The Crow

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Summary: outstandingly awesome
Review: the crow is a movie that you either love or you hate.most people who see it, like me, love it.its mix of chilling stories, amazing fight sequences, and a gothic over-look made the crow a movie that can really capture the tastes of everyone of all ages.every actor or actress who performed gave a 5-star performance.the only flaw the movie had was the fact that a great actor got his life taken away by a stupid little accident of putting real bullets in a gun instead of blanks.so if your into gothic type of movies, fighting movies, and or horror movies, i strongly suggest this brilliant cinematic masterpiece.

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Summary: Fantastically better than previous versions.
Review: I just finished viewing the 2 DVD set of The Crow Collectors Edition. Everything about this set is better from the versions that were previously available to fans. The sound and picture are phenomenal, and the extras, like the extended footage feature, the behind-the-scene featurette, and the deleted scene montage is extra icing on this cake. However, the sad thing about this set, one that we have been waiting 7 years for already, is that the last interview given by Brandon Lee before his death WAS NOT included. I was quite saddened when I realized that this had not been included. Often imitated, never duplicated ... Brandon Lee was The Crow.

Two more things that were left out that could only have made this set better is a directors commentary, and most of the Skull Cowboy scenes that were deleted from the movie.

Who knows why movie companies do things the way they do. I guess we will have to wait for the next bigger and better release of The Crow on DVD to find out if they finally get it right. But for now, the Collectors Edition will do just fine.

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Summary: THE CROW
Review: "It is said that if a person is wronged, then a crow shall bring them back from the land of the dead to the land of the living to avenge there death..."

THE CROW tells the story of a rock musician Eric Raven(played by Brandon Lee) who is viciously killed, along with his girlfriend, by a gang of drug dealers, robbers, and hoodlums. On the anniversary of Eric's death, a crow brings him back to life, and he sets out to find the people responsible for killing him and to punish them.

This movie is dark, emotional, and a little humorus at times. The one thing that makes this movie memorable is the fact that Brandon Lee was killed by a misfired gun on the movie set while shooting some of his final scenes. The Special Edition DVD has a lot of extra goodies: deleted scenes, theatricl trailers, storyboards and stills from the movie, everything that a fan of THE CROW could want.

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Summary: The most dark and gothic yet moving film you`ll ever see!
Review: I have a long list in my mind of my dozen favorite movies which includes many different varying genres of films-from the Nightmare Before Christmas to Benny and Joon to the Fifth Element-and I must say that The Crow is definitely up there within my top 3 or 4 favorites. It takes a certain dark-sided yet romantic person to enjoy this movie to its fullest, but even if that doesn`t sound like you, Lee`s cocky charm and the beautifully melancholy mood of the movie may just bring out those traits in you. However, you may also be a more polite-movie person with zero feel for macabre or violence who would be much better off with some Hitchock classics. Let me put it this way: you will either love The Crow with a passion or become very confused by it. Probably the most capturing elements of this movie are three things: the look, the music, and Brandon Lee himself. There are some wonderful movies out there in which the creators took the time to make the movie look good-many by Tim Burton in particular-and The Crow reminded me a lot of those other beautiful films. The city that the movie takes place looks like a deliciously eerie hell. There are some pretty scenes too-one of my favorite moments is when Lee appears through a window before his friend Sarah in a sudden beam of golden light, and you`ll notice that it isn`t until then that it starts raining outside. (This perhaps could be symbolism of Lee`s character being trapped in sadness.) The hard rock songs and the haunting music that Eric Draven plays on his electric guitar adds to the sad mood, seeming to speak to the city about the rock-and-roll person Eric was in life with a depressing depth to it. And finally, Brandon Lee is, of course, the movie`s main delight. He carries out his lines with a smooth confidence that sort of sends a shiver down your spine-if looking at his face alone doesn`t. You can tell that Lee really connected with his role-in fact, he died for it. That is what makes this movie not just a movie, but kind of a sad concept.

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Summary: DA BOMB!!!!!!!!!!
Review: The movie had a good storyline, plot and acting. Though it really is a shame that Brandon Lee died because his acting career really would have gone somwhere and maybe an acdemy award would have been won. This is One Of the best ACTION FILMS EVER! If you have not seen the crow you have not seen a really great action film.

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Summary: This was worth the wait
Review: After buying this film on vhs, and considering the original release DVD, I'm glad I waited for the collector's edition. There was a lot of great insight gained from listening to the producers discuss the film while it played, and the extended versions of some scenes were awesome, and in at least one case I feel should have been left in the original cut of the film. The montage of deleted scenes was nice to watch as well, and I think it gave people not familiar with the lore of the book, a keener insight into the world of The Crow.

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Summary: The Crow is good, but avoid the box set
Review: The Crow. Your link between the land of the living and the realm of the dead ... or in this case, your link between a really good movie and a couple mediocre sequels.

