Movies

Well, you know me, I'm the big comic book geek and all. I bought the DVD yesterday as a treat (payday, whee!) and have already watched it. Again. I think this made my third viewing. Anyway, what do you guys think about the movie? There are things I do and don't love about it. First and foremost, Michael Fassbender as Magneto is just absolutely brilliant casting, and he just felt so authentic and honest to the role. It gave me chills. I also want an entire movie now of nothing but Magneto's Nazi-hunting adventures, but maybe that's just me.  January Jones, on the other hand...*shudder* Yes, Emma Frost is a cold, reserved character, but she's also very clever, witty, and passionate about things she truly cares about. Jones's Emma was just flat and boring. It has no emotion whatsoever. It was jarring, even for the "ice queen" persona Emma usually takes on.  I'm also a little puzzled about the halfway approach the film took. It couldn't seem to decide if it wanted to fit in with the universe created by the original three movies or not. Initially, I thought it was going for an entirely different one, given that it made Professor X and Mystique siblings and changed the original five team members (well, four, I suppose; Beast was still there). But then there were nodded to the other movies, particularly Wolverine's cameo during the recruiting scene and Rebecca Romaijn (sp) popping up for a cameo as well. Plus there was the fact that they completely reused the opening scene from the very first X-Men movie, showing how Erik bent the gates at Auschwitz with his powers.  These are nitpicked, though. Honestly, I loved the movie, even if the first half seemed very disjointed and like they were trying to do way too much, too fast; the second half the movie was much more balanced and cohesive, and therefore much more enjoyable. It's still my third favorite X-movie. X2 will always be my favorite because it was everything an X-Men movie should have been, and the original X-Men movie was fantastic in its own right. We'll, uh, just not talk about the travesty that was X3 or that abomination known as X-Men Origins: Wolverine. *shudder* If you loved the first two films in the original trilogy and felt let down by the last couple offerings, you owe it to yourself to give this one a shot. I didn't want to, either, because I'd already seen my favorite superhero franchise be battered beyond recognition, but XM:FC goes a long way to restoring my faith and making me look forward to any more possible installments.

I am not somebody that  really fancy romantic movies that much. I  like films that are more of science and actions. I love films that are based on a hero chasing a miscreant and most of the time, there is always a suspense factor that keeps you at the edge of your seat till the end of the film. Unlike a romantic film where viewers all know that the film would end with both couples coming together in the end, an action film or a science-oriented film cannot easily be predicted like that, and this is one feature that makes such films wonderful to watch for me.

I'm not really into movies all that much. I very rarely go to the movie theatre and even more rarely rent movies from Blockbuster (I also don't have Netflix, etc.). I'm more into TV shows and video games. But, I am a fan of a select few movie. I saw every Harry Potter movie in theatres, some even on the release night, and I own them all on DVD. The same thing for the Narnia series. Part of that is because I enjoyed the books so much, that I had to see their movie counterparts. Other than those two series, nothing really comes to mind.

I have to agree with you on this one, "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" is hilarious.  I love the scene when Robin Hood and little John are on the bridge having the staff battle. It's so ridiculous.  It's funny how the movie parallels, to a degree, the Kevin Costner Robin Hood film.  Speaking of Kevin Costner, is anyone a fan of Wyatt Earp?  I think plays the role well, but I think that tombstone is a better portrayal of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday. Val Kilmer plays an awesome Doc Holiday in Tombstone.  Does anyone know any other westerns that are good to check out? 

  If you are into suspense and thrillers, then you really should check out What Lies Beneath. It stars two of my favorite actors, Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford. Ford's character, Norman, is a university research scientist married to Pfeiffer's character, Claire, who is a retired concert cellist recently recovering from a bad car crash. Pfeiffer's work in this movie is amazing as she effortlessly displays a myriad of emotions as Claire is tormented by voices and eerie occurrences. Ford also delivers a captivating performance as Norman embodies the concerned husband and scholar dealing with an ever increasing hysterical Claire. I won't tell you anything else about the plot except to say if you like the classic spine-tingling and suspenseful thrillers, you will love this one too!!  

One of my all-time favorite two movies hands down are, 'Bram Stocker's Dracula and Interview with the Vampire'  both these movies have the amazing story and the acting that I love in a vampire film. I recommend these two movies for this month of Halloween viewing. Other good movies keeping with the fantasy verse, are Labyrinth and Legend. Both deal with magic and all kinds of fun fantasy things.  I've noticed that a lot of superhero movies have become a popular genre for movies today, such as Transformers, Captain America, and  X-men. I think the latter of those are all good as well, and something fun to watch, without the drama. 

Talking about the movies, my favorite is Troy in Hollywood and Three Idiots in Bollywood as I am an Indian, but I like to watch English movies much because Hollywood is far beyond then Bollywood. I like Chinese's kung fu movies also. Right now fighting or action movies are far beyond than comedy, romance movies. People like action movies more than other types. If you have to watch Hollywood movies, you can subscribe to HBO series. I want to discuss a little bit about Troy, in which how Brad Pitt force (not knowing Brat Pitt's movie name right now) has come through the enemy door with the help of the wood horse like a Trojan virus and attack the enemy. This is the most valuable part of the movie I have watched; and on the other hand, talking about the three idiots, which teach how you can become or go through your dreams. That'all I want to discuss about movies.

