My most anticipated movie of June 2011: Super 8 (06/10) - It's here! Finally! Since I saw the teaser trailer in the theaters 7 years ago, I've been so excited. (It feels like 7 years because "J. J. Aberg" decided to tease everyone like a year too early.) I suspect that this movie will be a modern ET, but with a scary alien. But the thing that makes me most excited about this movie is the big role of Coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) from Friday Night Lights. (One of the best TV shows ever.) Congrats Coach!
My second most anticipated movie of June 2011: Page One: A Year Inside The New York Times (06/24) - This documentary is from the people who made Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth and Food, Inc. I loved two of those three. (Guess which, duh?) In a world where it feels like technology and the printed word are giant tectonic plates fighting for position, this film gives you a front row seat while the two clash.
X-Men: First Class (06/03) - Of all the different stories and sub-plots involved with the X-Men series, why in the world would they choose the boring history between Magneto and Xavier? Not only is it the most unexciting part of X-Men, but they have already explained it in previous movies. Those are my trepidations about this movie. But I think it will be exciting like X-Men Origins: Wolverine was, but I fear it will be the birth-child of X-Men 3, easily the worst of the series.
Beginners (06/03) - Since Brokeback Mountain, it feels like movies surrounding homosexual themes have "broke" (ha) into the mainstream. This indie-feeling drama starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer is about a man who has gone through some difficult relationships finds out his widowed father is gay. Also there is a dog that talks through subtitles.
Submarine (06/03) - Story of an adolescent teen who struggles with his identity. And girls.
Green Lantern (06/17) - I like Green Lantern. I like Ryan Reynolds. Why am I not really excited for this movie? It might be the over-saturation of super hero movies recently, or the fact that this movie was speculated about for so long. It's like when waiting for your name to be called at a restaurant and you're starving. By the time your name gets called, you aren't that hungry anymore.
Cars 2 (06/24) - I didn't really Cars 1, so I am not too excited for this unnecessary sequel. It was only slightly better than Up. (Don't agree with me? Bring it on in the comments!)
Bad Teacher (06/24) - The cast seems great and the story seems good, too. I like seeing Jason Segel in movies more. But I am just not attracted to this type of movie. Since it's rated-R, I have a feeling it is going to be overly raunchy. I'm just not going to be in the mood for that. (How can they release a rauncy flick AFTER The Hangover Part 2?) Also, I suggest watching this and then watching Waiting for Superman right after. (haha)
Showing posts with label Pixar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pixar. Show all posts
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Friday, September 3, 2010
Too Funny!!
I just saw Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs for the first time, and I can't believe how insanely funny it was. It was like an Asian anime drawer got together with a Pixar design guy and the writers from SNL. (Well the good writers from SNL, at least.) the voice cast is great, too. It includes Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Neil Patrick Harris, Lauren Graham, Al Roker, Andy Samberg, Will Forte, and Mr. T. (If you don't know anyone of these people, just click their name to find out how you might know them.)
I highly recommend this movie. It's just a silly good time.
Here is one of my favorite scenes from the movie. (No Spoilers) But you must watch these 2 videos in order.
First one: Flint's inventions
Second one: Reaction to food falling from the sky
I highly recommend this movie. It's just a silly good time.
Here is one of my favorite scenes from the movie. (No Spoilers) But you must watch these 2 videos in order.
First one: Flint's inventions
Second one: Reaction to food falling from the sky
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
WALL●E
Josh gave me the great honor of covering the review on WALL●E which we went and saw opening night. This is my first official movie review, so bear with me. 
WALL●E was a great example of what Pixar does best: create a visually stimulating environment and fill it with easy to love animated characters. As part of Pixar's first science fiction film we find a much deeper message about the possible future of humanity. Although WALL●E is directed towards children, it has a strong theme that rings more with adults.
