Oh dear.
I haven't been on here for a while now, haven't I?
ooohhhh soooooooo sorry about that.
As soon as I set foot in the "States" again, it was as if I had 90 million planes to catch and I just got back from a family emergency mandated "vacation" only 5 days ago and already I am preparing for another family oriented trip in just a week or so.
Power girls don't stop!
But on the last trip I had with my fam, I went to the movies with some of my nieces! And being as they are quite young, we went to go see "Despicable Me 2."
Minions, rejoice.
ACTING
Well, see, it's a bit of an animated film. So the acting is all computer generated and so are most of the things I would normally critique. But NONETHELESS, I was thoroughly entertained by Steve Carrell's Russian accented voice over technique. Being a Russian accent connoisseur myself, I appreciated the heavily foreign linguistics.
Total Oscars: 3
SET DESIGN/MAKEUP
As previously mentioned, this was an animated film. So there's not much to go on for this field. Although I do have to admit, I REALLY WANTED TO BE AT THE MEXICAN THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY! Taco hats are genius!
Total Oscars: 3
PLOT SUMMARY
Gru (Steve Carrell), has been hired by an anti-villain organization to retrieve a very powerful serum that can destroy the world, which happens to be conveniently located in his local mall. The agency he is working for has located several suspects in the mall that own shops. Gru and his new partner, Agent Whild, have to search the shops and get to know the owners in order to find the special serum.
Sorry if I got the agent's name wrong. It's been 2 weeks since I've seen it. O.o
Hopefully, I'll get more on top of writing reviews for you. Sorry about the long delays!
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
Movie Review: Wreck It Ralph
Hola hola!
Sorry I haven't been posting stuff lately! I'm currently in a really intensive language program overseas and I have not had time to watch movies because of all of the homework that I have been doing.
I am sooooo sorry!
But thankfully on the way over here, I was able to watch a movie on the plane, Wreck It Ralph.
It was quite honestly one of the cutest movies I have ever seen in a long time! :)
ACTORS
Well, I can't say much about the acting because it was an animated film. But I guess this means I can talk about the animation! It was really well done. Like REALLY well done. And the voice actors were pretty awesome! I loved Sarah Silverman (shockingly; normally I'm not a fan of her material). Her personality matched her character!
Total Oscars: 3.5
SET/MAKEUP
AGAIN, there wasn't really a set to critique because it was animated, but some of the scenes that had to be animated must have been INTENSE in the editing room! There was this one scene where these giant, vicious bugs were attacking these high tech warriors and it was action packed! I'm sure the animators had a fun time putting in all of the frames for everything. There was also this land completely made out of candy and my inner fat kid was screaming for me to go buy a Hershey's bar after watching it.
Total Oscars: 4
STORY LINE
Ralph is this giant character in a video game called "Fix It, Felix." He's the antagonist of the video game and is always smashing the building that Felix, the handyman, has to fix. His video game is one of the most popular in the arcade, but one day Ralph gets tired of being the villain. He just wants to hang out with Felix and his neighbors because they get to do cool stuff. He hears about this medal that will deem him a hero and travels through various video games trying to get the medal, but ends up messing up the story lines of other games along the way. He also makes a friend in Vanellope, a "glitch" in a candy cart racing game and tries to make her biggest dream come true, but there are a lot of issues that come with trying to help a glitch and has to decide if his friendship is worth more than the medal.
Total Oscars: 4
Oscar Sum: 11.5
It really is a cute movie and I encourage you to watch it whenever you have some free time and just want something fresh and light humored to watch! :)
Sorry I haven't been posting stuff lately! I'm currently in a really intensive language program overseas and I have not had time to watch movies because of all of the homework that I have been doing.
I am sooooo sorry!
But thankfully on the way over here, I was able to watch a movie on the plane, Wreck It Ralph.
It was quite honestly one of the cutest movies I have ever seen in a long time! :)
ACTORS
Well, I can't say much about the acting because it was an animated film. But I guess this means I can talk about the animation! It was really well done. Like REALLY well done. And the voice actors were pretty awesome! I loved Sarah Silverman (shockingly; normally I'm not a fan of her material). Her personality matched her character!
Total Oscars: 3.5
SET/MAKEUP
AGAIN, there wasn't really a set to critique because it was animated, but some of the scenes that had to be animated must have been INTENSE in the editing room! There was this one scene where these giant, vicious bugs were attacking these high tech warriors and it was action packed! I'm sure the animators had a fun time putting in all of the frames for everything. There was also this land completely made out of candy and my inner fat kid was screaming for me to go buy a Hershey's bar after watching it.
