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Summary: INCREDIBLE!!!!
Review: This has got to be one of the smartest, most brilliantly written, most hillarious movies I've ever seen. Roth and Oldman have an incredible chemistry and create the most realistic friendship I've seen in quite some time. Stoppard's writing is amazingly funny and also steeped deeply in Shakespearian knowledge. If you know Shakespeare well, or Hamlet well, this movie is a special treat becasue it examines two of the seemingly most insignificant characters in an entirely new way. Of course, if you have never seen Hamlet or you don't know a lot about Shakespeare, this film also works on completely different levels, no less funny or entertaining. Rozencrantz & Guildenstern have their own story here, and it is told with incredible wit and preciseness. The game of questions and the continual destuction of all of Oldman's discoveries/inventions are alone worth seeing the movie for, but there is so much more here that will entertain ALL types of viewers (from the Shakespearians on down to the ShakeWHO?ians). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! I only wish it were out on DVD! or more readily avaliable on VHS :P
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Summary: They'll never release the Region 1 DVD!
Review: This is a great movie, but after waiting about 18 months for them to release a Region 1 DVD, I just got fed up and ordered the Region 0 one from the UK. It hardly cost much more, and it was well worth it. I should have done that a long time ago -- apparently when it says 'Region 0' it means there is NO REGION PROTECTION. Region 0 discs will play in drives set to ANY REGION.It works in my laptop without switching the region of the drive, as if you needed more proof. So buy the UK version, already! Before I figured out this Region-protection (RCE) stuff, though, I had already ripped the DVD to my hard drive and burned it to a blank DVD+R, and put the original in a cool, dark place (usual procedure with media that means a lot to me -- I use the copies). If it had been region-protected, my software (DVD Decrypter, free on the web) would have stripped out the region code anyway. If it was too big to fit on a DVD+R, I would have stuck it on my external USB drive and played it from that. So much for RCE. Morals of the story: (1) If you use your computer to watch movies, buy the imports with impunity and make copies of your originals for your own use. Your copies won't be Region-alized. (2) If you use your TV to watch DVDs, buy an all-region player and help do away with RCE!
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Summary: Brilliant, sly, thoughtprovoking!
Review: While Tom Stoppard's play was already a landmark of absurdist theater and comical existential musings, his changes to the play necessary for the transition to film significantly add to the near-perfection of R&GAD. Gary Oldman and Tim Roth play off each other brilliantly, and the troupe of players, led by Richard Dryfuss, are eerie and hysterical at the same time. Keep your eye out for pages of "Hamlet" that the two never bother to read, and try to play "Questions" with your friends (it's harder than it looks!). Anyone who ever asked, "Why didn't Hamlet just succeed his father to the throne and why is it such a mystery that he's upset?" will love this movie, and even if you're not a Shakespeare buff you'll appreciate the combination of sarcastic intellectual humor and low-brow comedy gags that make this work the best rare video you'll ever buy.
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