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

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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‘10,000 BC’ – another crappy movie

In a nutshell: Loser mammoth hunter finds his guts after his girlfriend was kidnapped.

10.000 B.C. movie ticket from Cineworld Cinemas in Dublin, IrelandThe story: Mammoth hunter D’Leh suffers under the reputation of a man whose father was a failure. He gets his chance to show guts when his village gets raided by evil, Arabic looking (no stereotypes here) invaders, who enslave the survivors. Trailing the bad guys and the slave gang he goes on a dangerous journey that ultimately leads him to at what seems to be the capitol of a higher civilization, very much Aztec/Pharaoh-style. Once D’Leh made friends all he has to do at the climax of the flick it to challenge the god-emperor, a white man, big surprise, huh? ;-)

Flickcritique says: What a piece of s***** movie! Did you know that women 10,000 B.C. looked better then nowadays average overpaid, cocaine-sniffing 19 years old models? Perfectly shaved legs, styled up with make up, smiling in the day with their perfectly white teeth. Seriously, they were HOT. Mammoth hunter however seem to be huge Bob Marley fans, with their dreadlocks. And saber-toothed, two tons tigers are cuddly, if you just talk to them nicely. I could go on an on. But it ain’t worth it :-( Lack of realism or a story, paired with poor acting skills makes this movie obsolete.

Conclusion: A crappy movie spiced up with average CGI effects. Not recommended :-(

Watch it only if you really, really enjoyed: Alexander (2004), The Passion of the Christ (2004), Apocalypto (2006)

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