CitizenCairParavel's reviews

FINALLY!!! The writing, acting, and directing are going full steam ahead! I've been pretty much bored by most of the episodes but they've been mildly diverting. But finally this episode and end of last one were captivating. Ending was GREAT! I think and hope the romances will get resolved to everyone's delight but I love the tension Fellowes has created (like he did in DA). Looking forward to the season finale now. More heartache coming I'm sure.

How does this have a 6.5 rating? It's not as good as the Bourne stories but it was good! Rami Malik is a strange person and really liked him in Oppenheimer but he did a good job here. The way he dispensed with some of the characters was great and creative. I hope that a sequel will be coming soon. Again, 6.5? SMH!

Wow!!!! Great movie! I entered the theater prepared to be underwhelmed. Was I in for a surprise. I'm not one for live action adaptation of animated movies (Beauty and the Beast East turned me off majorly), but this one was radically different. The leads were great: Mason and Nico are headed for stardom and Gerard Butler never fails to impress. At times Mason brought tears to my eyes. Brought back feelings I had when I saw the first Star War movies in 1977 when I was a young man. But the story remained great AND the actualization of the story was great. Thrilling! Some of the action scenes of the dragon and Hiccup flying were breathtaking. Dreamworks: keep making family movies like this one!!

Very good story again from Julian, but I'm sorry, the acting is weak. Morgan Spector, Christina Baranski, Ben Ahlers, Cynthia Nixon, and Harry Richardson are good. Everybody else, not so. Just totally weak. The directing has zero punch. They need to import English actors and actresses if they're going to save this show. The sets are great. But I'm sorry: sets and script are not enough for an excellent series. I found myself bored except for when those actors were in the scene. This episode so disappointing especially after the last one in which Mrs. Russell beat out Lady Astor in the opera competition.

Please, please, please replace Gabriel, Cara, and Velvy with other characters. These three are killing the show by slowing it down to a snail's pace. Gabriel has zero personality. Velvet is as weak as they come. Cara has potential but the writers basically use her as a show piece, I guess communicating to the audience: Look! We're being socially sensitive using a deaf girl in our show. Really miss Leo and precious characters. This show no longer has life. I started having hope in the previous episodes about the murderous students but nothing before or since then with these characters. Please replace them or shut down SW.

I LOVE this movie. I saw it when it first came out in 1992 and stillborn ro watch it every Christmas. All but two of the songs are mediocre but they don't take away from the major shining element in it: Michael Caine. He claimed he'd treat it like he was going a serious Scrooge and not like some comedic buffoon. And it works beautifully. I also love Miss Piggy's portrayal of the wife. Hysterical. The special effects are dated (it was made 30 years ago), but the acting and story holds up. I still get teary-eyed whenever Caine gives his speech at his tombstone. It reminds me that I too can always change. Thank you, Michael Caine. You became one of my favorite actors after I saw you Sleuth.

Anybody who rates this below an 8 should be banned from posting on IMBD permanently. Really, a 1 from over 2% of the reviewers? That's ridiculous. The visuals alone are stunning. Whatever else is true of James Cameron, and yes, he is insufferable, he does know action and the power of the big screen. So many younger viewers have no understanding of the impact he has made upon action movies. Just watch action movies before the first Terminator move and Aliens. Those 2 movies took action to a much higher level than the movies before. As for understanding the power of the big screen, he's shown himself to be an expert with Titanic and the 2 Avatar movies. Yep, some of this movie was predictable, but wow, what a ride. Keep making movies, James Cameron.

The acting is great as usual from Evans and Allam but the murders? Writing, directing, and music all mediocre. Barrington Pheloung's music is solely lacking. Sad. Hope next concluding season gets back to its high standards.

This is one perfect movie. Cry every time I watch the scene of the play being performed live. Wish I could have been there 400 years ago to watch it. Mesmerizing performances all around. Love the narrator at the beginning of the play Well done, Madden.

I have issues with evry other big screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book. Emma Thompson too old in Sense and Sensibility. Greer Garson too old in PP. Didn't like Dame Judy Dench in PP. Not a single flaw in this one. Perfect.

Loved this movie. Its tone; its characterizations. Although it was 3-hours long and could have stopped after the first 2, it was gooooooooooooooooood. Casting of each part, spot on. Great story. Just great movie...but one gripe. When he's not Batman, couldn't BW comb his hair at least once? Really, that's my only complaint about the movie. Otherwise, I'd have given it an 11 if IMDB would have let me.

I still don't know who killed whom after watching the show. I'd you know, please email me or respond. I was confused by the ending, as was my wife. BUT overall good mystery.

I appreciate Lynch's film of Dune for one reason only: it introduced me to the Dune universe. Other than that, Lynch's movie is awful. This new version is compelling. I just wish it had an intermission so that I wouldn't have to miss one moment by going to the restroom. Incredible movie experience.

Two of the most influential and beloved authors merge into the incredible Mrs. Gaskell's North and South. I loved how she presented and dealt with the great social issues of her day: issues still ravaging modern society. Dickens would be so proud of her. But, ohhhh! The love story. Something Austen could have written. Incredible mini-series. I show it to my ethic classes . . . Made up of students from divergent backgrounds. And they ALL love it. Highest recommendation.

Loved first season. After that it went down hill. Not as funny or charming. But really liked first season.