Friday (New Line Platinum Series)

Starring:Kathleen Bradley, Tony Cox, Ice Cube, Anna Maria Horsford, Anthony Johnson, Regina King, Tom 'Tiny' Lister Jr., Nia Long, Faizon Love, Bernie Mac, Angela Means, Demetrius Navarro, Paula Jai Parker, D.J. Pooh, Vickilyn Reynolds, Ronn Riser, Jason Bose Smith, Chris Tucker, John Witherspoon
Studio: New Line Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Friday is the rarest specimen of African American cinema: a 'hood movie refreshingly free of the semiseriousness and moralism of shoot 'em up soaps such as Boyz N the Hood, yet still true to the inner-city experience.

Scripted by rapper Ice Cube, Friday is a no-frills tale of a typical day in the life of a pair of African American youth in South Central. Cube plays Craig, a frustrated teen who endures the ultimate humiliation: getting fired on his day off. Then unknown Chris Tucker plays Smokey, a marijuana-worshipping homeboy whose love for the green stuff lands him in predicament after predicament.

Sitting on the stoop of Craig's rundown home, the two hilariously confront a kaleidoscopic array of gangbangers, weed dealers, crack heads, prostitutes, scheming girlfriends, and neighborhood bullies--all of whom, it should be noted, come off as sympathetic even as they are being caricatured, a true achievement in the crass, "booty call" environment of '90s African American comedy. --Ethan Brown
Description
A youth tries to survive life in L.A.'s hip-hoppin' South Central 'hood. Includes two music videos from the #1 hit soundtrack. Starring Chris Tucker and Ice Cube.

DVD Features:
Deleted Scenes
Interviews
Music Video
Production Notes
Theatrical Trailer

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Friday Night Lights: The First Season
Starring: Kyle Chandler , Connie Britton , Zach Gilford , Gaius Charles , and Adrianne Palicki
Director: Peter Berg
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B000RF1QE2
Release Date: 2007-08-28

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Very funny movie
"Can I borrow y'all VCR? I need to dub a tape..."
awww my neck!
Classic
Instant Classic - Made Chris Tucker a star.........

Friday (New Line Platinum Series)
Starring: Kathleen Bradley , Tony Cox , Ice Cube , Anna Maria Horsford , and Anthony Johnson
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
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ASIN: 6305308756
Release Date: 1999-03-02

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Friday is the rarest specimen of African American cinema: a 'hood movie refreshingly free of the semiseriousness and moralism of shoot 'em up soaps such as Boyz N the Hood, yet still true to the inner-city experience.

Scripted by rapper Ice Cube, Friday is a no-frills tale of a typical day in the life of a pair of African American youth in South Central. Cube plays Craig, a frustrated teen who endures the ultimate humiliation: getting fired on his day off. Then unknown Chris Tucker plays Smokey, a marijuana-worshipping homeboy whose love for the green stuff lands him in predicament after predicament.

Description

A youth tries to survive life in L.A.'s hip-hoppin' South Central 'hood. Includes two music videos from the #1 hit soundtrack. Starring Chris Tucker and Ice Cube.

DVD Features:
Deleted Scenes
Interviews
Music Video
Production Notes
Theatrical Trailer

Customer Reviews:

Very funny movie.......2007-05-21

This is a great movie...simiple...funny...just a day in the life of some young guys who are bored. Most people can relate.

"Can I borrow y'all VCR? I need to dub a tape...".......2007-03-01

I've seen this movie many and I mean many times. It's very funny and it simply shouldn't be analyzed. A plot doesn't exist in this comedy, nor is this a character-driven vehicle, but it's a wild ride from start to finish without much of a high budget.

"Friday" is an urban comedy that depicts a single day in the life of Craig (Ice Cube), who has just been fired on his day off. Craig's off day consists of interactions with various characters in the neighborhood. They include his cantankerous dad (John Witherspoon); his lovable mother (Anna Maria Horsford); his sister Dana (Regina King); his spoilt girlfriend Joi (Paula Jai Parker); his love interest (Nia Long); Deebo (Tiny "Zeus" Lister Jr.) the hulking neighborhood bully; Big Worm (Faizon Love) the neighborhood gangster; and his token friend Smokey (Chris Tucker).

There's not a lot that can be said about the acting and most of the help comes from the supporting characters. Such as, Chris Tucker who steals the show with his landmark role as ultra-pothead Smokey. Tucker has that unrelenting comic energy that only a comedian of supreme talent can possess. Even when the film falls flat, he picks you back up. I also have to commend John Witherspoon, as Ice Cube's father. I loved him on "The Wayans Bros." and I loved him in this movie. Though I was laughing most of the time, the gags are indeed crude--very crude. And sometimes that crudeness just wears out. Luckily, it's not too often, and there are some memorable lines and memorable moments in "Friday."

I feel as though this is one of the better movies about the hood. It' really more than just a comedy instead it puts forth a deeper meaning in life. It is about facing one's fears and becoming a man. In one scene, the father sees Craig with a gun and tells him that holding a gun won't make him man; it's having the courage to fight with his fists that will. Now, I know this doesn't sound like the greatest thing for a parent to be telling his kid, but in the projects fighting with one's hands instead of picking up a gun is courageous. This movie is great to own as well as the Ice Cube-based sound track.

awww my neck!.......2007-02-27

this movie, i think is the funniest of the 3 because it has chris tucker. i cant belive its still funny after all these years. the fact that its on dvd just made me so exited i bought it just to watch it over a hundred times. it has alot of the best actors today. chris tucker, mia long, ice cube, burnie mac amog many others. i recomend this movie to anyone.

Classic.......2007-01-07

This movie is one of the Classics for anyone that was a teenager or in their early 20's back in the mid 90's. Its almost a have to have for the DVD Collection. Enjoy!

Instant Classic - Made Chris Tucker a star................2007-01-02

What would life be without your slacker homeboys? It seems like they take life less serious and have all of the fun. At least that's what this hood classic is about when Craig gets fired on his day off for allegedly stealing boxes. So Smoke Dog comes to save the day with a little of that sticky icky. Problem is that the weed belongs to Big Worm. The rest is hood comedy at its finest.

DJ Pooh steals the show as the lame who gets punked by Debo. Hilarious!

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An extremely dumb movie!
William Byers
Loved it.
Amazing freaky movie!
Freaky Friday, an awesome movie!

