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Youth in Revolt
Youth in Revolt is the 2010 American feature film adaptation of C.D. Payne's epistolary novel of the same name. The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival on September 15, 2009.[1] A wide release is set for January 8, 2010. The film is rated R for sexual content, language, and drug use.
Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) is a cynical sex-obsessed 16-year-old who, while on vacation in a trailer park, meets Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday), an intellectual. The only things really standing in his way are Sheeni's poetry-writing ex-boyfriend Trent (Jonathan B. Wright), Nick's temperamental divorced parents (Steve Buscemi and Jean Smart), and Nick's mom's boyfriends (Zach Galifianakis and Ray Liotta). When Nick realizes she is not interested, he comes up with an alter-ego, named Francois, who resembles Nick, but has blue eyes, a mustache, a deeper voice, and a player/bad boy attitude to help him with his pursuit of Sheeni. But when Francois ends up making Nick a wanted criminal, everything spins out of control.
The film currently holds an 83% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 6 reviews.[2]
The film was in production as of February 6, 2009 when re-shoots were being filmed in Shreveport, LA. Newcomer Portia Doubleday has been cast as Nick's love interest Sheeni; Steve Buscemi as George, Nick's greedy and temperamental father; Jean Smart as Estelle, Nick's erratic mother; and Ray Liotta as Estelle's fascist boyfriend Oakland PD Officer Lance Wescott.[3]
Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) is a cynical sex-obsessed 16-year-old who, while on vacation in a trailer park, meets Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday), an intellectual. The only things really standing in his way are Sheeni's poetry-writing ex-boyfriend Trent (Jonathan B. Wright), Nick's temperamental divorced parents (Steve Buscemi and Jean Smart), and Nick's mom's boyfriends (Zach Galifianakis and Ray Liotta). When Nick realizes she is not interested, he comes up with an alter-ego, named Francois, who resembles Nick, but has blue eyes, a mustache, a deeper voice, and a player/bad boy attitude to help him with his pursuit of Sheeni. But when Francois ends up making Nick a wanted criminal, everything spins out of control.
The film currently holds an 83% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 6 reviews.[2]
The film was in production as of February 6, 2009 when re-shoots were being filmed in Shreveport, LA. Newcomer Portia Doubleday has been cast as Nick's love interest Sheeni; Steve Buscemi as George, Nick's greedy and temperamental father; Jean Smart as Estelle, Nick's erratic mother; and Ray Liotta as Estelle's fascist boyfriend Oakland PD Officer Lance Wescott.[3]
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus review
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is an upcoming fantasy film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam and Charles McKeown. The film follows the leader of a travelling theatre troupe who, having made a deal with the Devil, takes audience members through a magical mirror to explore their imaginations.
The film's world premiere was during the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, out of competition.[2] The film received a PG-13 rating for "violent images, some sensuality, language and smoking." and will receive a 12A rating in the UK for strong language and some violent scenes.
The UK release for the film was due to release on 6 June 2009 but pushed back to 16 October 2009 due to the successful premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
In the present day, immortal 1,000-year-old Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) leads a traveling theatre troupe—including a sleight of hand expert, Anton (Andrew Garfield), and a dwarf, Percy (Verne Troyer)—that offers audience members a chance to go beyond reality through a magical mirror in his possession.[3] Parnassus had been able to guide the imagination of others through a deal with the Devil (Tom Waits), who now comes to collect on the arrangement,[4] targeting the doctor's daughter (Lily Cole). The troupe, which is joined by a mysterious outsider named Tony (portrayed by Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell),[5] embark through parallel worlds to rescue the girl.[6]
The film's world premiere was during the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, out of competition.[2] The film received a PG-13 rating for "violent images, some sensuality, language and smoking." and will receive a 12A rating in the UK for strong language and some violent scenes.
