Chinatown

Firstly, i didn't now that Jack Nicholson was that old. Secondly, it was just a mellow but classic performance from Jack Nicholson, towards the end of the movie. Most part of the beginning of the movie was quite dull and it handed me back my attention, up until the mid point of the movie. The soundtrack in the background gave a "scary movie" feel to it although it was not the case. A good plot though even though i did not enjoy the way the movies ended, i believe there should have been more to the end.

Trainspotting

It was definitely a deep independent movie, which caught my attention a lot, although probably a low budget movie, the actors were able to give a world class performance to capture each character for who they were meant to be. Both the "druggies" and the average person. An intense movie.

Citizen Kane

What can i say about that movie. The plot was very good for the time in which it was write in, although some parts of the movie were very different from the way people act nowadays, which threw me off a bit. Mr. Kane parts where not really an award winning performance although certain parts of the movie were of interest to me but all in all, it was not landmark movie, more of a par to say the best.

Nosferatu

As i was in formed during the class, Nosferatu was actually the first vampire movie made and well it was not bad. It had a gripping plot to it which maybe to others did not capture their attention, it certainly did capture mine. Although the movie lost my attention a few times it was still a decent flick. 

The funny part to me was how naive the man  was even though he was shown so many signs that dracula was a vampire, he ignored them and got killed. All in all, it was a decent movie to be kept in the collection, but can not be compared to the current vampire movies such as Van Helsing and Underworld. 

Foreign Film Post: Breathless vs slumdog

Foreign films have the clear barriers which would be language barrier, to enjoy foreign movies of the olden day periods (which were 20, 30 years ago) you have to at least now a bit of the language although the actions of the actors portray most of the feelings and emotions, which could be displayed in the sub-titles, some people who are not fast readers, would not be able to fully grasp what the movies is all about.

Compared to such a hit like slumdog millionaire, which was produced in english but with some indian language being spoken in between will get a larger crowd due to the fact that the movie is being spoken in the universal language. Not to talk about the camera angle, musical and dance which have been put into the movie.

Yet the movie was not as interesting as the one's we had watched previously but is still not bad. I would not recommend this movie to anyone who has a short attention span.

Silent movie post

Watching the Charlie Chaplin movie or clips was actualy quite funny, although i've watched cartoons made about charlie Chaplin, which were equally hilarious, i was curious to find out if they would live up to their animated counterparts. 

I was very impressed with how everything didn't have to be explained with speech but the jokes and comedic styles could be understood by the actions of the Charlie and his crew. There was no sound at all just the background music being played, which as the pace of the movie increased so did the music.

Finally, it was really funny and i would compare it to another silent comedy great, laurel and hardy.Great show.

Memorial day weekend, one of the main indications that summer has arrived, and the movies that are to arrive with it are already getting my attention. Transformers 2 coming out late in june, the 1st was a hit, hoping the second one can equal it. Drag me to hell, also being a big horror movie fan, ill be expecting that the movie will something to remember. Finally, Terminator salvation, all I'm going to say is that the trailer better not be playing with me because the movie looks sick.

Western

The stagecoach was the 1st western movie that i had watched in black and white, it was not what i expected from, to tell the truth i did not expect very much from the movie having watched 3:10 to yuma which in my opinion is the best western movie i have seen although i have not seen that many westerns. The story line on the stagecoach is good but then compared to that of 3:10, it was nothing. The accents were very different because although, the classic texas accent is still there in stagecoach, which is very strong, but the good thing with 3:10 is that they brought about a more modern look to the western movies.

Movie Memory

The most memorial movie going experience that i clearly remember, would have to be when i went to see "The happening", which was written, Directed and co-produced by M. Night Shyamalan, made in 2008, starring Mark Wahlberg would have to be the movie i remember most and also most fascinated me, not because of mark wahlberg acting skills (which wasn't anything to get excited about) but the fact that they came up with such an idea for a movie. That day i was super hyped about going to watch the movie, i was jumping around cause the trailer for the movie caught my attention and turned me into a kid again going to the cinema for the 1st time. We got the popcorn, drinks and hotdog, most of the time its already finished before the movie starts. Most of my friends we like to make a lot of comments, when we are watching movies which do not interest us. It was a silent movie, in terms that we were so into the movie trying to understand who was killing the people and why, which was actually the 1st time i had been in the cinema with my friends and it was quiet. The whole idea of plant retaliating for all the pain that the humans have cause them really got my attention and the way that they were able to sense the difference between when people are dangerous and when they are not going to attack, and also the chemicals that the plants used to attack the brain of the humans was just unimaginable. If u compare that to other movie which have to do with plants attacking (which are very few) you will see this was a very original concept. The movie in a whole incorporated love and affection, death, frightening scenes and sometimes seat jumping. The reason on the side for me also remembering this movie was that, when me an my friends, where heading back home, the trees suddenly began to sway vigorously as we walked through, which scared everybody including me, which also made us ponder was this movie, fictional or can such a thing happen??? Mark Wahlberg who if i met would actually have to congratulate him on actually being in a movie that didn't have to do with him killing anyone of with a great deal of physical violence. In a whole i would have to say that the movie was original, put the idea of us taking care of the earth better or else... and showing love in one movie.