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16/02/2014 07:09 par tellurikwaves

Pourquoi mentionner ce film ?(cliché certes...)Essentiellement pour Julia Stiles qui jouera + tard dans de bien meilleures productions.SAVE THE LAST DANCE a dans l'ensemble reçu une très mauvaise critique sur ImdB (ne parlons pas de Rotten Tomatoes...)certains le comparent à REQUIEM FOR A DREAM qu'ils jugent supérieur.C'est sans doute le cas sur le plan cinématographique;mais après l'avoir vu je me suis senti TRES mal...ce qui n'est pas le cas de STLD.

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Official Sites

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• Box Office Mojo - Save the Last Dance's box office performance
• brandchannel - brandcameo, product placement
• Cine.gr (Greek)
• CineMagia.ro Info - (Romanian)
• DVDwolf
• Ficha en español
• Film-Fan.Net (German)
• Film.Com.Tr - Synopsis and Pictures (Turkish)
• Filmreporter.de [Nicola Turri] (German)
• Filmreporter.de [Nicola Turri] (German)
• IGN More Movies - articles
• IMCDb.org: cars, bikes, trucks and other vehicles seen in this production
• Indiemoviez (Spanish)
• KillerMovies
• Laqat.com - News
• Lovefilm.se (Swedish)
• MattFind.com - Reviews, trailer, pics, info
• MovieClock - Info, User Reviews, Showtimes
• MovieMaze.de (German)
• MovieMeter (Dutch)
• movies.ch (German, French, Italian)
• New Video Film-Lexikon (German)
• Reelteen: Everything You Wanna Know About Save the Last Dance
• Rotten Tomatoes - Articles, Synopsis, Multimedia, and Forum
• Save The Last Dance at Hollywood Teen Movies
• SoundtrackCollector - Soundtrack Information
• Spielfilm.de - Filminfos (German)
• StarPulse.com
• Stopklatka.pl (Polish)
• Upcomingmovies.com: Save the Last Dance
• Zelluloid.de (German)

Photographs

• Ace Photos - photo gallery
• cineImage - Swiss movie press archive
• CineMagia.ro - Image Gallery
• MovieMaze.de - Wallpaper
• MoviePictureShow.com - photo gallery
• OutNow! Image Gallery
• Video.olympus.ru - Pictures
• filmposter-archiv.de - German movie poster
• MoTechPosters
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• MoviePostr.com - Posters
• Theatrical Movie Poster

Video Clips and Trailers

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• CineMagia.ro - Trailer (Flash)
• MattTrailer.com - Trailers (Flash)
• MyMovies.Net - Trailer (Flash / WM9)
• MyMovieScripts.com - Trailer (Flash)
• Rotten Tomatoes - Save the Last Dance Trailer(s)
• Sinematurk - Trailer (Flash) (Turkish)
• Virgin.net Movies - Trailer (WMP)

Š-DR-SAVE THE LAST DANCE de Thomas Carter (2001)

16/02/2014 06:06 par tellurikwaves

Site officiel
http://www.savethelastdance.com/

Save the Last Dance est un film américain produit par MTV Films, réalisé par Thomas Carter en 2001 et distribué aux États-Unis par Paramount Pictures et en France par United International Pictures.

Une suite de ce film a été réalisée en 2006 sous la forme d'un vidéofilm : Save the Last Dance 2.(mais pas avec les mm acteurs il semblerait...)

Résumé
Lorsque sa mère meurt, Sara renonce à sa carrière naissante de ballerine. Elle débarque à Chicago chez un père qu'elle connaît à peine. Chenille, une jeune mère célibataire, et son frère Derek, le roi du hip-hop, initient alors Sara à un monde dont elle ignore tout, et la motivent à reprendre son chemin.

Š-DR-PLANETE ROUGE d'Antony Hoffman (2000) fin

15/02/2014 08:33 par tellurikwaves

Š-DR-PLANETE ROUGE p16

15/02/2014 08:30 par tellurikwaves

Š-DR-PLANETE ROUGE d'Antony Hoffman (2000) p15

15/02/2014 08:27 par tellurikwaves

GOOD, INTELLIGENT THROWBACK TO 1950S SCI-FI

Author: Bill Treadway (treads22@hotmail.com) from Queens, New York
2 July 2001

Movies like "Red Planet" remind me why I enjoy science fiction so much. Most sci-fi films today put the special effects first before characterizations.While that's not a bad idea (I have enjoyed several films in that vein such as "Independence Day"), films can become too dependent on that and that's when the fun drains away.

