Formula One 2006 Platinum (PS2)

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang entranced and thrilled children and their parents when it puttered into the cinema in 1968. More than three decades later, and despite the eventual arrival of a stage version that throws the full weight of blockbuster effects at the story, the original remains the real thing for fans of all ages. The flying car is the star and it’s impossible not to feel a surge of thrilling relief as the wings kick in when she plunges over the cliff and soars off on her great adventure. The songs might not be the greatest in musical history, but they are delivered with great charm by Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts (a toned-down version of his infamous Bert in Mary Poppins), Sally Ann Howes (Truly Scrumptious) and the children.

And then there is Robert Helpmann’s child catcher, a terrifyingly sinister figure who exudes a pungent whiff of undiluted evil unmatched by any character since Dorothy squared up to the witch in The Wizard of Oz. Cameos from British character actors abound: Benny Hill, Lionel Jeffries, Anna Quayle, James Robertson Justice and Max Wall all put in appearances that add some fibre to the overall sweetness of the story. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the ultimate nostalgic confection for family viewing.

On the DVD: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Special Edition comes to DVD in widescreen format with a Dolby soundtrack to recreate the authentic cinematic experience for everyone who remembers it from the first time round. The picture quality is robust, revealing some rather homespun aspects to the special effects. Extras are dominated by Dick Van Dyke remembering his time on the film, plus a short item on the origins of the car itself and various trailers. –Piers Ford
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Customer Review: Amazon sent me disc2 Bonuses and not the damn movie!
I have had to resort to writing a review because - I use the Rental system which I must say is very good - however my daughter wanted to watch ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ so I ordered it. Low and behold Amazon sent not Disc 1 (the movie) but only Disc 2(the bonuses)! If anyone has found a way of emailing Amazon or actually able to speak to anyone please let me know as YOU CANNOT CONTACT THEM, EVER! Amazon please, be more customer facing - have a phone number, have an email address - it’s called CUSTOMER SERVICE oh and yes, please send me THE MOVIE, my daughter did not want to watch 10 variations of the TRAILOR! Yours, Frustrated from the Cotswolds!
Customer Review: Wonderful children’s film
This is a wonderful film for small children, and adults will be pleasantly surprised by how little it has dated. I saw this film as a small child when it first came out and loved it. Recently I was reminded how good the music of the film was when I happened on the song “The Roses of Success” on the internet, and my children appeared in my office in ten seconds flat to see what Daddy was listening to. So I thought I would get them the DVD. It held their attention for several playings, and the music was as good as I had remembered. The original books were written by Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, and were quite dark in tone. The film version, however, is a light musical comedy. Dick van Dyke plays Caractacus Potts, who is a poverty stricken inventor, and a widower with two small children. He buys and rebuilds a famous former racing car, which his children name Chitty Chitty Bang Bang after the distinctive noise made by the car’s exhaust. (Fleming put a note in the books to the effect that there really was a famous racing car which had this nickname for precisely that reason.) The Potts family meet Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes) daughter of the local sweet magnate Lord Scrumptious (James Robertson Justice.) After they get off to a bad start, she tries to help Caractacus Potts raise the money to restore the car. Initial plans to raise money fall through, but Caractacus gets the necessary funds by pure chance. Restoration completed, Caractacus takes his children to the beach and again they join up with Truly Scrumptious. He tells his children an imaginary story about a wicked foreign potentate, with a wife who hates children, and who wants to steal this wonderful car - a car which can turn into a boat, and also fly. Foreign agents first try to steal the car, then kidnapp Caractacus’s father. The viewer is caught up in the story. Most people will know the ending but I’m not going to give it away for those who don’t. Excellent performances from van Dyke, Howes (was she really 38 years old when this was made?) and James Robertson Justice. Other cast members included Lionel Jeffries, Benny Hill, and Barbara Windsor (long before she was famous). Roald Dahl and Ken Huges did the screenplay. Perhaps the most memorable part of the film is Richard M Sherman’s wonderful music and lyrics.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2) There can’t be any more sure-fire a hit in the gaming world than Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Grandma may not approve, but the 143 million people who bought GTA III will be chomping at the bit for this follow-up. Not quite a full-blown sequel, but far more than the average lazy mission disk, Vice City relocates the action of the previous game from the New York-esque Liberty City to the Miami-influenced metropolis of the title. And clearly as soon as someone mentioned Miami the developers immediately thought of Miami Vice, because they’ve gone and set the whole thing in 1986 with an incredible soundtrack featuring everyone from Michael Jackson to Sigue Sigue Sputnik.

As the game starts you take control of Tommy Vercetti (voiced by Goodfellas star Ray Liotta) who gets involved in a bungled drug deal and must set himself up from scratch as a crime boss. Unlike in GTA III, you’re not restricted to being a small-time hood any more; the game now allows you to purchase property (porn studios, strip clubs, cab companies and so on) and run extortion rackets, which cleverly widens the scope of the game while keeping the controls and gameplay pretty much the same. Which means that you still spend the majority of your time driving cars very dangerously and shooting and maiming anyone that happens to get in your way. Indeed, in most respects the game is very similar to its predecessor–the graphics, for example, are improved but hardly groundbreaking–though there are numerous minor additions, most notably the chance to ride motorbikes–which is particularly satisfying–and fly proper aircraft.

Vice City can’t be recommended unreservedly though: if you’re intending to buy this game for someone under 18, you really should think again, as it’s violent, filled with sex and swearing, and is totally and utterly immoral. Which is why it’s guaranteed to sell and sell. –David Jenkins
Customer Review: Not as good as San Andreas but still needed.
Having been a GTA fan for years I can say that this one is a classic. It is set in 1986 in Miami two years before the new Vice City Stories. These are the best games ever, there are endless things to do and characters in other GTA games involved to, there are lots of missions aswell.
You start out with nothing just being released from prison and have been imployed by the Forelli mafia family, a well known gang in Liberty City and they send you to Vice to start the drug buisness there for them but you are immedietly set up by an unknown cartel and you cocaine is stolen. The aim of this mission is to find the cocaine and edventually take over Vice City but to do this you must find many contacts, explore, fight escape the many things in the narcotics gang world and much more to do this. It is a must have game but new fans to GTA I say get San Andreas.
Customer Review: BORING SCORE DRAW
i just find this boring, how you have to go from place to place and buy it to do a mission, nowhere near as detailed as san andreas, but i did find vince city stories alot better

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Formula One 2006 Platinum (PS2)
Customer Review: Frustrating
This is the most frustrating of all the formula one titles i have played, its just been sat on the shelf and ive gone back to playing the 2003 version, which in my opinion is the best formula 1 game availiable

Customer Review: Brilliant, but I need a 2007 game.
Fantastic game especially on PS3, but really need a 2007 game, have had to resort to GP4 with a 2007 patch which is not ideal. Hurry up and make a new F1 game sony!!!!