WRECK IT RALPH
ANIMATION
Plot: Ralph is a villain in a
video game who wants to become a hero by any means necessary.
The 3D animation is great and the voice actors are even better. John C Reilly is the Ralph; comedienne Sara
Silverman does a fine job as his friend. It has what good film needs, humor,
heart action and drama. Your kids will
enjoy it and the kid in you will too.
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
ANIMATION
Plot: Santa Claus, the Easter
Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and Jack Frost must stop the evil Pitch
Black/Boogeyman.
Wow this film brings the childhood myths back to life in interesting
ways. Santa Claus in this feature is
called North(don’t know why) The Easter Bunny voiced by Hugh Jackman(Wolverine)
has an Australian accent, The Tooth Fairy(Isla Fisher) is very cute, The
Sandman doesn’t talk and Jack Frost (Chis Pine, Star Trek 2009) carries a
crooked staff and has a back-story. All of the myths give children hope and
happiness but Pitch Black (Jude Law, Sherlock Holmes) wants fear and
darkness. It is very imaginative and the
best part is that the director is a black story board artist name Peter
Ramsey!! I hope he does more films because this was very good.
LINCOLN
HISTORICAL DRAMA
PLOT: Near the last months of his presidency to abolish
slavery and Civil War.
This movie is not about a bio about Abraham Lincoln but the last months
of him before being killed. Daniel Day
Lewis is great as Lincoln and Tommy Lee Jones is brilliant as Thaddeus Stevens.
The arguments on The House of Representatives feels like you are there. The movie is slow and many people may find it
boring. The questions we should be
asking did Lincoln want to free the slaves for it was wrong or was it politics.
Another question we should be asking is there are 44 presidents in the United
States and only Hollywood makes over and over these three: Lincoln, FDR and
JFK.
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
FANTASY/ADVENTURE
PLOT: Bilbo
Baggins joins a group Dwarves to go back to Erebor to deal with the dragon
Smaug. First of the trilogy.
Fantasy films don’t get any epic than this!! Director Peter Jackson who was brave enough
to do the Lord of the Rings trilogy does The Hobbit. I don’t think he wanted to direct it but so
many other directors dropped out he just says “just do it” and he did a great
job. The movie is sooo spectacular and
the 48 frame per second gave it depth.
It is amazing and there are two more films to go!!!