Let me start off by saying I haven't read Catching Fire (yet) the second book in the arguably best teen style trilogy of all-time, but that actually made me enjoy the movie more. I didn't know what was coming, especially the ending. A few of the things were obvious like Katniss giving hope to all the districts and the uprisings that start to take place (a sign of things to come very soon) to her surviving the 75th Hunger Games, spoiler alert I guess.
The roles were all done amazingly this time, perhaps even better. The bit parts done by Elizabeth Banks (Effete Trinket) who stole every scene she was in, Stanley Tucci (Caesar Flickerman) who stole every scene he was in, Lenny Kravitz (Cinna) and Woody Harrelson (Haymitch Abernathy) were great. And Elizabeth and Stanley should get consideration for best supporting actor and actress, they were just. that. great. Donald Sutherland aka one of the best villians ever played on screen (President Snow) stole the overall show and set up the finale(s)? perfectly.
It starts off after the 74th Hunger Games finish and Peeta and Katniss need to make their "love story" real during the celebration tour. All is not well though throughout the districts, Katniss and Peeta's act of defiance is the spark of something big, so big President Snow knows he needs Katniss gone. How does he plan to do that? By making the 75th Hunger Games like no other. Fast forward to the end of the games and Katniss has nothing left, and that makes her a very dangerous person. The story is to be concluded over the next two Thanksgivings. And sometimes, lets just say some of the events hit a little too close to home...
The cinematography was great the story flew by and my only gripe as I sit here writing away at 3:30am is that 5-10 minutes probably could have been cut but that said great movie. Oh and like I said this will own the box office in this country for weeks to come.
My rating: 9.5/10
IMDB: 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Friday, November 22, 2013
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Movie Review: The Conjuring
Ok I have put off this review 48 hours longer than I should have but I have my reasons. One, after seeing The Conjuring you WILL be jumpy for the next 12 hours and will not sleep well the night after you see it. Oddly enough that’s a compliment to a movie whose sole premise is to tease you make you jump and just downright scare you. Oh and it does all 3 of those things well.
It starts off with a misdirection about a creepy as hell doll that has demonic forces controlling it (don’t worry you find out about this in literally the first 2 minutes of the movie, I’m not giving anything away). The film is about 2 families, Ed and Lorriane Warren, who were aptly played by Pactrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, and Roger and Carolyn Perron played by Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor. Right off the bat things aren’t right, freaky stuff is happening all over, rotten egg smells randomly, doors opening and closing, clocks stopping at a specific time… and there is no explanation (no rational one anyway) as to why this is happening. Finally Carolyn tracks down the Warrens at a conference they put on in local colleges. Keep in mind though this is 1971, what the Warrens do is looked at with raised eyebrows today, people were incredibly skeptical about this stuff back then but fortunately the movie doesn’t go into this at all and for that I give it credit.
Now for those of you who know me I don’t scare easy but this movie freaked me out for about a day. Even my mom noticed I seemed to be on edge after coming back from the preview screening Wednesday night. Also seeing it with a theater full of people helps, there’s a lot of laughter early on but not the funny ‘haha’ kind, more like the funny ‘I’m laughing because I want to cover up how nerve racking this is’. Anyone over 70 or under 13 should NOT see this movie. Over 70 because you might literally be scared to death (yes that can happen) and under 13 because he/she won’t sleep for weeks after that. The movie is rated R soley based on how scary it is, granted there is a little gore and one or two swear words but I’ve seen PG-13 movies get away with more in those two aspects. In fact if there was such a rating as NC-13 (If you are under 13, you cannot buy a ticket to this movie, period) this would get it but that can’t happen yes I know.
I say this and I don’t say it lightly, this is the best horror movie I have ever seen, EVER. Better than Psycho, better than the original The Haunting (old black and white 1950’s movie, check it out sometime) better than the Blair Witch Project, Sixth Sense, etc. Go see it, then go tell your friends to see it. Then go tell random people on the street to see it. It is that good. And if a horror movie could ever get an Oscar nomination for Best Picture this would be the one, but that can’t happen. Hollywood won’t allow it.
My rating: 10/10
IMDB: 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
It starts off with a misdirection about a creepy as hell doll that has demonic forces controlling it (don’t worry you find out about this in literally the first 2 minutes of the movie, I’m not giving anything away). The film is about 2 families, Ed and Lorriane Warren, who were aptly played by Pactrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, and Roger and Carolyn Perron played by Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor. Right off the bat things aren’t right, freaky stuff is happening all over, rotten egg smells randomly, doors opening and closing, clocks stopping at a specific time… and there is no explanation (no rational one anyway) as to why this is happening. Finally Carolyn tracks down the Warrens at a conference they put on in local colleges. Keep in mind though this is 1971, what the Warrens do is looked at with raised eyebrows today, people were incredibly skeptical about this stuff back then but fortunately the movie doesn’t go into this at all and for that I give it credit.
Now for those of you who know me I don’t scare easy but this movie freaked me out for about a day. Even my mom noticed I seemed to be on edge after coming back from the preview screening Wednesday night. Also seeing it with a theater full of people helps, there’s a lot of laughter early on but not the funny ‘haha’ kind, more like the funny ‘I’m laughing because I want to cover up how nerve racking this is’. Anyone over 70 or under 13 should NOT see this movie. Over 70 because you might literally be scared to death (yes that can happen) and under 13 because he/she won’t sleep for weeks after that. The movie is rated R soley based on how scary it is, granted there is a little gore and one or two swear words but I’ve seen PG-13 movies get away with more in those two aspects. In fact if there was such a rating as NC-13 (If you are under 13, you cannot buy a ticket to this movie, period) this would get it but that can’t happen yes I know.
I say this and I don’t say it lightly, this is the best horror movie I have ever seen, EVER. Better than Psycho, better than the original The Haunting (old black and white 1950’s movie, check it out sometime) better than the Blair Witch Project, Sixth Sense, etc. Go see it, then go tell your friends to see it. Then go tell random people on the street to see it. It is that good. And if a horror movie could ever get an Oscar nomination for Best Picture this would be the one, but that can’t happen. Hollywood won’t allow it.
My rating: 10/10
IMDB: 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
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