Cinderella (5.0 Stars)

If you seen the original Disney Cinderella or you already know the story pretty much you already seen the 2015 version because this one doesn't do anything different.

The story to Cinderella is about Ella's mother who dies but Ella's father remarries and, in order to please him, she does everything to open herself up to the new family. But when her father dies suddenly, her step-mother and sisters waste no time in turning her into their personal servant, rechristening her "Cinderella", as she is always covered in ashes after cleaning. Even with the cruel treatment, she lives by her mothers words to have courage and treat everyone kindly. A chance encounter in the forest will turn her life around - even the meddling of her wicked step-mother cannot stop her destiny.

Cinderella is a story that's been re-done over and over again, maybe it's because the story is so good that it's timeless and nobody will never get sick of it, or maybe it's just Disney wanting money and this is they way of getting it. I think I was like everyone else where I first heard about another Cinderella movie then the first teaser trailer came out and I wasn't hooked at all. Until I came across the critics reviews of the movie giving such high and positive ratings that give me a second thought and I give in a watched it anywhere and it turned out...okay but nothing great as people are putting out to be.

Lily James did a great job playing Cinderella and who ever cast her as Cinderella did a top notch casting. People may have not seen her from anywhere but some may remember her from the boring TV show Downtown Abbey, but I first sawed her from the 2012 movie Fast Girls and I know nobody has not heard of that film which is fine because the movie is pretty forgettable. But anywhere she did good in the movie and I can a bright future ahead for her.

Cate Blanchett as the villain worked in a couple scenes where shes not over the top at times with the cliche laugh that a villain should do, but it's not a cool or a funny laugh it's just a cartoon laugh that took me out of the movie, but let's put that a side and talk about the rest of her performance. Cate Blanchett played the evil stepmother so well that I actually hated her more than the original. She give so much into her character to be the biggest b*tch on the planet and I got to give her a big well done for playing a cold women.

The production Design and the custom designs are the icing on the cake in this movie, because it looks amazing and beautiful and I know it's early to say but when the 2016 Oscars come around again it should get a nomination for those two because it totally deserves it.

Now for problems: Have you every got that feeling when you see a movie that you liked it but your never ever seeing it again well that's this movie. I will never watch this movie again, because it has nothing to re-visit.

The movie doesn't really do anything new or original, no it's the same story and that's why I feel this movie doesn't need to exist and it's kind of pointless and unneeded.

Cinderella 2015 version is overall a mediocre okay movie.

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Clown (3.5 Stars)

Well I enjoyed this messed up movie. Never again would I look at Clowns in the same way after seeing this movie but that get's me thinking, when did I like them in the first place.

The story to Clown is about a father discovers the clown suit and decides to wear it for his son's birthday party. However, he soon discovers that the suit turns the wearer into a killing machine.

Clowns never scared me because I always know it's somebody else in cheap looking make-up trying to make you laugh but really they creeping us out. I have seen many movies and TV shows with scary looking clowns in it and yes I can see why people are scared of them but they never took a big effect on me, until I sawed this and for now on I will stay far way from clowns if possible.

You can hate or like the film Clown if your a horror fan or not, for me I like my horror movies best served cold and freaky, and Clown to me isn't a bad flick. I can see a lot of effort went into the make-up and the design of the monster clown.

To those who have seen the movie did you think for a second that Eli Roth directed this movie, yes I know he stars in the movie but the movie has that style look to it that Eli Roth himself would use and I'm saying that has a positive.

The acting in the movie was surprisingly pretty good from Andy Powers and Laura Allen. The directing as well was pretty good from other horror movies today.

Normally I don't like over the top gore in movies as I think it's a cheap way to get 18 rating or if your american Rated R, and to be honest I didn't get that in this movie for most of the time you don't really see much of guts flying everywhere but most of the after math of what happened.

For problems with the movie I have some like: The characters in the movie are mostly forgettable and I'm not talking about Laura Allen or Andy Powers characters, I mean the other supporting or the background characters that always seem to get screen time which they shouldn't because they stupid and dull to watch.

The movie dose have some cliches that really stick out and I thought we are already pass some of the cliches when it comes to horror movies today, but luckily after a while the movie forgotten the cliches as it went on. Oh remember when I said some of the acting was good well the kid actor was a bit noticeable that he's trying to be scared but I didn't buy it not for one bit.

Besides that Clown overall isn't a bad flick, now some people may not agree with me and that's fine you got a opinion and that's awesome I'm not going to be like those dick heads that start yelling at you for nothing. Well I enjoyed this messed up movie.

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Chappie (3.5 Stars)

Sci-Fi is a tough genre (in my opinion) to crack open and explore. You must have the correct motivation to conspire an audience. Ridley Scott seemed to have perfected this obviously with his cult sensations Aliens, and Blade Runner. After the roaring (albeit stellar) success of Neil Blomkamp's 2009 thriller District 9, I can say my bar for those films were set. That movie would eventually go on to make big bucks, and secure a Best Picture nomination (a very rare accomplishment in this genre of filmmaking). Blomkamp's second film the Matt Damon lead Elysium made for a fun blockbuster-Hollywood popcorn flick that was very dull on the amenities it offered. However following something as astounding as District 9 is no easy feat.

Blomkamp's latest Chappie is (at times) a chaotic mess, filled to the brim with plot-holes that never really resolve themselves and a third act that basically features a chested up Hugh Jackman destroying scenery like it's his job. The overall message of the film does the best it can to stick with the audience, and for the most part I got the jist of the plot, and along the way made a new friend with the lovable, adaptable Chappie.

