Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Next: The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
A bit of a disappointment and probably more so the more times I see it. Jar-Jar is just annoying as are most of the alien life-forms. I've never really liked the make-up job of Darth Maul - looks like a guy in make-up.
There's some cool things, but not enough.
Haiku Summary
Trade blockade, Jedi
take Queen. Boy, pod race, midi-
clorians? Jar-Jar!
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) - 3/5
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
NEXT: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
A fun little movie w/ "cute" criminals. I'm not sure if it was intentionally "cute" or just b/c of the times it was made, but they're so naive and such.
Great quote in the movie...
Haiku Summary
Two straight guys figure
out how to steal gold. Mistake,
chases, they are caught.
NEXT: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
A fun little movie w/ "cute" criminals. I'm not sure if it was intentionally "cute" or just b/c of the times it was made, but they're so naive and such.
Great quote in the movie...
"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these - it might have been" is a taken from 'Maud Muller', a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier
Haiku Summary
Two straight guys figure
out how to steal gold. Mistake,
chases, they are caught.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
WALL-E (2008) - 4.5/5
WALL-E (2008)
Next: The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Another great animation film! I'd say this is even better than "Kung Fu Panda" and that was great. No only did this movie have pretty much all the same strengths as "Panda" (action, camera work, animation, characters, etc.), but it had a few things extra...
It varied the styles of animation w/o feeling "wrong." It threaded aspects of the story so well that I just marveled. It expressed emotion in the characters very well... and they're robots! And it did all this w/ almost NO dialog!
I love Pixar shorts for telling stories w/ no dialog and this movie does just about the same thing!
SPOILERS
On Earth, the animation is more life-like and very well done, but on the ship, the people are more cartoony. I felt this contrast flowed well which is hard to imagine. Also, they even have a real human in a couple clips (Fred Willard) which also didn't seem too harshly real. Well played, Pixar. Well played.
Haiku Summary
Wall-E is lonely.
Eva comes and finds a plant.
Fight for ships return.
Next: The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Another great animation film! I'd say this is even better than "Kung Fu Panda" and that was great. No only did this movie have pretty much all the same strengths as "Panda" (action, camera work, animation, characters, etc.), but it had a few things extra...
It varied the styles of animation w/o feeling "wrong." It threaded aspects of the story so well that I just marveled. It expressed emotion in the characters very well... and they're robots! And it did all this w/ almost NO dialog!
I love Pixar shorts for telling stories w/ no dialog and this movie does just about the same thing!
SPOILERS
On Earth, the animation is more life-like and very well done, but on the ship, the people are more cartoony. I felt this contrast flowed well which is hard to imagine. Also, they even have a real human in a couple clips (Fred Willard) which also didn't seem too harshly real. Well played, Pixar. Well played.
Haiku Summary
Wall-E is lonely.
Eva comes and finds a plant.
Fight for ships return.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Kung Fu Panda (2008) - 4.5/5
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Next: "Wall-E" (2008)
This was great. The action was well done and the camera work made it natural to see exactly what was happening (unlike so many live action movies where it's just a blur). All around, I think the camera work was great.
The story is well done and the characters are well developed. The humor is good and not insulting or too adult and the animation is amazing.
It's all around great.
Haiku Summary
Panda is dragon
warrior? Others don't like.
Scroll is blank. Ska-doosh!
Next: "Wall-E" (2008)
This was great. The action was well done and the camera work made it natural to see exactly what was happening (unlike so many live action movies where it's just a blur). All around, I think the camera work was great.
The story is well done and the characters are well developed. The humor is good and not insulting or too adult and the animation is amazing.
It's all around great.
Haiku Summary
Panda is dragon
warrior? Others don't like.
Scroll is blank. Ska-doosh!
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