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Fur: An imaginary portrait of Diane Arbus, a review by Eric

Fur: An imaginary portrait of Diane Arbus




Summary: Diane Arbus is an American Photographer whose influence is considerable.  She contributed in imposing the idea of Photography as Art.  The movie is a completely invented tale of what could have been the life of Diane Arbus during a period of her life of which we know nothing.

My Thoughts: It's a very beautiful and artistic movie which I also find poetic in certain ways.  Through a dialogue which is simple only in appearance and nice photography we are invited to live through the process of a series of changes in someone's life that lead to her becoming the artist she was meant to be.  I highly recommend it.

My score:



(From Eric's DVD watching. on June 21st, 2008)

Pacific Rim, a review by Tom

Pacific Rim (2013/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (Germany) Director: Guillermo Del Toro Writing: Travis Beacham (Screenwriter), Guillermo Del Toro (Screenwriter), Travis Beacham (Story By) Length: 131 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, German: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1, Other: Dolby Digital 5.1, Other: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: English, German

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Stars:
Charlie Hunnam as Raleigh Becket
Diego Klattenhoff as Yancy Becket
Idris Elba as Stacker Pentecost
Rinko Kikuchi as Mako Mori
Charlie Day as Dr. Newton Geibzler

Plot:
As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Outtakes
• Digital Copy
• Notizbuch des Regisseurs

Growing up, one of my favorite TV series was "Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs". Other "giant robot" series I have watched and enjoyed in recent years was Full Metal Panic! and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
When I first heard about this movie, I got curious. I thought that with the current special effects technology the time is right to get a good live-action giant robot fighting monsters movie. And I was right. I really enjoyed this movie. It is very noticeable that "Neon Genesis Evangelion" was a huge influence on this movie. Especially the need for the pilots to have emotional attachment to the robot (or more to co-pilot in this case). Also I think the German terminology for the robots I think it a nod to the Japanese series, which has a lot of German names for the organization which runs the robot program.
For the most part of the movie, although I knew that I was watching a CGI fest, it didn't feel like it. It looked really great. Only towards the end it was very noticeable, that it was all CGI, but that came because of the location. It didn't take place anymore near human constructions.

(From Tom's Random Reviews on December 7th, 2013)

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

Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (Space Patrol)



What's the show about?
Wikipedia article

This is a german classic. It came out in the same year as Star Trek (1966). The fast space cruiser Orion 7 under the command of Major McLane protects Earth from any extraterrestrial threats, especially a race that the Humans call "the Frogs".

"Angriff aus dem All" ("Attack From Space")My Opinion
As I said: A german classic even if it only lasted for 7 episodes. The command style is not unlike that of a certain James T. Kirk and the Orion 7 crew is also very international - ok the actors are all german, but it's the idea that counts.

(From The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon on January 3rd, 2008)