Cave In

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The Descent (Unrated Widescreen Edition)

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Scary Movie.. Grab the popcorn and enjoy!
The Descent
If you like scary...you get it.
Outstanding movie
Absolutely terrifying!

The Descent (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Shauna Macdonald , Natalie Jackson Mendoza , Alex Reid (III) , Saskia Mulder , and MyAnna Buring
Director: Neil Marshall
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
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ASIN: B000IHY9TS
Release Date: 2006-12-26

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Claustrophobia and bloody mayhem collide in the high-adrenaline horror flick The Descent. Six women (including one who lost her husband and child the year before, and one who harbors a bitter secret) spelunk in an unexplored cavern system that turns out to harbor mysterious, predatory creatures. That sums up the story, but--as with writer-director Neil Marshall's previous low-concept movie, Dog Soldiers--the plot doesn't begin to describe the riveting, stomach-lurching thrills this movie provides. The script affords the relatively unknown cast (led by Shauna Macdonald and Natalie Mendoza, both excellent) just enough room to make their characters distinct and genuine, so that when they're dropped into utmost peril our empathy is engaged as much as our fear. The dynamic direction and editing make the cavern a palpable, physical presence, even before the creepy beasts crawl out of their nooks. This is not a movie for everyone; it is extremely gruesome and will induce panic attacks in anyone with even a mild fear of closed spaces. But for anyone seeking something smarter, faster, and more wrenching than static torture-fests like Saw or Hostel, The Descent will draw you into its unsettling ooze. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

Scary Movie.. Grab the popcorn and enjoy!.......2007-06-27

Definitely a scary movie that keeps you on edge! Make sure you pump up the surround sound on this one! Grab the popcorn but be warned... it will end up on the floor, on you, and in between the couch!

The Descent.......2007-06-19

I went to see 'The Descent' which is a movie about four friends who go on a caving trip and face their worst fears whilst they're down there.
Would these movies be as scary as they are without the unexpected loudness in all the places? Probably not. Still, it was quite interesting for what it was. Kinda like the 'Poseidon' of the caves, wandering through unnavigated areas trying to find a way out, and tragedies occuring frequently along the way.
The monsters got a bit much though. Creamy yellow slimy monsters which scream at and eat people. Once you've seen one, you've seen them all. They all look like Golum from 'Lord Of The Rings' still.
At least the movie wasn't an American blockbuster, it was English. That's something. And you kinda get to know the characters, understanding their personalities in every scene, learning their names and not forgetting them, remembering when someone has died.
My favourite characters were Holly and Juno. Holly was funny and knew how to have a laugh. She annoyed everyone else but she was probably the funnest of them all. No-one really liked Juno but she meant well. I think she would have tried her best for her friends and wouldn't purposely try to hurt them, still, she was the hated one in the end.
The scariest part is when the real life realities are shown. How when we rot away (or in this case flesh eaten by raging mad monsters) all that we are, are bones underneath, and how death can happen so easily. It's frightening how each and every one of us are so robot like, we're machines, humans with minds, feelings, thoughts and emotions, but our bodies are totally separate from that; one false move and we're gone, nothing can change that. No happy endings make me happy though, that's for sure :)
Decent enough movie though, worth seeing. 3 stars.

If you like scary...you get it........2007-06-14

This movie was way too suspenseful for my taste but it was a horror flick. Very scary, very entertaining, keeps you jumping, hiding your eyes, and on the edge of your seat. The ending was very confusing to me though...watch it and let me know if you feel the same.

Outstanding movie.......2007-06-10

There is not much to say about this movie. It is creepy and scary. If you liked Wrong Turn, you will love this movie.

Absolutely terrifying!.......2007-06-04

This is one of the better horror movies in recent years...it centers around six women who are brought together after one of the group has a personal family tragedy. They decide to go on a caving expedition deep in the Appalachian Mountains, where they find themselves trapped in the caves. The true horror begins when they discover that the cave is also home to a group of carnivorous beings that defy description...they are that horrifying to look upon. What makes this movie rise above the average horror flick is that the characters are all well-defined, and though they are all relatively unknown, they bring a certain depth to their roles, and each character has something to offer. The main character, Sarah [Shauna Macdonald] is most convincing in her transformation from a passive, grieving woman to a violent, avenging 'angel'. The suspense in this movie builds up in tempo before it is fully unleashed in the showdown between the monsters and the remaining survivors. The cinematography effectively evokes the strange subterranean world inhabited by the creatures, evoking both its beauty and horrors. All in all, a human drama and horror story that makes for compelling viewing.

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Better than I thought it would be!
KNB = 5 Stars, Film = 3.5 Stars
VERY good remake
WORST REMAKE EVER!
garbage

The Hills Have Eyes (Unrated Edition)
Starring: Aaron Stanford , Kathleen Quinlan , Vinessa Shaw , Emilie de Ravin , and Dan Byrd
Director: Alexandre Aja
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ASIN: B000FAOC2W
Release Date: 2006-06-20

