Little Black Stars
I managed to see two movies on their opening weekend- that never happens!
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Notable historical figure fighting blood sucking vampires? NO WRONG CAN BE DONE WITH THIS!- Actually, many things could have gone wrong with that concept. The movie could have taken itself too seriously, or it could have been very terrible with bad acting and cringe-worthy special effects. The movie ended up having a good balance of care for the story as well as realizing the awesome but silly concept. Many of the scenes were entertaining and could draw you in to happily go with the flow. The actions scenes were purposefully ridiculous and fun to watch; the violence in the movie isn't as fake looking as Kill Bill/Machine Girl, but it's not disturbing to watch like the Saw series or the very recent Prometheus. It could have had a well known actor, who's ego or impressions from previous movies could have tainted this epic tale- instead, a not-so-well-known guy (Benjamin Walker) played the lead and did a great job. Another worthy note is that Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is in it, playing Lincoln's wife! I think it's definitely worth watching, despite its low score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Abraham Lincoln is in lesbians with her =D.
BRAVE
The trailers for this movie had very little content, and only featured Merida hitting bull's eye on every target. Her line delivered in the trailer was a little lacking as well: "If ye had a chance to change yer fate...would ye?" (/my terrible Scottish accent impersonation)
None of y'all look fabulous...::snapsnap::
My first thoughts were that it would be an alright movie, something more than Cars (let's pretend Cars 2 never happened), but nowhere near the level of Up and Finding Nemo. Friends on Facebook who saw BRAVE a couple of days beforehand were enthusiastic in its praise, stating that the movie was "SOOO FCKING GOOOOOOOD!" and "If you had any doubts about BRAVE, don't it's totally awesome". I thought maybe my first impressions were wrong, and it was indeed an epic Pixar movie. I entered the theater with that as my in mind... only to be disappointed. The movie was great, and tugged on my heart strings with the mother/daughter relationship. However, it indeed wasn't on par with Up, but it was more memorable than Cars. And strangely it felt more like a Dreamworks movie rather than Pixar. The slapstick humor and non-instrumental music featured probably had something to do with it.
One tiring note I keep reading are people praising this movie solely for having a female protagonist. I found this really strange, because considering Pixar is still a part of Disney... there are a crap load of female figures. "Finally, a female role model!" As opposed to what? The overly abundant amount of toys-coming-to-life role models, insect role models, senior citizen role models? Girls being heroes aren't exactly a recent breakthrough, and a movie shouldn't receive praise just because of that. Lastly...who cares? As long as it has a thoughtful story and is well executed, it shouldn't matter what gender,species, or object the hero is.
Anyway, BRAVE overall was good. The scenery and environments were breath-taking. Merida's hair animation was really impressive too. I actually did let out a tear or three during the movie- so embarrassing. Luckily there was no evidence by the time the credits rolled.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Notable historical figure fighting blood sucking vampires? NO WRONG CAN BE DONE WITH THIS!- Actually, many things could have gone wrong with that concept. The movie could have taken itself too seriously, or it could have been very terrible with bad acting and cringe-worthy special effects. The movie ended up having a good balance of care for the story as well as realizing the awesome but silly concept. Many of the scenes were entertaining and could draw you in to happily go with the flow. The actions scenes were purposefully ridiculous and fun to watch; the violence in the movie isn't as fake looking as Kill Bill/Machine Girl, but it's not disturbing to watch like the Saw series or the very recent Prometheus. It could have had a well known actor, who's ego or impressions from previous movies could have tainted this epic tale- instead, a not-so-well-known guy (Benjamin Walker) played the lead and did a great job. Another worthy note is that Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is in it, playing Lincoln's wife! I think it's definitely worth watching, despite its low score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Abraham Lincoln is in lesbians with her =D.
BRAVE
The trailers for this movie had very little content, and only featured Merida hitting bull's eye on every target. Her line delivered in the trailer was a little lacking as well: "If ye had a chance to change yer fate...would ye?" (/my terrible Scottish accent impersonation)
None of y'all look fabulous...::snapsnap::
My first thoughts were that it would be an alright movie, something more than Cars (let's pretend Cars 2 never happened), but nowhere near the level of Up and Finding Nemo. Friends on Facebook who saw BRAVE a couple of days beforehand were enthusiastic in its praise, stating that the movie was "SOOO FCKING GOOOOOOOD!" and "If you had any doubts about BRAVE, don't it's totally awesome". I thought maybe my first impressions were wrong, and it was indeed an epic Pixar movie. I entered the theater with that as my in mind... only to be disappointed. The movie was great, and tugged on my heart strings with the mother/daughter relationship. However, it indeed wasn't on par with Up, but it was more memorable than Cars. And strangely it felt more like a Dreamworks movie rather than Pixar. The slapstick humor and non-instrumental music featured probably had something to do with it.
One tiring note I keep reading are people praising this movie solely for having a female protagonist. I found this really strange, because considering Pixar is still a part of Disney... there are a crap load of female figures. "Finally, a female role model!" As opposed to what? The overly abundant amount of toys-coming-to-life role models, insect role models, senior citizen role models? Girls being heroes aren't exactly a recent breakthrough, and a movie shouldn't receive praise just because of that. Lastly...who cares? As long as it has a thoughtful story and is well executed, it shouldn't matter what gender,species, or object the hero is.
Anyway, BRAVE overall was good. The scenery and environments were breath-taking. Merida's hair animation was really impressive too. I actually did let out a tear or three during the movie- so embarrassing. Luckily there was no evidence by the time the credits rolled.