Movies to Watch Out for in 2013

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Starring: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen — directed by Tommy Wirkola

Hansel & Gretel” movie hits theaters on January 11, 2013.
 

A Good Day To Die Hard – Die Hard 5

Starring Bruce Willis, John Mc Clane

Release Date: February 14, 2013

GI JOE 2 – The Retaliation

Starring: Channing Tatum, Adrianne Palicki, Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis – directed by Jon Chu.

“G I Joe: Retaliation” movie hits theaters on March 29, 2013.
 

Iron Man 3

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce – directed by Shane

“Iron Man 3” movie hits theaters on May 3, 2013.
 

Man Of Steel

Starring: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe

Release Date: June 14, 2013

Avatar The Movie: (James Cameron Avatar) The Movie Behind The Scenes

If you have not seen the movie Avatar, then you might be missing one of the best movies ever been made. Before going to the theater, I really have no idea that this movie is that great. The only motivation that I had to watch it was it’s beautifully done trailer and knowing its maker. Avatar was produced from the makers of the highly acclaimed movies like Titanic. Check out the movie’s official website at http://www.avatarmovie.com/index.html for more information.

Imagine, the first day of production was way back 2007, 3 years ago before the film was actually released. It took them such number of years to complete the project.Actually, the director, James Cameron said that he already conceptualized the movie many yeras before but because of his super advance concept, the technology was not yet capable of actualizing them. So he waited for the right time and I must say, he did a good job for it.The movie may not be as perfect as it was if pushed without the perfect technology and effects.

Contrary to what I usually do here wherein I say a lot about the movie; I’ll make a difference this time. Instead, I have posted here behind the scenes of the film which I got from YouTube to give you a glimpse of what this movie all about.

Verdict:

IT’S AMAZING, TRULY ENTERTAINING, AND WORTH THE PENNY AND TIME SPENT ON THEATERS.

Monsters vs. Aliens

The movie centers on the character named Susan Murphy, who is about to marry her fiancé. On the day of her wedding, a meteorite loaded with Quantonium – a one of a kind and powerful substance – landed on the earth near the ground where she was standing, and before the wedding is over, she starts to grow into a giant monster. She found herself locked up in a secret government compound where she meets a group of monster, who became her friends. They are then called into action, under the supervision of General W.R. Monger, to fight the aliens and saved the world from looming destruction.

Verdict:

A five star film! A highly entertaining and hilarious film suited for the whole family.

Slamdog Millionaire

After hearing a lot of feedbacks about the most talked Slamdog Millionaire, I finally had time to site and see for myself why the movie got plenty of awards – Best Motion Picture, Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score (these are only few) in the recently concluded 2009 Golden Globe Awards. Now, does the movie deserve all of these? My answer is a thousand YES!

Slamdog Millionaire is a story depicts the life of an 18-year old orphan boy who once lived on the slams of India.  Jamal Malik, who worked as an errand boy to a call center industry got the chance to play to a multi-million game show – the Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Jamal luckily answered the questions and finally went through the game. Before reaching the 20-Million rupee question, Jamal was arrested and was placed to an interrogation because the host accused him cheating. Jamal then told the police why he was able to answer the question even though he was uneducated. He tells his story and his personal experiences on his being slum, about his brother, and his beloved Latika in every question.

What makes this story great? I must say that this is one of the most realistic movies I saw. Watching it is just like hearing an orphan telling about his hardships and struggles on the streets. The violence, the emotions, the realms of a third world country, and the beauty of love regardless of any situation was nicely presented on the movie. It also showed the kind of life the slams of India has – the children, the women, and the heartless adults. The nicest thing that I like about the movie is the light after dark part. That something good is possible when you just don’t lose hope.

The cast? They’re great! The innocent look and the sad eyes of Dev Patel are perfect for Jamal’s character. Frieda Pinto is really pretty, just the perfect flower on the movie. The rest of the characters are well-suited. This movie’s characters must be the well selected Indian actors.

My verdict… The movie is definitely great! I just don’t like the last part. I think that dancing is no longer necessary. I guess its just part of Indian movie tradition. J

WATCHMEN Movie (2009)

I am really clueless about what WATCHMEN all about. I’m not even aware that it’s an adaptation of they say “famous” comic series. I really don’t have an idea about the movie. All that I remembered why I was interested to watch the movie was its trailer. I find it interesting because of its graphic effects. I did a bit of research about the movie and even searched of the rating at IMDB and it was convincing, it rated 8.5 of 10. My friend who’s also a movie buff confirmed me that it was nice as she has a bit background of the comic series and she agreed it has a nice effects. (She hasn’t seen the movie too and was just also amazed by the trailer).

WATCHMEN is a story about the series death of super heroes that exist during the war between the United Stated and Soviet Union. The apex of the situation started during the death of Edward Blake (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) known as the comedian. Walter Kovacs (Jackie Earle Haley) known as Rorschach felt the urgency of investigating the case and warned his former comrades Dan Dreiberg (Patrick Wilson), formerly the second Nite Owl, the super powered and emotionally detached Dr. Jon Osterman (Billy Crudup) known as Doctor Manhattan and his lover Laurie Jupiter , the second Silk Spectre. To cut the story short, it appears the person behind the killings of the masked super heroes is Adrian Veidt (Mathew Goode) known as Ozymandias, a former superhero turned into a successful businessman. Manhattan worked for Ozymandias to develop a device that can provide energy to the earth. But it turned out that Ozymandias just used Manhattan’s power to create a massive destruction enable to re-direct the focus of Soviet Union and US that leads to the end of war and unity against the powerful Dr. Manhattan.

