Movies

Posted by Selina Lai

July 12, 2007

The 3 movies that were hyped up and recommended for me to watch.

TRANSFORMERS

imdb (8.1/10): A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a war was being waged between the noble Autobots (led by the wise Optimus Prime) and the devious Decepticons (commanded by the dreaded Megatron) for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possessed it. [more]

I’ve been looking forward to the Transformers movie for a long long time now, ever since I saw the trailer on Mr Foo’s blog last year. Because I only heard good news about the movies, I went in expecting people to have over rated it. I mean, there’s no way EVERYONE enjoyed it! But even with the front row seats, I was happily suprised at how great the movie is!

Pros: Action. There’s a Plot. Autobots. Humour. Cars. Cast
Cons: Blur fight scenes. Bad attempt at romance. Jazz was ripped into two!

BLADES OF GLORY

imdb (7/10): In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men’s single competition. Presently, however, they’ve found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.

This movie wasn’t too bad. Definately not something I’ld watch again though. It’s a bit like Borat (though Borat was much better), funny at the time but at the end of the movie I feel like I’ve wasted 1.5 hours of my life

Pros: Attempted Humour
Cons: Two guys ice skating. Costume. Stupid Plot

KNOCKED UP

imdb (8.1/10): Slobby Ben and up and coming career girl Alison meet at a bar, and end up having a one night stand. Eight weeks later, Ben is shocked when Alison meets him and reveals that she is pregnant. Despite having little in common, the two decide that they have to at least try to make some kind of relationship work for the baby’s sake.

As a sucker for any kind of ‘romantic comedy’/'feel good’ movie I can’t hate this movie. I would have been able to enjoy the movie more if there was maybe a bit more character development. I couldn’t help but feel disgusted at the behaviour of Ben Ston &Co. I’ld definately prefer this over Blades of Glory.

Pros: Izzie from Greys Anatomy! Search for a Gynecologist giggle
Cons: Seth Rogen. Boring Plot. Pointless side story. Ben Stone, his friends & their antics.