Friday - yeah, weekend finally!, 21. November 2008

Short, independant flick reviews! Read about it, before you watch it!

WALL·E - checkout the review!

In a nutshell: A lonely robot on planet Earth develops a personality and finds out what it mans to be lonely and miserable. Nice cartoon with a simple plot, not as good as Finding Nemo though – good enough popcorn movie :-)

The story: Wall-E [abbreviation for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class] seems to be the last functional unit cleaning up Earth step by step. Over years however, he develops a personality and being alone gets into him. One day Eva [Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator ], an advanced drone arrives to check on the planets condition. The affection is immediate, though as the visit is not for long, Wall-E has to make some effort to get his Apple-style dream girl.

Flickcritique says: A lovable cartoon created by the people who delighted us with “Finding Nemo” and “Monster Inc.”. However, this one is just good, not fantastic. The animations are as good as we could expect it from Pixar/Disney but the story is kinda poor. In fact, there is not much of a plot at all. Which does not make the movie much worse, just bit less good ;-) It’s a good choice if you’re looking for a lazy Saturday evening movie to watch with your girlfriend. Although mine did not like it that much but that is a different story ;-)

Conclusion: A typical Pixar cartoon, so you know what to expect :-)

Watch it if you liked: Toy Story (1995), Ice Age (2002), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), you name it! Pixar is just good making these movies.

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Mamma Mia! - a dull musical

In a nutshell: All ABBA songs packed in a musical with a poor plot – unless you are a huge ABBA fan, pass on Mamma Mia! :-(

The Story: Well, not much of it in fact :-( Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) runs with her mum a small, romantic hotel in Greece. Due to mom’s slutty youth times, she’s got to invite 3 possible fathers of her to her wedding, so one of the fellas could walk her to the altar.

Flickcritique says: My girlfriend more or less made me watch this chick flick. Not being a friend of either the genre or the topic, I am obviously not the main target group. While she loved it, I almost fell asleep :-( Don’t get me wrong, I do like ABBA but there is just way too much singing and dancing in Mamma Mia!. Complete lack of a real plot is something I expected. I was surprised seeing Meryl Streep obviously enjoying her resolute mother part big, big times. And she did a good job :-) Seeing Pierce Brosman aka Remington Steele aka James Bond singing and dancing in a skin thigh, bling-bling suit gave me the feeling he has been forced to play his part. Some sort of community service alternative for too many speeding tickets, I guess. Please Pierce, please don’t speed again, will you? :-(

Conclusion: If you are a gal, go for Mamma Mia!! If you are not, don’t! ;-)

Tip of the day: If you are a lad, go for it with your lady, she will owe you big times and you can probably ask her to join you watching The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, The Dark Knight and the next five Marvel movies to come ;-)

Watch it if you liked: Moulin Rouge! (2001), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), any crappy musical ;-)

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