dark shadow casts good without shadow of doubt

An intriguing movie. basing a historical narrative a curse ensues of a jealous woman against the lover of another. the intrigue begins where a ancestor collins who had been cursed{to become a vampire] two centuries before, is suddenly raised into the modern age after his vampire tomb had been found. he visits his contemporary family ancestors and an intriguing contrast is found. nothing like the metaphor of an cursed ancestor coming to visit his family to resolve the myths. however this metaphor is played out in the theatrics of the gothic netherworld. the woman who cursed him to become a vampire is also now thrown into this contemporary scenario. comic relief is sewn in to compound this modern fish industry rivalry angel bay versus colins]between two vampires. and nothing like a little montage to connect two bits of a movie and refreshen the audience senses with the song, top of the world carpenters. i dislike the hypnotising bits and the vampires veil threats, which he barnabus colins[johnny depp] admits are wrong but seems like he certainly uses it into his freewill to win a fishing contract for his old family dynasty and reputation. "15 and no husband you should put your birthing hips at good use marry before you shrivel up and die" barnabus colins towards his family peer. The movie interludes plenty with this contrasts and innuendos. "she has the most fertile birthing hips i have ever laid eyes on". the part when barnabus expresses his interest in the victoria chick and is advised to be more normal. a definite comedy backdrop sidetracking away from the plot to create interest and diversity for the audience is well maintained. their is no doubt about the gothic penchant of the movie makers, where barnabus had to kill all the hipsters around the camp fire. seemingly an unnecessary aspect, it reveals, i believe a more darker and sinister ploy int the film, however the movie makers are conscious to create the old family friendly formula and this historical precedent and conformity neutralising any weird, dark and nonsensical elements in the film The movie addresses themes of psychiatrical abuse of yesteryear. a time of mental asylums when one appeared different would be sent into a psychiatric asylum. The movie parts into an alice cooper concert, where colins finds love and where destinies collide. more gothic scenes of random nonsensical terror where one family member is caught stealing collins blood so she became forever immortal.He also induces a father to leave his son on the veil choice between committing to becoming an exemplary father or to leave the home. certainly a worthy duel in the end briding a fight spanning quite a few generations. the witch angelic wanted colins love or rather to possess him. a glass heart shattered. so it spins into a romantic vampire tale with the old english mr darcey like movie, a catching mix for the teenage audience to say the least. the brilliance is in the end. where curse is broken with a sacrifice. most certainly fitting for a greek myth. 2.8/5

benchwarmer a worthy screwball film!!

