Saturday, June 28, 2008

Praan


Product Details

  • Released on: 2008-06-20
  • Running time: 0 seconds





Customer Reviews

Tagore's words5
Here is Tagore's English version of the lyrics to this song:

The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.

It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.

It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth and of death, in ebb and in flow.

I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life. And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment.

Question for Matt !!!5
Hey Matt,
great work and kudos for your wonderful effort !!!
I've a burning curiosity...who influenced you to Tagore's works for adopting "Praan"? I am a Bengali and Tagore is our institution. We live by him and I was pleasantly surprised when I saw you adopt him. You don't even know Bengali...and even though you might have been told the meaning of this song by someone, is it the tune which got you hooked?
So congrats for your dances and double congrats for adopting a song sung in my mother tongue !!!
Take care,
Deb.

Excellent Song5
The song is in bangla. Lyrics adapted from the poem "Stream of Life" Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore. He also has written the national anthem of india.

Even if you dont understand the language, don't worry ,tune and jingle is so good it will always keeping coming back to your mind.



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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

I Kissed A Girl


Product Details

  • Published on: 2008-06-17
  • Released on: 2008-06-17
  • Running time: 179 seconds

Customer Reviews

Not a masterpiece but fun none the less.4
Well, if you are a prude, homophobe and otherwise disinclined to be amused by Perry's admission that she kissed a girl and liked it then just stop reading and navigate to a music selection more suited to your prejudices.

Otherwise, the song is fun, a little bit of thump and her vocals are just fine. It's good enough that I stop channel hopping on XM when I happen on a channel playing it, and I marked it as a fav on my Zune.





Pop thump ugh1
This is NOT a cover of Jill Sobule's "I Kissed A Girl". This one makes Ms. Sobule's version sound clever and charming. (well, it is, but that's not the point).

The bass line is what I would expect to hear from a tricked-out Monte Carlo with hydraulic shocks. The sexual innuendo is delivered by shouting. In short, the song is as deep and subtle as its title.

Disappointed.
Jonathan

Sex sells?1
Sex doesn't sell with this horrible trash. This is nothing more than a lyrical attempt to sell lesbianism AGAIN. Been there, done that!!!!!!! Tila Tequila is a major crowd pleaser on MTV. Can we PLEASE move on as a human race? The songwriting is so horrid, it can't be classified as campy. Camp is fun, this is not.

The music/composition is just another cookie cutter piece of trash as well. Even a turd can float, but you can't polish it. I'm ashamed that this single/LP was released, ashamed that the recording industry will dive to whatever depths it takes to bring in a dollar.

The vocal is dull and lackluster. Don't bother. Move on. Be silent.

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Monday, June 23, 2008

Fool's Gold


Product Details

  • Released on: 2008-06-17
  • Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Running time: 113 minutes

Customer Reviews

One of Worst Movies of the Year 1
This is one of the worst movies I have seen in recent years. I really like both stars, but they should be embarrassed to be part of such a poorly written & executed movie. The fake scenery of "Florida"...who knew the keys had mountainous terrain....looks like the Virgin Islands to me! C'mon that's just a basic that the setting should at least be realistic. The story line is weak and the humor is so predictable. This movie overall is just a waste of time and energy.





Excellent Romantic Adventure5
I think a lot of people went into this movie expecting another lightweight comedy from this duo, but got a lot more. I went to see it with a female friend who loved "How to Lose a Guy", but isn't really into action movies. Well I loved it, and she not so much. Besides the entertaining storyline, the breathtaking scenery really steals the show. It's like going on a tropical vacation for 90 minutes, except you can drink the water. I don't think you can really qualify this as a chick flick, but it's earned a spot on my blu-ray shelf, and for a guy that's a lot.

A Fool and His Girl4
Benjamin "Finn" Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) is a beach bum with an interest in treasure hunts. He's also hardly responsible, which is why he sets his boat on fire and sinks it not too long after we meet him.

