Friday - yeah, weekend finally!, 3. September 2010

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

Blindness - a movie worth watching

Short movie review: A virus blinding people instantly strikes Earth, pushing humanity to the edge of it’s existence - an interesting but violent disaster movie!

The plot in a few words: Starting off with an Asian man the disease affects more and more people. There is no explanation or treatment, everyone who gets it goes blind in short period of time. Eventually, government takes drastic measures detaining the sick ones without any help and barely any support. As the situation gets worse, the authorities lose more and more control over the plaque anarchy and violence start to reign inside the detention camp as much as out side of it. However, what no one knows it that Julianne Mores vision is perfectly fine and that she just followed her blinded husband. Among all the people struk by this blindness, she turns to be the one who has the biggest burden to carry..

Flickcritique says: It’s an interesting idea for a disaster movie, however the plot seems a bit long-winded. It’s probably because the movie has some depth and there is more about the story then just the blindness. It’s also a drama about an estranged couple fighting for their relationship. Except for the violence I liked the movie, probably even more because of it’s ending. A bit aging but still very attractive Julianne Moore does a fine acting job once again. I was also delighted to see Alice Braga (remember her being Ana in I am Legend?) staging the promiscuous woman with dark glasses. It’s not a high budget, global disaster flick with horrifying effects. It’s rather the simplicity of the pictures that transforms the gravity of the situation. It’s a movie worth watching.

Watch it if you liked: Think of the movie as a mix of 28 Days Later… (2002) and The Happening (2008), except there are no flesh eating zombies and no killing plants, either. In Blindness the true evil are the people.

A very good friend of mine told me my reviews were short but not short enough, let’s say for information purists ;-) He asked my why I would not draw the plot in 3 simple images. So this is the first attempt :-D

Don’t like reading? Well, just take a look on the short cartoon review and you will know what the Blindness flick is about :-)

What is the Blindness movie about?

And if you still need more visual information, enjoy the trailer!

Zack and Miri Make a Porno - great Kevin Smith movie

Short review: Lifelong loser friends choose making an amateur adult film their only way out of financial issues - hilarious flick, highly recommended!

The plot in a nutshell: Zack and Miri are broke and desperate for funding since their bills have not been paid in months. After some serious thinking over a few beers, they decide to shoot a porn flick assuming at least anyone who went to school with them would be interested in watching it, making their focus group at least 800 people strong ;-) While they cast co-actors and build up a filming crew with a little help of their friends, they also discover something they would never have expected to find out.

Flickcritique says: This movie is insulting, obscene, disgusting and I love it! It’s absolutely awesome! I am not a big fan of Seth Rogen, I thought he sucked a bit in Pineapple Express but director Kevin Smith just knows how to make actors shine. The entire cast makes a great job. I pissed my pants listening to the conversations about finding the right title for the flick :-) In the end they choose Start Whores I believe. It’s also a movie that educates the audience, since I learned a few new terms. My favorite is “Dutch rudder” . It is the second romantic comedy this year that I liked, after What Happens in Vegas. The ending is a bit of a cliché but that’s all right, considering how out of the ordinary the entire movie is.

Flickcritique says: Watch it :-D

Watch it if you liked: Any movie directed by Kevin Smith like Dogma (1999), Clerks (2000), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) - this man is a genius :-)

Edit: I almost forgot to mention the outstanding performance of Justin Long. Kudos to him for his short but extremely impressive part :-D

 

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