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Love movies, literature, history, science but the best things in life for me are my family and friends. Feel free to send me movie recs, reviews or just drop me a line 'cause I'd love to hear from y'all Cheers! 
Some words of wisdom that I try to live my life by: "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”--Ralph Waldo Emerson "Be who you are and say what you want because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." "To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." Breath Michelle Branch I've been driving for an hour Just talking to the rain You say I've been driving you crazy And it's keeping you away So just give me one good reason Tell me why I should stay ‘Cause I don't wanna waste another moment In saying things we never meant to say And I take it just a little bit I hold my breath and count to ten I've been waiting for a chance to let you in If I just breathe Let it fill the space between I'll know everything is alright Breathe Every little piece of me You'll see Everything is alright If I just breathe Well it's all so overrated I'm not saying how you feel So you end up watching chances fade And wondering what's real And I give you just a little time I wonder if you realize I've been wanting ‘til I see it in your eyes If I just breathe Let it fill the space between I'll know everything is alright Breathe Every little piece of me You'll see Everything is alright If I just breathe So I whisper in the dark Hoping you'll hear me Do you hear me? If I just breathe Let it fill the space between I'll know everything is alright Breathe Every little piece of me You'll see Everything is alright If I just breathe Everything is alright if I just breathe I've been driving for an hour Just talking to the rain |
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UsernameOptionalposted 4 hours ago -
I recommend you see...
Primer
by Kropotkin Mouzer I must have seen this about 3 times already and still don't fully understand all the permutations, the overlap of "doubles" etc. The depth of the film is brilliant, I love its sci-fi grounding but realistic technology and implications, time travel on a personal basis.
Made with a budget of $6,000 and is one ofthe smartest time travel films that you will ever see. It does a good job in explaining what is going on in the time travel, and how it works, but it doesn't try and dumb it down so that the user can easily understand it.
Once they start to travel back and forth in time more and more, it becomes more and more confusing what is actually going on, but it still makes sense, you just have to think a lot while watching this film - and that is by no means a bad thing.
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum
Consider Primer a successful lab experiment with, as they might say in techie chat rooms, significant indie-cred applications, IMHO. Oh, and :-).While conducting experiments in a garage, two brilliant engineers who lead double lives discover that their project enables them to travel back in time.
Each man's curiosity leads to experiments without the other's knowledge, some with serious consequences.
Steven Read | Philadelphia Inquirer
An ingenious blend of sci-fi and mysteryposted 13 hours ago -
I recommend you see...
The Bank Job
by KhrisAn interesting piece of film-making... which is pretty entertaining. Once you get past the sleazy and shameless sex, you would realise that it actually made some sense as to the WHY. Based on a true story of sorts, its an interesting take on the Baker Street Bank Robbery which caused a sensation and had Parliment and MI5 going nuts.
Jason Statham goes back home and back in time to 1971 as a small time criminal who tried to hit the big time by robbing Lloyd's Bank and hits big trouble in the form of government scandals, corruption and just about everyone from the MI5 to a local porn king/gangster AND a psychotic Rasta drug dealer out to nail him and his crew.
I guess the great thing about this movie was the authenticity. 1971 London does come alive, and its not something we see often in movies these days, seeing a world city in a different time, not so far back as to call it ancient history, but more so enough to appreciate what its like and how everything has changed radically, from cars to technology to clothing and styles and lifestyle.
You have to appreciate the story and the tension which the crew go through. This is one of Statham's better movies, and the rest of the cast are..... British. XD
Yeah its the same ole thing for all you guys who don't understand a world of the British language. If you could get past the language or are familiar with it (like me) then you can follow the movie quite easily. Which is something else which I liked about it. Its not meant to be an all out twister, a movie trying to out do itself and others of higher grade, but a simple reworking of an event brought to the big screen with a few thrills along the way. In the tradition of movies such as The Italian Job, The Score and other tales of thieves, this would have to be on of the better flicks to watch.Hey, you should really see this!
posted 19 hours ago -
I recommend you see...
