The Word of mAn[S]o0r

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Now that was a trip down memory lane. One of my favourite TV show back when i was a kid has just been redone with really good animation. The plot itself, while not that interesting, doesn’t really bother with the real meat of the story, the reunion of the brothers, following leonardo’s departure from the group on leadership training. Or was it supposed to be the other way round?

Nicely done, good graphics, and with michealangelo making his usual funny quips, a really good experience overall. Funnily, there was no mention of pizza in the movie though.

Link: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Immortal

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50 First Dates

Nothing great to write about here. The typical feel good chic flick. Set on the islands of Hawaii, Drew Barrymore plays a local island girl who, after a bad accident, looses her ability to preserve short term memory and forgets every day as soon as she goes to sleep. Her dad, brother and other island locals help her stay happy by replaying the same day again and again. Adam Sandler, who likes to show female tourists a good time, see’s her and falls in love with her. The catch? Every day he has to make her fall in love with him all over again. However, its really interesting to see all the ways that he tries.

Link: 50 First Dates

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The Darwin Awards

Based on the awards given post-humously to people who find the most creative way to die, the darwin awards is an interesting mix of comedy, love and good old fashioned time pass. The plot is based on an ex profiler for the SFPD, Micheal Burrows, who got kicked off the force for letting a serial killer escape. During his day job, micheal was interested in following the darwin awards, and once off the force, he decides to profile cases of possible darwin awards for an insurance company potentially saving them millions in liability. As part of his deal with the company, he has to partner with a claims investigator, and travel around the country. His travels take him to many interesting cases where he puts his profiling abilities to use to investigate how the crime had originally occurred.

Oh and micheal has a rare disorder. He faints at the sight of blood! Which is why he got kicked off the force in the first place, he punched the serial killer, blood came out of his nose and micheal fainted, while the killer ran off.

And there’s a university student (played by fezz from that 70s show) making a documentary on his life!

Link: The Darwin Awards

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The Departed

This movie, i was forced into buying by a friend who just couldnt stop praising it. This coming from a guy who has a 300+ movie collection! And boy was i glad i did. Again, this movie is not for the faint hearted! Blood and gore runs amok! Till the very end it keeps you on edge, like you’re sitting on a roller coaster. The plot has so many twists and turns.

The story revolves around the FBI trying to bring down a mob boss. This particular mob boss, however, has a mole inside the FBI who tips him off and therefore he doesn’t get caught. So the FBI places its own mole inside the mob boss’s organization. The problem starts when both the FBI and the mob boss discover that they have moles and try to flush them out.

Leonardo di caprio, again gives a full thumbs up performance, pulling off the role without a hitch.

Link: The Departed

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Blood Diamond

The good thing about this movie is the cinematography. They have managed to capture the war torn nature of Sierra Leone perfectly. (This coming from someone who has not seen a war torn area apart from on TV). Leonardo Di Caprio is simply amazing, and has come a long way from his titanic days. He can deliver a stunning, heart capturing performance without making it seem as if he’s trying. The family drama, which plays out during the movie is heart wrenching! The scenes are enough to make you want to jump up and do something to help them.

The only down point i think here is the length of the movie, which clocks well over 2 hours. At the end, you pretty much start hating diamonds and remember to ask where they come from the next time you go diamond shopping. That point definitely hit home here.

Link:Blood Diamond

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PPH suggested i write movie reviews for the ones i’ve seen in the last couple of days, so here goes nothing!

300

Absolutely one of the best movies i’ve seen in a very long time! The plot revolves around 300 soldiers from sparta defending their homeland against the persian invaders. This movie is by no means for the faint hearted, with lots of blood and gore and severred body parts. One of the best lines from the movie was the king saying “theres no reason we cant be civil” while his soldiers were killing off the remaining surviving persian warriers by stabbing them in the heart.

The movie is very aesthetically done, some may say even artistically, but the only thing it does is to highten the effect of each scene. And once the fighting scenes begin, you cant even sit straight in your seat! they’re that addicting! Definitely a must watch!

Link: 300

update: i mistakenly named this movie, “last stand of 300″which i later discovered is a TV series based around the same event. thankyou clearout for clearing this up

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