Kids/Family
The 2009 adaptation of the classic Dickens tale. It shows off one of the newest elements to filmaking: performance capture, and is presented for theater audiences in 3D. Directed by Robert Zemeckis who was behind 2004's Polar Express and 2007's Beowulf.
Acting - 6
I was quite impressed with Jim Carrey's performances in this movie. He portrays a multitude of characters and the performance capture techniques employed by the director do a good job of masking their appearance and really making the characters come to life. In fact, a very enjoyable part of the viewing experience was attempting to decipher who played whom. His take on Ebenezer Scrooge was not unlike many portrayals in the past. Where he really shines is in the parts of the three primary ghosts in the film. Gary Oldman's Bob Cratchit is an unassuming optimist with not an ounce of ill will in his heart. Oldman also appears in the role of Jacob Marley, the former business parter of Scrooge who haunts him on Christmas Eve. The majority of this role is geared around special effects so it's hard to say where the acting is actually impressive and where it's made to look impressive. Not the best performance by Oldman, but a solid one at that. Colin Firth appears in a relatively minor role as Scrooge's nephew, Fred. All in all, a typical showing from Firth who seems content to appear in movies surrounded by big names without trying to stand out. Bob Hoskins, Cary Elwes, and Robin Wright Penn appear in small roles which add to the movie quite nicely.
Story - 5
The greatest thing about the story and dialogue in this film is that it was willing to stay true to the original text found in Dickens' novella. Old English is frequently used and the movie, which seems to be geared towards children at first, never does dumb down the dialogue or the themes chosen for the story. The only thing that I was bothered by were the various chase scene's speckled here and there in the movie in an attempt to make the movie more viewable for casual movie-goers. The story is a classic for a reason, and while it does not do anything new, it presents the story to a newer audience in a more appealing shuttle.
Audio - 4
I was mostly disappointed by the audio because of the bland cookie-cutter carols found in just about every Christmas film ever. I would've been much more drawn to the music had I not been presented with the same songs that I learned to associate with Home Alone over 15 years ago. Just because the appearance of the movie is quite dazzling is no excuse for subaverage music selections.
Visual - 9
The performance capture in this film did more than make the movie look astonishing. It allowed for things to be done which normally would be impossible in any other movie. The ghosts are able to appear in very classical form, but without looking at all cheesy. The actors were able to seamlessly play multiple characters and forget the difficulties of changing or freshening up for every scene. The 3D performance (which was my first 3D viewing experience) made for important supplements to the overall product. I would say that if viewers are planning on seeing this movie at all that they should do it in theaters and in 3D because I'm not sure that it would be at all the same anywhere else.
Product - 6
I was pleasantly surprised in watching this movie. The group I was with decided to see it as a last minute decision and I ceded my vote in an attempt to make the process go a bit faster. I did not go in expecting much, but I enjoyed myself. The 3D action was more than enough to make just about any movie good in that situation, and the anachronistic presentation sat well with me. I was even able to drown out the song selections by trying to find out which actors were playing who and by reveling in the visual splendor. This movie is worth seeing if you are willing to see it in theaters.
Overall Score:
6.0 stars out of 10
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This one wasn't the best Harry Potter film. It was more like watching paint dry up. It was boring with the snake. Because you know it's cool but it could never happen in real life. And this one was the least best. It was really okay. Nothing to get a great rating of. This one had bad moments at best. And when I want magical movies I need movies that make me think wow this is really happening. The sixth film they made in 2009 to me is the best. The first one was the second best. Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets was good but nothing special. Overall okay but nothing great.
For overall rating I give Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets ****** six stars
A true rocken movie.
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This movie was one of the best kid movies about a rock and roll summer camp. I think the singing was awesome. Cool and good dancing. It was very likely this is to me a great way to shoot, write and creat a true classic rock and roll movie. This one was flat out great. It was not horrible and didn't have any bad moments. The dialoge was okay in some places nothing great in some scenes. but it was truly good. And Demi Lovato was an exllcent choice for the roll Of Mitchy. And she cleary set good acting skills and didn't change her charector. This movie goes to show ya it's true greatest scenes. And nothing could possibly be worse than other movies Disney had to offer. And Camp Rock is Origanl and a true classic film. The movie was decent and good. Overall it was great and good. Some scenes were just okay though. It was good. And it was a good choice to make.
For overall rating I give Camp Rock ******* seven stars
Ben Stiller back in top form in this charming little sequel, Night at the museum 2. Ex security guard larry Daily is now a successful and dedicated inventor making helpful little products. He also misses his friends that are back at the natural history museum and are about to be shipped to the smithsonian. Larry must follow and save his friends from an evil new villain that is lurking in the museum or suffer great consequences.
Despite the great cast and the charming special effects, Night at the Museum 2 lacks the humour and the peformances that the original film contained.
teenage love(love story)
If you watch this film you will know it is for any age.It is the best film in the world .If you do not watch this film you must be mad as it is fantastic!!you can not handal tye exsitement in it!!It is great i cried on the last bit where Danny zoomes Sandy away in his new cool car.
How an "useless" son wins the father's respect by his continuous selfless sacrifices for the family and gains the fathers acceptance of his love for a poor cook's daughter.
Ghauttham released in April 2009, is a must see movie.
Ghauttham is the second son of a big industrialist Parasuram. He is very attached to the family- an elder brother Raghu, who is helping the father int he business, his wife Raji ( Ghauttham's sister in law) who treats Ghauttham like his son, mother Parvathi, who treats Ghauttham as a favorite son, Gayathri, his only sister with a birth defect in her leg, Ajay, Raghu's mischievous son.
