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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best, complete, honest, no nonsense movie guide around,
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This review is from: DVD & Video Guide 2004 (Video and DVD Guide) (Mass Market Paperback)
Ten years ago, long before Istarted surfing the web, I purchased my first ever copy of what was then called VMG. As I was passionate about movies (and still am), I read every single review there was in the book, and in the end it looked as tattered as hell. I still have my first copy, it's yellow-brownish and torn, and for me symbolizes my great love for this book and for movies.I've leafed through Maltin's guide quite a few times, and the "video and dvd movie guide" is hands down the best there is. Here's why: The book is very easy to read, the title is highlighted, the stars are bold and clear (unlike in Maltin's). Not to mention the Turkey! The fabulous cast and director indexes. Today, at the Internet age, you can log on to imdb.com and find complete filmographies, but in the past those indexes taught me a great deal about cast and directors body of work. And it still does. Sometimes I don't feel like opening the computer to find something. This is a no nonsense guide. It's totally unpretentious, it usually shows a movie true worth, without over analizing, without apologies. It is impossible to agree with everything in the book, yet I've seen hundreds of films which appear in this guide, and as far as I'm concerned, it stands at about 90 percent hit, 10 percent miss. So, ten years later, I'm still buying the new editions of this book. It was and still is a great tool for me, and it taught me a great deal about movies. People Magazine was right. This is THE BEST.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Easy manageable size. Reviews are very small.,
By OverTheMoon (overthemoonreview@hotmail.com) - See all my reviews
This review is from: DVD & Video Guide 2004 (Video and DVD Guide) (Mass Market Paperback)
I also own a stack of other film encyclopedias but for weight and manageability this is the best of the lot. The book is around 2 inches thick - but is the size of a novel and you can hold it in one hand. It is a full resource (with over 18,000 titles!), easy to carry around and has a full listing of directors and cast at the back along with Oscar winners. Overall the reviews are not very good and they are limited to just four of five lines at best. I mostly do not use it for the reviews though. It is more of a "find a director or star that you like and quickly flick through the index and the corresponding works to see what else they have done". For that it is very impressive but if you are looking for in-depth reviews then you should go elsewhere for the more unmanageable volumes and Arnold Schwarzenner to help carry them around for you.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great guide to DVDs and videos,
By Geri (Syosset, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DVD & Video Guide 2004 (Video and DVD Guide) (Mass Market Paperback)
We've been using Martin & Porter's guides for about 5 years now. We keep buying it each year because it is so excellent. The reviews are insightful and the various indices (such as Directors Index and Actors Index), as other reviewers have noted, are both useful and enjoyable. We use this guide to help us determine what films to buy and it has given us great guidance to some terrific movies. Highly recommended.
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