The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club is a 1985 coming-of-age, comedy-drama about five teens who all meet up for detention one day. They start off not liking each other, but by the end of the day all five of their different personalities end up liking each other and as the poster says "it changed their life forever." I think this is the kind of movie where you can't take someone else's opinion on it *cough* I think mine is pretty much good *cough*

The following review was written as I was watching the film, so it's all reaction-based as I was watching it (Very authentic lol):

Ok, I'm writing this review as I'm watching it, but I've already formulated an opinion on it from the first ten minutes.

This movie is so shitty. I hate this. It's for impressionable teens who think this movie is a true representation of themselves. They think the movie "understands" them, but do you know why? They picked the five most common people you'll meet in high school. The popular, "pretty" (Molly Ringwald is so ew) girl, the athlete, the bad boy, the nerd, and the weirdo. Everyone can usually identify as one or more of these. Then people wath it and they think "Oh my gosh *character that is like them* totally gets me!" No, they don't. It's a general stereotype and you fit it and you think it's the most profound thing ever.

The scene where the weird girl is biting her nails, I just don't understand. Then the nerd does something else, I think he was putting his pen in his mouth and the whole time this is happening I'm just like, "This is so totally socially unacceptable. This wouldn't even happen in real life." The acting and the stereotypes are so over-exaggerated it makes me want to throw up.

The whole having to do an essay thing is so stupid. It's so predictable that by the end of the movie they're going to "find themselves" and write an awesome essay.

Why does Mr. Vernon have time to watch over five students on a Saturday?

"Omg these kids are so cool" is what the movie tries to make you think. No one is this overly stereotypical in real life and that's why it's not believable at all.

Allison has problems. When Claire was talking about her family problems and she yells "Ha" I don't even think weirdos would do that. Mental people would do that. People with problems. Like, what is wrong with this movie?!

They try to make Bender such a profound asshole and he's not. It's just so overdone. I'm sorry, I can't take this and I'm barely on minute 28.

Claire has sushi for lunch. Kill me. Who brings sushi for school lunch...in America...in the 80s?! Andy has a super huge lunch...again no? They're not even going to be there for a super long time. No one actually eats the way Allison does in public. Allison is just an attention seeker.

I just found the best part of the movie guys. When Bender is asking Brian if his mom married Mr. Rogers and Brian replies, "No Mr. Johnson." Best fucking part lol.

How does Mr. Vernon not hear any of the shit they say when they're talking super loud/making loud noise if he's in the next room?!

The weed scene is so lame, especially the part where Andy is dancing around.

Allison says, "I'm a nymphomaniac...the only person I've told is my shrink" and Andy asks her, "What did he do when you told him?" and Allison replies, "He nailed me." Ew. No. This is not even right?! I hate her. Haha, I thought I would hate Molly Ringwald's character more, but I hate Allsion way more than Claire. Then Allison says, "I'm not a nymphomaniac, I'm a compulsive liar." Ugh, fuck this. I have 26 minutes left of this shit.

When they're all telling these stories. I just don't get it. How do you connect to someone so easily in one day and tell them all this personal stuff?!

"When you grow up, your heart dies." Nice. I bet this was supposed to be one of the best lines in the film, but no, it wasn't.

Omg my mom is watching it with me and see they're all crying right now and she said, "Aww...this movie has become so stupid."

How did they go from crying to laughing. This is so dumb. They're playing music super loud in the library, umm, Mr. Vernon, again, how do you not hear this shit?!

The ending is so stupid...How did two relationships form in one day?! I don't think this is how high school is at all!!! 

The only character I fully liked was Brian until the end of the film around minute 45???, when he started to totally suck.

I understand why people like this film. I guess it's very coming-of-age, but I think there are so many better coming-of-age movies. This is a really bad representation of high school. It's just very general, yet unbelievable/too stereotypical at the same time.

Btw, why are they even called the Breakfast Club? Is it some profound meaning I was unable to find? There is no breakfast in this movie...at all.

Barbarella

Barbarella is a 1968 French-Italian (not in french or italian, it's in english) sci-fi film based on the comic by Jean-Claude Forest.

