Pirates! Band of Misfits (Hugh Grant, Brenden Gleeson, Imelda Staunton)
08 May 2012 Leave a Comment
I went to see this movie with the thought in my mind that it would be- at best- a little whimsical and funny. It would be -at worst- stupid and not making sense at all. Surprisingly, it was a little in between both, leaning more towards the former. Though a good idea at the start, it eventually became a little confusing. It was about Pirate Captain (Grant) a, well, pirate captain and he is a bit of a wimp with a parrot that is really a dodo. He hasn’t collected any ‘booty’ which (apparently) is the currency in the land of pirates. When the Pirate of The Year contest rolls around, he is determined to transform his ragtag team and go after any ship in sight, searching for gold. He reaches several duds of ships (one of which is a ghost ship), until finally boarding the ship of Charles Darwin, renowned English scientist. Pirate Captain, after finding no gold on Mr. Darwin’s ship, decides to make him walk the plank. Just as he is about to, Darwin realizes that Polly (the ‘parrot) is actually the rare dodo! So after about 5 minutes, Darwin convinces Pirate Captain to enter Polly into the Science of The Year award. After a long montage of going across a map, they arrive in London an enter the Pirate Captain in to the Science Award contest. He shows Polly to the science community, he wins, and gets an audience with the queen, the known nemesis of the pirates! (Gasp). Well, this post is verrrrry long, so I will (for the first time) do a two-part post!
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Mirror, Mirror (Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Nathan Lane)
24 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
I went to go see this movie, and I was expecting it to be pretty good. Well, it was horrible. It kept switching plots rapidly, from her father’s strange disappearance, and then to the prince, who appears into the plot in his underwear, and then to the rebel seven dwarves with names I can’t even remember, and then to the weird magic mirror that the queen has, then to the disgusting beauty treatment that the queen has, and so on until you are quite dizzy. And, I went to the bathroom during the movie, which is a bad sign because if the movie is good then I will not move from my comfy seat. Thus, I left. Again, it was very bad plot quality, but the only good thing was the costumes. They were made in honor of a japanese costume-maker, I’m not sure of the name. Though, the royal blue dress with gigantic orange bow on the back was a no-no. I give it * *.
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The Lorax (Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Danny Devito)
07 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
I wen to go see this movie with a friend. It really is a fantastic kids movie, with bright colors reflecting Dr. Seuss’ whimsical designs and characters. The basic story is that Ted, a young boy, soon realizes that he ‘likes’ his older neighbor, Audrey, (Swift), and wants to make her dreams come true. So when she tells him she wants a tree, he starts out to find one. But he lives in a world run by someone who sells air, because theirs is polluted. The whole town is plastic, too. So he goes out and finds the ‘Once-ler’ (Ed Helms), who tells him the story of the Lorax. Basically, the Lorax wants the Once-ler to stop cutting down trees, but he won’t, and soon the place becomes a wasteland. The once-ler tells Ted one very important thing that will help the plastic town get back on their feet. Though good, and filled with little musical numbers, it kind of failed to actually achieve the lesson that Dr. Seuss meant it to teach. It relies heavily on the romance of Ted (Efron) and Audrey, and that smothers the main plot. I give it * * * and 3/4.
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The Road to Paris by Nikkie Grimes
05 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
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Paris is upset. She and her brother Malcolm have been shuffled from foster home to foster home, being treated worse and worse at each one. In the end they run away to their grandmother’s, seemingly safe from all the cruel people they had been with. But when the grandmother brings the system down on them, and she is separated, Paris is heartbroken. She is African American, at the height of racial disagrement, and off to a new foster family, the Lincolns. Her father was a drunk, and so when she comes to this new family, she is afraid it will be like all the others, abusive, angry and mean. But she is surprised to find that her new life is pleasant, even teaching her things she didn’t know. But just as she feels comfortable, despite difficulties at the Lincolns’, something that will alter her life forever happens and she is torn. Will Paris be able to cope with the level of heartache she’s had to endure? To find out, read this fantastic novel. I give it * * * * *.
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The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
04 Apr 2012 1 Comment
Reynard Muldoon is an orphan. When his tutor, Miss Perumal alerts him to an ad in the paper calling all people, specifically to children, to come if you have special abilities. Reynard (also known as Reynie) goes. On the way, he meets strange people, including a short tempered girl with a large red coat, a brave girl with a red bucket, and a nervous boy with glasses. They soon become a team, due to the narcoleptic Mr. Benedict, who tells them that they, as a special team, can defeat the evil Mr. Curtain. They go to his Institute, and they learn of an evil plan more great than they could have imagined. Will they get through it? Well, to find that out, you must read this sensational book by Trenton Lee Stewart. With fabulous writing, and interesting characters, I give it * * * * *.
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Current Events: 3D Movies
03 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
Okay. I have seen about 5 movies in 3D, and basically, it’s stupid. Having giant pies thrown at you from a screen? Not my stuff. I mean, there is one movie that would be good as a 3D movie. Hugo. With amazing graphics of going through clocktowers and such. But who really wants to pay extra money to see a movie where everything makes you jump. So, going to 3D movies.. is a no. That’s my opinion.
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Current Event: Lottery Tickets
02 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
So I suppose everyone’s heard of the lottery ticket? The one that’s 656,000,000 if you win? (I’m actually not sure who won). I thought, hmm. That would be pretty nice if I won. But, unfortuneatly (also due to the fact that I didn’t buy a ticket) I didn’t. But it reminds me so much of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. Where Charlie wants the ‘Golden Ticket’? I half-expected someone to be on the front headlines of the paper declaring: Last Golden (Lottery) Ticket Found by Lucky Boy; or something similar. But I found it surprising that someone would auction off that much money to anyone at all. Because with rewards, wouldn’t you want to have limits? Make sure the wrong people didn’t get this much money? I guess society doesn’t think of that, but to me it seems like throwing a suitcase full of money into a crowd of screaming people, not knowing if there are thieves in there or not. And maybe if the people who have lots of money might be there, too. Well, it’s over now, but lotteries are still circulating around the world, cheating people of their money (no offense). That’s my opinion.
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