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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 07:15:30
DA NOO ROOLZ
1. Look at the top-rank reviews of ANY OF YOUR PAGES. Pick ONE film you think deserves to move up to the next page - as sorted by votes received. This means that even one vote will "move it up." You are urged to say which page from the top you've chosen.
2. Isolate that film* and present the link in this thread WITH ...
3. AN EXPLANATION OF WHY YOU LIKE IT. Not an explanation of the review ... but of WHY YOU LIKE IT.
Who knows, your wish may come true
* It's been covered before how to do this, but here's a step-by-step recap:
1. Go to the page featuring everyone's reviews of your chosen film.
EITHER
2. From the drop-down display options choose My Reviews Only. [this method is ONLY if you have one review for your chosen film]
OR
2. Select Reviewer Name for the page display.
3. Find your own review and count which number it is on the page.
4. Up at the top url display you'll see something like this:
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?sort=2&dir=2&id=1698&Mode=&Rows=1&Start=11
5. See where it says Start=11 ... change that numeral to whatever you counted in step 3, and press go.
6. Your new page should now start with your chosen review.
7. NOW, to eliminate all the other reviews still showing, go up to the url display again and see where it says Rows=100.
8. Change that to Rows=1
3. Your new page should now have only your chosen review displayed. Copy that url and use it as your link for this thread.
HAVE FUN EVERYONE!!
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| 13 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 09/23/2007 : 21:23:42
Did the rounds. Had voted on a few already. |
| redPen |
Posted - 09/19/2007 : 05:09:38
Not just a phonic joke, but a literary in-joke, too!
Top o' Page 10. I like this one, cuz Wolfe chose to name the black judge "White" to make a social statement. I also get a kick out of the "black-and-white" soundalike joke in the review! |
| thefoxboy |
Posted - 09/18/2007 : 23:24:41
quote:
Originally posted by Shiv
I've been using Bigpond almost since it started (three years plus). I have just quit using them because the percentage of DVDs that were unplayable, or jumped around, has been increasing. I had to return Kenny 5 times as unplayable - so I still haven't seen the damn thing all the way through. Also it takes months and months to get new releases - so they are not exactly new by the time you get them!
Out of the 18 movies from Quickflix, all were in great condition and played no problems. So far 2 of the 10 from Bigpond Movies have been jumping around.
Yes, I would imagine that new releases would take ages to get. I only have hard to find DVDs in my queue and they come right away.  |
| Shiv |
Posted - 09/18/2007 : 08:57:09
quote:
Originally posted by thefoxboy
Great film too.
Yes, you never really work out where it's going until the very end.
quote:
I have treated myself to a collection of Kurosawa movies of late and have loved it.
I have done the same thing myself
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Conan, have you used Quickflix or Bigpond movies?
I've been using Bigpond almost since it started (three years plus). I have just quit using them because the percentage of DVDs that were unplayable, or jumped around, has been increasing. I had to return Kenny 5 times as unplayable - so I still haven't seen the damn thing all the way through. Also it takes months and months to get new releases - so they are not exactly new by the time you get them! |
| thefoxboy |
Posted - 09/18/2007 : 00:08:54
quote:
Originally posted by Shiv
Ikiru
This is my lowest rated review (I don't have more than one page) but I've always had a soft spot for it.
I like it because on the surface it seems ordinary, but in fact it identifies that the underdog 'hero' dies before he wins.
Great film too.
I have treated myself to a collection of Kurosawa movies of late and have loved it.
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Hidden Fortress, The (1958)
Ikiru (1952)
Kagemusha (1980)
Ran (1985)
Rashomon (1950)
Sanjuro (1962)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Stray Dog (1949)
Yojimbo (1961)
I have a few more in queue to watch.
Conan, have you used Quickflix or Bigpond movies?
I had a 4 week free trail with QuickFlix and currently half way thru a 2 month Bigpond Movies free trail.
I got 18 movies with quickflix and Bigpond is capped at 10 per month.
So that will be 38 movies for free. 
I will get thefoxgirl to sign up for free trail after it ends. 
(Different credit card and mailing address)  |
| Shiv |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 23:40:25
Ikiru
This is my lowest rated review (I don't have more than one page) but I've always had a soft spot for it.
I like it because on the surface it seems ordinary, but in fact it identifies that the underdog 'hero' dies before he wins. |
| thefoxboy |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 23:34:27
He has one leg and he real Stratton coached the White Soxs. |
| Canklefish |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 22:26:48
It probably couldn't happen to any of us!!
I like this review 'cuz I smile a bit when I come across it in my archives... but I haven't had time to list it in the FYC pages. |
| Ali |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 15:22:05
Top of my second page - my favourite activity.
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| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 15:14:18
Well, if you're gonna look at reviews for Jude, try this on for size.
This one reworks the phrase "She's your mom, dude!" from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure into something very relevant and linguistically completely alien to Thomas Hardy, and that's what makes it so funny! (The fact that no-one has voted for it yet is, well, incomprehensible!  )
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| lemmycaution |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 13:37:34
What appeals to me about this review of Jude is the play on stone and sink and the phrase 'Hardy stonemason' which plays on the name of the author of the novel on which the film is based and the fact that due to the nature of the work a mason should be hardy.
Benny81 must have liked 'Hardy stonemason' too, since the phrase was employed by that reviewer in a subsequent review for the film.
Way down on page 17. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 08:29:07
From my 8th page, this is a review of one of my favourite musicals, and sums up not only the main character's personality, but includes a reference to one of the songs. |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 07:19:41
This one's from my 6th page; it's for The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
I like it because it simultaneously deals with the main character's love-life and origins, and in a sneakier way with the intellectual nature of the story.
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