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Summary: Version Cut?
Review: It seems that the Region 1 version of The Cell does not include some scenes that were left untouched in the film's European release. Europeans buying this Region 1 DVD for your multi-region players, wait and see if the European DVD release will include the cut scenes as well.
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Summary: The Cell Movie
Review: I saw The Cell three times and each time, I caught things that I didn't see the previous times. Personally, I thought the script was horrible, but the plot was good. The Cell was a bit gory, but it was VERY interesting. I enjoy movies about serial killers, such as Silence of the Lambs, Se7en...The art direction and costume design was great! Tarsem did a very good job. Jennifer Lopez isn't the best actress...I recommend this movie to people who want to see something not ordinarily seen. Again, it has great art and, although it is a bit gory, and the acting wasn't the best, I enjoyed it very much.
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Summary: A mindblowing tour into madness.
Review: Whatever the hell The Cell want's to be who in the world knows but one thing is for sure director Tarsem Singh had the courage to even bring something like this to the New Line company when you see The Cell the first time it's as if your dropping acid for the first time and with this movie out you probly will never have to take it again with this movie the people that have taken it will not have to explain anymore what it is like. The film starts out with a psychopatic and sadistic killer who seemingly drowns his victims and sodimizes them into doll like figures and seemingly hangs himself from rings implanted on his back who is played by (Vincent De Onfreio).Out the many killings there is only one victim left a dectective who has been searching for clues is played by (Vince Vauhn) who needs to descover the whereabouts of the last victim but in a raid on the victims apartment they finally catch him but he suddenly slips into a coma , now it is up to a pyschotherapist played by (Jennifer Lopez)with the help of an experimental machine that can probe her into the very depths of his mind and possibly help them to track down the missing victim before it's to late but when she goes into his mind she will find a world of pain and sadistic nightmarish sides of the killer that will test her limit of reality and ficton , until she confronts the killers inner self a mythologically sadistic looking creature with a gigantic cape revealing the walls of his clouded mind. She must bring her into her mind to contact him in the right way but she finds that she may already be taken over by his. Visually stunning makes Seven and Silence Of The Lambs imagery look cute in comparison and it ranks among thrillers such as Alterd States a waste of time commentary on the film by Tarsem that seems to dumbfounded to watch , but the other options are worth while.The costume design is nothing more then jaw dropping and the effects are something never done before but i give 4 starts not for it's rediculous ploit but for it's sheer brilliance in visual effects and design a strange and absolutely mind blowing film.
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Summary: One of 2000's best
Review: This film has beautiful ellaborate images that capture your attention from the first scene to the last. The dark costumes and deep images help maintain the storyline. You would be a fool not to buy this dvd.
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Summary: Paperweight...............
Review: yup that's all this movie is good for. I bought the darn thing and, next to buying those internet stocks, this ranks high on the "What a waste of money" list. I was shocked and horrified, not by the blood and gore, but by the incredibly poor acting skills of one untalented Jennifer Lopez.....which was also accompanied by a very dry plot, and visual effects that were at best nauseating. This film hurt to watch, like being at the dentist with a root canal. If you are reading this, I urge you, do NOT spend money on this movie. If you already have, then I feel your pain.
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Summary: Little more than just another movie
Review: This movie is quite visual. You're only supposed to watch the surface of it because there's nothing underneath. There's plenty of movies with sick serial killers and this is just another of them. He's not trying to say anything through his killings. He's just killing. Then comes in Ms. Lopez. Through her we go inside the killer's mind, but what we see are just images without any form of meaning. The dreams are filmed with such overly saturated colors and outrageous contrast, that you may even forget that these thoughts are supposed to mean something. Granted, they are disturbing and present the eye with colorful images, but that's all. Then we're to believe that even thought the psychologist only goes inside his mind twice, she becomes quite attached to him. There's no basis for this odd relationship. All in all, I'm left thinking that this screenplay has to be based on some kind of short story.
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Summary: Pretty, but dumb!
Review: No offence to Miss ( nice dress )Lopez, but this is not how you gain respect in the counter culture. The story was dry and the plot was unfounded. However, in the cinematography catagory I would be a liar if I said that this flick was anything other than eye candy! For that I have to give UNO star.
