Sunday, September 13, 2009
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Currently there are a lot of movies for kids in the cinema (why they haven't chosen to spread them out throughout the year instead of releasing them all at once is a mystery to me). As we were late for "De indiaan" and my son wanted to go to Ballorig to play, we did a double-activity-day together. So after playing and building together at Ballorig, we went to the cinema to chill out with some 3D-guinea pigs, a mole and a fly. I had my doubts when it was released, but because there wasn't anything else to see for his age at that time, we went and had a good time nonetheless. For parents this movie is a bit too simple and dull (and also a bit worrying because of all the violence and action in it). But for the kids there is a lot of humour and excitement to keep them entertained. Even though there is a overuse of special-effects, it's a nice way for kids to get used to such productions. And the 3D actually was pretty good, I may as well say excellent. This movie made really good use of it and visually it was WAY better than what was used in "The final destination 3D". It actually made the kids grab with their hands in the hands and (at times) scare the shit out of them as they jumped out of their seats!
My kid dug it completely; to me it was better than expected: nice one!
My son's rating: 5 out of 5 cookies
My rating: 6 out of 10 |
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An ex-collegue of mine recently wrote on his blog that he regained faith in the movie industry after watching "District 9". Even though I've yet to see that film, I've regained faith after watching Quentin Tarantino's most recent product "Inglourious basterds"! Quentin keeps doing what he wants to do in his own way, but keeping his respect for the consumers which have paid a ticket to go see his movie. And what he released this time is unchallenged. It's a war-movie, yes, and we've all seen dozens of them. But remember Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and his other productions? Then you know that you're in for spectacular dialogues, thrilling action, awsome characters and acting and a good story. Quentin once more managed to assemble a wonderful cast of actors and get the best out of them, just as he did with Pulp Fiction. There is one character in special which I would like to mention. It's the role of Austrian actor Christoph Waltzthe, playing Col. Hans Landa. This man is more menacing and creepy than a lot of bad-guys out there. I thought Darth Vader was the baddest, but after meeting this Nazi-colonel I've started to doubt!
This movie is so good and I find it hard to give it a 10 even though I won't do it. It's innovating and close to perfection.
Remember a while ago that I wrote here that I was going to tell you when you should return to the cinema? Well, the moment is here. Go see Inglourious Basterds as this is finally once more the moment to witness a masterpiece on the big screen. And from what I'm able to see, the last one to be seen this year (unfortunately).
My rating: 9 out of 10 |
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I've had a lack of motivation to keep up the reviews here on my blog. Therefore I'm going to write down three of them, as they've been kept inside of me for almost a week now :)
Last weekend I went to see the Belgian production "Suske en Wiske & de Texas Rakkers" with my son. He liked it and from the way he told the whole story to his mother when we got home, I didn't have a doubt. This is indeed a movie for kids, as for me it was pretty boring. I don't know what the producers we're trying to get at (pleasing the elder ones and gaining new fans for the series?!) but the humour in the movie wasn't always understandable by the little ones and could only be interpreted by their parents, but even so it wasn't funny for us.
As this is an animation movie, I expected to see something equal to "Flies to the moon" but it was much worse. There were several graphical glitches to be seen on the screen, which to me felt that the release was rushed and not so professional.
Kids will dig it, especially when it is released on DVD to be seen on a rainy sunday-afternoon...
My son's rating: 4 out of 5 cookies
My rating: 5 out of 10 |