Sunday 29 December 2013

"It started with a chair."



I've read a lot about Juno. Quite many people like it, apparently. I'm can't say that for myself though.

The music in the movie was pretty nice. I knew a lot of the songs that were played, and it's always nice to hear good songs you know in a movie. I was especially happy to hear Sea Of Love by Cat Power. It's one of those songs that I've been wondering where I've heard them, because they sound so familiar and they have a weird touch on your heart. But, well, I haven't heard it before in this movie, that's for sure. And I know now that I heard that in a YouTube video made by Shane Dawson. Oh, the times... 

Writing and dialogue were extremely brilliant, just like I was promised. But then again, after a while, I started getting a bit bored with it. Like it went through my brain but it wasn't so touchingly witty any more. And I'm mostly talking about the dialogue here. But at first the dialogue was like "Hell yeah, I want to be able to write a dialogue like that", but after they kept using it, it was ... unnoticeable. I don't know. And that kind of dialogue would never work in my writing, so that's for that.

But seriously, the plot was ... not interesting. Maybe I just don't like this sort of thing. I don't know. But I expected more from this movie than I should've, that's for sure.

Friday 27 December 2013

"Well, Clarice - have the lambs stopped screaming?"


I tried to promise myself I would read every book before watching the movie. Well, there was exception, since I had already seen Red Dragon before I even got it from the library. But then I thought, oh what the hell, I can watch the movie first. And if I watch the movie first, it doesn't make me, you know, so critical towards it. If I read the book before the movie, I'm just going to be thinking how the movie is different. You know, it happens every time. So I thought, I can watch the movie. And I thought, it's probably pretty damn good - since everyone who's seen it says. Well, not everyone, but you get the idea. People who like Hannibal, like this movie, and the book if they've read it. I've hardly seen a fan say anything bad about this one. And even though I've tried to strictly watch movies in the order they were published, I've made an exception here about it too, since I started with Red Dragon. If we look at all the movies with Hannibal Lecter, the first one to watch is Manhunter. If we look at the movies with just Anthony Hopkins in it, this is the first one, Red Dragon takes place before all these, but it's published last. So... anyway...

The text behind the movie said, "Weirdly erotic, thrilling and intimate." I accepted those the last two of those adjectives very gladly. 

Thrilling? Of course it's going to be thrilling. If it wasn't going to be thrilling, there's no point in making the movie. I felt my heart beating in my throat and I nestled under the blanket. First I thought I was going to spend tonight awake, not able to sleep, but it wasn't scary that way. And that's good, I've spent too many nights wide awake because of movies. Silence of the lambs was thrilling in the most perfect way possible. You're a bit scared while watching the movie, and a little bit afterwards. ... Well that thing you feel afterwards probably isn't fear, it's something else. Partly excitement partly... something that can't be put down in words. * 

Intimate? Well yes, Clarice basically let Dr. Lecter inside her head and all that. So it's intimate in that way, and it was really well done. Clarice Starling is told not to tell anything about herself to Hannibal Lecter. And still, Dr. Lecter gives her a choice: Hannibal helps her with the case, if she tells her something about herself. Quid pro quo. And you watch it, and you know that Starling isn't supposed to say anything at all, and you now Lecter is just going to find her weak spots or something, but she still plays along. And that's another thin that's really thrilling, really intimate.

But I have to admit, I felt kinda suspicious about the "weirdly erotic" part. Why? I've watched the TV show, I've watched Red Dragon... There never was anything erotic there. But I guess that's the point, there's nothing that could be very erotic - apart from Dolarhyde and Reba McClane, but I'm not going there now, I'm going there when I've read Red Dragon. But think about Red Dragon and think about the tv-show Hannibal, what is there? There's Will Graham. Maybe people may find some kind of erotic charge between Dr. Lecter and Graham, but yeah, that's completely another thing, and I'm not going to say if it's all in their imagination or not. I think, the eroticism in Silence of the lambs was brought by the weird but yet erotic charge between Dr. Lecter and Clarice Starling. And the point is, it was really weirdly erotic. It wasn't something so tacky and tasteless like it is, it wasn't strictly sexual charge, it was...  There was something, and I don't know if I got a hold of it, but the weird charge is there between them, and it was hard to grasp.

I don't know what else to say. Of course there's the plot, and it's a very good plot, but the plot wasn't with us like it is in Red Dragon. The plot is there, but you pay your attention to something else just as much as the plot. It sort of rips your attention in half.* Buffalo Bill will never be as memorable as Red Dragon (or Toothfairy, whichever you prefer after the movie / the book), but there was something about him. Maybe he should've been there more - but maybe he shouldn't. I can't say surely, until I've read the book, and I know exactly how it is.

The movie was just as right as I expected. You, however, may be expecting... very high rating for this movie. Damn right. But to be honest, maybe I expected a bit more Hannibal. I thought this movie would be more about him than the case FBI was on, but no. But then again, I'm not disappointed. I'm not disappointed one bit, because I know what happened in the movie, and I know what's the next movie / book going to be about. Of course I can't say anything here and ruin you the surprise, but yeah. And maybe I don't need more Hannibal. If I want backstory, I got Hannibal Rising, and the TV show also, even if it isn't as canon as I'd like it to be. But still. Maybe it's good we don't get too much Dr. Lecter at once.  

* These things are only how I feel about the movie, so I could be promising you too much. If you've seen the movie and don't agree with me, or if you watch it expecting the same rush and are disappointed, don't sue me for false information or anything like that. I'm not currently capable of telling straight facts I'm telling how I feel about this movie, because this movie caused me the strongest effect I've ever had towards a movie so yeah.

Sunday 22 December 2013

"Wow, that was such an expensive looking explosion! I can't believe we had that in the budget."


Uh... What can I say? Obviously the movie is for kids, it didn't even have any hidden jokes for grown ups - apart from making fun of some celebrities kids probably don't know.

Most awkward thing about this was the lame musical numbers. The only not so lame musical number was that rap performed by the villain, who wanted to have he old Muppets studio because of the oil underneath it. It was the only one that didn't make me want to jump out of the window.

But the movie had it's moment. It constantly broke the fourth wall ("Wow, this is going to be a really short movie"). A lot of the jokes were actually really funny. And also, so many great cameos, like Dave Grohl, Jack Black, Emily Blunt (spoofing her role in Devil Wears Prada), Jim Parsons, Zach Galifianakis and Neil Patrick Harris ("How come I'm not hosting this show?") 

But also, the movie was filled with unneeded drama.

But then again, maybe this movie means more to those who have grown up with The Muppets. I'm from Finland - I grew up with Moomins instead of this crap.

Saturday 21 December 2013

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[The photo is not working. And I don't think I ever mentioned the name of the movie, but it is En Kort En Lang.]

I think I'm dying of cuteness. 

