“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” Movie Details
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets tagline: Dobby Has Come To Warn You Sir.
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Percy Weasley |
| Directors: Chris Columbus |
| IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 out of 113,450 votes |
“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” Movie Review
“HP and the Chamber of Secrets” Plot Summary
Harry ignores warnings not to return to Hogwarts, only to find the school plagued by a series of mysterious attacks and a strange voice haunting him.
Worth the price of admission.
Warning to those who are avid fans of J.K. Rowling–I LOATHE the Harry Potter books. Yes, I have read them. I find her writing to be more than a little plagiaristic of the style of C.S. Lewis, but without the skill that he employed. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed both this and the first movie. Frankly, I don’t care if the scriptwriters left this bit or that bit out; it is simply impossible for all parts of any novel to be completely included in a film without turning it into an epic of a minimum of seven hours, which is ridiculous. That is the nature of a film; much over two-and-a-half hours and the theatres are only going to be able to show a limited number of screenings, which will, of necessity, limit the profit to be made on the film–and the bottom line of any film project is ‘How much of a profit will it make?’. (And, of course, how many people are going to be able to sit through it without multiple bathroom breaks? I had to run out myself once, cursing, just when they were about to ‘follow the spiders’…)I found the casting to be clever and appropriate; of special note is, of course, the late Richard Harris as Dumbledore (and I wonder if they will make the obvious choice to replace him in the next movie with Max von Sydow, who could be made to look and sound exactly the same?) as well as the return of Robbie Coltrane and Alan Rickman. Both of these actors can actually act, as opposed to simply being screen personalities. The visual effects are stunning, although just a little too obviously digital in more than a few cases. The story is easily followed, which is more than I could say for the original books. The pacing was almost perfect; I only looked at my watch twice–my measure for a movie in which I am immersed. Both times occurred, I might add, when I was distracted by Rupert Grint’s voice obviously cracking–they’re going to have to do something about the fact that their stars are definitely more than a few miles down the road of adolescence
This movie, of course, is raking in the cash. Deservedly so; it’s not by any stretch of the imagination a movie of any deep and lasting meaning, but it gives good value for one’s entertainment dollar, and at the scandalous prices that movie admissions are reaching now, that is certainly a ringing endorsement. It was able to take me away from the insanity of a stressful holiday season, and for that reason alone I was completely satisfied. See if it can do the same for you.
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“Shrek the Third” Movie Details
Shrek the Third tagline: Who’s ready for Thirds?
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| Directors: Chris Miller and Raman Hui |
| IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 out of 54,617 votes |
“Shrek the Third” Movie Review
“Shrek 3″ Plot Summary
When his new father-in-law, King Harold falls ill, Shrek is looked at as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to install the rebellious Artie as the new king. Princess Fiona, however, rallies a band of royal girlfriends to fend off a coup d’etat by the jilted Prince Charming.
Funny With a Great Message
When Fiona’s father and King of Far Far Away passes away, the clumsy Shrek becomes the immediate successor of the throne. However, Shrek decides to find the legitimate heir Artie in a distant kingdom with his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to be able return to his beloved house in the swamp with the pregnant Fiona. Meanwhile, the envious and ambitious Prince Charming joins the villains of the fairy tales plotting a coup d’etat to become the new king.’Shrek the Third’ is very funny, having a great message in the end and completely underrated in IMDb. There are many unfair reviews and I really do not understand what these users have seen to dislike in this animation. There are many new characters from the fairy tales, but all of them has space along the plot, in at least one scene, and I liked, for example, the Cyclops with his beautiful daughter or the lines of Captain Hook just to mention two of them. I saw a version dubbed in Portuguese and the dialogs are excellent. The soundtrack is a plus and I loved ‘Immigrant Song’ and ‘Baraccuda’ in the attack of the heroines. My vote is eight
Title (Brazil): ‘Shrek Terceiro’ (‘Shrek The Third’)
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“The Jungle Book” Movie Details
The Jungle Book tagline: The Jungle is JUMPIN’!
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| Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman |
| IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 out of 25,109 votes |
“The Jungle Book” Movie Review
“The Jungle Book” Plot Summary
Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.
One of Disney’s Best
‘The Jungle Book’ is definitely a classic. This was the last one to be produced under Walt Disney himself, and it kept the animation department alive after him. If you have noticed a certain ‘formula’ to modern Disney animated features, you’ll see that ‘The Jungle Book’ does not quite fit that formula. It’s something I appreciate about old Disney pictures, especially this one.