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Summary: JUST WHAT WE NEED: MORE HOLLYWOOD TRASH
Review: Typical Hollywood piece of garbage. Harsh, rude, needlessly vulgar. Its only redeeming value is a 5-second shot of an albino German Shepherd puppy (I'm not kidding). Unless you're willing to suffer through the remainder of the slimy story that surrounds it, you'll want to leave this movie alone. Walk, nay, RUN from this movie...as far as you can. If you see it on the shelf, leave it alone. There are better ways to waste 2 hours of your life.
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Summary: STUPID! VIOLENT! POINTLESS!
Review: I hate this movie. Me and my dad rented it on DVD. It was not worth the money. The visual effects are really nowhere near the complexity of Dinosaur or Gladiator. The story is nothing and the "rituals" the killer commits with the bodies, that is sick. THANK GOD I did not see this in theatres. It saved us having to leave during the middle of the show, which most people probably did. The violence is unnessassary( As in Carl Stargher's demented mind-self playing with somebody's intestines) unnessassary . Why do they take a potentially good movie and ruin it with that. You don't see that in Gladiator even though that is pretty violent( But the battle cam is so jerky you can't really see it. The nastier scenes were left out.) The Cell ( To sum it all up) is STUPID! So I would leave it well enough alone.
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Summary: Gives new meaning to 'Style over Substance'
Review: I submitted a review of this before - So anyway, The Cell is one of the worst films to come around in some time. I mean, no movie that lifts all of its salient points from Madonna's "Bedtime Story" video and lousy thrillers like Double Jeopardy could possibly have any real merit. The Cell is perhaps the best argument so far against film-inclined young people growing up coddled by MTV. That network's once-groundbreaking style of cut-and-paste, wild-edit, lo-res commercialism has fueled an entire generation of filmmakers who, apparently, have less use for narrative story structure than James Joyce. Basic plot: Jennifer Lopez (who can't act to save her life) plays Catherine Deane, a psychotherapist who uses an experimental virtual-reality method (which is never named in the film) to unlock the problems of her patients. Meanwhile, a psycho killer named Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio, who hasn't had a good role since Full Metal Jacket) is kidnapping pretty young women and locking them away in a remote location where they are slowly drowned in a glass cell. FBI Investigator Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn, who is nothing more than wallpaper) is on the case and locates Stargher's hideout. Upon arrival, the detective discovers that the lanky-haired butcher has fallen into a catatonic state brought on by his disease, a rare form of schizophrenia. Once Detective Novak, desperate to locate Stargher's latest captive before it's too late, hears of Ms. Deane's experimental program - Bingo! - the two plot elements magically come together, and it's up to the comely therapist to delve into the psychotic's mind and find the missing girl. Unfortunately, the symbols of Stargher's mind either have nothing whatsoever to do with the characters or are so blatantly obvious that a nine-year-old could decipher them. The virtual-reality sequences get increasingly stupid and unbelievable as the film progresses. When Catherine goes in for the final confrontation with Stargher, she suddenly becomes a crossbow-wielding heroine who must defend Stargher's inner-child self against his big-evil-morphed self. But since Mark Protosevich's script never explains what is and isn't possible in the virtual realm, it just has to be taken on faith that Catherine can change herself into RAMBO. This poor excuse for a flick is for people who think that mere sensation can sustain a movie, and who don't require any more coherence than what can be gotten from flipping through a fashion magazine. New Line Home Video has made The Cell available on DVD as part of its prestigious Platinum Series. The Cell is presented in its proper 2.35:1 aspect ratio and the DVD features the anamorphic enhancement for playback on 16:9 displays. Image quality on the DVD is stunning, which is not surprising for New Line. The film element used for the transfer is totally pristine and the transfer is immaculate. The Cell features two separate running audio commentaries, the first with director Tarsem Singh and the second with Director Of Photography Paul Laufer, Production Designer Tom Folden, Makeup Supervisor Michelle Burke, Costume Designer April Napier, Visual Effects Supervisor Kevin Haug and Composer Howard Shore. Both tracks have their merits- the director's commentary is very informative with Singh talking about all aspects of the film in detail. The group commentary adds more viewpoints and a lot more information for those interested in all aspects of filmmaking. The DVD also includes an additional audio track with Howard Shore's score isolated in 5.1 channels. 'Style As Substance' (HA! HA! HA!) is a 12-minute featurette that includes interviews with all the principals.
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