The movie starts with Barbarella being assigned a mission to find a human being, Durand Durand, on another planet who had created a weapon for evil. In the future, where this movie is set, Earth has been at constant peace and has never needed weaponry, so Barbarella must go and find Durand Durand and his invention to bring them back to Earth. Basically, throughout the film we see Barbarella going through complications on her way to find Durand Durand.

This movie is sex without sex. There are sex scenes, but you know those scenes where you just ASSUME they had sex or they say they had "the best time of their life." It's that kind of sex. The women characters all have sexy outfits or have their breasts exposed. You don't see Barbarella's breasts that much, but she's constantly in sexy outfits and being viewed as a sexual object, because they see her as this amazing object from the planet Earth. "The ultimate pleasure."

Jane Fonda as Barbarella (she's so pretty!)
Anita Pallenberg as The Great Tyrant (also very pretty!)
Milo O'Shea as Durand Durand (half of the time I was thinking about Duran Duran)
John Phillip Law as Pygar, the angel. ("An angel doesn't make love, an angel IS love."

Honestly...this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I only watched it because Jane Fonda was in it, but this was horrible. The acting was horrible, like it was totally obvious they were acting!!! The effects were horrible, but you know it was 1968 so...whatever, still didn't help make it any better. The only saving grace was Jane Fonda's beauty throughout the whole movie. It was a great concept, but it wasn't well executed sadly. I wouldn't even want to read the comics after watching this movie.

Btw, run time is 1 hour and 38 minutes, so idk maybe someone else will find this movie amazing. It's like a cult classic (you either hate it or love it XD)

Here's the trailer:

Peter Schaffer's Amadeus

Note: I watched the Director's Cut so I got 20 extra minutes that you may or may not get depending on whether you get the Director's Cut or not. Also, it was my first time watching this movie, so I never saw the original.

Amadeus is an American historical period/biographical drama made in 1984 and adapted from Peter Schaffer's stage play of the same name. This movie is about, you guessed it, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It talks about his life through the eyes of Antonio Salieri, the man who was extremely jealous of him (even considered to have killed him, as depicted in the film).

You really can't summarize a movie about someone's life, but here goes. If you know a lot about Mozart, then you'll know of the stuff that happened in his life that was taken out of the movie. I thought every detail they did mention though was necessary and made the movie absolutely great.

Basically the movie starts off with Salieri killing himself, because of the guilt he has towards killing Mozart. He then tells us a little about how HE wanted to get into music and then meeting Mozart. From there we see more into Mozart's life, his personality, his wife, his father, his father's death, his debt, his opera's (which were totally insane for the time period), his relationship with Salieri, his drinking problems, his illness, and of course, his death. This is all in the time frame of about two hours and a half, nearly three hours if you watch the director's cut.

Absolute perfection. 10/10. I loved this film. I love Mozart, so you know I had high expectations. I wanted it to be perfect, and it was. I really enjoyed it. There was not one dull moment and the suspense at the end when we near Mozart's death, beautiful and frightening. No wonder it won 8 Academy Awards!!! This movie made me feel so many emotions, it was truly an art. I felt like I was there. Like I knew these people.

And the acting. Now that was exceptional!

F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri (You really do sense he hates Mozart. I mean just great acting. The make-up for him as an older man, wow!)
Tom Hulce as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Great actor. He portrayed Mozart very well. His laugh in the movie. You will either love it or hate it. I loved it.)

Elizabeth Berridge as Constanze Mozart (I actually know very little about Mozart's wife. I did, however, know her description. She fit the description perfectly.)

There are many more actors. All very well, too, but these three are the main ones.

Also, might I mention. The costumes and soundtrack (Mozart, duh) were awesome. The costumes totally looked believable and the soundtrack, well they played each of those songs at the perfect time. Especially the ending. Every aspect of this movie put together made it a complete masterpiece.

Here's the trailer:

When You're Strange

When You're Strange is a 2009 documentary about the Doors with photographs and footage of the band. It is narrated by Johnny Depp.

