tisdag 16 februari 2016

Review - Just go with it

On a trip to Hawaii, a made up family are living the dream but telling a lie.


In February 2011 “Just Go With It” was released in U.S. cinemas. The romantic comedy got a rate of 6.4 out of 10 on imdb. Here five years, later is my take on the movie.

This story begins with a wedding. A wedding that never takes place, because just before the wedding is about to take place, Danny overhears his soon to be wife's very mean conversation with her bridesmaids. He hears what she really thinks about him and leaves. By accident he picks up a girl way out of his league, at a bar and discovers: “The magique of the wedding ring”.

A few years later he meets “Palmer”, a young, blonde girl at a party. Desperate to avoid the truth, Danny makes up a fake wife and makes his assistant “Katherine” play her. One lie leads to another and and soon, Danny finds himself in Hawaii, with a made up family.

Lead cast: “Danny” - Adam Sandler, “Katherine” - Jennifer Aniston

The movie is directed by Dennis Dugan and written by Allan Loeb and Timothy Dowling. Jennifer and Adam were both nominated for the mtv movie awards for best female performance and best comedic performance. Jennifer was also nominated for the performance of the year, national movie award. The movie budget was 80 million dollars which is almost 673 million swedish kronor.

My favourite tagline from the movie is “Sometimes you need a girl, to get the girl”.

I personally, love this movie! It absolutely cracks me up! I´m a sucker for romance and comedy, but I could watch this movie on repeat. Both Jennifer and Adam seems to be born to play their characters! The story has the perfect amount of drama for you to be moved but not freaked out.

The fact that you get to see a little bit of the hawaiian environment during the second part of the movie, I think is fantastic. It keeps me interested during the whole thing. I also love the fact that they included kids in the movie because the relationship between the grown ups and the kids develop in such a beautiful way, throughout the movie.

I give this movie a score of nine out of ten!

The best part in the movie is definitely the end though, but i'm going to let you find out what happens, for yourself.


  • - Ida 8A

Sources:

Just Go With It Movie Trailer Official (HD)

måndag 15 februari 2016

Harrison Ford - Biography


EARLY LIFE

Harrison Ford was born on the 13th of July, 1942 in Chicago. He grew up in the countryside of Chicago with his mother, father and brother, and went went to the Maine Township High School as a child. He used to be bullied. When he was 18 years old he went to the Ripon College in Wisconsin, where he studied English and philosophy in. (http://www.biography.com/people/harrison-ford-9298701#synopsis 8/12 - 2016)

HIS BREAKTHROUGH

Harrison Ford used to work as a carpenter. One day when he was building a new doorway in a studio, George Lucas (who was casting for Star Wars), asked him to help him with casting, by reading the lines to the actors. Lucas instantly noticed that Harrison Ford could possibly be in the role of Han Solo instead. He ended up getting the role.
Star Wars went on to be one of the most successful movies of all time and with that he made his huge breakthrough as a actor. (http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-harrison-ford 10/2 - 2016)


CAREER

After his massive hit Star wars, Harrison Ford made his status as a actor even better after acting in the “Indiana Jones and Raiders of the lost Ark “, a movie made by Lucas and Steven Spielberg , which ended up being a enormous hit as well, and is considered a classic today. He had secured his reputation as an actor and acted in other movies such as : The Fugitive, Blade Runner, Clear and Present Danger, Indiana Jones - The Temple of Doom, Indiana jones - The Last Crusade, and Indiana Jones - The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He is still acting in movies today.