In the not-so distant future of a dystopic Johannesburg, where a plateau of faceless drones are undergoing the tasks of cleaning up the streets from crime (picture RoboCop). But the inventor Deon (Dev Patel) has greater more noble ambitions. He is working on the world's first crack at true artificial intelligence, a computer that can not only create, but think.

The result is Chappie (voiced by Sharlto Copley), a creature with the body of a killer and a mind of a child. And when Chappie falls into the hands of Ninja and Yolandi - played (at best) as rough distractions by Afrikaans electronic duo Die Antwoord - his future is left to chance. How will he adapt to humanity, or will he be a menace?

There were many areas in which Blomkamp could have used Chappie as a notion of corporate espionage, or nature vs nurture (some themes that come into play throughout the picture). But thanks in large part to the outstanding vocal work by Copley, he gives Chappie that vocal variety which makes him more relatable to us. There are moments of pure emotion that Chappie inflicted upon me, because (in order for this movie to work) you must look at Chappie as he is a child, learning with the world around him, and making new discoveries. That is easily the film's greatest strength-watching Chappie be amazed as any kid would. The humanistic element can make any parent gawk in awe.

However, Chappie does switch between a gangster thug (stealing cars and hurdling ninja stars at police officers) to a broken down sympathetic mess. So at times, it's hard to find balance in the notion if you like Chappie or not, maybe he is just misunderstood. Blomkamp has the right embracing idea with Chappie, a robot with a conscious, and for the most part it works.

Grade: B

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The Shift (5.0 Stars)

Friday, 19 March 2015

I was fortunate to see this movie with a friend who invited me to tag along. My mother has been a hospital nurse her whole life, so I really got into it.

It was also great that there wasn't any profanity or nudity in it. This is a movie that all ages can see without skriming in their chairs from the bad language. The little girl who was dying was great as well as some of the other patients like the big man dying of heart attack and the homeless bum yelling at the desk nurse.

Yes, I give it two thums up. My only critical point would be that it was not long enough. If it was longer, it could have been in the movie theaters.

I would like to have seen what happened to the head male nurse who was arrested in the end. He was really the best in the whole movie.

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Seed (0.5 Stars)

Why dose Uwe Boll keep making movies? seriously they terrible and Seed isn't anything different from his other work that's covered in horse sh't.

The story to Seed is about a mass murderer, is sentenced to death and electrocuted three times on the electric chair. Finally, they declare the still breathing man dead and bury him alive. After he bites and claws his way to the surface he takes revenge on those who wronged him.

I hate Uwe Boll, he's like the Hitler of cinema. To those who don't know, Uwe in real life sounds like a big A-hole and that's coming from the people who worked with him and how horrible and rude he was. So him and his movies are both very sh't.

I would compare Seed to the god awful that was The Human Centipede 2, both films are mindless gore that leads to nowhere and the pure ugliness that is both films.

Proof that Uwe Boll is a total dick: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPgkwRvC1ZM

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Kingsman: The Secret Service (4.0 Stars)

Hello and welcome to Short Paragraph Review #3 (SPR for short!). Today, I look at Kingsmen: The Secret Service!

Ready. Set. GO!!

Kingsman is absolutely fun. Based on the comic by Mark Millar and directed by Matthew Vaughn (kick-Ass), Kingsmen has the same over the top vibe like Kick-Ass but with secret agents instead of wanna be superheroes and it works really good with the film making fun of the spy genre while also paying tribute to the old spy films including James Bond with a fun twist on the whole "Bond gets the girl" moment that was hilarious. The action is great with Matthew's direction going nuts on guns and knives all over the set-pieces with Gazelle, the chick with the shoe blades, being a huge show-stealer alongside with Samuel Jackson and Colin Firth on delivering some very badass moments including the scene where Colin Firth beats the sh*t out of religious fanatics, which it gave me a huge "F*CK YEAH" moment in the theater. There are a few problems like the pacing being a bit sluggish and the story being completely predictable with an obvious third climax but the manic fun, crazy action, wonderful performances and just the sheer great surprise moments all make up for it. Kingsman is a "Kick-Ass" experience (no pun intended) and I recommend this to anyone for a mood on action comedy films until the big boys come out.

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Life According to Sam (4.5 Stars)

What a remarkable boy that Sam Berns was.

Life According to Sam tells the story about Sam Berns when he had progeria, a progressive aging disorder so rare that fewer than 250 children in the world had it at the time. Little was known about the disease, and all children with progeria died of heart attack or stroke at an average age of 13. Told there was no treatment or cure, they refused to accept that as the final verdict.

Now normally I'm not such a big fan of doc*mentary's but a couple of times I will find a interesting and enjoyable one time to time, but I don't really watch that much Doc*mentary's. But what really got me interested in Life According to Sam is the fact when Sam Berns sadly passed away in January 2014 and I heard nothing but great and inspiring things from this kid and a Doc*mentary about him made me inserted to know more from Sam and boy dose this Doc*mentary do it well.

I won't lie but this movie or Doc*mentary if you like to call almost brought me into little tears, yeah I know it's not very manly to admit cracking up in a couple of scenes but since I've always got to be honest when it comes to movie I won't lie that this only most brought me into tears.

Sean Fine and Andrea Nix did a excellent job directing this Doc*mentary with much care and effort that made this more effective to me.

For problems I didn't really have any to be honest. And the reason why I'm not going to give it 5/5 start's is because it's great but not on the level of oh my god this is amazing 5/5 star's, but it's still good without a doubt and if you had the chance to watch this then go ahead it may not be a easy watch sometimes but it's still worth checking.

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