| Movie | Rating | Review | Date | Your Rating | Match | |
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| Australia - PG-13 |
An epic love story that will be the next Gone With the Wind. DIRECTED BY: Baz Luhrmann STARRING: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Bruce Spence, Jack Thompson Synopsis
Source: Starpulse My Review This is my first review in this site since FOREVER. I haven't use this site for like a couple of months because I've promised myself to put more concern on my school grade. And then this afternoon I looked at my profile and sigh, 'God, how I miss this." So here I am. Back to bussiness, this Baz Luhrmann's movie, well, clearly, there's something terribly wrong about the tagline. 'the next Gone With the Wind'?? I don't know that there will be someone that brave, daring to say the words. But here he is. With the movie Australia. The tagline was a joke, really. But why is the 3 stars? I can't deny how I missed the old-fashioned romance that I thought will be no longer exists since the days of Dr. Zhivago. But, clearly, this movie brings it back, but not quite in the right way. Luhrmann seemed to push the whole things, the romance, the Nullah thingy to fit in the greatest war I've ever known. I appreciate the bravery and will to bring Australia's face a bigger part in this movie industry. In the end, Australia will become a 2 and a half hour of drama who tells the audience its story, but with no satisfaction, as we felt when we watch a good movie. It is long expected movie, for me. I've waited it since summer, it is quite a disappointment, but still worth to watch. Forgive me that I'm using a woman's point of view here, the romance wasn't that bad, and I thought the chemistry was there. The encore of Somewhere Over the Rainbow works for me, it supported the BREATHTAKING scenery of Australia, the exposure of my own neighbor continent's tradition, but they couldn't utterly help the sharpness of the script. We once witnessed beautiful, beautiful, dialogs in Gone With the Wind (I'm sorry, I can't help not to comparing these two), and of course, we expected the encore here. But if you see the movie that way, then you'll find nothing but disappointment. The script was too simple for this epic gala. In simple way to say it, Australia has a proper amunition to hit the higher score. It should not be done this way, I mean, what was Luhrmann doing these 7 years with zero movie producted, after we've seen a great something he has behind the screen with The Red Curtain Triology (contains: A Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!), but this Australia IS NOT A MAGNIFICENT COME BACK FOR LUHRMANN.  Just because it is, doesn't mean it should be. Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley |
January 2, 2009 | N/A | |||
| High School Musical 3: Senior Year - G |
High school graduation. DIRECTED BY: Kenny Ortega STARRING: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Bart Johnson, Alyson Reed, Olesya Rulin PENDING REVIEW... |
November 2, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Rear Window - PG | October 11, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Schindler's List - R |
Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire. DIRECTED BY: Steven Spielberg STARRING: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall, Embeth Davidtz Synopsis
Source: Starpulse My Review I usually don't write a long review for a movie that I trully respect. I did it to The Godfather, and I did it because first, I don't feel like I have many words to say, and especially because, I feel like I have zero right to judge it. And that is what I'm doing here. I feel like a moron that I've just finished watching it, I mean after all these times I walked around in the world and hey, 'I haven't seen Schindler's List.' What a stupidity. I almost dropped my tears watching it. I can't describe how POWERFUL this movie is. The 3 main casts are PERFECT. Flawless acts by Neeson, Kingsley, and Ralph Fiennes. The script, the score, the direction by Steven Spielberg (a standing ovation for the guy), all, exquisite. At the moment after I finished watching it, I sat on my couch doing nothing and told myself that I just watched a movie, not a World War II. It is hard to believe that there is someone in this world is able to make something so real. This is more than just a 195 minutes time of your life that you spent watching movies. And further, this is something that will make you realize about the passing of thousands, millions of lives, and what can we do to make the world a better place to live, that we all capable of it. Yes, I agree with my dear friend Nemka Jay, Schindler's List is A MASTERPIECE YOU HAVE TO WITNESS, AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFE.  This list... is an absolute good. The list is life. All around its margins lies the gulf. -Ben Kingsley as Itzhak Stern- |
