(short) Review of Movies

Just finished watching 

1. The Proposal

2. 17 Again

3. Up

yesterday and

4. The Hangover

today.

Just a short personal insight of how the movies fared. If i'm only able to use 1 word to describe the movies, EASY!

The Proposal, 17 Again and The Hangover SUCK. Coincidentally these 3 movies have been screened in Malaysia ( not sure about The Proposal. But probably it'll be out by now, or some time soon)

Up's AWESOME! The movie will only be out in July. Conclusion's simple: Malaysia's arts authority are just complete morons, screening totaly douche movies ahead of movies that are worth a watch. Don't believe me, check out Rotten Tomatoes. It's a site where all the movies are judged and rated by a panel of judges and their reviews are definitely incisive. 

UP scored a whopping 97% on the scale!

Speaking of good movies, Star Trek's a great one too. Watched it in Jakarta and the movie has all elements you're looking for - romance, comedy, valor etc

The 3 stated sucky movies have 1 huge common overlapping area - they're corny and you've seen the same theme countless times in other movies. 

The Proposal - Boy meets girl, they squabble, they fall in love, happy 

The Hangover - plays up the macho factor, a group of guys drives down to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, gets absolutely plastered and paints the town red (well it's the sin city. what'd ya expect?)

17 Again - Awww.. teenage heartthrob movies geared for soppy gals. Case in point- movies start off with Zac Efron shirtless playing with balls (oops. don't get the wrong meaning. but you get the idea) Zac Efron goes through a transformation. Zac Efron looks cool. A typical movie where a teenage actor is flexing his muscles in the movie landscape by showing that he can act (scenes are purposely created to evoke his emotions - he cries etc)

Sorry for being so negative.

Let's look at the bright side.

UP's a movie to look out for for those who want a great movie. It's about an old man who having lost his wife, lost hope of the world and started to cling to the memories of his wife. And how a boy came along and change all that. Throw in a few funny characters, a few tear-jerkers and pretty much you have the making of a great movie.

Tomorrow I'll be watching

-Public Enemies

-Spongebob probably??

this weekend will be earmarked for

-the assasination of jesse james

-frost/nixon

-crossing over

-taken

If you've never heard of these titles, aww it's time you start your read on some entertainment fodder!

cheers!