As most of you already know, (I think all of you know) I'm not into romantic films. Drama is fine by me, but if it's a romantic movie, basically love is the plot, I don't like it. I found another exception - another one was Kate and Leopold. Basically this time I had no idea what the plot is, I just saw few GIFs of it on Tumblr, and I was like, hmm, I could watch it. And as you can see, I'm still watching any movie with Mads Mikkelsen in it. 

So, let me tell you about the plot. Jacob and Jorgen (That's not with the regular o, but I can't find the proper one) are partners, and then Jacob asks Jorgen to marry him. But, almost accidentally, Jacob kisses Caroline, and they basically start an affair. And things get really complicated. Yes, this is a very good synopsis on the plot, but yeah.

Also, I could talk about Jacob for ages! He was so... human. I mean he was adorable and all that, but he was also really, really awkward - or at least got into a lot of awkward situations, and didn't deal with them so very well. And I like that in a character. I mean especially if it's a movie like this one. Characters should be regular human beings - someone you can meet in a shop. But yeah, of course you need a different kind of character for an action film than a romantic comedy, but anyways.

The plot was actually weirdly intense. I mean I was so tense all the time, thinking stuff like "shit shit shit shit", which is usually what I think while watching most intense thrillers (Like Hannibal, haha), but not, you know, drama and stuff. But now I was like so close to start throwing pillows at my computer or screaming at the characters. Especially the part where Jacob tried to hurry to the airport, and everything that could slow him down, happened: car didn't work and cabs were on strike, and all that. And two times - two fucking times - I thought "oh, this movie is going to end in the wrong way". But... well... I'm not going to say anything. And you have no idea what I think is the wrong ending for this movie. But the one it got was perfect, it was so nice.

If I had to describe this movie in three words, it would be adorable, awkward and... well, okay, exciting - in it's own way. But basically, I think I'm going to be smiling for three days straight because of this movie. (Unless I watch a movie that's really, really bad tomorrow)

Saturday 14 December 2013

"I know of no fine words to do with love. They wither like flowers when I try to pick them."

[Deleted the photo because it stopped working. And since, again, I didn't mention the name (What the hell 2012 me?) the movie is called I Am Dina.]

I borrowed this movie from the library same time I borrowed After The Wedding. I also borrowed it from the same reason - Mads Mikkelsen. Okay, Christopher Eccleston, too. 

The story was interesting, at first, but then it started to... just go on and on, and I had no idea where it tried to go. It just went on with no destination. At first I expected it to do a full circle or something, but it didn't do that either.

Filming techniques were nice again. Actually, if I wanted to talk more about the filming techniques of this movie, I'd had to repeat what I said about After the Wedding, the technique was pretty similar. Cutting and all that. I don't know.

Let's just say that if I'm watching Norwegian movie, I also expect hearing Norwegian, not English with an weird accent. I thought Europe didn't have the problem to do everything in English, Norwegian would've been enough.

Dina's mother died when boiling hot lye fell on her. They didn't try to make the death look easier than it was, it looked painful and gruesome, and I thank the makers for that. Also, I thank them for showing nudity, like it's not a big deal, but still not showing penises of not so attractive men. Also, they made that one rape scene uncomfortable, but not too much. It's agonising scene, like it should be, but not too much, if you get my meaning.

Music of this movie made everything weirdly scary. Well yes, there probably were moments where the music wasn't so haunting, but they didn't really stood out. It was mostly the creepy music. 

I don't know how I felt about this movie. It was... alright. I liked it, sometimes, but it was also really slow. Slowness is okay, if you do it right, but I didn't like it here. But partly, the movie was good. Sometimes it reminded me a bit of The Fountain, except that movie is way better, way more beautiful. I may want to see this movie again, but I don't want to buy it for myself. I guess that says a lot, because all the really, really good movies I've watched this year, I wanted to own. But not this one, even though I liked it... a bit at least. 

One thing ruining my experience was that DVD almost didn't work. That's all.

Friday 13 December 2013

"You're an angry man. That's good. It gives you lots of drive."



As you know, I watched Liberal Arts a while ago, and I talked and talked about it. So, basically, I wanted to try more drama, the genre I've despised for so long. And there isn't a better start than to start with an actor I'm familiar with, even if it mean watching a Danish movie. 

The filming technique was nice. It looked like it had been cut a lot, which gave it a certain ambiance. I really like different filming techniques, and it was actually the first thing that caught my eye. It reminded me a lot of other Nordic movies, you know, Swedish and Finnish movies - a lot of focusing on little things like eyes, a mouth, and all that. It's really nice. Another technique thing I loved was how they showed - only few times but still - small flashbacks. Really small, just for few seconds, and without an explanation. I love that kind of flashbacks, if of course the watcher gets to know what they were about. 

I have a lot of complicated feelings about Jacob's character. At first he seems like a really, really easy to love. Then it starts to change, as we learn more of him. That was good, but it kind of didn't change my opinion in him. He seemed somewhat adorable, at least his way with kids. But he also had a lot of negative traits, but he still was sort of... nice. Yeah.

I also loved how they used the music - Indian music partly, but other music too. And most of that music was something a Hollywood movie makers probably wouldn't have used, since it sometimes was a bit misleading. It's hard to explain. You know how you can almost foretell what's going to happen in a movie, just based on the music? Well, here you think you can do the same, but you can't. But it's really artful. I don't know.  

Emotions looked so much more real than in American movies. It seemed that way. Also the feelings I get while watching this are more real, I'm more able to identify with them. I don't know. Or maybe it's just that the movie is Danish, and displaying emotions and culture is so much closer to Finnish? Or is there a big difference between American and Nordic cultures? Or is that only what I want to believe? Do I want to feel congeniality to Danish people? 

Also, in the movie, they didn't have to tell anything straight. We just realise everything we need to while watching. In Hollywood movies everything is said before we get it - usually. Of course it's not all movies, but unfortunately many of them. Also, in After the wedding, they let us know new things suddenly, like to back the story, back the past of the characters. We don't know everything about the characters in the start, we gain more knowledge during the film. I mentioned this while talking about Jacob's character.

Another, maybe culture related thing, was swearing. There wasn't much of it, but when it was used, it was really needed, it was skilfully used. Now here's a tip: if you want to use swearing in a movie, you have two ways of doing it. You can make the characters swear, like, all the time, make it part of their regular speech pattern, like it's how they talk everyday. Or, you can use it just for few times - but make it really count. Choose the timing and character - and the phrase - perfectly, so it really, really counts. After the wedding used the last one, and it worked. But maybe it would've been more effective, you know, if I'd realised it while listening, not just read it in the subtitles.

Anyway, After the Wedding was really nice. I'm not sure what I expected, I just watched it. But it's a movie I really want to own. So yeah, have to find it somewhere, since I borrowed this one from the library.

Monday 9 December 2013

"And Sniff was the first small animal to see the comet through telescope."