Wanted
by DARRENThis is ok but its been done before ha la The Matrix, this movie feels like a reheated Sunday Roast
Hey, you should really see this!
TELL WHAT YOU THINK IF YOU SEEN ITposted 4 days ago -
I recommend you see...
Mamma Mia!
by SarahDirector:Phyllida Lloyd
Released: 2008
Stars: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan,Colin Firth and Julie Walters
Genre: Musical/Comedy
Country: UK/USA
20 year old Sophie (Seyfried) is preparing to marry her boyfriend Sky (Cooper) at her mother's hotel on an island in Greece. She seemingly has it all; a carefree life, loving boyfriend and happy friends but one thing has been missing all her life; a father.
I have to admit that when we deciided to see Mama Mia!, my family and I, I wasn't sure what I would make of it at all. I know Abba songs like the back of my hand, never saw the musical but was sure I might dance a long at some stage. For sure I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. Mama Mia has a certain charm to it that you can't ignore and I'm sure it will be one of the biggest hits of the summer.
The appeal of Mama Mia! is set in the songs and the brilliant cast. All the songs tell sophie's story well and you begin to like the characters a lot, but most likely Meryl Streep's character Donna. Donna is unaware of her daughter's actual father, any of the 3 leading men we see in the film; Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan and Stellan Skarsgård. All three do sing in the film and at times it can be quite funny. I'm sure not everyone wants to see the last James Bond actor sing his heart out to SOS or Stellen Skarsgard sing Take a Chance on Me, but really folks forget all that and just enjoy a fabulous film. I know Brosnan took a year of singing lessons and doesn't sound bad at all. Not so sure about the paring of Streep and Brosnan but that was only a minor flaw.
The set for Mama Mia, that being in the Greek Islands looks lovly on screen and some great shots of the actual island on helicopter which really gives you that "summer feeling" and actually made me forgets seriously analysing this film, if you see what I mean. Naturally the cheography is brilliant, most notably with Dancing Queen which, If I had the chance, I would have danced near my seat. Meryl streep can certianlydance around, as can Julie Walters both in their late 50's.
Now for the acting. To be honest I think the acting fitted well to the story. I felt most of the actors played a more laid back approach, as indeed this is not a serious film and shouldn't be taken as to be. JUlie Walters was brilliant to watch and lights up every scene she's in, including her hilarious rendition of "Take a Chance on Me." Colin Firth doesn't really do an awful lot but does sing, which wasn't that bad. Stellen Skarsgard, as most of the cast aren't that bad either.
The script is a plain and simple story but very funny and very well done indeed. I;, sure a lot of it was sidreted at die hard Abba fans but I certainly enjoyed it a lot. What's great is that the film is very funny and can divert your attention away from any pretenious bits that might annoy you, as not everything is going to break into song.
I can't recomend this enough. If there's one film that you should see it's Mama Mia! Can't tell you how much fun I had watching this.
Highly recomended
8/10Worth the watch as it's very funny to watch...
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I recommend you see...
WALL-E
by Kropotkin Mouzer In the 22nd century, the megacorporation Buy n Large assumed every economic service on Earth, including the government. Overrun by un-recycled waste, the planet eventually became so polluted that it could no longer support life. In an attempt to keep humanity alive, Buy n Large sponsored a five-year exodus to outer space aboard hundreds of massive "Executive Starliners", the largest of which is the Axiom. Thousands of adaptable waste management robots known as WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter-Earth-Class) were left behind to clean up the planet. The planet was found too toxic to return to and 700 years later only one WALL-E remains operational. After centuries of living in micro-gravity, the humans aboard the Axiom have lost considerable bone and muscle mass, rendering them too obese and weak to stand or move without robotic assistance, prominently from hovering chairs. Every task is now automated, including piloting the ship.
The sound was done by Ben Burtt whose previous work on Star Wars and ET have cemented his place as an elite sound effects artist. The muisc works perfectly, too.
