Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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Hey so I haven't posted in a while so I got a few things to talk about....

First the Oscars.
It has for the past few years been a tradition to watch the Oscars. This year it was no exception. We all watch movies during the year that we think should be nominated and we want to see where that movie excels. For me this year it was Chris Nolan's Inception. The Hosts for this years oscars were Anne Hathaway and James Franco. I must say as far as hosting or presenting the Oscars goes they weren't that great. They were dull presenters in my opinion and tried to hard to get a laugh or two. My favorite Oscar presenter so far has been Billy Crystal. This years Nominated films that I have seen were deserving of their nominations. The winners even more so.. I haven't seen all of them yet but as soon as I can I will.
Movies like:
The Kings Speech
Black Swan
True Grit
The Fighter

Second:
All you Pixar fans are you ready for another sequel?
Yes it's true Pixar is releasing another Sequel. Monsters Inc 2 will be coming soon. The movie is a prequel. It's about Mike and Sully's university days. The movie will be called Monsters University. So Mike and Sully were in Uni? Whats so interesting about that? Thats what i thought as well but Mike and Sully haven't always been the good friends we saw in the first film. Monsters University shows them as bitter rivals training to become Scarers. Well we'll see how that works out for them...

Some of you might be thinking " What about Boo? ". The movie being a prequel does mean that Boo isn't in the movie. So we don't see the adventures that Mike,Sully and boo go on after film 1. Which in way is a good thing because then the ending of the first movie isn't spoiled. When i get more Info on the movie i will let you know.

Harry Potter 7 Part 2....
So all the Potter fans are getting ready to say goodbye to the wizard they know and love. On July 15th 2011 the final chapter in the Harry Potter series will hit the Big Screens all around the world. With the Harry Potter movies for me it's been a love-hate relationship. I hate the fact that they took stuff that might've been important in the movies and added stuff that never happened in the book. When i went to see Deathly Hallows part 1 last year I was full of doubt but I  was pleasantly surprised. Part 1 was the best Potter so far and I have high hopes for Part 2.

Part 2 is where it all comes together. The Finale should be action packed and intense!! The battle for hogwarts is getting closer. For those who haven't read the book, you will finally know how it ends.

Heres the poster for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2.




    

      

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Inception Movie Review


I can't say that much about the film without revealing a few spoilers.... So if you haven't seen the movie be warned. However i shall try to stay away from those pieces of information...

So Christopher Nolan gets a whacky new idea for a movie about dreams. Not just dreams but people who infiltrate your dreams and steal information from your subconscious. Pretty weird concept right?
Well, this idea soon turned into a very successful movie. It won 4 of it's 8 Academy Award nominations to be exact.

The skill of stealing information from a persons subconscious is called Extraction. Dom Cobb
( Leonardo Di Caprio ) is the most skilled extractor. Him and his team failed at a mission trying to get information from Mr. Saito ( Ken Wantanabe ). He later offers them a job. He wants Inception which is the planting of  an idea in someone's head. They have to try and get Robert Fischer to give up his fathers company.
They now get a new Architect named Ariadne ( Ellen Page ) because Cobb is unable to create the dreams ( Someone is preventing him from it ). They set to work. To see exactly how the whole thing comes together you must watch the movie.

So what did I think. Well, I went in not knowing what to expect as I didn't see any trailers, didn't read any reviews or even a plot. So I walked into the cinema completely clueless about what I was about to see. The movie started and it hooked me from Scene 1. As they say on the poster for Unstoppable " We'll sell you a seat but you'll only use the edge of it" that was me while I was watching Inception. The story is so captivating you find yourself leaning so far forward that you're basically on the floor or that was me at least. The quick scene changes during the dreams and reality were used so effectively that if you blinked you would miss one and not know what the heck is going on.

This movies one of those that you can't predict the rest of the story. You think you know whats going to happen next and then it just blows your mind when something truly unexpected happens. How was the acting?
Well, Leo does an extremely good job as Cobb during the intense scenes and emotional scenes ( Watch the movie! ) And Ellen Page as Ariadne was quite a good casting call. Visually it was awesome the special effects within the dreams is absolutely amazing. Audio well two of the Oscars were for Sound Editing and Sound Mixing.

All in All Chris Nolan made a great film. Excitement, Intensity and a lot of thinking are elements of this epic experience. My advice find a way to watch this movie. You won't be disappointed.

*****
( 5 out of 5 )