The documentary is mainly about Jim Morrison, but it does talk about the Doors as well as how the Doors worked around Jim's alcoholism and his performances (which were getting more and more outrageous, because of the alcohol). Not only that it also showcases the free love movement and other events that occurred during the 60's. We really get a feel for who Jim was in this movie. We see past Jim the rock star and more into Jim the poet.

Here's the movie. I couldn't find another one for free, so you'll just have to bear with the spanish subtitles. Enjoy. It's very short 1 hour and a half. You won't even notice.

Undertow (2004 film)

Undertow is a 2004 thriller film.

Basic plot: Two brothers and their dad living in a small town gets a visit from their uncle, who just got out of prison. He seems fine at first until he starts looking for a hidden treasure that was given to his brother. After finding it, he kills his brother and the two sons leave their house to get away from him. From there on out, the story is a suspenseful pursuit from the uncle.

Cast:
Jamie Bell as Chris Munn (The older brother)
Dermot Mulroney as John (The dad)
Devon Alan as Tim Munn (The younger brother)
Josh Lucas as Deel Munn (The uncle)

I thought the acting was really good in this movie. As well as the suspenseful build-up of the plot. I mean other than what the main point of the film is, the two boys getting chased, you really get a feel for each character that's introduced throughout the film. I'd actually seen this movie once before when I was 7 and had remembered the little brother out of all of the characters, because I thought he was really interesting. This made me watch it again, so yeah the characters are so good they actually stick with you.

The theme of this story is centered around why having greed is bad and the ending of the movie is great. 10/10 I love this movie and would love to rewatch it anytime.

Here is the trailer

I was actually able to find the whole film in parts, but the playlist is kind of weird, because it has other movies and things in between. Also there's a part where it says part 11 of 11, followed by part 10 of 11. Don't go to part 10 of 11, it's all in order right there. Watch part 11 of 11 first and then part 10 of 11. Got it? Here is the playlist.

The Doors (Film)

The Doors is a 1991 biographical film, on you guessed it, the band The Doors. Of course, the film is mostly portraying the life of Jim Morrison, the lead singer.

How do you summarize someone's life without spoiling it? Well, you don't. So let me give you the subjects this movie touches on and maybe a bit of a background on his life. If you're already a Doors fan, then you'll know about many of the main events in this film.

This movie is basically the epitome of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. I mean, it's wonderful. Very wonderful. I mean you really get a glimpse into this rockstar life, it's amazing.

Main points of film: 

Young Jim Morrison seeing Native Americans in a car crash on the side of the road (if you've listened to some Doors songs, you'll notice this event is in some of his songs). This event pretty much changed his life. I mean after that, he grew up with it, and we see the image of the dead Native American he saw in the movie frequently. This would lead to another main point, which is the shaman. It's frequently spoken about in the film. I mean Morrison even incorporated shaman dances into his routine and songs and was highly influenced by it.

We see how the band was formed and how they got their name as well as Jim Morrison's beginnings as a UCLA film student/meeting Ray Manzarek.

We also see how Jim met Pamela Courson, Jim's long-term girlfriend and how he treated her. Good at times. Bad at times. Either way he was having sex with other people and married someone else, so I'd say he treated her pretty shitty in a romantic way. Other than that, I'm pretty sure he loved her above everyone else.

We see important parts in their career, from their start at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go, to their end at Whiskey-A-Go-Go for, coincidentally, singing "The End." We also see them get signed to Elektra Records to them playing at "The Ed Sullivan Show" to the two shows where Jim Morrison gets arrested.

We see Jim meeting Patricia Kennealy, the witch journalist lady, who is just so fucking ew. I hated her. I can't believe he married her over Pam.

Did I mention drugs??? Yeah, lots of drugs! So much drugs! I mean come on the 60s was like totally the decade of drugs.

Did I mention boobs? Yeah, lots of boobs. 60s was the decade of free-loving as well, so no one gave two shits back then. I mean watching that movie, totally made me feel like I time-traveled.