October 11, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Alice in Wonderland - Unrated | October 11, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Arisan! (The Gathering) - Unrated | October 9, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Laskar pelangi (The Rainbow Troops) - Unrated |
From the Indonesian book best seller of all time Laskar Pelangi, made by Andrea Hirata... DIRECTED BY: Riri Riza STARRING: Slamet Rahardjo, Cut Mini Theo, Tora Sudiro, Rieke Dyah Pitaloka, Mathias Muchus, Ikranagara, Jajang C. Noer, Lukman Sardi Synopsis
Source: Exodiac, Shvoong My Review Okay, let me make this clear. I've seen many Hollywood movies. And I've seen bunch of pain in the asses, and I've seen the Oscar qualities. If only I have a right to pick the Best Foreign Pictures nominees in Oscar, I would pick Laskar Pelangi as one of them. And it is not a nepotism, but I think THE MASTERPIECE DESERVES IT. Laskar Pelangi is a movie with powerful emotions inside, all the characters altogether side by side making the marvelous storyline about a living of 11 children of Belitong, who once had one of the most beautiful views in Indonesia. I'm sure you all know Bali , imagine it, but calmer, and more peaceful. Obviously, the main characters took control of the movie. The movie's soul lies on the characters' development. I was surprised that Muslimah's character is played perfectly by the Indonesian actress Cut Mini Theo. I never knew she had all the power, and completely all-out to bring the character alive. I always amazed by the Riri Riza and Mira Lesmana's collaboration, which had already given birth to movies that will make Indonesia proud with his movie industry, which still improving each days. The education issues brought to screen perfectly, that it is a right of everyone's to be educated, even the poors, just like the kids in Laskar Pelangi. All of them, don't have a good economic living, their education is only bassed in Ibu Muslimah's kindness and dedication to save these kids' dream. A HEARTWARMING EXPERIENCE WATCHING, A MASTERPIECE.  Hiduplah dengan memberi sebanyak-banyaknya dan bukan menerima sebanyak-banyaknya! -Ikranagara as Pak Harfan- |
October 9, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Pulp Fiction - R |
You won't know the facts until you've seen the fiction. DIRECTED BY: Quentin Tarantino STARRING: Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Umma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Ving Rhames, Christopher Walken, Quentin Tarantino Synopsis Source: IMDb My Review
 There's a passage I got memorized. |
October 8, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Beauty and the Beast - G | October 7, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Rescue Dawn - PG-13 |
A true story of survival... declassified. DIRECTED BY: Werner Herzog STARRING: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Galen Yuen, Abhijati 'Meuk' Jusakul, Lek Chaiyan Chunsuttiwat, Craig Gellis, and Zach Grenier Synopsis
Source: IMDb My Review First, I want to blab something (again) about the pitiful condition in Indonesia. You know what? Rescue Dawn had just been released a few weeks ago, instead, they now already promoting about High School Musical 3: Senior Year everywhere. The trailer, banners, oh.. This really got my concern, fully. THIS IS IRONIC. Now, back to the movie itself. I am not addicted to war movies, especially, it is not really my type of movie. But the trailer caught my breath, it had me at 'hello'. So the true story about Dieter Dengler was brought to us PERFECTLY. I can't imagine something with more humanity, combined with thrills and excellent characters development, as it is brought by Rescue Dawn. The main idea about the movie is, THE CHARACTERS DEVELOPMENT. It is where the true power of the movie lies on. The intrigue between characters, the anger and sadness, all seem REALISTIC. So you have seen Bale in bunch of great movies to realize how great he really is. Started with Empire of The Sun, Ameican Psycho, Batman Begins, I'm Not There, The Dark Knight, an other brilliant works, but Rescue Dawn is one of those movies that really brought Bale's brilliant performance, focusing on the characters and all, Bale is flawless here. Steve Zahn played the scene-stealer as Duane. No one can really brought the movie's soul as much as Zahn did. All the desperations, emotion, and how the scenes showed how vulnerable he is, this is the movie's point. Without Zahn, Rescue Dawn would be like Pulp Fiction without Samuel L. Jackson and The Dark Knight without Ledger. The scriptwriters maybe didn't have to do a tough job writing when they had so many talents like Bale and Zahn. The brilliant script brought alive by one of the best duo in Hollywood history. Rescue Dawn is a movie where we can find full of personality, humanity, and a gold between another shits parading around. (Should I mention again the High School Musical-ceae family?)  Empty what is full. Fill what is empty. Scratch what itches. -Dieter Dengler- |
