Digital Fortress

Here are the short reviews of movies that I saw some weeks ago in home video. Hindi ko alam kung eto na yun lahat:

Saw II
I like the first one so I rented this but I have to say that the first Saw is still better. The only reason I’m into this is the gore and the twist at the end of the movie plus a chance to see Jigsaw longer than the first one. 6/10.

FlightPlan
This is a thriller that spends half of the movie looking for a child. And when I found out where Jodie Foster’s daughter is, I’m not surprised nor intrigued. Typical conspiracy ek ek. BTW, Sean Bean (Boromir in LOTR) is here too! For me, Red Eye is still the best ‘airplane’ thriller with strong performances from Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams. 6/10.

Nanny McPhee
I’m a little disappointed on how this movie turned out. It looked good in previews but when I finally saw it, it isn’t as clever as uhmmm…Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. The first few minutes was boring and the director doesn’t seem to know if this movie is supposed to be funny or spooky or kid-friendly or adult-friendly. Ewan. The best performance came from baby Aggy and the worst came from a donkey! Puh-lease…ayoko na maalala yung donkey scene na yun. On the plus side, crush ko yung babaeng gumanap na Evangeline.:) There are some funny moments too so I’m gonna give it a 6.5/10.

Wedding Crashers
Rachel McAdams! Whoooo! Like The 40-year-old Virgin, this comedy has a heart. No wonder why it won the Best Movie at this year’s MTV Movie Awards. Isla Fisher’s character is the funniest in this movie. But watch out…R-18 pala ‘to. Akala ko kasi PG-13 lang. Hehe… 7.5/10

King Kong (1933)
At last I’ve seen the original movie in which Peter Jackson based his remake. The special effects were mind-blowing given that it was released almost 70 years ago. Now, I can appreciate Peter Jackson’s remake more because some of the lines that were spoken in the 2005 movie were lifted directly from the 1933 film (And camera angles too!). 8.5/10

Zathura: A Space Adventure
I don’t know why it didn’t play well at the box-office but I found this movie to be highly entartaining. This is another Jumanji movie but I can’t compare which one is better kasi  nakalimutan ko na yung Jumanji. There’s a plot twist that I never saw coming so I was a little surprised. (Meron rin ba sa Jumanji?) Anyway, we have coined a new term after watching this movie…”Zathurahan” as opposed to “Brokeback-an”. You have to see it para malaman kung ano meaning nun. 8/10

Brokeback Mountain
Speaking of “Brokeback-an”, kaya ko lang sya hiniram is because of curiosity. I’m not the type kasi na madalas manood ng mga award-winning films. The #1 reason I go to movies is to be entartained and not to cry/be enlightened/be preached etc etc. (pangalawa lang yun) Rare lang ang mga films na napapanood ko na ganito and usually they’re all good. Brokeback is no exception. I’ve seen Crash months ago and I agree that Brokeback Mountain should have won the Best Picture Oscar because it’s better! Heath Ledger gave a wonderful performance as a man that has a difficulty in expressing himself. Maiiyak ka sa kanya kasi hindi siya umiiyak (gets?). And as the tagline says: “Love is a force of nature”, love is universal…ano man ang kasarian mo. Nakakadiri sa una yung mga kissing scenes but later on you feel their passion…how they miss each other so much. Naiisip ko nga sila before ako matulog nung gabing yun e….stick talaga sa utak yung movie. Galing! 9/10

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
I like Chicken Run so much that I really wanted to see W & G on the big screen last October. But due to financial problems (kelan ba ako nagkaroon ng ‘finance’?), hindi ko sya napanood. Pero kahit na, tawang-tawa talaga ako sa movie na ito. It became my instant favorite. Siguro doble pa ang tawa ko kung sa sine ko sya napanood. Kaya pala 95% sa RottenTomatoes kasi napaka-clever ng humor nila. Ang cute pa ng mga rabbits…(tsaka ng soundtrack). 9/10

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