Freaky Friday
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis , Lindsay Lohan , Mark Harmon , Harold Gould , and Chad Michael Murray
Director: Mark Waters (VIII)
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
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ASIN: B00005JMCW
Release Date: 2003-12-16

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In the wonderfully entertaining Freaky Friday, teenager Anna (Lindsay Lohan) and her forty-something psychiatrist mom Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) have sunk into a rut of frustrated bickering--until a magic spell causes them to switch bodies. Suddenly Tess finds herself faced with petty teachers, vicious rivals, and a hunky boy, while Anna has to cope with her mother's neurotic patients as well as her befuddled fiance (Mark Harmon), who doesn't understand why his bride-to-be is suddenly recoiling from his embrace on the eve of their wedding. Both Lohan and Curtis turn in deft, delightful performances, with Curtis showing a surprising flair for physical comedy. The movie even manages to explore serious issues about fractured families, new parents, and adolescent sexuality with honesty and empathy--and without making the story stop dead in its tracks. It's a mother-daughter film that fathers and sons can enjoy just as much. --Bret Fetzer

Description

In the tradition of THE PRINCESS DIARIES, Disney's FREAKY FRIDAY is the extremely funny and heartwarming comedy everyone will love. Dr. Tess Coleman (the hilarious Jamie Lee Curtis) and her teenage daughter Anna (rockin' Lindsay Lohan) have one thing in common -- they don't relate to each other on anything. Not clothes or men or Anna's passion to be in a rock band. Nothing. Then one night a little mystic mayhem changes their lives and they wake up to the biggest freak-out ever. Tess and Anna are trapped inside each other's body! But Tess's wedding is Saturday and the two must find a way to switch back -- fast! Literally forced to walk in each other's shoes, will they gain respect and understanding for the other's point of view? Filled with comedy, rock 'n roll and lots of heart, FREAKY FRIDAY is freaking fun everyone can enjoy together

Customer Reviews:

An extremely dumb movie!.......2007-05-21

I can't stand these ignorant teenage girly movies with an igorant mother daughter feud where girls nagging that they need privacy with a cel phone and mommy saying oh you think my life is perfect and everything. I don't know if anyone realizes but movies like this are making teens look even more dumb than ever. About this movie mother and daughter swap bodies and experience their lives and issues completely annoying and unfunny. I hate this movie and by the way lindsay lohan sucks.

William Byers.......2007-05-13

This product is no longer available in stores, so I was happy to see that I could purchase it from Amazon. It arrived at my home in just a few days and in perfect condition. I have found Amazon a very convenient way to purchase items and am extremely pleased with the excellent service.

Loved it........2007-02-07

I watched this movie with my 13 year old son. We'd been bickering one afternoon, and he went to his room to get away from me. This movie came on the TV. I watched the first 5 minutes and thought it was so perfectly humorous, I called my son in to watch it. We both loved it. The themes between a teenage girl & her mom can apply in some respects to what a teenage son and his mom experience. My son & I both have to see good acting for a movie to truly appeal to us, this has it. Lindsay Lohan's partying ways in her personal life overshadow her acting abilities, but with the right roles, she's great, and she flawlessly pulls this role off. Jamie Lee offers the perfect portrayal of a teenager in an adult body. Two pivotal characters who appear for only a brief time are the mother & daughter who run the Chinese restaurant. They couldn't be better at these small but important parts in this story. One of my favorite movies.

Amazing freaky movie!.......2007-02-06

This is really great film! Starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, 'Freaky Friday' is a magical film about a teenager and her mother who swap lives. They inherit each other's bodies and have got to live as each other for the day. This includes being the bride at a wedding rehersal and being the lead guitarist in a rock band.

This movie has got the best soundtrack ever! Anna Coleman (Lindsay Lohan) is in a rock band called 'Pink Slip' which plays such great music. Some of their songs are played throughout the film, meaning you can watch a brilliant film and listen to the best music at the same time!
This film is a must-buy for all the family.

Freaky Friday, an awesome movie!.......2007-01-09

very funny and entertaining. Highly recommend for teenage girls or for the whole family!

Friday the 13th - From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (8 Movies)

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Paramount Shafts Us On All Eight
COOL BOX SET BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER!
A review for the set and NOT the films themselves
I think I was ripped off...
Awesome...from a biased pov.

Friday the 13th - From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (8 Movies)
Starring: Kelly Hu
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ASIN: B0002JP572
Release Date: 2004-10-05

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Five discs gather the first eight movies in the Friday the 13th series, plus a batch of behind-the-scenes featurettes. You can track the rise, fall, and endless resurrections of Jason Voorhees, from the original 1980 film to Jason's self-kidding trip to the Big Apple. Horror fans eat up packages such as this, but there's something odd about the deluxe treatment for a series that spotlighted atrocious acting, pitiful production values, and inane storytelling.

You'll spot a few future "name" actors in various installments: Kevin Bacon is morbidly dispatched in the first one. But in general, the dominant focus is how to kill horny teenagers, most of whom have gathered at Camp Crystal Lake in the misguided belief that the curse of the impossible-to-kill Jason has worn off. The first movie has a certain raw, crummy ability to shock, Part 2 is a dismal retread, and Part 3 actually features interesting use of 3-D, which doesn't translate to its flat DVD version. The fourth is boldly subtitled The Final Chapter, and we all know where that went, but it does have Crispin Glover doing a funky dance. A New Beginning and Jason Lives continue Jason's bad mood, maybe because the hockey mask doesn't fit right. The seventh chapter, The New Blood, stakes Jason against a worthy opponent (Crystal Lake's answer to telekinetic Carrie), but the result is the same. Part 8's subtitle, Jason Takes Manhattan, is wittier than the movie itself, as Jason menaces an unlucky cruise ship of high-schoolers bound for New York--where Mr. J fits right in.

