Falling Movie Reviews

Using the NIV text as the basis, these DVD's are a film recording of the gospel of Matthew. All the dialog, narration, everything is directly from the Bible.

The wonder of these videos, however, is the fact that they are able to make you think. While sticking so closely to the Bible and with well researched visuals, the producers, directors, and actors give their own interpretation of the story, which allows you to open your eyes to something new. The best example of this is Bruce Marchiano's portrayal of Jesus. Instead of the solemn, serious person you usually picture, here we see a person who enjoyed life, laughed, and had some fun in between dealing with the serious issues of life. When I first watched these videos, it made me look at my preconceived ideas of God very differently.

While expensive, these DVD's are worth checking out for a different perspective on a familiar tale.

Warning, a few spoilers here! I am a big fan of Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep, especially Deniro. So, I know I liked this film more than people who aren't appreciative of them would. Still, its nice to finally see a film for adults that does not have profanity, violence, or nudity. That is a rarity these days. There is good chemistry between these 2 actors and the only other film they were in together was "The Deer Hunter", another great film!. I could not take my eyes off of them, especially DeNiro! I only wish they had done more films together. There must be other big ones in them, so I hope they do! The movie builds up the tension nicely before they really meet and get to know each other, and I found myself really wanting them to meet even though they are married to other people. I did not find it plausible that in a city of so many millions that they would bump into each other as much, but hey, if they did not, we wouldn't have the movie. Each character has a friend in which they confide (Streep ruluctantly so) about the possibililty of an affair, and their friends are'nt really concerned that they might lose their marriages as they have allready played around some. DeNiro's friend, played by Harvey Keitel, is getting divorced and likes the change, so its frustrating that no one tells them the obvious, that an affair changes things for good. It is a treat seeing DeNiro and Keitel together again. These 2 great actors were first seen together in 1973's "Mean Streets"! Check that one out if you want to see chemistry between those 2 although to warn you, it is a very violent film! After seeing them in the gritty, realisic "Mean Streets" its hard to imagine them in business suits chatting. The 2nd film they were in together is 1976's "Taxi Driver" a film I rate even higher than these 2 films! A powerful study of loneliness in isolation in a city, "Taxi Driver" is one of my all-time faves.

Ok, back to this review. This movie starts out pretty thoughtful, showing what falling in love can do to one's married life where you allready have commitments, but I felt that the end was not as realistic as the characters deserved, but I am not one for unhappy endings and I really wanted to see these 2 characters happy. I know, its a cliche, someone running to meet someone on a train that has allready left, but I love romance and I know I'd want Robert DeNiro running after me! Streep does a great job at showing her inner turmoil and resulting guilty feelings as she knows she has spent time w/Frank (DeNiro's character)and not with her ailing parent. The sadness and the stress that this romance causes her is human and real. Its sweet to see these approaching midlife characters become caught up in an all-new blush of love! They are in each other's thoughts, especially when away from each other. I thought DeNiro did a nice job in the hard-to-watch scene where his wife sees his moodiness and asks him what's wrong and he is caught up in this delemma of wanting to be really happy and not wanting to hurt his wife and family. One thing the screenwriter could have clarified better is what actually brings these 2 characters together? since they have great lives living in nice neighborhoods and shop in upscale places. Streep's character, Molly, had a serious dud of a husband, so there I can see why a bit, but Frank seems happy w/his 2 children and married life. So I only wish this fun-to-watch film had been longer so we could get a sense of the why.

I want to also add that with the not-strong plot, this movie really needed 2 strong performances and DeNiro and Streep give it all they got. Their facial expressions are just perfect and wonderful in their subtlety and complexity. You can tell, just from watching their faces and the way their eyes move, what the weak script could not portray, so to me, that is a true test of great acting and they deliver!

Frank and Molly try to make love, and I won't say what happens but I really wish their attempt at love-making had been longer. I know, its more of a feeling oflove film, but with their chemistry that would have been something. In these times where hollywood always portrays infidelities w/violence and carnality, a film like this is memorable and greatly needed.

And its so refreshing to see DeNiro in an unviolent role where he is not playing a threatening, mean character who mistreats women, so this film showcases a different side of his acting. If you want to see a very rare, gentler DeNiro, as I do, I also recommend "Stanley and Iris". You can tell this film was made in the 80's and they should have given Streep less frumpy clothes to wear, but the theme is timeless--2 people who have something between them that they know is there. That other person makes them feel good. They don't know what to do with these feelings of fondness for the other but they do want to feel something.

