Posts Tagged ‘poster’
500 Days of Summer
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Review
Tom meets summer for the first time in an office meeting. He knows immediately that they were meant to be together. After a few awkward days they are finally going out, but love is never that simple.
500 days of Summer tells a love story in a unique but honest way, jumping between different memorable events in the relationship. It’s a glimpse into the world of love, both falling in and out of it. And most importantly it’s very real.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel are brilliant together. Their chemistry is electrifying, making their performances alone worth the admission price. The cast complement each other with great comedic timing and a napoleon dynamite esque humour.
Despite the moving forward and backward in the relationship, the storyline is easy to follow. In fact, the moving around in time creates an additional interest in the subjects. This can only be attributed to a brilliant script and excellent execution by the director. What many movies have tried to do with time jumping, 500 days of Summer pulls off flawlessly.
Hands down, this is the best boy meets girl movie I’ve seen this year. It has the comedy, romance, quirkiness and spunk to reach all age groups and whisk them away. This is the perfect date movie.
9/10
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Sunday, November 29th, 2009Review
Twilight has taken the world by storm, beckoning millions of fans to the movie house over and over to watch the same movie. The phenomenon has reached cult status, but is the status rightly deserved or is this just a hormonal teenage driven frenzy.
New Moon takes off with the same predicament we left the characters with in Twilight. Bella wants to become a vampire and live with Edward for eternity but Edward fears for Bella’s soul, and refuses to dam her to hell. In a rather sudden turn of events, Edward decides it’s no longer safe for him to stay with Bella and relocates to get away from her. Bella is crushed, becoming a sort of zombie to the world.
Bella begins a ridiculous crusade of dangerous stunts to get a glimpse of Edward. In the madness she begins to spend a lot of time with Jacob, her werewolf friend who is clearly head over heals in love with her. And so begins the classic love triangle.
The movie has its moments, some beautiful cinematography, a great score and some cool CGI. Unfortunately that’s not enough. The poor script is messy and lacks pace, letting the characters down countless times. The fantastical story line lacks any kind of believability, and the characters seem ridiculously stupid at points. For example, what kind of girl would spend her nights screaming with horror over an ex-boyfriend? In fact, Bella’s father makes that exact point in the movie, ironically pointing out a flaw in the storyline.
Unfortunately, this ridiculous nonsensical nonsense that Hollywood continues to pump out is being consumed by the masses by the bucket load. From Transformers 2 to Jennifer’s Body, poor scripts continue to bring in cash for reasons that are beyond me. But despite the poor script, and unbelievability New Moon will charm audiences. The acting, although many may disagree, is above par, with a short appearance by the brilliant Dakota Fanning. Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black) is brilliant as a leading man, proving to the studio and the world that he has what it takes.
Screaming girls, and a few confused guys, who centre their lives on Twilight will get to see a shirtless, muscular Jacob and a sickeningly white Edward fight for a terribly love sick Bella for a 128 minutes romp in the forest, and it just may be worth it.
6/10
Fanboys
Monday, March 16th, 2009Review
Fanboys follows five friends on a weird road trip across the country to break into the Skywalker Ranch and watch Star Wars: Episode 1 before it comes out. This is Star Wars Nerd utopia, with an unquestionably viva nerd vibe sprinkled over the already undercooked and over expired geek fest.
Let’s be perfectly honest here, Fanboys is nothing to write home about. It’s filled with pro-geek gibberish that most people, like me, who haven’t been able to stay awake through a Star Wars movie will find little to enjoy. We’ve seen the same characters before. There’s the slacker, the two former best friends fighting, the biggest nerd of the group who can’t talk to woman and the girl who has a crush on him. It’s been overdone, overworked and as much as the team tries it’s just too difficult to turn tired jokes into fall of your chair fun.
But let’s look at it from a casual movie goer perspective. It’s not going to be the best movie you’ve seen but it’s certainly not the worst. If there’s nothing better to watch at the movies this weekend Fanboys will provide a few light laughs and may even make you feel better about yourself in some weird way.
4/10