I was thinking of attempting to write a real review, but I'd rather not until I learn from a teacher. Which probably won't happen. :(
I saw Avatar 3D and it was visually really pretty and awesome and creative and cool beans. But aside from that the story wasn't that new or that clever. Most of the characters were one dimensional, and I'm still trying to figure out why I sympathized with the lead character. He was stupid most of the time, I think it was just cause he's crippled. Some things didn't really make sense to me, like why the People felt they could learn from him... it seemed like a loophole for him to be accepted to the group. Of course it was emotional because of the environment and stuff, which was a little overkill. Also, the dialog was lacking aka it was corny. Everything was almost cliche. The originality only comes from all the animals and plants and space and technology and it looks very great, as I said. The movie did what it was supposed to, which is entertain, excite and what have you and they probably spent the budget on cgi rather than story and whatever.
2 1/2 out of 4.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox
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.
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 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.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Brothers Bloom
First impressions:
-Cute
-Brick cameos!
-Cool shots! and locations!
-A little slow
-Rachel Weisz!
-Reminded me a little bit of Wes Anderson
-Beginning to get a little boring
-Don't care much for the characters
-Robbie Coltrane will always be Hagrid
I didn't really pay attention to the movie, because it was confusing me and I think it confused itself sometimes. Brick confused me a little, but in the end it made sense. And this one wasn't that way. But honestly, I had to read the plot summary to understand it better, and I could see where it was trying to get to, and it almost did it right, but not quite. The sadness was lost. I might watch it again, but otherwise I can't say anything more. Except I still like Rian Johnson's style and his music!
-Cute
-Brick cameos!
-Cool shots! and locations!
-A little slow
-Rachel Weisz!
-Reminded me a little bit of Wes Anderson
-Beginning to get a little boring
-Don't care much for the characters
-Robbie Coltrane will always be Hagrid
I didn't really pay attention to the movie, because it was confusing me and I think it confused itself sometimes. Brick confused me a little, but in the end it made sense. And this one wasn't that way. But honestly, I had to read the plot summary to understand it better, and I could see where it was trying to get to, and it almost did it right, but not quite. The sadness was lost. I might watch it again, but otherwise I can't say anything more. Except I still like Rian Johnson's style and his music!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Zombieland.
Another Zombie movie... some more funny Woody Harrelson... some more violence and blood. As much as I didn't want to watch this movie because it looked like a zombie version of freaking Inglourious Basterds, I watched it because it was free and because I grew a liking to Jesse Eisenberg.
The movie knows its approaching known territory, but whatever it chose to do, it stuck to it and that worked effectively. From the beginning you knew it what you were in for, and as the movie progressed it didn't get boring because refreshing new ideas came in with a nice flow to it. I could see this being a book before it was made into a movie, because of the rules the Jesse Eisenberg character has. The little subtleties made comedic moments more comedic, or violence moments more comedic, or anything to that nature. It was a little corny in the dramatic scenes and there are some plot holes and predictability. I could look over those for the main surprise, the best surprise that all should see.
I think some of it is kind of self-aware and a product of our times (Hannah Montana, what?), but I think it could translate to a kind of zombie classic to some bros.
Blah blah blah. IM BORING
I give it a 3(.25) out of 4.
The movie knows its approaching known territory, but whatever it chose to do, it stuck to it and that worked effectively. From the beginning you knew it what you were in for, and as the movie progressed it didn't get boring because refreshing new ideas came in with a nice flow to it. I could see this being a book before it was made into a movie, because of the rules the Jesse Eisenberg character has. The little subtleties made comedic moments more comedic, or violence moments more comedic, or anything to that nature. It was a little corny in the dramatic scenes and there are some plot holes and predictability. I could look over those for the main surprise, the best surprise that all should see.
I think some of it is kind of self-aware and a product of our times (Hannah Montana, what?), but I think it could translate to a kind of zombie classic to some bros.
Blah blah blah. IM BORING
I give it a 3(.25) out of 4.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Movie Fest Part 6!
Two Lovers
I actually saw this before Special, but forgot to write about it. I feel like story wasn't anything new, but Joaquin Phoenix's performance and the progression of the story felt very well executed. I feel like the screenplay followed everything I learned in my screenplay class, as far as format. Gwenyth Paltrow's usage in this movie bothered me, but it didn't take away from the film. You are made to hate her character, I think anyways. It was worth watching.
I actually saw this before Special, but forgot to write about it. I feel like story wasn't anything new, but Joaquin Phoenix's performance and the progression of the story felt very well executed. I feel like the screenplay followed everything I learned in my screenplay class, as far as format. Gwenyth Paltrow's usage in this movie bothered me, but it didn't take away from the film. You are made to hate her character, I think anyways. It was worth watching.
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