The UK release for the film was due to release on 6 June 2009 but pushed back to 16 October 2009 due to the successful premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
In the present day, immortal 1,000-year-old Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) leads a traveling theatre troupe—including a sleight of hand expert, Anton (Andrew Garfield), and a dwarf, Percy (Verne Troyer)—that offers audience members a chance to go beyond reality through a magical mirror in his possession.[3] Parnassus had been able to guide the imagination of others through a deal with the Devil (Tom Waits), who now comes to collect on the arrangement,[4] targeting the doctor's daughter (Lily Cole). The troupe, which is joined by a mysterious outsider named Tony (portrayed by Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell),[5] embark through parallel worlds to rescue the girl.[6]
Daybreakers movie review
Daybreakers is a sci-fi vampire film written and directed by Peter and Michael Spierig.[4] The film stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill. Daybreakers was released in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2010 and was released in North America on January 8, 2010.[5]
In November 2004, Lionsgate acquired the script to Daybreakers, written by Peter and Michael Spierig. The brothers, who directed Undead (2003), were attached to direct Daybreakers.[6] In September 2006, the brothers received financing from Film Finance Corporation Australia, with production set to take place in Queensland.[7] In May 2007, actor Ethan Hawke was cast into the lead role.[8] Later in the month, Sam Neill joined the cast. Daybreakers began filming in Gold Coast, Queensland at Warner Bros. Movie World studios on July 16, 2007.[9] Weta Workshop created the creature effects.[8] The production budget was $21 million, with the State Government contributing $1 million to the filmmakers.[10] Principal photography was completed on schedule in September 2007, with reshoots following to extend key sequences.[11]
Hawke described the film as an allegory of man's pacing with natural resources, "We're eating our own resources so people are trying to come up with blood substitutes, trying to get us off of foreign humans."[12] The actor also said that despite the serious allegory, the film was "low art" and "completely unpretentious and silly".[13]
The film received favorable to mixed reviews. It currently holds a 64% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 88 reviews,[16] as well as a score of 60 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 27 reviews.[17] Variety gave the film a negative review stating the film had a "cold, steely blue, black and gray "Matrix"-y look" going on to say Daybreakers "emerges as a competent but routine chase thriller that lacks attention-getting dialogue, unique characters or memorable setpieces that might make it a genre keeper rather than a polished time-filler."[18] Rolling Stone gave the film two and a half out of four stars and called the film a B movie and a "nifty genre piece".[19]
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BOTTOM LINE: Boring, long-winded, lifeless and corny, "New Moon" takes an otherwise good idea and creates a far below average film experience, with a love story that is excruciating to watch in its self-absorbed and clunky melodrama.
THE GOOD: "New Moon" starts with a strong and unique concept for a vampire film, thanks to the book upon which it is based. In this sequel, Bella (Kristen Stewart) is torn between her love for vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) and werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner), while delving in to their worlds and the factors in which they are opposed. The film builds on its predecessor by expanding the love story and the world, and this is helped somewhat by the better technical execution of the images and editing; "New Moon" looks and feels more like a film than Twilight, with some clever filmmaking techniques such as the 360 degree camera move on Bella as she transitions through months of depression after Edward leaves her. If nothing else, "New Moon" is technically more accomplished than its predecessor.
THE BAD: The bad points for this film are almost too many to compress in to this review. Structurally, the film is something of a mess; it would seem the spine of it is the love triangle between Edward, Jacob and Bella but the film moves between this and other subplots with jarring transitions. Edward and Bella are doing great in the beginning, and then we are brought to one scene where he breaks up with her, without much warning except for a couple of perfunctory and arbitrary lines of dialogue explaining Edward's actions. We then spend an inordinate amount of time on the developing relationship between Bella and Jacob, with both eventually spouting their words of love in some of the most long-winded and corny sequences in cinematic history, with dialogue worse than a soap opera, and blatant "look-at-me" shots of poor Taylor Lautner walking around without his shirt on. It then gets worse when the vampires return, again an arbitrary transition in story, and Bella finds she has to save Edward from a rather nasty death at the hands of the vampire elite in Rome. Again, more long winded sequences, culminating in Edward spouting how Bella is the best and only thing in his world, yada-yada-yada...
