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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

My daughters (ages 13 and 16) carried this book around the theme parks like a Bible. It doesn’t go into a lot of details about things teens don’t care about or affect (their father and I chose the hotel, for example) but has plenty of fun little trivia and good information about the rides. We’ve used Kim Wright Wiley’s guide Walt Disney World With Kids on several previous trips and find it really helpful. This is a great addition.
Walt Disney World 4

I am enjoying the Wii. I am having fun with the family and over all this system is the better system for young kids. Not many violent games for this system, which I think is great. Thank you.

Bowhunting World

There is no better Deshedding Tool on the market, that I have found. I have a Jack Russell that always sheds, and hates being brushed. This product is excellent.
Another World Is Possible

The Catcher in the Rye is a verbose and rather mundane monologue. The main character, Holden Caufield, is an immature 17-year-old of average intelligence, and we’re trapped listening to his inner ramblings for the entire book. He is constantly complaining, and the other characters in the book he interacts with dislike him for the most part.

The plot arc is just as mundane:
- To Holden, everything is either depressing or corny.
- He is kicked out of school for not applying himself.
- He blames the school for being ‘full of phonies’ (p.90) for his failure.
- He goes to New York for a few days.
- He calls a bunch of people who either don’t want to hang out with him or regret it later.
- He goes home and hangs out with his sister.

Maybe this is stereotyping, but to me, depressed kids are usually highly intelligent. I kind of expected Holden to at least making interesting observations about the world around him.

Maybe this book was a classic in another era. To me, The Catcher in the Rye is utterly forgettable. Holden’s inner struggle to find his place, his way, or his meaning in the world, while noble, is uninteresting.

ultraviolet world

Bought it for my Canon SX1 IS. Works great for sequential shooting and HD movies. Also uploads to PC pdq too.
Paderno World Cuisine 47718