Monkey Love

Starring:Jeremy Renner, Seamus Dever
Studio: Allumination
Product Type: DVD

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Jeremy Davies, so weaselly as the interpreter in Saving Private Ryan, got his break in this 1994 dark comedy debut by writer-director David O. Russell. Davies plays a college student whose entire future seems to implode when his traveling-salesman father forces him to stay home for the summer and take care of his mother, who is recovering from a broken leg. In anguish, he gives up a prestigious summer internship and moves back to the house where he grew up. There, he distracts himself with masturbation and lots of long walks, and even a half-hearted courtship of a much younger girl. But his proximity to his mother provides surprising preoccupations and impulses, which give this film the best of its squirmy humor. Russell, a sharp-eyed observer of surreptitious human behavior, extracts wonderfully drawn performances from Davies and Alberta Watson as his mother in this unexpected delight. --Marshall Fine

Description

A critically acclaimed, outrageously offbeat look at growing up! Looking forward to a prestigious summer internship in Washington, D.C., pre-med college student Raymond (Saving Private Ryan's Jeremy Davies) has his dreams put on hold when he's forced to stay at home caring for his invalid mother (Alberta Watson, The Sweet Hereafter, TV's 24). Constantly harassed by his domineering, travelling salesman father, Raymond struggles to deal with his mother's bed-ridden anxieties and his first, stumbling attempts to romance the naive girl next door.

Customer Reviews:

A Forgotten Gem.......2007-01-11

This is a bittersweet coming-of-age movie that's more sweet than bitter. Some of the scenes are downright hilarious, thanks to some wonderful, nuanced and well-timed performances from the actors. Just the kind of comedy for viewers fed up with the formulaic stuff churned out by Hollywood's play-safe executives. Made more than a decade ago, this is truly one of those forgotten gems that deserves to be unearthed and enjoyed. A solid 4 stars.

You alright?.......2006-12-08

I have an old laserdisc of this film that, years ago, I used to watch over and over. I popped it in again recently to see if I still liked the film enough to buy the DVD. It's not as funny as I remembered. Actually, it's horrifying. The only reason I'd consider buying the DVD is to give it to a therapist to watch and discuss it.

Ray (Jeremy Davies, "Saving Private Ryan") has to pass up an internship to the Surgeon General's office so he can take care of his mother, Susan (Alberta Watson, "Guilt by Association"), who's bedridden due to depression and a broken leg. His father Tom (Benjamin Hendrickson, "Regarding Henry") is busy traveling around the country selling motivational tapes. Susan and Ray develop an unhealthy relationship.

This is a very angry film. Maybe I didn't notice this before because I was distracted by the in-jokes, like the winky "Shaking Hands" homage to "The Graduate" when Tom confronts Ray -- or maybe I was too angry myself to notice the director's anger. David O. Russell made the very funny "Flirting with Disaster" after this, which in retrospect, "Spanking the Monkey" must have freed him to make. "Spanking" is worth a try if you like disturbing psychological comedy(?), but it's one that probably won't hurt you to miss.

Odd, But Believable.......2006-07-04

In the vein of "Sex, Lies, & Videotape" and written-directed by the guy who wrote & directed the quirky "I Heart Huckabees," Spanking the Monkey is a shocking and just plain wrong look on an Oedipal relationship in modern suburbia. Oddly enough, and I say that due to the film's subject matter, the film won the 1994 Audience Award at The Sundance Film Festival. Don't get me wrong, it's a very entertaining movie; But, I'm surprised it was that widely accepted. Despite the title, the film isn't about...Choking the Bishop. Here is what the movie is about; Jeremy Davies plays Ray Aibelli, is in college and has recieved an internship in Washington. Problem is, he can't go because his pig-headed father is forcing him to take care of his mother Susan (Alberta Watson), an attractive woman probably in her 40's, who has just fractured her leg. Ray is dissapointed about losing his internship, but he still does his best to take care of his mother; While he, meanwhile, tries to woo a naive girl named Toni (Carla Gallo). Anyway, while this would be shocking to a person who began watching the movie and not knowing this, everyone knows this already, so...There's a weird kind of sexual tension we see between Ray and Susan in the beginning of the film. Especially in scenes, where Ray has to help Susan shower. The scenes aren't overly pervertedly sexual or anything, but they're not without a hint of innapropriateness either. Eventually, due to the unhealthy mix of vodka tonics and stupidity, incest occurs between Susan and Ray. Luckily, we don't have to actually observe this. We watch them roll around on the bed and then we have a quick cut to the next morning, where it's made clear something has happened. Writer/director David O. Russell makes it clear in the beginning of the movie that these characters are perfectly sane and normal. Yet somehow, when this incest finally happens we're not disgusted and it's not completely unbelievable. The way Ray reacts to it immediately and then the way he reacts to it later is questionable. Overall, this movie will not hit the right note for some people. A lot of people may be turned off by the synopsis alone, but this is a very good movie; It's entertaining and thought-provoking, in other words...Worth a watch.

