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Her (2013)
A love story with thoughts and imagination.
The latest work of Spike Jonze has gathered a plethora of praise and positive feedback among critics and moviegoers in general (especially critics). Even without that much buzz surrounding it, "Her" is Emotionally sophisticated and Visually absorbing. A strange wonderful tale between a man and computer that is genuinely heartfelt and passionately imaginative. It has been a long time, since a marvelous dramatic feature like this come out from Hollywood. For an obvious reason, a romantic feature that is highly captivating as well as thought provoking has been hard to come by. "Her" is such a tremendous achievement for Jonze, not only because of his artistic brilliance, but also his ability to envision the future of human relationship with technology as well as the fundamental aspect of human emotion.
Set in the future, the lonely letter writer Theodore is desperate in search of a meaningful relationship after the separation with his beloved wife. Theodore is left unsatisfied and clueless about his life. His friendship with Amy seems formal without much attention garner between one another, since Amy has her personal problems as well. After a while, he decide to try a new developed computer OS being named Samantha as he chose a female assistant. Surprisingly, Samantha has enough wits and personality that Theodore found to be exciting and find comforts in her presence. Afterwards, Theodore begins to believe that Samantha is more than just a computer and starting to develop a relationship with her. For the first time after his divorce, Theodore has finally feel free and ready to have a commitment with Samantha.
Basically, the story revolves around a man intimate relationship with his advance computer. On the surface, it is an offbeat and bittersweet romantic story with the futuristic possibility of a further A. I advancement as the premise. On a deeper interpretation, there is a philosophical questions about the boundaries of relationship between man and a machine. How we as a human will ever have a legitimate connection with artificial intelligence. And what will happen when they finally evolve like us in order to have such curiosity and complex emotion. The fundamental question is regarding the soul of a machine and its possibility to ever came into existences. Given such high curiosity, Spike Jonze is willing to tackle those difficult question in an adequate manner in form of a simple love story
The hyper-realism being use to capture the captivating futuristic setting is absorbing. Like Jonze previous film "Where The Wild Things Are", his ability to create a sense of surreal reality is compelling. In "Her" he maintain his signature approach toward the movie setting and background, making the character richer in context. With highly talented cast like Joaquin Phoenix,Amy Adams,Scarlett Johanson and even Rooney Mara as the supporting reminiscent, the story feel more alive and captivating. Although its focal point lies within the chemistry between Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johanson.
Though much credit goes to Phoenix subversive portrayal as Theodore Johanson subtly voice bring much necessary wits and personality into Samantha. Her lending voice is one of importance toward Samantha poignant connection with Theodore. While Amy Adams manage to relish every moment of her limited screen time. Being spoken some of the film memorable dialog. Adams brief moment is momentarily significance. All of the cast seems fitted with their character, even Rooney Mara and Olivia Wilde short appearance still left some impression.
It is hard enough to find the bad faults within the film, because of Spike Jonze flawless visual and great acting. Although the resolution between Theodore and Samantha is fairly obvious, it even reeks a little pretentious. Nonetheless, it revels into this poetic and poignant endearment it was a "beautiful pretentiousness" indeed. The plot is also kept at deliberate pace, which is part of Jonze signature approach for whatever reason. Though his slow pacing has given us some space to reflect the character and its parallel reality. Simply put,every moment of visual brilliance is enough to be cherish in this thoughtful sci-fi, romance.
American Hustle (2013)
"American Hustle",O.Russel tasteful and brilliant takes on the line of morality issue.
The Endeavour of a stylish and captivating acting make up for a very much interesting and fun around joyride with some sense of morality issue. In the line between right and wrong lies a complex sense of pleasure and justice. There is a sort of entanglement that sometimes confusing and hard to choose one "right" thing over another. The bigger picture is the world is not black and white, yet certainly "grayish". A theme like this is nothing new in the world of Hollywood cinema, either in the past or present. It is almost revisited on a yearly basis and most of the time it turns out to be a let down or plays out on over pretentiousness. Fortunately enough, this is not one of it due to a clever storyline and bold direction of David O Russel.
While it isn't entirely based on any factual history or rather infamous past events, Some of it is inspired by an FBI operation in early 1980 called "Abscam", which involved a fake Arabian from a part of New York to trapped some major player who conducted big corruption that eventually led to exposure and prosecution around those circle of involvement. Whether it was a success or a bust, the story didn't focus on its truth. Instead, its revolves around an experienced con-man named Irving (Christian Bale) in verge of pulling the biggest con of his entire career of conning innocence people in the purpose of setting up a bait for FBI to trap a corrupt, yet naive Major Carmine (Jeremmy Renner) from city of Camden. As Irving prepares for the meeting with Carmine, he is washing his face along with the calm before song "Horse with No Name" by famous early 70's folk band America. With helps from his attractive mistress named Sydney and FBI Agent named Richie who planned the idea and controlled the operation. As the meeting went down Irving, Sydney, and Richie sit down with the major to persuade him to take the money that they have planned before. In a sudden way, the mayor begin to feel uncomfortable by Richie nervousness and resulted in his rejection toward it before leaving in emotion. Afterwards, Irving immediately angered and blaming Richie about the failure. In reverse plot of show and tell, Irving then describe how he eventually walk into the situation. In a subtle way of how he began as a con before his first encounter with Sydney and his entrapment of a false marriage with his obnoxious wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence), how he manage to maintain it because of his beloved son and his principal of playing it safe.
It opens up in a very stylish way as of Scorsese gangster movie. one particular that closely resembled is "Casino". The three musketeers of con artist that consist of Christian Bale,Bradley Cooper,and Amy Adams are already a scene to be captivated. As it capture how these three gifted Actors enters the picture before they goes on to the roller coaster ride of mixed emotions. as the story progress,it becomes prominence that the star-studded cast has seamlessly integrate within each scene. The leading character arch is Christian Bale brilliant portrayal of Irving. Bale's method acting signature hasn't been tiresome or predictable, instead his control of the character has elevated the film emotion through his given perspective. Whether in his downfall of self-entrapment in relationship or when his money making trickery hit a jackpot His performance could easily conveys sympathy and sometimes a necessary laugh. Another high remark goes to Amy Adams captivating performance as Bale's partners in crime. Adams could easily switch from being witty into more dramatic approaches toward her character. another example of brilliant method acting is shown through the show-stealing performance from Jennifer Lawrence as Irving repulsive wife, yet also annoyingly funny most of the times. a credit is due for Lawrence perfect comic timing and moody portrayal. it is one of the reason why the movie is also genuinely hilarious and honestly ironic. in part of another supports,Bradley Cooper is also a solid addition for the cast excellence. despite being overlook,his witty improvisation and straight forward sarcasm is also due for a credit.
Farscape (1999)
Farscape,the space adventure that was riveting and absorbing.
Its unbelievable how long for me to realize the existence of a great sci-fi like "Farscape". Farscape was one of kind because it has its own originality and unforgettable cast of character. What makes the show so enjoyable to watch is because how the character seamlessly interact with one another. The interaction didn't felt pretentious or overly written, it was there with modesty. The main story of "Farscape" is about American astronaut named John Crichton, who got lost in space after he accidentally went through a wormhole. After a while, he manage to got out of the wormhole and found to be stranded in a midst of battle. by some odd possibility, he collide with a random space ship and unexpectedly landed in an unknown large spaceship. And the large spaceship filled with some alien both humanoid and non- humanoid. for the first time, he encountered with the alien crew that aboard the spaceship as he called them "weird alien life form" and found out that they were in fact a fugitive. There he met a humanoid alien which consist of a big brute male alien named Kal'D Argo and a female priestess named Pa'u Zhoto Zhan. They were surprise by the arrival of Crichton and they quickly put Crichton in a cell with much suspicious. There he met with another female alien, though this time the alien he encounter was in fact look like a human named Aeryn Sun. unfortunately, she wasn't a human as it turns out that she was a species called "The Sebacians" and clueless about human. none of the alien had any clue about human. So the harsh reality began as Crichton was literally stranded the middle of nowhere.