Of course, the most important scene is Morrison's death. He moves to France with Pam and Pam finds him dead in his tub. He was said to have died of heart failure *cough* drugs induced it *cough*

So that was about it, I mean we also touch the topics of: love, life, death, and perception. Probably something else I'm missing.

Main Characters (btw, they all did great. I mean I really believed I was seeing Jim's life play out):
Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison
Kevin Dillon as John Densmore
Kyle MacLachlan as Ray Manzarek
Frankey Whaley as Robby Krieger
Meg Ryan as Pamela Courson
Kathleen Quinlan as Patricia Kennealy

lol I'm pretty sure this post is long, but if you've made it this far. 

Here is the trailer:

Breakfast At Tiffany's

"Breakfast At Tiffany's" is a 1961 American romantic comedy film based on the novella of the same name by Truman Capote.

The movie is about Holly Golightly, an eccentric and innocent (and might I add quite charming) girl, who one days meets Paul Varjak (whom she calls Fred, because he reminds her of her brother) who forgot the keys to his apartment located above hers. They talk while she is getting ready to make her weekly visit to Sally Tomato, a mobster who pays her to visit (she has no money, so she needs it). After Holly comes back, she sneaks up to Paul's room and talks with him, but after having a nightmare she gets leaves upset. She calls Paul the next day and buys him a new typewriter ribbon (he's a writer) as well as inviting him to a party at her house. Well, of course, it's not a romance movie for nothing, of course these two develop a relationship, but other than that there's not much more I can say about the movie. Not because I would spoil it, but just because there is no way to articulate the scenes without making it sound very...boring??? It's not a boring movie, but I'm sure if someone summarized one of many great scenes, you might not like it. It's VERY funny/charming. It's so light-hearted. If you're having a bad day, I assure you watching this movie will brighten the mood.

Cast (Just 3 characters lol):

Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly (Iconic role! Apparently, she said it was one of her hardest, because she was an introvert playing an extrovert)
George Peppard as Paul Varjak (I liked him a lot. He complimented Audrey's character very well.)
Patricia Neal as 2E (Ok, so I hated her the minute she got on the screen. If you're smart you'll realize what she was doing for Paul)

This movie actually has a lot of subtle undertones to many different things. SPOILER ALERT...MAYBE??? There's definitely a hint of Holly being a bit mental. I mean throughout the film she changes a lot. Her mood a lot towards the end, but in the beginning we get a feeling that she's just not right. That perhaps she isn't at peace with herself.

Throughout the movie she talks about getting paid $50 in the powder room every time she goes out with one of her rats. Reading up on it, I saw that this movie was about prostitution. Which would bring me back to the top portion of this analysis, where I say she is a bit mental. Yeah, maybe all along she never liked that lifestyle. Such a pretty girl, getting paid to go out with all these men. It really could have been about prostitution.

I think also this movie is about how relationships go wrong. Although, I'm very unsure of how much time went by in this movie (as there was a scene that said months, but it really felt like days...two weeks tops). Anyways, in this relatively short amount of time, Holly and Paul have been "going out" to say the least, but there were so many ups and downs in between. I feel as though it's supposed to show us that relationships may be hard, but we must go through them like Paul and Holly did.

Holly lives in this fantasy world, she wants everything to be nice and great, especially for when her brother Fred comes back. Once again, goes back to the mental thing I said. She may have had many mental disorders, but we'll never know.

I think that's all I can analyze from it right now. Watching this movie was great. It shows quite a difference between the times back then and now. I mean everything was absolutely jolly about those times. It's very pleasant.

The iconic song from this film is ""Moon River"" by Henry Mancini. You can apply the whole thing to the movie. Essentially, Holly and Paul are each other's moon rivers. I'm just being vague about it though, because I'm sure you could make more connections to the film with the song.

There are a lot of great quotes in the film too like: "I'll never get used to anything. Anybody that does, they might as well be dead."