GRADE: A-

Pleasant movie with an unpleasant topic.......2006-04-13

Spanking the Monkey is for the open-minded only. Many will find this film horrible, wrong, and disgusting due to the fact it deals with such a forbidden topic: incest, but because of how real and natural the acting and mood of this film achieves, you understand where the main character is coming from. It is not an 'incest movie' but rather a movie about a young man finding himself, in the most bizarre way. A fine debut from director David O. Russell with solid performances from Jeremy Davies and Alberta Watson.

Disappointing.......2006-02-28

Spanking the Monkey was not what I expected. In fact it was a down right horrible. There is not much else to say really, except that I wasted my hard earned money buying this film.

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Enjoyable 1920s hokum
Dated, But Still Fascinating
amazing restoration
Wild in the streets (never trust a vegetarian)
Hmm

The Lost World (Restored Edition)
Starring: Bessie Love , Lewis Stone , Wallace Beery , Lloyd Hughes , and Alma Bennett
Director: Harry O. Hoyt
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ASIN: B00005ABVF
Release Date: 2001-04-03

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Every larger-than-life creature feature, from King Kong to Godzilla to Jurassic Park, owes a debt to the original Lost World, the granddaddy of giant monster movies. Based on an adventure fantasy by Arthur Conan Doyle, it's the story of a maverick scientist (Wallace Beery, under a bushy beard) who finds a land that time forgot on a plateau deep within the South American jungles and comes back to London with a captured brontosaur to prove it. His expedition includes Bessie Love, the daughter of an explorer who disappeared on the previous expedition, and big-game hunter Lewis Stone. The ostensible stars of the picture are all upstaged by Willis O'Brien's dinosaurs, simple models brought to life with primitive stop-motion animation. Hardly realistic by any measure, these pioneering special effects are still a sight to behold, especially the lumbering brontosaur (which receives the most care from O'Brien, both foraging in his jungle and rampaging through the streets of London).

The Lost World was truncated for rerelease in the 1930s and the original negative was subsequently lost. David Shepard meticulously "rebuilt" the film using material from eight different surviving prints from all over the world, cleaning and restoring along the way. The result, which is 50 percent longer than previously extant prints, is still not complete but closer than any version since its 1925 debut. The difference is not merely in restored scenes but in a rediscovered sense of grace in scenes filled out to their original detail and pace. The film moves and breathes once again like a silent film.

The disc features the choice of an original, modern score by the Alloy Orchestra and a classic orchestral score compiled and conducted by Robert Israel (both enjoyable and effective), 13 minutes of O'Brien's animation outtakes (including a couple of isolated frames that capture O'Brien manipulating his models), and rudimentary commentary by Arthur Conan Doyle historian Roy Pilot. --Sean Axmaker

Description

Newly restored with fifty percent more footage than any version in seventy years, here is the model for "King Kong," "Jurassic Park" and "Godzilla." A world wide sensation when it opened on February 15, 1925, "The Lost World" is a story of living dinosaurs from the Jurassic age written by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and starring a cast of stegosaurus, allosaurus, brontosaurus, triceratops, and pterodactyl under the technical direction of Willis H. O'Brien (King Kong, Mighty Joe Young) and a cast of actors under the direction of Harry O. Hoyt.

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Enjoyable 1920s hokum.......2007-06-18

(NOTE)-This is NOT the restored version I am reviewing, although I would love to see that in the near future.

Overall, I really enjoyed this film. It's a good old fashioned, leave-your brains at the door and enjoy it tale (tail?) of delicious malarkey. A mad professor in England goes on a search for dinosaurs to complete the work of a deceased colleague. They bring a brontasaurus back to London and WATCH OUT!

Lovers of the original KING KONG (they has special effex pioneer Willis O'Brien and stop motion wild creatures on the loose in common) and old fashioned adventure films in general will get a big hoot out of the dino fights and the brontosaurus on the rampage in London. Oh, what FUN!

Unfortuantely, I saw the trimmed 63 minute version which leaves plot elements unclear and leaves the viewer wanting more of the dinos in action. Lon Chaney would have been excellent as the mad professor (a staple of old-time science fiction corn), although Wallace Beery is pretty good here. However, the white servant in blackface and his grossly stereotyped dialogue left a nasty taste in my mouth, so I had to FF him on my remote control.

