Thursday, June 17, 2010

Juno

Juno is a film in 2007 it is a comedy drama film directed by Jason Reitman. The film stars are Ellen Page as Juno, Michael Cera, Oliviva Thirlby, Jennifer Garner, and Jason. The movie got 231 million revenue compared to the 7 million budget.

Juno: The movie Juno is one of those kinds of movies that you don’t really watch in movies it was kind of deep plot while trying to make it funny, it’s interesting watching it. The story is about Juno ( Ellen Page) getting pregnant by her friend ( also long time admirer ) Paulie Bleeker ( Michael Cera). At first she was planning on abortion but she changes her mind and instead she made a plan for adoption, she finds a rich couple who can provide the child with well suited home. The couple are Vanessa (Jennifer Garner) and Mark (Jason Bateman) Loring, Juno is treated nicely by the two but as the movie goes on Mark started to have Romantically feelings for Juno and told her that he would leave his wife but Juno didn’t like this because she doesn’t love him since she’s already in love with Paulie Bleeker also she likes Vanessa and doesn’t want him to hurt her (this is really messed up since Juno is a teenager and Mark is old…pedo****). Mark broke up with Vanessa and told her she wasn’t ready to be a dad but he didn’t get together with Juno instead he pursue his dreams ( he’s a messed up guy ). Juno wrote Vanessa a letter that she will give her the child when she goes in labour. Near the end Juno told Paulie that she loves her, at the end Vanessa is now happy raising the baby by herself.

I tried summarizing the movie…. Anyway this movie is one of the best movie that I watch that doesn’t have action in it, not only it’s funny but it gives you this roller coaster emotion of happiness and sadness, you won’t be bored watching it. I would give this movie 9/10.

Characters: The characters in the movie are really funny except for Vanessa because she’s a serious person but Juno’s parents are really funny. I like the character interaction in this movie because of the drama and comedy mix up, it makes it interesting and entertaining. I would give the characters a 9/10.

Overall: I recommend this movie to those people who get pregnant at a young age and people who likes comedy. The movie showed this lesson to young people that it’s hard to get pregnant at a young age it’s not a joke Juno went through a lot and also the consequences of getting someone pregnant. They add in comedy to the drama to make more things entertaining. Overall I would give this movie a 9/10

Transformers revenge of the fallen picture



This is soundwave from the movie “Transformers 2: revenge of the fallen.” Soundwave while rarely seen in the movie plays an important role at the same time. During the movie where soundave is introduced, he infects a satellite to take control of it and during that scene, he finds out the location of a shard of the all spark. If you didn’t know the all spark is an all powerful cube that can create and destroy life(cybertronian lives), then he sends the decepticon “Ravage” towards the location to steal it and revive their dead boss megatron. Soundwave compared to the original voice of the original soundwave sounds more like Doctor Claw from inspector gadget, he also lacks the original transformation of a boombox. Without Soundwave though, the whole plot would never had happen.

Avatar

Avatar (2009) Movie



Avatar (2009) movie is a sci-fi movie. Directed by James Cameron (The director of Titanic) and starring by Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana.

The Plot is about humans in 2154 that are mining a rare mineral called “Unobtanium” (that cost 20 million a kilo) in a planet called Pandora but this action is harming the natives called “Na’vi” and its also harming their homeplanet "Pandora". Naa’vis are human-like blue creature that relies on hunting for food that live in a forest full trees that glows at night and they ride creatures using their tails to control them. Human build genetically engineered “Na’vis” that human souls can be transferred on thus it’s called “avatar” then they use those “avatar” to learn more about the native “Na’vis”but the real plan is to spy on them and lure them away from the tree of life thing so they can mine unobtanium but when the main character learn how the "Na'vis" live and learn everything about them, he started to oppose to the original plan.



I like the plot in Avatar it makes it look like humans are greedy monster that will do anything just to get money in the movie it is kinda true but there are some humans in the movie that are different and they cared of what the consequences if they destroyed the tree of life.



The sci-fi fighting scenes reminds of halo because of the alien vs human thing but instead of the aliens being the bad guys its the humans that are the bad guys, they made it look like that the "Na'vis" are more humane than the humans which is kind of ironic in my own opinion.