Some of the films come with commentaries from directors or cast members, including heralded Jason performer Kane Hodder. Brief documentaries (ranging from five to 15 minutes) cover separate installments with amusing anecdotes, including interviews with Sean S. Cunningham, Tom Savini, and various actors. In another doc, actors speak of the fraternity of young actors who've been slaughtered by Jason over the years. A deleted-scenes section is skimpy and not very interesting, while the tricks of special-effects gore merit a film to themselves. It's a customer-savvy DVD box, even if the effect of watching a bunch of this stuff together is a little dispiriting. --Robert Horton

Description

DISC 1: FRIDAY THE 13th - The film takes place years after a young boy named Jason drowns in a lake while attending Camp Crystal Lake and shortly thereafter, the camp closes. Flash forward to the present, where the owner decides to re-open the camp and one by one, the counselors have mysteriously been murdered by an unseen person. PART 2 - The second installment picks up with Jason Voorhees, presumed dead from drowning years ago, exacting revenge on the innocent campers at "Camp Blood." Living as a hermit in the woods all these years, Jason witnesses the graphic murder of his mother and decides to wreak havoc on everyone at the camp - killing each camp counselor one by one. DISC 2: PART 3 - Vacationing teenagers take off for a weekend of relaxation at Camp Crystal Lake. Planning a few days of sex, drugs and rock-and-roll, they are in for a series of frightening surprises when a local motorcycle gang follows the teenagers back to their campsite, only to find a persistent Jason with an agenda of his own. Adorned with his trademark hockey mask for the first time in the series, Jason delivers non-stop chills and thrills as everyone on the lake must fight for their lives. Part III includes cast commentary by author Peter Bracke and actors Larry Zerner, Paul Kratka, Dana Kimmell and Richard Brooker. PART IV: THE FINAL CHAPTER - Jason resurfaces from a seemingly deadly massacre and returns to Camp Crystal Lake to a new set of prey. Starring a young Corey Feldman as Tommy Jarvis, it seems Jason has finally met his match in the 12-year old horror movie maven. Enlisting the help of a local hunter, Tommy and his sister must rely on one another to help defeat Jason, while also trying to avoid their own demise. DISC 3: PART V: A NEW BEGINNING - With Jason dead, someone new has begun a killing spree of their own, using Jason's M.O. and preying on inhabitants of a sanctuary. PART VI: JASON LIVES - Tommy returns to the grave to ensure that Jason is indeed dead. Instead of remaining dead, Jason is accidentally brought back to life by Tommy and now Tommy must stop all the mindless killing and make sure Jason dies for good this time. Part VI features commentary by director Tom McLoughlin. DISC 4: PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD - The film centers on Tina Shepard, a young girl with telekinetic powers who believes she drowned her father in Crystal Lake. Returning to the site as a method of supposedly helping her cope with her grief, Tina accidentally frees Jason from his watery grave, only to lead to more killing sprees by the man in the infamous hockey mask. Part VII features commentary by Kane Hodder and director John Carl Buechler and Part VIII features commentary by director Tom McLoughlin. PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN - A graduating class of a local high school vacation on a cruise ship and unbeknownst to them, Jason is a stowaway on the same ship. Slowly killing students one at a time, Jason eventually sinks the boat, stranding the few lone survivors in Manhattan. Among those survivors, is Rennie, who believes Jason attempted to drown her as a child. Fighting for her their lives, Rennie and the other survivors must make sure Jason dies once and for all. A featurette "Tales From the Cutting Room," in which exclusive deleted scenes and footage is revealed for the first time. An 8-part featurette "The Friday The 13th Chronicles," which looks at the legacy of the films throughout their history, featuring cast and crew commenting on each film and why they appeal to audiences. Includes Adrienne King, Amy Steel, Corey Feldman, Kane Hodder, Lar Park Lincoln, Betsy Palmer, Tom Savini and directors Sean Cunningham, Tom McLoughlin, Rob Heddon, Joseph Zito and John Carl Buechler. A 3-part featurette "Secrets Galore Behind The Gore," which looks at the work of master make-up effects designer Tom Savini in Part 1 and Part IV and John Carl Buechler in Part VII. Includes rare and never-before-seen footage, drawings and stills illustrating the make-up techniques used to create Jason and achieve elaborate death scenes. A featurette "Crystal Lake Victims Tell All!" in which cast and crew from various films share amusing anecdotes. Includes Corey Feldman, Larry Zerner, Adrienne King, Amy Steel, Lar Park Lincoln and directors. A featurette "Friday Artifacts and Collectibles," which looks at props and collectables from the films. The theatrical trailers from all 8 movies except Part VI, which is represented by the teaser trailer.

Customer Reviews:

Paramount Shafts Us On All Eight.......2007-05-05

I love all of these movies(as cheesey as they are), but I don't understand why they haven't released the unedited versions . They should have released them simultaneously with the edited versions. But now they will never release them. 1)They've saturated the initial buyer market with crappy edited versions. 2)The geeks who would buy the unedited version even though they've already bought the edited version are few and far between. Weep now my friends, for you know I am right.(I have a degree in Business... but I have no job... So take it with a grain a salt)

COOL BOX SET BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER!.......2007-03-20

This box set includes the first 8 movies in the seemingly endless Friday the 13th series. The series has grown on me over the years. Jason is one scary mutha! I remember watching the beginning of part 6 "Jason Lives" and for the first time I understood that this series might never end! The moment when Jason looks right into the camera and they show a close up of Jason's eye. They pay a very amusing homage to the James Bond Films...It made me see this character in a whole new way. These are great lights out popcorn movies! I would have liked a restored version of part 7 in this set, but that should not keep you from picking this up.

A review for the set and NOT the films themselves.......2007-03-01

From Crystal Lake to Manhattan features the first 8 movies in the series put out by Paramount Pictures. I know a lot of fans were excited about the set since the previous DVDs by Paramount had no extras except for trailers, which they didn't even have for the last 2. Jason Lives we only got a teaser.

As for the DVDs we get 2 movies per disc, which honestly I don't care for. The cases are the slim ones and personally I don't like them.

The movies themselves are cut for the R-Rating. Fans have wanted uncut versions, but Paramount still refuses. They claim poor sales, but yet they still put out a boxed set so why not just have them uncut?

The only differences are Friday the 13th Part III and Friday the 13th Part 6-8 have audio commentaries. While the tracks are pretty good it's really nothing to get excited about.

The bonus disc is fairly decent, but honestly it does lack a bit. The Friday the 13th Chronicles is a feature with interview about all 8 installments. The first Friday the 13th is the longest with about 22-min and rest run at about 14-min with A New Beginning only being about 5-min, which all it does is bring up the ending of The Final Chapter and it was left open for something different in Part V.

While the interviews are interesting the info we learn isn't anything special. Any movie geek will already know how the F/X was done. It's good to see some of the actors discussing the movies they did, but when all is said and done it's a good feature, but nothing amazing.

The 3-part feature Secrets Galore, Behind the Gore was interesting, but again this is all stuff most fans probably already knew. Like the Friday the 13th Chronicles a good feature, but nothing amazing.

Crystal Lake Victims Tell all seems like it was just stuff cut from the Friday the 13th Chronicles. So, once again good feature, but nothing great.

Bottom line is you see once and well odds are that is enough. Maybe in time you'll revisit, but it's nothing all that major.

