Watched this January 29th. Great soundtrack, almost tolerable plot and almost adaptable performance by a romantic lead actress. The male lead can't help you think of but how big his cock would be every time you see (his nose) him. Two divorced or separated or about to be divorced couple who remains to be friendly and close. They sleep with each other once but the girl gets her hope; oh no the man hopes of a get back together but no for the girl. He gets pissed and felt used and dates another lady who he gets pregnant after. Of course lead lady gets emotional over this and everything is just leading to a conclusion that women are weird. She runs in this movie a lot too. And indeed Chris Messina makes a pleasing appearance in this movie.
Friends are confused as well as the audience. Dismissable role of Julia Roberts' niece has to be taken notice.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
24 Girls S02 Ep03 (Jan 24)
The Bad Friend - This is taken on the last part of the episode Hannah giving a speech to Marnie, upset of not telling her that Elijah fucked her. Elijah get s kicked out. Oh this is the coke episode, party and the junkie downstairs. The short episode is still smart in every bit and funny in an unconventional American TV way. Hannah is less naked in this episode but sleeps in her sheer drug high state with the junkie (who stalks her in a way).
23.5 Suits S02 Ep12
Blood in The Water - Clients try to back out or get stolen, associates get fired and people are sneaking into the drama of the law firm, job offers are put on the table too. Luis is pissed and people whispering upon the turmoil Pearson Hardman is deadling with to pick up the pieces. On personal notes harvey takes on a hit from a gal pal and tells Donna.
23 - Citizen Architect (Jan 23)
Watch this on January 24. Its a documentary of an Architect and his group of students, interns and architects trying to bring Architecture to a rural area in the US, helping people who needs a better roof over their heads, a touch of design and a lab rat for their projects. Who can say no to quirky design when its all for free? Anyway there is much say on the issues and moralities and value of this documentary in regards with my own point of view. I would just simply say that Architecture, strives when anyone can tolerate it in whatever form, but the real meaning of being a designer as a social role comes to a very sharp turn and point and the ideal and beauty of the profession enlightened.
22 - Glee S04 Ep 11 (Jan 22)
SADIE HAWKINS, is a dance when girls ask the boys to go with them to a school dance party like a prom. Its a prom but with reversal of gender roles but not really. Glee Season 4 returns in 2013 and is still amusing with its songs sans the plot lines seasoned with switching partners and sexual preferences. How high school can this TV musical get? My first post of Glee shows I still tolerate this show. It still has good new characters and annoying old ones. Good parts would be the Bruno Mars song Locked Out of Heaven and that song from My Bestfriend's Wedding and the cute outfits they wore for that number.
21.5 - Enlightened S02 Ep.02
Revenge Play - Enlightened is a subtle show about the working class and coming to terms with personal issues in the modern life. The second season takes us further into the real scheme of Amy's journey into getting back at her employer, a mega company up to screw small people like her. So from the previous episode we meet the new character of Dermont Mulroney as the investigative journalist AMy contacts to help her. Then the journalist asks them to get into the system to get important information to take down the corporation. Of course IT discovers the security breach so the basement department get investigated by looking into each hard drive. Amy and Tyler, the nerd IT genius who hacks the system evades this discovery by blaming it on one co-worker who ends up getting kicked. So our two hero wannabe's get saved but Dougie, the IT VP down there, gets suspicious.
Monday, January 21, 2013
21 - Here Comes The Boom (Jan 21)
Before I make a review of this movie let me just say that Kevin James is one handsome dude. Take that on the record. I think he is and I do think so. It must be the eyes or the school by haircut.
Now on with the movie. This is a movie that actually showcases the big fun sport of UFC - Ultimate Fighting Champions. Yes we have boxing and wrestling and golf movies and this is the first to feature UFC. This movie being a non-basketball movie from Hollywood is actually a better any latest Adam Sandler movie.
Its about a teacher raising money to save a co-worker's job by fighting Mixed Martial Arts. Or should I say Mixed martial Arts rather than UFC. Since its a UFC movie oh I mean mixed martial arts (MMA) some notable people from UFC are in this movie as themselves. I don't know them except for the host of Fear Factor. The teacher then meets a gan of friends helping him out, the music teacher, Salma Hayek, immigrants, students and a groupd of Thai craze MMA white boys. I didn't know Charice is in this movie too.
Not a bad movie for a man comedy. It has its hilarious parts and didn't miss on the soft spots and if David O. Russell directed this movie instead of The Fighter he would make this an Oscar nominated film, seriously. The fight scenes at the end were scenes to watch and not to miss and well crafted.
Now on with the movie. This is a movie that actually showcases the big fun sport of UFC - Ultimate Fighting Champions. Yes we have boxing and wrestling and golf movies and this is the first to feature UFC. This movie being a non-basketball movie from Hollywood is actually a better any latest Adam Sandler movie.
Its about a teacher raising money to save a co-worker's job by fighting Mixed Martial Arts. Or should I say Mixed martial Arts rather than UFC. Since its a UFC movie oh I mean mixed martial arts (MMA) some notable people from UFC are in this movie as themselves. I don't know them except for the host of Fear Factor. The teacher then meets a gan of friends helping him out, the music teacher, Salma Hayek, immigrants, students and a groupd of Thai craze MMA white boys. I didn't know Charice is in this movie too.
Not a bad movie for a man comedy. It has its hilarious parts and didn't miss on the soft spots and if David O. Russell directed this movie instead of The Fighter he would make this an Oscar nominated film, seriously. The fight scenes at the end were scenes to watch and not to miss and well crafted.
