Best Comedy Ever!
Added 11/18/2009
This is a classic, reminds me of Cary Grant type movie. Very clever dialogue,better than any romantic comedy out there.
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One of the Best Comedies Ever
Added 11/16/2009
The cd itself was in perfect condition as advertised and was recieved in short order. The movie itself was one of the funniest comidies I had seen in years!
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This tear is for you
Added 10/25/2009
This is a great comedy. Actually it is a coming of age movie and the Ghost Rules had changed.
I do not want to give a blow by blow detail of the story as that is what you are buying the DVD for and need some surprises. Be sure to watch the commentary afterwards and then the moving again armed with the knowledge of what is being portrayed.
Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear) a recently dispatched philandering husband still hangs around in the ether. Soon Bertram Pincus D.D.S. (Ricky Gravis) meets with an untimely "end" of sorts and is able to see dead people. So as tradition has it Frank recruits Bertram to protect Frank's widow from marrying what seems like an unseemly person. Naturally thing go awry. We cannot help from kibitzing. But we may also learn something in the process.
Fort the technically inclined I must admit I only say the Blu-ray version so I cannot comment on different media presentations. The commentary is with David Koll and Ricky Gervais. Aside from the standard three languages they have added Portuguese subtitles for some reason.
Topper / Topper Returns (Enhanced) 1941
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Excellent movie
Added 10/13/2009
This movie is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. It's a story about life, love, and reality. It will make you glad, happy, and cry. Perfect ending. I wish I was the main actor.
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Ghostly and Fun
Added 10/13/2009
When it comes down to it Ghost Town is about a selfish man. A funny selfish man, but a selfish man nonetheless. Ricky Gervais plays Dr. Bertram Pincus (a name ripe for satire), a socially awkward misanthrope who loves being a dentist because people can't talk to him with a mouth full of cotton and tools. A job in the morgue might work for this guy except for some squeamishness on his part. Right from the opening scenes you understand that he's not the friendly sort as after being invited to an office party he sneaks out of the office rather than socialize with his coworkers.
After a medical "incident" involving a routine procedure he begins to see people no one else can and once these people realize this they won't leave him alone. The man that hates people suddenly has a whole city of ghosts who want his ear, his worst nightmare.
The main Ghost, so to speak, is Frank (Greg Kinnear), who manages to get the other Ghosts to leave Pincus alone (not 100% sure how but he's a persuasive man, errr ghost) in exchange for keeping his widow from marrying a jerk - well he thinks the human rights attorney / medical recruiter for third world countries / good Samaritan is a jerk anyway - is he? At any rate he thinks it's the reason he's still here as a ghost. Dr. Pincus has a plan that just may involve himself.
Ricky Gervais carries this movie so if you have a predisposition toward him that will likely influence your enjoyment of this film. If you've not experienced him this may be an introduction for you. For me I couldn't get enough of his Dr. Pincus. He plays this self centered man to a tee yet also gets across that he is a human, with feelings, and quite a wry sense of humor. He also is a master of the incomplete thought and of socially awkward situations. In one example he calls the woman he's trying to woo an idiot without skipping a beat in his sentence while she and the audience are astonished he's unaware he's done anything the matter.
But even while pursuing Gwen (Tea Leoni) he's in it only for himself. And he never once tries to help any of the pleading ghosts, only Frank because there's something in it for him (getting the other Ghosts off his back). It takes some tough love from Frank and a dentist colleague in conjunction with a hard loss to set him on a path to redemption. Once he begins helping and not being selfish he begins to learn how to be a human again. His realization later on as to why the ghosts are really still here is quite an emotional and unique take on the situation.
This is a comedy, yes, but it is also a drama and a well done one with feeling and emotion. Is it a romance? Yes, on a level it is, but it's much more a tale of redemption and this distinction makes the relationship between Pincus and Gwen all the more real.
It may be slow going for some folks, and it does take some time to ramp up, and it's not a laugh a minute riot either but this movie has balance in my eyes and has heart. I'd recommend it.
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Best Comedy Ever!
Added 11/18/2009
This is a classic, reminds me of Cary Grant type movie. Very clever dialogue,better than any romantic comedy out there.
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One of the Best Comedies Ever
Added 11/16/2009
The cd itself was in perfect condition as advertised and was recieved in short order. The movie itself was one of the funniest comidies I had seen in years!
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This tear is for you
Added 10/25/2009
This is a great comedy. Actually it is a coming of age movie and the Ghost Rules had changed.
I do not want to give a blow by blow detail of the story as that is what you are buying the DVD for and need some surprises. Be sure to watch the commentary afterwards and then the moving again armed with the knowledge of what is being portrayed.
Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear) a recently dispatched philandering husband still hangs around in the ether. Soon Bertram Pincus D.D.S. (Ricky Gravis) meets with an untimely "end" of sorts and is able to see dead people. So as tradition has it Frank recruits Bertram to protect Frank's widow from marrying what seems like an unseemly person. Naturally thing go awry. We cannot help from kibitzing. But we may also learn something in the process.
Fort the technically inclined I must admit I only say the Blu-ray version so I cannot comment on different media presentations. The commentary is with David Koll and Ricky Gervais. Aside from the standard three languages they have added Portuguese subtitles for some reason.
Topper / Topper Returns (Enhanced) 1941
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