"Red Planet" is a film that has solid special effects, but also a strong story and good characterizations. It was the second film released in 2000 to have Mars as its backdrop, the first being "Mission to Mars". "Mission to Mars", despite having top stars,master craftsman Brian DePalma directing and phenomenal special effects, was a little too pat and resorted to cliches(Not that I blame DePalma; he did the best he could with the script he had and the film wasn't bad at all)

I didn't know anything about the plot and I think that helps with a film like "Red Planet". It allows suspense to be created from the series of crises that spring up on the astronauts and that's a benefit. But I will say this: the marketing campaign for "Red Planet" advertises this as your typical good guys versus evil aliens action fest. It is not. This is a more intelligent and stylish film than given credit for. It owes more to "2001" and "The Black Hole" or even the classic Republic serial "Radar Men from the Moon" than "Alien". It is about ideas, not effects and I LOVE films like that.

I know a great many people will hate this film. That is because popular culture has brainwashed people into thinking mass entertainment revolves around effects only. There are some flaws (mostly in technological probability and pacing in the first 20 minutes)but writer Chuck Pfarrer and director Antony Hoffman remember that great sci-fi is also about the story and characters and the result is the best sci-fi film in recent years.

***1/2 out of 4 stars

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15/02/2014 08:25 par tellurikwaves

Mars in 2000

Author: Samiam3 from Canada
28 June 2009

What a perfect rivalry this film has with Brian De Palma's Mission to Mars. Two films coming out in the same year, set on the same planet,with the same production values and featuring casts of equal talent.While both movies also feature numerous scientific inaccuracies and stupidities, each has something different to offer. If you are looking for mystique, try Mission to Mars, but if you want action or thrills, then go with Red Planet.

Set in the mid twenty first century, Earth is dying, and humanity has turned to Mars as a potential replacement. An unmanned terraforming experiment has been attempted (according to the introductory narration) Months later, it appears to have failed, so a group of astronauts are sent out to investigate. They are surprised and excited to discover not only breathable air but the existence of life on the barren cold red world.

When their space craft shuts down however, not only are they stranded, but they become threatened by the malfunctioning of their navigator droid 'Amee'. These few individuals must survive to carry the news back to Earth which proves that man can live on the Red Planet.

I think the story works decently as a nifty sci-fi thriller. Mars in this film looks quite convincing, because the terrain closely resembles the photographs taken by the Pathfinder in 1997. The color scheme is made up of browns and tans, rather than the over saturated red from Mission to Mars. Ret Planet was received better than Brian De Palma's movie, and I can see why. Although neither of them are examples of great filmaking, I would recommend them both.

Š-DR-PLANETE ROUGE d'Antony Hoffman (2000) p13

15/02/2014 08:12 par tellurikwaves

A really great film!

Author: GenK1981 from Essex, England
12 March 2001

Looking at the other comments i think people really have a hatred to sci-fi films at the mo. I know that Mission to Mars was bad, i'd be the 1st to admit that......but that doesn't mean that all other sci-fi films are going to be bad. Last year we had Pitch Black which i thought was okay.........and we had Red Planet.

Red Planet came with a reasonably large budget, a really superior cast to Mission to Mars and absolutely great special effects. The main story line in itself is not ground breaking, but the sub plots within the film give the film its real grip!A crew of 4 astronauts and 2 science officers agree to board a mission into building a new home on mars through the aid of making it a breathable atmosphere through the aid of planting algae.

Then in comes your usual suprises, the spacecraft that their in hits critical conditions causing them to land on Mars earlier than they wanted to and therefore building a storyline of what they are going to do to get back to earth.The sub plot involving the crews relationship between pentigill who was a last minute choice for the mission is excellent. Simon Baker plays the character excellently and you never know wether to trust him or hate him. The special effects on the robot AMEE were outstanding aswell, this created the suspence part of the film.

I gave this film 9/10 because i love sci-fi and i thought that it was well acted and had a really decent storyline.

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15/02/2014 08:09 par tellurikwaves

Red Planet is a great rainy, Saturday afternoon film

Author: m_ender from Virginia, USA
22 October 2001

Whoa there kids! Red Planet is just a movie and in my opinion a pretty good sci-fi picture. Yes, it is not 2001: A Space Odyssey or Mission to Mars (which I think was ridiculous). It is not meant to be. Maybe the characters are not fully developed but name a science fiction movie where the characters are completely developed. The movie is called "Red Planet" not "Who are the People Who are Going to Mars to Save Earth?" and we join the action "in media res" which means in the middle of things so character development is not stressed in the beginning. Good grief. People throw around scientific, cinematic, and character development flaws with the movie instead of trying to enjoy the suspense of this movie.

