I am a Disney kid through and through. I grew up watching cartoon movies and animated films. I even got the nickname "Boo" after Monsters, Inc. came out.
I love watching animated movies though. It's like reliving my childhood even though I look like a 12 year old.
The movie for this review is called Tale of Despereaux and it's about a little mouse!
ACTING
This was an animated film, so there wasn't much acting to it. There were a lot of voice overs! And Emma Watson was one of them. Although I do think that Matthew Broderick's voice was a little deep for such a little mouse. I would have liked to hear a young boy or teenage boy do the voice.
Total Oscars: 3
SET/COSTUMES & MAKEUP
Again, I can't really judge this because it was ANIMATED. But I do admit that I liked the way Roscuro was dressed because he was a pirate. I thought that was cute!
I thought that the faces were REALLY oddly shaped and it freaked me out a little. The princess looked a little lanky and she had these huge eyes that peered into your soul.
Total Oscars: 2 (the faces freaked me out)
STORY LINE
A little mouse, Despereaux, is a little curious mouse that wants to learn more about the Princess after he accidentily encounters her during one of his mouse lessons. But because he's not supposed to interact with humans, he ends up being banished and is sent to live with the rats where he met Roscuro. Roscuro accidently killed the Princess's mother by giving her a heart attack, so he tries to make it up to her by meeting her, but that goes awry and Roscuro ends up capturing her and bringing her to the rat colony. The rest of the story is about how Despereaux goes through incredible lengths to save her.
Total Oscars: 3 (it's the classic damsel in distress story *yawn*)
OSCAR SUM: 8
Now I don't hate the movie, but it seemed mediocre and even though I love animated stuff, this was a little stereotypical plot. I suppose this is me being irritated because I've grown out of kids movies, but I still want something that can entertain me for an hour or two.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Movie Critique # 6: North Country
College has some perks to it.
Besides the fact that I am getting a head start on my education, some of the classes are pretty interesting. One of the ones that I am signed up for is a women's studies class. I figured it would be a worthwhile elective to take because I am going to be in an industry all about people after all.
One of the MAJOR perks is that I get to watch movies for homework. Now that I can deal with.
This particular film is called North Country.
Although I would recommend not watching it on Valentine's Day because it's a movie about severe sexual harassment.
Don't do what I did. It makes you feel alone.
ACTING
Charlize Theron is a cray cray lady. Not because she was standing up for herself, but because she was melodramatic about everything. It was seriously frightening. I thought she was way too skinny and her teeth were too white to be working in a mine, but that's just me.
Total Oscars: 3 (the teeth and the perfect shag of her hair in every scene bugged me)
SET/MAKEUP
While there was a lot of soot and smear paint involved in the movie, I felt as if some things were too clean to be there. The counters were too clean in the kitchens and the clothes too perfectly clinging to the women's bodies. I did like how they built the dispensary belts and the towers of the mill. That was pretty cool! I give them props for that.
Total Oscars: 3
STORY LINE
Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) has to leave her abusive husband to save her and her children's lives. She ends up getting a job at the tactonite mill that her father has worked for most of his life. She's one of the handful of women selected to work at the mill, but she goes through unbearable ridicule and scrutiny from her male colleagues. She ends up filing a lawsuit against the mill because she was not being respected by anyone (not even her father), and her rights as a woman were not being protected. The movie is about her journey of taking the complaint to court.
Total Oscars: 3 (it was a lot to take in)
Oscar Sum: 9
The movie was wayyyyy too repulsive in my opinion. Did I like it? Yes, but it was really depressing to watch and I felt uncomfortable watching these women be tortured as they were. I suppose that was the whole point, but it still makes you paranoid after.
I wouldn't recommend watching this if you are around children or live with much older individuals. The language and sexual content is going to get people riled up. Be careful.
Besides the fact that I am getting a head start on my education, some of the classes are pretty interesting. One of the ones that I am signed up for is a women's studies class. I figured it would be a worthwhile elective to take because I am going to be in an industry all about people after all.
One of the MAJOR perks is that I get to watch movies for homework. Now that I can deal with.
This particular film is called North Country.
Although I would recommend not watching it on Valentine's Day because it's a movie about severe sexual harassment.
Don't do what I did. It makes you feel alone.