Father Parasuram keeps calling Ghattham, a good for nothing fellow,as many times Ghauttham seems to behave irresponsibly. When Ajay burts crackers inside the house on Diwali day, Ghauttham takes the blame to save the little boy and thus gets fired by dad once again. When Ajay and Gayathri use April 1st as an excuse to let the family go through mental agony by independently claiming that Raghu and Ghauttham are admitted in hostpital due to an accident, and when the gaff is understood Ghauttham takes the blame to save his sister, and again the father confirms his view of Ghauttham being an "useless fellow".
Always Ghauttham gets assigned to attend weddings or other ceremeonies representing the family, and in one such occasion meets the heroine Janaki. Dreaming of her from then on, Ghauttham takes the help of his sister in law Raji to confirm his love is bothways and the comical situations make the audience laugh whole heartedly. The episode contineuse when every one relaises that Janaki is from a poor family, and the whole family is trying to break the news to the father - an enjoyable sequence of events.
The close encounter of Janaki's father RamaRao and Ghauttham's father Parasuram, lends some tense moments and the intense dialogues are making one think carefully on values of life. With the love proposal beging rejected by the father, Ghauttham is obviously upset and around the same time worries about his brothers strange behaviour. And soon relaises that there is another lady in the life of his brother !!! Needless to say, the good mixture of comedy, drama, songs and situations leads to suspense and emotions from this point onwards.
The rest of the story is about how Ghauttham saves the honour of the family under very difficult circumstances and wins the trust and love of his father and also the hand of the girl he loved.
The debut director Rajiv Prasad has done a tremendous job of ensuring that there is not a single minute of drag in the whole film - before and after interval. The cinematographer Sudhakar has managed to capture the right frames in every second of the film. The full credit must be given the editor Ramesh who has managed to cut the action with laser precision that one cannot but enjoy the drama around the whole movie.
It is not often that a movie is made with all the songs unique and top of chart music. Gurukiran, the award winning Kannada music Director seems to have new found inspiration in this film and all songs starting with the opening number, a fusion of western, rap, indian classical, and folk , through the love song, a melodious number, family song which intertwines with the story, a peppy song, full of energy making the audience tap, and the montage song taking the audience through the suspense moments in a story telling way.
As felt by many Kannada movie lovers this movie is a trend setter for Kannada films in bringing a gripping family stories, that outlines the excellant relationship between various family members, the virtues of joint family, the affection between siblings, the role of every family member in ensuring the love and affection is maintained through difficult times, and the values of respecting every one for their life rather than money, status or richness.
The movie makes one feel why cant they be part of this lovely family, why cant they have a Ghauttham in their home or why cant they be a Ghauttham in real life.
The Visual special effects created by the producers own studio Synergyimages for the opening song "Yarivalu" is world class.
A MUST see for every Kannadiga - and others who want to appreciate a good slick film. With the dialgues written in simple Kannada even non-kannadigas can follow the movie easily.
Dodge ball 'A true underdog story' staring Vince Vaughn as happy-go-lucky Average Joe's Gym owner Peter La Fleur, and the hilarious Ben Stiller as his egotistic rival White Goodman, who attempts to take ownership of his gym for a healthy fee of $50,000. La Fleur's gang of trusty followers consisting of high school dweeb Justin (Justin Long), middle aged and slightly over weight divorcee Gordon (Stephan Root) and a man who thinks he is a pirate (Alan Tudyk) enter a dodge ball competition, the prize for which coincidently is $50,000. The film sees the clan fight there way to the final where they face their rivals ‘Globo gym’ in tense, although a little predictable finale. The movie is good fun for all the family, and will have them falling off their seats with laughter.
Adam sandler is best known for his hilarious and slightly ridiculous comedies.He however takes a suprising turn in this child friendly comedy as skeeter bronsan who has to babysit his neece and nephew and ammuse them with childish bedtime stories. Then the next day it would come to life and irritate his life. I thought the film was a magical childrens event even with adam sandlers desperate peformance.
Adam Sandler is agreeably successful in his first kid-friendly movie.
Sandler is playing his usual underachiever, though a tad less angry and a bit more wistful than his raunchier characters. His dad (Jonathan Pryce in an scene-setting cameo) once ran a motel in Hollywood. Alas, he was forced to sell to a germaphobic hotelier (Richard Griffiths). His son now works as a handyman at the high-rise luxury hotel that occupies the spot. When his sister (Courteney Cox) loses her job as a school principal, she pages her brother to share baby-sitting chores with a friend (Keri Russell) while she goes on a job interview out of state. Having been strangely estranged from his niece and nephew (Laura Ann Kesling and Jonathan Morgan Heit), his only child-minding skill resides in an ability to spin bedtime stories....read more at HollywoodReporter.com
A lovably though misbehaving dog dominates everything in a family film with little drama.
The Marley in Fox's sentimental dramedy "Marley & Me" is a canine that bears scant resemblance to such film heroes as Rin Tin Tin, Lassie or Old Yeller. He is, in fact, "the world's worst dog." Of course, he's just as lovable as the good ones. Marley runs amok for 13 years as his human family grows and grows up. The movie is all emotional rush from cute puppy goofs to Marley's final (and seemingly endless) death scene. Yet seldom does a studio release feature so little drama -- and not much comedy either, other than when the dog clowns around....go to HollywoodReporter.com to read the rest of this movie review