The premise is about the adventure that they were to embark in search of their own home world with Crichton had the least chance of ever find a way home. the originality lies in the manner in which the stories are told, the main character is position more like a POV in observing other beings that he encounters with. And also the way Crichton, our main character is not presented as a typical charismatic leader like most sci-fi series is or a genius that quick to learn about anything. He is simply a modest guy with plenty of question waiting to be answered and had no single clue about them whatsoever.
This is what make "Farscape" different than any other TV show out there, It is not only about the adventure or the action. Surprisingly, there is a character study in how the show is presented. There was no introduction beside our human character Crichton and brief name introduction by the alien. It seems like a weak opening in the beginning, but it was actually a manner in which the stories are told. obscure purpose and very little clue about the character except for Crichton because it meant to be a character study could be interesting and thus avoid a clique or even a one dimensional character. In the process, making both the character and the journey more exciting to watch as we had little clue about each of their past and origins or even their true interest. Its safe to say that the characters are colorful not only in costume but also in dimension, none of the character was predictable about their action, except for Crichton. As they had their own motives and perspective toward the probable situation that lies ahead whether good or bad. Although all of the personality that the character posses was meant to be different and unpredictable in any kind, I found the character D'Argo more predictable than the other. If not for the brilliant make-up and costume, his character was rather two dimensional. it is known that he was more of a savage species that rely everything heavily on brute force and having a bad temper instead of strategic mind, but it felt as it was easy to predict what kind of action he'll take on any kind of situation.
Fortunately, the actor who played it was solid enough to forgive the character flaw. the acting was clearly not of what its aimed for, but some of the actor like Ben Browder who play Crichton had enough charms to enjoy his character running around clueless about his surrounding. Ben Browder looked very comfortable in his role which made Crichton enjoyable to watch. the actor who really was break out role on the show is none other than Virginia Hey,who played the warm and gentle sometime seducing blue humanoid alien Pa'u Zhoto Zhan. her performance was naturally flow as if the role was meant for her because its hard to picture different actress playing the role. she manage to convey an intriguing persona for her character Zhan, as it was hard to tell her true colors behind those subtle personality. another stand out role was Claudia Black who played the role officer Aeryn Sun.Like Ben Browder, she is too looked very comfortable in her role and it really fits for her to portray the tough chick persona of the peace keeper lieutenant Aeryn Sun. another good things about the show was the perfectly cast voice over artist who bring the distinctive voice for the non-humanoid toad like alien Rygel and pilot. the character of Rygel was perhaps the most comical and hilarious character of all. It had a cocky and greedy persona, yet it was also not without a wits. Certainly, it won't be funnier if Rygel had not around the other crew. As for character of pilot, the voice artist was just pitch perfect.
until today,"Farscape" remains one of the most original and exciting sci- fi series. It offered a space adventure with memorable and colorful character without lack of wits and impressive story that sometimes could be thoughtful and emotional.It was a shame that eventually the show had a short run, a forgotten masterpiece indeed.
Kill List (2011)
A solid thriller that is horrific and suspenseful
"Kill List" opens up with a haunting symbol appeared on the first frame along with a taunting music score.after wards the character were introduced,they were an ordinary middle aged couple with typical family problems. one of the first conflict was happened in the dinner table where a general conversation turned into a sarcastic talks before one of them get tempered and broke off the dinner. the plot of the movie begin with a drama between a man and his wife being shoot with realistic approach. it looks more like a drama instead of a thriller.the dialog between each character were filled with swearing and sarcastic conversation. some of these scene contain a few violence,instead it is filled with short conflict that the movie felt like a drama instead of thriller.
judging from the opening scene,the film contains a lot of metaphoric aspect surrounding its story and character.these metaphor were used by the director to unfold the theme and plot later in the movie. beginning with verbal violence and dark metaphor,the film quickly change its style when the true identities of the main character were unfold. Jay (Neil Maskell),a middle aged husband was turned out to be a hit-man along with his partner in crime Gal (Michael Smiley).they were on hiatus for several months before they back on their job as an contract hit-man.their job was given by a person being referred as "The Client",a mysterious figure who give Jay and Gal their target of assassination.these scene sparks the first intrigue that the movie was to offer which is how professionals hit-man doing their job. as the plot goes on so on the violent that were being shot constantly almost in every frame.what started as verbal and metaphorical violence,it is quickly turns into a graphical violence. Jay and Gal never knew the true identities of their target,their list of target was only referred by its professions.the first target is the priest as the title suggested on one full frame.these title of suggested target are being shown monotonously through the movie.it is a simple use of frame,yet it is also effective with the film ambiance.
What makes the film still worth to watch is the climax.when it reach the climax the film kind of transforms itself into a realistic horror movie. the suspense was build slowly in each frame as the character Jay and Gal discovered their last target being a cult leader.using a wide shot and a variety of moving discovery shot,director Ben Wheatley managed to depict a natural sense of suspense and thrill as the viewer could fully grasp the horrific action that was happening on the scene. it is basically the redemption of the entire dull moment that happened before reaching the climax of the stories.
"The Kill List" has a great climax that will make viewer forgive its early mistake and starting to realize that the movie has its moment despite the slow build up and the violence that somehow felt over the top and unnecessary through the half portion of the movie. Nevertheless,this movie may not be the game changer of the thriller genre or this year best movie,but director Ben Wheatley is definitely not clueless about the genre of thriller and he is certainly know how to build up a good suspense when is desperately needed.
Drive (2011)
an exhilarating and stylish action movie from start to finish.
Driver is a man who usually being hired for any kind of job that related to driving. his identities is mysterious since he is only been called driver or kid by his boss through the entire movie. In the opening scene, a discovery shot was made to show the viewer an action that focus on the driver slowly make some kind of preparation on the bed. the scene is being shot with a style of film noir, showing a mysterious man wearing a jacket. after the scene, an opening credit was played with a retro music as its soundtrack.it is clear that "Drive" is not the typical modern Hollywood action movie, judging from the beginning of the movie and the opening credit. some viewer will find this weird because its like watching an old episode of the 60's or early 70's TV series. I find this to be unique because there were few director that open up his action movie with film noir style and retro music nowadays. In the time where action movie is dominated by fast car or a group of flamboyant entourage, "Drive" come out with something different. while many filmmaker use many action clique or trying to imitate the other successful action film. director Nicholas Winding Refn didn't follow this pattern of typical action movie, instead of stealing or imitating, he try to experiment the action genre with his own movie that simply entitled "Drive".by using retro music as the film musical background and the camera technique of film noir he has made an exciting retro style and post noir action movie. as the result, he was awarded a prize for best director on the canes festival. it is an evidence that the critique appreciate his vision, but other critique such as veteran top film critique Leonard Maltin perceive his vision differently. he said that director Nicholas Winding Refn has chosen style over substance. some of his saying were partially true,at some degree the substance of the movie is kind of a letdown since the plot of the story was a little too linear and also the character driver seems pretty much empty in term of personality during the first part of the movie. despite his good criticism, I slightly disagree with him because I thought that sometimes a good action movie didn't need any high concept or an emotional aspect on its substance or essence. Sometime it is just need a cohesive unique style of filmmaking that was creative and original just like director Nicholas Winding Refn managed to poured his creative vision in this movie.