Tess Finnegan (Kate Hudson) has had enough. She's taken a job aboard millionaire Nigel Honeycutt's (Donald Sutherland) yacht. And she's divorcing Finn.

Finn's latest quest is the Queen's Dowry, a treasure lost almost 300 years ago. In fact, he's found a piece of it. Now all he needs is financial backing. His irresponsibility has left his last backer rather mad at him. So he decides to get Nigel's help, completely unaware that Nigel is Tess's new boss.

Unfortunately, the shipwreck is somewhere around the island owned by dangerous rapper Bigg Bunny (Kevin Hart). As in Finn's last investor. Can they find the treasure without Bigg getting his hands on it? Can Finn win Tess back in the process?

Let's be honest, this is mindless, predictable entertainment. Especially since the previews gave away many of the key scenes. But it is fun.

It's trying to be a action comedy. It had some laughs, but there weren't as many as I had hoped. The funniest scenes involved Nigel's daughter Gemma as played by Alexis Dziena. Anytime she was on screen, I was guaranteed a laugh. Most of the action in the film was played for laughs as well, and is over the top. Then again, what action movie isn't over the top? Even the exposition scene near the beginning that is key to understanding how Tess and Finn got started on this trail wasn't that great. I couldn't follow it, and I tried.

So why did I like it? Because of the characters. I really did care for all of them. Well, the good guys anyway. Credit for this obviously goes to the actors who are obviously having so much fun making the film. Frankly, they made it hard for me not to like it.

It may make me a fool, but I enjoyed this movie. You may not want to rush out and watch it, but if you get a chance, I bet you would enjoy it.


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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Hard Candy


Product Details

  • Released on: 2008-04-29
  • Running time: 0 seconds




Customer Reviews

Delicious..but left a chip in my tooth!4
Hard Candy is a good dance record. It has great beats but mediocre lyrics that are meant for the dance floor, except for a few select tracks. But it's not supposed to be a "deep" and personal record, it's supposed to make you MOVE!
The only track that should've been left of the album is "Spanish Lesson", which is the weakest track on the album. Thus, the chip in my tooth.

Diff but Good still4
this album is stronger as individual singles than it is as an album of a "flowing sequential order"

Give it a year...4
As with everything Madonna does, the haters are usually the ones to scream the loudest at first. They did it in 1992 with Erotica, in 2000 with Music, in 2003 with American Life, and now again in 2008 with Hard Candy. Over time, the perspective on all of her old "worst album ever" reviews starts to turn to a more honest, tempered opinion and respect for the material. Everything Madonna does musically is a step that only she has ever taken, so it's no surprise that the reactions run the gamut.

Hard Candy is certainly not her best album, but it IS an album that only Madonna could make. Many times, a negative review for Madonna is either a bitter, personal attack on her longevity or more about disappointment that she hasn't returned to one of her countless groundbreaking eras. Rarely do the harshest reviews of Madonna's music come from someone with a perspective on her career of making pop music better than anyone else in the world can.

A year from now, Hard Candy will stand strongly with her other once-lampooned releases that are now viewed as essential material to any pop catalogue. Well done on her part, in my opinion.

-Adam



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Monday, June 16, 2008

Charlie Wilson's War

Based on the outrageous true story, Charlie Wilson's War shows how one congressman who loved a good time, one Houston socialite who loved a good cause and one renegade CIA agent who loved a good fight conspired to bring about the largest covert operation in history.

Product Details

  • Released on: 2008-06-05
  • Rating: R (Restricted)
  • Running time: 103 minutes







Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Political movies about backroom negotiations need not be dry or heavy-handed, as Charlie Wilson's War delightfully proves. Based on the true story of playboy congressman Wilson's efforts to fund Afghanistan's defense against the Soviet invasion of the 1980s, the film is borne along on breezy attitude and a peppery script by West Wing scribe Aaron Sorkin. Wilson, played by Tom Hanks (who also produced), is the perfect hero for this kind of tale, because there's nothing perfect or heroic about him: He's a highball-swilling, fanny-pinching gadabout who becomes radicalized on the issue of helping the Afghans against their mighty aggressor. He has help in the form of a right-wing Texas anti-Communist (Julia Roberts) with a genius for raising money, and a sardonic CIA operative (Philip Seymour Hoffman, stealing the show) who lacks all the social skills Wilson has in abundance. Sorkin's syncopated speech is just the ticket for director Mike Nichols, who understands exactly how to keep this kind of political comedy popping (the complicated story comes in at a hair over 90 minutes, amazingly). Some scoundrels are on the right side of the angels, and the movie's Charlie Wilson is one of them. --Robert Horton



