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5.0 out of 5 stars
Look at what we have lost?, February 10, 2000
This review is from: Cool As Ice [VHS] (VHS Tape)
In a more perfect universe I suppose he would have left us with just a little more, but did we truly deserve it? Did we as a civilization really embrace and honor the message that Ice put forth through his work? It wouldn't be appropriate for me to answer such a question that exceeds the scope of of only one man." I don't believe that this country will ever come across such a great figure as Vanilla, not for some time anyways." This was Quoted by Mr. Nelson Mandela reflecting upon 'cool as ice's first week ticket grosses. He vanished shortly afterwards, almost as quick as he changed the world. Perhaps it was inevitable that Ice would eventually leave, but so quick? Well they say that the brightest flames always vanish the quickest. I would like to think that Ice's music secretly reveals what his goals were, there was a line in 'Ice, Ice, baby!' that went" rollin' in my V.O, drop top down so my hair can blow!" The optimist in me would like to think that that one line is a indication as to where he is now. I can almost see him if I close my eyes, hes somewhere out there in this great republic of ours, rolling around from town to town city to city in that white V.O of his, giving himself to those in need. Vanilla Ice was many things, he was a musician, an actor( judging by his work in this film, perhaps the finest ever.)but most of all he was a healer. It was his bussom that we cried into after the gulf war, he was there to comfort us, and well we took him for granted and asked for too much , we didn't realize that he was only human just like us, and so he went away. What he left us with was an album and this very movie( a testament to love, compassion, and of course a word to our mother earth.) Perhaps someday when we least expect it he will return to reclaim our undying devotion, that is if we keep our hearts pure and open. And together they will beat, Can you hear them Vanilla they are beating for you to drive that magnificent V.O back into them, but most of all they beat for you. P.S I paid a cool 107.67 for the tape and it was worth every penny.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An overlooked classic, March 9, 2001
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This review is from: Cool As Ice [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This film was pure cinematic brilliance. From the direction of David Kellog, to the ground-breaking camera work of award-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaninski comes a new breed of film-making. This film was beautifully shot (1.85:1) and is a feast for the eyes. It is as if the filmakers are taking us on a jorney similar to entering an alternate dimesion. Yes, we step into a world where, essentially, we all learn what it means to be cool as ice. As is noted in David Stenn's cleverly penned script, "It ain't where your from, It's where you're at anyway. And right now I'm with you." That pretty much captures it right there. For 2 hours we are with Ice, playing Johnny Van Owen, as a rebelious rapper who is travelling across country, by motorcycle, on his world tour. Accompanied by his 3 bandmates, unfortunate circumstances arise when Bandmate "Jazz"'s (played by a hilarious Deezer D.) bike breaks down. Now stuck in a town they don't belong whose denizens are discriminatory and rude, Ice happens upon the woman of his dreams. It is love at first sight and Ice now faces incredible odds to win the woman he so desperately loves. This film is powerfull, engrossing, and gripping. I just didn't want it to end. There are tear-jerking moments like when Ice says goodbye to Tommy "I'm outta here like yesterday, slick." (so bring your hanky). There is also an oscar winning scene in which Ice proclaims to Kathy "You don't know me. You don't know me at all." (eat your heart out James Dean). Most of all, This movie was escapism at it's finest. Pure entertainment and a thrill ride you just don't want to stop. I find myself watching it over and over so I can relive the moment when I first found out what it meant to be "Cool as Ice." 5+ stars.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ranks with te best of Cocteau, Altman or Scorcese, December 14, 2002
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This review is from: Cool As Ice [VHS] (VHS Tape)
"Cool as Ice" has a distinct class struggle undertone redolent of "The Discreet Charm of the Burgeoisie" or the best of 1950s French cinema. Vanilla Ice is the classic rebel outsider and loner, although I think his performance is drawn more from early Brando than James Dean. In one sense he reminds this reviewer of the classic Ernest Hemingway "code hero" such as lieutenant Henry in "A Farewell to Arms" or the fisherman in "The Old Man and the Sea" - a person who does not need the approval or validation of outside society to prove his self worth and inner, spiritual integrity. Earlier that same year (1991) Vanilla Ice rapped "Go ninja! Go ninja! Go!" in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Secret of the Ooze - while the turtles fought on the dance floor. Ice was demonstrating the utopian vision of man existing spiritually within and outside of nature, a vision first put fort in such early, first generation romantic works as Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey" or "The Ruined Cottage" or even Blake "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". I also found parallels between Kat's father )portrayed by Micheal Gross) and Alexei Karenin, Anna's estranged husband in "Anna Karenina". "Cool as Ice" is an absolute masterpiece, a snapshot of America in the important, epochal year of 1991 - a nation caught between the end of the Reagan boom years of the 80s and election of Bill Clinton in 1992.
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