Wizards

Starring:Ralph Bakshi, Victoria Bakshi, Jim Connell, Steve Gravers, Angelo Grisanti, Mark Hamill, Adolf Hitler, Peter Hobbs, Bob Holt, David Proval, Richard Romanus, Tina Romanus, Barbara Sloane, Christopher Tayback, Susan Tyrrell, Jesse Welles, Hyman Wien
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Far from the masterful treatment that groundbreaking animator Ralph Bakshi gave the similarly themed The Lord of the Rings just a year later, Wizards feels amateurish. A simplistic distillation of fantasy tropes, the scenario is millions of years after nuclear war wipes out civilization. Middle Earth fairies, elves, and magic emerge from the "good lands," while dimwitted mutants with poor comic timing emerge from the nuclear wastes. In the ultimate confrontation between good and evil, a hippie-ish wizard named Avatar defends his utopia against the technological and neo-Nazi revival of his bad-seed twin, Blackwolf. With volleys of jokes that couldn't hit a barn door, elves with Brooklyn accents, and the dubious climax that sees the kindly old wizard using one of the hated machines of war to triumph over evil, Wizards is one of fantasy animation's least successful examples. --Alan E. Rapp
Description
Set on a post-apocalyptic Earth, this fantasy adventure follows the story of Avatar, the kindly, eccentric sorcerer-ruler of Montagar, a rainbow paradise inhabited by elves and fairies. Avatar?s evil brother, Blackwolf, dominates Scortch, a bleak land of goblins and wraiths. When the power-hungry Blackwolf attacks Montagar, Avatar, accompanied only by a spirited young woman and a courageous elf, must enter the darkness of Scortch to save his world. WIZARDS is a thought-provoking, kaleidoscopic feast for the eyes that will enthrall animation fans and film lovers of all ages.

The Prestige [Blu-ray]
Average customer rating:

Definate keeper

Amazing movie, incredible disc.

3 acts: HD picture, HD audio, HD quatlity!

Do NOT BY THE BLU-RAY version of this film

A good magic title movie for BluRay - BUY IT.

The Prestige [Blu-ray]
Starring: Christian Bale , Michael Caine , Russ Fega , Ricky Jay , and James Lancaster
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
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Release Date: 2007-02-20

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The Prestige attempts a hat trick by combining a ridiculously good-looking cast, a highly regarded new director, and more than one sleight of hand. Does it pull it off? Sort of. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman play rival magicians who were once friends before an on-stage tragedy drove a wedge between them. While Bale's Alfred Borden is a more skilled illusionist, Jackman's Rufus Angier is the better showman; much of the film's interesting first half is their attempts to sabotage--and simultaneously, top--each other's tricks. Even with the help of a prop inventor (Michael Caine) and a comely assistant (Scarlett Johansson), Angier can't match Borden's ultimate illusion: The Transporting Man. Angier's obsession with learning Borden's trick leads him to an encounter with an eccentric inventor (David Bowie) in a second half that gets bogged down in plot loops and theatrics. Director Christopher Nolan, reuniting with his Batman Begins star Bale, demonstrates the same dark touch that hued that film, but some plot elements--without giving anything away--seem out of place with the rest of the movie. It's better to sit back and let the sometimes-clunky turns steer themselves than try to draw back the black curtain. That said, The Prestige still manages to entertain long after the magician has left the stage--a feat in itself. --Ellen A. Kim

Description

Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson are pure magic in THE PRESTIGE on Blu-ray Disc®. Dubbed "wildly entertaining" by Rolling Stone, this riveting tale is more astounding than ever in this dazzling new format. Two young, passionate magicians are friends and partners until one fateful night when their biggest trick goes terribly wrong. Now the bitterest of enemies, they will stop at nothing - including deceit and sabotage - to learn each other's secrets. Experience their obsessive rivalry in eye-popping 1080p and resounding 5.1 48 kHz, 24-bit uncompressed audio. But remember, nothing is what it seems, so be prepared to watch over and over again as Blu-ray™ High Definition teases and tantalizes your senses!

Customer Reviews:

Definate keeper.......2007-06-27

As others have said if you like Christopher Nolan's other films you should enjoy this one. I really liked David Bowie's potrayal of Nikolai Tesla.
Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman and Michael Caine are all great in this story of passion,jealousy and deception. Christopher Nolan is quickly becoming one of my favorite directors.

As far as the "forced ads" goes you can't jump to the menu but you can track forward through everything but the FBI warning, its annoying but not as unbearable as the other reveiwer made it out to be. I too wish they would stop this nonsense. I'm all for the previews on the disc just give me the choice of watching them.

Amazing movie, incredible disc........2007-06-19

Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan proves his skill as a director yet again in this thriller full of grudges, backstabbing, and magic. I don't want to spoil anything, but I'll just say this: this is a movie where about half-way through, you realize the story might go anywhere! It's got an amazingly twisty plot that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and the actors all deliver amazing performances. With magicians like David Blane and Criss Angel making waves on television, I think now was as good a time as ever to release this kind of movie. This is such a good thriller, it almost makes up for how disappointing M. Night Shymilan's "Lady in the Water" was, because it more than fills the gap.

The Blu-Ray itself is a true visual feast as well. It's got amazing black levels and color contrast that images seemed to pop off the screen, even on my crappy old 1080i-only set through component cables. This is definitely a great movie to play when you want to show off your Blu-Ray player or new TV!

3 acts: HD picture, HD audio, HD quatlity! .......2007-06-17

Great film, you will not be upset with this purchase. Oh did I mention that the picture is top notch, not to mention the audio and bonus material, don't wait order it!

Do NOT BY THE BLU-RAY version of this film.......2007-05-17

The movie itself is great and you should definately watch it.

