Sunday, April 18, 2010

Goodfellas

The movie is about Henry Hill (Liotta), a local boy turned gangster in a neighborhood full of the roughest and toughest. There is also Tommy Devito (Pesci), a pure bred gangster, who turns out to be Henry's best friend. And Jimmy Conway (De Niro), the man who puts the two of them together, and runs some of the biggest hijacks and burglaries the town has ever seen. After an extended jail sentence, Henry must sneak around the back of the local mob boss, Paulie Cicero (Sorvino), to live the life of luxury he has always dreamed of. In the end, the friends end up in a hell of a jam, and must do anything they can to save each other, and stay alive.

Can't Buy Me Love

Ronald Miller is a nerd in his Tuscon, Arizona high school. Cindy Mancini is the pretty and popular captain of the cheerleaders. Cindy borrows a suede outfit belonging to her mother without her permission. At a party someone spills red wine on it and she has to come up $1000.00 dollars to buy a new one in order to avoid getting into trouble. Ronald offers to buy the new outfit in exchage for her to pretend they are dating so he will become popular. This all works until Ronald starts getting a big head due to his newly found cool reputation.

A Beautiful Mind

Real-life mathematician, John Nash (Russell Crowe) was branded at an early age as a genius. After winning a prestigious scholarship to Princeton University, he develops his ultimate theory "Governing Dynamics." This earns him a professorship/research position at MIT. There he meets his future wife, Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) who is not only both bright and beautiful, but who loves him deeply. Meanwhile, he is called upon to serve his country in a secret mission, but the task takes an emotional toll on him.

Gladiator

Maximus (Russell Crowe) is a general in the roman army loved by Marcus Aurelius, the emperor. Marcus wants Maximus to become emperor after he dies as he thinks that his son Commodus is unfit to rule. When he tells Commodus this, Commodus murders him. When Maximus refuses to believe that Marcus died of natural causes, Commodus orders that Maximus and his family should be executed. However, Maximus escapes and returns home - too late to save his family. He collapses and is sold as a slave where his prowess as a gladiator gets noticed and eventually he fights his way htrough Africa to Rome, where he meets the emperor face to face. The emperor spares his life, then challenges Maximus to a fight in the arena. Maximus accepts and the two engage in a bloody battle. Maximus kills the emperor, reinstates the Senate as the governors of Rome and dies to be with his family in the afterlife.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Blondie (The Good) and Tuco (The Ugly) are con artists, trying to steal as much money as possible during the Civil War. Angel Eyes (The Bad) is trying to locate a bank robber going by the name of Bill Carson, in order to collect his stolen gold. After a few scams, Blondie cheats Tuco by keeping his share and leaving him in the dust. Tuco eventually finds Blondie and drags him off into the desert, torturing him in revenge. Then they run into Bill Carson, who tells Tuco the location of a graveyard where his stolen gold is buried. As Tuco looks for water to keep Carson alive long enough to help more, Carson tells Blondie which gravestone marks the buried gold, and dies before he can say more. Angel Eyes soon figures out that they know, and all three want a 50% share of the gold, but only two of them will get it.

Fahrenheit 9-11

This movie, however, looks beyond the inner echelons of General Motors and Lockheed Martin in hopes of outing the evildoers in the White House, particularly in regards to the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. In addition to criticizing the administration's handling of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, Moore digs deep into the surprising relationship with the Bin Laden family held by both Bush administrations, and questions whether or not potential Saudi involvement with the attacks has been ignored.

The world is too much with us

Angrily, the speaker accuses the modern age of having lost its connection to nature and to everything meaningful: “Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!” He says that even when the sea “bares her bosom to the moon” and the winds howl, humanity is still out of tune, and looks on uncaringly at the spectacle of the storm. The speaker wishes that he were a pagan raised according to a different vision of the world, so that, “standing on this pleasant lea,” he might see images of ancient gods rising from the waves, a sight that would cheer him greatly.

