This is one of my favorite movies ever. It is about a kid who moves to this town during the end of school and has no friends. While he still has no friends he follows these kids to a sandlot where he watches them play baseball, well just practicing. One day he gets asked to come play and try to fit in. Well he does and he becomes part of the gang and gets into the biggest pickle of his life.
Cameron Krones
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Pirates of the Caribbean
This movie is awesome. It is about pirates and the East India Trading Company. It's about how a bunch of pirates went and stole aztez gold and kept them for themselves, however, the is a catch; if you take the gold then you can't die and you are cursed. It is about the pirates taking over and killing people in order to get the last piece of gold in order to break the curse. It is an awesome love/adventure story. It is the best and only good one oout of the trilogy because the other 2 can be confusing and because it was the first one.
Cameron
Cameron
Beer League
I watched Beer League the other day and it was the first time that I have watched it in about a year. forgot how hilarious the movie was. It is an awesome movie because what is better than being in a drinking softball league and not having any worries.
Cameron Krones
Cameron Krones
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Serenity
Over the weekend I watched Serenity, a sci-fi action movie that is a sequel to the television show Firefly. It is directed by Joss Whedon, who has also directed Buffy, Angel, and Dollhouse.
The movie picks up where the show Firefly ended. There are six members of the crew on board now (two members have left but make appearances in the movie). One of them is River, a teenage girl. River was kidnapped and trained by the Alliance (the government) until she was rescued by her brother. Now the Alliance wants her back. Mal, the captain of the ship, decides to help her by continuing to hide her on his ship. Because of this, an assassin has been sent in pursuit of Serenity, and its crew. They realize that they must discover the secrets that River has learned about the Alliance while in their possession. They can use these secrets to save themselves. They go to the ends of space to find answers.
Far out in space, they find a planet that only River knows about. All the people are dead. It looks as though they just lay down and died. They crew finds a recording made by the last sane person on the planet. The recording reveals the Alliance put chemicals into the air to control the citizens’ behavior. It worked so well however, that everyone stopped caring about anything, including living. A few people had the opposite response and became insanely violent and aggressive. The crew realizes that this was the creation of Reavers (cannibals that are present throughout the television show). The crew broadcasts these findings all over the universe, destroying the Alliances creditability. Then the crew leaves immediately and is chased by both Alliance and Reavers.
During the final battle, members of the crew are killed. In the end, Mal and River save everyone they can. The movie ends with the funerals of their lost crew members, and the rebuilding of the ship. Fans of Joss Whedon believe that there may be another installment of the story someday.
I think the biggest issue in this movie is the stereotype of sexism. All of the women on the show are made to seem weaker than the men. Even though they are depicted as being strong, they still rely on rescue from the men. River is depicted as being extremely physical capable but mentally unstable. She relies on her brother to keep her safe. Zoe, the assistant captain, loses all will to carry on when her husband is killed. This is understandable, but I found it cliché that it was Mal who had to pull her through. Kaylee, the engineer, spends the television show and movie pining away for the doctor (River’s brother). I don’t think this movie is overtly sexist, but after watching it a few times along with the television show, I began to notice a pattern. I think however that if I had to pick the movie apart to find something remotely discriminatory, the movie is worth watching and I would recommend it.
Niki Habbe
The movie picks up where the show Firefly ended. There are six members of the crew on board now (two members have left but make appearances in the movie). One of them is River, a teenage girl. River was kidnapped and trained by the Alliance (the government) until she was rescued by her brother. Now the Alliance wants her back. Mal, the captain of the ship, decides to help her by continuing to hide her on his ship. Because of this, an assassin has been sent in pursuit of Serenity, and its crew. They realize that they must discover the secrets that River has learned about the Alliance while in their possession. They can use these secrets to save themselves. They go to the ends of space to find answers.
Far out in space, they find a planet that only River knows about. All the people are dead. It looks as though they just lay down and died. They crew finds a recording made by the last sane person on the planet. The recording reveals the Alliance put chemicals into the air to control the citizens’ behavior. It worked so well however, that everyone stopped caring about anything, including living. A few people had the opposite response and became insanely violent and aggressive. The crew realizes that this was the creation of Reavers (cannibals that are present throughout the television show). The crew broadcasts these findings all over the universe, destroying the Alliances creditability. Then the crew leaves immediately and is chased by both Alliance and Reavers.
During the final battle, members of the crew are killed. In the end, Mal and River save everyone they can. The movie ends with the funerals of their lost crew members, and the rebuilding of the ship. Fans of Joss Whedon believe that there may be another installment of the story someday.
