American commandos are given three days to locate and destroy a radiostation in Normandy. The "commandos" are all volunteers, mostly misfitsand off-kilter types, immediately bringing to mind the dregs of thefamed "Dirty Dozen".

Director Klimovsky doesn’t seem to care much for accuracy in any aspectof his film. All he wants to do is deliver enough action to satisfy anyblood-hungry viewer and rip-off "The Dirty Dozen" to make a fast buckas quickly as possible. The Americans wear surplus NATO uniforms, theonly accurate thing about them being the helmets. One officer is seento bearing a post-WWII Air Force blue uniform, even though the AirForce didn’t exist as an independent branch of the armed forces untilWWII was over. Americans and Germans alike are armed with modernweapons, including Beretta sub-machine guns and G3 assault rifles.

For an action-based movie, one would think the director would at leastmake sure his combat scenes looked decent. Instead, Klimovskydisregards any realism. The Americans wander about the Frenchcountryside, killing off dozens of German soldiers who convenientlyshow up whenever the pace lags, as well as blowing up a few tanks,trucks and halftracks! And the German area command doesn’t realize thatenemy commandos have landed in their territory? The German soldiers aretotal incompetents, who can’t seem to raise, aim or fire their weaponsand simply allow themselves to be mowed down by substantially smallerand insufficiently armed Allied troops.

What ought to be a climactic ending turns into a blatant Dirty Dozenrip-off, as the commandos assault a huge French château in a halftrack,shooting up the place and killing hordes of onrushing German soldiers.This sequence probably features the most unintentionally funny scenesin the movie, the first being a shot of an animated (!) châteauexploding and the second being a scene of a German soldier running bythe camera, his body ablaze, screaming in agony – but the fire looksface and the scream sounds fake, the whole shot just looks staged.

The film is set in occupied France, but where are the cobblestonevillages and French peasants who make up most of Normandy? As in"Battle of the Commandos", our heroes wander about a desertedcountryside, dotted by rock quarries and scrub brush. It’s evident thatthe film was shot in back lots of Spain, and doesn’t look a thing likeoccupied France.

The characters are poorly developed and run together throughout. Thecommando leader is Sgt. Blynn (Michael Rennie, "The Battle of ElAlamein"), who actually seems to be taking himself seriously. He’s gotsome lines to utter which are supposed to be powerful, and he deliversthem with conviction, despite how corny the surroundings are. Hisperformance in the final shots is way over the top, and not to bemissed for pure unintended hilarity. Bob Sullivan – a Europeanpseudonym whom I can’t tie to another film – as well as GuidoLollobrigida, Aldo Sambrell, Juan Luis Gagliardo and Jose Manuel Martinoffer some fair support, but never get to do much because of weakscripting.

The editing is poor, the direction sub-optimal and the scenery weak.Action sequences are badly shot and poorly staged, and there is nohuman drama to offset this. Bruno Nicolai’s awesome score is the onlygood thing about this movie, besides a sincere performance by MichaelRennie. Director Klimovsky would do much better in "Hell’s Brigade: TheFinal Assault" soon hereafter.

3/10

2) I watched this film some time ago, it´s full of bad special effects, badactors, very, very bad equipment-the G.I.´s carry German G3 assault gunsanditalian Beretta submachine guns. There is almost no plot. The alliedcommandos want to destroy a german radio outpost in Normandy, they don´tfind it. An old woman tells them where the base is, 5 minutes before thefilm ends. "Very credible!" Don´t watch this movie if you wanna beentertained! I had to watch it and warn you now not to spend a cent forlending this video!!!

2) This is the biblical tale of Judith saving her people.The version of thisfilm I saw seemed to be dubbed on an alien planet with voices onlymatchinglips rarely. The dub is so awful as to hurt an already leadenly pacedfilm.A grade school version I once saw moved better. Avoid unless in need ofsleep.

• When cameras started rolling, Mia’s murder was still unsolved. By the time the documentary was finished, the case would be closed and footage shot for the film would be used in court.

2) Gitarrmongot is a pseudo-documentary about different people fromGothenburg. Their stories are not connected, but they all have a thingin common; what they do or what they are goes beyond the norms ofsociety. The main character is a boy with Down's syndrome who spendshis days playing a guitar downtown.

