Saturday 21 February 2015

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a film really wanted to review ever since I first saw it and that was only last week. Even though it is mostly a life-action movie it's crossed with animation and animated characters like Disney characters, Warner Brothers characters, Paramount characters. What's the story? Set in Hollywood in 1947 there's a detective named "Eddie Valiant." Apparently a very wealthy prankster named "Marvin Acme" has been murdered by a toon. Eddie doesn't seem to mind seeing how he seems to have a problem with toons. Why? Because a toon killed his brother. How? By dropping a piano on his head... that is hilariously tragic. Everyone think Roger Rabbit is the one who killed Marvin so he goes to Eddie to try and help him clear his name. Despite his problem Eddie does believe that he is innocent. So with the characters from Toontown including Roger's wife named "Jessica" they set out to solve the mystery. I'm trying to think about what to say about this movie that hasn't been said 1000000 times before. Everybody's seen it and love it. In fact they more than love it they go crazy for it. And I'm not going to lie, I'm in love with this movie. It's so funny, it has brilliant characters, it has a really great story that's easy to follow and it has famous animated characters you love that appear together like you see "Micky Mouse" and "Bugs Bunny" together. That is so serial to see. I also think the villain "Judge Doom" is pretty cool. Remember how I said in my Despicable Me review I said I would have put that movie as one of my favourite movies ever, yeah I don't think I thought that fully, but with this film I'm certain I would defiantly put this film on that list as number 10 or maybe even a bit higher. I don't know what else to say, it just a perfect film. I'd definitely say watch it, it's just that spectacular.

Big Hero 6

Ever since the movie came out I've really wanted to see it. Disney's Big Hero 6. Everyone even to this day is still loving it. I only just saw it yesterday and I have to say it was a great film. What's the story? Well in the future there's a city called "San Fransokyo." A boy who lives there is a boy named "Hiro" who's a boy genius. He's got a older brother named "Tadashi." Hiro is that kind of person who has a good mind but mostly just uses it to benefit himself. One night Tadashi shows him the school he goes to and Hiro really wants to go there. But in order to do that he has to win a contest by making the best invention. He wins but one night loses his brother in a fire. A while later he comes across one of Tadashi's robots named "Baymax." Baymax is like a one robot hospital to help anyone physically and mentally. He can also talk too. Hiro sees this as an opportunity stop a new villain who's using his invention to cause destruction. So Hiro and Baymax get Tadashi's old friends "GoGo, Wasabi, Honey Lemon, and Fred and together their united as a team known as Big Hero 6 and stop this guy. So yeah this movie does have a pretty good story. And sense Disney is with Marvel that's why this movie is a superhero movie. There's also a lot of really slow pacing and really funny moments in this especially the police station or even with Baymax's scenes. The relationships between the characters is also decent especially the relationship between Hiro and Baymax. Speaking of Baymax, he's actually my favourite character. He's funny, cute, likeable and does do his best to help everyone out. I don't even know what else to say, it's just such a great movie. If you have time go see in the cinema if you get a chance. You won't regret it.

Monday 16 February 2015

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

It was nice to see a full Wallace & Gromit film on the big screen. Just another one of those stories of a man and his dog that didn't always have us laughing or but still interested at the very least. They were originally just in cartoon shorts. What's the story? Well in this story "Wallace" who's an inventor and always gets into trouble and his dog "Gromit" always has to save him. and in this story they're rabbit exterminators, well not really they really exterminate the rabbits, they just take them of the person's property and give them a home a their house. But things really get out of hand when one of Wallace's inventions goes wrong, what a shock, when it creates a Were-Rabbit. A creature that goes into everyone's house a eats their crops and vegetables. So now Wallace and Gromit are on the  case trying to stop it but Gromit finds there's a bit more of a twist on this then he thought. Well if you've seen the original shorts like "A Grand Day Out" or "The Wrong Trousers" or even "A Close Shave" you know your favourite characters are back and they haven't changed a bit. Wallace is still this weird guy who does have so selfish moments but still does know when to put his friends a head of himself at times. Gromit is just a dog who can do human stuff like walk, read, drink from cups and eat food normally and yet he never ever talks... once. But to be fair that's actually one of the things I do like about him. With not having him talk and trying to understand what he's thinking through his face expressions it's really good and likable. He actually is really smart and is my favourite character.  The stop-motion is once again brilliant to watch, I mean it just the way the creators built these sets makes them look really big. So for what it is it's o.k. If you want to see t yourself that's fine but if you haven't seen the short yet I start with those first.

Friday 6 February 2015

Chicken Run

The team that brought you Wallace & Gromit now bring their first full length stock motion animated film "Chicken Run." This is a movie all the critics went nuts for. It was well written, well animated a unique story, some of the best slapstick ever and some of the most memorable characters ever. And yeah I agree. My dad and I love to watch this all the time. It was one of best films the 2 of us ever watched together. It was even a gigantic hit box office when it came out. What's the story? On a chicken farm in England one a group of hens led by one hen named "Ginger" try to escape everyday. Why!? Because the owner of the farm named "Mrs Tweedy" has them lay eggs and when they can't lay anymore she and her husband "Mr Tweedy" kill them. But one night they think they can get out with the help of a rooster named "Rocky." The hens think he flew into the pen but actually he's from the circus and he was fired out of a cannon and that's how he got there. But he doesn't want to go back so he makes a deal with Ginger and the others. If they keep him safe and hide from the circus and don't let the Tweedys find him he'll teach them how to fly. But his wing is broken so he can't teach them right away. But things seem to really get out of hand when Mrs Tweedy decides she wants to start making pies out of the chickens but first Mr Tweedy has to put the machine together. So the race is on to see if the hens, Rocky and another friend of theirs named "Fowler" can get out before the machine is fully put together. For this being the first full length stock motion animated film it's pretty impressive. The designs are unique and the set pieces are pretty big looking. The theme of this is a little different than something like Wallace and Gromit that was a bit more quiet most of the time, this one is constant dialog and constant visual jokes. This is by far one of most adult like movies I've ever seen, I mean it has a lot of adult jokes and the dialog actually does seem like the kind of conversations that most adults would have. And speaking of which I really like the dialog in this movie. It's mostly calm and matches the actor's line with the way the characters are moving perfectly. And like I said before the characters are also likable and even Mrs Tweedy as the villain, while a bit bland at times is actually pretty cool and threatening. I guess my only main problem with the film is the liar revealed plot which I've said before I really hate and it does stretch on for a few minutes and during those few minutes it's just boring. But if that's my biggest problem with the film I have little to complain about. I can't think of anything else wrong with this film. It unique and very creative. What else can I say, I love it. I've seen it 100000 times before and I'll definitely see it 100000 times again.