Friday, November 20, 2009
On Paranormals and Zombies
ZOMBIELAND---It’s A Great Ride!!
“Zombieland” is a fun summer movie which was in October. Only 4 survivors (so far) after the plague: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin, while everyone else is a (what else) a zombie! Simple story, but what makes it wonderful is Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee. He is a funny, fearless badass!! Jesse Eisenberg is okay as Columbus. His fear of everything and his rules keep him alive. The females Emma Stone and young Abigail Breslin are pretty good as con artists. There is a guest star but you have to see the movie to see who it is. I hear they made to a sequel. I do hope they make it.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY---A GOOD EPISODE OF “GHOST HUNTERS”
Gore hounds and people who love lots of blood and guts-this movie is not for you!!! This movie is very sloooow, but when it gets good it really good!! The movie is a huge success and the budget was only $11,000!!! The movie is about a couple---Katie Featherstone (she is very good) and Micah Sloat. The boyfriend loves his camera equipment and films everything and the woman has a ghost that is haunting her, thus the title. What makes it interesting that most of the time nothing really happens –like in real life but it builds to a shocking ending!!! Entertainment Weekly magazine said there was 3 different endings-all terrifying!!!
Bottom Line: It is like a good episode of “Ghost Hunters.” Gore hounds, wait for video or cable.
“Zombieland” is a fun summer movie which was in October. Only 4 survivors (so far) after the plague: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin, while everyone else is a (what else) a zombie! Simple story, but what makes it wonderful is Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee. He is a funny, fearless badass!! Jesse Eisenberg is okay as Columbus. His fear of everything and his rules keep him alive. The females Emma Stone and young Abigail Breslin are pretty good as con artists. There is a guest star but you have to see the movie to see who it is. I hear they made to a sequel. I do hope they make it.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY---A GOOD EPISODE OF “GHOST HUNTERS”
Gore hounds and people who love lots of blood and guts-this movie is not for you!!! This movie is very sloooow, but when it gets good it really good!! The movie is a huge success and the budget was only $11,000!!! The movie is about a couple---Katie Featherstone (she is very good) and Micah Sloat. The boyfriend loves his camera equipment and films everything and the woman has a ghost that is haunting her, thus the title. What makes it interesting that most of the time nothing really happens –like in real life but it builds to a shocking ending!!! Entertainment Weekly magazine said there was 3 different endings-all terrifying!!!
Bottom Line: It is like a good episode of “Ghost Hunters.” Gore hounds, wait for video or cable.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Two Extremes
Some curious films I belatedly got to see:
The Hurt Locker
“The Hurt Locker” is one of the best movies about war since “Saving Private Ryan”!!! A brave statement because it IS! This film is about a bomb disposal specialist played by newcomer Jeremy Renner. He is good at what he does, and loves what he is doing. What makes the movie so terrifying is that you’re in the center of the action and (hostile?) people are around you, and you don’t know if they are friend or foe? It is very suspenseful.
Director by Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, K-19 The Widow Maker) does an excellent job showing how taxing, thrilling and dangerous the job is. Screenwriter who is also a journalist Mark Boal keeps the dialogue very real. It is an intelligent movie overlooked for the studio decided to place it among blockbusters!!! This is not a blockbuster movie-it is a great movie. I hope it is nominated for BEST PICTURE at the Oscars.
Crank 2: High Voltage
“Crank 2” (on DVD) can be described as one crazy-ass ride!!! If you saw the first film the mob injected him with a Beling Cocktail and he can’t slow down or die. This time the mob takes his heart and replaces it with an artificial heart and he has to keep pumping himself with electricity!! Does he really need his heart back? He is Superman without it! Plot is not important but the action is!!! There is plenty of action, sex, bad behavior for about several movies. The film is an upgraded exploitation movie. If you are easily offended my advice---see it on DVD or Blu-ray. I did. I was told when I went to see another movie, a complete stranger told me don’t see the movie for people booed at the screen!! This movie is not for everyone but if you like action, comedy and pure madness this movie is for you.
