Just What's A Canker Sore
9 years ago
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Ok, some movie reviews!
SWEENEY TODD
What a brilliant film! I was sooo impressed! I went in there with pretty high expectations because I love Tim Burton and adore Johnny Depp. Johnny is my favourite actor of all time! He is so versatile and talented. And it doesn't hurt that he just happens to be the sexiest man alive. The film was so well done. Brilliant acting all round. The actors bought such life to the story. Not that it needs any help. It's a brilliant stage musical in it's own right. The way Burton brought it to life on the screen was inspired. The unknown actors were pleasantly surprising. Talk about talent! I would suggest that Helena Bonham Carter isn't a great singer, but it hardly matters because she had so much depth of character. She isn't a terrible singer, but she certainly isn't a strong one, but her fullness of character made up for any lack of vocal strength. Alan Rickman is brilliant as the judge. His voice is just perfect for the role. And that kid? Wow! The lighting scheme fits perfectly, the songs were amazing and the acting was brilliant. I went out and bought the soundtrack the very next day and have memorised pretty much the whole thing! Go see it if you haven't already. 5 stars!
10,000 BC
Wow. So disapointing. I saw it this morning and I'm glad I didn't have to pay for it (Thanks Steve!). Slow, not much story, predicatble, cliche, need I go on? For a movie that's promo'd as having heaps of action, it has had hardly any. And the final battle scene? Totally lame. Some giant mamoths run down a ramp and a guy falls off a pyramid. And some spears get thrown. The end. Don't bother seeing it if you were going to. I am yet to see a good review and now I know why. Some really nice sweeping shots of snow covered mountains though. Pretty! But not worth 2 hours of my time. The acting wasn't particularly expressive either. And that old woman? What the? Kind of lame... 1 star.
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That reminds me. I gotta do more reviews.
A radio station had a kid (around 10 or 11 yrs old) do a review of 10,000 B.C.-- it was hilarious! He just recapped the movie with a lot of "ugh" and "me eat now" phrases. I'm not really doing it justice... but am also glad I won't have to waste $$ on going to see it!
Thanks for the reviews!!
Stiller: You know what my son said to me? He said "Daddy, you're my superhero."
Downey: You know what he said to me? "Robert, you're a real superhero, not like my daddy, who's a fake superhero."
Stiller: Obviously you didn't see a little movie I did called MYSTERY MEN.
Downey: MYSTERY MEN? Is that a real movie? I must have missed that one.
Stiller: You must have been in jail when it came out. Maybe they didn't show that in Gen Pop.
Downey: You know what my son said to me. He said that he's having recurring nightmares that involve him being forced to watch HEARTBREAK KID again.
Stiller: You know, that's not funny. And it really makes things awkward for them [the audience] and for me.
and as far as sweeney todd, some of the trailers really didn't indicate it was musical, so i guess if people aren't familiar with it they might not know. but that's their problem if they don't like it. i thought it was awesome!
Although I suppose if a film is painful to watch (like Saw or something) as you feel sick, then sure. But Jumper?!