(Not exactly what I had in mind for my New Years Resolution, but I never saw this movie before, so… yeah)

Movie Review: The Secret of NIMH

Mrs. Brisby is a widowed field mouse with four kids whose house is threatened in being destroyed by the farmer’s tractor. The family would’ve moved, but one of the sons, Timmy, is sick with pneumonia and cannot move or else he would surely die. 

And this is a kids film.

I personally thought that this was a great movie, despite its dark themes and animation, but I know that if I saw this as a child I would’ve been affected by it or not understood completely what was going on.

On the topic of animation: As I was watching this film, I noticed that the artwork had a similar style to the Winnie the Pooh franchise. After a little research, I noticed that the head animator/director/producer guy, Don Bluth, did in fact animate the first Winnie the Pooh movie, as well as movies like All Dogs Go to Heaven, An American Tale and The Land Before Time. 

So yeah, if you like those movies, you’ll like this one.

4 Out of 5 Thumbs Up—See it if you haven’t yet. If you can stay awake through the beginning bit, you’ll grow to like it and you’ll have this lingering nostalgia afterward of other sad kids movies…

Movie Review: Hugo

There are so many things I love about this movie.

Hugo takes place in Paris in the 1930’s and follows the story of an orphan, Hugo Cabret, who lives in a train station after the tragic death of his father (played by Jude Law). Hugo kept an old style robot and tries to uncover the mystery of its true purpose by gathering parts in the train station. In the process, his story touches the lives of those around him.

There aren’t a lot of big name actors, but you’ll recognize a fair share of them from various other movies. The characters you get to see are very quirky and appropriate for this genre. 

Moreover, this film is a beautiful work of art in 3D. The art director for this film has pretty much set the standard for how storytelling in 3D is supposed to look. The film production rivals that of its predecessors, (think of Disney and the strides it made in animation).

The movie feels like there’s so much thrown at you at once, but in a good way. There is some romance, some drama, some tragedy, and even bits of comedy. It’s just the right balance of everything.

With that said, it is a kids movie so the story line is very much predictable in the sense that there are a lot of coincidental moments. I found that it didn’t bother me too much because of how I focused on the other elements of the movie.

To sum it all up, it’s a great feel-good movie. It was definitely what I needed when I saw it.  

5 Out of 5 Thumbs Up—I can’t come up with just one grand reason for anyone to see it. Just go see it for yourself. You’ll find a reason to like it almost as much as I do. 

Movie Review: Haywire

Gina Carano kicks a lot of ass.

That’s basically it.

It was more funny than anything considering how much star power this movie had.

…

3 Out of 5 Thumbs Up—If you ever devised out plans of how to use martial arts, tactical armed forces training, and knowledge of incendiary devices to take down a lot of people at once in any given situation, see this movie and take notes.

Movie Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

When people warn you about how intense that movie is, they’re not lying. 

Having not read the book before seeing the movie, I was surprised at how well I was able to recollect everything, especially when a lot of information was presented at once. I guess that really says something about their screenplay.

I would like to note that the characters seem a little too robotic for my taste. Maybe that has to do in part of how the characters acted in the book because it also seems that the actors play their parts very well. 

Rooney Mara (Lisbeth Salander) did a brilliant performance. I’m not at all surprised that she got the Oscar nomination. 

I’d give the movie a 4 out of 5 thumbs up—Whether or not you read the book, see it for Rooney Mara.

Movie Review: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

There was a lot of action and quick word play and the chemistry between the characters worked pretty well.

There wasn’t as much cinematography that was geared toward the mystery and clue gathering aspect that I liked from the first filmed. Instead, they replaced it with a bunch of slow motion CGI which I don’t mind too much because I believe it was used appropriately and effectively. 

Quick wit and slo-mo. Not sure if that was a good combination, but the movie was still pretty entertaining.

4 Out of 5 Thumbs Up—Watch if you liked the first one and you don’t mind Rachel McAdams getting killed off. (WHYYYYYYYYYYY)

Side Note: The gay vibe was over exaggerated, Tumblr. Quit ruining movies for me. Love, David.

… was to watch at least one new movie each week. I’ve been caught up on the movies, but I haven’t written much about them yet.

(Expect 3 super quick posts about the movies I’ve watched so far this month.) 

Also, what movie should I watch this week?

kendall-alexandra:

I mean really.  This is going to be on my ceiling.

I’m finally going to see this tonight to see what the fuss is about. I’ve heard mixed reviews about it and I feel it is my duty as a self proclaimed movie buff and art fanatic to see this movie.

It’ll be weird watching the movie first and then reading the book, but I feel that’s safer just so that I don’t get a biased view when I watch the movie.

Also, I’ve been warned by a bunch of friends, mostly guys, that it’s going to be intense.

… I’m just going to say that again to wrap my head around that statement:

My guy friends are worried that it might be too intense for me, specifically me.

That just seems weird to me.

I’m currently watching Princess Diaries: Royal Engagement, which is definitely a switch from watching Contagion earlier.

There’s a Panera in Genovia.

I think I could should live there.