This is an undervalued film to which critics did not give great reviews and was not a box-office hit, but box office records mean little when you look at the load of pitiful movies that have action w/no character development and I feel the critics did not give this film a chance. That was partly due to the fact that there were huge expectations in these 2 actors and if it had been 2 other actors the critics would not have been as serious. They kept saying that one problem was that there was not much to it, but that is what I like about this film--I felt there was allready enough plot in the film and there isn't the overload of plot and subplots that most movies have. This movie does not assault you like so many w/choppy editing and loudness and action, thankfully! If you want your 100% us rda of DeNiro and want to complete your Streep collection, this is definitely for you. If you do not, you still get a fun movie about love.

Someone said in their review that he/she didn't know if Streep was still with her husband at the end, and called this film''TRIPE'' because of it, and because of it having been left to our own imagination [paraphrasing]....

Don't blame a FILM just because YOU aren't paying attention. Her girlfriend [Weist], while walking down the street with Streep at the end, very deliberately suggested to Streep about fixing her up with someone, or her possibly finding someone at a function, and the way the scene went, that friend's attempts and concerns of finding a new mate for her was played to appear to be going on for a long time.... because she is obviously alone/single again at the end of the film!

I watched this film years ago, taped it on a blank with all of Streeps other films consecutively on blanks, and had to own it in it's cover. There isn't a single thing anyone can pick at in this beauty .....it is FLAWLESS, and one of the greatest of a simple little love story... EVER MADE! ....We've all been there [those of us fortunate enough to have had such a love].

De Niro and Streep did an exceptional job in this romantic film. The love felt between the characters is very touching. I am a helpless romantic,therefore, this film is a plus and a must for romantics to see.

I have to admit that I got this movie because Colin Farrell is in it. For those of you thinking about the same thing (warning! vague plot spoiler!) he isn't a major character, nor the main love interest. However, considering the movie aside from that, the actors do a good job and I enjoyed the movie just the same. It's too gritty to be classified as a romance, really, but I think it's all the better for that.

First of all, I want to say that this movie was shot on the Beara peninsula in southwestern Ireland, not anywhere near Dingle, which is miles and miles away. How do I know that? I know it because Beara is my mother's birthplace and I have spent many months living there during my life. In fact, the "farm" location of this picture is only about a quarter mile from my own. The village (with all the modern elements painted out) is our village of Eyeries. The graveyard by the sea is the old cemetery of Kilcatherine.

That said I found this movie to be a very run-of-the-mill romantic melodrama in, what must be for most viewers, an exoctic locale. Some of the acting was good, some was dreadful. The best job was done by Liam Cunningham in the role of Mossie Sheehan. I found his portrayal of the silently yearning and misunderstood neighbor to be quite wonderful. And, he captured the rather difficult Beara accent beautifully. Most of the other actors are adequate, though no more. I found the heroine, played by Elizabeth Dermot-Walsh, to be barely believable in her role. Some of the plot is so inconsistent as to really puzzle.

And the saddest thing about this movie is the use made of some of the most glorious scenery this world has to offer. Beara is a peninsula with a thick spine of mountain, surrounded by the ocean (Bantry Bay to the south, Kenmare Bay to the north). Most of the movie seems to have been shot toward the mountains and in the rain. There are very few scenes shot in good weather and only a few glimpses of the astonishing vista over the ocean (during the burial of Neillie Scholard) and the morning when Beth talks to her daughter about how beautiful the day is. Maybe the shooting schedule took place during a rainy period, but this is a pity.

FALLING FOR A DANCER IS THE BEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN SINCE GONE WITH THE WIND.IT HAS EVERYTHING, MY FAVORITE CHARACTER IS
MOSHA, BUT MY MOST PITIFUL CHARACTER IS NEELEY. ONE CAN FEEL THE LOVE HE HAS FOR ELIZABETH,BUT DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SHOW HER TENDERNESS. DANIEL LET HER FEEL THE PASSION SHE HAD LONGED FOR,
BUT IT BACK-FIRED ON THEM. MOSHA IS WONDERFUL , BUT I THINK THEY MADE HIM LOOK TOO MUCH LIKE A STALKER. FABULOUS MOVIE!!!

"A tale of urban reality". It's not like this round our bit of urban. Michael 'nepotism' Douglas stars as either a victim of modern society frustrated to the point of madness by the callousness of a post-industrial wilderness where the rights of the individual are challenged at every turn and decency and civility are lost in a maelstrom of consumerism and corporate heartlessness, or a self-obsessed moany nutter - take your pick.