Both Edward and Jacob are clearly suffering in their passion for Bella, but unfortunately this is completely unbelievable because Bella, as played by Kirsten Stewart, is one of the most boring and lifeless heroines committed to film. It is hard to imagine why any one would be that passionate over someone so average. Stewart's performance is so lifeless that all of her character's motivations seem stupid, particularly her 'junkie' tricks of doing dangerous things to keep Edward near her in spirit. The story being told in this film relies on performances to carry it dramatically, and the actors here have either been given no direction, not much to work with, or they checked their skills at the door when production started. All of this combined makes for a film that can be at times excruciating to watch in its corny silliness.
If the film had thirty minutes cut from the running time it may have worked better, but not much. What is astonishing above all of this is that no one on the production of this film ever noticed how bad a product they were making. There is no excuse for this, given the resources behind the film and the seemingly good story implied in the plot. Or maybe they did not care; after all, the fans have spoken and the film is a huge hit.
For the original review, follow this link: http://www.allaboutmovies.net/filmreviewnewmoon.htm
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In November 2004, Lionsgate acquired the script to Daybreakers, written by Peter and Michael Spierig. The brothers, who directed Undead (2003), were attached to direct Daybreakers.[6] In September 2006, the brothers received financing from Film Finance Corporation Australia, with production set to take place in Queensland.[7] In May 2007, actor Ethan Hawke was cast into the lead role.[8] Later in the month, Sam Neill joined the cast. Daybreakers began filming in Gold Coast, Queensland at Warner Bros. Movie World studios on July 16, 2007.[9] Weta Workshop created the creature effects.[8] The production budget was $21 million, with the State Government contributing $1 million to the filmmakers.[10] Principal photography was completed on schedule in September 2007, with reshoots following to extend key sequences.[11]
Hawke described the film as an allegory of man's pacing with natural resources, "We're eating our own resources so people are trying to come up with blood substitutes, trying to get us off of foreign humans."[12] The actor also said that despite the serious allegory, the film was "low art" and "completely unpretentious and silly".[13]
The film received favorable to mixed reviews. It currently holds a 64% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 88 reviews,[16] as well as a score of 60 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 27 reviews.[17] Variety gave the film a negative review stating the film had a "cold, steely blue, black and gray "Matrix"-y look" going on to say Daybreakers "emerges as a competent but routine chase thriller that lacks attention-getting dialogue, unique characters or memorable setpieces that might make it a genre keeper rather than a polished time-filler."[18] Rolling Stone gave the film two and a half out of four stars and called the film a B movie and a "nifty genre piece".[19]
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3. Watch Daybreakers Online Free
December 25, 2009
Watch Daybreakers OnlineAre you trying to watch Daybreakers online? It is true that Daybreakers is a motion picture that is to be released in the coming year. That's right, this latest electric motion picture will be made available on the 8th January 2010. Thedirection of this movie was carried out in Australia in 2007. It will be released in United Kingdom & North America this January and is set to send ripples throughout the box office. If you are not able to visit a cinema then you can find the internet to watch this film directly from the ease of your own home. Nowadays, it is possible to ... (read more)
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BOTTOM LINE: Boring, long-winded, lifeless and corny, "New Moon" takes an otherwise good idea and creates a far below average film experience, with a love story that is excruciating to watch in its self-absorbed and clunky melodrama.
THE GOOD: "New Moon" starts with a strong and unique concept for a vampire film, thanks to the book upon which it is based. In this sequel, Bella (Kristen Stewart) is torn between her love for vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) and werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner), while delving in to their worlds and the factors in which they are opposed. The film builds on its predecessor by expanding the love story and the world, and this is helped somewhat by the better technical execution of the images and editing; "New Moon" looks and feels more like a film than Twilight, with some clever filmmaking techniques such as the 360 degree camera move on Bella as she transitions through months of depression after Edward leaves her. If nothing else, "New Moon" is technically more accomplished than its predecessor.