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Boasting an upgrade in production values, The Hills Have Eyes should please new-generation horror fans without offending devotees of Wes Craven's original version from 1977. There's still something to be said for the gritty shock value of Craven's low-budget original, made at a time when horror had been relegated to the pop-cultural ghetto, mostly below the radar of major Hollywood studios. With the box-office resurgence of horror in the new millennium--and the genre's lucrative popularity among the all-important teen demographic--it's only fitting that French director Alexandre Aja should follow up his international hit High Tension with a similarly brutal American debut to boost his Hollywood street-cred. Working with cowriter Gregory Levasseur, Aja remains surprisingly faithful to Craven's original, beginning with a bickering family that crashes their truck and trailer in the remote desert of New Mexico (actually filmed in Morocco), where they are subsequently terrorized, brutalized, and murdered by a freakish family of psychopaths, mutated by the lingering radiation from 331 nuclear bomb tests that were carried out during the 1950s and '60s. After several killings are carried out in memorably grisly fashion, it's left to the survivors to outsmart their disfigured tormentors, who are blessed with horrendous make-up (especially Robert Joy as freak leader "Lizard") but never quite as unsettling as the original film's horror icon, Michael Berryman. In Aja's hands, this newfangled Hills is all about savagery and de-evolution, reducing its characters to a state of pure, retaliatory terror. It's hardly satisfying in terms of storytelling (since there's hardly any story to tell), but as an exercise in sheer malevolence, it's undeniably effective.--Jeff Shannon

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Based on the original film by fright master Wes Craven, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

Customer Reviews:

Better than I thought it would be! .......2007-06-12

I haven't seen the original in years, but I remembered liking it. I was kind of skeptical about the remake of this movie but was pleasantly surprised. I thought it was a great remake. I liked the fact that it was gory, but not way overboard, such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Great ending! Overall, I loved this movie!

KNB = 5 Stars, Film = 3.5 Stars.......2007-06-09

I'll bypass telling you what you already know, that it's a remake and what the plot is. The film just finished, I'm now 10 minutes into the "making of" documentary, and I must say as a fan of the genre this picture is pretty awesome. I'm a BIG fan of KNB (The EFX Group) and they have outdone themselves on this one. This film is littered with remarkable effects, very gory and very realistic. The head shot, in the outhouse...WOW! The gore alone get's 5 stars in my stupid little opinion book of ratings. As always, when I watch horror films I tend to overlook the plot holes, etc and focus more on the gore, the scares, this film has loads of gore and a few scares as well.

It's selling on Amazon cheap, seriously consider picking it up!

VERY good remake.......2007-06-06

Given the task of remaking Craven's original The Hills Have Eyes, they had to cast someone great as the director. They chose Alexandre Aja, and what they came up with was one of the scariest movies of 2006, perhaps THE scariest. My review will be in two parts: the movie itself and the DVD special features.

The Carter family is off on a road trip through the desert. After stopping to get gas, the station attendant tells them of a pathway through the desert that will take them to the main highway and would cut a few hours off their time. The Carters accept, not knowing that the route they would travel would take them through an area that had undergone heavy nuclear testing by the US Army years earlier- or that a family of settlers had survived the testing, but with less than desirable results: they are all now bloodthirsty mutants. So the Carters move on- till a spikechain set in the road blows out all four of their tires. They settle in while Big Bob goes to get help. When night falls, the "eyes" open up- and that's where the fun begins.

This being the Unrated Director's Cut, alot of material made it in that wasn't in the original R-rated theater version: the fight between Doug (Aaron Stafford) and Pluto was extended and some of the other fight scenes were added; one scene that was taken out, however, was the scene of Pluto siphoning gas from the family Jeep. The DVD itself contains a behind the scenes look at the making of the movie called "Surviving the Hills", a music video for The Finalist's "Leave the Broken Hearts", and a few other extras like director and actor commentaries.

The Ring? The Grudge? Nah. Most "scary" movies can't touch The Hills Have Eyes with a 50-foot pole. Thanks, Aja, for making probably the scariest movie I have ever seen.

WORST REMAKE EVER!.......2007-06-04

This movie is no where near as good as the original. SAVE YOUR MONEY...... PERIOD!

garbage.......2007-05-22

Not a horror movie fan, but all was fine for me until the POINTLESS rape scene. Disturbing enough to me that i'm still thinking about it a few days later.

I don't even necessarily object to a rape scene being put in a film - but this disgusted me in that it was put in purely for those who get some sort of delight through watching a woman's suffering. I really, really womder about people who enjoy this kind of stuff.

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Absolute rubbish
ok
Generosity is a plus
"Deliverance" with a Wes Craven twist
A 70's horror classic!

The Hills Have Eyes (2-Disc Edition)
Starring: Susan Lanier , Robert Houston , Martin Speer , Dee Wallace (II) , and Russ Grieve
Director: Wes Craven
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ASIN: B00009V7QM
Release Date: 2003-09-23

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Fans of Wes Craven's more recent major studio work (the Scream series) may be put off by the low-budget griminess of his sophomore feature, The Hills Have Eyes, but the director's longtime supporters and aficionados of '70s horror will be riveted by this unsettling culture clash fable. Originally titled Blood Relations, Hills strands a suburban family (which includes E.T.'s Dee Wallace Stone and future documentarian Robert Houston) in the desert and pits them against a clan of inbred cannibals. The resourceful killer brood quickly decimates the outsiders' numbers, forcing the survivors to fight back with equally savage means. Like Craven's debut, Last House on the Left, Hills is a relentlessly tense film which demolishes numerous societal taboos (fratricide and infant kidnapping, for starters), but it also delivers a powerful subtext about family and the fine line between civilization and animal behavior amidst the mayhem. Highly recommended for Craven completists and fans of no-holds-barred horror. --Paul Gaita

