Monday, October 18, 2004
[Movie] Movies this week!
After I got the DSL, I haven't really bothered to go out and rent VCD/DVDs. Oh, don' t get me wrong, I am not downloading all movies as DivX. With the always-on option available, you can really spend time doing this and that, not necessarily productive things, you know, kind of channel surfing in your TV and killing time.
But, yesterday I went out and got 3 VCDs: Exorcist, the beginning (ETB), Shark Tale (ST) and Sky captain & the world of tomorrow (SCATWOT). I was reading all bad things about ETB, looks like no body liked it and now I know why :) Really, c'mon, this is supposed to be a sequel to (technically, the story happens before the original Exorcist time. so, this is a "prequel" ) Exorcist, the movie that frightened even the die-hard horror movie watchers! This film certainly didn't make me afraid and sweating. This doesn't even come close to the first Exorcist. It is a "not bad" kind of film. Go ahead and see it if you are a big fan of the Exorcist film. It would only make your respect for the original Exorcist grow :)
Shark Tale (ST) was also a let down. I loved "Finding Nemo" (FN), so naturally I was looking forward to watching this, even though ST more or less created a feel of FN part 2. ST is certainly not FN 2. It is all about how a little fish lies that it killed a shark and its consequences. Will smith doesn't impress with his voice for the lead character (little fish). He obviously didn't see how good Eddie Murphy was in Shrek series of films. Infact, thinking of that, why didn't the producers/director of ST choose Eddie Murphy for that little fish? The graphics was good, typical stuff from Dreamworks. But, poor screen play and uninteresting characters put this film in to "skip this" category of films.
SCATWOT was good with all its graphics and visuals. But, it fails to captivate the audience like any comics/fantasy film is supposed to do. It is all about Sky Captain and how he saves the world from an evil scientist. It looks more like a mix of some James Bond (girls drooling over Sky captain) and some part of Avengers (1930s feel & the scientists). BTW, Avengers is one of my favorite films. This film doesn't even come close to that. But, do see this film, it has many unique characteristics - except the actors, everything else is CGI produced, the 1930s look charms you sometimes, the dogfight against giant robot in the streets of New York and more importantly, it has both Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie!!
But, yesterday I went out and got 3 VCDs: Exorcist, the beginning (ETB), Shark Tale (ST) and Sky captain & the world of tomorrow (SCATWOT). I was reading all bad things about ETB, looks like no body liked it and now I know why :) Really, c'mon, this is supposed to be a sequel to (technically, the story happens before the original Exorcist time. so, this is a "prequel" ) Exorcist, the movie that frightened even the die-hard horror movie watchers! This film certainly didn't make me afraid and sweating. This doesn't even come close to the first Exorcist. It is a "not bad" kind of film. Go ahead and see it if you are a big fan of the Exorcist film. It would only make your respect for the original Exorcist grow :)
Shark Tale (ST) was also a let down. I loved "Finding Nemo" (FN), so naturally I was looking forward to watching this, even though ST more or less created a feel of FN part 2. ST is certainly not FN 2. It is all about how a little fish lies that it killed a shark and its consequences. Will smith doesn't impress with his voice for the lead character (little fish). He obviously didn't see how good Eddie Murphy was in Shrek series of films. Infact, thinking of that, why didn't the producers/director of ST choose Eddie Murphy for that little fish? The graphics was good, typical stuff from Dreamworks. But, poor screen play and uninteresting characters put this film in to "skip this" category of films.
SCATWOT was good with all its graphics and visuals. But, it fails to captivate the audience like any comics/fantasy film is supposed to do. It is all about Sky Captain and how he saves the world from an evil scientist. It looks more like a mix of some James Bond (girls drooling over Sky captain) and some part of Avengers (1930s feel & the scientists). BTW, Avengers is one of my favorite films. This film doesn't even come close to that. But, do see this film, it has many unique characteristics - except the actors, everything else is CGI produced, the 1930s look charms you sometimes, the dogfight against giant robot in the streets of New York and more importantly, it has both Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie!!
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