Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | March 23, 2005 | | Summary | UMVD... | Content
 | ...must stand for "Useless Marred & Vandalized Dvd". Botching studios who are mistaking 'Fool Screen' for 'Full release' should get some attention from those who like to be regarded as the protectors for the Intellecual & Artistic Property. Full Screen without any other option should be treated as a violation of this Property!!!!!
Of course, the '1 star' (should be less than 0) is only for the studio's crap, not for the movie itself. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 12, 2005 | | Summary | Patiently waiting ... and waiting ... and waiting | Content
| I am a fan of most of the Alan Alda films, Sweet Liberty included. (A clue of this might be found in my sign-on name - "Hawkeye".)
Unfortunately, apparently this DVD is only the pan/scan version - modified to fit the soon-to-be-obsolete 3x4 TV screens.
My wait goes on for widescreen DVD's of some of the best of the ALAN ALDA films, including Sweet Liberty, A New Life, and especially The Seduction of Joe Tynan (my favorite of these three yet to be released)!
Come on studios - It's way past time to release these and many other classic (and still very popular) films of the 70's and 80's in WIDESCREEN!
Incidentally - I do not necessarily agree with all of Alan Alda's politics - but I find his expression of them to be sincere, honest, and intelligent. I do not agree with the reviewer that found a hidden guilt as the subconscious motive for Sweet Liberty. Yes, there were some "liberties" taken on M*A*S*H - however, I never found them to be insulting to the audience as would be the liberties taken in the movie-within-a-movie in Sweet Liberty. I believe that SL is more of a commentary on Hollywood's apparent inclination to twist facts to their own liking (and profit taking). M*A*S*H on the other hand, from what I have read and understand about the show, particularly after the first couple seasons, made a very real and concerted effort to research actual M*A*S*H units, interview patients and doctors, etc - in order to present the stories as authentically as possible. I may not have always agreed with the message, but I do not have any criticism for the way the message was delivered. This was not intended to be a review of M*A*S*H, but, since I consider it to be the best television show of all time, and a show which just gets better with time, and that got better with each subsequent season, I just wanted to reply to the reviewer that seemed to be criticising it. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 21, 2004 | | Summary | pleasure in academia | Content
| Among my favorite films, my worn VHS copy of _Sweet Liberty_ is pulled off the shelf several times per year. I watch it when I need a gentle laugh and a reminder that even the best relationships can be flawed. Lillian Gish, Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bob Hoskins and Lise Hilboldt all give comfortable performances of real people - wacky, prideful, erudite, snobbish, emotionally retentive, self-absorbed, commitment-phobic, neurotic, philandering, Hollywood-esque, cruel, naive, loving and lovable. This is not an action film, but a pleasant 107 minutes of funny adult interaction. I hope a DVD version will be released. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 03, 2001 | | Summary | If you want to see how Hollywood REALLY treats history... | Content
| This movie made Alan Alda the patron saint of living historians and re-enactors of the American Revolution. It shows, quite clearly, how Hollywood distorts reality and factual information to create and sell what is simply a product like any other. The humor is subtle, the give-and-take in the dialog is quick and usually very witty. The bottom line of the film is that, to Hollywood, history means entertainment and if the facts have to be changed or embellished to make what they might consider to be a more entertaining product, then so be it. If you want to learn about history, watch the History Channel. If you want to be entertained by "history", watch "The Last of the Mohicans", "Braveheart", and "The Patriot". If you want to watch an entertaining, humorous version of how Hollywood treats history, watch and enjoy "Sweet Liberty". |
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