PRIVATE LIFE

Harrison Ford has a reputation for being one of the most private actors in Hollywood He has two sons with his first wife, Mary Marquardt called, Benjamin and Willard.
He was married with her from 1964 to 1979. With his second wife Melissa Mathison, whom he was married to from 1983 to 2001, he got two kids called Malcolm and Georgia. He is today in a marriage with Calista Flockhart, together they are adoptive parents to a kid called Liam.
Nick Emdad, 8A





söndag 7 februari 2016

3 movies you must see before you die



1.   The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Short summary of the story: In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne is convicted of a murder, even though he proclaims his innocence. He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another man, Ellis Redding, picks him as the new recruit most likely to crack under the pressure. The ugly realities of living in prison are quickly introduced to Andy. A corrupt warden and sadistic guards are willing to use rape or beatings to insure their dominance. But Andy does not crack, he has the hope of the truly innocent, which allows him to dominate behind the bars in the prison. He uses his banking skills to win favor with the warden and the guards, helping with Norton's illegal business plans and keeping an eye on the investments of most of the prison staff. He is even able to bring some respect back to many of the inmates,


The Shawshank Redemption was for some people what concluded art in the Hollywood movie scene. I’m of the opinion that this movie deserves the #1 spot on this list because of the build up strategies combined with a great dramatic story and some of the best actors. That they even managed to make such an amazing movie from the perspective of people inside a prison is crazy. That’s what makes it to the top of the my Top 3-list.


Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Darabont
Writer: Frank Darabont
Runtime: 2 hr. 22 min.


Oscar nominations: 7
Oscar wins: 0
Other nominations: 20
Other wins: 14
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hB3S9bIaco


2.   The Godfather (1972)
Short summary of the story: The Godfather is the head of the Corleone mafia family in New York and is at the event of his daughter's wedding. Micheal, The Godfather’s youngest son and a WW II Marine is also present at the wedding. Micheal seems to be uninterested in being a part of the family business. The Godfather is a powerful man, and is kind to all those who give him respect but is harsh against those who do not. When a powerful and disloyal rival wants to sell drugs and needs the Don Vito(The family)'s influence for the same, he refuses to do it. What happens next is that a clash between The Godfather’s fading old values and the new ways which may cause Micheal to do the thing he was most unwilling in doing and start a war against all the other mafia families which could tear the Corleone family apart.

Honestly, there’s not one bad thing I can point out after watching this movie except for the video quality, but that doesn’t make the actual movie any worse. Some might argue about how The Godfather deserves the number one place on this list but I personally think that that it should share the first place with The Shawshank Redemption, both movies are incredible in their own ways. To my mind, these 3 things are the parts of movie:
1. The direction - The choices of music, cinematography, look, sound and lighting during the whole movie which created a certain mood of place and especially time.
2. Accessible/Easy-going - There’s nothing that has to be explained in order for the watchers to appreciate to movie. So if you didn’t like it, that’s pretty much it.  
3. The acting - One of the deepest casts ever assembled in a movie, Brando (The Godfather) created one of the most iconic characters in history of movies.


Austin Chronicle says: “Just about as great as a movie's ever gonna be... As for the storytelling, The Godfather is an intricately constructed gem that simultaneously kicks ass. 100/100”


Genre: Drama, crime
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writers: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
Runtime: 2 hr. 55 min.


Oscar wins: 3
Other nominations: 27
Other wins: 23
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY1S34973zA


3.   The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Short summary of the story: The Godfather Part II presents two parallel storylines. One involves Mafia chief Michael Corleone in 1959 after the events of the first movie, the other is a series of flashbacks following his father, Vito Corleone (The Godfather) from 1917 to 1925.


Not too soon after the release of The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola directed the second part of The Godfather. The result was once again extremely successful and the movie ended up as one of the top selling that year. It seemed like Francis and Mario never would disappoint the fans of the movie series. Why this movie deserves the third place is basically because of the same reasons and the first Godfather movie; The acting, the dialogue, the story, the direction and the overall genuine mind behind this masterpiece.


The third part of The Godfather wasn’t just as popular as the other two though, maybe it was because they waited for too long to release it and people had forgotten the old ones, 16 years went before the release of the third one after all.


Genre: Drama, crime
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writers: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
Runtime: 3 hr. 22 min.


