Epinions Recent Reviews for camyee

Take the Picture! Take the Picture!

Fri, 21 Feb 2003 21:12:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author camyee - A Dose of Perspective

Three years ago my employer purchased the Olympus D-620L digital camera. At the time it was the best $1100.00 could buy with its 1.4 megapixels, 3x zoom and maximum 16MB Smart Media capacity. It amazes me to consider...

Of Bigotry and Chinese Boxing

Fri, 24 Aug 2001 19:19:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author camyee - If you’ve read my other missives on martial arts movies, you know I am great fan of Jet Li’s "Fist of Legend," ultimately using it as a standard to judge Li’s more recent work. As I’ve watched and re-watched this movie and experienced the...

The Bigger Better Deal

Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:49:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author camyee - My first television was a used, 27" production monitor that I bought for $125.00. With multiple input and output jacks it was a great bargain and I spent many an evening trying different connection configurations with my fledgling home theater system...

Rush Hour 2: Kung Fu Lite

Sun, 19 Aug 2001 14:21:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author camyee - I’ve been disappointed with practically every Hollywood film starring some of Hong Kong’s finest martial arts actors, namely Jet Li and Jackie Chan. Films like “Romeo Must Die,” “Kiss of the Dragon” and “Rush Hour” have drained all the hope of ever...

Sam Phillips' "Fan Dance" A Welcome Return

Fri, 17 Aug 2001 21:33:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author camyee - I found out about Sam Phillips at a critical time in my life, when I started to question many things I believed about the world. Phillips' departure from a successful career in the contemporary Christian music industry intrigued me to no end and her...

Kiss is No Fist

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:01:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author camyee - After the lukewarm response to Romeo Must Die, Jet Li went to his fans for advice on his next film. Understandably they told him to return to the no-nonsense martial arts purity of his 1994 film, Fist of Legend. With its minimal use of wire techniques,...

Grand and Ambitious Animation

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 02:13:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author camyee - Most of the pre-release press surrounding “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within” concerned whether it will render flesh and blood actors obsolete. For its incredible realism, the question was certainly legitimate, but the world’s thespians need not worry...

A Possible Long-Term Investment

Thu, 5 Jul 2001 23:23:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author camyee - The prices of current model MP3 players have always scared me off. While their size and lack of moving parts are appealing I never felt I was getting a good deal for the amount of music I could store on them. The price of the removable media was an even...

Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:55:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author camyee - Do you remember the first person you loved outside the members of your family? More than likely it’s been hard to forget that individual, the one who made the world look a little different and who changed the way you thought about yourself. For Buddy...

"So Happy"

Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:36:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author camyee - I am a little ashamed to admit it, but I only became a fan of Audrey Hepburn after her death in 1993. So much of the media paid tribute to her life and career that I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed for knowing so little about such a popular...

Jackie Chan's Best and Last

Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:58:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author camyee - Jackie Chan became a household name in the United States with the stateside release of "Rumble in the Bronx," but for long-time fans the film was by no means his greatest work. For diehards "Drunken Master 2" is the ultimate display of Chan’s athletic...

Hannibal No Longer Evil, Just Bad

Sun, 11 Feb 2001 18:54:51 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author camyee - In "Alien" Ridley Scott took his sweet time revealing the complete form and features of the slime-producing, double-mouthed extraterrestrial. This left us to our imaginations, forced us to cobble together in our minds the various split-second glimpses of...

Suspension and Disbelief

Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:42:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author camyee - My mom subscribes to a Chinese satellite service and the programming tends to fall into three categories - modern soap operas, silly celebrity game shows and martial arts dramas set in ancient China. The martial arts in these shows are not what people...