What you should NOT do is buy this Blu-Ray disc which has approximate 10 minutes of UNSKIPPABLE trailers and then to add injury to insult, after you, a paying customer has bought the disc and shown you are one of the good guys they make you watch a UNSKIPPABLE "don't pirate movies" propaganda piece effectively calling you a criminal!!!

Pop the disc in and you will not be able to watch the movie for at least 10 minutes. Everyone who bought this disc should return it until the studios get the message.

A good magic title movie for BluRay - BUY IT........2007-05-07

A good movie for bluray, you have to see it, BUY IT NOW HURRY UP.

Average customer rating:

wierd but fun
Blast from the Past
Interesting Storyline
The Fantasy Amine - before fantasy was cool
I did something bad...

Wizards
Starring: Ralph Bakshi , Victoria Bakshi , Jim Connell , Steve Gravers , and Angelo Grisanti
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B0001NBMIK
Release Date: 2004-05-25

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Far from the masterful treatment that groundbreaking animator Ralph Bakshi gave the similarly themed The Lord of the Rings just a year later, Wizards feels amateurish. A simplistic distillation of fantasy tropes, the scenario is millions of years after nuclear war wipes out civilization. Middle Earth fairies, elves, and magic emerge from the "good lands," while dimwitted mutants with poor comic timing emerge from the nuclear wastes. In the ultimate confrontation between good and evil, a hippie-ish wizard named Avatar defends his utopia against the technological and neo-Nazi revival of his bad-seed twin, Blackwolf. With volleys of jokes that couldn't hit a barn door, elves with Brooklyn accents, and the dubious climax that sees the kindly old wizard using one of the hated machines of war to triumph over evil, Wizards is one of fantasy animation's least successful examples. --Alan E. Rapp

Description

Set on a post-apocalyptic Earth, this fantasy adventure follows the story of Avatar, the kindly, eccentric sorcerer-ruler of Montagar, a rainbow paradise inhabited by elves and fairies. Avatar?s evil brother, Blackwolf, dominates Scortch, a bleak land of goblins and wraiths. When the power-hungry Blackwolf attacks Montagar, Avatar, accompanied only by a spirited young woman and a courageous elf, must enter the darkness of Scortch to save his world. WIZARDS is a thought-provoking, kaleidoscopic feast for the eyes that will enthrall animation fans and film lovers of all ages.

Customer Reviews:

wierd but fun.......2007-06-14

this is a strange story of 2 wizards and thier struggle for power... it was fun to watch and thats why i bought it foo....:)

Blast from the Past.......2007-06-01

I was trying to describe Wizards to my 17-year-old, then thought "I wonder if it's available for sale?" Sure enough! It was every bit as whimsical, inventive and bizarre as I remembered!

Interesting Storyline.......2007-05-26

A little slow-paced, but very interesting animated storyline about a post-holocaust world where the "Big Bad Evil Guy" uses WWII propaganda films to motivate his tropps to overrun the "Good Guys." Not for children, but teens can probably keep up. As usual, a must for Bakshi fans. A decent gamer film.

The Fantasy Amine - before fantasy was cool.......2007-04-10

I remember seeing this a couple times in college, a solid 25+ years ago, usually after some heavy partying, and being impressed. I picked it up on a lark, to show my kids and you know what...more critical and cynical over the years, it still is well worth the time. While others will quibble about the animation quality, Bakshi made a story you care about, that is fun and cool to watch, with animated characters that are better than most, and even a message. It is a movie of its time, which might confuse the young, but a great fairy tale is a thing to remember forever.
When Bakshi is good, he is really good, hopefully if rumours of Wizards 2 are true, he keeps in touch with what made the first one worth thinking about all this time.

I did something bad..........2007-03-29

So, I wanted this movie on DVD a LOT and at the time, people were able to request certain films be put on DVD through Amazon by entering your e-mail address...

And over the course of about a month or two, I sent Amazon hundreds of e-mail addresses I created on Yahoo! and sent them my ALL of e-mail addresses in my address book.

A short while later, I (and everybody in my address book) received a notification that Wizards would be put on DVD and sold through Amazon.

Why am I telling you this?

BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MUCH I LIKED THIS MOVIE!

I saw it for the first time on Cinemax back around 1998. I searched for it online, but had NO clue what it was called. I finally found it about 6 years later. I REALLY wanted to see it again.

THAT'S HOW GOOD THIS MOVIE IS!

Sure, the animation kind of stinks, but there were some revolutionary video effects in here and it's a true testament to what artistic directors and producers can do on a tight budget and time frame.

(I did feel bad when Ralph Bakshi thanks everyone who e-mailed Amazon in the commentary)

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Barbie video
Come on guys it's a really good movie!
GREAT SHOWS
Good quality, fast delivery
Another great Barbie movie

Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus
Starring: John DeSantis , Kelly Sheridan , Andrea Libman , Louise Vallance , and Colin Murdock
Director: Greg Richardson (IV)
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Release Date: 2005-09-20

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Barbie takes flight in her first original fairy tale movie: Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus! Princess Annika (Barbie) escapes the clutches of the evil wizard, explores the wonders of Cloud Kingdom, and teams up with a magnificent winged horse - who turns out to be her sister, Princess Brietta - to defeat the wizard and break the spells that imprisoned her family. Spectacular 3-D scenes add even more magic to this extraordinary adventure!

Customer Reviews:

Barbie video .......2007-05-12

Every little girl loves to pretend. This is a great video to help inspire imagination for times they are playing on their own. Great job.

Come on guys it's a really good movie!.......2007-04-12

I love barbie and i was saddened with all these past bad reviews. One person said that barbie looked like Paris Hilton. It's common for barbie to look like female celebraties that have blond hair. There was also a review that Annika was too snobby. She was acting like that to escape from the giant. And does saving your people and your family count as being a snob.No. There was also a review that Wenlock was scary and not comical. Come on he's funny to me. These reviews are just misunderstandings. And one more thing. BARBIE IS NOT WEAK. SHE"S BRAVE AND FEISTY! any way thats my opionion.