20 - Girls s02e02 (Jan 20)
Second season begins and seems to be more funnier than the last. The unexpected turns and lines of this not so conventional show seem to amuse. Hannah splits up with weird Adam. Her best friend gets a job and the British chic get some more air time compared to the season's premier last year. Highlight would be the break up converstaion of Hannah and her black dude boyfriend. I somehow forgot how this 20 something minute episode concluded. Was it when Adam was arrested by the cops for the 911 call and restraining order scenario?
19.5 Once Upon A Time (s02E12) - Jan 20
I have never written something about Once Upon A Time. It is a show about Fairytale characters brought in the real world. These characters are loosely based, at least for their names, on Disney characters like Belle, Chip and Mulan. Pretty much the same with the names but not with the look and the bright eyed child innocent looks.
Snow White is the main character post her marriage to Prince Charming. The evil queen, her step mother, cast a spell to banish them into the real worl, Storybrook, Maine, USA. Yes she didn't fall off a cliff push by not-so cute as you think forest animals. And yes they are Americans not French or Europeans maybe they actually come from Orange County, California.
To cut the long story short, after a first season and a few episodes in for the second, the spell was broken, and many back stories have been told. The magic has returned and some how events have confused me what happened then and what happened when as the story goes back and forth from the old days to the present. Also plost get twisted and somehow confusing.
In this plot, a fictional character, hence the black and white appearance in the old story comes to get involved. Frankenstein is in present day as a doctor and the premise of people coming from the outside world would be a possibility. I forget some of the details but Hook and the Evil Queen's mom come to Maine to wreck havoc. And the many characters and how they somehow change sides from time to time adds to the confusion.
Snow White is the main character post her marriage to Prince Charming. The evil queen, her step mother, cast a spell to banish them into the real worl, Storybrook, Maine, USA. Yes she didn't fall off a cliff push by not-so cute as you think forest animals. And yes they are Americans not French or Europeans maybe they actually come from Orange County, California.
To cut the long story short, after a first season and a few episodes in for the second, the spell was broken, and many back stories have been told. The magic has returned and some how events have confused me what happened then and what happened when as the story goes back and forth from the old days to the present. Also plost get twisted and somehow confusing.
In this plot, a fictional character, hence the black and white appearance in the old story comes to get involved. Frankenstein is in present day as a doctor and the premise of people coming from the outside world would be a possibility. I forget some of the details but Hook and the Evil Queen's mom come to Maine to wreck havoc. And the many characters and how they somehow change sides from time to time adds to the confusion.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
19 - The Cloud Atlas (Jan 19)
Sad to say I wasn't watching this film with very good attention. A far as what I see its a film with different characters and stories. The same actors play different roles in the different stories and on different times. It is not like the usual movie that they all end up interrelated or find each other in the end. Maybe that's the premise but given the time setting of the different stories and the characters being played by the same actors popping in and out of the different stories they all somehow to be existing in different parallels or dimensions.
Production wise its very interesting and the stories need patience to grasp as each story doesn't develop that much. The flaw is it transfers from one sub-plot to the next without giving you a clue where this will be heading. It all looks confusing and tends to distract you easily.
This is made by three directors, two of which are the makers of the Matrix. the ensemble cast is amazing. It is based on an impossible book. Must take a second peek at it, for another three hours or so.
Production wise its very interesting and the stories need patience to grasp as each story doesn't develop that much. The flaw is it transfers from one sub-plot to the next without giving you a clue where this will be heading. It all looks confusing and tends to distract you easily.
This is made by three directors, two of which are the makers of the Matrix. the ensemble cast is amazing. It is based on an impossible book. Must take a second peek at it, for another three hours or so.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
18 - The Life of Pi (Jan 18)
Get swept by this tale that is engaging in every picture shown on screen. Based on the charming book that is somehow adept for young adult readership. The innocence of this story has revealing truths about self, faith and the human courage and strength. This is a wonderful adventure brought more to life in the screen by Ang Lee with sweeping visuals, colors and cinematography.
Based on the book by Yann Martel about a young boy discovering life lessons in his childhood growing up in India. His learning about faith and his own strengths and passions then faces a tragedy that his young life will have to deal for him to survive. He survives a ship reck, loses his family and battles days to survive in a life boat with live Bengal tiger.
This amazing capture of this story will live through your mind as a unique cinematic adventure and experience through music and stunning images. Truly remarkable and unbelievable, of stories that can only be believed with a true heart of adventure and spirit of will and faith.
My only problem is how the narration is weaved through the dreamlike retelling of the bo'ys story. Somehow his recounting as a grown man don't weave through the main story told in the film, the transitions should have been made to look to mold or swift into a story telling state, it was not dramatically transcribed.
Based on the book by Yann Martel about a young boy discovering life lessons in his childhood growing up in India. His learning about faith and his own strengths and passions then faces a tragedy that his young life will have to deal for him to survive. He survives a ship reck, loses his family and battles days to survive in a life boat with live Bengal tiger.
This amazing capture of this story will live through your mind as a unique cinematic adventure and experience through music and stunning images. Truly remarkable and unbelievable, of stories that can only be believed with a true heart of adventure and spirit of will and faith.
My only problem is how the narration is weaved through the dreamlike retelling of the bo'ys story. Somehow his recounting as a grown man don't weave through the main story told in the film, the transitions should have been made to look to mold or swift into a story telling state, it was not dramatically transcribed.
17 - Lincoln (Jan 17)
Its a long historical film about Abraham Lincoln and his fight to pass the 13th amendment in the US government during the American civil war. To be honest I found it boring and too long with to many dialogues and not a story line to keep the viewer interested. I actually slept through some portion in the beginning after literally taking two cups of coffee and a cup of tea prior the film. I managed to watch through it but my mind wasn't able to glue its attention to the story in the film.
