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Pure Prairie League: Greatest Hits
$7.99
The late 60's-early 70s country rock explosion sort of defined a California-laid back-mellow, but hip, sound that enjoyed enormous popularity among fans as diverse as the hippie counterculture to mainstream American college campuses and households. There was something for everyone's taste from the ubiquitous Eagles and Linda Ronstadt, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds and CSN & Young and of course The Band, to lesser exposed artists like Poco, The Flying Burrito Bros. and Desert Rose. Pure Prairie league didn't get a lot of air time or much attention in mass audiences until their smash hit "Amie". That toe-tappin, makes-you-feel-like-dancin', terrific blend of harmonic voices and music left this country rock afficionado dying to hear more of Pure Prairie League. I purchased the album " Bustin' Out" and while I wasn't disappointed, I wasn't thrilled either. That being said, if you are whole-heartedly into MELLOW, you will probably like Pure Prairie League. This Greatest Hits recording has most of their best early work such as " You're Between Me" and " It's All On Me" and " She Darked Me". This recording also pairs " Falling In And Out Of Love" with "Amie" by listing the former track just before the latter. Listening to "Amie" that way is much superior to how it was played on its own on the radio so often. But here's the thing, Pure Prairie League just doesn't stand up to the likes of CSN & Young or The Band or even some of the lesser country rock groups. For the diehard country rock collector who wants to dig deeper into PPL, buy this recording. For the casual fan who loved "Amie", download "Falling In And Out Of Love" and "Amie in that order. That's why I Pods and MP3 Players were invented.

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [Blu-ray]
$24.99
LXG is a flashy stylized action comic book movie, that fails to create desire for a sequel due to bad acting and bad writing. Sadly enough it's one of the worst comic adaptations, and it managed to cause Alan Moore to lose faith in Hollywood. One of the greatest comic writers suffers a big embarassment in this film. Lucky enough for him, his other adaptations, which he refuses to watch, are outstanding (V for Vendetta, Watchmen, From Hell). I can watch this movie and be entertained, but I can't give it credit for much of anything. It's fight scenes are definately watchable, but everything else received no critical attention.

The Good: LXG is very slick and cool in terms of it's style. The color palette and clothing are interesting, as is its sets and cinematography. The fight scenes are thrilling, and the CG is very realistic. I was glad to see a more realistic approach to the special effects, and not some goofy computer animated sigh-fest. As for the good of this film, that gets me to watch it every now and then, this is it.

The Bad: The wonderful cast is slaughtered with horrible witty lines scattered endlessly throughout the script. No one wants to see quirks and quips, we want realistic relations. These actors can't make the dialogue seem real at all, and it's horrible to watch. If I watched this in another language it might be more entertaining. I hate to see nearly every line a joke, and not a moment of seriousness within the film. It should have been handed to better writers and a better director, and it would have been a beautiful film. We now have proof, that "Blade" was begginner's luck.

I'm the type of viewer/reviewer who can sit down and watch the cheesy ones every now and then. Some movies are almost unbearably campy, but they still manage to entertain. If you can stay on the sunny side, then LXG might be worth your bucks. If you are easily annoyed you might want to stay far away from the film. There's plenty of great comic book adaptations out there. It's just sad LXG isn't one of them.

League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
$2.99
LXG is a flashy stylized action comic book movie, that fails to create desire for a sequel due to bad acting and bad writing. Sadly enough it's one of the worst comic adaptations, and it managed to cause Alan Moore to lose faith in Hollywood. One of the greatest comic writers suffers a big embarassment in this film. Lucky enough for him, his other adaptations, which he refuses to watch, are outstanding (V for Vendetta, Watchmen, From Hell). I can watch this movie and be entertained, but I can't give it credit for much of anything. It's fight scenes are definately watchable, but everything else received no critical attention.

The Good: LXG is very slick and cool in terms of it's style. The color palette and clothing are interesting, as is its sets and cinematography. The fight scenes are thrilling, and the CG is very realistic. I was glad to see a more realistic approach to the special effects, and not some goofy computer animated sigh-fest. As for the good of this film, that gets me to watch it every now and then, this is it.

The Bad: The wonderful cast is slaughtered with horrible witty lines scattered endlessly throughout the script. No one wants to see quirks and quips, we want realistic relations. These actors can't make the dialogue seem real at all, and it's horrible to watch. If I watched this in another language it might be more entertaining. I hate to see nearly every line a joke, and not a moment of seriousness within the film. It should have been handed to better writers and a better director, and it would have been a beautiful film. We now have proof, that "Blade" was begginner's luck.

I'm the type of viewer/reviewer who can sit down and watch the cheesy ones every now and then. Some movies are almost unbearably campy, but they still manage to entertain. If you can stay on the sunny side, then LXG might be worth your bucks. If you are easily annoyed you might want to stay far away from the film. There's plenty of great comic book adaptations out there. It's just sad LXG isn't one of them.