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Summary: The Powder Review
Review: This movie,to me,was one of the greatest movies I've seen. I rated it a 5 star because the story is so amazing while heartbreaking. Some of the great "stunts" are just so mind-twisting to me that I stared in amazement while watching the movie. The true fact of him being an Albino in the movie just helps the person watching the movie look more closly at the unbelievable things he does. As my mom and I watched the movie we had to grab a box of tissues. I would recommend this movie to anyone because it shows how people act if you look different.In the movie,Jeremy,has to go to an orphanage.What he finds there are a lot of troubled people.The whole movie is based on this one guy,and what he does to change the people that are around him.I think that the story wants to help us,as humans,to try to accept people that may look different either by skin color or eye color or whatever.I am going to end this so Good-Bye. The End
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Summary: Absolutely captivating
Review: One of the best, most moving and captivating films I have ever seen. It will change the way you think about many things. Excellently played, great music... what is there more to say?
I strongly recommend this movie.
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Summary: loved it!!!!
Review: Personally I thought it an excellent movie. It is one of the very few movies I have watched more than once. It was moving and sentimental and thought provoking. I have bought several copies to share with friends.
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Summary: My favorite character in all of Film
Review: Although this movie earned mixed reviews, and forever seems doomed to mediocrity(like all good art), Powder is one of those movies that is completely unforgettable. After you watch the movie, you will ruminate over it for days. It is that powerful. Powder is our hero, a teenager who is misunderstood and unloved, even by his own family. When he emerges into our world from his grandparents' basement, he cannot even comprehend how cruel people can be every day. Some films have various layers you have to get underneath before they go to your heart, like Forrest Gump. Powder is a film that will go straight to your heart, and will not leave. The setting in which the movie takes place is rural middle America, but seems like another world. The entire movie is akin to a dream. It will probably wont make you cry when you see it, but rather when you have time to fully digest what you have just watched. The best part about this movie is it provides deep emotion without being visually disturbing or graphic. It keeps a very respectable PG-13 rating. You can even feel sorry for the antagonists in the film, and soon you start to empathize with Powder. You could call it a teen Forrest Gump, although Powder's character is less real, but more beautiful than Forrest. I highly recommend this movie. I have talked to ruffian-type teenagers who saw this movie and they despised it. This is because they saw themselves in the antagonists so vividly, that it deeply disturbed them. I liked that. This movie is 10 stars, all the way. Watch it, think about it, treasure it.
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Summary: Lifted by Jacob's Latter
Review: I am supposed to tell you, the reader, whether or not you should see or buy powder, and whether or not its worth your time. The answer comes in many forms. The main answer is that powder is an overlooked work of art and if you stand back and take a breath, can see the many religeous implications that you can get from viewing. I have been hesitant in reviewing powder for the past few months, because I feared that I wouldn't do it justice. I wanted to prepare myself and grow in my writing skills so that you would understand exactly why Powder is so effective. When you think of enduring characters, you may think of Citizen Kane, or William Wallace, maybe even Forest Gump, but due to the unabashadly blatant remarks from Hollywoods critics you are unlikely to think of powder. This is a shame. Though powder is not the all time greatest film, nor will it ever be, it falls into the category of "timeless". The special effects were done with next to zero computer effects, so that when C.G. are so realistic you can't tell the difference between real and artificial actors, powder will still be terrific in appearance style wise. At the heart of the story is Jeremy, an albino that is cursed and blessed with multiple abilities. His mind is plagued with clarity and soaks knowledge like a sponge. Jeremy's body is electromagnetic and can manipulate the energy around him. One of the many scenes that catches you with your mouth open, is when his teacher brings in a Jacobs latter (two rods that channel an electric current which climbs up them in a strand). Jeremy grips his desk as a thick electrical bolt rushes him and raises him into the air by his heart. Jeremy is surrounded by people that love and hate him. Or, like the sherrif, just don't understand him. Though his eyes must be shielded from the light of the sun, Jeremy radiates and equally bright amount of love and care on those that need it. To show some what he sees and feels, he makes them feel the pain of the violence that they deliver. Sean Patrick Flannery Gives the performance of his life, and the character he creates, and the humbleness he uses is unforgettable.
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Summary: Powder
Review: I read the cons of this movie and was pleasantly surprised to find that there were no gay overtones to this movie. I feel sorry for the poor fool who saw some in it. It was a brilliantly written and produced film with gifted actors to portray compasionate people. What is more science fiction that the fact that there is a compasionate side to humans.
Sean Patrick Flannery did an outstanding job as Powder.I wonder how if felt to play that part. He did an excellant job.
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Summary: I thought my friends were exaggerating...They were not!
Review: I was working for a radio station and our station did a free screening for this movie, so I got my friends tickets. I was so busy working that night that I did not have time to watch the movie. A couple days later, I asked my friends what they thought of it? They replied, that it was the best movie they had ever seen, I laughed and said you don't have to go overboard in gratitude for the free tickets...they further replied, that they were serious. Well, I never got around to seeing it at the theater and so ended up waiting till it came out in video. I was totally expecting this film to be a so, so, well it wasn't so,so, it was incredible and moving, not too many films have touched me the way this one had. So as far as rating it...it is easily a 5 star movie. It was not till now in stumbling across the title that I realized that I can own this on DVD, so hence here I am [...]making sure that this movie is part of my collection. The sad part, that there is no way you can do a sequel to this. :-)
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Summary: A Very Good Movie With Something Missing
Review: This is a very different movie, and probably should be on the shelf at your video store next to "Edward Scissorhands" and "What's Eating Gilbert Grape". "Powder" is the nickname for a teenage boy who grew up, isolated from, unknown to, and unknowing of the rest of the world, in his grandparents' basement. His mother was struck by lightning during delivery and died; his father fled and vanished after one glance at his weird offspring. Powder possesses some telepathy and psychokinetic powers related to electricity. He is also brilliant and has read every book in the vast library in his grandparents' basement. When his grandparents die, Powder is discovered by the local townfolk, who try to introduce him to normality and help him fit in socially. For various reasons, this doesn't work; Powder is too strange and too scary for his peers (and most adults) to really accept him. The acting is good, the premise is very interesting, and the special effects are fine. What's missing? I'm not sure, but something keeps this movie from being great. It doesn't flow well, and you're never quite sure what point they're trying to make. I think that the people who made the movie weren't sure what point they were trying to make. I'm glad I've seen it, but once is enough. I'd rent this one instead of buying it. If you love it when you rent it, then buy it. I've spoken with people who love this movie. Your call.
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Summary: Uneven, but worth seeing
Review: This is one of the more uneven films I've seen in the last few years. There are moments that are blindingly inappropriate and ones that are deeply touching. There is a lot of pain here, and a sense of reconciliation that is undeniable, and I think that's why it had such an appeal for younger viewers. The performances are uneven, too, though in some cases I think this has more to do with how the characters were written than with any lack of ability on the part of an excellent cast. Lance Henriksen has rarely gotten roles this good. He is allowed a range of emotion that is way beyond most of the stuff he's been doing in the last couple of years. I really think this is one of his best performances, and if he doesn't have tears running down your face at least once during the film, you're a no-hoper. Give it a try. You might find some real personal value in this story.
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Summary: absolutely good flick
Review: i loved it. its great. i know it tries to follow my favorite movie edward scissorhands but this has more heart and soul. its excellent and i reccomend this to everyone.
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