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Lackluster Performances
This is not as good as the other Tai Chi movies. Unpolished, poor gongfu spoils the good parts. The ending is especially weak... the sudden appearance of "string" aided stunts makes it laughable in a bad way. The lack of a good villian is sure to kill any decent movie, and the bad guys are really subpar in Tai Chi II.Likewise, I am unimpressed with the storyline... it starts off as a "girl-meets-boy" who already has boyfriend plot and tries to become an old vs. new China (opium wars) flick. Additionally, the young kungfu master goes through no personal jouney (training/failure/rivalry) - I guess I just didnt find it too interesting.Pass and buy another one in the TAI CHI series.
If you'll only read one book on Islam, let it be THIS ONE!
An honest look at Islam, from a man who - as a Muslim - hungered for more. A great balance of the history, meanings, terms and goals as well as the individual and global impact of Islam, the book is not critical of Islam, just truthful. It is both informative and powerful. -- C.M., Dallas, TX
What?
After reading the above review written by K-Tel Records, I thought this album might be South Beach versions of old favorites. But no. It's priced very intelligently. Rated 2 stars for it's twist on the idea that elevators have music.
fantastic book
I'm a 4th grade teacher and have been teaching this book for more than a decade. All of my students loved this book and go on to read the sequels.
Great movie, horrible transfer
I was excited for the blu ray release of this film. The extras looked promising and I was looking forward to a much crisper version than my dvd could provide. The transfer is awful I want to say that my dvd copy looked better, it was very grainy at times and not crisp at all. I realize this is an older film but seriously this transfer was bad. I am not an expert on clarity or quality by any means but if it looks worse than the dvd something is wrong.The extras included a fun little making of feature with cast interviews from while it was being filmed. I love the movie and just expected more from this release. Wait for a better transfer before upgrading from dvd.
Amazon needs to work on their buffering.
Let me begin by saying that there is nothing wrong with this movie. I had to watch it for a class, and my classmates and I rented it off of Amazon. The movie kept buffering every few minutes, so we would let it "sit and buffer." Then it would just do it again and we had to wait... again. Finally one of the girls went on Google and searched to "watch Parenthood the movie for free." We then watched it with no problems. No buffering. Better quality of picture too.