The protagonist is a disable former marine name Jake Sully (Sam Worthington). He is sent to Pandora to replace his dead brother, because they are related by blood he is able to use his brother's "Na'vi" to continue his brother's mission to spy on the "Na'vi" tribe. Before Jake set on his first mission the higher-ups in the mining company wants him to lure away the "Na'vi tribe away from the tree of life so that they can mine precious minerals that cost a lot of money. He is trained by Dr. Grace (Sigourney Weaver) to fit in, Pandora's environment; soon he met Neytiri (Zoe Saldana ) the other protagonist. Where she took Jake to her tribe and thought him their culture and the way of their life, where Jake got attached to the people of the Na'vi but the higher-ups of the mining warned Jake that it’s not going to end well for him if he sided the Na’vis. Jake didn’t care about this still sided the Na’vis side so the mining company wage a war on them. The battle scenes remind me of halo and a little bit of star craft with the aircraft vs monster thing. At the end the good guys won and the mining company was sent away. It was a pretty good movie especially when you watch it in 3d it will looked more amazing. I watch it the 2nd day it came out with my friends and they all agree it was a pretty good that’s why it got a lot of revenue. The movie got $2,728,713,460 gross revenue and the budget cost $237 million. The people who made avatar got a lot back

Overall I really like the movie, I don’t have anything against it. I recommend it to anyone that like sci-fi movies. The story is kind of different to other sci-fi movies I watch ( I don’t watch a lot) but I really like it. I hope they make a second movie.

Hangover scene



This is a scene in Hangover, when Allan mix in roofies in the alcohol and it’s the start of all the absurd things they did in that night’s events. They just checked in the hotel and looked at the rooms and stuff in the hotel also this is suppose to be their first night of the bachelor party but Allan accidentally mix in roofies in the drinks instead of ecstasy (The reason why he wants to add in drugs in the drink is because he wanted everyone to have a good time but it all went wrong……).

Hangover

Hangover is an absurd comedy film directed by Todd Philiips. The film’s star are Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha and Jeffrey Tambor. The movie got over 400 million dollars of gross revenue and 35 million budget!!! Also the movie won the Golden Globe Award for the Best Motion Picture Comedy.

Story: The story is about four friends that are throwing a bachelor party for their friend who is getting married in a few days but it all went wrong when Alan (the protagonist brother in law and friend) mix in roofies in the drink and though it was ecstasy. The next morning Doug (the protagonist and the groom) disappeared and the three friends don’t have an idea where Doug could be, they had no memories of last night’s events but they have clues all around the hotel room that could help them to figure out what happened last night and find Phil before the wedding, from the looks of the hotel room they had hell of night partying, there’s a tiger in the bathroom, a baby in the closet and Stu’s teeth pulled out.

As the day goes on looking for more clues where Doug could be they remember bit by bit of what happened last night, what they did last night was pretty crazy that’s why it’s funny. Through the day of looking for clues they were chase by crazy Chinese men and their boss that kept asking them for his money that stole but they had no idea where the money is. They did so many absurd things in the last night’s event that will laugh make laugh throughout the movie.

In the end they found Doug in the rooftop of the hotel that they were staying in, he was there for the whole day and got sunburn, after finding where he was they rush back to the wedding since they were late. After the wedding they found a camera full of pictures of what they did when they were on drugs, in the camera they had a really great night letting loose, they stole Mike Tyson’s tiger, Stu’s got married to a stripper, they gamble in the casino with the Chinese guy and won a fortune, stole a police cruiser, they did so many inappropriate things that made this film really hilarious. The four friends realize that they had a hell of a night and they will keep it a secret from everyone and it will be their secret. I would give this movie a 9/10 because I find this movie hilarious and the way the tell the story, just waking up in the morning with a hangover and not remembering what happen and finding clues bit by bit makes it interesting.

Characters: The characters in the movie more specifically the four friends Phil, Doug, Stu and Allan are people that miss partying since they’re already in mid 30’s and have professional job ( but I don’t think Allan does) when they went to Las Vegas want to have a good time and escape from that for second nut in the after what they did in Las Vegas and came back all of them change into better people (I’m not sure if they all did but Stu did, he dump his mean girlfriend and made the stripper her girlfriend). I think I would give the characters 9/10 because the four friends are funny and they like partying.

Overall: I would recommend this movie to people who likes watching absurd comedy and people who likes partying and letting loose. Overall I like the movie, it’s a comedy movie it made me laugh a bunch of times and it reminded of summer vacation partying, I would give this movie 9/10

Zombie land

Zombieland

Zombieland is a zombie comedy movie directed by Ruben Fleischer. It stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin as survivors of the zombie apocalypse. Together they try to find a place that there are no zombies while trying to enjoy life and survive in a crazy zombie world.

