Monday, September 28, 2009
In any literature class they teach you the importance of establishing conflict. Conflict is what drives a plot and makes it interesting. The problem is that in the 21st century it’s hard to define conflict. Morality is a lot more loose and hard to define. Even in super-hero movies, the line between good and bad [...]
Michael Jackson’s death was definitely an unexpected shocker. Even though his life has long degraded into a media circus of scandal and freakish behavior, his final demise ironically allowed us to see the man behind the mask for his true artistry and talent. Michael Jackson created the MTV era. He was the first artist to [...]
I really can’t say much for this film other than the fact that it was an excellent vehicle for Will Smith to make a major breakthrough as an actor and to be taken seriously for his talents. His physical transformation in itself is an awe-inspiring feat. However, the film itself leaves much to be desired. [...]
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a Woody Allen film from his Scarlett Johansson phase. Two American girls visit Barcelona. Vicky is a practical girl engaged to a successful businessman and finishing her masters degree in Catalan identity. Cristina is aspiring visual artist that just finished filming a short that will get her no where. In Barcelona [...]
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The film opens in an Indian interrogation room. Jamal who’s on the verge of becoming an instant millionaire is being tortured by the police on the suspicion of cheating the popular TV show, “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”. “How can a slumdog like you know the answers?” asks the inspector to which he spits [...]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tells the story of a man born old and aging backwards, living a peculiar life of hardship that gradually blossoms into success and youth but also loss of his loves. One thing that stands out is the amazing computer graphics for their under-stated effects on the story (mainly allowing [...]
A girl from the streets with attitude problems and troubles at home gets one shot at making things good by enrolling in a prestigious arts academy on the strength of her potential as a dancer. The school’s most popular hunk and scion of the sponsoring family takes an interest in the girl as the girl [...]
Saturday, December 6, 2008
As a fan of the TV series, all I can say is that the film is bitter sweet. I was seriously disappointed in the first half of the film and actually stopped watching it to go to sleep, it didn’t feel worth staying up beyond late for. The movie picks up during the high drama [...]
Monday, November 17, 2008
Wanted is about an anxiety-ridden failure of an accountant, the every man Wesley Gibson played by James McAvoy, with his life completely out of control stuck in a dead end job and an unfulfilling relationship. McAvoy does a great job portraying a highly wound up flunky. His life suddenly takes a turn for the dramatic [...]
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Tropic Thunder is Ben Stiller comedy written and directed by the man about a bunch of hot shot Hollywood stars shooting a Vietnam War. Everything that can go wrong does and the demanding financier of the movie (played by Tom Cruise) forces the actors to shoot the film in the live with handheld cameras and [...]
