Posts Tagged ‘war’
October 8th, 2010
My 14-year-old daughter is a proclaimed book-hater. However, after being convinced to listen to Artemis Fowl on tape, she is hooked and has even asked us to buy her a copy! If this book can turn on an avowed book-hater, you know it’s good!
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September 2nd, 2010
FIRST THOUGHTS: 4 EXCELLENT WAR FILMS ON DVD THEMATICALLY COMBINED INTO 1 SET
This set came to me as a gift from one of my sons about 4 years ago. He found it at Sam’s Club and he paid about 30 dollars. Each one of the films included are films I really wanted so the set has been a ‘reel’ treat for me.
IN A NUTSHELL: SAVE $17. ON THIS SET VERSUS PURCHASING INDIVIDUAL TITLES FROM AMAZON
Within a nice outer slipcase you get 4 classic DVDs in their normal DVD packaging and wrappers. These are all releases that you can purchase seperately, but it is a little less costly to get the set. ‘Patton’ is a 2-DISK set that sells for $14.98 from Amazon, ‘Tora Tora Tora’ is $12.98, ‘The Longest Day’ is an edition no longer available directly from Amazon, but several Amazon sellers are offering it New from $15.98, and ‘The Thin Red Line’ is $9.19 directly from Amazon. It comes to over $53. plus shipping [depending on whether you get all the titles from Amazon or from vendors]. If you buy this set the shipping is free [over $25.] In essence, one can save $17. [as of today] buying this set rather than buying the individual titles, which is significant as these are not promotional DVDs and do in fact have all the ’special features’ available on the individual titles.
***** THE TITLES *****
* ‘THE LONGEST DAY’
* ‘PATTON’
* ‘THE THIN RED LINE’
* ‘TORA TORA TORA’
World War II Collection
March 15th, 2010
What else I can say about this product other than amazing! It does everything. In fact it’s what I’m using right now in writing this review. 
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The First Vietnamese War
March 4th, 2010
I’m amazed at how many reviews really knocked this awesome film around ! I may not be a war historian or a heavy avid novel reader but I definitely can say this movie had my undivided attention and gut in a knot waiting to see what was going to happen next up to the very end ! The performances by ALL actors were outstanding ;hats off to Colin Farrell and Terence D. Howard who put their best forward ! Willis’ character may have seemed one dimensional to some but his role required someone who was stern and dead serious (he was not suppose to be likeable and gung ho as in his Die Hard films… Willis is older and wiser now). And the real character twist was the Nazi comandant of the POW camp who seemed a little laxed in character and not befitting of the stereo typical film Nazi. However, his cruelty and menace was on a more intellectual mind game of chess and manipulation between the POWs concerning a tribunal matter…
Overall, I was extremely pleased with Hart’s War…Great movie, great story, great acting.While this may not have been anywhere near Oscar calibre (in my opinion it should have come close to) such as Saving Private Ryan it is filled with intrigue and suspense ! That’s good enough for me…
Hart s War Widescreen