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|1. A Man Called Peter
Director: Henry Koster
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Peter Marshall - A Man for All Generations
A Beautiful Movie
A Man of Character Committment and Conviction
A Man Called Peter
|2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Director: Elia Kazan
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Heartbreakingly dissapointing
What a Great Film !
Faithful to the book
Francie's World
The Tender Passage of Youth
Peggy Ann Garner was so wonderful as the young and sensitive Francie, the Academy gave her an Oscar for Most Promising Juvenile Performer. James Dunn garnered an Oscar also as Francie's loving father, Johnny Nolan, a singing waiter with a gift for dreaming he passes on to Francie, who wants to be a writer. Francie's papa makes their hard life worth living and Francie worships him. He understands and adores her.
But when he isn't working, Johnny is usually drunk. Everyone in their poor neighborhood knows Johnny is a good man, however, and loves and respects him. He is the one who will find a way for Francie to attend the school she dreams of, even though it is far from their home. Francie's mother is the only one who doesn't seem to see how special Johnny is.
Dorothy McGuire gives another terrific performance as Francie's hard working mother, Katie, who tries desparately not to love her boy Neely more than Francie, and fails; tries desparately not to become bitter with the charming lad she married in her youth, but can't; and tries desparately not to let her heart grow cold and hard, and fails once more.
Francie and her family may live in poverty, but Kazan takes the time to show the joy that can be found in the small things in life. For Francie, her father represents happiness and living. Joan Blondell, as Katie's sister and Francie's aunt Sissy, with her free spirit and big heart, adds to Francie's joy in life. It is one of Blondell's finest roles.
It is Peggy Ann Garner's emotional performance, however, you will always remember. She brings a sweetness and sincerity to Francie that makes her unforgettable. Purchasing this film is an opportunity to own one of the true masterpieces in American cinema. It will touch your heart and remind you what Hollywood was once capable of, and make you wonder where it all went wrong. ... Read more
|3. Star Wars - Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)
Director: Irvin Kershner
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Star Wars: Episode V
The Empire Strikes Back, the middle story of the original trilogy, is probably one of my favorites (it's so hard to pick one!). The characters really come out in this episode, and you can't help but enjoy watching this film. Watch the exciting battle on the ice planet Hoth, the budding romance between the Princess Leia and the "scoundrel" Han Solo. See the breathtaking Cloud City, the murky swamps of Dagobah. Listen to the tutelage of wise Yoda, the fantastic musical score. And it all leads up to the critical battle between Luke and Darth, in which Skywalker makes his greatest mistake and Vader's dark secret is revealed.
Definitely the darkest of the trilogy, ESB leaves the viewer wanting more. We want to see the fate of Han Solo, how Luke reacts to startling news, and the further efforts of the Rebel Alliance ~ even if we've already seen the trilogy dozens of times. Watch this movie for a great story in a wonder-filled world.
The Empire returns in the greatest sequel of all time.
one of the greatest sequels ever
Best of the Series
My dissertation,lol,on the film is near the final when Vader tells Luke that he is the father. On a Freudian level, this could be called the Oedipus complex theory with Luke deciding to not join his father. I presume Luke was apprehensive to join in because he believed it was a confidence game that would result in his own termination/castration. Just a speculative theory.
When ESB was released in 1997 I had a standing date to go see it on the big screen. Way back in 1980, I remember being on summer vacation and going to see it for the first time. When the movie ended, I could not believe that we (the audience) were left hanging on a cliff for the next 3 years. Talk about tease, lol.......:)
the best film of the greatest sci-fi series ever.
|4. Black Cat White Cat
Director: Emir Kusturica
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Definitely on my top five list
Kusturica does it again, but better
The plot follows a young Roma who falls for the village tomboy, but is promised to marry a lovely, albeit height-impaired, ganster's daughter as a result of a poker game. The young couple attempts to circumvent this arrangement by slipping away from their fate much like the silver fish in "Arizona Dreams." The high-charged get-me-out-of-here wedding scene is driven by the gypsy music which feeds the young couple's desperation, the ganster's testosterone levels, and the guests' oblivion, all of which is done very tongue-in-cheek by caricaturizing aspects of Balkan culture. If you like your humor black, you'll dig this movie.
Bizarre, joyful insanity -- don't miss this one!
Young lovers, lonely hearts, domineering grandparents, stupid con-artists, cokehead gangsters and flocks of geese make up the world of "Black Cat, White Cat," always accompanied by torrents of music. If loony, generous, dark humor appeals to you, you'll love this wonderful movie.
A great introduction to Kusturica's filmmaking.
If you like bizarre humor, this is it!
Conclusion: No one can claim to have seen a weird, bizarre, totally crazy and mind blowingly far-out movie before they have seen this one. This one truly beats it all. If you are out there looking for something totally and completely different, something you have never even remotely laid your eyes on before, THIS IS IT! ... Read more
|5. Singin' in the Rain
Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
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The Citizen Kane of musicals
In 1951, Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen took a collection of songs by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown and - assisted by a pitch-perfect screenplay from the writing team of Adolph Green and Betty Comden - sculpted one of the great classic fusions of popular cinematic art and precision dance craft. It is the Citizen Kane of musicals: a virtual catalog of musical film technique, executed flawlessly.
But that alone would not be enough to separate Singin' in the Rain from the kind of musical I can't stand (which is to say, just about every other musical ever made). No, what makes this one special is that it knows what it is and celebrates it. It never for a moment asks you to forget you're watching a movie and then grinds to a screeching halt for the musical number. Instead, it deconstructs itself before your very eyes (and ears) as a razor-sharp, self-aware satire of the movie industry - as well as a joyous expression of the pure ecstasy of great song and dance. In that sense, it is one of the few so-called musicals that actually achieves a genuine symbiosis of drama, music, and kinetic performance art.
If all this sounds rather gushing and pretentious, so be it. This is great film-making. It is Rolex Oyster Perpetual film-making. This DVD edition sparkles with ultra-saturated colors, digitally remixed Dolby 5.1 sound, and some terrific extras (even if you're not particularly into musicals).
My favorite sequence is the eerily fluid dance work between Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse against a Dali-esque background near the end of the film. Charisse is spellbinding as she trails a gravity-defying veil that must be 30 feet long. It hangs in the air, suspended by wind machines as she uses her extraordinary dance skill (and fantastic legs) to affect a wordless seduction of Kelly's naive, love-struck hero. Great stuff.
Even if you don't think of yourself as the "musical type", give Singin' in the Rain a try. After all that heavy, bitter, existential cinema, it makes one helluva fine dessert.
Wonderful Musical with Terrific Dancing -- a Trifle Dated
There are so many high points to this movie -- the amazing cast, the songs, the choreography, and, most surprisingly, the satirical send-up of Hollywood and the "star system."
The plot is well-known. Silent film star couple, Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly, who also co-directed with Stanley Donen) and Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) are America's sweethearts. At a Hollywood premiere of their latest romance, breathless fans ignore sidekick Cosmo Brown (Donald O'Connor, in perhaps the best sidekick performance in film history) and scream in delight as Lockwood and Lamont pander to their adoration. Nobody, however, seems to notice that the gorgeous Lamont never speaks . . .
Her imposed silence Lamont has a voice that recalls a cat with its tail caught in a wringer, although Lamont is such a "dumb blonde" (bless Hagen -- nobody ever played this stereotype better!) that she is blissfully unaware of her screech. No matter, 'cause it's the silent film era, right? Wrong! Progress brings in "The Jazz Singer" and the era of "talkies." No longer will clever staging of press events suffice.
Soon, Don Lockwood is staring career meltdown in the face as the first Lockwood-Lamont "talkie" sends the audience into hysterics. Not only is Lamont's screech audibly offensive, they can't keep the sound synchronized to the film, and the sound editing even when in synch is as amateurish as a high-school film production.
What to do? Fortunately, Lockwood had fallen for young, beautiful Kathy Selden (a teenage Debbie Reynolds), a starlet in the making. Cosmo comes up with the idea of dubbing Selden's voice for Lamont's, and all is fixed . . . or not. Lamont, an imbecile but smart enough to know her value, insists on ruining Selden's career to preserve her own . . . and so on and so forth.
The plot, ingenious as it is, is really secondary. The main delight in this movie is the amazing dancin' and singin' that the performers offer up. While most of it is pretty silly, campy stuff (particularly the Kelly-O'Connor set pieces), they simply dazzle. Kelly is the most robust, athletic dancer of his generation, and O'Connor, well, the man doesn't have a bone in his body. While the movie's most famous scene comes from Kelly splashing in puddles during the title track, the most amazing dance number has to be O'Connor's comic flailings in "Make 'Em Laugh," where he runs up walls, flirts with a mannequin, and generally pulls out all stops.
Debbie Reynolds does a magnificent job keeping up with these two giants, and is generally a pleasure to watch, even though she's clearly outclassed as a hoofer.
While some great old films seem to get better with age (think "Casablanca," "Gone With the Wind," and "Citizen Kane"), "Singin' in the Rain" is an American classic that does not hold up quite so well in some minor respects. For example, when breaking into choreographed step, Kelly, O'Connor, and Reynolds sometimes appear too rigid, with smiles frozen on their faces, which is incongruous to those raised on more modern musicals like "Moulin Rouge," where the dancers take a more naturalistic, emotional approach to their dancing. The dancing in "Singin'" holds up, but the performers were constrained by the expectations of their audiences, which somehow demanded that the performers "look pleasant" while dancing.
