James' Talk

Paranormal Activity

This one got way too overhyped for me.I was expecting some truly terrifying stuff.Really let down.Still some things you aren't ready for and one hell of an ending,I would just wait for the dvd. =)

Michael Jackson's This Is It

Electrifying!! What a sad sore reminder that Michael is gone.Anyway we are so lucky that this film was put together to hold Michael's legacy together.I do believe that this concert would have put Michael back on top.This concert was amazing and over the top,but in a good way.You get to see this man in a firm,creative businessman,yet he remains humble and full of love.He has so much energy and charisma. The new version of Thriller is AWESOME.Just am amazing film,See this one!!!

Moon

Genre; Science fiction

Cast; Sam Rockwell, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey

In case you are bored to check out flixster's page about "Moon" here is the summary; Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diiminish our planet's power problems.

One great performance by Sam Rockwell... and... yeah that's all I guess...
In my reviews, all I really do is writing about the feeling the movie gave me and honestly this time I got dissapointed... Where is the extraordinairy plot?! Where is the suspense and the mystery the trailer gave me the idea I will experience? In conclusion, it's a decent movie, you are not gonna get bored or something like that, but you may get dissapointed, if u expect too much(so I think my review will do some good lol since I prepair u for this)

The Ugly Truth

I am afraid of romantic comedies like some people are afraid of horror movies... That's why it took me so long to decide to watch "The ugly truth". But I am a human too and I read some nice reviews about this one so I thought "yeah why not let's try". I was sure that it isn't anything special....and of course I was right.
Ok I admit there are some funny moments (but not that you will laugh your ass out). The chemistry between Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler is good and that's all... Another predictable romantic comedy which gets kinda boring in the middle... Yeah ok indeed it says the truth about men, but it's not something we didn't already know (sorry guys...I mean the truth about most of u).

Michael Jackson's This Is It

Even I'm not Michael Jackson's fans, but I do appreciate his work and of course I appreciate him by watching this movie... And I must say that this movie is Magnificent..!!! I can't imagine how hard Michael practice for his last-but-never-happened concert... He really wants to be involved in every segment, from choosing the backstage dancer, setting the right tune, and making the videos... And the other thing that amazed me is the camera video used to take this movie, even it is for Michael's private collection but the picture was very clear... It is like it was planned to be released on a movie... And for Michael's himself, his dance and his voice leaves me petrified on my seat while watching this movie... Really amazing... I just don't have another higher praise for him... The weak point of this movie is just this movie only a set of Michael Jackson's song that want to be performed in his last-but-never-happened concert, so people may be bored while watching it... And I do feel it when it comes to the song 'Beat It'... But overall, it's really worth to watch... A documentary movie that gave us memory of the King Of Pop, and of course a movie to show our appreciation to him... Goodbye Michael, may you rest well in Heaven... God Bless U...

Where the Wild Things Are

If you cross Labyrinth's escapism and large creatures with maybe a hint of The Dark Crystal and some Muppet lunacy here and there you may have an idea of what to expect in this film. The huge 'wild things' are actually designed and made by the fantastic Henson company and you can see it through and through :) lovely to look at and charming in every way. Each one looks exactly as they should and move pretty well too, even though they are all pretty much like Sweetums or Big Bird from the Muppets they all work so well and look realistic, this could of been a huge cgi mess so I'm really happy they went with this option, Henson's boys are fudging gods in their field, excellent.

After numerous false starts and problems with bad previews etc..I can see why its a mixed bag but still worthy of recognition. The look is lovely and original much like the classic children's book, sure its kinda drab, rough and maybe plain looking but that's just the outback wilderness feel of the book which is kept perfectly. Much of the beloved book is right there on the screen making a great adaptation with some (not too many) nice ideas to beef up the plot (the book had virtually no text) and a very artistic approach with filming making this almost as lovely as the drawings by Maurice Sendak, a nice knarley fairytale of sorts. I think the extra time Jonze spent with his view on this was time well spent as its a beautiful film in simplicity, colour and view points.

One problem of course comes with the minimalistic story, as there was only about ten sentences in the book new or extented story was needed to flesh out the film, its very 'primeval' and simple which unfortunately does become alittle dull and boring midway through. The film feels stretched for ideas and you can see everything slowly running out of steam due to the very basic plotline, its very very basic, almost non existent hehe
That's the other problem, I feel kids will bore of this very quickly and may even fear some of it as its alittle dark in places and not as light or glorious as the book, they may not even follow the story much either as its alittle off the wall haha basic but weird. Kudos on the voice work here too, everyone really fits their 'wild thing' well and brings a true sense of feeling and soul to their character.

