Advantages: Clear and important political message
Disadvantages: Direct, dim, and disturbing

...Mountain Language (1988) By Harold Pinter (1930- ) Mountain Language is a very short one-act play by the English playwright Harold Pinter. The first scene shows a young woman and an elderly woman as they go to visit one of their relatives who was accused of speaking the forbidden mountain language. The older woman was bitten by one of the dogs in the prison, and yet the officer and sergeant torture her and her companion with stupid questions and harass the latter sexually. We see in the second scene that the elderly woman was in the prison to visit her son. The woman tries to talk to her son with the mountain language she is used to, for she doesn't know the capital language, yet the officer starts jabbing her with a stick. Still, she manages to tell her son that his wife and three kids are waiting for him. In the third scene... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderful welsh landscapes. Easy-watching and witty.
Disadvantages: A little too cutesy in places

...-going (some may even say slow) witty comedy. It charms and delights, enticing the watcher into the story. The fact that it is based on a true story multiples that charm. Although it touches on the post-war effects on man and country, the film never goes deeper than the surface of these issues. It is kept light celebrating British eccentricity - both English and Welsh. "The Germans have taken our lads and now the English have taken our mountain. Is nothing sacred?" The film is rated PG although I am not sure why. There is no sex, no violence, and no bad language - unless you count the irreverent use of God. The film itself is readily available for as little as £5.99. I thoroughly recommend the film - a lovely Sunday afternnoon relax perhaps.... Read review

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Advantages: good acting, sensitive story, dramatic
Disadvantages: slow in some places

...What do you expect when you hear of a movie about two bisexual cowboys on a mountain? To hit it off. At least, so I thought after watching the first half hour of the movie. The truth is Brokeback Mountain is much more than seeing Jack Twist (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) and Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) pretending to have sex on a mountain. This movie was created to bring tears into our eyes and to evoke these emotions that you will only experience when you watch the likes of Million Dollar Baby and The Notebook. To get to the story, based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author E. Annie Proulx, two cowboys Jack and Ennis are struggling to make ends meet in the late 1960s. They take a job as sheep herder and start experiencing homosexual delight high up on Brokeback Mountain. However, when the summer ends, their passion... Read review

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Advantages: A magical fantasy with intriguing storyline and full of actions.
Disadvantages: Very dated with complex storyline.

...~~~~~~~~~~~~ BACKGROUND ~~~~~~~~~~~~ I first watched 'Zu Warriors of the Magic Mountain' 15 years ago and remember it being one of my favourite films, as it is a mixture of fantasy, action, comedy and horror which was a rare treat. This film was made in 1983 in Hong Kong and was seemed as a revolution of the era. Hong Kong can openly admit that they are very behind with Special Effects compared to the Western world, though this film has managed to achieve a high level of sophistication with the visual effects during the time. Director Tsui Hark was aware of the problem with the effects, yet he was passionate to do his best to create a memorable cinematic piece. He was not satisfied with making the movie to be 'just ok'. Instead, he accepted a big challenge to proceed his desire by hiring a Special Effect Team from across... Read review

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