THE BAD: The bad points for this film are almost too many to compress in to this review. Structurally, the film is something of a mess; it would seem the spine of it is the love triangle between Edward, Jacob and Bella but the film moves between this and other subplots with jarring transitions. Edward and Bella are doing great in the beginning, and then we are brought to one scene where he breaks up with her, without much warning except for a couple of perfunctory and arbitrary lines of dialogue explaining Edward's actions. We then spend an inordinate amount of time on the developing relationship between Bella and Jacob, with both eventually spouting their words of love in some of the most long-winded and corny sequences in cinematic history, with dialogue worse than a soap opera, and blatant "look-at-me" shots of poor Taylor Lautner walking around without his shirt on. It then gets worse when the vampires return, again an arbitrary transition in story, and Bella finds she has to save Edward from a rather nasty death at the hands of the vampire elite in Rome. Again, more long winded sequences, culminating in Edward spouting how Bella is the best and only thing in his world, yada-yada-yada...
Both Edward and Jacob are clearly suffering in their passion for Bella, but unfortunately this is completely unbelievable because Bella, as played by Kirsten Stewart, is one of the most boring and lifeless heroines committed to film. It is hard to imagine why any one would be that passionate over someone so average. Stewart's performance is so lifeless that all of her character's motivations seem stupid, particularly her 'junkie' tricks of doing dangerous things to keep Edward near her in spirit. The story being told in this film relies on performances to carry it dramatically, and the actors here have either been given no direction, not much to work with, or they checked their skills at the door when production started. All of this combined makes for a film that can be at times excruciating to watch in its corny silliness.
If the film had thirty minutes cut from the running time it may have worked better, but not much. What is astonishing above all of this is that no one on the production of this film ever noticed how bad a product they were making. There is no excuse for this, given the resources behind the film and the seemingly good story implied in the plot. Or maybe they did not care; after all, the fans have spoken and the film is a huge hit.
For the original review, follow this link: http://www.allaboutmovies.net/filmreviewnewmoon.htm
Todd Murphy is a staff reviewer at the film/DVD review web site, http://www.allaboutmovies.net - for all the latest reviews on the newest releases.
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Film Review - The Twilight Saga - New Moon (2009)
BOTTOM LINE: Boring, long-winded, lifeless and corny, "New Moon" takes an otherwise good idea and creates a far below average film experience, with a love story that is excruciating to watch in its self-absorbed and clunky melodrama.
THE GOOD: "New Moon" starts with a strong and unique concept for a vampire film, thanks to the book upon which it is based. In this sequel, Bella (Kristen Stewart) is torn between her love for vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) and werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner), while delving in to their worlds and the factors in which they are opposed. The film builds on its predecessor by expanding the love story and the world, and this is helped somewhat by the better technical execution of the images and editing; "New Moon" looks and feels more like a film than Twilight, with some clever filmmaking techniques such as the 360 degree camera move on Bella as she transitions through months of depression after Edward leaves her. If nothing else, "New Moon" is technically more accomplished than its predecessor.
THE BAD: The bad points for this film are almost too many to compress in to this review. Structurally, the film is something of a mess; it would seem the spine of it is the love triangle between Edward, Jacob and Bella but the film moves between this and other subplots with jarring transitions. Edward and Bella are doing great in the beginning, and then we are brought to one scene where he breaks up with her, without much warning except for a couple of perfunctory and arbitrary lines of dialogue explaining Edward's actions. We then spend an inordinate amount of time on the developing relationship between Bella and Jacob, with both eventually spouting their words of love in some of the most long-winded and corny sequences in cinematic history, with dialogue worse than a soap opera, and blatant "look-at-me" shots of poor Taylor Lautner walking around without his shirt on. It then gets worse when the vampires return, again an arbitrary transition in story, and Bella finds she has to save Edward from a rather nasty death at the hands of the vampire elite in Rome. Again, more long winded sequences, culminating in Edward spouting how Bella is the best and only thing in his world, yada-yada-yada...