Tales from the Cutting Room floor is probably the best feature, but poorly handled. When we see the extra gore for the original and 6th part we get a small box with the R-cut and another small box with the uncut.

Parts 2 & 3 have nothing, The Final Chapter has 2-cut scenes (not gore scenes). A New Beginning & Jason Takes Manhattan have nothing. Come Paramount I'm sure you could have dug up something. I know part 2 suffered some cuts and Part III has some cut gore scenes and some scenes deleted from the final cut.

The least they could have done is put a little something on their.

The saving grace is The New Blood. The quality is poor, but that is understandable since it wasn't reasserted.

My question is this, since Paramount obviously has the footage why not just put them in the films??? In particular The New Blood since the edits made do take away from the kill scenes. It would have been nice if they put them back in the first and 6th films as well, but even cut they don't take away from the death scenes where as the cuts really put a damper on the death scenes in The New Blood.

We also have Friday artifacts and collectibles, which isn't anything really all that good and finally the trailers for all 8 films except Jason Lives, which only has the teaser just like the original DVD.

Overall the set is decent plain and simple. What could have been one of the best DVD sets turns into something that is average at best. I'm sure die hard fans like myself will still be some what pleased, but at the end of the day it's nothing to get excited about.

If you have the original DVDs upgrading isn't really needed. If you have the extra cash and there isn't anything you really want then I would say give it a shot. But if you have the original DVDs I would say save the money and buy other DVDs.

For those who do not own the films I would say buy the set, since it will be cheaper.

I think I was ripped off..........2007-01-18

A few people have brought this up already, but there are only the edited versions of these films. Sometimes, they don't even show the deaths of certain characters, they just don't show them for the remainder of the movie which just leaves you feeling like there's something missing. I truly hope they put out a complete and unrated version set of this collection. These movies were the source of some sleepless nights as a kid and I'm still fascinated with series. Of all the horror icons, Jason was one of the greats.

The picture quality of this set is pretty good, decent packaging, so-so extras. Overall, just an incomplete collection.

Awesome...from a biased pov........2007-01-12

These have always been my favorite maniacal slasher movies. Ever since I was a kid. We used to always sneek into the local theater to watch them when they were released. Great times - great movies. I hopped on the opportunity to get the first 8 on DVD in a set, since I didn't own any prior to this. A little bummed that they didn't put all of the 'cut' scenes back in for the set though. Would've been nice to have unrated versions of each movie.

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Saw them for the first time.
As close to the real thing as you are going to get.
Awesome Experience
Love this DVD !
U2 Live in Chicago

U2 - Vertigo 2005 - Live From Chicago
Starring: Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , Larry Mullen Jr. , and Gavin Friday
Director: Erica Forstadt , and Hamish Hamilton
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Release Date: 2005-11-15

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When he isn't rubbing shoulders with the likes of Kofi Annan and George W. Bush, the activist Bono has a side project he likes to call "U2." U2: Vertigo - Live From Chicago captures the band on two nights during their tour to support How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Once known for taking the most technologically extravagant shows on the road, the boys from Dublin have settled into a comfortable role of rock elder statesmen, placing emphasis on the anthems and weepers of their considerable body of work rather than gigantic lemons that descend from the rafters. Always a band that reflects the zeitgeist, this concert film finds them at their earnest best, with comparatively stripped-down stage production and superbly recorded sound. To call U2's more rocking songs "anthems" borders on understatement, and it is their anthems that ring most exuberantly in Chicago's United Center. Bono understandably looks heavier and wearier than in days past, perhaps due to the weight of the world he has hoisted onto his shoulders. While the icon roams the circular stage around the Metallica-style "snakepit," The Edge, drummer Larry Mullen Jr., and bassist Adam Clayton pin the songs to the floorboards and take them to the heavens. How can these guys not play fantastically together? Standouts include hits both classic and newly minted, among them "Beautiful Day," "New Year's Day," "Pride (In the Name of Love)," and "Sunday Bloody Sunday." Late in the concert Bono makes his appeal to the leaders of the world to end extreme poverty, invoking the imagination of a country that put a man on the moon. Ingeniously, he asks the crowd to take out their cell phones and text-message an account that operates as a petition to end world hunger. With the stadium aglow in LED screens, the band smoothly glides into "One." Elsewhere, Bono invokes religion, donning a headband decorated with Islamic, Jewish, and Christian symbols, assuming the appearance of a grizzled No Nukes protester circa 1975. (Perhaps this is a new persona akin to The Fly?) Kidding aside, these may be days in which we need the uplift and passion of U2 more than the 1990s, when they dressed up as the Village People and occasionally performed at K-Mart. Not suitable for those who don't wish to save the world. --Ryan Boudinot

Description

"U2 Vertigo//2005" is without doubt the hottest tour of the year!! Ticket demand has been phenomenal and by the end of 2005 U2 will have played to 3.25 million people! "Vertigo//2005, U2 Live From Chicago" the DVD captures this unique experience.

The DVD features 23 electric performances, with songs drawn from across the bands entire career - from first album fan favorites such as "Electric Co," through U2 classics such as "Pride...," "New Years Day" and "Where the Streets Have No Name" and right up to date with "Vertigo" the smash hit that launched this years #1 studio album "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb."

Directed by Hamish Hamilton

DVD TRACK LISTING
1. City of Blinding Lights
2. Vertigo
3. Elevation
4. Cry/Electric Co.
5. An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart
6. Beautiful Day
7. New Year's Day
8. Miracle Drug
9. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
10. Love and Peace or Else
11. Sunday Bloody Sunday
12. Bullet The Blue Sky
13. Running To Standstill
14. Pride In The Name Of Love
15. Where The Streets Have No Name
16. One
17. Zoo Station
18. The Fly
19. Mysterious Ways
20. All Because Of You
21. Original Of The Species
22. Yahweh
23. 40

Customer Reviews:

Saw them for the first time........2007-02-01

I saw them for the first time live in Minneapolis at the Target Center. We ended up in the center of the ring. The show was incredible and left everyone wanting more (although 2+ hours was plenty.) I have listened to U2 for a number of years. I bought Joshua Tree when it came out and some others albums throughout the years. The DVD is really good, but does not compare to seeing it live in person. If they are coming near you, I highly recommend getting some tickets.

As close to the real thing as you are going to get........2007-01-11

Saw the boys twice on tour and just wanted a little bit more. The DVD does not dissappoint and is a great way to relive the tour.