Still, "Singin' in the Rain" remains one of the best tonics to a foul mood ever . . . I defy you to watch this movie and not feel a smile creeping over your face.
The Best Musical Comedy Ever Produced!
"Singin'in the Rain" remains my all-time favourite film. (No surprise, this.) It's not just another one of "those MGM musicals." It was released in 1952. Dated stuff? Not a bit. Unlike the marvelous "An American in Paris," which was done as a contemporary film to its time, "Singin' in the Rain" is a period film, and it's based in fact.
This film (which started out to be a western for Howard Keel) takes a fond and loving look at the birthpains of the sound film (the "talkies). Set in 1927, with authentic equipment from MGM's own history (Debbie Reynolds drives Andy Hardy's old jalopy, the microphones are real), it details the frantic efforts to get on the sound bandwagon - no one was completely sure of the new technology. What makes the plot classic is the basis in fact. Many silent stars had totally unacceptable voices or speech (too nasal, unintelligible foreign accents, too high, too low, etc.) for sound production. The songs used were true to the period.
Then we have the performers. Jean Hagen was nominated for an Academy Award for her role of Lina Lamont. The character (whose voice you don't hear for the first 10+ minutes of the film, although she's on-screen) is a one-of-a-kind. [Side note: the voice dubbing Lina's line is actually Hagen's normal voice, not that of Debbie Reynold's Kathy Selden.] Reynolds does an admirable job - it couldn't have been easy keeping up with her two male co-stars. It's still a joy to see Donald O'Connor's "Make 'em Laugh," and wonderful to see Gene Kelly teamed with a good male partner for "Fit as a Fiddle" and "Moses". Gene Kelly is, and always shall be, the best and this was done at his peak.
Of course, for anyone who has been living in the back of a cave under a rock (or too young to appreciate it), the title number is a delight. It looks like one continuous take, it is so smooth. This was not the first appearance of the song, but it's the one we all remember. The sheer exuberance of Kelly's performance carries us right along with him.
The extras with this set are valued items for anyone like me who is interested in the backstory of the era and this film in particular. And don't fuss for a widescreen version. This is the way it was. And now it always will be.
Thoroughly entertaining musical
|6. Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Director: Henry Koster
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Very funny movie.
Very Funny!
cute movie!!!
Wonderful Jimmy Stewart at his comedic best!
Very cute family movie
|7. The Train Robbers
Director: Burt Kennedy
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A Late Duke entry
Joining Wayne are Ann Margaret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, and even Ricardo Montalban in a small but funny role. Taylor and Johnson are great together with plenty of laughs between them throughout the movie. Even though this may not be the best Duke western ever, it still deserves a DVD release like so many other of his movies that have been released recently. This is a good western that deserves a watch if for nothing else than the twist at the end. Very entertaining!
Wayne light!
Standard late Duke fare....
|8. Flower Drum Song
Director: Henry Koster
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Picture bride Mei Li (Miyoshi Umeki) and her father arrive in San Francisco,having smuggled themselves into the country so Mei Li can marry nightclub ownerSammy Fong (whose mother arranged the whole deal). Mei Li is fascinated by thecity and immediately charms its denizens with a delicate rendition of "OneHundred Million Miracles." Fong (Jack Soo), who is having an affair with hisstar singer, the sexy and scheming Linda Low (Nancy Kwan), pawns Mei Li off onthe Wang family, whose eldest son, Ta (James Shigeta), needs a wife (at leastthat's what his father has decided). Old Chinese culture and new American idealsclash at every turn, with the elders struggling to understand their Americanizedchildren and the children struggling to accept and honor their heritage. Thoughthe movie is dated in some respects, the theme of assimilation vs. separationholds up remarkably well and rings true. "The Other Generation" beautifullyillustrates the generation gap. As this is a romantic musical, you know from the beginning which couples willend up together. The most famous song is "I Enjoy Being a Girl," sung by LindaLow as she dresses to seduce Wang Ta. Though too many triangulations andmisunderstandings prolong the inevitable conclusion, Flower Drum Song isa very enjoyable and often funny ride. --Dana Van Nest
Picture bride Mei Li (Miyoshi Umeki) and her father arrive in San Francisco,having smuggled themselves into the country so Mei Li can marry nightclub ownerSammy Fong (whose mother arranged the whole deal). Mei Li is fascinated by thecity and immediately charms its denizens with a delicate rendition of "OneHundred Million Miracles." Fong (Jack Soo), who is having an affair with hisstar singer, the sexy and scheming Linda Low (Nancy Kwan), pawns Mei Li off onthe Wang family, whose eldest son, Ta (James Shigeta), needs a wife (at leastthat's what his father has decided). Old Chinese culture and new American idealsclash at every turn, with the elders struggling to understand their Americanizedchildren and the children struggling to accept and honor their heritage. Thoughthe movie is dated in some respects, the theme of assimilation vs. separationholds up remarkably well and rings true. "The Other Generation" beautifullyillustrates the generation gap.
As this is a romantic musical, you know from the beginning which couples willend up together. The most famous song is "I Enjoy Being a Girl," sung by LindaLow as she dresses to seduce Wang Ta. Though too many triangulations andmisunderstandings prolong the inevitable conclusion, Flower Drum Song isa very enjoyable and often funny ride. --Dana Van Nest
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An Ahead-Of-Its-Time Musical
People tend to class their shows as follows-
The Hits-South Pacific,Sound Of Music,Carousel,Oklahoma!,and The King And I.
The Flops-Allegro,Me And Juliet.
The In Betweens-Cinderella and Flower Drum Song.
Nancy Kwan is great as Linda Low,although she was used as the 'marquee name' to draw the crowds.Broadway's Pat Suzuki would have made a bigger splash in the film.
The charming Miyoshi Umeki is charming in her Broadway role,and Juanita Hall also scores big in the film.
R and H really had their opus with the lilting and sad ballad,'Love Look Away'. It should be counted as one of the best,if not THE best,songs they wrote.
An uneven mixture redeemed by Umeki and some great songs
While it was extremely rare for a Hollywood film with not only a plotline concerning Asian-American themes but also mostly Asian-American actors, the director, Henry Koster, seems to have approached San Francisco's Chinatown as if it were a magical mythic kingdom like Munchkinland, and a little of this goes a long way. (You feel sorry for the actors forced to say things like "See ya Pop--don't take any wooden chopsticks!") On the other hand, the strength of many of the performances carry the day, and the score has some exceptionally beautiful songs, particularly the famous "Love, Look Away," lipsynced here by Reiko Sato (very fine in a difficult role) for Marilyn Horne's voice.
Sharing the thoughts of many others
I was nine when I first saw this movie in Boston with my
Without widescreen it's a disappointment!
|9. East of Eden
Director: Elia Kazan
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James Dean's Best Performance
Wonderful acting by James Dean and Jo Van Fleet.
Much has been written about Dean as an actor and what is certainly true is that when he is on screen, you can't take your eyes off him. As young Cal Trask, Dean vies for the attention and love of his father, Adam, Raymond Massesy, with his twin brother Aaron, Richard Davalos. Cal is a loser, no matter what he does, and Dean portrays sensitively the conflict Cal feels as he grows to manhood unloved and uncared for.
The rivalry between Cal and Aaron for their father's love as well as the affections of Abra, Aaron's girlfriend played by Julie Harris, generates much of the action and dramatic tension of the film. All Cal's gifts are rejected by his father, in contrast to Aaron, whose presents are appreciated and valued.
Like Cain in the Bible, Cal has a dark side which he thinks comes from his mother Kate, who abandoned him at birth and whom he has discovered runs a brothel in Salinas, California, a short train ride from the Trask ranch. Cal introduces himself to Kate, played to perfection by Jo Van Fleet, first to try to learn about himself, who he is and why he experiences his inner rage and frustration. Later he will borrow money from her to invest in order to help his bankrupt father. Cal's investment in bean futures, just prior to America's entry in World War I, pays off, but his father rejects his money in a confrontation which moves us toward the dramatic conclusion of the film.
The scenes with Dean and Van Fleet are the highlight of the film and a treasure of American movie making. Both actors are electric with Dean drawing from his inner uncertainty and fire and Van Fleet, the consumate professional, using all her skills and intelligence. They approach one another gingerly, each testing the response of the other, not trusting themselves and their own emotions, and finally becoming frustrated with their inablility to connect with one another. These scenes are wonderful to watch. We should not expect a happy ending and we don't get it.
East of Eden, released in 1955, justly takes its place in a small list of fine American films, not just because of the great performances of James Dean and Jo Van Fleet, but also because it dramatizes timeless themes in a most convincing fashion. Those viewers who love the film and like to read will almost certainly enjoy the novel on which the film is based.
It's only a matter of time....