The style is the same throughout the film, the cameras position isfixed and there are only observations (i.e. no interviews or otherforms of interaction). All scenes are directed and what you see isacting. However, the people are not actors, they are (mostly) thepeoples whose story the director wants to tell (which explains the wordpseudo-documentary).

The film is very open, so if you want some kind of message or moralfrom it you might get disappointed. The director has made severalcomments about the film and why he made it. I think his point was wellmade, but I'm not sure if I would have understood it without hiscomments. My best advice is to see the film with patience, take it forwhat it is. If you're puzzles search for interviews of the director.

3) What kind of rubbish is this Ruben? OK the film has it’s productionvalues, ex the scene with the car, i really liked that one maybebecause it’s so absurd and short, it makes you wonder what happensnext? And the one when they are fighting the bikers it’s also verysincere , and when the lady is touching the brat in the back of thespårvagn. But Ruben i know you can do a lot better! (like the littlepiece of art you did at fromto.se -Kärlek ) Anyway Like i said somescenes are good and i got the message. So from me to you, "keep onkeeping on" and don’t let an amateur like me drag you down, but knowthis… I’ll be watching you

4) ** HERE BE SPOILERS **

Recap: Well, there is not much to recap. The movie literally has nostory. It consists of randomly mixed scenes with a few people in focus.Those sequences has nothing to do with each other, more than that thesame people appear sometimes. Those people seem to have no connectionto each other either.

Comment: How this was labeled drama is beyond me, since there is nostory at all. More of a documentary, supposed to show glimpses of thedaily grind for a few outsiders in Sweden. Unfortunately it iscompletely uninteresting, totally lacking the ability to engage me.There is no meaning, no message. The movie is without any purpose. Itdoesn’t even try or pretend to have one, or wanting one for thatmatter. In short, it is complete rubbish. Extremely boring. Actually,the worst movie I have ever seen (and I cannot imagine how anything canbe worse than this).

1/10 (I was unable to rate it lower, somehow it is an insult to othermovies I’ve rated 1)

2) Gitaroo Man is EASILY the best rhythm game ever. That simple phrase isa lot coming from me. I've played every rhythm game under the sun, butI always return to this one. Why? Well… THE GOOD: The graphics. I'mno graphics whore by any means. I'm glad I'm not, because if I werethan I'd miss out on the best games ever. Gitaroo Man has cartoony yetreally SLICK graphics. The cutscenes before levels really set up thescene. They aren't much to start with, but deeper into the game theyget more and more incredible. Everything hits the top with Zowie'sstage. The cutscene before the level is incredible, with the return ofINFINITELY IMPOSSIBLE and Zowie's cannon arm gitaroo. THE MUSIC: If Ihad to describe the music in one word, it would be: Diverse. Everythingfrom Bouncy J-Pop in Flyin' to Your Heart, Evil Heavy Metal in TaintedLovers, to the only Funiscazz (Funk/Disco/Jazz) song in the world withBee' Jam Blues. Yes. Diverse. The music ROCKS! (No pun intended). VS.MODE: It's a blast. Everything is given a new level of difficulty in awar of music against your opponents. CONTROL: Gitaroo Man's controlscheme is impossible to describe in words. Go watch a video on Youtubeor something. Yeah, the control is very fresh and never feels old.DIFFICULTY: Excellent. It's hard in the way that makes you think "Well,I bet I can do it next time!" Yeah, the difficulty is nicely balancedas you get through the game. Also, why do people make such a huge dealabout the Sanbone Trio? They were wimps compared to Gregorio SigfriedWilhelm III. CHARM: This game has so much charm. In a world where gamesare about violence and destruction, it's great to have a game so fullof charm as this. Of course, every game must have a "sick" part. A sickpart is one that makes you say "Eww…That's sick!" and then it makeslaugh your head off. For Gitaroo Man, it's the death of Mojo King Bee.Well, I'm not sure if he REALLY drowned in that swamp…It's sort ofhard to tell.

THE BAD NITPICKS:In versus mode, you can only set the bad guys on COMand not the good guys. It's too bad. Also, It would have been nice forversus mode to be set on the enemy's stages.

Gitaroo Man is fresh, charming, and just plain fun. It proves thatnovel is goooooood. Very, very gooooood.

3) This game is the best game ever made. Ever.

The basic idea is that you play a guitar by pressing whatever comes upon the screen! Yeah I know, it sounds real boring. But as said…thebest game ever. The guitar sounds is amazing and all the songs isawesome.

