November 2007

Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium

I must admit I’ve never heard of this movie until it came to the cinema. And to my surprise, the cinema was half full when I went to catch it. Meaning, many others knew about this and were willing to pay money for it. I’m just wondering how did I not know about it.
And what [...]

Enchanted

What was once pure and innocent has now become a parody and satire. Instead of gallant princes rescuing princesses in distress, we have today is Shrek. Our era has polluted what made Disney cartoons so brilliant that this is what we have to settle for today.

But having said that, this isn’t so bad as Disney takes a turn at the satirical [...]

Superbad

Another Seth Rogen and Adam Goldberg project but I felt this was more entertaining and funny than Knocked Up.
 
Jonah Hill and Michael Cera gave very good performances in what looked like them playing the younger selves of the two writers.
The downside was, again, during the middle, the storyline just strayed off too much and for [...]

Bee Movie

Jerry Seinfeld is telling this story like he’s running out of time to tell it. Amid the beautiful colours, the story is too rushed having to get through the motions.

Too much time wasted in the beginning and towards the end, everything went past like a blur. Not only that, the story itself required a lot [...]

The Kingdom

I expected more views on politics like Syriana, especially from writer Matthew Michael Carnahan who also wrote for Lions For Lambs, but this one dealt more with cultural and religious differences instead.

That may be a good thing, [...]