The Birth Of A Nation

Advantages: Important film in film making history
Disadvantages: Contraversial. I don't agree with the views of the film, a little too long

...The Birth of a Nation is a black and white silent film from 1915. It?s not a film I had heard of before, and the reason I watched it was because it was on the film list for a course I am taking at university. The film is based on a novel by Thomas Dixon called ?The Clansmen?. I had read up a little bit about the film before I started watching it so I wasn?t as surprised as I might have been about the content. The film was (and still is) controversial for promoting white supremacy, and I thought most of it was quite racist! The film was regarded as a very important film in its day as it used many new filming techniques which hadn?t been seen before. This is one of the main reasons that it was chosen as part of my course. I found the film interesting as I had never seen anything like it before, although I understand why it is seen as...

ivytoad 21.09.2009 · Read review
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Rise of Nations

Advantages: Nation boundaries, All ages from prehistoric to modern
Disadvantages: None

...Rise of Nations is a real time strategy combined with a turn based tactical game. It was released in May 2003. --- the BASICS --- In RoN, the player is challenged to take over the world following individual battles. In addition to the campaign, gamers can also choose to play maps against AI or online opponents. In this game, the player have to gather resources (food, wood, coin and metal; oil later in the game) and amass knowledge in order to build / upgrade units and advance through the ages, while fighting against the enemy. There are 8 ages of the game - Ancient, Classical, Medieval, Gunpowder, Enlightenment, Industrial, Modern and Information age. With each age come better units and more powerful vehicles / ships. --- the AGES --- (Ancient) This is where the standard game start. During this age the units are virtually useless...

ecolier 17.10.2009 · Read review
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Express around the Nation?

Advantages: cheaper than flying/trains at short notice
Disadvantages: much slower than most other transport options

...So after my happy experience travelling the other weekend I'm off on my travels again, this time risking a foray in to the world which my parents inhabit. So as Bolton has no airport, Lydd has no train station but both have bus stops it seems logical that I would consider getting the coach to Bolton. This is as far as I know the only national coach service in the UK (although in Scotland it is run under the City Link name) and is a member of the european Eurolines coach network. I booked my travel using the nationalexpress.com website the site is mildly confusing if you don't want to use one of the their funfare or travel from one of their more popular stops. A full list of their stops is given if you click on the red text below the drop down boxes 'Cant find your destination' which gives you the option of typing your departure...

scuba_angel 24.04.2007 (15.04.2007) · Read review
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National Treasure

Advantages: read opp
Disadvantages: read opp

...National Treasure has to be one of my favourite Disney Movies in the last 10 years, and even though I think of myself logically too old for Disney films, this particular film has such a likeable, watchable quality to it, and at times reminds me of my younger years. For me national treasure has everything, action, comedy, family feel movie, yet at the same time not too cheesy. The cast is brilliant, and with the addition of Nicholas Cage, Sean Bean and Jon Voight, this film certainly has some of Hollywood's best. Plot: The story is set in America, and the plot centres around Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage), who is a obsessed historian, who's family through generations have believe in a legend that their was gold hidden somewhere in America, by the founding fathers of America, to protect it from British Soldiers. However, to...

jaygami1986 27.10.2008 · Read review
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National security

Advantages: great action and great humour
Disadvantages: none

...release from prison he starts to search for the man with the tattoo, unwittingly bumping into Earl during another warehouse robbery, as both Hank and Earl happen to be working for the same security company?National Security? With both men now searching for the same target they begrudgingly team up to do it? --------------------------------------------------- *Characters Martin Lawrence - Earl Montgomery Steve Zhan - Hank Rafferty Colm Feore - Detective Frank McDuff Bill Duke - Lieutenant Washington Eric Roberts - Nash Timothy Busfield - Charlie Reed Robinne Lee - Denise Matt McCoy - Robert Barton Brett Cullen - Heston **IN CONCLUSION** I have watched this a few times and have never become bored with the fast action of what is a well written movie? Although the story is nothing new, with it being your standard...