October 5, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Joni's Promise (Janji Joni) - Unrated |
An urban adventure. DIRECTED BY: Joko Anwar STARRING: Nicholas Saputra, Mariana Renata, Rachel Maryam, Surya Saputra, Dwiki Riza and Ira Maya Sopha Synopsis
Source: IMDb My Review Janji Joni is an unique Indonesian movie.ENTERTAINING, BUT NOT CHEAP. May be some of you needs to know how the Indonesian movies condition lately. After the darkest period of Indonesian movie industry, Indonesian movie tried to strike back in the air, with plenty of breathtaking collection of movies. May I mention Berbagi Suami (Love For Share), Ayat-ayat Cinta (Verse of Love), and the latest is Laskar Pelangi (Rainbow Soldier). But Janji Joni is one of those movies who setted Indonesian movies back on track. The story is non-typical, about a film delivery guy, which maybe all of us never put a concern on his difficult job. The debutant director Joko Anwar brought us an entertainment comedy with brain. The amin casts are brilliant, except fot Mariana Renata, she is beautiful, but her acting was unnatural, compared to the other casts Nicholas Saputra and Rachel Maryam. Now that I've seen good collections of Indonesian movie, I started to think optimistic for the rest of Indonesian movie's future. YOU SHOULD TRY TO WATCH THEM.  Film. Mungkin karya seni terbesar yang pernah dibikin manusia. -Nicholas Saputra as Joni- |
September 28, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Camp Rock - G |
DIRECTED BY: Matthew Diamond STARRING: Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas, featuring Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas Synopsis
Source: About.com My Review It's like the three High School Musicals are not enough, they made this SINGING'O'CRAPPY all over again. Please, they are not as cool as think they are. Obviously, the Jonas brothers can't act. And Demi Lovato was so over the place. I can't believe that Disney, once brought us the beautiful Beauty and The Beast, the masterpiece Lion King. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THOSE ERAS?  Hey, being a jerk is part of the rock star image. -Joe Jonas as Shane Gray- |
September 28, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Hellboy 2) - PG-13 |
Saving the world is a hell of a job. DIRECTED BY: Gullermo del Toro STARRING: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, James Dodd, Thomas Kretschmann, Luke Goss, Anna Walton, and John Hurt Synopsis
Source: Starpulse My Review Yes, it just came out in my country, what a shame. Even Cage's Bangkok Dangerous was released instantly. I don't know what's going through their minds. Maybe they think that all the people all over Indonesia will be like "Oh, let's see Cage." without knowing what the movie itself is all about. Hellboy II: The Golden Army was set to compared the first one. No intention to take it to the higher level, like what The Dark Knight did. (Great. I will never enjoy superhero movies that much again, since The Dark Knight hit the unreachable spot.) But The Golden Army itself, is a good movie. DEL TORO-ISH CREATURES still parading all over the movie. This is no Pan's Labyrinth, but the creatures' style are the same, and of course, Pan's Labyrith is Del Toro's masterpiece, and The Golden Army is not. The view, is without any doubts, BREATHTAKING. All the imaginary monsters, all the mythical storyline looks real, and superhero movies lately started to make sense. Of course, we are not five, we don't believe such circumstances, but what we believe by watching the superhero movies lately is that the creators are able to convince that superheroes are no longer children's consumption, the grown-ups are welcome to enjoy it as well. The casts here played their role with perfect proportion, Selma Blair is terrific as Liz. Well, we will see a different woman than a girl who got stuck by her earing in a man's p**** a few years ago in The Sweetest Thing. What a dumb movie. So does Doug Jones who seems to be an expert to play Del Toro's imaginary characters. Pearlman is engaging with his role as Hellboy, carried the burden and executed it well. Del Toro did his thing. We all know that he is an expert in this department. But have you ever wondered that he will delivered the same monsters we saw in his previous movies back in the other movie, always with the same style? Well, there is still The Hobbit to catch on. I hope he will do something a little bit different, and stick to the novel. Generally, Hellboy II: The Golden Army is one of the best summer movies. Now that summer is over, I can proudly say that this summer is THE BEST SUMMER OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS.  But you should know, it is his destiny to bring about the destruction of the Earth...not now, not tomorrow but soon enough. -Doug Jones as The Angel of Death- |