I'm so glad there was an option to watch this in English! I've watched moomins all my life, like every Finnish kid, so I'm really picky about the voices. But I was happy with most of them - especially Sniff, who was voiced by Mads Mikkelsen. This also was the reason I watched this movie.

Björk's song at the beginning was awesome. Maybe not so... Maybe it didn't go along with moomins and all this, but it was really cool. 

But, I have to compare this to the book and to the previous film, the Japanese one. This was very much like the book, which is good, since the book is the second best Moomin book ever written. It had all the nice parts the Japanese movie didn't have - like that shop - but still nice parts that weren't in the book but were in the movie - like the cake, Mr Muskrat sitting on the cake, and Sniffs little cat friend. But that one party scene was missing - and I really wanted to see that one. 

But it bothered me that all the characters knew each other already - in the book Moomin and Sniff meet Snufkin and later on Snork and Snorkmaiden, since it's the second book. Sniff joined Moomin family in the first book already. But here they all knew each other already! But yeah, at least they hadn't mixed Little My in it, like they did in the Japanese movie.

I don't know if it is his accent or if he has a lisp, but Mads Mikkelsen's voice made Sniff sound really, really small, as in young.

Saturday 7 December 2013

"Grace, I realized, is neither time nor place dependent. All we need is the right soundtrack."

[The poster of Liberal Arts also stopped working]

I don't like drama films. I only wanted to watch this movie because it was written and directed by Josh Radnor, who I've loved since I started following him on Twitter. But still, I have a lot to say about this movie. Or at least I think I have.

I love the way this movie represented classical movies and books. They were an important part of the characters' lives, and everything that was said  just made me more aware of the beauty of those things. I love classical movies, and I love books - more or less. But this movie made me realise how amazing books are. They didn't even have to say that out loud, but it was still there, the small thing that made me so aware. And that was... really cool. Especially this book, that was never mentioned by name, but was one of Jesse's and Dean's favourites, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace... I need to read it now, after this film. Unfortunately... can't be found in the local library. That really sucks.

And then the main charater, Jesse, played by Josh Radnor. He was very sympathetic character, really nice, and everything. What's not to love? I especially loved how sweet he was to this kid, Dean, who was lonely, and I think Jesse saw a lot of himself in the kid, even though there were giant differences between them.

One of my favourite scenes was, when Zibby wrote in a letter that "she'd like a gentleman caller, and she'd like it to be [Jesse]". Then Jesse got really nervous, and started to count the age difference. When realising that was 16 year, he started to count "When I was -- , she was --", and "When I am --, she is --." And first he was really distraught, but when he wrote "When I am 87, she is 71", and then he was like woah, it's not that much. That was pretty funny scene, and something most people would do at that part.

Another nice thing about it was when Zibby was reading a vampire book, and Jesse was dissing it, and then he said he'd read it, just for her, and tell her what he thinks. Book was called "Lunar Moon", but everything points at Twilight. And even if people love with when people say how much Twilight sucks ass, Zibby had a good point. She said it's not good, but she likes it and it makes her happy, so she reads it. And by being good, she means it's not a classic piece of literature, it's a crappy book, but she likes it. And geez, I can't remember what else they talked about the movie, but that scene made me realise, what's the point of pestering people about what the like, even thought it's something you can't understand why people like it. I don't know. That scene just did things for me.

Also, Jesse's former teacher made a good point - "Nobody feels like an adult", he said, "that's the world's dirty secret." That's what growing up is - you realise you don't know adult stuff, but neither does anyone else. I loved how they said that.

One other character I liked was this hat guy, Nat, played by Zac Efron. He maybe wasn't a realistic character, but he was really funny character, and someone I'd really like to run into. Hell, anyone should run into a guy or a gal like him, that would be good to everyone. 

Like I said, I don't like drama. I like action, thrillers, that sort of stuff. But I can't say that I wouldn't feel anything for this movie. It was so good, so different from other drama I've seen. And I blame Radnor, he's a terribly good writer. Liberal Arts was ... it was life. The whole movie mirrors life, raw life, so well, it made me feel weird. It was like, this is what it is, this is what it is for everyone. I had so many feelings, thoughts, when the movie ended. I just sat there for a moment, and then walked around the house like woah. Woah, that was really good.

I don't understand how this isn't more popular - I hardly see anything about this movie online or anywhere. It should be an instant classic with amazing writing and dialogue. 

Monday 2 December 2013

"I think you're so blinded by inconsolable rage that you don't care who you hurt. When you can't tell your friends from your enemies, it's time to go"

So I watched Quantum of Solace.

Uh, if I somewhat liked Casino Royale, I didn't like Quantum of Solace at all. It just... was, without a better point. I found the whole movie rather pointless. 

I know someone loves this movie, and probably wants to come and slap me and write me an entire essay on why I'm wrong on this. I'm not wrong, but I'm not right either, since it's only an opinion. But really, I didn't like the movie. 

Where Casino Royale had interesting bad guy, Le Chiffre, I found Dominic Greene plain annoying and useless bad guy. I mean wow, he had a great plan and all, but seriously, he was so freaking annoying. Also, Camille seemed at first like an interesting character, but she had a lack of personality. Also Ms. Fields seemed interesting, but she had to be killed off. Ugh, Bond movies don't treat females very well now do they?

Well, at least I've watched all the Daniel Craig Bond -movies now. I don't need to bother anymore. Okay, maybe I'll watch Casino Royale once again but not this one, or Skyfall.

Sunday 1 December 2013

"Now the whole world's gonna know that you died scratching my balls!"

So I watched Casino Royale.

I'm pretty sure I've said earlier that  I don't like James Bond. Well, why on earth would I watch Casino Royale then? Well, I thought since I was almost forced to watch Skyfall, I could watch the ones made before it. Another reason was Mads Mikkelsen.

I think the story was way better than in Skyfall. I think almost everything here was a lot better - like the opening song. Chris Cornell wins over Adele, every time. 

Here we had that problem that has existed for a while - the movie has a happy ending but they have 20 minutes left. So, everything's still going to go bananas. 

I really don't know what to say. I loved Mads Mikkelsen, Daniel Craig was alright, that's that.

Wednesday 27 November 2013

"Fuck that! And fuck anyone who had anything to do with it!"


I saw this on Monday, but yeah, I'm just now writing this. I'm really sorry.

If you've read the book the film is exactly what you expect. Okay, well, if you expect it to be perfect and have every single detail from the books in it, then you're going to be disappointed. But it's exactly what movies based on novels are. And you know what, they are perfectly fine. We don't need every single detail of the book in a movie, as long as it works. If you don't read the book, you are completely alright with everything. If you have read the book, you know how it goes, so why does imperfect film annoy you? I don't know.

Sorry for the little rant.

I loved so many things about this movie. I love Katniss and Haymitch, and I'm happy how they were presented here. Also, I didn't even realise how much I liked Johanna Mason's character until she was on the screen and I could see her. The actress they chose was absolutely perfect. And mostly all of the casting was a spot on. 