The basic story is derived from the Biblical account of Cain and Abel. Adam Trask (Raymond Massey) has two sons, both of whom he presumably loves. However, he favors Aron (Dick Davalos) because he (unlike Cal) never says or does anything to irritate him. Aron is "the good son," complete with a girlfriend Abra (Julie Harris) whom his father obviously adores. Of course, Cal feels resentment toward both his father and brother. He desperately wants his father's love. (Later in the film, he even tries to buy it with profits he earns from investments enriched by World War One.) Under Elia Kazan's brilliant direction, tensions build relentlessly to what seems certain to be a tragic conclusion. Feeling rejected by his father, Cal seeks out his mother who left her husband and sons years ago. Kate Trask (Jo Van Fleet) now owns and manages a brothel in another town nearby and has become wealthy. Cal climbs aboard a freight train so that he can visit her frequently. Over time, they develop mutual respect and affection. Finally the climatic moment occurs and then....
The acting throughout the cast (with one exception) is outstanding. Van Fleet received an Academy Award for best actress in a supporting role and Dean was also nominated for the award as best actor in a leading role. Burl Ives and Albert Dekker are noteworthy in their supporting roles. However, Julie Harris (age 30 at that time) seems to me miscast as the teenage Abra. As for Massey, he does the best he can with the role of Adam Trask, recycling elements of his earlier portrayal of John Brown in Sante Fe Trail. Most of Steinbeck's fiction is set in the Monterey area, as is East of Eden. Kazan and his cinematographer, Ted D. McCord, took full advantage of that uncommonly lovely area when shooting various exteriors.
Having seen what can be done to enhance the clarity of image and sound in other classic films such as The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), I eagerly await the DVD version of East of Eden. Hopefully, its "special features" will also be special.
James Dean's Greatest Film
|10. Star Wars - Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back
Director: Irvin Kershner
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Star Wars: Episode V
The Empire Strikes Back, the middle story of the original trilogy, is probably one of my favorites (it's so hard to pick one!). The characters really come out in this episode, and you can't help but enjoy watching this film. Watch the exciting battle on the ice planet Hoth, the budding romance between the Princess Leia and the "scoundrel" Han Solo. See the breathtaking Cloud City, the murky swamps of Dagobah. Listen to the tutelage of wise Yoda, the fantastic musical score. And it all leads up to the critical battle between Luke and Darth, in which Skywalker makes his greatest mistake and Vader's dark secret is revealed.
Definitely the darkest of the trilogy, ESB leaves the viewer wanting more. We want to see the fate of Han Solo, how Luke reacts to startling news, and the further efforts of the Rebel Alliance ~ even if we've already seen the trilogy dozens of times. Watch this movie for a great story in a wonder-filled world.
The Empire returns in the greatest sequel of all time.
one of the greatest sequels ever
Best of the Series
My dissertation,lol,on the film is near the final when Vader tells Luke that he is the father. On a Freudian level, this could be called the Oedipus complex theory with Luke deciding to not join his father. I presume Luke was apprehensive to join in because he believed it was a confidence game that would result in his own termination/castration. Just a speculative theory.
When ESB was released in 1997 I had a standing date to go see it on the big screen. Way back in 1980, I remember being on summer vacation and going to see it for the first time. When the movie ended, I could not believe that we (the audience) were left hanging on a cliff for the next 3 years. Talk about tease, lol.......:)
the best film of the greatest sci-fi series ever.
|11. Kid Galahad
Director: Phil Karlson
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an unfairly treated ELVIS " movie.
Not enough meat on the bones
Elvis' best from United Artists.
Excellent Boxing Movie
The opening scene is unforgettable with Elvis riding on the back of a Mayflower truck singing KING OF THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. There are six songs including I GOT LUCKY.
This is a remake of a 1937 movie that starred Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson. The 1937 version was directed by Michael Cutiz who directed Casablanca and the Elvis movie King Creole. The movie examines the corruption of boxing and the gambling and crime associated with it.
Oscar-winner Gig Young is excellent as the promoter and DEATH WISH's Charles Bronson gives a spectacular performance as the trainer.
Elvis' acting is very good here. The song sequences are excellent especially one where Elvis and Young and Bronson are riding in a jalopy that Elvis restored and then painted red.
A man who can sing when he ain't got a thing, he's the king of the whole wide world. Indeed. Nobody proved it better than Elvis, the King of Rock and Roll and the Artist of the Century.
Kid Galahad- A Pleasant Surprise
|12. The Story of Ruth
Director: Henry Koster
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A great film of a great Hollywood period!
This film is not the Bible, but a meditation on it, factual, no, but it gets the point of The Book of Ruth across.
The best bits are a very moving perfromance by Peggy Wood as Naomi, and some stylish acting by Elena Eden and Stuart Whitman.The Wood scenes are excellent, and Naomi's prayer is quite striking, all filmed in a small house in earth tones...very good. Peggy Wood's many scenes of emotional upheaval are instances of excellent screen acting.
The Moabite scenes are crazy, as is all of that Chemosh stuff, but this film has great appeal...for die hards only, and especially for cinemascope afficionados of yore who can re-imagine it all even on the tiny screens we must put up with now, TV and movie alike. Buy and enjoy. Still not letterboxed.
Good TV watching
Scripturally the movie is not that good. There is a lot of license with Scripture (not surprising considering how small the book of Ruth is). But the license isn't really congruent with revelation. For example, this movie makes Ruth out to be a high priestess of chemosh and married for about 1/2 second to a Jewish man just before he dies. Boaz is a bitter man who makes a Moabite man drink poisoned water. The roles of kinsmen-redeemer is not even close to accurately portrayed. These things were done to try to make the movie have additional action, but detracts from the very real story. Also, here Naomi does not change her name, Moab tries to track Ruth down and kill her, and so on and so forth.
From a story perspective, the story is your classic structure. Boy meets girl, girl is coy, boy gets into trouble, girl rescues, boy says sappy stuff, girl falls in love, boy dies, girl moves on, girl meets new man, girl marries new man. And the actors do a good job with this standard plot line. For a movie made 41 years ago, it's still enjoyable watching. The production is pretty good and the acting is good. The sets remind you of Ben-Hur. The pacing of the story is standard for a movie made at that time, kinda slow (for today's tastes).
Overall the movie is fun to watch as long as you can overlook the Scriptural errors.
beautiful ruth
Inspiring Story of a Woman's Devotion!!
Ruth is a young Moabite woman who was raised from childhood to become a priestess and revere a pagan idol, but when she meets Mahlon the Judean (Tom Tryon), she's deeply affected by his belief in a merciful God who demans no human sacrifices, so she marries Mahlon, and when he dies, she renounces her own culture to remain with her mother-in-law, Naomi (Wood).
Now she comes into Judea, where she meets Boaz (Whitman), and the story begins anew. There is a wonderful depiction of loyalty, romance, faith, and devotion, and although the film is 132 minutes, it seems so short once you get into it.
Highly recommended, and the whole family with enjoy it.
A Classic!
|13. Arizona Dream
Director: Emir Kusturica
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Encounter of a talented actor and a talented director
I am a big fan of Johnny Depp, but I don't think I am overestimating the movie just because I am his admirer. "Arizona Dream" is much more remarkable than any other movie in which Johnny appeared. Johnny, in this movie, shows a pure and innocent beauty as in "Edward Scissorhands," but this time Johnny's character (Axel) is a little more complex because he also shows strong passion for love and women like in "Don Juan DeMarco." This movie, although it has several layers of meaning, is about adolescence overall. Johnny did a dazzling performance by expressing skillfully cravings and sadness of youth at the same time. When Grace (Lili Taylor) committed suicide, Johnny, who just came to realize her attractiveness, got overwhelmed with sorrow in the rain. How sad and beautiful this scene was! (The scarlet hue and the background music of this scene added a surreal and quaint feeling to that beauty.) How pure and beautiful Johnny looked in that scene! This scene brings to my mind the scene from Kusturica's another film "Time of the Gypsies," in which the male protagonist cries out in grief the name of his dead lover. Both scenes are sad and beautiful at the same time.
Death, in "Arizona Dream," stands for nothing trivial. It's a kind of passage a youngster goes through to become an adult. It's not difficult to infer that experiencing death of close friends or family members leads to a maturer state of mentality. Suffering the death of his uncle (Leo) and girlfriend (Grace), Johnny gets to step into adulthood. The symbolic daydream at the end of the movie, related to halibut, reveals more clearly by actors' lines that Johnny has undergone a tumult of youth and now is about to enter upon a new stage of life.
Sex has a crucial meaning, too. When Johnny continues wild and liberal relations with a middle-aged woman Elaine (Faye Dunaway), it seems to have the meaning of youthful rash desire. But it is also an indicator which tells that Johnny is stepping toward adulthood; after this hectic and wild period, he comes to find new aspects of people around him and of the relationships with them. Being attracted sexually to an older person is a typical--at least common if not typical--experience in youth. As young people grow up, they begin to see objectively the older person they liked or loved. When Johnny says to Grace that her step-mother Elaine, whom he has loved with strong ardor, is now like a clown he can see through, and hints that he can recognize Grace's charm now, he displays a maturer insight into love and women.
In a sense, this movie has something in common with the Swedish film "All Things Fair," even though these two films are totally different in style and atmosphere. "All Things Fair," too, depicts a boy who gradually gets into the world of adults after going through war, brother's death, and sexual relations with a teacher. This boy, at the end of the movie, realizes the true aspect of the teacher and the pure beauty of a girl who is about his age and has been fond of him, like Axel (Johnny Depp) in "Arizona Dream" gets his mind to slide from Elaine to Grace.