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“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” Movie Details
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone tagline: Let The Magic Begin.
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He Who Must Not Be Named |
| Directors: Chris Columbus |
| IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 out of 124,716 votes |
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” Movie Review
“Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” Plot Summary
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Good Family Fantasy
In the first outing for Harry Potter, he learns of his descent from a magical background and enrols at the school of witchcraft and wizardry ‘Hogwarts’Largely character building this magical adventure takes Harry and his new friends, Hermione (a very talented young Witch) and Ron (Harry’s best friend) on a quest for the Philosopher’s stone, a powerful stone wanted by the murderer of Harry’s parents (Voldomort)Not having read the books, i can’t make any comparisons, but even as a stand alone movie, this makes a fine fantasy adventure, fun for all ages. The characters are great, the scenery is wonderful and there is enough magical enchantment to charm and entertain all of us.8/10
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“Shrek 2″ Movie Details
Shrek 2 tagline: In summer 2004, they’re back for more….
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Mirror/Dresser |
| Directors: Andrew Adamson and Kelly Asbury |
| IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 out of 89,313 votes |
“Shrek 2″ Movie Review
“Shrek 2″ Plot Summary
Princess Fiona’s parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres.
Just as good as the first
Shrek 2 is a very entertaining sequel and a good family film. This film follows Shrek and Fiona who had just came back from there honeymoon and Fiona’s parents, the King and Queen of Far Far Away (get the joke) invite them to visit the kingdom. Unfortunately they don’t know that Fiona was turned into a ogre, and not back into her human form. Fiona’s dad was shocked, wanting Fiona to marry Prince Charming (this was hinted at in the first film), and admits to have Shrek assassinated by Puss-in-Boots. Shrek then tries to make himself into the man Fiona wants and at the same time Prince Charming and the Fairy Godmother plot to get Fiona to fall in love with Prince Charming
This film works on many levels, it has a decent story and makes fun and uses many aspects of famous fairy tales. The Fairy Godmother is the main villain in this film which is a good twist. The film also parodies many things that could appeal to adults, such as an Alien parody, and there are more general references to films like Lord of the Rings, Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones. There are also cultural references such as Starbucks and a parody of Hollywood. There is a good supporting cast to the film. I liked Antonio Banderas as Puss-in-Boots, Julie Andrews, John Cleese and Rupert Everett. I also thought that it was a very good move to cast Jennifer Saunders as the Fairy Godmother. In the British version we got Jonathan Ross and Kate Thornton in the film which I thought was pretty fun. The animation of the film is top-notch and is possibly the best around. It is the most realistic in style and some of the little details are really good, such as seeing the freckles on Fiona’s face. The also has fun little Easter Eggs and need to watch the film again to notice them, such as in the beginning of the film the Big Bad Wolf was reading a ‘Pork Illustrated’ magazine. I enjoyed the creation of Puss-in-Boots as a character and thought he was great. A little sidenote was that he looked liked my cat who was a young kitten at the time and thought it was a fun coincidence. My only problem of the film was the occasional fart joke, but it is aimed for children, so I can understand why they done it
Shrek 2 is a very good, but it was a shame that the third on was no where need as good.
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“George of the Jungle” Movie Details
George of the Jungle tagline: Watch out!
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| Directors: Sam Weisman |
| IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 out of 18,516 votes |
“George of the Jungle” Movie Review
“George of the Jungle” Plot Summary
George grows up in the jungle raised by apes. Based on the Cartoon series. add synopsis
Absolutely positive:)
I’ve seen this film for about 5 times and I still laugh every time I see it. It’s not the usual Cake-in-the-face humor, but it’s somewhat more sophisticated, and with a bit of sarcasm, I pretty much does the trick. From the beginning to the end, it was a very enjoyable bit, and if it comes again, then I’ll probably watch it. The actors were quite nice in their parts, and the animals fitted into the picture, too. If I had to find anything not-so-good about the movie, it would probably be the computer graphics, but otherwise the scenery was beautiful. The whole film was positive. It was quite naive, but in a sweet kind of way:)
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“Planet 51″ Movie Details
Planet 51 tagline: Something strange is coming to their planet…Us!