Also, oh my god, the ending was awesome.

And why would they use Rue's Farewell song in this movie too? It's so beautiful and sad, I can't take it.

Saturday 23 November 2013

"And be grateful. Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real."

So I watched Red Dragon.

Let me start with the first thing on my mind about this movie. Why is Anthony Hopkins' name first? Why is Hannibal portrayed as the main character? His role was unbelievably small, and he wasn't even the main villain. Huh! Okay, well, I'll see the other ones, maybe he has bigger role. (After all this was the last one, even though in chronological order it was the first.)

Why did I watch Red Dragon? I've started to watch Hannibal, the TV show. It's incredible. It's really thrilling. But yeah, I've only watched one movie, but I can almost without a fail say, that I will always like the TV show more. It's more complex.

Anyway, I loved Edward Norton as Will Graham. I'm pretty sure Hugh Dancy has learnt from an example. Ralph Fiennes was amazing as well. 

One thing I liked the most was Danny Elfman's (seriously, that guy is in everything) music. It was eerily beautiful, as always. But doesn't beat the music in the TV show.

Sunday 17 November 2013

"The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous."

So I watched V for Vendetta.

I've always wanted to watch this movie, and now I have. How Marvellous.

The idea is brilliant, very brilliant. I like the idea of dystopia and a "Big Brother" that is watching, every since George Orwell's 1984. Yeah. and I loved how the chancellor's name was Sutler. Because the first thing that popped into my head was, of course, Hitler. And I will be damned if that wasn't why they named him Sutler.

I still don't know if I like Natalie Portman. She's good but sometimes I find her annoying, and I don't know why.

Hugo Weaving was an interesting choice for V. I'm used to seeing his face, like in Matrix and Captain America and blah blah. He was really nice as V, especially when he talked a lot and I don't know. His voice was perfect. Also, V's character reminded me a bit of ... Deadpool. What, you ask now, how is that possible? Well, the way he was "born", the way his skin is scarred, the way he wears a mask all the time. Yup. 

Quite a lot of actors in this movie... and most of them were good. Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Rupert Graves... all did a god damn good job. 

But the movie had a moment when I guess most of the people just sit there watching, "what". And I won't spoil more, but seriously, watch this movie. I don't know if it's going to be my favourite, but it was really inspiring. I do not regret watching it. 

"What do you see?" "A bloody big ship. Excuse me."

So I watched Skyfall.

I really, really, really don't like James Bond. I think he's an annoying character and that the movies are really pretentious. Never mind that I'm similar to my dad, who adores James Bond. I've never liked the movies and I probably never will.

This movie was alright, but that's it, only alright. Daniel Craig may be handsome, but I don't like him as an actor. I think he's way too similar in every movie he's in. Ben Whishaw is quite nice as Q, but he reminds me too much of Will Graham before a mental breakdown. 

But I liked two characters. I liked M, she's magnificent character. I mean, Bond is thought to be dead, but when he comes back M's first words are: "where the hell have you been?" Really nice character. Also, I liked Silva, the bad guy in the movie. I love his actor, whose name I can't remember or check at the moment. But the actor did a damn good job.

But I don't know if I can say anything else that's positive. The story was a bit boring, a bit predictable and somehow really lame. I love action movies, but this just didn't have that something in it. I'm really sorry, but I expected more, since so many people love this movie.

Monday 11 November 2013

"Seeing you chop onions is depressing."

So I watched The Five-Year Engagement 

When I saw this on sale on video renting, I knew I had to have it. Not because it's a rom com, no way. That's like... a red flag for me, you know, "this is a romatic movie, stay away from it". No, I wanted it because Jason Segel is in it. Gosh I love that dude.

The movie was somewhat... long and a bit boring. But then again the slow pace was perfect with it. I mean, the movie's story lasted for like... five years (really?), so yeah, if you can make a five years full of action, and not make the film bored, I'm surprised. Even though they took the most important parts of the five years. But you know what, that's life. It's boring. So yeah, it felt good with this movie.

I loved the ending, no matter how sappy it might be. It was somehow super, super sweet. 

Also, I loved almost all the actors. I love Emily Blunt, and Alison Brie as her character's sister was also really, really adorable. Should I start watching community because of her?

Saturday 2 November 2013

"You know the devil never dies, keeps coming back. But you gotta keep killing him."



Yesterday I went to see Carrie with Tiina. I was somewhat worried, because I don't really like horror films. But Carrie wasn't horror. Like someone said, the real genre is tragedy, and I can totally see that. Tragedy, and a thriller, I guess.

Chloë Grace Moretz was perfect for the role. I mean she was absolutely fantastic - like always. She's the only person younger than me who I still admire. And I admire her for a reason. Her acting is incredible. I've seen her play like four different characters, and she does all those very gracefully. Also, Julianne Moore was also really good for her role.

But there's one thing about the movie I really, really want to share with you all. You know the story of Carrie? Her mother is a fundamentalist, and ... um, just really weird and obsessive about her religion. And Carrie gets telekinetic powers, and is bullied at her school and so on. But even when Carrie flips out a bit after the prom thing, the viewer is never scared of her (I know I wasn't). Because you know what has caused all this - all the bullying, and what's worse, her mother. Because the mother's role was really the scariest. Even the most horrible girl in school wasn't as scary as Carrie's mum.

So yeah, the movie wasn't actually scary, only.. distressing and disturbing, probably, but not scary. And there wasn't really that many scenes where you got a mini heart-attack, only one scene. And that was very predictable.

(But what bothers me most was how hard it was to find a proper poster. I mean most of these posters make Carrie look what she really isn't. There's not enough blood, and she looks like... well, not a complete outcast. This was the best one that I found [that was working], and even that isn't so good.)

***

But you know, I also saw The Help at school. I really didn't want to make an own post for that movie, because I didn't really choose to watch it. Also, I didn't like it that much.

First it seemed like an important piece of history of the black people. But in the end it started to focus too much on the white women, even though few of those were actually nice people. And I realise white and non-white people are allowed to have problems at the same time, but the movie really shouldn't be about white people. 

That's all I have to say about it.

Saturday 19 October 2013

"Negotiation's over. Sentence is death."

I actually used Random.org to decide what movie to watch. ... Okay, I didn't watch the first two it suggested, but then it landed on Dredd and I was like... what the hell.

The movie was ... sort of like my movie taste made into one movie. (Other movies like that are Kick-Ass, Repo Men and Looper.) It was extremely violent, but it doesn't bother me. In fact I really love violence in the movies. Also, the plot was pretty interesting, and not ruined with romantic subplot, even though I had to fear for that.

