Also on Friday I bought the Dark Knight Rises on DVD! Well... my mum bought it but still..
Movie Reviews now!
Pirate of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides:
Well, this was funny but not amazing. It was not better than the original Pirates of the Carribean trilogy with Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, those were amazing. This was a good movie for if you want to chill. It's, like all the other ones, very out there and absurd and at times the humour is quite forced. But I love Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow so yeah I think it's worthy of watching.
The Fountain:
This on the other hand, does not even deserve to be called a film in my eyes. I don't know why, but Roger Ebert rated this a 3 out of 4. I wanted to watch this movie mainly because it's about a man searching for the fountain of youth, and it stars Hugh Jackman. Hugh Jackman, I lost my respect for you. I would have thought someone with his credibility would have been able to use his discretion upon agreeing to act in a film, but it appears he lacks all common sense. After watching this movie, I believe that all other movies are better. Except maybe that Housos movie. I don't know which one was worse. I never recommend The Fountain to anyone unless you are at the bottom of your life, in a pit you seem only to continually fall in, when you are so lost for hope in the world that you have almost given up. Then watch this film, and you will realise that it is the epitome of failure and everything else in the world is beautiful in comparison to it.
Source Code
This was a very very very amazing change from The Fountain, even though any film would have been a good change. This film is simply fantastic. It's about a man (Jake Gyllenhaal) who wakes up on a train believing himself to be a military captain with his last memory being of a plane crash he was in. However, his reflections, ID, and the woman opposite him who seems to be his friend all tell him that he is some other completely random guy on a completely random train in a completely random life. 8 minutes after he wakes up, another train passes by and a huge explosion occurs. The man then wakes up strapped in a capsule finding out that he has a mission of finding out who the bomber is by repeatedly waking up on the train and reliving those 8 minutes again and again and again until he can find the bomber. It's very interesting and complex; the type of movie in which I fall in love with. It brings up one's morals, ethics, parallel universes, alternate timelines and all that. I definitely recommend it as a must-see movie.
Inglourious Basterds
Ahhh, Quentin Tarantino. This guy is amazing. I now have a sudden urge to watch all his films (I can't wait until Django Unchained!). The whole film was directed great, the music was great, the acting was great, the comedy was great, the plot was great; everything was great! It had very good timing and cues with humour, intensity, suspense and epicness. Of course Brad Pitt steals the limelight a bit by being pure hilarity, but the true awesomeness comes from Cristoph Waltz who plays Colonel Hans Landa. That guy is amazing. A true actor. And this film is a true masterpiece! I love it so much.
Gulliver's Travels
We take a break from Amazing and movie on to Hilarious. I never read the novel, but this is quite a funny take on it. It stars Jack Black so you just know it's going to be retarded. In all honesty, the film was indeed stupid, but stupidly hilarious. I would watch this 20 times over without a second doubt before watching The Fountain. Anyway, it's a good watch for when you are bored or want to be entertained.
I Am Number Four
I have spent so long trying to figure out why Roger Ebert rated this one and a half stars out of four, when he gave the fountain three stars! This movie was pretty good, nevermind the dodgy special effects, unknown cast and cheesy dialogue. It wasn't that bad; again, I say, I would watch this 20 times over without a second doubt before watching The Fountain. The main character is quite good looking, the chick that plays Number Six I find to be extremely cool, and Sarah has a really nice voice! Like, usually the things that get to me are people's voices. I loved her voice, it's like this cool, deep, subtle voice that is just mesmerising. Anyway enough of that, but yeah this film is pretty good. It's got some like up and coming actors in it so the cast isn't fantastic but for a low budget film it's pretty good.