Story: The story began in an apocalyptic world, in America after almost all the people are affected by the “mad zombie disease” which came from cows and transmitted to humans. Columbus the protagonist explained what was going on and he is on his way to Ohio to see if his parents are still alive. He met other survivors on the way, Tallahassee who is obsess with twinkles and also really violent when fighting zombies and the two sister Wichita and Little rock who trick them on handing all their weapons and vehicle in the begging but Columbus made a truce to the sisters and suggest on traveling together.

Later on Columbus found out that Ohio is destroyed and he decided to stay with the group (where he began to treat them as family) to look for a place that is zombie free.

Even thought the story isn’t that deep because it’s a comedy movie I really like it and the comedy was really hilarious specially Columbus’ rules on how to survive zombie attacks. It’s really smart to make a movie about a zombie comedy since I’m a fan of zombie games it’s kind of interesting to watch, I never watch a zombie comedy before when I think of zombie movies I think of horror and killing all the survivors one by one but this movie is different . I would give this movie a 9/10 because of the comedy and because of the zombie rules that Columbus made.


Characters: The combination of the character of the group makes the whole movie interesting a funny. A college student who is already scared of people before all the zombie came, a guy who is obsess with twinkles and have tendency to go berserk, two sisters who doesn’t trust anyone except each other. In the movie Columbus fell in love with older sister when they were on the road trip to look for a zombie free place and there’s this love awkward scenes in the movie that are hilarious and the little sister got attach to Tallahassee (who lost his son in the past life and now kind of lonely) he treated the little sister as her own daughter. I like the relationship of the characters, I would give the characters 10/10.


Enjoyment: while watching I didn’t get bored. The comedy was hilarious and the zombie fights are bad-@ss, I hope they make a sequel.

Overall: I think this movie is great, I recommend it for people who are fans of zombies and like watching comedy movies. The way the movie is played and the comedy, the cool effect, blood, stuff, “enjoying the small things”, etc. I really like them. I would give movie a 8/10

Scene from zombie land



This is a scene in Zombieland, when Tallahassee is looking for twinkies with Columbus but they were attacked by fat zombies in the supermarket. In the picture Columbus (the guy sliding on the floor) is luring one of the fat zombie to Tallahassee (cowboy hat guy with the baseball bat) so he can hit it with the baseball bat and continue looking for twinkies also in this same supermarket they met the two sisters.

Pokemon The first move

Pokemon: The first movie



Pokemon the first movie, This is a movie based on the original cartoon of pokemon, Pokemon are basically wild creatures which can be raised to be someone’s friend, or to be used to battle. Pokemon are basically the equivalent of a pet but more…battle orientated, This pokemon movie is basically sectored into 3 parts, one was a short 21 minute film which features an adventure of one of the most loved characters from the cartoon, “Pikachu” with Pikachu is basically an electric mouse. The second part features the origins of one of the movies main antagonist “Mewtwo” this part of the movie was at first taken off from the original film then later releases showed bits or all of it in the movie. Then the last part is the main film being 75 minutes long or around that time.



The main plot of the story is that Ash, misty, brock & pikachu(basically the main character) get an invitation from some person. Then later they meet up with other people at the place they are suppose to meet being some sort of castle, where they meet up with “Mewtwo.” Mewtwo being all powerful single handily beats everyone, he then clones the pokemon the others bring. I won’t say the rest as I don’t want to spoil this story for everyone.



This movie is basically for everyone who loved the cartoon series, or the game. It

features many new pokemon that we have yet to see, as the movie shows us brand new

pokemon. This movie contains all the original voices of the cartoon and contains very nice and funny scenes. I recommend to watch this movie, but because of the fact that some people may not have played the games or watched the cartoon, you may get lost on some stuff. So I hope you enjoy the movie and hope you enjoyed this review, Cya.

Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull

Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull, The movie that made the trilogy not known as a trilogy anymore. This movie is what some fans of the Indiana Jones series were waiting for. This movie also features the original cast of the original series. It also features the actor of the main character from transformers(live action) Shia LaBeouf..