A Small Note
Changeling
Angelina Jolie is a very good actress, but the tabloids make her out to be a controlling man-eater. She can do action and she can act---very rare for actresses today. In the movie “Changeling” she's is a mother in the 1920’s who loses her son and the police replace him with another boy. It is not her son, but when she complains they put her in a sanitarium and she is abused there!! This is not for people who groove on 18-34 demographic movies. It is depressing, sad and at the end hopeful. The acting is nothing short of amazing and Jolie deserves her Oscar nomination. I saw it on Cinemax but I wish I saw it the theater.
The Hurt Locker
“The Hurt Locker” is one of the best movies about war since “Saving Private Ryan”!!! A brave statement because it IS! This film is about a bomb disposal specialist played by newcomer Jeremy Renner. He is good at what he does, and loves what he is doing. What makes the movie so terrifying is that you’re in the center of the action and (hostile?) people are around you, and you don’t know if they are friend or foe? It is very suspenseful.
Director by Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, K-19 The Widow Maker) does an excellent job showing how taxing, thrilling and dangerous the job is. Screenwriter who is also a journalist Mark Boal keeps the dialogue very real. It is an intelligent movie overlooked for the studio decided to place it among blockbusters!!! This is not a blockbuster movie-it is a great movie. I hope it is nominated for BEST PICTURE at the Oscars.
Crank 2: High Voltage
“Crank 2” (on DVD) can be described as one crazy-ass ride!!! If you saw the first film the mob injected him with a Beling Cocktail and he can’t slow down or die. This time the mob takes his heart and replaces it with an artificial heart and he has to keep pumping himself with electricity!! Does he really need his heart back? He is Superman without it! Plot is not important but the action is!!! There is plenty of action, sex, bad behavior for about several movies. The film is an upgraded exploitation movie. If you are easily offended my advice---see it on DVD or Blu-ray. I did. I was told when I went to see another movie, a complete stranger told me don’t see the movie for people booed at the screen!! This movie is not for everyone but if you like action, comedy and pure madness this movie is for you.
A Small Note
Changeling
Angelina Jolie is a very good actress, but the tabloids make her out to be a controlling man-eater. She can do action and she can act---very rare for actresses today. In the movie “Changeling” she's is a mother in the 1920’s who loses her son and the police replace him with another boy. It is not her son, but when she complains they put her in a sanitarium and she is abused there!! This is not for people who groove on 18-34 demographic movies. It is depressing, sad and at the end hopeful. The acting is nothing short of amazing and Jolie deserves her Oscar nomination. I saw it on Cinemax but I wish I saw it the theater.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
District 9 is a Good Find
Usually, near the end of summer studios put out odd, or just plain bad movies, but “District 9” is not one of them. The sci-fi movie is very good and made dirt cheap---$30 million (compare that to today’s blockbusters).
It is about an alien ship over Johannesburg, and the aliens are treated as badly as some nations treat people on earth. They keep them in a ghetto section titled District 9. The good ole government wants to know more about their technology so they get a lackey (Sharlto Copley) to invade their territory. Bad idea! The movie is great for its having no big name stars---though it does have the talented “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson as the producer. The director Neill Blomkamp made a great film on a limited budget.
The movie is rated R for a reason---it is very violent, and proves once again big names, big budget doesn’t always mean big hit!!! It is worth watching in the theater, worth watching again on Blu-Ray or DVD. It is worth watching, period!!!
It is about an alien ship over Johannesburg, and the aliens are treated as badly as some nations treat people on earth. They keep them in a ghetto section titled District 9. The good ole government wants to know more about their technology so they get a lackey (Sharlto Copley) to invade their territory. Bad idea! The movie is great for its having no big name stars---though it does have the talented “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson as the producer. The director Neill Blomkamp made a great film on a limited budget.
The movie is rated R for a reason---it is very violent, and proves once again big names, big budget doesn’t always mean big hit!!! It is worth watching in the theater, worth watching again on Blu-Ray or DVD. It is worth watching, period!!!
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