The film is a showcase of how brilliant Daniel Day Lewis can perform but there was not enough story to make it a great acting job. This was an acting vehicle for Sally Field as Mrs. Lincoln and Tommy Lee Jones as Mr. Steven, a character I half hazzardly took as a pivotal role in the passing of the amendment. Both Fields and Jones were nominated with Day-Lewis for acting Oscars along with any other major award giving ceremonies. This film also casts a number of almost all of Hollywood actors playing 19th century legislators and soldiers. Not to mention who's who this character is again of the many beards and hats seen in the film.
Maybe I can watch this film with much gusto and energy another time. Wish this film luck and hope to that. They say its a strong contender on major categories on the Oscars against the previous film reviewed, Silver Lining Playbook.
16 - Silver Linings Playbook (Jan 16)
This is a film about people, crazy people to be exact. To be more specific crazy beautiful people. David O. Russell brings this story with interesting characters, good script and brilliant acting delivery by its cast. Its a story of real people dealing with hang ups, so we see real back drops of homes, streets, cars, clothes, food, location. There are no glamorized to make it look artsy and award wining but realistic and relatable.
If you watch this film and take your attention by any distraction which would be impossible to happen, but in any case, when you watch any part of the film there would be no dull moment or scene or line in it. The shear lines and delivery are well played and the scenes are simply engaging. I really like this movie, funny, real and brilliant, a wonderful story a great watch.
Jennifer Lawrence is a gift to watch something like a Barbra Streissand type of movies in our generation. This movie would take her to that kind of ride, strong and identifiable. Bradley Cooper turns in a solid performance, as a weirdo and versatile conflict of character both charismatic and worthy portrayal. Rober De Niro is usually funny and well performed turning in a brilliant job. Jacki Weaver's performance was just charming but forgettable makes you wonder how come she got nominated in some acting categories like the Oscars. Anybody could do her role exactly the same way even Justin Bieber can do it.
So watch this and enjoy, its not your typical sex laden romantic comedy but enticing, sultry, cool and sexy.
If you watch this film and take your attention by any distraction which would be impossible to happen, but in any case, when you watch any part of the film there would be no dull moment or scene or line in it. The shear lines and delivery are well played and the scenes are simply engaging. I really like this movie, funny, real and brilliant, a wonderful story a great watch.
Jennifer Lawrence is a gift to watch something like a Barbra Streissand type of movies in our generation. This movie would take her to that kind of ride, strong and identifiable. Bradley Cooper turns in a solid performance, as a weirdo and versatile conflict of character both charismatic and worthy portrayal. Rober De Niro is usually funny and well performed turning in a brilliant job. Jacki Weaver's performance was just charming but forgettable makes you wonder how come she got nominated in some acting categories like the Oscars. Anybody could do her role exactly the same way even Justin Bieber can do it.
So watch this and enjoy, its not your typical sex laden romantic comedy but enticing, sultry, cool and sexy.
15 - Kon Tiki, 2012 (Jan 15)
IThis adventure film is based on real events made by Thor Heyerdahl to cross the Pacific Ocean on a ancient design raft to prove his theory of first settlers in Polynesia from Peru. He is a Norwegian explorer and navigator who stayed in Fatu Hiva in Polynesia before the voyage across the Pacific in 100 days. With him were 5 other men; his childhood friend who was an expert on something and who had been actually been to the sea before, an engineer, 2 navigators or a person who operates the radio and a videographer (a person they call a camera man back in the day), on his boat to Polynesia and shoot a documentary while doing so.
This extraordinary true story takes you in account that real adventurers sans the fictional Indiana Jones really do exist. That they rely on heir spirit and skills to venture into the unknown and jump with brave intuition but nourished with courage and faith on believing in something bigger than themselves and plunge into the unknown, towards something no one has ever been or done before. This adventure takes you to thrills and surprises of the beauty of a journey of the wide menacing ocean. It also shows how men in their doubt cling to ones strength in faith to survive.
This is Norway's nominated best foreign language film for the 2013 Oscars. Its very well made, technically in cinematography and in effects with amazing locations and performances. Also the story didn't rely on Hollywood formulas as we see in Survivor or some schemes one can see in a Brad Pitt or celebrity flick, annoying and over acted. It relied on their challenges and the journey that was their biggest fear.
I would not want to tell how this turned in the end. I tried to get a download with English subtitles but disapointingly didn't have English translations for the epilogue in the end. A great watch and truly a flm to treasure, something you would treasure a true find different from the films you see in Hollywood mainstream but equally made in production and technical aspects, and a well written script.
This extraordinary true story takes you in account that real adventurers sans the fictional Indiana Jones really do exist. That they rely on heir spirit and skills to venture into the unknown and jump with brave intuition but nourished with courage and faith on believing in something bigger than themselves and plunge into the unknown, towards something no one has ever been or done before. This adventure takes you to thrills and surprises of the beauty of a journey of the wide menacing ocean. It also shows how men in their doubt cling to ones strength in faith to survive.
This is Norway's nominated best foreign language film for the 2013 Oscars. Its very well made, technically in cinematography and in effects with amazing locations and performances. Also the story didn't rely on Hollywood formulas as we see in Survivor or some schemes one can see in a Brad Pitt or celebrity flick, annoying and over acted. It relied on their challenges and the journey that was their biggest fear.
