Advantages: None, special effects ok i guess
Disadvantages: Plot holes.

...I really hoped that this was going to be a great film, the trailer looked good, the special effects looked good but unfortunatly it is applaing. Why? I don't think they ever really decided what the film was going to be. Firstly, you had the element of space travel aka 2001 style. Then you had the element of planet exploration and then the element of "mystical aliens". Unforutantly these 3 plot strands did not come together at all. The conclusion to the film was quite simply appaling and completly unbelievable especially if you know anything about what the face on Mars really is. I have to say this is the worst sci fi film since Lost in space, a real shame but a really really bad film.... Read review

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Advantages: Great music
Disadvantages: n/a

...The Spice Girls are back with their latest single and video. Both of outstounding quality. Its called Holler Holler and it has taken them 1 year to produce, remix and finally complete! All 4 girls sing to the best of their abilty and there is even a dance routine to go long with it! CD1 Holler (Radio Edit) Let Love Lead The Way (Radio Edit) Holler (MAW Remix) Holler (Video Interactive Element) CD2 Let Love Lead The Way (Radio Edit) Holler (Radio Edit) Holler (MAW Tribal Vocal) Behind-the-scenes interactive element (4x30 second clips) Let Love Lead The Way (Video Interactive Element) CD2 comes with 4 postcards, one of each girl. Very nice pictures if I do say... Read review

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Advantages: Can help nutritionally, and perhaps for a cold
Disadvantages: Too much upsets the stomach

...Zinc is an essential trace element and it is quite possible to become moderately deficient. Serious deficiency is rare though - seen at its worst in the inherited disease 'acrodermatitis enteropathica'. Only people in real trouble would get this bad. Most people with zinc deficiency in the West have it as a result of some other disease affecting nutrition: bowel disease and the like. So a moderate supplement - well under the R.D.A. of 15 micrograms of elemental zinc - is as much as most people are likely to need. For a cold, it may be worth taking 25 micrograms with Vitamin C for a few days but it's not a good idea to take too much for too long: it can interfere with copper absorption. Also, there's no need for complicated formulations - just buy whatever's cheapest in terms of elemental zinc content and take it with a glass of milk.... Read review

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Advantages: Some of the 'suspense' moments are very good
Disadvantages: Most of the romantic moments are a little passe

...Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman (who looks waaaaaay too thin in this film) star in this romantic comedy that also has touches of suspense (in a light teen-horror kind of way). Herein lies the problem. The film starts as a romantic film, then moves to comedy then to suspense without sufficiantly entwining the elements together. The romantic element of the film is standard hollywood pap but the suspense element makes up for it. The plot? Well, the two sisters (Bullock, Kidman) are witches and they inherit a curse that prevents them from falling in love. The film revolves around the central theme of whether these sisters might break the curse. In my opinion, Bullock puts in a good performance but yet again she stars in a distinctly average film.... Read review

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Advantages: very good for soles
Disadvantages: too heavy for skating vert

...Roces "5th elements" area great pair of inline skates. I paid £300 for my pair, now you may think that is quite expensive, but really that's not a lot as inline skates no cost a lot of money. This pair of skates has lasted me from September 1998 to today! They are very agressive skates and it is very easy to do tricks on poles and curbs. I find a topside X grind very easy on theses skates as they have a lot of sole room. However, there is one catch to these almost perfect skates! It is quite hard to skate on ramps as they are quite heavy, so if you are in to vert skating these are not for you! I have come to the conclusion that these are very good skates and are well worth the money you spend on them. I would buy another pair and reccomend them to anybody who is into aggressive inline skating.... Read review

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...This album is Missy's best offering to date. She collaborates with many well-known, talented artists to provide an album thats has elements to suit any mood. Her collaboration with Aaaliyah provides the sexy element, while her collaboration with Eminem provides the pop/mainstream element. I think the track "Hot Boyz" is fabulous, however I prefer the remix with Nas, Eve and Q-Tip. I was a little disappointed that this was not included in the album. Overall, this album is excellent and better than the first. Missy provides her trademark solid beats to perfection. I would recommend this album to those that like their Hip-Hop but with an R&B flava.... Read review

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Advantages: All
Disadvantages: None

...What can I say what you don’t already know this guy is the best dj in the world, with only carl cox close. He is also a top producer in acts such as planet perfecto and element 4. Planet perfectos biggest hits are not over yet, which is a heavy vocal track made for summer, and the dance floor filler bullet in the gun which seems to have never gona away from the last time it was released. Element 4 his collaboration with andy gray, theese two made the big brother theme tune which is class.... Read review

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Advantages: SFX, soundtrack, acting, story...everything
Disadvantages: None whatsoever

...The Fifth Element was one of the most eagerly awaited movies of 1997 for me. Bruce Willis has always been a firm action film fave, so I found it compelling to go to the cinema to watch a Sci-Fi film, directed by Besson, starring Willis and sure to include some great special effects! The film is a classic Good Vs Evil storyline. Every 5000 years, evil comes to wipe out life in the Universe. Only one thing can stop it, the unity of the five elements. Wait, there are only four elements aren't there? I hear you cry! Earth, Water, Wind and Fire. Well, in this, as the title suggests, there is a Fifth Element and a mighty fine Element she is too. The perfect being to repel Evil for another 5000 years. Luc Besson decided to pull on all the talents of his Gallic chums for this one. Jean Paul Gaultier designed the costumes, which are totally... Read review

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Advantages: action, story, humour, chris rock, background settings
Disadvantages: none

...Before I even start reviewing this I can only say one thing: This is the best Luc Besson movie around ! In every way. Starring Bruce Willis as Corben Dallas, an ex decorated special unit soldier (apparently the only one of his kind that survived !)now working as a cab driver, Milla Jovovich as the fifth element and our very own 'Bilbo Baggins' (well the actor who stars as him in LOTR, Iam Holm) as the mad priest, who helped hide the initial key to the fifth element. This is an absolutley "don't-put-down-until-its-over" movie ! It has amazing background settings all set in the distant future, although the movie initially starts in egypt at one of the pyramids, brilliant costumes all done by Versace, an amazing storyline with a bit of a moral behind it in that the fifth element is not only a woman but that the essential element... Read review

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Advantages: Watch it... and again... and again... : it's just GREAT!
Disadvantages: If you don't like Sci-Fi, nor Luc Besson... well it's a very bad start to enjoy this movie!

...Why speaking today about this Luc Besson's movie released in 1997, rather than speaking about the latest film released, out now at the cinema or either the film on the TV tonight? ... well... why not? So, those of you who can recognize the following names: Korben Dallas, Leeloo and Rubbbbbbbbbby Rhooooooooooooode can read another opinion; they already know all about what I am going to say and there is a great chance that they enjoyed this movie (ok... i know some people hated it, but eh! different tastes make the world go round!). For the others, here is briefly the beginning of the history: Year 1914, an alien vessel lands near an old egyptian temple to get some artefacts back : the 5 elements (representing the water, the earth, the fire, the air and... the Fifth : silly you, did you really believed i would tell what is the Fifth... Read review

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