In either case, this whets one's appetitie for restored version. Enjoy.

Dated, But Still Fascinating.......2007-01-07

The Lost World in an interesting film for several reasons. First, it is an entertaining and early look at dinosaurs on the screen. Second, the animation was done by Willis O'Brien who also worked on King Kong. Finally, the film boasts a wonderful cast including Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Bessie Love, and Lloyd Hughes.

The story is thought provoking; a scientist/explorer claims that there are still dinosaurs living on a plateau in the uncharted rainforest. This might sound silly now, but in the late 1920s, there were still many parts of the world that were blacked out on the map. The scientist decides to take a new expedition of people back the plateau not only to prove that dinosaurs live there but also in hopes of finding the family of Love's character who got lost in the search.

The dinosaurs are certainly not of the caliber of those in Jurassic Park, but for the time period, they were shockingly realistic. The sequences with them are interesting because they have been made to take on human characteristics. When they are attacked, they scream in pain. When they defend themselves and their children, they hug in happiness. They even inspect their own wounds. These things seem sort of silly, but they make the fight scenes more fun to watch.

This seems to be one of Milestone Videos earlier efforts, and it shows. Unfortunately, this film has many missing scenes which causes the viewer to feel unresolved about certain parts of the story and also wishing for more. Milestone, a wonderful company, has been trumped by the lesser Alpha video who offers almost a half an hour of more footage.

amazing restoration .......2006-11-10

The Lost world is one of the first of the animated monster movie genre and was made I guess in 1925 or so. It is silent with subtitles.
The plot is kind of silly because of its exagerated story line - A young reporter wants to get married to this ditsy girl who tells him he must do a great adventure first. So the guy signs up with a crazy scientist and company to go to the amazon to find a group of scientists led by a young pretty and sad girl's lost father.
They go there and there are dinosaurs up on a plateau that is difficult to get to. They get there, dinosaurs run aroung up the ying yang, and it is alot of fun, really..
I wont tell you if the guy ends up with his original spoiled fiance or with the nice girl - you can guess or just buy the dvd and see for yourself,
By the way they do bring a brontosaurus back to civilization and it gets loose and breaks lots of buildings and stuff - now we see where the King Kong formula originates.

Great fun and masterful restoration.

Wild in the streets (never trust a vegetarian).......2006-08-07

The eyes of the civilized world have never seen adventure and romance like this. A silent film with sound effects.

Professor Challenger (Wallace Beery) comes in to the possession of Professor Whites lost diary. It was brought to him by the surviving daughter Miss Paula (Bessie Love). When he is not mangling newspaper reporters he intends to prove the story of a plateau in Brazil still harbors the descendents of dinosaurs.

We see all the members of the expedition to both prove the existence of dinosaurs but also to save Paula's father. The adventure allows us to see fallen trees and dinosaur fights eight years before King Kong repeats the performance.

A friendly brontosaurus nibbles at the fallen tree that was to be their escape rout. So it looks like Paula will have to learn to love Edward (Lloyd Hughes) a news paper man that endeared himself to the curmudgeon Challenger. And what is to become of Sir John Roxton (Lewis Stone) who made no secret that he also is in love with Paula?
Always lurking in the background is the evil minded Ape-man (no not Tarzan) Bull Montana.

Hmm.......2006-08-04

First of all, I'm reviewing the Kino version of this film. Amazon ahs a tendency to move reviews around, so watch out.

Anyways, this is a pretty good restoration of a rather lame film.

The restoration fails when there is an obvious jump in the movie, meaning there is missing footage, and the jump is ignored. People simply appear and disappear mid-scene, and the restorer chose to ignore it. Given that the restorer is the otherwise superb David Shepherd, I'm surprised. Mr. Shepherd is a GREAT film restorer, but he obviously lost his focus here.

The music is not really inspiring. It's rather lifeless, and doesn't enhance the experience at all.

Which leaves us with the film. While the special effects are cool, the film is deathly slow, plodding away pitifully towards an ending which I hope is simply badly truncated through the ravages of time. It is dullsville. Boring, boring, boring. The only reason anybody cares about this film is the special effects, and those simply aren't up to the task of reviving this bulky corpse of an uninspiring film.

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Marxes on the Rampage
"Love flies out the door when money comes innuendo."
ONE OF THEIR BEST MOVIES!!
Marx Brothers Rule!!!!
THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER!!!

Monkey Business
Starring: Groucho Marx , Harpo Marx , Chico Marx , Zeppo Marx , and Rockliffe Fellowes
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
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ASIN: 6305078467
Release Date: 1998-06-24

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It's comedy on the high seas when the Marx Brothers sneak aboard an ocean liner and get involved in a crazy set of comedy capers not to be missed. A madcap vintage voyage where pure lunacy rides the waves.