I would not want to tell how this turned in the end. I tried to get a download with English subtitles but disapointingly didn't have English translations for the epilogue in the end. A great watch and truly a flm to treasure, something you would treasure a true find different from the films you see in Hollywood mainstream but equally made in production and technical aspects, and a well written script.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
14 - Suits Ep 11 S02 Winter Premiere - Blindsided (Jan 14)
Epic comeback episode of Suits resuming this winter with a case to blow mind after mind like is Mike Ross gonna be a more superhero compass from now on. The clear debacle between law and morality comes to play. We see Mike battling it out his demons and his past.
This new episode really makes you recall how things were from when they stopped the last time. They still decided to put Luis in to annoy many of us. The tirade of Mike's secret slipping from Donna, Jessica and Harvey himself. So the stakes are all out to play.
Mike and Harvey gets to defend a run away hit and run driver but gets a spin off at the end, How will they deal with it. Of course new and attractive lady lawyers come on and play, from Centerstage's lead as we may recall. Interesting to see a bit of a love angle here for Specter but really short lived.
In the bottom line Mike ends up going nuts, gaga and over the top pn his de-humanizing himself, struggling to be the ace first year associate while being the idealist that he is not. He may find out to go and make himself into a big a-hole because he can't be both.
This new episode really makes you recall how things were from when they stopped the last time. They still decided to put Luis in to annoy many of us. The tirade of Mike's secret slipping from Donna, Jessica and Harvey himself. So the stakes are all out to play.
Mike and Harvey gets to defend a run away hit and run driver but gets a spin off at the end, How will they deal with it. Of course new and attractive lady lawyers come on and play, from Centerstage's lead as we may recall. Interesting to see a bit of a love angle here for Specter but really short lived.
In the bottom line Mike ends up going nuts, gaga and over the top pn his de-humanizing himself, struggling to be the ace first year associate while being the idealist that he is not. He may find out to go and make himself into a big a-hole because he can't be both.
13.5 Enlightened Ep 1 S02 The Key (Jan 13.5)
Enlihgtened is back on ist second season. Laura Dern and Mike Whites reprises their role on and off camera as the lead tandem in this short episode per episode HBO comedy series and as writer, creator and executive producers. Dern's mom is back too. So all is there as they left off from season 1, the damaged car, her bright outfits, her mom's kitchen and her impossibly flawless facial skin glow finished with a shinny lip gloss.
So now she is set to wreck havoc on her company. And the question is how and what. And most importantly why? Is she serious or is she just crazy. We don't know but she is taking this head on and on for the nest episodes for the new season. The wonderful music is back too and the hopeful, non-traditional feel of this show is definitely in and back on. But again I guess she's just a little bit crazy and not right on the head. Anyhow is she crazy or something? Tell me.
So now she is set to wreck havoc on her company. And the question is how and what. And most importantly why? Is she serious or is she just crazy. We don't know but she is taking this head on and on for the nest episodes for the new season. The wonderful music is back too and the hopeful, non-traditional feel of this show is definitely in and back on. But again I guess she's just a little bit crazy and not right on the head. Anyhow is she crazy or something? Tell me.
13 - The Contender (January 13)
A political thriller based on the American government around the year 2000 post Clinton political/ sexual scandal and pre-911 terrorism. The vice-president has died and the President is left the task to appoint a new Vice President. The Democrat president was played brilliantly by Jeff Bridges. His possible appointee and favored Senator Laine Hanson played by this Academy award nominated performance by Joan Allen. Then the appointee get to be confirmed under the congress lead by a Republican leader played by Gary Oldman.
So the nominee in questions got a blow from the committee, throwing her under the fire to confirm allegations from her past. Her whole political career and principles gets into the close public eye. The movie is a political debate on agenda, moral and history while interlacing on the mechanics of US politics and values. Its interesting to see how people try to put down other for power and how people with dignity fight it over.
This film was nominated for Allen's lead performance and Bridge's supporting role. Bridges charismatically played the part of this idealistic president showing a good confidence and rapport with Allen's character. Its also a good reminder how Jeff Bridges looked astonishingly attractive when well done, way better if you put him against Christian Slater.
A political thriller based on the American government around the year 2000 post Clinton political/ sexual scandal and pre-911 terrorism. The vice-president has died and the President is left the task to appoint a new Vice President. The Democrat president was played brilliantly by Jeff Bridges. His possible appointee and favored Senator Laine Hanson played by this Academy award nominated performance by Joan Allen. Then the appointee get to be confirmed under the congress lead by a Republican leader played by Gary Oldman.
So the nominee in questions got a blow from the committee, throwing her under the fire to confirm allegations from her past. Her whole political career and principles gets into the close public eye. The movie is a political debate on agenda, moral and history while interlacing on the mechanics of US politics and values. Its interesting to see how people try to put down other for power and how people with dignity fight it over.
This film was nominated for Allen's lead performance and Bridge's supporting role. Bridges charismatically played the part of this idealistic president showing a good confidence and rapport with Allen's character. Its also a good reminder how Jeff Bridges looked astonishingly attractive when well done, way better if you put him against Christian Slater.
Did I just screw this up?
Last time I wrote on this film/ movie blog was last Saturday, January 12. It was about the phenomenal Tarantino latest Southern flick Django Unchained. Now its Thursday, the 17th and I am 5 days lagging on movie updates to see. I did try to watch Robinhood, the Russell Crowe/ Cate Blanchett/ Ridley Scott yesterday but didn't pay enough attention to make up a sensible review about it. Now I need to watch 5 movies to make up of this big time before I screw this.
I became busy with other stuff like class work and baking. Hope I can catch up soon.
I became busy with other stuff like class work and baking. Hope I can catch up soon.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
12 - Django Unchained
This is one of the 4 films for an Oscar Best Picture that didn't get a nomination for Best Director for its director. Then you ask, why. Maybe one of the answers would be Quentin Tarantino. Aside from him playing a cameo among notable actors doing so like Jonah Hill but credited in the end, this would be the subtlest Tarantino flick. I say that because its not as confusing a script and has a brilliant story told in a fluently fluid way one can sit back and get entertained with an amazing script written by the director. Tarantino is a one in ten thousand story teller.