Total Oscars: 4
STORY LINE
Ralph is this giant character in a video game called "Fix It, Felix." He's the antagonist of the video game and is always smashing the building that Felix, the handyman, has to fix. His video game is one of the most popular in the arcade, but one day Ralph gets tired of being the villain. He just wants to hang out with Felix and his neighbors because they get to do cool stuff. He hears about this medal that will deem him a hero and travels through various video games trying to get the medal, but ends up messing up the story lines of other games along the way. He also makes a friend in Vanellope, a "glitch" in a candy cart racing game and tries to make her biggest dream come true, but there are a lot of issues that come with trying to help a glitch and has to decide if his friendship is worth more than the medal.
Total Oscars: 4
Oscar Sum: 11.5
It really is a cute movie and I encourage you to watch it whenever you have some free time and just want something fresh and light humored to watch! :)
Monday, May 13, 2013
Movie review # 10: The Great Gatsby
Leonardo DiCaprio is like a giant tub of Ben and Jerry's Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream: so nice to look at, but you know deep down inside that you have to end your infatuation with it eventually because the mini heart attacks you get just from thinking about it are probably really bad for your cardiac system.
Oh what? You don't have that big of an obsession with something?
Well, poo. You need to find something to get excited about.
Go join a fan club.
Loner.
ACTING
Leo...whyyyyyyyy must you be so beautiful holding glasses of adult beverages? ugh. I just got a mini heart attack. *starts fanning herself*
Then there's the lovely Carey Mulligan. She plays a great portrayal of a potentially bipolar woman who's infatuated with attention.
And Tobey Maguire. He's just sooo cute :)
Total Oscars: 5 (they're all just so flippin fantastic)
SET/COSTUME
Dear heavens. This movie made me REALLY want to time travel back to the roaring 20s. The set designer just made it look so FABULOUS. The parties were extravagant, the costumes were soooo detailed, all of the rooms perfectly designed. I mean DEAR GOD. Why can't I have a Gatsby that is willing to fill my entire living room with giant floral arrangements? Only drawback is that a lot of the stuff was CGed in and as a film editor, I find this rather distracting.
Total Oscars: 4.5 (so close to perfect score, eh?)
STORY LINE
The tale of Jay Gatsby's love for Daisy Buchannan is a twisted plot of secrets, shadows, whispers, and alliances. If you haven't read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, you should be ashamed of your poor soul.
Total Oscars: 5
OSCAR SUM: 14.5
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to take a muscle relaxer. My heart is going cray craayyyyyy at the constant mention of Leo D.
Oh what? You don't have that big of an obsession with something?
Well, poo. You need to find something to get excited about.
Go join a fan club.
Loner.
ACTING
Leo...whyyyyyyyy must you be so beautiful holding glasses of adult beverages? ugh. I just got a mini heart attack. *starts fanning herself*
Then there's the lovely Carey Mulligan. She plays a great portrayal of a potentially bipolar woman who's infatuated with attention.
And Tobey Maguire. He's just sooo cute :)
Total Oscars: 5 (they're all just so flippin fantastic)
SET/COSTUME
Dear heavens. This movie made me REALLY want to time travel back to the roaring 20s. The set designer just made it look so FABULOUS. The parties were extravagant, the costumes were soooo detailed, all of the rooms perfectly designed. I mean DEAR GOD. Why can't I have a Gatsby that is willing to fill my entire living room with giant floral arrangements? Only drawback is that a lot of the stuff was CGed in and as a film editor, I find this rather distracting.
Total Oscars: 4.5 (so close to perfect score, eh?)
STORY LINE
The tale of Jay Gatsby's love for Daisy Buchannan is a twisted plot of secrets, shadows, whispers, and alliances. If you haven't read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, you should be ashamed of your poor soul.
Total Oscars: 5
OSCAR SUM: 14.5
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to take a muscle relaxer. My heart is going cray craayyyyyy at the constant mention of Leo D.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Review # 9: Lincoln
ALAS I HAVE DONE IT.
FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO I WATCHED LINCOLN.
I'm just kidding! It was actually only like 2 weeks ago, but I just wanted to make a dramatic entrance. *giggles*
Anyways, so so so soooooooo sorry for being so slow on the posts. I've been busy with my 17 credits of school work, here in the States. I feel as if I am going to pass out from exhaustion all the time, but hey, 3 more weeks and then it's summer for me!
To the review!
ACTING
I've always thought Daniel Day Lewis has an oddly shaped head. This time I didn't notice it though because of his rockin' sideburns and charismatic interpretation of one of the most well known U.S. Presidents of all time. He's chillin with his man chops, Civil war style.
Sally Field was also pretty good. She looked a little too weathered to be playing the wife of Mr. Lincoln, but her acting was pretty good!
and then there's Joseph Gordon Levitt's cameo as Lincoln's son. Yummmmmmmmmm. He looks good in a top hat. That is all.
