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08 November 2010
Gangster Collector's Set for hours of enjoyment!
We like these films especially for the sets, clothes, and cars from yesteryear. In the case of these four movies we also enjoyed the Youngest Godfather the most. The Last Days of Frankie the Fly sounds comedic, but isn't. The Funeral is strange, and the Immortals, well you'll have to judge for yourself! This truly was a good value for the money.
28 September 2010
Hidalgo ... Amazing entertaining drama at it's finest.
2 of 3 found this helpful This movie is a true story based on a man and his mustang horse ... you will note a special relationship between the two. Sometime comical, sometime tragic, but always onward.
Despite both being scorned as being of impure breeding and bloodline; they're invited to partake in a 3,000 mile race across the desert to Damascus. Pit against the finest of pure bred Arabians, Hidalgo (little brother) proves the greatness himself and his rider.
Feel good about the supremacy this man and his horse ultimately provide; to endure enormous adversity with innocent honor and integrity. It's just a super good movie and one I'm glad to have experienced in this recreation of these two lives.
18 October 2010
City by the Sea ... A dark tale of abandonment
We like Robert DeNiro ... Usually any movie he's in is top notch. This one failed miserable in the enjoyment category. It started out bright enough with the boardwalk. As we soon find out ... that was in its hayday. The neighborhood once bright with hopes, dreams, and success becomes abandonded over time. This abandonment ties to the abandonment of DeNiro as a kid and his subsequent abandonment of his son Joey. The movie becomes dark as Joey devoid of hope turns to drugs, abandons his son, and is eventually involved in murder. DeNiro as a NY city cop investigates the body that washes ashore in his beat. The body identified by drivers license brings DeNiro back to his old presinct and haunts. Soon, his son is fingered and before long his partner is also murdered. The NYPD is out to get Joey and won't look at any evidence to the contrary because Joey's print was on the gun. The cop who took over DeNiro's desk believes different and shares evidence with DeNiro. Eventually, it all comes out in the wash. It's not said if Joey goes to prison for his self defense murder or not but we're left with DeNiro on the beach with his grandson waiting for his dad. DeNero talks to the boy about he and his dad going to Florida one day. The cycle of abandonment ends.
The theme was too dark for us but for those of you who enjoy such ... have a go at it.