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Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986)
The Best Animated Film Ever Made
I was pretty disappointed after watching Princess Mononoke. The beginning starts out very exciting. More excitement follows, when the air pirates try to abduct her and the guy. The necklace she wears does some very strange things, and it becomes a mystery. They want to find Laputa, the castle in the sky. The guy believes in it after seeing his father's pictures when he saw it. So this huge adventure takes place when they also try to evade the government and find Laputa and to protect the necklace. This movie has lots of spoilers, so I'm not going to say anything, but that this movie is FANTASTIC! Don't be afraid to see it, it's the best thing to come out of Japan, ever.
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
My Heart Attack Will Go On...
A bad turn for an action movie series. The first one was great, and this one, not so much. The screenplay was bad, and ruined pretty much what the story could be. They also gave EVERYTHING away in the trailer. The casting was bad too, except for William Dafoe. Jason Patric was just a plain bad choice for the main character. Dafoe, however, is a notorious movie villain, and a good one too. Throughout this movie, all ports aren't suspicious of a cruise ship that's off-course, going faster than what it was built for, and won't make contact. Surprisingly, nobody does anything.
And since the trailer gives everything away, strangely, when they crash up against the oil tanker or when they crash into land, NOBODY hangs on to anything. They all fall over onto objects, therefore increasing the injury rate on the ship. Also, there are annoying crew members all over the ship. Even if you stay in your cabin, they WILL find you....
The directing was good, screenplay bad, and music good.
I wouldn't be surprised if Seabourn lost some money after this...
Face/Off (1997)
The Man with the Golden Guns
I missed the first 10 minutes but oh well...
I thought I heard bad things about this movie somewhere, but I disagreed. This was a good, decent action movie. Although not the best of year, it was still entertaining and interesting. The directing was pretty good, and was made with an effort. The writing wasn't the best of the lot, but definitely above average for an action movie. John Travolta and Nicholas Cage do pretty good in the film, and were pretty good as main characters. The editing however, needed some work. Some parts were almost cheesy, but not too much. The music was a pretty well done, and was better than most movies I've seen. The movie itself wasn't bad at all. It was satisfying and worth-while.
August Rush (2007)
Doesn't Hit The High Notes
I went to see it and I was kinda disappointed. I found it unrealistic, dull, and slow. Freddie Highmore did horrible in this film compared to "Charlie." He had only two faces throughout the whole thing. Straight, and smiling. That was it. I also didn't like the cheesiness with "listening to music." Music doesn't bind us together all the time. Music is fun to listen to, enjoyable, but movies ABOUT music, aren't very. The soundtrack for a movie was no "Phantom Of The Opera." It wasn't catchy, or great. The rest of the acting was OK, directing was bad, soundtrack was not very good, and the writing wasn't interesting. Overall, this movie I wouldn't suggest to anyone. It's just not that good.....
The Shining (1980)
The Best Movie Ever Made
OMG. This movie is awesome. The best movie ever made. The directing, the acting, the story, the paranoia, the hotel, the axe, and The Shining. I've watched a few thrillers or horrors in the past, but were never the full treatment I was expecting. Rear Window got close, Flightplan was off-course, and Cellular disappointed. But this, was far from that. The music was synced perfectly to the movie, and the suspense was on top through the whole thing. And it just kept raising the bar. So far, the plot is extremely confusing, and I still don't get it. But regardless, this movie will NEVER disappoint. Most of the content was not language, but only some violence. The worst was the nudity. Graphic. But no, it's not a real person. It's the apparition of one of the past victims. Sometime around the first quarter, you think it's boring. He takes care of a hotel. So what? He has his family there, and he's writing a book. But when his wife notices that he's getting extremely short-tempered, things just seem not right. The child with mental problems and abilities is being haunted. By room 237. The victims. The two little girls. The woman in the bathtub. The axe murderer. Meanwhile, the father seems even more crazy. The wife is getting scared of him. He's has hallucinations. But one day, he has a total mental meltdown. He gets the axe, he escapes the pantry, and heads for his accomplishment. To kill everyone. What happens next? Watch The Shining.
Air Force One (1997)
Get off my plane.
Not the best movie of the year, but good enough to get a 7 out of 10. Some music was in the worng places. Sometimes it was too dramatic for the scene. Most of the acting was great, but some people I would have picked different. This movie was just like Die Hard, but he was ON the plane. Overall, this movie was at the point of satisfaction. It was entertaining enough to watch for fun. I would have changed some things in the screenplay, and I would've liked it better. It was just a bit slow. But the action was pretty good, acting pretty good, suspense was OK, and the realisticness strangely was detailed enough. Overall, this movie was good.
The Last Mimzy (2007)
Worst Movie Of 2007
This movie sucked. People are treating this movie like The English Patient. They say 10 stars, but this movie was the complete opposite. The plot was pointless, and was as bad as Yu-Gi-Oh: The Movie. It's just a thing washes up on shore with a satanic bunny rabbit that does weird things that are just stupid. It has no meaning, then something has to do with Buddhism, and that's when everything goes downhill like a plane falling from 30,000ft. The power in Seattle goes out, and no one takes it seriously. The FBI guys take their family, and the little girl doesn't have the Mimzy with her. The FBI leader comes and says, "You're under arrest for a nation security emergency." The little girl goes "Can I get something?" Then with major stupidity he says, "Sure, go." And she runs into the room, and back out with the Mimzy. Did it ever occur to him that she could be raised as a terrorist? I mean seriously, horrible movie. There were scenes where the most impossible things were happening, and the kids kept a straight face like ABSOLUTELY NOTHING was happening. I'm surprised people said this movie was good. The first question I asked was, "Whats' up with the title?" The second was, "What the heck was that?!" This movie was one of the worst I've ever seen, and cheesiness out of Pokemon. The place where they take their family is a secure government facility for possible terrorists. Then, there is only one door locked out of the whole building, and one security camera in the hall. The Mimzy opens the door and turns off the security camera and unlocks the door. Hooray for plot convenience! Then find a truck and Mimzy hot-wire's it. They drive at like 3 AM on public roads without seat belts. Then send the Mimzy to the future with almost the little girl getting her right hand chopped off all because she likes satanic bunny rabbits. In the end you see children randomly flying away like they're about to get sucked into space. This was simply a movie to laugh at and the worst of 2007. Don't see this movie.