You are stuck on the planet Mars. No food or water. Someone on the crew is already dead and another is a little sketchy. You have a limited time to get off the planet, your friendly neighborhood military robot has decided to play "Seek and Destroy", and something mysterious is happening on the surface of Mars involving tiny, bio-luminescent aphids.So imagine all of that and you will get an idea of what the writers and director wanted to recreate for the audience. I liked this movie. I recognize there are flaws in the movie and possibly the acting but honestly I thought it was a great premise. Reminded me of the Greek myth of Jason and Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece.

I would give the movie 4 stars out of a possible 5. Before you write and tell me how inaccurate or misguided a movie-goer I am realize I have read the classic sci-fi adventures from the likes of Heinlein, Clarke, and Bradbury. They would recognize the film for what it was: a piece of escape fiction that had its moments of comedy, intelligence, and suspense.

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15/02/2014 08:07 par tellurikwaves

Fairly good Sci-Fi entertainment
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Author: TxMike from Houston, Tx, USA, Earth
20 June 2002

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

"Red Planet" builds on an interesting premise - send bioengineered algae to Mars to produce oxygen so that settlers can leave the increasingly polluted Earth and preserve mankind. However, the algae starts to disappear, based on Earth measurements, so about 2050 a team is sent to Mars to find out why. They encounter the mandatory storyline problems - a sunflare triggers a burst of radiation which mainly disables the mothership so the crew has to escape prematurely, but the captain (Carrie-Ann Moss of Matrix fame) stays behind to try and salvage the ship, otherwise they are all doomed to be stranded on Mars.

The 4 men make a very rough landing, and even with the balloons deployed, the older one gets a ruptured spleen and stays behind to die. The others make it to the home base that had been built previously, only to find it destroyed and all supplies gone. About to die of oxygen starvation, Kilmer opens his mask to find they can breath. So, the rest of the film is their dealing with one difficulty after another, not the least of which is an ice storm with 115 mph winds and minus 53 degree temperature. One by one they expire, but Kilmer gets to a 50-year-old Russian module that had failed to fire, and with a jury-rigged old radio and 50-year-old modem is able to download instructions to launch the ship. He gets into orbit, Carrie-Ann retrieves him, they finally kiss!

Kinda cheesy in many places, most of the "science" is very shaky, some of the funny lines are clever, others are stupid, but as a Sci-Fi film not to be taken too seriously, it is fun entertainment, especially on DVD with a good sound system. The Dolby 5.1 surround channels are used very well, and the several blasts and explosions are very energetic. Carrie-Ann only does one nude shower scene and it is near the beginning, about 8 minutes into the film.

Š-DR-PLANETE ROUGE p10

15/02/2014 08:05 par tellurikwaves

A straight-forward science fiction movie

Author: Maciste_Brother from the rock
25 January 2005

I avoided most of the Mars movies when they came out in the past 4 years because the reviews were mostly bad and none of the trailers inspired me. I eventually caught MISSION TO MARS on TV and I was glad I didn't see it at the movies or even rented it. But now I rented RED PLANET last night and I have to say that I liked it a lot. It's much better than the hokey De Palma movie. There are a lot of weaknesses in it but even with all it's faults, the whole package worked.

The problems with RED PLANET: Val Kilmer is miscast. He doesn't seem interested in the story and his acting is lazy. He looks like a lost surfer dude on Mars. They should have hired another actor instead of Kilmer. Some characters were weak (Stamp and Bratt). The designs of the ship's interior were a tad cheesy. The dialogue was sometimes terrible. And the story had some major holes in it, like the idea that the ship's censors didn't detect the breathable atmosphere on Mars.

But aside from those problems, the rest is fun. It's a straight forward science fiction story. If you don't like that kind of story,you'll certainly won't like this.It reminded me of ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS or PITCH BLACK in the way it respected the sci-fi themes and elements without watering them down for the audience. Tom Sizemore and Carrie-Anne Moss are excellent in their roles. Some of the cinematography is excellent. And while the fx are uneven (sometimes spectacular, sometimes obvious), the overall look of the film is always credible. And the ending is thrilling.If you like straight forward science fiction films like me, you'll enjoy this movie.