My rating is 8/10. Although, very charming and humorous, some scenes could have been shorter and I don't know, I feel like I'm missing something. That it needed something more. The ending doesn't satisfy you either. It's a lot of build up and it's not necessarily a let down, it's just...maybe it could have been done better? A different ending. It's not a bad ending...but there could have been multiple endings just as good and possibly better that would have still went with the film.

I hope you watch this film. I mean it's so classic. It's the kind of movie everyone should watch at least once in their life.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" is a 1953 comedy musical (with some romance as well) based on the 1949 musical of the same name, which was based on the 1925 novel by Anita Loos. There is also a 1928 silent film adaptation of the novel as well (hopefully I can watch that one, too).

Basically, the movie is about Lorelei Lee, the dumb blonde looking for someone rich, and Dorothy Shaw, the witty brunette looking for love. The two are showgirls and when Gus Edmund, Lorelei's fiance, sends them out on a cruise to France, the story begins from there.

Ok, so that was not a very good description, but it truly is the basic plot, I would not like to ruin the rest for you. I say watch it, because once they get on the cruise it gets really exciting from there. I was only watching it for Marilyn Monroe, but it turned out to be a really funny and entertaining movie.

Cast:
Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee (Gosh, she plays the dumb blonde role very well.)
Jane Russell as Dorothy Shaw (She's a really good actress, too. XD She was very funny.)
Charles Courbon as Sir Francis "Piggy" Beekman (He gave me the creeps)
Elliot Reed as Ernie Malone (Loved him, then hated him, and then loved him again)
Tommy Noonan as Gus Edmund (He was so adorable in a nerdy, shy way)
George Winslow as Henry Spofford III (he's such a minimal character, but I wanted to add him in here, because he is the cutest part of the movie and his scenes are very funny)

Alright, done with the cast. This movie is really about best friends and how opposites attract and that's what I really liked about it. Costumes were great I mean Marilyn looked 10/10 in all of them.

Acting was spot on, music was great, and plot and execution of plot were great.

There's also a tiny scene spoken in French, but you'll understand what's being said in context to what's going on in the film.

I'm giving this movie 10/10. It's not even because I'm biased towards Marilyn Monroe, because I saw a movie with her before this one and it was so bad I couldn't believe it =/ 

So yes, this movie is excellent and I recommend you watch it.

Here is the trailer of the movie. I hope you guys watch. 

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Quite the movie...

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) is a 1920 German horror silent film. The film is about an insane hypnotist who uses a somnambulist (basically a sleep walker) to commit murders. There is not much to say about the story itself when that is really all of the basic plot. The movie is more of an art form as were most silent films at the time. Since there are no words except the occasional frames with dialogue in them, you can imagine that the acting was very passionate and had to speak for itself.
It's a horror film, yes, it is actually scary. It's not your "something popped out of the closet" kind of scary. It's a psychological kind of scary towards the end and a suspenseful scary in the beginning.

If you notice in silent films when the frames are edited you can see where somethings are cut out. It's kind of hard to explain, but if you understand what I mean then you'll know what I'm talking about. If you do get what I'm saying, then you'll know that the way the frames are edited (most likely NOT on purpose) adds to the creepiness.

I'd like to say that I wasn't going to watch the whole thing, because I thought it was going to be boring, but it was great. 4/5

If you do decide to watch this movie, you'll love the ending.

Also, the actress Lil Dagover is very pretty:

Here's the film. Hope you enjoy:

Here is the wikipedia page. 

Charlie Bartlett

WHO IS CHARLIE BARTLETT YOU ASK?!

An awesome guy with a knack for helping others...

Charlie Bartlett is a 2007 comedy about a boy who is kicked out of private school and goes to anew public school as the self-appointed psychiatrist of the student body. It's hard to give a summary of the plot, only because so much of it would spoil the movie. Basic things that happen though are he starts off a loser, gains popularity, helps out the students, and gets into some trouble. The outcome, well you'll find out if you watch.

The movie stars: 
Anton Yelchin as Charlie Bartlett
Hope Davis as Marilyn Bartlett
Kat Dennings as Susan Gardner
Robert Downey Jr. as Nathan Gardner

I do recommend watching this if you're a teenager though, because you will relate. If you're an adult, well you'll understand how they feel in the movie, but you will not relate as well, only because you're done experiencing it.