The best bit is right at the start in the convenience store because the Korean bloke's hilarious, but it's got a good cast including Robert Duvall and Barbara 'obvious nickname' Hershey.

The best part of this movie happened in the army/navy supply store. The guy Nick played his part so well that one couldn't help but be impressed. Even the most politically correct people can't help but laugh at him. Nick was the movie and well someone should tell Duval to play another role besides a cop.

Falling Down...a movie that I bought after hearing about the main character, Bill (his name is said maybe once or twice in the whole movie). Bill does everything I want to do. He holds up a resturant hostage (sort of) after being just a few minutes late to order a breakfast, smashes up a small store that charges too much for a can of Coke, stab and shoot a Nazi because he smashed his daughter's birthday present (that really made me mad, I don't like seeing kid's stuff broken), and much more.

The whole movie has a real weird vibe to it. Maybe because it takes place on a hot day, when Bill gets out of his car in the middle of this massive traffic jam, and goes home. After that, he goes on his own little quest to make it home for his daughter's birthday. The only problem is, a lot of people side track him, and that's when he stops dealing with it. Bill is awesome. I want to be his friend. I swear this movie is like a game. Every time he pays a "visit" to a place, he gets a new weapon. A baseball bat, butterfly knives, a gym bag full of guns, a rocket launcher, everything. Bill is the man as far as I'm concerned.

There's more to the movie than that, as it's about Bill and a cop who is on his last day before retirement. His part of the movie's ok, but Bill is where the action's at. In the end, the two meet, and it's a very sad ending for such a good movie. All Bill wants to do is go home, and all the cop wants to do is have a good last day and make it home ok.

The DVD has no real extras worth mentioning, but that doesn't matter, this is one of the best movies I've seen all year. Michael Douglas is now a king in my book.

A decent movie about a cycle of poverty and addiction...Brittany Murphy and Jeremy Jordan (yes, Jeremy "The Right Kind of Love" Jordan!) stand out with their performances in an otherwise Lifetime-movie-of-the-week caliber film. Worth a watch, for sure, and at a low price might be worth purchasing if you're a big Murphy or JJ fan...

This touching film has truely moved me! Brittney Murphey did an AMAZING job! this film follows a single part in poverty with daughter (murphey) and is so incredibly INSPIRATIONAL and TOUCHING! with many SHOCKING and SUPRISING twists and turns! ITS SURE TO BE LOVED, it should be a LAW for EVERYONE TO WATCH IT!

I loved this film, don't get me wrong. there was absulutely no problems with what the film contained. It was rather intresting the way the story line devolped and the "mini- stories" that went along with the music. in a way that did devolp a plot in this movie, but in a way, it was not enough. There was no real purpose on this film, no center focus at all. Instead the director jumps from story line to story line which makes it a little more diffricult to enjoy. If the director kept with one ongoing theme thought each one suite then this film would be a five star film.

Otherwise this film is a thumbs up to the Yo Yo Ma fan. This film makes an intresting depiction on Yo Yo Ma and his Cello style. Yo Yo Ma once again demonstrates the bueaty of the cello because each and eveery scene shows an image that goes along with all the movements. for example, the flower garden was used to describe one of the suites making Yo Yo Ma painting more of a picture, than just playing the cello. This type of film engages the veiwers' attention and makes this film enjoyable.

Some of the talks with Yo Yo Ma are really worth the time to listen to. If you were a cellist, you could understand his style and really just coping his style by the pictures he implies.

For instance, on one of the suites he uses it to descibe a garden. Then going from there Yo Yo Ma shows the many ways one movement can show a Garden of some sort. there are many intresting aspects to this including with such a skilled director making this film.

If you have the Not Falling video or have seen it on TV, there isn't much on this DVD worth getting. The documentary is not nearly as informative or entetaining as the Dig DVD was, and overall the video is not nearly as interesting either. But for the diehards, you'll find something to like about it.

Great DVD of the Not Falling video, however my only complaint is that they cut part of the song towards the end. Not a huge deal but when you start to get into it the verse changes unexpectedly and is really different from the CD version of the song. Not as many features as the Dig DVD either. But for hardcore fans of MuDvAyNe these are small quips. Also Mudvayne is not nu-metal they are heavy metal.

hello, i would just like to say MuDvAyNe is not a nu metal band (nu metal is rap inflicted metal)MuDvAyNe doesn't rap so stop callng it that,nu metal:limp bizkit,linkin park, and other gay bands like that. this dvd however clearly shows that and they would be offended for u calling them nu metal. they are 1 of the most talented bands in metal today, however they are new metal not nu metal, get it right people.i liked the dvd great buy. but not as good as the other dvd's but still good.