5.0 out of 5 stars Charlie did it!
by Krle
It's amazing what a few committed believers can do. In 1979, Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks), a good timin' Texas Congressman finds Dan Rather doing a remote report in war-torn Afghanistan more interesting than a hot tub full of gorgeous naked women, drugs, and booze.

Next thing he knows, the sixth wealthiest woman in Texas and his sometime lover, Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts) invites him to a fundraiser. She's a bit right of center for him, but he goes--for the sex as much as anything probably.

He comes away with a mission. Start a war. If the US can arm Afghani rebels, they can stop Soviet encroachment into the Middle East--which would probably have ended with the Russians owning most of the oilfields and us out in the cold--quite literally.

"Charlie Wilson's War" is based on the true story of Texas' 2nd District US Congressman who literally did initiate the clandestine help the US gave the Afghani rebels. He, with a little help from his friends, increased the budget for help for these efforts from 5M to 1B within a 7 year time frame enabling the Afghanis to be the first country to defeat Russia and effectively end the "Cold War."

"Charlie Wilson's War" is by far the best film I've seen this Christmas season and I would not be surprised if it didn't win Oscars for picture of the year. Tom Hanks does an amazing job as the flawed man, who was a true patriot and humanitarian. Ms. Roberts does the over-the-top Texas heiress just right. Also, no surprise that Philip Seymour Hoffman blew us away as the rogue CIA agent, Gust Avrakolos.

The soundtrack, by Toto alumnus James Newton Howard, was the perfect accompaniment to the visuals. Mr. Howard has a way of picking just the right song to illustrate a time, emotion, or place. That CD is on my Wish List now.

The movie took you on the gamut of emotions from amusement, to horror, to suspense. How they managed to so succinctly cover almost a decade worth of machinations in an hour and a half still amazes me.

I wasn't the only person amazed. It seems several couples who'd come out of the film decided to eat at the same restaurant and the talk about "Charlie Wilson's War" was appreciative all around.

I'm definitely buying this DVD when it becomes available and possibly will see the movie one more time before it leaves the big screen. This one is definitely worth a second watch.



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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Tha Carter III [Explicit]



Product Details

  • Published on: 2008-06-10
  • Released on: 2008-06-10
  • Running time: 0 seconds





Customer Reviews

HOT CHOC-O-LATE5
THIS RECORD IS HOT. FOR PEOPLE THINKING THAT LIL' WAYNE HAS FALLIN OFF, PLEASE. STOP AND THINK. IT IS YOU WHO HAS FALLIN OFF BECAUSE YOU ARE STIL LIVING YOUR LIFE STYLE WHILE WAYNE HAS LIVED IT REMEMBERED IT, CD'ED IT AND IS MOVING ON . REMEMBER GROWING UP HAS A BIG PART OF LIFESTYLE CHANGE. LIL WAYNE BRINGS THE HEAT NOMATTER WHAT RECORD HE ON. DARE YOU TO NAME ONE RAPPER WHO HASENT.PEACE OUT LIL WAYNE IZ THA SHEZZY FA REZZY........

Garbage1
Do not get this album its a complete waste of time.This album is horrible.Stay away.

