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Film Download Sites Provide Quality Viewing

Filed under: movies — Tags: , , , , , , — Carlos Vargas @ 7:12 am September 8, 2010

Go to your favorite local video store and you will probably find that it has gone bankrupt and went out of business. The alternative is those movie box dollar rental machines sporadically located in grocery stores. One bad experience with those and a credit card can be charged unfairly. So really the only viable options are either pay cable movie channels, pay per view or wait for the mail to deliver a movie plan. There is also the option to go digital with movie download sites.

Many sites are now online that offer different ways to watch movies. Some of these sites even offer free movie viewing. Movie libraries that are online do not always have the latest movies. They are a good option to see an old favorite or one that was missed. Not every site has the same movie. If you can not find what you are looking for at one then go check out another one.

If the plan is to watch these movies at the computer then consider the equipment. If streaming movies or downloading them then a high speed connection is needed. Processor speed is also a very important factor. With a slow processor movies will stutter and pause too often while trying to buffer the data. Downloading movies requires a lot of spare storage space. If the plan is to burn a copy to a disc then even more space will be needed. Getting an external hard drive is a good idea for storing a collection of movies without affecting system storage or performance.

There are many different sound systems available for computers. Most are priced reasonably. For the top equipment expect to pay more. Look for a system that has a sub woofer to add some depth to the audio. If building a quality home theater experience then make sure to put some money into the audio system. Surround sound is and the placement of the speakers is important. Check online for tutorials regarding setting up a home theater.

Remember when CD burning became popular? That technology has also been added so that DVDs can be burned, as well as Blu-ray discs. DVD burning has been around for awhile so DVD burners are relatively inexpensive. With Blu-ray being the new best technology for movie viewing, those burners are still pretty expensive, but as time passes will begin to get cheaper. The quality on a Blu-ray is comparable to watching it in a theater, giving everything more depth and detail. Think of it as HD for DVDs.

Websites that make burning an option are also on the web. Many will have software on the website that will allow for making the disc. If that is not an option then there are several third party software that can be used. This third party software is sometimes packaged with new computers. Check the computer to see if this software is already loaded.

Many mobile services also offer movies for download directly to the phone. This of course means you will have to have a phone that supports this type of media. It is a good idea to make sure you subscribe to a good data plan as well, as many providers charge per kilobyte downloaded, as well as using minutes for internet usage. This may be something you need to monitor closely on teens and kids phones. There are also movies available for download onto portable MP3 players as well. These movies are usually formatted specifically for mobile devices, and don’t have the detail that a Blu-ray or DVD does.

Always beware of copyright infringement on Movie Download Sites. Make sure you are using a reputable site and aren’t breaking the law. With technology advancing rapidly everyday, these sites are becoming the most cost effective way to watch movies in today’s economy.

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The Vietnam War Movie Apocalypse Now Reviewed

Filed under: movies — Tags: , , , , , , — Charlene Foster @ 7:46 am September 4, 2010

Francis Ford Coppola is a director who has dabbled a little in every genre, never really settling down, never developing his own “tropes”, never becoming predictable. Masters like Martin Scorsese certainly deserve their credit, but watching a Scorsese film, you know you’re going to get fast-dolly-in movements, and you’re probably going to get some Rolling Stones soundtrack. There are few similarities between Apocalypse Now, Rumble Fish and The Godfather, so with Coppola, you really never know what to expect.

The film is, supposedly, based on the novel Heart of Darkness, but to be completely honest, there are really only a few key parallels, some similar scenes. The movie itself is an entity all its own. Benjamin J. Willard, played by Martin Sheen, is our lead, a special operatives agent, an assassin, who is slowly going stir crazy awaiting his next assignment.

All he wants is to be put back in the field. “Every day, Charlie grows stronger while I grow weaker”. He thrives on the blood lust of battle and can’t take another day cooped up in this room. The opening scene is immediately gripping, with the choppers flying overhead and Willard simply going insane in a bedroom somewhere in Saigon, waiting for his next mission.