Photorealism in animation has never been so good looking!
The plot is still a little soft, but a few political messages are thrown in. They have to do with trash, obesity, and screens everywhere. Surely this is the best animated movie I have seen this year (by far), and Pixar's best to date.
Life is nothing but imperfection and the computer likes perfection, so we spent probably 90% of our time putting in all of the imperfections, whether it's in the design of something or just the unconscious stuff. How the camera lens works in [a real] housing is never perfect, and we tried to put those imperfections [into the virtual camera] so that everything looks like you're in familiar [live-action] territory.
Andrew Stanton - Pixar Executive
The New Yorker | David Denby
Apparently, the movie has caused annoyance in some quarters because it criticizes the American way of life. This it does, and with suavity and supreme good humor. WALL-E is a classic, but it will never appeal to people who are happy with art only when it has as little bite as possible.
posted 6 days ago -
I recommend you see...Hey, you should really see this! its a pretty good movie...
posted 7 days ago -
I recommend you see...
Hancock
by Kropotkin Mouzer A well developed character of a "superhero" - Hancock and his easy to relate to personality so the film makes up for it's shortcomings.. Where could have Hancock gone wrong?
The plot is utterly messed up, after the bank robbery the plot start going downhill, the writers seem to have been fired and some 5-year old kids where hired for the job, using "filler" side stories to make the plot fit together and at least try to make sense. It did make sense, however, Jumper did too - but the story was badly executed, so was Hancock (the film not the character).
PS: It is also immensely predictable.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) | Rick Groen
The promise is dangled yet never developed. Rather, the narrative slips into a backstory that alternates between confusing and contradictoryThere are heroes... there are superheroes... and then there's Hancock. With great power comes great responsibility -- everyone knows that -- everyone, that is, but Hancock.
Ray Embrey: "I put some stuff up on YouTube. Everybody remembers Walter the great whale, he was stuck on the beach. Along comes Hancock."
*Hancock is shown in a video throwing a whale back into the ocean, hitting a yacht*
Hancock: "I don't even remember that!"
Ray Embrey: "Ah, well... Greenpeace does."
xDposted 10 days ago -
I recommend you see...
Red Eye
by JackWith the action confined to a cramped passenger jet for most of the film's running time, there's no room for the kind of relentlessly over-the-top action that many Hollywood thrillers peddle. Instead, Craven and screenwriter Carl Ellsworth keep the focus purely on the power-play between Jackson and Lisa, keeping the tension high, and never lingering for too long before moving on to the next suspense set-piece.
The director's aided in his task by the excellent work of the two leads, with Rachel McAdams proving that she can carry a movie as she portrays a realistic and three-dimensional character without becoming an action heroine stereotype. Murphy also excels, managing to be convincingly charming in the early scenes and resisting the urge to chew the scenery once Jackson's menacing agenda becomes clear.
The script exploits the surreal nature of a life-or-death situation taking place in such a banal environment (most notably, when Lisa is menaced by Jackson in the airplane toilet, and one of the hostesses misinterprets it as an attempt to join the Mile High Club), while the efficient direction pastes over the more obvious holes in the plot.
Sadly, Red Eye eventually falls prey to the kind of overblown climax that unseats many Hollywood suspense thrillers. In the same way that Speed faltered once it left the famous wired-to-explode bus, the film doesn't quite recover from letting the characters leave the confines of the plane, and opening out into a more traditional action thriller environment.
Thankfully, it's still sensible enough to play the more ridiculous moments with its tongue firmly in cheek (thanks largely to the entertaining Jayma Mays as Lisa's mousy co-worker at the hotel). Even an extended sequence that's essentially Craven re-treading ground from the Scream movies can't completely derail what remains a surprisingly tense and satisfying thriller.Hey, you should really see this!
posted 10 days ago -
I recommend you see...
