Okay, let me just say that after reading about Winston Churchill, I do not want to be Winston Churchill, I just want to be able to speak my original words like him.
So I had to decide on whether to blog about The Fighter, or Sucker Punch. Earlier today I was in a bad mood and I thought trashing Sucker Punch would lift my spirits, but then I thought The Fighter has been out for longer and deserves the blog, whereas Sucker Punch has been out for less than a week and was not even half as good as The Fighter. It was a really hard decision, so I did what anyone with a blog named For Movie Lovers would do, I decided to blog on them both at the same time.
This will be my first time blogging on difference/comparison in movies, so bare with me. Not only is comparing movies something I'd usually advice against, these two movies have almost nothing in common, one's a modernized Rocky, and the other a teenage guys dream after falling asleep to too much video games.
Okay, so I'll go ahead and start by informing that The Fighter is about a boxer who is trying to get a name for himself but is struggling due to lack of proper training and good management. Sucker Punch is about a girl in an Mental Hospital who is fantasizing about being a prostitute who dreams about being a warrior fighting Nazi robots.
One thing that the two movies do have in common is that both of the main characters' goal is to escape. He trying to escape a life of nothing, and she is trying to escape coming in contact with a High Roller. Don't get the impression I thought Sucker Punch was a pointless waste of time, Sucker Punch is a movie that is mildly entertaining and a great way to make other movies look good. I'm also not saying Sucker Punch is one of the worst movies ever, I'm just mad about the whole thing cause I spent 10 and a half dollars on it when I should've done my research to avoid it all together till the dollar theater.
Now The Fighter on the other hand, was a boxing movie: pause, I just have to point out that in my opinion movies about boxing, alien invasions, or Jane Austen type romantic stories are all categories that have the same premise but are done by directors differently with certain twists and turns that make them original. Okay The Fighter was a boxing movie that was only partly about boxing. The audience has to decide why they're watching it, my take on the film was that it was not made for people to only go and see Marky Mark without a shirt hitting people in the face over and over again. It was to show a story of a very interesting but messed up family.
The other thing a watcher must do with this film is to decide who the main character is, obviously most that see it are going to automatically think Mark is the main character, but as I watched it, I saw Christian Bale's character act and knew he was the main character. The movie was about him, his drug problem, and his recovery. Mark's storyline was alongside of that effecting his brother in different ways that changed him for the better.
This is also somewhat similar to Sucker Punch in the way that Sucker's Punches main character turns out to not be the point of the movie. The whole point of the movie is so that she can escape (or at least that is what the audience is shown) but in the end it wasn't about her, it was about a fellow prostitute that she needed to help. My favorite thing about the movie is that it open with a dark screen and a voice saying "Everyone has a guardian angel, they appear in ways we can never realize, and their forms change all the time" That was paraphrased but essentially that's what it said, and just like a well written essay, this thesis is revived again at the end of the movie as the main character realizes she is the guardian angel and that she was meant to be at the hospital to help her friend escape.
$10.50 is a lot to spend on a movie you don't get too much out of, but if you were to ever see it, I believe Sucker Punch has value to one not looking for action, and to one who is.
$0.00 is not a lot to spend on a very good movie, and I hope you will get the chance to watch and observe The Fighter like I did.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Is it possible to out-run your fate?
Okay, so when I first saw a trailer for The Adjustment Bureau I was blown away. First of all, if you plan on seeing the movie before someone spoils it don't read, this is your official spoiler alert. After seeing movies like Inception, or Black Swan, I thought my brain had tossed around enough by movies, little did I know The Adjustment Bureau was just around the corner. The only problem is that there were few, but HUGE errors in my mind by the time the movie was over. During the film it felt like Inception while it constantly kept me engaged and thinking about what was going on. However, my thinking put ideas into my head for how the theory wouldn't end up working, and don't you know, it didn't. The ending of the film killed it.
Now I won't dismiss the film, I'd still recommend it, just not as an entertaining film. I would watch it to see it's flaws and ponder on them.
The movie's basic plot is that there are "people" that control people's destiny and that everyone on earth has a "plan" written for them by who they call The Chairman: The God figure. For anyone that has a fixation with predestination, or is even interested in it at all, this is actually a good movie to see. I don't say that because it's a good depiction and can explain it for you, but what I do mean is that it has a layout of predestination with every human having their own plan written for them.