Driver was well acted by Ryan Gosling,he is a men who just wanted to get the job done,but all of that change when he meet Irene played by Carrey Mulligan and her son Benicio. Irene was currently living on her own until his husband Standard Gabriel came back from jail. after falling in love with Irene, Driver has change the way he see his life because for the first time he felt the need to protect and care for Irene and her son. Driver,a lone wolf was finally found some meaning in her life. This kind of story has some similarity with some of the classic Clint Easwood film where in the end the lonely man find the love of his life or people that has some meaning for him. Everything seem turn out great when Irene and her son has shown affection toward driver and he also satisfied with his current life. Suddenly everything change when Irene husband standard Gabriel got back from the prison to stay with his wife Irene. not knowing the unexpected, it turns out that he had trouble with some criminal while he serve his prison time. as the result he has endangered not only his life but also Irene and his son Benicio life after the criminal threatened their life. the desperate Gabriel come to driver to ask for his help in cleaning up the trouble that he had made in his past by getting a job from a thug named Cook who somehow has a connection with Gabriel. Driver agree to help him,later in the movie he and Gabriel become trapped in a heist that resulted in the death of Gabriel. Knowing that he was being trapped, he traced the criminal job that was given by Cook and it turned out that the job was set up by a guy named Nino played by Ron Pearlman who happened to be his beloved boss Shannon current client and business partner along with Shannon long time friend Bernie played by Albert Brooks. The first part of the movie started rather slow until its brilliant climax where driver killed both men that was trying to assassinate him in the motel. Cinematographer Newton Thomas Segel managed to shoot the action scene perfectly with a moving discovery shoot and he finished up the scene with zooming the driver while he shot the shotgun toward the last thug on the front door. It was a great action scene in which the film changed its slow pace into fast pace action movie through the rest of the movie.
all the acting was solid enough to entertain viewer , but the breakout role lies in Ryan Gosling where he played the stunt driver turn into some sort of anti-hero. While Carey Mulligan also bring solid performance despite her short time in the movie.as usual Ron Pearlman get the job done as a supporting actor even though his character Nino, a confident old mob that use a lot of swearing through its screen time. last but not least, comedian Albert Brooks also becoming a well-worth addition for the entire cast playing Shannon long time friend Bernie whose character was the only one that has a long conversation with many character in the movie. "Driver" was an exhilarating action movie that is worth a watch and an almost pitch perfect action when it comes to the style of the movie.
The Woman in Black (2012)
the movie is haunting,yet it is also dull and overlong.
"The Woman in Black" is a movie that built its horror based on dark and Gothic atmosphere.it can be found on its haunted mansion near the classic English village. the beginning of the movie is filled with dark nuance surrounding the house that the main character Arthur Gibbs played brilliantly by Daniel Radclife tried to sell the house as his latest job as an advocate. while he is still haunted by the unexpected death of his wife because of the miscarriage.in this case Arthur was desperate to move on with his life by getting the job done. Little did he know that his latest job of selling old house will be influenced by an eerie local superstitious and conservative villager that were still believed in evil spirit. Despite the warning from the local villager, Arthur eagerly wanted to inspect the house that he tried to sell and also because his firm demand. Most of the people in the village were hostile toward him because of his visitation to the house except for the wealthy couple who accepted him in their house. It was later found that they also have just lost their son in an awful accident. Later in the movie the husband help Arthur doing his job in inspecting the house. the premise of the story is scary and horrific, in which the superstitious surrounding the house. most of the filming was shot in location instead of the studio, the director intend to bring the horror more realistic aspect which is works for the most part. What director James Watkins managed to do in here is building up the tone and mood through the movie from setting up the haunted house and provide a hostile villager that still believed in ghost and phantoms. The plot of the story is slowly build up toward the climax which bring up more sense of terror as the tenacious Arthur Gibbs explore the alleged curse house. Most of the credit goes to Daniel Radclife in his portrayal of Arthur Gibbs, his acting in this movie is convincing that he has lost someone important to him. Judging by the constant melancholic expression on his face through the movie, he understand what his character demand in the movie. Since playing Harry Potter, Radclife has moved forward from a teen star to become an actual dramatic actor. The evidence can be found in this movie, in which he has became more mature as dramatic actor. For the most part, "The Woman in Black" is not a terrible horror movie because it has a solid ghost stories that felt like a dark English folklore and a haunting location which provide the thick dark atmosphere through the movie. Unfortunately, it is far from great either because the film move with a slow pace that resulted in becoming dull and overlong.it takes half the time to reach the main plot of the movie which turn out slightly disappointing. Because of its weakness,this movie has a little opportunity to become classic and can be easily forgettable because the mediocre standard that this movie has, until a great horror movie come into an existence, "The Woman in black is worth a chance.
The Expendables 2 (2012)
A good reunion of the 80's action hero,yet it is also a dull re-hash of the 80's and 90's action movie
in this sequel of 2010 hit box office "The Expendable" Stallone has managed to gather all of 80's and 90's famous action star in order to make his action extravagance bigger and better.the action movie is indeed bigger and way more louder than the previous movie with raining of gun blazing thousand of bullets and a large amount of explosive.with an entourage of 80's action hero,this testosterone driven action movie is kind of a detour of some of the most fun and entertaining action movie back in late 80's and early 90's. Watching both Willis and Schwarzeneger argued about their comeback in the movie is fun and also with Norris brief appearance as the Lone Wolf Booker fired up a bazooka is also exciting.unfortunately,these kind of reunion is "The Expendable 2" all about. the movie itself is kind of a rehash from the 80's and 90's action movie.it is an action movie that tries to become something fresh by combining the old and the new formula of action movie that include the action stars.despite the effort,the movie is failed in term of bringing its promise,instead its becoming a kind of dull and mindless action movie.
The story is centered on the group of mercenary lead by its charismatic leader Barney Ross and his second in command Lee Christmas.after their successful mission in liberating a country in south America from an evil dictator.the group were given another mission from Mr.Church that it seems like an ordinary simple dirty job given by Church with a decent pay.Church also introduced a new recruit to the team name Maggie,a tech specialist with military training to the team.after the introduction,they began their new mission given by Church.suddenly the unthinkable happened when they were ambushed and then being taken hostage by another group of mercenary.the ambush ended up killing their new recruit named Billy The Kid,a young kid that joined the expendables after he got out from the military.in the aftermath of this event,Barney and his expendables made a promise to take revenge on the man who had killed Billy The Kid.
The classic theme of vengeance and ruthless main villain is the main plot of the movie which is pretty much sum up the 80's style of action genre.while the use of big gun and stylish fighting scene are borrowed from modern action movie.though,its combination didn't bring something new.at one point,there is a feeling of excitement as each of the action hero get back to their roots especially Sly who has managed to do all the action by himself.another surprise that this movie has is the brief appearance of Chuck Norris who eventually come out more than just an ordinary cameo when he appeared in the last battle scene.beside Norris,it is the return of Jean-Claude Van Damme as the main villain that really make the movie become intriguing to watch.his unique accent and high kicks in the final battle really brings out the memories of watching his movie such as "Universal Soldier"(1992).This sequel could be worst without his appearance as the main villain.
although the rest of the movie is basically like any other modern action movie that borrow many reference from another typical of action movie such as "Takers"(2010) where director Simon West decide to focus on develop each character personality that eventually lead to style of action instead the dept of its character.though,The Expendable is better than Takers because it still has a drama,unlike Takers where the character action is driven only by selfish needs that eventually led up to a story where stupid and obnoxious people trapped in the struggle because of their own ego.fortunately,Sly and West are still concerned about the drama and morality of the story even though there is only several scene that truly depict that kind of morality.despite all the mind blowing and over-exaggerate special effects,the characters still have capabilities to connect to the audience with a few punchline of typical humor that simple but effective at the same time.all of the humor is naturally flow in each conversation among the mercenary,even Lundgren could be funny at some occasion.
having these kind of humor is one of the reason that makes this sequel is fun to watch,especially for entertainment.but for those who expect great action movie where there was many twist and unpredictability,"The Expandable 2" is far from that region.instead,the movie is aimed toward the people who loves 80's action movie with its clique.especially for those who love an action movie that is driven by suspense and violent,look no further than this group of old action hero.