There are a lot of scenes in the movie that are just absolutely put together great and the acting that goes with is great, too.

Also, I think it's safe too add this is not just a comedy, but it has a great message for all ages. I think that's interpreted differently by each person who sees it, though.

I guess I would classify it as a coming-of-age kind of movie, but not necessarily, because as I said before all ages will understand the message from this movie.

The soundtrack looks promising as well, I think it'll be good from the songs that were played in the film. This video is to help you get a feel for what the movie is like while listening to a cool song. "Voodoo" performed by Spiral Beach.

There are many great quotes in the movie so here I'll leave the IMDb for you guys to read.

To me this movie was a 5 out of 5 but perhaps because I am a teen right now I'm looking at this movie with a different persepctive.

Amélie

What A Nice Film...

I watched it last week, but had no time at all to make a post about it. I have just finished listening to the soundtrack and will comment about that as well in this post.

Brief Synopsis:

This movie really cannot be described. It is really just the story of a girl going on adventures, mostly to help out others, but what I got from the movie was that it is nice to enjoy the simple things in life. There are many underlying themes in here, too as well. Like, not to give up on hope and to go for it even when you're afraid. Stuff like that. It is two hours long, but worth it. The experience of the movie was so great that I did not feel like I was watching a movie, but experiencing the journey with her.

From the Wikipedia page:

Wikipedia Page

In France, where it was directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (I will be watching Delicatessen by him soon, so watch out for that post), it is called The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain. 

I'm only going to talk about the actress and her performance. Audrey Tatou, very beautiful woman, was really able to capture the role of Amelie, because what I got from the role of Amelie was a strange, socially inept girl. She was able to capture that perfectly and still make it seem believable. Some people can capture their roles perfectly, but you can tell they're acting, with her role you could not. That's how great of an actress she is.

It won best film at the European Film Awards. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, but did not win any.

Soundtrack:

The soundtrack was composed by Yann Tiersen. I listened to it, including the bonus French tracks and it does fit with the movie. It is very calming actually and if you listen very closely, it's a bit carefree and whimsical at least in my opinion it was. I really do think it fits Amelie, the character, very well. I could imagine her listening to the soundtrack and thinking it was great music. I did not listen to it in succession, but even so I thought it was a great soundtrack. (I do not believe this video has the extra songs from the French soundtrack, but if not you can always check the song listings here.)

The wikipedia page also says something about a musical adaptation being done. Maybe in the near future I may have the pleasure of watching it and giving it a review.

And here is one of my favorite quotes from the movie:

"Without you today's emotions would be the scurf of yesterday's."

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Movie)

I just watched this movie today (2.13.15)...

My mom had recently read the book about two or three months ago and she borrowed the movie from the library when she saw it was in their catalogue. We came upon this book when we went to BookOff (great place to find interesting books!~) and when we're there I usually have nothing to do (I don't like to read manga there or else I'll get really enraptured in the story)so I tell my mom that I should read the first chapter of every book and tell her if it's worth it or not to get it. I read the book and said, "Hey, this seems really cool." I don't remember much of what I read though, but I really did enjoy it from what I read.

Well, she said the book was good, but that surprisingly the MOVIE was better.

It was a great movie, who knew a concept like this could be turned into something so riveting.

Basic Synopsis: 

A girl joins a dancing marathon competition, her partner is kicked out for being sick (so as to not give the illness to the other contestants). The director of the competition says the girl can get another partner if she can find one and right out there in the crowd he finds a random guy just standing around not trying out for the competition. He agrees since he has nothing better to do and from there the story begins.

Jane Fonda is in this movie, she's amazing!!! I loved her character (Gloria) so much!!!

I had to put this here, Jane Fonda is so beautiful!!! <3

Characters:

Jane Fonda as Gloria Beatty (her smart-alack ways were funny. Great acting as well. My favorite character.)

Michael Sarrazin as Robert Syverton (best line in the movie "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?")