the title of the film, is both marketable and suggestive of a sort of underdog antagonistic comedy. the films has been criticized as being slap stick sophomoric gross out comedy, however i am someone that hates scriptwriters who create films exclusively based on stupidity and innuendo to cover up for the lack of wit an ingenuity in a film. this film is not a sophmoric one, i believe it blends this element with the more ironic and wittier elements of the film. the film successfully incorporates irony and use of exaggeration and men acting as children,as a comedy tool feature exemplifying the silly underlining principal, that they are doing all of this and taking it serious and they are men not children" creates the foundation of a consistent comedy backdrop that constantly derives sources of inspirational skit moments spontaneously and organically drawn. a love a movie bringing a small insignificant thing into a major thang. a little bit of steinfield, but set around a baseball farce and grown ups who are really kids and are immature and this makes it really funny. the movie got into that witty territory commencing with a competing game of baseball against nuisance children who bully this poor kid who turns out that his father is a billionaire nerd as he self professed. great gag baseballer father who is a billionaire nerd played by jon lovitz buying u the batmobile and nightrider. the baseballer throwing his baseball bat into the trees and killing squirels reminds me of caddyshack which is a witty screwball light and feel good comedy. a movie always has features intertwined to add spice to each scenes, a famous baseballer, a talking robot and the overzealous father not quite grown up. the famous baseballer teaching the team baseball fundamentals in a very eccentric and funny way reminiscent of dodgeball teaching method. completely out of fun and very engaging. the nerd versus jock rivalry is faintly apparent..well there is after all a nerd headquarters. some comedy bits might be silly, but on the whole the composition is harmonious with the introduction, who are you? a great gimmick. the nerd seeing this billionaire with a nightrider. jon lovitz character creates a great compliment with a notable feature showcasing his dream graving home. he comes into play in this film threading the dramatic rivalry amongst adults in the village. it felt for a moment that part of anchorman where all the channels have a fight scene. the movie certainly draws you in, by introducing you to their rivals. I love the part a nerd saying to the woman of interest," anything you want and the store is free" phrase overzealousy trying to impress the salad chick from pizza hut is cute. the movie has depth of characterisations, not just the naturally funny rob sneider, but his moment reflecting his son might be a midget reject like he was in school, shows the depth of characterisations set in the backdrop of this successful comedy. cause of the benchwarmers is the theme as set by the billionaire nerd. Howie, Richie's agoraphobic brother is a worthy skit addition, that seemed so weird and shocking that it was funny. looking like a man dressed as a woman and is totally afraid to go outside for me is a witty addition adding to the outrageous exaggeration of what we may relate in our lives of what we may consider weird. playing a tournament representing all the kids who were never allowed to exceed in sports and were bullied. sometimes complete stupidity that is out of context and completely unexpected creates a sense of ironic humour that is basically hammering home, perhaps a metaphorical message when the baseball hits a man couple by the side of a kids pool and the ball destroys his dessert and he crys like a baby. i believe this stupidity is a form of wit characteristic of successful screwball comedies. like caddyshack was one big ironic pitch, where the game of golf was more important than the game itself, but was like water to these adults. how they recreated a whole weird and wonderful culture of contrasts like bill murray's grasskeeper pitch. totally out of sinc, but in sinc. ironic humour interplayed!!! passing an adult as a 12 yr old to play the competition with a identity card written with a crayon and with a convenient 100 dollar bribe stash is funny. the drunk latino hits off very well. of course his weakness.howie also has to play baseball and gets an encouragement from the crowd. go weirdo. not finishing with this big game and with pronounced rivalry and variation. especially for me i do not even follow baseball as an australian. the end focuses gus being a bully himself. who is part of the good guy camp. build it, the nerds will come", for years i thought the sun was a monster, it is not a monster it is not" some of classic quotes of the film. the movie really spawns a positive message, we can all relate to the hipocritical benchwarmer growing up, especially the corruption in sport and its competitive nature.the benchwarmer is a sub culture and great niche this movie capitalised on and provided a great title and message to the movie. 3/5

Hotel Transylvania a fun filled heartful film

the animation is absolutely beautiful. The poster with its emulate decoration and quality surely hinted as a good animation story. the compounding engaging factor is certainly the making out of normalisation of the monsters as human characters that we can relate to. however with spicy intricate differences like This movie is an easy 4/5 strong content thread historical narrative justifying his strong feeling of overprotecting his daughter as cresendo peak of conflict and a beautiful beautiful twist in the end, the dead's mothers gift finally opened that offers a solution to this peak in the film. The ending part of the film following this peak towards the solution is terrific as there is the prelude, the interlude and more and more. where we expect the film to end, there is more adventure and there is no predictably here. disguising themselves in a human village, the monsters are united to help count's daughter rekindle the love with the human boy who entertained the monsters while the count tried to conceal his real identity. this concealment provided a beautiful theme and thread for entertainment. providing quality content,trying to keep what is hidden, yet a inevitable converging element is the film is evident. entertainment level is high and scene thread tying the plot are tightly knitted and superbly executed. romantic elements are gorgeous and prominent throughout the film. the film is warm with a simple and engaging storyline that brings in the audience right until the cresendo peak and more throughout the ending that draws in the crowd to be motivated for this purpose and last prelude adventure for love and romance. then from a communal adventure adventure and a human endorsement to a chase. the little girl wolf is an example of the warm and depth of the film, draculla thanks her for her assistance with thankyou cutey. the daughter of the count, is cute as a baby and beautiful as she grows up and all she wants is as like any other teenager at 118, to explore the world around her and meet someone her age. her father engineers a pretend human village to turn his daughter off from humans so that she remains in the safe castle forever, as he no longer has trust in humans from past experiences, eg burning his wife. however in the midst of entertaining his monster guests with human habits,a dude backpacker boy followed the monsters home, after masking themselves as bad humans trying to eat count's girl orchestrated by the count to turn off the daughter from ever wanting to wonder out. the solution of the movie is great as it resolves the prejudices of the count and generates a beautiful love story we can all relate to. a love story without overt romantic elements. te only element diliked is the count inhabiting a human to parade a message to the boy he is seeking for his daughter.

