Over the weekend I watched the movie 'Beowulf: Director's Cut', and I didn't really like it.
I give the dvd three stars out of five stars.
The movie and the extras were entertaining enough for me to actually sit there and watch all the way through but afterwards I didn't feel inspired by it.
I don't know for sure but I think there have been plays and other movies about the poem Beowulf but I hope they were better than this one.
If your not sure what the movie is about then you would be better off reading a translation of the poem.
I would imagine that you could find a free copy of it somewhere online since you can find almost anything else online.
The movie is all animated!
Why did they do that it all in animation?
Granted, its all animated to look very real but you can stil tell its animated.
Its animated but its not a children's movie for sure.
Also, the extras weren't that bad but Angelina Jolie does not appear in any of the extras of the film.
Why is that?
Anthony Hopkins and Forrest Gump appear in the extras but Angelina Jolie is too famous apparently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_(2007_film)
http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~beowulf/main.html
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Serenity
I just finished watching the movie Serenity on the netflix website.
I really liked it.
I give Serenity, the version that I watched on the netflix website, four stars out of five stars.
I wish I could watch on the netflix website the extras that I am assuming that are included with the dvd of this movie.
If the dvd as a whole are good like the movie is then I would probably rate the dvd a little higher.
This movie takes place in the future, like way, way in the future.
At the beginning of the movie planet earth becomes over populated so the humans find another galaxy with good planets and they colonize them.
Serenity is the name of the space ship that the main characters ride around in and basically their pirates, but without the wooden legs and sails on the ship.
The doctor of the ship has a sister that has psychic abilities and she is being held by the government.
Her name is River and the government is training her to become some sort of psychic weapon.
Her brother takes her back from the government and the people on Serenity take them in and most of the movie is spent both avoiding the government and discovering River's secret that she took from one of the government officers.
I know its a poor summary of the movie but I really liked the movie and I think it would be worth your time watching it.
I really liked it.
I give Serenity, the version that I watched on the netflix website, four stars out of five stars.
I wish I could watch on the netflix website the extras that I am assuming that are included with the dvd of this movie.
If the dvd as a whole are good like the movie is then I would probably rate the dvd a little higher.
This movie takes place in the future, like way, way in the future.
At the beginning of the movie planet earth becomes over populated so the humans find another galaxy with good planets and they colonize them.
Serenity is the name of the space ship that the main characters ride around in and basically their pirates, but without the wooden legs and sails on the ship.
The doctor of the ship has a sister that has psychic abilities and she is being held by the government.
Her name is River and the government is training her to become some sort of psychic weapon.
Her brother takes her back from the government and the people on Serenity take them in and most of the movie is spent both avoiding the government and discovering River's secret that she took from one of the government officers.
I know its a poor summary of the movie but I really liked the movie and I think it would be worth your time watching it.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Eastern Promises
I just finished watching the movie 'Eastern Promises'.
I really liked the movie and the bonus features weren't that bad either.
There were only two short "movies" in the bonus feature part that gave a little background on the movie and some background on the Russian mob as well.
They were both interesting and they weren't overbearing with amount of information they provided, but at the same time I wished there was more to the bonus feature part of this movie.
I give 'Eastern Promises' four and a half stars out of five stars.
I really liked the movie and the bonus features weren't that bad either.
There were only two short "movies" in the bonus feature part that gave a little background on the movie and some background on the Russian mob as well.
They were both interesting and they weren't overbearing with amount of information they provided, but at the same time I wished there was more to the bonus feature part of this movie.
I give 'Eastern Promises' four and a half stars out of five stars.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
I am legend bonus dvd.
Last night I watched the bonus dvd to the movie, 'I am Legend'.
On the bonus dvd there was an alternate version of the movie that appeared in the theaters and there was an option for extras that you had to access via the internet.
When I clicked my mouse on the extras the screen told me to punch in some sort of code in order to download a digital copy of the dvd.
I wasn't able to get the digital copy because I rented the movie from netflix so I don't know if the digital copy was just simply a copy of the alternate version of 'I am Legend' or if it also included the typical sort of extras (interviews with the actors, out takes, making of video...) that I have come to expect from bonus dvds.
I didn't actually watch the entire alternate version of the movie though.
The first thing I did was select the scene selections to see if it showed any different scenes from the movie and the only part that appeared to be different was the very last part.
So then I started the movie and I watched the first couple of minutes of the movie and then I decided that I was just going to skip to the part where Will Smith's character traps the animal/human and takes it to his lab so he can start the human trials and examine the animal/human and then I skipped right to the end so that I could watched the part that I thought was different.
I don't want to give it all away so I won't actually tell you what happened in the alternate version of the movie.
After I sent the movie back I am begining to think that I probably should of watched the entire alternate version.
From what I watched of the movie, I give the alternate version of the 'I am Legend' movie five out of five stars.
I strongly recommend you watch both versions of the movie.