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Marxes on the Rampage.......2006-01-12

The Marx Brothers' first Hollywood production survives as a masterpiece of cinematic anarchy. "Monkey Business" (1931) takes no prisoners -- it's fast, furious and doesn't give a damn about convention. There are enough sight gags and nonsequiturs for a half-dozen comedies. Thelma Todd is a lively addition to the Marxian ensemble and compensates for the absence of Margaret Dumont. Memorable Groucho dialogue: "Don't forget that the stockholder of yesteryear is the stowaway of today."

"Love flies out the door when money comes innuendo.".......2005-09-28

The first Marx Brothers movie filmed directly for the screen, it's their first great picture. They are a bunch of stowaways on an ocean liner who get mixed up with racketeers along the way. Fast and furiously funny for the most part, though the last 20 minutes, after they get off the ship (after the hilarious scene where they all try to immitate Maurice Chevalier) are a let down. It was their first movie in which rather than being merely wiseacres and insulting punsters they were truly anarchic: Harpo totally disrupts the passport proceedings, stamping everything in sight and then throwing the papers in the air. From this point on they would not be just verbally wild and funny guys, but their humor would take on a Freudian aspect as well. Definitely worth a watch.

ONE OF THEIR BEST MOVIES!!.......2004-03-08

I have recently become a DIE-HARD Marx Brothers fan. I was introduced to them by my wonderful cousin Lewis. THANK YOU LEWIS!!!!!!!!!! The Marx Brothers are FANTASTICALY HILARIOUS!! Monkey Business was the first movie of their's that I saw, and its, so far, the best. Even thought the others I have seen come close behind, there's just something about Monkey Business. Its down-right hilarious. Great lines by Groucho, great scene of Harpo and him playing the harpo, Chico and the piano...This movie deserves a 5 stars.

Marx Brothers Rule!!!!.......2003-08-16

I looooooove the marx brothers, and Monkey Buiness is one of my favourite Marx films! Anyone who hasn't seen this movie should, even if you are unfamilier with the Marxes. (As soon as you see your first Marx movie you will probably become obsessed with them anyway, like I did). Anyhow, this movie is filled with jokes from start to finish, and there's never a dull moment! HILARIOUS!

THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER!!!.......2003-07-22

THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE!!! TRUDY LOVES THIS MOVIE!!! THE MARX BROTHERS ARE NOT JUST A PART OF HISTORY, THEY ARE GREAT HUMANS!!! IF ONLY HALF THE HUMANS WERE ONE-TENTH AS INSIGHTFUL AS THE MARX BROTHERS, THE WORLD WOULDN'T BE SUCH A [bad] PLACE!!!!!! TRUDY THE MONKEY

Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II (Don't Bother to Knock / Let's Make Love / Monkey Business / Niagara / River of No Return)

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Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II
Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II
STUNNING LEGENDARY PERFORMANCES~BRAVO MARILYN!!!
Niagara is a (flawed) Gem
Waiting for the soundtrack of the DIAMOND COLLECTION , Volume II. This collection merits a soundtrack.

Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II (Don't Bother to Knock / Let's Make Love / Monkey Business / Niagara / River of No Return)
Starring: Marilyn Monroe
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection (Bus Stop / How to Marry a Millionaire / There's No Business Like Show Business / Gentlemen Prefer Blondes / The Seven Year Itch / The Final Days)
The Prince and the Showgirl
Some Like It Hot (Collector's Edition)
The Misfits
We're Not Married

ASIN: B000062XG8
Release Date: 2002-05-14

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Some essential examples of the Marilyn Monroe mystique make up this second collection of titles from MM's years at Twentieth Century Fox. After sparkling in small roles, she burst upon the public consciousness in 1952, thanks to five films and a certain nude calendar. Two of the 1952 pictures, showing very different sides of the new actress, are included here. One is Monkey Business, Howard Hawks's raucous comedy about a youth serum, in which top-lined stars Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers regress to a state of adolescent abandon, with Monroe doing spot-on supporting duty. Don't Bother to Knock gives Marilyn her first lead role, in a tense little film noir; she's a babysitter with an unstable streak, a fine performance hinting at depths rarely touched in her career.