Story of the hour

Story of the hour is an ironic tale because of the preconceived notion of how Mrs. Mallard was going to react to the news? The story is somewhat of a paradox and quite too ironical. It describes how the news of her husband death would be broken due to her ailing heart. The careful pain it took for them to deliver the news from the obvious grief they all assumed she would feel make the paradox even more amusing.

Invisible cities

Invisible Cities consists of a series of dialogues between Marco Polo, the famous Venetian traveler, and Kublai Khan, the legendary conqueror. The two sit in Kublai Khan’s garden, and Marco Polo recounts, or perhaps invents, descriptions of a multitude of fabulous cities. Since these cities are never actually seen, but only described, they are invisible to the emperor; since they might not even exist, they may be literally unknown to everyone but the reader, who is entranced by the shimmering, haunting evocations of Marco Polo/Italo Calvino.

Dark knight

In The Dark Knight, Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.

Titanic

An old lady who claims to be a survivor of the Titanic tells her story to an eager group of tresure hunters, who are insearch of a rare diamond in the Titanic's wreckage.Her name is Rose and she was a passenger on the Titanic along with the star, Jack.The two meet and Rose, unhappy with her arranged marriage to male chovanist pig Cal. Jack, a young artist, who struggles to get through with life yet inexplicably enjoys it, sees the true Rose hidden behind the upper class snob. As he continues to spend time with her the two fall in love and kiss on the bow of the Titanic. Meanwhile the ship hits an iceberg and Jack is framed for theft and chained up in the lower levels of the ship whilts it is sinking! Rose tries to find a way to free him, and get off the ship.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Inglorious Bastards

Quentin Taratino's Inglorious bastards was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. It reminded me of why we go to the movies in the first place and that is to be entertained. The opening scene is captivating as the sadistic Nazi colonel Landa interrogates the french farmer in his kitchen. The suspense in that scene is powerful but more amazing is Christoph Waltz's performance. Brad Pitt plays another larger than life character on a mission to scalp Nazi's. Divided into chapters the movie is a collection of great scenes. All are equipped with Taratino's high quality dialogue and quirky colorful characters. This is the only movie I have scene that has a alternate ending to World War 2 so satisfying it leaves us wanting more.

Spartacus

Betrayed by the Romans, and forced into slavery. Reborn as a Gladiator. The classic tale of the Republic's most infamous rebel comes alive in the graphic and visceral new series, "Spartacus: Blood and Sand". Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment. But not all battles are fought upon the sands. Treachery, corruption, and the allure of sensual pleasures will constantly test Spartacus. To survive, he must become more than a man. More than a gladiator. He must become a legend.

Hamlet

Hamlet is a tragedy that is full of blood and grief from the beginning to the end. As the play unfolds one can see how the main character is battling with fate and his free will. He is of high moral principles and a strict Christian thus he believes that God has already created a plan for him but at the same time he does not wish to compromise with evil as his father directs him. Again we see controversy in this situation, as by killing his father’s murderer he would do good and safe the King’s good name. On the other hand he as a Christian knows that he should not kill and thus is trapped between the two painfully deciding which one to choose.

Why Did I Get Married? (2007)

This movie is about a couple (Tyler Perry and Janet Jackson) that goes on a therapeutic annual winter vacation designed to help couples work through their marital problems in a group setting finds the usual routine thrown into chaos when one of the wives arrives with a sexy young temptress in tow. Now, as the Colorado snow falls gently outside of their window, one couple will experience a bout with infidelity that will cause the entire group to question the validity of their own respective marriages. Diary of a Mad Black Woman mastermind Tyler Perry writes, produces, directs, and stars in this comedy drama that explores the complexities of modern marriage.

Movie "Body heat" 1981

This movie is about a seedy lawyer( Ned Racine) that fall in love with a beautiful woman( Matty Walker) that was on vacation offshore of a small town in Florida. A passionate affair commences but it isn't long before they realise the only thing standing in their way is Matty's rich husband Edmund. After a short period together, she convinces him that her husband and mobster, Edmund Walker, is an obstacle for their passion and they have a prenuptial agreement; therefore, he should be eliminated.