Action/Adventure
It was the first time I had seen a movie directed by Guy Ritchie, and I think it won't be the last.
Actually his adaptation of famous Conan Doyle's books is really engrossing.
And it is all the more entertaining as the film is served by a remarkable duet of actors (Jude Law as Dr Watson and Robert Downey Jr playing the famous detective, seen as a careless and lazy guy, unlike his assisstant, which make their collaboration funny).
Morever, I found the music amazing, in a thriller where you don't have any respite. Actually, no sooner had the movie begun than I've had a great time.
As we could imagine before seeing it, the film tells a Sherlock Holmes's investigation about an odd story of satanic murders. But, an other inquiry is interlinked with this first one. Nevertheless, Holmes doesn't resolve this second and we'll have to wait until the release of number 2.
What I liked the most in this movie, despite the absorbing detective story, is the atmosphere, remarkably given by the director. Actually, the scene takes place in the London of the XIXth century's end, beetween modernity (there is this awsome scene on Tower Bridge which is still in construction)and traditionnalism.
Guy Ritchie carrie his camera from the shallows of the town to the wealthy neighboorhoods, showing the duality of this town.
To summarize I'll say that the Scottish director has found here the good cocktail : an engrossing story served by good actors, funny characters who don't fall into heavy humour, a good music and a setting, and last but not least a end which makes us want to see what happens next in a second movie.
Eventually I definitely had a ball!
Taking of Pelham 123, staring, Denzel Washington and john Travolta Directed by Tony Scott is a action movie that will have you wondering what is going to happen next. Denze Washington is a transit operator that just has to be operating the subway that is high jacked by John Travolta and his team. The story line stays on track and lets you know what is going on you are never lost in the movie. The music from jay z 99 problems in the opening scene of the movie , the music goes right along with what is happening in the. John Travolta part as being a sub way hijacks the acting is good but i don't agree with the story line behind the hijacker that is not how hijacker would act. in some suspenseful scenes of the movie the acting was well played and did not get out of character.
I really enjoyed this film! I think Tarantino did a great job with Inglorious Bastards. The story is about a cople of guys who want to kill as much Nazi's as possible. You got to love it! You will follow these guys during their mission. A lot of humor is involved in these parts. But on the other hand you will follow a young jewish girl in France and a SS man who's nickname is the "jew hunter". In these parts Tarantino shows how difficult life was for the jewish people during the war.(serious side of the film)
The end could not be better. I will not tell you how the film ends, but I can assure you it's fabulous! And I prefer to see a film with a good ending instead of a bad ending.
So I recommend everyone to see this movie! You definitely will be amused.
A group of skaters from south central go to beverly hills to skate.
The movie Wass Up Rockers by Larry Clark is about a group of Mexican skaters that live in south central. The main plot of the movie is this group of skaters take a long trip from south central all the way to Beverly Hills for a skate session but on their way they keep running into problems.
They call these kids rockers because they all have really long hair and wear really tight jeans and skate. They are surrounded by Mexican gangsters that sag their shit and African American O.G.’s. They all get a bunch of shit because they’re style is different from everyone else’s. This movie shows what it’s like in south central like in the beginning of the movie you see just sum random kid walking through the hood and for no reason and sum fools in a car roll up right next to him and blast him multiple times. You also see like shoes hanging from power lines and graphite everywhere.
They main character is this kid from El Salvador named Jonathan. Through out the whole movie he keeps hooking up with all these chicks. He’s like boss of his crew like everyone likes him best and they do what he does.
When their journey to Beverly Hills starts they all plow into one of the kid’s brother’s car. Before they can even make it out of south central they get stopped by two cops on bikes. None of the kids have I.D.’s or license or anything so the cops take their car. Then it’s just a montage of all the different buses they have to take to get their. When they get to Beverly Hills they hit up this stair set for a while. They’re pretty good skaters but they all fall multiple times. While they’re skating it up they realize they’re being watched by these two really attractive rich girls. The girls like their rocker flow so they go up to them and step sum game up. One of the girls gives Jonathan her address and tells him “Stop by anytime”. While they’re talking to the two girls their boyfriends roll up and make them get in the car with them, their boyfriends are real dicks to the rockers like they call them f**kin Mexicans and beaners. They’re just like what ever and keep skating but while they’re skating this cop rolls up and is pissed about them skating there. He starts to take all their names. The cop gets pissed because he thinks they’re messing with him and starts yelling at them. One of the kids gets fed up and stands up and flips the cop off and runs and gets in the cops car then they all stand up and keep messing with the cop until they all just book it. While they’re running one of the kids falls and gets arrested. This is probably like the funniest part of the whole movie.
