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Strange artisic fantasy film
Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago on 8 March 2008 05:37
(A review of MirrorMask)Strange is the first word that comes to mind after watching MirrorMask but an enjoyable strange.
The film stars Helena, a girl whose parents are circus owners and performers and when her mother falls ill and she blames herself because they had fought earlier. Helena falls asleep and when she wakes up she finds herself in a strange world that is slowly being consumed by shadow. Helena finds out that there are two lands, the City of Light and Land of Shadow, and both have queens and someone looking like Helena stole the "charm" from the Light's queen and so now she can't awake and now the shadows are taking over. Helena finds out that the "charm" is really the MirrorMask and she sets out to find it and restore the balance.
Acting in the movie is okay but really nothing compared to the art.
Visually the art in the most of the movie is a mix of digital graphics and live action in a darker theme that is a very strange but fits the setting.
Music is also strange as most of the music isn't full orchestral but sounds like a small band from the circus.
MirrorMask is a strange fantasy movie with a so what interesting story but with art style that should be seen at least once.
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Why do you even try, Disney?
Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago on 8 March 2008 04:48
(A review of Valiant)Ever since Pixar started making movies all of Disney's movie have been on a downward spiral.
In Valiant, the title role is a pigeon, voiced by Ewan McGregor, in the 1944 wanting to join the Royal Homing Pigeon Service to help the war effort. After basic he sets off on a mission to deliver a message from the French mouse resistance back to England and away from the Nazi falcon's from learning its secrets.
While the voice work is top notch, employing Ewan McGregor, Tim Curry, John Cleese, and Hugh Laurie; they don't really add much to the bland and unfunny writing that kills most of the movie.
Art in the film is good and fluid and music is also par for the setting.
Valiant is one of a long line of Disney films that doesn't live up to the name and can be enjoyed but not by me.
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Mediocre romantic comedy
Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago on 8 March 2008 04:27
(A review of Prime)I'm not much of a romantic comedy watching kind of guy but I do watch some from time to time. And Prime is one and its a mediocre one at best.
The movie is about a older just divorced women that meets a much younger man and the twist is that the man's mother is the women's therapist. While its interesting at first, the movie seems to drop the whole idea when the therapist tells the woman and the rest of the movie is just a normal romantic comedy.
While the acting isn't terrible it really isn't great and score wise the music isn't special.
I can't really say anything really nice about the movie since it's really mediocre and if watched and enjoyed it must be done by a die hard romantic comedy fan.
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Personally powerful hitting movie
Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago on 8 March 2008 04:20
(A review of The Passion of the Christ)First off, Jesus dies!
Yeah, I had to do a Penny-Arcade reference.
Seriously The Passion is a awe inspiring experience and I do mean experience.
The movie follow Jesus Christ on the last days of his life from the night in the garden of Gethsemane to his trail, flogging, crucifixion, death, and resurrection.
Acting on everyones part is awe inspiring and is a site to behold as each person comes alive.
Music is wonderful fittings every scene perfectly and accentuates the emotions that sometimes gave me chills.
Now some parts are gory, such as the flogging scene, and can be a little uncomfortable to watch so be warned.
There are a couple technical problems that I have with the movie, both scientifically and biblically, but those didn't alter my review because the point of the movie was brought across so perfectly that those became irrelevant.
Overall the movie is a experience to see, regardless of beliefs, and will bring everyone watching to tears at least once.
Now personally I found the movie very power hitting movie for me as I am a Christian and sometimes forget what Christ went through for the sins of the world and why he went through it and if you are also a Christian I hope that this movie also hit hard and will live with you forever.
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Near perfect anime
Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago on 8 March 2008 03:45
(A review of Cowboy Bebop)When I first started watching anime the first show I watched was Dragonball Z. But it was Cowboy Bebop that really had me hooked.
The show is set in 2071 and chronicles bounty hunters on board a spaceship, named Bebop, on their travels for bounties.
Most episodes are about the bounties but slowly shows the back story of all the characters with all of their stories coming to reaching a fulfilling end.
I find the voice acting in the English dub great and well done and that they fit the characters wonderfully.
The writing for the show is great in giving all the characters a sense of depth and having a story line feel rewarding in the end.
Art work is is also great, showing wonderful detailed solar system that feels alive and action scenes are fluid.
And the music for the show is strangely perfect with a mix of jazz, blues, rock, electronic and other genres that fits brilliantly to every situation.
Overall Bebop is a near perfect anime that I can, and have, watch over and over and still enjoy it every time.
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Perfect
Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago on 4 March 2008 12:34
(A review of The Shawshank Redemption)What can be said about this movie that hasn't already been said before?
Shawshank is based on the novella by Stephen King and is about Andy Dufresne, a banker wrongly put in prison for murdering his wife and her lover, and how he handles life inside Shawshank State Prison.
