Sci-Fi/Fantasy
a maniac with super powers wreaks havoc on california
that movie stinks! i hate it. Hancock stranded a whale on the beach scaring teen girls. it's a terrible movie.
an evil king threatens to rid narnia of mythical creatures
it was actionarily amazing. my favorite part was the battle for Nrania.
Decpticons Attack
i never liked transfformers like at all but the movie was awesome it was unny but mostly i loved the fighting it was really cool i recommened this movie to all people to watch
In a Galaxy Beyond the Milky Way there is a place where great powers collide. A greater Magic rests for thousands of years to be awakened and used against evil that destroyed Planet Orion. The survivors managed to gather a Team known as Team Orion!
Team Orion The Fight for Freedom is a fantastic Sci-Fi film packed with loads of action and strange plot twists. Taking us to the outer limits of even our own star system in a totally new world and storylines. Following a small crack-team that has already previously lost their own home world to the fate of an un-known race. Their only hope of survival is to team up and protect their universe from the same fate.
The movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, in my opinion, was very good. In this movie Harry Potter gets picked for the games and the school board doesn't want him to compete because he is too young. You have to be 18 to participate in the types of games. In this movie Harry learns about the purpose friendship. The main charters in this movie are Daniel Radcliff, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. The music fits the movie very well. Also the special effects are very good. The makeup also is very good and looks realistic. I would overall recommend this movie to anyone.
My opinion of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” is that I loved it! I would definitely recommend for people to watch it. The movie is about Harry going back to school at Hogwart’s School for his 5th year. Every year there is a new defense against the dark arts teacher. This year would be the worst of them all. She tries to become the head master and get the real head master, Dumbledore, sent to prison.
And the evil wizard, Voldemort, is back to get his revenge. He has an army ready to fight and Harry is ready with a little something of his own. The characters are Harry, Hermione, Ron and the whole gang.
I think the special effects are very believable. And the make-up is very realistic. It really looks like the characters are cut and bleeding. The music is exciting and eerie. It really fits in with the movie’s sense of adventure. It has a very exciting feeling to it all. I would definitely recommend seeing this movie.
A story of a man waking up in a hotel room with no memory and who is being sought by police who believes him to be a serial killer and a group of uncanny men with psychokinetic powers in a dark and surreal city.
Dark City is undoubtedly one of the most underrated films of all time in terms of mass exposure yet delightfully superb in terms of character casting and acting. The story takes place in an otherworldly realm where the sky is dark and a group of men living underground called Strangers are reading and analyzing the behaviors of living Human beings and what make them tick.
Director Alex Proyas first wrote Dark City in 1990 as a detective story. The protagonist, depicted by William Hurt was a detective investigating a case that did not make logical sense, driving him insane as the evidence pointed to a larger, incomprehensible scheme. Rufus Sewell as the subject of the protagonist's pursuit did a good job portraying a seemingly clueless character in pursuit of answers in a dark, otherworldly realm where individuality is suppressed. Jennifer Connelly, with her dark, wavy hair and perfect facial features and who portrays Sewell's love interest was the best choice for the role. Her portrayal of a sad woman seeking to revive the memory of Rufus' character added a little more style and class in an otherwise dark and lonely plane of existence. Who would ever imagine Keifer Sutherland playing a Doctor when he's more suited to active roles like his character in Fox's cult TV Series 24? He did great in the movie as well.
Overall, the movie is absolutely amazing! Stunning in terms of cinematography and breathtaking in terms of story. This movie is a definite must-see if you're looking for a unique sci-fi detective love story set in a literally dark backdrop. Dark City is one of those movies that you need to collect and place amongst movies such as Memento, Lost Boys and a Sound of Thunder on your DVD collection rack. The movie is so delicious that I want to eat dark chocolate while watching.
Lyra Belacqua, a 12 year old ward of Oxford University's Jordan College, is given a special instrument that allows her to find the truth and travels north to rescue her friend who is being held at a facility where children are being experimented upon.
What can I say? I really, really wanted to like this movie. I'm a such huge fan of the novels by Philip Pullman, on which this film was based, that I was salivating over it's release from the moment I saw the first trailer. Sadly the film failed to incorporate the immense scope and complexities of the book. Obviously in any novel to film adaptation things will have to be cut out, but The Golden Compass simply leaves too much out to drive the plot home. First off let me explain that the novel is extremely dark. Much more so than any of the Harry Potter series or even The Lord of the Rings. Parts of the story at Bolvanger are very, very disturbing in the book. New Line Cinema made two errors. One is that they should have marketed to a wider demographic and advertised it as a movie more for young adults than children. They other is that they caved in to fundmentalist protest groups and glossed over the Magisterium's true roll (They're basically a representation of the church.) I'll briefly point out some important things left out of the movie that would have made the plot make more sense, flow better and probably could have put this film closer to on par with Lord of the Rings or Star Wars. The first is that the full extent of the relationship between a human and his/her dæmon is poorly represented. A person without a dæmon in Lyra's world would be seen as an abomination, much like a zombie. For instance, the boy that Lyra finds in the shack who had his dæmon cut away actually dies in the book shortly after she rescues him, as his soul has been essentially torn away from him. In the film they treat this not nearly as seriously. The second, was that the major plot line of what Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig) was truly trying to accomplish was hardly mentioned at all, except briefly at the beginning. The extreme importance of the aurora to him, and the story, is barely touched on at all (The original title of the book was Northern Lights after all). The final point I'll make and the most perplexing aspect of this movie is that the ending was effectively cut out completely. Although it is still a cliffhanger it would have brought the plot more full circle, even though the ending is fairly tragic and young children might have had a hard time with it. They even went through the trouble of filming and creating it. From a special effects point of view it was by far the most challenging to make and would have been nothing short of spectacular to watch. Even more frustrating is that the trailers show footage of this and it's not in the film. This incidentally was New Line's decision, much to the chagrin of the the production crew. In all, almost 40 minutes of footage was cut from the film at the very last minute, effectively making the movie seem disjointed and somewhat confusing to movie goers who did not already know the story.