They all just keep running to get away from there until they decide their next mission is to get to the girl’s house. When they get there they all just kick it for a while. The two girls like Jonathan and his friend Carlos so they take them up to their room. Jonathan hooks up with one of the girls and Carlos just talks to her for a while about how it’s like in South Central and all the messed things they’ve seen. While they’re all just chilling at the girls houses their boyfriends roll up and see their skateboards and run up to the girls rooms and start brawling with Jonathan and Carlos. They throw Carlos out the window into the pool where all their other friends are just chilling then they go back and start beating up Jonathan. They’re all like shits going down so they all run into the house and just maul the three rich kids. They mess them up way bad then just book it.
They take off running through the rich people neighborhood jumping over fences and cutting through backyards. In one of the backyards they cut through there is a man standing there who just watches them cut through his backyard. They all make it over the fence except for one and all you see is the man pull a gun out and then you see all the rockers on the other side of the fence when they hear a real loud gunshot. They wait there a minute for their friend to jump over but when it stays silent and he doesn’t come over they all run and hide. They make it to this wooded area to hide and as soon as they get there they all break down in tears over what has just happened to their friend. When they get it together they decide that they’ve had enough of Beverly Hills and they want to head back but they’re along way from South Central. They cut through sum more yards trying to get out of there. While they’re cutting through yards they run into this maid who is friends with one of the kid’s mother. She makes sum calls and sets up a ride for them. While they’re waiting the lady who owns the house comes out drunk and goes up to their friend kico and starts talking to him all drunk. She ends up taking him into her house and gives him a bath for some reason but while she’s giving him a bath Jonathan comes in and tells him their ride is there. Kico jumps out and runs out the room but when he jumped out the drunken women lost her balance and falls in and while she tries to get out she grabs the chandelier right about the tub and it falls in electrocuting her to death. This part makes no sense like her dying affects nothing in the movie and there’s almost no reason for her dying but its kinda all like what?
When they get back to South Central its early in the morning the next day. They’re still upset about losing two bros in one day. It seems really calm they’re just walking like all their problems are over until they run into these three African American gangsters and they ask them “why you were yo’ shit so tight” and all they say is that’s how we roll and keep on walking. As they’re walking away from them one of the gangsters pulls out a gun and shoots 3 times in the sky and shouts “Wass up rockers!”
This movie is pretty exciting, like a lot happens through out this whole movie. Any skater or punk rocker will definitely like this movie.
A Study in Sherlock
There is one thing that everyone can agree upon both critic and consumer alike, this is a new Holmes. The big debate is he better, worse, modern, a sell out, or a new vision of an old character. As all of you who truly know me (yes especially the ones who new me when I was in sixth grade just got my boobs and was working on some wicked acene, know I fell in Love with Sherlock Holmes). I read every single Author Conan Doyle Holmes book and even some shoddy knock offs just to get my Sherlock jones on.
So, I consider myself somewhat of a true affecianado. What other pre-teen do you know would stay up until 10:00pm on Sunday night just to watch Mystery on PBS (yes PBS) just to catch a glimpse of the dashing Jeremy Brett play the perfect Holmes. He embodied the Holmes of my dreams (just a tad bit to old). He was brooding, he was tall, he had a huge nose, a deer stalker, but more important a top hat (drool). He was dapper, he was a dandy, he was a piece of intellectual candy. The pipe, the pomp, the circumstance. He was a drug addict, he was eccentric, he paid street urchins and sometimes shady characters to do his bidding. In short he was Holmesian perfection.
Now on to the Robert Downey/Guy Richie Holmes. For one I must say I am unabashadely biased, because I Love RDJ, Guy Richie, not so much. I believe Downey was brilliant. He was younger, he was brooding, he was self loathing, when he didn't have a case, he was unkempt. Most all of these are Holmesian traits. So what he didn't wear a deerstalker? He was still the seedy, disgruntled, dashing Holmes I love. Sherlock Holmes does not get a long with people. He is exsaperating, rude, and a tad vulgar.
Unfortunately, the plot of the movie was lacking and yes, I hate to say it hokey. That was not Downey or Jude Laws fault. It was the writer and yes, the directors. This is a Holmes for the masses, not the intelllectuals. This is a sexed up, super sleuth, with a mind for work and a bod for sin. It's kind of cool, but too calculated. So, if you want a wild ride with a different take of a character they tried to revamp go see it, but if you a die hard fan, wait for the video and try not to cringe, too much.
