Gone to the movies
Two days ago I went to the movies with my Mom to go see Iron Man 2. Before the movie started the theater had one of those movie preview shows. Here is my commentary about both.
I had a lot of gripes with this movie, so I'll make it short and simple:
1. The progression of the story was very poorly done. It draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaags onnnnnnnnn throughoooout moooooost of iiiiiit AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SPEEDS UP TOO FAST TOWARDS THE END.
2. Unlike the first movie, there was a great lack of action scenes. In fact, there's probably no more than three.
3. The final fight was a huge letdown. The main villain in the film was most possibly the strongest point in the whole film (honestly I thought he was damn good of a bad guy) and he gets defeated in no more than two minutes. And the battle with his drones is probably about five. That was VERY disappointing.
Overall the movie is still somewhat solid. Almost all the characters get some kind of development throughout the film, the visuals were perfect, and the villian, in my opinion, surpasses the villain from the previous movie by far. But the overall feel of the film is like eating a luxurious slice of cake covered in rust. There were many good ideas but most of them weren't excuted as good as they could have been. The only real redeeming factors in this movie is to see a badass villain and to hear the continuously successful bits of humor. So here's my ratings:
Visuals - A
Characters - B+
Story - B-
Execution - D
OVERALL - B-
Let me get one thing straight: ever since his existence in the entertainment world, I have NEVER considered Zac Effron as a good entertainer or actor. Not that he's terrible, but he's dry. He's dry in the sense he's a typical young adult playing roles of teenagers in movies that are meant to cater to the age group of say, 9-14. He plays teens in tween movies. He's the "heartbreaker" of the tween fangirls. I mean come on, he's the star of High School Musical. You can't get any more "tween" than that. His image is just as fake as Justin Gerber's confession of being gay.
This is what I thought about Zac Effron. That is, until I saw a sneak peek for a movie called Charlie St. Cloud.
Now this movie stars Zac Effron playing a teen who is really close with his little brother. One day when he drives his little brother back home he somehow ends up in an accident. He survives, but his little brother dies and because of that Zac Effron's character believes its entirely his fault and succumbs to a mixture of grief, denial, and isolation. During this time he walks to the forest everyday to "meet" his little brother and play with him, not realizing that he's denying his brother's absence. Later while out near the dock, the teen meets a girl around his age who shares with him the passion of sailing. They get close to each other until they get closer than friends. With each step closer they get the teen gets closer to reality. But as he gets closer to reality his little brother from his other reality becomes upset with the teen's decision and claims that he's doing it just to forget about him. It's at this point that he is conflicted between his brother's memory, the girl he loves, his family's worry for his future, and himself.
Holy shit, that's many times deeper than High School Musical, huh?
I had a lot of gripes with this movie, so I'll make it short and simple:
1. The progression of the story was very poorly done. It draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaags onnnnnnnnn throughoooout moooooost of iiiiiit AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SPEEDS UP TOO FAST TOWARDS THE END.
2. Unlike the first movie, there was a great lack of action scenes. In fact, there's probably no more than three.
3. The final fight was a huge letdown. The main villain in the film was most possibly the strongest point in the whole film (honestly I thought he was damn good of a bad guy) and he gets defeated in no more than two minutes. And the battle with his drones is probably about five. That was VERY disappointing.
Overall the movie is still somewhat solid. Almost all the characters get some kind of development throughout the film, the visuals were perfect, and the villian, in my opinion, surpasses the villain from the previous movie by far. But the overall feel of the film is like eating a luxurious slice of cake covered in rust. There were many good ideas but most of them weren't excuted as good as they could have been. The only real redeeming factors in this movie is to see a badass villain and to hear the continuously successful bits of humor. So here's my ratings:
Visuals - A
Characters - B+
Story - B-
Execution - D
OVERALL - B-
Let me get one thing straight: ever since his existence in the entertainment world, I have NEVER considered Zac Effron as a good entertainer or actor. Not that he's terrible, but he's dry. He's dry in the sense he's a typical young adult playing roles of teenagers in movies that are meant to cater to the age group of say, 9-14. He plays teens in tween movies. He's the "heartbreaker" of the tween fangirls. I mean come on, he's the star of High School Musical. You can't get any more "tween" than that. His image is just as fake as Justin Gerber's confession of being gay.
This is what I thought about Zac Effron. That is, until I saw a sneak peek for a movie called Charlie St. Cloud.
Now this movie stars Zac Effron playing a teen who is really close with his little brother. One day when he drives his little brother back home he somehow ends up in an accident. He survives, but his little brother dies and because of that Zac Effron's character believes its entirely his fault and succumbs to a mixture of grief, denial, and isolation. During this time he walks to the forest everyday to "meet" his little brother and play with him, not realizing that he's denying his brother's absence. Later while out near the dock, the teen meets a girl around his age who shares with him the passion of sailing. They get close to each other until they get closer than friends. With each step closer they get the teen gets closer to reality. But as he gets closer to reality his little brother from his other reality becomes upset with the teen's decision and claims that he's doing it just to forget about him. It's at this point that he is conflicted between his brother's memory, the girl he loves, his family's worry for his future, and himself.
Holy shit, that's many times deeper than High School Musical, huh?