In Niagara, Monroe is a full-fledged sex goddess, a scheming wife tormenting husband Joseph Cotten in their cabin by the falls. This Technicolor slice of pseudo-Hitchcock is a fun location picture with a genuinely exciting climax. Otto Preminger's River of No Return has Marilyn livened up by the presence of costar Robert Mitchum, in a strong outdoorsy Western that catches the two stars in appealing form. By the time of 1960's Let's Make Love, MM looks tired. This backstage musical is more interesting as a time capsule than as a romance, although one number shines: "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." Less urgent for Monroe fans than the first Diamond Collection, this set is still a good one for the die-hards. --Robert Horton

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Contains: *Don't Bother to Knock *Let's Make it Legal *Monkey Business *Niagra *River of No Return

Customer Reviews:

Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II.......2007-01-19

These are the movies that made us love her forever and a day or two.

Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II.......2007-01-10

If you're a fan of Marilyn Monroe, this is a great collection ... each selection is Classic Marilyn. Quality is excellent.

STUNNING LEGENDARY PERFORMANCES~BRAVO MARILYN!!! .......2006-11-10

Marilyn Monroe is a once-in-a-lifetime legend and nobody has come along since to match the magic of this gifted and very versatile performer...each gem in this Diamond Collection are classics to be enjoyed over and over again for anyone who enjoys the finest that the world of entertainment has to offer! "Don't Bother To Knock" is an amazing hauntingly brilliant performance early in Marilyn's career that shows incredible dramatic range while "Monkey Business" is a fun romp showing Monroe's great comic ability. "Niagara" is a real DIVA Superstar turn unlike any other and Marilyn is drop-dead gorgeous in this colorful spectactular with this film being the one that made Marilyn Monroe a true film Superstar and introduced without a doubt that famous Monroe walk with Marilyn unforgettable in that sumptuous red dress...mesmerizing and exotic singing "Kiss" and never was Marilyn more seductive!!! "River Of No Return" is a great movie that has aged well having a timeless quality to it with a moving and richly etched performance from Marilyn that holds up well today...musical numbers show Marilyn had her own totally original style and made magic with these numbers and every moment is fascinating to watch. "Let's Make Love" was ahead of its time and its style of intergrating musical numbers into the story was used some ten years later in "Cabaret"...listening to the Original Soundtrack CD it is clear that Marilyn delivers some of the finest musical performances of her brilliant career (Cole Porter's "My Hear Belongs To Daddy" is a real showstopper!) making this a must have for fans of great musical films and this winning release also features wonderful unreleased performances not in the film...as a young teen who sneaked into the theatre to see this racy at that time film, I have lost track of how many times I have seen this classic and find it richly entertaining every time...and the final never completed "Something's Got TO Give" show a sophisicated and very beautiful Marilyn who never looked so stunning on the big screen and this motion picture would have been a real classic...Marilyn was coming into her own as a unique performer and living screen legend who showed promise of becoming the greatest star of her generation...too bad her career which meant so much to Marilyn and showed such promise of hitting greater heights was cut tragically short. Thankfully movies such as these keep this incredible legend alive and Marilyn will in this way always shine the brightest and she always lit the screen up in a way that nobody else ever could...Marilyn was the true meaning of SUPERSTAR...we love and miss you Marilyn and thank you for leaving behind a treasure chest of magic for all of us to savor and enjoy!!!

Niagara is a (flawed) Gem.......2006-01-01

I bought the 1st Diamond collection for my wife (a devoted Marilyn fan) and we were both impressed with the quality of the restorations. We were looking for more of the same with the Marilyn II collection. Although I ordered the collection well before Christmas, I didn't receive it until the day after Christmas. The tracking site showed it ready for pickup on December 18. When we received it we first viewed Niagara. The restoration was very good. I've been to the Falls many times and I got a kick out of how little things had changed since this movie was shot. Joseph Cotton was very convincing as the tortured soul who was infatuated with Marilyn. The action was well-paced and kept you in suspense during the last half of the movie. Unfortunately, this DVD was defective and the picture broke up 30 minutes into the movie and we lost about 10 minutes of the movie. I went to Amazon's site and after going through a short questionaire I was able to print out a postage-paid mailer without having to talk to anyone. I returned the collection for replacement due to arrive in a week. Hopefully this one will not be defective since we are looking forward to viewing the other DVDs in this set.

Waiting for the soundtrack of the DIAMOND COLLECTION , Volume II. This collection merits a soundtrack........2005-12-19

After The DIAMOND COLLECTION of Marilyn Monroe DVD was released,
a soundtrack CD was also released with many interesting tracks.
Yet this time around, no soundtrack was released. I am waiting
for a soundtrack with the songs Marilyn sings in NIAGARA (KISS),
River of No Return, and Lets Make Love, as well as the main themes from Don't Bother to Knock, and Monkey Business. There must be enough tracks in the vaults of 2oth Century Fox to include as Bonus items of Marilyn Monroe singing, deleted songs
from her movies, alternate takes, etc. We Marilyn Monroe fans
demand that a soundtrack CD to the Marilyn Monroe DIAMOND COLLECTION vol. II be released.