The dvd set of 'I am Legend' though doesn't rate as high because the bonuse features that I was able to access on the first dvd weren't really all that great, but the alternate version of the movie would be considered a bonus feature and I really liked the alternate version so I give the dvd set as a whole four stars out of five stars.
But I feel they could of done better with the other bonus features.
Will Smith has come a long way since the fresh prince of belaire.
On the bonus dvd there was an alternate version of the movie that appeared in the theaters and there was an option for extras that you had to access via the internet.
When I clicked my mouse on the extras the screen told me to punch in some sort of code in order to download a digital copy of the dvd.
I wasn't able to get the digital copy because I rented the movie from netflix so I don't know if the digital copy was just simply a copy of the alternate version of 'I am Legend' or if it also included the typical sort of extras (interviews with the actors, out takes, making of video...) that I have come to expect from bonus dvds.
I didn't actually watch the entire alternate version of the movie though.
The first thing I did was select the scene selections to see if it showed any different scenes from the movie and the only part that appeared to be different was the very last part.
So then I started the movie and I watched the first couple of minutes of the movie and then I decided that I was just going to skip to the part where Will Smith's character traps the animal/human and takes it to his lab so he can start the human trials and examine the animal/human and then I skipped right to the end so that I could watched the part that I thought was different.
I don't want to give it all away so I won't actually tell you what happened in the alternate version of the movie.
After I sent the movie back I am begining to think that I probably should of watched the entire alternate version.
From what I watched of the movie, I give the alternate version of the 'I am Legend' movie five out of five stars.
I strongly recommend you watch both versions of the movie.
The dvd set of 'I am Legend' though doesn't rate as high because the bonuse features that I was able to access on the first dvd weren't really all that great, but the alternate version of the movie would be considered a bonus feature and I really liked the alternate version so I give the dvd set as a whole four stars out of five stars.
But I feel they could of done better with the other bonus features.
Will Smith has come a long way since the fresh prince of belaire.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
I am Legend.
I just finished watching this movie and I really liked it.
There is two dvd's with this movie, the first one that has the actually movie on it also had these short comic book like movies on it.
The comic book movies were not really that great.
But like I said, I really liked the movie and I would recommend renting it if you have not already.
The first dvd of the movie, 'I am Legend' gets five out of five stars from me.
My only complaint are the short comic book movies that were included on this dvd.
I am kind of looking forward to watching the bonus dvd, but I hope it is better than the comic book movies that were included on this dvd.
I am pretty sure that this was a remake of an older movie...
I remember reading a review of this movie and the review was comparing this movie to the older version starring Charles Heston, I think that was his name, with Heston driving his mustang or corvette on the freeway and there was a plane flying over head which would indicate that he wasn't the only person left alive which was contradictory to the film at that point.
I think something like happened in the Charles Heston movie where he plays Moses.
Anyways, the movie is based the old version of the movie and the book.
There is two dvd's with this movie, the first one that has the actually movie on it also had these short comic book like movies on it.
The comic book movies were not really that great.
But like I said, I really liked the movie and I would recommend renting it if you have not already.
The first dvd of the movie, 'I am Legend' gets five out of five stars from me.
My only complaint are the short comic book movies that were included on this dvd.
I am kind of looking forward to watching the bonus dvd, but I hope it is better than the comic book movies that were included on this dvd.
I am pretty sure that this was a remake of an older movie...
I remember reading a review of this movie and the review was comparing this movie to the older version starring Charles Heston, I think that was his name, with Heston driving his mustang or corvette on the freeway and there was a plane flying over head which would indicate that he wasn't the only person left alive which was contradictory to the film at that point.
I think something like happened in the Charles Heston movie where he plays Moses.
Anyways, the movie is based the old version of the movie and the book.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The Indiana Jones Triology, bonus dvd
Last night I finished watching the bonus dvd that went along with the first three Indiana Jones movies.
I rate the bonus dvd a three stars out of five stars.
Part of the reason why I started renting from netflix is to educate my self in story telling by watching movies and I feel that this dvd did not further my education.
But the dvd was entertaining although it was one of the more boring dvds that I have watched recently.
I am not really a big fan of the Indiana Jones movies to begin with but I would rather watch one of those movies again instead of watching the bonus dvd again because those movies actually tell a story.
As a writer in training I learned from the Indiana Jones movies that a good movie doesn't have to be based on a book.
I rate the bonus dvd a three stars out of five stars.
Part of the reason why I started renting from netflix is to educate my self in story telling by watching movies and I feel that this dvd did not further my education.
But the dvd was entertaining although it was one of the more boring dvds that I have watched recently.
I am not really a big fan of the Indiana Jones movies to begin with but I would rather watch one of those movies again instead of watching the bonus dvd again because those movies actually tell a story.
As a writer in training I learned from the Indiana Jones movies that a good movie doesn't have to be based on a book.
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