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
"An Epic and Ambitious movie that is the final curtain of the best superhero trilogy ever made.
it is the most dark and intricate in the trilogy,yet it also inspiring at some point.regardless,the plot of the story is slow in the beginning unlike its previous movie The Dark Knight which is a fast pace psychological thriller with its well structured and complicated story.nonetheless,the slow start builds up into its heart-pumping and emotional climax.it has shown how far Nolan has been transform the dark crusader from a cliché superhero into this iconic character that has more depth and maturity. 8 years after the death of Harvey Dent,Gotham has become a city that is much more safe and peaceful.the city also filled with rich and successful businessman,politician,and entrepreneur.without knowing the fact that there are still some people whom still try to wreck havoc on Gotham city.
while the city of Gotham has been saved from many crime lord and murderer,Batman (Christian Bale) who is responsible for the peace time in Gotham took the blame for the death of Harvey Dent.being disappeared from the city watch,Bruce has decided to stop becoming his alter ego and still depressed with the lost of Rachel. in the other part of the world,a group of mercenary led by Bane (Tom Hardy) had been in preparation for hijacking an airplane in order to kidnapped a Russian scientist who aboard the airplane.after finishing the preparation,he quickly hijacked the airplane by ordering his man to kill the pilot and took a hostage of the Russian scientist.leaving the plane crash so government official couldn't find the evidence link to their action. back on Wayne Manor,a formal party of the Wayne enterprise is held without the appearance of Bruce.with only Alfred (Michael Caine) who greeted the guest.he then ordered a maid to bring food to Bruce in his bedroom.with curiosity,she entered the bedroom and walked across the bedroom until she found an area of archery practice.suddenly,an arrow shoot from behind.she quickly turn her back and found Bruce Wayne appeared in front of her.with an exaggerated expression,she got panic.as Bruce walking toward her,she quickly kick Bruce walking stick and left him unbalanced.revealing her true identity as Catwoman (Anne Hateway),a famous cat burglar that has been stealing from the rich people of Gotham.
with an additional character of villain,it is certainly bring an intriguing plot of the story.even so,the introduction of the new character is rather slow than the previous dark knight which quickly bring out the Joker as the main villain in the early scene.except for Bane who has been introduced in the first scene with much similar action sequence as in the dark knight.still,the plot is rather really slow for Nolan previous batman movie which for some is a bit odd even annoying looking at the sudden change of the film pace.despite the slow build-up,it has an ambient of mystery surrounding the early scene where Catwoman was introduced on Wayne manor just like in his other thriller. a sense of film noir is existed in this early scene which is rather bold for superhero movie,since this kind of movie are generally express for action and suspense even in the beginning of the movie.nevertheless,it was an unique approach to the film especially with the fact that the film is going to be the last of his bat trilogy.even without the used of 3D camera,"The Dark Knight Rises" is a visual spectacle that wouldn't be forgotten in years to come. in 2005,Batman Begins was the first remake of Batman.
nevertheless,it was more of a re imagine because "Batman Begins" was vastly different from Burton take on Batman. Christopher Nolan,that had a reputation as a filmmaker and screenwriter thanks to his acclaimed first feature Memento in 2002.his films are mostly a fast pace psychological thriller with unusual mind-bending twist that made it unpredictable,also most of his film are centered around the theme of obsession and paranoia.he was definitely not the average filmmaker that had entrusted with a film about superhero. fortunately,the superhero was Batman,which has unique storytelling comparing to the other DC character.its medium contained a sense of genuine thriller which was suitable for Nolan style of film,considering his first feature film.as the result,the batman remake was not only a good remake but also a redefining of the Batman stories.the film was dark and twisted,yet it also a film about lost and redemption that was bold and inspiring.it earned many critical praise from Critics because of its new sense of realism that barely found in superhero movie.top critics like Roger Ebert was fascinated by the film that he said "The movie works dramatically in addition to being an entertainment. There's something to it. " and other critics like Peter Travers said "Nolan keeps the emphasis on character, not gadgets. Gotham looks lived in, not art-directed." praised Travers for Nolan's vision of Gotham city that looked very much alive and realistic.not only the critics,the new batman also spawned many new fans and satisfied fan boys.nonetheless, it was a triumph for Nolan as he successfully resurrected the iconic character.
3 years later,a sequel of Nolan's batman was released which entitled "The Dark Knight". The movie was even more dark than its previous movie thanks to Heath Ledger brilliant portrayal of the Joker.its story was also more complicated and it was very well structured.nevertheless,it was the best superhero ever made.both critics and fans have agreed on this statement.and for the second time,Nolan's batman has earn many praised from many top critics,especially Roger Ebert who said that "Batman" isn't a comic book anymore.Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an engrossing tragedy." other critics like Michael Philips also praised Nolan for taking the batman as a pulp to a very high level. in the end,whether "The Dark Knight Rises" is less perfect than "The Dark Knight" or even "Batman Begins". it was an epic final curtain of the best superhero trilogy ever made.a prove that even superhero movie can be made into an unforgettable cinematic spectacle with the right filmmaker.
The Hunger Games (2012)
The Hunger Games is thrilling,exciting,and Adventurous with its subject deeper than teenage romance.
The Hunger Games has an interesting story about the future of humanity that is seen through brave teenage girl whose played brilliantly by Jennifer Lawrence.beside top notch cast assemble,Ross witty direction in creating a dilemma between each character with serious tone and teenage romance which bring some comfort in term of story telling about the subject that is far deeper than teenage romance.
Set in the future,the once renowned and powerful country has changed forever after the rebellion that broke out in recent years.the result of the rebellion was a nation that has been divided into 12 district and tradition in which a boy and girl between the age of 12 and 18 are selected from 12 district to participate in a dangerous game where each of them are being forced to fight to death on live television where it is broadcast across the twelve district,the game that was named "The Hunger Games". The selection of the participant or "Tribute" are choose on the annual lottery known as " The Reaping".as the the next lottery for 74th annual Hunger Games begin in District 12,which is the poorest district among the whole district.Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is a 16 year old girl living in the district along with her little sister Primrose(Willow Shields) whose odd of being chosen as one of the tribute is close to impossible,However the odds are suddenly change when her sister Primrose are chosen to become district 12 tribute.Knowing that her sister didn't have any change of surviving the hunger games,Katniss Everdeen bravely substitute herself with her sister as the tribute of district 12 by becoming a volunteer for her sister sake. beside Katniss as the female tribute,another tribute that is chosen to represent the district is a baker's son named Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson).they are brought up into the capital with the well dressed Effie Trinket by riding Capitol fastest train,during their journey into the capitol, Effie introduce them to Haymetch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson) that happened to be one of the winner of the hunger games and he is also take part as their teacher.what Lies ahead for Katniss and Peeta in the Hunger Games?and How they are going to survive the brutal and violent Hunger Games?
The Hunger Games has a strong start in the beginning especially during the scene where Katniss little sister Primrose are chosen to become one of the tribute,which emotionally showed the conflict and dilemma that is going to become her motivation in the future. After dramatic separation between Katniss and her beloved sister Primrose,we are showed the Capital which visually packed with lots of CGI and glamorous set of decoration.from the realistic district 12 into the imaginative Capitol as how the future Metropolitan City looks like was one of rules that The Hunger Games has quickly set up the rules of Fantasy and Science fiction which tell the audience that the movie has something more than just drama with its adolescent female as its main character.