The Crow collector's series turns out to be a pretty good disc overall, with a couple unfortunate ommissions. The picture looks and sounds fantastic! The deleted scenes are great for anyone who has never seen them. The extended arcade games sequence shows us what truly "bad guys" these men are. I can't for the life of me figure out why they cut this scene down. The funboy extended scene was also great. It showed him going absolutely insane on drugs and you could see why he did the things he did. The shootout at Top Dollar's lair was the weakest of the three with just a few alternate takes and extended takes of the shootout, but it does have one great line delivered by Brandon that was not in the theatrical release. There is also a deleted scenes montage (similar to the one in Gladiator), which could have been great, but it looked like they put it together in about 5 minutes. Couple nice shots of Brandon though within.

The Jeff Most commentary is OK with some funny and interesting side stories, but he just talks and talks and talks. The point of a commentary is to tell little stories about what the viewer is watching at the time AND still be able to see and hear what is going on in the movie! Sheesh!

The most noticeable ommission from this dvd is NO DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY. This is a real drag. According to David Schow, the main writer of the film, Alex Proyas had indeed completed a commentary for the film, which was to originally be included. There was some in-fighting between the producer, Miramax and Alex, which I won't go into, and ultimately Alex was pulled from the disc. VERY sad for the fans. Maybe in 2 years, for the Crow's 10 year anniversary, we will get a better disc with the Crow Chronicles and the Commentaries included this time. What do you say guys, can we put our feelings aside and do something for the fans for a change??

It would have also been nice to see the skull cowboy footage (shown very briefly in the deleted scenes montage) which is on the CD-Rom and also it would have been nice to see Brandon's "Complete" last interview. Even though this has been shown elsewhere, it's nice to have this stuff neatly packaged together. I hear that there is a moment where Brandon is talking about "safety" on movie sets and how no one should get hurt doing movies. Very eerie. No wonder Miramax won't give us this.

The featurette is not good. It's just a re-hash of interviews from 1993 with very little new material. This could of and should have been much better if the Crow Chronicles had been included, but it wasn't because of more Hollywood nonsense.

The James O'Barr interview is good and for the first time, James really opens up. He's just a little dry and uncomfortable in front of the camera, but if you can get past this, this is really pretty good.

Other extras: There are some alternate Crow poster concepts that were really cool to check out. I hope one of these shows up in auction sometime. The storyboards and conceptual art included was also neat to see, but ultimately a "one time" viewing in my opinion. It would have been nice to see some unpublished photos of Brandon and some behind the scenes stuff from on-set photographer Robert Zuckerman. I REALLY wish they would have included these. I don't have a dvd-rom so I was unable to check out the other goodies. I REALLY wish they would stop putting dvd-rom stuff on dvd's. Just put it on the disc so I can watch it all in ONE PLACE!!! Why do I have to watch most everything from my dvd player and then take the disc out and put it in my computer to see the rest? This has always been a stupid idea to me.

Overall this disc is worth it, but avoid the Crow box set. Crow: City of Angels has very little extras with no deleted scenes, so if you own it already, don't bother. Salvation is a good "rental" but ultimately not a very good movie.

ENJOY!

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Summary: undeniably brilliant
Review: this movie,brandon lee's last,is pure genius at least.brandon lee's performance is chilling, swift, scary--yet also charming, cheerful, and witty.this is all-around a great movie for fans of adventure, horror, action, and martial arts movies.the crow is like black metal music+the rocky horror picture show+jackie chans first strike+a marilyn manson video.that pretty much somes up why this movie rules and why everyone must see it.

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Summary: AN ACTOR'S LIFE IS CUT SHORT...
Review: Brandon Lee is nothing short of amazing as the title character! Based on James O'Barr's cult underground comic book, the movie itself, is stunning. Directed by Alex Proyas (he also directed and co-wrote DARK CITY another favorite movie of mine) the film explores the themes of death, love and revenge with a style like no film before or since. Brandon Lee IS the character. He is able to display not only a wonderful physical strength but he also shows off his acting talent as well. The film is very dark and murky and may be a problem for some but fans of the comic should be very pleased. As for this new 2 disc set and its extras fans of the movie should be pleased. Standouts include: the look of the film, it is much "cleaner" on DVD as opposed to the VHS version, the deleted footage and the expanded featurette. Hearing Lee talk about life and death within the context of the movie was very errie. It is tragic that he never lived to see his fine portrayal on the big screen.

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Summary: The best
Review: The Crow was a great movie. I usually don't go in for those Dark artsy kind of films. (I'm more disney.) But I've always been a big fan of his father Bruce Lee, and of his (Brandon Lee.) So I decided to watch it. It was truely great. The characters went together perfectly, you could feel the chemistry. The action was constant, the scenery was perfect. My favorite part is when Eric lights the gasoline and it pans above him to show a fire crow, then he walks away as it burns, and the real crow lands on his shoulder. That was an amazing scene.

This is a great buy, even for those who don't usually go in for the darker side of movies. Even my father (Who is also more disney like me) liked it. And that is a bigger surprise than me liking it, trust me. So it must be good.

And I loved the final interview with brandon lee at the end of the credits. When they played "Can't Rain all the time" at the end of the interview when he was talking about living every moment like it was your last, and not knowing when your time will come, it was really moving. I teared up. You have to get this movie. It was great.