Even so, they are very different. Unlike "All Things Fair," "Arizona Dream" has a far more melancholic feeling and is based on a far more tragic view of the world. Kusturica basically takes a pessimistic view of reality in many of his movies. But Kusturica's real talent lies not in his pessimistic world view but in his astonishing way of facing this tragic world. He never gets crushed with excessive grief; instead, he always sustains a sense of humor and breathes vivacity into his characters in a witty and humorous style. His movies often have some comical scenes like one in which Grace attempts suicide by hanging herself in "Arizona Dream." (This attempt fails, and she moves up and down in a funny manner with a long piece of cloth around her neck.) Kusturica's sense of humor seems to be more conspicuous in recent movies such as "Black Cat, White Cat," and movies in former years, like "Time of the Gypsies" and "Arizona Dream," have a strong feeling of sadness. And yet, "Arizona Dream," like other movies of Kusturica, has vital characters and thereby conveys the message that life is still beautiful and the world is still worth living in.
Although I focused on the development of a young man into adulthood, "Arizona Dream" never leaves a bitter aftertaste by implying that the young man has lost his purity of youth. The course of the development itself is expressed in such a way that viewers feel the irresistible beauty, and Johnny remains genuine until the end of the movie. The affair between Johnny and Faye Dunaway still makes viewers feel the exquisite afterglow regardless of Johnny's new relationship with Grace, and the relationship between Johnny and Grace and her sudden death caused by suicide give more strength to that exquisite afterglow along with a sad feeling. Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, and Lili Taylor show vivacious intensity all throughout the runtime, and especially Johnny is brilliant with the pristine beauty and with the natural performance of a complicated young man. Kusturica made one of the most unique and splendid films about adolescence with the gifted actors.
One of a kind!
Poetic dream
Surrial... as a dream... and the end of it -is up to you...
Emir Kusturica's Arizona Dream
Taylor has her own set of mental quirks- she worships turtles and wants to kill herself so she can come back as one. Gallo fancies himself a serious actor, one good scene has him recreate the cropduster scene from "North by Northwest," on stage at a local talent contest. Paulina Porizkova is given nothing to do as Lewis' very young fiancee.
We have all these weird characters in a weird little comedy. There are funny scenes. Taylor tries to hang herself with pantyhose from a second floor balcony, and bungees up and down as Depp tries to save her. Depp, Taylor, Dunaway, and Gallo play a hilarious game of footsie at a dinner table. Taylor, depressed over her suicide attempt, begins wandering around the house playing the accordian. Depp and Dunaway begin building flying machines, trying to fulfill Dunaway's girlhood dream. The screen fills with weird special effects and tons of magical realist images. The eskimo prologue; a fish that swims in the sky; really interesting stuff.
About halfway through the film, everything takes an ugly turn. Depp and Taylor play a game of Russian Roulette. Lewis overdoses on pills, he is guilt-ridden because he drove the car in the accident that killed Depp's parents. Eventually, not a whole lot of plot happens. Instead, the film becomes obsessed with suicide, wallowing in the characters' unhappiness to the point that I may remove the COMEDY sticker from the video case and write MANIC DEPRESSIVE on it.
The cast, especially Taylor, is good, too good. I felt like they really understood their respective characters and the director's overall vision. Too bad they did not let the viewer in on it. I felt undermined by the cast and crew, and could not wait for the film to end.
The final scene, on the tundra, has Depp and Lewis talking to each other in Eskimo native language while ice fishing. A confusing ending to a confused film. I do not recommend this one.
This is rated (R) for physical violence, gun violence, mild gore, strong profanity, sexual content, sexual references, and adult situations. ... Read more
|14. Folks!
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A Real Classic
Folks Is One Of The Funniest Movies Out There!
My uncle loves it!
the worst movie ever
very funny
|15. Secret Window
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A Creepy Thriller
Depp's Talent Is No Secret In "Window"
In "Secret Window", he stars as Mort Rainey, a neurotic writer struggling to overcome his difficult divorce and put his life back into order. Six months after falling out with his wife Amy (played by Maria Bello), he has holed up in a secluded cabin deep in the woods of Upstate New York, refusing to sign the divorce papers and suffering from a bad case of writer's block. However, one day he encounters John Shooter, a strange man from Mississippi who claims that one of Rainey's well-known stories, "Secret Window" (hence, the title) was stolen and plagiarized from him. Shooter even leaves him his manuscript, and Rainey reads it, discovering that it strikes remarkable resemblances to his own story written years before. Although he ignores Shooter's threats at first, Shooter turns out to be much more than he has bargained for, and as his threats turn into violent acts of revenge that grow in severity and meaning, Rainey must figure out how to anticipate and stop him. Not only do tensions rise between Shooter and Rainey, but also between Rainey and Amy's new boyfriend Ted (Timothy Hutton), who also begins to threaten him.
As I said before, the highlight of "Secret Window" is the performance by Johnny Depp. He completely absorbs the character of Mort Rainey, giving him a new depth, believability, and suprisingly, humor; something pleasant you don't see often in thriller movies. He brings a crowd-pleasing energy, and still manages to inject his signature personality in his role, which alone carries the film. Had Depp not been a part of "Secret Window" I think I would have given it a much lower rating. John Turturro, as John Shooter, gives a solid and scary performance, bringing back his familiar accent from "O, Brother Where Art Thou?". The rest of the cast is simply mediocre, which does nothing but emphasize the brilliance by Depp.
Although Johnny Depp makes a fine effort to save the film, it is not enough, and although "Secret Window" delivers an exciting and suspenseful hour and a half, the last and completely unnecessary twenty minutes completely degrade what credibility the script had earned. The twists and frightful gags are somewhat predictable, and although the movie promises to deliver an eye-opening climax, the actual ending leaves the audience feeling unsatisfied. In my opinion, the film could have ended twenty minutes earlier, and it would be much more chilling and impressive.
Although it provides a few good chilling scenes (enhanced by the eerie soundtrack by Philip Glass), the main reason to see "Secret Window" is for the performance by Depp, which, due to his humor and personality keeps this film afloat.
Expected A Little More Than Given...
Great Dvd!!!!
Flawed, but better than expected
But then I watched the first fifteen minutes . . . and, well, it got interesting. As others have noted, Depp's acting is, as usual, superb. The man is one of the best actors we have at this time. And the story does pull you in. The characters are well drawn (as is the case with most King novels) and viewers will want to see what happens to them as the story progresses.
However, the story itself and Stephen King's reputation are part of the problem.
"Secret Window" was based on a King novella within the larger work "Four Past Midnight." For some reason, King's novellas and shorter novels (Stand By Me, Shawshank, The Shining, Carrie) have translated the best to film while his longer works (The Stand, Tommyknockers) are utterly horrible. Given this track record, "Secret Window" should have been one of the better King movies. The problem here is that "Four Past Midnight" was never an example of King's better work. Thus, in a sense, the director has to rescue the movie from the perception of King as the "master of horror." When you have the deck stacked against you like that it's hard to come through with the goods. "Secret Window" is basically a love triangle in which one of the characters goes nuts. A plausible story, but it's difficult to present a story as routine as this is in a manner that will satisfy the hype.
"Secret Window" is a good movie. It's just not great. And it's certanly not worthy of all the King hype. Still, it's worth a look. Depp's acting is especially worth watching. And the story, if you're in the mood, is a bit scary at times.
As for the DVD, it's also worth a look. The deleted scenes are nothing special, but the featurette sequences are interesting, more so in fact than most such extras on other DVDs. Far too often we get DVDs which show us scene after boring scene showing us the technical aspects of how a movie was filmed. Here we at least get a brief glance at some of the human interest aspects behind the camera. I would have liked to have seen an interview with the author, but that seems to be a rarity amongst all DVDs. I think that all movies adapted from books should have this extra feature (assuming the author is still alive). ... Read more
|16. Flim Flam Man
Director: Irvin Kershner
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A great comedic discovery.....
I love George C. Scott's rip-snorting performance as a train-hopping con-man whose legend precedes him. He literally stumbles upon a military AWOL drifter in Michael Sarrazin, and the unlikely pair join forces to make a little cash. Camping in abandoned railroad cars, hiking cross country and stealing a car or two, this colorful pair eventually has the county police hot on their tails. Along the way, Sarrazin falls in love with the mayor's daughter, Slim Pickens loses his paycheck (great scene) and Scott samples a bit of the local moonshine.
"The Flim Flam Man" is aided by a cast of extraordinary character actors, including Harry Morgan, Jack Albertson, Strother Martin, Albert Salmi and Pickens. Morgan, as the local sheriff, is especially funny in a grand slapstick role. But director Irvin Kershner has done an excellent job in balancing comedy, drama and romance with skilled ease. It's the quieter moments in "The Flim Flam Man" that I truly admire, such as the scene when Scott reminisces about the purple-eyed girl he once loved in Missouri, or when Sarrazin discusses his dreams of the future with Sue Lyon.
This is such a charming movie, that each time I watch it I'm sad to see it end. "The Film Flam Man" transports us to a dreamy Southern land, colorful and optimistic, train whistles in the background, vibrant town squares, campfires beneath railroad bridges, bustling general stores. While this film was made in 1967, the small town ambiance of "The Flim Flam Man" harkens back to a time 30-40 years prior. It's a romantic recreation, in some ways a tender tribute to a past way of life. I always find the final image, of the abandoned bicycle resting at the railroad crossing, to be haunting, with Scott's character having disappeared to rustic parts unknown. I would love to join him on his journey.