But what makes The Hunger Games different than any others kind of similar movie is how the combination of serious drama and teen romance manage to capture the theme of the movie which is deeper than a young adult being forced into harsh reality when everything is controlled by rich people who didn't have any moral value nor sense of compassion.without over-the-top action sequence The Hunger Games flows naturally with the character development and solid acting from the cast of young actors and teen star like Josh Hutcherson and rising star Liam Hamsworth whose acting skill are far better than Pattinson and Lautner in Twilight has saved the movie from becoming another twilight rip-off.but all the credit should goes for Jennifer Lawrence whose captivating performance and method acting is what makes the movie looks more mature as a movie that primely aims for teenage audience.Lawrence acting credibility is proved when she got Oscar nomination in last year Oscar in Winter's Bone where she played similar character of an adolescent young adult who are being forced take responsibility as head of the family and surviving the cruel reality.to have played strong independent female character like Katness Everdeen is no difficult task for Lawrence since her past experience has definitely brought her own perspective when it comes to played this kind of character.her fans will be craving for more and audience may take more attention toward this promising young actress.
The Hunger Games delivers all of its promise,from exciting adventure to witty and dazzling heroine that take place in a gloomy future of United States in post-modern warfare which the visual effect that was used is not over the top so the fantasy world such the Capitol still has some of its realistic aspect as future metropolitan yet it is still imaginative.
Serbuan maut (2011)
A movie that relies only on violence and martial art but forget about storytelling.
The Raid An action movie that everyone is talking about and claimed that it was a breakthrough as both action and martial art genre which is the one and only The Raid:Redemption. this movie was praised by both critics and film goers which both agreed that it is a great action movie in recent years,yet even one critics claimed that this movie has made most of Hollywood action movie into a shame since The Bourne Ultimatum. Being a breakthrough in both action movie and martial art which i can't argue about it because the movie is some kind of a breakthrough in terms of action movie rules and concept when most people(even critics) says that this movie is perfect or flawless,it is certainly not. the films is all about violence with martial arts as the main tools to make it thrilling and exhilarating,filmmaker Gareth Evans managed to use it to create some kind of symphony of street fighting which makes up most of the movie.the fighting choreograph was flawless and convincing because it looks like they really passionate about the whole process. From start to finish,The raid filled with blood pumping combat from guns battle,deadly hand to hand combat,and vicious machete duel which fuel the movie with adrenaline and excitement.
A group of S.W.A.T team led by lieutenant Jaka(Joe Taslim) has been given a command to capture notorious crime lord named Tama (Ray Sahetapy) who famous for his power and ruthless behavior toward his victim.but the group consist of rookie cop including Rama (Iko Uwais) who didn't know that his latest task will change his life forever. Although full of rookie,Leutant Jaka confident that his leadership will not effected the mission to infiltrate the infamous compound which was used by Tama to protect his empire from every police that want to take him down.after they reach the compound,they begin to infiltrate the compound with caution so they couldn't be detected and their infiltration goes well until they faced a young spotter who managed to alert other spotter,eventually their mission begin to crumble when Tama traps them in the 6th floor and switch off the electricity to assassinate them one by one.
The story is light and simple without not much of a twist and rather predictable,but it is also the weakest part of the movie since the plot hasn't been structured from the beginning that makes the movie didn't have a story to tell and lost its meaning since the aspect of the story is really weak. beside story what the raid didn't manage to deliver is the dialog,even thought dialog is not much important for general movie audience,but it does matter for some viewers and it is certainly important for critic,because dialog also help to make the movie has more meaning but storytelling and meaning was certainly not the priority here. aside from action sequence,the raid has nothing to offer since it almost has no plot or dialog so the character also has nothing to do beside keep fighting enemies that being thrown off constantly by the crime boss Tama,fortunately most of the actor is an expert in martial arts so their ability save them from making the character completely bland.the rising martial artist Iko Uwais was the headline of the movie because his skill make the character worth to watch.beside him,actor and fighting choreograph Yayan Ruhian should have been given credit because without him and Uwais the movie would't have the exhilarating vicious combat.
despite major flaw that the movie has,the raid is fun and exciting movie to watch,watching the raid is like playing a good game that lack of story which make us curious and sympathize about the character journey,unfortunately this is what the raid doesn't have so overall the raid has nothing to impress beside its fighting sequence which is becoming monotonous as the movie progress.if you want meaningful story and unforgettable character this movie is definitely not a recommendation.
Game Change (2012)
HBO triumphs with political drama and captivating performance.
Game Change is HBO latest original movie about John Mcain and Sarah Palin that is thoughtful and entertaining with stunning performance from its top notch cast. the movie works as a political drama thanks to its intriguing conflict that happens more as the story progress,although the plot of the movie is simply too linear has made the movie dull at some point,but it is still exciting to watch as we can see how flawed politic has become and choosing the wrong person could ruined one man ambition and reputation as respected political figures.
Back in the 2008,senator John Mcain (Ed Harris),the former war veteran who already has a well known reputation among the people of United States decided to run campaign to win the presidential election against his biggest political rival Barrack Obama.one of his effort to win the campaign is by asking the governor of Alaska Sarah Palin (Julianne Moore) to be his vice president candidate.after a while,everything is according to plan from providing her with all of her need including several expensive clothes in order to make her an attractive public figure to preparing her with many knowledge and information about the current politic issue. but not long after her successful campaign,problems began to emerged when she had some difficulty to understand political problems and her image as public figure being mocked around in the media.as the result of having many bad criticism from the press,she began having nervous breakdown that threatened not only her reputation but also the senator campaign to win the election.
The story is basically focus on Sarah Palin untold story during her campaign for vice president alongside Mcain without realizing that she was only being used to increase public attention toward his presidential campaign.in the movie,Palin was depicted as a selfish self centered person that only cares about her image and reputation as Alaska governor instead of doing her best for Mcain in his campaign.beside flawed personalities,Palin also shown to be mentally and psychologically unstable from often having a mental breakdown to being moody overtime which makes the movie interesting as well as controversial toward its main subject that is how person like Sarah Palin could even be nominated as vice president in the first place.Whether the whole scene that showed her lack of general knowledge (like she didn't know about England ruled by Prime Minister) is fact or fiction,we can't really tell especially for people that didn't know much about her trials and tribulation during her campaign to be vice president back in 2008 but one thing for sure is the movie that is trying to show how bad political game could be.
for people who has read the book Game Change,which the movie based on will probably already know about the whole intrigue and conflict surrounding Mcain Campaign four years ago and they will probably felt the movie lack of detail in term of information that the movie has to offer,but for me who didn't know much about Sarah Palin story and having reside outside United States find this movie resourceful and thought-provoking because its approach toward the subject of the movie so Game Change is only recommended for those people who didn't familiar with the event or still curious about hype that surround Sarah Palin,give this movie a try because it has an intriguing premise and the headline of the movie which is Julianne Moore performance as Sarah Palin that is captivating and convincing both physic and emotion.this is probably her best performance in years that certainly deserves golden globe nomination.despite its controversial subject and brilliant acting,but it is still has many flaw including plot of the story and for having been late in the release.but the movie has offered some political and moral question of who is to blame.whether the answer is Mcain or Palin,the debate will still remain and the answer could be very subjective because it depends on how audience perceive the condition that surrounds both Palin and Mcain as a person and our understanding on today world of politics.