GREAT SHOWS.......2007-03-09

ALL GIRLS WILL LOVE THESE MY GRAND DAUGHTER IS 3 AND SHE LOVES IT
SHE WANTS TO BE A PRINCESS TO lol :)

Good quality, fast delivery.......2007-01-17

My DVD arrived in excellent condition, efficient delivery. Would do it again in a heartbeat.

Another great Barbie movie.......2007-01-12

The Barbie movie series is great. The story lines are wonderfully written, the characters are terrific, the animation is captivating, the music is fantastic and everyone in the family is willing to watch them... even the men! My kids have watched them all a thousand times over and (unlike a lot of other movies), I have yet to get sick of listening to them!

Dungeons and Dragons- Wrath of the Dragon God (Widescreen Edition)

Average customer rating:

Don't waste your money on this one.
Pleasantly Surprised
Better than the first
Much better than the first!!!
More fitting to the D & D title but still not a great movie

Dungeons and Dragons- Wrath of the Dragon God (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Bruce Payne , Mark Dymond , Clemency Burton-Hill , Ellie Chidzey , and Tim Stern (III)
Director: Gerry Lively
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Release Date: 2006-02-07

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Wrath of the Dragon God, the sequel to the unfortunate 2000 theatrical release Dungeons and Dragons, is a pleasant surprise in that it not only hews closer to the popular role-playing game that provides its source material, but it's also an enjoyable fantasy adventure with plenty of action and special effects. Longtime movie heel Bruce Payne, who played a second-string villain in the first film, returns here as the evil sorcerer Damodar, who uses a sinister magic orb to launch an attack against a kingdom; a brave but untested group of adventurers (all character types from the game) band together to fight Damodar and his legion of monsters. Gerry Lively, a veteran director of photography on numerous low-budget genre films, guides the proceedings with a capable hand, and the script wisely jettisons the aggravating humor of the previous film in favor of straightforward action and derring-do. --Paul Gaita

Description

This sequel to Dungeons & Dragons, based on the popular role-playing game, fills the screen with amazing visual effects of spectral ghouls, diabolical traps, thundering armies and huge winged dragons. The story follows five champions of Izmer who must perform prodigious feats of brain, brawn and sorcery.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
DVD ROM Features
Documentary:ROLLING THE DICE: Adopting the Game to the Screen
Interviews:Conversation with Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons

Customer Reviews:

Don't waste your money on this one........2007-06-30

Dungeons & Dragons-Wrath of the Dragon God (DVD)

I guess when Hollywood gets really desperate they start looking for different things they can make a movie out of. You know comic books, toys, board games, computer games, etc. I wonder what's next?

One would hope they'd read one of David Weber's or John Ringo's books and make a movie from it. The Honor Harrington series would be good or the Empire of Man series.

Dungeons & Dragons began life as a quest board game. You know one of those you wander around looking in every door, chamber, or hidey hole you can seeking:

- Tools,
- weapons, or
- Items of power, such as rings and such.

Meanwhile while you're searching something or the other is trying to kill you. These combats are interspersed on occasions with long spells of absolute boredom until the end of the game, if you survive, to have some kind of dramatic, climatic battle

Unfortunately making a movie out of boring game results in a boring movie. The computer game, at least tests your skill somewhat.

In the movie, the evil Damodar does not fear death. He's already dead and the champion must save the world before his girlfriend becomes undead herself. Rotting from the feet upward, so hurry, guy.

There are five champions seeking the black orb that has been hidden for a thousand years. That means that four are expendable. You'll just have to guess at which four go "Tango Uniform".

Now that I've watched it one time I'm wondering who I can give it to, hmm, maybe my stepson who likes Ghost Rider

Don't waste your money on this one.

Gunner June, 2007

Pleasantly Surprised.......2007-06-14

I'm not an art or film critic, just an average Joe that enjoys good entertainment.

I saw this in some random manner, on cable, bored probably. I love this genre, long time RPG player, and fantasy buff, but after seeing the first one, I must have been truly board to watch this.

Imagine my surprise when I was COMPLETELY entranced! It was great fun! Not just following the "rules" of D&D, but telling a good story, with well done dialog and acting, (again, no critic, but I know what I like).

It's not a "blockbuster", I imagine it had a low budget, but very well worth the cost of the DVD. Give this a look if you like the genre, and were disappointed with the first.

Better than the first.......2007-03-27

This is a good solid D&D movie. All the basic character types are represented well in the film and they haven't tried to adapt it to what hollywood think a good movie should be. In the first movie the central rogue character was your typical hollywood charismatic heroic good guy with a comic relief sidekick. There's none of that here. The rogue is what you'd expect. Someone of dubious morals who does most of his things for money.

The traps were well done in the dungeons but the mage who went on the adventure could have been done better, no magic missile or anything. I think she was throwing lightning bolts constantly but they were not used correctly. There even was a cleric of Obad-Hai(shock horror to the bible belt) but I didn't see him use any healing magic.

In general most characters in the film were a little one dimensional except for the main two but they were well done in that dimension.

Btw Damodar is the same character from the first film cursed by Jeremy Irons' mage charcter into a state of undeath for failing him. (The curse automatically went off when Irons died at the end of the first film). So the character is a fighter. With the help of some evil priests in his service at the start of the movie he recovers an artifact and any magic he performs through the movie is through the use of the artifact, nothing else. The Lich even tells him that he's not capable of using it to its fullest potential! He is not a sorceror!

Much better than the first!!!.......2007-02-10

If you play or have played the game, you'll appreciate some of this flick. If they had the budget they did from the first movie this could have been much better. Overall it's not bad for movies of this genre - worth getting.