September 28, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Big Fish - PG-13 |
An adventure as big as life itself. DIRECTED BY: Tim Burton STARRING: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Blly Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Giullaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito Synopsis
Source: Starpulse My Review With the director Tim Burton and the composer Danny Elfman, we all have imagined Big Fish to be a NICE EDWARD SCISSORHANDS ENCORE. The truth is, not exactly an encore, but still supplied with the same tone, heartwarming fairy tale for all ages, and Burton-Elfman-ish style. Adapted from a book by Daniel Wallace, Burton convinced us that the movie is at least as good as the book, without losing his directing style in each angles. The UNIQUE storyline with imaginative characters were represent well by Burton into the screen of a movie. I haven't watched the book yet, but I'm sure that the movie Big Fish is exactly what the readers hope. Bunch of great casts, and memorable quotes, deeply acted, and well executed. But what I concern about is, I'm afraid that after a few years, Big Fish will be only well remebered as another hot job from Burton, a nice Scissorhands' follower, and then there will be nothing much left about it, becuase it is not as good as Scissorhands is every way. Albert Finney gave a perfect performance as the older Edward Bloom, his performance was REMARKABLE. And to mention Jessica Lange and Ewan McGregor which gave honorable pwerformances, supported the movie well, quite convincing. Helena Bonham Carter is without any doubt, a true actress, she nailed all her roles in every movies she played well. But, only heaven knows whether she got her roles here because of her quality, or well, nepotism. I mean, first this Big Fish, and then Corpse Bride, and Sweeney Todd. But who cares, I'm sure she'll be as great as she is now without staying under Burton's shadow. Overall Big Fish is a fairy tale with a troop of great casts (means you don't have to worry about the actings development, they are all in the good hands). ANOTHER 'BIG' WORK OF ART FROM BURTON.  I was thinking about death and all. About seeing how you're gonna die. I mean, on one hand, if dying was all you thought about, it could kind of screw you up. But it could kind of help you, couldn't it? Because you'd know that everything else you can survive. -Edward Bloom- |
September 28, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Mamma Mia! - PG-13 |
A mother. A daughter. Three possible fathers. Take a trip down the aisle you'll never forget. DIRECTED BY: Phyllida Lloyd STARRING: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski Synopsis
Source: Starpulse My Review Well, I won't lie to you pretending that I know much about ABBA songs. From the total 17 songs sang in this movie, let's see, 5 sounds familiar to me. But it doesn't make me enjoy the movie less. True, Mamma Mia! The Movie is one of the FEEL GOOD-MOVIE of the year that is suitable to be watched for relaxing and recreational purpose. Mamma Mia! The Movie is not the giant in last summer competition. It is more like a BLACK HORSE that wins our heart over the "comedy" Hancock, the only thing funny about it is that Will Smith and Charlize Theron were willing to play in such movie its level. Like it or not, we have to compare Mamma Mia! with its former, Across The Universe which carried The Beatles songs back on track. Which is better? It's your call to pick. No one knocked out another. But maybe I have to disagree with some people that I still pick this one over Universe. Why? Across The Universe is more to be the grown-ups consumption, and Mamma Mia! aims the more universal target. Universe should learn more that a movie is not only worth if it is artistic, unique, or different. Mamma Mia! should win this part. It knows how to speak in a universal language, that everybody will love. That's why. Meryl Streep gave an honorable performance, definitely not her best, but still, we see Streep as an actress who can act as everyone, no matter it is different than her previous works, she is delightful here, without putting off her charisma. What surprised me is Seyfried which is act beautifully here, surprisingly fit the script, and perfect for the role. Mamma Mia! should be a stepping stone for her serious career as an actress, asking us to see her more seriously, and turn into the image of serious actress. Brosnan? He is beautiful, he is. He is not the only one who can play the role, but, I appreciate that he is willing to put off his guns and now we can see a James Bond singing and dancing around, eventhough still, it still far from being perfect. Walters and Baranski is playing the SCENE STEALER here, the jokes were working, I laughed a lot at their scenes. At last, forget or your problems and stick to the scenes where we can find a lot of fun, good ABBA songs (don't blink an eye at Dancing Queen, Voulez-Vous, The Winner Takes It All, Honey Honey, and S.O.S) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR THOSE WHO SEEK FOR A REFRESHMENT.  Honey, I didn't have a choice. I couldn't go home. When I was pregnant, my mother told me not to bother coming back. And I wouldn't have had it any other way, God, look what we've had! -Meryl Streep as Donna Sheridan- |