prometheus entertaining but religiously uninspiring

This film imposes a atheistic belief system around the cult status of giants of old and antiquity. once they were giants in those days, the bible says. the film has all the ques to quickens the introduction of the characters, the suspense narrative, the teasing of the audience why are these people on this spaceship and sent on an assignment but a eccentric entrepreneur. the eccentric entrpreneur paradox was introduced by the film contact, where an eccentric funded a time space traveling module. the unravelling of the plot before the plot is explored preserves viewer interest. character build up tension creates anticipation for a cresendo, a natural conflictive peak in the film that would lead once again to the truth of the matter. the film does well building up interest with the antiquity presentation. many films create content and historical depth and character in the film by having that library research scene where a subject and mystery is studied by the cast and viewed by the audience as a sort of participant in the mystery unravelling of the plot. the front poster allures this contrast between history and science fiction. a confronting marketing pitch very effective. sporadic elements of thriller suspense are interwoven. unfortunately where the entertainment element is adequate and quite stimulating, any philosophical or theological searching through a film, or most films for that matter ought not be sort, especially with this film. A scene shows the robot take a crucifix from one of the characters, perhaps symbolic of the part he is taking from not siding with the character noomi rapace, of her cares and concerns. that led to the abortion of an alien birth by a self automated computer surgeon. The film infers that humanity is the offspring of this prehistorical race of giants or gods. this trend has been promulgated officially by the history channel which produced many series around this ideology. the theological messages inherent in the film are conflictive and probably intended so that the audience can interpret according their individuals beliefs. But the decision of a character to not want to go back to earth but search for the gods further, is a symptom contrary to the faith in the crucifix she claims to have. it narrates more a faithless fallen humanity who believe scientific determinism through the passages of the last frontier are the means by which one can search for gods. the film's flaw is encountered here. the film concludes that these beings are not good. however the surviving character wants to know more. this stream of reasoning the preludes the closing of the film is a weak premise. Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, and featured a video of Weyland, who quotes from the book.[176] reference to wiki on this movie. one can see the deistic and nilistic atheistic drive around the film. the doom and gloom is a universe without meaning driving people to believe blindly that man's destiny lies in traveling to the far reaching destinations of the universe. of course this symbolises the doom and folly of modern science and its proven destructive effects on the globe and its inflated worth to humanity at a time where our scientific determinsim has driven us to believe we are above nature and we can control it with disastrous effects. this modern scientific determnisim resembles medieval feudal tendencies. the romans had solar energy considering the earth the natural sustainer and harmoniser we are subject to. todays civilisation rather utilise nuclear energy than the sustainable and less profitable solar energy. this movie resembles meloncholia in some of its gore. their is no happy ending because the script writer does not believe in fairy tales, but wanted instead a marketable ending based on interpretation and pluralism, but systematically erased any certain definitive happy ending . even though the ending was not sad. the bad mission resembles the failed ship of progress of modern science, parading its benefit and worth, when it has done more bad than good.

the watch movie as good as burbs?

The watch presented a direction that combined comic and dramatic elements relatively well. Something reminiscent of the burbs that relayed more the happy communal feel in a movie,the watch Is set around the encounter of a murder with a resolve for a community watch group formed to protect the community The integrity of the positive message is preserved through the parade of comic relief interplay that actually adds substance tone and character to the film Loving the cast, with good varied characterisations. The use of exaggeration to illustrate a point thru comedy is brilliant As this device ensures mass communication to diverse audiences, hammering the point home that no matter the community threat the community Can tackle it even if it means saving the world from alien invasion to accomplish it. The comic opportunity is formed from the plot where we expect a serious determined community group to fight crime when they are only your guys next door that want company and have some beers. The contrast to produce comedy has been best executed in the scene when the groups first assignment is egg throwing kids at a stadium And they achieve there first victory which now means automatic induction to save the world. Super sci fi elements blended well with the comedy. And ben stillers character in befriending alien was the exact outake as his role in,there is something about mary. I tend to review films i like i will review robert downy juniors film due date which resembled planes trains automobiles in a stranger way, but in all fairness did not fair well the burbs with tom hanks is the ultimate community watch movie as the scene is still within a community setting, the dramatic build up of suspense and mystery tantallising the audience throughout,the twist at the end gave that interlude piece the needed satisfaction from a predicted ending. the watch not as good as the burbs, but is worth the watch. 3.5/5