More fitting to the D & D title but still not a great movie.......2007-01-18

The 2001 release of the Dungeon & Dragons movie was a much anticipated flop. They only did a decent job of interpreting the game onto the screen. I wasn't even aware they did a sequel until a friend mentioned it in passing.
This movie is actually more faithful to the game than the first installment. There is a wider variety of recognizable links to the wonderful role-playing game. More identifiable creatures, spells and character types.
Even with this in mind, the movie is not all that hot. The story is very linear and without a lot of surprises or intrigue. To equate it to a D & D adventure, this is a very decent Hack-n-slash adventure put on film. The grand plot and world developing are left for another time.
The CGI monsters and spell effects are well done but appear a little fake when integrated into the background. When you are requesting a full-sized dragon to be on screen, CGI is the only way to go so the creators were limited in that respect.
This movie is worth picking up if you are a long-time fan or want a good taste of the D & D universe. If you are not sure, rent it and see if you want to make the purchase.

Average customer rating:

Mildly interesting
Great DVD
A nostalgic video
Absolutely wonderful!

Hackers - Wizards of the Electronic Age
Starring: Steve Wozniak; Andy Hertzfeld; Bill Atkinson; Lee Felsenstein; Richard Stallman; Richard Greenblatt; Stewart Brand; Steven Levy;
Director: Fabrice Florin
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Release Date: 1986-04-15

Description

Hackers is a classic documentary about the midnight programmers that created the personal computer revolution.

Hackers is not about malicious code-crackers. It is about a "hacker ethic" that led to major breakthroughs in technology, and forever changed our world. From the first MIT hackers to popular Silicon Valley inventors, this program covers this fascinating cultural phenomenon through interviews with twelve of its early pioneers.

This half-hour program features conversations with: Steve Wozniak, designer of the Apple II; Andy Hertzfeld and Bill Atkinson, designers of the Macintosh; Homebrew Computer Club leader Lee Felsenstein; MIT hackers Richard Stallman and Richard Greenblatt; and many more.

Hackers was produced over a decade before the advent of the Internet. All interviews were shot over a long week-end in 1984, at the first Hackers Conference, hosted by Whole Earth Catalog editors Stewart Brand and Kevin Kelley, in Sausalito, California. This event was inspired by Steven Levy's classic book Hackers - Heroes of the Computer Revolution.

Running time: 26 minutes

Customer Reviews:

Mildly interesting.......2007-05-07

Mildly interesting video. I had expected a bit more, but this is 30 minutes of a couple of people talking about how cool computers were - in 1980. Nice to see a very young Richard Stallman, and other notorious hackers (Steve Wozniak, Andy Hertzfeld), but all in all a low value video...

Great DVD.......2007-02-13

Being a geek history buff I really enjoyed this DVD.

If you've read Robert X. Cringely's "Accidental Empires", or watched his "Triumph of the Nerds" or "Nerds 2.0.1" videos, or read any of the other good geek history books like "Fire in the Valley" or "Silicon Boys", you will probably enjoy this video.

It's not a comprehensive history (it's only 26 minutes), but offers some cool interviews and other stuff from the pioneers of the modern "PC" era.

You can also watch one of my heroes, Steve Wozniak (Apple co-founder), state how (at the time, in 1985) there were "too many" computer people creating too much software and other stuff, and how the market didn't need that much stuff. These days the number of geeks and computer products has increased exponentially though.. This is his equivalent of the Bill Gates "640k" statement around that same time I think. =)

It's a good video, I only wish it was longer.

A nostalgic video.......2007-01-09

I like the viideo, hearing woz and the old school hackers, what did they think, how did they live their lifes, but I think it could be better if you put some mmm... I don't know... subtitles? and some pics or something about making the movie, or maybe actual interviews with the people of this video, cuase, it's a little long... (26 Mins.) I know this could be better, but it's up to you guys....

Absolutely wonderful!.......2006-01-11

Talk about a walk down Memory Lane! This is absolutely priceless footage of the ORIGINAL hackers in all their glorious youth talking about sneaking into the Stanford mainframe computer after hours in order to "hack," staying up all night trying to make code work, Wozniak talking about the first Apple, or talking about "someday you'll be able to send messages," and all of them playing with the brand new Macintosh. This is like looking at an old photo album and sighing over the good old days. I'm sorry the previous reviewer didn't take the time to actually view the tape. It's well worth seeing and savoring.

Roald Dahl's The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)

Average customer rating:

this is a great movie!
Just as remembered
Not The Book
The BFG an exciting event
Almost as Good as the Book! (Sam & his Dad)

Roald Dahl's The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)
Starring: David Jason , Amanda Root , Angela Thorne , Ballard Berkeley , and Michael Knowles
Director: Brian Cosgrove
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ASIN: B000FOQ02I
Release Date: 2006-07-25

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When a giant silently snatches little Sophie from her orphanage bed and takes her through a vortex into another world, she has no idea she has just been rescued. The particular giant who kidnaps her is the friendly one of the title: an elf-like creature who forces himself to eat foul-tasting cucumber-like things instead of children and spends his nights delivering good dreams to them. Sophie and the BFG form a fast friendship in this animated feature based on the Roald Dahl book. But when they go back to England the next night, one of the evil giants follows them and eats several children, prompting the pair to seek intervention from the queen and a team of military helicopters. Once again Dahl's unique vision blends modern-day realism with a fantastical world, captured superbly in this 91-minute British production, starring the voices of Amanda Root and David Jason. Young ones may have a few anxious moments during Sophie's original abduction and a later chase by the meanest of the giants. But the scariness of child-munching is more than offset by the dream-like quality of the land of the giants, the BFG's sing-songy mangling of the English language, and the heroic pairing of orphan and oversized sprite. (Ages 3 and older.) --Kimberly Heinrichs