Game of Thrones: The North Remembers (2012)
A stunning return
Finally,the wait is over for HBO brilliant and fantastic Game Of Thrones second season but which is any good or even better. the first episode of the second season already has so many intrigue from a scenery of a blazing red comet pass down in the sky to killing a baby,this season is definitely going to be a lot darker than the first season of this epic fantasy series. the story begin with the new monster king Joffrey and Sansa witnessed the hound butcher another knight in a tournament that was held for the king amusement and Joffrey forced Sansa to enjoy the tournament but Sansa was only pretending to enjoy the fight,when suddenly the charismatic Tyrion appear before Joffrey and Sansa.as usual Peter Dinklage steal the scene right away with his charming performance being a sharp tongue Tyrion Lannister,he has proved that he still got something that made him won last year golden globe.meanwhile back in the north Brand is still haunted by his premonition about the coming winter and dreams about the red omen in the sky.although his story didn't really get much of an improvement but it shows that there is still a constant character building on brand story. in the south,Daenerys was struggling in her journey to reclaim the throne despite having some dragon,mainly because neither Daenerys or her brother didn't know a thing about raising a dragon so she has to face the reality of only having a baby dragon and small follower even thought she was eager to take back the iron throne,fortunately she still has the brave and wise Ser Jorah Mormont accompany through out her journey. in the scene,Emilia Clarke was great in portrayed the struggled Daenerys even after manage to hatch some of her dragon egg,she just has that innocent look on her face that make you care about her character Daenerys even thought her character has made the first episode a bit look like a soap opera set in medieval times,nevertheless her acting was superb in this first episode.then we are introduce to the one and only Stannis Baratheon,who happens to be the true heir of the kingdom was now having a ritual of converting his religion into his wife new religion praising a so-called "God of Light" although his elder has warned him not to betray the old god but the stubborn Stannis disobey his warning and he choose to convert his old belief.in this season we are introduce to Stannis Baratheon played by actor Stephen Dillane,who plays the character convincing but somehow lack of intimidation although the novel has describe the character Stannis Baratheon as an intimidating and fearsome leader but it is early to judge from the appearance since it is still the first episode and an introduction to the character.these are the main plot of the first episode beside there are some interesting new character being introduce,there is also some of the old character show their other side such as little finger being easily disturb when Cerces mocked his status of being one of the honorable lord and Rob looking more fierce and brave than ever before,when he intimidate Jamie with his dire wolf and when he learn to stand up for himself in front of his mother.beside introduction and character development,there were also a brutal scene where a baby was killed in little finger whorehouse and near the end of the episode,a boy was drown into the water by one of the city guard,these scene are a little disturbing but it also help to build the suspense in the end of episode.so the answer to the question was yes,the new season is definitely going to be better than season one beside its more brutal and bloody aspect that we likely to see often in this new season but the intriguing plot and superb acting will attract new viewer,while the fan will be craving for more of game of thrones in days to come.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
The stupid apprentice
sorcerers apprentice is kind of slow and predictable even with an all star cast like Nicholas cage,Alfred Molina,Monica belluci,and the new upcoming actor slash comedian jay baruchel still cannot achieve it's goal to be a great summer blockbuster flick even with the help of one of the most famous producer Jerry bruckheimer this movie still lacks of good quality as a film from the script that is really lazy and dull with all of the CGI that too much to be given to this movie that make not only the story but also the rest of movie was unclear and outlandish at the same time that make sorcerers apprentice it's like that kind of a movie that was polish with a loan some of CGI over and over until the very end of the movie just to make it bigger and better while didn't notice to the story and character development that has developed from the beginning of the movie although some of the special effect were cool in some part but mostly its cheesy and turn out to be effect the movie greatly in the story telling. so the film is started with of course that average fantasy B movie style where there is a narration continuously explain about the story that tell about merlin and his 3 greatest student or his protégé that usually we called it named Balthazar Blake played really well by Nicholas cage,maxim horvarth also played really well by a the talented Alfred Molina,and then lastly there is veronica played by Monica belluci.the scene began where in that time Merlin was overcome by his greatest arch nemesis that also a brilliant witch which is named is Morgana whom purpose is of course as usual to conquer the world with a very dangerous spell by resurrecting the dead why the great merlin can overcome by Morgana soon we learn that one of his student was betray him and that is maxim who whatever reason is deflect to Morgana where his true purpose of this betrayal still unclear and later in the endonoum of the movie the real reason was uncovered and then merlin was really overcome at that time and by the time Balthazhar and veronica come merlin has already dying then with Morgana and maxim take control of the situation they are almost win but destiny hasn't been made yet with Balthazar with rust counter attack Morgana with a blow and same with maxim then in here we are introduce to somehow a powerful vase that's called doll where the function is to trapped a soul and luckily Balthazar still managed to capture his own treacherous comrade where in this situation maxim will be in prisoned in this magical relics for eternity well unleashed somebody opened it then while Balthazar managed to capture maxim veronica is overwhelmed with Morgana where in the end she has to tried with her best spell which is also basically forbidden because of the consequence of the spell but she done it anyway despite the odds the spell works and then after she done the spell veronica managed to drain Morgana soul into her body by using that complicated spell i mentioned about but unfortunately veronica didn't strong enough to overcome Morgana soul and with no other choice Balthazar is forced to captured veronica soul which is also Morgana soul to save her live and soul then after all this event in order to destroy Morgana soul and save her veronica he has to find this chosen one where only he or she the only one that destined to accept merlin legacy and beat Morgana once and for all so Balthazar travel around the world to find this chosen one using the dragon ring that merlin gave him to and then cut to 2000 year later where finally Balthazar manage to find this chosen one a kid named Dave with a mere coincidence then destiny awaits for this young extraordinary young man that soon has to learned his true purpose and potential as Merlin successor.Of course in the beginning of movie the story seems epic and potentially great but as the movie goes on the story becomes really weak and also the plot that become more and more predictable and stupid and also with a never ending cheesy CGI that instead of making the movie even better but unfortunately makes the story of the movies weaker and also one of the major parts that make this movie bad is that the main character Dave has almost no character development where there supposed to be a lot of dramatic and intense moment but instead of making the lead character better the main character Dave just nothing to be given for to the audience while the other cast perfectly done their job and Jay in other way as the upcoming actor didn't show much here the character he's playing just goofing around trying to be funny and cool but that just for it nothing more nothing else which is also why the Sorcerer's apprentice turns out to be really stupid and annoying with not much to be given beside the crunchy and cheesy special effect that was shown over and over until the movie ends.so Disney promise as a quality family movie for everyone turns out to be nothing but crap just to make money during summer and didn't care about the movie at all and still the main reason why this movie really bad is also because both the movie director and the studio which is Disney is also responsible here that is not being able to told the promising story in the film that makes the movie a bad stupid fantasy movie for everyone. i'm not recommended this to anyone because i think this movie is really poorly made and the special effect isn't really that good also so don't watch this movie if you expect to find this to be an epic and unforgettable fantasy movie this summer.
Inception (2010)
Nolan's rescue this summer blockbuster with the brilliantly written Inception
Finally a great and superb summer blockbuster has arrived after months and months of expected it Inception is finally arrive to live up this summer to be a worth waiting film in summer as well the best i've seen it so far after a lot of crappy remakes,stupid sequel,mindless comedy that fill up the world of summer cinema now Christopher Nolan rescue this summer by making this intelligent and unforgettable film after he make his first rescue in summer 2008 by re-decorates batman movie into astonishing dark knight and now he's rescue again with inception his best movie yet.