The story, a highly moving narrative of revenge and tale of western adventure is not as pain staking as watching another season of Revenge on TV to have it culminate. The story unfolds on an adventure and eventually of love lost and vengeance brought on the bad guys amid the unexpected turns how the story will go. Which made it a hundred percent exciting. It started off on the right foot then turns into saving the wife and suddenly turns a page in a single shot of a scene into the signature gore, blood and splatter. Maybe the academy would vouche this as significantly brilliant trademark that is Taratino style. Maybe they would like Tarantino to direct a Jane Austen film next then they would hand him the Oscar gold. Well this is wonderful Tarantino style and brand. The best and most enjoyable to date, amongst his similarly token films. But this is a success how this director uses a certain age, period and era into a great agent to deliver his story.
It starts off with great charisma from Christophe Waltz. I would say a role would make up an Osacr win and I am putting my bet on this one for Waltz. Then we are introduced to Django in a low key super hero main event star of the film. A slave, beaten by abuse and lost his wife bound to find her, but a natural and exactly the person to aid the bounty hunting dentist. Then an adventure begins with a blue suit and a bow like a 19th century super hero. Then we have Di Caprio plantation owner character. Just saying leonardo Di Caprio's name is enough to entail curiosity on the role. He does just wear one costume like a main bad villain, well written for his part. But how many Di Caprio charactres do you say lives to the end of the movie and doesn't die - The Beach, Reservation Road and Inception?
Then they take on the winter scenes, the white and the landscapes of the west both sweeping and enigmatic. This part is good. As to parts making the film brilliant in making and production. The costumes for the coats and the club prostitutes were beautiful. The sets or production design of the Candie land plantation house and the Cleopatra Club were detailed and captivating.
In the end the story both gripping and entertaining takes you to how the story unfolds, the dialogs, the subtitles and the different characters unexpected to turn up. It a well made and well written Tarantiono film that didn't fail to amuse. Bravo - a word that would resound with a silent D - Django!
The story, a highly moving narrative of revenge and tale of western adventure is not as pain staking as watching another season of Revenge on TV to have it culminate. The story unfolds on an adventure and eventually of love lost and vengeance brought on the bad guys amid the unexpected turns how the story will go. Which made it a hundred percent exciting. It started off on the right foot then turns into saving the wife and suddenly turns a page in a single shot of a scene into the signature gore, blood and splatter. Maybe the academy would vouche this as significantly brilliant trademark that is Taratino style. Maybe they would like Tarantino to direct a Jane Austen film next then they would hand him the Oscar gold. Well this is wonderful Tarantino style and brand. The best and most enjoyable to date, amongst his similarly token films. But this is a success how this director uses a certain age, period and era into a great agent to deliver his story.
It starts off with great charisma from Christophe Waltz. I would say a role would make up an Osacr win and I am putting my bet on this one for Waltz. Then we are introduced to Django in a low key super hero main event star of the film. A slave, beaten by abuse and lost his wife bound to find her, but a natural and exactly the person to aid the bounty hunting dentist. Then an adventure begins with a blue suit and a bow like a 19th century super hero. Then we have Di Caprio plantation owner character. Just saying leonardo Di Caprio's name is enough to entail curiosity on the role. He does just wear one costume like a main bad villain, well written for his part. But how many Di Caprio charactres do you say lives to the end of the movie and doesn't die - The Beach, Reservation Road and Inception?
Then they take on the winter scenes, the white and the landscapes of the west both sweeping and enigmatic. This part is good. As to parts making the film brilliant in making and production. The costumes for the coats and the club prostitutes were beautiful. The sets or production design of the Candie land plantation house and the Cleopatra Club were detailed and captivating.
In the end the story both gripping and entertaining takes you to how the story unfolds, the dialogs, the subtitles and the different characters unexpected to turn up. It a well made and well written Tarantiono film that didn't fail to amuse. Bravo - a word that would resound with a silent D - Django!
11 - Zero Dark Thirty
Is a retelling of a CIA's agent hunt for Usama Bin Laden (UBL). She was actually plucked out of high school to join the US intelligence. The movie also shows several cameos of some known Hollywood actors. Jessica Chastain plays Maya, the CIA lead agent to look for UBL.
It is an inside look on how the US intelligence got into looking for the person, the most wanted person in history. This film is far less interesting than Bigelow's The Hurtlocker, because it lacks more of human angle, it more of a narrative of the documentary on the real events based on the book.
It is an inside look on how the US intelligence got into looking for the person, the most wanted person in history. This film is far less interesting than Bigelow's The Hurtlocker, because it lacks more of human angle, it more of a narrative of the documentary on the real events based on the book.
Friday, January 11, 2013
10 - The Impossible
Based on a true story, of one family who survived the deadliest tsunami tragedy in history. Naomi Watts and Ewan Mcgreggor plays the parents of three young boys on a holiday in Thailand when this catastrophe occurred. The first scenes,the resort, snapshots of flowers, insects, animals, and the pristine coastline and clear blue waters, its a paradise.
Then the shock of an event no one saw to happen. Everything turns into a big whirl pool. A washing machine. This scene was like the movie Hereafter, but longer and harder to observe. Imagine yourself in current, heavy waves, trying to get afloat, swallowing water, earth, rubble and what not. Anything you can imagine. Its crazy and scary.