Description

One moonlit night, little Sophie is snatched from her bed at Mrs. Clonkers' orphanage by an awesome giant who whisks her away on a magical, thrilling and funny adventure. Roald Dahl's (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach) enchanting, best-selling children's book comes to life in this classic, animated musical feature by the award-winning Cosgrove Hall Studio, makers of DangerMouse and The Wind in the Willows. Unlike the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater and the Bonecruncher, the Big Friendly Giant is a good giant who blows sweet dreams into the bedroom windows of children as they slumber. When Sophie learns that the monstrous crew of meanies is off to England to gobble up innocent boys and girls, she sets out to stop them once and for all, with the help of her new, rather large, friend. The BFG shows the most tender and dreamlike side of celebrated author roald Dahl as he depicts the amazing friendship that grows between a little girl and a big-hearted Giant. DVD Features: Roald Dahl Chronology and Selected Bibliography; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection

Customer Reviews:

this is a great movie!.......2007-05-26

this is the best movie in the history of animated movies! it is full of excitment with an enchanting story about a little girl named Sophie and a giant called the BFG (big friendly giant). i am 9 years old and i think the book is equally as good as the movie is!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just as remembered.......2007-05-17

I watched this when I was a child and I decided to buy it for my children and they loved it.

Not The Book.......2007-05-17

I read this book every year with my 4th grade class. This year I thought we would watch the movie and practice comparing and contrasting the book and the movie. I was very disappointed in the movie. There's really nothing wrong with it, it's just not at all close to the book. It you're looking for a cute children's movie, it's okay but it you want to see Roald Dahl's "The BFG" you'll have to wait for another version.

The BFG an exciting event.......2006-03-10

The BFG

Do you now where dreams come from? Imagination, mind, giants and trumpets, I know its all odd. When little, brave, and smart Sophie looks out her window what does she see?
Have you ever scared a queen right out of her socks?That is exactly what little Sophie does with her friend the BFG! What kind of power do they need?
Snozzcumbers? Frobscottle? Whizzpopers? The flesh Lumpeader? What are all these objects anyway? Where do dreams come from too?
The Bloodbottler is attacking! What are they going to use the BFGs power or sophies big brains or both .Maybe the Bloodbottler is a little numb.What is a bloodbottler who is he?
So what exactly are all these extraordinary things? In this fantasy by Roald Dahl , just about anything could happen.
I would recomend this book to anyone who likes exciting and funfilled books and if you are in to total mystery and excitment.

Almost as Good as the Book! (Sam & his Dad).......2005-08-22

True to the book, good animation, one of the great adaptations. We had to pay $$ to get this, it is never shown on TV nor is it available any longer in the USA. Don't buy a British one, it won't play on an American video recorder. The sound is a little muffled on our copy... You should DEFINITELY read Matilda and rent that video too!

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Circle of Iron
GREAT MOVIE ! Unique and interesting
The Silent Flute
Mystery
Interesting Find

Circle of Iron
Starring: Richard Moore (IV) , David Carradine , Jeff Cooper , Christopher Lee , and Roddy McDowall
Director: Bruce Lee
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ASIN: B0002TVX0A
Release Date: 2004-09-28

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Bruce Lee and James Coburn conceived the story for this unusual blend of fantasy, martial arts adventure, and Zen mysticism that should please cult-movie collectors and action aficionados with a taste for the offbeat. The bland but serviceable Jeff Cooper stars as a lone warrior who sets out to find the mysterious Book of All Knowledge. He faces numerous physical challenges on his journey, chief among them David Carradine in four roles (including a half-man, half-monkey), as well as numerous philosophical conundrums. While the dialogue by Sterling Silliphant (In the Heat of the Night) and Stanley Mann (Eye of the Needle) occasionally teeters into self-parody, the action and pace rarely lags, and the fine supporting cast, which includes Christopher Lee, Eli Wallach, and Roddy McDowall, lends a degree of gravity to the proceedings. One wonders how the film would have played with Lee in the cast (it had been a pet project of his for years, but was completed years after his death), but the end result is certainly watchable and entertaining. Blue Underground's DVD includes a wealth of extras, including a typically laid-back interview with Carradine, commentary by director Richard Moore, trailers and TV spots, an alternate title sequence, and, most intriguing of all, Lee's original script with Coburn and Silliphant (accessible only via DVD-ROM). --Paul Gaita

Description

The Adventure Epic Written By Bruce Lee - His Dream Project He Would Never Live To See!

At the height of his international fame, the legendary Bruce Lee - along with his friend and student James Coburn and Oscar®-winning screenwriter Stirling Silliphant - began to write what he believed would be the greatest achievement of his film career. Five years after his mysterious death, Lee's vision would finally be realized. David Carradine (KILL BILL), Christopher Lee (THE LORD OF THE RINGS), Roddy McDowall (PLANET OF THE APES) and Eli Wallach (THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY) star in this acclaimed cult hit that brings Lee's personal philosophy to the screen with a still-potent combination of mysticism, humor and martial arts mayhem.

CIRCLE OF IRON - also known as THE SILENT FLUTE - has now been remastered from its original negative and features exclusive Extras that honor the legacy of Bruce Lee, including an all-new interview with David Carradine.

"The Most Elaborate And Most Beautiful Martial Arts Film To Ever Come Our Way!" -The New York Post

"Striking And Surrealistic!" -The Soho News

EXTRAS INCLUDE:
• Playing The Silent Flute: Interview With Star David Carradine
• Audio Commentary with Director Richard Moore
• Bruce Lee's The Silent Flute: A History By Davis Miller & Klae Moore (text essay)
• Alternate Title Sequence
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spots
• Poster & Still Galleries
• First Draft Script By Bruce Lee, James Coburn & Stirling Silliphant (DVD-Rom)

Customer Reviews:

Circle of Iron.......2007-05-12

A classic of Zen Philosophy. A bit far-fetched, but nevertheless entertaining and funny.

