The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises

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Paris in the 1920s. The American journalist Jake and his friends spend the time at cafes. He has a special interest in his ex-fianc e Lady Ashley. They take a vacation in Pamplona to watch the bull-fights.System Requirements:Run Time: 130 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:DRAMA Rating:NR UPC:024543249221 Manufacturer No:2234922
Rate Points :3.5
Binding :DVD
Brand :TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Label :20th Century Fox
Manufacturer :20th Century Fox
MPN :2234922
ProductGroup :DVD
Studio :20th Century Fox
Publisher :20th Century Fox
UPC :024543249221
EAN :0024543249221
Price :$19.98USD
Lowest Price :$12.44USD
Customer ReviewsWatch This Movie & Find The Meaninglessness of Your Life
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :3
Many reviews of this film like to take issue with its meandering, aimless plot that starts anywhere and leads nowhere. The bad news is that criticism is spot on. The good news is thats the point exactly. You see, Hemingway is trying to show what happens to the first generation that loses its faith in reason, science, and progress. Instead of perfecting society, humanity, and the world, these ideals have only led to more effective, more efficient ways of killing our neighbors on a global scale. How to live when there is nothing left to believe in? Watch this film and find out! Ask yourself, are these characters so different from you and me? Tyrone Power is impotent. So are we. Wealth, fame, power -- our worldly pleasures are insatiable. Errol Flynn is a hopeless drunk. Our pleasures are also unfulfilling. Ava Gardner is an aging beauty. Even when a few of us manage to attain our worldly desires, they are fleeting, we just cant hold on to them. This film is more relevant today than it ever was. If you hit yourself on the head with a book, and you hear a hollow sound, it doesnt always mean the book is empty.

Not a very good film but great starring cast
Rating Point :3 Helpful Point :0
Unfortunately, this is not the best vehicle to see the best talents of Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner and Errol Flynn. The story line revolves around the "Lost Generation" of young people during the post World War One era. In their middle forties at the time of filming, Tyrone Power and Errol Flynn are clearly too old for their parts. However, its great to see both of these former matinee idols together on film albeit just shortly before each of them died.
Also, it loses something being viewed on a television set. Im sure it was quite spectacular in CinemaScope in the theatre, especially the bullfighting scenes. I would recommend this film if you are a fan of the stars or a fan of bullfighting but not if you are a fan of Ernest Hemingway.

Hemingway early
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :4
The Sun Also Rises DVD

The Sun Also Rises is based on the novel by that name by the Master Earnest Hemingway. It is one of his earliest novels about the Lost Generation in Europe post World War I, or the War to End All Wars as it was known at the time. It stars Tyrone Powers and Ava Gardner.

More cerebral than action oriented.

Recommended for Hemingway fans.

Gunner December, 2007

Classic Actors
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :1
I saw this movie a long time ago on TV and am glad they finally put it on DVD. And although it is not one of the best movies it reflects the time period of the "lost generation" as chronicle by Hemingway and acted out by some of the best actors of our time. I bought the DVD to mostly see the performances of Errol Flynn and Eddie Albert who are really the best in this film. I gave it four stars as it comes up a little short as a great movie but nevertheless entertaining.

Bulls of Pamplona vs. Errol Flynn
Rating Point :3 Helpful Point :0
Need I say more? Dont miss Flynn and Eddie Albert actually running through the streets and into the bull ring with the dudes of "Pamplona" (filmed in Mexico) Two guys get gored! Ava G. is as sensual as ever, whether in a Parisian bistro or flirting with a matador. Location is a huge part of the novel, and this movie gets is right.
The movie falls far short of the reckless desperation of the novel, and Tyronne P. is a soul-less Jake, but that would be a tough role for anyone to play.

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