Oscar wins: 6
Other nominations: 20
Other wins: 10
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJr92K_hKl0




Sources:


www.IMDB.com/
oscar.go.com/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shawshank_Redemption


tisdag 2 februari 2016

ANT-MAN MOVIE REVIEW

Ant-Man is directed by Peyton Reed and is acted by Paul Rudd, Edgar Wright, Adam McKay, Joe Cornish and more.


If you’re a fan of Marvel’s movies then Ant-Man is a great movie for you. Before I saw the movie I actually wasn’t that excited about it. I was not even planning on watching it watch it but I’m glad I did. At the time I was upset that I could not watch the movie that I had originally planned on watching, but I was surprised of how good of a movie Ant-Man was. I would say it would go to the top 15 Marvel movies of all time. It has the whole package, comedy, action and drama. The way everything combines and gets together is awesome. Ultimately, the movie is worth the watch and will make your day.


The characters are great, especially the main character, Paul Rudd. He has a great sense of humor, he was handsome, good at acting and he was just the right guy for the role. Not only that, there was a lot of cool special effects that went in wonderfully with the movie and the scenes. The cons of this movie is that not everything about it quite fits into the criteria of a typical superhero/Marvel movie. I mean it doesn’t feel like it has been taken as seriously as all the other marvel movies, such Avengers Age Of Ultron or The Fantastic Four. The villain was quite a weak character and more effort could have been put into developing the character and its motivations. Also, there were some plot holes which I won’t spoil. At times I enjoyed the balance between the seriousness and humour in this movie as I found many of the jokes to be quite funny, but then again at some points the jokes could get too much and I thought that it affected the movie and its origin.


Sometimes you forget what kind of movie it is with all this humor. So, I can understand why some people might be bothered since I would imagine many people entering the theater expecting a typical superhero movie, but come to find one that is more of a comedy compared to the usual ones., but overall I personally really liked it. We needed that kind of humorous superhero movie. And especially when I was supposed to watch a comedy movie but didn’t. Instead I watched a Marvel movie that was funny and that I generally enjoyed. And the most exciting part of all this is that a sequel to the movie is coming . I am more than excited for it and I can’t wait because I’m definitely going to watch part 2. It’s going to be released on July 6 2018 (according to google).  At the absolute end of the movie you will understand why I am so excited for part 2.


Overall: Despite the villain being weak and the existence of some plot holes, Ant-Man is a very entertaining and funny action movie and is a perfect watch for the entire family. If you’re ready to watch a marvel film that doesn’t take itself too seriously you will most definitely love it.    


Rating System:


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Top 5 worst movies of our generation

5. Jack and Jill. This 2011 comedy was just terrible. Simply awful. This movie was the first ever to win Razzies for  ALL THE CATEGORIES. Adam Sandler even won worst actress for his role as Jill. Quoting from a reporter for the magazine Variety, "The pic's general stupidity, careless direction and reliance on a single-joke premise that was never really funny to begin with are only the most obvious of its problems.” This basically says all you need to know about this movie, it’s cheap and not something you will ever watch twice.
Plot: Circling around the twins Jack and Jill, complete opposites to each other, except they are both played by Adam Sandler… Jack, the more gifted of the two, is living the life with his fancy job and his fancy wife and kids while Jill, the less capable of them (do I detect sexism?)still lives in their childhood home with no partner or plans for the future. Jill decides to spend thanksgiving with her brother and his family, which Jack finds highly annoying. So Jill ruins thanksgiving, tries online dating, 93 minutes later it’s over and you’ve just wasted that much time of your life you could spend doing literally anything else and it would have been more productive (This goes for all the movies on this list by the way.)