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
by JackNational Treasure: Book of Secrets starts off on a gloomy night in April 14th, 1865. We aren't exactly sure where we are just yet with the camera panning around, but by the date alone it suggests that the Lincoln assassination is just around the corner from happening. We are immediately introduced to Thomas Gates who is a relative of Ben Gates played by Nicolas Cage. Thomas is offered a cipher from the diary of John Wilks Booth to try and decipher. Thomas begins to ponder over the clue of "The Debt That All Men Pay" when he suddenly notices his guest needing his service might be a bad guy. A struggle ensues and then we cut to seeing John Wilkes Booth in an amazingly well realized recreation of the Lincoln assassination. Mr. Booth kills Mr. Lincoln and then jumps onstage and shouts Sic Semper Tyrannus (Thus Always to Tyrants) before fleeing.
We then cut to present times with Ben Gates and his father Patrick Gates (Jon Voight) giving a lecture on their brand new Civilian Heroes Exhibit. It's quickly established that since the first film the Gates family name has been cleared and is recognized with new prestige and honor. They are clearly basking in a newfound limelight and glory.
However, no sooner than the audience is allowed to take this when Mitch Wilkinson (Ed Harris) enters the scene proclaiming that their great great grandfather Thomas Gates was one of the main people behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Due to the initially establishing to the audience that Thomas is innocent, we immediately react with the same shock and aplomb. How can this possibly be? Who is this rabid dog Mitch character and what are his true intentions?
Mitch produces a page from the John Wilks Booth diary that has a list of all the men behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. This page he claims has been passed down throughout his families history. We are immediately shown this page seems to be very real and certainly seems to somehow cast Thomas as a ringleader in something we know he didn't do. The plot certainly thickens right out of the gate before there is even any hint that a quest for a treasure might happen. With the rapid pacing of the first film the audience isn't left hanging too long before the film morphs into familiar ground of also being a quest for a treasure in addition to being a quest by Ben and Patrick to vindicate Thomas.
The main characters for the first film are all back for this outing. Harvey Ketiel is back playing the role of The Wolf, I mean FBI badass. Justin Bartha returns in the films Han Solo role as Riley Poole, the wise cracking everyman. Although, we quickly see him lose his red hot sports car early on while noting of this unfortunate turn of events: "You know what taxes are for 5 million? 6 million!" I find it odd in general that frisky single people always seem to opt for red sports cars. Jon Voight also returns as the cranky father figure. This time around he seems to have lightened up some. Diane Kruger reprises her strong female character of Abigail that while dressing prim and proper can be just as gritty and no holds barred as any male. Nicolas Cage of course is back as the cryptographer and historian extraordinaire Ben Gates. This is certainly a role that Mr. Cage shines in, yet I never quite understand why he runs like a retired NFL football player in both films. Mr. Cage is the right mix of classic movie hero charisma and quirky offbeat charm. He is a happy puppy like character with brains that won't bite you, but will certainly find a way to beat you or sneak out of the backyard. New to the cast of particular note are Ed Harris and Helen Mirren. Mr. Harris is effective in a limited role. Helen Mirren seems to just revel in being in a silly role as the mother of Nicolas Cage.
Just like the first film, the film is just as interested in the main characters figuring out each clue as it is with them finding the treasure at the end. In many treasure hunting films the clues merely serve as a small plot device to keep the main plot moving forward or to place the lead character in another exciting location. The National Treasure series aims to have each clue and the solving of it as its own unique set piece. Most sequences of sleuth and solving the clues do seem to be too greatly simplified, in comparison to the first film. The massive screenwriting team the film boasts clearly doesn't want the audience to have to think as much as it did in the first one. While this certainly works to give the audience more time to sit back and enjoy the ride, it results in it having large set pieces with even less things to do in. And with less things to do, things do feel more padded out than they should be. The padding mostly comes in the form of character development, so if you like the characters and really enjoy them, then you have nothing to worry about. We spend more time exploring the characters, what makes them tick and how they respond to adversity. The themes of adventure, history, patriotism is still there, but it is themes of family and global harmony that mark this second outing and set it apart.
