Was off to the cinema again last night after seeing Cuddle Bunny, and decided to go see Ice Age Dawn Of The Dinosaurs and in 3D!
Before I go into what I thought of the movie I do have a comment about the cost of the movie..while I understand that technology does not come cheap, does this really warrant that the price is almost double the standard ticket in the cinema where I live? If it is a case of supplying the new 3D glasses (which look like shades, except not as cool) then perhaps people who keep their glasses should get a discount or something! It would be a good idea for recycling too!
Anyways...on with the movie.
This is the third installment in this animated movie franchise, and the whole gang is here! Manny and Ellie are expecting a baby, Diego losing the sharpness of his hunting skills, Scrat is still nuts about...well nuts, and Sid...well he's just Sid.
Sid discovers 3 eggs, and he hatches them and gets into trouble with "the herd"....and the mom of the eggs! Sid gets taken away by the mom and it is down to the guys to go and rescue him! On the way they meet Buck, an one-eyed weasel hunts dinosaurs!
The usual insanity and danger happens as they go along on their quest (including almost laughing themselves to death!!)...and Scrat has a love interest too!
Sure, the film is really for kids, but I really enjoyed it, I really liked the previous 2 movies and look forward to getting this movie on DVD when it is released...but I'm guessing it won't be released in 3D on DVD, which is a pity.
Wednesday 22 July 2009
Sunday 19 July 2009
The Proposal
Well, I was fortunate enough to score 2 tickets to see The Proposal on Friday for a viewing this morning, and over the weekend it was a frantic dash to find someone to go with me as Cuddle Bunny was unable to go (her mom was a bit shaken up after a car accident that wrote off the car bless her) so eventually I got spud to go with me!
The Proposal is a romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds and is about editor Margaret Tate (Bullock) who is very successful (and a bit power mad) and discovers that she has had her application for her visa denied (she's Canadian) and therefore is going to be deported. She decides that she will set up a marriage between her and her assistant Andrew Paxton(Reynolds)...a quick marriage and few months later a quick divorce...what could go wrong?
Immigration want to make sure that they are not doing this for the wrong reasons (which they are of course) so they both head to Andrew's parent's place in Alaska. They start off hating each other (pretty much) but by the end of the movie as you would expect they are both in love with each other.
The usual situations in this kind of romantic comedy come up, as well as incidents with Andrew's family (especially his kooky Grandmother!), but it the end they face facts and Margaret faces deportation.
I really enjoyed the movie, which surprised me as this is not the kind of film I'd usually go for, Spud said he thought it was a good movie too.
Do they get together in the end? Does immigration "always get their man"? The only way you will find out is if you go and see the movie, which is rated 12A and hits cinemas this Wednesday.
The Proposal is a romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds and is about editor Margaret Tate (Bullock) who is very successful (and a bit power mad) and discovers that she has had her application for her visa denied (she's Canadian) and therefore is going to be deported. She decides that she will set up a marriage between her and her assistant Andrew Paxton(Reynolds)...a quick marriage and few months later a quick divorce...what could go wrong?
Immigration want to make sure that they are not doing this for the wrong reasons (which they are of course) so they both head to Andrew's parent's place in Alaska. They start off hating each other (pretty much) but by the end of the movie as you would expect they are both in love with each other.
The usual situations in this kind of romantic comedy come up, as well as incidents with Andrew's family (especially his kooky Grandmother!), but it the end they face facts and Margaret faces deportation.
I really enjoyed the movie, which surprised me as this is not the kind of film I'd usually go for, Spud said he thought it was a good movie too.
Do they get together in the end? Does immigration "always get their man"? The only way you will find out is if you go and see the movie, which is rated 12A and hits cinemas this Wednesday.
Thursday 16 July 2009
Bruno...
Last night I went to my local Vue cinema and watched Bruno.
I knew that the movie was going to be controversial, after all this was created by the same person that did Borat and Ali G (which, incidentally, I thought were very good characters and the movies/series they were in were great!) but sometimes a person can go too far.
This is what happens in this movie.
Bruno is about Bruno, and homosexual Autrian who at the beginning of the movie heads a fashion show that is most important to all German speaking places in the World...except Germany. After a major faux pas he is ousted from the program and blacklisted from lots of places, so he decides to move to Los Angeles and try and make a name for himself there.
The movie does have some funny moments in it, but it feels to me it was just trying to hard to shock and offend people too much. I for one was no offended by any of it (takes a lot to offend me to be honest) but there was a lot that just was not funny.
Sacha Baron Cohen I feel has crashed and burned with this movie...it's a pity because Borat had as much shock value to it but it was funnier than this...sadly lightening did not strike twice for SBC and I hope he has not plans for new characters soon.
Personally, I think this was better than TransFormers: Revenge Of The Fallen..but only just.
I knew that the movie was going to be controversial, after all this was created by the same person that did Borat and Ali G (which, incidentally, I thought were very good characters and the movies/series they were in were great!) but sometimes a person can go too far.
This is what happens in this movie.
Bruno is about Bruno, and homosexual Autrian who at the beginning of the movie heads a fashion show that is most important to all German speaking places in the World...except Germany. After a major faux pas he is ousted from the program and blacklisted from lots of places, so he decides to move to Los Angeles and try and make a name for himself there.
The movie does have some funny moments in it, but it feels to me it was just trying to hard to shock and offend people too much. I for one was no offended by any of it (takes a lot to offend me to be honest) but there was a lot that just was not funny.
Sacha Baron Cohen I feel has crashed and burned with this movie...it's a pity because Borat had as much shock value to it but it was funnier than this...sadly lightening did not strike twice for SBC and I hope he has not plans for new characters soon.
Personally, I think this was better than TransFormers: Revenge Of The Fallen..but only just.
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