GARBAGE!1
this has to be the worst album lil wayne has made. the old (lights out) block is hot, the carter lil wayne use to kill. ever since he swiched his style up he fell off hard! and a lot of these songs i heard months and months ago i thought they were on some underground mix tape or something. it seems like he lost his effort and drive to make good music. overall this album gets one star for the lack of effort and good music.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Weeds


Customer Reviews

Can't Get Enough "Weeds"5
Wonderfully funny show with some dark comedy and a plot line that twists and turns. Perfectly written and acted. Can't wait for the third season to be released. I can't wait to see what happened after the perfectly devised cliffhanger to season two.

Ha ha ha worth its weight in weed5
I bought season 1 on a whim. watched it all in 1 day and the next day bought season 2 and watched it all! It is so funny and just off the wall this is what you wish suburbia was really like! I cant wait till the next season comes out on DVD. It is really my new favorite show. I wish i had Showtime just for this!






Welcome to the land of Ambien, Prozac, etc.5
Be warned: this series is a lot of fun. I downloaded all the episodes in just a few days. Laughed and laughed. No, I was not high.

You could substitute the pot in this series with purebred dogs, racing cars, esoteric coffee, whatever. Weed is not central to the storytelling. It's all about the endearing collection of screw-ups!

OK, that's preposterous. It's also about the pot. The high tech grower's conference with the flowery interchangeable buzz marketing terms was hilarious. Riffing here: "It's a teutonic buzz, like a horde of barbarians flooding your mind to a techno soundtrack. Well-organized, disciplined muchies, with a clean finish." (If I were clever that would also refer to this series, but it doesn't - was just silliness.)

** Great soundtrack! **

Anyone in California has seen a few of the planned purgatories that Agrestic so perfectly portrays. You buy into the dream thinking that comfort equals happiness, and the emptiness starts to gnaw at you. Enter our heroine.

You know, I never understood Kevin Nealon while he was on Saturday Night live, but here, he's outrageously entertaining playing the character of shallow Councilman Doug. I shouldn't single him out. Elizabeth Perkins is wonderful. Uncle Andy's lessons about life (all learned the hard way, apparently). Actually, practically everyone is great, which is weird.

Initially when I watched Mary-Louise Parker, I wondered who she kept reminding me of... and then it hit me: she was precisely mimicking Bradley Whitford, with whom she co-starred in West Wing, according to IMDB. Or is Bradley copying her? Will have to see them pre-2000. It's just like Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum. (Update: in Season 3, she loses the Bradley speak. Good move, I think.)

If you are considering watching this, download an episode. Even if the drug premise offends you, the show is just too good to miss. Another of the great new cable series with wonderful characters & writing.


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Saturday, June 7, 2008

Weezer (Red Album Deluxe)


roduct Details

  • Published on: 2008-06-03
  • Released on: 2008-06-03
  • Running time: 0 seconds





Customer Reviews

Almost a return to form4
At first, I really only like 3 songs (Troublemaker, Pork And Beans, and Automatic). After listening to this album mulitple times, I find that I like 90 percent of this album. Pork And Beans is the best track, but The Greatest Man That Ever Lived is a close second.

IMO this album is much better than Make Believe, but is still does not take the band back to the Blue Album/Pinkterton sound (although a couple of tracks bring it very close). My favorite tracks are:

Troublemaker
The Greatest Man That Ever Lived
Pork And Beans
Everybody Get Dangerous
Dreamin'
Automatic (Written and Sung by Pat Wilson)
Miss Sweeney
Pig
King

Confused by the extreme reactions to this album.4
Is this Weezer's best album? No. It is their worst? No. Is it their strangest? Definitely. It would seem to me, though, that people are either so enamored with the band or so enamored with the past they've lost a critical ear. But let's take it song by song:

1. Troublemaker -- Fairly standard Weezer fare, really, although a bit more pop than perhaps their earlier stuff. Enjoyable, but not really memorable.

2. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived -- Yes, it's strange and rarely repeats -- save for the main chorus -- but each section is pretty catchy on it's own. They lyrics are pretty hilarious.

3. Pork and Beans -- Again, fairly standard Weezer fare, backed by a great video. It's pretty catchy, but not really that interesting.

