Before Sunset

Advantages: brilliant performance, clever and engaging story
Disadvantages: none

...After watching Before Sunrise I was hesitating whether to watch Before Sunset that day or wait not to ruin the experience. Usually the sequences are worse and spoil even the original movie. If you haven?t seen Before Sunset yet I tell you in advance that it won?t spoil the original film. Before Sunset catches up the story nine years after Befor Sunset ends. The film was released in 2004 so exactly nine years later. This film a drama as well. The director and the producer was Richard Linklater. The screenplay writers Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan involved the two main characters of the film in writing the sequel?s screenplay. Before Sunset takes place in Paris and it is very similar to the first part: the main characters are the same and they walk a lot and talk. The film is quite short, only 80 minutes. The classification of this...

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Before Sunrise

Advantages: great performance, touching story
Disadvantages: none

...Before Sunrise is a drama made in 1995. It was directed by Richard Linklater. This film has a second part which was made in 2001 and its title is Before Sunset. Richard Linklater is an American film director, producer, screenplay writer and also actor. He directed for example the Fast Food Nation. Before Sunset stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke. The running time of the film is 105 minutes. It was released in January 1995. The screenplay was written by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan. The classification of this film is 15 years and over. Main cast ------------- Julie Delpy ? Céline Ethan Hawke ? Jesse Plot ------- Jesse and Céline travel on the same train from Budapest to Paris. Jesse observes Céline and founds a reason how to talk to her. Jesse is an American young man who goes to Vienna from where his flight goes back to...

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Before Sunset

Advantages: Masterful performances, pacing, visually stunning, touching story.
Disadvantages: May lack something without knowlege of the first film.

...I am a relative newcomer to the world of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. Even though the first film, released in 1995, has built up a large cult following since it's release, I had to admit that until fairly recently, I was rather oblivious to it all. However, a number of people kept advising that I see it, and eventually I did, and was completely blown away. The simple tale of characters falling in love over the course of one night had so much more depth than I possibly could have imagined. Once I had seen the first, I was going to have to see the second, even though I have never encountered a sequel that managed to live up to the first film. However, one thirty mile trip into London to see it later, and I'm happy to say that this is the first sequel I've ever seen that manages to be equal the first film in every way, and in some...

eddie7sf 02.08.2004 · Read review
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Last Action Hero Film Review

Advantages: Action
Disadvantages: This isn't 'The Terminator'

...So here we have a farewell to the darker, Terminator stuff of Arnie's earlier career; a tasteless, clumsy mix of action, comedy and satire; one of the biggest flops of 1993 and the 1990s in general. For all the things that people have labelled Last Action Hero down the years, however, I still can't bring myself to hate it. It's hardly amazing, I'll admit, but I'd still much rather watch this than half the action films that come out these days. It's a self-conscious parody of action movie clichés (made famous primarily by Schwarzenegger himself) and for the most part it comes across quite entertaining. There's plenty of moments concerned with Arnie blowing shit up and making witty remarks about it; and he even meets his real-life counterpart face-to-face and gets the opportunity to poke some fun at himself. Confused? Allow me to...

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True love before daybreak?

Advantages: The closest ot perfection you will ever see
Disadvantages: Nil, none, zip & zero!

...Before Sunrise is a film for the hopeless romantics amongst us all, for those who believe in love and especially love at first sight. It is the story of Jesse (Ethan Hawke), an American who has been touring Europe and is heading towards Vienna airport to catch his plane back home, and Celine (Julie Delpy), a French woman heading back home. They meet on a train heading through Austria when Celine moves away from a couple that spend their journey arguing all the time. The humour of the couple gives them something to talk about and it doesn't take long before the two of them find a connection, that indefinable something that brings two people together. With only an evening and morning before his flight home Jesse knows he has to act know, when the train reaches Vienna and he has to get off he acts spontaneously and asks Celine to get...