GREAT MOVIE ! Unique and interesting.......2007-04-29

This is one of my all time favorite movies ... every line is clever and the scenery and soundtrack music are beautiful ... the fight scenes are some of Carradine's best ... I love the simple but clever plot, the moods and the cinematography ... it takes you to a different place and time ... When i was a kid i would watch this over and over on late night Cinemax. I would put this movie in with the likes of Excalibur (another of my favorites). If you like Excalibur, get this movie. This one is much lower budget but a hidden gem.

The Silent Flute.......2007-04-07

"Circle of Iron" is either a whimsical martial arts movie or a profound exploration of the nature of man, depending on how seriously the viewer takes the philosophical side of martial arts. Based on a story by Bruce Lee, the movie features a quest by a young martial artist named Cord (played by game good humor by Jeff Cooper), who is in search of a mysterious book of knowledge. He is sometimes accompanied on his journey by a blind seer (played by David Carradine) who alternately teaches and challenges young Cord. The seer seems to materialize almost at random along the journey, announcing himself by playing a "silent flute' that only Cord can hear. In a remarkably versatile performance, David Carradine also plays a series of opponents Cord must confront in his journey to the book. The solid supporting cast includes Christopher Lee, Eli Wallach, and Roddy McDowell.

The movie alternates between the mythic landscape over which Cord travels, and the various set-piece but not always obvious obstacles he must overcome. Cord starts out believing that fighting is the solution to every challenge, but comes to understand that more subtle arts must be learned. At the heart of the movie is Cord's slow journey to self-knowledge, one finally fulfilled at his destination on a distant island presided over by a order of monks who guard the book of knowledge

This movie is recommended to fans of the early days of the martial arts genre, of which this movie is a better than average example. Both the humor and the philosophy are gentle, and the fighting sequences are more rhythmic than brutal. Be sure to watch an included interview with David Carradine for some insights on the making of the movie.

Mystery.......2007-03-28

Unfortunately they cut out the most part of the "DEATH"- sequence, so that the film lacks in coherence.

Interesting Find.......2007-03-22

I found this film at a video store, it was a special $.99 rental. It was the first time I have ever seen this film. I was draw to it with the mention of Bruce Lee and David Carradine.

Now that I have watched the film and found out a little of its back story, I find the film passable at best and frankly wouldn't mind seeing it remade. David Carradine himself is great but as you watch the film you find that you wish he either took the role of Cord for himself, or he just added it to the other 4 he was already playing. Cooper is practically unwatchable. Though I did enjoy some of the notable stars in the film, I could have done without the scene involving Eli Wallach as it was a silly addition that was not needed.

The martial arts in the film are enjoyable though at times slowly paced, David does well seperating each of his characters even during the fight scenes.

I would also like to note, though Lee may have developed this story, he himself did not possess the acting chops to play the roles Carradine played, at least not as well as David did. Now the seeker, Lee could have done alot with that role. It is a shame he did not live long enough to have been involved.

I do reccomend this film to all those that enjoy martial arts in general and Carradine in particular.

Sword of the Valiant - The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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5 stars for hillarity
Nice, but just once
Leave well enough alone
Adequate entertainment
Horrible

Sword of the Valiant - The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Starring: Thomas Heathcote , Miles O'Keeffe , Leigh Lawson , Trevor Howard , and Sean Connery
Director: Stephen Weeks
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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ASIN: B0001BKBGG
Release Date: 2004-04-06

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Fans of Sean Connery who are curious to see him explore roles outside of his usual heroic characters may enjoy his robust turn as the mythic Green Knight in this 1982 British-made fantasy. Based loosely on the classic epic poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," Connery is quite a sight as the glittering green figure, who challenges young Gawain (Miles O'Keefe of Tarzan the Ape Man infamy), a squire in King Arthur's court, to solve his riddle or lose his head. O'Keefe is a stiff Gawain, and the film suffers under its low budget and awkward comic moments, but Connery and the rest of the cast (which includes Trevor Howard as Arthur, John Rhys-Davies, Lila Kedrova, and Peter Cushing) are game and provide sufficient star power to keep fantasy-adventure fans distracted from the film's shortcomings. Writer-director Weeks also directed a version of this story in 1973, with Murray Head of Jesus Christ Superstar fame as Gawain. --Paul Gaita

Description

Miles O'Keeffe (Tarzan, the Ape Man) and OscarÂ(r) winner* Sean Connery (First Knight) lead "an impressive cast" (Variety), including Peter Cushing, Trevor Howard and John Rhys-Davies, in this epic tale of swords and sorcery that will transport you and your family into realms of the fantastical and make you believe! Shrouded in magic and veiled in mystery, a phantom knight (Connery) thunders into King Arthur's fabled court. Speaking in rhymes and riddles, he goads the king's men into taking a dare. And when one of them, young and valiant Sir Gawain (O'Keeffe), bravely stands to defend the king's honor, he finds himself a pawn in the phantom knight's game a game that will lead him far beyond the kingdom of Camelot and ultimately take his life, if he cannot solve his opponent's riddle!

Customer Reviews:

5 stars for hillarity.......2007-06-01

It doesn't mean to be, but this is indeed one of the most side-splittingly hillarious movies I have ever seen. It deserves Mystery Science Theatre status. With stars from both the casts of Star Wars and Indiana Jones making almost spoof appearances and what seem like blooper reel material left in the final cut this will leave you in stiches. For lovers of truly bad movies and unintentional humor, this is a keeper.

Nice, but just once.......2007-05-09

This is the kind of movie I don't regret to watch, but just once.
To see Sean Connery among the cast, made me confident about purchasing it but it seemed it was just a little job for him.
Nevertheless I enjoyed it, it has something I was looking for (about chivalry and Arthurian tales).
Pardon my last comment, but the hairstyle of the hero (sir Gawain) didn't let me appreciate some things about the movie and made it a little (funny?)
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Leave well enough alone.......2007-03-29

The film did not follow the literature at all. The only section that was unscathed was the very beginning when the Green Knight first makes the challenge. From then on Hollywood made their own story, theme, morals, etc.