Both Edward and Jacob are clearly suffering in their passion for Bella, but unfortunately this is completely unbelievable because Bella, as played by Kirsten Stewart, is one of the most boring and lifeless heroines committed to film. It is hard to imagine why any one would be that passionate over someone so average. Stewart's performance is so lifeless that all of her character's motivations seem stupid, particularly her 'junkie' tricks of doing dangerous things to keep Edward near her in spirit. The story being told in this film relies on performances to carry it dramatically, and the actors here have either been given no direction, not much to work with, or they checked their skills at the door when production started. All of this combined makes for a film that can be at times excruciating to watch in its corny silliness.
If the film had thirty minutes cut from the running time it may have worked better, but not much. What is astonishing above all of this is that no one on the production of this film ever noticed how bad a product they were making. There is no excuse for this, given the resources behind the film and the seemingly good story implied in the plot. Or maybe they did not care; after all, the fans have spoken and the film is a huge hit.
For the original review, follow this link: http://www.allaboutmovies.net/filmreviewnewmoon.htm
Todd Murphy is a staff reviewer at the film/DVD review web site, http://www.allaboutmovies.net - for all the latest reviews on the newest releases.
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THE GOOD: "New Moon" starts with a strong and unique concept for a vampire film, thanks to the book upon which it is based. In this sequel, Bella (Kristen Stewart) is torn between her love for vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) and werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner), while delving in to their worlds and the factors in which they are opposed. The film builds on its predecessor by expanding the love story and the world, and this is helped somewhat by the better technical execution of the images and editing; "New Moon" looks and feels more like a film than Twilight, with some clever filmmaking techniques such as the 360 degree camera move on Bella as she transitions through months of depression after Edward leaves her. If nothing else, "New Moon" is technically more accomplished than its predecessor.
THE BAD: The bad points for this film are almost too many to compress in to this review. Structurally, the film is something of a mess; it would seem the spine of it is the love triangle between Edward, Jacob and Bella but the film moves between this and other subplots with jarring transitions. Edward and Bella are doing great in the beginning, and then we are brought to one scene where he breaks up with her, without much warning except for a couple of perfunctory and arbitrary lines of dialogue explaining Edward's actions. We then spend an inordinate amount of time on the developing relationship between Bella and Jacob, with both eventually spouting their words of love in some of the most long-winded and corny sequences in cinematic history, with dialogue worse than a soap opera, and blatant "look-at-me" shots of poor Taylor Lautner walking around without his shirt on. It then gets worse when the vampires return, again an arbitrary transition in story, and Bella finds she has to save Edward from a rather nasty death at the hands of the vampire elite in Rome. Again, more long winded sequences, culminating in Edward spouting how Bella is the best and only thing in his world, yada-yada-yada...
Both Edward and Jacob are clearly suffering in their passion for Bella, but unfortunately this is completely unbelievable because Bella, as played by Kirsten Stewart, is one of the most boring and lifeless heroines committed to film. It is hard to imagine why any one would be that passionate over someone so average. Stewart's performance is so lifeless that all of her character's motivations seem stupid, particularly her 'junkie' tricks of doing dangerous things to keep Edward near her in spirit. The story being told in this film relies on performances to carry it dramatically, and the actors here have either been given no direction, not much to work with, or they checked their skills at the door when production started. All of this combined makes for a film that can be at times excruciating to watch in its corny silliness.
If the film had thirty minutes cut from the running time it may have worked better, but not much. What is astonishing above all of this is that no one on the production of this film ever noticed how bad a product they were making. There is no excuse for this, given the resources behind the film and the seemingly good story implied in the plot. Or maybe they did not care; after all, the fans have spoken and the film is a huge hit.
For the original review, follow this link: http://www.allaboutmovies.net/filmreviewnewmoon.htm
Todd Murphy is a staff reviewer at the film/DVD review web site, http://www.allaboutmovies.net - for all the latest reviews on the newest releases.