Awesome Experience.......2007-01-10

The Vertigo Tour DVD is possibly the best rock concert DVD ever published. Every song is a gem, and the production values are high.

Love this DVD !.......2007-01-07

I caught the concert when they came to Denver. This DVD captures the look and feel of the concert. Great sound. Highly recommend to any U2 fan.

U2 Live in Chicago.......2007-01-04

Wonderful sound and camera work. The best U2 DVD to date!

Average customer rating:

It's a different Friday, Ya'll...
Fun ;-)
Not as good as the first
Better than FRIDAY
A Huge Disappointment

Next Friday (New Line Platinum Series)
Starring: Ice Cube , Tamala Jones , Justin Pierce , Mike Epps , and Don 'D.C.' Curry
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ASIN: 0780631234
Release Date: 2004-06-01

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Ice Cube wrote and stars as Craig in this sequel to Friday, which he also wrote. His nemesis from that film, neighborhood bully Debo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.), has just escaped from county jail and is out to get revenge. To protect Craig, Craig's father (John Witherspoon) sends his son to stay with his Uncle Elroy (Don "DC" Curry), who won the lottery and bought a house in Rancho Cucamonga. Craig expects the suburbs to be dull, but no sooner has he arrived than conflicts arise: The neighbors are hostile hoods, his cousin's girlfriend is out for blood and child support, and the house is about to be seized because of unpaid taxes. It's up to Craig and his cousin Day-Day (Mike Epps) to solve these problems before the day is over. It's a rambling, loose movie, but a genuinely entertaining one. Ice Cube doesn't write punch lines--though funny lines abound. He writes richly comic characters that speak in virtual arias of bragging, complaining, and scamming. Sure, some of the characters are stereotypes and many of the jokes are about drugs and scatology--but that's been the basis of humor since Plautus and Molière. The rhythmic energy of Ice Cube's dialogue and the easy charisma of his performance make Next Friday thoroughly enjoyable. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

It's a different Friday, Ya'll..........2007-01-03

I love this movie! The first Friday was more about a message and life growing up in the ghetto. The last two Friday movies are straight up comedy and will make you laugh til you on tha flo! Day-Day is Craig's loveable idiot cousin and has some of the best lines in the move - and EVERYBODY beats on this guy. If you were looking for more reality like the first Friday, you may be disappointed - this is more like the lighter side of Barbershop (If you have seen Barbershop go shoot yourself in the foot, fool!). All jokes aside.. see this movie and Friday After Next if you just want to laugh. They can get a little ridiculous, but that's what's it's about! Where's the next after next, Cube?? I can't wait.

Fun ;-).......2006-09-17

I enjoyed each of the Friday series. I reviewed the original way back, and now after re-watching Next Friday, I thought I'd finally get around to reviewing this.
I still think I enjoyed Friday the best, but this is a good follow up. Ice Cube returns as Craig Jones who has a knack for getting into trouble. He goes to stay with family out in Rancho Cucamonga. They've just won the lottery and have this whole new place. While Chris Tucker isn't in here this time, we still get the hilarious John Witherspoon. He's fantastic. I only give this four stars because it goes a little flat during the second half, but it's still good overall. The cousin Day-Day is probably the funniest, but if you are a fan of the original, then you have got to see this. I loved it.

Not as good as the first.......2006-01-20

...but a decent sequel. (But hey? It's not often that the sequel is better than the prequel.) I was mad because alot of questions were not answered and the plot was not all that good. I wanted Craig (Ice Cube) to hook up with that girl next door. All she does is have a short convo with her and at the end she blows a kiss and thats the end. I believe thats pointless for Craig's Pops (Jon Witherspoon)drops him off in Rancho Cucamonga (I don't think I spelled it right) then turns around and picks him up. Its a funny movie, but not as good as the first though.

Better than FRIDAY.......2005-10-09

I thought Next Friday was way better than the original....... The first movie was really slow in the beginning.......so slow that I fell asleep. As soon as you pop this movie in, you'll be laughing from beginning to end........ Mike Epps is hilarious as Day-Day, Craigs cousin, and Craigs father has some pretty funny lines in this one........ Rent it, you won't be sorry.......

A Huge Disappointment.......2005-09-26

Like most people, I loved the original Friday - a true classic. I had heard that this one wasn't as good, so I rented a copy just to check it out for myself.

This movie is straight-up garbage. Mike Epps can't carry Chris Tucker's jock. What a waste of what could have been a very good movie series.

Stick with the original; don't waste your time or money on this one.

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Does Not Make Much Sense
WHERE ARE YOU JASON?
SURPRISE!
THE WORST FRIDAY! ....BUT IF YOU WANT THE COMPLETE SET
someone tried....

Jason Goes to Hell - The Final Friday
Starring: Andrew Bloch , Billy Green Bush , Adam Cranner , Steven Culp , and Tony Ervolina
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Friday the 13th Part VIII - Jason Takes Manhattan

ASIN: B00006FDBT
Release Date: 2002-10-08

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Blow mad killer Jason Voorhees to smithereens in the opening sequence of the movie? Sorry, folks, you have to do better than that. Jason's evil spirit finds its way into a series of host bodies, thus continuing the carnage at Crystal Lake, in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. Naturally, part 9 is not the final Friday the 13th movie (no big deal: part 4, you'll recall, was titled The Final Chapter). Jason confronts a long-lost sister at the lake, while the usual assortment of naked teens are dispatched. This one tries to vary the formula a bit but ends up with a story line every bit as nonsensical as those that came before. The final sequence tries to put Jason away for keeps and calls upon the demons of hell for support. The last shot is an outrageous joke, which is perhaps what this franchise deserves. --Robert Horton

Description

Scare yourself into purgatory as the body count continues. The relentless, hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees returns for more bloody cranage in this ninth chapter of the frightfully successful Friday the 13th series. Year: 89 Director: Adam Marcus Starring: John D. LeMay, Kari Keegan, Erin Gray

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Customer Reviews:

Does Not Make Much Sense.......2007-05-17

Now I know that horror flicks aren't supposed to make alot of sense, but there comes a point where leaving too much unexplained and unaccounted for detracts from the quality of the movie. And that is the case with this film--how does Jason have a long-lost sister? What is the Necronomicon doing in the house? What's with the bounty hunter and his special dagger? Not very well thought out.

