SAW

this movie is about to guys that wake up in a room, completely confused how they got there. they each have no idea whats going on. they are both chained to poles across the room from eachother, larry, is much smarter then the other, adam. larry finds a tape in his pocket that tells him that if he doesn't kill adam by 6 o'clock they will both die. larry has a wife and a daughter. throughout the movie it shows flashbacks and explanations of how they got there. it also explains who jigsaw is, who is "supposedly" the man who has them locked up. they also find things in the room throughout the movie, such as ways to kill adam or things reveiling them selves to the other person, like photographs. the movie is very interesting

when i first heard about this movie, i thought it was just a load of blood and gore, with no real story. when i saw the movie, today, i was blown away at its amazing plot and excellent way of delivering information about the characters .although it had a lot of blood and gore in it it was very well made. i have all the sequels lined up on my queue for netflix. this is definetly a must- see movie.

rewatch value- 8.6

overall grade- 9.4

Toy Story 3 Review by The Loser

TOY STORY 3

Before I go into review, I just wanted to let out a quick comment.
You Will Enjoy This Movie Much More If You See The Prequels

Plot: The plot revolves around the toy's including Woody, Buzz, and the others. They desperatly try every day to get the attention of the kid who owns them, Andy. However, Andy does not play with them like he used to. He is 17 now and going off to college. Andy's mom walks into his room and tells him to sort out all his things. One group of things will go in the trash, the other group will go in the attic, and the other group will go with Andy to college. Andy gets put into the group that will go with Andy to college, and the other toys will go in the attic. However, Andy's mom thinks that Andy wants to throw away the other toy's so she puts the bag full of the toys at the curb for the garbage truck to pick up. Andy tries to get them out of the garbage bag, but the toys had already escaped and were in the trunk of the mom's car. Andy goes to the trunk and talks to them about how Andy didn't throw them away and the bags got mixed up, but the toys are still mad. Suddenly, the trunk closes and the mom takes all the toys to a daycare to donate them. The toys are the introduced to the other toys in the daycare, such as a giant bear who seems to be the leader and all his followers. At first the bear seems nice, but they later see his evil side. The rest of the movie revolves around the toys trying to get back home and escape from the daycare, where toddlers bite and chew on the toys.

PROS: Not one of those kid's movies full of burp jokes that cease to be funny once you grow a brain cell. Some of the humor in this movie is actually genuinely funny. Jokes never fall flat, (the theater I was in was full of laughing people, mostly adults) and the writing here is pretty good. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen deliver perfectly as their roles as Woody and Buzz Lightyear. One thing I have to say I really liked about this movie is that it is a good film for people of all ages. Parents going to see this with their children groaning because they think it will be another Shrek 3 will be proven wrong. For me, this movie had a great nostalgic factor (Toy Story and Toy Story 2  were among my favorite films when I was little). Scenes such as the one where Woody shows Andy's name on his shoe, just for some reason tapped my memory. Lots of little things like this just made the movie very enjoyable for me. Oh also I do not know how to stress this enough but I am so happy this movie has no burp/fart jokes.... those aren't funny in the least bit. Also, this movie seems to know how not to take jokes too far. For example, one of the jokes is that Buzz gets messed up and starts acting like an elegant Spanish speaking womanizer. The joke is done just enough that it is still funny, while not overdoing it. One last thing. This movie, actually can become pretty emotionally heavy, especially towards the end. If you cry during movies, you will during this one.

Cons: Hardly any cons. If I could nitpick one thing, it's that this movie just didn't seem to have that thing to it that the prequels did. That's probably only because I saw those when I was very little so they will always be special to me. Oh, and the scene at the landfill in this movie was a little, weird for a kids movie. ESPECIALLY when they are near the incinerator. I mean, it just seems silly quite frankly. I hated the scene with the incinerator. It was all dramatic and stuff and not just that but for little kids was probaly scary. I didn't like it at all. The movie took itself too seriously at this part.

BOTTOM LINE: A great film that will stay with you for a long time. People who have seen the first couple movies will enjoy this one a lot more. Watch it, definetly. It is proof that a movie does not need to have violence or blood or sex in it to be enjoyable.

Did it live up to the hype? Yes
Is it funny? Yes
OVERALL RATING: 10/10

Chaplin

Starring robert downey Jr. comes a true story about a man named charlie Chaplin. if you are unfamiliar with charlie Chaplin, then you haven't lived a full life. charlie Chaplin was the king of slapstick. he INVENTED IT. this movie explains his life, and it is an excellent movie. If you liked forest gump your going to LOVE this. Now i am not a fan of dramas, and this is a drama. i loved this movie. it was put together very nicely and was completly true. it has loads of slapstick and funny stuff in it also. it was also VERY entertaining. its on netflix instant play so go check it out.

rewatch: yes

overall grade: 9.7/10

Remake Or Original? The Day The Earth Stood Still

  












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REMAKE OR ORIGINAL: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

The Remake or Original posts will be a new thing I do. This is where I compare 2 movies. The remake, and the original. Today I will be talking about the film The Day The Earth Stood Still.