Susannah York as Alice LeBlanc (She was very pretty, too. I was indifferent to her character, she neither amazed me nor aggravated me. My little cousin who happened to pass by at the beginning of the movie stopped and said "Whoa, who is that?" I found that so adorable)

Gig Young as Rocky (Ugh, I hated this guy so much he was such a sleeze!!!)

Red Buttons as Harry Kline (Old guy acting like he was 31. I loved his character!!!)

Bonnie Bedelia as Ruby (I was half-annoyed by her, but also half-sorry for her character.)

Bruce Dern as James (Indifferent to his character. I mean really he wasn't that big of a character in the movie. I just identified him as the Ruby's husband.)

Allyn Ann McLerie as Shirley (Another character I was indifferent to.)

The rest of the sort of main characters are on wikipedia I just have nothing to say about them so it's kind of pointless for me to post anymore. They were minor characters anyway. I will post the link to the wikipedia page below at the end of the post.

Brief Summary of Some Things Found on the Wikipedia Page:

It was released December 10, 1969. The movie is set in the '30s though as my mom said. It lasts 2 hours and is based on the book of the same name by Horace McCoy. 

Link to WikiPage: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)

Children of the Corn

Not At All What I Expected. . .

Honestly, the movie was not that great (no wonder it got like what one star and a half), but the concept was good and I was scared and in suspense at many moments.

I'd watch it again though, it wasn't bad to the extent where I'd never watch it again (maybe I just love Stephen King which makes me biased). The graphics were not good, but let's face it, THIS WAS THE 80's!!!!

To sum it down into simpler words the movie was simply about satanic corn lovers.

I will say something though, Malachi is extremely scary and if you thought gingers had no soul before, just see Malachi and you will think they are even scarier.

The Fly

Yesterday, I saw a fantastic film that was absolutely amazing. . .

I don't remember how it came up, but my mom and I were talking about something similar to the topic, when she said, "That reminds me of this movie I saw called The Fly, I'll check it out for you when we go to the library." She did just that and yesterday we finally saw it. The guy at the library said that it was about AIDS but after watching it, I can't say I can make the connection. More so, I think it was a movie that was made to teach people that science is not all that it is cracked up to be. The acting was good, the make-up was not (you'd have to watch it to know what I mean), sometimes the continuity was not all that good (i.e. there's a scene where the main character has hair on his back and in the next scene he no longer has it.).

The movie was based on a short story that was written in Playboy. It is a sci-fi horror movie, I'd say more leaning towards the sci-fi aspect (duh!). There's a second part, but my mom said it's not that great. Still, I wouldn't mind checking it out.

The main characters are:

Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle. I thought he was very cute at the beginning and then gradually he began to disgust me.

Geena Davis as Veronica "Ronnie" Quaife. She was very good and at first I didn't like her character, but I ended up liking her very much.

John Getz as Stathis Borans. I did not like his character, because he was a pervert (sex maniac towards Veronica).

There were a few more characters, but really not that many. The whole story was mostly centered around Seth and Veronica.

Probably my favorite part is where Brundle starts becoming the fly and he realizes he's becoming a horrible thing and then calls it "the perfect disease". I mean he calls himself "Brundlefly". Does that not worry you? He basically lost his wits and if you see towards the end of the movie he really has. Everything went downhill for him. It really shows that people die for science, science could be the death of you. Maybe that's what the film was trying to say, that death and science go hand in hand. At least, that's how I'm interpreting it.

I say watch it if you're an intellectual person, it's not a movie that people will pick apart if they're only in it for the horror aspect. You have to love a movie for all it's parts. (I should be a critic!~)

Heart String Marionette

Today I Saw A Great Animated Film...

I promise not to spoil the film, so my explanations may not be all that great.

I only wanted to see Heart String Marionette, because I knew Jimmy Urine voiced a character in the movie called "The Body". I didn't think I'd actually love it, but I did. I loved everything about the movie.