I think the biggest issue in this movie is the stereotype of sexism. All of the women on the show are made to seem weaker than the men. Even though they are depicted as being strong, they still rely on rescue from the men. River is depicted as being extremely physical capable but mentally unstable. She relies on her brother to keep her safe. Zoe, the assistant captain, loses all will to carry on when her husband is killed. This is understandable, but I found it cliché that it was Mal who had to pull her through. Kaylee, the engineer, spends the television show and movie pining away for the doctor (River’s brother). I don’t think this movie is overtly sexist, but after watching it a few times along with the television show, I began to notice a pattern. I think however that if I had to pick the movie apart to find something remotely discriminatory, the movie is worth watching and I would recommend it.
Niki Habbe
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Ratatouille
Even though this blog is supposed to be about romance, comedy, horror, and action; I decided to do one last movie and chose Ratatouille. Ratatouille is about a little rat that likes to cook. That is not the only point in the movie though. Through out the movie there are references to lessens that should be learned. For example, in one of the first scenes Remy steals from the old lady. Yet, once he sees Gusteau's figment it tells him not to steal. This theme is repeated through the whole film. Another not noticeable theme to the movie, at least not to little children, is Antone "Ego's" last name "Ego." This is shown because he was the restaurant reviewer and thought he was the top. At the end though he changes to the nice guy and his name does not fit him well.
As for class Linguini, Remy's caretaker, is shown as a poorer person in his little tiny apartment. Yet once he gets to own the restaurant he gets a fancy apartment with a beautiful view of the Eifel Tower. Gender is shown through the kitchen because there is only one woman in the entire kitchen so it is a male dominant movie I guess you could say. Even though it is animation and shown as a kids movie I think everyone should see it because animation has come a long way since I was a kid starting with Toy Story. Pixar has done a lot to make kids movies more enjoyable for older generations.
-Samantha Meyer
As for class Linguini, Remy's caretaker, is shown as a poorer person in his little tiny apartment. Yet once he gets to own the restaurant he gets a fancy apartment with a beautiful view of the Eifel Tower. Gender is shown through the kitchen because there is only one woman in the entire kitchen so it is a male dominant movie I guess you could say. Even though it is animation and shown as a kids movie I think everyone should see it because animation has come a long way since I was a kid starting with Toy Story. Pixar has done a lot to make kids movies more enjoyable for older generations.
-Samantha Meyer
Crank
Crank is an action movie about a man named Chev, a hit-man, who gets injected with a poison. The poison will make him die if he does not keep his adrenaline pumping. So throughout the movie he does things to make him stay alive. Chev gets into fights with people, shocks himself with the paddles from the hospital, and even has sex in public just to keep himself alive. The movie full of action and I never really found myself bored or wondering when it was going to end.
In relation to class and gender you see Chev in a nice apartment in the beginning, so you know he makes a lot of money before they even tell you what he does. In relation to gender of course the hit-man is in fact a man. As for sex they show him as the dominant in the sex scene because he is the one who initiates the sex and then proceeds to dominate her. All in all it was a good movie and would recommend it to anyone.
-Samantha Meyer
In relation to class and gender you see Chev in a nice apartment in the beginning, so you know he makes a lot of money before they even tell you what he does. In relation to gender of course the hit-man is in fact a man. As for sex they show him as the dominant in the sex scene because he is the one who initiates the sex and then proceeds to dominate her. All in all it was a good movie and would recommend it to anyone.
-Samantha Meyer
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Blood diamond
Blood diamond is about the civil war that is occurring in sierra lione that is being funded by diamonds. The main character Danny Archer (leonardo dicaprio) is a diamond smuggler, selling guns to the rebel fighters in exchange for diamonds. He comes across a man named solomon who was captured and forced to look for diamonds for the rebels. Solomon had found a huge diamond that he hid and Danny wants to try and help him get it back. Danny also meets a young reporter who eventually becomes his love interest. They all try to find the diamond in exchange for helping solomon get his family back. The woman, Maddy, gets everyone on a reporter convoy which eventually takes them to a military base where danny has friends who can help attack the rebel base.
This movie shows a large array of classes. It shows the struggle of the poor africans trying to get by in a war torn country, as well as the wealthy white guys profiting from the war. Also throughout the movie it seemed like the whites had more power and influence even in Africa. At one point Danny even says to Solomon he needs his help and without him, he would just be another black man in africa.
-Nick H
This movie shows a large array of classes. It shows the struggle of the poor africans trying to get by in a war torn country, as well as the wealthy white guys profiting from the war. Also throughout the movie it seemed like the whites had more power and influence even in Africa. At one point Danny even says to Solomon he needs his help and without him, he would just be another black man in africa.
-Nick H
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