We would SO do that!
We were given proof that James Cameron knows a thing or two about the movies in 1986 when we were horrified by "Aliens" and again in 1997 when we relived the tragedy of the "Titanic". This year, he's raising the bar with his new 3-D adventure into a different world, not so unlike our own.
This world is a feast to the human eye, delivered using the very best and most up-to-date animation of our time. Bright glowing plants and floating islands with inexplicably beautiful waterfalls captivate you. For the first hour of the movie, I found myself physically flinching, convinced repeatedly for a second that I was actually there. But along with the beauty, there are powerful and mighty beasts, decorated with deadly teeth and claws, and boasting near-perfect physics. Every move is calculated; from the way everyone jumps and runs, to the slightest quivers in one's lip, Cameron dares film makers to keep up.
Animation and other visuals aside, this movie carries a message all Americans, if not people around the world, can relate to. This world is pure and untouched, but the Americans, ever Gung-ho, want nothing more than to gain it's treasure, using whatever means necessary.
Jake Sully, played by Sam Worthington (Terminator: Salvation), is a US Marine appointed to gain the Native species' trust. Once all the gears are are in place, we take what we want. That's the plan. But Jake's new split life starts to make him see things with a much needed appreciation and respect for the world we are so inconceivably lucky to inhabit.
It's not uncommon that we're reminded metaphorically by the media of our society's negative impact on our environment, and on our world as a whole. Cameron shows us a reality that if we do not address, we are bound to face. Fret not, for it's not in a way that has you heading home feeling bad for leaving your heat on or driving a pick-up truck. Instead you walk out feeling a renewed affection for our mother nature and her own (somewhat less astounding) beauty. Unfortunately, all Cameron can do is deliver the message, and he does so with remarkable story-telling and character development.
It follows his pattern of an extensive duration, with the feature length reaching upwards of three hours, so get there early to find a seat, because I sat all the way up top on the floor with a bar covering a large percentage of the bottom left screen. My fault, though, I know. All this considered, however, there was still no point during the feature that I thought to myself "Gosh this is taking too long!". In summary, you could tell each small plot development was lending measurable significance to the very suspenseful, very explosive climax.
One last thought -- I know times are tough. But at $12 for a regular ticket, the extra $5 for the full experience will make a huge difference in your theater experience. Hey, if it's worth doin', it's worth doin' right, right? Maybe get a small bag of popcorn for the kids instead of two kid's trays, whatever strings you have to pull, if you can afford it somehow I strongly encourage the IMAX 3-D!
Sherlock Holmes staring robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.
After 14 months of waiting (click on website link below to see original blog post) I finally got to see this film in theaters. Sadly the plot lines were not cohesive and it had the usual Guy Ritchie faux-cockney razzle dazzle about it.
As for Rachel McAdams: I feel that an immense amount of pressure has been heaped upon me to like her simply because she is Canadian. My response to that is simply, 'So is my ass but that doesn't mean we need to see it everywhere'.
Jude Law on the other hand clearly went back to Drama camp and managed to pop out a non-offensive almost likable version of the long suffering Holmes sidekick, Dr.Watson.
As for Robert Downey Jr. I'm just so glad that he's not dead or on smack that I honestly don't care what films he makes so long as he is making films.
well... i haven't seen the movie yet so who am i to judge? But what i'd like to citicize here is the preview for the movie. In my opinion, i feel that a preview that reveals the entire story and has other successful movie titles flashing on the screen and popular film makers' names is just simply trying to force viewers into believing the movie is great when in fact the movie may be terrible. a ton of money is put into editing a movie trailer together and it's purpose is to attract audiences to the film and build some kinda of anxiousness. So avatar's trailer did the job very well, but just bare in mind that the world's greatest movies had short and somewhat ignorant. take for example The Dark Knight because they were confident in the quality of the film and did not rely on a preview to lure audiences in; only needed word of mouth to pass around its awesomeness. from what i remember, the movie trailer was just a picture of a bat symbold with a cool blue fire effect with editted audio tracks playing in the background.
A crippled Marine seeks Adventure on an alien world.
We arrived at 12:01, and I was a little nervous. I had never seen a film at midnight on its opening day. Or anything in 3D. I wasn’t nervous about seeing a movie, but I was concerned about long lines, diehard fans in costumes and the slight possibility of water cannons and attack dogs. And not getting good seats.