WHERE ARE YOU JASON?.......2007-05-12

THIS MOVIE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN ALL THE OTHER 13THS-BUT IT'S STILL GREAT!ALL THESE 13TH MOVIES ARE GREAT!THERE ARE SO MANY WEIRD THINGS GOING ON IN THIS MOVIE.THERE'S A CREATURE THAT COMES FROM JASONS SOUL,AND GOES INTO THE MOUTHS OF PEOPLE-AND THAT SOMEHOW KEEPS JASON ALIVE.THAT'S NOT WHAT JASON REALLY NEEDS.HE REALLY NEEDS A FAMILY MEMBER.YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN.

SURPRISE!.......2007-04-30

THIS IS ANOTHER DIFFERENT MOVIE-BUT STILL EXCELLENT!IT'S STILL SCARY,SUSPENSEFUL,AND INTERESTING.THIS EEL LOOKING THING FROM JASON GOES INTO THE MOUTHS OF PEOPLE - IT TAKES OVER THEIR BODY.IN ORDER TO KEEP LIVING - JASON NEEDS TO BE REBORN.HE WAS BORN FROM A VOORHEES,HE HAS TO BE REBORN FROM A VOORHEES,AND HE CAN ONLY DIE FROM A VOORHEES.YOU HAVE TO GET THIS TO SEE WHAT I MEAN.

THE WORST FRIDAY! ....BUT IF YOU WANT THE COMPLETE SET.......2007-03-21

I was really disappointed with this entry even though Jason Takes Manhattan isn't much better! The DVD treatment is way to good for this film. If you want to complete the Friday series it should be seen as it does set up for the Freddy VS Jason movie.

someone tried...........2007-03-10

someone in the industry tried to do something different with jason since so many people out there complain " oh another stupid kid running from a killer".....this movie has some interesting stuff in it.....not exactly the story i would have preferred for jason,,, i mean come on dirt demons from hell are a little weak....but look for the props in the house,,, the book of the dead,, the crate from the basement that says arctic expedition on it that will remind you of creepshow and or the thing(john carpenter)....by the way how come the voorhees electric was never turned off and the house has been empty for 20 years,,,,set up by the tv reporter...

Friday Collection (Friday / Next Friday / Friday After Next)

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Love these shows
Funny Movie X 3
"Whats up Big Perm?... I mean Big Worm".
Friday
Friday Collection

Friday Collection (Friday / Next Friday / Friday After Next)
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Friday
Friday is that rarest specimen of African American cinema: a 'hood movie refreshingly free of the semiseriousness and moralism of shoot 'em up soaps such as Boyz N the Hood, yet still true to the inner-city experience. Scripted by rapper Ice Cube, Friday is a no-frills tale of a day in the life of a pair of young blacks in South Central. Cube plays Craig, a frustrated teen who endures the ultimate humiliation: getting fired on his day off. Then unknown Chris Tucker plays Smokey, a marijuana-worshipping homeboy whose love for the green stuff lands him in predicament after predicament. Sitting on the stoop of Craig's rundown home, the two hilariously confront a kaleidoscopic array of gangbangers, weed dealers, crack heads, prostitutes, scheming girlfriends, and neighborhood bullies--all of whom, it should be noted, come off as sympathetic even as they are being caricatured, a true achievement in the crass, "booty call" environment of '90s African American comedy. --Ethan Brown

Next Friday
Ice Cube wrote and stars as Craig in this sequel to Friday, which he also wrote. His nemesis from that film, neighborhood bully Debo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.), has just escaped from county jail and is out for revenge. To protect Craig, Craig's father (John Witherspoon) sends his son to stay with his Uncle Elroy (Don "D.C." Curry), who won the lottery and bought a house in Rancho Cucamonga. Craig expects the suburbs to be dull, but no sooner has he arrived than conflicts arise: The neighbors are hostile hoods, his cousin's girlfriend is out for blood and child support, and the house is about to be seized because of unpaid taxes. It's up to Craig and his cousin Day-Day (Mike Epps) to solve these problems before the day is over. It's a rambling, loose movie, but a genuinely entertaining one. Ice Cube doesn't write punch lines, though funny lines abound; he writes richly comic characters that speak in virtual arias of bragging, complaining, and scamming. Sure, some of the characters are stereotypes and many of the jokes are about drugs and scatology--but that's been the basis of humor since Plautus and Molière. The rhythmic energy of Ice Cube's dialogue and the easy charisma of his performance make Next Friday thoroughly enjoyable. --Bret Fetzer

Friday After Next
Ice Cube (Barbershop) uses his relaxed, raffish charm to glide through the third movie in his Friday series. As Craig (Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) sleep in the wee hours of Christmas Eve, a burglar dressed like Santa Claus breaks in and steals their presents and rent. Thus begins a classically bad day full of unsympathetic family members, obnoxious neighbors, squealing pimps, pot smoking, and sexy babes. No one's going to win any awards for this sloppy installment, loaded with preening stereotypes and half-hearted low humor; Cube generally plays straight man and lets the rest of the cast screech, yowl, and contort their faces, their performances as ornate and ritualized as a Japanese Noh play. But if you're a fan, Friday After Next will give you a modest dose of Cube's goofy humor. John Witherspoon and Don "D.C." Curry return as Craig's eternally disgruntled father and uncle. --Bret Fetzer

Description

The complete 3-Pack of the "Friday" movies will have you in stiches. One of the funniest series of movies to ever hit the silver screen.

Customer Reviews:

Love these shows.......2007-03-22

Love Ice Cube! Love "Next Friday" =) I wanted all 3 shows and this pack was a good way to get them. Amazon.com has always been my best bet for internet shopping.

Funny Movie X 3.......2007-02-09

How can you not laugh with Chris Tucker, Mike Epps, John Witherspoon, Don "DC" Curry & Katt Williams in the writing hands of Ice Cube! So many comic geniuses packed into 3 movies, each movie with its own unique flavor while not undercutting each other. These movies hit alot of levels, so at any age you are guaranteed a laugh!

"Whats up Big Perm?... I mean Big Worm"........2007-01-23

These films are an excellent potrayal of life in an African American urban nieghborhood without having any cliches like having a serious message about drugs or gangsters like in the other 90's gangster films, the first film was a great 90's comedy starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker as Smokey both of these guys are pot heads and it seems like Craig (Ice Cube) has been fired from his job on his day off which causes alot of problems since he needs to find a way to get 200$ to pay off a drug dealer or else, then some hilarious stuff happens including a fight with the nieghborhood bully, the music in this film was O.K. even though I'm not a rap fan I still thought that Ice Cube's music was pretty good. Next Friday unfortunately wasn't that good and was very weak compared to the others cause it seems like Chris Tucker was missing he was the most hilarious character from the first film, this time hes replaced by Mike Epps and the storyline involves Craig moving into the suburbs where his cousin lives. Friday after next was an improvement as it had a better and funnier script and it involves Craig and his cousin forgot his name moving into a rundown apparrtment only to find out that their christmas presents and money has been stolen and they need to get jobs as security guards in a shopping mall to find out the culprit, if your looking for a good laugh then you should definetely add these films to your comedy collection. By the way my nickname Smockey has nothing to do with these films its from something else.