For those anacquainted, "The Flim Flam Man" is a great discovery.
Forget Patton - give me Mordecai!
An unassuming curio from the same year (1967) as the iconoclastic "Bonnie and Clyde," "The Flim-Flam Man" is good-looking, well-acted, imaginatively directed (by Irvin Kershner, who later skippered "The Empire Strikes Back"), and wildly successful at its sole purpose: to entertain. Hollywood used to excel at this brand of lightsome fare. Today, hopelessly vulgarized and dumbed-down, and hell-bent on dragging the audience down to its level, Tinseltown wouldn't know where to begin to make a flick like this. That's everybody's loss.
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A Serious Actor Does Comedy--Very Well, Thank You!
This movie lacks the slapstick that often characterizes comedy; there's a wild car chase (Jones and Curly in a convertible Mordecai has "borrowed," pursued by the local sheriff, turning their chariot into a "ramblin' wreck" and destroying a considerable portion of the town of Clayton in the process), but most of the film concentrates on Mordecai's schemes--everything from three-card monte and punchboards through the Pigeon Drop to an elaborate masquerade in which he manages to swap a truckload of moonshine for a mound of assorted merchandise. The supporting cast is especially good, with Harry Morgan shining as Sheriff Slade and Albert Salmi delightful as his young chief deputy, Meshaw. And while not for the morally ambivalent, it manages to bring up some important ethical issues. As Mordecai tells Curly, "You can't cheat a honest man!" With no sex or profanity to speak of, it could well serve as the launching point for some telling discussions with your kids about right and wrong, loyalty, and what honesty really is. ... Read more
|17. The Odyssey
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Wow, what a EXTRAORDINARY movie!!
Movie Review for THE ODYSSEY By Phil
THE ODYSSEY has a very strong visual impact on the audience that watches it. It is full of action and suspense and the special effects are amazing, especially the scene where Poseidon was speaking to Odysseus through the waves. Also, the acting and costumes were realistic. The actors talked and wore clothes that were worn in that time. The soundtrack is also realistic to that time, The music on the soundtrack is mostly old Greek music.
Overall, I give THE ODYSSEY five stars.
Best Odysseus I've Seen
Still compelling after 3000 years.
A great story
The story has an amazing plot, and the actors are pretty good. Some of the special effects were kind of lame but that wasn't the movies fault, it was their budget. This is really good for a TV miniseries.
From the spooky lair of Syclla to the amazing Island of Ithaca, this movie really portrays the story well. It's very enjoyable, and I'm going to have to order the movie to keep! ... Read more
|18. David and Bathsheba
Director: Henry King
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from the golden age of Technicolor
Gregory Peck is handsome beyond words as King David, and it's always a pleasure to listen to his resonant voice; his recitation of the 23rd psalm, and his prayer at the Ark of the Covenant, are memorable scenes. In this film David is a pale reflection of the Bible character, this story being more about a big Hollywood romance, and the trouble it gets him in along with his partner in sin Bathsheba, played by the stunning Susan Hayward, who maintains her tiny waistline even though she is supposed to be "with child".
David, uncharacteristically, wants Bathsheba at any cost. His is a passion that will not be denied. When she capitulates, it is to have great ramifications for all the parties involved. When their transgression and the lengths to which David went to secure Bathsheba for himself become known, it is Bathseheba who may pay the ultimate price in order to expiate their sin.
Gregory Peck seems ill at ease in this role and a bit stiff, though he revives at the end in order to quell God's wrath. Susan Hayward is beautiful, but she and Peck seem to lack chemistry. Jayne Meadows plays David's first wife, and she is very effective in the role of the woman scorned. Raymond Massey is excellent in the role of the prophet, Nathan, who calls David to judgment for his sin. It is Kieron Moore, however, who plays the role of the David's faithful captain, Bathsheba's cuckolded first husband, who steals the show.
This 1951 film, which received three Academy Award nominations, is a biblical epic that, despite some of its shortcomings, still manages to entertain the viewer.
It's pretty good and watchable
It Was Pretty Good Despite What Others Say...
|19. Unbearable Lightness of Being
Director: Philip Kaufman
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Exquisite Film Was One of The 1980's Best
People conditioned to see sex on the screen as a smutty joke or leading to painful reprecussions had problems with Kaufmann's playful sensuality here. He compounded their discomfort by coating all these goings-on with a veneer of class, larding the film with literary references and putting Janacek on the soundtrack. And it was easy to dismiss the film as nothing but a bunch of amoral European sophisicates who make love in between bouts of literary discussions or fighting political repression. But the film pulls us into these character's lives in a much more impassioned and alive way than European art cinema does with its deliberate distancing effects and pretentious moralizing (good recent example: Lars Von Trier's interminable "Breaking The Waves"). The film weaves its larger concerns about freedom and responsibility seamlessly through the narration - we can follow the film without knowing all the allusions and references. Some may see the characters and their bed-hopping as shallow and affected but they are forced to deal with their country's politics and history and have to come to terms with their own lives in ways that Euro-fluff soft-core comedies like "French Twist" never have to. Indeed, the moral choices placed on these apparently frivolous characters gives the film its greatness.
In other words, "Unbearable Lightness" has a sophisticated air because it is sophisticated: in its ideas, direction, writing, and acting. Kaufmann's work since has generally disappointed but here he's made one of the richest and intelligent films of the decade.
the Prague Spring
Please read Kundera's book instead
But please read Kundera's novel, because it is wonderful. I can't help but think that Kundera was referring to this film when he wrote in his later novel Immortality: "The present era grabs everything that was ever written in order to transform it into films, TV programs, or cartoons. What is essential in a novel is precisely what can only be expressed in a novel, and so every adaptation contains nothing but the nonessential."
A nice historical fiction movie
This movie is set against the backround of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in the 1960's It is about a doctor who has physical relationships with many different women. He then meets a woman whom he wants to pursue a romantic and emotional with. She wants him to be monogamous. The ensuing results are quite original.
The film is also a good history lesson about the Soviet invasion but is not appropriate for school age children. The film has a well deserved R rating for scenes of nudity and sex which I think were unnecessary and prevent a wider range of audience from seeing the film. I greatly hope that the producers would offer a version of the film witht he nude and sex scenes cut so that it could be shown in history classes in school.
There is also a scene that Beatles fans may like where the song "Hey Jude" is sung in the Czech language. It also has many pieces of music by Czech composer, Leos Janacek.
The DVD also has audio commentary by the director Philip Kauffman, Editor, Walter Murch, Co writer John Carrière, and Actress Lena Olin.
|20. Grease
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5 Star Movie Lowered (Slightly) By Disappointing DVD
You CAN right a movie about rock&roll!
As you can see, there are some VERY bad songs, but for the most part, the songs are pretty good. The whole movie was even better than the songs. The whole idea of the movie is a senior high schooler comes to the U.S. and goes to a cheap high school. There, she runs into a guy she met in the summer, who is in a car gang that is against another car gang. Throughout the year, this girl ( her name is Sandy) and her friends deal with the guy(his name is Danny) and his friends. The movie pretty much told about the "typical" high scholl senior's problems, except in a more 60's background. The movie actually took place in the 70's. At the end, Danny's car gang beats the rival gang in a car race, and at the end of the movie, the whole gang of guys and girls gets back together without any problems at the end of the year. The movie is all in all VERY good. Buy it today.
Grease lightning!
Anyway, "Grease" is one of my favorite movies. It's just one of those timeless gems that will never die (can't say the same for the sequel, though). Every song is a joy and the film couldn't have been casted any better. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing; all involved give indelibly charming performances. A lot of great films came out of the 70's (The Godfather, A Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, Jaws, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, etc., etc...) but "Grease" is still able to hold it's own after all these years. A quintessential film to add to your collection.
As far as the DVD goes, well... it's typical of Paramount to stiff us with what could have been a solid release. If you take into account that almost everyone who buys the disc already knows all the songs and dialogue by heart, the studio could have done lots of fun things with the material. Alas, we only get a songbook (which is admittedly kinda cool) and a documentary. Oh, yeah. And a theatrical trailer. How rare. *scoffs*
"Summer lovin'... had me a bla-haaast..."
I love this movie
Greasy John isn't my cup of grease
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Animal friends for your farm stay in Austria
Our two- and four-legged companions on the Ebengut
Spend your next farm stay in Austria in Maria Alm and get to know the farm animals on the Ebengut! They're always here, 'cause work, but, and that's particularly important, lots of joy and fun. We are always happy about helping hands for feeding and tending to the animals – some of them are very trusting and always happy for some petting!
These are our farm animals!
You'll get to know a lot of animal companions during your farm holidays in Maria Alm, which will delight the youngest guests, but not only. Let us introduce you to our two- and four-legged friends:
Dog Grolli
Our wire-haired dachshund loves going for walks with guests, getting its fur stroked and playing with kids. He loves to eat pork sausage and cooked meat.
You have to be careful with our three lady quails Sofal, Lena and Kathi. They love to fly out of their coop, but can be easily caught again. Our quails love salad and grain feed, then they'll lay those small, very healthy quail eggs.