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love and monkeys!
great fun!
A must-see for Jeremy Renner fans

Monkey Love
Starring: Eve Brenner , William Sanderson , Amy Stewart , Mary Margaret Robinson , and Jesse Vint
Director: Mark Stratton
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ASIN: B0009KA7XG
Release Date: 2005-07-26

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To spice up her ho-hum life, stuck-in-a-rut college senior Amy (Amy Stewart) sleeps with Aaron Séamus Dever) and Dil (Jeremy Renner), her two best pals since the 3rd grade. Unfortunately, her best-laid plans for more excitement turn their perfect, if predictable, platonic triangle into a tangled web of super-charged emotions with hilarious consequences. Packed with laughter, a sensational cast (including Deadwood's William Sanderson) and outrageous situations, Monkey Love is a miracle of a movie...in the great American tradition of the Screwball Comedy!" (Seattle International Film Festival)

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love and monkeys!.......2005-09-23

I love this movie. It is one of those rare films that you can love while objectively realising that there are flaws in its making...its overall feel of delighted angst is bright and pleasurable.
The characters are quirky and real and their dialogue is to die for. There really aren't any characters that don't seem to do their very best - even the minor characters shine when given the opportunity.
Actually, my very favorite moment in the movie is when Amy and a certain person are getting it on upstairs in her parents' house (gutsy!) and he is bouncing around on her so vigorously that the windows are rattling...her parents think there is an earthquake, so her(ever timorous) mother comes to the foot of the stairs and calls tremulously "Amy....? Are you under a doorway?"
I do think certain parts could have been shot better - for example, the love scene between Amy and the OTHER certain person (you don't see ME spoiling the whole damn movie for others!) is a long, sexy one, but it is screwed up by being pieced together in an odd, choppy fashion. One minute she is topless, the next minute you see him take off her shirt. Also the music during this scene is so bouncy, almost humourous...it's hard to believe that the couple is as into each other as you later learn that they are.
Other than that scene, I think the music is well-chosen and happy, it was a pleasure to hear such high-quality independent artists.
All in all, fun, fun, fun!
Except I REALLY wanted to kick Mishnu's ass.

great fun!.......2005-08-03

Monkey Love is such a fun title and an equally fun movie.
Get ready for the unexpected and make sure you have
your popcorn ready for a fun evening.
I loved Amy and William Sanderson, too! He was in
Blade Runner, which is also a fave of mine.
I loved the MUSIC....
Hopefully the CD will be released soon, too, because I would buy it today.

A must-see for Jeremy Renner fans.......2005-08-02

Well, I got this on DVD today.

The movie is more or less what I expected - a lightweight rom-com aimed at the teen/twenty-something market. Not so heavy on the comedy, but enough scenes that make you smile, with some good, realistic dialogue. I liked Amy Stewart's character, and wanted to see things work out for her.

*SLIGHT SPOILER* I'm not sure why the whole psycho-dad thing is in there, and some of the secondary characters (Amy's parents, Mishnu, Brie etc) could have been explored before the end of the film to flesh it out a bit. If you are a fan of Jeremy, though, he does have a sex scene... *END SPOILER*

Great for Jeremy fans obviously, because other than that he has lots of scenes. I am not going to say it is the best film I have ever seen, but then again I couldn't say that about Senior Trip or SWAT either and I still enjoyed watching them. All in all it is an enjoyable way to spend 90 minutes with some popcorn.

All things considered, this would be a great movie for any self-respecting Jeremy fan to see, so I would recommend that you buy it.

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Enjoyable 1920s hokum
Dated, But Still Fascinating
amazing restoration
Wild in the streets (never trust a vegetarian)
Hmm

Lost World (1925) (Silent) (B&W)
Starring: Bessie Love , Lewis Stone , Wallace Beery , Lloyd Hughes , and Alma Bennett
Director: Harry O. Hoyt
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
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ASIN: B00006SFJ2
Release Date: 2002-10-22

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Enjoyable 1920s hokum.......2007-06-18

Dated, But Still Fascinating.......2007-01-07

amazing restoration .......2006-11-10

Wild in the streets (never trust a vegetarian).......2006-08-07

Hmm.......2006-08-04

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Enjoyable 1920s hokum
Dated, But Still Fascinating
amazing restoration
Wild in the streets (never trust a vegetarian)
Hmm