This movie starts off with Indiana Jones, and his long time partner George “Mac” Mchale where they are captured by Soviet agents led by a psychic named Dr. Irina Spalko. They are forced to look for a certain item within a government warehouse in Nevada, where they use gunpowder and shotgun shells to find a certain item. After finding said item, they break free only for “Mac” to betray him. Indiana Jones then makes a daring escape and has a semi epic fight where Indiana Jones later finds himself after escaping in a city which actually was a test for the atom bomb where he then finds a fridge to save himself and conveniently get’s sent far enough to not get affected by the radiation. I would say the rest but once again I rather no spoil the story.



This movie is the long sequel to the original trilogy after so long of waiting. The fans may love the movie as well as people who like a sense of action and adventure, or simply just like Harrison Ford. It also features the original Indiana Jones theme and a semi back story to what happened after the events of the third movie.This movie also has a few…silly parts such as being conveniently far enough from the blast after being sent flying in a fridge from radiation. This movie I recommend to watch to everyone who likes a bit action, adventure, cheesiness, and simply if you love Harrison Ford. I hoped you enjoy the movie if you watched it and hope you like this review, Goodbye,.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Star wars episode one: the phantom menace

Hello I'm Christian Martelino and I'll be reviewing the movie “Star wars episode one: The phantom Menace.” The Phantom menace is from before the time of the original trilogy, so no Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker. While it is considered the start of the star wars series plot wise, it is no where near as good as the rest of the movies. This movie is about the decline of one of the main republics, with it's economy slowly deteriorating, and has began taxation of trade routes. A trade federation sends a blockade of battle ships around a planet known as “Naboo”. Then some chancellor sends two jedi's, aka the good guys named Qui-gon Jinn, and his student Obi-wan Kenobi. Fans of the original trilogy will automatically recognize the name of the student being the one who taught Luke sky walker.

Basically this movies involves an awesome race, a few annoying characters such as Jar Jar binks, and an awesome enemy. The rest of the movie plot will be yours to figure out as you most likely will watch the movie. This movie compared to the others is horrible, and introduces some of the worst cg and characters such as Jar Jar Binks which the movie would not have needed. This movie features a futuristic race within a desert featuring explosions kinda, and something really fun to watch. This movie has what i find the best villian of the series for one reason, His dual bladed light saber. This movie features the title opening with “ a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...” with the giant text coming up from the bottom.

This movie is personally something i would only watch once and get it over with, but it's up to you to judge whether or not the movie is good. Anyways this is christian martelino, or better known as Kuro A. Erimaki, and i hope you like this review, Goodbye~

Monday, May 3, 2010

Transformers movie review

The movie transformers(the original transformers movie) is based off he original cartoon series simply named “Transformers.” Some people call it a movie commercial to support the toys, while others call it a great movie. It features a giant roaming artificial planet known as “Unicron” which within the staring scenes devours a planet along with it's entire population. It then features a rock like rendition of the original transformers theme.




The enemies of the movie are the “decepticons” while the good guys are the “Autobots,” the basic plot of the movie is to stop Unicron from eating planes, while at the same time thwart the efforts of the evil decepticons. Fans of the cartoon notice that pretty much half of the Autobots from the cartoon die within the first set of scene, but it features some great voice actors such as John Moschitta Jr who is the worlds fastest speaker which coincidentally fits the character he plays “blurr” whose name explains the character. This movie has mixed views from the people who watched the movie, While some people don't like this movie, many people however do.

This movie features many great songs such as “The touch” by Stan Bush, and “Dare to be stupid” by Weird Al. The ways the songs are used within this movie, greatly compliment the movie as when the songs are used, suits the scenes in the movie, and this greatly affecting the viewers of the movie. This movie features very touching scenes, such as Optimus Prime's death, while those scenes itself will affect the fans of the cartoon. These movies features a famous quote which was used again within the recent transformers movies with the quote being said by Optimus both times, “One shall stand, One shall fall.” This movie towards the fans, is a very great movie as many people who are fans of the comic book, or cartoon of a different series such as batman, Have horrible movies, while the fans of he transformers movie got what they wanted, as the characters acted perfectly right, and that the animation never changed giving a great nostalgic value.

While many people who watch this film in this modern age will call it a horribly animated and drawn film, while at the time it was top notch. Many people who watched the recent movies will most likely not bother to watch this as they will most likely say that this animation and “graphics” is either horrible, but Towards many of the original fans, as well as any new transformers fan of this current day who would want to know more about the series must watch this. While many won't give this a positive review, I'll be saying that i definitely recommend to watch this movie, and if you don't, your missing out on something great.