Mom Fipsi and dad Flecki have small rabbits that are usually named after our guest children. They enjoy being petted and running around freely, where they love frolicking around with the kids. The rabbis prefer eating carrots, salat and dandelion.
Guinea pigs
Hanni and Nanni share the barn with the rabbits, also love carrots and salads, and enjoy their peace in their little house. They squeak when hungry and are delighted about getting fresh dandelion from the kids.
During your farm stay in Austria you'll meet our runner duck couple, who cruise around the garden picking up slugs or eating soaked bread. They love the quiet and are hard to catch. We're always happy about help as the ducks love to swim and we have to refill fresh water every day.
Our two pot-bellied pigs Molli and Frieda are very tame and can be petted. They like to eat vegetable scraps or cooked noodles.
Our proud peacock is called Cäsar and prances around the entire farm. He's already 13 and mostly likes his peace. He can't be pet or caught, he doesn't like that at all. If the weather changes, he cry frequently. We are very proud of his beautiful feathers, which he sheds starting around late July. The children go looking for them. Cäsar also likes to join the chickens in the barn.
Flora is still from grandpa's breeding. He spends summer on the alp with the cows and likes to eat hay.
Our cows enjoy the fresh alpine herbs in summer. We have mother cow breeding, meaning that the calves, too, can join us on the alp. We are an organic farm, so we only feed them the best. They can go back to the farm in September where they graze for another few weeks.
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Team of the Week: Liverpool's Sadio Mane phenomenal in West Ham victory
The Reds are hoping to make a genuine attempt at winning the Premier League this season.
Liverpool kicked off their 2018/19 campaign with a resounding 4-0 thrashing of West Ham United, with the performance demonstrating their strength in depth and highlighting exactly why some people are tipping them to run Manchester City close for the Premier League title.
Last season it was Mohamed Salah who rightly collected the plaudits for a fantastic season in front of goal but in Sunday's curtain-raiser it was another of the Reds' lethal attacking trio who claimed the accolades against a hapless Hammers.
Senegalese forward Sadio Mané was in red hot form as he netted a superb brace to pick up where he left off last season following his goal in the Champions League Final defeat to Real Madrid.
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"Sometimes it's difficult to start the season but we started very well in pre-season, we won almost every game. We have started the season great and everybody is happy. We're going to try to keep the same level and keep going"
The Hammers' faithful must be sick of the sight of the former Southampton man too. According to Opta Joe on Twitter, Mane has been directly involved in six goals during his last four Premier League outings against West Ham, making him a real thorn in the side of the Londoners.
Mané can sometimes be an overlooked member of the Liverpool squad when it comes to dishing out compliments but having netted 20 goals from 44 appearances in all competitions last season it is pretty safe to say that he is an integral part of Jurgen Klopp's team.
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Index field access
Accessing an indexable field in one database from another.
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Is it possible to access a serachable field from one database via a different database?
I have a database of all my Vinyl/CDs and want to access the album cover art that I have in a different database. I'd like to click on a record in my Vinyl/CD database, and then have a field or button (?) that when pressed, would show the correct cover image from the second database.
I have tried adding an image field to my Vinyl/CD database, and then adding the covers individually. However, when I try to edit the new image field, it only shows me the "full screen" option, and doesn't show the drop-down menu with the "Load file from..." option. The bottom left corner of the database screen shows as "Editing" "Image" "R/O" for some reason?
I have no probelm editing the other fields.
Many thanks in advance.
18-Feb-2010 12:00
>>And doesn't show the drop-down menu with the "Load file from..."
give a click with the right mouse button when the cursor is in the imagefield...
>>have a field or button (?) that when pressed, would show the correct cover image from the second database.
Therefore you need "key" values in both databases. In your vinyl/cd bd you need a field that has same value (number of so) that also is in the right record of your cover database. A macro - started with a button - can read the value in your "key" field of cd database and selects it in your cover database.
Charles Welling
18-Feb-2010 12:19
As to your question about searching another database: you don't need a macro in this particular case. This kind of searching is built-in, and it is called "relational search". You can read all about it in the Help file (click Help > Content > Index search > Relational searches).
18-Feb-2010 13:24
Relational search is not the most easy part of Cardbox and takes a lot of mouseclicks.
Because in the question a "button" was suggested seems relation search not the most relevant solution.
Mary Doyle
18-Feb-2010 14:35
My view is that Jonny's problem would be best solved with a macro. I find relational searches tedious, but useful for one-off exercises. For a regular activity such as that proposed by Jonny I find a macro more convenient.
Best regards,
Charles Welling
18-Feb-2010 14:36
Please note that a relational search can be recorded into a three-line macro and activated by a button if you please to do so. The rest happens automatically, whereas a selection macro would require continuous activation to refresh the results. That's quite a lot of mouse clicks!
Furthermore I hope you're not suggesting that programming such a selection macro is easier than setting up a simple relational search.
18-Feb-2010 15:18
Another NL reply,
I think a relational search is a good option as Charles (NL) mentioned. If you never tried this option then please do so, it's fun. Bert (NL) and Mary (IE) are right that it's not so easy. But once you understand how it works, you can record the steps in a macro and then forget how tedious is was
18-Feb-2010 15:44
>> Furthermore I hope you're not suggesting that programming such a selection macro is easier than setting up a simple relational search.
I've seen a lot of people struggling with relational search. It works the best if you have dabases a tiled on your screen so you can see what is happening.
That is why I still advise in this type of things: record macro, try to change it after recording.
18-Feb-2010 16:48
It will probably be better if you do link the databases rather than copying the images - I'll leave the others to discuss how. But as for the image field being unexpectedly read-only, see the blog at cardbox.wordpress.com for an explanation and a cure.
19-Feb-2010 10:00
Hi Eveyone,
Thanks to all for the quick responses and helpful replies, esp. Cardboss for the R/O fix.


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The 2018 Quick Reads Launch by The Reading Agency
The 2018 Quick Reads Launch by The Reading Agency
Thursday 1st February 2018.
It is a great honour to have been asked by Annabelle Wright to be a part of the promotion to launch the 2018 Quick Reads by The Reading Agency with the Official Launch Day being today 1st February.
Reading has been my life and at one point even saved my own life when I hit the lowest point of my life some years ago. Evidence shows that reading is a vital part of our mental and physical wellbeing. Reading can take us to many places and even walk in other people's shoes.
In recent years I have made a point of handing out books to homeless people who sadly do not get access to books. Also handing out books to patients in hospitals and also to those living in sheltered accommodation. In recent years it has been a real privilege to go into some schools to help some children with reading difficulties.
With the ever present threat to our much loved local libraries, reading and access to books is now more important than ever before. By sharing my passion and also my love of books and reading can help spread the word of just how important reading is in today's world.
You can follow Quick Reads on Twitter using the Hashtag #QuickReads
The Six Titles that make up the 2018 Quick Reads by The Reading Agency released today. Each copy will cost £1.00 and will consist of around 100 pages.
Cut Off by Mark Billingham (Little, Brown): A punchy, taut urban thriller about that moment we all fear: losing our phone! For Louise, losing hers in a local café takes a sinister turn. Billingham has sold five million copies of his novels and has twice won the Theakston's Old Peculiar Award for Crime Novel of the Year.
The Great Cornish Getaway by Fern Britton (HarperCollins): As the sun sits high in the sky over Cornwall, and the sea breeze brings a welcome relief to the residents of the seaside village of Trevay, a stranger arrives in need of a safe haven. The former presenter of This Morning, Britton is now a Sunday Times bestselling author and this story is full of her usual warmth and wit.
Clean Break by Tammy Cohen (Transworld): A dark and twisty portrait of a marriage coming to its bitter end, from the mistress of domestic noir. Can Kate rid herself of her jealous husband before it's too late? Cohen's acclaimed novels include The Mistress's Revenge, The War of the Wives and Someone Else's Wedding.
Inspector Chopra and the Million-Dollar Motor Car by Vaseem Khan (Hodder & Stoughton): An enchanting Baby Ganesh Agency novella from the bestselling Khan set in the bustling back-streets of Mumbai. Inspector Chopra and his elephant sidekick have two days to solve the mystery of a missing – and very costly – car for its gangster owner, or there'll be a heavy price to pay.
The Beach Wedding by Dorothy Koomson (Arrow): A gripping short read featuring a wedding, family drama, and old secrets. Tessa is thrilled when her daughter arrives in Ghana to get married but memories of the last time she was there haunt her; can she lay the ghosts of the past to rest or will they come back to haunt her daughter's future? Koomson is the bestselling author of 12 novels including The Ice-Cream Girls, My Best Friends' Girl and most recently The Friend.
Six Foot Six by Kit de Waal (Viking): A charming novella from Costa First Novel Award shortlisted author de Waal about finding friendship in the most unlikely of places. Everything changes for Timothy, a 21-year-old with learning difficulties, when local builder Charlie calls on him for help. De Waal worked in criminal and family law and was a magistrate for many years before her international bestseller, My Name is Leon, was published.
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Cut Off is by the number one bestselling crime writer Mark Billingham
It's the moment we all fear: losing our phone. Leaving us cut off from family and friends. But for Louise, losing hers in a local café takes her somewhere much darker.