Karl Urban was magnificent. I think we didn't see his face at all, but I don't mind, he was still pretty good. But I don't know if I can same the same about Judge Dredd. I'm not sure if I like him or not. I think I can't decide anything after one movie, but I don't know what else there is to watch. Except well, apparently there has been another version of this where Stallone played Dredd. I'm not sure if I'm interested enough to watch that.

Another thing, Rookie Anderson was a psychic. That was great, especially the moment when she was inside Kay's head. But the fact that she was a moment made me pause the movie because I needed a moment. Okay, it's stupid to think that mutants with supernatural powers are exclusively X-men stuff, but still. I'm used to the idea that if there's a post-apocalyptic world, or a world anything like the world in Dredd, the mutants are something that is bad, like zombies, and stuff. But I guess this thing in Dredd wasn't too bad. 

[Because come on, there's a TV series about with superpowers, who are mutants. Show is called Mutant X. Seriously.]

But Dredd was amazing. Definitely going to watch it again. 

Friday 18 October 2013

"But are you one-tenth as pissed off as I am?"


My feelings about Ultraviolet are very complicated.

On the other hand the plot was very interesting, it was a disease that gave some people their superhuman abilities. And on the other hand, there was vampires, which have become very lame. Also some really crappy ass graphics and effects.

The idea about a child being a weapon against... well, whatever he was made for... It's used before. In a movie made the same year, and the kid in both movies was played by the same actor. What the fuck? So yeah, Ultraviolet was a bit similiar to X-Men: Last Stand, and also it reminded me a lot of Kill Bill. 

I have no idea what's the main opinion on Violet, but I think she was a good character. She had both strenght and weakness. She kicked ass. I like her.

Tuesday 15 October 2013

"Can't pay for your car, the bank takes it back. Can't pay for your house, the bank takes it back. Can't pay for your liver, well, that's where I come in."

Sometimes you are so sure about the ending. Sometimes you just know how it's going to end. And sometimes movie fucks you up really hard because of that.

I always wanted to see Repo Men. It was so close last night, that I would've watched Looper or something I had already seen. I am so glad I watched  this one. This is probably one of my favourites now. I thought I could later (hope it's days later and not just later today) a post like I did for Looper here. This movie deserves a post like that.

Anyway, I hope the quote I used gives you a perfect idea of the movie. In the future, you can buy enhanced organs. They can pay for it right away, or in parts, with an interest of course. But if they fall behind really badly, repomen are sent after them. But then, the main character David (played by Amazing Jude Law), has an accident at work, and his heart gets, well, destroyed, if we can believe what his boss says. And when he was unconscious, they installed an enhanced heart in him, and now he is in the same shit as everyone he ever killed for the organs. And he can't do his job any more, because now he's one of them, and since he has no job, he can't pay for the heart. So you can just assume what happens then - he has to run away from it all.

I loved many things about this movie. I loved the plot, I loved how graphic the movie was, but not too much. Yes, I'm a sick person for enjoying violence in the movies, but I don't know. I just love it. I loved the music, which was composed by Marco Beltrami, who has composed the music for Wolverine! One of my favourite composers then.

But what I loved most in this movie was the ending. Like in Looper, it really fucked up your mind. But I can't say anything else about it. But the movie was really awesome, just watch it. Watch it and let your mind blow for once.



Monday 14 October 2013

"What I'd like to know is how you rob a bank without opening any doors."



I've also wanted to watch Jumper for so long. I don't even know where I first learned about it. Maybe it was on a poster of a magazine or some shit like that. But yeah, I love the idea of teleporting, it's one of the many superpowers I'd like to have.

So yeah, that's the idea of the movie - the main character is a jumper, he can teleport. He thinks he's the only one, but it's not like that. And further more, there are people, paladins, who want to kill jumpers. 

I liked many things about this movie. I liked the main character, and his actor. Mostly because I've watched a lot of action movies, but I've never seen him before. I don't know, if he's that famous, or I'm just uneducated cunt, but yeah, anyway. Also, it was my first time to see Samuel L. Jackson as a bad guy. (Pulp Fiction doesn't count.) I'm pretty sure I'm going to see this movie again a few times, it was really awesome.

Also, the movie was based on the book! Should I probably ruin the movie and read the book, what do you guys think?

Sunday 13 October 2013

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die"



I'm pretty sure this movie is a some sort of classic, but still, I hadn't seen it before. But then again, there are so many movies which I haven't seen, but I should've. Like Lord of the Ring -movies. But let's not go there. Let's talk about Princess Bride.

The plot wasn't anything special, and changed through the movie, I mean first it's this, then after this it's that. You can't explain the plot easily, unless you give something away. Also, got to love those tacky effects and music. My dad came in while I was watching this and he said it looks like a B-movie. Well, what do you expect, it's made in the 80s. 

But also, the movie was sort of amazing. Not in the way that it becomes your favourite and your whole life revolves around it. No, it was amazing in the way that it was somehow sweet movie - sweet and funny. Every part of it. Especially the parts where the grandfather was telling this story for his grandson. ("Is this a kissing book?") Also now I can recognise so many references. Seriously, that's the greatest part of seeing a popular film. Same goes with Mean Girls.

Sunday 6 October 2013

"I like to ride. Fixed gear. No brakes. Can't stop. Don't want to, either."



You think the scenes where people are driving cars recklessly, chasing someone or fleeing from someone, are intense? Wait until you see Premium Rush! There's nothing more intense than riding a bike! Don't believe me?

Riding a bike is way more physical than driving a car, so when people are scorching down the road, it's not very challenging for them - physically. Riding a bike is totally different, and way more intense, especially when they are chased by someone, who is driving a car! 

I really liked Premium Rush. It was really, really... intense. I was sitting on the edge of my chair whole time and being like "shit oh shit oh shit oh shit". And you know, when usually people are running out of time in a movie, and you just think "Of course they are going to make it!", here you don't think like that. You are so certain they are gonna fall over or something like that. And that keeps you tense for the whole 1,5 hours.

Also, the movie had the best kind of a bad guy: a white, male cop. Because whenever a cop is the bad guy, it's really mind blowing. Because you're supposed to trust police officers, they are supposed to be the good guy, but when it's not so, it's really weird. But seriously, are cops just good people, not having any problems in their life? Nope. 

I'm definitely going to watch this movie again, and again! I think it's gonna be rated really high when the year ends, and I'm giving out ratings for the movies. 

Saturday 5 October 2013

"Stupid child. I already saw how you die." "Then you know it's not here, and it's not today."



I've wanted to see Push ever since I saw it's trailer in... probably 2009. Woah. Anyway, even before I saw this movie, it gave me inspiration for a story that I later found terribly clichéd and I wanted to rip everything I had created into pieces. Which was impossible, since all the text was on my computer, so I could only delete it.

The whole movie sort of reminded me of another movie I've seen... Think about this: Main character being a loner, suddenly visited by a girl who sees the future and uses cool clothes. Most characters have different abilities. Story takes place in the east (here China, the other one is in Japan) and also, Hal Yamanouchi in both movies. Basically, if you don't know what I'm talking about, just go to Yamanouchi's IMDb page, and you'll see.