Lets start by just pointing a couple things out, one, there are many flaws integrated into the movie if you're looking at it for predestination, things like the fact that the main character gets off of line from his plan, which can't happen with predestination. Two, the way to watch the movie is to see what the world would be like without predestination. Okay, so here's a picture for you, let's say you're watching a movie, like this one, and you're enjoying it and think that the fact that it has twists and turns is compelling. Boom, there's life, full of twists and turns. But then towards the end it's all ruined, everything was fine and made sense about the "Plan" system until you realize that a human can stand up to the chairman and change his plan to the way he likes it. That doesn't sound like a very good chairman does it? No, therefor, why should that chairman deserve to be in charge of everyone's destiny? He shouldn't, my take is that the writer was dismissing God and predestination together for an hour and a half, but in the end, it just showed me if God were to let us decide for ourselves on how things are drawn out and we can go against his will, what's the point of God in the first place?
Thanks for reading, don't want to confuse you too much but that really is all I got out of the movie, it's not something to see for any reason but this in my opinion.
Now I won't dismiss the film, I'd still recommend it, just not as an entertaining film. I would watch it to see it's flaws and ponder on them.
The movie's basic plot is that there are "people" that control people's destiny and that everyone on earth has a "plan" written for them by who they call The Chairman: The God figure. For anyone that has a fixation with predestination, or is even interested in it at all, this is actually a good movie to see. I don't say that because it's a good depiction and can explain it for you, but what I do mean is that it has a layout of predestination with every human having their own plan written for them.
Lets start by just pointing a couple things out, one, there are many flaws integrated into the movie if you're looking at it for predestination, things like the fact that the main character gets off of line from his plan, which can't happen with predestination. Two, the way to watch the movie is to see what the world would be like without predestination. Okay, so here's a picture for you, let's say you're watching a movie, like this one, and you're enjoying it and think that the fact that it has twists and turns is compelling. Boom, there's life, full of twists and turns. But then towards the end it's all ruined, everything was fine and made sense about the "Plan" system until you realize that a human can stand up to the chairman and change his plan to the way he likes it. That doesn't sound like a very good chairman does it? No, therefor, why should that chairman deserve to be in charge of everyone's destiny? He shouldn't, my take is that the writer was dismissing God and predestination together for an hour and a half, but in the end, it just showed me if God were to let us decide for ourselves on how things are drawn out and we can go against his will, what's the point of God in the first place?
Thanks for reading, don't want to confuse you too much but that really is all I got out of the movie, it's not something to see for any reason but this in my opinion.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Everything looks like it's 8 Mile now, The beat comes back and everybody lose themselves
Alright back to reality, The other night I sat and watched the movie 8 mile. Eminem (the artist) stars in this film about a guy some call Rabbit. It's not really a movie a blog like mine can handle, but I'm gonna try. The movie was made for only a certain type of people, anyone else that stumbled in to watch it more than likely got up and left.
The movie is about a bunch of rappers, it's really not a style that's for many people. It was really just for people that listen to Eminem and know what his music is like, and can enjoy most of it/all of it. This is how it works... 8 mile is to the average movie watcher, as a comedy is to a cutter hiding in a closet all day. So you get the picture now, not your typical entertaining movie. Now that's not to say it wasn't entertaining, it was, but this blog is going to be my pure opinion that can't really go for anyone else. I liked the film, but that's cause me and Eminem are like this: E3
You see how those line up? How the three points of the 3 hit the three points of the E? Cool, well next point.
The movie (whether or not it had the intentions) displayed a great perspective of a bond between to guys. There were up points for them, and there were certainly low points, but like it should be in a movie, conflicts are resolved, and they see each other as an equal at the end.
Another thing I liked to watch was the relationship between Rabbit, and who I guessed was his sister from a different man. Rabbit would have moments of rage and anger/aggression, but then he saw her and immediately calmed down and looked at her with loving eyes that fathers usually show their daughters. It was bitter sweet moment as rabbit kicked the crap out of dude while she hid under the table, and then picked her up as though nothing had happened.
Off topic mention: I'll be bloggin again soon on a more watchable film, so stay tuned!