Just as in the first film we get to travel to and explore locations tantamount to American history. Book of Secrets unlike the first film sweeps through American history on a global scale and more national scale, we aren't just stuck on the east coast of America. This serves to make the new outing even more sweeping and epic. We also once again get to see historical locations with an all access type insiders' glee, which adds some additional excitement in seeing areas we in our real lives would never be able to.
The set design like the first film is just amazing to take in. One of the huge selling points of this series to date is how rich accurate they try and craft their set designs. History from the past is wonderfully realized through massive and imaginative sets and finished out with digital effects. The blending and balancing of the two creates a magical universe we get to travel into with our characters. In addition the film once again makes incredibly fun use of actual historical places that civilians would never in real life get to explore in this fashion. I think many people have often visited a historical place and wondered what was behind roped off or closed areas. The National Treasure films play into this curiosity very well.
Book of Secrets is constructed into two parts. The first part works as more of a traditional spy film. As we see our main characters chart across the globe as they try to unravel each subsequent clue and riddle. The second half of the film really switches in into more traditional action and adventure film territory. An over the top heist is still on the menu along with a car chase and some escape scenes.
Despite the fact the film features many more locations than the first outing, it seems to be much more about exploring the characters themselves than everything else. So if you like the main characters from the first film, then chances are you will really like this one. If your looking for more action and adventure this time around, then you might walk away disappointed. It's less about being a cat and mouse thriller or adventure and more character driven.
Book of Secrets is a film crafted for the entire family to go out and see and have fun this holiday season. As such it's easily the most thrilling family adventure of 2007.
Overall, I think Book of Secrets is a way too simplified version of the previous film on a much grander scale. I think what the ending really gets wrong is not introducing any mythical, supernatural or resonating moments of transcendence in its final act. Some combination of these elements and themes at the end would have certainly taken it to another level of spectacle. We get to a spectacularly realized set piece that gives us and the characters little more to do than just yawn, which is an odd way to go out of an otherwise often exciting film.That took me ages to write...
posted 14 days ago -
I recommend you see...
The Skulls
by JackLaced with horribly clichéd secret society mumbo jumbo and unintentionally funny homoerotic undertones, "The Skulls" is a laughable thriller about a pre-law Yale student (Joshua Jackson) so shallow and ambitious that he's willing to throw over his best friend and the girl he loves just to be accepted in an underground campus club of power-hungry blue bloods.
The Skulls, you see, are an indomitable, clandestine handful of the country's social and political elite -- all Yale men -- who the movie tells us founded the CIA among other ominous undertakings. Members are members for life. They get branded and paired up with other members as "soul mates." They live by a musty, leather-bound, 200-year-old book of rules. They cover up each other's scandals.
When this brotherhood accept new members, money is deposited money in their bank accounts, they're given expensive cars, tuxedos (which are worn to frequent Skulls dinner parties), nice wrist-watches, nights with call-girls in a Christian Dior gowns, and -- most importantly as far as young Luke McNamara (Jackson) is concerned -- they pay their conscripts' tuitions and see to it they get into the law school of their choice.
But above all, they keep each other's secrets. So once Luke is in -- following an funhouse initiation ritual so ridiculously cabalistic and ostentatious it's reminiscent of "Phantom Of the Opera" -- he finds himself in a tight spot when The Skulls murder his now-estranged best friend, a campus paper cub reporter looking to expose them.
Caught in a slow-witted, collegiate retread of "The Firm," Luke realizes (a bit late) that The Skulls aren't such a swell bunch of guys after all and has to run for his life while looking for a way to blackmail himself out of the organization and bring the murderer to justice.
Got all that?