4. Heart Songs -- Yes, it sounds a bit cheesy when it starts, but it's a great song, backed by an experience we all share: those songs that never leave you, that will always be important no matter how much time passes. It builds really nicely, too.

5. Everybody Get Dangerous -- For what it's worth, I liked "We Are All On Drugs," which probably informs my opinion of this song. I enjoy the heck out of it. The chord changes are great and the lyrics are hilarious -- a great job of taking me back to my youth and a legitimate question: what do we do when our kids act like we did?

6. Dreamin' -- An obvious single, made less obvious by the outro, which is really cool. A good song and classic Weezer.

7. Thought I Knew -- Yes, Brian sings lead on this. And, yes, it doesn't sound like a Weezer song at all, even on a album that's redefining what a "Weezer" song is. On it's own merits, this might be a great song, but it's simply too jarring to hear on the album.

8. Cold Dark World -- Scott sings lead on this one and it's much less jarring to me. I actually like this song. It's fairly driving and Scott delivers his vocals a lot like Rivers (who sings on the choruses).

9. Automatic -- I think this might be Pat on vocals here. Again, a twist from Weezer, but not completely different. It's an okay song. I think a big problem people might have with this album is the fact that these three songs come in a row.

10. The Angel and The One -- This is a great song. This is classic, heartfelt Weezer. I read a review where someone said this album didn't have the emotional appeal that previous Weezer albums have had, and while that might be true on a whole, this song (and Heart Songs) just really hit home.

BONUS TRACKS

11. Miss Sweeney -- I agree with a previous reviewer -- this song makes the bonus album a required purchase. It's just a great song and Rivers' vocal delivery is just so great. It's songs like this that make you realize just how creative Weezer can be.

12. Pig -- Another good one, kind of folksy, kind of earthy, but still quirky in that Weezer way.

13. The Spider -- Yeah, it's a little bizarre and kind of sounds like one of Rivers' home recordings. It might grow on me in time, but now it's just kind of there.

14. King -- Man, I don't know if Scott writes the vocal lines and lyrics or if Rivers handles that and just has Scott sing it, but I have to say that he's pretty freaking great. This is probably better than "Cold Dark World."

Overall, I think it's a good album. I'd have given it 3 and a half stars initially, but I'm sure it will earn the extra half a star going forward.

Weird Weezer4
This album is by far Weezer's strangest album to date. On the first listen through the album I was disappointed. Some of the songs are so strange that I just didn't get them the first time through. After repeated listening, most of the songs have grown on me, and I really enjoy them. Let's get into it:

The Greatest Man That Ever Lived: This song has ADD and changes style every 8 bars. The song starts with a rap style, which I don't really enjoy in and of itself, but when tied to the rest of the song it works out nicely. The best moment of the song for me is when Rivers shifts to singing in the style of Queen. Weezer gets a good groove going, but then the song is disrupted by a monologue from Rivers. This part is distracting and throws it off the emotion it was building up to that point. Some people may like this, but I find it irritating. After the monologue, the song continues switching through another few styles, and finishes up with some solid Weezer style rock. Overall, one of the most enjoyable songs on the album. Very fresh.

Pork and Beans: This song feels like it was made for the radio, but it is solid rock, really catchy, and feels like Weezer. Also one of the best songs on the album. It's really a fun one to listen to repeatedly.

Miss Sweeney: This song is only included in the deluxe version, and is worth the extra money all by itself. It is a humorous piece and has a playful Pinkerton feel to it. Much to my surprise, it is my favorite track on the album.

Everybody Get Dangerous: This song was surprising. The first time I listened to it I really disliked it. To me it seemed like Weezer was trying to be hardcore and failing miserably. It wasn't until the third listen through that I finally realized this song is supposed to be absurd. This song is about teenage pranks, and Weezer seems to be making fun of the idea that they thought they were so bad at the time. That's my take on it anyway. From that perspective, this song is really pretty awesome.

Automatic: Another surprise, this song sounds very little like Weezer. It is sung by Pat Wilson (I believe), and the style is altogether different. In this case different is good. The song is slightly repetitive towards the end, but the guitar is pretty slick, so I really enjoyed it.

