Showing posts with label Movie OfTheYear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movie OfTheYear. Show all posts

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

The Wolverine (2013)




Back in 1945, Logan, Wolverine saved a Japanese officer named Yashida from the atomic bomb in Nagasaki by shielding him from the fire blast. Amazed by the super power that Logan has, his obsession towards Logan never dies even until the edge of his life.

Dying of cancer in his old age, Yashida who now the CEO of a technology corporation, called Logan through his mutant, Yukio. He offered Logan a mortal life by transfering his immortality into Yashida's own body. Logan refuses that night. The next day, Yashida died and left his power to his granddaughter, Mariko. Seeing the power as a burden and a life threat, Logan escaped Mariko to Nagasaki where relationship started to grow between them.

The story continues with the two trying to escape Mariko's father who wants the power and position Mariko got from her grandfather, Dr. Green, and the andamantium robot she made to kill Logan. Jean Grey, a mutant and former member of the X-Men, who Logan killed at the end of The Last Stand also kept on haunting him in a dream. Jackman said, "There’s no doubt that the most important relationship in his life is—we’ve seen through the movies—is his relationship with Jean Grey. Yes, we saw her die at the end of X-Men: The Last Stand, but in this movie, she has a presence which I think is vital to the movie, particularly for him confronting the most difficult thing within himself."



I'm so impressed with how the movie ends. My friends had told me to stay and wait for the credit. We then see Logan back in an airport about to go through security, a title card on the bottom of the screen tells us that it is two years later. . Logan calls to airport security that he would like to opt out of the scans – no way is he getting through a metal detector with that adamantium skeleton – when he begins to notice that something is very wrong. The metallic objects that people are sending through the X-ray machine begin to float. Logan spins around but is forced to immediately freeze when he finds himself face to face with Magneto (Sir Ian McKellen). Rather than coming on a mission of evil, the master of magnetism is actually looking for Wolverine’s help. We see everything freeze around them as the hero asks why he would ever help Magneto. He then realizes that everything around him has stopped moving and we then see who is responsible: Professor X (Sir Patrick Stewart). Wolverine is flabbergasted and doesn’t understand what is happening, as he was there when Phoenix ripped Xavier apart in X-Men 3 The Last Stand. Rolling up in his wheelchair, Professor X responds, “It’s as I told you when we first met, Logan. You're not the only one with special gifts.” 

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Sunday, 29 September 2013

The Bling Ring

The Bling Ring (2013)



The Bling Ring is a 2013 American satirical black comedy crime film based on actual events. Directed, written and produced by Sofia Coppola, it features an ensemble cast including newcomers Israel Broussard, Katie Chang and Claire Julien, as well as Taissa Farmiga and the famous Emma Watson (played as Hermoine Granger on  Harry Potter), the movie's main marketing scheme.



The plot of this movie is about a group of celebrity-fixated L.A. teens begin burglarizing the homes of the rich and famous Hollywood stars. Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson, Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr are the examples of Hollywood stars that their home got robbed. As the members of the so-called bling ring begin taking greater risks to acquire the latest luxury-brands, they quickly become the prisoners of their own ostentatious obsession. This movie basically repeat the actual event into movie, from the beginning how the group discover the hollywood star's home and how they start robbing.

I personally have been waiting this movie for so long because i wanted to see how Emma Watson will play this character and for me it will be different to see her playing another role beside Hermoine Granger from Harry Potter. another reason that this movie is based on actual event and for me it is really shocking how a group of normal teenagers can robbed into A-list Hollywood stars many times before got caught. The last reason is of course because i wanted to see all the fashion and luxury thing that are included in the movie.

Finally, I watched this movie because i had many spare time due to my mid term break. for me the movie was kind of disappointing but after all its quite entertaining. Then, I do little research and oddly many top reviewer give a good review about this.

"The beauty of Sofia Coppola's intoxicating film that dabbles with celebrity obsession is that it entwines us so completely it its fake culture, that it makes us believe we are part of it"

"Director Sofia Coppola delivers a wily critique of celebrity culture in The Bling Ring as she dresses up the true story of Los Angeles teenagers robbing their Hollywood idols' homes."

"Once again, Sofia Coppola confounds expectations with an astutely relevant approach to a true story. These events may be torn from the headlines, but they also echo the world around us."

For me this movie have a good plot and a lot potential to be a awesome movie but unfortunately Coppola cannot sufficiently explore the depth of it. She cannot show a deeper meaning of the story. Out of ten I will give this movie a 5.5 out 10. Basically, the movie cannot focus on what it want to show. wether the movie wanted to concentrate more on the depth of the meaning  or to show the life of the bling ring with all of its luxury. Bottom line The bling ring have a lot of potential that haven't been dig out.



If you guys haven't watch this movie and wanted to know more, here is a video of the trailer:



Enjoy Guys! and let us know what you think :)