Customer Reviews:

Absolute rubbish.......2007-04-18

I never saw the remake of this. I watched the original recently. I have never seen such an amateurish, laughable mess. The acting is appalling and some of the cannibal performances are actually unintentionally hilarious. The blood and guts look very artificial. I dunno. I was lead to believe that this was a video nasty and quite shocking. I found it shocking alright...but not in the way that was intended.
Do yourself a favour and watch Deliverance instead. It is far far better

ok.......2007-02-21

this was not the best but remake was great i would say BUY THE REMAKE

Generosity is a plus.......2006-11-25

I'm watching the movie, Im at the beginning right now as I write, and I'll say this. The new one is waaay better. The old one is NOTHING like the new one. The villains look like regular people, they're not deformed or anything. Instead of the tires getting flat by the villains, the driver crashes the car because he didn't want to hit a RABBIT! lol, come on. I gave it an average 3 stars just because the new version is better, otherwise I probably would have given it 2. It didn't even have a very fascinating introduction as the new one did. I AM thankful that I at least get to see the original though. So that's a good thing.

"Deliverance" with a Wes Craven twist.......2006-11-22

The first half of this film is nothing short of brilliant. It contains perhaps the most perfect chilling atmosphere that I have ever witnessed in a thriller. The music alone was enough to make one's skin crawl and the eerie cinematography of the shadowy desert surroundings would give even the strongest person nightmares that would last a week. Towards about three-fourths of the movie, however, things take a turn for the worse and the entire show gets down-right disturbing--even depressing. I guess due to the fact that there is just so much of this type of senseless violence being perpetrated in today's world, I found this part of the film quite tasteless and I just had to watch something a lot more light-hearted after this. But if Craven was trying to shock and disturb, then I can say his tactics sure worked. This film reminded me a lot of another movie of 70's nastalgia and that was "Deliverance", about an ill-fated canoe trip taken by a group of inexperienced men through an eerie wilderness and being attacked by savage mountain people. The plot in "The Hills Have Eyes", is quite similar, except this time it is with a suburban family in the desert, navigating their way through an empty land in which they only THINK they understand. Bottom line is, I felt the atmoshpere was excellent, but the depressing violence, death, and gore towards the end made it into a film that I would really not care to see again. However, for avid Craven fans, this should not disappoint.

A 70's horror classic!.......2006-11-10

When a family drives their way to California in the middle of nowhere, their car breaks down and decides to camp for the night to fix it. Unfortunately there is a family of crazed cannibal hillbillies waiting out there for their blood and wants them all dead.

One of the most influential and most original horror movies to come out of the late 70's! Wes Craven who wrote and direct this movie has made a cult favorite that stands the test of time with it's disturbing elements and gore, it also manages to be better then his previous "Last House on The Left" but succeeded better then that movie. Dee Wallace Stone (whom you remember as Eliot's mom from "ET") and Michael Barryman who plays the odd-headed cannibal Pluto shine here in such memorable performances, the film got an "X" rating originally due to the graphic violence but got an "R" rating and the movie was a drive-in success. This movie will be better known as the king of all killer hillbilly movies and is a total cult horror classic.

This 2-Disc DVD set has great picture and sound quality as the movie is shown it's uncut version for the first time on DVD! the extras are cool as well with a featurette that takes a look behind Wes Craven with his successes, audio commentary by Wes Craven, behind the scenes photo gallery, bio of Wes Craven, A documentary on the film, storyboard art, alternate ending, trailers & TV Spots, and poster-and-advertising art.

Also recommended: "The Hills Have Eyes (2006)", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series & 2003 remake with The Beginning", "Re-Animator", "Mother's Day", "Sleepaway Camp", "Friday The 13th series", "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Freddy Vs. Jason", "Silence of the Lambs", "Hannibal", "Se7en", "Hostel", "The Toxic Avenger", "Evil Dead II", "The Last House on The Left", "I Spit on Your Grave", "Wrong Turn", "Maniac (1980)", "Tourist Trap", "Terror Train", "House of Wax (2005)", "Just Before Dawn", "The People Under The Stairs", "Scream 1 & 2", "Cabin Fever", "Sin City", "Ichi The Killer", "Battle Royale", "Eaten Alive (1977)", "Mountain of the Cannibal God", "Cannibal Ferox", "Driller Killer", "Cannibal Holocaust", and "Jungle Holocaust" ( a.k.a. Last Cannibal World).

The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray]

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Low budget greatness
TERROR MOVIE BLURAY EXCELLENT BUY IT.
Fabulous. Make sure your Blu-ray is updated though.
TRULY SCARY - Blu-ray Perfection!
Review on the film, not the disk

The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray]
Starring: Oliver Milburn , Shauna MacDonald , Natalie Mendoza , Alex Reid , and Leslie Simpson
Director: Neil Marshall
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
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ASIN: B000JJ5F0W
Release Date: 2006-12-26

Customer Reviews:

Low budget greatness.......2007-06-12

The Descent didn't actually scare me, but it came closer than any film I've seen. The claustrophobic angles and dark, nearly pitch black lighting really gave it an effect I haven't seen since Pitch Black. The creatures were well done and nearly believable, and quite frightening. I would hate to be in the caves with them. Since this was a horror/thriller, the story wasn't expected to be very dense, and the characters weren't expected to be atypical, and this is usually the fault with this genre. If you want to terrify the audience, you need to identify with the victims and get to care for them. In this film we're just barely introduced to them enough to get to know their stereotype. But all of this doesn't matter when they enter the cave system and we see the beautiful underworld. This cave has never been mapped, so this is the greatest adventure these spelunkers could hope for, until the crawlspaces collapse behind them. With no way back, they move onward looking for an exit when the dark, confined spaces start to take a toll on their minds. But being stuck under the earth is the least of their worries. I really liked how well the film was made, and how complex the story got once the action got started. I said early we didn't expect the people to be atypical, but they really developed under the pressures of darkness, flight and survival.