Acting by every person in this movie are all Oscar worthy in my book, from Tim Robbins portraying Andy is perfect at showing Andy's intelligent and calm nature, Morgan Freeman as 'Red', a fellow prisoner that befriends Andy and tries to understand Andy's thinking, and even Bob Gunton who plays the warden bringing his the warden's hypocrisy to life.
Music in the movie is awesome fitting in perfectly for each scene and never kills the mood but enhances it.
Visually the cinematographic is spot on showing emotions perfectly and the bleakness of prison while still showing hope through Andy's eyes.
The Shawshank Redemption is a absolutely wonderful film filled with hope in a place normally with no room for it and if you have not seen it I say do your self a favor and see this movie because I personally guarantee that you will not be disappointed.
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Solid artful game
Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago on 4 March 2008 01:46
(A review of Shadow of the Colossus)When I played Ico I thought it looked nice but really disliked most of the experience because of Yorda. So when I heard that Shadow of the Colossus was being made by the same thing I wasn't really wanting to pick up this game but finally did due to critics exulting the game.
While so while the game is a better then Ico, it still wasn't my cup of tea but still enjoyable.
The main character is a young man named Wander; aided by only his sword, bow, arrows, and his trusty steed Agro, must explore a vast map trying to find sixteen colossi in order to restore the life of a dead girl.
Fighting each one of the colossi is great as each one are huge and have different ways of scaling them in order to defeating them and finding out how is like figuring out a good puzzle and very rewarding when finally vanquishing the colossus.
Visually the game is great even with the PS2 now limited power and somewhat muted colors both the landscape and the colossi look great and give the game a artful look, much like Ico did.
Controls felt a little loose but not so much that I was throwing my controller trying to basic tasks.
Music outside of colossi battles are almost nonexistent but when fighting a colossus the music kicks in and makes the conflict feel epic.
What I didn't like was that while the game is pretty open to explore there wasn't much to see or do other then finding the next colossus to defeat. Also lack of story was a turn off because I never felt really engaged with why I was fight the colossi other then to try and get to the ending and see why and even that was a less cryptic.
Overall Shadow of the Colossus was a solid game and experience that if asked if someone should play I would have to say yes if the person asking was into artsy games.
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Great film that does some justice...
Posted : 5 months, 4 weeks ago on 2 March 2008 09:58
(A review of First Blood)When people hear Sylvester Stallone most people think of Rocky, but when I hear his name I instantly think Rambo.
In First Blood, Stallone plays John Rambo, a ex Special Forces operative come back from the Vietnam war at first trying to find one of his last friends from his unit and after finding out that his friend was dead, Rambo starts to drift and comes to a town with a sheriff that doesn't like Rambo and arrests him for trying to go back into town for something to eat. Rambo is brought in the local jail and is really mistreated by the deputies and escapes and makes his way in to the near by mountains where he is chased by the sheriff's and later by the National Guard with nation wide media.
I'm not going to spoil the end because its a great ending with a great message that says something that most Vietnam vets have wanted to say for years, that they are not baby killer, but men fighting for their countries freedoms.
Acting in the movie, on everyones part, is superb even for a action film in it time.
Music is sometimes haunting and other times glories all fitting the moments their in.
Other effects, sound and visual, fit great and are never over the top giving the movie a more realistic feel then other movies of it's kind.
Over all, First Blood in one of my favorite action movies that speaks a message at the end that I believe to true and sincere and should be enjoyed by anyone how watches.
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Kinda funny, once
Posted : 6 months ago on 28 February 2008 12:58
(A review of The Master of Disguise)First off, Dana Carvey was funny in Wayne's World and SNL and is a great impressionists.
That being said, this is only slightly funny the first time through but fart jokes only are funny once.
Carvey plays Pistachio Disguisey, a somewhat off guy that turns out to be from a family with supernatural skills of disguise. Well his parents are kidnapped and must learn to become a master of disguise to save them.
In whole most of Carvey's characters that he disguises as are really bad and a lot of the funny jokes are fart joke really.
I wouldn't suggest seeing this movie but if felt compelled to, I guarantee it won't be rememberable.
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Typical 80's movie
Posted : 6 months ago on 27 February 2008 03:28
(A review of Over the Top)See one 80's movie, you've probably seen them all.
Well Over The Top is a movie from the 80's that followed every 80's before it.
Sylvester Stallone plays a trucker/arm wrestler that left his wife and son years before and comes into his estranged son's life when his wife in near death. They both head on a journey and split half way through and the kid figures that he loves his father and all this while Stallone's character is preparing for the arm wrestling championship in Vegas.
Acting is sub par compared to anything dramatic but is good enough to entertain.
The soundtrack is filled with crappy pop music that filled all movies of the time which could be a bad thing but wasn't a issue here.
Overall its a entertaining movie to see once but don't really a movie to see over and over again.
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