The movie is about a bunch of rappers, it's really not a style that's for many people. It was really just for people that listen to Eminem and know what his music is like, and can enjoy most of it/all of it. This is how it works... 8 mile is to the average movie watcher, as a comedy is to a cutter hiding in a closet all day. So you get the picture now, not your typical entertaining movie. Now that's not to say it wasn't entertaining, it was, but this blog is going to be my pure opinion that can't really go for anyone else. I liked the film, but that's cause me and Eminem are like this: E3
You see how those line up? How the three points of the 3 hit the three points of the E? Cool, well next point.
The movie (whether or not it had the intentions) displayed a great perspective of a bond between to guys. There were up points for them, and there were certainly low points, but like it should be in a movie, conflicts are resolved, and they see each other as an equal at the end.
Another thing I liked to watch was the relationship between Rabbit, and who I guessed was his sister from a different man. Rabbit would have moments of rage and anger/aggression, but then he saw her and immediately calmed down and looked at her with loving eyes that fathers usually show their daughters. It was bitter sweet moment as rabbit kicked the crap out of dude while she hid under the table, and then picked her up as though nothing had happened.
Off topic mention: I'll be bloggin again soon on a more watchable film, so stay tuned!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Journaling is very importnant
So I was thinking about what to blog on next, and I realized that I've blogged on action, drama, comedy, but not a really good romantic film. I went on to think, hmm, hey! The notebook is a romantic movie and was said to be one of the best romantic movies ever, so then I decided to blog about the notebook. Yay!
When I watched The Notebook, you know what, I don't know why I watched it. But that's beside the point, I'm extremely happy I saw it. It's one of the few moves out there that made me cry. Twice actually, the first was when I saw Rachel Mcadams in the rain trying to talk and all she could do was yell and scare the crap out of Ryan Gosnell, the second was the most climactic moment of the film that swept the heart of thousands of americans.
In the year 2004, a few movies did this thing where they have an older person tell a story that you assume is their own. The Notebook was the first one to do it however, therefor, props to it.
There are moments in movies when you watch them that make this kind of weird sensation happen. First you freeze, cause you know you very well could cry, second, you try to garb something, because you get this weird tiggling feeling throughout your body, third, you smile, you can't help it, you have to smile whether or not you're happy, it's just one of those moments. It's a moment a writer should pride themself on cause it's not easy to write on paper. It's also something I don't typically welcome because I feel like it's a cheat to draw you into the story. The Notebook was the exception...
From scene one when the main charcter lays eyes on the other main character I was immediately grasped for 2 hours, maybe I was just in the mood for a Jane Austen type story, or maybe the movie really was one of the best romantics ever, I don't know. But I'm guessing the ladder.
While I did like this movie, I will say it's not for everyone. The movie is definiitely a Jane Austen type of thing with the two characters that are perfect for each other, parents that constantly look like they're trying to afflict pain on teir daughter, and that other guy the parents like, but doesn't get the girl's affection.
Lastly, I liked that the way the main guy got the girl was by hard work on the house, he made it just the way she wanted him to, and he did it by himself, just because he thought she MIGHT come see him if he did. It was putting a lot of time and effort into a chance, but I guess that's what love is all about. Lol, that sounded so corny. Till I blog again!
The First Movie Lover
When I watched The Notebook, you know what, I don't know why I watched it. But that's beside the point, I'm extremely happy I saw it. It's one of the few moves out there that made me cry. Twice actually, the first was when I saw Rachel Mcadams in the rain trying to talk and all she could do was yell and scare the crap out of Ryan Gosnell, the second was the most climactic moment of the film that swept the heart of thousands of americans.
In the year 2004, a few movies did this thing where they have an older person tell a story that you assume is their own. The Notebook was the first one to do it however, therefor, props to it.
There are moments in movies when you watch them that make this kind of weird sensation happen. First you freeze, cause you know you very well could cry, second, you try to garb something, because you get this weird tiggling feeling throughout your body, third, you smile, you can't help it, you have to smile whether or not you're happy, it's just one of those moments. It's a moment a writer should pride themself on cause it's not easy to write on paper. It's also something I don't typically welcome because I feel like it's a cheat to draw you into the story. The Notebook was the exception...
From scene one when the main charcter lays eyes on the other main character I was immediately grasped for 2 hours, maybe I was just in the mood for a Jane Austen type story, or maybe the movie really was one of the best romantics ever, I don't know. But I'm guessing the ladder.