I think folks of about 25 upwards will really like this, many will have been brought up with this children's book and like me have fond memories come flooding back :) I since have checked out the book and it almost brought a lump to my throat as I looked over the images which I recalled instantly.
Its not a stunning film but its a lovely well made film from a classic much loved source, a must see.

Carriers

Genre; Drama(yes drama indeed!), thriller, horror.

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Determined to elude a deadly virus, Danny (Lou Taylor Pucci), his brother Brian (Chris Pine), his girlfriend Bobby (Piper Perabo) and Danny's school friend Kate(Emily VanCamp) speed across U.S.A. to reach a beach, a place of possible safety.

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Interesting...very interesting I have to say... Very satisfying performances from every single member of the cast which kinda turned this one to a drama rather than a horror movie (not that I have a problem with horror movies, I WANTED ZOMBIES!! lol). So although it's another "a virus will kill us all, run to save your life!!" movie, it's different because it emphasizes to the feelings of the heroes. It is a little slow, but don't worry I insure you that you won't get bored (you won't even notice it lol). The good atmosphere will make u feel that you are part of the movie, that may cause u some chills (or it was just the stupid air-conditioner of the cinema- why do they use "cold wind" at winter!? Uug I go to my cave make fire). Yes definately worths the watch. It reminded me a little bit of "28 days later" (which means only one thing; GOOOOOD).



PS. I loved the little girl's dad...Aaaww he was so nice :-( You will understand when u see the movie...

Pandorum

Hard to sum this film up really, add alittle 'Aliens', 'Alien' and 'Event Horizon', then a total rip of 'The Descent' and 'The Cave', set in space aboard yet another derelict spacecraft and film it in near total darkness using choppy/fast cutting camera work with loads of unusual angles and there you have it :)

I liked this film because it was alittle different and sci-fi but 'alittle' being the operative word haha the plot is a mish mash of all films said above and it doesn't really hide that fact, even the creatures are pretty much the same as the creatures in 'The Descent', with a slight 'Mad Max' touch about them if you ask me (their homemade armour) as do certain crew survivors along the way.
The whole thing starts off pretty well and keeps you really glued to the screen, Foster is excellent as usual, almost too good for the film really, the rest merely make up the cast to an average standard, Quaid being badly miscast as a mental baddie that looks like Dallas from Alien or a slim Captain Nemo hehe
Effects are also likeable and look space age yet murky and eerie at the same time (Event Horizon style), creature makeup is also top notch again showing up cgi for being crap half the time. Problem is as the film moves forward it becomes less intriguing and more confusing and rather stupid. The creatures simply turn into a gang of zombie like flesh chompers that run around screaming , getting killed and at one point have a one on one martial arts style kendo fight with one of the disposable 'heroes', a loooow point there.

As you near the end of the film there are twists galore as you completely lose the plot haha and trying to actually see what the hell is going on through the darkness and epileptic fit inducing camera work, but there is something here that does entice me still, despite all its failings I do actually kinda like the film and I'm not sure why. Acting by Foster helps, it looks good is another factor and it moves at a good pace with a reasonable plot (people trapped with lots of creatures after them is a good solid winner normally hehe) despite quite afew questions that linger in the air.

There is an obvious sequel there too but lets not go there, not yet anyway.

Law Abiding Citizen

Excellent film, really fast paced and pretty tense in places. The plot is kinda mixed really, it starts out as a vengeance based film but slowly merges into a quite sick murder film with plenty of nice sequences of hits/kills, the odd one being abit of a seat jumper haha ;)
It is silly at the same time though, Butler loses his wife and child to a couple of killers who rob them so he inturn ends up killing the robbers, their lawyer and many innocents to make up for it or cos they were involved somehow. You slowly go from wanting Butler to kick ass to maybe thinking whoa there Gerard! now your a baddie!!
but it is good fun.

The action sequences are very good and as said do surprise you at the last moment in places, the acting is all reasonable accept for the female mayor and Butlers accent hehe and the plot does turn as it moves forward, nice ideas but with some daft plot conclusions near the end spoil it slightly.

The one thing that sticks in my mind is why he Butlers character goes so crazy and kills so many, its abit too far really, sure he kills off the robbers and maybe their useless lawyer and the useless judge but all the rest? your always thinking during the film...this guys wife and daughter wouldn't want him killing all these people in their name surely haha

Enjoyed it though.

A Perfect Getaway

Starts out kinda slow,Pretty good overall. =)

Couples Retreat

Freakin Funny!!

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Cute and fun! Great family film!