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Fans of the Rob Marshall, the Best Picture winner in 2002, have waited eagerly for a worthy follow-up film from the Oscar-nominated director ever since he revitalized the movie musical with the razzle-dazzle ‘Chicago’. First came the disappointing ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ in 2005. Then ‘Nine,’ an adaptation of the Maury Yeston-Arthur Kopit stage musical, arrived on screens last December. Now there is still a Blu-ray version available for the fans. And additionally, if you don’t have a Blu-ray player or something like that, you can rip the Blu-ray or convert the Blu-ray disc to other commonly used video formats with a Blu-ray ripper.
Packed with kinetic choreography (by Marshall himself), melodic songs, and a substantive story based on the classic 1963 Federico Fellini film, ‘Nine’ seemed destined to be an instant hit and strong Academy Award contender. Yet despite the considerable talent of a stable of sexy Hollywood felines, including Penélope Cruz, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, and Stacy Ferguson (better known as pop star Fergie) – as well as two grande dames, the ageless Sophia Loren and indomitable Judi Dench – Marshall’s visually arresting yet lumbering musical never comes close to meeting expectations, and ultimately ends up the kind of cinematic train wreck the film’s protagonist, celebrated Italian movie director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), fears his abstract next project will become. On a scale of one to 10, ‘Nine’ rates far below its eponymous number, and proves Marshall isn’t quite the musical Houdini we thought him to be. Read more…