Total Oscars: 4
SET/COSTUMES
I had a strange craving for cupcakes when I first saw Lincoln and I had no idea why....
Then I realized that Sally Field was drowning in her costume and when she sat down she looked like a wedding cake topper, so my confusion was clarified. She's a petite little thing and should not have been wearing that large of a hoop skirt.
As mentioned before, DDL had the coolest side scratchers in his makeup, so makeup does get props for that.
The sets were pretty cool too! There were a few scenes where Lincoln was riding around in a horse pulled carriage which added a realistic touch to the whole thing
Total Oscars: 3.75 (would have been a 4, but Sally needs to quit walkin in that hula hoop!)
STORY LINE
A movie about Abraham Lincoln's presidency. Not only does it talk about some of his most famous points, but also an inside look as to the man that he really was.
It was fairly chronological so no need to get confused with a bunch of flashbacks.
Total Oscars: 5
OSCAR SUM: 12.75
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go back and watch Joseph Gordon Levitt being a patriotic soldier in a well fitting costume.
Tootle-loo!
FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO I WATCHED LINCOLN.
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| DDL, enjoying time in the White House. By Pete Souza (White House (P111512PS-1655)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons |
Anyways, so so so soooooooo sorry for being so slow on the posts. I've been busy with my 17 credits of school work, here in the States. I feel as if I am going to pass out from exhaustion all the time, but hey, 3 more weeks and then it's summer for me!
To the review!
ACTING
I've always thought Daniel Day Lewis has an oddly shaped head. This time I didn't notice it though because of his rockin' sideburns and charismatic interpretation of one of the most well known U.S. Presidents of all time. He's chillin with his man chops, Civil war style.
Sally Field was also pretty good. She looked a little too weathered to be playing the wife of Mr. Lincoln, but her acting was pretty good!
and then there's Joseph Gordon Levitt's cameo as Lincoln's son. Yummmmmmmmmm. He looks good in a top hat. That is all.
Total Oscars: 4
SET/COSTUMES
I had a strange craving for cupcakes when I first saw Lincoln and I had no idea why....
Then I realized that Sally Field was drowning in her costume and when she sat down she looked like a wedding cake topper, so my confusion was clarified. She's a petite little thing and should not have been wearing that large of a hoop skirt.
As mentioned before, DDL had the coolest side scratchers in his makeup, so makeup does get props for that.
The sets were pretty cool too! There were a few scenes where Lincoln was riding around in a horse pulled carriage which added a realistic touch to the whole thing
Total Oscars: 3.75 (would have been a 4, but Sally needs to quit walkin in that hula hoop!)
STORY LINE
A movie about Abraham Lincoln's presidency. Not only does it talk about some of his most famous points, but also an inside look as to the man that he really was.
It was fairly chronological so no need to get confused with a bunch of flashbacks.
Total Oscars: 5
OSCAR SUM: 12.75
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go back and watch Joseph Gordon Levitt being a patriotic soldier in a well fitting costume.
Tootle-loo!
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Movie Review #8: The Switch
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| By Eva Rinaldi (Jason Bateman) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons |
Seriously.
It's a pretty good question, right?
Apparently, Jason Bateman was a little blind at the fact that he had JENNIFER ANISTON AS HIS BEST FRIEND and refused to acknowledge the sheer awesomeness of the situation. But it's okay because it's only a movie and he wouldn't do something like that in real life...We can only hope that he hasn't....
ACTING
Jennifer Aniston = automatic Oscar boost. She's just so glamourous.
Jason Bateman = awkward guy you have a crush on even though you have no idea why. Automatic Oscar boost.
Plus Thomas Robinson (the little tyke) was just so nerdy I almost adopted him from Jen A.
It was just so freaking FUNNY. I couldn't stop laughing at how...ungraceful the whole thing was. The whole story line was rather tangled, yet was entertaining at the same time. That's how good the duo was!
Total Oscars: 3.5
SET/COSTUMES & MAKEUP
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| By Vennyschull (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons |
WELL, it was shot live in NYC (pretty cool...and common). It was pretty modern day, but I have to admit that the decorating for the fertility party was rather hilarious. It's purely indescribable (mostly because I just CAN'T describe the doodads without making it seem entirely disgusting).
Total Oscars: 3.5
STORY LINE
Kassie (Jennifer Aniston) wants to have a baby before her lady parts run out so she decides to do insemination. She throws a party and lets her donor, Roland, do his business, but her jealous best friend, Wally (Jason Bateman), sabotages the whole thing. Kassie gets preggers then moves away to raise her kid, Sebastian. She and her kid come back a few years later to NYC. Wally screws everything up, Roland is entirely charming and obnoxious, and Sebastian ends up admiring Wally.