4. Superbabies: Baby geniuses 2. Though this movie is a pretty old one I felt it just had to be a part of the list. The pure concept of it is laughable, and was very much disliked. This joke of a movie is widely considered one of the worst movies of all time. This movie earned less that half of it’s budget back after the release. This is also a movie with terrible effects, granted of course it’s an old one, but the script is still weird and the plot is still a parody of itself.
Plot: Following the theme of the prequel, the movie is built around a theory that babies under the age of two are actually geniuses, a couple of babies have to defeat “Kane” who plans to take over the world using a satellite that will brainwash the world into living out their lives in front of the TV. The babies get help from a “very powerful baby” because of a very special drink he drinks (baby steroids?) to defeat the enemy.

3. Twilight saga. This 2008-2012 fantasy/drama/romance novel had great potential. With the book franchise being a bestseller the movie adaptations were a big letdown. From the poor script and the acting of Kristen Stewart, to the fact that vampires don't sparkle, the last film of the series managed to be nominated for 11 Razzies, some of them being worst picture, worst screenplay, worst actress and actor, worst screen couple and so on. But if you just take a closer look at what drives main character Bella so obsessed with the vampire Edward it really comes down to the looks. After all, it's what got her attention in the first place and what is mentioned throughout all the movies, and (spoilers) half the reasons she wants to become a vampire. So she could be beautiful too. I’m also pretty sure Edward is a pedophile, considering he’s like 100 years old and Bella is still a minor…  
Plot: When the 17-year old Bella Swan moves from her previous home in the warm and sunny Phoenix to the small and somehow always rainy town of Forks she meets Edward, a beautiful and mysterious boy, whom she is soon to fall in love with. She later discovers he’s a vampire, but not a bad vampire, a good vampire because he only kills animals…? Then a bad vampire comes after Bella and he has to protect her. Basically.

2. The last airbender. After the successful 2005- 2008 cartoon series came to an end the intention was to make three live action movie adaptations for it. To put it shortly; it was a disaster. In the end only one movie was made with no plan of continuing. The 2010 fantasy adventure film was 103 minutes of poor acting and crappy special effects even with their 150 million USD budget. Not to mention all the vital scenes from the series that were for some reason cut out. This movie too, was nominated for the Razzie awards, some of them being worst picture, worst director and worst eye- gouging misuse of 3D. In the end it won five of the nine they were nominated for.
Plot: Taking place in a medieval world where different people have the power to control one of the four elements, (water, earth, fire and air) there was one who had the power to control them all, the avatar. This person would be born into one of the four elements later to master them all and protect the world from harm, when the avatar then died the spirit would be reborn into another of the four cultures. Where the movie starts the avatar has been missing for 100 years after he was supposed to be born into the air nation. Siblings Sokka and Katara of the waternation then finds the avatar, a 12-year old boy named Aang, frozen in ice. Aang who only knows airbending must master all the elements and stop the firenation from destroying them.

1.  Sharknado. Claiming first place, this catastrophic 2013 horror action movie is literally just what the name says. A tornado arises in the ocean, lifting thousands of sharks into the air. This movie makes absolutely no sense ,with the most obvious reason being the laws of physics, and the fact that if sharks were in the air they would not be able to breathe with their gills… This movie is so bad, so to watch the first 20 minutes is just cringing and suffering. The effects are hilariously awful and there were several scenes of before the tornado hit where people were attacked by sharks standing knee-deep in water, and even more people with bite wounds clearly not caused by sharks, more similar to dog-bites maybe. When watching the movie another question arises; what about all other life in the ocean? Sharks are not the only creature of the sea, yet they were the only ones being swooped up by the tornado, if anything they’re the ones who should remain in the water while smaller beings like fish, who are much smaller and lighter could easily be swept along. I guess we’ll never know…
Plot: Like mentioned before a massive hurricane hits Los Angeles bringing up all sharks into the sky and lots of people die and there are main characters but it really doesn’t matter since you should not be watching this movie.
Courses: 
wikipedia, 
youtube, 
personal knowledge, 
IMDB, 
RAZZIE winners.