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Nine - Movie Review
"Nine"
My 0-10 rating: 7
Genre: Musical, Romance
Director: Rob Marshall
Screenplay: Michael Tolkin, Anthony Minghella, based on the 1982 musical show, inspired by Frederico Fellini's 1963 film "8 1/2"
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench,
Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren
Time: 1 hr., 58 min.
Rating: PG-13 (sexual content)
With relentless high octane glitz, ritz and supercharged dazzle of the Italian glory days of cinema, "Nine" has the megawattage gut energy that will leave you helplessly entertained.
But, you've noticed, the critical reviews nationally haven't been great. Why? Well, y'see, if you must measure the quality of a movie by its plot and character depth, don't even bother checking in on this one. That ain't what it is. This is style, not substance, and whether in movies, theater, politics, or just personal communication, guess which one always wins.
No, we're talking red hot showmanship and dazzling delivery here, immersed in a cultural display of the times with such smash and dash that you'll find yourself still holding onto your first handful of popcorn after ten minutes in.
This treatment, indeed, is the heartbeat of the film, creating enormous energy from only basic material, much as do the character celebrities within it. Some may argue that this is little more than a series of musical vignettes, each creating on its own. Perhaps, but irrelevant. At the film audience stimulation level, it's wild.
Each and every star seems primed and bursting with the aplomb and delivery required, and much more. Stars to whom we hadn't previously associated singing talent blast forth here with piercing power. The production numbers are not especially paced for dramatic effect; they just vibrate on their own from high tension to high tension. In effect, the film has made full-length feature out of film previews. And hey, it works.
Emotional connections? No, that's not what this about.
With but a token salute to Frederico Fellini's 1963 film "8 1/2," "Nine" sprawls across the screen with every intent to fill every frame to every corner with sexy spectacle and/or quick-energizing dialogue in the show people-speak of the glittering stage. In an almost indifferent storyline, if plot is what you must have, the 1965 setting offers a middle-aged Italian director going through a mental block in his creative genius.
It all opens at Rome's Cinecitta Film Studios where famed director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) winds his way to the huge Stage Five as his fiercely loyal coterie of lovers, stage hands and what would later be called groupies hover in his glorious presence. He is only too aware that the movie that is about to be filmed, "Italia" (his ninth, and so the title), has as yet not even been written. Yet here he is facing the press and his idolizing hordes.
When one of the reporters, in the context of Contini's last two box office bombs, asks him, "Have you run out of things to say?" he knows he better withdraw from the moment and start to face himself. Escaping to a seaside resort, in typical Italian celebrity tradition, he tells his wife (Marion Cotillard) to remain at home all the while as he arranges to see exclusively his sizzling mistress Carla (Penelope Cruz) who sets the place glowing with her "A Call from the Vatican" number.
Among Contini's closest woman are also provocative singer Claudia (Nicole Kidman) -- and his mother (Sophia Loren). They provide the nucleus of his relationships, although he is made constantly aware of the hard fact that in real life they are quite the independent women, none bending readily to his will.
So the "plot" unashamedly lets itself rest on Contini's mental block in creativity. Who cares, anyway.
Just come and flow with it.
Marty Meltz, http://www.martymoviereviews.com, was the 30-year films critic for the Award-winning Maine Sunday Telegram until his column was budget-cut on Dec. 31, 2007.
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My 0-10 rating: 7
Genre: Musical, Romance
Director: Rob Marshall
Screenplay: Michael Tolkin, Anthony Minghella, based on the 1982 musical show, inspired by Frederico Fellini's 1963 film "8 1/2"
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench,
Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren
Time: 1 hr., 58 min.
Rating: PG-13 (sexual content)
With relentless high octane glitz, ritz and supercharged dazzle of the Italian glory days of cinema, "Nine" has the megawattage gut energy that will leave you helplessly entertained.
But, you've noticed, the critical reviews nationally haven't been great. Why? Well, y'see, if you must measure the quality of a movie by its plot and character depth, don't even bother checking in on this one. That ain't what it is. This is style, not substance, and whether in movies, theater, politics, or just personal communication, guess which one always wins.
