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Ultra Galaxy(First series)-Basically...the hero of the story can control monsters from past Ultraman shows in a manner similar to Pokemon. Better than it sounds and neat to see all the monsters fight each other.

 

Godzilla vs. Destroyer....in a theater-This....was awesome!

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Finally watched The Black Swan. I was not nearly as impressed as the critics and audiences seemed to be.

I haven't seen Black Swan, but I liked The Red Shoes, another film about ballet. (IMDB 8.2/10) (RottenTomatoes 98%) (British Film Institute) (Wikipedia) (Amazon) (Allrovi) (TimeOut London).

 

Few bits of trivia about the film:

 

Technicolor founders Herbert T. Kalmus and Natalie Kalmus considered this film the best example of Three-Strip Technicolor. During the filming, however, Natalie Kalmus often complained that Jack Cardiff wasn't following the rules laid down for Technicolor films and demanded that they re-shoot various scenes. But Michael Powell always backed up Cardiff and they got the film they wanted.

 

This film is #9 in the "BFI 100", a list of 100 of "the best British films ever" compiled by the British Film Institute in 1999/2000.

 

A restored print has been made by Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Involving many years work they went right back to the original negatives, digitally repairing any scratches and misalignment. The restored print was shown at Cannes 2009 to great acclaim and will be shown theatrically as well as being made available on DVD and Blu-Ray.
That is right, it is one of Martin Scorsese's favourite films. Scorsese led the restoration, which was shown at Cannes and wowed them anew.

 

Indeed, when an initial print was made for the US, it played at an off-Broadway theater for an unprecedented 110 weeks. That was enough to convince Universal to take up the distribution rights for the US, which it did in 1951. (IMDB)

 

The Red Shoes was, for nearly four decades, the most successful British movie ever released in America….In New York, it played to sell-out crowds at a single theater in Manhattan for almost two years before going into wide release, by which time word of the film had spread sufficiently to make it a hit throughout the country… although it was sufficiently well-known by 1949 to rate an oblique mention in a Three Stooges short, "Some More of Samoa." (Allrovi)

 

Awards and recognition:

Academy awards (1948):

Best Color Art Direction, Best Drama or Comedy Score - Won

Best Editing, Best Picture, Best Story - Nominated

 

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Best British Film - Nominated (1948)

 

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Best Original Score - Won (1948)

 

National Board of Review

Best Picture - Nominated (1948)

 

British Film Institute's Top 100 films of the 20th century

The Red Shoes -- #9

 

TimeOut London's Best British films

The Red Shoes - #5

 

 

 

So you might find The Red Shoes, more to your liking...

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