This is one of my favorite films. I like the story of this movie very much. The acting of Amir Khan (Hero) is too good. Everyone is amazing. If anyone asks me what your favorite film is, 3 Idiots must be on the list. 3 Idiots is a Bollywood (Indian) film. The language of this film is Hindi. This is one of the successful movies in Bollywood history. 3 Idiots mean the 3 Idiots of an engineering college. They are not same as other students. For that, their principal thought that they are idiots. Basically, the story of this movie is about Changing the system of Indian education. It is a great question now in India. This movie shows the effect of the current education system. It also gives the solution of how to change this. You will be amazed if you watch this movie. There is no extra song or dance in this movie, like other Bollywood movies. Oscar team bought the script of this film. This movie hits a great effect on students' mind. They want change, and it should be. 3 Idiots teaches us that past is not important, learning or doing something from the heart is important.

Spider-Man 3 is a very nice movie I have ever seen. Spider-Man 3 is the 3rd movie of Spider-Man series. I like the stories of Spider-Man series and Spider-Man 3 is amazing. Believe it or not, I liked the character "Harry" who is Spider-Man's friend. In this movie, Harry wants to take the revenge of his father death. Harry thought that Spider Man killed his father. For that, He was the main problem for Spider-Man in the first half of this movie. At last, Harry comes to know that Spider-Man did not kill his father. He comes to help Spider-Man. He and Spider-Man work together to kill the evil. But at the last moment, Harry reduces his life for his best friend Peter (Spider-Man). I like this moment so much. The graphics work of this movie is so nice. Story is also very strong. This makes this movie one of the successful movies. All the actors tried their best to do well. Everyone is amazing in his/her job. Hopefully, this nice chemistry will give us newer nice movie of Spider-Man!

So perhaps this dates me a bit, but trust me, it's a classic. It's called True Romance, written by Quentin Tarantino before he was directing films and still trying to get his name out there. Tony Scott directed it, and changed some things up that Quentin had written. It has a ridiculously star studded cast and covers most every genre in one movie. No matter what your cup of tea is, this one is for sure going be one of your favorites. I'm not sure if it's available on Netflixx for streaming, and you for sure won't find it at a Redbox (it came out around 1992), but it's worth the trip to Blockbuster. Better yet, go to Best Buy and purchase your own copy.

I love movies. I love so many different movies, in fact, that I don't have a favorite genre. I guess the only thing to do is make a list: Resident Evil Degeneration, Sweeney Todd, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Zombie Strippers, Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, anything Disney, Howl's Moving Castle, The Cat Returns, Ponyo, The Crow, My Bloody Valentine, Cold Comfort Farm, Cool Hand Luke, Airplane!, House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, Zookeeper, 30 Minutes or Less, Horrible Bosses... I could go on and on forever! I pretty much love anything that has zombies in it, and that goes the same for video games.

Wow, this is a tough one.  What's my favorite movie of all time?  I can't really picture one, but I will say it's a toss-up between Braveheart, Gladiator and maybe Training Day. I probably would give a slight edge to Braveheart simply cause it had more depth than gladiator IMO. I do have to give honorable mention to movies like Dark Knight (simply awesome movie. I saw it like 3 times while it was in IMAX), I've like the Xmen movies, the Godfather Trilogy.  I never really cared much for Scarface. I still don't see why people rave over it.  

I hate movies that are completely jam-packed with special effects the whole way through. Life is not like a Michael Bay film. I like some of the cool effects that they can do nowadays, but nothing is realistic anymore. Not every car explodes once it has crashed. Not every bullet can be perfectly aimed to take out ten people at once. I like a movie that flows nicely, and is believable. Now, I do also like CGI movies. Resident Evil Degeneration is completely CGI, and it is one of my favorite movies of all time. There are monsters, and zombies, and explosions, but it's appropriate for the franchise.

The movie which I like most is “Kung Fu Panda.” This story began with character Po, who was dreaming to be Kung Fu warrior, where he believed that he was a master of all Kung Fu fists. When he woke up, he was just a normal fat panda, and his father was calling him to make noodles. In the meantime, Master Oogway had a vision that the great Kung Fu warrior who was imprisoned in the jail, broke out from the jail. Master Oogway directed Master Shifu to conduct a competition to choose a dragon warrior. Po was very interested in watching the whole show, accidentally Master Oogway selected Po as the dragon warrior, who was not trained for kung fu at all. Master Shifu didn't like the Mater Oogway selection. He wanted panda to leave. On the other hand, Tai Lung was able to break out from the prison and headed toward the valley. The students of Master Shifu tried to defeat Tai Lung, but they remained unsuccessful. Master Shifu decided to hand-over the dragon scroll to PO, but when the scroll was opened, it was blank. The last hope was diminished. Master Shifu ordered the villagers to evacuate and decided to stay in the valley to combat with Tai Lung. In the village, Po came to know as his father told him once the secret recipe of his noodles, that message of the dragon scroll was that there was no secret ingredient. It was only yourself to whom you have to believe. He got back to Master Shifu to combat with Tai Lung , where he defeated Tai Lung. In the end, the whole village and students of Master Shifu gave Po the respect.

For my Philosophy class this week, my professor made us watch the 1957 film 12 Angry Men starring Henry Fonda and 11 other angry men (haha!). Anyway, my professor was in hesitation with regard letting us watch that particular version of the film instead of a more recent one. Her reason was that the older version (1957) was pure conversation —  in other words: boring. In my opinion, however, (after watching the 1957 version) that was the whole point of the film: conversation. Still, conversation does not translate to boredom. I mean, every single day we live by conversation and conversation is what makes us interested and interesting to others. Going back to the film… 12 Angry Men are a courtroom drama about a jury deciding whether or not an 18-year-old boy is guilty of killing his father. At first, only one juror thinks the boy is not guilty because of reasonable doubt. In the end, only one juror thinks the boy is guilty beyond reasonable doubt. Now, it may not be the main point of the film, but what struck me is the power of conversation—and how conversation enables humans to express ourselves, to convince and change one another. So the next time we want to influence or be influenced by someone, why not engage ourselves in a conversation with him or her?