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I don't know anything about them personally, but all Arabs ARE depicted as terrorists in TA. The more educated will see irony in this, but it also plays nicely into the hands of the unsophisticated who pretty much believe this to be true anyway courtesy of Fox News and most other prowar media...

I was feeling sorry for the reviewer as I went through his contrarian review. Another reviewer who's completely eluded by irony, subtlety and more esoteric humor. Well after seeing the movie, I almost completely agree with Mr. Kimballs' review. The humor was less funny, and the politics less...

Being English, you're watching from less of an 'international perspective' than just about any other non-American. England's support for the Iraq war was unique in terms of International action, casting the UK's lot with the Americans and away from the rest of Europe (and rest of the world)...

Why as an Englishman? I'll agree that any satire of the American war machine deserves an Oscar if for no other reason. But it also deserves mention of our partner in crime, AKA Mini-Me, the good and honorable Tony Blair. I haven't seen it yet, but I can't imagine there aren't some excellent bits...

They showed some clips very briefly (some staged some real). But beyond just showing a few clips, there was nothing and noone that made ANY allusions to Peter Sellers greatness at his craft in the biopic whatsoever. Unless you're saying that showing a 3 second clip implies greatness ipso facto...

Good point!

Brianri - excellent points. Maudelin, sentimentalized, hokey and boring sum it up nicely. It was just these flaws that upset me with the film (biopic whatever) rather than the fact that it raised negative points about Sellers. It shouldn't be any surprise to anyone that hugely famous (and even...

There were lots of people that were pretty angry with Kitty Kelly's hatchet pieces in the 80's and 90's. And I don't understand why calling this a biography gives them the right to "dramatization". If the word "biography" is to have any weight or meaning, creative license shouldn't be part of...

My point isn't that Peter Sellers wasn't without his faults, weirdnesses, idiosynchrosies, moments of cruelty, conceit etc. My problem was more with the heavy handed hack job approach used in this documentary. Rushes depiction of him was as I mentioned, a slow witted fuddy duddy etc which...

Peter Sellers has always been one of my favorite actors. From the Pink Panther series to Stange Love to Alice B. to Being There - he was definately one of the most versatile comic actors ever. His mixture of goofball, suavity, timing and supreme likability has gone unmatched over the years IMO...

Are you serious? You paid the big bucks on a Lexicon primarily because your Outlaw 950 was slow locking on to signals? I also used to own the 950 but made a similar jump to the Cary Cinema 6 for sound quality reasons. For just a bit more than double the price, I went from a budget sounding...

Rich, an excellent option is the prepro I'm using - the Cary Cinema 6. There's nothing in its price range that touches it for music reproduction, and it's multichannel is as excellent as you'd expect. PLUS - it's got 2 sets of 6 channel analog inputs for SACD and DVD-A. It lists for $2500...

Trevor, I also have the Cinema 6 (with the Cinema 5) and really love mine. I've also auditioned quite a few pieces in the price range, and found the Cary bested the competition when considering sound quality for both HT and 2 channel music. You're right, its a sound quality first kind of...

Ooooh, Repulsion is one of my all time favorites. I'm heading over to NetFlix NOW!

I've tried some of the gear you're all asking about. I started with a Brick wall surge supressor. Even though it doesn't pretend to be a line conditioner, it had a big impact on the sound of my HT. Warmth and ambience were instantly gone from my system. Nice sharp high's and great imaging...

Hehe any Irving Welch fans here? Remember "Seven Rides for Seven Brothers"?

I'm also a Cohen Bros fan and really liked this one despite all the bad press. I think it incorporates lots of elements that have worked in their movies before while not drawing as much attention to themselves and resulting in a better subtler movie. I also liked Intolerable Cruelty (though not...

Since the release of the amazing Led Zeppelin Live 2 disc set, maybe it IS just as well that the sloppy performance they did in Live Aid fades from the memory banks. All the same, my 9 year old twins are raving Led Zeppelin fanatics and would pester us into buying the entire set just for the Zep...

I saw this in the theater and was drooling at the thought of getting it on DVD if the pic quality was close. Hating Spiderman, Hulk et all, I wasn't looking forward to seeing this one with the kids. But I was in for a treat. The sound and visuals were absolutely sensational, there were some...

I just saw it in the theater with my 9 year olds. All three of us thought it was way better than we expected. By far the best comic book hero movie out so far - for my money the ONLY one worth seeing. Great visuals, funny with a dark edge, all around a good flick. There was only one theater...

The picture quality is absolutely astounding for a movie of that (or any) age. It actually looks like it was filmed with high def cameras. Using tht as a master, they should be able to make a gorgous DVD transfer.

I watched it with the kids the other night (9 year olds that usually hate "kiddie movies") and expected to grin and bear the entire 1 1/2 hours of it. Actually, it was much better than I thought, and the kids liked it too. Personally I found it more enjoyable that the tedious Pirates of the...

I got tired of buying DVD's only to watch the same film again in much higher quality on the various HD channels a few months later. In terms of building a library, yes, I'll continue on only with HD content from here on out (with maybe a few exceptions along the way). Considering no HDTV's or...

Just had a friend bring over a copy from BlockBuster a couple nights ago that we all watched. The picture quality was better than I remembered from the copy I owned (has there ever been more than 1 version of the film released on DVD?). It was a great film as I'd remembered, but waaay too...

About 80% of my purchased DVD's have only been watched once. Once after I buy it, and then generally the second watch is when it appears on an HD channel. Except for concert DVD's, I've pretty much stopped buying. Now the pattern is rent once, then watch it again on HD when it comes out. Much...

Ugh, it sounds like so much more Nottinghill and Four Weddings crappola. But then again, this kind of thing helps us culture challenged Americans so much better appreciate the British. They're so darned cute when they have their trendy sports cars, upscale digs, fresh faced smiles, darling...

I've owned both versions (yes the film DOES rule). After being used to the regular, the SB version just blows it away. BIG difference in picture quality, that people will easily think is high def. Obviously, any improvement in PQ is going to be more appearent with a larger display (I'm using...

For our family it would be a great thing. There are a good number of R rated action flicks that would be OK for my 9 year olds absent some assorted F words and brief sex scenes. Being restricted to PG-13 and under really limits your choices.

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