Anyway, I liked this movie a lot. Maybe it was clichéd, but I'm willing to overlook that. I mean it's hard to make a movie that's not a cliché, but still. Push was amazing. I don't know if it was as good as I expected, since I can't remember what I expected four years ago, but it was really good. 

One thing that I liked was that Nick, the main character, played by Chris Evans, wasn't especially good with his telekinetic abilities. I mean he was "second generation Mover", whatever that means, I mean actually, so he wasn't so good. But during the story, he got better. He wasn't always good with his powers, but he got better, which was nice. I mean there's too many movies where the main character is the best at what he does (uh oh). But like Cassie, the Watcher, the girl who sees the future, they weren't so good. Cassie's mother was the best Watcher there is, but Cassie wasn't her. That's what made everything very interesting. Probably the only one who was best at everything was Kira, and mostly because that was the point - she had the injection which boosted the powers, and was the only one who survived it. It's like... it was the character's point. 

Anyway, uh, the plot was ruined with unnecessary romantic plot, but not too ruined. I mean it wasn't all like "omg Kira and Nick are so sweeeet and they love each other", no. There was more important things to do. Also, why was the bad guy black? They could've have other characters being black, why the bad guy? Seriously? 

Also the ending was nice. Mostly because it was a bit open. Not in the way there's gonna be a sequel, those open endings suck. But the way that you know how it ends, but you get to decide something yourself. That's a bit nice. Also I love how the plot had parts where it really fucked up your thoughts. Like woah, it's like this and not like that? Woah. It was great. It works in movies like this.

Anyway, if you like science fiction, watch Push. Maybe it's not gonna be your favourite movie, but it's totally worth watching.

Sunday 29 September 2013

"You gonna be okay?" "Yeah. Yeah, I just... I had a date."



I hate Captain America with a burning passion. Not the movie, the movie was alright. I hate the character. Mostly because he's always so righteous and so purely good inside and all that shit. He's one of those superheroes that are way too heroic for my taste. Heroic in the way that they do nothing morally wrong. I like superheroes that are more like humans.

Yeah, the movie was alright. Not the weakest movie in the Avengers series (come on, Iron Man 2), bur still, not as good as it could've been. The plot was kind of jumpy, and they made Steve Rogers Captain America too quickly. Like remember X-men Origins: Wolverine? We were about half way through the movie before Logan was made Wolverine. So yeah.  

Also people have been like "it's great that they made us love Steve Rogers even before he was Captain America!" Well, if you mean him being extremely righteous and obnoxious then yes.


Saturday 28 September 2013

"Bianca said that Kat likes pretty guys." "Are you telling me I'm not a pretty guy?"



Uh, Tumblr's been all about this movie, 10 Things I Hate About You. Like... all the time, every day, etc, etc. I thought I'd watch it, mostly because of Joseph Gordon Levitt, and Heath Ledger being a big plus.

Anyway, I didn't like this movie. At all. I mean the idea itself sucks. And the plot wasn't anything special. Also, I hated how in the beginning it looks like Cameron (played by JGL) was the main character. But no, it changed when Patrick (Heath Ledger) started to date etc. Kat, and so on. I don't mean that the main character has to be the same from the beginning, like come on, Pulp Fiction. But in this movie it totally didn't work. Pulp Fiction is full of smaller stories that make the big picture. But this movie didn't have any reason for misleading us in the beginning.

Misleading is good, if you do it the right way.

Anyway, I've seen loads of movies much better than this. So don't watch it, even if you want to know if it's any good. It's not. Except if you want to watch movies about teenagers, romantic comedies with just a hint of drama. This movie is not worth it!


Tuesday 3 September 2013

"When life gives you lemons, just say 'Fuck the lemons,' and bail."



So, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Why did I watch this movie? Mostly because it had Jason Segel in it. Also I thought that the movie would be something completely different. That's mostly because I hadn't read anywhere that part that said "From the guys who brought you blablabla". I thought this would be a completely serious movie about breaking up, but no. It was hilarious.

Anyway, I don't know how to put it in the words, how that movie ... felt. I don't know. It took place in Hawaii, so um... Actually the movie was quite relaxing. I don't know, if Hawaii had anything to do with it, but yeah, the movie was actually really relaxing. It's probably partly because of the environment, I mean yeah, Hawaii, and partly because it was a comedy... Kind of. But yeah, you didn't have to think much while watching it.

I really liked the casting though. I mean everyone did they part just fine, and the movie was filled with semi-known actors even in small parts, I guess that's great. Also the music was pretty amazing, especially that song from Dracula musical that Peter played in the bar because Rachel requested so. Also woah, Russell Brand's accent. ...If that even was real. Also whenever Russell Brand was on screen, my head just went "it's that guy, it's that guy!" Yeah, I couldn't remember his name. But also, watching the movie because of Jason Segel was really weird. I mean I've watched HIMYM for so long that whenever I see Jason Segel, my head goes straight to  Marshall Eriksen, and I don't know. His character was so much like Marshall, but then again they are completely different.


Tuesday 27 August 2013

[I can't find a quote for this movie, sorry]

 I watched Sabrina The Teenage Witch, a television movie from 1996.  And apparently the movie was made before the TV-show, that I've watched 4 seasons of 7 already, and I haven't read the comics and stuff (is there comics, I think there is comics), so I'm only comparing to the series.

I prefer the casting in TV-show. Only good thing about movie's casting was that Melissa Joan Hart was playing Sabrina, because Hart is amazing, and also young Ryan Reynolds (with really stupid hair) as Seth, whose character was not seen in TV-show. But most of the actors were completely different compared to the TV-show. 

Also I think few characters changed a lot. I mean Hilda and Zelda's chacters were completely backwards! In the show, Zelda was the more serious one, and Hilda the hilarious one, but in the movie it was other way round, and it was completely weird. Also, Katie Lamore, or whatever her name was, was changed into Libby Chessler. Marnie had the same actress, but she now was Jenny. Also Harvey in the movie was more geeky and outsider, so in the show they took Harvey's adorable character but gave him Seth's popularity. I guess. But Nate Richert will always be the right Harvey for me. Also, SALEM'S VOICE WAS ALL WRONG. And Salem is the most important part of the show, but his part in the movie was so small, and his voice just... Nick Bakay is the only Salem Saberhagen.

Plot wasn't so amazing. So many... stuff. I mean yeah, I've been watching the show so long, that I live in the show's canon, and not in the movie canon. And I don't even know which one is more correct!

Don't watch the movie. Watch the TV-show.

Monday 26 August 2013

"What am I allergic to?" "Pine nuts, and the full spectrum of human emotion."


I know what you're thinking. Why the hell is Misto watching romantic comedies? I thought she didn't like them! Well, true, I don't. I mean I don't like them as a genre. But my taste in music is already extensive, why couldn't I have extensive taste in the movies too? 

