Watched Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Kind of met my expectations, but I think I may be a little old for the target audience (even though I’m 22 this year). You can read my review in the Scott Pilgrim thread.
Recently watched James and the Giant Peach. Cute, light-hearted, charming with fun characters, my fave being Miss Spider and second favorite being Centipede. I liked seeing Jack Skellington as a cameo!
One thing that bothers me is the rhino. It just sounds so random I can’t take it seriously. I want to feel bad for James for losing his parents, but when the narrator quickly says, “but then a rhinocerous came out of nowhere and his parents were nowhere to be seen”…I was like “whaaat?” And if it’s not a real rhino, as James said, then what was it anyway?
OH and this morning I just watched 2012 for the first time. I’ve avoided it for a while because I’m not a big fan of diaster movies, they just seem like they’ll depress me. But…wow…how can I begin to describe it? My ramblings might not do it justice.
The effects were amazing, but that I expected.
What I didn’t expect was how complex it was. I thought it would just be showing off the effects and blowing continents up and everyone dying by the end. So of course it’s an understatement to say that it exceeded my expectations.
I just love how there’s so many characters. At first it was confusing, but as the movie went on, I came to really like the variety of different points of view. I love how they all get connected, and I love Adrian’s speech. I felt really sad for quite a few characters, but that’s a good thing because the movie was full of strong emotion.
It was incredibly credible: incredibly meaning amazingly and credible meaning believable.
I’m still not that big of a fan of disaster movies, but this one was spectacular! Awed me and moved me. You know it’s a good movie if it does that.
I love this movie. It’s far from perfect but that doesn’t stop my personal enjoyment of it. As for your question: it’s been speculated on for decades whether or not the rhino was real or if Spiker and Sponge made it up deliberately to scare James and hide the true fate of his parents away from him. If the rhino really did kill them, it was probably some sort of demonic entity and not a flesh-and-blood rhino. It sounds absurd and far-fetched, but when you consider the source material (Roald Dahl’s book), and realize this is the same author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it’s a little less crazy.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire - I was surprised by how good this was. The animation and color scheme is fantastic, and there are some very atmospheric and entertaining scenes. I wish it were better-known.
high five Love that movie, regardless of how everyone else feels.
Pocahontas:(I finally saw it again! Yay!): B: This was better than I remembered. And shorter, too. And, this might sound odd, but I think John Smith is the most gorgeous male Disney character ever.
Curse of the Golden Flower: A: All I’ll say is this. I loved this movie until close to the end, where the [spoil]ninja fights[/spoil] happened. That was dumb.
I have yet to see this. I’m very motivated to do so, especially due to Randy Newman’s score.
Virginia: Glad you like Pocahontas! I’m not a fan of John Smith, in comparison to the other Princes, but he’s still a cool dude.[spoil]I love the scene during Mine Mine Mine and he’s singing, and Poca is watching from behind the trees.[/spoil] It’s great!
Yes, it’s a very fun score! He was not originally doing it; Andy Partridge of XTC was, but he was being a grouch so Disney kicked him out. Shame, but both their work is excellent.
I saw 2012 in the theater. And the earthquake scene was so intense to me because they duplicated the sound of an earthquake really good. And I live in California and have been through countless quakes. Sounds, like film score and classical music and sound effect can have a HUGE impact on me emottionally. And while the earthquake was going on, I was so tense and I was squeezing the arm rest and I couldn’t relax until it was over! I thought the movie was in IMAX when it came out. But it wasn’t. After watching it, I’m glad it wasn’t. Since IMAX movies are louder, I probably would have freaked out during the earthquake scene!
Geoff: Been meaning to watch Dirty Harry. I heard it’s one of the greatest police procedurals of all-time.
TSS: I absolutely love the chase through the Louvre. One of the more inspiring scenes, and I always laugh when they run through the Dali painting!
Anyway, I must have an achieved a record for going to the movies for the most number of times in one weekend! I watched Thor with my brother on Saturday, a free advanced screening for Hoodwinked 2 on Sunday afternoon (because I have to write a review for my uni publication) with two of my mates, and Fast Five with one of the two friends in the evening.
Expect a triple-review combo on my Tumblr blog and the respective threads here soon.
I’m also planning to watch Rio for the second and last time this week after last week’s failed attempt (two of my friend bailed, so I called off the outing, and I’ll most likely go alone or with a smaller group).
Musa/The Warrior(Korean) This movie kind of confused me, and, like most of the East Asian(no offense) movies I’ve seen, had a sad ending. But I still really liked it. Not sure why.
Haha, alriiight… is niiice! I like this movie-film very much! High fiiive! I can’t wait to compare notes on how our second outings went.
IV: A lot of East Asian films tend to be fatalist and ‘realist’, but there are some that have happy endings, like Spirited Away, New Police Story (which I highly recommend, Jackie Chan’s modern masterpiece- although it did have a pretty bad outcome for the antagonist), I Not Stupid (a landmark Singaporean film), etc.
In contrast, I know many Western films that had equally downer endings - La Salaire de la Peur (a great precurssor to Speed), Gladiator, Season of the Witch (a cheesy Nicholas Cage flick I watched recently), etc.
I just saw Creepshow, and overall it was scary, entertaining, and one of the most fun movies I’ve seen in a while.
The first short was really creepy, but with a funny ending. The running theme of cake had me constantly thinking of Portal.
The second short was simply hilarious. Stephen King’s acting is hysterical and full of energy, even if the end is sad.
The third short was my favorite. After seeing Leslie Nielson’s role, I’ll never watch Airplane! the same way. Out of all the sections, this one has the best writing, and the suspense is unbearable.
The fourth short is probably the next to greatest in the film. It’s very scary, and features an incredibly satisfying ending. Bravo!
The fifth one is disgusting, but it’s still impressive. The last few shots are cemented into my brain, and the evil laughing doesn’t help much.
With references and cameos galore, and an all-star cast and crew, Creepshow is a unique horror film that’s sure to please anyone who’s a fan of the genre. I give it 8 meteors out of 10.
TDIT: This might sound odd, but I actually love Ghibli films. <3 I mostly meant the actiony live action movies. Sorry.
Ferngully: The Last Rainforest: F: Wow. This movie s-cks. I didn’t like any of the characters, the songs were herendous, and politics were the only reason this movie was made. There were no underlying themes, just the blatantly-shoved-down-throat “STOP KILLING TREES YOU DIRTY $#^*&#&'S!!” that Avatar and Wall-E pulled off much more nicely and subtly(IMO). I hate this movie, and Robin Williams was not funny. HJope never to see it again.