Pig: Another song that is only included in the deluxe version, this song is about the life of a pig. It's another good humorous piece, and I enjoyed it highly.

Heart Songs: This song is cheesy, but in the end it turns out pretty nice. Rivers reminisces on all his favorite bands. The climax of the song is when he talks about Nirvana as the influence that kicked off Weezer. Most people who were into rock music at the time remember what Nirvana meant for the rock world, so this song speaks loudly. I really like this song.

Dreamin: Good solid Weezer. More in the old style of Weezer than any other song on the album. It's not the best on the album, but it's a good song.

Troublemaker: This is another song that feels like it was made for the radio. It's sort of in the "Beverly Hills" style, but I actually like it better than that.

Now for the low points in the album.

Thought I Knew: This song is the antithesis of Weezer. Brian Bell is on vocals, and if you're expecting a Weezer song, look elsewhere. Some people may enjoy this one, but it sounds more like the kind of rock that Weezer replaced in the early 90's. I am not a fan.

Cold Dark World: This song has Scott Shriner on the vocals, backed up by Rivers. As far as I can tell the song is about a stalker. Again it does not feel like Weezer. I may be able to come around to this one because it's not all bad, but so far I am not a fan.

King: Again, this one is sung by Scott Shriner, and is only on the deluxe edition. I found this song to be somewhat irritating, and I doubt I'll warm up to it. This does not sound like Weezer. It's not that a song has to be sung by Rivers to sound like Weezer (although that certainly helps), but the guitars don't sound like Weezer either. The whole song is written in a different style, and there is nothing that I found clever about it like I usually do with Weezer songs.

It's also worth noting that Weezer is pretty fired up about critics and being told to write more radio friendly music, and state it pretty bluntly in several of the songs. That is one of the main themes in this album. In addition, they are all in their late 30's and starting to feel it, so this album is both a reflection on the past and a discussion about aging. Overall I found it to be highly enjoyable, better than most of their recent work, and certainly worth the purchase. I also recommend buying the deluxe edition because "Miss Sweeney" and "Pig" make it worth the extra money. This album has and will receive a lot of negative reviews because it is such an oddball and will most certainly be misunderstood (I doubt that I understand it entirely just yet). You may wish to listen to some of the songs before purchasing just so you know what you're buying.


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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Top Chef


"Top Chef," is a hit reality competition series that celebrates the culinary arts with a fascinating window into the competitive, pressurized environment of world-class cookery and the restaurant business at the highest level. Get ready for a heaping serving of competition as a group of chefs go whisk to whisk in Bravo's Top Chef.





Customer Reviews

New viewer1
I am a new viewer to Top Chef season 4, and it has quickly become my favorite show. While I love the show, I cannot believe I cannot watch the first three seasons anywhere. I am a Mac user like most on here, and would gladly purchase all three seasons if they were on itunes. I have always been a fan of Bravo, but this situation has turned me off to the network, and makes me not want to watch the rest of the season.

Go back to Itunes Bravo- or put the seasons on DVD

This Show Is Great!5
Why the low scores? This show is so much fun I love the judges and the challenges are creative and fun!!! Watch it!

Please provide AppleTV format1
Please provide the episodes in AppleTV format (iTunes compatible). I would gladly purchase them.
I tried using the unbox player, via Parallels, on my dual 2.66GHz mac pro, and I see an annoying motion artifact; unwatchable on a full screen.

Just get a mac and convert the episodes to AppleTV. How hard is that? I do it all the time for OTA broadcasts.

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Pinkerton


Product Details

  • Published on: 1996-09-24
  • Released on: 1996-09-24
  • Running time: 0 seconds





Customer Reviews

FANTASTIC DEAL!5
This is my favorite Weezer album and at $2 it's a STEAL! If you're looking to get more into Weezer buy this album! It's awesome.