September 28, 2008 | N/A | |||
| What Happens in Vegas - PG-13 |
Get Lucky. DIRECTED BY: Tom Vaughan Synopsis
My Review Seriously, should it be released in Valentine's Day? After all, they always dig for money, money, and money. I'm speechless, well, how many times have we seen stuffs like this? None in the Hollywood's Golden Era, but after the late 90's? PLENTY. I can't exactly mention which movie started first, but as long as I'm concerned, it started sweet at first, but romantic comedies are getting TASTELESS AND RAW over the years. Obviously, this What Happens in Vegas added a contribution to that long list. Still, it is entertaining, for a moment. Then? FORGETTABLE. Someday, soon, we will find ourselves asking, "What? The scene in the toilet? No, no, I think it's from 27 Dresses." And the second person will say, "No, no. I think it is from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days." The third person said, "Maybe it is from What Happens in Vegas." All the rom-com just mixed up in our minds so badly, so that someday, it will take a long time to recognize each movies. Ashton Kutcher here is nothing more than a sweet eye candy for some people, his acting is getting better, a little, still, he is not as hilarious as he think he is. Cameron Diaz, she is a rom-com sweetheart, but yes, she is overpaid, and if she keeps letting herself drowning into the same typical characters all over again, what will she do after she's 50? Take a step like Keaton did in Something's Gotta Give? Uh-oh, not so working, Cam. My advice, if you're looking for an escapade after an exhausting week, see this. It will no longer stuck in your mind after another one week. It is just a FLASHY-FLASHY ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOUR MIND.  You know what? I can get a couple guys to go to his place, knock on the door and when he opens it wham! We junk-punch him in his man buisness and he'll fall to the floor crying "why?!" and then we'll say "you know why!" Huh? -Lake Bell as Tipper- |
September 28, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Taken - PG-13 |
He has four days to find his daughter. Taken is a FEEL-GOOD action movie who gives you thrill and suspense. But I advice you not to think about this movie over again, because you'll find it RIDICULOUS and non-sense.  I said I was coming. |
September 27, 2008 | N/A | |||
| The Dark Knight - PG-13 |
Why so serious? DIRECTED BY: Christopher Nolan STARRING: Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Eric Roberts Synopsis Source: IMDb My Review - THE BEST SUPERHERO-SLASH-COMIC BOOK MOVIE EVER MADE.
Another fact about The Dark Knight is, that after the movie, we will NEVER see The Joker as one of the Batman villain, considering him as another Scarecrow, another The Riddler, or (wait, I'm going to say this dreadful nightmare...) Mr. Freeze. Instead, we will see The Joker as what? A LEGEND. Yes, I know the buzzes and promotions maybe made some of you (especially a non-fanatic-fan of Batman) sick, of the exposure of The Joker character and all, but I GUARANTEE, you'll know why after you see the movie, and hear the laughter of The Joker by your own ears, and experience the movie by your own eyes. Jack Nicholson who've been involved in movies, three times more than Ledger, and received Oscar nominations for twelve times more than Ledger, didn't even close to beat the half of Ledger's charisma here. HE WAS BORN DO PLAY THE JOKER. (I don't think I should bring up the Oscar buzz right now, Ledger's fantastic, but it still too close to call.) I'm always a fan of Nolan's works. He directed many movies in different genre, but he always carries his Midas touch in everything he touches, they became gold. But this Dark Knight, is his MASTERPIECE. (Yes, said it already, IT IS A MASTERPIECE.) I believe this statement does not only come out from a tired girl which still feeling the euphoria after watching, but, I mean it. The script was too BRILLIANT to be compared with another superhero movies, including today's hit Iron Man, which is, nothing, compared to the Jonathan-Christopher Nolan's job. I mean, where would we find a superhero movie, a movie which adapted from a comic book for children's consumption, and carries such high-grade humanity, complex and