Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Ontario Home Made Trailer

Spiderwick - Chronicles

As they say, "wet Easter Monday, Easter sucker." That's why instead of going to get some fresh air to the movies and I ended up being enough in a bad mood, I have temporarily postponed the film by Sidney Lumet to see this fantasy, which, despite my distrust post-Narnia to the kind I have, however, brought into the room rather curious and mildly hopeful.
Along with twin brother Simon (Freddie Highmore), sister Mallory (Sarah Bolger) and mother Helen (Mary-Loius Parker), young Jared (also Highmore) moves into the house of a distant relative Arthur Spiderwick (David Strathairn). Following a domestic incident, comes into possession of the manual written by the great-uncle, containing all the secrets of the fairy world around them. However, she awakens the desire of the ogre Mulgarath, who will do anything to gain possession and become the most powerful creature in the world. For the twins and older sister will be responsible for protecting themselves and the magical.
Director Mark Waters, after a couple of comedies for teen-agers and a bit 'more adult, returns to target youth with a genus new to him. The transition to the fantasy can reasonably well, adjusting the number of story by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. My impression is that the director has chosen to turn un film senza troppe pretese, rispettando le aspettative del giovane pubblico e facendo tutto sommato il lavoro onesto che ha svolto negli ultimi anni. Non sarà un film trascendentale, ma il mondo delle cronache di Spiderwick tutto sommato fa il suo dovere come film di intrattenimento, anche per gli adulti (pochi) in sala. E a questo punto poco importa se i dilemmi esistenziali e i problemi familiari rappresentati hanno la consistenza di un tovagliolo, quello che importa è salvare il libro e sconfiggere l'orco.

Voto: 6 / 10

Monday, March 10, 2008

Does Exercise Affect Your Period

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Juno

Febbraio è stato un mese foriero di grandi film. Nel mese più corto dell'anno, anche se quest'anno era un pochino più lungo, sono state programmate important outputs, for once we have placed before the embarrassment of the choice to go to the cinema. And now? You know the answer too. Apart from some rare occasions, the rest is calm.
Benjamin Barker, aka Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp), it was rightly jailed for 15 years by the cruel Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman), in love with the wife of the barber. On his release, the victim becomes the persecutor and begins his revenge against the corrupt society of London with the help of Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), who helps him get rid of the corpses of his victims, making meat pies.
Sweeney Todd, which I eagerly awaited as huge fan of Tim Burton, I left a bit 'confused. Mind you, film is well shot and performed, with the atmosphere very dark and disturbing photo and a well crafted, but there is something that I was not convinced. Perhaps the fault is excessive hype, but I expected to leave the cinema with a razor in his hand wanting to put under the knife through the hand and it did not happen. The darkness of the staging burtoniana still remains a great impact, and morality (or lack thereof) probably strikes deeper than at other times, so there's little to complain about, but maybe seeing him between Blood and No Country for Old Men has not helped, or perhaps saying "Never change a winning team" has taken root in this case a bit 'too much.

Rating: 7 / 10