Avoiding the sophomore slump5
I am going to get this out of the way right at the start: I think Weezer's self-titled debut, or "The Blue Album", is arguably song for song one of the more perfect albums that I've listened to with nary a song that I'd consider cutting (even In the Garage which initially I didn't care for). "Pinkerton", the follow-up, is often considered the definitive Weezer release and the best of their entire career but most didn't feel that way and the album got mixed reviews though people now see it as classic over time. While it is certainly a stellar record, I always hold "the Blue Album" in higher regard though "Pinkerton" more than holds its own.

Tired of Sex: About the frustrating easyness of sexual encounters without love, the song is gritty and rocks hard with a great solo. 9.5/10

Getchoo: A great singalong and though the verses are simply okay, the chorus makes up for it and I even prefer the bridge out of all of it with the syncopation going on. 8.5/10

No Other One: Not as raucous as the last one but it's good though it's a bit repetitive so it's not really excellent though strangely that weird lead riff is catchy. 8/10

Why Bother: A bit more punk-rock in its sound and one of my favorites on the album. A bit on the short side but it's a perfect length: get in, get your feet bopping and get out. 8.5/10

Across the Sea: Strangely, people always call this the best song on the CD and while I don't mind it, I never thought it was the best. Very lyrically honest about a letter Rivers received, the song is strong in and of itself and I'd recommend listening anyway. 8/10

The Good Life: Ah, here we go. Catchyness all over the place from its main riff, the beat and of course its chorus. Hell, even the slide solo can be hummable. Definately one of the stronger songs on the album. 9/10

El Scorcho: The first single and the one that practically turned people off immediately. Lyrically it works, it's fun to sing along to chorus and it's got a fast-paced breakdown. Why was it panned? "Buddy Holly II" it wasn't, I guess. 9/10

Pink Triangle: The third single and one of the best on the album as Rivers finds a crush is actually a lesbian. Catchy in its own way and a highlight from their career as well. 9.10

Falling For You: Rivers mentioned this as one of his best songs he's written and while musically complex and a strong hook, it's sandwiched between Triangle and the next song after this so I usually skipped it but it's good anyway. 8/10

Butterfly: Not as heavy or loud as the others but I consider this my favorite on the record. There's quite a lot of emotion in the singing, the lyrical metaphor for relationships, it's kind of befitting that the heaviest song on the record can be the most tender. 10/10

Sure the record shouldn't have gotten that much hatred as it did and while I still prefer the debut, I'd heartily recommend checking out the cd.

rock your socks off, young fella5
Wow, where to begin? This is the best Weezer album, with the possible exception of the never completed often mythologized Songs from the Black Hole. Only 10 songs long, it is a snappy jangle of rock and roll wistfulness. Lyrically renown as Rivers' most brutally honest and revelatory album, it is hard to pick out a single song that sticks out. One of those albums that you just put in the player and enjoy; no need to hit the skip button. Personal favorites include Tired of Sex (even if for the title alone), Across the Sea, the Good Life, and El Scorcho.

5.0 out of 5 stars Whoa, Rivers, that's pretty good...

Pinkerton... where to begin? Most Weezer fans favor either this album or the Blue Album as Weezer's best (the Green Album is generally accepted as inferior to these two). The majority of them favor Pinkerton. But why? Pinkerton was a commercial failure, at least compared to the Blue Album. When it was first released, no one liked it. Not even me.

But time changes everything. When I first heard Pinkerton, I thought, "Whoa, Rivers, what do you think you're doing?" (Rivers Cuomo is the band's frontman.) On the surface, Pinkerton sounds like a desperate, overly emotional and possibly even annoying this-is-my-life-story kind of album. With time, it evolves into one of the most mind-blowingly awesome rock albums of the nineties.

To what do we owe this bizarre transition? All that I can figure is that people tend to hear without listening. When they first hear Pinkerton, they think, "Man, this doesn't sound cool." They don't really pay attention to what they're hearing.

After a while, they begin to pay attention to the words, the rhythms, the infectious melodies, and then they're hooked. To everyone's surprise, the music all of a sudden sounds really, really good. I'm talking good enough to bring about vicarious happiness, anger, longing and sadness - maybe even enlightenment. Trust me, it's happened with a lot of people.