Adequate entertainment.......2007-03-17

The only real draw here is Sean Connery, but he's on screen relatively little, and not in his greatest role. Most of the time, it's a badly-bewigged Gawain running around in white tights.

It's adequate entertainment, if there's nothing else to watch. And if you like King Arthur and his cohort. And if ... well, you might like it. Or not.

//wiredweird

Horrible.......2007-01-03

I love fantasy movies, but this was one of the worst movies ever. I want my $7.00 back.

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"Attack! Attack! Attack!"
Not for a mainstream audience.
Every effort has been spared on Weinstein's DVD of this lost labor of love
Oddly Enough Miramax New DVD is a waste !
Okay, yeah, I like this movie.

The Thief And The Cobbler
Starring: Jennifer Beals , Matthew Broderick , Toni Collette , Kevin Dorsey , and Donald Pleasence
Director: Richard Williams
Manufacturer: Miramax Family Films
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ASIN: B000GFLKE4
Release Date: 2006-11-21

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Directed by Oscar-winning animator Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit), The Thief and the Cobbler began production in 1968, so it actually predates 1992's Aladdin. Also known as The Princess and the Cobbler and Arabian Knight, Fred Calvert completed the film after Williams lost the rights to his dream project. Narrated by Matthew Broderick (replacing Sean Connery) as Tack the Cobbler, the CinemaScope-shot story takes place in ancient Baghdad. When Tack upsets Zigzag the Vizier (Vincent Price), the wizard drags him off to the royal castle, where Princess Yum Yum (Jennifer Beals) falls for the bashful boy and saves him from execution. Unfortunately, Zigzag plans to marry the princess in order to succeed her father, King Nod (Clive Revill). The Thief (Jonathan Winters), meanwhile, is more interested in gold than love and takes off with the protective orbs topping the palace. Together Tack and Yum Yum attempt to retrieve them in order to prevent Zigzag and the One-Eye army from conquering the city. Despite the fanciful hand-drawn animation, which borders on Yellow Submarine-style surrealism--a film with which Williams was involved--the finished full-screen product represents a compromised version of his original widescreen concept. The added dialogue and songs, which have a generic bent, make for an awkward fit with Williams' more distinctive work. Rife with intricate patterns and M.C. Escher-like optical effects, his intended audience was adults rather than kids. Still, The Thief and the Cobbler is a must-see for the inventive material that remains. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Description

The film tells a story which takes place in an oriental city from the tales of thousand and one night. It covers the friendship of a thief knowing all tricks to survive in the city and a poor cobbler/shoemaker who has to struggle in order to live.

Customer Reviews:

"Attack! Attack! Attack!".......2007-05-31

Like "The Magnificent Ambersons" or "Superman II", "The Thief and the Cobbler" is the ruin of a masterpiece. Richard Williams' intricately animated film was butchered by the studio, and the two title characters, both intended to be largely mute roles, had nearly non-stop dialogue dubbed onto their every scene (Tack, the cobbler, actually becomes the narrator of the movie!).

The plot of "The Thief and the Cobbler" -- an original story, not an adaptation of a traditional tale or literary work -- has sometimes been criticized as dull and unmemorable. I agree with this assessment; Williams' statement during the film's production that it would be the first animated feature whose plot would tie together like a detective story at the end seems wildly off-base, and more applicable to "The Lion King" than "The Thief and the Cobbler". Nonetheless, enough of Williams' achievement can be glimpsed in the released film to convince me that the plot would have served well enough as a vehicle for the fantastic animation had the film been completed as Williams intended.

It is indeed to be hoped that an official restoration and rerelease of this film are soon undertaken. Until then, the current (pan-and-scan) DVD is worth a rental, but not a purchase.

Not for a mainstream audience........2007-05-04

This is not your run of the mill, slick, sugar coated animated film. And to many reviewers here, that's a good thing. I rented this film by chance, looking for something my [...] daughter hadn't already seen a dozen times. Needless to say I turned this film off 30 minutes in. My daughter did want to finish the film, but I found the story and style of animation a bit too creepy and strange. Those of you who don't know anything about this film be WARNED - the animation style is clearly late 60's early 70's - not that it's bad, it's just not represented as such on the box cover. I think most of the reviewers here must be animation buffs, and/or fans of the films maker. Granted I know nothing about the history of this film, and I didn't even watch the whole thing but I just wasn't compelled to continue watching.

Every effort has been spared on Weinstein's DVD of this lost labor of love.......2007-03-02

Richard Williams' legendary labour of love The Thief and the Cobbler is one of those films that was just born unlucky. After spending three decades working on it, the animator over-ran the budget and was taken off his own picture, with the gaps filled in by cheap Thai and Hungarian animation that sticks out like a sore thumb, many of the original voice cast (Anthony Quayle, Donald Pleasance, Felix Aylmer, Sean Connery) redubbed, musical numbers added and the film retitled The Princess and the Cobbler in a version that only seems to have ever been released in Australia (sadly, the Australian DVD is panned and scanned from the original Scope ratio, as is this release). Then, to add insult to injury, Miramax re-edited that version even further from Williams' intentions and retitled it Arabian Knight to cash-in on the success of Aladdin, leading to a film intentionally designed as anti-Disney animation being marketed as the very thing its creator was rebelling against.

The Miramax cut presented here is quite painful to watch at times, not least because of the horrendous non-stop stream of subconciousness mutterings from Jonathan Winters dubbed over the silent character of the Thief, best described as the cinematic equivalent of sitting next to a loquacious drunk with exceptionally bad breath on the last bus home. At one point Roy Disney tried to restore the film to its original conception, seeking out the lost and unused sequences and talking about getting Williams to finish the film his way - only for the Disney-Eisner feud to see the film's champion leave the company and the film in the Weinstein's tender mercies.