Helmed by journeyman director Rob Cohen (Daylight, Dragonheart) and aimed squarely at easily entertained teenagers with eight bucks to burn, "The Skulls" isn't a bad idea for a movie. But when Cohen started casting weightless heartthrobs like Paul Walker (Varsity Blues, She's All That) as Jackson's well-to-do rival, and Wonderbra hotties like Leslie Bibb (TV's "Popular") as his scholarly arm ornament, it became a project with plenty of looks but no brains.
Most of the movie's budget seems to have gone into presentation. It's well-paced and edited, the photography is crisp, clean and exciting and the sets are ludicrously spectacular. The Skulls meet in an ceremonial underground chamber lined with marble pillars, and even Luke's 400-square-foot dorm room has vaulted stone ceilings.
But the characters are deadly dull and the Swiss-cheese scenarios so frequently laughable that the crowd at the preview screening -- enlisted by a local top 40 station, the picture's target audience -- couldn't stop snickering through the whole show.
Without a single moment of genuine suspense and with a climactic confrontation that seems to ignore many of the plot revelations, the movie's biggest problem remains that its main character is fundamentally unlikable because he's so utterly selfish, turning his back on his friends until he needs to be rescued.If you look up the word "Rubbish" in the dictionary, there's a picture of this there.
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posted 15 days ago -
I recommend you see...
Rise of the Footsoldier
by KhrisYeaaahhhh. A good ole brutal, bloody, shameless (on all levels) Brit gangster movie.
Which also happens to be the a real good authentic biography of one of Englands most brutal and toughest criminals, Carlton Leach. Hell YEAH!
This follows the the beginning of Leach's criminal career, starting as a football hooligan with the Inter City Firm (West Ham FC... Green Street anyone?) to Carlton running his own firm in the 80's as protection and enforcement, and the early 90's events leading to the infamous Rettendon Murders in 1995, the victims being some of Leach's associates.
There is some real gangster history in this, and t does make Green Street Hooligans and others such as Goodfellas look kinda tame when it comes to violence. Its good ole fashioned english brutality at its best, from bats and bricks and guns and fists.
You would probably need subtitles if you have trouble deciphering the Brit speak. And of course, get ready to meet some of the most colorful, as well as craziest thugs ever seen in the movies. Which happened to be based on real people.
I still couldnt believe how the characters [protrayed in this flick represented real people... the movie was based on Carlton Leach's bio.
Its got some real graphic scenes... especially when the guns go off on the Rettendon murder scenes.
O__O! (im serious, its brutal as - you actual see some good rendition of faces in the aftermath of meeting a 12 guage at point blank.)
There is some lessons to be learned here. Carlton's narrative isstraightforward and to the point. The scenes are good and explicit though, and of course, since based on true events, its got some actual news clips and such in the movie.
Anyways, if you love the gangster, the blood, the guts and the swearing and the sex, yeah you in for a good night.Blood, guts, sex and swearing.
Yah, I know theres a few horny guys or people who love the blood, so watch it!
XD!!!posted 15 days ago -
I recommend you see...
21
by KhrisYeah!! I love gambling. I love cards.
I love knowing how to rort the system. XD!!
(hey whats ive been learning for the last six years...)
Anyways, whats not to like about this movie? Smart, edgy, cool and the action is in Vegas. That automatically gives it 3 stars. XD!!
What gives it the extra star?? Well, a good cast with some admirable names like Spacey and Fishburne. A good story with a nice twist in the works.
Well... unless you like movies like the Ocean's series, you wont like this. Those with a high morale who avoid the great, addictive and absolutely fun VICE of gambling would love it.
Honestly, its not that hard to count cards. The system in the movie is tough because its a freelance system, which is supposed to reduce the risks of getting caught. But hey, go online and play some blackjack, learn how to count and see for yourself, it really does work!
(and who says movies don't teach us anything???? ;-))I love to gamble with cards. You all should do so, it heaps fun!
^_____^
XDposted 15 days ago -
I recommend you see...
Vantage Point
by KhrisA unique movie, though the rewinds and the different views can get annoying when you have to revisit the events after the third time...