You feel this inner joy whenever you play it right. Buy it. Feel it.Enjoy it.

And the Multiplayer mode is the coolest thing. In it, you battle byplaying various instruments. Again, it sounds boring but it’s awesome.

Gitaroo Man is rad.

4) I haven’t played the game, but my brother and I would usally stand off toone side and watch, what I liked about this game is the songs and thesoundsthat the gituar made, plus the characters. I’ve been meaning to play thegame myself and I will too. I’m not sure who sings the songs but they arereally cool, have a good beat, and they are danceable.

A Film Noir is nothing more than a chain of clichés which might becomea string of pearls. In this case the chain is of 24 karat gold.

The cinematographer, Hans Burmann, is great with light, using it crudeand clever, creative and beautiful. And the camera-movements(crane-shots; steadycam) are a delight. It gives something extra to thealready beautiful locations and sets of Anton Laguna. The editing isnicely nervous and the story is thin but swift, with some nice touches.Atmosphere is everywhere and that must be the work of director ManuelPalacios.

There is a lot of music in this film (Tomatito for instance, andRosario and many others). Too much? Well, in the culture GITANOportrays, music is a last stronghold, an anchor with perhaps a chainthat’s an inch too short… Beautiful & warm-blooded entertainment.

2) Well as i am an avid appreciator of scenes which contains a mix ofbeauty and erotica,i definitely recommend this movie.It contains ascene where the heroine is riding the Spanish guy showing herastonishing b**** and wonderful bu*h.just amazing i wish i could f**kher one day.well to add more the story line of this movie is a bitweird.there are two chaps who are going after one girl and yes thehighlight of this movie is undoubtedly the cinematography which clearlyreflects the hold of the camera in this movie.moreover the director hasmade a full use of lascivious body of the heroine and has left theaudience including me drooling all over the lady.I wish i could havereplaced that fellow out there and would have gratified instantly ifshe was riding me.I think my text will help all the readers to judgethe intensity of the scene.so lets go ahead and watch it.

• Director Mani Ratnam shot the film in the misty valleys of Ooty to give it a soft, poetic atmosphere. Filming would start early in the dawn, around 5 AM, and wrap up by about 11 AM, in order to capture the scenes in a dreamy atmosphere; the cast and crew had to arrive on location one hour before filming. In addition, an ice machine was brought from Madras to provide any additional mist if the shot didn’t look romantic enough.
• The film was shot in 60 days.
• In 1989, an 11-year old Delhi girl named Geethanjali was suffering from terminal cancer and wrote her thoughts and emotions in a diary, which was published around that time. Mani Ratnam was moved when he read the diary, and named his film, and the title heroine, after the little girl.
• As of 2008, this is the only Telugu film of Mani Ratnam’s career.
• London-born Girija was a guest at Mani Ratnam’s marriage to Suhasini, and was selected for the title role. She took two months to prepare for the role under associate director ‘Gadiraju Keshava Rao’.
• The song “O Priya” was shot in one week in Jaisalmer, with the use of 100 camels.
• The song “O Paapaa Laali” was shot in five days.
• The song “Om Namaah Naarayana Shrutulaku” was completed in one take, using a trolley.
• The song “Jagada Jagada Jagadam” was shot in Polvaram Race Course, with the use of 40 cars.
• The song “Nandikonda Vaagulona” was shot in seven days, on a 7-lakh cemetery set specially constructed for the song.
• The dance chorographer Sundaram, who’s better known as the father of Prabhu Deva and Raju Sundaram, has a cameo as the old man in the song “Jallanta Kavvinta Kaavaalil.”
• The song “Jallanta Kavvinta Kaavaalil” was shot with 40 children and 25 horses.

Trivia items below here contain information that may give away important plot points. You may not want to read any further if you’ve not already seen this title.

• SPOILER: The final scene in the film was made at the request of the president of Nagarjuna Akkineni’s fan club. He was not happy with a tragic climax, saying “No one would be happy if their hero dies and the heroine also dies! At least, say something like they lived happily, until they die…” The scene was changed in accordance with this request.

2) this perhaps is the best movie I have ever seen.The slender portrayal ofthelead characters just doesn’t leave you for a long time. Locales are verygood, so is music and direction.

A must-watch.