Inception is definitely a worth watching for from start to finish with an interesting and intriguing character plus an intelligent script that shaped the whole perfectly written stories inception really live up it's both promise and premise as a film also as a blockbuster from the great script and a story that almost like a novel to me and with mind blowing both special effect and the visual effect not to forget the brilliant cinematography where in every scene that was shoot perfectly even without the 3D camera even without that kind of expensive toys inception still brilliantly can deliver all of the effect clearly and with a lot of cool slow motion captured that was used in this film that make inception clearly a big budget blockbuster with story and character like a novel and a script that brilliantly intelligent what more did you ask for and as for the acting i remained speechless about it even with or without an Oscar nomination Leonardo performance is going to be remembered in both film and his career history and with the supporting role that as good as it can be with a young talented actor like Ellen page and grade a upcoming actor as Joseph Gordon Levitt and Marrion cotillard that live up the character really well there's no doubt that this is really a playground for all the talented actor out there. so with an almost perfect script,brilliant cinematography,great musical score from always the brilliant hanz zimmer,very polishing and astonishing visual and special effect and a unbelievable performance from Leonardo and friends what more did you ask for so grab a popcorn with your favorite soda and bring friends with you and let film doctor Christopher Nolan heal your need for quality entertainment with his twisted mind blowing almost perfect science fiction and let's hope this win for an Oscar
Män som hatar kvinnor (2009)
The girl with awesome tattoo- a dark mysterious well made crime movie
Girl with dragon tattoo comes as a good mystery film that full of suspense and thriller and with a excitement like a b-movie this ambitious mystery crime drama also delivered it with an unique and interesting central character that deeply acted by a tremendous actor
The story follows a ambitious journalist named Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist who worked for the magazine Millennium, lost a libel case brought on by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. The magazine & he were ordered to pay for damage and Blomkvist was due to head for prison in the next few months.
While waiting to serve his sentence, Blomkvist was approached by Henrik Vanger's representative. After some hesitation, he came to see Mr. Vanger, the frail & wealthy octogenarian of The Vanger group, who lived in a remote island, surrounded by other family members' houses.
It turned out Mr. Vanger wanted to hire Blomkvist to unearth the truth behind his niece Harriet's apparent murder some forty years ago when she was sixteen. Although her body was never found, Mr. Vanger believed it was murder because that day there was an accident on the only bridge that linked the island with the mainland. The bridge was closed, nobody could get out & nobody could get on the island. Yet, Harriet just vanished into thin air. There's not a day gone by which Mr. Vanger didn't think about her.
Before going to the island to see Mr. Vanger, Blomkvist didn't know that he was being followed & photographed by Lisbeth Salander, a punk who made a living as a computer hacker.
The young woman had problems of her own. Due to crime committed in her youth ( later we learnt that when she was much younger, she had set fire to a man, presumably her abusive father, in a car ), she had to report to a guardian who controlled her money. One day, he forced her to give him a blow job or else he threatened to accuse her of causing trouble and have her put into a psychiatric hospital.
When Blomkvist found out his PC had been hacked into he was able to trace back to Salander & came to her place. He persuaded her to collaborate with him in the investigation of Mr. Vanger's niece. Together they dug up more troubling and disturbing information. The story of course was perfectly written with a lot of twist in it and make it mysteriously dark disturbing at some point making this a really good crime movie with it's own charm. And also with a weird chemistry that later builds between Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth salander that also make the movie more exciting and fun in a bizarre way make the movie character looks like a dark moody and bizarre version of starsky and hutch. I really recommend this to anybody who like a crime drama movie with an interesting central character and with an acting that really lives up the movie this is really a must watch crime drama on it's own creativity
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Short and brilliant !
short but brilliant in all of it's aspect from story,plot,character,cinematography,screenplay,acting, and great editing that also help this movie delivered everything from start to finish and with so much originality in it that really make this film an instant classic as Quentin Tarantino first brilliant movie that eventually will shape his unique style of film making in the near future also with the perfect twist that he added in every scene that really make the film so curious and really unpredictable and not to mention a lot of interesting character that help this film to be even better from Mr.white played by Harvey Keitel the easy lost tempered guy,Mr.blonde played by Michael Madsen that more likely to be an ex psycho,Mr.orange played by Tim Roth the dramatic one, ,funky Mr brown played by Tarantino himself,Mr blue the quiet one, the most hilarious but a coward Mr.pink played by Steve Buscemi,nice and funny guy Eddie and lastly the big boss Joe with all of these interesting character plus the perfectly well written script this is really a entertaining fun movie for everyone who watched it.Really recommended this!!!
Antichrist (2009)
Dark,moody,disturbing but nothing more
there are only 3 word to describe this movie that is dark,moody,and disturbing although the film was artistic and has several artistic visual effect in this movie also the story that is unique and very dark that seriously be told toward audience to understand the film meaning about how deep and dark human nature that can turns into really evil and painful reality that can starts at anytime and anywhere with only such few event that effect the people who experience it for the rest of their life although this film did a great job to tell and told the message in unique and creative style for a psychological horror but overall it was too dark to be shown to audience whom watching it and not to mention it some scene are even hardly to watch because just really disturbing and could also be gross at some point also with many sex and violent that this movie has just really make this film hard to understand and even to be really respected. okay so maybe the director vision is perfectly told in his films but i just think that he's only thinking for himself and not the audience whom want to watch it not just for being serious but also entertaining but the film itself is even hardly entertaining plus with so much gruesome,violent,and a bit more sadistic in some point that make some people are uncomfortable to watch with but the acting in the other way are superb and very brave acting for both actor and end of words i am not dare to recommended this movie for anyone because there will be several people or critics who maybe think this movie are watchable and great horror especially for Lars Von Tier fans out there who loves his unique and creative film but i'm sure that a lot of people will drop this movie out in the middle of it because the very disturbing part in it that in the end this will eventually become an unwatchable film for many people
Chloe (2009)
Chloe is a story about jealousy,seduction and loneliness
Chloe is story about a wife whom curious with his husband a curiosity that started after his husband cannot attend his own birthday party while she already prepare the party for weeks and because of that she felt sad,angry,lonely and specially unloved because of his husband and the situation become more complicated as in the next morning while she discover an evidence of a photo of his husband with young girl in his mobile phone from here she become more anxious and angry with his own husband that whom she has married for years.then some other time later while they having a dinner in a classy hotel with their friends comes a situation that make her become more jealous and curious about his husband cheated on her when a hot young hotel waitress comes up to take their food order and then while the waitress take their order his husband started to flirt with her this just really makes her uncomfortable for her to watch and while she can't stand it any longer she makes an excuse about going to a toilet for a while in the toilet she just sit in a closet for a while then unexpectedly she hears a girl crying from her left side of the toilet room suddenly the crying girl wanted a toilet tissue from her maybe because she runs out of tissue after she done help her a little bit and relief her situation she goes to the toilet sink to wash her hand and the girl whom she help thanked her and then they started short conversation a bit before she comes back to his accused husband of being cheated after the dinning with a frustration of her starting to take over she goes to a bar in the hotel and while she having a drink in that bar alone suddenly a girl name Chloe whom she met back then in the toilet approached her and they starting to talk to each other and after she finds out that Chloe is an escort girl she hired her to spying on his husband by order her to approach him and seduce him and see if his husband is still royal to her or not.from here the story becomes more complicated and exciting as Chloe starting to get her job done. above are just a little synopsis of what kind of movie is this it is basically just a simple story about a wife whom got trouble in her long marriage and because of that she's try to test her marriage in the cover of the movie it says thriller and drama but from my point of view i see way more drama rather than a thriller and this movie itself it got a certain mixture of fatal attraction and a little bit basic instinct which is kind of good the way he put several style from those movie and combining with it and as a result, a good twist in the plot and very unpredictable but unfortunately the twist that the movie had already build it from the beginning of the movie just cannot reach a good climax and the rest part of this movie suffer from it especially the ending although the ending are unpredictable but is really disappointed that makes the story of the movie really suffer for it but at least the acting from the cast was pretty good especially with Amanda seyfried who is really hot in this and really make the whole point of this movie clearly with her performance as Chloe and at the same time also help this movie gain it's audience also the rest of the cast was did fine with Liam neeson as usual did a good job as the supporting cast and overall maybe this movie was not the next fatal attraction or another drama thriller masterpiece but it was decent and still watchable.