After many hours of panic, Louise is relieved when someone gets in touch offering to return the phone. From then on she is impatient to get back to normal life.
But when they meet on the beach, Louise realises you should be careful what you wish for….
112 Pages
Six Foot Six by award winning author Kit De Waal and author of My Name is Leon
It's an exciting day for Timothy Flowers. It's the third of November, and its Friday. And it's his twenty-first birthday. When Timothy walks to his usual street corner to see his favourite special bus, he meets Charlie. Charlie is a builder who is desperate for Timothy's help because Timothy is very tall, six foot six inches. Timothy has never had a job before – or no work that he's kept for more than a day. But when Timothy and Charlie have to collect money from a local thug, things don't exactly go according to plan….
Over the course of one day, Timothy's life will change forever.
73 Pages.
My thanks to Annabelle Wright for the invitation to help with the launch of the 2018 Quick Reads titles through The Reading Agency.
The 2018 Quick Reads titles are launched by The Reading Agency and are published on 1st February 2018 and are available to through W.H. Smith and many local book shops.
The Deaths of December by Susi Holliday
The Deaths of December by Susi Holliday
What is the attraction of a Christmas crime novel that we all seem to enjoy reading? Those of us who enjoy a cracking crime read look forward to the festive period when we can relax with a killer of a crime novel. But Susi Holliday has taken this to a new level with a crime novel based around something a lot of homes will have on display at this time of year the traditional advent calendar. When I read the blurb for the storyline my thought was 'why has no-one come up with this before' and The Deaths of December really is the perfect Christmas crime read.
There has been a serial killer on the loose for twenty years and this killer has fallen under the radar. His methods do not follow a pattern which makes it difficult for this killer to be caught and at the same time this killer is clever with it. It is fast approaching Christmas and at the local police station a mysterious gift has arrived. At first no-one suspects and think it is a harmless gift. It is an advent calendar. But closer inspection suddenly gets everyone's attention. Behind every window lies a shocking discovery. No festive cheer here these are photos of murder scenes and they are real taken at the time of the murder. So who is behind sending the advent calendar and what is their motive. More urgently is who are the victims. Some of the windows on the calendar have been left blank. This is now a real concern as this could mean the killer is not finished and wants to fully complete his own macabre advent calendar of murders.
We are now introduced to an exciting new detective partnership in DS Eddie Carmine and DC Becky Green to race against the clock before another window is filled with another murder. These two detectives clearly have a real chemistry and really do appeal to the reader. There are a number of intriguing characters that you are introduced to 'The Photographer' and 'Carly' so the story is more or less told by the leading characters. There is something about Carly that when you read this book you will find out for yourselves. Well done to Susi Holliday for creating such great characters and how she teases us with information through the book.
The is a totally compelling and gripping read. There are times when the action becomes rather tense and you just know the clock is ticking down and just when you think they are getting close the killer is getting closer. This is the perfect Christmas fireside read. Switch on the tree lights turn the phone off and get yourself a drink and settle down and enjoy this festive crime thriller. But lock the door! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Merry Christmas!
384 Pages.
The Deaths of December by Susi Holliday is published by Mulholland Books and was published on 16th November 2017 and is available through Waterstones, Amazon and all good bookshops.


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I have a new BFF in my life lately - Almond Flour! Holy cow this is great stuff!!! I'm sure most of you that are gluten free or avoid grains already know about this awesome flour but I'm justing getting around to discovering how terrific it is for cooking. Almonds, considered by some to be a Super Food, provide a ton of nutritional benefits. Instead of listing them all check out this link for the low down. One of the first recipes I used the almond flour in were cookies and boy oh boy did these turn out yummy and delicious. Plus they are super easy to make and you can even refrigerate the dough which makes it easy to whip up some cookies in no time! Enjoy!
- 3 cups blanched almond flour
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup (Grade B or C only)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (I used Sunspire Brand Grain Sweetened Chocolate Chips)
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a medium sized bowl combine the dry ingredients.
- In a small bowl beat eggs, maple syrup, oil and vanilla extract together with a hand mixer or by hand if you want a good workout.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and beat with the hand mixer until throughly combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips and continue to mix until the chips are evenly distributed.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place tablespoon sized balls of cookie dough about 2 inches apart.
- Bake the cookies for 15 minutes. Let cool for about 5 minutes before removing from the parchment paper. ENJOY!
Nutritional Info:
Makes 24 cookies.
Serving size 1 cookie.
Nutrients per serving: Calories: 164.5, Cal. from Fat: 102.5, Total Fat: 12g, Sat. Fat: 2g, Carbs: 12g, Fiber: 1.5g, Sugars: 7g, Protein: 4g, Sodium: 26.5mg, Chol: 17.5mg
Any leftover cookies can be kept in a sealed container at room temperature for up to 2 days.
Don't be put off by the higher fat content of these cookies - they are filled with all GOOD fats - you know, the fat you want to have on a daily basis! While these do contain good fats they are still cookies and should be eaten in moderation.
If your intent is to make a gluten free cookie please make sure you use a gluten free chocolate chip.
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These were really good! Unfortunately, I did not have any chocolate chips, so we just made them 'plain,' but I can't wait to try them with the chocolate chips!
I can't wait to try this recipe. Please note, however, that if your intent is to have a gluten-free cookie, you should not use grain-sweetened chocolate chips. :) I might try this with unsweetened carob ships. Yum!


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ICC Comments on OECD Discussion Draft on Chapter VII of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines "Transfer Pricing of Financial Transactions" – BEPS Actions 8-10
The OECD Discussion Draft provides guidance on the application of the principles of Section D.1 of Chapter I of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines (TPG) to financial transactions. The draft also addresses specific issues related to the pricing of financial transactions such as treasury functions, intra-group loans, cash pooling, hedging, guarantees and captive insurance.
The key issue that runs through several aspects of the paper is whether the arm's length principle, including a full functional analysis and delineation of the transaction, should be applied when analysing the conditions surrounding intercompany financial transactions.
ICC supports the OECD position that "the arm's length principle should govern the evaluation of transfer prices among associated enterprises". This position is viewed as the best way to avoid double taxation and therefore encourage cross-border trade and investment.
ICC also supports the OECD's position when it states, at para 1.6 of the guidelines, that the "separate entity approach treats the members of an MNE group as if they were independent entities".
ICC would welcome further examples to help clarify the application of the arm's length principle, and believes that the OECD should clarify whether its transfer pricing guidance for financial transactions should apply retroactively.
ICC welcomed the opportunity to comment on the OECD Discussion Draft on "Transfer Pricing of Financial Transactions" and to this end has provided comments for the OECD's consideration.


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The room became quiet. Wei Zhongxian didn't continue straightaway but instead bowed. "Before this, wouldn't it be better for Master to look at this item?"
Following the direction of Wei Zhongxian's finger, Xu Yangyi saw a toad that was about a meter in size. It seemed to be jade but not jade, and its mouth was slightly ajar. Threads of hazy smoke slowly wafted out from the toad's mouth.
Xu Yangyi calmed his mood as much as he could, and lightly sniffed. Faint yet unscattered, the smoke held a delicate aroma. Although the fragrance was light, it was soothing and pacifying, secreting into one's innermost parts. It seemed to stroll around in the inner organs, and this stroll caused the internals to seem a bit fresh and clean. The mind was pure and the qi was crisp.
He closed his eyes and indulged in the pleasure for a few seconds. He raised a brow and said, "Ambergris?"
"An enlightened sage is no more than his master." Wei Zhongxian covered his mouth and laughed softly, "In these ten-odd days, Celestial Mo, Celestial Jun, and Immortress Qin haven't been idling. After using a qi flame to roast and dry the ambergris, and the addition of a good many secret arts, this censer of Soul-Cooling Fragrance was made. I hope Master will kindly accept it."
Xu Yangyi's strong brows raised up. The censer's value was precious to Qi Condensation cultivators, especially young cultivators. Heart devils were extremely difficult to birth. The so-called heart devil was the period a cultivator achieved supreme enlightenment, experienced the changes of time, and watched those by their side grow old one after another. And yet they themselves were still in the spring of youth as in the past. A lamentation that flowers had no choice but to fall, a heart knot of a seemingly familiar swallow's return. The rise of the essential suspicion of one's own existence and cultivation.
The higher the realm, the more difficult it was to make peace with such doubts. Particularly at the Core Formation realm after incarnations could be created… If the matter wasn't handled properly, the incarnation would instead replace oneself and become the true personality!
"A good item." Xu Yangyi walked over and deeply stroked the censer. His distance from the Foundation Establishment realm… was not far.
"Master, please sit." From some unknown place, Wei Zhongxian had produced a tea set and brewed a cup of fragrant tea. He flattered and laughed, "In fact, there was no need for Master to come ask me. The matter that Master wishes to know is in your memories."
"My memories?" Xu Yangyi furrowed his brows, and a spark suddenly went off in his mind. "The Dao Scripture?"
"An enlightened sage is no more than his master." Wei Zhongxian laughed, "The Dao Scripture is an assembly of secret Daoist texts, a supreme work of divine abilities. Master is currently cultivating a section of the Book of Changes, The Harmony of the Trium. It is vast like an ocean, and profound like a mountain. Once opened, you will be the cultivation world's master of all."