The film traverses to the impossible, literally, that all of them survived. This was done in less drama but the visual to real and unbelievable to talk it to be impossible too. So the impossible happened and this was not short of a miracle.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
9 - Hello I Must Be Going
This is another divorcee lady finds romance in a younger guy. Sounds like The Rebound huh? Okay she has been wearing one shirt and shirts all over again... to dates, to the gym and sometime borrows clothes from her sister in law or her mom. Why? MAybe her husband threw her out of the house like Sharon Cuneta's movie Babangon Ako at Dudurugin. No that's a movie too depressing about a woman divorced, left by her husband. Oh its about a lady scorned.
Well its good she has a sister in law. It just takes away the ideal (elder) sister syndrome. She has a brother and middle class parents who takes her back in the fancy house with great water views.
OKay she wasn't thrown out she just forgot to pack her clothes. She was able to bring along her projector of post-grad photos in photography did I say post-grad. Or did she just stash it away when she left off, dropped her life and married a rich celebrity lawyer.
OKay enough talking about this girl. Oh she's the other step sister in Ever After, the good one and the sweet best friend from Cayote Ugly. She is pretty and cute enough as for the last note on her even though I don't know her name and she's one of those actresses who got a not-so perfect teeth.
Meet the boy - a supposed to be 19 year old actor against the 35 year old to be divorcee, who looks quite exotic and mixed looking. he is the guy from Girls, one of the dumped boyfriends. He looked more preppy and mature in that show, more sexier. her he looks juvenile and boyish, too boyish with a grown crew cut and Prada glasses, so they succeeded in that department. BUt he still looked rthnic, mixed than what he did on Girls.
The movie is about an affair where two people find comfort aside from horny charades of sex despite the odds. She finds renewal and finds dillemna in cavorting with a teen despite her family's unknowing eyes. It also shows family ties and relationship but beyond that they just find each other, a more meaningful relationship that what was unexpected.
Well its good she has a sister in law. It just takes away the ideal (elder) sister syndrome. She has a brother and middle class parents who takes her back in the fancy house with great water views.
OKay she wasn't thrown out she just forgot to pack her clothes. She was able to bring along her projector of post-grad photos in photography did I say post-grad. Or did she just stash it away when she left off, dropped her life and married a rich celebrity lawyer.
OKay enough talking about this girl. Oh she's the other step sister in Ever After, the good one and the sweet best friend from Cayote Ugly. She is pretty and cute enough as for the last note on her even though I don't know her name and she's one of those actresses who got a not-so perfect teeth.
Meet the boy - a supposed to be 19 year old actor against the 35 year old to be divorcee, who looks quite exotic and mixed looking. he is the guy from Girls, one of the dumped boyfriends. He looked more preppy and mature in that show, more sexier. her he looks juvenile and boyish, too boyish with a grown crew cut and Prada glasses, so they succeeded in that department. BUt he still looked rthnic, mixed than what he did on Girls.
The movie is about an affair where two people find comfort aside from horny charades of sex despite the odds. She finds renewal and finds dillemna in cavorting with a teen despite her family's unknowing eyes. It also shows family ties and relationship but beyond that they just find each other, a more meaningful relationship that what was unexpected.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
8 - The Road
A sad apocalyptic film that shows you a bond of a father and son. Moving performances by 2 actor encountering to defend their life, food and survival. Supporting and cameo roles by Robert Duvall and Guy Pearce. Its suspenseful yet its not all I Am Legend type but more of A Beautiful Life. Somehow it didn't explain how the end came to be - a massive earthquake or Earth shattering movements and shakes (everytime somebody gets murdered - thunders and tree falling). This moved me to at the end tears. But despite the depressing states the film ends in a high positive note. This is the kind of love that I would believe to proclaim. Eat that Amour. Honestly.
Monday, January 7, 2013
7 - Anna Karenina (2012)
Come and ti's the season for awards. The Golden Globes this Sunday and the Oscar nominations ushers in the cheery mood of film merits. Anna Karenina of 2012 is the ambitious retelling of the irreplaceable Joe Wright hauling its heavyweights of this big shot adaptation of Leo Tolstoy tragic heroine of love and a victim of her circumstance and of her own choices.
This new film, thankfully, can be reliably viewed from a good at least DVD copy for awards consideration. On this case for one subtle review. From what I see it doesn't look like any other period film with costumes and character names you cannot tell from the other. It is a novel set on a stage to look like a musical orchestrated not by it's dashing symphonic score but by scenes, evolving backdrops, elaborate costumes, chandeliers, doors and paintings. Their dance of scenes and script make it all theatrical. Its like almost looking like a dance, a concerto, a ballet or almost an MTV music video. All in all you can say that life is a stage and everyone mere players in Imperial Russia when people don't seem to ever get sober enough.
The DVD copy is a limitation for this wonderful piece of art. It deserves to be seen in all ist 1080p or extended accolade of scenes and shots. It stands there among many ambitious films such as Moulin Rouge, a classic film that takes you over the edge of grace and artistic cinematic experience.
Bravo!
Amidst all this artistry, the heavy tones of a period film lifts up with color and production design, telling you of a story that has undertones of love, choice and reality. This echoes upon the viewers a mirror, that is set upon the female protagonist to circle around the characters in the novel and pick on the question we do ask ourselves in watching this film. Embrace yourself fro a truly filmatic surprise and take a grand ride into the vission of Joe Wright's Anna Karenina.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Random Movie Posts
Just Random movie posts of movies and films I have seen on a single date. Not the ones I have already or chose to see in the past days before 2013 began. Titles such as - The Impostor, Amour, The dark Knight Rises, The Beginners, 360, Les Miserables, The Words, Pitch Perfect...
