X-Men & Bad Neighbours Review (ISYS100)

Hey guys,
Just wanted to briefly outline our assignment for our group and for our blog. We did a review of 2 new movies out at the cinema at the moment and have added the review video link to this blog along with our previous blogs on other movie reviews.

the people features in this video review are:
Soyeon Hong
Irene Wu
Kyle Von Topfler
Nick Nouragas

ISYS100 Youtube Video (Assignment 3)

Hey guys,
Just wanted to briefly outline our assignment for our group and for our blog. We did a review of 2 new movies out at the cinema at the moment, X-men and Bad Neighbors  and have added the review video link to this blog along with our previous blogs on other movie reviews.

the people features in this video review are:
Soyeon Hong
Irene Wu
Kyle Von Topfler
Nick Nouragas






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOLSar_Rr9o

007 - Casino Royale

 

No list of the greatest movies of all time would be complete without at least a mention of a Bond film, and here is the greatest Bond film of all time. It's got the class, it's got the romance, it's got the beautiful Mediterranean settings, and its got the right amount of character.

Bond is this time faced with 2 gorgeous ladies, one of whom he ends up falling head over heels for the first time for, an endless placement of bad guys in different locations and a particularly bad torturing. He nearly runs over said lover girl, causing a huge accident, manages to acquire then quickly hand over 10 million Euros, and survives a sinkingVenician house where his lover girl perishes.

An irresistable Bond film for anyone who appreciates a good bit of manliness, class, fast cars, tuxedos, vodka, classy casinos and European romance. This movie is a 5 star Bond, and a 4.75 star movie overall, fantastic to enjoy and will leave you desiring class and adventure!

Silence of the Lambs

Simply the greatest movie of all time. It's got horror, a psycho murderer who gets inside your head, a fantastic story, unpredictability and chaos that you just could not make up. It almost seems TOO real; too good to be just a story on a screen...

As if the writer had experienced something more than we have, and is expertly conveying it straight into the audiences skull. It's a scary thing to see pure madness right in front of you.

It would be a crime to briefly attempt to summarize just a fantastic piece of film in a few short sentences, and so instead I would like to outline why it must be viewed by anyone with the time and the desire to enjoy that free time. The movie feels real. It isn't just some pathetic attempt at humor by Seth Rogan, nor a cheap thrill from a plastic approach of an actor of such callibre to disappoint as Steven Segal. It's pure and true, in almost every imaginable way this film makes you feel it and sense it. When I needed to use the bathroom and refresh my drink whilst watching the film any of the dozen times i've gone back to it in recent times, I've cursed those few seconds of pause. It is simply that good!

The only movie I am aware of the gets 5 stars out of 5 from everyone that appreciates good theatre, every ttime. If only more things in the world were this clever and entertaining, life would be a good deal more enjoyable with every passing day!

Donnie Darko

 
An early 2000s movie with fantastic use of music and camera effects to leave a desire to watch again and again, as well as an ending that is as open to interpretation as the meaning of life, leaves this movie in a class of its own. A simple google search of the movie will display just how many different views and opinions on the ending are out there; a sure sign of its quality.

Donnie is a regular schoolboy on first appearance; however, soon we find that he has some psychological issues as well as being somewhat of a genius. He meets a girl and instantly falls for her and spends his time with her, however an accident near the begining of the movie is explained later on with a massive plot twist.

An evening watching Donnie Darko can involve so many emotions and different moods, it is almost exhausting in an entertaining and fascinating way. From depressive, to a love tale as uplifting as any, to the sad reality in the last few moments on screen where the main character laughs at the audience for being so serious, this movie will have anyone that puts thought into it left in tears and confusion. A truly fantastic and entertaining movie, that to a younger audience may be scary but to adult eyes only sad and slightly sci-fi gloomy, I give this film 4.5 stars from 5.

300 Spartans

Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000. The actual heroism of those who stood (and ultimately died) with Leonidas helped shape the course of Western Civilization, allowing the Greek city states time to organize an army which repelled the Persians. Set in 480 BC.

My grandfather is in this movie as one of the 300 Spartans. He was serving his military service in Greece when they filmed it and they asked his army base to use their soldiers for the film. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRVE6o5Yz9Y

Cleopatra

Cleopatra, the famed Egyptian Queen born in 69 B.C., is shown to have been brought by Roman ruler Julius Caesar at age 18. Caesar becomes sexually obsessed by the 18 year old queen, beds her, and eventually has a son by her. However, his Roman followers and his wife are not pleased by the union. In fact, as Caesar has only a daughter by his wife, he had picked Octavian as his successor. The out-of-wedlock son of Cleopatra is seen to be a threat to his future leadership. Thus Brutus and other Roman legislators plot the assassination of Caesar. Caesar's loyal general, Marc Antony, and Octavian then divide up the Roman empire. Antony takes Egypt and soon takes up the affair with Cleopatra. However, Octavian soon launches an attack on Antony and ultimately defeats and mortally wounds him. Rather than permitting herself to be humiliated by Octavian, Cleopatra sends her son away to India and she commits suicide by permitting the deadly asp to bite her. This marks the fall of the Egyptian empire to the hands of the Roman empire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlK_dR8P-y8