WALL●E is one of many clean-up robots created to clean up the consumer mess that mankind left when they took off to space for a more luxurious life. But WALL●E is the only living robot left on earth and he has just one glitch; a personality. Pixar spends the first 20 minutes or so developing this lovable character and slowly making each person fall in love with his entertaining personality and hilarious clumsiness. But being the only robot on earth he often finds himself quite lonely. The story starts to pick up as the movie introduces EVE, an egg shaped probe sent to earth by the megacorporation that created the whole mess in the first place. WALL●E quickly falls in love with EVE and her adorable "digigiggle". But as soon as EVE finds what she is looking for (a living plant that WALL●E gives her [exactly what the megacorporation was looking for]) she shuts down and is shipped back to space to her mothership. The story then follows WALL●E and EVE's adventures as they spend time in space on Axiom, the mothership that contains what is left of humankind; an obese group of "fully developed babies". They spend their time in hovering recliners drinking supersized sodas. But this ugly reality is delivered as a comedy.
WALL●E is definitely a must-see of the year. Pixar has yet to disappoint me with any of their movies. It's amazing to see how far their technology and abilities have come over the years. WALL●E is yet another fresh idea from the Pixar producers. The first 45 minutes does not have very much dialogue and may leave children a bit squirmy but the lovable robots and their fun robot sounds may be enough to keep them engaged. The robot sounds used in the movie were actually all created by Ben Burtt; the man behind R2-D2's beeps and E.T.'s throaty garble. Burtt continues to impress audiences with this animated and more technologically advanced film. None of the sounds that you hear in the film are digital, they were all created by Burtt himself.
If you haven't seen WALL●E yet, make sure you take the time and money to see it in the theaters. It is an absolutely beautiful film and it has such a visually-stimulating aspect that could not be captured (as well) anywhere but on the big screen. Pixar took a big leap with this movie and they pulled it off amazingly. Many people say that the idea of robots teaching humans how to be humans again is overused and as many times as it's been used I definitely haven't seen anything that compares to WALL●E. It will keep you laughing and have you leaving with a smile on your face.
WALL●E was a great example of what Pixar does best: create a visually stimulating environment and fill it with easy to love animated characters. As part of Pixar's first science fiction film we find a much deeper message about the possible future of humanity. Although WALL●E is directed towards children, it has a strong theme that rings more with adults.
Now that's love :)
WALL●E is one of many clean-up robots created to clean up the consumer mess that mankind left when they took off to space for a more luxurious life. But WALL●E is the only living robot left on earth and he has just one glitch; a personality. Pixar spends the first 20 minutes or so developing this lovable character and slowly making each person fall in love with his entertaining personality and hilarious clumsiness. But being the only robot on earth he often finds himself quite lonely. The story starts to pick up as the movie introduces EVE, an egg shaped probe sent to earth by the megacorporation that created the whole mess in the first place. WALL●E quickly falls in love with EVE and her adorable "digigiggle". But as soon as EVE finds what she is looking for (a living plant that WALL●E gives her [exactly what the megacorporation was looking for]) she shuts down and is shipped back to space to her mothership. The story then follows WALL●E and EVE's adventures as they spend time in space on Axiom, the mothership that contains what is left of humankind; an obese group of "fully developed babies". They spend their time in hovering recliners drinking supersized sodas. But this ugly reality is delivered as a comedy.
WALL●E is definitely a must-see of the year. Pixar has yet to disappoint me with any of their movies. It's amazing to see how far their technology and abilities have come over the years. WALL●E is yet another fresh idea from the Pixar producers. The first 45 minutes does not have very much dialogue and may leave children a bit squirmy but the lovable robots and their fun robot sounds may be enough to keep them engaged. The robot sounds used in the movie were actually all created by Ben Burtt; the man behind R2-D2's beeps and E.T.'s throaty garble. Burtt continues to impress audiences with this animated and more technologically advanced film. None of the sounds that you hear in the film are digital, they were all created by Burtt himself.
If you haven't seen WALL●E yet, make sure you take the time and money to see it in the theaters. It is an absolutely beautiful film and it has such a visually-stimulating aspect that could not be captured (as well) anywhere but on the big screen. Pixar took a big leap with this movie and they pulled it off amazingly. Many people say that the idea of robots teaching humans how to be humans again is overused and as many times as it's been used I definitely haven't seen anything that compares to WALL●E. It will keep you laughing and have you leaving with a smile on your face.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Pixar Fun
Isn't Pixar fun? It is just plain fun. It is simple on the outside but so clever and sophisticated when you look a little deeper.
I found this article about Pixar and it was very cool. They reuse so much at Pixar in their movies.
I found this article about Pixar and it was very cool. They reuse so much at Pixar in their movies.
Where's WALL-E
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