Sleeping Beauty

Three *

It's a very unchatty performance but fueled with body language.

Language, not movement. So don't start thinking porn.

Undoubtedly, Emily Browning's beauty is beguiling. The colours work well on her sensuous body, pale and ginger never looked so good on a petite frame.

The ending was not as fantastic as the lead up to the end but I have to say it's not entirely disasterous. Because I was in a good mood that afternoon, I welcomed the a-typical, un-hollywood sterotypical close prevalent in most indie movies.

So its pretty simple really.

Struggling uni student Lucy needs cash.

Found a job as a Sleeping Beauty.

Drinks a cup of tea, falls asleep in Clara's hidden mansion.

Men invited to explore their desires with Lucy.

Strictly no penetration.

Lucy wakes up. Job completed. Gets paid.

Got pretty good at it. Need more $. Did several jobs.

Lucy's curiousity consumes her. Wants to know what happens when she sleeps.

When she eventually finds out, it's not good.

The old fart died beside her.

The recorded play back was very passive. Just a sleeping, dying, naked man.

Shame.

Lucy never got to know how unpassive the previous jobs were.

OK. I'm no story teller. But that's my best account.

Super 8 Ain't Gr8

Elle Fanning is stunning.

That's all.

X Men First Class

X Men is x tremely ordinary without Wolverine.

The cast was good, but for a movie of this calibre it needs to be eXtraordinarily mindblowing.

I can't stand Macavoy with mind reading pose though. Index finger pressed against side of head.

Love the baby smurf.

Double loved the cameo appearance of Wolverine.

"Go f*ck yourself" haha.

Babies

My favourite: Bayar

I've done abit of thinking since this movie

The difference between city kids, farm kids and kids in the wild is so apparent. How much are we really missing out by burying outselves in the concrete jungle. What is the meaning of our life outside the realm of technology. Are we able to survive out in the open in the mercy of mother nature and how will we bond with the residents of the animal kingdom. How would you define savvy, street smart and what would you consider a survivor. Are we equipped to live under diverse, changing conditions or are we too protected, too sterile, too clean.

Questions aside, this is a beautiful documentary.. and a child's innocence is absolutely magical.

District B13

I have seen this about 5x and when it aired on SBS tonight, I still HAD to see it AGAIN!

District B13 is the BEST FRENCH ACTION FILM by far!

Drugs, guns and mobs aside, the skills and technique of the fight scenes flow in a beautiful rhythm with the boom-boom music

The tats and abs were also a plus factor :)

VIVA FRANCE!

Water for Elephants

Freebie #2!

Really.. it should be: Whisky for Elephants

When I first heard of R Pat's character, Jacob.. well.. Twilighters.. you felt the irony too, I'm sure.

So to start off with something nice, Pattinson is more convincing as a neanderthal than a bloodsucker. As for his acting, the only buy in I got was the American accent, I can't vouch for how polished his Polish is.. but that's just about it. His performance was yet to be desired.. so annoyed when he does the mocking no-reason grins like the scene was a joke to him or something :P

Witherspoon and Waltz were both very commendable. She's come a long way since Legally Blonde hasn't she. All grown up, all woman and yet she holds herself with enviable stature and poise. Waltz had certainly excelled in delivering a feared, revered circus master fueled with animalistic behaviour, burning passion , fierce leadership .. all with class and vulgar like a lethal, delicious concoction of fine food (if that makes any sense?!)

So I'll rate this R for Romantic.. and I'm glad I didn't read the book beforehand.. otherwise like you, I'll be disappointed

Source Code

You know.. the sci fi movies I watch these days are not convincing because most of the ideas stem from The Matrix.

Stolen ideas aside, the Source Code reminds me of Vantage Point where there is a series of returning-to-the-point-where-it-all-happens. Except that this has a sci fi element and Vantage Point was focussed on delivering the plot from different perspectives.

Jake was pretty hot, but Monaghan was hotter.

Well to sum it up, yes.. it's just another sci-fi.

2.5 stars

Something Borrowed

Yet another sterotypical G-Goodwin desparado-gets-guy ending. Kate Hudson really reminds me of her mum Goldie as she progresses into her prime.
Krasinski delivers well as the nerdy sweetheart dumpee.
And why does Colin Egglesfield look so much like couch jumping Tom Cruise?

Value for money? None. Because I won tickets to it :)

Value for time? Maybe. A no brainer, chic flick is perhaps what we all need to get rid of Mondayitis.

Limitless and The Adjustment Bureau

2 movies consecutively
not the best idea to have one sci-fi after another!

Anyway, it's not fantastic so just a one liner from me

Limitless - this movie has so much potential with a great cast and hot looking leads so i'm not sure what went wrong but I drifted off too many times to a better place.. zzzzz land.

The Adjustment Bureau - Philip K Dick has always been rather extreme in his execution and this movie has been very mild in its delivery but slightly better than Limitless because it's more engaging and sci-fi worthy

127 Hours

You've done it again, Danny Boyle!

If I had to find something to fault about, it would be the Slumdog reference at the beginning of the movies.. the sea of indians (or the indian majority).. yeah that.. I guess we don't have to be reminded that you did well in Slumdog M.

Franco was very engaging, very good at being calm and focussed. Think with your head. Not let the emotional bullshit get into the crisis. Actually, not turning the whole situation into a crisis.

Most of all, I loved how Boyle fitted in bits of comedy and happy music where appropriate. It was so important to keep some scenes light and not over dramatize the whole film, like in Inception.

I loved the Good Morning America part. And needless to say, I peeped throughout the entire butchering session and only looked at Aron's (Franco's) face.

But will I watch another movie like this again? Unlikely.

Black Swan (January 16th, 2011)

Mental.

The movie is disturbing. (I say 'is' because it's still fresh in my mind)
I don't even want to attach the poster and be reminded of what innocent ballerinas could turn out to be.

An article I read describes the movie as "psychosexual thriller" and I can't agree more. In fact, I think it should be crowned a horror movie.

- The skin peeling from index finger
- The face jabbing by the retired Little Princess
- The physio session where the therapist massaged Nina's ribs

Ew.

Another site mentioned the Black Swan movie as a 'cinematic portrayal of schitzophrenia'
Well it's schitzo all right.. a horrific, psychotic, unsympathetic.

Take your passion one step too far and it consumes you.

I don't know what to say about Portman. Ever since her ugly side in The Other Boleyn Girl, she's been on my freak list. I think she will reign #1 for a long long time.

Freak.

Morning Glory (January 9th, 2011)

OK, there are at least a dozen movies by the same title so can someone please explain?

Fine. Morning as in the morning show.. Glory as in it gets a winning dick. I mean tick. Cliche :P

I guess it's one of those shows that guarantees a happy ending, so on a hot summer's Sunday it seems like a good idea to soak in all the fluffy (quote from the movie) vibe bursting out of McAdams in her bid to resuscitate a dying morning show with her crazy psychadelic workaholic persuasive demeanor, though we all know it's all in the great hair, the cute lacey knickers and the perfect girly frame.

If I weren't desperate to be entertained in a dark cold room on a day before the first workday of the week (no I'm not crazy about my job) it would have been hard to justify paying for this even though I had like a 30% discounted ticket price.

And I needed to kill time so my restday won't seem so irrelevant.

I am not a Diane Keaton fan so no comment. Ford is okay. I see him in that grumpy nature of a stuck up anchorman so.. yeah he did ok. McAdams.. well, the female viewers may get a shitload of inspiration from Becky and the male viewers are there just because she's hot.