After that rant I'll focus on the good. Despite all these flaws the movie does have saving graces. It is fairly engaging as purely an adventure film and the visuals are decent enough to make at least me marvel at Lyra's world. Children are going to love this movie even if adults don't. The casting was superb. Nicole Kidman is fantastic as the seeming kind but duplicitously cold Mrs. Coulter and Daniel Craig makes a convincing Asriel, even though he is given far to little screen time. Dakota Richards was picked out of 10,000 girls and make a great Lyra. The best performance, however comes from Sam Elliot who plays the character of Lee Scoresby as the quintessential cowboy perfectly. I'm going to give this film a higher rating than I probably should because even the mmovie can't stand alone, if the sequel is made The Golden Compass will lead into it well.
In a world where children's souls exist outside their bodies in the form of animals, a brave girl must learn the truth and save her friends.
Based on a novel trilogy by Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass introduces an alternate world in which people's souls exist outside their bodies as animal companions called daemons. Lyra, a strong-willed and feisty little girl, is given a magic compass that works more like a crystal ball in this movie than a compass. It allows her to see events and answer questions she has about people or the past. When children from Lyra's world are being kidnapped and separated from her daemons, Lyra and her shape shifting daemon, Pan, take it upon themselves to find these children and rescue them from their pre-determined fate.
Though Lyra is a very strong heroine, I found her character rather difficult to relate to. She felt like a little boy trapped in a girl's body. One would expect a little girl to be sweet and innocent, but though Lyra's morals are never in question, there is not a hint of softness in her voice, and she always seems completely aware of what she is doing. This makes it difficult to be scared for her or even to root for her as an audience member because she always seems more than capable and never comes into a situation where her success comes in question. This eliminates any sense of suspense one could pull from the film, but at the same time, it should make her a terrific role model if she were not so difficult a character to relate to.
My favorite aspect of the film was the world itself. Every single character had an animal companion following them, and the type of animal represented that character's personality. All the guards had wolf daemons, and Nicole Kidman's morally twisted and confused character had a mischievous and sometimes dangerous monkey daemon. Polar bears also played a large part in the world, but not as daemons. The talking polar bears were just as intelligent as people and had their own culture that involved wearing armor and fighting each other to gain roles of power. Lyra gets one of these bears on her side when she befriends him and aids him in his quest to reclaim his throne. This is probably the best portion of the movie because the bear story is thoroughly explained and concludes in an exciting and suspenseful battle with a gorgeous display of CGI effects.
The special effects throughout the entire movie were beautiful, but the world itself was so dark that it was difficult to appreciate them because there was not enough light or color to take it all in and savor it. My favorite visual effect was the witches because they flew through the air beautifully with their skirts flowing. Serafina, the witch who Lyra befriends, was my favorite character despite the minimal role she played in the movie. She seemed to have a complex character background and was a bit more gentle and feminine than Lyra. Nicole Kidman's character was extremely feminine, but it was difficult to tell what her intentions were and whether she was mostly good or evil, which bothered me somewhat. The man piloting the airship was also very likable and his southern-accented bunny daemon was extremely amusing when she was first introduced.
What really bothered me about this movie, however, was the ending. Lyra accomplished one of her goals, but after she decided what she wanted to do next, the movie came to an abrupt close, obviously encouraging people to come back for the sequel. It was so inconclusive that it almost made me forget that there was anything I even liked about the film. I wanted to see more and find out what would happen next. There are some movies that set up a sequel at the end, but they at least come to a decent conclusion for the time being. I did not feel that way about this movie. It ended without even giving me a chance to fully understand Lyra's world and her quest. I wouldn't go so far as to say the ending made me hate the movie, but it certainly didn't make me walk out of the theater feeling fulfilled that I had gotten my $10 worth.
Overall, The Golden Compass is a decent fantasy movie with some beautiful special effects and a fascinating new world to explore. The main characters is difficult to relate to as a female, and it's easier to think of her as a little boy. The concept of daemons and the culture of the polar bears is what really makes the story interesting, but the CGI effects for the witches are also breathtakingly beautiful and worth seeing. However, I would not recommend seeing this movie if abrupt endings make you angry because it had one of the worst endings I have ever experienced in a film.
Watch as 2 great Sci-Fi Monsters Collide Again to the sequel of AVP!
All I can say is...meh. This movie could REALLY use a Do-over. I mean with the bad actors and not that cool Sci-Fi elements, It felt like I was watching a horror movie. A bad one. If you are reading this I strongly advise you NOT to see it in the theater. Try renting it sometime.
