| Movie | Rating | Review | Date | Your Rating | Match | |
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| Franklyn - R |
Impressive. I watched it twice before I really understood. I have to admit, I hadnt been very intrigued until about the last thirty minutes when everything started coming together and making sense. Set in a cross between a futuristic city, Meanwhile City, and a contemporary London, "Franklyn" is a Bristish sci-fi movie about four seemingly unrelated people - each with his or her own story. In the fantastic realm of Meanwhile City, we meet Jonathan Priest: a masked man without faith who is hell-bent on taking out one - The Individual - for murdering an eleven year-old girl. In London, we find three characters: Emilia Bryant - a self-destructive art student, Milo - an imaginative young man who has just suffered a bitterend to a relationship, and Peter Esser - an older man who recently received a phone call telling him that his son is missing. While Jonathan sets out to assainate The Individual, Emelia searches for the truth about her father and love from her mother, Milo finds an old friend who may not be what she seems, and Peter continues the search for his lost son who is more lost than he knows. Maybe the reason I liked this movie so much is because I am writing something similar. Not really the parellel worlds thing, but the entwined stories and fates. I realize that sort of movie isn't a movie for everyone. I honestly expected to find more bad reviews than I did. But if you like sci-fi movies with a twist, I recommend this one for you. |
December 27, 2009 | N/A | |||
| The Unborn - PG-13 | July 31, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| X-Men Origins - Wolverine - PG-13 | July 19, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| G-Force - PG | Jerry Bruckhiemer doing an animated Disney movie? This should be interesting. | May 20, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Forrest Gump - PG-13 |
"I'm not a smart man, Jenny, but I know what love is."
Very Sweet. Although I don't like all Tom Hank's movies, this one caught my attention. It is worth sitting through for two and a hald hours. I laugh; I cry. But no matter what this one phrase keeps repeating through my mind: "Momma always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what your gonna get." Also Haley Joel Osment was in this one. He has gotten so pretty the older he gets. I am sad that he hasn't done much acting lately. I think he doesn't get the credit or the publicity he deserves compared to his siter Emily Osment (thanks to Hannah Montana) No matter, the lovable character Forrest Gump, despite his 75 IQ, travels the country and has many adventures with people who would soon become close friends. I read many reviews on the movie. Some say that the acting was bad, some didn't like the movie period, some described it in words I cannot. Forgetting all that, I loved the movie. That's as simple as it will get and Forrest, viewing the world as simply as possible, I think would appreciate the simplicity of it. "Well, that's all I have to say about that." -Forrest Gump |
May 4, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Repo! The Genetic Opera - R | May 3, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Saw VI - R | May 3, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Avatar - PG-13 | Is this from the series on Nick? | May 3, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Daddy Day Care - PG | April 25, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Sixth Sense - PG-13 |
"I see dead people."
hehe...me too. :-) |
April 25, 2009 | N/A | |||
| El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) - R |
There are many things I look for in a movie which decides how I will rate it and review it. This movie, I must say, has all those things and more.
1. Music My favorite composer is Danny Elfman because of his strange, enchanting, dark, and fantastic music that he always comes through with. The music, in my oppinion, attracts viewers and keeps them sitting in their seats, or at least, that's how it is for me. Sometimes I watch a movie just because I know it has great music. The lullaby--played throughout the movie--was the best of it all. It's colorful tune has been and will remain stuck inside my head for days. 2. Acting Ivana Baquero plays Ofilia in Pan's Labyrinth and, I must say, does a wonderful job. She portrays an innocence that only she could do so well. Her feeling leaks through with everything she says, even though I can't understand it. (That's what subtitles are for) Sergi Lopez is a cruel, evil Captain who is portrayed as a harsh man with no heart. But I have to wonder about the soul deep inside the fictional character that no one intended anyone to wonder about. Why was he harsh? Because he was born that way? I think because his father had made him that way even when he wasn't there to teach him. He led through example like the Captain intended to do also with his son. Doug Jones, playing the faun and the man with eyes on his hands, did such wonderful and fantastic and magical movements--I was enchanted. 3.Picture and Scenery A problem I had with Cloverfield and Quarintine is the picture and scenery. The camera was moving around constanly distracting and harming the favors of the movie not that I had many. However, in Pan's Labyrinth, the picture and angles at which the movie was shot was amazing. It was truly breathtaking. The scenery and setting and time, with it's history and fantasy mixed, was equally breathtaking. The time I felt I was going to have to review the movie badly was almost at the very end, when Ofilia dies and can't even return to her world--real of fiction--that she had worked so hard to get to. Not only did she sacrifice herself, but she left Mercedes and Padro by themselves with her half-brother. It was only then that I realised, in her death, she traveled to her kindom, where she ruled by her 'real' father's side and the land prospered. |
April 25, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Saw - R |
I know that what I'm fixing to say about this movie so many people have said before.
