Advantages: Really impressive action adventure score, one of the best of 2005
Disadvantages: Some action scenes a little unremarkable

...OTHER STUFF 1. King Kong (1:09) 2. A Fateful Meeting (4:17) 3. Defeat is Always Momentary (2:48) 4. It's in the Subtext (3:20) 5. Two Grand (2:35) 6. The Venture Departs (4:03) 7. Last Blank Space on the Map (4:44) 8. It's Deserted (7:09) 9. Something Monstrous… Neither Beast Nor Man (2:38) 10. Head Towards the Animals (2:48) 11. Beautiful (4:09) 12. Tooth and Claw (6:18) 13. That's All There Is (3:26) 14. Captured (2:26) 15. Central Park (4:36) 16. The Empire State Building (2:36) 17. Beauty Killed the Beast I (2:00) 18. Beauty Killed the Beast II (2:23) 19. Beauty Killed the Beast III (2:15) 20. Beauty Killed the Beast IV (4:46) 21. Beauty Killed the Beast V (4:14) Produced by James Newton Howard & Jim Weidman Music Composed by James Newton Howard Additional Music by Blake Neely & Chris P. Bacon Performed... Read review

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Advantages: amazing story, the best actors/actresses, costumes amazing. EVERYTHING!
Disadvantages: expensive tickets, but they are worth it.

...I am a keen lover of all things singing and dancing. I have loved the ‘Disney’ story of The Lion King since it came out at the cinema, and was dying to see the show at the Lyceum Theatre. I was lucky enough to see this award winning musical last year. The story: Young Simba is son of the King of Pride Rock, Mufasa, so is heir to the throne. Simba (a lion) meets Nala (a lioness) when they are young, and they become best of friends. The beginning of the story tracks their friendship, which turns into love when we see them age. Simba’s father dies, when Scar (the baddie!) kills him in order to be King. Simba is supposed to become king, but Scar ends up taking over the throne through his lying to Simba and banishing him from Pride Rock. Nala finds Simba, who has befriended Timone and Pumbaa, a warthog and his... Read review

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Advantages: Visually stunning
Disadvantages: Musically disappointing

...From people I’d spoken to and ops I had read on Ciao I was expected to be blown away by ‘The Lion King’. I saw it on Thursday and though it was good I didn’t feel it was up to the hype surrounding it so thought I’d give an alternate side to all those rave reviews! First what was great … The puppetry and the way the animals were portrayed was fantastic - especially at the start of the show where most of the animals parade into the theatre. Best of all was a huge , and baby, elephant that ambled onto the stage! I enjoyed the fact that you could see exactly how the puppetry was being worked - there was no attempt to hide the person who formed part of the animal and controlled it’s actions. Also, these people were very good at conveying the movements of the animals they represented. It would... Read review

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Advantages: great animation, good music, 5 discs
Disadvantages: expensive

...that the first Lion king film exceeds me almost altogether on repeating a movie I have already watched more than 7 times. So after saying all that I will have to repeat - this release is a 5 disc set. It is enough discs for me and I think it is to be enough discs for you. For now I will just say that the better king of talking animal movies would always be a Disney film just like the jungle book, bambi, dalmations and many more; I saw all Disney films like this at the pictures. Also I brought each of these films on a package of DVDs. The highlights of the lion king film are: 1. many top animations very close to africa. 2. Some of Disney's most admirable music. It is a notch of sone of the most attaching, and perfectly recorded songs to ever be placed on a film. great African singing. 3. Performances of an amazing language, from... Read review

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Advantages: A lovely characters and overall story.
Disadvantages: Lengthy and too much going on!

...Hello fellow Ciaoers! I've been away for a while now but I'm back and ready to write! My next review is on one of my favourite films: Anna and the King. I have always loved this film and there have been many makes and re-makes of this film but this latest crack at it, is by far my favourite! As always I shall include a couple of quotes for your amusment from the critics!! "A richly satisfying mix of history, drama and romance." Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS "Holds its own against the beloved 1956 musical The King and I." Steve Murray, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION "Even folks familiar with the original accounts will find much to enjoy in the new one." Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER I personally would agree with every last quote here! Well that's done, now on to the boring gritty bits! ***TECHIE STUFF... Read review

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Advantages: Stephen King related lyrics, Hansi Kürsch, Awesome cover song
Disadvantages: Not as good if you are not a Stephen King fan

...Being the King fan I am, a review of the most recent music album to relate to his works is inevitable. Please bear this in mind, and consider that you might find this album less exciting if you are not a King fan, as many of the albums songs handle passages and characters from his books. I personally love this album, but some of the songs would lose much of their charm to me if I did not appreciate the Stephen King references. The album consists of 10 tracks of total running time 49:20 minutes. The track list is as follows: 1. Crimson King 2. Beneath These Waves 3. Terror Train 4. Seize The Day 5. The Gunslinger 6. Love's Tragedy Asunder 7. Wicked Witch 8. Dorian 9. Down Where I Am 10. Immigrant Song Well, let's go through the songs one by one, shall we? 1. Crimson King Ah. The Crimson King... Read review

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Advantages: Great performances, full of action and excellent fighting scenes, excellent storyline
Disadvantages: The Scorpion King is made out to be evil in The Mummy Returns

...Warrior. Legend. King. Introduction After watching The Mummy saga and being incredibly pleased with them, my girlfriend and I decided to watch The Scorpion King. The movie was released in 2002 just after The Mummy Returns was released in 2001. The film of course features The Scorpion King, who was resurrected in The Mummy Returns. This movie tells a story of a small section of The Scorpion Kings life back when he really alive. Plot It's ancient Egypt again; as always there is an evil king, this one named Memnon. His sorcerer, Cassandra, has psychic powers which give her the ability to see into the future. Memnon uses Cassandra to his advantage to stop attacks on his kingdom, to capture those that thieve and of course, to help him take over the world, as all greedy kings do. Mathayus and his two brothers are Akkadian... Read review

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