But then again, its how the movie works. Call it fate, and the fate of everyone involved as they come together and how you unravel the clues hidden in the 5 points of view to piece together whats going on... but it really doesnt begin to be conclusive until you get to the 4th Vantage Point.
Anyways, what I liked about this movie:
1. Scenery. Spain rocks. I wanna go someday... looks great even though I just saw a small part of the city, the sky is great and love the atmosphere, Gotta love Spain in the movies.
2. The stars. Yep, it was a great cast with some of my personal favourites, the top pick obviously Dennis Quaid, one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood. He's been in the game for years, and hasn't really gotten the success he deserves. He won't get it in this movie, but I think its about time the big shots started giving him more kudos. If you really wanna see him at his best, watch SAVIOUR.
3. The car chase. Yep, the set piece for this flick was the cool car chase. Nothing outrageous or over the top, but a nice, near realistic car chase, similar to the ones in the Bourne series or perhaps Ronin... the car chase is great one.
Anyways, for something different in movie style, but a good thrill ride, not great, but good, this is okay.This movie has a great car chase. That means its worth watching right??
XD!!posted 16 days ago -
I recommend you see...
Drillbit Taylor
by KhrisYeah, its good to see Owen Wilson back on the screen after his problems. And though this isnt his best movie, I like his charm and style which comes through for him.
This is an odd movie... he plays an Army deserter/bum hired to protect three kids from the "very" psychotic bully (emphasis on psychotic!! Man, its America!) and of course as the fat kid said, "Your name is Drillbit cause you screw people!"
XD!
Anyways, its a good one off laugh, nothing special really, but funny enough, though it does put bullying bakc in perspective, mentioning the many Youtube videos on school fights, samurai swords etc etc....
kinda inflated and ridiculous at times, but meh, watch it once and laugh your head off.
Loved the music soundtrack in it, and the fat kid reminds me of a young Jonah Hill (fat guy from Superbad) XD!!Watch this or not... I don't really care.
posted 16 days ago -
I recommend you see...
The Number 23
by JackJim Carrey's The Number 23 finds the former stand-up comedian tackling the thriller genre. The film has received awful reviews from most critics, which is a shame.
Carrey plays Walter Sparrow, happily married to Agatha (Virginia Madsen), with one child, Robin (Logan Lerman). Agatha comes across a book titled The Number 23 and buys it for Walter. As Walter gets deeper and deeper into the book, he begins to become obsessed with 23 and discerns several similarities between the characters in the novel and his own life.
Please dismiss the dreadful reviews this film has received and give it a chance. It really isn't that bad, I have seen a lot worse in this seemingly plagued genre. I must admit despite the intriguing idea behind the film of a number referring to everything in someone's life and therefore driving them insane, the script and eventual plot twists offer nothing new or particularly thrilling. Not that I am saying I knew what was going to happen; the twist certainly surprised me, but it didn't leave me in complete awe.
However whilst the main plot of the film gradually nosedives into all too familiar territory, the film's biggest positive develops from the story within the, err, story. As Walter reads the book, director Joel Schumacher shows us what is actually happening in the novel. The scenes are beautifully shot and lit to create a unique look, perfectly separating it from the rest of the picture.
With the two stories commencing we get two doses of Carrey and Madsen as they also portray characters in the book. Carrey is solid anyway as Sparrow, delivering a very subtle performance as the number slowly obsesses his character. But it is his turn as the lead character in the novel, Detective Fingerling, where he really shines and shows just how far he has come as an actor. As for Madsen, she doesn't really get enough screen time to fully develop both her characters but it is her character Fabrizia in the novel that she is clearly relishing playing.
So okay, I will admit that The Number 23 is an average thriller at best, but still there are positives to help counter the negatives. If you are a fan of Mr. Carrey you most certainly should check out The Number 23; and even if you aren't, don't be completely put off by the way the movie has been received, see for yourself. And after you have watched it, I almost guarantee you will be searching for that number one way or the other.Hey, you should really see this!
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