The film would never have been a masterpiece: for all it's visual audacity there never seems to have been enough of a story. Williams was clearly more interested in animating increasingly elaborate and intricate sequences involving the Thief than in filling out the plot points, but what's especially astonishing is that in an incredible act of cinematic vandalism many of the most visually inventive parts of the film hit the cutting room floor even though whole sequences had been completed - indeed, even much of the truly extraordinary work in the climactic destruction of the war machine has been cut. While some of these scenes were relegated to the end credits sequence, in some cases their omissions leads to massive continuity problems and gaps in the plot. To make matters worse, the original footage seems to have disappeared, preventing its partial restoration. Still, I suppose we should be grateful (though surprised would be a more appropriate reaction) that they didn't replace Vincent Price's voice as well.

There are surviving moments of visual genius, particularly a brief but amazing chase sequence across chequered and patterned floors and backgrounds that is all the more impressive for being entirely hand-drawn (Williams started work in 1968 long before computer animation was even a glimmer on the far horizon), but they're never enough to compensate for the fact that you don't really care about the characters or the story around them. The Cobbler in particular is a bland and uninteresting character, all the more so for being mute (or at least in the original version until the last line of the film, originally delivered rather clumsily by Sean Connery, though both released versions gave him voice-over dialog - in this Miramax cut the Cobbler is voiced by Matthew Broderick). The work print, filled out with storyboards and pencil tests, gives some impression of what has been lost and how much better this could have been, though that is not included on this disc (widely circulated at conventions, it would at least been a gesture to animation fans to include it regardless of its poor quality). But whichever version you see you'll be left with a film that frustrates and astounds to varying degrees.

Sadly, while they have reverted to Williams' title, Miramax's DVD is exactly the same `Arabian Knight' cut with no restored footage or extras. In fact, it manages to be even more disappointing than their laser disc release - while that at least was in 2.35:1 widescreen, this every-effort-spared barebones release doesn't even have a widescreen transfer. Shameful.

Oddly Enough Miramax New DVD is a waste ! .......2006-11-14

It is still another Pan/Scan transfer of the the US cust from 93 so we still can't see the film in it's 2.35:1 Widescreen transfer. This release was a complet ewaste of time and resources for the company. Maybe in 10 more years we can see it the way it was meant to be seen. for now just You Tube it to see the complete film that is really well put together.

Okay, yeah, I like this movie........2006-08-06

I remember watching this when I was 3 or 4. I'm 14 now, and I still love it. But I actually get the jokes now.

Scourge of Worlds - A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure

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Happy memories
Entertaining and Fun
Fair...
Surprising entertaining...
Fun

Scourge of Worlds - A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure
Starring: Dan Hay , Lester Rosenthal , Anna Deas , Caroline Lesley , and Jack Brown
Director: Dan Hay , and Dan Krech
Manufacturer: Rhino Theatrical
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Dungeons & Dragons (New Line Platinum Series)
Fantasy Quest
Dragon Storm
Dark Kingdom - The Dragon King

ASIN: B00009KU8L
Release Date: 2003-06-10

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Scourge of Worlds: A Dungeons and Dragons Adventure is not a film sequel to Dungeons and Dragons (2000), but the DVD equivalent of an interactive role-playing novel. There are over 900 short digitally animated sequences, leading every so often to a choice to be made with the remote control, resulting after about 90 minutes in one of four possible endings. Just as the original D&D was inspired by The Lord of the Rings, the scenarios here are Tolkien rehashed: a newly arisen darkness is seeking an ancient ultimate weapon, against which stand a human warrior, Regdar; a halfling, Lidda; and an elven wizard, Mialee. The CGI is closer to Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles than the pseudo-realism of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, the electronic score is tiresome and the contemporary voice acting, using such expressions as "heads up" and "…or something," is laughable.

What of the interactive element? Essentially it offers two equally uninteresting paths at the end of every major scene--uninteresting because it's impossible to care what happens to the marionette-like stereotypes no matter what they do. While the adventure does offer plenty of well-choreographed cartoon-style action, interacting with Scourge of Worlds is ultimately about as much fun as watching someone else play a computer game--and that's just the first time through. --Gary S. Dalkin

Customer Reviews:

Happy memories.......2007-05-13

If you enjoyed the old adventure books of flipping pages after making a decision, this dvd is a must have

Entertaining and Fun.......2006-09-04

If you're expecting a Lord of the Rings type Academy Award winning movie or a good ol' fashion slobber knocker gaming session, this movie/game are neither. However, it is a fun and entertaining blend of movie and role playing game action. The graphics, sound, and acting may not be Oscar worthy, but they are more than good enough to deliver an exciting and fun escape for the hour or so it takes to play through one of the many different scenarios.

I played it a few times through and tried making different decisions along the way. It was quite fun to get a somewhat different story based on those decisions each time. In short, the graphics, sound, and acting serve their purpose well and all in all this is just a fun piece of Dungeons and Dragons entertainment to own.

Fair..........2006-03-08

This is a nice item to add to a collection of D&D trinkets, but in NO WAY is good. It is lacking in story and acting. A lot of the scenes were pleasant, but I was never "compelled" by the story.

I would only recommend this to a hard core collector or a funny break from your current game...

Surprising entertaining..........2005-12-15

I purchased this with my Mom in mind but appears that I liked it and the options versus a video game. I have decided to loan to a few interested relatives. But I have not explored all the options of the game. The first time I played it, I made a few wise choices and ended up ending the game very quickly. I picked a longer road and still managed to make good decisions. I also made a few bad choices and the end result wasn't pretty at all. But it was worth the money spent and for people who don't video games this is perfect for those Fanstasy fans out there. I loved playing this game and movie. So, maybe I can some people interested in my miniatures games after playing this game.

Fun.......2005-09-30

I truly enjoyed the fact of the DVD being interactive. It is a hard game to beat. I like all the different choices one has to make.

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