"I was just about to ask you about this point as well." Xu Yangyi also laughed and looked over. "Why is it that so many characters rushed into my mind on that day, but I can't remember anything at all now?"
Wei Zhongxian bowed respectfully. "That's because… the present Dao Scripture was locked by His Majesty. And the key…"
Xu Yangyi laughed coldly, "That secret page which Ming Guangzong brought to the Thirteen Tombs?"
"Master is an enlightened sage." Wei Zhongxian laughed as he fawned on Xu Yangyi.
"In other words, I've got a locked treasury in my mind, but if I don't go to the Thirteen Tombs, the treasury won't open?" Xu Yangyi's smile became colder. "Grandpa Wei, you had all the time in the world, but you didn't remind me to go to the Thirteen Tombs. Could it be that my back garden is actually there? To just take and ask without need for consent?"
He set down the teacup and stared straight at Wei Zhongxian. "Or… does Ming Guangzong want me to go in? Or maybe, the last mission he gave you?"
Wei Zhongxian immediately prostrated on the ground and said hastily, "How could this slave dare? His Majesty said that to see Master was akin to his royal arrival. How could I dare hold the slightest errant intention?"
Xu Yangyi didn't speak. His eyes looking at Wei Zhongxian flashed with a cold glint. A long-dead Lord of the Nine Quiniums who hadn't forgotten to plan for Xiaoqing and Fahai. He absolutely didn't believe that the Thirteen Tombs would open wide and allow him enter.
Without necessary and complete preparation, there was no way that he would presently enter the Thirteen Tombs. Wei Zhongxian had already made several cool suggestions. If he hadn't underwent Xiaoqing's restructuring process, perhaps he simply wouldn't hear the hidden bewitchment in the other's voice. If it really was "akin to his royal arrival", what matters were there that couldn't be said to an emperor?
"In that case…" A cold smile curved at the crook of his mouth. He immediately covered it and said faintly, "Akin to his royal arrival. We want to hear you say it now. Straight. From. Your. Mouth."
"To answer Your Master Majesty's words!" Unexpectedly, upon hearing these words, Wei Zhongxian's face became rosy in excitement, and he laid prone even more respectfully. His voice was almost devout. "What Master wants to hear, this slave certainly knows yet lacks the words. I am unaware if Master has ever heard of the word 'Dragon Vein'."
"Of course." Xu Yangyi didn't make Wei Zhongxian stand up. He towered above and looked down at the eunuch. "But this is only a legend."
Wei Zhongxian laughed flatteringly and answered noncommittally, "As to theories real and false, I truly do not understand. But I know that Dragon Veins are divided into Greater and Lesser Dragon Veins. A Greater Dragon Vein is the master of a nation's fate. Yet a Lesser Dragon Vein is a land of fortune. A so-called heavenly paradise… is in fact several Lesser Dragon Veins experiencing subterranean quakes for a period of centuries to a millennium, and tending towards convergence."
"As several Lesser Dragon Veins converge, they'll give rise to something. I once heard Celestial Master Zhang say that this is known as a 'Spirit Point'."
Spirit Point?
Xu Yangyi's brows slightly knitted together, and he sunk into thought for a couple seconds and shook his head. This word was quite the stranger.
This unfamiliarity wasn't to say that he didn't know now. Instead, there had never been records of this word in Heavens Law's teachings or the Featherwood Guard's common data!
"A Spirit Point… draws endless qi from underground! The land that the Spirit Point is under will slowly transform and cause the surrounding land to become a natural transcendent-grade Spirit Focusing Formation. It attracts all roaming qi from everywhere! Master, I've heard that when celestials cultivate, they'll use all kinds of formations to intensify qi concentration. But in a heavenly paradise, qi doesn't need intensifying whatsoever because of the enormous Spirit Point's bubbling underneath. One can say that any place you go to is the most supreme Spirit Focusing Formation!"
Xu Yangyi took a deep breath.
He somewhat understood… why a good many clans couldn't relinquish this place. To one person, this land was at most a transcendent Spirit Focusing Formation. But to a clan or power, it was no understatement to call its function the most essential secret!
So long as some clan established a Dao sanctum over the Spirit Point… it would be no exaggeration to describe the speed of the cultivators there with the phrase of "a thousand miles in one day"!
"But this is only the first thing, Master." Wei Zhongxian said respectfully as his forehead touched the ground. "To discuss this point alone is still unworthy to the great undertaking of these clans as they bear such arms of war. Its… true usefulness to the clans lies in the production of heavenly treasures."
Xu Yangyi's gaze faintly stirred, and he immediately recalled the few spirit plants he had saw on that day. Unexpectedly, they were growing by themselves after the qi reparation.
"A vast majority of heavenly treasures need a specific qi density to grow. Furthermore, spirit beasts also require dense qi to breathe. When spirit plants and spirit beasts reach a balance, they'll grow and multiply endlessly. Its not that the other clans can't create an equally dense heavenly paradise, but their creation is only limited to a room, a house, or a field. They have no way to produce a large environment that's tens of thousands of square kilometers with an equal amount of dense qi."
Xu Yangyi nodded deeply. Perhaps Wei Zhongxian didn't realize what he was saying now, but he understood.
This was an ecological chain! Plants, animals, hunters, creators, and devotees existed in a state of balance. In that case, this ecological chain would become increasingly prosperous! This was something that countless modern biologists had proved. Ancient cultivators were unaware yet understood the related key within this through ancient wisdom.
Xu Yangyi's mind began to quickly turn and swivel. A slender finger gently tapped the edge of his teacup. He mumbled to himself, reticent.
"That's to say… this isn't only an acceleration to cultivation progress. More importantly, it can offer not just a giant training ground for feudal powers, but also an enormous logistical storehouse. All kinds of pill elixirs, talismans, a place to manufacture magik artifacts; the skin, flesh, and essence of all kinds of spirit beasts… heh…" He made a long sigh. It was no wonder, no surprise that every great clan had to carve out their own territory in Longsu Province, even if a war was set off!
Cultivation cultivated wealth, scripture, companions, and land. Once a heavenly paradise was occupied, one half among the four would be immediately taken! As for scripture, were those clans lacking divine abilities? As for companions, did one still lack Dao companions with the possession of wealth, scripture, and land?
"Master." Wei Zhongxian faintly raised his head and laughed respectfully, "It isn't confined to this."
There was more?
Xu Yangyi raised a brow in surprise. Just these present benefits were enough to cause those cultivation clans to struggle their utmost. There was actually more?
"Yes, Master… because a Spirit Point continuously gushes with qi, and that qi goes through plants and is breathed in by animals, it enters the underground again. Everywhere underground, there are all kinds of incredibly strong ores. Honored Celestial Master Zhang calculated that in twenty years or at most thirty years, the Spirit Point's surroundings would form…"
"A spirit stone mine?" Xu Yangyi set down his teacup. His expression had become truly solemn.
If said that the prior spirit-plants were reserve goods, and spirit beasts were semi-strategic supplies, then a spirit stone mine… was a true strategic good and hard currency! Sitting on and owning a spirit stone mine was the same as sitting on a gold mountain! Furthermore… according to what he knew, when he was originally studying at Heavens Law, China's sole five amalgamations of science, technology, and cultivation—the transcendent Slaughter Weapons—along with cultivation machines, all used the most supreme spirit stones!
Not to mention an organization, this was wealth that a nation wouldn't relinquish!
"What grade of mine vein?" he asked lowly.
Although Wei Zhongxian was unaware of modern Cultivation Civilization's ranking of spirit objects, he understood the meaning of Xu Yangyi's question. Contemplating for several seconds, he said, "Master… have you heard of Harpmoon Colored Glass?"
Wei Zhongxian's voice carried a wisp of ardor. "I… once saw a small palm-sized piece in His Majesty's collection… just that little bit. Once night arrived, the moon welcomed and dazzling, a dark-green light screen like muslin caused the slumber palace to be brightly lit. Touching it was like a flitting ice float… All bodily ailments vanished, truly a realm-inheritance treasure. This colored glass came from a paradise among the ten great paradises. His Majesty treasured it dearly…"
Xu Yangyi's gaze flashed, and his fists clenched tightly without warning. Harpmoon Colored Glass. He hadn't heard of this name before. However, the strange condition that Wei Zhongxian spoke of was exactly the same as another kind of heavenly treasure that he knew about!
Moonjasper Stone! SSS-rank heavenly treasure! Any magik treasure added with a gram would possibly bring about a strange organism—an artifact spirit!!!
On the black market, Moonjasper Stone could truly be said to be a priceless item! Transaction partners were all Great Circle Foundation Establishment or above! At most, it approached the Core Formation crowd! Ming Guangzong actually had a palm-sized piece? In the modern day, there were only ones the size of a fingernail! If he took a piece out, he wouldn't even be able to think about taking it back!
1. Reminder. Book of Changes is a real Daoist Text. The Harmony of the Trium is name I made up for what is usually translated as The Oneness of Three/The Seal of the Unity of Three/etc. Harmony of the Trium is otherwise known as "Eternal Alchemy Canon".
2. This "We" that Xu Yangyi is using is the royal "we". The exact Chinese for "Akin to his royal arrival is: "如朕驾临". Literally "like I esteemed presence". I had to modify this a little bit so it makes more sense.
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