Heart String Marionette is a captivating film and a must see for all independent film lovers. From what I read on the website, it took them four years to make because of a tight budget, but hey it worked out! It's a really great movie! :)

It's hard to say what the true meaning of the film is, but here's what I can say I think the underlying messages put out in the story are: child abuse, society, and religion.

• Child abuse, because it is really what the main character was going through. 
• Society, because everyone in the film wears a mask and I think that may be like how everyone in society wears a mask to hide their true selves. They use that mask to be in good eyes of whoever is above them.
• Religion, because there are a lot of crosses in this movie and there's a whole scene about a fanatic Christian town.

Another great factor about the film is the music. The music really captures the mood of the film at all moments. There's a song for every scene and it captures the feeling of each scene very well.

The movie was created by M Dot Strange and Endika. Endika does all the music with his band apparently.

Here are the characters that I thought were essential to the film. There are a lot of minor characters that really shape the film, too.

(I'm not putting pictures since I couldn't find pictures of ever single person in the film:)

• Samhaine Tsuke voiced by JP Anderson: He was the main character who deals with a lot of problems.  The voice scared me at first when I was watching the movie, but I got used to it. His character is a samurai
• Siouxsie Silen voiced by Asil Aceves: I loved her voice and I think she captured the character pretty well and her lines were really cool. "That is very not nice!" Her voice reminded me of Hilary Haag as Merry Nightmare in the anime Dream Eater Merry or even Brittney Karbowski in a way. She was my favorite character. Her character is a stripper.
• Tatsuya voiced by M Dot Strange: He was a funny character. He lightened up the mood a bit, but never really barged into the story that much. He's a samurai who fell in love with Siouxsie... or her boobs? xD
• Lord Wor voiced by Richard Grove: Apparently Samhaine's father? I'm still very unsure as to who is who in this movie, but the website cleared it up for me a bit.

The story is set in Japan also if that helps a little, but more about that is explained on the website. If you notice on http://heartstringmarionette.com/story/ it talks about how there is no story to this film, but that there is a purpose to it.

http://heartstringmarionette.com if you want to just check out the website, I'm sure the prior link still let's you see the other things, but just in case. :P

I'm not going to post the movie up here, but I think if we're rating this by how a movie theater would rate it, it would be rated R. So watch it on your own time like me, if you are a kid/tween/teen. I don't know?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJp0jIZNPhk There is the link to the movie. 

Watch it...And be AMAZED!

Most Dangerous Game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game_(film)

I had to read this in English class. It was a short story by Richard Connell and at first I thought it was boring. As the story progressed, it got more and more interesting. I finished watching the movie today 9.27.14 and as well as the book, the movie starts off very slow and it doesn't grab your attention. There are more characters in the movie and they add a woman named Eve in the story as a love interest. In the book, we never find out how General Zaroff dies. We just know that he is dead. In the movie we find out how he dies, but of course, this is how the director made it. We will never truly know how General Zaroff dies. I enjoyed the ending of the movie, because I got to find out how Zaroff dies and how gruesome the death was. When reading the story, I just thought Rainsford stabbed him.

Rainsford- Main character/ Protagonist (In both movie and story. Played by Joel McCrea)

General Zaroff- Main character/ Antagonist (In both story and movie. Played by Leslie Banks)

Eve Trowbridge- Main character/ Side Protagonist (Not really, she does nothing to save the day. Only in movie. Played by Fay Wray)

Whitney- Side Character (Only in story, but one of his lines was used in the movie by just some random sailor)

Martin Trowbridge- Side Character (Only in movie)

Ivan- Side Character/Antagonist (In both movie and story. Played by Noble Johnson)

Tartar- Minor Character (Only in movie. Played by Steve Clemente)

Captain- Minor Character (Mentioned in story, but does not have dialogue. Also in movie, seen. Played by William B. Davidson)

<<Buster Crabbe plays the sailor who falls out of the ship with Rainsford in the movie, but this never happened in the story>>

The story was made in 1924 and the movie was made 8 years later in 1932. It was realeased Septemeber 16, 1932 by RKO Radio Pictures.

It was also a radio play presented three times in the 1940's.

It's a really good movie. Comment whether you liked it or not.