Sunday, December 21, 2008

Movie Review 10

The year is 2700, and planet Earth has long been uninhabitable. For hundreds of years, WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) has been taking out the trash, and collecting precious knick-knacks in order to stave off the boredom of his dreary routine. Little does WALL-E realize that he has recently stumbled onto a secret that could save planet Earth, and once again make the ravaged planet safe for all humankind. When highly advanced search robot EVE makes friends with WALL-E and realizes the value of his remarkable discovery, she excitedly races back to let the humans know that there's hope for their home planet after all. But after centuries alone in space, WALL-E can't stand the thought of losing the only friend he's ever known, and eagerly follows her into the deepest reaches of space on the adventure of a lifetime.

The kids and I thought it was a very sweet story. Pixar did a good job at giving the robots character and emotions. Cute little robots = heartwarming story.



During a scientific expedition in Iceland, visionary scientist Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser), his nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) and their beautiful local guide, Hannah (Anita Briem), are unexpectedly trapped in a cave from which their only escape is to go deeper and deeper into the depths of the Earth. Traveling through never-before-seen worlds, the trio comes face-to-face with surreal and unimaginable creatures--including man-eating plants, giant flying piranha, glow birds and terrifying dinosaurs from days past. The explorers soon realize that as volcanic activity increases around them, they must find a way back to the earth's surface before it is too late.
good version of a classic movie/book. Fun for the kids and contains great cinematography. The only trouble with 3D is... in order to see the effects you have to sacrifice all other colors!! I would forget it and just watch the regular version.

The story has Rick O'Connell's (Brendan Fraser) son Alex (Luke Ford) discovering the tomb of Han, the first Emperor of China (Jet Li). This leads Rick and his wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) to travel to China, where an evil General causes the resurrection of Han. The Emperor then tries to break an ancient curse set on him by the witch Zi Yuan (Michelle Yeoh), so Han can use his magical powers to bring his army back to life to conquer the world.
We enjoyed this movie. A fun action adventure full of cool special effects and a few handsome men didn't hurt ;)




Christian Bale returns to the role of Batman, Maggie Gyllenhaal takes over the role of Rachel Dawes (played by Katie Holmes in Batman Begins), and Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger dons the ghoulishly gleeful Joker makeup previously worn by Jack Nicholson and Cesar Romero. Just as it begins to appear as if Batman, Lt. James Gordon (Gary Oldman), and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) are making headway in their tireless battle against the criminal element, a maniacal, wisecracking fiend plunges the streets of Gotham City into complete chaos.
Mike and I found this movie very intense and shooking at times. Definately not a good one for young kids. Heath Ledger's performance was amazing and creepy, he brought something extra into this role.
If you're a batman fan this one blows all the previous movies out of the water, but definately has a lot more gore in it.






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