The verdict, I find the movie “boring” and I tagged it as the 2^nd “Beneath Lockness” , one of the worst movie I’ve seen. I think the story is nice because there really is a value and the acting of the characters was acceptable. However, the style of how the movie was made is awful. I don’t know it’s just because I have no idea of the comic series or the movie really sucks. First, the opening credits took almost 10 minutes. Seeing the boring and to long credit already made me sleepy and wondering if I could still a refund. Second the sequence of events is so confusing. For fresh viewer like me who have no background about the story, the movie will just leave confusions and disappointment. The movie didn’t even have the scene why and how they became heroes. Plus, it’s my first time to see a super hero who killed a girl whom he got impregnated. Words are not enough how disappointed I was. For a movie that got a good rating and plenty of viewers falling in line, at least it should have made me say, “Acceptable”.

Because of WATCHMEN, I was able to conclude things; 1. Never trust the graphics alone, 2. Don’t watch a movie if you’re not familiar with the character and for a movie that you’ve never heard before, and 3. Never trust IMDB.

Push

Push is a story of extra ordinary individuals who grouped together to save themselves from the capture of a secret government organization. This organization namely “Division” captures people with powers to make them weapons for war. The Division rounds up psychic experiments on them to boost up their powers and to assemble the most powerful commanding army in the world. Unluckily, no one has ever survived these tests except “Kira” (played by Camella Belle), a “pusher”. Pushers have the most dangerous psychic powers: the ability to control other’s minds and actions.

On the other hand, Nick Gant (played by Chris Evans) is a second generation “mover”, people with power to move things. He has been hiding from Division since his father was murdered more than a decade ago. He lived a normal life in a closely populated place in Hong Kong until Cassie (played by Dakota Fanning), a 13-year old “watcher” came. The young watcher seeks his help to find a briefcase that has $6 million in it. Cassie also told Nick that she envisioned that they should find Kira to help to join them.

Generally, the movie was great. I actually didn’t have an idea what it is all about. A friend told me that Push is a good movie and so I viewed its trailer in the internet. I liked what I saw in the so since its Friday, I asked my cousin to watch movie with me. Push is for all ages. Though the story is very much common, the overall film is nice. You won’t feel bored to any part of it. At the end of the movie you’re sure wish that you have the same powers with them. The effects are good too.

As expected, Dakota Fanning did well. She’s really cute, especially that her role was a young watcher who acts like a complete grown up. Chris Evans was as gorgeous as he is on his “Cellular” movie. Camella Belle is very beautiful and the character suits her well. I really enjoyed Push. I think there will be a sequel of this movie because there are some things that are not resolved yet. I recommend Push to everybody and I am looking forward for the PUSH II. 

Camp Rock

It has been a while since a friend gave me a copy of this movie. I was just interested bout it because I saw the music video and I liked it.

Camp Rock is a Disney musical starring Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers. On a personal point of view, this movie is the worst musical I’ve seen from Disney. Compared to the famous High School Musical, Camp Rock is way too behind. I really don’t know what happened to Disney’s standards on musical plays.

Camp Rock is definitely a no special musical. The story is very typical, there goes a girl who has a dream and wanted to belong. So she lied about her real identity to befriend with the famous. Even at the start of the movie you can already tell what’s going to be next and so on. Plus the musical sucks. The teens have talents maybe, but the choreography is very awful. You won’t even appreciate any musical scene. As if you we’re just seeing a group of high school students practicing for their P.E. presentation.

Demi Lovato who played the role Mitchie Torres is a talented high school girl who wished to go to a summer camp where young singers, dancers, and musicians gather to workshop and showcase their talents. Thanks to her Mom, Mitchie was accepted as a participant for the summer camp named Camp Rock. Her mother was chosen to be the official cook of the camp and with that, Mitchie’s tuition fee is discounted. Mitchie helped her mom and at the same time participated with the workshop. There she met Caitlyn Geller played by Allyson Stoner, an aspiring musician and record producer. Mitchie and Allyson get along well until the group of Tess Styler, played by Meaghan Jette Martin came to the picture. Tess is a daughter of a famous actress and with so came in as the queen of the camp. Tess wanted to be always on the limelight so she eliminates anybody that threatens her fame. Mitchie was astonished on Tess’ presence so to be accepted by them, she pretended to be a daughter of a China based company president.

On the other hand, Shane Gray, played by Joe Jonas is a spoiled member of a famous rock band was thrown by his fellow members (Nick and Kevin Jonas), to the Camp Rock to be one of the Trainers and soon do a duet with one of the campers. Shane heard Mitchie sing but do not actually know that the one singing is Mitchie. Shane liked the voice and wanted to have a duet with her but the voice’s owner remained hidden. When Mitchie started to get famous because of her talent, Tess ruined her reputation by revealing that Mitchie was lying about her identity. Shane who started to like Mitchie was turned off and accused her that all she befriended was his fame. Tess was not contended and made an issue about her missing bracelet which was found at the kitchen. And since Caitlyn was with Mitchie that time, both of them we’re grounded from the final camp show. The final camp will allow the winner to have a recording with Shane Gray.

But Mitchie and Caitlyn sneaked their way in and made a great show. Mitchie sang in front of the crowd with her own composition and was finally recognized by Shane as the voice he has been looking.