ACTING
Charlize Theron is a cray cray lady. Not because she was standing up for herself, but because she was melodramatic about everything. It was seriously frightening. I thought she was way too skinny and her teeth were too white to be working in a mine, but that's just me.
Total Oscars: 3 (the teeth and the perfect shag of her hair in every scene bugged me)
SET/MAKEUP
While there was a lot of soot and smear paint involved in the movie, I felt as if some things were too clean to be there. The counters were too clean in the kitchens and the clothes too perfectly clinging to the women's bodies. I did like how they built the dispensary belts and the towers of the mill. That was pretty cool! I give them props for that.
Total Oscars: 3
STORY LINE
Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) has to leave her abusive husband to save her and her children's lives. She ends up getting a job at the tactonite mill that her father has worked for most of his life. She's one of the handful of women selected to work at the mill, but she goes through unbearable ridicule and scrutiny from her male colleagues. She ends up filing a lawsuit against the mill because she was not being respected by anyone (not even her father), and her rights as a woman were not being protected. The movie is about her journey of taking the complaint to court.
Total Oscars: 3 (it was a lot to take in)
Oscar Sum: 9
The movie was wayyyyy too repulsive in my opinion. Did I like it? Yes, but it was really depressing to watch and I felt uncomfortable watching these women be tortured as they were. I suppose that was the whole point, but it still makes you paranoid after.
I wouldn't recommend watching this if you are around children or live with much older individuals. The language and sexual content is going to get people riled up. Be careful.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Movie Review # 5: Zero Dark Thirty
I cannot stand violence. Seriously! I don't like wars because a lot of innocent people are killed and the killing just amplifies the problem in the first place. I think action movies are stupid and I am not a fan of Schwarzenegger or Stallone. They always play the same macho roles and it gets super boring.
Sorry Rambo.
But when I went to see Zero Dark Thirty, I was actually looking forward to it. I like to see stuff based on actual events, especially when the story is about an event that has shaped my life.
ONWARDS.
ACTING
I saw Jessica Chastain in The Help, where she was this little Southern belle just trying to make some friends. I felt so bad for her character in that movie. It was heartbreaking to see her be mistreated so badly.
But in her new film, she kicks burro (I would say the A word, but I don't want it to come back and haunt me. SO Spanish words it is!). She was seriously one of the toughest chicks I have ever seen!
All of the actors had the tension dead on. It was really intense the whole way through. I just can't get over how realistic it was. Almost as if you were watching a documentary!
Total Oscars: 5
SET/MAKEUP & COSTUME
Hollywood did a pretty risky gamble trying to reenact a historical event. It's a bit hard to recreate embassies and bomb explosions (especially ones where the actual actors are actually close to the explosion). The sets were pretty cool.
But the makeup I disagree on. There was a scene in the beginning where a prisoner was being tortured, and boy it was realistic...minus his clean teeth. Everyone's teeth was sooooo clean. If you live in a dangerous and poverty stricken place, I'm expecting you to be a little grungy every time I see you. Jessica Chastain's hair was too perfect and she never ever looked tired (it's her perfect skin. I am telling you, nothing will ever taint her skin that's how magical it is). Did she look stressed? In some parts, but you never saw her body shrivel from it like a normal person would.
Total Oscar: 3 (everyone was too pretty and clean for a desert)
STORY LINE
Maya (aka Jessica Chastain) is the woman in charge of trying to hunt down Osama Bin Laden. Everyone else eventually gives up on her mission or ends up dying somehow, but she sticks through it all and has to convince some big honchos to let her keep pursuing her mission, even though no one believes her.
Total Oscars: 5 (because it was all so believable)
Oscar Sum: 13
The best part was that a Navy Seal from the mission actually saw the movie and said she was pretty tough! So I'm guessing that's a good sign. But he also said that it was too melodramatic and there wouldn't be as much noise as the movie suggested. I suppose you'll have to watch for yourself and find out!
Until then, I'm going to start boxing to make me feel BA.
tootles!
Sorry Rambo.
But when I went to see Zero Dark Thirty, I was actually looking forward to it. I like to see stuff based on actual events, especially when the story is about an event that has shaped my life.
ONWARDS.