This movie is by far the best Saw movie that was made. I wasn't interested in the Saw series until I was introduced to it. Let's say I wouldn't have gone to see it myself. I just recently watched all the movies for the first time. Needless to say I was very impressed with the movie that I found was not just blood, guts, gore, and slashing. It actually had a plot to follow which was surprising. "He doesn't want us to cut through our chains, he wants us to cut through our feet." Declares Dr. Gordon after he and Adan learn they are the next victims of the psychopathic genious only known to the world as Jigsaw because of the puzzle piece shaped skin he cuts out of his victims. The problem with the movie that so many other movies have is the constant sequels that come after the first that really required no sequel. Now don't get me wrong, I am a fan of the other four too but there was no need for them. Now I hear talk of a sixth? When will it end? Anyway, the mastermind behing Saw with its bazare traps, strange characters, and never ending series is one of the best I've ever seen. I will be in the theater, whether it is actually good or not, every time a new Saw arises. "I want to play a game...GAME OVER!!!" -Jigsaw (John Kramer) |
April 25, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Seven Pounds - PG-13 |
I still haven't seen this movie from the beginning but from what I did see, I know that this movie was sweet and heartfelt. Will Smith, like Adam Sandler, I've seen has been changing his image lately. He's gotten older and with age has become a more sensitive actor.
I was surprized with Hancock, a film about a bum super hero who doesn't do much super-heroing in New York City--or at least, he doesn't do it well. From the commercials, I expected to see a spoof on all those super hero movies and a comedy that Smith always does so well. Instead I saw a heartfelt film about a misunderstood 'alien' who is always drawn to another like him who has moved on from the previous experience the two shared. In the end, he and her family stay close actually ending with a heart on the moon. Seven Pounds of course was never portayed as a comedy but with Will Smith it was sure to great and I knew it was very promising just by the commercials. I was impressed with the stroy background on each character and the help Ben Thomas broght to them despite his own hurt. Rosario Dawson's character is helped by Ben after she finds that her heart is no longer working properly. Ben, knowing he was the only one who would porvide for her and suffering from his own problems, takes his life and gives her--forever--his heart. It is truley a beautiful movie. It is not; however, a movie I could watch over and over again...without crying every time. |
April 25, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Bedtime Stories - PG |
One thing I've noticed about movies and actors these days is that most well-known actors who have been doing movies for a long time is that they are changing their image.
Among those actors are Will Smith, Ben Stiller, and Adam Sandler. I never liked a lot of Adam Sandler but there were some movies that I was impressed with: Spanglish, 50 First Dates, Big Daddy, Mr. Deeds. I've been watching more of his older movies and found that, besides the language, I actually like them. Some of his such as The Waterboy I liked. Anyway, He has gone from a funny, foul-mouth guy to a family movie actor. Some of his newer movies such as Click, Don't Mess with a Zohan, and finally, Bedtime Stories. I've been impressed with Sandler lately and his image change. This was a funny, feel-good movie meant for kids that families can enjoy. Unfortunately, though it was good, it's not really my type of movie. I'll admit, the only reason I watched it was because I wanted to see more of Adam Sandler's image change and what this new blockbuster would bring for him. |
April 19, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Land of the Lost - PG-13 | April 6, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Yes Man - PG-13 | April 5, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Titanic - PG-13 |
My first experience with Titanic was when I was very young...maybe I was five or six years old. I remember being so scared and sad after watching this movie for the first time.