TERROR MOVIE BLURAY EXCELLENT BUY IT........2007-05-07

Overall this movie is the best about sound, image, etc.. Just be carefully because you are going to need update your firmware from 1.50 to 1.55 bluray device or Play Station 3 higher than 1.3. Please BUY IT NOW but don't see it alone.

Fabulous. Make sure your Blu-ray is updated though........2007-04-05

Picture Quality- 1080p: 5 Stars
Sound Quality- Dolby Digital EX: 5 Stars
Movie Content and Bonus Features: 5 Stars

One of the best so far for Blu-Ray!

Samsung BD P-1000 Please contact Samsung if your movie will not play. Firmware update(via CD sent by mail) will fix problem. 1-800-SAM-SUNG

TRULY SCARY - Blu-ray Perfection!.......2007-03-14

I love a great horror film that can actually make you want to turn the light on or lose sleep after watching it. Every so often a film comes along that accomplishes this and 'The Descent' is a prime example. The film is a departure from the clutter of junk horror films that have been released over the past few years by not merely infiltrating you with just startle scenes. The sheer fear factor of being trapped hundreds of feet below ground with the prospect of death at every turn is simply the cornerstone of the aural terror you feel throughout most of the film.

The Blu-ray presentation is immaculate from the reference quality video to the PCM 6.1 lossless audio track that is amazingly immersive. A must see for any horror fan and a 'high recommend' for anyone!

Review on the film, not the disk.......2007-03-06

I guess everyone's opinion will vary, but I found this film and it's story to be completely lame. First of all, anyone who has EVER spelunked knows that you do not enter a cave without a map. Perhaps if you're some kind of professional adventurer and have the tools, support personnel, and the resources perhaps. However, this group of women certainly did not fit the bill. The characters were not well-developed, as some other reviewers would have you believe. They basically each seemed to fit into the stereotypical "group of gals" roles, when you were given any kind of glimpse into their personas. Really the only characters that were at all developed was the main character and Juno (the idiot that lead her friends, unknown to them, into an unknown cave system), and the both of them barely at that. All we really know about the groups is that they're women, Juno is something of an adventurer and probably had an affair with the main character's husband, and the main character's husband was tragically killed shortly after the group's last adventure.

Once we get into the cave the movie starts to take off...if that's what you want to call it. Yeah, they did a good job with the camera work and lighting, lending a sense of claustraphobia. The 'monsters' in the film really didn't go very far instilling fear into the viewer. The big mistake they made was in showing the enemy. In a movie like this, what you don't know is more scary than what you do know. Unfortunately, they didn't leave you with this fear of the unknown for long. After a short time, I found myself hoping for the ladies' deaths to come quick so that the film would end. I won't ruin the ending, but many of you will be saying, "What?" when the 'twist' is revealed. Fortunately, I rented this movie on NetFlix, so I lost out on nothing more than an hour and a half of my time.

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What Has Happened to Warners?
Poor Edition
Deceptive Advertising
Deceptive Cover: Not Enhanced for Widescreen TVs
A pot-boiler: then and now

How the West Was Won
Starring: Carroll Baker , Lee J. Cobb , Henry Fonda , Carolyn Jones , and Karl Malden
Director: Henry Hathaway , Richard Thorpe , and George Marshall
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ASIN: B000O599V2
Release Date: 2007-05-22

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The first feature film to be photographed and projected in the panoramic three-camera Cinerama process, this epic Western is almost as expansive as the West itself, chronicling a pioneering family's triumphs and tragedies in numerous episodes spanning three generations and a half century of westward movement. Divided into five segments directed by veteran Hollywood filmmakers Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, and the legendary John Ford (and including uncredited sequences directed by Richard Thorpe), the film was one of the most ambitious ever made by the venerable MGM studio. Its stellar cast reads like a virtual who's who of Hollywood's biggest stars. Debbie Reynolds plays a sturdy survivor of many pioneering dangers, and the eventual widow of a gambler (Gregory Peck), who is later reunited with her nephew (George Peppard), a Civil War veteran and cavalryman who heads for San Francisco as the transcontinental railroad is being built. Many more characters and stories are woven throughout this epic film, which is dramatically uneven but totally engrossing with its stunning vistas and countless outdoor locations in Illinois, Kentucky, South Dakota, Monument Valley in Arizona, California, Colorado, and elsewhere. --Jeff Shannon

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From 1839 to 1889, this epic story follows four generations of a courageous New England farm family as they travel to the fertile Ohio Valley during America's westward expansion. This wondrous historical saga is set against the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War, buffalo hunters, the Pony Express and the first transcontinental railroad. How The West Was Won won three Academy Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Sound and Best Editing.