So the idea here was, that the main character, Margaret Tate, is Canadian, but living in New York and working for American company. But then, she hears that she's about to be deported back to Canada, and her visa is about to expire. So, she decides to marry her assistant Andrew, who is not so excited about the idea, but since his job is on the line, he agrees. And they fly the Alaska for some kind of family reunion of Andrew's, and they announce their engagement, and yeah.

I'm not sure how I felt about the movie. It was nice to watch, and well, it was okay. But I don't think it was anything more than okay, to be honest. I mean, I don't know if I'm going to watch this ever again. But yeah, it was nice to see a film like this when I usually watch all action movies with lot of violence and stuff, so yeah. Also Ryan Reynolds is wonderful. But I don't know how I feel about Sandra Bullock.  

Friday 16 August 2013

"Henceforth I'll be known as The Motherfucker."



Anyway, hmm, remember how I was so excited for The Wolverine? Well, I wasn't very excited for Kick-Ass 2, because yeah, it's a sequel. And you know how sequels always suck? So yeah, I had really high expectations of The Wolverine, which is probably why my reaction to it being wasn't so... strong. I mean watching that movie was like holy shit, but you know, that was the only feeling inside my head. ...Apart from that crying bit, but let's not talk about that.

Let's talk about how I didn't expect much from Kick-Ass 2, and how it was completely and utterly awesome movie. I think that because I wasn't expecting so much made me have so many feelings about this movie. I mean why I liked the first one? It was more realistic. I mean if superheroes existed, that was the shit they'd probably have to go through - getting caught, tortured and humiliated. Also the violence is really fucking graphic, (so basically, if that kind of shit makes you feel disturbed, don't watch these), and I enjoy watching it. So yeah, Kick-Ass 2 as a sequel was fucking awesome. And even as an individual movie, this movie was good!

The plot was good, I mean it carried on where the first movie was left. And it filled the story perfectly. I mean there was no gaps, and if there wasn't, they won't get stuck in your head and keep you up all night. (OK at least nothing's bothering me right now). And it just was... good. Oh my god, I didn't know how much I needed this movie until now that I've seen it. Woah.

And the casting is perfect. Let's not talk about how cool Aaron Johnson is as Kick-Ass, or how Chloe Grace Moretz is so fucking great actress even though she's so young, and how brilliant she is. Let's not even talk about how hot Christopher Mintz-Plasse was. Let's talk about the new actors we had here. Like yeah, maybe Evan Peters would've been good as Todd, but this new guy, Augustus Prew, was just as good. Also, I really liked Robert Emms as Insect man (his character was just so good) and Lindy Booth as Night Bitch. I don't know if they are as unknown actors as they seemed, but I liked them both. And also, let's talk about one of the reasons I was psyched for this movie: Colonel Stars And Stripes. Jim Carrey did one hell of a job. Again.

I don't know what else to tell you about this movie. Nothing much I guess. Anyway, if you've seen the first one, go see this one too. Even if you didn't like the first one, it's just... you have to see this.

Friday 26 July 2013

"What kind of monster are you?" "The Wolverine!"


Oh my god, Wolverine. Oh my god, Jean. Oh. My. God. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS MOVIE.

Even though I mentioned about waiting for this film in the previous post, the part where Elli and I sat 45 minutes at the theatre waiting, I didn't mention what I felt like. I had been waiting for a year and now it was 45 minutes away from happening. And my stomach started hurting, I was so fucking excited and I couldn't even sit properly still, I breath like I was giving birth, or that's what we said,  I don't know. And Elli was getting pretty excited too, Aisha and Casper... Well I have no idea.

BUT THE MOVIE WAS SO GOOD. It was so much better than I expected! And it was ... it was like it was either a) a devastating scene, b) something hilarious or c) action. Well, I was fine with that. Mostly. I'm pretty sure I somewhat blacked out at one point, because suddenly I was all like WHAT IS GOING ON. And yeah.

I hardly cry at the cinema, I mean there's people and everything, ugh, you just can't cry there, right? I cried a bit at The Hunger Games, but just a little. But this time, woah, I started crying and then I cried more because there was make up on my eyes, and there was a line of make up on my face because I cried and everything.

And the scene after credits, oh my god.

I'm not sure what I can say about this movie without... spoiling. I don't know which ones of my few readers are going to see the movie but yeah, just in case.

But let me just say: woah.

Sunday 14 July 2013

"Why are you reading that book? Nobody reads books anymore! Movies are always better, especially sequels."


Hoodwinked! was probably one of the most legendary movies I saw as a kid. I mean they were hilarious. I watched the first one again last night, and now I watched the sequel. And yeah, it is a sequel, it doesn't beat the original one. But it still was pretty amazing. And I'm glad they kept few characters, like that Goat who was cursed, so he had to keep singing. One of my favourite characters. And by favourite character I mean I laughed my fucking ass off while watching the first movie. This time? Not so much. But the movie was pretty okay. I think I will stuck with the first one, though.

But yeah, the actors in these movies were amazing. And I don't even mind that Anne Hathaway wasn't Red in this one, Hayden Panettiere was pretty good. And you know, voice actors just are so bleeding good. I mean you can almost see a character (as a human, if it's not, like the wolf, or that bear who is police and so on). Also that little rabbit is still freaking me out so much, I mean come on. 

Wednesday 26 June 2013

"They'll kill him." "How?"


I went to see Man of Steel with Aisha. It was the premiere, or at least it was here. Again I got to enjoy Wolverine trainer before the film, ah. Anyway, I didn't know much about Superman when I went to see this movie. I thought it would be nice, since most Superhero films I watch... I know something about the character in advance. Except for X-men First Class, since I just watched it because of Jennifer Lawrence. But now I didn't know much - I knew Superman was an alien from Krypton and stuff. That's about it. 

I was actually impressed by the movie. I don't like Superman's character, though, he's a bit annoying. But the movie was well made, and very intense. I enjoyed myself most of the time (here I have to mention: we were in the loge. The chairs were awfully comfy, it was really nice), and it... the movie just clicked. It was good. I may see it again some day.

Thursday 6 June 2013

"I am better." "At what?" "Everything."


Everyone's been going on and on about newest Star Trek film. I decided to go check it out, since I wanted to start my cinema summer as soon as I could.

Star Trek Into Darkness, was pretty cool. Really exciting, and they had some brilliant actors there again. Chris Pine is awesome Kirk, Zachary Quinto is good as Spock, and they've just chosen the right actors to play characters that are more known played by someone else. But it's not just Kirk and Spock that are good, also Sulu, Chekov, Scotty and of course my favourite, Bones. And of course I enjoy seeing Leonard Nimoy every once in a while. But this casting is mostly the same as it was in the first J. J.'s Star Trek. But what about the new faces, Alice Eve, Benedict Cumberbatch?
Alice Eve was really good, as always. I've been really enjoying her other work as well. But we all know, that people are most excited about Cumberbatch. Well, he was just... alright. I don't know, why I didn't like his role as much as everyone else has seemed to enjoy. 