PLOT OF ORIGINAL MOVIE: A flying saucer orbits the 1950s Earth. It lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. The lone occupant steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort, a large and very powerful robot appears to save himWhen a sphere from outer space lands in the Central Park in Manhattan, a group of scientists are summoned by the American government under the call of the Secretary of Defense Regina Jackson. The reborn alien form Klaatu is brought to a military facility and Dr. Helen Benson decides to help him to escape and become the only chance to save the mankind from destruction and is able to melt tanks with the slightest bit of his power. The wounded alien orders Gort to stop his rampage and is taken to a hospital from which he escapes in order to learn more about this planet, even moving in as a boarder with an Earth family. When they begin to suspect him, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort is a member of a race of super-robot enforcers invented to keep the peace of the galaxy that will destroy the Earth if provoked.

PLOT OF REMAKE:When a sphere from outer space lands in the Central Park in Manhattan, a group of scientists are summoned by the American government under the call of the Secretary of Defense Regina Jackson. The reborn alien form Klaatu is brought to a military facility and Dr. Helen Benson decides to help him to escape and become the only chance to save the mankind from destruction.

PROS OF ORIGINAL: The dialog you will find here is some of the best in any science fiction movie. The alien, Klaatu, is in a human body, so he is much more beliveable than if he was wearing some sort of suit. The writing is good enough so that it actullay seems like he is an alien, and he gives some inteteresting and well written speeches about human nature and how war will destroy the planet. Of course, it always nice when the aliens are not blindly just killing humans. The alien in this movie warns the humans that if  they continue waging wars and killing each other, he will be forced to destroy Earth. Overall nice plot, and some of the best writing you will see in  a Sci-Fi movie. Not to mention, the special effects are pretty decent for a movie made in 1951.

PROS OF REMAKE: This is definitely a more action oriented movie. That is not necessarily a bad thing. The special effects are good, and even though there is not a ton of action, the movie still manages to be pretty entertaining.  Of course I love Keanu Reeves in all his roles, and he was excellent in this. The role of a logical alien observing the human race is right up his alley, and I think he is what made this movie so special for me. The new addition of killer nanobites that eat up everything in their path is pretty cool, and it is executed well. This movie definetly has more action than the first one though, and is more popcorn-movie-ish.

CONS of Original: I really loved the original, and I couldn't find anything wrong with it. For what it does, it is a great movie.

CONS of Remake: Tries to be something it is not. The movie wants to be an action thriller, along with a doomsday movie, along with an intelligent-thinking- type movie. While it pulls all of these off fairly well, it seems to lose focus towards the end.

BOTTOM LINE: Both of these are excellent films, and I would recommend both to any science fiction fan. If you are looking for a timeless classic that seems to get better with age, the first one is for you. If you are looking for a great movie, while not all that memorable, still good, than the second one is for you.

SCORES: 

ORIGINAL 9.5/10

REMAKE 8.8/10

REWATCH?

Original: Yes

Remake: Yes

FUNNY?

Both: No

G.I Joe- Rise of Cobra

G.I JOE: RISE OF COBRA
REVIEW BY
THE LOSER














G.I Joe: Rise of Cobra is based off the series of Hasbro toys.  For some people this was a major turnoff, almost as if they made a movie based off those little green army men. One thing that a lot of people noticed is that it had the same director as The Mummy.  And so movie-goers like me flocked to our nearest theater and sat down with our popcorn looking for a good time. For the most part, thats what we got.

The movie follows Duke, an army soldier who is tasked with a mission to transport a secure nano-bite weapon to a location. He goes with his fellow soldiers and on the way they get ambushed. Their enemy uses super advanced weaponry and just when they are about to be crushed, Duke's ex, (he does not know she is his ex at the moment, and she is also the enemy) orders the attack to be stopped. They take the weapon to their base, and the rest of the movie revolves around them trying to get the weapon back, as it is extermely dangerous.

Pros: The action scenes are entertaining, somewhat likeable, (if one dimensonal) characters, and a decent story for this kind of adreanline fuled brainless action flick. You wont really get bored during this movie, and it seems to have this constant tension in the plot, so something is always going on.

Cons: I don't know about other people, but this movie ALWAYS gives me a headache, and at the same exact spot. The scene when the G-I Joe team (the elite team Duke is on) launches a submarine assualt against the enemy base. Something about this scene does not agree with my migranes, and even if you don't get a headache, it is disorienting and annoying. There also is a subplot about these superhumans that the villian is creating, but this idea is never really excersiced to its full potential. Not to mention, the villian is EXTEREMLY unlikable, in almost every way. He isn't even cool, just a guy with throat problems.

Bottom Line: Same deal is Day of the Dead. If your looking for some cheap action and laughs, you can't go wrong with this one.

Rewatch? Yes
Watchable? If you like action, then yes
Funny? Somewhat, but if you have seen the trailers a lot of the jokes will fall flat.
OVERALL RATING: 8/10