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Battlefield Action Like Never Before

Advantages: Story | Action | Graphics | Officers | Armies | Style | Strategy
Disadvantages: Not Enough Mini Battles | Can Be Repetitive At Times | Can Be Unbalanced

...This is a review of the newest game in the Kessen series called Kessen III, unlike the previous Kessen game, this game is set in feudal Japan from the Samurai Warriors game, instead of it being based on Dynasty Warriors. This is a game that was created by KOEI in the year of 2004. It is a game mixed with Action and Strategy to make this one hell of a game. You get to control units from massive armies to unite the land of Japan and bring peace to the country. You will experience battlefield action like never before in the whole new battle system. New Features All-new Crown Engine delivers real-time combat action which will allow you to experience the max out of your units. Take direct control of a wide array of historically accurate troops, including footmen, infantry, cavalry, riflemen, archers and lots more for you to give...

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Before Sunrise

Advantages: Beautiful storytelling, wonderful dialog, moving performances.
Disadvantages: None.

..."If there's any kind of magic in this world, it must be in the attempt of understanding someone, sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed, but... who cares, really? The answer must be in the attempt." - Celine, Before Sunrise. Before Sunrise is one of the closest things to cinematic perfection that I ever seen. This may seem like a slightly strange way to open a review, but in this case it seems apt. I find everything about this film to be perfect, and although I can usually find flaws in the films that I adore the most, I have yet to find anything within Before Sunrise that doesn't work for me. The performances are spot on. The story simple yet beautfiul. The conversations amongst the most intelligent I have heard within American film. So why didn't anybody seem to see the film when it first appeared? Why...

eddie7sf 13.08.2004 · Read review
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Before Sunset- As brilliant as its predecessor Before Sunrise

Advantages: Story.Characters.Realistic feel
Disadvantages: Wanted it to be longer in duration!

...The sequel to the romantic film before sunrise took almost a decade to come out. Before sunrise ended with the lovers(strangers is a better word actually) going apart in the railway station. For years, different viewers must have thought of a different end to the story.We kept wondering how the story really ended. I don't think that the sequel was on the cards initially, but probably the makers felt there was a possibility of a sequel here. Who's complaining? What we have here is a film which is equally beautiful, romantic and realistic. Its usually hard to match up to the first film of a series but this is an exception. If people thought they had met after those months and got together, they are in for a surprise(Then again, they would not have made another film if they already ended up together in the first place). The story continues...

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It's always romantic Before Sunset

Advantages: Original in many ways, Moving, Thought-provoking
Disadvantages: Takes some of the prequel's magic away

...Julie Delpy?s Celine again and he has just a few hours until his plane leaves to say everything he?s been harboring for the last 9 years. However, it appears as if barely a week has passed since their last encounter: During their Parisian stroll their unbelievable chemistry is gloriously presented for us to cherish and give us quite a few things to reflect on. ***The Qualities*** ?Before Sunset? caught me completely off-guard with its many highlights when I first saw it and inconspicuously became one of my favourite movies, ever. The biggest draw has to be its pace. Even though it is basically two people talking, Jessie and Celine?s connection really carries the audience and time blurs past as you see the sparks fly out. With many contemporary movies feeling overlong despite using every CGI trick in the book, it really baffles me...

Magrippinho 09.06.2007 · Read review
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Before I Said Goodbye, It Turned Out Ok

Advantages: Interesting premise, great ending
Disadvantages: Really shallow lead character makes the story unbelievable.

...pages were by far the best and although I'd been able to take it or leave it for much of the middle, I couldn't put it down in the end. In the final 5 pages I found myself feeling the emotions I'd really wanted to feel all the way through and ended the story with a lump in my throat and feeling pleased I'd persevered, as at one point I was on the verge of giving up completely. The only thing that kept me going was that I had nothing else with me to read. Conclusion Overall, I found this a disappointing book. While there were highs to the story, they just didn't outweigh the lows completely for me. The premise was great. It looked at how a mother's actions can affect her children, if it's possible to find forgiveness and is history always destined to repeat itself. It tackles a more taboo area, of a mother being selfish rather than...

Rhiana 03.09.2009 · Read review
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