The Lost World
Starring: Bessie Love , Lewis Stone , Wallace Beery , Lloyd Hughes , and Alma Bennett
Director: Harry O. Hoyt
Manufacturer: Lumivision
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ASIN: 6304492383
Release Date: 1999-03-30

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Seven decades before Michael Crichton borrowed the title of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic adventure tale, The Lost World was the movie sensation of 1925. (The film is not to be confused with Steven Spielberg's sequel to Jurassic Park.) Just as Spielberg's dinosaur thrillers would advance the technology of computer-generated spectacle, Doyle's classic story provided a perfect opportunity to exploit the illusions made possible by stop-motion animation. Eight years before he stunned audiences with the amazing special effects of King Kong, pioneering stop-motion animator Willis O'Brien created the dinosaur stars of this classic silent-film fantasy. Following Doyle's plot, the film plays like a dress rehearsal for King Kong and establishes a now-familiar scenario: Wallace Beery plays a visionary scientist who returns to the remote South African plateau where he'd earlier discovered a jungle haven of prehistoric creatures. Determined to introduce this discovery to the world, he returns to London with a captive brontosaurus, which later escapes and goes on a destructive rampage through the city. Though somewhat quaint by modern standards, this silent classic remains a milestone of fantasy filmmaking, and Lumivision's splendid collector's edition DVD presents the film in near-pristine condition. Accompanied by a newly composed musical score, the film is supplemented by a series of still photographs to illustrate the legendary missing scenes from the original (and long-lost) 10-reel version. To further showcase the animation work of O'Brien (who would later inspire and mentor Ray Harryhausen), the disc also includes several excerpts from his pioneering films from the early 1920s. Included too is a still-frame library and an informative onscreen essay by film historian Scott MacQueen. If you're a silent-movie buff or a fan of imaginative movies, consider this an essential addition to your DVD library. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Enjoyable 1920s hokum.......2007-06-18

Dated, But Still Fascinating.......2007-01-07

amazing restoration .......2006-11-10

Wild in the streets (never trust a vegetarian).......2006-08-07

Hmm.......2006-08-04

Average customer rating:

Enjoyable 1920s hokum
Dated, But Still Fascinating
amazing restoration
Wild in the streets (never trust a vegetarian)
Hmm

The Lost World
Starring: Bessie Love , Lewis Stone , Wallace Beery , Lloyd Hughes , and Alma Bennett
Director: Harry O. Hoyt
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Unknown Island
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The Black Scorpion

ASIN: B0000CAPWZ

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Customer Reviews:

Enjoyable 1920s hokum.......2007-06-18

Dated, But Still Fascinating.......2007-01-07

amazing restoration .......2006-11-10

Wild in the streets (never trust a vegetarian).......2006-08-07

Hmm.......2006-08-04

Average customer rating:

Enjoyable 1920s hokum
Dated, But Still Fascinating
amazing restoration
Wild in the streets (never trust a vegetarian)
Hmm

The Lost World [Region 2]
Starring: Bessie Love , Lewis Stone , Wallace Beery , Lloyd Hughes , and Alma Bennett
Director: Harry O. Hoyt
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The Lost Continent
Unknown Island
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The Black Scorpion

ASIN: B00005LW47

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Enjoyable 1920s hokum.......2007-06-18

Dated, But Still Fascinating.......2007-01-07

amazing restoration .......2006-11-10

Wild in the streets (never trust a vegetarian).......2006-08-07

Hmm.......2006-08-04

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Fantastic
The Army of The 12 Monkey's Is Coming...Be Prepared
Great movie, lackluster HD DVD.
Cinematic satisfaction
A great, fun, intelligent film I highly reccomend.

12 Monkeys
Starring: Ernest Abuba , Bob Adrian , Vernon Campbell , Michael Chance , and Carol Florence
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: 078322608X
Release Date: 1998-03-31

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Inspired by Chris Marker's acclaimed short film La Jetée (which is included on the DVD Short Cinema Journal, Volume 2), 12 Monkeys combines intricate, intelligent storytelling with the uniquely imaginative vision of director Terry Gilliam. The story opens in the wintry wasteland of the year 2035, where a virulent plague has forced humans to live in a squalid, oppressively regimented underground. Bruce Willis plays a societal outcast who is given the opportunity to erase his criminal record by "volunteering" to time-travel into the past to obtain a pure sample of the deadly virus that will help future scientists to develop a cure. But in bouncing from 1918 to the early and mid-1990s, he undergoes an ordeal that forces him to question his own perceptions of reality. Caught between the dangers of the past and the devastation of the future, he encounters a psychiatrist (Madeleine Stowe) who is initially convinced he's insane, and a wacky mental patient (Brad Pitt in a twitchy Oscar-nominated role) with links to a radical group that may have unleashed the deadly virus. Equal parts mystery, tragedy, psychological thriller, and apocalyptic drama, 12 Monkeys ranks as one of the best science fiction films of the '90s, boosted by Gilliam's visual ingenuity and one of the finest performances of Willis's career. The Collector's Edition DVD includes a fascinating behind-the-scenes documentary (The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 12 Monkeys) in addition to the theatrical trailer, production notes, and a 12 Monkeys archive of still photos, design concepts, and storyboards. --Jeff Shannon

