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This movie retells the same story of Moses from Old Testament but with good visuals and a more realistic approach. I liked the great visuals and the pace of the movie.
Although the screenplay and the acting/character development was not as strong as it could have been. Also there were only two characters that the story explored making the first half a little tedious.
I went to watch this movie with little to no expectations and I had already seen The Ten Commandments and The Prince of Egypt. This turned out to be be good entertainment but nothing spectacular. Although I will again say that the realistic portrayal of the events made the move altogether more enjoyable.
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I was excited to watch this movie because of the opportunity to see more of the penguins personality and movie does not disappoint in that goal. Skipper's confidence brings a smile while Private entertains by his complete devotion to the captain. The other two are busy in gobbling stuff which adds an element of Tom&Jerriness. Dave the villain reminds me of the villain of the Incredibles. He is not pure evil and bring humor scenes which makes one laugh loudly. Specially his "minions" have first names of movie stars and coupling them with action verbs bring out the star's full name. This concept was used in the Hindi movie "Entertainment". I am not sure who copied whom. There are four more central characters of the team - "North Wind". There characters lacked depth and not much was shown about them. That is the reason I rated the movie 7. In the end, the movie is about Private's full acceptance in the team as a valuable soldier. There are moments when you feel that movie lacks originality and there were parallels from the movie "Despicable Me" & "The Incredibles" Overall a good watch with lots of laugh and titillation :)
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It was exactly what I expected essentially. First of all, after reading the book, yes, a lot happens in the third installment, but it does not need to be split up into two movies. They could cut out a lot of the slow parts in the book and easily condense it into one movie. However, since this is clearly just a money making technique, they reserve Part 1 simply for killing time and setting up the action that will come in Part 2. This movie consisted solely of Katniss running around depressed and confused in District 13, struggling with her inner conflict of whether or not to accept her role as the Mockingjay, all the while worrying about the safety of her lover Peeta, a romance that after dragging the movies out over 2 years, is pretty dead and lacks chemistry in my opinion. I think that Jennifer Lawrence is an excellent actress, but it is often very difficult to show Katniss's emotional side in the movies due to the fact that the audience is not nearly as "inside her head" as the first person perspective delivers in the books. Honestly, she just comes off as a mopey hard a**, and gets less and less likable and emotion evoking with each movie.
Like I said, it was good, kept me entertained, but I would probably wait, save the money, and just rent it if you want to see it. Just like Harry Potter 7: Part 1, it's really nothing special and just sets the scene for Part 2. If you've been following this series strictly through the movies, it'll probably do more for you than if you've read the books and already know what's coming.
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Director Nolan woke up one day, and he thought: "21st century needs its own version of 2001: A Space Odyssey". And so, he decided to make Interstellar. Well, I might be exaggerating. After all, 2001: A Space Odyssey was an economical failure in the time of its release, and it was as the years went by that its huge ambition and influence on the science fiction genre was recognized. So, time will tell whether Intersteller deserves to occupy that same cultural niche. But in my personal case, I think Interstellar is a brilliant science fiction film which will stay in my memory for a long time. To start with, the ideas exposed by Interstellar are fascinating, audacious, and they belong to the level of "serious" science fiction we rarely find in mainstream cinema. And besides, the ideas are raised with a certain subtleness which makes them more universal. For example, the catastrophe which threatens humanity is ambiguous on its shape, but clear on its effects; on that way, the screenplay filters an ecological message which doesn't feel as such, but as an integral part of a vast story, letting the audience assimilate it in order to enrich the experience. In the same way, many of the subjects from Interstellar reside on the periphery of the drama, making us seek them instead of having them spoon-fed. The actors make an excellent work in their roles, highlighting Matthew McConaughey and Mackenzie Foy. My only disappointment regarding the cast was the reduced screen-time from Michael Caine and John Lithgow . Both make a perfect work in their roles, and I truly wanted to see them in an "acting duel"... but they only have one brief scene together, and they barely exchange a few words. I also have to mention the beautiful images and space views created by the studio Double Negative. The special effects share the previously mentioned subtleness, discarding the "space porn" from Star Trek or Guardians of the Galaxy in order to implement a more realistic vision, centered on the vision of the astronauts, where we see only what is necessary in order to understand what is happening without distracting us from the human drama which always leads the film. On the negative side of Interstellar, I will only mention three things: to start with, we have the occasionally forced sentimentality from the film, which feels a bit out of place inside the fascinating story; I also felt the late introduction of an unnecessary villain a bit out of place; and finally, I disliked the lacking of "science" in this excellent science fiction film. On the one hand, I understand the fact that Interstellar decided not to spend time with every single "realistic" detail of space travel, but on the other hand, some big licenses are too notorious (for example, the gravitational equation and its relationship with a space phenomenon). Nevertheless, those complaints didn't avoid Interstellar from being a memorable, fascinating and hugely satisfactory experience. So, I don't know whether Interstellar is truly a landmark which will re-define cinematographic science fiction for the following decades, but it's definitely one of the best films I have seen this year, and another example of Nolan's maturity and talent as a filmmaker. I like the science fiction with the emphasis on science, but sometimes, the emotions are more appropriate to tell stories about humanity and hope.
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