realistic storyline, along with the beautiful screenplay to be spoken in every minutes of its bites? NO WHERE BUT HERE. The characters' development were digged until the deepest depth, which played by the actors convincingly. Freeman and Caine repeated their role fine, the other new cast for Harvey Dent Aaron Eckhart was fit to the role, with no such costly exploitation like what they did with the Three Villain Disaster Venom-Sandman-New Goblin in that dumby-grumpy Spider-Man 3. And it's time for Nolan to learn from his own fault, that casting Katie Holmes to play Rachel Dawes is not a very wise decision (terrible and dumb, actually) and that he should find an actress who can act without ruining the movie. Gyllenhaal gives a new fresh air for the character, the lovable one. And the music score? Who would expect better than a James Newton Howard-Hans Zimmer collaboration? I made myself clear enough above, and I obviously hoping for an improvement for the third installment. (you guys have to do a very tough job) And most of all, WE BELIEVE IN NOLAN.  You've changed things... forever. There's no going back. See, to them, you're just a freak... like me! -R.I.P. Heath Ledger as The Joker- |
September 10, 2008 | N/A | |||
| The Duchess - PG-13 | September 8, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - PG-13 | August 22, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Sleepover - PG | August 22, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| WALL-E - G |
After 700 years of doing what he was built for - he'll discover what he's meant for. DIRECTED BY: Andrew Stanton STARRING: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, MacInTalk, John Ratzenberger, Sigourney Weaver (all voice) Synopsis
Source: Starpulse My Review I'm sorry for adding this here before, but I am very pissed that one of the local magazine gave The Dark Knight 4 stars, and gave last summer disappoinment Hancock 5 stars?? I mean, uh, I don't know how to describe it. Okay, back to the movie itself, Wall-E. When I watched this movie, I found that apparently these days, computer has something more REAL than what a human can deliver. May I give a conclusion about last summer's result. The best goes to The Dark Knight dan Wall-E. The statement which said that Wall-E is the best animated summer movie is simply dull. This animated MASTERPIECE (yes, I DARE to say that) is more than just an aimated creatures in the screen who entertain, that's not what it made for. See, Wall-E was released in the perfect time where we should questions people's humanity about littering, and most of all, about a love, telling all us that all of us can give some love. Yes, Kung-Fu Panda entertained us somewhere 2 months ago, but Wall-E proves that little creatures with little dialogs can show many to the viewers what the movie made of, and made for. Not only to mock the familia of Meet Dave, Norbit, Date Movie, Superhero Movie, Epic Movie (well, you get the point), but Wall-E also made for something deeper that just watching movies, and besides the go green part which I fully support, but an entertainment to TOUCH EVERYONE, AND MAKE SOME DIFFERENCE TO OUR SKEPTICALS IN LOVE.  Eeeeeva? |
August 17, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Twilight - PG-13 | August 8, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Almost Famous - R |
Experience it. Enjoy it. Just don't fall for it. DIRECTED BY: Cameron Crowe STARRING: Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Jason Lee, Frances McDormand, Zooey Deschanel, Anna Paquin, Philip Seymour Hoffman Synopsis
Source: Starpulse My Review Almost Famous is one of some real proves in the existancy of wheel of life. What I'm trying to say here is, you see Cameron Crowe here, and you see him 5 years later in Elizabethtown. Got the idea? If you haven't, let me make this clearer that Almost Famous is a real PIECE OF WORK and Elizabethtown is RUBBISH. The whole idea is BRILLIANT, about the lives of rockstars, the rise and fall and all is really caught me. This is why I put Cameron Crowe as a good director in my list, his work here is untouchable, way too far from his downfall in Elizabethtown. I'm sorry, I just still don't get why those great directors who have gained good movies want able to cast Orlando Bloom as the lead actor in their movies. (NOTED: Ridley Scott-Kingdom of Heaven, Cameron Crowe-Elizabethtown) And thank God that the Penny Lane role was not given to Kirsten Dunst who was rumored to play the role, instead, she played in (again) Elizabethtown 5 years later. Bloom + Dunst = EARLY DOOMSDAY. Smart choice, Crowe! (total joking) Back to the movie, Almost Famous gives a well written script, solid casts (the great actings from Frances McDormand and Kate Hudson, both deserve the Oscar Nomination), good rock musics, and the 70's set works. What I concern about is Anna Paquin that she should