6 - Alex Cross
This is a film about an assassin and a police officer and detective who crosses paths through a series of murders targeted to big business mogul. In turn their encounters turn into personal vendetta. The assassin gets annoyed by this prying detective. He then turns to victimize the detective's family. This then becomes a sensitive matter for the detective and take into dramatic turn of real enemies made by grudge between the two. In the end they are victimize by the real villain that made the assassin.
Its a usual police suspense drama with Tyler Perry doing action and Matthew Fox donning a skinny look. Edward Burns plays the detective's partner/ colleague with a love angle on the side that the movies just left behind or it was just an unnecessary sub plot.
Its a usual police suspense drama with Tyler Perry doing action and Matthew Fox donning a skinny look. Edward Burns plays the detective's partner/ colleague with a love angle on the side that the movies just left behind or it was just an unnecessary sub plot.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
5 - Knocked Up
Back in the day when this movie would just be another chick flick with that famous (pretty) actress from that doctor TV series that gets a break into the real movie business. But when I saw this today for its subsequent spin off or sequel, no its not. It is a classic comedy, with great funny parts, funny characters and tell of weird stuff, situations, unconventional but real about life, love, family and friends. Movies about babies always feel good despite of the F+in words said n it.
Katherine Heigl looks incredible as the expectant mom and Seth Rogen plays the undeniably lovable uneasy accidental dad. This movie will be in the ranks of Fools Rush In and Father of the Bride 2 even Look Who's Talking (anything about babies, getting pregnant etc.)
The sequel/ spin off This Is 40 lacks what it has from Knocked Up. It just has to much swearing and vulgarity and less and less interesting characters and sadly no story to boost, its just overdone.
Katherine Heigl looks incredible as the expectant mom and Seth Rogen plays the undeniably lovable uneasy accidental dad. This movie will be in the ranks of Fools Rush In and Father of the Bride 2 even Look Who's Talking (anything about babies, getting pregnant etc.)
The sequel/ spin off This Is 40 lacks what it has from Knocked Up. It just has to much swearing and vulgarity and less and less interesting characters and sadly no story to boost, its just overdone.
4 - The Giant Mechanical Man (January 4)
This movie stars one of the new actors I find very attractive, Chris Messina. Topher Grace also stars as the annoying with a ridiculous hair other guy. The lead actress I haven't heard of or seen. Her younger sister is played by that girl from Rock of Ages. I almost forgot the title of that Tom Cruise rock musical. Oh yes I am right and she's that Canadian actress.
This is a relatively simple love story. Two people who struggles in avery convenient life without the drama or burden of having a feeling of heaviness due to its reality. Fairly its very light comedy, romance of finding their way into not knowing what exactly what to do in life. Until they meet that special someone. Which echoes the main idea of romantic movies which is very highly debatable that one's sense of life depends on finding a partner or love or a boyfriend/ girlfriend.
he is a struggling street performer (as the robotic giant man in stilts), dumped by the girlfriend who relatively lives a spacious warehouse apartment. She is broke and forced to live with her controlling and ideal sister. And both find each other and finally gets some sense in their life, a direction and meaning. It is that simple and light.
This is a relatively simple love story. Two people who struggles in avery convenient life without the drama or burden of having a feeling of heaviness due to its reality. Fairly its very light comedy, romance of finding their way into not knowing what exactly what to do in life. Until they meet that special someone. Which echoes the main idea of romantic movies which is very highly debatable that one's sense of life depends on finding a partner or love or a boyfriend/ girlfriend.
he is a struggling street performer (as the robotic giant man in stilts), dumped by the girlfriend who relatively lives a spacious warehouse apartment. She is broke and forced to live with her controlling and ideal sister. And both find each other and finally gets some sense in their life, a direction and meaning. It is that simple and light.
3 - After Fall, Winter (January 3)
A writer, suffering from depression and debt, comes to Paris after a friend invites him to spend Christmas holidays. He is struggling after several passes on his new manuscript for his novel after years since his last three works were published. He meets a Parisian girl, who he encounters on some occasions and admittedly got smitten by.
She is a dominatrix and a care giver for people with terminal diseases, dying people. She loves two things who don't lie to her; pain and death. He on the other hand turns to SNM to cope with his secret depression. These are the secrets that they keep as they develop and fall in love with each other.
There conversations and relationship is not the conventional one. It may turn to sadistic and even very vulgar confessions but never revealing there hidden dark secrets. Basically they fall into the entrapment of just finding the right person when you meet someone. But it fiction and they are bound to discover the secret and smashes this relationship into a hopeless tragedy.
The film leads us through a thought that this may be very fictional in sense and sake of a narrative. But the drives of attraction and trust evolves into this simple and meaningful relationship that one finds luckily but once in a life.
Truly an honest work from actor director Eric Schaeffer whose works I am not so familiar with but accustomed to his annoying very American accent. I will check out his other works the one familiar If Lucy Fell from the 90's and his recent somehow (I guess) related work Fall.
Somehow the films that I see are in timely fashion as to the current season. In this case Christmas. This film is not your conventional love affair.
She is a dominatrix and a care giver for people with terminal diseases, dying people. She loves two things who don't lie to her; pain and death. He on the other hand turns to SNM to cope with his secret depression. These are the secrets that they keep as they develop and fall in love with each other.
There conversations and relationship is not the conventional one. It may turn to sadistic and even very vulgar confessions but never revealing there hidden dark secrets. Basically they fall into the entrapment of just finding the right person when you meet someone. But it fiction and they are bound to discover the secret and smashes this relationship into a hopeless tragedy.
The film leads us through a thought that this may be very fictional in sense and sake of a narrative. But the drives of attraction and trust evolves into this simple and meaningful relationship that one finds luckily but once in a life.