Customer Reviews:

What Has Happened to Warners?.......2007-06-05

I didn't buy this, thank goodness, because I was suspicious after being burned by another recent Warner release. The double feature disc of "Kelly's Heroes/Dirty Dozen" has a similar issue with "Dirty Dozen" being incorrectly labeled as being a 16x9 transfer and containing special features that are not actually on the disc. It is also an old master with the Turner logo at the beginning.

Poor Edition.......2007-06-02

This review is about the 2007 'John Wayne Collection' DVD edition of the film. New packaging, same sorry edition contained on other DVD (even Laserdisc) editions and further more the packaging claims "Enhanced for widescreen TVs" not true! The picture quality is terrible. Considering the DVD technology that exists today there is no reason the print couldn't have been cleaned up. Also, the two lines that appear in the middle of the screen (from being filmed in the Cinerama process) could have been eliminated. This is a great classic film that deserves a deluxe DVD edition. I expect more from WB with their long line of quality product not this horrible DVD transfer repackaged for an unsuspecting public! Avoid this until a better DVD edition comes along.

Deceptive Advertising.......2007-05-26

If you have been anxiously awaiting the release of HTWWW in anamorphic wide screen - as I have been - the wait continues. The box for this latest (5/07) release claims the film is "Enhanced for widescreen TV's". Not true!! False advertising. In fact it's merely "letterboxed", and better yet, it's the same transfer used for the Laserdisc version years ago - including the old "Turner Home Video" tag when Turner controlled the MGM library. I'm returning my copy to Amazon for a refund!

Deceptive Cover: Not Enhanced for Widescreen TVs.......2007-05-25

I took a chance on buying this DVD because it said it was enhanced for widescreen TVs, in other words, it was supposed to be anamorphic. It definitely is not. It is non-anamorphic, letterboxed on all 4 sides if you have an HDTV. It is also a very poor print. I took it back to Best Buy, arguing that the advertising on the box is a lie, and they gave me my money back with no questions asked - as if they had heard this story before. A shame, a real classic like this and it receives, once again, shoddy treatment.

A pot-boiler: then and now.......2004-04-11

"How the West Was Won": an incorrigible pot-boiler. Like other "epics" of the 1960s (eg the Alamo) this movie is a product of Hollywood culture. This is an entertainment genre unto itself. As an example of Hollywood's looking-in-on-itself as a source of material, this movie has charm (but not in the way intended). But if you are looking for any trace of history or American culture, look elesewhere. If you are into Rat-pack era (Sinatra, Monro, Kennedy) pseudo-culture, this is a classic.

The Descent (Unrated Full Screen Edition)

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Scary Movie.. Grab the popcorn and enjoy!
The Descent
If you like scary...you get it.
Outstanding movie
Absolutely terrifying!

The Descent (Unrated Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Shauna Macdonald , Natalie Jackson Mendoza , Alex Reid (III) , Saskia Mulder , and MyAnna Buring
Director: Neil Marshall
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ASIN: B000JBXH8W
Release Date: 2006-12-26

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On an annual extreme outdoor adventure, six women meet in a remote part of the Appalachians to explore a cave hidden deep in the woods. Far below the surface of the earth, disaster strikes when a rock fall blocks their exit and there's no way out. The women push on, praying for another exit, but there is something else lurking under the earth. The friends are now prey, forced to unleash their most primal instincts in an all-out war against an unspeakable horror - one that attacks without warning, again and again and again.

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Scary Movie.. Grab the popcorn and enjoy!.......2007-06-27

Definitely a scary movie that keeps you on edge! Make sure you pump up the surround sound on this one! Grab the popcorn but be warned... it will end up on the floor, on you, and in between the couch!

The Descent.......2007-06-19

If you like scary...you get it........2007-06-14

Outstanding movie.......2007-06-10

There is not much to say about this movie. It is creepy and scary. If you liked Wrong Turn, you will love this movie.

Absolutely terrifying!.......2007-06-04

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A Far Off Place
A beautiful book
Not For Pre-Teens
Postmodern American Teenyboppers meet Shaka Zulu
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A Far Off Place
Starring: Reese Witherspoon , Ethan Embry , Jack Thompson , Sarel Bok , and Robert John Burke
Director: Mikael Salomon
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
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The Lost World of the Kalahari

ASIN: B0001I562S
Release Date: 2004-06-01

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In this 1993 Disney adventure, Reese Witherspoon and Ethan Embry are two young survivors of an African massacre. She is the daughter of a game warden; he is a sulky teen visiting his dad. When poachers do in the adults, the kids hotfoot it across the Kalahari Desert, aided by Witherspoon's young bushman pal (Sarel Bok). They have to cross about 1,000 miles of forbidding territory, all the while chased by nogoodnik Jack Thompson. The kids face down danger, have a few excessively cute escapades, and learn about their capacity for survival--and goodness. The highlights of the film are the lush cinematography and exotic locales of Zimbabwe and Namibia. Though this is a Disney production, it is too violent and intense for young children. It is based on the books A Story Like the Wind and A Far Off Place, by Laurens Van der Post. --Rochelle O'Gorman

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Walt Disney Pictures and Amblin Entertainment team up to deliver a thrilling story, action-packed adventure, and breathtaking scenery! Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous African desert! Equipped with only their wits and the expertise of a native bushman who befriends them, they are determined to triumph over impossible odds and reach their destination. But along the way, the trio face a primitive desert wilderness teeming with deadly obstacles, including wild animals, ruthless poachers, and severe weather conditions!