3) the guy (nagarjuna) has a rare disease where his days are numbered , hewants to get away from his surrounding. so , he goes to a hill station.there he meets a girl (girija) who is naughty and teaser.later, hefinds the girl is also suffering from a rare disease where her days arenumbered too. but, she is not worried . he begins to like her and viceversa. but, hides about his health. later, the heroine does’nt want tobe with him as she is afraid he might die before her. but, what happenslater is the movie.

a must watch movie. good performance by the heroine (girija). goodmusic by illayraja and good direction by mani ratnam.

the movie has won national award for s.p.balasubramaniyam for best maleplayback singer.

4) Geetanjali, a great movie by Mani Ratnam with arguably the best musicalbum of Ilayaraja…

This is the only Telugu movie directed by mani ratnam till date and hehas ensured that his place in the annals of telugu movie history issafe with this movie.

Ilayaraja, that maestro of Indian movie music is known for providinghis best to Mani Ratnam. Even considering this, Geetanjali wasIlayaraja's greatest single album ever.

Both Mani & Ilayaraja were at a great advantage, working in this moviebecause they were unencumbered by living up to the expectations oftheir native Tamil movie background.

As it emerged both of them reached heights they never did before orafter with this movie… (yeah, i know the entire series ofmaniratnam's movies and most of Ilayaraja's music…)

The main protagonist's death is but a matter of ti me, and the leadinglady is in a similar situation. But as it happens, the protagonistlearns to live his life "in the now" from the leading lady and in theprocess they grow together. I wont say they fall in love because themovie never considers the romantic side of their life.

Despite there being a whole song showing them kissing each other, itdoes not appear that they are sexually involved. That song depicts themgetting together as companions in their struggle against their destiny,rather than sexually involved.

Other aspects of the movie worth mentioning are the great photographyand fabulous screenplay. Despite being saddled with a large number ofsongs, and no real story to speak of, viewer will never feel the timeticking by during the movie.

And at the end of the movie, you think if only this movie lastedlonger… That probably is the best compliment you can give a movie.

The comedy track interspersed with the movie is the only part thatsticks out like a sore thumb and i think that was mani's way of takingcare of the commercial interests of the producer. Luckily in mostversions on television that i saw eliminated this track and i nevermissed this piece. But i detest this track and so the movie gets only 8out of 10.

5) great movie,great music and fantastic direction.it is not possible forany directors to direct such a story with heart touching scenes.eventhe one who hates love will have a thought of doing love if he/shewatches this movie.it is very hard for everyone to believe that this isthe first movie for both hero and heroine.they played such anattracting role.songs like "OH PRIYA","OM NAMAGA",OH PAPA LAALI" maketo watch this movie repeatedly.the movie's story is simple but the wayof direction and cinematography makes us to love this movie.this is oneof the biggest hit for the director in all major languages inIndia.definitely a must watch movie for all ages.

6) I Like ManiRtanams movies

But Geetanjali is something different and its a class of its own in thesense even if you see after 15-20 yrs its still looks fresh story. allthe characters Justified it. They are lively and well suited.

Ilayaraja supplimented this with excellent music.

Girija acting in her first movie was the center of attraction as shesuited for the role and acted very professionally.

I wonder not to see her again in films. Nagarjuna did his job perfectlybut the credit goes to the director who portrayed these roles andrefined them.

Hats Off Mani Sir. Expecting more from you like these classics.

7) very nice movie with romance and lovely music by Ilayaraja and dance bySundaram. The photography by P.C.Sriram is beautiful

Great story and great action!Needless to say anything beyond this!!

-The first one is a very conventional gangsters- on- the- lam movie,with one of the weakest plots Giovanni ever wrote.

-The second one is by far the most interesting,when it shows the gypsycondition,forced to live on the garbage dumps,perpetual outcasts of asociety that will never accept them.Delon's looks are eloquent andcould have been successful,had he been given adequate support:only thescenes when he meets his people are worthwhile.

The cast is heterogeneous to a fault gathering actors from theforties/fifties (Paul "diaboliques" Meurisse who is here like a ghostfrom the past),trendy current ones (Delon,and Annie Girardot in aninept part which comes at the most awkward moment) and future gloriesof the eighties/the present like Bernard Giraudeau (stupidly cast as ayoung cop and the former lover of a gangster's wife).

The seventies were not a good time for Giovanni,with the exception of"deux hommes dans la ville":his best works remain his early efforts "laloi du survivant" (1967) ,"le rapace" (1968) and "dernier domicileconnu" (1969)