Reviews written by doranwen

It's been a while since I watched the original, so I don't remember every detail of it, but I found this a superior experience. I remember a lot of...

I haven't seen the original in a long while (though I remember the old 1971 version quite well) and what I do remember was that Depp's Wonka was creepy, the...

Many people believe (as I do) that the Hobbit films were a one- to two-film story stretched out into three. This film is the opposite: a two-film story that...

Wow.! I'm left just amazed at what the editor managed to accomplish with this one. I loved the original film but other than specific scenes here and there,...

I watched the original film exactly once, and was so disgusted with the castle raid and all the Suspian that I refused to watch it again, preferring the BBC version...

It's been a while since I watched the original, but I remember well that it had more gore than I liked. This version was just at a comfortable level,...

I had to give this one nearly perfect marks - one star docked only because it wasn't 1080p - because it was an absolutely fantastic edit that conveyed the experience...

(Speaking of the entire set of 6 films) This is by far the best version of Lord of the Rings, in my opinion. For any book fan who...