given more role here. She's a great actress (an Oscar in her age of 11 by the movie The Piano), it's a great start of career for the young girl. But until now, she mostly only known as the girl named Rogue in the X-Men series. She should be a promising Hollywood talent. The characters bond to each other, but of course Penny Lane, played by Hudson, got the center of attention. This is the best Hudson's performance in a movie. The character's chemistry with Russell Hammond, played by Crudup is inevitable. Both barely speaks, but I guess Crowe got a great sense of picking the great actors for the roles ONCE. (I guess you all know why I bolded, biggered, and underlined the word) Overall Almost Famous is a movie with interesting characters about how life can turn into, possibilities and most of all, ALMOST FAMOUS MADE A SPOT IN 2000's BEST LIST.  You CANNOT make friends with the rock stars. That's what's important. If you're a rock journalist - first, you will never get paid much. But you will get free records from the record company. And they'll buy you drinks, you'll meet girls, they'll try to fly you places for free, offer you drugs... I know. It sounds great. But they are not your friends. These are people who want you to write sanctimonious stories about the genius of the rock stars, and they will ruin rock and roll and strangle everything we love about it. -Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs- |
July 31, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Death Defying Acts - PG |
Love is inescapable. DIRECTED BY: Gillian Armstrong STARRING: Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Saoirse Ronan, Timothy Spall Synopsis
Source: Starpulse My Review A moment before I started to review this movie, I took a look at my rating system, and found a proper rating for this movie. "A HAMBURGER WITHOUT MEAT INSIDE ITS BUN," it says. And that's what I found on this movie. SOULLESS. I enjoyed it more that Hancock, but why do I give these the same rating? Well, I'm trying to be a little miss objective. Death Defying Acts is a movie with serious dialogs for the one and a half hours of its running time, and if we look from its genre, Death Defying Acts was meant to touch the viewers like The Prestige, or a suspense drama such as Mystic River. But we can find its dullness right from the title (I mean, Death Defying Acts? Even my little brother can find something better with more curiousity inside of it.) I don't blame the idea for the failure. And Houdini's end quotes seem interesting to me so fro a moment I thought it was an OKAY movie. It's just they force the whole Houdini's great life stories to fit in the small box they prepared for this movie. May I tell them that it's not enough to hire an actress like Catherine Zeta-Jones to make things work. They still need a better script, a more suitable actor to play Houdini, and someone else to do the Scottish accent. Zeta-Jones, she is a GREAT actress, and I will love her role as much as I love other roles she had if only the movie is setted with British accent. However an actress is no God, she can't speak decent Scottish accent in just a few month of character development and voila, she speaks like a Scottish breed. And so what happened to Saoirse Ronan. She is in the top of her career after Atonement and SHE ENCORES THE GREATNESS OF HER ROLE THERE. Just I prefer hear her in her original American accent, or at least British wouldn't kill her performance. And what's so frightening about the movie is that they seem to be running out of money to hire someone better, who has more charisma, or at least older that Pearce to do the role. This is one of, what do they call it, A FAILURE TO PORTRAY A LEGEND. So overall, Death Defying Acts is no The Prestige. Although it's not Nolan's best, but still, it is slightly better in everyway compared to this another mediocre movie that Zeta-Jones picked after her Oscar-ly performance in Chicago. I'm just hoping that she will not be another actress who got an Oscar curse and whose career will be drowned after they get THE HIGHEST APPRECIATION THEY CAN GIVE FOR MOVIE WORKERS.  May God have mercy... On my immortal soul. -Guy Pearce as Harry Houdini- |
July 30, 2008 | N/A |
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of his growing legion of fans as well. Yet behind Houdini's winning smile resides the restless heart of a tortured soul. Isolated by fame and drowning in regret over having not been present to hear his mother's last words, Houdini sets out in tour of Scotland and announces that he will pay 10,000 dollars to anyone who can prove spiritual contact with his deceased mother. But in his determination to prove that there is life after death, Houdini also becomes the target of countless charlatans, scam artists, and self-proclaimed spiritualists. 
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