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| Directors: Jorge Blanco and Javier Abad |
| IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 out of 4,585 votes |
“Planet 51″ Movie Review
“Planet 51″ Plot Summary
American astronaut Captain Charles “Chuck” Baker lands on Planet 51 thinking he’s the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders…like Chuck! add synopsis
I kind of like it! A good and entertaining show.
Planet 51 is about alien invasion, but it is alien invasion of another kind; by us so-called homo sapiens into the green creature planet. The adventure begins with Captain Charles landing on a supposedly new planet, but quickly find himself being surrounded by greeny humanoid creatures. The original inhibitants panicked and thought an alien invasion was in place and all effort was directed to capture Captain Charles and his sidekick, a cute rover robot. Lucky, Captain Charles still managed to gather all the help from new friends and allies and so the adventure begins for Captain Charles to escape from the Planet 51.
In my own opinion, i find Planet 51 to be a quite a good and entertaining animation show, packed with wacky and corny jokes and punchlines. Get ready for an enjoyable joyride!
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“Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” Movie Details
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle tagline: This summer the Angels are back.
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| Directors: McG |
| IMDB Rating: 4.7/10 out of 40,598 votes |
“Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” Movie Review
“Charlie’s Angels 2″ Plot Summary
The Angels investigate a series of murders that occur after the theft of a witness protection profile database. Their prime suspects? A “fallen angel” who was once their ally and the Creepy Thin Man. add synopsis
One of the most entertaining, funnest, and enjoyable films in years!
This is not a film to be taken seriously. I love it! It is just such an entertaining film. The action is enjoyable and well done, although it is unrealistic, but that is why I loved it. The acting is good, the writing is of course so intentionally cheesy and corny, but I loved the plot! The women are HOT HOT HOT, and that is something that matters. I do not get why this film gets too much hate. Honestly, it is just done as a popcorn action film, and it works!!! It really is mindless, and that is why it is easier to enjoy than maybe other action films like Spider-Man (although another similar action-packed film Wanted is just better in every way and not mindless actually). Still, this film works for me, and I think it is better than the original.
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“The Pink Panther 2″ Movie Details
The Pink Panther 2 tagline: Inspect the unexpected.
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| Directors: Harald Zwart |
| IMDB Rating: 5.2/10 out of 9,270 votes |
“The Pink Panther 2″ Movie Review
“The Pink Panther 2″ Plot Summary
Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.
Best Ever Steve Martin Comedy
The movie is very watchable entertaining and VERY funny. I can now officially confirm that this movie proves Dennis Pennis was completely wrong in stating that Steve Martin had lost is Mojo. From the opening scene where Inspector Clouseau is trapped in the window of the moving car to the final scene at the wedding, this movie is a riotous and funny side splitting event. The casting of John Cleese was inspired. The chemistry between Martin and Cleese is superior to that in the first film between Kevin Kline and Martin. The other actors particularly the ever excellent Alfred Molina were very good. As of course was the cameo from Lilly Tomlin. The pacing and comic timing of this movie was very crisp, which added immensely to the enjoyment of the piece. I would rate it as one of the top 10 comedy films of all time. It is easily as good as anything Blake Edwards put together, with Peter Sellers. This film finally lays to rest the silly notion that Peter Sellers was a superior Clouseau than Martin. In a final point to prove Martin’s Genius. I defy you not to fall on the floor with side splitting laughter when Inspector Clouseau is explaining the password to John Cleese’s character after the black berets have come through the windows on the ropes. This is vintage Martin not to be missed.
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“The Day the Earth Stood Still” Movie Details
The Day the Earth Stood Still tagline: 12.12.08 is the Day the Earth Stood Still
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| Directors: Scott Derrickson |
| IMDB Rating: 5.5/10 out of 46,742 votes |
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” Movie Review
“D.T.E.S.S.” Plot Summary
A remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.
Great Story
When a science-fiction movie’s location is not space but is earth, also if there is an alien threat, it becomes a nightmare for most of the audiences. At least, I feel this way and I believe so. If you can focus on this movie carefully and if you have no idea about it before, you will enjoy it and you will scare a bit. Many of other critics did not fit my thoughts and I really liked to watch how earth stopped. Especially the ending message is good but could be better if editors would leave it longer. I think many of other fans will wait for it’s DVD to see the deleted scenes. Because somethings looks missing in this one. 7/10 Give this one a chance and watch it.
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