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Summary: A VISUAL MASTERPIECE
Review: Warning- This is an AVANTE-GARD film. However, you don't have to be a bohemian to appreciate it. This movie in an undeniable visual masterpiece. If the walls of art museum could talk, it'd sound somewhat like this movie. If an impressionist painting were to come life it'd look something like the movie. If you have a sweet tooth for eye candy, you'll fall in love with this movie. However, if you're looking for lots of action, lot's of words, and lots of realism, STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE. This flick is for the romantic at heart. It's a painting. It's a poem. It's a powerful film.
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Summary: Great Expectations, indeed...the ones that don't materialize
Review: This film has virtually nothing to offer. Robert De Niro is out of place (as much as I value his talent). Hawke is kind of weird, especially in his badly executed "teenage" look. The New York's Art Scene is highly irritating, as is the "eccentric aunt" most of the times. I think Paltrow's nude picture on the cover helped to promote this film.
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Summary: A Winning Love Story
Review: This movie is perfect for all the romantics out there. The music, cinematography, acting, and overall look are enchanting. The story is engrossing and hooks you. I love the part where Finn runs out of the art gallery to pursue Estella.
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Summary: The book was better than this movie
Review: I hated this movie it wasn't anything like Great Expectations it seemed like a remake version off MTV. The characters were the same but the people were alot different from the story. I hate it when they make these kind of movies from a novel or a play and they do some kind of a MTV version style which isn't anything like the book. Just like they did with the new version of Romeo and Juliet it was like the old version except they changed alot of things they put it in a 90's style version. Don't recommened on seeing this movie it's not very good stick with the book.
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Summary: Really great
Review: This movie is absolutely one of the best films I've ever seen.The actors,the music, the use of colours everything is great!I highly Recommend it!
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Summary: Fantastic. lush, and intoxicating
Review: Those who say that this movie is an insult to the spirit of the book by Dickens are completely missing the point. Textuality dictates that reciting the same story that was amazing in print will turn out contrived and vacuous in celluloid. It shows the spirit of Dickens' work - completely loss in spite of danger, the loss of heart and being. It's a story that hinges on that great tragic moment in love which Romeo and Juliet made so clear to us all (esp. in Shakespeare in Love). The movie is rich in narration and exploits a directorial narrative. The ebb and flow of visions, places, people, and unrelated occurrences turn into a melange which has all the warped lucidity of one's best and most painful memories. The direction is fantastic as is the cinematography. The greatest genius of this movie is the use of the hauntingly frozen Life in Mono by Mono. Regrettably, this portishead-ish band's other songs didn't have quite the presence of this song that gave the movie its icy ambience. Especially loved the Dinsmore character. Much more batty and manipulative than the simply grotesque and warped Havisham of the book. Additionally, the recounting of Gwyneth (Estella) may seem flat and one-dimensional; however, isn't that the way one remembers the players in one's memories - as automata which reacted to us singularly in the stage of life? It's an amazing film.
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Summary: This is a grate film
Review: I love this sinery and evreything in and about the movie is grate. This is a must see for anyone who has ever had there hart broken or if you have been in love. This is kindof realistic. But this is a grate movie.
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Summary: One word...BEAUTIFUL
Review: Who cares about Charles Dickens and David Lean, this version of "Great Expectations" stands alone. Director Alfonso Cuaron (along with his cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and production designer Bo Welch from "A Little Princess") have created another cinematic work of stunning visual beauty. It is no coincidence that Lubezki and Welch helped to create the distinctive look of some of director Tim Burton's films. "Great Expectations" simply glows on the screen and is a must own on DVD. Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, and a wonderful music score join the trio of aforementioned men to create a film that is absolutely mystical in its impact. I can't wait for Cuaron's next film.
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Summary: Delivers absolutely nothing.
Review: We've all heard of the debacle that was "Heaven's Gate"-a movie who's cost skyrocked out of control when a director's autonomy and self-indulgence became it's downfall. The result was ultimately the demise of what was United Artists. The after effect was to limit a great deal of studio production subsequent-everyone was just too scared to produce anything. Great Expectations may be a mini- Heaven's Gate. A production where costs obviously skyrocketed out of control until the whole thing was cut off entirely. I can imagine the picture was taken from the director, and finished by some hired help, such is the odd assortment that ultimately went to the screen. What's left is a few odd pieces, joined with spit and bailing wire. The adaptation and contemporary update of the Charles Dickens' classic makes little or no sense. The dang thing's been made so many times already I'm not even sure why this deal ever got started. Talented actors such as Robert DeNiro, Chris Cooper, and Gwyneth Paltrow are framed by confusing dialogue and incomplete ideas. The look is a pretentious, over-blown music vid approach with an inappropriate and nagging score. A complete waste of time.
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Summary: Buy this immediately
Review: I can sum it up in one word: Gwyneth. And in case you hadn't noticed, Gwyneth Paltrow is in this movie. Robert De Niro is masterful as usual, and Ethan Hawke turns in an admirable performance. Anne Bancroft; fine acting at most every turn. Fantastic looking artwork. Did I mention that Gwyneth is in it?
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