Customer Reviews:

A Far Off Place.......2007-01-10

This is such a heartwarming movie, great for the whole family, yet a love story for all us girls!

A beautiful book.......2006-02-25

This sequel to A Story Like the Wind returns to the same romanticized Africa, but with less grace than the first. The closer that Van der Post's characters come to the outside world, the more difficulties he has reconciling his artistic goals with his political message. The constantly tense circumstances surrounding the characters as they attempt to escape death on a daily basis means that readers will miss the lighter moments that made the first book work so well.

Not For Pre-Teens.......2006-02-12

It is unfair to judge a children's film by the same non-technical standards you would judge a film made for a more mature audience. That said, I had a difficult time figuring out the intended target audience for Disney"s "A Far Off Place", an odd mix of "Alaska", "Walkabout", and "Blue Lagoon". Since each of these films had a different target audience (children for "Alaska", adults for "Walkabout", and teens for "Blue Lagoon"), "A Far Off Place" suffers from a poorly matched and confused mix of story elements, the attempt to appeal to multiple target audiences ultimately makes it unappealing to all audiences.

Despite some positive comments on this database, "A Far Off Place" did not impress audiences at the time of its 1993 release and has generated little interest since. Based on stories by South African writer Laurens van der Post, "A Far Off Place" is the story of three teenagers: Nonnie (Reece Witherspoon as a girl raised on South African game preserve), Harry (Ethan Randall as a visiting American boy) and Sorel Bok (as their young Bushman guide Xhabbo) who attempt to evade a gang of ivory poachers by fleeing into the Kalahari Desert. Ethan Randall is actually Ethan Embry from "Can't Hardy Wait".

Although recommended for ages eight and up, most younger viewers will be deeply disturbed by the early scenes, where the family's idyllic life is ended by a night attack on their home by the poachers. The house is burned and the parents are murdered. And more mature viewers will be deeply disturbed by the next scene where Nonnie turns into Rambo and kills most of gang in a sequence credible only to a horrified eight-year old.

At this point it begins to look like "Walkabout", a story of an Australian girl, her little brother, and a young Aborigine on his ritual journey to manhood. In a significant deviation from the book Xhabbo's wife does not accompany the group into the desert.

"Walkabout's" more adult theme of interracial sexual awakening is replaced by a "Blue Lagoon" romance between the two white teenagers, a reflection of the film's narrower values and more modest ambitions.

The scenes shot in the desert are almost the equal of "Alaska" for scenic beauty but "Alaska"s" more realistic survival challenges are superior to the blend of survival skills and mystic powers that Xhabbo demonstrates to his two companions during their journey. There is an element of "The Gods Must Be Crazy" in this clash of cultures but the film does not go very far (bad pun intended) with the concept.

Both "Alaska" and "A Far Off Place" insert the element of poacher violence into the journey, to the detriment of the basic story. 'Walkabout" did not need this and found sufficient story material in the enormity of the survival experience.

Bok is excellent as the young Bushman and Randall/Embry's performance is solid if unexceptional. Those interested in Witherspoon's early work would be better served checking out her great debut performance in "The Man In the Moon" and avoiding this career misstep. Those looking for a children/family story should stick with "Alaska".

Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.

Postmodern American Teenyboppers meet Shaka Zulu.......2005-12-14

Well, this was about as formulaically politically correct as a movie can get, unfortunately: the female teenage protagonist (played by Witherspoon, whose acting powers have increased dramatically since her stilted acting here) acts masculine and heroic, the male teenage protagonist acts craven and flippant. At one ridiculous point, the girl runs around acting like a commando, a veritable one-gal army, blowing up the bad guys, while the boy hides in a cave sniveling. Later, when the boy tries to assert himself by offering to carry the gal's backpack as they cross a desert, the gal snaps at him, Bella Abzug-style, and walks quickly ahead, leaving him in the dust. Clearly a modern radical feminist thing going on here, and what is most unfortunate is that this movie was made for a young audience and therefore is in keeping with the modern radical feminist propaganda which is brainwashing young women into unnaturally behaving like men. Of course, in the real world, the result for such manly girls, once they become women, is that men do not choose them and they remain alone, and therefore become bitter--ironically and inevitably blaming men, of course. In this movie, the wimpy teenage guy falls for the brassy, masculine gal--but that's why they call them movies. When are these post-modern writers, artists, and other culture-shapers with an agenda going to realize that when they tout modern radical feminism, they are touting something unnatural--men simply do not prefer masculine females. Men want someone to COMPLEMENT them, not COMPETE with them. Men crave FEMININITY in females, not FEMINISM. Wow, is there ever a difference in those two forms of comportment! This poor teenage guy depicted in this movie, at least his character does progress a little bit: by the end of the movie, instead of craven and flippant, he graduates to something akin to a metrosexual-type with a wild-boy haircut, if that is even a step upward. But the plucky gal--she's still the one in charge in this fictitious world of upside-down gender relations.
Uh, another problem with this movie--and there are many--is when the kids are going through the Kalahari Desert, something which should be, and for a time is here depicted as, a foreboding and life-threatening task. Yet we see Witherspoon in this desert frolicking with a dog; and we see the boy's flippancy and joviality emerge in a totally out-of-place manner, considering the dire situation they are in. The sense of urgency which had been built up is totally excreted away by these light-hearted, inane scenes.
Look, I dig Disney kid movies--more realistic ones. You know, old style Disney movies. You take "Old Yeller" for example. Now there was a quality kid movie, and quite true to life.
This movie was not. It had a plastic, spoiled-American-materialistic-teenybopper feel throughout. Disney has gone down the tubes. In any number of ways, they've been subverted by radical Marxist agendas (Note: One more of these was the fact that an African Bushman was allowed to evince a pagan ritual from his PC pagan religion--something called "tapping," while the Caucasians were of course not shown evincing any sign of their un-PC Judeo-Christian religion--this is bias, folks, leftwing, PC bias, same as the aforementioned feminist bilge). I am learning to run, not walk, away from Disney stuff, and this movie was further cause for me to do so.

