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The Parent Trap

lefrenchie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:19:18 +0000

Guilty pleasurable family fun is what could define the parent trap; it’s a family comedy with Denis Quaid and the late Miranda Richardson who splitted their twins (both played by a very young and promising Lindsay Lohan) when they were born. Needless to say that by a twist of fate they will both be reunited and discovering their filiation decide to trade places… mischief and mayhem follows… but it is all good clean fun… It’s a cute movie, and maybe sometimes those are the movie you wanna watch, there’s no big saving the world moment or no “the world is a dark place” atmosphere… but it’s just a cute story with friendly familiar faces…

Fame

lefrenchie — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:05:56 +0000

Fame the movie, is film inspired by the tv show from the 80s which was a spinoff the movie Fame, when your premise starts with this, you already are in trouble… For those too young to remember what fame is about… It follows a few students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts…. To make references that everyone can understand, it’s like if the Hills meet High School Musical… And it is SO painful watch, and this despite the lovely Kherington Payne, former contestant on So You Think You Can Dance, gracing us with her presence… Trying not to be biased; I think we’ll see that girl back in more movies, and even some where she doesn’t have to dance, either that, or the other ensemble cast is so bad that she looked so much better.

Just to give you an idea on how attrocious the movie is… Megan Mullally, the annoying chick from that annoying show Will and Grace, plays a voice coach/instructor, and at some point goes singing into a karaoke bar, and let me tell you… after seeing her lipsyncing, I trully believe that Ashlee Simpson is a genius at it… that’s how bad it was… and at this point I’m wondering if it’s useful to talk about how stereotypical the flick is: from the talented boy who used to play in his family restaurant, to the young naive talented but shy girl, with also the girl who wants to break free from her parents, and the kid being ripped off trying to make a movie… the whole movie is an endless string of stereotypical cliches….

Dawn of the Dead

joseph — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:49:17 +0000

There’s a reason George Romero is the only director of zombie films that has name recognition, aside from the fact that he invented the genre. He takes the fun of zombies seriously, while simultaneously having some fun with serious philosophical questions that arise in a zombie apocalypse. When one of the protagonists says of the undead “they are us,” one is forced to ask “what is the difference between hoards of zombies storming into a shopping mall, and the living human beings who do the same thing?” The answer, represented in the movie in the form of helicopter ascending beyond a strange horizon, is this: potentiality.

Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn

joseph — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:28:34 +0000

Most people seem to either prefer the first Evil Dead film or Army of Darkness when the subject of the Evil Dead trilogy comes up. These people are full of shit, because Evil Dead 2 is clearly the best film in Sam Raimi’s honestly-sort-of-meh-overall carreer. It’s the Godfather II of horror sequels, and it has everything that makes Raimi worth watching: Three Stooges humor, over the top gore and violence, and of course, Bruce Campbell with a chainsaw as a hand. At times, the film reaches a level of surrealty on par with Lynch’s Eraiserhead, a feat few horror filmakers nowadays would have the imagination of sense of humor to aspire to.

Chloe

lefrenchie — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:58:38 +0000

Chloe is Atom Egoyan’s new which is based on French movie, Nathalie; it tells the story of a middle aged woman who hires an escort to find out if her husband is cheating on her. Every time the Chloe (Amanda Seyfried) meets Catherine (Julianne Moore), she tells her what happened with her husband (played by Liam Neeson). The film is quite good and definitely only for adults.

The main problem comes when you compare the remake Chloe to the original Nathalie: the French movie wasn’t any better, but it was more subtle, and the catalyst character being older (played by Emanuelle Beart), it made the character Nathalie a more vile and intricate character, whereas Chloe, seems to be just a lolita with a lot of issues, and leaves you with the feeling that maybe she isn’t evil, just suffering from schizophrenia.

In no way the movie is a bad one; it’s a good film to watch, kind of uncomfortable for couples, but interesting, with great performances from the actors; there’s nothing bad about the movie at all; it is just average as an ensemble.

She’s the Man

lefrenchie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:26:45 +0000

Once upon a time someone went to watch a movie that he was sure was so bad, he would regret ever spending 2 hours watching it… Turned out he enjoyed that movie so much that know he is writing this very little review, full of shame and guilt… So let’s talk about She’s the Man, where Amanda Byrnes is joined by Chaning Tatum to deliver a very enjoyable twist on a Shakespeare play… The story is too convoluted to summarize, and part of the enjoyement is the never ending and unexpected twists and gags from the movie… Unplug your brain and let this weird and goofy world sink into you…

Battle Royale

lefrenchie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:53:24 +0000

Welcome to the dark world of tomorrow, where the Japanese government proclaimed the Battle Royale Act, which is a Life lesson taught to high school seniors; every year a class is taken on a deserted island, and each student needs to survive by killing his classmates, and staying alive. This premise is probably the most sadistic yet brilliant fable of what the world has in store for us… If being in high school was bad enough, this tops it all: it’s time to see the true nature of relationships between classmates, and to settle old rivalries. Brilliantly executed film, with an exquisite Takeshi “Beat” Kitano as the class professor; this movie is really a delectable gore fest, with a cynical sense of humor that not anyone can enjoy.

Vanilla Sky

lefrenchie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:42:44 +0000

Based on the movie “Abra Los Ojos”, Vanilla Sky doesn’t fall into the remake pitfalls; quite the contrary, it brings the story to a new height. Penelope Cruz reprises her role from the original movie and is joined by Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell and Jason Lee, under the direction of Almost Famous’ Cameron Crowe who brings his musical sense to direct this intriguing and surreal movie. Whatever you are expecting, whatever you believe this movie is, forget everything you think you know and open your eyes. This is a movie about Love, Life, Friendship, Sex, Jealousy, and what they are all worth. When you’ll wake up from this movie you will be haunted by the beautiful images of it, and the marvelous soundtrack which gather Paul McCartney, Radiohead and Sigur Ros, just to name a few.

Planet of the Apes

lefrenchie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:34:27 +0000

Movies that stand the test of times are a rarity, it’s even truer with science‐fiction movie, but the Charlton Heston timeless masterpiece is a different breed of a movie; despite spawning a slur of sequels, and spin off tv shows; the original Planet of the Apes, got stuck in popular culture thanks to a brilliant final plot twist photographed with brilliance, with imagery that is printed in the collective consciousness.
Under the simple premise of an astronaut crash landing on a planet where man is the animal and the ape is the dominant specie, lays a philosophical fable about human society, from the futility of war to racism, with a hint about the debate over evolution. The movie is filled with themes and ideas, that forty years later still resonate, and are still as valid now as they were then.