No, we're talking red hot showmanship and dazzling delivery here, immersed in a cultural display of the times with such smash and dash that you'll find yourself still holding onto your first handful of popcorn after ten minutes in.
This treatment, indeed, is the heartbeat of the film, creating enormous energy from only basic material, much as do the character celebrities within it. Some may argue that this is little more than a series of musical vignettes, each creating on its own. Perhaps, but irrelevant. At the film audience stimulation level, it's wild.
Each and every star seems primed and bursting with the aplomb and delivery required, and much more. Stars to whom we hadn't previously associated singing talent blast forth here with piercing power. The production numbers are not especially paced for dramatic effect; they just vibrate on their own from high tension to high tension. In effect, the film has made full-length feature out of film previews. And hey, it works.
Emotional connections? No, that's not what this about.
With but a token salute to Frederico Fellini's 1963 film "8 1/2," "Nine" sprawls across the screen with every intent to fill every frame to every corner with sexy spectacle and/or quick-energizing dialogue in the show people-speak of the glittering stage. In an almost indifferent storyline, if plot is what you must have, the 1965 setting offers a middle-aged Italian director going through a mental block in his creative genius.
It all opens at Rome's Cinecitta Film Studios where famed director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) winds his way to the huge Stage Five as his fiercely loyal coterie of lovers, stage hands and what would later be called groupies hover in his glorious presence. He is only too aware that the movie that is about to be filmed, "Italia" (his ninth, and so the title), has as yet not even been written. Yet here he is facing the press and his idolizing hordes.
When one of the reporters, in the context of Contini's last two box office bombs, asks him, "Have you run out of things to say?" he knows he better withdraw from the moment and start to face himself. Escaping to a seaside resort, in typical Italian celebrity tradition, he tells his wife (Marion Cotillard) to remain at home all the while as he arranges to see exclusively his sizzling mistress Carla (Penelope Cruz) who sets the place glowing with her "A Call from the Vatican" number.
Among Contini's closest woman are also provocative singer Claudia (Nicole Kidman) -- and his mother (Sophia Loren). They provide the nucleus of his relationships, although he is made constantly aware of the hard fact that in real life they are quite the independent women, none bending readily to his will.
So the "plot" unashamedly lets itself rest on Contini's mental block in creativity. Who cares, anyway.
Just come and flow with it.
Marty Meltz, http://www.martymoviereviews.com, was the 30-year films critic for the Award-winning Maine Sunday Telegram until his column was budget-cut on Dec. 31, 2007.
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Alvin and the Chipmunks
Created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. in 1958, Alvin and the Chipmunks is a five time Grammy Award winning animated music group. The group consisted of three talking chipmunks (Alvin, the mischievous trouble maker, Simon, the smart one with glasses and Theodore, the chubby sweetheart). In the past, the chipmunks were shown as cartoons and now they are shown in a full length movie as anthropomorphic chipmunks.
The movie begins in a tree farm where the three chipmunks are storing acorns for the winter whilst singing 'Bad Day' (by Daniel Powter). Seconds later their tree is cut down and taken to Los Angeles where it is place in the middle of Jett Records recording company and fitted with tinsel and wrapping and Christmas decorations. They abandon the tree and jump into the basket of Dave Seville (who is a songwriter) only to be thrown into a trashcan with the basket.
After escaping from the trashcan and messing up his entire house the chipmunks are discovered and thrown outside. They stand next to the window and sing a song. Dave opens the window and lets them in. He then explains to them that they must sing his song to stay there for the night. Even though they make Dave lose his job and girlfriend, they become the biggest pop sensation the world had ever seen and give Dave his job and his girlfriend back. But shortly after their first performance the record executive Ian Hawke begins to break the family up. Hawke takes the chipmunks on tour not realizing the damage he is doing to their vocal cords. Meanwhile what is Dave doing? And what will happen to his little family?
This movie was one of the funniest I have ever come across and I would love to see it again and again.