Friday.......2007-01-19

The product was new and in great shape. I ordered as a Christmas gift and wasn't sure it would arrive in time but it came 2 days before Christmas. Very pleased with the product and the timely delivery.

Friday Collection.......2007-01-19

How can I review this item when it was never shipped, and you no longer has it.

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Christmas Joy
SO GOOD, IT'LL MAKE YA' WANTA SLAP YO' MOMMA!
The second best alternative Christmas classic since A Christmas Story
Better than Next Friday, but not the first.
YYYYEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH BOY!

Friday After Next (Infinifilm Edition)
Starring: Ice Cube , Mike Epps , John Witherspoon , Don 'D.C.' Curry , and Anna Maria Horsford
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ASIN: B00005JLQT
Release Date: 2004-06-01

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Ice Cube (Barbershop) uses his relaxed, raffish charm to glide through the third movie in his Friday series. As Craig (Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) sleep in the wee hours of Christmas Eve, a burglar dressed like Santa Claus breaks in and steals their presents and rent. Thus begins a classically bad day full of unsympathetic family members, obnoxious neighbors, squealing pimps, pot smoking, and sexy babes. No one's going to win any awards for this sloppy installment, loaded with preening stereotypes and half-hearted low humor; Cube generally plays straight man and lets the rest of the cast screech, yowl, and contort their faces, their performances as ornate and ritualized as a Japanese Noh play. But if you're a fan, Friday After Next will give you a modest dose of Cube's goofy humor. John Witherspoon and Don "D.C." Curry return as Craig's eternally disgruntled father and uncle. --Bret Fetzer

Description

Sequel. Craig and Day-Day move back into the hood, where they find jobs as security guards at a strip mall. Hijinks ensue on their first day on the job, which happens to be Christmas Eve.

Customer Reviews:

Christmas Joy.......2006-11-01

This movie is too funny, the scene at the abc store and the "sisters". That's all I'm going to say this is a must have in your personal collection it's well worth the money.

SO GOOD, IT'LL MAKE YA' WANTA SLAP YO' MOMMA!.......2005-11-13

"Tastes so good, it'll make you want to slap your momma"!! This is just one the hilarious quotes from "Friday After Next". This is one seriously funny movie. If you don't just bust-up with laughter, then you are probably already dead. Ice Cube and his buddy Mike Epps deliver one Hell of a good Christmas themed comedy. This time around, Ice Cube plays his role to the max, and manages to showcase the "Craig" character in ways not shown in the two previous "Friday" films. Craigs entire family are here, engaged in antics wild and crazy enough to make anyone roll with laughter. The whole "Bro's Bar-B-Q" scene alone, makes this a film not to miss. I watched this film again, while visiting friends in the Philippines. And the Filipinos laughed eved harder than my American friends did! It seems that Ice cube's movies are a big hit all over the world. So I say get yourself a copy of "Friday After Next", and invite some friends over to watch it. This is one movie worth adding to your comedy film collection. Ice Cube always delivers, and this time, he really takes care of business.

The second best alternative Christmas classic since A Christmas Story.......2005-09-08

Having no idea this was a Christmas movie when we rented it, I have a new tradition to pop this and Bad Santa in every Christmas Eve. For a white girl from the suburbs, you can't get much more alternative than this!

Craig and DayDay are living in an apartment a California ghetto. THey endure the typical trials and tribulations of single living - paying the rent on time, working, etc. - but put the urban spin on everything. THeir house is broken into by Santa, their landlady (with a moustache problem that really bothers me) is harrassing them, and her enourmous son has just been released from prison and wants a piece of them. At their jobs at the strip mall we meet an entire separate cast with their family barbeque restaurant ("Bring your big ass down here! Tastes so good, make you wanna slap yo mamma!"), the Holy Moly Donut Shop, and the Pimps n' Hos store. Hilarity unfolds in drug humor, physical comedy, and innuendo.

The pimp at the Pimps n' Hos shop stole the show once he was introduced. The cute little man with the Napoleonic Complex who wants to be a tough guy. It's a scream! With the pink limos, skanks, and urban mentality, this is one rip roaring good time. All I want for Christmas is two fat bitches who smell like cheeseburgers, a bag of weed, and this DVD!

Better than Next Friday, but not the first........2005-09-01

For the second straight time, Mike Epps replaces Tucker, but he plays Craig's (Ice Cube) cousin. Don't get me wrong, he's funny. But come on. Thats Chris Tucker. But anyway, this time the two are owing rent money by the nightfall or the landlords diesel son Damon is going to set them straight. One thing about him. He should try setting himself straight first. The two are security guards in a mini mall and Day-Day (Epps) is taking his job a little too seriously. Until finally they catch two people stealing at the store next door to they're fathers barbeque, they invite the pimp owner to come to they're Christmas Party that night. Unfortunately for him, he runs into Damon in the bathroom and the rest is just crazy. Many funny parts, but still think it could've been funnier with Tucker.

YYYYEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH BOY!.......2005-07-10

This is what I was waitin for. It wasn't better than the first one but it put the second to shame. The story was funny to me. A black santa robbin the neighboorhood, that s*** is crazy.The pimp had me laughin half to death son. And pinky is as crazy as ever. This could'nt match the greatness of one. But its still a good movie. The soundtrack was trash though and there where a couple of songs in the movie that wasn't on the soundtrack, that's some bs.

Friday Night Lights (Widescreen Edition)

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Friday Nights
Definitely an above average sports film
Small Town Football
A great movie!
Just A great Football movie-Ffiday night Lights

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Starring: Billy Bob Thornton , Lucas Black (II) , Garrett Hedlund , Derek Luke , and Jay Hernandez
Director: Peter Berg
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Release Date: 2005-01-18

Customer Reviews:

Friday Nights.......2007-05-17

Friday Nights

Title: Friday Night Lights
Director: Peter Berg
Produced by: Brian Grazer
Release date: 10/08/04

Did you know that the Permian Panthers have won more state championships then any other high school team in the state of Texas? That is a very good record considering that there are more high school teams in Texas than Kentucky and Tennessee put together.