It is encouraging that in a growing number of ways, Americans are looking back and doing some self-criticism on issues like social and racial discrimination. The plot blends romance, history and mystery but in the end it is human nature and love that prevails. The movie keeps the viewer's interest throughout, but is not a keeper DVD.
Plus: Very good cinematography and use of camera; good acting; strong references to the historical tension of Jap-American relationships.
Cons: Constantly dark scenes, which may be atmospheric, but tiring; A bit slow at times.

'Snow Falling on cedars' -adapted from David Guterson's novel- is about a murder trial, about racism and about a love that couldn't last.

I like the story as it is being told by director Scott Hicks. He seems to work like a musician, as a composer with a magic hand for telling a multilayered story in a perfect pace, just like the way themes develop and grow in good symphonic classical music. Scott Hicks also seems to have the hand and eyes of a painter and the imagination of a poet. Proof of this is the overwhelmingly beautiful photography of the film and the way the imagery blends perfectly with the beautiful music of James Newton Howard.

'Snow falling on cedars' is set on an American island in the straits north of Puget Sound, in Washington, with a large Japanese-American community. Everyone on this island is either a fisherman or a berry farmer.

At the core of 'Snow falling on cedars' lies a dramatic love story. It focuses on the most painful loss for a human soul to endure. Imagine yourself living in a small community where you are confronted every day with someone who once dearly loved you, but, due to extreme circumstances -in this case World War II- had to leave you and eventually married someone else... and you've never stopped loving that person. Whereas a deceased beloved person becomes a closed book, containing memories of the past, a living beloved one you see every day, but you can't reach anymore, causes probably a deeper trauma of loss. A trauma that can rip a man's heart and soul apart. We see this happen in 'Snow falling on cedars'.

The story gives us a deep and subtle look into the human heart of main character Ishmael Chambers (played very well by Ethan Hawke), a journalist who has never overcome a passionate love relationship in his teenage years with the Japanese girl Hatsue Imada (played very well by Youki Kudoh), who -according to her tradition- has married a Japanese guy. Hatsue's husband, fisherman Kazuo Miyamoto, stands on trial for the murder of fisherman Carl Heine. Kazuo's case looks bad and it's 1951, six years after the end of World War II, and nine years after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour. Japanese-Americans were moved to internment camps during the war. In 1951 many Americans still frown upon their Japanese 'fellow americans' as a not trustworthy 'former enemy'. So ethnicity and racial convictions -although not outspoken- could play a role in the verdict of the jury.

Ishmael unravels the case and his findings will be crucial for the fate of Kazuo Miyamoto. While the trial is going on, we learn at the same time in many flashbacks about Ishmael's past love affair with Hatsue.

Don't miss this great movie and watch how main character Ismael Chambers finds the strength to show how gentle and generous the heart of a man can be. For all those with a sensitive mind and heart 'Snow falling on cedars' will be a feast for the senses, and of course nothing less can be expected from a true masterpiece.

Naturally, a movie is rarely as good as the novel, and Snow Falling on Cedars doesn't break this guideline. However, considering the length and depth of the novel, the movie did a very fair rendition. Ethan Hawke surprised me, he was good, really good. And the imagery is absolutely beautiful, trees, snow, water, it's all good. And the flashbacks fit well. After reading the novel, I wondered how they would do that in the movie. But they managed and it worked. After reading the novel/watching the movie you realize that Ishmael still loves Hatsue, but he lets go and realizes it can never be. The movie is great in that it still retains the novel's ability to make you wonder: What if you find your soulmate, but that you aren't that person's soulmate? Ouch, poor Ishmael. The courtroom scenes are nicely depicted and the casting was well-done. All in all, 5 stars are deserved. I once did a report on the Japanese internment camps and even though the movie didn't dwell too much on that, we still get a strong sense of the injustice in the whole thing.

this is one of the 3 worst movies I have ever seen.

Bad storry, bad quality of the DVD,

Just dont get it. Beleve me. Thats why it is under 10 bucks but under 2 bucks would still be a wast of money and time.

take a nap. This movie put me to sleep. even the conversations were boring. robotic and choreagraphed. Weak story and ending. Do something productive instead of watching this movie.

this is one of the 3 worst movies I have ever seen.

Bad storry, bad quality of the DVD,

Just dont get it. Beleve me. Thats why it is under 10 bucks but under 2 bucks would still be a wast of money and time.

take a nap. This movie put me to sleep. even the conversations were boring. robotic and choreagraphed. Weak story and ending. Do something productive instead of watching this movie.