5.0 out of 5 stars so this is it..,

here it is - this is the album that drove Rivers into seclusion for several years, writing songs for himself in his room and throwing them away.

this is the album where he felt liberated, where he would be creating this new sound for everyone. the emotional nakedness he hinted at in Weezer (funky blue cover) became fully realized here. not only his voice showed his emotions, you can hear it in every note of his fractured guitar - the soaring, pins and needles feeling it elects out of you with every solo, every vibrato. the music drove you because he sang about a pain not only secular to him, it's an album he made for YOU just as much as him. you almost wanted to grab cuomo and tell him everything will be alright by the end of Butterfly, crying and muttering to yourself how your girlfriend/boyfriend is an idiot.

a funny thing happened. about the time this album came out, power-pop/punk was going on it's way out. this cd was left on the side, pushed away in favor of nameless bands long forgotten. only making gold (as opposed to the 4 million weezer sold), cuomo freaked and closed the door on his musical career for awhile to sort through it all.

earlier this year, cuomo and company came out just enough to hammer enough songs to make a new album, one just released earlier this month. Weezer (funky green cover) seems to be poised as a new beginning for this band. the switch from blue to green, the retro-funky clothes - you can tell from the beginning that this is the same weezer you loved...but...somethings...just...different. something doesn't add up, that's only confirmed when you come back and listen to Pinkerton right after dispensing Weezer (green) out of your cd player.

Pinkerton's emotional beauty, the harsh nakedness and razorblade rhythm cuts deep. every song makes you want to sing, not only because of the melody (which is outstanding), but because you FEEL his pain. Tired of Sex, Across the Sea, Good Life - these are the songs i yell while i'm driving to work, cd-player blasted up, anger and energy thrown on top of it. critics blasted this at first because they expected meandering pop w/o substance. they bought into spike jonzes' videos about weezer - the geeky sensibility, the happy-go-lucky charm. it took critics years before they realized how amazing this album truly is - after rivers locked himself into his room, after everyone forgot who weezer even were.

the green album that was released but only a few days ago. where pinkerton soars and climaxes, green takes a calculated approach and just bops. cuomo hasn't the power anymore to show us what he feels in his music. for better or for worse, pinkerton scared him off that path. from now on, it seems as if cuomo will become another faceless/nameless songwriter who hides behinds his lyrics (albeit still VERY good songs).

so here is pinkerton - on one hand one of the best albums released in the 90s, yet simultaneously something which drove its creator to the brink of depression. the weezer you see now is 1/2 of their former self. here they are at their height.

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Sunday, June 1, 2008

The Golden Compass


In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands. When Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world – and all those beyond – is threatened by the secret plans of Mrs. Coulter (Nicole Kidman). With the help of Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig) and a group of unlikely allies ready to stand at her side, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary quest that celebrates friendship and courage against all odds. Based on author Philip Pullman's bestselling and award-winning novel, The Golden Compass tells the first story in Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.

Product Details

  • Released on: 2008-05-29
  • Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Running time: 114 minutes






Customer Reviews

A Big Nothing...1
I am a devout, strict Roman Catholic, so this movie, and the others to follow in the series...along with the books that accompany it, are garbage to me.
The author has said that the theme is about killing God, so I would not support him even in the slightest way.

Yawn2
As a fan of fantasy/action movie I had high hopes for this movie but actually fell asleep watching it. The story was the Achilles Heel of this movie. It was all over the place and just didn't hold together. An allstar cast could not pull this out. I am guessing this is yet another case where the movie does not do the book justice.

The two things that really stood out were some of the atmospheric special effects and the acting of Dakota, who was excellent as the young heroine.

But nothing can save a wandering story with lots of holes that leave way too many questions.

The Golden Compass (Full-Screen) Book 15
All I can say is "WOW"!!!
Anyone who loves good storytelling and max animation should see this movie and guess what?
This is only part one so imagine the other 2 :)

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