms him into Inspector Gadget - the ultimate crime-fighting tool! And Gadget is going to need every techno-trick up his cyber-sleeve to defeat the ruthless Claw - before Claw reduces our hero to spare parts and wreaks havoc on the world!

Non-stop action, seamless special effects and a gazillion gizmos make 'Inspector Gadget' a hilarious techno-thrill ride the whole family will watch over and over.

My Thoughts

I've seen the cartoon of Inspector Gadget, though it has been a while.  From what I remember, the cartoon wasn't as dark as the movie is.  There is a murder within the first few minutes of the movie and some other questionable things for a family friendly movie.  The villain, Sanford Scolex, is effective as a villain.  John, the man who becomes Inspector Gadget, is nice enough, but he seems a bit dumber than the version of the character in the cartoon.  The plot is sort of interesting, though it isn't that strong.  Most of what happens is silly or downright stupid.  Some of the silly things work all right, though others are just too silly.  I'm thinking the movie would have worked better if it had been animated instead of live action.  Even with the plot issues, I did think the movie managed to be entertaining overall.

There really isn't any mystery to what is going on since it is clear right from the beginning that Scolex is up to no good.  It would have been nice if there had been an attempt to add some mystery to what was going on.  That probably would have made the movie more entertaining.  There is violence in a few scenes, most of which is rather mild.  John is interested in Brenda, though not much tied to that comes out in the movie, so there isn't any romance either.  The characters are fine, though none of them are developed enough to be really interesting.  The cast does ok with what they have to work with.



I did get a review posted at Epinions if anyone is interested.

Inspector Gadget

(From Inspector Gadget on September 5th, 2010)

Smallville Marathon #2, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Oliver/Green Arrow gets shot but miraculously heals without even having a scar. Yet he seems different, he is uncaring and aggressive when Clark tries to talk to him. Clark tries to warn Lois that something might be wrong, but she has to learn that first-hand when she encounters the Green Arrow while he is "trying to rob" Oliver.

My Opinion: I think he got a bit too easy out of his addiction but maybe it wears of that easily. After all, it was never intended to function as a addictive drug. But I am also glad that Oliver learned something from Clark.

Synopsis: Lex has been abducted by a man who claims to be a victim of Lex's experiments. Lana, Chloe and Jimmy try to find and rescue him. But Clark must immediately go to Seattle where another Zoner is brutally killing people.

My Opinion: I fully support Clark's decision. Even if it weren't Lex's own doing that has brought this upon him, it still would be a numbers game. And even worse, the Zoners are on Earth because Clark has brought them here. It's his responsibility to get rid of them again. Additionally it was Lex's doing and he can't be expecting to be rescued everytime he screws up. Unfortunately this event will harden his opinion on meteor freaks.

Synopsis: The owner of a neighouring farm has a special ability that allows him to keep his "unregistered workers" under control. If they try to escape they die. But one day a boy actually can escape and he runs directly into Clark.

My Opinion: When I first started to watch movies and shows in english I stumbled across it: "He's an alien.". What? For me, an alien would be someone like E.T. or Kal-El or the Alien alien. But how can a Mexican be an alien?
This was an usual FotW episode and it wasn't that interesting.

Synopsis: Lana and Chloe have a very private conversation about Lana not being sure about her feelings towards Clark and Lex. How could this leak and being printed on the gossip section of the "Daily Planet"? And the next headline will be: "Clark Kent: farm boy or alien?".
Meanwhile Lois thinks that she has figured out that Oliver and the Green Arrow are the same person. Clark helps Oliver to prove her wrong.

My Opinion: This was a great episode. I liked both parts and I can understand that Chloe is frustrated that she is supposed to keep all those secrets and then the people are angry with her because of it. But the conversation in the "Talon" between Lois, Chloe and Clark have more than compensated for this. She had real fun with them.
Although Lana always suspected something now there's no doubt whatsoever anymore that Clark has a secret. Now she will begin to dig real deep. I like that.

(From Smallville Marathon #2 on June 15th, 2008)