I was going to go to the library and borrow this book today to contrast it, but I probably shouldn't since I have to 'study.' BLEHHH
Anyways... I did an embarrassing thing and decided to try to record a video review for the Rotten Tomatoes Show, and I realized that it's a lot harder than it looks and that my speech teacher was ultimately right; I need more enthusiasm. And Jimmy Fallon was right; I need to up my volume (which I tried to do with the iMovie settings). But I uploaded it anyways, in case I get lucky. You never know, but please don't watch it.
Here's basically what I said, or what I meant to say but it came out differently on video:
Fantastic Mr. Fox is another Roald Dahl book to movie adaptation with a few changes.
Director Wes Anderson has churned another successful movie adaptation as well as another successful 'Wes Anderson' movie.
Even with the stop motion being a little strange at times, there is never a dull moment in this movie. Even with the still shots of the characters, you see the little movement of the hairs on their heads.
The attention to detail by Wes Anderson is very satisfying throughout the movie.
Some, if not all, of the voice recordings were done on set to get the real ambient noises of the fields and such.
Although, sometimes the humor is somewhat adult, it is still more age appropriate than Where the Wild Things are.
It is very lighthearted and funny and gratifying till the end.
George Clooney, Jason Schwartzman, and Michael Gambon stand out for me as the voice actors, even though I kept thinking of Dumbledore for the later. The deliveries of the lines are perfect.
Overall, Fantastic Mr. Fox doesn't take itself too seriously and is charming for both adults and children.
Side note: It has one of the best scenes I could imagine. Please watch it.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Wild Things you make my heart sing.
Where the Wild Things Are
This movie... immediately after it started, I already felt this pit in my stomach, an ache in my heart for childhood and it's emotional toll. Max Records was pretty good at displaying all those emotions and it made me irk with uncomfortableness because it's half frustrating to see him that way and half sad cause you can kind of familiarize with him. I was really happy at some parts and really sad at most of the parts, and I think overall it was too much sad and not enough happy. I thought the overall theme was very easy to catch and it didn't take away from the lovable book, but I did think with the movie, it kind of took the easy way out with things especially with the ending. I just didn't feel it was quite right... I still like it. I thought some of the scenes could have managed without the shakiness and dizziness, but most of the scenes were beautifully shot.
2 1/2 out of 4.
This movie... immediately after it started, I already felt this pit in my stomach, an ache in my heart for childhood and it's emotional toll. Max Records was pretty good at displaying all those emotions and it made me irk with uncomfortableness because it's half frustrating to see him that way and half sad cause you can kind of familiarize with him. I was really happy at some parts and really sad at most of the parts, and I think overall it was too much sad and not enough happy. I thought the overall theme was very easy to catch and it didn't take away from the lovable book, but I did think with the movie, it kind of took the easy way out with things especially with the ending. I just didn't feel it was quite right... I still like it. I thought some of the scenes could have managed without the shakiness and dizziness, but most of the scenes were beautifully shot.
2 1/2 out of 4.
Short Post about Lying
The Invention of Lying
Before the movie even starts, you get your pure dose of Ricky Gervais during the credits. This movie pretty much is just a movie for his fans. I love Ricky Gervais, but that doesn't mean that I love this movie. I watched it online, a bad quality rip, without watching the full thing on the little screen it was showing on, doing other things. But I did start out watching the whole thing with no distractions, but then it started to get kind of boring. He tries to save peoples lives with lies, and we just see him going around to background music. I guess that's an awe, but it was stretched out a little long and it got kind of corny. I was trying to figure out what about not knowing how to lie makes people so shallow and stupid... but I guess those people were just that way and don't know how to cover it. It made me think a little about what it would really be like, and I wonder if this was a good depiction or not. It is up to your imagination.
It gets a little cliche by the end, but actually, really cliche and I questioned what the point was. It was pretty silly and I like it for the cameos and all the funny parts were basically in the trailers but it was pretty eh otherwise.
2 out of 4. I love Gervais though. He took an idea, but didn't really make it into a unique story like he could have, just used it for the laffs and there weren't that many.
Before the movie even starts, you get your pure dose of Ricky Gervais during the credits. This movie pretty much is just a movie for his fans. I love Ricky Gervais, but that doesn't mean that I love this movie. I watched it online, a bad quality rip, without watching the full thing on the little screen it was showing on, doing other things. But I did start out watching the whole thing with no distractions, but then it started to get kind of boring. He tries to save peoples lives with lies, and we just see him going around to background music. I guess that's an awe, but it was stretched out a little long and it got kind of corny. I was trying to figure out what about not knowing how to lie makes people so shallow and stupid... but I guess those people were just that way and don't know how to cover it. It made me think a little about what it would really be like, and I wonder if this was a good depiction or not. It is up to your imagination.
It gets a little cliche by the end, but actually, really cliche and I questioned what the point was. It was pretty silly and I like it for the cameos and all the funny parts were basically in the trailers but it was pretty eh otherwise.
2 out of 4. I love Gervais though. He took an idea, but didn't really make it into a unique story like he could have, just used it for the laffs and there weren't that many.
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