The plot was good. Although, there was a one pet peeve of mine that I wish they could've avoid. This spoils a bit much, so here goes: Kirk went into ... I have no idea what's the name of that place, but anyway, there was a lot of radiation. He got Enterprise working again, but he died. I was heart broken, as I think many viewers have been. But then they decided to use Khan's blood, and bring him back alive. Because the writer's just couldn't kill off Kirk's character, could they? (Yeah, I know, I've done this thing too - bringing a character back from the dead. But I'll be honest - I'll never do that to main character.) It works at some points, (Deadpool breaking the fourth wall, Xavier in the end of Last Stand...) but usually it's just... meh.

But yeah, it could've been better. I'm kind of disappointed.

*****

But hey, this might have been my nicest experience at a movie theatre. When I got there, I saw that the posters were free this time! (I'm enjoying movie themed posters, as others cover their walls with bands) But there were people at the poster stand, so I just spent three minutes looking at The Wolverine poster. Then I went to look at the other posters. I couldn't find The Wolverine one, so I'll probably have to wait until next time. If there isn't any, I'll probably have to ask for one. Because I need a Wolverine poster. Anyway, I got a Hit-Girl one, since I'm also excited about Kick-Ass 2.


Anyway, then I realised that the movie is about to start. I hurried upstais, got my ticket checked, and walked into the hall, and boom - there's no one there. I was all alone during the whole movie, and I got to admit: I enjoyed it. I was even happy that no one came with me, because otherwise I wouldn't have been able to enjoy the moment myself. 

But yeah, I mentioned cinema summer. It means that there's so many cool movies coming up this summer. Well, Star Trek was one of them, but then there's Kick-Ass 2, Man of Steel, Now you see me and of course Wolverine. 

Wednesday 5 June 2013

"Are you for real?" "I believe so."


...Umm, I've probably already said I don't like romantic movies. I've probably said it like a thousand times. But umm... Unfortunately that's not true any more. Now I have a soft spot for this movie, since it was incredibly cute and I ... I just liked it.

Why did I start watching it? Well, there's time travel. And there's also Hugh Jackman AND Liev Schreiber in it. You know, they were playing brothers in X-men Origins Wolverine, and I just love them together. Unfortunately, they weren't in the same scene so much, since Schreiber's character went to hospital. 

But there was so many things I loved in this movie. Kate was a really good character. And oh my god, was Hugh Jackman hot and adorable at the same time. And well, the plot could've been better, but I still liked it, and you know, I spent most of the time squealing, because Kate and Leopold were so cute and I don't know. But I just loved the movie and and I don't know anything.

And you know, I tried to liveblog most of the film, but well, I got stuck in the plot and was so fascinated I couldn't do it probably. But most of my posts on Tumblr seriously sums up my reactions to this movie. But seriously, it just was so lovely. Meg Ryan was brilliant, and Hugh Jackman was brilliant, and mostly everybody were brilliant. Case closed.

Monday 3 June 2013

"Surprised that a girl with an IQ over seventy can give you a hard on?"

¨

I just were complaining about not watching new films. Well I watched one last night, woohoo. This is one of those films that's been sitting on the shelf for so long and I hadn't still watched it. I tried to download this, but then my dad said that he had it. And then he bought it for me from the flea market. Yeah. Well, one of the reasons why I wanted to watch this is... well, you see. Hugh Jackman, and of course Halle Berry is a big plus.

The plot itself wasn't so god damn interesting. Pretty simple for a film this type - let's hack something and steal the money, and explosions and stuff. But the characters were nice. Especially Travolta's character. I'm not so big fan of Travolta, but he portrays his characters nicely. Also this movie had some nice colours, and the visual effects were so nice. 

[I'm ashamed of my really short bad review but I don't want to delete all the reviews that are really short and bad. With love, Misto from 2014.]


Friday 10 May 2013

"Forever in darkness. A guardian devil."


I just finished Daredevil.

Umm... I'm not sure how I feel about this movie. It's not the best of Marvel, but it's somewhat underrated. People don't talk about Daredevil at all.

You ever heard of Daredevil? He's like the Batman of Marvel. Like seriously. His father died, and he apparently is doing stuff he does because of that. And he talks about justice. Batman chose his outfit to scare his opponents, and seems like so did Daredevil. But the difference is how much more bad ass is Daredevil. His not so rich that he could easily buy the stuff he needs to be a "superhero." He's just good, since all his senses are so accurate. Except that he's blind. Which makes him so bad ass.

The story wasn't so interesting, and also Elektra's fate is really disappointing. But also I got really interested in Colin Farrell, who played Bullseye, one of the bad guys. Since there seemed to be quite many of them. But I don't know, there just was something about Bullseye and Farrell, I don't even know what it is.

And even though I will always think that Daredevil is kind of  better than Batman, I'd rather watch Batman. You get me?

Thursday 9 May 2013

"Some people, not me of course, but I think some people might find you somewhat kind of attractive."


Hick was something I didn't thought it would be. I don't even remember what I thought it was when I decided to put it on the list and watch it some day.

All the accent were so annoying though.

But the story was kind of good. I mean it wasn't just... the basic story about growing up and stuff like that, because I kinda got afraid that it would be like that. But no, it was so much more. All the characters were so... real, they were so... human. Everyone in their own way. And Jesus christ how a young girl like Chloe Grace Moretz can act! 

But now that I know everything, now that I've seen this film, I'm afraid how attracted I was to Eddie. I mean damn, I was so attracted to him and and then BAM and I don't know. I don't want to spoil anything from you guys, I don't want to tell you everything about Eddie. But oh, the actor, also called Eddie, is so, so good looking. And he rocked that role! 
I don't even know if I want to watch Les Mis anymore, since he was so good in this, and I don't want to ruin this role, but maybe it won't, I don't know.

I'm so god damn tired.

Monday 6 May 2013

"Villainy wears many masks, none of which so dangerous as virtue..."



Sleepy Hollow was amazingly stunning, visually. And the story also was great. I'm not so sure if the legend of Sleepy Hollow has interested me personally, I just thought I could watch it now that I'm at home, sick.

I'm not a big fan of Tim Burton, I actually think he's a bit overrated, but Sleepy Hollow is still great. Maybe he's best work, alongside with Edward Scissorhands. And I also think Johnny Depp is terribly overrated (even though his roles are all very different, he is still always annoyingly similar  Just look at his facial expressions. Yes, I know, one person cannot make so many different expressions, but still.) and I think in this movie he is as good as he's ever going to get.

But this movie was surprisingly good, and I can't repeat this enough: visually stunning. It was so colourless it was stunning.