In this great sports film it tells the true story of a high school football team in Odessa, Texas, where football is life. This movie was inspired by the true season of the 1988 Permian Panthers. Friday Night Lights was based on a book written by H.G. Bissinger, and was voted by ESPN the magazine the greatest football novel of all time.

This movie keys on the life of five ordinary small town boys that all share one dream, a state championship, Mike Winchell (Lucas Black), Boobie Miles (Derek Luke) Brian Chavez (Jay Hernandez), Don Billingsley (Garrett Hedlund), and Ivory Christian (Lee Jackson). These teenage boys have the weight of the world on them as they head into the 1988 season.

In this small town they have one huge quality that is football. Every Friday night all businesses close for the night and all the houses are empty. Since everybody is at Barrett Stadium one of the largest high school fields in the country. The Panthers are always one of the top teams in the state, and every year the community expects a state title. Considering all this anything less then a state championship is failure.

Permian heads in as a good favorite to win state, but when Permian's star All American running back, Boobie Miles, hurts his leg in there first game the teams confidence and chances decline. The panthers were then forced to start a tiny one hundred pound running back that is nowhere near the skill level of Boobie Miles. After Bobbie finds out he is out for the season, the whole team and town about give up on their chances of winning state. It looked as if there was a horrible disaster that happened in the town, the way everybody acted. However quarterback Mike Winchell, fullback Don Billingsley, and defensive end Ivory Christian will not let this team go down that easy.

The panthers manage to pull together a good season. They faced a season that Permian was not use to, finishing barely in front of five hundred. Losing games no one in town thought would be close. But they ended up in a three-way tie for first and second place in the region. As a result they do it the way everyone settles a tie, they flipped a coin. The coin flip went there way and they found them self in the state tournament. The team gets motivated after hearing about Boobie being hurt, and probably having his football career end. They then dedicate the state tournament to Boobie. Permian makes it all the way to the state championship game where they face a powerhouse from central Texas, the Dallas Carter Cowboys. Where Dallas Carter went undefeated and won every game without breaking a sweat. Since Permian barely got into state championship Dallas Carter was heavily favored. But the panthers wont go down without a fight.

This movie has great camera views and makes you feel like your watching a real football game. After I watched the movie I really wanted to play football, it was that good. For example I would watch the part of the movie where they play Dallas Carter before every one of my football games, it made me so pumped and ready to play. It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole movie just waiting to see what happens next. I would defiantly advise sports lovers or people who just like a good movie to check this one out.

By.jd

Definitely an above average sports film.......2007-04-10

I have read so many spectacular reviews of the TV series FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHT that I decided that I needed to watch the series myself. But I first wanted to see the film that the TV series was based upon.

This is a carefully crafted film about the somewhat dubious role that football is allowed to play in the lives of small town Americans. What many people seem to miss in seeing the film is the deeply critical aspects of the film. While the struggles of Permian High School to overcome the loss of their star player Boobie Miles -- who is portrayed as a 1988 high school equivalent of today's Darren McFadden of Arkansas (like McFadden, Miles is portrayed as someone who is spectacularly fast, a great receiver, and even an accomplished passer) -- take center stage, there is also a quiet but pervasive criticism of the role that football is allowed to play in people's lives in this small town. There is the sadness of several former players who have never been able to find meaning in their lives after hanging up their cleats. There is also the poignancy of people utterly obsessed with the failure or success of the local high school team, as if there was some connection between the quality of their lives and the fate of the team. From the beginning to the end of the movie there is a sense that these are people without lives, so that while on one level we celebrate the victories of the team on another we experience a deep sadness. I kept thinking of something Kierkegaard wrote while watching the movie. He distinguished between the comic and the tragic, characterizing the latter as regarding with finite interest that which ought to be of eternal interest, while identifying the comic as regarding something finite as of eternal interest. In this sense, the movie is at its heart a tragicomedy. The movie doesn't explore precisely why these people have such sad lives, but it leaves no question at the end that they do.

This is a very slick movie, which is impressive given that it was essentially a low budget film (it was made for around $30 million) with a very large cast. As a result the film has pretty much a no name cast, the only actor that most people would be familiar with being Billy Bob Thornton. But the film never reveals its low budget. From beginning to end every aspect is highly polished.

I mentioned the way that the movie criticizes our obsession with football and how this obsession is contrasted with the fundamental emptiness in the lives of the characters in the film. The two characters who most display these aspects of the film are the aforementioned Boobie Miles and former star Charles Billingsley, played by country music star Tim McGraw. The only thing that Miles has going for him at the start of the film is his athletic ability and as we hear him struggling to read a recruiting letter we realize that he is borderline illiterate. When he learns that his knee injury is far worse than anyone imagined he realizes how little life has to offer him. He is a man with rapidly collapsing horizons. Billingsley, on the other hand, has only his memories of having starred for Permian. He relentlessly drives his son to achieve a similar kind of success so that he can relive some of it vicariously.

This film in the end is not a celebration of football, but a paean on our excessive obsession with what is, in the end, only a game. It does not mean that football is devoid of all redeeming values, but it does mean to point out that there is more to life than football.

Small Town Football.......2007-03-17

"Friday Night Lights", the inspiration for the 2006-2007 TV series of the same name, is an unflinchingly look at a small, economically-depressed Texas town where the only exciting event is the Friday night high school football game. That kind of spotlight creates intense expectations for the Permian High School Football Team to succeed, causing players to make tough choices and live with the consequences.

Billy Bob Thornton does an inspiring turn as the football coach who rallies the team after a season-ending injury to a key player. His leadership and mentoring of the team causes the players to come together and make the best of their situation and of each other. The movie avoids a cliche ending but leaves the viewer with the sense that what the players accomplish together will be with them all their lives.

This film is highly recommended as an excellent capture of high school sports as preparation for the challenges of adult life.

A great movie!.......2007-02-21

I don't claim to be a movie critic, I'm just a regular guy. And I thought this movie was one of the best sports movies that I've ever seen! I would rank it right up there with Hoosiers, Rudy and Remember the Titans. It's not necessarily a feel-good movie, like the others I mentioned, but it's just a great story! The west-Texas realism is outstanding!

Just A great Football movie-Ffiday night Lights.......2007-01-31

This is truely on of the best high school football movies out. its shows us the pressure that our children go throught. Right from the start to the end , losing, the cost that parnets put our kids to test them. Football is trurly America only sport+++

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