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Lost in Austen (2008)
Give it a chance...
Unfortunately, I started watching Episode 4 before I really knew what the show was about. Not a good idea. I was furious with the way these people had twisted around some of my favorite characters or all time.
Immediately I sat down to watch them all, in order, to see how irritated I could get with the producers...But I didn't. I became completely engrossed.
Everything was happening for a reason...Nobody is really to blame for the mistakes I thought I saw in the fourth episode. I came to feel sympathy for Amanda instead of hate.
How real it all was...if a 21st century girl switches places with Elizabeth Bennett. I realized that I didn't read "Pride and Prejudice" because I am in love with Mr. Darcy, but because I am in love with Elizaebth Bennett and Mr. Darcy together.
It made me think...what would I do if I switched places with Lizzy Bennett?
Camp Rock (2008)
Camp Rock - - What you expect
If you are reading this, you know you are going to watch Camp Rock. You know that you are getting a predictable plot line and average acting - - but this movie isn't up for an Oscar.
Sure. This movie was made for Jonas Brothers lovers. If you don't like pop music, you won't like this movie.
Perfect for kids ages 7-15, or those, like me, who like to remember what you would have loved when you were that age. You can't hold it to higher standards that Disney didn't set.
For what it is, it is good. Decent songs, decent acting, decent looks. Everything 7-15 year olds look for in a Disney movie.
Sin City (2005)
A Night Time City Full of Gulity Pleasures & the Choice Between Revenge & Redemption
Sin City is a night time city full of guilty pleasures where the people are torn between revenge and redemption. Based off the graphic novels by Frank Miller, Sin City is the best movie I've seen all year, and is the only one that really sticks to the graphic novels. I say graphic novels because there is a difference between graphic novels and comic books. Graphic novels are aimed toward adults, as Sin City should be, comics toward children.
How many of you saw Kill Bill: Volume 1? Do you remember the scene where The Bride is fighting in Japan and the screen suddenly went black and white? That was because Quentin Tarantino was told that the scene was too bloody and it would either have to go to black and white or to be cut altogether. He opted for black and white. If Sin City hadn't been intentionally done in black and white, it would have been forced to be. There is great violence in this movie. People are getting shot or killed with knives and swords or pipes. But it is all, almost, done with a good purpose. You may be startled but you think, "Hey, the guy deserved it." This movie is really three of the graphic novels out into one movie. The Hard Goodbye, The Big Fat Kill, and That Yellow Bastard. These three graphic novels all take place in the fictional town of Basin City, also called Sin City, where you don't know if the cops are clean or dirty, where women walk the streets, the bad guys are as high up as a United States Senator, and where danger is around every corner and there is no place to hide.
The Hard Goodbye tells the tale of Marv. Marv who has never known real love in his entire life
until Goldie. Marv only knows Goldie for one night when she is murdered while he sleeps right next to her. It becomes Marv's goal to find Goldie's murderer and make him pay.
The Big Fat Kill is a story about Dwight. Dwight makes his original appearance in book 2, A Dame to Kill For, which is really just background information for book 3. Dwight goes to the part of Sin City known as Old Towne. Old Towne is run by the street walkers, the leader of which was romantically linked to Dwight, and the women have a perilous truce with the police. The girls keep that part in order and keep out the mob, but when something goes horribly wrong and a messy body gets discovered, it's up to Dwight to protect his friends, even if it means killing a whole lot of people.
That Yellow Basard is the account of an aging cop named Hartigan who is an hour away from retiring when he gets a call that an 11-year-old girl has been kidnapped by a lunatic; a loose end that Hartigan hadn't tied up.
All these stories are in the movie and are very clear to follow. They hardly ever overlap. What makes these stories really come to life is the color. The majority of the movie is in black and white. But every now and then you'll see a splash of color. In the opening scene, you see a woman standing on a balcony. Her surroundings are completely black and white, but her dress is a vibrant red. As are her lips. And when her eyes are mentioned, they light up green then fade back to black and white. It is the little surprises of color that makes you not want to take your eyes from the screen. The dialog is just as amazing.
When the characters actually talk or when you hear their thoughts, it is like watching an old 40's movie. One of my favorite lines is right at the beginning and it goes, "The silencer makes a whisper of the gunshot." Nobody talks like that anymore and it makes the movie that much more exciting. The dialog is just so old fashioned that it makes you remember the days of tommy guns and Dick Tracy. A character named Bob is talking to Hartigan and he says, "You're pushing 60, and you've got a bum ticker." It almost makes you giggle, if it weren't for what happens next, but we won't go into that.
This is one of the most gifted casts I've ever seen in one movie. You have Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Jamie King, Carla Gugino, Jessica Alba, Nick Stahl, Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Clark Duncan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Madsen, Brittany Murphy, and Alexis Bledel. Not to mention Robert Rodriguez directing with the writer Frank Miller, and Quentin Tarantino directing a scene. This movie is just
There are almost no words describing it. You just have to go see it for yourselves. You have to. Your life will not be complete unless you go and see Sin City. I mean it. Now. Go find a car! "A hardtop, with a decent engine, and make sure it's got a big trunk."
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Pitch Black need not be seen
The Chronicles of Riddick is so far from Pitch Black that even though Pitch Black is the first movie in the story of Riddick, it is not needed to tell the story of The Chronicles of Riddick.
The special effects were amazing and the characters had more depth in The Chronicles of Riddick, while Pitch Black was a very compact story. I would actually consider Pitch Black more of horror story than a science fiction one, which is what The Chronicles is, in my opinion.
Only a few characters carry-over from movie to movie so it is not hard to follow, and even if there were a lot of carry-over characters, you'll have your hands full making sure you don't miss plot or story-lines because you even discover new things about the carry-over characters so that they seem almost brand new.
So if not seeing Pitch Black is the only thing stopping you from seeing The Chronicles of Riddick, don't let it hinder you any farther, as it is not needed to be seen to understand the plot.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Great movie, if not well explained
I thought that the movie was excellent. It was much better than the previous two which were like book reviews. A madman has escaped Azkaban to supposedly come after Harry. I thought that Gary Oldman was brilliant as Sirius Black. Even Michael Gambon as the new Headmaster Dumbledore was a great role. I actually like him better as Dumbledore than I did Richard Harris.
My only problem was that the screenplay lacked, what I thought, were some essential details critical to the story. I didn't mind that some scenes were out of order, as long as they all get in the movie, who cares?
WARNING: SPOILERS MIGHT BE CONTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH! But when the screenwriters don't explain why Snape and Sirius hate each other so much, you lose those elements that will take away from the fourth movie. When you don't explain about the Wolfsbane Potion, you don't understand what Sirius is talking about at the end of the movie. You need to explain how Prof. Lupin knew about the map and who Moony, Wormatail, Padfoot, and Prongs are. I did like, however, how much Hermione was not as mean or aloft as she seemed in the book. The screenplay was my only problem. The film was dark and that suited it well.