The famous shot of Sheen punching the mirror was not scripted. He really went that crazy. The film is full of scenes and moments that were not scripted, and not just because of Coppola’s open attitude towards improvisation. The making of feature on this film is just about as wild and as fascinating as the movie itself, but we’ve only got time to review one or the other for now…

The movie is simply loaded with unforgettable characters. Without even discussing the main cast, we have Cockroach, a youth from Harlem capable of sleeping through the most intense battle, waking up to launch a perfectly arced grenade at an enemy hiding in the shadows, eliminate him, and go back to sleep. We have Dennis Hopper as a maniacal photo journalist, and Robert Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore, a mix of samurai, Patton and surfer dude, sending his men out to hit the waves amidst napalm detonating against the beach.

This isn’t even getting into the main cast, these characters appear for one scene and then disappear from the film forever. Marlon Brando as Colonel Kurtz doesn’t even appear until the very end, but his presence, his mere existence, casts a shadow that commands the entirety of the film, despite his limited screen time, or perhaps, mythologized by his non-presence.

The film works on every level. It’s an incredible action film, a fascinating political statement, it’s funny, and, at times, it’s even endearing. However, while it succeeds on all these levels, the nihilism cast over the film by Kurtz and Willard eventually overwhelms all these other aspects and creates a film that is dark, psychedelic, and a frightening look into the human heart.

Coppola himself claims Rumble Fish as his personal favorite amongst his own work, but his fans are typically split between Apocalypse Now and The Godfather Part 2. It’s up to the individual viewer, but this one is, at the very least, his most insane.

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Watch The Film Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Filed under: movies — Tags: , , , , , , — Naomi Gilliam @ 8:21 am August 31, 2010

Terminator 2 – Judgment Day is one of the best action/sci-fi movies that has ever been put to screen. Though it may not seem like it has much to say about the human condition, it actually has a few things to say. Add to that a little bit of campy dialog and action and some wonderful cinematography and you are left with a very charming movie.

This movie pits a ragtag group, Sarah Conner, John Conner, and the original Terminator against a much more sophisticated robot from the future, the T-1000. The T-1000 is a nearly indestructible robot that has a liquid metal that allows it to mimic almost anything it wants to.

The heroes of the story are trying to stop the global Armageddon that lead to the rise in the machines. They believe that if they can change a few things in the present, then the robots will never be able to rise up against the humans. By the end of the movie they think that they have succeeded. We find out later, in the next movie, that they only moved back the date of the robots taking over.

There are many aspects of fate to consider in this movie. Sarah was fated to be the mother of the savior of the human race. John was meant to be that savior. They never were given a choice in this. Sarah wasn’t even pregnant yet when the first Terminator showed up, so she clearly had no idea what was in store for her.

One thing that gets overlooked in this movie is part of what it is saying about the mental health system in the United States. The audience knows that she isn’t crazy, but no one in the movie seems to agree with that statement. As far as they are concerned she is completely gone.

Everyone in the movie treats her like she is insane, at least in the beginning of the movie. This might be saying something about the state of mental health care systems. Even though her story is true, everyone treats her like she has a mental illness. She knows that she is a sitting duck in that hospital, as well, so she has some violent tendencies and wants to escape to help her son. This only furthers their theory that she is simply insane and not someone who is, in reality, trying to train the savior of the human race for what is going to be coming his way when he grows up.

John Conner is supposed to be the great savior of mankind when he grows up. Yet at the time of this movie he is just a kid who has had a bizarre upbringing and is starting to get into a life of crime (stealing from ATM machines). John doesn’t actually know that what his mom has told him is true anymore than the mental health professionals think its true.

It is strange to think that if you take the time travel and the robots out of Terminator 2 – Judgment Day, then you are left with a story of an insane woman, a kid that is being bounced around in the system, and a complete lack of caring or understanding from anyone else in the world. Thankfully for the theater going population the robots do show up and engage in some seriously awesome showdowns for our amusement. But it would be such a sad movie about a lost kid if it weren’t for those robots.

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A Synopsis About The Animation Movie Wall-E

Filed under: movies — Tags: , , , , , , — Alexander Willis @ 7:51 am August 29, 2010

WALL-E is a Disney Pixar movie that came out in movie theaters on June 27th of 2008. Critics have rated this film very highly. It has it’s funny moments, it’s serious moments, and the in between. Wall-E has stolen the heart of many viewers. This post-apocalyptic robot is growing in popularity, and growing fast.

