 | | 1. Pride and Prejudice (Mini Series) (Special Edition) | | | Starring: Colin Firth Director: Simon Langton | | Format: DVD Release Date: 11/25/2003 | User Rating: 4.4 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 |  | Pride and Prejudice (1995) - DVD Review By: David Bezanson - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 4/3/2009 5:36 PM | |
Most film adaptations of classic books are inferior to the books they are based on. This is partly because the written word allows more nuance than the camera, but also because great books don't always have enough plotting or action to make great movies, and film adaptations often overcompensate by rewriting the book in a quest to make it more cinematic. The most obvious recent example (speaking of quests) is The Lord of the Rings: Peter Jackson omitted key scenes, changed others, and generally jacked up Tolkien's fanatically-loved bestseller for no good reason. read the full review | |
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 | | 5. Mamma Mia the Movie | | | Starring: Amanda Seyfried Meryl Streep Director: Phyllida Lloyd | | Format: DVD Release Date: 4/14/2009 | User Rating: 5 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 |  | Mamma Mia! The Movie - DVD Review By: Robert M. Barga - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 12/4/2008 2:04 PM | | Mamma Mia! tells the story of a love-struck young girl named Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) looking for her real father. Living in a work-in-progress hotel on a small Greek Island with her mother Donna (2 time Academy Award Winner Meryl Streep), Sophie is planning on marrying her fiancé Sky (Dominic Cooper) and wants to have her father give her away. Being the sneaky intelligent girl that she is, she steals her mother's old diary and discovers three potential fathers, Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan), Harry Bright (Colin Firth), and Bill Anderson (Stellan Skarsgård). Being completely love-struck, she invites all three to come to her wedding. read the full review | |
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 | | 30. In Bruges | | | Starring: Ralph Fiennes Brendan Gleeson Director: Martin McDonagh | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/12/2009 | User Rating: 5 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 |  | In Bruges - DVD Review By: Jarad I. Wilk - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 7/3/2008 10:48 AM | | Ray (Farrell) and Ken (Gleeson) are two hitmen who just completed a difficult job where Ray accidentally kills a child. Their boss, Harry (Fiennes), a family man who happens to be in the business of killing people, is not happy with the results of the hit, so he holes them up in Bruges, Belgium - which could be the last destination for one of the men. read the full review | |
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