While I did like this movie, I will say it's not for everyone. The movie is definiitely a Jane Austen type of thing with the two characters that are perfect for each other, parents that constantly look like they're trying to afflict pain on teir daughter, and that other guy the parents like, but doesn't get the girl's affection.
Lastly, I liked that the way the main guy got the girl was by hard work on the house, he made it just the way she wanted him to, and he did it by himself, just because he thought she MIGHT come see him if he did. It was putting a lot of time and effort into a chance, but I guess that's what love is all about. Lol, that sounded so corny. Till I blog again!
The First Movie Lover
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Stubborness
So the other day I thought I should blog about this one movie I saw awhile back called Defiance, and so I shall...
Okay so here's the scoop, the movie is about a group of jews that have to hide and survive in the woods while the holocaust is taking place. Daniel Craig stars, and is supported by a great unknown cast of all kinds of people. When I first started the movie I had my doubts about, but then again, I really didn't know anything about it. I very quickly realized how wrong I was to doubt, as it is one of the greatest movies I've ever seen. It's Top Ten material actually, maybe like 9 though. But never the less, a great survival tale, and I would also like to say that I love survival tales. Any Pocahontas type thing, or even that first part of Ironman in Afghanistan.
This one is a little different though, the jews are forced to get food somehow, obviously! So they raid Nazi food transports, and (do their best to) try not to kill anyone in the process. After all, murdering for food would be the same thing as murdering for anything else in their God's eyes.
It's very interesting to watch as the jews constantly have to set up camp, and then leave so the Nazis can't catch them, and while it is somewhat of a depressing tale, a couple lines of comedy are thrown in in great places so you while get exhausted by the constant running and hiding. There are peaceful moments in the movie to help you catch your breath, and it also gives the film a chance to show you how jews operated during that time of horror, and how sometimes spirits were down, but it only took one person to them right back up.
Lastly I would like to point out that it's BOND for crying out loud! See this movie if you haven't, see this movie again if you have and get something new out of it. Just please see the film, it really is phenomenal.
Okay so here's the scoop, the movie is about a group of jews that have to hide and survive in the woods while the holocaust is taking place. Daniel Craig stars, and is supported by a great unknown cast of all kinds of people. When I first started the movie I had my doubts about, but then again, I really didn't know anything about it. I very quickly realized how wrong I was to doubt, as it is one of the greatest movies I've ever seen. It's Top Ten material actually, maybe like 9 though. But never the less, a great survival tale, and I would also like to say that I love survival tales. Any Pocahontas type thing, or even that first part of Ironman in Afghanistan.
This one is a little different though, the jews are forced to get food somehow, obviously! So they raid Nazi food transports, and (do their best to) try not to kill anyone in the process. After all, murdering for food would be the same thing as murdering for anything else in their God's eyes.
It's very interesting to watch as the jews constantly have to set up camp, and then leave so the Nazis can't catch them, and while it is somewhat of a depressing tale, a couple lines of comedy are thrown in in great places so you while get exhausted by the constant running and hiding. There are peaceful moments in the movie to help you catch your breath, and it also gives the film a chance to show you how jews operated during that time of horror, and how sometimes spirits were down, but it only took one person to them right back up.
Lastly I would like to point out that it's BOND for crying out loud! See this movie if you haven't, see this movie again if you have and get something new out of it. Just please see the film, it really is phenomenal.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Wax on, wax off
So the other day when I saw the Hurt Locker, I also had 2 and a half hours of peaceful fighting with the new Karate Kid.
It was interesting seeing some of Will Smith's facial expressions escape from his son as he got bashed in the face, or when he picked his jacket up. Even their laugh/shocked voice sound similar. Jackie Chan also stars as the famous mentor Mr. Hun, and didn't do such a bad job himself.
Anyway, the film was just a different interpretation of the original film, but a good one never the less. In fact, whether or not it's because i'm lenient towards modern film, i thought it was actually better than the original film. The way it was written was also a little more meaningful and believable. Since the original bad guys were a few high school white boys that learned karate, but in this new one, they used Chinese kids whose ancient tradition was to learn kong fu. The only problem was that it was kong fu, the movie should've been called the Kong Fu kid.
I would also just like to say that in this film, I cried when he completed his training, there's just something about those martial art films that get to me, the goes for pixar films actually. This version also did a great job with the training process for the kid.