Best Picture Award is up for grabs to this motion picture film at the Oscars. What a big deal this would be! It would be the very first animated film that won Best Picture. This movie represents the extend people, and even inanimate objects go to keep friendship alive. Imagine the intensity that must be put into this process in creating animated characters expressing friendship and love. In order for the viewers to “believe” what is going on, the director must analyze each movement made.

Small in size but big at heart, Wall-E embarks on a journey that could change destiny forever. This trip could could change the fate of robots and mankind. This small robot has no idea that what he will find in outer space could take over the entire world. The reason Wall-E left his normal lifestyle is because he met another robot, Eve. Eve stole his heart immediately, and when she left for the distant future, Wall-E followed along like a little puppy.

Wall-E is designed to clean up a waste-covered earth. This job might be the greatest thing that has ever happened to little wall-e because it leads him to Eve, which leads him to the future. Although he comes in counter with something that was not pre-thought, his instinct is to fix it.

When he arrives in outer space, he does not have anything on his mind aside from Eve. He has no idea where he is, or what is going on their. Things start to uncover about Wall-E realizes that humanity is in harm due to lack of proportion with corresponding things. I’m not going to explain the entire movie here. You will have to watch the movie yourself!

In a short duration, I will discuss a couple o the cast members that play a role in this movie. Successful Ben Burtt voices two characters in the movie, Wall-E and MO. Ben is very productive in american sound designing. He was involved in many world phenomenon movies including Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial, and Star Wars.

Costar, Ellissa Knight, is the voice of Eve. Ellissa plays in other animated films, as well. She plays Tia in the animated movie Cars, a woman in the restaurant in Rataouille, and Lil in Toy Story 3. You can see that she is involved in many animated Pixar animated films. Other voices heard in Wall-E are made up of Kathy Najimy who voices Mary, John Ratzenberger who voices John, and Fred Willard who voices Shelby Forthright – BnL CEO.

Filled with laughs, and sad moments, this film has a heart warming plot.

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The Die Hard Series Reviewed

Filed under: movies — Tags: , , , , , , — Justin Vance @ 7:35 am August 22, 2010

Die Hard movies pretty much set the bar for action movies in the nineties. They are over the top, based almost entirely on the action, and aren’t meant to be taken too seriously. But with the advent of the newest movie, it is easy to see that their time has passed. John McClain is probably ready to be retired.

The first pits a single cop, John McClain, against a group of terrorists/robbers. The main bad guy, played by a very stylish Alan Rickman, is the perfect example of the over the top, pure evil bad guy that we like to see fall out of a window at the end of the movie. What is great is that even though John has to fight everyone on his own, he spends the whole movie trying to get anyone else to come and help him. This gives the movie a sense of realism, as well as telling us that John doesn’t think he can really take out everyone on his own, even though that is what ends up happening, though it does happen largely through luck.

The second movie gets more outlandish. It takes place in an airport and once again our hero is thrown into something just because he happened to be in the right place at the right time. The premise works, and he is able to save the day, but there are a few more elements of the completely far-fetched that start to pop up. Still, the movie isn’t outside the realm of possibility by too much.

The third movie does a good job of being really over the top. There is a lot that is happening in the movie, and John is caught in the middle, although this time because the bad guy calls him out personally. Still, the movie is a good balance of humor and action and wasn’t so over the top on action as to be ridiculous.

The fourth movie, though, takes the premise to an extreme that it didn’t really need to go to. Suddenly John McClain is some sort of super hero that can take on all comers. There is some fun scenes and there are some cool looking shots, but really it boils down to a single person suddenly seeming to be able to do things that only the super powered would really be able to do in real life.

These movies work best when they are done a little smaller. Why not have John go up against a small group of determined individuals on smaller scale? Why not let him fight by hiding in the air ducts and sneaking around with a stolen assault rifle? This is why people fell in love with the series, not just the over the top nature of them.

This is a great franchise, but it was a product of its time. Films have grown too much since the first one was made. Action movies are a lot bigger these days, thanks to the bigger budgets and the advent of better special effects. Die Hard movies were big action movies for their time, but their time has passed.

Die Hard is a great franchise. If it ends now, then it will always be remembered that way. But as filmmaking keeps getting bigger and bigger, it is going to turn into a movie that is about John McClain taking on an entire country while flying through the air on a jet pack. And it will be in 3d. There is just no need for that.

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