Konterr Brilliant and touching

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Hayleigh Joseph This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

He_who_lurks Edison Studies was the first film company in the USA; their first films, which were Kinetoscope shorts and were very brief, were not released to the public at all as they were merely tests. Such is the case with "Men Boxing", a film so short being called a minute long on IMDb is technically not true. It's only a couple secs actually, and while only a film test that would never be released to the public it also is a bit fun. We see two young men in a boxing ring (both unidentified to this very day, I believe) swinging at each other. While Edison filmed boxing matches later in 1894 that were of true athletes, this short is obviously a test and the 'boxers' really have no idea how to box at all. That said it doesn't really matter as for 1891 it's slightly amusing and manages to be fun within its brief run time. Worth the watch if you wanna see a very old film from the silent era. A 7 outta 10 for the historical value, an 8 outta 10 because it can still amuse today.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) Well.. the title is a bit of a lie here. Actually we do see two men wearing gloves, but they only seem to be posing as boxers. there are some very early black-and-white silent short films, in which men are really boxing and we get to see historic fights, but this is not one of these. Also their laughing clearly indicates that this is really just show and not real. Dickson and Heise made this very very short film back in 1891, which was at the earliest day of film actually, so you cannot be too mad at them for the fact that this is not a good movie at all. However, even from that very early time, there are much better films out there, so you also should not go in and expect a weak film. I can only say that I do not recommend this one. It's only a couple seconds wasted time, but still a waste of time.

Boba_Fett1138 The main purpose of this movie was to test if the kinetograph could capture the fast boxing movements well. Probably at its time this was considered a successful experiment but it's also far from a perfect one. Because of the shooting speed the movie seems to occur in slow-motion and some of the fast movements are blurry. Thomas Alva Edison still obviously had a long way to go before reaching perfection. This movie is one of their earliest experiments, which is sort of notable.The 'actors' seemed to have fun, since they're both obviously laughing. They wear their normal working clothes, though they took the bother to put on actual boxing gloves and they're Edison employees without doubt. They simply put a rope across the screen to imply that the events were taking place in a boxing ring. But of course the movie was just shot at the studio. The two are just posing and swinging without actually attempting to hit each other.The first ever real filmed boxing match was the "Leonard-Cushing Fight", from 1884, also shot by William K.L. Dickson and William Heise, just like this short and. Boxing matches on film actually became quite popular at the late 19th century and there was a huge demand for it. Also because of the fact that at that time boxing matches were banned in some states and this would be the only way for people to see a boxing match. Edison's Kinetoscope Exhibiting Company cleverly jumped on to this and their boxing films would eventually turned out to become their most profitable films. So in a way this early movie is a sign of things to come for Edison and Co. and future boxing films and commercialism.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

Bladerunner• This hotly anticipated film fails to deliver. The special effects are spectacular, but the real action is lacking. The characters aren't defined at all, you simply don't identify with them in any way. The dialog has it moments to be sure, but subtitles just can't convey the idiosyncrasies of the human voice. The direction is pedestrian, at times I wondered if anyone was at the helm at all. It is a lengthy tome to be sure, but not overlong given the subject matter. The cinematography is rather good, and the decision to go monochromatic was a masterstroke. No sequels were planned or made, though many iterations have followed. This is not on the par with Rocky, and doesn't even come close to the sparkling, violent energy of Raging Bull, with which is shares a common theme (and common color - B&W). There is some very deep subliminal ideology, on several levels at work here. However, I think it will be many years before many of them are recognized and appreciated by the savvy filmgoer. All in all this is a masterpiece, even if the technical aspects, and certain performances lack the power of the subject matter and denouement.