Now Martial Art films are known for cheesy comedy, but that cheesiness always makes me laugh, no matter how dumb it is, it's still funny to me. Jackie Chan however, kind of annoys me most of the time, however, in this film, he was all like "Oh I'm so tired, Oh, I'm so drunk, Oh, I hit my head again cause I'm angry" Only he said it in a way that just made me get so pumped I really want to karate chop something. But not really.
The movie was a very tolerable film that I really did enjoy, especially as a karate kid film.
It was interesting seeing some of Will Smith's facial expressions escape from his son as he got bashed in the face, or when he picked his jacket up. Even their laugh/shocked voice sound similar. Jackie Chan also stars as the famous mentor Mr. Hun, and didn't do such a bad job himself.
Anyway, the film was just a different interpretation of the original film, but a good one never the less. In fact, whether or not it's because i'm lenient towards modern film, i thought it was actually better than the original film. The way it was written was also a little more meaningful and believable. Since the original bad guys were a few high school white boys that learned karate, but in this new one, they used Chinese kids whose ancient tradition was to learn kong fu. The only problem was that it was kong fu, the movie should've been called the Kong Fu kid.
I would also just like to say that in this film, I cried when he completed his training, there's just something about those martial art films that get to me, the goes for pixar films actually. This version also did a great job with the training process for the kid.
Now Martial Art films are known for cheesy comedy, but that cheesiness always makes me laugh, no matter how dumb it is, it's still funny to me. Jackie Chan however, kind of annoys me most of the time, however, in this film, he was all like "Oh I'm so tired, Oh, I'm so drunk, Oh, I hit my head again cause I'm angry" Only he said it in a way that just made me get so pumped I really want to karate chop something. But not really.
The movie was a very tolerable film that I really did enjoy, especially as a karate kid film.
Monday, March 7, 2011
And the award for best picture goes to...
The hurt locker might just be in my top 3 movies ever. I have never seen a movie so engaging from the first minute.
I started the movie and right away the dialogue just grabbed me right out of my seat. I think the fact that I was watching a movie about a bomb defuser who also supported Ben Affleck in The Town really made me appreciate the acting. So many scenes made me just drop my jaw at the sight of things this guy had to deal with.
I think I would've voted for this for best picture no matter what year it was nominated. It didn't much to compete with last year, but it would've given The King's Speech a run for it's money. Whether or not it would've won, I would've been unsure until it was actually announced.
The relationship between the three guys in the squad was depicted and evolved superbly throughout the entire film. Watching them work together, drink together, or playfully fighting each other showed so much about, not just their relationship with each other, but how they operate outside of the war. Which is also hinted at during emotional moments when they actually open up to each other.
The film also depicted terrorist attacks in a way that made me pretty scared for them even though I knew it was fictional. It was so realistic I could've sworn it was a true story.
If you haven't already seen this movie, do so. It is a war movie, not your typical run and gun and cuss war, but it did still have it's fair share of language and adult topics throughout. Nothing sexual, but still deserved the R rating.
I hope that wouldn't hold you back, because I feel so bad it took me THIS long to see it. I have never been so impressed.
I started the movie and right away the dialogue just grabbed me right out of my seat. I think the fact that I was watching a movie about a bomb defuser who also supported Ben Affleck in The Town really made me appreciate the acting. So many scenes made me just drop my jaw at the sight of things this guy had to deal with.
I think I would've voted for this for best picture no matter what year it was nominated. It didn't much to compete with last year, but it would've given The King's Speech a run for it's money. Whether or not it would've won, I would've been unsure until it was actually announced.
The relationship between the three guys in the squad was depicted and evolved superbly throughout the entire film. Watching them work together, drink together, or playfully fighting each other showed so much about, not just their relationship with each other, but how they operate outside of the war. Which is also hinted at during emotional moments when they actually open up to each other.
The film also depicted terrorist attacks in a way that made me pretty scared for them even though I knew it was fictional. It was so realistic I could've sworn it was a true story.
If you haven't already seen this movie, do so. It is a war movie, not your typical run and gun and cuss war, but it did still have it's fair share of language and adult topics throughout. Nothing sexual, but still deserved the R rating.
I hope that wouldn't hold you back, because I feel so bad it took me THIS long to see it. I have never been so impressed.
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