The Village (2004)
Fail to archive it's potential
The village it definitely a unique movie with fresh mixture of horror,thriller and drama try to create something new in horror film and it has a lot of great idea and potential to become a creative horror movie with it's own fresh thriller that he gave to his story and with great twist in it but because several flaw mostly in his cinematography that looks like an amateur shoot taken by guy whose done The Blair witch project especially some scene that will take some time later in the movie maybe because it seems that the DP wanted to create something different in his movie by combining old style and modern horror scene but turn out to be total failure for this movie some important scene are becoming blurry because of this and that makes the plot become lost and the character looks like confused with their own plot and the editing is also failed in middle of it started to looks like the Blair witch project combining with other old school horror movie the movie itself that started promising but due to lack of some of these major flaw M night has failed to capture his own well written story to the screen and eventually lead to a total disaster that destroy both of the story major twist and mystery that makes this creepy and mysterious in the first place and looks like a cheap horror movie near the addendum of the story and with some bad editing that made his own vision and the movie recipe turn to be destroy this movie potential but although of it disaster recipe at least the acting was great especially Howard who played the blind girl but with a kind and brave characteristic and to Jaqiuen phoenix as a very mysterious and very curious man that try to solve the town problem also for it support cast Adrien Brody did a pretty good job as a problematic village boy whose suffer a mental disorder and as the many other actor did a pretty good job too and in the end at least the casting and the beautifully musical score still save this movie from becoming a total recipe for disaster
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Pure entertainment but lack of originality from the first one
first of all there are two words to describe this movie Totally Awesome!!! there i say it despite review from many critics or gossip by people who already watched it at the screening or in other country mainly in Asia because they've got an early release date, ignored their gossip or critics review.In my opinion this movie was one of most excited,entertaining superhero movie ever made so far for those people who already watch iron man before or a big fan from it's comic book they totally going to loved this one maybe for quality yes it's not as good as the first one but it's not a really terrible movie like they say there still a lot of terrible superhero movie out there and this is not include Iron man 2 was a good sequel it's not great but it's good and really worth watching from the special,visual,sound effect was perfect but what makes this movie it is not as good as the first one or not surpass the critics expectation because a few stupid scene and lot of slapstick humor that just really ruined this movie like the humor for example instead of clever and funny comedy like the first one this sequel turned it into a stupid slapstick comedy not just that if the first one all of the joke and humor was perfectly pitch by all of the character that doesn't happen in this one some even try hard to be funny and that just really annoying for us to watch and that just really ruined this movie potential and not just that some scene just really stupid to watch like there is one time happy tony stark driver driving around the circuit of formula one with a ordinary car and that just really stupid and don't make any sense at all and because of stupid scene like that really make this movie looks bad and one of the most important one bad editing really really bad one and because two of these minor mistake favreau did really break it's quality and lack of originality that the first one had to offer maybe he's in hurry making this or maybe the budget that was being cut off effect the final picture all of this was just really sad and destroyed it potential to be as good as dark night or even better.the acting was good and a breakthrough performance from Sam Rockwell as Justin hammer really lived up this sequel as usual Robert Downey delivered it everything from it start until finish and a little disappointment from don cheadle as Lt.James Rhodes replacing Terrence Howard other than that a surprise good performance from scarlet Johanson as the sexy shield agent black widow as well as mickey Rourke for playing a vengeance full scientist Ivan vanko despite all of that minor mistake this movie is really worth watching for and just really awesome superhero movie in the end let just hope for the best for this movie to do well in the box office so iron man franchise didn't end up just like that despite all of the bad review or people talking that is not as good as the first one i am just has a big expectation about this franchise to be great and i hope all of that could change in the next iron man movie (if it's going to be made)and favreau should direct again to proof those critic that has underestimate him in this movie and make the most awesome superhero movie ever.
[Rec]² (2009)
Rec 2 aka left for dead the movie (spain version)
I 've just watch this movie yesterday and i'm watch rec 2 cause i'm pretty curious about the rumor and hype surround the original rec because i'm never watch rec before and i'm pretty excited because i heard the cinematography is like cloverfield but just the different this horror so i watched this movie for hope just to be really scared because of it's video style just like the blair witch project or any other similar movie and just expected to be something different than other but i'm surprised when i watch the movie i watched it on movie theater and kind of late 10 minutes and after another 10 minutes what i see is just a group of people wandering around and i was kind of confuse with it story because i never watch the original rec and then while finally the action of the movie is begin to started i thought the action scene it's really similar with favorite game i played left for dead and during the movie i kind of laugh because i thought it just weird for some reason i gotta feeling the director kind of got an inspiration from the video game especially for the shooting scene is not bad i think because it's kind of creative and make the movie more exciting and realistic so overall the movie was really good and entertaining despite it's didn't like a horror movie at all more like an action thriller with it gruesome infected in left for dead in my opinion to whom you people who already watch the original rec i think should give this movie a change to be watch or rented although maybe it's not gonna scary as rec but it's worth watching for it's genre
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Al pacino is the devil itself
Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. But soon, his wife starts feeling homesick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. However, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off. yes it is a pretty great story the writer wants to create a new unique story about devil and his companions with a twist even though in the end the movie itself it fail to be unique and innovative bring it promises to the genre but even so Al Pacino save the movie from failing in Box office charts by characterized John Milton or the devil perfectly but sadly the critic didn't noticed and so it become one of the most underrated role in his career despite being the fact that the movie promotion it is become easy with his name in it so even thought it fail to amazed the critic but it pretty good and entertaining movie for the people out there whose like a kind of devil movie like this so overall is a pretty good decent B movie with Al Pacino being the A-list in it a perfect formula for another typical B movie
Feast (2005)
Awful but very entertaining for usual Friday night
I know this movie from the web and when i discover this movie on the web i was very curious because of it's title is just a really simple title i toughs it was any other stupid low budget film with the usual element of small studio low budget production from the very first time i look this i know it's an awful small budget movie and yes it is if you looking for quality in this movie don't hope for it because like i say it just any other usual low budget movie but a really entertaining for Friday night movie or maybe Saturday if you don't have any other activities at that day it's a movie for watched with your buddies and certainly not to bring your girlfriend to watch this movie because is just a short,enjoyable,fun movie to be enjoyed with the guys so if sometime you bored with a big budget box office movie to watch at the cinema just invite your buddies to your house grab a couple of beer and just have fun with this movie in Friday night because it got hot chicks,action,monster,comedy,gore and definitely a little slasher kind of type movie is just a fun movie to enjoy with your buddies at Friday night
2012 (2009)
a well done disaster flick
I watched this recently epic disaster movie a couple days ago and when i was watching it i was really shock and in my mind i was "wow it's really cool this special effect was" i mean it's been a year that i am really amazed by any special effect that so outstanding like this one no wonder Roland really brave to ask about a 260 million us dollar to the studio to make this top notch both visual and special effect for technical value this movie is top notch except bad screenplay however some scene in this movie look just is impossible in reality and both scientific fact it just really a joke for all of those intellect out there especially for all geologist expert out there if they watch this maybe they will chase Emmerich for his silly,idiotic,abnormal scientific video in the movie while for the acting was just great except for Danny glover i think is pretty awful for trying to characterized the new president in this disaster flick while he's trying the rest of it cast acting cover up the veteran actor whose saved this movie from going lost it plot while the rest of it movies its good and overall it is a great movie on it's genre and at the same time it's a really entertaining and fun movie to watch if you are the people who really want to watch this movie i recommended watch this on theater or maybe at IMAX theater by the time it was out and i think in the end it's a worth watching disaster flick well done Mr.Emmerich