ACTING
I saw Jessica Chastain in The Help, where she was this little Southern belle just trying to make some friends. I felt so bad for her character in that movie. It was heartbreaking to see her be mistreated so badly.
But in her new film, she kicks burro (I would say the A word, but I don't want it to come back and haunt me. SO Spanish words it is!). She was seriously one of the toughest chicks I have ever seen!
All of the actors had the tension dead on. It was really intense the whole way through. I just can't get over how realistic it was. Almost as if you were watching a documentary!
Total Oscars: 5
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| By Tony Shek (Jessica Chastain) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons |
Hollywood did a pretty risky gamble trying to reenact a historical event. It's a bit hard to recreate embassies and bomb explosions (especially ones where the actual actors are actually close to the explosion). The sets were pretty cool.
But the makeup I disagree on. There was a scene in the beginning where a prisoner was being tortured, and boy it was realistic...minus his clean teeth. Everyone's teeth was sooooo clean. If you live in a dangerous and poverty stricken place, I'm expecting you to be a little grungy every time I see you. Jessica Chastain's hair was too perfect and she never ever looked tired (it's her perfect skin. I am telling you, nothing will ever taint her skin that's how magical it is). Did she look stressed? In some parts, but you never saw her body shrivel from it like a normal person would.
Total Oscar: 3 (everyone was too pretty and clean for a desert)
STORY LINE
Maya (aka Jessica Chastain) is the woman in charge of trying to hunt down Osama Bin Laden. Everyone else eventually gives up on her mission or ends up dying somehow, but she sticks through it all and has to convince some big honchos to let her keep pursuing her mission, even though no one believes her.
Total Oscars: 5 (because it was all so believable)
Oscar Sum: 13
The best part was that a Navy Seal from the mission actually saw the movie and said she was pretty tough! So I'm guessing that's a good sign. But he also said that it was too melodramatic and there wouldn't be as much noise as the movie suggested. I suppose you'll have to watch for yourself and find out!
Until then, I'm going to start boxing to make me feel BA.
tootles!
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Movie Critique # 4: Argo
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| By Gene Bromberg (benaffleck7-2-1) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons |
Boy, was I wrong.
Argo was effing AMAZING.
ACTING
Ben Affleck was the bomb.com. I cannot even explain how amazing he was. He gets an Oscar for growing out his hair.
All of the other people in it were pretty impressive too. Alan Arkin and John Goodman were highly entertaining (*cough Alan Arkin created the greatest one liner EVER cough* You'll know when you see it yourself!).
The actors playing the fugitives were mind blowing as well. I hope none of them were "method" actors because they will NOT be the same after this movie.
Total Oscars: 4
SET DESIGN/MAKEUP
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| By CIA [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons |
Total Oscars: 4
STORY LINE
Basically, Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) is a super legit CIA agent that manages to come up with a way to get these Americans out of a hostile Iran. The problem is that the U.S. govt. doesn't really want to go and get them because it would be a very sticky political situation, so Tony Mendez creates a fake film company, makes all of the U.S. fugitives pretend like they are scouting for a location for shooting the film, and has to make them pass Iranian security without tipping anyone off that they are Americans impersonating Canadian filmmakers.
Total Oscars: 5
Oscar Sum: 13
I am not even kidding about the "feel like you're gonna die while watching this." I was in suspense the entire length of the film and that is saying something!
If not, just go and see it for Alan Arkin. He's glorious.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
School Hates Me
There is no one I am seeing. I am not dating anyone, nor have any romantic/cutesy/nauseatingly flirtatious conversations with anyone at the moment.
But I feel as if I am married to my homework.
Seriously! I never have a free moment. It's almost as if the world is putting me through a mini test to see if I will break. But being the thespian I am, I have survived various amounts of tech weeks and it was NOTHING compared to this.
I will not break.
I will try to sleep instead!
So if you are curious as if I am going to write a new review, YES! I will when I have a free moment. Do not despair!
Xoxo
Katie
But I feel as if I am married to my homework.
Seriously! I never have a free moment. It's almost as if the world is putting me through a mini test to see if I will break. But being the thespian I am, I have survived various amounts of tech weeks and it was NOTHING compared to this.
I will not break.
I will try to sleep instead!
So if you are curious as if I am going to write a new review, YES! I will when I have a free moment. Do not despair!
Xoxo
Katie
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