Truly an honest work from actor director Eric Schaeffer whose works I am not so familiar with but accustomed to his annoying very American accent. I will check out his other works the one familiar If Lucy Fell from the 90's and his recent somehow (I guess) related work Fall.
Somehow the films that I see are in timely fashion as to the current season. In this case Christmas. This film is not your conventional love affair.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
2 - Butter
BUTTER is a family movie that is not so good for the whole family. It is because of its hardcore theme and wild characters that involves sex and swearing. Fairly enough its an unheard of movie that has a stellar cast of interesting stars with equally brilliant characters. We have in the cast Jennifer Gardner, that guy from Modern Family, suprisingly Alicia Silverstone and Hugh Grant who did a funny semi-cameo role. So we have in the characters a prize winning butter sculpture artist dominated by his obsessive red neck trophy wife, a hooker, a typical happy married couple, a brilliant black orphan girl and a comedic ex-boyfriend who is not so smart as you think and a stellar bunch of other characters.
This is a movie which is the Ateela and the Bee but with Butter sculpture competition. It is a charming story about people, almost like a modern day fairy tale with the funny and adult humor that is not necessarily for children's entertainment but intended for the more mature and adult audience.
Since I do not know some of the lead characters I did a bit of researching. This movie is from 2011 and released in 2012. Ty Burrell is the actor who plaved Bob Pickler, the butter artist who won 15 years straight in this competition. he is the Modern Family guy. Another actor isrob Corddry as the adoptive dad who awkwardly supports but very sweet to the young talent. Olivia Wilde, plays the hooker. This actress I must say is interesting seeing from the string of movies and variations of roles she did from them.
Definitely a good movie to see and an enjoyable watch at that. Just watch out for the not so wanted scenes that could spoil the younger audience's viewing like the hooker's dance, her swearing and her smooch with that girl from Twilight.
This is a movie which is the Ateela and the Bee but with Butter sculpture competition. It is a charming story about people, almost like a modern day fairy tale with the funny and adult humor that is not necessarily for children's entertainment but intended for the more mature and adult audience.
Since I do not know some of the lead characters I did a bit of researching. This movie is from 2011 and released in 2012. Ty Burrell is the actor who plaved Bob Pickler, the butter artist who won 15 years straight in this competition. he is the Modern Family guy. Another actor isrob Corddry as the adoptive dad who awkwardly supports but very sweet to the young talent. Olivia Wilde, plays the hooker. This actress I must say is interesting seeing from the string of movies and variations of roles she did from them.
Definitely a good movie to see and an enjoyable watch at that. Just watch out for the not so wanted scenes that could spoil the younger audience's viewing like the hooker's dance, her swearing and her smooch with that girl from Twilight.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
1- The Soloist
First movie for 2013.
A film based on the book written by LA Times journalist Steve Lopez played by Robert Downey Junior. I was curious of this film since I like films about classical musicians/ or music. The cello prodigy Nathaniel Ayres was played by Jamie Fox.
A familiar name at the end directed this film Joe Wright, maybe a note worthy name to remember. The cast with Catherine Kinear made it impressive how they can look as ex-couple with Downey.
Basically the film tackled the relationship between Lopez and Ayres with flashbacks on Ayres past and a side story of Lopez that was equally laden with personal issues. This was a balance shown that both the sane and the mentally ill have both things to patch up.
In the end was a dance were friendship can heal and make things better. It is also realistic look on the sad side of the homeless and disturbedof Los Angeles. This was not made into a cute, funny comedy or romantic psychological movie to make it amusing but almost realistic to make us look on the troubles these kind of people make.
It made me think, can anyone just spark a friendship with a mentally ill person regardless if they are special or not. In the end they are as lonely anyone can be. May I go back in my first statement. They are special. That is where we can measure the braveness and kindness of our hearts.
In this movie it was his talent that bridged a light a helping hand to come along. Music indeed is a powerful force.
Interludes of orchestra playing segments of classical numbers make up parts of the films in either a dance of colored lights or flying city birds over greater Los Angeles.
A film based on the book written by LA Times journalist Steve Lopez played by Robert Downey Junior. I was curious of this film since I like films about classical musicians/ or music. The cello prodigy Nathaniel Ayres was played by Jamie Fox.
A familiar name at the end directed this film Joe Wright, maybe a note worthy name to remember. The cast with Catherine Kinear made it impressive how they can look as ex-couple with Downey.
Basically the film tackled the relationship between Lopez and Ayres with flashbacks on Ayres past and a side story of Lopez that was equally laden with personal issues. This was a balance shown that both the sane and the mentally ill have both things to patch up.
In the end was a dance were friendship can heal and make things better. It is also realistic look on the sad side of the homeless and disturbedof Los Angeles. This was not made into a cute, funny comedy or romantic psychological movie to make it amusing but almost realistic to make us look on the troubles these kind of people make.
It made me think, can anyone just spark a friendship with a mentally ill person regardless if they are special or not. In the end they are as lonely anyone can be. May I go back in my first statement. They are special. That is where we can measure the braveness and kindness of our hearts.
In this movie it was his talent that bridged a light a helping hand to come along. Music indeed is a powerful force.
Interludes of orchestra playing segments of classical numbers make up parts of the films in either a dance of colored lights or flying city birds over greater Los Angeles.
360 movies and films that I will watch for 2013
I will try to post about movies of films that I wil watch for 2013. One movie or film to post for one day. One TV Episode would be 0.5 of a post and oe whole season would be equal to 1 post.
Here goes. Goodluck to 2013 folks.
Here goes. Goodluck to 2013 folks.
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