Showing posts with label moviereview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moviereview. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

258. Unsolicited Take: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

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It's a holiday! Luke didn't report to work while I finished my tasks early so that we could squeeze in some movie Fridate. 

In this retelling of Rick Riordans book, "The Sea of Monsters", Percy Jackson, accompanied by his friends Annabeth Chase, Clarisse La Rue and Tyson, his half brother, goes on a journey to the Sea of Monsters to retrieve the Golden Fleece and save Camp Half-Blood. Written by Michelle Stone

My mind is in chaos. I haven’t read the book which maybe a reason why I'm left with so many questions while watching this movie. Yet again I brought with me inside the cinema my high expectations. I could say that the kids will best appreciate the movie. Nothing really complicated in the plot. The plot revolves around the adventures before, during, and after the encounter with the sea of monsters – of trying to find and get the golden fleece which is the cure to the tree that protects the place of the half-bloods. There is nothing really surprising in the turn of events or maybe I wasn’t that surprised at all. Frankly speaking, I’m disappointed with the movie and too lazy to write a decent take of this movie. Haha!
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

257. Unsolicited Take: The Purge (2013)

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 It was a Saturday Spontaneous movie with Luke.


In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity-including murder-becomes legal. The police can't be called. Hospitals suspend help. It's one night when the citizenry regulates itself without thought of punishment. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking. When an intruder breaks into James Sandin's (Ethan Hawke) gated community during the yearly lockdown, he begins a sequence of events that threatens to tear a family apart. Now, it is up to James, his wife, Mary (Lena Headey), and their kids to make it through the night without turning into the monsters from whom they hide. Written by Universal Pictures

I would classify this movie as more of a thriller, but not as thrilling as my scared bones expected. I find the plot interesting though which just fuelled the expectations of high trepidation caused by seeing the trailer. Watching the movie, my uneasiness on the cinema seat heightened as the 12-hour purge period began. And even more when one of the kids allowed a stranger to enter the family’s house. Since it’s a movie of thriller, suspense and action, it would be better left for a spectator to watch the movie. I would say that there were really heart-thumping scenes that ended worth the thumping while most were just of purely suspense.

Apart from the interesting plot, I can say that I like the family values. And I like best that no matter how bad and/or how grave injustice as human we may experience, goodness is repaid by goodness in more ways than one or better, in ways we didn’t even imagine.
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

243. Unsolicited Take: Pacific Rim

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It's a Monday movie edition!! Yep, last Monday, I was able to watch Pacific Rim. However, we planned watching it via IMAX 3D but it's so costly for our pocket's sake, downgraded to 2D. I've seen the trailer while watching one movie and it got my mind's curiosity. 
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes - a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) - who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse. Written by Del Torro

It’s a robot movie; a machine movie, heavy mechanics and electrics movie. Versus monsters. If you’re a fan of Voltes V, Daimos, Evangelion, Gundam, I think you’ll also get to like this movie. At first, I was already getting bored; the good thing about the movie is that it’s getting exciting towards the end. I find it fast paced though with a timeline and with a lot of story lines squeezed in one sitting. There was this some 20 years ago some five years ago; and then there was a father-daughter, collector, scientists, etc. At some point I felt like there is too much going on in the movie. Anyway, the main point is the robots vs. the monsters. If you ever watched any of the cartoons/animes I mentioned above and include Ultraman in that list, you’ll basically have an idea that the movie comprises a lot of combats between the protagonist mechanics versus some antagonist sea creatures. Basically, that’s it, and the movie revolves around figuring out how to defeat the monster – identifying its strengths and weaknesses, how it/they arise/s, when, where, their origin etc. On the other hand, it’s how about planning the attacks, finding the perfect pair who would control the robot, etc. Just add some factors of The Core, and the drama of Armageddon, the Pacific Rim storyline is complete. For the visuals, it’s eye candy. 

My favorite line from the movie: "Stop the clock." It's a reminder that every bad thing happening has its end.

On a moral point of view, nakssss, I liked that simple thought that we can defeat our bad memories of yesterday, our thinking and negativity caused by the downbeat past which has been bothering us and  think of the present, we have the power to control the present and eventually fight for the future.
 
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Sunday, June 23, 2013

226. Unsolicited Take: World War Z 2013 Movie

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Saturday, the latest addition to the movies-watched-inside-the-moviehouse is World War Z. I’ve read tweets, statuses, and short reviews that it’s a good movie. I checked IMDB for the no. of stars and it was 7.1/10 and that’s good enough for me/us to decide on spending time and money for it.
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