Total Oscars: 3.5
OSCAR SUM: 10. 5
I honestly couldn't stop laughing throughout the whole thing. It's one of those films you watch once and never do it again but tell all your friends about anyways.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
I'm back!
Midterms were awful.
I got a stomach bug at the beginning of the week, then I progressed to have insomnia, then I worked, then I ended up with more insomnia and traveling all day on Friday, but the rewarding time with my family is worth it.
Unfortunately, I haven't seen any movies the past week or two. I'm sorry. I feel ashamed, but I DID see a play!
Being the thespian that I am, I persuaded my kin to take me to Into the Woods, a play about where all of these fairy tales get mixed into one another.
I figured that the same things apply here for a review as do the movies (but plays are Tonys award system), so here goes.
ACTING
I liked the actors. Granted they were adults in a semi-suggestive children's plot play, but it's okay! The kids that went had no idea of the suggestive nature of some of the dialogue (thank heavens!!). I thought the acting was alright to say the least, but I think it would have been better if there was more of a youthful cast.
Total Tonys: 3
SET/COSTUMES + MAKEUP
I was in love with some of these costumes. Seriously! They were like the classic fairy tale pictures but with a little bit of a modern twist in some of them (like the wolf! He just had really mangled hair and clothing. Essentially, a creepy, hairy wolf man). But the set was FANTASTIC. It had 4 LEVELS. Not kidding! The producer got super creative with it and I AM IN SHOCK BY THE SET.
Total Tonys: 4
STORY LINE
To be honest, I can't describe it. Not in a good way though. There's basically like 4 or 5 child fairy tales and the characters somehow managed to intertwine their stories together. Like Facebook says, "it's complicated."
Total Tonys: 2 (because it's too hard to explain)
Tony Sum: 9
Not bad for a local theatre production, but there were some things that could have been improved. But I still liked it, all in all! :)
I got a stomach bug at the beginning of the week, then I progressed to have insomnia, then I worked, then I ended up with more insomnia and traveling all day on Friday, but the rewarding time with my family is worth it.
Unfortunately, I haven't seen any movies the past week or two. I'm sorry. I feel ashamed, but I DID see a play!
Being the thespian that I am, I persuaded my kin to take me to Into the Woods, a play about where all of these fairy tales get mixed into one another.
I figured that the same things apply here for a review as do the movies (but plays are Tonys award system), so here goes.
ACTING
I liked the actors. Granted they were adults in a semi-suggestive children's plot play, but it's okay! The kids that went had no idea of the suggestive nature of some of the dialogue (thank heavens!!). I thought the acting was alright to say the least, but I think it would have been better if there was more of a youthful cast.
Total Tonys: 3
SET/COSTUMES + MAKEUP
I was in love with some of these costumes. Seriously! They were like the classic fairy tale pictures but with a little bit of a modern twist in some of them (like the wolf! He just had really mangled hair and clothing. Essentially, a creepy, hairy wolf man). But the set was FANTASTIC. It had 4 LEVELS. Not kidding! The producer got super creative with it and I AM IN SHOCK BY THE SET.
Total Tonys: 4
STORY LINE
To be honest, I can't describe it. Not in a good way though. There's basically like 4 or 5 child fairy tales and the characters somehow managed to intertwine their stories together. Like Facebook says, "it's complicated."
Total Tonys: 2 (because it's too hard to explain)
Tony Sum: 9
Not bad for a local theatre production, but there were some things that could have been improved. But I still liked it, all in all! :)
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Lo Siento
If I can be perfectly honest, I feel as if I am going to faint.
Not only is it mid-terms week, but this week registration opens for the fall semester AND I have to sign up for summer session classes AND do a bunch of paperwork for next year AND work.
So as you can see, I haven't had time to watch some films.
Well, technically I have, but somehow I don't think any of you would be interested in watching anything about the United States' position during WWI.
I've been a busy monkey, and this monkey is very tired, and just wants to watch British television again.
Thankfully, I will be visiting other parts of the country over spring break, so I will try and see a movie while I am busy being an educated traveler!
Until then, shoot me a comment about a movie in theatres that you've seen and I will see if I can watch it!
Adios,
your movie mogul
Not only is it mid-terms week, but this week registration opens for the fall semester AND I have to sign up for summer session classes AND do a bunch of paperwork for next year AND work.
So as you can see, I haven't had time to watch some films.
Well, technically I have, but somehow I don't think any of you would be interested in watching anything about the United States' position during WWI.
I've been a busy monkey, and this monkey is very tired, and just wants to watch British television again.
Thankfully, I will be visiting other parts of the country over spring break, so I will try and see a movie while I am busy being an educated traveler!
Until then, shoot me a comment about a movie in theatres that you've seen and I will see if I can watch it!
Adios,
your movie mogul
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