blissman70 24.08.2008 · Read review
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TEAM USA

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...It may suprise some people, but America have actually got a pretty good record in World Cup. The USA were involved in some of the very first World Cups in the 1930s, some twenty years before England or any other home nation did so themselves. They cannot kid themselves that they invented the game though, and the truth now is they are really not very good. A spectacularly bad performance in France ’98 where they lost all their games and worse still losing to Iran is hopefully for them not on the cards again. I would not bet against it though. Some bright person decided that it would be a good idea to host the 1994 World Cup, a festival for the very best teams in the world in America. It would be a kick start to give the game a new popularity. Sadly it never happened, they would rather play some stupid rounders that they copied...

Chris_Padden 23.05.2002 · Read review
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fans 'United'

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...What can I say that hasn't already been said about England's most prolific football club. Most people know everything from the Munich air disaster to the treble season of 1998/99, two hugely differing events in the history of an absolutely fantastic football team. I personally have been priveleged to support such a great side ever since my birth in 1986, and having gone on to see them roughly 500 times in various areas of the country (and the world). Manchester United PLC. Chairman - Sir Roy Gardner Chief Executive - David Gill Manchester United FC Manager - Sir Alex Ferguson Assistant Manager - Carlos Queiroz President - Martin Edwards Formed - 1878 (formerly Newton Heath but name changed to Manchester United in 1902) The club also gave me the greatest day of my life - even though ive seen them play so many times...

MUFCboi 04.12.2004 · Read review
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Review of Manchester United

The Damned United Film Review

Advantages: Story, Characters
Disadvantages: The depiction of Billy Bremner

...It'd be interesting to see who comes out as the winner in a most hated poll between controversial ex-football manager Brian Clough and fallen giants Leeds United, considering that critics and opposing fans have expressed their hatred for both down the years. And whereas The Damned United -- a film which depicts Clough's 44-day employment at the club -- will hardly drastically alter people's opinions on either of the subjects, it is still an incredibly involving [British] drama that warrants the attention of anyone interested in football. The same can be said of the book by David Peace, from which the film's story is based upon. Despite friends and family reacting angrily to the author's depiction of Clough's erratic train of thought, it really is a fascinating, semi-fictionalised account of one of the sport's most popular figures. Tom...

andycarrington 26.08.2009 · Read review
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National, yes. Express, no.

Advantages: wide range of destinations; cheaper than train
Disadvantages: journey times sometimes excessively long

...When you need to get home from university for a weekend and can't get a lift from your parents, or if you're visiting someone on the other side of the country in the holidays, you need a method of transport that's cheap and reliable. After hours of looking through train times and realising that even the shortest journey would cut quite heavily into my student loan, I decided to give National Express a go, hearing that their fares were relatively cheap, and that they travelled to a wide range of destinations. BOOKING: Booking your coach tickets is easy. If you have Internet access, and are willing to submit your credit/debit card details online, then this is probably the easiest option. Tickets booked online are mailed to you free of charge if you book far enough in advance, but if your ticket is for travel soon after the tickets...

emmorticia 06.05.2003 · Read review
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A National treasure

Advantages: Always somewhere new to visit
Disadvantages: None I can think of

...membership is £1140 and is for two adults living at the same address and their children or grandchildren if under 18. Two cards cover the family. You can also join the National Trust in the USA and this is called the Royal Oak Foundation which is based in New York. You can join online at the National Trust website or at any or the properties. Their telephone number is 0870 458 4000, open 9 ? 5.30 Monday to Friday and 9 ? 4 at weekends. As well as free entrance to properties and gardens you are also entitled to free parking at the Trusts many car parks. This has already saved us lots of money as we visit a Trust beach at Llanbedrog on the Lleyn Peninsula and having membership means we don?t have to pay. The handbook which accompanies your membership pack is invaluable and provides essential information on all the properties...

gardenguru1 10.08.2004 · Read review
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