the dictator a rare comedy hit

I enjoyed this film and it is a recommended flick. The film was funny all the way through. a well thought out movie in every direction and as renewed respect for cohen despite his insult of christianity in one of his films. he decided not to fill the film with filth and slap stick that required little skill and talent that which we witnessed in bruno. It instead had witty moments throughout. There were classical ques throughout the film. the torture seen when cohen character the dictator gets kidnapped and the torturer is discouraged by his outdated torture instrument set that the dictator is obviously acquainted with. The sleek innuendo of the dialogue between the dictator and the the nuclear tests specialist is hilarious, The dictator showing disgust that the rocket was not pointy like in the donald duck cartoons. A great contrast in the film was that the dictator had a human side, despite paying well to do actresses gold in exchange for sexual favors he still wanted to cuddle. this form of comedy reminds me of the contrast presented in austin powers character that worked incredibly well when the most evil man in the world who wanted to conquerer the world had a sinister loving side and like everyone else had a difficult teenager to deal with while he attempted to become the all that, modern, up to date father. the austin powers films can be watched over and over again like a song. this is what makes a great film is its digestibility and timelessness. His banishment in a alternative hippie environmental conscious eco sort of store provided more anecdotes and contrasts and fertile comedy ground. The best one is when the dictator became angry with the sales manager who thought him to be an activist like herself, brought him under her wing. comical relief and interchange of characters blended well with blatant anti woman anecdotes were met by anna faris with an interpretation of unusual humour and tolerance characterised by her hippie pro environmental activist background. black humour played well with the dictator saying," a woman in education is like a monkey on roller skates, it means nothing to them, but it means so much to us. a little battle of the sexes nab is always an igniting and fun point. it also reinforces and moderates trends for cowardice political correctness to clout society and is always commended by screen writers as long as it is not immoral and too dirty having no witty or coherent element. the film becomes a little counter culture when the dictator admonishes the crowd that america should have a dictatorship too as you can bail out your bankers, trick your people to support the war for the media, undertake illegal torture activity etc. enough said!! Another quirk is when the dictator keeps talking about her, replicating a everyday taboo and no brainer creates a huge comic cresendo given the contrast with his character. a austin powers interplay. the dictator says when he got angry with zoey and wanted to cut her head off[anna faris] he suddenly felt refrained from doing it. this was a sign of his love. hilarious. another anecdote that is witty when during his speech, his turns his hatred filled talk to one of love of democracy while starring at the love of his life. 3.5/5

grown ups film satisfies drama and comedy blend

grown ups. 215px-Grownupsmovie.jpg The film's direction was unexpected. a combination of comedy and a dash of drama, the elements worked well, given the cast, the fresh splash of surprise of a family narrative, a message of good friends, values and good times. It did not strive desperately for a skit like format to all the scenes, which has its own advantage, it unravelled naturally and spontaneously. The conflict of the movie was produced when friends accidentally unite and share old times and decide to take a vacation together and then sandlers[lenny feder] wife played by salma hayek wanted to upstage and snub/disrupt the well grounded and equal reunion by taking a trip to milan for a fashion show. The beauty of the film is that it takes its time anchoring the audience in the scenery backdrop of the vacation as if we participate in it. the attraction for the audience is clearly, the audience relates to this this and would love to be there. we would love to meet old friends of whom we spent our childhood with and go to a waterworld and act like kids again. The message of the film is simplicity. no computer games, no pompy pedal stools and fancy breakfasts in fancy resorts as we witness with sandlers kids who were so accustomed to the high life, that they could not adapt to the vacation. The film still had the skit essential treasure trove and comedy was interwoven nicely within the screenplay of the film, while directing the audience the more important and serious message of the film, about friends in need and friends as equal and not hiding behind their work. in a finale a basketball game is played and the director flashbacked to when they were young and i have to say it was emotional. they did not win as we would expect, but the message is clear, no matter what they go through, the most important win is that they are together. It was great to see rob schneider playing a alternative trendy and steve buscerni whom we would like to see play organic hang out inspirational roles. like ghost town. Despite the film not living the expectation of all out comedy reminiscent of the cast, the movie more than compensated for this and achieved a organic and natural fun family feel good feel, filled with out takes of drama that has a merit and accolade on its own accord. good message and content rates highly, comedy skits rate highly, while the general feel was targeted to grown ups who despite being indulged and satisfied by the adequate comic moments, are filled with the satisfaction of a drama narrative reminiscent of stand by men where we reflect back to childhood and wonder what life was all about. which is a bit of trademark and hallamrk of sandler films who relates to child like fun and outgoing behaviour. The film was a fresh change to many other comedy films and worth a watch to this cynic i am who prefers to youtubing documentaries than watch bland and predictable scripts. The film is a 4 out of 5. the film had no real drop of conflict it was dispersed throughout the film. it did not delve into an all out family drama as it had to accommodate for the interlay and comedy elements nicely interlaced.