DVD Review.......2005-10-17

I enjoyed this DVD. I would recommend this movie, it was well worth the purchase.

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How the West Was Won
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The West! The Movie! The Music! The Cinerama!
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Release Date: 2000-09-12

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How the West Was Won.......2007-05-07

Still a classic bit of history-telling. It's full of spectacle and even has a fictional family saga to give it a plot, but that story is secondary to the fine narrative of the concquering of the American west.

After a few minutes you tend to not notice the two faint lines running down the screen throughout, leftovers from the Cinemascope process for which this was produced in the early 60s.

There's even a great musical score and folksy narration from the legendary Spencer Tracy. Add to that a spot-the-stars cast of screen legends and a really interesting "making-of" documentary, and all in all, it's a great package.

how the west was won.......2007-05-06

great movie. great cast. great action scene's. great music. wonderful tale of the shaping of america's heritage. it's a movie you hate to see end.

The West! The Movie! The Music! The Cinerama!.......2007-04-15

How The West Was Won is an impressive, multi-star, Cinerama spectacular, almost three hour epic, western movie.

The movie brilliantly depicts three generations of various members of the American pioneering Prescott family, as they begin traveling westward from New York, via the Erie Canal down some rather rough waters on the Ohio River, across the old western frontier and on to California.

Shown are everything from fur trappers, like the great Jimmy Stewart, to the gold rush era, buffalo stampeding as though they are going to crash through the screen.

The U.S. Civil War is strikingly demonstrated with John Wayne as rugged General Sherman, leading the Union to victory at the ferocious, blood stained battle of Shiloh. Narrator, Spencer Tracy: [speaking about the Civil War] "After Shiloh, the South never smiled."

The monumental undertaking of building the transcontinental railroad is a sight to see, coupled with the dusty wagon trains and hostile Indians, plus a few scenes of lousy treatment the American Indians received at the hands of unscrupulousness, ruthless land grabbing rouges and many of the railroad men. One railroad builder, Richard Widmark, always great in westerns, plays Mike King, who although a hard man of the West, finally sees the light in one respect, and says the Indians are getting "railroaded."

This diverse western drama also includes riverboat men, high rolling gamblers, and of course quick draw gunmen plus low life outlaws like Eli Wallach.

Each evolving adventure, spanning from the 1830's through the 1890's, is shown as tragedy separates the Prescott's in stunning, sweeping panoramic history lessons, of how America's wild West was eventually explored and settled, while always focusing on the trials and tribulations of the separated members of the Prescott family.

When this motion picture was released on February 20th, 1963, it was distributed only to Cinerama movie theaters (semi-wrap-around wide screen), thus drawing very large crowds due to the edge-of-your-seat, roller-coaster-ride feeling the amazed audience got while watching big budget pictures filmed in the then, state-of-the-art tri-projection Cinerama process.

The crisp, big screen photography vistas seen in this western masterpiece are simply breathtaking.

The other paramount reason the public flocked to see this picture was the all star cast of very famous actors and actresses: John Wayne, James Stewart, Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Raymond Massey, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Eli Wallach, Carroll Baker, Andy Devine, Walter Brennan, Debbie Reynolds, Jay C. Flippen, and even Lee Van Cleef who played a cold blooded as always, uncredited, river pirate.

This epic film offered something for everyone's movie going preference in leading men and ladies of the early 1960's.

A motion picture living legend narrated this fine film, Mr. Spencer Tracy. "The West, it had to be won from nature and from primitive man."

Mr. Alfred Newman. one of Hollywood's greatest musical conductor's beginning was chosen to produce triumphant thundering score. Mr. Newman won more Oscars for musical scoring of movies than any other composer in the history of the Academy Awards, a total of (9)! MGM picked the right man.

A historical sample of over 250 orchestral suites Mr. Newman either directed or conducted, placed him at the top of his profession.

Here is a very short listing: The Grapes of Wrath (1940), I Cover the Waterfront (1933), Wuthering Heights (1939), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939),The Song of Bernadette (1943), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), Call Northside 777 (1948), Twelve O'Clock High (1949), The Robe (1953), The King and I (1956), The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Firecreek (1968) and Mr. Newman last movie score being Airport (1970).

How The West Was Won is massive screen pure Americana. If possible always best viewed in the breathtaking original format of Cinerama. Reportedly there are two remaining Cinerama theaters in America. One is listed as being in Hollywood and the other Dayton, Ohio.

