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DVD Timeline (Widescreen Edition)
Just enough of Michael Crichton's novel survives in Timeline to make it a passable popcorn thriller. It's likely that Crichton fans will lament the shallowness of director Richard Donner's film, and its gee-whiz style of acting lays waste to any scientific credibility that Crichton's scenario might have retained. Still, the Crichton formula is a sturdy one, following the model of Westworld and Jurassic Park by involving a small band of adventurers in a fantastical realm of danger and death. In this case, a group of archaeologists and combat experts (led by Paul Walker and Frances O'Connor) use a "3-D fax machine" (so much for technobabble!) to time-travel back to France in 1357, in hopes of retrieving Walker's father (Billy Connolly) and returning safely to the present. No such luck! Fending for themselves against marauding hordes of medieval French warriors at war with the invading British, these semi-intrepid travelers find their body count rising, and the deadline for their return home is rapidly approaching. All well and good, so far, and the castles-and-crossbows action reaches a fever pitch, but it's obvious that Donner's too lazy to make the much better film that this could and should have been. Despite its enjoyable highlights, Timeline is perfunctory entertainment. --Jeff Shannon
I'm reluctant to call this the worst movie I've ever seen, since I've been witness to quite a few crap-fests, but Timeline has got to be in the top 10 at least. You know a movie is going to suck when Paul "zero talent" Walker is the best actor in the whole film. I'm not kidding. Walker has become one of my favorites in Hollywood simply due to his comedically bad acting in every single movie he's ever made. And his acting skills blow every one else's away in this movie. It's like they just picked a bunch of shmoes off the street and said, "Hey guys, you're all going to star in this terrible movie called Timeline with Paul Walker. Don't worry if you can't act, no one will notice because the movie's so bad anyways and they'll all be focused on the stupid dialogue and Paul's pathetic attempt to appear believable. Welcome aboard!"
I got tricked into seeing this one because I'm a sucker for medieval war films, even if they're terrible. But this one takes the cake. I won't go into all the terrible plot mistakes and innaccuracies, but my absolute favorite part of the movie occurs when some guys are attacking a castle at night with flaming arrows. Nevermind the fact that flaming arrows aren't going to do much good against a stone castle. Then the attacking general has a brilliant idea: "Hmmm... they can see our arrows, since their on fire... maybe we shouldn't light them! Yeh! Then they'll be virtually invisible, since it's night and all!" He even gives a name to this new, invincible weapon: Night Arrows! What a brilliant strategic manuever! His enemies don't stand a chance! Then all his men applaud his genius as they proceed to decimate the castle with their night arrows. I was speechless. I've seen some great military strategy in movies, but nothing compares to this.
So as you can see, not the best of movies. I suppose you could make a drinking game out of it: one person drinks everytime Paul Walker says something stupid, another person drinks when something doesn't make sense, another when some retarded military idea is proposed, and then another who drinks everytime an actor says "whoa" or "night arrows". Guarenteed you'll all be wasted by the end.
WONDERFUL
I do not know how this movie recieved such low ratings. I for one loved it. I am a huge fan of Gerard butler and rented it oneday and i loved it so much i ordered it the following week.
Gerard Butler and Paul Walker give a great performance in this movie that will make you laugh and even cry. It is great for those who love movies with a historical play to them. I just love it because it has a bit of everything really. It is a love story, it has historical events incorporated into it, it is superbly acted out, it is humorous, it is sad. I highly recommend this movie to anyone and everyone. It is deffinately worth the time it takes to watch it!
And if you are a Gerry Butler fan then you will especially love it!
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I read the book and looked forward to seeing the movie. I was so disappointed. There was no depth to the characters, the story was week. Also, many things were changed from the book to the movie. They even changed some character's gender. It was just a terrible adaptation. The book was really good though.
The Roman bath scene with Gerard Butler(Attila) makes it all worth while.
It is also a great movie. I find it humorous and it has just enough fact and fiction mixed together to make it interesting. More Info about this DVD Director(s): Dick Lowry DVD Release Date: Released the 05 November 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Driven by intelligent, constantly surprising and moving performances from the film's leads, Dear Frankie stars Emily Mortimer (Lovely and Amazing) as Lizzie, Scottish mother of Frankie (Jack McElhone), a deaf and highly intelligent 9-year-old. Constantly uprooting themselves and relocating from town to town, Lizzie and Frankie are on the run from the latter's abusive father, a fact unknown to the boy, who believes his dad is a busy seaman sending letters full of adventure and love. In fact, Lizzie is writing those missives, but she is faced with a challenge when Frankie discovers his father's ship will dock nearby. Lizzie hires a kind, handsome stranger (Gerard Butler) to play Frankie's dad, creating an odd situation in which ever-growing lies become a conduit for love, and... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Emily Mortimer - Jack McElhone - Gerard Butler Director(s): Shona Auerbach DVD Release Date: Released the 05 July 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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As a director, Wes Craven has been able to infuse his horror movies with humor and some smart, often genuinely creepy, thrills, even on his lowest-budgeted films. As a producer of horror movies, well, his record has been spotty at best. Craven tapped his longtime editor Patrick Lussier to direct Dracula 2000, and the movie ends up with all the good and bad of "a Wes Craven production." A modern-day update of the Dracula legend, the script has some genuinely good ideas. Christopher Plummer (The Insider) takes a relatively juicy role as Van Helsing, owner of an antiques shop specializing in ancient weapons. He takes exception to how his namesake was portrayed in Bram Stoker's classic novel, which he's more than happy to tell his assistant (Jonny Lee Miller, "Sick Boy" from... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Gerard Butler - Jonny Lee Miller - Justine Waddell Director(s): Patrick Lussier DVD Release Date: Released the 03 July 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Although it's not as bold as Oscar darling Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera continues the resuscitation of the movie musical with a faithful adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's blockbuster stage musical. Emmy Rossum glows in a breakout role as opera ingénue Christine Daae, and if phantom Gerard Butler isn't Rossum's match vocally, he does convey menace and sensuality in such numbers as "The Music of the Night." The most experienced musical theater veteran in the cast, romantic lead Patrick Wilson, sings sweetly but seems wooden. The biggest name in the cast, Minnie Driver, hams it up as diva Carlotta, and she's the only principal whose voice was dubbed (though she does sing the closing-credit number, "Learn to Be Lonely," which is also the only new song).
The acting in this dramatic presentation is superb. Derek Jacoby and Gerard Butler are, as usual, outstanding. One of the more refreshing qualities of television series made in Great Britain is that, rather than attempting to "glamorize" the characters, emphasis is placed on the reality and believability of the characters. I found myself quickly drawn in and caring about what was happening in the lives of the various people being portrayed in this series -- which is, afterall, the true test of good entertainment. If one wants to get lost in another world for a few hours, this series is worthwhile. More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 25 February 2003 Special Order
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