For years I swore I would never watch it again because I think I was afraid to cry. For the first time since then, I watched the movie about a year ago all the way through. I saw it differently this time. There was so much beauty and love in the atmosphere of the plot that I completely forgot my previous fear. For years I had been imagining this scary thriller about the sinking of a great ship. I hadn't realised that it was a love story about two from such different worlds making it almost impossible for them to be together. Despite their differences and strange cirrcumstances, the two main characters begin to fall in love. Not only does Jack Dawson teach Rose 'how to have fun' but also how to be herself. The end I know was a disapointment to so many of my friends and some others out there who didn't approve of Titanic. But we all knew, we all are mature enough--old enough--to understand. It truley is history. Changing history isn't possible so why not make us feel. Are we afriad like I was? That is beside to point. As much as I would like to scold all those Titanic haters and those who were 'Not Interested', I have more important things to do. Instead of deciding the movie, because it contains no vampires or Johnny Depp, is stupid and not worth your time. I recommend you go see it for yourself. It's tear-jerker so have your Kleenexes ready but don't hold it in either. |
April 5, 2009 | N/A | |||
| The Brothers Grimm - PG-13 |
This movie was appealing to me even before I knew for sure what it was about.
Me being a Fantasy Freak and all, I'm almost entitled to like or at least kinda like movies like this. I don't know whether it was because Heath Ledger (may he rest in peace), one of my favorite actors, was in it or because of the fairy tale-like plot. From Cinderella to the Gingerbread Man, the movie included tons of fairy tale character and the writers, the Grim Brothers. Not only was the movie comical, it was heroic and adventurous. The name drew me in while the acting and plot kept me begging for more. |
April 4, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Twilight - PG-13 |
Not very impressive. We could just leave it at that.
I wasn't even going to waste my time critisizing this movie except that I really have nothing better to do. There were so many problems with this movie. Where do I start? I think everything leads back to the director, Catherine Hardwicke. Which then, that leads back to the writer of the Twilight series, Stephanie Meyer. Although I was in love with the books by the time I was done with reading the back of the book, I detested the movie before the opening credits were done rolling. Stephanie had a good story plot going for her and I think she went very far with the books. The idea of an imperfect Human falling in love with a perfect imortal monster is intriguing to everyone for some strange reason that I can't explain. Anyway, the movie Twilight would have been so much better if Stephanie would have waiting for a different, better, well-known director. I still wish Tim Burton would've done it. If Tim Burton had directed the movie, then most likely Danny Elfman would have done the music. The book had so much elegance and grace because of the vampires and love but the music in the movie was more metal and most definately not elagant. The special effects were stupid and unreal. That's all I can say about that without being to critical. The acting--well, was nothing like it should have been. Kristen Stewart did not do her best and I know she can act. I seemed like she was trying too hard. And don't get me started on Robert Pattenson. I could say so many things about his starting with the fact that HE HAS ADMITTED that his is GAY!! Sorry to dissapoint all you Team Pattensons but he said it not me. If you don't beleive me, go to Yahoo News and serch Robert Pattenson. It will show you I promise. Before I anger everyone on the Twilight Fan Club, I will shut up and get off. I will not make the same mistakes Stephanie did in choosing directors. I will wait for a good director like Tim Burton and song writer like Danny Elfman. |
April 4, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Knowing - PG-13 |
A very good Nicolas Cage movie. One of the biggest reasons I went to see it was because of him. I love him and he is a great actor.
Although I would like to talk about how Nicolas Cage has not aged very well and will not look good when his hair is gone, I must say the predictableness of the movie almost turned me away from it in the beginning. I'm normally good at reading movies anyway but this one was especially predictable. Not only were the commercials a big give-away but about half-way through the moive, the ending was easy to see. Despite the predictableness, the story itself was very sci-fi with a tough of fantasy in the whole number reading thing. (spoilers) It has a sad ending becuase everyone dies but lovable characters which the directers and writers used to make an easy tear-jerk at the end. It almost got me...almost. If I hadn't been so concerned with critisizing the movie, I would've been sucked in myself. All-in-all, I was moderately impressed but only because of the acting and feel of grief Nicolas gave off. |
April 4, 2009 | N/A | |||
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon - PG-13 | I hope it is better than Twilight | March 26, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Passengers - PG-13 | March 26, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Taken - PG-13 | A great thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat no matter where you go, it will find you. | March 26, 2009 | N/A | |||
| I Love You, Man - R | March 26, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Terminator Salvation - PG-13 | March 26, 2009 | N/A |
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