How The West Was Won recalls the regrettable ending of an happier moving going era, in the busy heart of downtown, as a family, was always a grand, exciting experience, from the lavish lobby entrance to the double and sometimes triple elegant looking balconies with their plush seating, while you anticipated those long, red velvet movie screen curtain slowly draws open, for the magnificent, Oscar awarded motion picture which has just been reviewed.

story of the wild west.......2007-03-19

This is a beautiful dvd with five separate stories who tell us the hard conquest of the wild frontiers of the wild west.
Great dvd and great cast.

History Teacher's Recommendation.......2007-03-14

This is a great film portraying an important period of U.S. History--for young and old alike. the music is especially good and authentic to the period and place. Lots of old time favorite stars, who evidently wanted to
get into the Cinerama phenonenom---too bad it didn't last. Television, I assume--which killed the movie houses for awhile---and large houses were needed for it.

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Absolute rubbish
ok
Generosity is a plus
"Deliverance" with a Wes Craven twist
A 70's horror classic!

The Hills Have Eyes
Starring: Susan Lanier , Robert Houston , Martin Speer , Dee Wallace (II) , and Russ Grieve
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Absolute rubbish.......2007-04-18

ok.......2007-02-21

this was not the best but remake was great i would say BUY THE REMAKE

Generosity is a plus.......2006-11-25

"Deliverance" with a Wes Craven twist.......2006-11-22

A 70's horror classic!.......2006-11-10

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The Strength of Great Actors vs, So-So Material
Worst performance
One of my favorites!
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The Caveman's Valentine
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson , Colm Feore , Ann Magnuson , Damir Andrei , and Aunjanue Ellis
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The Caveman's Valentine
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ASIN: B00005JCA8
Release Date: 2001-07-17

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Samuel L. Jackson gives a virtuoso performance in this intensely visual suspense film. Jackson stars as Romulus Ledbetter, a brilliant musician whose mental demons have driven him onto the streets. When Ledbetter finds a murdered man outside the cave he calls home one morning, he is compelled to find the real killer. While interesting enough to hold the viewer's attention, the mystery of The Caveman's Valentine is a distant third to Jackson's performance and the film's sumptuous visuals. The film is gorgeously shot, and lights and abstract images are effectively used to show Romulus's beautiful but tormented inner world. While the plot does take a silly leap of logic or two, Romulus's illness and the strain it puts on his family are sensitively and realistically handled. His all-too-real run-ins with his policewoman daughter are nicely contrasted with his visions of his ex-wife, who serves as a combination of Greek chorus and muse. If one is willing to suspend a little disbelief here and there, this picture is well worth a look. --Ali Davis

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The Strength of Great Actors vs, So-So Material.......2006-01-09

I have seen this film many times over the years and my opinion of it hasn't changed much. Kasi Lemmons is a very interesting director, she has a nice visual flair as evidenced also with Eve's Bayou, she seems to have incorporated elements of Black Theatre into this piece with the Moth Seraphs and their dances.

Samuel L. Jackson is completely at his best, and once again shows why he is a huge mainstream movie star. His portrayal of Romulus Ledbetter is very much Sam Jack, but he does some amazing things with this character with such small nuances as his disoriented walk much like what Ralph Fiennes did in Cronenberg's Spider (for those who have seen that), in fact this is the kind of story I could see David Cronenberg tackling, but alas this film suffers from what I call a conventional ending, and has too many cliche plot twists for me that in the end it almost comes off as an above average prime time television show along the lines of CSI or even a made-for-television film.

I do recommend seeing this for Lemmons direction, and Jackson's awesome performance. Any young actor can learn a thing or two.

-Thomas Galasso

Worst performance.......2005-12-27

I am a genuine fan of Samuel Jackson - his recent fims such as Coach Carter and In my Country have proved his undoubted versatility as an actor. So what on earth induced him to get involved in such a trashy film - and to allow himself to be directed in such a way. His acting is atrocious, as is the rest of the film - feeble script, dismal cinematography and a complete bore. Sorry, but this had to be said !

One of my favorites!.......2004-10-04

This is perhaps one of the most underestimated films of all time. I don't see how this film went totally unnoticed by pretty much everyone. Samuel L. Jackson gives THE best performance of his career as Romulus Ledbetter - second only to Jules Winnfield in "Pulp Fiction". Kasi Lemmons proves once again that she's an excellent director, who strangely hasn't directed anything since this. The music by Terence Blanchard is also excellent. The cinematography is BEAUTIFUL. Everything about this film is excellent, although your suspension of disbelief will come in handy every now and again.

Totally recommended!

A good adaptation of the book.......2004-05-01

There were many things missing or different from the book, but what movie adaptation is perfect?... Samuel L. Jackson was wonderful as Romulus, and the story made a good movie. If you enjoy the movie, you should pick up the George Dawes Green book -- same author as The Juror, also adapted into a movie starring Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin.
Also, on the DVD's "Deleted Scenes" section there is a WONDERFULLY choreographed scene with Rom's "moth-seraphs" which is just amazingly beautiful to watch! It's too bad they cut it from the movie, but be sure to take it in when you're going through the Bonus Features.

Hidden gem!.......2004-01-14

I got this movie just because of Samuel Jackson. It turned out to be a great movie. On the one hand, it's a very decent thriller, on the other hand, it's a good psychological drama. The story of homeless man witnessing a murder is not the most original but the movie makes it fresh by very good character development. Having said this, the thriller part of the movie is not perfect. There are certain aspects of it that could be done better or plot sometimes could be more logical. But still the overall approach to the movie, its atmsosphere and great Samuel Jackson play make this movie worth watching.

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