Here are some memorable quotes from the movie that I loved
David Seville: [picks up a sandwich from the floor]
Simon: we put a few toaster waffles aside for winter
Theodore: and we're not sharing!
David Seville: guys, we're gonna have food all winter so if you start storing it, it's gonna get gross and we're gonna have rodent - ...
Simon: [looks at dave]
Theodore: [looks at dave]
Alvin: [looks at dave]
David Seville: bad you know... non-talking rodents around here
David Seville: [sees Theodore eating something small and brown] Whoa Theodore, did you just-?
Alvin: Relax Dave, it's just a raisin.
David Seville: Prove it.
Alvin: [swipes the 'raisin' and eats it] Mmm-hmm.
David Seville: Okay.
Alvin: [he leaves]
Alvin: [quickly spits it out and points a finger at Theodore] Dude, you owe me big time!
Theodore: Oh...
David Seville: Chipmunks don't talk.
Simon: Our lips are moving and words are coming out.
Alvin: [during a chase] They'll never take us alive!
Simon: [in the cat carrier] They just did take us alive, Alvin!
Alvin: Don't ya wish yo girlfriend was hot like me? Don't ya wish yo girlfriend was a freak like me?
Alvin: [Dave opens dishwasher] AH!
David Seville: Get out.
Alvin: I'm waiting for the rinse cycle!
I highly recommend this movie, it was catchy and funny all rolled into one memorable movie.
Tsoof and Eden love to download full movies from the Internet.
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The movie begins in a tree farm where the three chipmunks are storing acorns for the winter whilst singing 'Bad Day' (by Daniel Powter). Seconds later their tree is cut down and taken to Los Angeles where it is place in the middle of Jett Records recording company and fitted with tinsel and wrapping and Christmas decorations. They abandon the tree and jump into the basket of Dave Seville (who is a songwriter) only to be thrown into a trashcan with the basket.
After escaping from the trashcan and messing up his entire house the chipmunks are discovered and thrown outside. They stand next to the window and sing a song. Dave opens the window and lets them in. He then explains to them that they must sing his song to stay there for the night. Even though they make Dave lose his job and girlfriend, they become the biggest pop sensation the world had ever seen and give Dave his job and his girlfriend back. But shortly after their first performance the record executive Ian Hawke begins to break the family up. Hawke takes the chipmunks on tour not realizing the damage he is doing to their vocal cords. Meanwhile what is Dave doing? And what will happen to his little family?
This movie was one of the funniest I have ever come across and I would love to see it again and again.
Here are some memorable quotes from the movie that I loved
David Seville: [picks up a sandwich from the floor]
Simon: we put a few toaster waffles aside for winter
Theodore: and we're not sharing!
David Seville: guys, we're gonna have food all winter so if you start storing it, it's gonna get gross and we're gonna have rodent - ...
Simon: [looks at dave]
Theodore: [looks at dave]
Alvin: [looks at dave]
David Seville: bad you know... non-talking rodents around here
David Seville: [sees Theodore eating something small and brown] Whoa Theodore, did you just-?
Alvin: Relax Dave, it's just a raisin.
David Seville: Prove it.
Alvin: [swipes the 'raisin' and eats it] Mmm-hmm.
David Seville: Okay.
Alvin: [he leaves]
Alvin: [quickly spits it out and points a finger at Theodore] Dude, you owe me big time!
Theodore: Oh...
David Seville: Chipmunks don't talk.
Simon: Our lips are moving and words are coming out.
Alvin: [during a chase] They'll never take us alive!
Simon: [in the cat carrier] They just did take us alive, Alvin!
Alvin: Don't ya wish yo girlfriend was hot like me? Don't ya wish yo girlfriend was a freak like me?
Alvin: [Dave opens dishwasher] AH!
David Seville: Get out.
Alvin: I'm waiting for the rinse cycle!
I highly recommend this movie, it was catchy and funny all rolled into one memorable movie.
Tsoof and Eden love to download full movies from the Internet.
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