Miami Heat: 2012 NBA Champions

Prometheus



My movie notes and minor spoilers ahead.

1. Visually stunning, almost bordering on epic.
2. SPOILERS: Dragon Tattoo lady was good, but imagine if it was ScarJo giving birth to an alien covered with just tissue-like clothing.
3. Fassbenderneato was amazing as David. I would imagine it is difficult to portray an android that's bordering on having no emotions at all to feeling disdain and disappointment to your human counterparts.
4. Overall, the story was good and had existed with the Alien mythology.
5. SPOILERS: Just too many plot holes that needed answering, i.e. Why did David spike the vodka drink? Why did the engineers leave star maps to what should have been their top secret military facility? Was the black goo the end game weapon for destroying earth or was it the long-headed aliens? Did David have prior knowledge of the engineers, their technology, and their targets?
6. Replayability: extremely high

Additional note: Read a funny piece online about Elizabeth Shaw's supposed SMS messages with the engineers. Do not read it unless you have already watched the movie.

Another update: Io9.com has just released a "All of Your Lingering Prometheus Questions, Answered!" page with an interview from screenwriter Damon Lindelof which answers at least some of my plot hole questions.

4 out 5 DREIs

Chronicle

I really wanted to start of my 2012 reviews with the Avengers movie. However, i'm putting my review of that movie on hold until I see it again in HD. So instead of a review about a super-secret-boy-band, how about a few notes about a "refreshing new take" on the superhero movie genre. Assume spoilers.

1. I thought that the first half of the movie started rather slowly. The pace could have gone a little bit faster with them developing their superpowers.
2. This movie reminded me too much about Repeaters. Where one person in their group ultimately turned to the dark side. Actually, that plot device have been used more than enough times already.
3. I particularly liked the handheld camera feel of the movie. The story never really was intended to be told/shown on a grander scale. Otherwise, it would have just been another I Am Number Four.
4. Nothing too groundbreaking, replayability is just at two or three times viewing. But I agree with all critics that it really was a refreshing take on this genre.

3 DREIs



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1 - DREIs: "Avoid Like The Plague" Why did we watch this in the first place? (i.e. Bangkok Dangerous, The Hottie and the Nottie, Scorpion King 2, etc..)



2 - DREIs: "Shite" No need to see this movie unless you have absolutely nothing else to do. Movies with high expectations but falls short on almost everything. (i.e. Righteous Kill, Max Payne, The Island, etc..)


3 - DREIs: "Okay" Good movies that could have been better. Usually gets half good reviews, and the other half so-so. The experience will also depend also on who is watching. (i.e. Clone Wars Animated, Fast and the Furious, The Devil Wears Prada, etc..)


4 - DREIs: "Great" Almost all facets of the movie were masterfully done. Great in almost all aspects. (i.e. 300, Dark Knight, Transformers, Slumdog Millionaire, etc..)


5 - DREIs: "Revolutionary" It will change the entire concept of filmmaking and how films are made from this point on. It will serve as the new gauge for movies of the same genre. (i.e. The Matrix, LOTR, The Godfather, etc..)

Back To Life

First post for 2012. Wala lang. Movie reviews coming.