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Fantastic.......2007-06-04

I really liked the movie. One of the best sci-fi movies I have seen. But I have a question. When Madeleine Stowe calls up the number that Bruce Willis is supposed to call, and she reaches a carpet cleaning company she is overjoyed thinking that the virus plague is a hoax after all. She nevertheless leaves a message in the voice mail of that number and recounts it to Bruce Willis who of course has heard it before and repeats the message verbatim even before Stowe could finish telling him. The whole point of the film is that Bruce Willis is reliving the past exactly as it had happened, with him as one of the main protagonist. So what actually happened in 1996? Did Stowe call up the carpet cleaning company? Did she leave a message? If she did and repeated that to Willis did Willis know beforehand what her message was? If he knew, then how did he know? He was NOT time travelling THEN. He was just a little boy of 8 years. And if it was not Willis (Cole) in 1996 who Stowe (Railly) met, then who was it? Because Cole was 8 years old in 1996. Can anybody throw any light?

The Army of The 12 Monkey's Is Coming...Be Prepared.......2007-04-27

Terry Gilliam (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) takes a typical "time travel" theory and twists it into one heck of a psychological thriller. The premise of the movie is rather interesting (if you're into sci-fi). Cole (Bruce Willis) is in the future (30 or so years?) in a world where only 1% of the population lives - all underground. He's imprisoned for random acts of violence we're slightly hinted towards in a dark, gloomy, odd underground Philadelphia prison. He is hand picked by the top scientists of the underground world to travel back in time to 1996 to gather information on the super-virus that was released in December 1996 by the army of the 12 Monkeys. Unfortunately he is sent back to 1990 Baltimore and finds himself put into a mental institution because, lets be honest, anybody that randomly shows up and is going on about collecting information about the virus that wipes out 5 billion people is obviously going to be thought to be a little nuts. At the institution he runs into Jeffrey (Brad Pitt) who is very insane (Oscar-nominated role in this movie) and "befriends" Cole as eventually helps him escape. In the process, Cole's psychiatrist Kathryn (Madeleine Stowe) feels an odd connection with him on a more spiritual level. She is convinced she knows him from somewhere. To speed it up, he goes back to the future and then goes BACK to 1996...there the story goes on...

All throughout, the movie takes Cole and twists his (and your) mind and starts to make him (and you) doubt if his "time-travel" experiences have actually happened...or was he just really insane. The movie is pretty straight forward in making it clear that he did go back in time, but you really go "or did he?" the whole time. It is really cool how everyone plays together and ties together. It twists your mind a lot, and you'll be biting your nails the whole time trying to figure out what will happen. The whole "dream" sequence that is seen throughout finally comes together at the end and its a CLASSIC "Wow...." scene. I have to say it was the coolest twist on modern sci-fi mind thrillers to date.

If you've seen the movie The Prestige, you'll see some similarities...some.

I'm Will Black, and thats my review of 12 Monkeys.

5/5 Stars

Great movie, lackluster HD DVD........2007-04-19

I've always loved the movie, and while it looks great in HD, it's very reminiscent of the first few DVDs that came out. It has quite a few defects just during normal playback, and the additional content is exactly the same as it is on the DVD... which looked bad on the original, and looks TERRIBLE now.

Unfortunately, there aren't many HD DVDs to choose from yet, but having your expectations set at a reasonable level can't hurt. :/ I suspect this one will be like the first Tron DVD release, and coming out a ways down the road (assuming the format survives) to compare against newer releases.

Cinematic satisfaction.......2007-03-30

The variety within this action-packed, futuristic thriller is loaded with ever changing elements that will keep you glued to the screen. After your stomach's in knots, the separate goals eventually unite in a race against time that will pull you into the action. Packed with surprises and intellectual stimulation, this film is not predictable. The elements will leave you satisfied and the shockingly realistic possibilities revealed will leave you thinking. Superb acting, writing, directing and production only add to the exciting cinematic ride. Well worth the watch.

A great, fun, intelligent film I highly reccomend........2007-03-21

I very bleak but fun look at a dystopian future. A killer virus. Surreal story line and great actors like Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt. What's not to like?

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