The theater lobby was empty, and a few listless employees were stirring the first popcorn of the new day. We hurried into the theater and found the crowd quiet with anticipation. Except the first few neck-kinking rows next to the screen, the theater was packed. Right there in the center, prime real estate beckoned. I asked a big group of teens if the two seats in the middle of an otherwise packed pew were reserved. After a few awkward moments of tripping over purses and apologies, my friend-girl and I took our seats right in the middle like I like. A little courtesy goes a long way.
The 3D glasses tacked an extra $3.50 to Edward’s standard admission price. Rather than the standard red/blue paper affair, the 3D glasses felt more like a pair of dollar store sunglasses with a very light tint. They fit very comfortably over my prescription glasses. I put them on immediately, and was a little disappointed, until the trailers ended and the cue to put your glasses on came up. I am not going to try to describe the magic of watching movies in 3D, it is enough to say- Just get over to the theater and buy all your friends a ticket.
The film began with no introduction or opening credits. I mistook the first few minutes for another trailer. After a few minutes of drab though critical plot points, I found myself drawn in to a visual feast that kept me captivated for the film’s entire two hour and forty five minute length. James Cameron’s genius with special effects blends the lush landscapes of an alien world with the empty space a few inches beyond the movie goers’ fingertips.
The action scenes are intense and beautiful. Be prepared for an edge of your seat thrill ride. The violence is intense and brutally entertaining, yet the movie is often aesthetically displeasing and tragic. Even as Star Trek spawned the Trekkies, I predict that a new army of nerds will emerge from their parents’ basements dressed as Na’Vi from Pandora. It is so rare that we are presented with an original drama great enough to grow into a franchise. With multiple video games already being released, that is the direction this new masterpiece is heading.
I am certainly not the Motion Picture Association of America, but I felt that the film’s more graphic battle scenes and sexual situations were too much for the PG13 rating. Everyone who is “into” nearly nude computer generated aliens is in for a real treat, as many scenes border on outright erotica.
Avatar cannot be compared with other action films that blend live action with computer graphics such as the action driven GI Joe- The Rise of Cobra. The plot is deep and thought provoking. Cameron deals boldly with themes that affect us today, such as our connection with the environment, advanced civilizations competing with primitive peoples for resources, and many blatant criticisms of the military and large corporations, all woven together with stunning visuals and breath taking action. All in all, I give the movie five out of five peppers. This film is hot. Just leave the kids home, get yourself and the misses some 3D specs and get on down to the show house.
Walking out of the theater my friend girl commented that she was the only female in the theater. Looking back at the crowd, the men did drastically outnumber the womenfolk. But hey, I bet I will be able to count the men coming out of the opening of Dear John on one hand. Only time will tell.
The movie superheroes Indianinjas released on Internet, directed by Varun Mehta has very few things going for it, but the effort is quite visible and needs to be applauded.
Ok, now we are going to encounter a film that has almost everything, which a 'Real' Movie
has, like a story, actors, their characters and high visual effects. But what doesn't the film have? well its impossible to call it a 'Movie'. Because the above mentioned factors doesn't work for more than 1 second. Even the sound, its quite loud and almost unbearable. Well I was already informed by Varun Mehta that the movie has a huge set of flaws since it was a project turned into a movie. I was relieved before watching it.
That doesn't entirely mean that it is very bad or can't be seen or ignorable, sure it has some amazing moments. The story revolves around Victor, The Maniac, who wants to control over the world. But he always get defeated by Indianinjas - the superheroes. Until Victors tries an ultimate plan to destroy them, he gets some electrifying powers from a tree that produces radiation. And then The Sorceress(Indianinjas' Aunt)gets captured by him. rest of the story depicts the struggle of Indianinjas to get their aunt free from Victor.
So What can be actually the best part about this Movie? Well there are two things, that should be mentioned and needs to be applauded.
1. The special effects. Note the fight between Victor and The Sorceress and The Climax
2. The film has been shot on a single location. but it never catches your mind, if you do not watch it carefully.
Now to the performances, The kids are cool and have been given very small time to perform. They act equally OK, nothing much special yet they perform the stunts brilliantly. But the kid Ankit Goswami, playing the villian Victor stands out. Note his expressions and his level of performing in some scenes. He looks great. Director Varun Mehta has tried to done enough justice to this 'shoddy' movie to make it look 'Happening'. Unfortunately, you can't undo the shoot and the recording, so the flaws stays itself in there. Had it been presented with a fresh story and great narration, it would have done wonders. Still it can be viewed once those who love kid's movies and special effects.
